Fair boosters visit city for West Virginia fair week
Clarksburg boosters led a 30 car motorcade through Grafton to invite fair-goers to the Central West Virginia state fair opening September 2 in Clarksburg. A 40 member band played a 15 minute program before the caravan continued its two day Central West Virginia itinerary. The fair runs through September 8 with diverse events on Labor Day and beyond.
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Clarksburg
Grafton
First National Bank
B. Davisson
Henry Mayer
W.I- Band
Cntral
West Virginia
Anthony Felix
Commet
Central Labor Union
Wallstreet
Wva
Wichita
Kansas
Norwood Park
Army and Navy
Veterans' Societies
Fair Board
Davisson
Boone Dawson
Charleston
West Viginia
Holt
Suicide Hayes
J. M. Pierpont
Union National Bank
Willkie Sees A Draft Plan With Local Exemption Boards
Willkie spoke from his home with reporters in the yard after a press conference. He urged a section on the conscription bill to empower local exemption boards to determine who is freed from the draft, arguing the administration would be local and free of politics. He sent a telegram to Senator Hiram Johnson congratulating him on winning the nominations.
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Willkie
Johnson
Hiram Johnson
California
Mail Carrier Drowns in Piney Creek Cloudburst
Aug 29 Bee Arnett a mail carrier drowned in Piney creek during a cloudburst near New Martinsville. Sheriff Frank Berger reported the death.
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New Martinsville
Frank Berger
Bee Arnett
Piney Creek
Youth jailed for assault at Pruntytown West Virginia
An 18 year old inmate of the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys at Pruntytown, Burgess Dean of Lincoln County, was bound over to the September grand jury after a hearing before Justice Hoye G. White Sr. Dean allegedly attempted a daylight attack on a 15 year old girl on a road near the school. Two men who heard screams intervened and forced him to flee. The girl and her sister identified him. Bond set at 2000, unable to post, he remains in county jail awaiting the September 9 grand jury.
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West Virginia
Young
Dean
Sirn
London Bomb Raids Kill and Wreak Fires Across City
British reports say German bombers crossed the capital and dropped incendiaries and explosives near the Chancellery area while diversions struck at oil tanks in a depot. Firefighters and civil defense personnel smothered more than 60 incendiary bombs in one district as London endured a seven hour and ten minute air alarm.
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Pagene
Admiralty
London
England
Wales
F. W. Woolworth
Kottsbusser Street
Vnt
London Bomb Raid Report and Berlin Air Attacks
Civil defense in London used a large battery of searchlights to spot bombers as British planes targeted Berlin and German cities. Incendiaries lit three flats, a civilian was wounded by a bomb fragment, and many Berliners sought shelter as raids continued.
Mrs Strang Protests at La Guardia Over Europe Trip
Mrs Adelaide Strang formerly of Columbus Ohio and now long based in Paris, says reporters at La Guardia Field New York she traveled through Europe then had to return to be insulted by customs officials. She described the experience indignantly after her transatlantic journey.
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Adelaide Strang
la~ Guardia Field
N. Y
Europe
Columbus, O
Strang
Paris
Anti Roosevelt Forces Organize in Texas for Willkie
In Dallas on August 29 a no third term movement backed Wendell Willkie. Led by Mike Hogg of Houston, the no third term Democratic group gathered at Fair Park auditorium and pledged support to all Democratic ticket candidates while urging Republicans be voted in as needed.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Wendell Willkie
Mike Hogg
Houston
Fairpark Auditorium
Hogg
James Stephen Hogg
Herbert Hoover
al Smith
Willkie
500 Delegates Attend Junior Order Meeting
About 500 delegates registered for the joint meeting of the state councils of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics and the Daughters of America in Huntington. Separate business sessions were held with a joint banquet and dance planned for the evening, and officers to be elected tomorrow.
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Huntington
Order of United American Mechanics
Daughters of America
Horse Killed By Motor Car Near Thornton
A horse wandering onto Route 50 two miles east of Thornton was killed when struck by an auto driven by Hugh Hill of Canton Ohio. Hill, en route to Harrisburg, Pa, stopped to aid traffic until Sheriff Herbert Evans and State Trooper C W Dye arrived. Hill reported he could not avoid the collision as the horse appeared suddenly. he suffered no injuries and continued his trip after filing reports. The horse belonged to Mrs William Jennings nearby.
