Tiny Iran Army Faces Showdown With Allies
Iran cancels leaves for 1,072 newly graduated officers and deploys 120,000 troops to frontiers amid British Russian demands to expel German technicians. London says Britain will stand firm and may invade if Germans remain. Reports describe the larger Soviet Luftwaffe bombardment around Leningrad with Voroshilov urging citizens to defend the city.
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Iran
Teheran
Germany
Britain
London
Great Britain
Claude J. E. Auchinleck
Middle East
Churchill
Moscow
Klementi Voroshilov
Leningrad
Voroshilov
Red Army
Black Sea
Pravda
Communist Party
Army Morale Chief Becomes Brigadier General Overnight
Frederick H. Osborn, a 52 year old New York banker, is shown in Washington as he begins directing the Army morale branch. Appointed by President Roosevelt, he had chaired a War Department committee tackling Army recreation and welfare issues.
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Frederick H. Osborn
New York
Washington
Army
Roosevelt
War Department
Army, Recreation and Welfare
Trustees Hold Old Positions In Morris Memorial Hospital
Milton August 23 The trustees of Morris Memorial Hospital for Crippled Children who protested the July 8 election were kept in office after Milton council approved a committee report. The report stated the July 8 ballot was not a valid election for Morris Memorial Hospital Inc and dismissed a call to replace present trustees who had resigned or refused to serve.
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Milton
Morris Memorial
Crippled Children’s) Hospital
Milton Council
Morris Memorial Hospital, Inc
Theatre ticket notice for Billy the Kid and Eagle and the Hawk
The Grafton Sentinel invites Glenn D Kann to attend tonight's Strand showing of Billy the Kid starring Robert Taylor and the last Dixie showing of The Eagle and the Hawk. Identification may be required for admission.
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Strand
Dixie
The
Grafton Sentinel
Glenn D. Kann
Mackinstreet
Billy the Kid
Robert Taylor
Strand Theatre
Eagle and the Hawk
Dixie Theatre
Japan Eases East Tension and Iceland Visit
Japan eases tensions in the region while maintaining caution over territorial aims. In Iceland, American forces face limited recreation with one cinema and a large national theatre as the sole cultural options. Tom Horgan notes representational details of neutrality patrols and local facilities.
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Tom Horgan
Associated Press
United States Neutrality Patrol
Iceland
United States Navy
Reykjavik
Desire Son Released? West Virginia youths urged to apply
Charleston dispatch reports relatives seeking release of youths from the Army amid an 18 month selective service extension were advised by Lieut. Col. C. C. Pierce to file applications with their company commanders not state headquarters. Col. Pierce, acting state selective service director, announced the guidance after noting increased correspondence on the subject.
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Charleston
C. C. Pierce
Snot
Col. Pierce
Jefferson County health seeks early polio case reports
Jefferson county health department urged parents to consult physicians and report signs of general lassitude or back pain in children to prevent an infantile paralysis outbreak after a case was reported in Martinsburg, prompting awareness in Charles Town and surrounding areas.
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Charles Town
Jefferson County Health Department
Martinsburg
Gasless Sunday Hits Eastern States As Fuel Shortage Looms
Eastern motorists face possible fuel cuts and gasless Sundays as filling stations in parts of the region plan to close or limit sales. Senator George warns a one third reduction in motor fuel may follow amid transportation bottlenecks and wartime tanker losses. Local operators in northern Virginia announce temporary closures to spread shortages.
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Washington
George
D.-Ga
Atlantic
Britain
Congress
United States
Virginia
Veteran Latin Teacher Resigns Marshall Post
Huntington Aug 23 Miss Lucy Prichard longtime head of the Latin department at Marshall College since 1914 announced her retirement yesterday. President James E Allen said she would be succeeded by her assistant Dr Luci Whitsel.
Judge Fines Man One Cent for Disorderly Conduct
After forty witnesses testified, Police Judge John G. Hudson fined James Eaton, 29, a state labor department inspector, one cent plus costs for disorderly conduct. Eaton protested being ordered from a baseball park where he interviewed people in his official duties and sought a $10 increase to appeal to common pleas court.
