Grafton Man Ira Grimm Sentenced for Mail Truck Theft
Ira Grimm a 30 year old from Grafton was sentenced to eight years in the Atlanta federal prison after pleading guilty to stealing a U S mail truck and looting it of checks and currency He was arrested in Grafton on July 9 along U S Route 119 near the Wickwire road Authorities say the case was part of multiple pleas involving postal violations and forgery across several counties including Harrison and Preston with deferred sentences and parole.
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Fairmont
Ira Junior Grimm
Grafton
Atlanta, Ga
Harry E. Watkins
U. S
Grimm
Paul Scott Bruce
Franklin Merckle
Harrison County
Horace Blunt
Binegro
Charles Town
Petersburg
Louise Ae
Clarksdare
Anendavernmen
Charles Ray Lewis
Preston County
Homer Shireve
Pendleton County
Clarksburg
Ana Jared Shipman
Mabie
Randolph County
Ray C. Arnett
Hedgeville
Wickwire
Europa Skips Two Foreign Ports on Homeward Voyage
The German liner Europa, returning from America, unexpectedly bypassed Cherbourg and Southampton, hastening toward German waters. Tenders stood by with 40 passengers awaiting calls until word from the German embassy in London advised them of the change.
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Southampton
Eng
Europa
America
Cherbourg
London
Police raid on Brunswick beer parlor uncovers whiskey
At 11 o clock Saturday night city police led by Captain A. E. Lockard raided the Brunswick beer parlor in the Kunst building on West Main street. They found a large quantity of whiskey and arrested proprietor Herbert McVicker while license was issued to his son Paul. Police seek ownership clarity before municipal court action.
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Main Street
A. E. Lockard
Brunswick Beer Parlor
Kunst
West Main Street
Herbert McVicker
Paul
Mouch Liquor
Captain Lockard
J.C. Helm
Earl DeMoss
Payight
Our Leading City at the Dixie Theatre in Grafton
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. Max Friedman of 460 West Main Street to attend tonight's presentation at the Dixie Theatre featuring Burns in Our Leading City with cast Pat O'Brien Joan Blondell and Wayne Morris as the current attraction.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Max Friedman
West Main Street
B Burns
Kid
Kokom
Pat O'Brien
Joan Blondell
Wayne Morris
Dixie Theatre
Former Court Head John M Ross Dies at 72
Funeral services were held at Flemington Methodist Protestant church for John Morgan Ross 72 lifelong Taylor county resident and former president of the Taylor county court who died suddenly Saturday afternoon from a cerebral hemorrhage Reverend G H Snyder officiated and interment followed in Old Fellows cemetery in Flemington He was stricken while visiting a neighbor and had not been ill Burke native son of Henry and Minerva Bailey Ross survivors include widow Mary Virginia Cleavenger two sons Glader Ross Philippi and Byron C Ross Flemington a daughter Anna Gates Bruceton Mills two grandsons Robert and James Ross Philippi a granddaughter Anne Ross Flemington and he was a longtime Republican leader county commissioner in the 1920s and later press Continued on page five
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Flemington
Bridgeport
Henry
Minerva Bailey Ross
Mary Virginia Cleavenger
Glader Ross
Philippi
Byron C. Ros
Anna Gates
Bruceton Mills
Robert
James Ross
Anne Ross
Mr. Ross
Press
Break in South Grafton Span Prompted Repairs
Late Saturday night County Commissioner D. I. Bayley and two carpenters repaired a new 20 inch by 8 to 10 foot break on the eastern end of the South Grafton bridge. Fire Chief L. H. Greenwald reported the defect at 11 10 p m. Bayley suspects an overloading truck caused the damage.
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South Grafton
D. I. Bayley
Tunnelton Man Injured In Auto Wreck on Route 50
Ira Teets, 55, of Tunnelton, sustained a deep laceration to his left arm when his Ford coach lost steering control on U.S. Route 50 and rolled over. His 15 year old daughter Sylvia, a passenger, was uninjured. Minor vehicle damage reported. state patrol investigated.
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Ira Teets
Tunnelton
Teets
Grafton City Hospital
Sylvia
Doddridge County Man Killed By Automobile
A. L. Powell, 43, of Long Run Doddridge County, was fatally injured when an automobile he was cranking unexpectedly moved and crushed him against a tree. He died in Clarksville hospital.
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Doddridge County
Clarksburg
A. L. Powell
Long Run
Clarkshire Hospital
West Virginia CIO opens meet with labor's stance on governor
Huntington Aug 28 The West Virginia CIO begins its three day convention with a recommendation from President John B Easton that the body formally state how labor views the governors bid to disrupt the miners organization. Easton cites letters by the governor last July to 2500 idle miners promising support if they return to work. The CIO unions including UMWA are expected to pass a resolution condemning Holt and may urge President Roosevelt to seek a third term. Easton will speak on Holt's August 9 address before the AFL.
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Huntington
West Virginia Cio
John B. Easton
State Industrial Union Council
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
UMWA
Holt
Roosevelt
Easton
AFL
Former Publisher of Parkersburg News Dies
Edwin Amos Brast 65 year old retired Parkersburg News publisher died after a five-year illness. He was former president of Parkersburg Publishing Company and Bank Block Investment, a realty firm owner, and held directorships at Parkersburg National Bank and Fidelity Investment. He once ran Chancellor Hotel and served as internal revenue collector. Survived by sister Mrs J P Turley and brother Will, both of Parkersburg. Private funeral service planned.
