VFW plans to honor leader and Armistice events
Memorial City post 3081 prepares for De partment Commander William C. Lutes annual inspection visit on September 21 with his staff and an address. Plans for Armistice Day include a memorial address at the VFW monument and a mammoth parade in downtown Grafton. The annual bazaar will run November 9 to 16 with Past Commander Thomas J. Moran as general chairman.
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William C. Lutes
Hollidays Cove
Memorial City
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Route 50
New Grafton City Hospital
Grafton
Thomas J. Moran
Willkie Warns Against Dictatorship Power Shift
In a radio statement, Willkie decried an amendment granting sweeping wartime powers, calling it a potential dictatorship that would hinder the defense program. He urged unity against labor threats and criticized Wallace's claim that Republicans appease. He supported Senate passage of conscription as a democratic defense measure.
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Willkie
United States
Henry A. Wallace
Agriculture
Republican Party
Senate
Soviet reports on border clashes and Vienna arbitration
Soviet Army dispatches describe Rumanian Hungarian border clashes and German Italian arbitration at Vienna without editorial comment. Russia filed two protests to Bucharest accusing Romanian troops of provocative actions along the Russo Romanian frontier.
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Vienna
Russia
Bucharest
Dorohoi
Balkans
Budapest
Lajos-Tanya
Debrecen
Yugoslavia
Greece
Bulgaria
Hungary
Rumania
Nazi emissary sails home after failed mission
Hitler era envoy Gerhard Alois Westrick sails from San Francisco to home via Japan admitting failure of his mission. He claims the United States passed a glorious opportunity by not entering a trade pact with Germany.
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Hitler
Gerhardt Alois Westrick
San Francisco
Japan
U.S
Germany
Frontiers Tension Escalates After Romanian Clash
Tass reports protests disclosed by Soviet officials after a weekend frontier clash near Adamatia Bucovina. Soviet frontier guards returned fire as Romanian units withdrew. Russia warned of possible grave consequences if further incidents occur while a mixed Romanian Russian commission investigates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
sian-Rumanian
Tass
Societ
Bucharest
Adameata
Bucovina
FDR Acclaims DuPont Des Moines Addresses and Dedicates Parks
President Franklin D Roosevelt sent a telegram to Henry A Wallace praising his Des Moines stop and a grand start. Roosevelt planned two Labor Day speeches dedicating Chickamauga Dam on the Tennessee River near Chattanooga and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park at New Found Gap, noting the talks would not be campaign speeches.
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White House
Henry A. Wallace
Des Moines
Iowa
Chickanauga Dam
Tennessee River
Chattanooga
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
New Found Gap
North Carolina-Tennessee
Tear Gas Squad at Strand Theatre Opens Tonight
Warner Bros presents Tear Gas Squad starring Dennis Morgan John Payne and Gloria Dickson at the Strand Theatre. The plot follows Jerry Sullivan and rookie cop Tommy McCabe amid racketeers and police tradition with tense moments as the tear gas squad combats crime.
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Warner Bros
Dennis Morgan
John Payne
Gloria Dickson
Strand Theatre
Hollywood
Tne
Moe K. Jerome
Jack School
Jerry Sullivan
New York
Tommy McCabe
Tommy
Bill
Terry Morse
Charles Belden
Don Ryan
Kenneth Garnet
Midnight Limited at Opera House thrills with railroad drama
The Midnight Limited shows at the Opera House present authentic Pullman interiors and a murder robbery plot on the G G W railroad. Val Lennon detective traps the Phantom by posing as a victim as John King Majore Reynolds George Cleveland Monte Collins Lita Chevret and Pat Flaherty star under director Howard Bretherton.
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Monogram
Opera House
Pullman Company
Val Lennon
Ace Railroad
John King
Majore Reynolds
George Cleveland
Monte Collins
Lita Chevret
Pat Flaherty
Howard Bretherton
Opera
Train Death Probed in California Suspected Murder Involves Mrs Alice Johnson von Herman
California police probe a train death near Redlands as possible murder. Mrs Alice Johnson von Herman of Chicago fell from an eastbound train. children tell a coroner's jury she had no reason to take her own life and her baggage is missing.
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California
Alice Johnson von Herman
Chicago
Redlands
Calif
Texas Stampede Opens at Dixie Theatre in Columbia
Dixie Theatre debuts the western epic Texas Stampede with Charles Starrett as a bold young sheriff. The cast exceeds 35 principals plus hundreds of western extras and features 15 fight sequences and 20 chase scenes amid cattle and sheepman feuds. Tris Meredith leads the female role alongside Hank Bell, Fred Kohler Jr., Raphael Bennett, Blackjack Ward, Edmund Cobb, Edward Hearn, Lee Prather, and Bob Nolan and his Sons of...
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Columbia
Dixie Theatre
Charles Starrett
Sam Nelson
Starrett
Tris Meredith
Hank Bell
Fred Kohler, Jr
Raphael Bennett
Blackjack Ward
Edmund Cobb
Edward Hearn
Lee Prather
Bob Nolan
DPA Names Elsie Beaty to Public Assistance Post
Miss Elsie J. Beaty, formerly of Parkersburg and three-year state department staff member, accepted the Taylor county public assistance appointment. She succeeds Fred A. Lewin, who takes a leave to pursue graduate study at the University of Chicago. Lewin departs September 20. Beaty, a World War nurse, has been active in Wood County American Legion and Red Cross, and has worked in VA child welfare. She has resided in Charleston the past seven years and comes highly recommended.
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Taylor County
Elsie J. Beaty
Parkersburg
State Department
Miss Beaty
Fred A. Lewin
Hos
University of Chicago
Lewin
United States Navy Department
Wood County American Legion
Red Cross
Child Welfare Department
Veterans Administration
Charleston
Gratton
Wallace charges axis aims in Midwest rally
Wallace told a crowd of Iowans and farm delegations that Republicans in power would push for a German controlled Europe if elected. He branded Roosevelt as democracy’s symbol in the Americas and warned Hitler aims to defeat FDR. He said dictators seek to split the hemisphere and hinder the election process.
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Conmuea
Vane
Europe
Wallace
Hitler
Roosevelt
North
South America
Americas
Three New Songs by Sons of the Pioneers Added
The Pioneers feature three tuneful hits coded as entertainment attractions in the picture. The Boss Is Hanging Out The Rainbow Rise and Shine and I ll Grab My Saddle Horn and Blow were written by Bob Nolan and Ben Oakland and sung by the Sons of the Pioneers.
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the Pioneers
Bob Nolan
Ben Oakland
Sons of the Pioneers
Conscription debate presses for defense and government risk
The article argues against conscription and a forced labor economy as dangerous to American democracy. It cites lawmakers Anderson Byrns Short Arends Saucer Marlin Elison Harness and predicts strong party support for a House bill, with leaders foreseeing a two to one passage margin before the next week.
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May
Rayburn
Secre
Howe Committee
Senate
Senaté
Anderson
Byrns
D.-Tenn
Short
Arends
R.-dil
Saucer
R-Mich
Marlin
R-Ia
Elison
R.-Ohio
Harness
R.-Ind
Texas
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Fred Lewin
America
GOP
Congress
Republican House
House
Lundeen
Fr.Minn
Bull
D.-Ky
House Rules Committee
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LEE Bennett & Son
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