Sears Catalogues Mailed From Grafton to Mid Atlantic States
Sears Roebuck chose Grafton as a re shipping hub for a carload of fall and winter catalogs totaling 12 866 items weighing 66 690 pounds The catalogs arrived Sunday and were re mailed locally except 175 The 936 mail sacks used marked the second and largest Sears distribution from Grafton to West Virginia Virginia and Maryland with Chicago printing and direct postmaster payments.
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Grafton
Sears, Roebuck, and Company
James T. Murphy
West Virginia
Printing Company
Chicago
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Movie stars cleared in Dies hearings on communism
New York Aug 28. Actors Franchot Tone Francis Lederer and actress Luise Rainer were cleared of communist sympathizer accusations in hearings by Rep Martin Dies. Dies reserved decision on Lionel Stander, also alleged connected. Tone Lederer and Rainer denied Leech’s charges, with Dies saying evidence shows they funded or aided groups under communist leadership though for humanitarian aims. Dies planned further inquiry and sought anti foreign dominated groups from Roosevelt and Willkie.
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New York
Franchot Tone
Francis Lederer
Luise Rainer
Martin Dies
D.-Tex
House Committee
Dies
Lionel Stander
Stander
John L. Leech
California
Tone
Lederer
Miss Rainer
Washington
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Morale Will Settle Fight in War talk by Mackenzie
Dewitt Mackenzie analyzes civilian morale as the key factor in Britain’s WWII air war. He argues indifference and fear within civilian populations erode resolve, while educated, self-reliant publics withstand bombardment and privations. He warns starvation and blockades could decide outcomes as invasions loom.
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Britain
National Lutheran Church Address In West Virginia Conference
Nearly 200 churchmen gathered for the West Virginia state and synodical Lutheran conference as national secretary Dr. W. H. Greever of New York spoke on Causes of the United Lutheran church in America. Sessions continue through Thursday.
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Jackson's Mill
West Virginia
Fifteen German Planes Downed In Aerial Battles
London reports from official sources that at least fifteen German aircraft were destroyed in intensive air battles today. The Ministry of Information noted continued enemy activity over the Kent coast and Thames Estuary with heavy attacks but detailed results awaited.
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London
Ministry of Information
Kent
Thames Estuary
Truck Driver Found Dead in Parked Truck Near Colerain
Paul Gable a 35 year old Wheeling man and driver of a Pittsburgh Wheeling transport truck was found dead in the cab of his machine early today across the Ohio River near Colerain Ohio Investigators believe he became ill and pulled to the roadside but died before aid could be summoned
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Wheeling
Paul Gable
Ohio River
Colerain
Ohio
In Memoriam Gloria Duff Died August 18 1938
In loving remembrance of our daughter Gloria Lucille Duff who died two years ago today August 18 1938 though she is not forgotten her family writes this remembrance from her mother and grandparents noting the vacant space she left remains.
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Gloria Lucille Duff
Valvoline Cuts Oil Price Paid to Pennsylvanian Buyers
Valvoline Pipe Line reduced prices paid for crude oil by 15 cents citing high ground raw materials. New rates cover Bradford grade in Elk and McKean counties at 1.85 per barrel and Pennsylvania grades across Warren Forest Venango Clarion Butler counties at 1.78, Allegheny Beaver Washington Greene at 1.50, West Virginia at 1.44, and southeastern Ohio at 1.40.
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Pittsburgh
Valvoline Pipe Line Company
Pennsylvania
Bradford
Elk
McKean
Warren
Forest
Venango
Clarion
Butler
Allegheny
Beaver
Washington
Greene
West Virginia
Ohio
South Penn Oil Company
Pennzoil
Quaker State
Pennsylvania submits $27 million highway plan for defense use
Pennsylvania reports to the federal government a 27 million dollar plan to upgrade 3000 miles of its primary highway system for military use. Secretary I Lamont Hughes noted a survey of major routes was done at the urgent request of the Bureau of Public Roads as it compiles data for the War Department. The state finishes a 160 mile super highway connecting Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, with leaders praising its military value. Morgantown spur routes include U S 19 and U S 40 segments through Wheeling Uniontown and Cumberland, with a Morgantown spur via U S 119.
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Pennsylvania
U.S
Harrisburg
I. Lamont Hughes
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
War Department
Pittsburgh
Hughes
Morgantown
U. S
Erie
W. Va
Wheeling
Washington
British Inspired French African Rebellion Claimed
In Vichy France officials said Britain spurred a rebellion in France's African empire and moved to localize the situation. General Charles de Gaulle reported Chad’s governor chose to fight with the British rather than submit to Vichy rule.
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Vichy
France
Charles de Gaulle
Britain
Chad
Africa
Byrd Presses Battle Over Defense Delays in Piy Dispute
In Washington on August 28 President Roosevelt's claim that 10,015 planes were under construction for the Army and Navy did not ease the dispute over defense delays. The issue centers on the pace and adequacy of aircraft production amid wartime mobilization.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Byrd challenges Roosevelt on aircraft orders figures
Senator Byrd of Virginia accused the president of misrepresenting the pace of defense procurement. He demanded a precise briefing to the public, asserting that only 343 combat planes had been ordered by the army, navy and marines in the last 100 days.
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Byrd
D.-Va
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
National Guardsmen Head Home From McCoy Maneuvers
Camp McCoy Wisconsin sees 60,000 Regulars and National Guard troops begin a homeward exodus from the second Army maneuvers. About 100 truck convoys and 78 railroad trains move troops from Ohio Michigan Illinois West Virginia Kentucky and Wisconsin with Wisconsin units departing last. The first train carries part of the 150th West Virginia Infantry at 6 p.m. and streams of trucks continue through Saturday morning.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
National Guard
Second Army
Ohio
Michigan
Ilinois
West Virginia
Kentucky
Wisconsin
150Th West Virginia Infantry
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On Defense
Ief
Cene van Epyy
Staf
K. Suet
Canadian Defense Board
Ith
Amient Board
Ottawa
Canada
Vegal
Battle of Britain
By Dewitt MacKenzie
England
Belgium
Memoriam
F. M. Bennett
Philippi
Walnut Street
Bennetts Pressing Shop
Wilbur Shaw
Valvoline Company
C. P. Cablephoto
R.A.F
Berlin
Cable
Rited Nes
Heflin's
Heflin
National Guardsmen
McCoy
Johnny Morased
Tony
Monongahela System
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