Firemen List Money Gifts in Booster Drive
L H Greenwald announced no donations last week toward the fund but published names and amounts from July 1 gifts. Contributors include Mrs Anna Heflin five dollars Miss Mary Battle one dollar and The Great Atlantic Pacific Tea Company ten dollars totaling fifty two dollars and fifty cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Greenwald
Fire Department
Anna B. Heflin
Dod Faislup
Mary Battle
Bittner
George Freezer
Frank Finch
A. G. Gale
E. H. Davis
Herbert McVicker
the Great Atlantic Pacific Tea Company
Afton Quota Club
Clarence Bilman
Joe Tucker
J. H
Chamberlain reports Hitler urgency in German Polish talks
Chamberlain stated that Hitler pressed for a quick settlement and asked the British ambassador to Berlin to return with a fuller account. Sir Nevile Henderson arrived from Berlin and presented a document requiring careful study as the cabinet weighed a measured reply.
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Hitler
Chamberlain
Berlin
Nevile Henderson
Nevile
Britain Ready for War if Polish German Disputes Widen
Chamberlain stated Britain would welcome talks with Germany on a settlement that could benefit Europe, but warned that decisive progress depends on how Poland Germany differences are handled. He asserted the fighting fleet and air defenses are in instant readiness while expressing hope for a peaceful, negotiated outcome. Arthur Greenwood echoed firm stance yet kept a hopeful door open in the face of aggression.
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Hitler
Britain
Germany
Poland
Europe
Chamberlain
Arthur Greenwood
Labor
Roosevelt Studies European Crisis as Panama Buildup Also Unfolds
President Roosevelt studied a digest of late diplomatic moves for peace and reviewed Britain's note to Hitler. He planned to attend a press conference but details were not disclosed and he would head to Hyde Park when the uncertainty ends. Senator Clark warned that canal zone forces lacked up to date equipment. More US troops would reach Panama, increasing the canal zone garrison to 24,000 as part of a defense program, with initial units arriving to total 7,360 enlisted men by October amid red tape on ammunition deliveries.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Britain
Hitler
Germany
Hyde Park
N. Y
United States
Panama
Clark
Idaho
Canal Zone
Canal
Steel Mills Keeping Busy In Pittsburgh As Demand Edges Up
In Pittsburgh aug 29 steel executives from United States Steel, Jones and Laughlin, National Steel, and others report firm prices and rising orders. Optimism runs high about a possible surge in demand, with recalls of furloughed workers and a production spurt driven by auto industry orders.
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Pittsburgh
Europe
America
Disciples of Mars
United States Steel Corporation
Jones and Laughlin
National Steel
Pittsburgh Steel
Crucible Steel
Steel Company
Stock Market Gains As War Fears Lessen
Wall Street rose modestly as European peace appeared possible. Major gainers included U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler GM U S Rubber Montgomery Ward United Aircraft American Telephone Western Union Santa Fe Great Northern Anaconda Westinghouse Du Pont Celanese Loft Union Carbide. Electric Bond and Share Lockheed American Gas and International Petroleum also improved. White Swan Laundry of Wheeling WV was accused of unfair labor practices by NLRB examiner Henry J. Kent with a recommended cease interference and reinstatement of discharged workers.
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New York
Wall Street
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
General Motors
U. S. Rubber
Montgomery Ward
United Aircraft
American Telephone
Western Union
Santa Fe
Great Northern
Anaconda
Westinghouse
du Pont
Celanese
Loft
Union Carbide
Electic
Pittsburgh
White Swan Laundry Company
Wheeling
W. Va
National Labor Relations Board
Henry J. Kent
Grid Candidate's Hopes Wrecked By Broken Leg
Seventeen-year-old Tom Honaker of South Charleston High School suffered a broken leg while riding on a bumper after practice when his car collided with another vehicle. The injury ends his bid for a first-string football berth.
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Charleston
Tom Honakz
South Charleston
Honaker
Dies Anxious To Get Action On Fasci st Groups
Washington reporte: Dies committee gathers data for a preliminary congress report and reviews possible actions against fascist organizations. It subpoenas Pelleys income records, checks foreign agent registration prospects, and eyes enforcement while Pelleys bid for court relief and testimony unfolds.
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Washington
Dies Committee
Congress
Dies
D.~tex
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirts
Internal Revenue Bureau
Thomas
R.-N
Pelley
Asheville
Robert B. Baker
Charleston Moves To Balance City Budget
Charleston council debated the city gross sales tax and ordered parking meters installed to raise funds for the current year operations. Officials called tight economy across departments and directed divisions, especially street and labor, to cut labor by at least twenty workers. A $750,000 budget was allocated to cover deficits from lower valuation and an overdraft from the prior year.
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Charleston
German rationing grips Berlin amid wartime shortages
Berlin residents faced abrupt rationing as a new system limits food and goods with Nazi certificates. A hundred dollar bills buy little as two sticks of shaving soap or a dozen handkerchiefs require special tickets. Confusion spread. rolls, milk, and deliveries lag as merchants and drivers adjust to controls. The move signals war pressures and rekindles memories of prewar shortages.
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Alvin J. Steinkopf
Berlin
Reich
Germany
Funeral for Amanda Roberts Held in Chatham Va
Funeral services were held today at Chatham Virginia for Amanda Roberts eighty six who died in a Charleston hospital five days after she fell and fractured her hip while visiting here.
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Charleston
Chatham
Amanda Roberts
Chatham Hills
Dictators Must Lose In War, Veterans Are Te
Rear Admiral Yates Stirling Jr retired told the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Boston that U S security depends on defeating dictators when war starts and going into war early He said neutrality laws keep the U S out of war at the cost of dictatorial victory and urged entering foreign disputes with both feet
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Boston
Yates Stirling, Jr
National Convention
Veterans of Foreign Wars
United States
Stirling
Rome
Civil War Vets Demand Foot March in Pittsburgh Parade
Civil War veterans in Pittsburgh pressed to march on foot rather than ride in automobiles during the annual full military parade. About 100 of 1,700 surviving Union soldiers attend the Grand Army of the Republic encampment, with most refusing a car ride behind banners. Tomorrow’s uphill downtown route drew emphasis on walking nearly a mile.
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Pittsburgh
Boys In Blue
State Department
Grand Army of the Republic
Barbour Man Is Sentenced In Early Federal Case
In Fairmont on August 29 Judge Watkins sentenced two men to terms in the federal reformatory after guilty pleas. Jared Shipman of Barbour County received three years for forging a government check, while Paul Scott Bruce of Fairmont drew two years for a postal violation. Other defendants face trials for white slavery and cash possession charges, with bond set for Ebb F Merckle as investigations continue.
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Fairmont
Federal Reformatory
Cothe
Watkins
Jared Shipman
Mable
Barbour County
Paul Scott Bruce
Charles L. Todd
William G. Cline
Harrisburg
C.A. Nelson
Isaac Ours
Pendleton County
David M. Clegg
Wood County
Ebb F. Merckle
Clarkseburg
Clarksburg
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Douglas Fairbanks,, JR
Hugh Herbert
Roy Rogers
Rough Riders Round-Up
George Murphy
Jackie Cooper
Winnipeg
Panama Canal
Chili
France
Grafton Drug & Chemical Co
F.D.R. Studies
Foreign News
Latrobe Street
Siehler Furniture Company
Grafton
Junior
J. H. Hale
Freestone NO
Frit Markt
Chillizo
Main St
Aera Åkuerk
Ray
Lfe
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