Tientsin Blockade Signals Wider Far East Clash
The piece analyzes Japan's blockade of Tientsin as a potential prelude to a broader campaign to control China’s foreign concessions. It notes Britain and France face limited options amid European crises, and suggests Germany and Italy may have nudged Tokyo to challenge Western powers. It warns the United States has a growing stake and urges vigilant U.S. oversight of the developing confrontation.
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Tientsin
China
Japan
Great Britain
France
Europe
Germany
Italy
Praitce
Berlin-Rome
Tokyo
Orient
Hitler
Mussolini
Britain
United States
Czechoslovakia
Parking Meters Face Backlash in Grafton and Taylor County
A major opinion argues that even after a Supreme Court ruling on meters, many residents remain strongly opposed. It urges public meetings petitions and recall avenues to express discontent and plans a coordinated drive to remove meters once paid for, noting overwhelming local dislike and the need to honor constituents wishes.
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Supreme Court
Grafton
Taylor County
Japan Moves Out and Blocks Tientsin Concession
Morgantown Post analyzes Japan's effort to blockade the British concession at Tientsin as part of a broader aim to assert Far East dominance. The piece argues that Japan seeks to erase Western influence in China to prove its status, viewing concessions as humiliations Tokyo cannot tolerate.
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Japan
Morgantown Post
Far East
Orient
Tientsin
China
Tokyo
Motor Car of Tomorrow in Future Forecast
The World Engineering Society of Automotive Engineers predicts future cars will be tear drop shaped with front or rear engines. Doors will open at the push of a button and interiors resemble rooms with movable seats and sunlit floors. Climate control, hidden beds, lavatories, and compact expansion are envisioned without much size increase.
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Wheeling News Register
Jevery
United States
World Engineering Society of Automotive Engineer
New York
Surprising midnight talk on love and duty
Eleanor visits Alicia Somers at midnight to seek counsel about leaving her husband Phil for Dennis. They discuss love, past vows, and the future, weighing whether Eleanor should pursue a new life or preserve the family she has. Eleanor plans to tell Phil and the children, while Alicia urges weighing fear, duty, and happiness before acting.
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Blesnor
Alicia Somer
Alicia
Eleanor
Alidia
Dennis
South America
Phil
Alida
Jessica
Sonny
Aera
Ridge
York
Labor warnings amid hospital dedication clash with unions
At the dedication of a new Memorial cancer hospital in New York, Dr. James Ewing cited inflated costs and delayed construction due to labor unions. He warned that union demands could spark a public backlash and threaten labor gains, endorsing a swift change in organized labor’s attitude to avoid a nationwide uprising.
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Wheeling Intelligence R
New Memorial Hospital
New York
James Ewing
United States
NRA
Labor
Ewing
Pittsburgh Livestock Market Report June 21
Livestock sale results show hogs 170 to 230 pounds up 10 cents to 7.15 to 7.25 per pound with other weights up 25 cents. cattle with best steers around 10.26 and cutters 4.75 to 6.75. calves steady to strong 9.00 to 9.50. sheep 300 head with spring lambs up 50 cents to 11.00 for top sorts. yearlings 8.50 and down, ewes around 3.00. Produce demand moderate with apples steady and Illinois transparent stock baskets noted.
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Pittsburgh
U.S
U. S
Illinois Transparents
Star family runs profitable miniature railroad venture
In Star North Carolina two boys and their father operate a small rail line attracting attention for its clever, profitable setup. The piece notes a quirky dream speech and mentions diverse curiosities from Dr Louise Pond to historical figures. It also highlights USDA data on the over 200 plant and animal species eaten by game ducks in the United States and Canada.
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Star, N. C
Louise Pond
University of Nebraska
Madame Tallien
United States
Canada
United States Department of Agriculture
Catholic Church History Shaped Grafton’s Early Years
In Grafton the Catholic faith formed a core of the community, led by Reverend Father Henry Malone and later Father John H. Walters. The church and a school grew from land gifts by the Fettermans, with significant support from James Bell, Dennis O’Keefe, and local parishioners, amid Civil War tensions and a push to expand the church to serve a growing congregation.
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Father Henry Malone
Washington Street
Grafton
Father Malone
Union
Ireland
West Virginia
Friend
Tygart Valley
Three Fork Creek
Edward Dillon
Rowlesburg
Fairmont
Baltimore and Ohio
Father James Cunningham
Father Cunningham
Sarah B. Fet Terman
Fet Terman
Washington and
St. John Streets
St. John Street
Weston
James Bell
Bell
Joseph Stenger
United States
Turpike
John H. Walters
Father Walters
Dennis O'Keefe
Wheeling
Harlan mine workers split on union shop after contract move
Tennessee markets show mixed potato prices with gains in Alabama and Georgia. Harlan mine operations report a second break in the operators group opposing the union shop demand as UMW negotiations continue and workers gather to celebrate the contract signing. Turbiazer of Jellico notes Creech company celebration after news.
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Harlan Mine
Harlan
Fragmented Humorous Clippings on Belts Shoes and Bees
A cobbled, quirky OCR slice notes disparate items from fashion worries about belled shoes to termites gnawing California school foundations. It mocks a European scientist claiming a weather machine and jokes about a honeymoon, geese, snakes, and a presidential bee not buzzing in a bonnet.
Harlan miners adopt UMWA terms amid contract push
About 8,000 of Harlan county's 14,000 miners are under UMWA standards with nearly 6,000 employed by Harlan association members. "Tumblazer" said the move marks a notable event for the United Mine Workers of America and signals the start of weakening anti-labor forces in the coal industry. In New Jersey, Republican defeat in Hague's Hudson stronghold leaves little chance for racing this summer amid church political separation discussions.
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Harlan County
U. M. W. Standard
Harlan Association
Tumblazer
United Mine Workers of America
Jersey
Hague
Hudson
Legislative steps delay certification of summer racing
The vote will not be officially certified until July 11, with tracks to be built and the legislature required to establish a supervision mechanism for the sport, officials say.
Wool crop off Princeton under WV pool total 11104 pounds
Mercer county sheepmen shipped 11 104 pounds of wool as their share of the 1939 West Virginia wool pool of the State Cooperative Marketing association. The pool was several thousand pounds below 1938.
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Princeton
Mercer County
West Virginia
State Cooperative Marketing Association
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