Reds abandon Novgorod under German assault near Leningrad
German forces smashed deeper into the Leningrad front, capturing Novgorod 35 miles from the Moscow Leningrad rail line after days of stubborn Soviet resistance. Soviet troops and militia fought alongside regulars, as Pravda described heroic tests for the city and Russian civilians prepared to defend every street.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Novgorod
Red
Kingisepp
Pravda
Communist Party
Stalin
Brewery Sues Tax Officials Over Ale Distribution
In Marlinton on August 26, Federal Judge George W. McClintic refused to issue a restraining order against the state tax department. The E. F. P. Prichard Brewery of Lexington, Ky seeks to block interference with its bottled ale while pursuing a $25,000 suit filed Saturday at Charleston against Tax Commissioner George P. Alderson and Assistant Walter Y. Ross. The brewery claims discriminatory treatment to evade law.
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Marlinton
George W. McClintic
State Tax Department
E. F P. Prichard Brewery
Lexington
Charleston
Walter Y. Ross
Law McClintic
Here
The Grafton Sentinel Theatre Ad Teases Billy the Kid and The Big Store
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Vernie Setler of 15 W St Charles St to attend tonight's screenings at Strand and Dixie theatres. Billy the Kid stars Robert Taylor at Strand while The Big Store features the Marx Brothers at Dixie. Identification may be required.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Vernie Setler
W. St. Charles Street
Billy the Kid
Robert Taylor
Strand Theatre
Big Store
Marx Brothers
Dixie Theatre
Charles Keener
Peat
Opera House
RAF Strikes French Coast In Wide Night Raid
British fighters swept the French coast skimming near the sea as RAF raids hit Mannheim and Karlsruhe in the Rhineland. Six planes reported missing from night operations over Germany. German claims say a British freighter was sunk near Tobruk. Bombs struck South Wales and southwest England with no casualties. Three Spitfires strafed a wireless station near Cherbourg, causing a violent explosion per the air ministry.
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London
Dover
Mannheim
Karlsruhe
Germany
Rhineland
Wales
England
Air and Home Security
Cherbourg
Air Ministry
Elkins Receives WPA Funds for Water Main Upgrade
Huntington reports WPA grants totaling 863,730 for Wood County airport near Parkersburg certified as a defense project with two 500 foot runways. Additional allocations include Lincoln County 462,754 for road work, Wyoming County 2,706 for court record re indexing, and Elkins 2,849 for water main improvements.
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Huntington
Wood County
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Work Projects Administration
Linco County
Wyoming County
Circuit Court
City of
Elkins
Maryland Bids Sought for Tri State Sandy Hook Bridge
The Maryland State Roads Commission called for bids on the sub-structure of the Sandy Hook bridge across the Potomac River. The project totals 2,150,000 dollars and is shared by Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia, replacing a span washed out in 1936 floods.
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Sandy Hook
Maryland State Roads Commission
Potomac River
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Germans Report One Sentence War Roundup From Front
Berlin dispatch says Hitler’s headquarters again issued a single line on the eastern front reporting progress as Luftwaffe strikes reach beyond the Dnieper. German bombs hit Russian columns and rail lines, with nine enemy planes shot down in a dogfight near Kiev as Stuka assaults continue.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Eastern Front
Russia
East Front
Dnieperopetrovsk
Duke of Kent Regular Guy Interview Says Defense Spirit Marvelous
Norfolk Ledger Dispatch editor Tom Hanes recalls his interview with the Duke of Kent during a defense tour of Norfolk area. The duke, despite a busy 18 hour schedule, remains focused and praised American labor's defense effort as marvelous and full of spirit.
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Duke OF Kent
Guy
Tom Hanes
Norfolk Ledger- Dispatch
Norfolk
Reuters
Norfoln
Joe
Judges Inspect Stock At Annual State Fair
Judges passed among the live stock pens and agricultural displays of the West Virginia State fair today, preliminary to the first daily distribution of blue ribbons. Also on the judges itinerary was the Greenbrier Valley Flower show.
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Lewisburg
National Safety Council ranks state cities by traffic safety
The National Safety Council reports a six month national traffic safety contest ranking Huntington Wheeling and Charleston as top in the 50 000 to 100 000 population class Morgantown Beckley tied for first among 79 cities with 10 000 to 25 000 population Martinsburg placed 116th in that class
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Charleston
National Safety Council
Huntington
Wheeling
Morgantown
Beckley
Martinsburg
Navy to Operate Federal Shipbuilding Plant at Kearny
Kearny New Jersey August 26 The Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock company resumes work on 493 million dollars worth of ships under Navy management while owners seek to sell the entire business to the government The plant would transfer its capital stock to the Navy President L H Korndorff asked Navy Secretary Frank Knox to accept operation of the yard following a strike by the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America 17 000 workers returned to work to resume vessel construction for Navy and merchant service
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Kearny
N. J
U. S. Navy
Federal Shipbuilding J and Drydock Company
Navy
Merchant Marine Service
Knox
Ll Ite i
L. H. Korndorff
Frank Knox
Korndorff
Roosevelt
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
CSO
Beaverbrook Says U.S. Production Ramps Up Fast
London reports Lord Beaverbrook, British supply minister, says the United States is in full production with no slowdown since Germany invaded Russia. He notes U.S. tanks and planes arrive in Britain in numbers and defers any U.S. entry decision to the American people.
