Japan's Far East plans spark US decision debate
Authorized Japanese spokesmen claim Tokyo may seize French Indochina and the Dutch East Indies as part of Far East domination. The piece argues warnings test US resolve and foresees whether Washington will crack down or adopt a hands off policy, with implications for prestige in the Pacific. It contrasts this with a second piece urging reform in high school education to include work experience and practical training to reduce youth unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown Post
Tokyo
Indo-China
Dutch Indies
Far East
United States
Netherland East Indies
Pacific
Japan
State Department
Hirohito
Wilhelmina
Mippon
Netherlands
East Indies
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Norway
Dutch East
League of Nations
Elkins Inter-Mountain
American Youth Commission
American Council On Education
Reeves
Commission
Nazis Round Up Nationals in Occupied France
Hundreds of German anti Nazis who fled after Hitler's rise are being rounded up by Nazi agents in the unoccupied zone of France and returned to German jails. Civilian internment camps, large lists of names, and groups from the Gurs camp are cited as evidence. Many were part of the International Brigade or joined the French Foreign Legion before being interned again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chancy
Switzerland
Adolf Hitler
France
Germany
Gurs
Pyrenees
Republican Army
International Brigade
French Foreign Legion
Stewart Tefls How One Democrat Opposed to F D R Plans to Carry On
Ex-Congressman Sam Pettengill of Indiana, a Democrat, opposes Roosevelt’s re‑election. He stays in the party, writes a book Smoke Screen arguing against rapid national change, and leads the National Committee to Uphold Constitutional Government. He aims to influence congress without bolting the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Tefls
Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
Samuel B. Pettengill
Indiana
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
F.D. R
Wendell Willkie
Pettengill
Wendell
Virginia
Congress
Odie
Washington
Bureaucra
Capitol Hill
Constitutional
Sam Pettengill
National Committee To
Frank B. Gannett
New York
Gannett
Sam
Belgian Royalist and German Orders Stir Camps in Pyrenees
The report notes German orders occupying zones including Belgian Rexist leader Leon Degrelle and 1 600 Belgian troops disarmed by France after showing support for King Leopold. About 75 000 people, ex-soldiers and civilians, remain in French concentration camps in the Pyrenees, according to sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Leon Degrelle
Leopold
Pyrennes
Miner killed by mine motor at Oak Hill site
At Oak Hill on August 20 a mine motor struck and killed Robert Ershel Burgess, 39, a motor man at the New River and Pocahontas Coal Company mine at Mita all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Robert Ershel Burgess
New River
Poca‘hontas
Taylor County history and early Grafton politics and railroading
A 1912 Methodist conference honors Anna Jarvis as Mothers Day founder, and notes the first Mothers Day service in Andrews church. The piece then details Grafton election results with mayor and council votes by ward, followed by a reminiscence of local railroading pioneer Benjamin Benne man and the evolution of the Baltimore and Ohio line through Fetterman and Grafton, the civil war impact, and Reconstruction era changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Conference of
The
Methodist Episcopal Churches
Minneapolis
Ira E. Robinson
Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church of
Grafton
Anna Jarvis
Mothers Day
Lawson L. Loar
Andrews Church
Robinson
Allion
Taylor County
Harry Shaffer
Charles Stolzenfels
C. R. Dotson
William Phillips
Harry Baker
Harry Maxwell
George F. Green
Ernest F. Clark
Orton Merill
George Luaadder
John L. Hechmer
Repubican
C. F. Poe
Robert E. Blaney
Dr. A. R. Warden
John W. Hamilton
Benjamin FP. Poe
Denver Thompson
William P. Cruise
M. P. Thomas
W. R. Williams
Robert B. Blaney
George FP. Green
Orton Merrill
George Luzadder
W. R. Willams
Ward
Charles Benneman
Indiana
Baltimore and Ohio
Virginia
Valley Bridge
Isaac Guseman
Fetterman
Grafton Junction
Lincoln Street
Third Ward
Grafton Yards
Delaware
Grafton-Piedmont
Mountain Division
Nime
Philadelphia
Perkin’s
Men In Blue
Linda and Robs Connecticut wedding night confrontation
Linda faces unsettled loyalty as Robert declares love while Caroline prepares to marry Terry. The group travels toward Connecticut for a planned wedding after speculation about Mina and a televised past. Linda grapples with fear, romance, and choice amid a tense, ongoing mystery.
