The Grafton Sentinel Pages Read War and Peace Debate
A column compares Wilsons fourteen points with Roosevelt and Churchills postwar aims, discusses open diplomacy, disarmament, borders, and the fate of nations. It links 1919 ideas to present wartime strategy, noting shifts in American policy and the League of Nations legacy.
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Wilson
Roosevelt- Churchill
Roosevelt-Churchill
League of Nations
Association of Nations
Russia
Belgium
France
Italy
Austro-Hungary
Rumania
Serbia
Montenegro
Turkey
Poland
Austria
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Roosevelt
Churchill
Congress
England
Woodrow
Woodrow Wilson
Europe
Asia
Influential West Grafton Residents Remember Lincoln and Harding
A Sentinel interview with Charles Goudy recalls he voted for Lincoln in 1860. Obituaries honor Thomas J. Rose and J. H. Woodford, and John W. Weaver’s remarkable life of never riding a train or taking medicine. Army recruiting opens in Grafton as Harding’s death prompts tributes from local leaders.
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Sentinel
Charles Goudy
West Grafton
Grafton
Abraham Lincoln
Baltimore
Abe
Goudy
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Thomas Jasper Rose
Pearl Street
Harrison County
Thomas D. Armtrong
Parkersburg
Transportation Department
Baltimore and Ohio
Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen
Baltimore and Ohio Veteran's Association
Bluemont
J. H. Woodford
Philippi
Mary's Chapel
Fairmont Pike
John W. Weaver
Haymond
Taylor County
West Virginia
Weaver
Edward
Akron
Ohio
J. A. Bosdyk
Crisis parallels and far east tension in war era column
The article links Napoleon's retreat to cautionary parallels with Hitler and Japan. It discusses Indo China occupation by Japan with Vichy French consent, fears of attacks on Singapore or Dutch East Indies, and U.S. policy stance. Also critiques Cyrus McCormick in Leon Henderson’s price control group and debates New Deal alignment with wartime aims.
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Austria
Clarksburg
Hitler
Russia
Napoleon
France
Germany
Europe
Smolensk
Leningrad
Kiev
Moscow
Kutusof
Borodino
Moscowa
Japan
United States
Indo-China
Vichy
Singapore
Dutch East Indies
Cyrus McCormick
Leon Henderson
Agency For Control
Cyrus
International Harvester Company
Cy McCormick
Wendell Willkie
Wendell
F. D
Becks
White ‘House
NLA
Leon
Tke Chaiman Joseph W Martin
Republican National Committee
Maintai
The Far East Crisis Deepens Across the World
A Clarksburg Telegram piece surveys a string of crises unfolding globally from the Low Countries threat to France invasion and occupation and now pressure on Great Britain as tensions rise in the Far East during a period of mounting international strain.
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Far East
Clarksburg
United States
Low Countries
France
Great Bri
Conteniment. Br pe eas CARLETOMY
Jena plans a hasty wedding and scrambles to contact Carlyle and Tate as she navigates a wild scene at the Cromwell club. She fights through distractions, pleads for Tate to leave, and struggles with the wedding timetable while seeking a last chance call. Tate resists, declaring the wedding morning, and their strained relationship unfolds amid a chaotic night.
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Jena
Promsea Yernen
Carlyle Mrs. Vincent
Stone
Carlyle
Tate
Vie Meio
Cromwell
Perey
Liutet
Percy
Ginwell
Gil
la Madea Club
Tey
Yiena
Tory Vehion
Viena
Daisy
Scott
New York
Ney
Bent
Barker
Weighing War Aims in Asia Before Sending Troops
The speaker questions if the United States should go to war to enforce the four freedoms in the Orient. He notes Japan as a trader and major customer, mentions rubber, tin, silk, and Holland, Indo China, and France, and urges caution before sending men and munitions to Asia.
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Orient
Asia
State Dairymen Meet In Business Session
West Virginia dairymen held the first business meeting of their 20th annual convention at Jacksons Mill Aug 20 with speakers Glen H Householder of the HolsteinFriesian Association of America and J O Knapp WVU extension director. The event followed cattle parades and judging contests as members attended executive sessions.
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Jackson's Mill
West Virginia
Glen H. Householder
Holstein-Fries- Jian Association of America
J. O. Knapp
West Virginia University College of Agriculture
Dairy Club Women Delegates Exchange Recipes in Contest
Women delegates exchanged recipes and competed for prizes in a 4-H dairy foods demonstration contest, highlighting practical culinary and agricultural skills within the youth program.
British Warships Enter French Somaliland Port
Two British warships reportedly steamed into the blockaded French Somaliland port of Jibati after a British dispatch boat shelled a French ship offshore. Radio from the Jibuti intercolonial station said the situation in blockaded French Somaliland was becoming serious.
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Vichy
France
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