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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1940
Page
4
A compilation of editorial notes and public safety pieces from The Grafton Sentinel stresses Fourth of July celebration responsibility and national readiness. It urges calm, safe festivities and broad citizen involvement, alongside remarks on defense readiness and historical quotes.
A speech from Elkins Inter-Mountain urges national unity and persistence in defense. It warns against complacency after early enthusiasm, recounting past delays in building ships and air forces, and stresses the need to sustain effort toward a large airborne and ground defense capability.
The Wheeling Intelligencer denounces New Deal defense leadership as inadequate as Senate Committees begin hearings on Stimson and Knox nominations. It argues Roosevelt has spent vast sums without strengthening national defense and questions the fitness of Army and Navy leaders, urging a political change at the polls in November.
Swiss fears rose after Germany expelled Reto Caratsch, Neue Zuerich Zeitung chief Berlin correspondent, amid Nazi statements that continued reporting could endanger Switzerland. Germany claimed Swiss coverage affected Soviet German ties. British bombers reportedly reached German cities via Lake Constance and dropped munitions in Swiss peat bogs, provoking Swiss warnings of tougher life ahead and partial demobilisation.
Central Press columnist Charles P. Stewart recalls meeting Wendell Willkie in a Washington hotel lobby. The public utility magnate, later touted as a GOP possibility, impressed Stewart with wit and intellect while remaining largely unknown to the press at the time. The piece ponders how Willkie built a late blooming organization seemingly overnight.
Generalissimo Henri Guisan stated the mobilization is partial and will depend on national defense needs. A military communique ordered continued construction of bomb proof shelters regardless of current political circumstances.
In Grafton a 1909 Elks flag day program at the Opera House featured William B Cruise narrating Betsy Ross’s flag origins and the Liberty Bell replica. The piece notes Taft era cinema, William H Barnes’s death, local rail histories at the B&O station, and shifts to autos and buses changing travel and commerce.
Bill Bailey and Jeremy Tucker teach each other boxing in morning dormitory air then move to the pool where Gayle arrives in a new swimsuit. Jeremy instructs her in the crawl and diving, she imitates his moves gracefully, their flirtation growing as the scene ends with chase and laughter.
Recalled note states that in 82 years of operation on the Parkersburg branch of the Baltimore and Ohio system no passenger has been killed or crippled. The passage discusses ongoing Luftwaffe bombing of England and the potential for invasion, stressing strategic uncertainty and risks of German plans.
The notice lists O E B Corder as administrator of the personal estate of A B Goef der and of Demp Corder both deceased. Given under my hand this day of July 1940 John K Burdett Commissioner of Accounts Taylor County July 3 10
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