The Lord Giveth Wisdom and a Forgetful Driver
A wartime opinion page features Proverbs wisdom urging pursuit of knowledge. It also discusses labor shortages and the need for skilled trades, urging training of apprentices to fill jobs as older workers retire. A column argues Roosevelt’s defense policy and fiscal stance, and a Wisconsin judge uses license revocation to curb a forgetful driver, stressing mental alertness on roads.
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Noap
Prentices
Chicago Tribune
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Bombings In Geneva Area Kill Two, Injure Dozen
In Geneva, a night bombing in southwestern Switzerland left a woman and a Swiss soldier dead and 12 others seriously hurt. The blasts hit the Champel Carouge district near a vacant schoolhouse at DENS railroad junction north of Lausanne and near Dallens between Lausanne. French and Swiss anti air batteries engaged the intruders, whose identity was not immediately known.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Champel-Carouge
Dens
Lausanne
Dallens
Stewart Says Many Angles To Question Of Neutrality
Central Press columnist Charles P. Stewart argues the neutrality law is complex and rarely followed. He notes clashes over navy conscription, potential use of National Guard abroad, and the challenge of reporting casualties amid ongoing European war.
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Wheeling Intelligencer
Roosevelt
Huntington
France
Pres- Roosevelt
America
Congress
Stewart
Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
Uncle Sam
United States
Pepper
Verdon Battle Adds Strain on French Rail Corridor
Y Verdun on a strategic rail line into France near Pontarlier faces intensified pressure as casualties pile up in the suburbs. The report notes heavy damage to the line and surrounding infrastructure with mounting civilian and military losses.
Adequate Defenses Urged By Spanish War Veterans
Clarksburg June 12. United Spanish war veterans concluded their 17th meeting electing C A Plaster of Charleston as department commander and adopting a resolution for adequate national defense The final banquet session was addressed by Patrick Henry Shigl and Rolla cab a Baten The 1941 meeting will be held in Charleston.
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Clarksburg
C. A. Plaster
Charleston
Patrick Henry Shigl
Rollacab A Baten
Grafton News Highlights Fire Safety and Local Happenings
The town council mandates metal fire escapes for tall public buildings and entertainment venues. Local venues including Central Hotel, Jarrett Building, Opera House, and Central School placed orders with S. J. Willhide and Sons. The era covers theatre runs, streetcar trials, social galas, obituaries, and notable figures like Laura Foreman Means and Judge William Ice as well as cultural events at the Opera House and a 1908 young men’s association concert led by Professor Claude Vincent.
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Toa Central Hotel
Jarrett
Opera House
Central School
Wilford Street
S. J. Willhide and Sons
A. Q. Scammon
Grafton Traction Company
Fetterman
George Hartley
The
Traction Company
George Abbott
Ronald Bevans
John T. McGraw
East Main Street
Hartley
Old Main Street
Laura Foreman-Means
John H. Means
Huntington
Marshall College
Grafton
Bluemont Cemetery
Means
Israel Foreman
Alexander Foreman
Woodman of the World
White Rose Grove No. 2
Woodman Circle
Transportation Department
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cumberland
Isaac Reese
Bluemont
William T. Ice
Philippi
Judge Ice
West Virginia
Barbour
Preston
Randolph
Taylor
Tucker
Shlorf Club
Brinkman Hall
Vincent
Claude E. Vincent
Young Men’s Christian Association
Lester Beery
Charles E. Burk
C. J. Burnside
Karl D. Byers
Carrie Fawcett
Genevieve Orth
Westley
W. A. Garlow
Intruder Under the Bed in The Oaks Mystery
Bill Merrifield’s roommate intrusion turns tense as a burglar searches the room at The Oaks. Bill, hiding under a bed, debates escape, weapons, and courage while police tighten the watch on a stolen diamond watch bracelet. The scene ends with a flashlight flare and a sharp command.
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William Ballop
Bill
Wakting
Christopher
Billy
McCoy
Sabe
Mr. Merrifield
Gayle Dixon
Gayle
Tempe Hyde
Tempe
Anish
Orchestra Draws Immense Audience In Honor Of Prof Claude Vincent
The program featured violinist Leo Rasche clarinetist Thomas Russell, cornetists George Reed and Nina Selvey, clarinetist Herbert Towels, alto Grace Whitescarver, and mandolinist. The large crowd included musicians friends and M C A members as Professor Claude Vincent received an enthusiastic ovation on the dais, bowing several times.
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Leo Rasche
Thomas Russell
George Reed
Nina Selvey
Herbert Towels
Grace Whitescarver
Musicans
M.C.A
Claude
Vincent
Dias
Weather Aids During Battle Near Paris
Reports describe a 200 mile front with big gun flashes and roaring artillery as Paris tightens under siege. Refugees crowd the capital while defenders fall back to the Marne under improving weather conditions after rain ends heat aiding Allied forces.
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Paris
Marne
Reichswehr
Airplanes and aging designs linger in cluttered memory
Central Press notes a chaotic mix of ideas from old blueprint failures to fake museum discoveries and wartime metal reuse. The piece riffs on aging concepts, strange headlines, and upcoming front pages, hinting at a world where time stretches between past legends and future spectacles.
France tightens controls as Italy looms in war scare
In Paris and across the frontier guards intensify checks for identity papers to curb fifth column activity. Italian residents face roundup and possible concentration camps as France strengthens borders from the Alps to Tunisia with Tunisia Corsica and French Somali coast defenses reinforced. A separate notice reports a two year old boy, Richard Paul Vossen, falling from a second story porch to his death while reaching for a ball.
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Paris
France
Alps
Tunisia
Corsica
Somaliae
Italy
Wheeling
Richard Paul Vossen
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