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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1940
Page
1
President Roosevelt signed a law requiring registration and fingerprinting of about 4.5 million aliens in the United States. He warned loyal aliens against harassment and urged federal handling to avoid confusion. Agencies prepared for a public campaign against undesirables and fifth columnists starting Monday.
Berlin underForeign Office sanction warns North and South America that their stance may shape future economic relations with the new Europe. Von Ribbentrop endorses the piece in Berlin-Rome-Tokyo publication stating Europe seeks self-sufficiency to avoid disruption by British power and could reassess ties with America based on friendliness or hostility. The article references forthcoming meetings and urges prudent action.
Washington dispatch reports Democrats weighing whether Roosevelt will run or bow out for Willkie as Republican ticket led by Willkie gains strength. They debate who would balance Senator McNary if Roosevelt seeks a third term, while Roosevelt remains silent on the issue.
The Grafton Sentinel invites Miss Maxine Wells of 1312 West Main Street to attend tonight’s showing of Lillian Russell starring Alice Faye Don Ameche and Henry Fonda at the Strand theatre or The Light of Western Skies featuring Victory Jory at the Dixie theatre, with identification may be required.
A neutral diplomatic source says a possible British Russian Turkish alignment could bargain with Germany and Italy in a peace move seen as “in the air.” Britain’s stance may hinge on French colonies and fleet responses to de Gaulle’s rally to the Allied cause amid a French defection note from General Eugene Mittelhauser in Syria.
MOUNDSVILLE June 29 A circuit court directed verdict of acquittal for Walter Ryan 48 a Benwood steel worker charged with election law violation for signing a Communist election petition and then voting in the recent primaries Judge James F Shipman also dismissed charges against Joe Crall and R E Teagarden McMehen indicted with Ryan and postponed the fourth defendant's trial until September Ryan denying he was a Communist said he thought the petition part of a campaign to improve working conditions
West Virginia Veterans of Foreign Wars met to elect officers and name the 1941 convention city in Huntington. Max Singer of Boston was to attend closing sessions. The group would inspect the Huntington Veterans' hospital and attend a ball after a memorial service and parade held yesterday.
London reports twenty nine people killed in German air raids on Guernsey and Jersey after the islands were to be demilitarized. Civilians were machine gunned. 23 dead and 36 injured in Guernsey, six killed and several injured in Jersey. Three German planes bombed Jersey, starting fires. Three British armed merchant ships totaling 11,000 tons sunk by a German submarine.
Byzantine Hartman, called indifferent by Ward en Leo Callison, died in the penitentiary deathhouse after confessing the slaying of Officer Wilbur Grubb. The 28 year old former convict faced 52 spectators as he declined chaplaincy and muttered about no afterlife before his execution. Continued on page 5.
The United Mine Workers of America intensified a campaign to organize Kanawha valley chemical plants valued at about 45 million dollars. The drive targets undisclosed plants along a 53 mile chain from the New River Gorge to Charleston and beyond, affecting dozens of facilities and thousands of workers in the Charleston area. The chemical division leads the effort.
Three hundred business and professional men aged 25 to 50 will receive military training at Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana from August 2 to 31 Major M H Patton announced He said participants will pay their own expenses except for uniforms and equipment and that the training is for the West Virginia military area
Mrs Florence H Wilkinson resigns as head of the division of professional and service projects in the Works Progress Administration announced in Huntington. She has served since 1935 and previously supervised music in Taylor County schools. No successor named.
The state Works Progress Administration resumes district office setup replacing the zone assignment division. Offices will be in Romney Fairmont Charleston and Beckley with J R Nottingham R H Mollohan W H Yeager and H M Venable leading each site. Alderson says July quota near 30 000 and may stay through summer.
Rome June 29 Italo Balbo governor general of Libya was killed yesterday while piloting a plane over Tobruk during an enemy bombardment the craft crashed in flames killing all aboard The Italian high command issued a special communique confirming Balbo and the crew perished and flag officers paid tribute to his memory
Washington June 29 The extent of the state of emergency declared by President Roosevelt and the secrecy surrounding the main U S battle fleet sparked capital conjecture. The proclamation stated the conditions of Sept 8 1939 continue to prevail and cited a national emergency to safeguard neutrality and defend the nation within peacetime powers.
A Berlin-wave NBC broadcast reported that Gen Auguste Nogues governing French Morocco ordered troops to cease fighting and surrender under orders from French Generalissimo Maxime Weygand. The claim places Nogues as acting under Weygand in a move to halt hostilities.
Hongkong authorities announce compulsory removal of all European women and children within a week amid rising tension with Japan. About 200 American women and children are also reported to be slated for evacuation by U S officials, with 4 500 British dependents in the colony.
New York report cites conflicting details on an attack on an American merchant vessel in European waters. An intercepted MacKay radio message claimed the Edgehill was struck by a torpedo off the British Isles, but Lloyds Register shows no such vessel and the name may belong to a different ship.
Tokyo reports Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita warns Western nations against actions that could upset East Asia and the South Seas status quo. He envisions Japan as a stabilizing force in a new regional order, calling for a just permanent peace with China and urging others to avoid interference.
A German radio broadcast heard by CBS stated that South American nations would see a powerful rise in their economic life under the new European order if they remain positive and friendly. It dismissed reports of a Nazi putsch in South America as idiotic and insane and attributed Uruguay rumors to pro British elements and armament makers.
WEBSTEX SPRINGS June 29 The Rhododendron festival winds up today with lumberjacks and miners taking over the town. Contests in wood cutting and car loading headline the closing events along a flower hung parade. Queen Mildred Moon of Preston county wore the crown, received yesterday in ceremonies followed by a musical comedy and cabaret ball.
Bucharest reports Russia’s occupation of northern Bessarabia and northern Bucovina expanded into an invasion of old Romania. Mobilization orders aim to place about 2,000,000 men in battle readiness within days as frontier limits are questioned and communications hinder patrols. King Carol orders full army call up and postponement of parliament amid fears of additional territorial demands from Hungary and Bulgaria.
Berlin dispatches report disruption of raw materials flow into the reich from eastern Europe due to Russia's mobilization. German sources say Balkans will be kept hands off but Romanian troop movements may affect transport and vital deliveries. Optimistic Balkan view expects quick settlement without major dislocations.
The Grafton Sentinel extends an invitation to Mrs. T. M. Kinsey of 53 West Street Charles 7 to attend tonight's event, inviting her presence at the local gathering.
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