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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1940
Page
1
Charleston July 27 The editorial columns of the Democratic Hampshire Review note the Roosevelt third term draft as phoney. The piece criticizes the Chicago Convention for not opposing a third term and laments national debt and solvency concerns. Continued on page five.
Wendell L. Willkie begins drafting his acceptance speech for the Republican nomination. Allies expect focus on fighting machine politics and blasting Kelley Nashes Hagues and Crumps. Willkie plans a broad campaign including the South and may push a third party idea to sway Democratic votes.
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. R. V. Jackson of 802 Jeffries Avenue to tonight's Strand Theatre presentation of Curtain Call with Barbara, or Charles Starrett in Texas Stage Coach at the Dixie.
Washington July 27 Assurances that the United States can gear up its arms production to equip a force of 2 000 000 men came from defense industrial chief William Knudson as steps were taken to expand naval ship building and construct a 92 000 000 aircraft engine plant Laying out a balance sheet of progress and problems Knudson said production can move as fast as facilities and techniques allow with congressional action Gold about funds and contracts show eight weeks of Defense Commission activity and plans to extend naval shipbuilding for a two ocean navy.
Premier Mussolini, near his 56th birthday, showed fitness by riding a German cavalry mare over hurdles before 45 foreign correspondents at his Villa Torlonia in Rome. After 10 minutes of horsemanship he asked in German if he was sick or tired, a query with no answer.
Japanese bluejackets landed today in Honghai Bay near Shanghai under cover of a naval bombardment. The move aims to block supply routes for China as coastal bombardments and troop landings continue along the Chinese coast. Army units report advancing northwest along the French Indo China border with little resistance.
Morgantown July 27 Senator M M Neely said the automatic pickup service will be an important contribution to national defense. He backed All American Aviation Incorporated federal permit to operate five routes across five states including West Virginia and argued that picking up airmail in flight offers practical training for future combat pilots.
Pittsburgh July 27. Mrs Mary Salay an 82 year old widow once seen as a pauper lay in Braddock General hospital seriously ill with pneumonia. Nurses found about 10000 dollars in cash and steel stock on the patient who had refused neighbors help after shoveling coal. Allegheny county relief records show 2000 dollars in aid since 1934.
In an early raid on the steamer Senator during its Ohio River excursion, state liquor board agents Allegheny county and city police arrested about 30 crew and concession operators. District Attorney Andrew T. Park led the effort, yielding patrol wagon loads of slot machines and gambling devices. Bartender John Toth, 25, was charged after allegedly striking an officer.
Cincinnati and Philadelphia dispatches say Xavier university seismograph logged a moderately severe quake likely in southern Mexico for about ninety minutes. Franklin Institute noted a moderately sharp quake near Tegucigalpa Honduras, recorded at 8 33 a m.
Beckley July 27 State Police Captain H C Myers said no further investigation will occur into Louis Fleischer’s claim that five men fired guns and chased him from Princeton to Beckley after an assault in Mercer county. Fleischer, New York attorney for the Communist National Campaign Committee, did not want to file a complaint. He went to Princeton as counsel for a man fined and jailed for illegally voting in the May primary after signing a communist nominating petition. The charge would be misdeameanor discharging firearms along or across a highway. Officers may arrest only with presence or formal charge. Fleischer said he left Princeton.
Berlin radio quotes Salzburg circles saying the time has come to settle the post 1918 peace issues. It claims Germany supports reasonable Bulgarian and Hungarian revision while condemning Romania’s unbalanced postwar arrangement and the 1918 peace as created after Germany’s defeat.
Adolf Hitler hosted Bulgarian Premier Bogdan Philoff and Foreign Minister Ivan Popoff at Obersalzberg today, after talks with Romanian statesmen. The meeting occurred in the presence of Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop.
Nazi high command claims near 100000 tons of enemy shipping sunk and damaging air raids on the British Isles. Submarines reportedly sank six armed British merchant ships and the Whirlwind destroyer, with another vessel Sambre sent to the bottom. Air raids allegedly struck port facilities at Cardiff, Aberthow, and Hastings.
KEYSER July 27 Mrs George J Arnold mother of four children made a torch of herself by wrapping her body in papers and then setting them Prosector Vernon Rankin rep p ed Neighbors ran to Mrs Arnold s aid and wrapped her in blankets but she died a few minutes later Rankin said no motive had been established.
Charleston July 27 UP A 14 246 918 budget increasing state aid to Taylor County schools by 125429 and 334055 details. The plan funds a foundation program totaling 24 869 672 with a transportation item of 1 608 139 under a new formula by Dr Merrill Flood of Princeton University. Other counties receive varying allocations including Randolph 334 055 Cabell 464 109 Harrison 456 677 Mercer 547 025 Monongalia 294 322 Hardy 147 938 Jefferson 88 453 Mineral 165 089 Morgan 57 496 Berkeley 144 109 Hampshire 125 131 Marion 377 989 McDowell 777 860 Mine ro 359 657.
Charleston July 27 Forty four pages of pictures and reading material portray West Virginia as a treasure chest of industry in the August National Geographic issue to be issued next week Enri que Canova of the magazine staff who wrote the article after months of prep aration traveled over 2500 miles across the state and noted West Virginia is nearly self sufficient including everything it grows and more.
Morgantown July 27 The grand jury investigation of election law violators was recessed until August 13 to bring in two summoned persons. Prosecutor John Sanders withheld names. The heat wave was easing with a cold front expected to bring cooler air nationwide by Sunday and at least 508 deaths attributed to the heat.
A sultry night across West Virginia failed to drop below 70 as a 10 day heat wave continued. The scorching press reports the heat has claimed nine lives and residents endure back to back days of extreme temperatures.
Rome reports Carmuk a British fortified town on the Ethiopia Sudan frontier fell to Italian Askaris after a brief air bombing attack. The fort and munitions dumps were destroyed and the radio station set ablaze. The British garrison reportedly fled after stiff resistance as detachments were annihilated.
Mrs A Litzinger of 114 West Main Street may use this clipping for admission to tonight's Strand Theatre showing of 20 Mule Team with Wallace Beery and Leo Carillo or the Dixie Theatre showing of Texas Stagecoach with Charles Starrett. Identification may be required.
In Havana on July 27 the Pan American Conference subcommittee of foreign ministers agreed on a program to prevent the transfer of ownership of European possessions in the western hemisphere. They worked through the morning to draft a resolution for a postponed full commission session at 4 p.m.
Hazel Atlas Glass company and subsidiaries announce a dividend of $1.25 per share payable October 1 to stockholders of record September 13. Directors report a net profit of 803,429.17 for the quarter ended June 29.
London dispatch reports two German aircraft shot down over the English Channel during daylight raids. The Air Ministry says 29 raiders were lost in 48 hours of heavy attacks on Britain. Homes were damaged in southeast England as night and day bombing continued across England Wales and the southeast coast.
Germans release thousands of soldiers from three camps in Western France and push French troops across the demarcation line into French territory. Vichy officials fear food shortages as temper rises among released troops and anxious travelers report orderly but tense movements across borders near Surgeres Niort and Jean DiAngley.
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