Willkie Supporters Push for National Unity and Reform
The Grafton Sentinel editorial backs Willkie's candidacy, arguing he offers efficient leadership, government reorganization, and preparedness while uniting Republicans and Democrats behind a businesslike president. It lauds liberal principles and anti-centralization, urging voters to embrace a strong but balanced national policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. Willkie
Repubicans
Willkie
Republican Party
Jean
Winlkle
White House
Washington
Willkle
Roosevelt
Mem Willkie
Pitas
Congress
A Road With No Other Road For America
Morgantown Post reports Herbert Hoover in Philadelphia urging a return from New Deal flabbiness. He argues for a free economy with checks and balances, contrasts it with dictation and tyranny, and calls reforms to reformers. He urges stamina sacrifice and effort to restore confidence, production, and national wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
Herbert Hoover
Philadelphia
America
Monroe Doctrine 1823 Statement as Foreign Policy Marker
The piece notes James Monroe's 1823 statement declaring the American continents free from future European colonization and the U S stance against interference. It discusses the role of the president in foreign policy and the ongoing relevance as global crises unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Cumberland Times
Congress
James Monroe
South America
Old World
New World
American
United States
Incoming Aliens Face Tougher Scrutiny Under Jackson
Columnist Charles P. Stewart notes a shift in immigration enforcement from labor to the Attorney General and Hoover’s bureau. He describes past immigrant labor roles, economic concerns, and rising threats from Nazi and Communist propagandists seeking entry, highlighting the new supervision of admissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
Robert Jackson
United States
Justice
Coe Tal Sidelin
Labor Department
Customs Service
Treasury Department
O. K
Treasury
Roosevelt
Jackson
J. Edgar Hoover
Grafton mourns several 1909 losses and entertainments
Obituaries recall Robert L Heflin a former superintendent and DeMolay leader who died in Sayre Pennsylvania on March 1 1909 and Mrs Savilla Barker widow of Abraham Barker who died March 5 1909. The piece notes local theatre acts and community figures including Patrick Moran James Flanagan Beef Flanagan Frank Flanagan and Thomas Turner alongside town baseball plans and social life during Lent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Heflin
Grafton
Arthur Sinsel
Baltimore and Ohio
Sayre
Pennsylvania
Savilla Woolard Barker
Abraham Barker
Grafton-Piedmont
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Bluemont
Lyceum
Patrick Moran
Grafton - Cumberland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Catholic Church
Old Catholic
John
Mary Flanagan
Wheeling Lodge No. 28
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Grafton Lodge No. 308
Elk
Grafton Baseball
Bail
Garner
Mathers
McIlvane
Cornelius
Cross
Fitzwater
Smith
Rothermel
Winters
Warren
Hinton
Zinn
Fetterman
Ferguson
Erie Club
New York State
Frank
Michael Flanagan
Spider
Order of Eagles
Frank Flanagan
Lodge of Eagles
Eagle
John McEllgott
St. Augustine Catholic Church
Thomas Turner
West Washington Street
S T Augustine Catholic Church
John McElligott
Policy of United States to let parties decide their destiny
The text states that after consideration the United States cannot interpret actions to oppose or control any European power. It asserts that such destinies should be viewed as unfriendly to the United States. The policy remains to leave the parties to themselves in hope that outcomes will follow their own course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Britain
The Oaks Society Plan Sparks New Play and Ball
Molly Van Orsdale visits The Oaks and joins the group as they plan a second production. Gayle Dixon persuades Bill Bailey and Jeremy Tucker to stage a grand ball with a better play, aiming to boost publicity and social prestige amid Lola Montesa, Tempe Hyde, and others.
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Molly van Orsdale
the Oaks
Jeremy
Lola Montesa
Graham
van Orsdale
Gayle
Lola
Bill
Tempe
Tempe Hyde
Oaka
Andrything
Jon
Jeremy Tucker
Bill Bailey
Mr. Merrifield
Gaylet
Gayle Dixon
Ife
Billo
Hag Gayle
Society Newst
Parachutes and politics in a jumble of 1930s musings
The fragment sketches wartime chatter on nylon parachutes, Yankee pennants, and distant politics. It mockingly connects headlines about Germany, Russia, and Italy reorganizing the Balkans with light scorn. A quirky aside notes grandfathers fearing fame and a line on ego restoration via political delegation.
Balkan tensions rise as nations mass troops and claim lands
The article details renewed Balkan and regional agitation with Romania mobilizing about 2,000,000 troops for Transylvania, Hungary mobilizing forces opposite, Bulgaria Yugoslavia and Turkey taking precautionary measures, and reports of German persuasion for a peaceful adjustment while Hitler reportedly pressed Hungary.
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Hungary
Romania
Transylvania
Balkan
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Italy
Dalmatian
Turkey
Straits of
Bosphorus
Black Sea
Moscow
Rumania
Danube
Berlin
Teleki
Hitler Promis
Notice to Creditors and Beneficiaries of Osborne Estate
Legal notice to creditors and beneficiaries of the estate of James Thomas Osborne deceased. Claims must be filed with voucher, verified, at West Main Street Grafton Taylor County West Virginia by December 30 1940 to avoid forfeiture. J Guy Allender Commissioner of Accounts dated June 27 1940.
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James Thomas Osborne
West Main Street
Grafton
Taylor County
West Virginia
J. Guy Allender
Edward M. Whitescarver
J.guy Allender
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Grafton Sentinel Publishing Company
Latrobe Street
W. Va
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James F. Holt
John 8. Palmer
Associated Press
AB. Clayden, Inc
New York
Lexington Avenue
Chicago
North
Michigan Avenue
Dan Cupid
God of Marriage
James P. Flanagan
Beef
Oren
Central Press Association
Ube
Alma Pent
New York Yankees
Mary
Adolf
Weeping Rabbit
Rryott
Germany
Russia
Balkan States
Balkans
Hitler
Stalin
Tansylvania
Austria-Hungary
Dobruja
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