Ornament of Grace and Labor in War Policy
A Grafton Sentinel page editorial discusses the wartime defense program and labor policy. It notes congressional duties this summer on defense appropriations, the Walter-Logan bill, the Hatch act, and NLRA amendments, urging full debate and ongoing oversight. It cites David Lawrence on labor's power under the Wagner act and warns against labor overreach hindering defense, while calling for self-discipline and a wartime program balancing labor standards with maximum output.
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Congress
Exc
Wve
Washington
Amelia Defense
Supreme Court
David Lawrence
United States
Mr. Lawrence
Europe
France
London
Popular Front
Paris
America
Germany
Wheeling Intelligencer
Shipyar
Automobile Workers — Executive Board
Navy
Purof
Roosevelt
Yankee aviation in South America faces old German air influence
Stewart argues Latin American openness could aid US air service expansion in the hemisphere though German aviation remains strong. He notes Germany’s early reach, cheap or free fares, and pilots of German descent while highlighting Panama Canal risks and the practical transport needs shaping South American aviation potential.
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Latin America
United States
Germany
Andrew J. May
Representatives
Central
South America
Colombia
Ecuador
Panama Canal
Geman
South Americas
Brazil
Panama
Successful Festival Promotes Buckhannon Strawberry Growers
The Central West Virginia Strawberry Festival in Buckhannon Upshur County showcases the berry harvest with efforts credited to local sponsors and volunteers. Growers claim a doubling of last year's crop due to festival promotion, highlighting regional production growth and community dedication to a useful annual event.
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West Virginia
Buckhannon
Upshur County
Upshur
British RAF Bomber Raid Strikes German Lines
RAF bombers ranged the full length of German defenses and struck targets behind the lines in northern France. They attacked an oil refinery south of Hamburg and damaged a main railway tunnel near Aachen. Attacks also targeted airfields, tail lines, and motorized columns as air raid alarms sounded across eight English counties including Cambridge Norfolk and Essex.
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RAF
France
Hamburg
Aachen
Cambridge
Norfolk
Essex
Sut
United States war momentum and European aerial alerts
The report notes a low altitude machine-gunning flight over the unienti oes coast town with no bombs dropped. Sir Stafford Cripps narrowly escaped a lightning strike near Salonica while en route to Russia, and The Yorkshire Post suggests rising American sympathy for entering the war as arms shipments to the Allies accelerate.
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Folk
Kent
Northumberland
Durham
Yorkshire
Norfolk
Burhab
Stafford Cripps
Russia
Reuters
Bucharest
Salonica
Yorkshire Post
Anthony Eden
United States
Germany
The History of Taylor County excerpts and obits
Charles Brinkman notes Sherwin Williams paints and local trade trust in Grafton along with memorials. News items recall Charles Willhide death in Connellsville, Creston Clarke actor, school expansion fears, Melville B. Raymond stage production, Mrs De Summers Lake death from carcinoma, and Gerhart Faust’s life and legacy in Grafton with a blunt epitaph praising his honesty.
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Robert Emmett Blaney
Sherwin-Williams
Grafton
East Main Street
United States
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Sherwin-Williams Company
Blaney
Charles Willhide
S. J. Willhide
Washington Street
Connellsville
Pennsylvania
Transportation Department
Bluebont
Creston Clarke
Edwin Booth
Opera House
Board of Education
Melville B. Raymond
Promi
Nent Theatrical
New York
de Summers Lake
Westmont Street
William G. Lake
Taylor County
Church of Christ
Mount Nebo
Marion County
Bluemont
Mccauley and Patton
Gerhart Faust
Grafton Park
Germany
West Main Street
Tygart Valley
Charles
St. Augustine Catholic Church
Picnic at The Oaks Sparks Jealous Tensions Among Girls
Six girls host a dinner and lawn picnic in the Oaks mansion as Tempe Hyde resents Lola Montesa claiming Jeremy Tucker as her date. Gayle tries to keep harmony while Tempe shows a hidden anger, warning of conflict among the house party.
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the Oaks
Gayle
Bill
Jeremy Tucker
Merrifield
Attle Tempe Hyde
Tempe
Wallace
Lola Montesa
Mr. Merrifield
Mr. Weems
Merrifeld
Tempe Hyde
Mir. Merrifield
Jeremy
Lola
Montesa
Ike
H B
Iiere
Hem’ Bill
Lila
Jeremy Ias
Tempa
Paris region raids and French report on Nazi tanks
The French military spokesman said two thirds of Nazi tanks were in action along the Somme and Aisne fronts as renewed combat opened this morning. French 75s blasted tanks while railways and several ports were bombed, with details not named. Officials noted large rifle turn-ins could equip nearly two million men. Edsel Ford offered mass production of aircraft if allowed, under loose supervision. Political figures debated compulsory training with mixed opinions.
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Sommie-Aisne
Paris
Edsel Ford
Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Ford
Charles A. Lindbergh
Edward ‘Rickenbacker
Norris
Roosevelt
New York Times
German armored thrust advances toward Oise region
An official update describes a German column moving south along a line from the upper Bresle toward area south of Ham, then toward the Oise and Aisne defense. The spokesman said the force was composed solely of tanks with no sign of support units.
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Bresle
Ham
Oise
Aisne
French resistance tightens noose as German spearhead advances
Reports say Nazi infantry is supported by French groups moving behind German tanks with all necessary dispositions to isolate the armored thrust. General Weygand is at the front as Germans penetrate toward a point near Forges-les-Eaux, about 25 miles east of Rouen, framing a tense frontline amid heavy fighting.
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Weygand
Forges-Les-Eaux
Bresle
Rouen
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