Gibraltar Raided by Planes Amid Fire on the Rock
British denial reports no major damage after two Gibraltar air raids. Bombs sparked small fires on the rock with ammunition dumps set alight near batteries. Residents sought shelter as flames and smoke spread across the fortress, marking a fourth raid since Tuesday morning.
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Gibraltar
Britain
Europa Point
LA Linea
Spain
Rock of Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Algeciras
Italy Masses Troops on Greece Border Amid Tension
Belgrade August 21 Italian forces were reported massing along Greece's western frontier as Metaxas and King George II conferred amid rising strain with Italy. The Greek government faced Italian press criticism over Albania minorities and placed more reserves under arms. Official word offered no explanation for the buildup.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Greece
Italy
John Metaxas
George II
Grafton Sentinel invites to two theatre productions tonight
The Grafton Sentinel invites Wilde Mahoney of 4 East Wilford Street to attend tonight's Strand Theatre presentation of the stage play Raffles starring Donald Niven and Olivia de Havilland, or Abe Lincoln In Illinois at the Dixie Theatre with Raymond Massey.
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Grafton Sentinel
Wilda Mahoney
East
Wilford Street
Raffles
Donald Niven
Olivia de Havilland
Strand Theatre
Abe Lincoln
Illinois
Raymond Massey
Dixie Theatre
Willkie Calls for Roosevelt Debate on Defense Policy
Wendell L. Willkie charged the Roosevelt defense program as hopelessly inadequate and urged a public joint debate during President Roosevelt’s upcoming visits to preparedness projects. He proposed the candidates discuss military equipment on hand and on order and noted Roosevelt’s campaign constraints.
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Theodore F. Koop
Bushvile
Ind
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
Willkie
Five in One Family Ill With Ptomaine Poisoning
Five members of J. H. Payne of Whipple were hospitalized with ptomaine poisoning after using milk from a can opened earlier. The victims include eight year old Martha Payne and Mrs. Payne along with Charles Howard Payne six and brothers John Paul and Carl Edward Payne.
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Oak Hill
J. H. Payne of
Whipple
Martha Payne
Rabies Quarantine Declared in Wyoming County Pets
Dr Ward Wylie Wyoming county health officer invoked a rabies quarantine in Center district at the request of Agriculture Commissioner J B McLaughlin after several dogs and cats were bitten by an infected dog. Pasteur treatment had been recommended for several exposed persons.
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Pineville
Ward Wylie
Wyoming
Center District
Agriculture
J. B. McLaughlin
Wylie
Pasteur
Stork Beams Past Ambulance in Hospital Race
In Meadville Pennsylvania a baby girl arrived en route to Spencer Hospital as a rushed ambulance carried Mrs. Harold Rodgers from their Cambridge Springs summer home. Both mother and child were reported in satisfactory condition. the stork won the race again.
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Meadville
Harold Rodgers
Warren
Spencer Hospital
Rodgers
Cambridge Springs
FDR Refuses To Campaign In 1940 Race
President Roosevelt declines to debate Wendell Willkie as the White House insists conditions prevent campaigning. Willkie renews the challenge after accepting the Republican nomination, signaling an unusual political contest amid wartime tension.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Hyde Park
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
Willkie
Furious Naval Battle Reported in the Mediterranean
Rome dispatch says seven British planes were shot down in a Mediterranean air and naval clash. An Italian air squadron attacked an English naval unit, facing heavy anti aircraft fire and British Gladiator fighters. The correspondent notes substantial bombing impact and expects British aircraft losses.
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Rome
Stefani
Mediterranean
Pacific Isles Leased by Britain for Air Bases
British foreign office sources confirm the United States has leased Canton and Enderby islands in the southern Pacific from Great Britain as air bases. The 50 year lease may be extended indefinitely with no price or consideration. Joint control was decided before the war, reflecting prewar US UK cooperation.
