Berlin Bombardment by RAF Blasts Nazi Capital
Berlin residents reeled from a three hour air raid by British bombers that killed 10 and injured 30, with fires and cratered avenues across the city near Berlin's center two miles from Hitler's chancellery. The raid, described as Berlin's worst air raid, also hit a gas plant at Leuna and other targets along the coast.
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Berlin
High Command
Britain
Adolf Hiler
Great Portsmouth
Liverpool Harbor
Chatham
Thames Side
Leuna
Leipzig
Liverpool
Ham
Profits Tax Bill Speeds Through House Amid Gag Rule
Washington heavy with procedure as the House moves to rapid passage of the excess profits tax bill. Leaders limit debate and amendments to push the measure, designed to curb war profiteering and aid defense industries, through by nightfall. Continued on page three.
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Washington
House
Grafton Sentinel invites MRS Wittman to theatre night
The Grafton Sentinel invites MRS R W WITTMAN of 127 Grand Street to tonight's Strand Theatre program featuring An Angel From Texas with Eddie Albert Rosemary Lane Wayne Morris and Jane Wyman. A second feature Free Blonde and 21 stars Lynn Bari. The Dixie Theatre offers The Secret Seven with Bruce Bennett in a double feature.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
R. W. Wittman
Grand Street
Texas
Eddie Albert
Rosemary Lane
Wayne Morris
Jane Wyman
Strand Theatre
Lynn Bari
Bruce Bennett
Dixie Theatre
Coal Business Best in Years in West Virginia
West Virginia coal output is seen near a 10 year volume high as defense demand grows. The State Chamber of Commerce reports August analysis forecasting 1940 production around 130 million tons, with broad trade indicators rising toward 1937 levels. The coal industry is expected to capture a larger share of the national total.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
State Chamber of Commerce
Youth Wounded In Head By Marble Shot In Pittsburgh
William Durwal a 10 year old boy was wounded in the head by a marble fired from an old shotgun with a firecracker. A 17 year old youth said he fired to scare them from a neighbor’s property and was arrested on felonious shooting charges. The marble embedded a quarter inch in the boy’s head and he was hospitalized in serious condition. The older youth was released on $2,500 bail.
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Pittsburgh
William Durwal
Moose Supreme Council Meeting In Harrisburg
Executives of the Loyal Order of Moose arrive from across the United States to open a three day session of the supreme council for more than 2,000 lodges in Harrisburg Pennsylvania. Francis S Clohessy of Waverly will be installed tomorrow night as supreme governor. Also to be installed is Senator Matthew M Neely supreme prelate from Fairmont West Virginia.
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Harrisburg
Loyal Order of Moose
United States
Supreme Council
Francis S. Clohessy
Waverly
Matthew M. Neely
Fairmont
W. Va
Shoe Salesman Samuel Brown Found Dead At Home
Huntington report says coroner tentatively ruled death by own action for Samuel K. Brown 52 a shoe salesman whose body was found by his chauffeur in a bedroom with a pistol nearby and a temple gunshot wound confirmed by city detective Julius May
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Huntington
F. X. Schuller
Samuel K. Brown
Julius May
Brown
Temple
Suez Bombed by Italians in First Air Raid
Italian planes bombed the Suez canal between Port Said and Ismailia and the Alcantara ferry, with raids also directed at Alexandria. The Fasci st High Command reported the actions, while a British communique noted Port Said bombardment with no casualties or damage.
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Suez Canal
High Command
Port Said
Ismailia
Alcantara
Egypt
Palestine
Alexandria
Egyptian
Ecuver
Italian East Africa
Sudan
Two Infantile Paralysis Cases Listed In State
Charleston reports two new poliomyelitis cases as schools delay openings amid an epidemic. Nicholas county defers opening after its first fatality. Roane county confirms a suspected case. Huntington and Cabell counties tally the 55th case with many released from quarantine.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Nicholas County
A. M. Price
Roane County
Roane
Huntington
W. W. Strange
Cabell County
List of Reds Not Illegal
Judge Joy Sell Hurd ruled signatures to Communist party petitions are public records and may be published. Arnold Johnson and Joseph Brandt sought an injunction and $100,000 damages from the Cleveland Press, but the petitions filed with the secretary of state become public when printed or examinable by the public. The signing was a public act, and any odium is their responsibility.
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Cleveland
Joy Sell Hurd
Common Pleas Court
Arnold Johnson
Ohio
Joseph Brandt
Cleveland Press
Hurd
Columbus
Cuyahoga County
First Birth Reported in British Air Raid Shelter
Mrs Anne Plume, 34, claims to be Britain's first mother to give birth in an Anderson air raid shelter during a German raid in London. Her seven pound son was named after Sir John Anderson, minister of home security, who organized the shelter program. The birth occurred as bombs shook the night sky and gunfire roared nearby.
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London
Anne Plume
Anderson
Sir John Anderson
Home Security
Mrs. Plume
England
Britain
Portsmouth
Portasmouth
Axis Directed Balkan Peace Parley Opens
The talks opened in Vienna with Hungarian Premier Teleky and Foreign Minister Csaky meeting German and Italian ministers Ribbentrop and Ciano. Separate discussions with Romanian representatives may follow. no fixed program yet, but aims cited in a spirit of comradely cooperation as four nations consider a unified table if possible. The session at Imperial Hotel set the stage for broader debates on the Hungary Romania territorial dispute and potential arbitration.