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Fen
Caroline
Ronald
Linda
Robert
Rob
Nat
Billie Anne Trent
Billie Anne
Connecticut
Terry
Robert de
Macs
Rae
Mina
Miss Nevin
Life of a Railroad Man and His Wife Ends in Indiana
A veteran railroad employee and his aging wife left Grafton for Indiana to settle and spend their final days together. The couple, after long service, retired and made their home in Indiana where they both died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR Parrish
Linda
Robert
Rio de Janiero
Andes
Ronnie
Trieste
Hong Kong
Hoboken
Selves
Grafton
Indiana
Bomb Attacks Hit Chinese Capital Over Two Hours
Japanese bombers struck Chungking this afternoon for the fifth time in three days, dropping high explosive and incendiary bombs on about a third of the western residential district. Buildings were destroyed or damaged and fires started in the dense downtown area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Residentia
Statewide sewing project allotment revealed
Huntington readers learn that an allotment of 1,611,043 dollars was allocated for a statewide sewing project. The report notes the funding level and the intended scope of the program as part of the state’s development efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
State to Fund WPA Public Assistance Project
The state department of public assistance, as sponsor, will contribute $180,000 to the project announced by the WPA. The WPA office announced the sponsorship and funding details for the public assistance initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
State Department of Public Assistrance
Cherry River Admirals Plan Humorous Ox Roast and Ball
The passage describes the admirals as business and professional men and state officials. Their flagship, the Clothes Pin, is a highway-going craft mounted on a truck that fires clothespins from wooden guns instead of projectiles.
Land Sale by Special Commissioner in Taylor County
The Special Commissioner will sell by public auction on September 12, 1940 at 1 p.m. at the front door of the Taylor County Courthouse the real estate owned by Charles J. Tucker in Pruntytown. The parcels include part of Lot 42 fronting Main Street now U.S. Route 50 and Tucker’s residence, and part of Lot 41 fronting the Pruntytown road used as a filling station, sold subject to a 1938 lease to The Freedom Oil Works Company with purchaser entitled to lease benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court of
Taylor County
G. W. Ford
Charles J. Tucker
Court House
Pruntytown
Main Street
Taylor County Court
Freedom Oil Works Company
Freedom Oi Works Company
Legal Notice of Taylor County land sale and parcels
The decree of sale describes Lots 41 and 42 plus adjacent tracts conveyed to Charles J. Tucker and wife with easements for drain lines and a gas line right of way. It covers undivided half interests in Lots 58 and 56 and a 113 acre tract in Boothscreek District with imposed dower rights. Terms require one cash payment or credit terms of six and twelve months with notes secured. Bond filed. clerk notices Aug 20 21 Sept 3. Special Commissioner G W Ford and Clerk Prank M Hollis Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles J. ‘Tucker
Pruntytown
Kimball Tin Yard
Charles J. Tucker
Jessie Sinsel McDaniel
Taylor County
Boothscreek
Fairmont and Grafton Gas Company
Charles 4. Tucker
Dorsey L. Brown
O. L. McDonald
Fred
Flora Tucker
Charles J.tucker
G. W. Ford
M. Hollis, Jr
Neille Tucker
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James FP. Hout
John 8. Palmer
Grafton Sentinel
Grafton Sentinel Publishing Company
Latrobe Street
W. Va
Ines
Grafton Printing Co
Cartier
Associated Press
National
A. &, Clayden, Inc
Lexington Avenue
Chicago
North
Michigan Avenue
America
B. Pettengill
Vibe
Wowae
Mothers’ Day
Witout Music
Helen Dlelshimer
Darling
Love
Penelope
Ulysses
Japa
P. Telephone Co
Bell System
Cherry River
A. W. Burdett
West Virginia
William ©. Boyd
Bertha Boyd
C. C, Richman General Insurance
G. Bank and Trust Co. Bldg
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