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London
British Foreign Office
United States
Canton
Enderby
Pacific
Great Britain
Britain
Churchill,esterday
Pacific Ocean
British Harbors and Airports Photographed by Germans
Berlin reports German warplanes photographed British harbors airports factories and concentrations today. They also bombed military targets while flying low for photographic work under poor weather. DNB notes weak English defense left few fighters and that six British planes were shot down, four by anti aircraft fire, with three German planes lost.
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Berlin
DNB
Cabell Schools Delaying Opening for Three Weeks
HUNTINGTON Aug 21 Cabell county school children gain three extra weeks of summer as infantile paralysis drives a delay. County Superintendent Olin Nutter says schools won t open before September 30 and classes would have started September 9. Marshall College President James E Allen says classes start Sept 10 as planned. Nutter also delays all school activities and convenes coaches to adjust football schedules amid 142 polio cases statewide.
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Huntington
Cabell County
Olin
Nutter
James E. Allen
Marshall College
Germany Changes Bomb Tactics In New Raids
London reports that individual German raiders have shifted to wide spread attacks on England and Wales. The heaviest raids were aimed at the southeast coast with hit and run tactics, while solo raiders struck Midlands, Welsh coastal areas and northeast England.
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Germany
London
England
Wales
Midlands
Three Major Problems At Forum On Destroyers Sale
Washington officials weigh three major issues in a high level conference that includes Attorney General Jackson Under Secretary Welles and Admiral Stark amid speculation on destroyers for Britain. A private source hints at a possible transfer readiness of fifty destroyers, though officials say a sale is not among the topics.
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Washington
Justice Department
Jackson
State Welles
Harold R. Stark
Welles
Admiral Stark
United States
England
Great Britain
Total draft meets favors of senators
Washington August 21. Demands that wealth and industry be conscripted for national defense shifted senate debate to compulsory military service. House military committee favored broadening the manpower bracket beyond 21 to 45 while the Burke Wadsworth bill proposed 18 to 65 registration with active service 21 to 30. The drive also sees proposals to force loans to aid defense.
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Washington
Senate
Great Britain
House
House Military Committee
Military Committee
Son of Justice Held On Charges of Slaying
Hamlin reports 15 year old Troy Enochs son of Magistrate Sam Enochs charged with fatally stabbing Everett R. Lambert 41. State Police Corporal D G Wilfong said the boy is held for grand jury action by Magistrate C C Ashworth. The fatal altercation followed a fight between Troy's sister Marjorie and Ward Lambert son of Everett.
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Hamlin
Troy Enochs
Sam Enochs
Everett R. Lambert
D. G. Wilfong
Wilfong
C. C. Ashworth
Thestrooper
Kentuckian Nabbed Over Beer Parlor Fatal Stabbing
Parkerburg police report Joseph B. Porter aged 39 was fatally stabbed in a beer parlor quarrel. Joseph D. York of Louisa Kentucky was detained in a nearby alley. no charges filed yet, according to Police Lieutenant Floyd Dugan.
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Parkersburg
Joseph B. Porter
Joseph D. York
Louisa
Floyd Dugan
Dugan
York
Axis Powers Planning To Extend French Occupation
Britain conducts long-range bombing of northern Italian and southern German war industries intensifying Petain regime concerns over a wider French occupation. German bases at the Vosges and Jura slopes are aimed at intercepting bombers as Vichy authorities face trouble.
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Charles 8. Foltz, JR
Chancy
Switzerland
Britain
Italy
Petain
Germany
France
Vosges
Jura
Vichy
Distribution Is Held Dairying's Weak Point
AT JACKSONS MILL Aug 21. Allen Crissey of Springfield Mass, Holstein-Friesian rep, says distribution is the dairy industry's big weak spot. He urges pricing by butterfat and producer self distribution if distributors seek higher profits. Betty Cronin and Bill Stricklin win top 4 H judging honors. Stricklin, Chambers Stricklin and Willard Johnson lead Ohio county team to high rating.
