Chamberlain Calls Evening Meeting Of His Cabinet
The British cabinet holds an emergency meeting over the European crisis after Sir Nevile Henderson reports on talks with Hitler. Lunched with Chamberlain and Halifax at 10 Downing Street, Henderson then traveled to Croydon and Buckingham Palace as the situation prompts negotiation speculation.
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London
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Chamberlain
Lord Halifax
Nevile Henderson
Charles Corbin
Foreign Office
Sir Nevile
Downing Stret
Count Eddy
Hitler
Croydon
George
Buckingham Palace
Recall Call Sparks Chaos at San Antonio Communist Rally
An angry crowd clashed with 200 police and firemen at Municipal Auditorium to demand Mayor Maury Maverick's recall. Police counted about two dozen injured as 14 year old was arrested and released during the over hour protest against Communist leader Emma Tenayuca Brooks.
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San Antonio
Tex
Maury Maverick
Maverick
Texas
Congress
Municipal Auditorium
Emma Tenayuca Brooks
New Deal
Grafton Sentinel invites Mildred Flanagan to screenings
The Grafton Sentinel offers Mildred Flanagan of 109 East Washington street tickets to tonight's showings. She may attend TwoGun Troubador with Fred Scott at the Dixie theatre or Our Leading Citizen with Bob Burns opening a four day run at the Strand theatre.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Mildred Flanagan
East
Washington Street
Fred Scott
Dixie Theatre
Bob Burns
Strand Theatre
W. N. Behen
Pearl Street
Bing Kong
Fay Wray
Robert Armstrong
Opera House Theatre
Lepke Buchalter Pleads Innocent In Federal Case
Lepke Buchalter known as Lepke pleads innocent in 10 federal indictments. U S Attorney John Cahill leads prosecution after J Edgar Hoover handed over the fugitive, amid a New York vs federal jurisdiction clash. Dewey aides barred from questioning, Buchalter faces possible 164 years and large fines if convicted.
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New York
PIA
United States
U. S
John Cahill
J. Edgar Hoover
Louis
Lepke) Buchalter
Dewey
Cahill
Lepke
Truice
Destrictttorney
Thomas E. Dewey
Thehharges
Michigan
Wall Street Bets No War as Stocks Rise in Early Trade
New York August 26 Wall Street generally expected no war and an early stock market rally lifted leaders by over three points. Overseas mood appeared brighter though traders took profits amid the looming weekend and potential explosion risk. Activity eased after the open, but most final prices stood near session highs with around 500000 shares changing hands in two hours.
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New York
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
President Grants Approval for Grafton Street Project
President Roosevelt approves a $126,603 Works Progress Administration street improvement program in Grafton. The plan, set up by WPA, was outlined by Mayor Gillispie and endorsed in a telegram to attorney Harry Friedman from U S Senator M M Neely. The project includes many badly needed street improvements city wide.
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Roosevelt
Works Projects Administration
Grafton
Harry Friedman
U. S
M. M. Neely
Gillispie
Canada Prime Minister Urges Powers to Prevent War
Ottawa reports Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King sent messages through German Italian and Polish consuls urging Meenas 404 Events x Hitler Premiersident Moscicki of Poland to use authority to prevent war. The messages conveyed a plea for restraint and peaceful settlement of tensions.
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Ottawa
W. L. Mackenzie King
Meenas
Hitler
Moscicki
Poland
Germany
Italy
Canada
Weirton Girl Chosen Queen at Mountain State Festival
Betty Jane Millsop of Weirton will reign as queen at the Mountain State Forest festival in the highlands October 5 to 7. She is the daughter of Thomas E. Millsop of Weirton Steel and was announced by C. W. Arbogast. The item notes the long prominent family and Millsop’s education plans.
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Eikins
Betty Jane Millsop
Weirton
Highlands
Mountain State
Miss Millsop
Thomas E. Millsop
Weirton Steel Company
C. W. Arbogast
Silvia X
West Virginia
Birmingham School
Birmingham
Fairmount
Washington
D. C
National Park College
Queen Silvia
Former Councilman Held On Murder Charge
Gilbert August 26 Will iam Poe a 50 year old miner and former town councilman surrendered to Deputy Sheriff after the shooting of Pram Scott a 52 year old miner in a fight sparked by a quarrel between the men’s daughters. State Police said Poe would be charged with murder. The shooting occurred in the Mingo county mining village last night. Scott a Stirrat Logan county employee was shot three times. Magistrate Homer Bragg said he separated the daughters and told Poe of his action.
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Gilbert
William Poe
Joe Wayne
Pram Scott
R. L. Wooster
Poe
Mingo County
Scott
Stirrat
Logan County
Homer Bragg
Wooster
Bcott Inne
Brage Scott
Poles Ready to Negotiate as Roosevelts Mediation Sought
Warsaw reports Poland agrees to refrain from hostile acts if Germany does likewise and endorses direct talks with Germany or third party conciliation. President Moscicki backs Roosevelt conciliation and supports neutral mediation. A new border incident wave is noted on Polish German and Polish East Prussian borders and the Polish Slovak frontier near Silesia. Church crowds fill Polish East Prussian areas.
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Lloyd Lehrbas
Warsaw
Poland
Roosevelt
Germany
Ignace Moscicki
Mr. Rosevelt
Silesia
Solo Flight Ends As Young Flier Wrecks
Gallipolis Ohio Aug 26 A youthful aviator Marion Wedge 23 from Point Pleasant West Virginia wrecked near Gallipolis during a 50 hour solo endurance attempt. He was only slightly injured after reportedly falling asleep near the goal. The light plane sustained heavy damage and the attempt aimed to beat a Californian endurance record.