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Vienna
Hungary
Romania
Pal Teleky
Istvan Csaky
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Galeazzo Ciano
Mihail Manoilescu
Bucharast
Marine
Imperial Hotel
Ribbentrop
Ciano
Belvedere
Ramsey Calls For National Issue Debates With Schiffler
Wheeling August 29. Former Rep. Robert L. Ramsey, a Democrat aiming to regain his First district seat, challenged his Republican opponent A. C. Schiffler to a series of debates on national issues. Schiffler offered no immediate reply.
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Wheeling
Robert L. Ramsey
A. C. Schiffler
Schiffler
Big Time Gambler Of New York Dies At Sea Girt
George McManus once accused in the Arnold Rothstein murder died of heart disease at his Sea Girt New Jersey summer home. The New York gambler had a sensational 1920s trial and was acquitted by a general sessions jury. Rothstein’s 1928 slaying remains unsolved and McManus had avoided publicity since the trial.
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New York
George McManus
Arnold Rothstein
Sea Girt
N. J
McManus
General Sessions
Rothstein
Wallace To Campaign For Democrats In Des Moines
Henry A. Wallace makes his debut as the party’s leading campaigner in Des Moines tonight when he accepts the Democratic vice presidential nomination. Officials expect about 10,000 at the notification ceremony as Roosevelt stays in Washington due to international tensions. The acceptance address is planned to run around 30 minutes.
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Des Moines
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Cratic
Roosevelt
Washington
Democratic Party
Senate backs peacetime conscription bill in 58 to 31 vote
The Senate approved the Burke Wadsworth peacetime conscription bill, authorizing registration for men 21 to 30 and a year of service with a possible surge to conscript industry for defense. House debate to begin soon as supporters push for quick passage amid war fears.
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Senate
London
Washington
Senate Military Committee
House Military Committee
Former Festival Queen to Wed West Point Man
Betty Jane Millsop former queen of the Mountain State Forest festival will wed Lieut. James David Garcia on September 14 in Holidays Cove. Millsop is daughter of Thomas E. Millsop president of Weirton Steel. Garcia is a West Point graduate stationed at Langley Field Virginia.
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Weirton
Betty Jane Millsop
Willkie Sees Many Visitors In Rushville
Wendell L. Willkie greets political callers on the lawn of his rented Rushville residence as crowds fill the street and hotel lobbies. A banner proclaims Rush County presents Willkie while reporters flood the area and residents seek glimpses of the Republican nominee during his campaign stop.
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Theodore F. Koop
Rushville
Ind
Wendell L. Willkie
Rush County
Wilkie
Founder of Greenbrier County Town Succumbs
Rainelle mourns John Raine founder of the town and Meadow River Lumber Company in 1909 with his brother He dies at 76 after a heart ailment He retired three years ago Born in Ironton Ohio he moved to Greenbrier County with his brother Thomas Raine He and his son Burton ran an export brokerage and he directed the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co He served in the West Virginia legislature in the late 1920s
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Rainelle
John Raine
Greenbrier
Meadow River Lumber Company
Montgomery
Ironton
Raine
Greenbrier County
Thomas W. Raine
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Burton D. Raine
Elkins
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Greenbriers County
Burke-Wadsworth draft bill sets training terms
Washington August 29 the Burke Wadsworth compulsory military training bill approved by the Senate lays out key provisions. All males 21 through 30 must register with aliens lacking naturalization exempt. Registered men would be liable for 12 months of service or longer if needed. The president would select nonmilitary essential workers and those with dependents in an impartial manner.
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Ate
Washington
Senate
Congress
Two Men Dead Thirteen Hurt In Pipeline Blast
A Phillips Petroleum Co pipeline blast near Buffalo Oklahoma killed two men and burned 13 others, all members of an emergency crew sent to repair a leak. Bodies of Donald King and Warren Hendrix were recovered early today as flames covered over 30 acres of prairie grass.
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Buffalo
Okla
Phillips Petroleum Co
Here
Donald King
Northwestern State College
Alva
Warren Hendrix
Cedardale
P. Miller
Turkish Newspaperman Is Arrested By Nazi Police
Nerim Guen, Berlin representative of several Turkish papers, and three Turkish businessmen in Berlin, were taken to central police headquarters in handcuffs. The action is a reprisal linked to the arrest of a German book and a newspaper dealer in Istanbul who sold Adolf Hitler's party organ. The dealer was seized in humiliating circumstances and led through the streets of Istanbul in handcuffs.
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Berlin
Nerim Guen
Istanbul
Adolf Hitler
Volkischer Beobachter
Wounds Fatal to Young Man in Richwood
In Richwood 17 year old Charles Wood died of gunshot wounds suffered the same night his 23 year old aunt was killed. A second warrant for murder was to be sworn against John Fitzwater of Galvin, Nicholas County, a beer parlor operator, as search continued. Wood had just enrolled for high school football training at Cowen and was riding home with Mrs Jessie Wood and Harold Hyatt when he was shot five times and died in the car.
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Richwood
Charles Wood
Camden-On
Gauley
Webster County
Wayne Power
John Fitzwater
Galvin
Nicholas County
Wood
Cowen
Jessie Wood
Cee
Harold Hyatt
Hyatt
Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Charles Ewers to theatre
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Charles Ewers of 340 Gay Street to attend tonight's presentation featuring Tim McCoy in Frontier era and the Higgins film Grandpa Goes to Town at the Opera Theatre.
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Grafton Sentinel
Charles Ewers
Gay Street
Tim McCoy
Higgins F
Opera Theatre
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