Europe Smolders Under Nazi Tightening Grip
In occupied Europe censorship hides discontent yet leaks show citizens resisting non violently. News from Paris Dutch Norway and others reveal arrests, burnings of family properties and raids, with growing passive resistance challenging occupiers. The piece notes unlikely military revolt but rising resentment as liberation seems less welcomed.
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Europe
Paris
France
English Channel
Norway
Foroten Islands
Berlin and Rome Show Evidence Of Rough Going
Central Press columnist Charles P. Stewart analyzes Axis strain from Berlin and Rome. Reports claim Dutch disorders squelched, Mussolini overclaims Africa and Albania issues, with Greece and Norway signaling anti Nazi sentiment and potential uprisings across multiple fronts.
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Stewart
Berlin
Rome
Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
State Department
Herr Hitler
Holland
Tas
Signor Mussolini
Africa
Adolf
Benito
Italy
Tr Duce
Mediterranean
Albania
Adriatic
Wheeling Steel Posts 1940 Profit of 5.66 Million Per Share
Wheeling Steel corporation reports a 1940 net profit of 5,658,848 on gross business around 97 million, up from 87.5 million in 1939. After paying 1,815,820 in dividends on 6 percent cumulative preferred stock, about 3,774,338 is allotted to common stock, roughly 6.63 dollars per share.
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Wheeling
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Prominent Grafton Citizen Dies After House Fall
Charles F W Kunst of East Main street died at his home on June 11 1918 at 83 after a fall that fractured his hip Born in Red House West Virginia he lived in Pruntytown and Grafton where he ran a business as a merchant helped organize Taylor County Agricultural and Mechanical Society and served as mayor He helped establish electric lighting and assisted in founding Grafton Bank and the First National Bank of Grafton He was a lifelong member of St Pauls Lutheran church and a longtime Freemason."
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Charles F. W. Kunst
East Main Street
Red House
Preston County
Pruntytown
Old Rector College
Charles Wheeler
Grafton
James McDowell
Abraham Smith
Taylor
Virginia
Roberts Hardware and
Daniel Wilson
Michigan
Grafton Bank
First National Bank of
Main Street
John Wolverton Blue
Bluemont Cemetery
Grand and
Water Street
Grafton Gas and Ele Tric Light Company
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Grafton Lodge No. 15
A. F
A. M
The
Argus
Molly
Wyatt
Mel Rosemont
Wyn
Cadwalader Shippen
Betsy Ross
Fragmented Opinionful Rants On War Humor And Weather
A stream of satire and disjointed news mentions Europe under Nazi dominance and Germany’s power structure, noting Rome Berlin axis, Graziani’s trunks, and a New York snowstorm. The piece mixes political jabs, weather quips, and personal asides referencing Mayoral jokes and family reactions to spring.
The Philly Dream: A Woman Doctoring a Magazine Dream
A diary style chronicle recounts Kitty Foyle era fantasies and Wyn's plan to launch a Philadelphia magazine named Philly. They move into a Sansom Street office, chase oysters, and juggle printers, gossip, and a budding romance. The narrator navigates class expectations, city life, and a crash in fortunes as the project unfolds.
Train Derailment Near Roanoke Kills One, Injures Others
Wreck on the Virginian line near the Roanoke Montgomery county line halted rail traffic as a motor and nine cars derailed. Shorter was rescued after over an hour and listed as lightly wedged but in very good condition. Stearts’ widow and four children mourn him. his body taken to Oakey’s. Trainmaster Cook led rescue efforts. O. King for mayor.
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United States
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Knox
Stark
John H. Towers
Naval Aeronautics
Navy
Norfolk
Oakland
Calif
Towers
Britain
Atlantic
Jworth
Ben Moreell
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Philly
Wyn
Ledger
Parry Berwyn
Bill Cynwyd
Coxey Narberth
Staceylea Bala
Rand
New York
Philadelphia
Delphine T
Parry
Bill
Myrtle
Pop
Kitty
Pine Street
Monsieur Duval
Val Wyn
Nations
Hallowe'en
Messenger
Barry
Bia
Groton
Ieee
A. Ae
Roanoke
Shorter
Stearts
Oakey
Lee High Rilway
Montgomery County
M. Cook
Mullins
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Russia
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Japan
Taly
Jycon
Germany
Fuehrer
Washington
Signor
Mussolini
Tom
Leon
Adolf Hitler
Wheeling Steel
St Tome
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Parea
Hazel Atlas Glass Company
W. L. Reddick
Hazel Atlas
Haymond
C. T. Bartlett
Canereralls
Uncle Sam
California
New York State
St. Bernard
Rome-Berlin
Fealian
General Graziani
Tunis
Alerir
Zadok Dumbkopf
Jenking
King
Christopher Morley
RKO Radio Picture
Kitty Foyle
Wien
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New Yorker
Chicago
Sansom Street
L. Voitelaben
Wyn Seine Sand
Gimbel’s
Dennis Morgan
Wyn Strafford
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