Red Hot Scrap Ahead as Isolationists Battle in Congress
Central Press columnist Charles P. Stewart highlights a looming clash between Roosevelt's lease plan to aid Britain and Senate isolationists led by Bennett Champ Clark. The piece notes antiwar lawmakers fear circumvention of neutrality laws, while administration backers see it as essential support, foreshadowing a bitter congressional confrontation.
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Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
Bennett Champ Clark
Britain
John Bull
Roosevelt
Washington
New Deal
Missouri
United States
Hitler
Germany
Japan
Nippon
Yosuke Matsuoka
Tokyo
Mikado
Hiram W. Johnson
Gerald P. Nye
Congress
England and Ireland face hitler based on aid and neutrality
A divergent letter urges the United States to demand a mutual assistance pact with Britain before more aid to Britain. It argues Britain seeks survival links while Ireland’s De Valera hints at defending Irish rights if England bases near or presses neutrality. The piece notes Ireland’s limited arms, warns Hitler’s bombs aim to push Eire toward England, and warns against forced alliance.
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Britain
Rush Holt
America
Brifore
Amelia
Churchill
Great Britain
British Isles
Germany
Western Hemisphere
Hitler
Europe
United States
Tem
England
Eire
Eamon de Valera
Evening Times
Ireland
de Valera
Emerald Isle
Murder Makes a HeroS Elliott Fillion
Nancy Deane joins Cary Essex and relatives in a hunt through the captain's house and stables after a crash. Janet reveals a Titanic memory and reveals family tensions. Nancy agrees to work, aided by Cary’s dictation as the Essex clan tests a life near the sea and a hidden manuscript.
Bombs Over Ireland Warned by Cumberland Times
The Cumberland Times describes a terror campaign attributed to Luftwaffe planes, stating that Ireland, referred to as Eire, has suffered air raids over more than two weeks. The report contrasts this with Northern Ireland, noting its continued status in relation to England while Ireland remains under strict control.
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Ireland
Cumberland Times
Adolf Hitler
Bow
Eire
England
Permanent voter registration eyed for 1941 session
The Associated Press notes the looming State Legislature faces major election reform, with permanent voter registration favored by a committee plan. Critics urge broader consideration, including absentee ballot abolition, straight-ticket removal, and state national ballot separation to curb fraud and padding.
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Wheeling Intelligencer
Associated Press
Physical Continued From Page One Regiment
The report notes the physical section continued on page one under the supervision of the fifth corps army with official passage granted.
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Fifth Corps
Induction Schedule for 1200 Troops to Indiana Post
About 1200 enlisted men will be examined at staggered intervals through Friday before transfer by special troop trains to the Indiana post. Col Robison, a Morgantown veteran, saw action in 1916 as headquarters operations were outlined yesterday.
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Indiana Post
Robison
Morgantown
Tragic Baltimore and Ohio worker dies after pit accident
W F Jeffery a fire tender at the Baltimore and Ohio yards died June 27 1916 after being run over by engine No 2108 at the cinder pit. He was 24. He died of internal injuries at City hospital. The report covers company policy on pay during National Guard service and wartime enlistment plus wartime troop movements through Grafton and associated public notices.
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W. F. Jeffery
Baltimore and Ohio
Bell Telephone Company
National Guard
Wilson
Grafton
West Virginia
Charles E. Burke
Smith Ringer
Grafton Guards
United States
2Nd
West Virginia Volunteer Infantry
Old Main Street
Camp Kanawha
Elkins
Keyser
Kingwood
Martinsburg
Terra Alta
Frank Jenkins
Terra Alta Company
National Cemetery
Maryland
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Parkersburg
United States Army
Thornton ‘Fire Brick Company
Local businessman to lead private military unit plan
A Westport area business man started his military career 36 years ago in Lewis county court and later helped organize an auxiliary fire truck unit in Weston. He saw action on the Mexican border in 1916 and was named regimental commander amid a municipal ordinance dispute about out-of-town calls. Officials plan a special levy to fund a new anti-tank unit. the colonel’s son leads Morgan Town’s anti-tank company while Captain James C Robison is mentioned.
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Jessia
Cary
Kaye
Mark
Rascal
Cary Essex
Janet
Nancy
Granddad
Will
Essex
Althea
Lewis County Court
Weston
Earl H. Smith
Fairmont
Only One Homicide Is Before Mingo Co. Jury
Weston scene reports a criminal case as the Mingo county grand jury opens its January term. Judge Charles W Ferguson presides and the panel weighs the only homicide before the body. Weston notes a separate demand for a tax levy to fund a fire truck.
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Mingo Co
Unusual death count noted at court session
A court yesterday noted only one homicide to investigate, calling it unusual and saying there have been only isolated crimes here and there since the last term.
Lewis Howard Tops Casts In I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now
Giltatre Opera House features Lewis Howard, six foot two, starring in Universal’s I'm Nobody’s Sweetheart Now. Plucked from Broadway for Deanna Durbin films, Howard gains a strong role in the youth ensemble with Dennis O’Keefe Constancel Moore Helen Parrish and Laura Hope Crews among the cast. Arthur Lubin directs.
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Lewis Howard
Universal
Opera House
Howard
Joe Pasternak
Deanna Durbin
Durbin
Young Howard
Dennis O'Keefe
Constancel Moore
Helen Parrish
Laura ‘Hope Crews
Arthur Lubin
Joseph
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Elliott Fillion
Nancy Deane
Mother
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Telephone Company
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Giltatre
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