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Route 50
Thornton
Hugh Hill
Canton
Ohio
Harrisburg
Hill
Herbert Evans
C. W. Dye
William Jennings
Rygart Lake Yacht Club to Stage Sun Boat Race Program
A Sun motor boat racing program at Tygart Dam Lake is planned by the Tygart Lake Yacht Club starting committee led by Percy Robison with G Edwin Powell Lawrence Hall Paul Defenbaugh and William Manier. Handicap speed trials begin at noon with four classes racing distances of one two and three miles plus a free for all. Bleachers are up near the dam parking area and a path provides access for spectators.
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Tygart Dam Lake
Tygart Lake
Elmer Myers
John Felton
Philippi
Gas Spill After Truck Crash on Smithfield Mannington Road
A four ton truck trailer loaded with 2100 gallons of high test gasoline crashed through a one way bridge on the Smithfield Mannington road this morning and dumped the entire load into Buffalo Creek. State police say an explosion was averted when five men rushed to the wreckage and freed driver Theodore Giler 40 of Hundred from the seat and shut off the fuel supply.
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Mannington
Aus
Smithfield
Buffalo Creek
Corp
L. W. Emrick
Theodore Giler
Fuel drain accident injures Gilmer at stream
A motor pump system drains fuel from a stream when Gilmer sustained serious injuries and was transported to Fairmont General Hospital for treatment.
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Gilmer
Fairmont General Hospital
Farm Lands for Sale in Taylor County through FSA
Taylor County farm owners and real estate agents may list farms for sale with the Farm Security Administration in Grafton. The Bankhead Jones act funds support tenant purchase under FSA supervision, with county offices seeking a wide selection for tenants who aim to borrow and buy.
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Taylor Coun
Farm Security Administration
Claude R. Kemper
Taylor County
Post
Grafton
Congress
Kemper
FSA
Farm Security Office
Public sale of Grafton lot under two trust deeds
By virtue of two deeds of trust from Minnie Hazel Morrison to W Merle Watkins Trustee the property at 28 West Washington Street Grafton Taylor County West Virginia is offered at public auction on September 21 1940 at the courthouse front door. The lot No 105 fronts 30 feet on Boyd Street and extends 37 feet back with a 3 foot wide right of way over a brick walk. Cash sale terms. Beneficiary W Merle Watkins Trustee. Notices dated Aug 29 Sep 5 12 19.
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Minnie Hazel Morrison
W. Merle Watkins
Taylor County
West Virginia
West
Washington Street
Grafton
Boyd
Indian volunteers offer to be arrested in India independence drive
The independence campaign against Britain begins in Cawnpore led by Jawaharlal Nehru. Volunteers of the All-India Congress defy a government ban on organized drill and plan to surrender in groups. Eleven volunteers drill daily in Shradhanand Park.
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Great Britain
India
Cawnpore
Jawaharlal Nehru
all-India Congress
Nehru
Congress
Shradhanand Park
House Moves To Extend Age Limits of Draftees
Washington August 29 The House Military Committee approved a Burke Wadsworth conscription bill to draft men aged 21 to 44 inclusive, a broader age range than the Senate version. The measure aims to widen the draft pool and bolster military manpower amid ongoing national defense concerns.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Senate
Schiffler to Speak Sunday at First Baptist
The Baraca Bible class hosts Sunday services in Union Town to honor the contest winner from Clarksburg with a silver trophy donated by Loar Jewelry. Congressman Andrew C. Schiffler of Wheeling will deliver the address at 9 30 a m after a program including hymns prayers and a visitors introduction.
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Baraca Bible
First Baptist Church
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Loar Jewelry Company
Andrew C. Schiffler
Wheeling
West Virginia
Congressman Schiffler
America
White
Beauty Fights Death In Chicago Hospital
Je Reed, 43, once famed as Flo Ziegfeld's beauty, lies destitute and battling a streptococcal infection in Chicago Hospital after five failed attempts to secure support from wealthy men. Reed has relied on relief in recent years amid financial hardship and illness.
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Flo Ziegfeld
Je Reed
Chicago Hospital
Mire Reed
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