Dramatic Company Delights Taylor County Audiences
The Robert Cook Dramatic company played the Opera House the week of January 12 with Gordon McDowell in leads and Miss Elma Cornell delivering standout performances in East Lynne and Lady of Irons. Local history notes cover Railroad developments, the Cole property, and early funeral practices, followed by Adelaide Cherie’s 1894 appearance and a strong amateur troupe showing. A gray horse sale at the Taylor County Court House and Arthur Deming’s minstrel act closed a bustling period.
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Robert Cook
Archibald Carlyle
Miss Cornell
Pauline
Baltimore and Ohio
Parkersburg
Patrick Flannery
Merchant and Mechanics Saving Bank
William Cole
Main
Lafayette Streets
Eugene McClain
Columbus C. Houston
Little Yard
Wheeling
Houston
Milton A
Mr. Cole
Evaline Cole
Bluemont
Pruntytown
Cole
Fine Bank
Adelaide Cherie
Cherie
Madame Laurent
Charles Mortimer
Jack Hartley
Phillip Bartram
F. Gordon’ Meade
Sammy Green
Addison
Maud Young
Miford Beeler
Joseph Shaw
Taylor County Court House
Stephen B. Jenkins
Arthur Deming
Behind These Implements and The Men in The Trenches
A historic call urges backing military effort with a strong economy, faith in finances, and patriotic civilian labor in factories and mines. It warns that extravagance in Washington, high taxes, and deficits threaten national defense and could lead to dictatorship at home, urging support for war production and financial resilience.
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Washington
Europe
Fabienne Meets Dr Mallory at Willoughby Clinic
Fabienne Seymour, a rich young staff member at Willoughby House, clashes with Dr J W Mallory while handling clinic duties. He probes her motives, hinting at a shared history, as she wrestles with memories of love and her ambitions. The scene ends with a charged, unresolved exchange and a possible ride home.
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Fabienne Seymour
Nicky Bartlett
Dove
Fabienne
Ellen Chapman
Willoughby House
Elen
Bill
Fabienne Willoughby Seymour
Sabienne
J. W. Mallory
Fabienn
Roosevelt third term push tied to imagined emergency
The piece argues Roosevelt will not seek a third term unless a genuine international emergency arises next summer. It labels pro Roosevelt factions as fanatical and self serving, accusing them of manufacturing urgency to justify another run. It contends the public rejects war involvement and warns against blaming external crises on others.
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Roosevelt
Europe
Mr. Roosevelt
Study of fluid milk problems in Des Moines area
Des Moines Register reports Dr. Leland Spencer of Cornwell University addressed a San Francisco milk dealers conference. He notes canned evaporated milk rising in use as it undercuts fresh milk, with rural areas consuming more canned milk and western beef states showing the highest per capita use. Since 1926 the price gap between canned and fresh milk has widened while fresh milk consumption declines. The piece critiques farmers drivers and large firms for potentially inflating prices to protect profits, and calls home delivery by rival retailers a convenience but costly.
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Des Moines Register
Fortune Magazine
Leland Spencer
Corhell University
San Francisco
Plight of Eire Shrinks Free State Trade Amid War Burdens
Ireland faces severe budget strain from European war as trade with Britain falters. Minister Sean O Kelly imposes a wartime budget with higher taxes for all, sharp surtax on the rich, and levies on sugar beer tobacco and spirits. Farmers suffer as Britain resists favorable wartime price offers.
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Eire
Elkins
Irish Free State
Holland
Belgium
Ireland
Free State
Brittain
Sean O'Kelly
Dail Eireann
Bire
Britain
What We Need for Defense in Wartime
Clarksburg Telegram argues that Europe’s new war demands strong national defense from the United States. It stresses preparedness beyond ships and weapons, noting protection of national interests is essential to avoid involvement. The piece frames defense as broader than military hardware.
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Clarksburg
Europe
Hidden Taxes Revealed In Indirect Tax Survey Findings
A National Consumers Tax Commission survey shows twenty seven states rely over eighty percent on indirect taxes, with Minnesota below seventy five percent and New York at fifty five point four percent. For 1938 statewide tax collections exceeded nine hundred million, five percent from shiftable taxes. The report argues direct taxpayer awareness would curb government spending and services.
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Minneapolis Tribune
National Consumers Tax Commission
Minnesota
New York
South Dakota
Allance
Nominations Made by Two Political Groups in New Martinsville
New Martinsville Democrats nominate K. W. Potts for recorder L. E. Johnson for police chief and Thomas Lemmon for street commissioner. The People’s party nominates John Tams for recorder and Leo Morris for police chief. Municipal election set for January 9.
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New Martinsville
New Martinsville Democrats
K. W. Potts
L. E. Johnson
Thomas Lemmon
People's Party
John Tams
Leo Morris
Financial Help and Foreign Policy Comments on Neutrality
President Roosevelt defended Hull's foreign policy during a press conference amid questions on invoking the Neutrality Act and possible Russia Finland talks. He said Hull’s leadership has broad approval from the American public despite criticism from Soviet and some Republican circles and Hearst news outlets.
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Roose
United States
Russia
Finland
Roosevelt
Hull
Hearst and Borah Comment on U S Russia Policy
The piece notes two statesmen from Russia and Germany adding a small group of politically minded Americans in the House and one in the Senate. William Randolph Hearst at McCloud California questioned whether the papers could decide to support or oppose the president as policies shift. Senator Borah of Idaho warned severing relations with Russia could push Soviet and Nazi powers closer together and prolong the European war. He urged the U S stay ready to help seek a peaceful settlement.
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Ican
Russia
Germany
United States House
Senate
William Randolph Hearst
McCloud
Calif
Hearst
Borah R
Idaho
United States
Roosevelt
Pinland
Borah
Seek to Cut Concludes on Page Two at Remote Front
In a continuation from page two, a report describes Russian advances in the White Sea region near Kudajaryi, 50 miles east of the Finnish border. Russians gained access to a major highway extending 110 miles toward Rovaniemi, a key Arctic communications hub.
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White Sea
Kandalaksha
Kudajaryi
Rovaniems
Finland
Assessor Candidacy Filed By F Kelley For Taylor County
Republican voters are asked to support F Kelley in the May 7 1940 primary for the assessor post in Taylor County. Kelley pledges to discharge duties to general public satisfaction and urges voter backing. He signs with es northeast to Petsamo and a railway to the Gulf of Bothnia.
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Taylor County
Fred Kelley
Petsamo
Gulf of Bothnia
Pinland
Sweden
Soviet Union
Arctic
Russia
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Bill Goodbye’ By
Marie Slizard
Witte Cen
Dr. Hopkins
Wening
Seymour
Dr. Mallory
Young Tomassino
Land
Mainty
The
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Red Air Corps
Ri Leningrad Command
Dedk
Kiri
Varangerfjord
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