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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1940
Page
2
Without a Country , Stegerer, 26, of Washington, D.C. is pictured in Montreal after a U. S. board of inquiry ruled he forfeited U.S. citizenship by joining the Canadian active service force. He was discharged from duty because of injuries.
Caesar Kroeger, a building superintendent, is jailed at New York police HQ charged with possessing guns without a permit. Detectives found the firearms and a large amount of German American band literature in his rooms during questioning over the World's Fair bomb blast.
The text depicts Constanta in Bulgaria and Dobruja as flashpoints as fascist aims and Danube control shape wartime strategy. It notes massed troops on the Romanian border, Hitler’s influence, and Hungary’s Transylvania tensions tied to Trianon losses, with aims to access Balkan grain and oil via Ukraine and Russia.
Canal Zone politics shift as Colonel Glen E Edgerton of the Army Engineers is nominated to be the new governor succeeding Brigadier General Clarence B Midley who has resigned. Edgerton hails from Parkerville Kansas and is set to take office pending approval.
Mrs. Thomas Clare becomes the first female superintendent of the Saratoga Race Track in Saratoga Springs New York after succeeding her late husband Tom Clare earlier this year. Her appointment marks a historic milestone as she oversees operations in the famed track era.
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