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Jackson's Mill
Allen Crissey
Springfield
Mass
West Virginia
Crissey
Holstein-Friesian Association
Bill Stricklin
Ohio County
Betty Cronin
Jane Lew
Stricklin
Chambers Stricklin
Willard Johnson
Budget Estimates Praised by State School Finance Officials
Charleston August 21 Budget estimates from county boards of education and other sub divisional tax levying bodies are described as above average by state officials. Budget Director H Isaiah Smith calls school budgets the best yet with improved budgeting and scientific approach. Tax Commissioner Ernest K James notes overall improvement in county and municipal budgets due to experience, as many officials near term ends.
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Charleston
H. Isaiah Smith
Smith
Ernest K. James
Mountain Queen Eloise Campbell Long Crowned at Festival
Miss Eloise Campbell Long of Huntington West Virginia chosen Mountain Queen for the Mountain State Forest Festival to reign at Elkins October. Central Press reported the selection of the beauty queen and the festival timing in Elkins West Virginia.
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Eloise Campbell Long
Silvia XI
Eloise Campbell
Huntington
W. Va
Elkins
Central Press
Trotsky Near Death After Mexico City Ax Attack
Leon Trotsky exiled in Mexico City was gravely wounded by a man posing as a admirer. Surgeons said his skull injuries exposed brain and base fractures. Two other blows hurt his shoulder and hip. Trotsky blamed Stalin and the Ogpu for the May attack and predicted further attempts. Twenty Mexicans were arrested.
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Mexico City
Leon Trotsky
Napoleon
Bolsheviks
Mexico
Trotsky
Coyoacan
Josef Stalin
Ogpu
Wayne County Delays School Start Over Epidemic
Charleston August 21 Wayne County joins Cabell in delaying school openings due to infantile paralysis epidemic in southern West Virginia Indications of further postponements emerge Wayne County Elementary Supervisor H K Baer says schools won’t open until September 16 or later County Superintendent M J Robinette confirms the postponement Cabell County previously set classes back to September 30
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Charleston
Wayne County
Cabell
West Virginia
H. K. Baer
M. J. Robinette
Cabell County
Cult Member Is Charged With Murder Of Officer
In Portland Maine a crowd gathered at the county building as Arthur F. Cox 49 of Philadelphia a Jehovah s Witness appeared on a murder charge and was granted a continuance. He is accused of fatally shooting Deputy Sheriff Dean Pray 40 and Kenneth Carr 23 after they allegedly tried to remove him and another man from a garage during a dispute over religious phonographs.
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Portland
Arthur F. Cox
Philadelphia
Jehovah's Witnesses
Pri
Cox
North Windham
Dean Pray
Cox Land Kenneth, Carr
Cape Elizabeth
Alliance talks: Britain seeks U S military pact
Unofficial but informed circles in London report Britain pursuing a military alliance with the United States. Canadian American discussions on mutual defense are seen as the opening wedge for a broader accord linking Canada and British possessions to U S and Far East diplomacy, with emphasis on naval and aerial defense and bases in Alaska and the Pacific.
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Drew Middleton
London
United States
Britain
Canada
Hemi
Far East
Cans ‘Ade
Pacific
Bite
Alaska
Great Britain
Ian Oe Eae
U S Transport Avoids Mines In Berlin Note
Berlin authorities say the German government handed a note to the U S embassy stating misunderstandings and inaccuracies in the American note about the Army transport America Legion are clarified. The exchange notes amusement at sending the Legion to escort American refugees from Petsamo in northern Finland.
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Berlin
Gereman
United States
Army
America Legion
American Legion
Petsamo
Finland
Grafton Sentinel invites Lena Gerard to theater night
The Grafton Sentinel invites Miss Lena Gerard of Simpson to attend tonight's presentation of Bob Steele in Horse Alley and Out of Something ble feature at the Opera House Theatre.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Lena Gerard
Simpson
Bob Steele
Horse Alley
Tt Opera House
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