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London
Lord Beaverbrook
Washington
United States
Germany
Russia
Beaverbrook
U.S
Britain
Senate opposition to broadened defense tax bill
A strong Republican bloc opposes the finance committee plan to lower personal income exemptions and raise filing requirements, predicting about 7 million more returns. The measure also challenges the community property filing system used in eight states and would lift the bill’s revenue from about 3.2367 billion to an estimated 3.5907 billion dollars.
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Senate
Washington
Finance Committee
Texas
Louisiana
Arizona
New Mexico
Idaho
California
Nevada
House
Protest Cuts in Oil Prices Stir Pennsylvania and West Virginia
Petroleum producers in Pennsylvania and West Virginia protested the government order reducing prices 23 to 25 cents per barrel on Pennsylvania grade crude. George K. Anderson offered his 700 acres of leases with 125 wells to Henderson for a $1 annual wage. West Virginia managers Schroeder and Hock voiced objection, noting the prior August 14 price of 2.59, rescinded by the latest order, as the first real drilling stimulus since 1930.
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Franklin
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
George K. Anderson
Leon Henderson
Eureka
Bradford District
William Schroeder
State Represented in Regional Food Meeting
Washington August 26 Regional conferences will be conducted next month by the Agriculture Department to map plans for steady 1942 food production West Virginia will join the conference at Memphis Tennessee September 29 30 participat ing states and dates listed with focus on planning and coordination for food supply.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
West Virginia
Memphis
Tenn
Burns and Allen adopt child from British war aid colony
George Burns and Gracie Allen adopt four year old Pauline Lindell from one of 25 children’s colonies in England run by the Foster Parents’ Plan for War Children. The organization seeks $500,000 to care for children of Nazi bombings and other wartime orphans.
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George Burns
Gracie Allen
Pauline Lindell
England
Foster Parents’ Plan For War Children
Weapons in Army maneuvers show fewer arms this year
Washington reports plenty of weapons will be in evidence for the Army's Louisiana maneuvers but not as many as last year's war games. The War Department admits shortages in some modern weapons while withholding details on specific categories and numbers.
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Washington
Louisiana
War Department
Bath submarine? Destroyer Hopewell sunk by Germans
The Bath, formerly the U S destroyer Hopewell now manned by a Norwegian crew for Britain, has been sunk by German forces off London. An unspecified number of crew members were lost, marking the first loss among the 50 U S destroyers transferred to Britain in 1940 for base rights.
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London
United States
Hopewell
Britain
U. S
U.S
Defense Workers to Get Lessons in Safety First
Charleston August 26 Ernest Henry of Charleston was named to head a safety education program tied to vocational classes for defense workers. The program, recommended by the defense education advisory committee, aims to reduce industrial accidents among new defense recruits.
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Charleston
William A. Williams
Trade and Industrial Education
Ernest Henry
Williams
Defense Education Advisory Committee
Tonsil Patients Hurt Enroute to Hospital
Mrs. Harry Ash and Mrs. Fred Ash were en route to Wetzel county hospital from Josephs Mills Tyler county for tonsil operations when their car collided with a coal truck injuring them and three companions.
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New Martinsville
Harry Ash
Fred Ash
Wetzel County Hospital
Josephs Mills
Tyler County
Nazis silent over possible aid to Persia
Berlin reports say Germany and Iran are in contact over the British Soviet invasion of Iran. An authorized spokesman declined to reveal details of negotiations. German offers of aid were dismissed as mere trial balloons while Berlin front pages map the invasion and label Churchill as the instigator.
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Berlin
Germany
Iran
Churchill
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Nippon Leader Defies British in Far East Stand
Shanghai August 26 Japanese army spokesman Lt Col Kunio Akiyama rejected Churchill’s wartime broadcast as a threat and propaganda aiming to lure the United States into war He said Japan would not abandon its policies in China or its regional aims denouncing British accusations as unfounded and biased page 6 indicates continuation.
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Shanghai
Far East
Churchill
Kunio Akiyama
China
Akiyama
Japan
Winston Churchill
U.S
United States
Siam
Singapore
Philippines
Britain
Iran Offers Little Fight as Invaders Advance
British and Russian forces seize three strategic Iranian cities Bandar Shapur Qasra I Shiran and Abadan as airborne troops push toward Tehran. German ships are seized at Bandar Shahpur while Iran ignores protests and signals plans to capture the Trans Iranian Railway.
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London
Iran
Bandar Shapur
Qasra-I-Shiran
Abadan
Germany
Crete
Bandar Shahpur
India
Nazi Mexican ties strained war notes Spain
Berlin announced Germany must withdraw Mexican consul privileges in Germany after Mexico ordered the closing of 16 German consuls by Sept. 1 in reprisal for Germany closing Mexican consulates in Paris and six other German cities. The note followed Mexico protesting the U.S. trade blacklist. Germany also closed Haiti consulates yesterday.
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Berlin
Mexico
Germany
Paris
Thess
Haiti
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