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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1941

Page

5

Plymouth bride joins Vanderbilt Whitney clan in small town ceremony

In Plymouth Ohio Eleanore Searle aged 32 marries Cornelius Whitney 42 son of one of America's wealthiest families. The wedding party gathered outside Plymouth's First Lutheran Church includes Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney mother of the groom Eleanore Searle's parents George and Mrs Searle and the couple.

Plymouth Eleanore Searle Cornelius Vanderbilt Sonny) Whitney Fclon United States Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Cornelius V. Whitney George Searles R. P Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney America Eleanor Searle Flymouth Ohio Pan-American Airways

FDR Restricts Oil Shipments Across United States

Washington June 2004 By direction of President Roosevelt all petroleum products were placed under export control exports from the eastern seaboard may go only to the British empire Egypt and the western hemisphere The White House disclosed the president ordered the export control administrator to implement the restrictions A plan will be prepared to use tanker facilities efficiently for supplying the eastern seaboard and other American republics No further Gulf or Pacific restrictions are contemplated The action stems from a threatened oil and gasoline shortage due to transportation limits from tanker transfers to Britain.

Washington Roosevelt Eastern Seaboard British Empire Egypt Western Hemisphere White House Gulf Pacific Britain

Sub O-9 Sinks. Navy Will Decide On Salvage

The O-9 submarine sinking off the New England coast is treated as likely fatal after grapnels and buoys locate deck fragments labeled g P 7 and cork from the hull. Navy officials, including Secretary Knox and Admiral Wainwright, discuss salvage questions while Welch high school notes William T. Crute, a 20 year old Navy recruit and Welch graduate, among presumed casualties.

Knox Navy John D. Wainwright Boon Falcon Admiral Wainwright WELCH W. Va William T. Crute New England Welch High School Crute Halifax H. J. Crute

US Orders German Embassy Closed Over Improper Activities

Washington demands that the German embassy surrender all consular offices and agencies in the United States by July 10. The move targets the New York consulate general headed by Johannes Borehers amid claims of improper activities affecting diplomatic relations between the United States and Germany.

United States Washington Johannes Borehers New York

Aged Man Seeks Divorce For Future Happiness

SPOKANE Wash June 20 Richard Sharpless testified he waited eight years for his wife Emma who left after confessing love for another man. He recalled their golden wedding anniversary and said he is 83 and Emma 76. He requested a divorce to insure his future happiness.

Spokane Wash Richard Sharpless Emma

Former mine foreman moved from McDowell to Raleigh County

Friends note the Crute family left McDowell County about two years ago for Helen in Raleigh County where the elder Crute pursued another mining position.

Capels Coalwood Mcidowell Helen Raleigh County Crute

Pike County Opens New Mine In Modern Kentucky Plant

Pike County plans its first new mine since 1922 near Pikeville on Chesapeake and Ohio line. Production aims at 209000 tons annually with coal ready by November 1 under Thomas P. Darell of New York, head of reorganized Utilities Bikium carp. Bowman of Pikeville becomes vice president and general manager, directing Esco operations and the Boldman mine in Pike County along with Martin in Floyd.

Pikeville Pike County Chesappeake Cho Molyoad Thomas P. Darell New York Bikium Carp Calian Kentucky Darel Ogden Company New Jersey Suc Wikora Iyan Ani Cliss Fu Ai John B. Bowman Foun W. Budde Steer Bowman

Ford Company Sets Industry Pattern With Union Pact

Ford Motor Company pledges to “go all the way” in union dealings, aiming for a universal contract pattern for the industry by year’s end. Edsel Ford says no halfway measures and notes the agreement covers River Rouge and Lincoln plants, with extension to national branch plants via a checkoff system.

United Automobile Workers Cio Edsel Ford Ford Motor Company River Rouge Dearborn Lincoln Ford

United States Consul Redecker Charged With Nazi Propaganda

Sydney B. Redecker, consul at Frankfort, is charged with delivering addresses in support of propaganda unfriendly to Germany. All German consulates and many occupied territories were ordered closed by the Nazis.

Sydney B. Redecker Frankfort Germany

Ford plans union shop and pay deductions in new contract

The motor car producer will grant a union shop and a checkoff system to deduct union dues from workers. The contract sets wage rates at the highest paid by competitors and ends the Ford service department. Wage talks are slated to start next week as the NLRB and both sides report charges against the firm resolved.

Ford Service Department NLRB

Heat wave lingers as cooler air forecast to arrive next week

A stagnant mass of warm air kept temperatures high with few clouds. The Weather Bureau says a cooler mass from the North Pacific or Western Canada should move in early next week bringing scattered showers. Today showers and storms expected along the Ohio river with heavy activity in the deep south. Brownsville reports 2.28 inches in 12 hours while Phoenix tops the nation at 105 degrees and Yuma hits 104.

Bureau Aid Pacific Coast Canada Ohio River Brownsville Tex Phoenix Ariz Yuma

Twenty-ninth Division Blue and Gray Symbol Reunion

The Twenty-ninth Division, formed from National Guard units of New Jersey Delaware Maryland Virginia and the District of Columbia, links North and South in its legacy. Based at Fort Meade Maryland today it trained in the U S before sailing to France in June 1918. There it fought in the Vosges near Verdun and beyond, taking 237 prisoners and 21 artillery pieces with 250 machine guns. The insignia shows a blue and gray design inspired by a Korean good luck symbol.

National Guardsmen Camp McClellan Anniston Ala New Jersey Maryland Delaware Virgina District of Columbia Fort George G. Meade Europe Twenty-ninth France Vosges Verdun Ion Taiting North

Yale Honors Wilkie and Halifax in Commencement

Yale university New Haven Conn honors Wendell L Wilkie Republican leader and Viscount Halifax British ambassador in the commencement procession Bach receives the honorary Doctor of Laws degree Willkie is praised as a gallant loser and resourceful fighter Halifax praised as envoy of the people tied to Pilgrim fathers and American security

Wendell L. Wilke Viscount Halifax Washington Yale University New Haven Conn Bach Willkie Halifax

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