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Parkersburg
Edwin Amos Brast
Parkersburg News
Brast
Powhatan Point
Parkersburg Publishing Company
Bank Block Investment Company
Parkersburg National Bank
Fidelity Investment Association of Wheeling
Chancellor Hotel
Wheeling
Japan seeks new cabinet after Hiranuma resignation
Tokyo reports Emperor Hirohito summoned General Nobuyuki Abe to form a new cabinet to replace Premier Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma who resigned over the German Soviet non aggression pact. Analysts note the shake up follows Japan's foreign policy shift amid European crisis and concern over Soviet moves in Manchukuo and North China.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Nobuyuki Abe
Imperial Palace
Kiichiro Hiranuma
Gen. Abe
Hironuma
Japan
Soviet
Russia
Manchukuo
China
Hiranuma
Germany
Farewell Sermon by Brethren Minister Williams
Rev. Robert Williams preached his farewell at First Brethren church to a large crowd. He spoke of shared associations with Mrs Williams and the church friends, then left by auto to attend the Indiana conference of the denomination.
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Robert Williams
First Brethren Church
Williams
Daladier drafts second note to Hitler amid war threats
Paris reports Premier Daladier writing a second note to Adolf Hitler to deter war and seek peace. France tightens censorship and mobilization measures with about three million under arms as Paris nears evacuation.
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Paris
Daladier
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Radio Eesae
General Satan Service
Information Service
Franze
French Empire
Censorship Initiated by French Government in Paris
Paris, Aug 28. Beginning noon today all telegrams and cables from Paris must pass through government censorship. Telephone calls remain, but Paris press will soon be routed through an official office. Censorship offices set up in Hotel Continental, army officers in command, foreign ministry attaches at desks, engineers handling lines.
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Paris
Tuileries Gardens
Foreign Ministry
Johnson Blames Congress For Precipitating Crisis
Louis Johnson, assistant secretary of war, told the Veteran of Foreign Wars convention in Boston that congressional failure to repeal the neutrality act and lift the arms embargo contributed to the European crisis. He said the embargo was nearly like arming Germany and a direct move encouraging war.
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Boston
Louis Johnson
Congress
Germany
California trial production for use begins in state
A state financed program of production-for-use to aid unemployed began in California. Drafted by a citizens committee under Governor Culbert Olson, the plan aims to move relief clients off the dole and create work opportunities, echoing debates linked to Upton Sinclair’s 1934 gubernatorial bid.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Upton Sinclair
Culbert L. Olson
Citizens’ Committee On Relief
Hitler Elevates Demands on Poland over Danzig Corridor
Berlin reports Adolf Hitler raised demands on Poland beyond the return of the Free City of Danzig and the Polish corridor. He suggested further adjustments at Poland’s expense and sent a letter to France’s Premier Daladier claiming German aims would mirror France if borders trapped them. He argued leniency by citing France’s tolerance of a foreign corridor and urged a logic he says resonates with French reason.
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Alvin J. Steinkopf
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Poland
Free City of
Danzig
Pomforge
Germany
East
Fuehrer
Daladier
France
Hitler
Macedonia
East Prussia
Baltic Sea
Final salvage operations begin to raise Squalus remains
Navy salvage experts launched the final blow and tow to bring the submarine Squalus and its 26 dead to the surface. The Sculpin stood by to lend pumps as air pressure was applied to the bow compartments. Navy officers hoped to recover the bodies by nightfall.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Squalus
U. S
Sculpin
Thhe Squalus
Falcon J
Navy
Sanity Hearing Planned For Demented Prisoner
Charles Gillispie, a Taylor County jail inmate, was reported to have become violently demented Saturday night. Sheriff Herbert Evans said Gillispie tore off clothes and wrecked his cell, after which he will ask the county sanity commission to commit him to the Weston state hospital for immediate treatment. Gillispie had escaped from jail months earlier and surrendered to police in Baltimore a week ago.
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Charles Gillispie
Herbert Evans
Gillispie
Baltimore
Evans
Taylor County Sanity Commission
Weston
Border clashes raise tension around Warsaw near Polish frontier
War across the German Polish border intensifies as observation balloons reappear over the frontier and Polish guards report ongoing attacks with rifles machine guns and grenades. A Polish cavalryman is said to be killed while train and road links to East Prussia are largely halted amid crisis. Poland remains hopeful Britain will act.
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Warsaw
Poland
Germany
East Prussia
General Mobilization Ordered by the Netherlands
The Netherlands proclaimed general mobilization of its army and navy today. About 130,000 men were under arms prior to mobilization. the first act should add 114,000, totaling about 244,000. The Royal Dutch navy includes 12 modern ships and has been ready for some time. Reservists will fit out skeleton crews on second line ships.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Royal Dutch Navy
British Vessels Told To Avoid Two Oceans
The admiralty under emergency control advised British merchant ships to avoid the Mediterranean and Baltic seas. Vessels already in those waters were ordered to continue routes but to depart port promptly when feasible to do so.
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London
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Baltic
Tlal“san. Porta
Il Duce Will Assist Peace In European Settlement
Il Duce Mussolini ready to lend good offices to ease Europe tensions but says Britain and France must satisfy Germany and Italy. Virgino Gayda, in Giornale d Italia, notes Mussolini cannot single handedly achieve peace and stresses need for responsible men of goodwill to heed his words.
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Gayda
London
Bertin
Duce
Mussolini
Gayde
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U.S
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Dixie
John M. Ross
Rad Oy
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