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Gallipolis
Here
Marion Wedge
Wedge
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Holzer Hospital
Roosevelt urges fifth plea to Hitler for Poland peace
Roosevelt sends a fifth peace message to Adolf Hitler urging direct negotiations with Poland or impartial arbitration. Moscicki had accepted talks before war, and Roosevelt outlined three methods: direct talks, arbitration, or conciliation. Moscicki favored negotiation or conciliation as Berlin weighs the missive.
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Washington
Adolf Hitler
Roosevelt
Germany
Poland
Moscicki
Hitler
Berlin
Farmers' Income Up About Five Percent This Year
Charleston reports that West Virginia farmers can expect roughly five percent higher income in 1939 than in 1938, per the Agriculture Department. Commissioner J. B. McLaughlin cites larger crop volumes boosting gross income despite lower price levels. Estimated 1939 income to rise from 1938’s $64,787,000.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Department of Agriculture
J. B. ‘McLaughlin
Widow of War Veteran Held For His Murder
Alva Evans, 42, a World War veteran, died at the Veterans hospital in Huntington. His widow, Lucy Evans, 42, was arrested on a murder charge after she fired two air pistol shots through a door during a quarrel at their Oak Hill home. One bullet struck him in the abdomen. She accompanied him to the hospital then was returned to Fayetteville after the charge was filed.
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Huntington
Alva Evans
Oak Hill
U. S. Veterans Hospital
Duckworth
Lucy Evans
State Board of School Finance Advances Funds to Counties
The State Board of School Finance distributed an advance of 545 500 to counties under the 1939 school finance program. The sum is earmarked for summer employees' salaries and building needs to reduce county boards' use of interest-bearing no-fund orders. Bus tor H Isaiah Smith noted the move, and a new form for monthly expenditure and receipt estimates by county superintendents was approved.
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Charleston
Board of School Finance
Tor H. Isaiah Smith
Hitler Set for Address Rumor Grips Germany
Berlin reports suggested Adolf Hitler would address the nation in a hastily called Reichstag session by day’s end but no official confirmation appeared. British officials weighed a crisis message from Hitler sent via Sir Nevile Henderson as the Polish German issue loomed.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Fuehret
London
Nevile Henderson
Reichstag
Walter von Brauchitsch
Foreign Office
Germany
Fuehrer
Hitler
Chamber
France recalls ambassador over Soviet pact with Germany
Paris reports the French ambassador to Paul Emile Niggiar is returning to Paris, indicating France is not satisfied with Soviet Premier Vyacheslav Molotov's explanation of the Soviet pact with Germany.
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Paris
Paul Emile Niggiar
France
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Germany
U S P repares to aid powers in looming European war
The State department says it may represent foreign governments in capitals of their enemies if war breaks out in Europe. It plans to evacuate Americans and set up special sections in embassies to protect foreign interests after rupture of diplomatic relations.
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Washington
State Department
Europe
Department
United States
G A R Chief Says U S Involved in European War
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Robert M. Rowne 83, Grand Army of the Republic commander, says the United States cannot avoid involvement in a European war. He cites Mussolini as influential and notes America’s WWI contribution while discussing the looming crisis. The interview occurs on eve of the G A R encampment in Ripley, Ohio.
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Pittsburgh
United States
Robert M. Rowne
Grand Army of the Republic
Ripley, N
G.A.R
Europe
America
Rownd
9Th
Ohio Volunteer Counie
Mussolini
Italy
Daladier and British envoy press Paris peace talks
In Paris Premier Eduard Daladier met with Sir Eric Phipps as Britain and France maintain close contact amid the European crisis. Troops and refugees move east toward the German frontier while Daladier backs peace appeals but rejects capitulation or submission to violence.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Paris
Eduard Daladier
War Ministry
Eric Phipps
Eric
France
Germany
Poland
Nevile Henderson
Berlin
London
Adolf Hitler
Daladier
Pius
Roosevelt
Leopold
Belgium
Health Doctor Resigns Post To Start Practice
Health Commissioner A. E. McClue announced the resignation of Dr. Thomas H. Blake of Buffalo who led county health work for a year. Blake plans private practice with Dr. Henry Escue at St. Albans and has served since 1935 as director of maternal and child hygiene. His successor will be named next week.
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Charleston
A. E. McClue
Thomas H. Blake
Buffalo
Blake
Henry Escue
St. Albans
McCue
Japanese Ambassador Cuts Vacation Short
The Japanese ambassador to the United States, Ensuke Horinouchi, left White Sulphur Springs hurriedly for Washington to stay in touch with international affairs. Madame Horinouchi accompanied him as they had been at the resort since early January.
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United States
Ensuke Horinouchi
Washington
Horinouchi
Compromise Offered Over Danzig Issue In German Polish Crisis
A trusted informant said a compromise in the German Polish dispute is under way and that a world war danger is averted. He cited measures like private aviation ban and Danzig boat service halt as actions already decided but slow to implement. Army leaders reportedly urged Hitler to negotiate, prompting British and French diplomacy signals and a Madrid to London response.
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Berlin
Germany
Danzig
Upper Silesia
Darin Opera Lin
Adolf Hitler
Moskicki
Roosevelt
Neville Henderson
London
Paris
Rome
Hitler
Mussolini Holds High Command Meeting In Rome
Rome August 26 An authorization source said Premier Mussolini met with Italy s high command at the Palazzo Venezia to discuss military preparation and possible general mobilization. A prior reservist call up preceded the meeting. A double exchange of telegrams between Hitler and Mussolini was disclosed with German envoy Mackensen delivering Hitler s message and Mussolini replying immediately.
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Rome
Mussolini
Offic
Palazzo Venezia
Hitler
Han- Georg Viktor von Mackensen
Italy
Olini
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