Welcome Odgers as Grafton High principal
The editorial welcomes H E Odgers of Fairmont as the new principal of Grafton High School. It lauds his West Virginia record, notes the $0.5 million school build, and commits to high standards and progress under his leadership while affirming continuity with current principal Torlock Rasmussen.
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H. E. Odgers
Fairmont
Grafton Highchool
Taylor County
West Virginia
Board of Education
Wellsburg
Wheeling Board
Wheeling High
Parkersburg
Model
Marion County
East Fairmont High
Grafton High
Torlock Rasmussen
Rasmussen
Grafton
Roosevelt Third Term Aim Speech Reveals 1941 Transfer Plan
In a Washington speech from March 1937, President Roosevelt shares a personal ambition to hand over the White House on January 20, 1941. He stresses a prosperous, empowered nation with clearly defined powers to serve its citizens.
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MR. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
John
United States
White House
Central Issue of 1940 in Morgantown Post Analysis
The Morgantown Post reviews the 1940 Democratic platform adopted in Chicago, contrasting party claims of boosting democracy and economic efficiency with Republican charges that the New Deal stifled business and production. It cites a Commerce Department report showing declines in industrial, agricultural, and mining output over the past decade.
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Morgantown Post
Chicago
Democratic Party
U. S. Department of Commerce
No Excuse For Gougin
Cumberland Times reports on fuel and goods tax increases for national defense. The piece warns dealers against raising prices beyond tax increases and misrepresenting tax portions, noting federal law prohibits such misrepresentation. It lists specific tax hikes on cigarettes beer whiskey gasoline tires refrigerators radios autos and parts and urges vigilance against dishonest dealers.
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Cumberland Times
Slow defense start and Packard Rolls engines order
Acceptance by Packard Motor Car Co of the coder for 9,000 Rolls Royce airplane engines signals a slow rearmament pace. Negotiations between William S. Knudsen and Patriard officials began June 19 after Henry Ford declined the order. Plant preparation will take 10 months, delaying actual production.
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Cumberland Times
Packard Motor Car Co
William S. Knudsen
National Defense Commission
Patriard
Henry Ford
Senator Glass’s Bold Chicago Cameo Sparks Mixed Cheers
Charles P. Stewart reviews Senator Carter Glass at Chicago, noting a hoarse, defi ant performance that drew boos from New Dealers yet earned respect from third term advocates. Glass’s fiery defiance and genial, if prickly, temperament mark him as a patriarch among old-time Democrats as he faces likely near-term retirement.
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Central Press
Carter Glass
James A. Farley
Chicago
Barkley
Senate
Big Jim Farley
Mike
Senator Glass
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve
Glass
Thomas Jefferson
Capitol Hill
Engines to start production next May under wartime plan
A wartime notice notes engines will begin production next May at an initial rate of 20 per month, rising steadily. The impact on the Battle of Britain is uncertain, but the long-range effect on the world situation remains hard to gauge amid the swift 1940 events.
Fireworks Display Lights Grafton July 4 1910 Night
The largest fireworks show seen in Grafton lit the night sky on July 4 1910 under Fred Forcello and New Jersey Fireworks Co. Girone of Newark directed cannons at the old Fairgrounds as crowds filled grounds and West Main Street. The town grew as parks and beaches drew visitors to Tygar t Valley and a bathing crowd paraded in colorfully dressed bathers. Mary Loftus died August 11 1910 leaving pioneer settlers memory, while Thomas Francis Flanagan of the Baltimore and Ohio Railway passed after a long illness and service as a passenger conductor. Banks Corbin a skilled bootmaker on Latrobe Street reflects a fading era as mechanized production replaces handcrafts in Taylor County.
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Grafton
Fred Forcello
West Main Street
New Jersey Fireworks Company
Girone
Newark
New Jersey
Ito
Grafton Park
Tygart Valley
Atlantic City
Mary Loftus
Latrobe Street
William Loftus
Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio
Rosby
Parkersburg
Loftus
Pruntytown
Thomas Francis Flanagan
Thomas
Maria Flanagan
Main Street
Shorty
Transportation Department
Order of the Brotherhood of Railway Conductors
Grafton Lodge No. 308
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
H. Banks Corbin
Taylor County
Tay
Mortimer Corbin
Fetterman
Fetterman Banks
Corbin
Banks Coribb
Linda Avery's Dramatic Parkside Marriage Bid
Linda Avery, a New York models agency receptionist, navigates romance with Ronnie Avery while shadows linger from Sarah Markley. Linda and Ronnie plan marriage as career pressures and Avery family pride complicate a smooth path, with Caroline Pickard and Terry Adams stirring backstage tensions.
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Linda Avery
New York Models
Ronald
Staffo
Ae Markley
Ferselt
Robert Barton
Linde He
Terry Adams
Terry
Caroline Pickard
Robert
Linda
Mtina Nevine
Cataimee Ma
Lindy
Ex-Senator Bonura Moves From Senators to Chicago
The text notes Bonura’s sale to Chicago yesterday after years with the Washington Senators at Griffith Stadium. The vice president teased him, calling him an ex Senator as Bonura participated in social events and old-timers’ contests in town and country.
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Washington Senators
Griffith Stadium
Bonura
Chicago
Excess Profits Tax Plan Nears Draft Stage
The article notes continued consideration of an excess profits tax for the next four years. A preliminary model has been agreed by treasury and congressional experts. It would apply two wartime methods: taxing profits above normal earnings or above a reasonable return on capital investment.
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Treasury
Congressional
Garner and Glass Clash Over Third Term
Garner met with Senator Glass and Senator Norris in Garner's office before train time for a chat. Glass, 82, opposes a third term while Norris, 79, backs Roosevelt's reelection. venture with the 71-year-old vice president reportedly included a remark about living to 92. Zeke Bonura, Washington first baseman and Garner favorite, also visited.
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Ind.-Neb
Glass
D.-Va
Garner
Norris
Roosevelt
Senate
Zeke Bonura
Public Sale Under Deed of Trust in Grafton WV
By deed dated April 28 1934 and recorded in Tay lor County WV the trustee will sell at 10 AM August 13 1940 at the courthouse front door the lots 4 and 5 of Starcher Addition Plat 1 in Grafton fronting 50 feet on Bluemont Street and 129 feet deep cash terms W Merle Watkins Trustee notice July 6 23 30 Aug 6
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Taylor County
West Virginia
Elmer Snyder
Ruby M. Snyder
W. Merle ‘Watkins
Grafton
Bluemont Street
W. Merle Watkins
Willkie Gains Democratic Backing in Indiana Address
Elwood Indiana was the site for Willkie’s campaign speech in Callaway Park to be delivered August 17. The nominee said he would accept the pledge of support from John W. Hanes Lewis W. Douglas and other Democrats. Willkie recalled his boyhood years driving cows for 76 cents a week in Joe DéHority woods near the old swimming hole.
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Ronnie
Virginia Lines
Mr. Markley
Stit
Linda
Avery
Sarah
Willkie
Elwood
Ind
Deal
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