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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1940
Page
1
Germany strikes London in a fierce daytime raid the third in five hours despite heavy losses. Zeppelin fighters and fighter planes engage. British air ministry reports at least six enemy planes shot down and one bomber.
Washington observers say opposition in the house is scattered but likely unable to stop the Burke Wadsworth military training bill next week. Debates open Tuesday with main fights on age limits for registration 21 to 44 and government power to seize industrial plants for defense.
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs H H Mason of 228 Barrett Street to attend tonight's presentation at the theatre featuring Andy Hardy Meets A Debate with Mickey Rooney and also Texas Slam with Charles Starrett at the Dixie theatre.
Washington Aug 31 Indications that the senate finance committee would revise the house approved excess profits tax bill grew after Senator George of Georgia said no one can apply the bill accurately even Treasury experts. Committee hearings begin Tuesday and Harrison D. of Mississippi said action could come a week later. He called it the most intricate tax bill ever presented to Congress. both men noted that corporate spokesmen would testify on how the levy would work in practice.
Charleston Aug 31. Classes at West Virginia State School for the Deaf and Blind start two weeks late due to an infantile paralysis epidemic. Nearly 200 children attacked, 11 deaths. Secretary David Kirby calls the Romney delay precautionary. Earlier Marion county and 10 southern counties also delayed public school openings.
Washington August 31 National Guardsmen would gain one year of active duty time to qualify for jobless benefits under proposed state and federal law changes advocated by state employment directors. John Stump Jr of West Virginia, president of the interstate conference, said a national meeting would vote on the proposal October 14.
Italian high command reports raids over Dar El Habra on the Libyan Egyptian frontier with claims of a bombarded British cruiser in the Red Sea. Eight killed and nine injured were cited from a British raid on Camp Agordat in Africa.
Eight crew members parachuted to safety after a Douglas B-18A bomber crashed near Kalama as one engine failed. Army officer calls the feat unheard of while all eight escape with minor bruises from rugged wooded terrain at McChord Field Washington.
OTTAWA August 31 One of two German war prisoners who escaped Tuesday from an Ontario camp has been recaptured The fugitives sparked a government inquiry into internment set up Guards were believed tracking the second man Theodor Steyrer 28 an under officer of the German navy was captured west of Sudbury Hans Kibart 25 Nazi airman remains at large
Flood waters from torrential rains swept western North Carolina causing hundreds to lose homes. Streams rose to record levels with at least six people reported missing and widespread property damage. Enka Corporation plant near Asheville suffered damage.
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt will accompany President Roosevelt to Charleston Tuesday and stay with an old friend during the two hour stop. The First Lady plans to tour the $22,000,000 Naval Ordnance plant at South Charleston and is not expected to attend a luncheon arranged by Mrs. Arthur B. Koontz.
FBI special agents conducted a background inquiry into Harry Bridges while J Edgar Hoover was in San Francisco. The probe aims to determine if new deportation proceedings should be started against the Australia born West Coast labor leader, 48, listed as an undesirable alien.
Grafton plans a general business suspension on Labor Day with most retailers closed and state, city, and federal workers off. Post Office holiday service means no city or rural mail delivery and deposits should occur at the post office for prompt dispatch. The Evening Sentinel will not publish Monday, resuming Tuesday afternoon.
Washington Aug 31 Newly placed orders for airplane engines bring prospects for producing toward the Army Navy goal of a 25 000 plane fleet in two years. With new plants under construction and output rising, contracts show upwards of 40 000 motors ordered for delivery by mid 1942, with about 14 engines per multi engine aircraft. Continued on Page 3
Charleston reports State Police Superintendent C C Tallman citing 823 traffic arrests in July with 756 convictions as part of stringent enforcement. He stresses the action is not a safety campaign but arrests and convictions for highway violations. There were 26 traffic fatalities in July, down from 36 by August 30.
New York August 31 News reports the SS Seatrain Texas a new 2 5 million freighter and the Norwegian freighter Rolf Jarl collided in fog off the New Jersey coast early today neither vessel in serious trouble Four hours after the Seatrain Texas SOS said she struck an unknown ship while the Norwegian ship sent four messages to Texas intercepted by MacKay Radio asking to stand by until daybreak
Rumania mourns after ceding more than half of Transylvania to Hungary under a German Italian arbitration award. The crown council met until dawn over problems arising from the loss, while police armed with sawed off shotguns guarded the palace. German troops are expected to guard the frontier with Soviet Russia as part of the axis guarantee.
In Times Square last night a policeman and gunman engaged in a deadly duel in a Plymouth theater lobby. The gunman, whose name was not released, killed himself with a temple-shot as the officer fired. Patrolman Joseph Schecker and James Mitchell a theater porter were wounded amid fleeing patrons and bullets near Broadway and 45th Street.
Democratic state headquarters will open Tuesday in Clarksburg with John B. Smith as office manager. Smith is secretary of the West Virginia Young Democrats. C Bired Smith of the Fairmont Times was named publicity director while H Clare Hese of Mannington will run the speakers bureau. Eleanor Poling of Philippi will oversee women's activities and Watkins plans to name a Negro division chairman and other aides for the 1940 campaign.
Pittsburgh August 31 A union organizer William Mackay 32 was shot in the hip at a southside SWOC local meeting attended by more than 100 members. Police say James Devine 48, a former local member about five feet tall, shot Mackay after asking to see him. Devine was arrested on the charge.
A janitor at the United States Post Office departs with a signed Will Rogers portrait meant for James A Farley, reading aloud a remark praising Farley as a practical politician and gentleman. The picture is packed away as Farley officially ends his tenure at midnight, severing his last link to the Post Office.
Cleveland report shows July and August activity in the fourth Federal Reserve district remaining relatively high despite layoffs and seasonal factors. Bituminous coal output led the rise with July production at 14,810,000 net tons, the largest July since 1930, while delaying minimum price schedules may shift winter coverage contracts by retailers.
Brigadier General Walter G. Kilner, 52, was found dead in a gas filled kitchen at a friend's home. Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald ruled it a death by his own action. A note to Col. J. Defreest Larner was near the body. Kilner, a World War I hero, had been appointed last December by President Roosevelt to a aviation advisory committee.
British aircraft bombed central Berlin in a large daylight attack, striking the Sleniehs Schuckert factory and nearby buildings. Fire and smoke spread as 4,000,000 residents sheltered underground for 37 minutes, while authorities noted limited damage to military targets and several fires in the southeast.
August 31, 19xx residents brace for possible flood as New River near Radford Va rises to 12.6 feet and Kanawha River at Hinton shows 6.5 feet while crest from the 1937 flood is cited. About 35 families warned in Bellpoint and Avis sections move to higher ground as river levels fall later.
Mrs R C Cockrell of 1 West Wilford Street plans to attend tonight’s program featuring the film Midnight Limited plus the serial The Hornet and other features at the era House theater with performers Joth and King.
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