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Huntington
John G. Hudson
James Eaton
State Department of Labor
Costa
Eaton
Hudson
Common Pleas Court
Pribilof Natives Trade Seal Pelts for Radios
Natives of the Pribilof islands, after a successful seal season, are adopting American styles and entertainment. As the ship Penguin prepares for its last northbound trip of the season, much of its cargo will consist of mail order goods for the natives, including radios and feminine apparel.
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Pribilof
Seattle
Pribilof Islands
Edward C. Johnston
Fur Seal Division
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Dutch Jews Hit By Laws In Nazi Occupied Netherlands
Dutch Jews are forbidden kosher meat under Nazi decrees in the Netherlands. Ordinance 80 bars ritual slaughter to obtain kosher meat. Germany claims Jews face suppression of ethnic and secret organizations and lack full Dutch citizenship despite long-standing presence.
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Washington
Netherlands
Spain
Portugal
State road trucks to use oil filters soon
Charleston news reports Governor Neely authorized oil filters for State Road commission to extend lubricant life. Pur chase Director J Buhl Shahan predicts a $125000 saving over ten years after a 66 day trial in Kanawha county headquarters.
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Charleston
Neely
State Road Commission
J. Buhl Shahan
Shahan
Commission
Kanawha
Charles Town Planning Fall Festival Set for Oct 9–10
Jefferson county agricultural and industrial products will be featured at the Charles Town Fall Festival October 9 and 10 officials announced. A parade of floats bands drum corps and other marching units will be held on the last night.
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Charles Town
Jefferson County
Germans Hold Hostages After Paris Officer Slaying
German military authorities threaten to harm hundreds of French lives if new violence follows the assassination of a German colonel in the Paris subway. Vichy government imposes death sentences on Communists and anarchists as raids widen from working-class districts to the Elysee area. News also reports a new train wreck near the Valdonne tunnel injuring thirty miners.
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Vichy
France
Paris
Petain
Valdonne
Mussat Plain
Swank
Amps Elysees
Ernst von Schaumburg
Delts to Pick New Officers
Delta Tau Delta members meet in White Sulphur Springs to elect officers and hear regional reports finishing their 56th annual fraternity meeting. About 500 delegates from 76 charters in the United States and Canada attended. President Paul G Hofman warned against coercive practices threatening democracy and urged leadership development. Delta Secretary Philip S Vancise cited moral fiber breaking down and called fraternal teaching to forge sturdy men in an age of dictatorship weakness.
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White Sulphur Springs
Delta Tau Deltas
United States
Canada
Paul G. Hofman
South Bend
Ind
Hoffman
Studebaker Corporation
Delta
Philip 5. Vancise
Denver
Col
Duke of Kent Visits Hyde Park With Roosevelt in New York
The Duke of Kent, youngest brother of King George VI, arrives at the Roosevelt home in Hyde Park for a weekend visit. He travels from New York to Washington by special train, attends a preview at the Franklin D. Roosevelt library, and tours defense facilities and the Martin aircraft plant during a Washington itinerary.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Duke of Kent
George VI
Roosevelt House
Hudson
New York
Washington
King George
Queen Elizabeth
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Canada
Defense
Norfolk
Martin Aircraft
Baltimore
Former Governor Kump Flags Union Resolutions
Parsons August 23 Former West Virginia CIO industrial union council resolutions praised as a community attack on state government by former Governor H G Kump who accused the governor and a U S senator of endorsing the move at a Bluefield convention. The remarks were made to Hi and Tri Hi delegates at a training conference.
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United States
Two Men Die In Gun Battle In Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh a gunfight on a city street left patrolman Toby Brown, 45, dead by a heart and head wound, and Raymond Harrison, a suspect described as a Negro, killed by a shot to the head. An accompanying officer was seriously wounded, and Harrison was nabbed after the exchange.
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Pittsburgh
Toby Brown
Raymond
Harrison
Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. William Snodgrass to theater
The Grafton Sentinel extends an invitation to Mrs. William Snodgrass of Thayer street to attend tonight’s showing at the Opera House. The presentation titled Regular Fellera is listed as now showing at the theatre.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
William Snodgrass
Thayer Street
Opera House
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