Divorce Suit Filed Here Amid Allegations Of Infidelity
A Harrison county farmhand Bertie Jett filed for divorce in Taylor county circuit court against Eliz abeth Jett accusing infidelity with Junior Haller and others. They wed November 12, 1937, separated February 1940, and neither owns property. Jett earns about $15 monthly plus board and room. The filing cites unfaithfulness and names Haller as co respondent.
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Bertie Jett
Harrison County
Elizabeth Jett
Taylor County
Wyatt and Randolph
Clarksburg
Jett
Junior Haller
Haller
Chad Hanna at the Dixie Theatre in Technicolor
The Dixie Theatre screens the 20th Century Fox Technicolor film Chad Hanna starring Henry Fonda with Dorothy Lamour and Linda Darnell. The piece recalls traveling show traditions and the era’s popular songs, noting Pinky’s upbeat tunes and romance themes. It also mentions Allied convoy policy debates and Senate actions on anti-convoy resolutions.
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20Th Century - Fox
Chad Hanna
Albany Yates
Caroline
Chad
Henry Fonda
Albany
Dorothy Lamour
Linda Darnell
Pinky Tomlin Takes Lead In Love Song Style at Opera House
The current feature at the Opera House is Swing It Professor starring Pinky Tomlin the elongated be spectacled comedian. He is noted as a major influence in changing the nation’s love song style as his career began after college during a difficult financial period.
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Cupid
Pinky Tomlin
Opera House
Pinky
Navy Patrol Ministers Warn on War Materials to Neutral Ports
Diplomatic discussions note that materials sent to neutral ports might reach belligerents. Lord Halifax cited removal of combat area near Red Sea as American aid to the Mediterranean. An American shipping line seeks permission to sail to Egyptian ports via the Red Sea under government protection if it begins operations with a fleet of 20 freighters.
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Lord Halifax
Red Sea
Mediterranean
Mr. Roosevelt
Police Doubt Details In Killer-for-Hire Plot
Prosecutor Thorne testified that a man named Bancroft, a former coal miner from Pennsylvania, met a conspirator in the Ohio State Penitentiary and was paid 1000 dollars to kill Dr Rebhorn with a second payment promised. Bancroft sought revenge after being cut off from workers compensation.
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Secutor
Safecrackers drill all night then find empty vault
A kaleidoscope of snippets mentions Canadian thieves drilling into a safe with no loot, tropics for German troops, hens producing every egg, and musings on duties and neighborly acts in a humorously fragmentary newspaper tone.
Thorne confesses to bombing the Redhorns in 1942 case
Attorney M. J. Lee said he would not question Dwight O Thorne further about his confession that he wired the Redhorn family car bomb in Scranton last November. Thorne claimed payment of $1,000 by a man seeking revenge on Dr. B H Rebhorn, with police awaiting Scranton and state police to continue questioning.
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United States
America
Securost
Egypt
Roosevelt
Pacific
Indian Oceans
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Tobey
Capitol Hill
Scranton
Bancroft
Thome
Pittsburgh
Kentucky
Dwight Orville Thorne
State Industrial School
Cadiz
Louisa, Ky
M. J. Lee
Dwight O Thorne
William Rebhorn
Lois
Thorne
Lee
Pennsylvania
Redhorn
William Redhorn
B. H. Rebhorn
Louisa
Cargo ships moved to foreign registry for combat zones
Page one notes a plan to transfer ships to foreign registry, likely British, to serve routes including Great Britain and combat zones. It also cites reallocating American flag ships on routes outside combat zones so all cargo serves national defense.
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Atlantic
High Seas
United States
Robson
Land
Roosevelt
H. Harris Robson
United Pruit Company
Maritime Commission
Great Lakes
Britain
Great Britain
Coal Freight Rates Sparks Southern Miners Dispute
The wage differential favors northern miners by 40 cents daily, prompting Secretary of Commerce Jones to urge readjustment of coal freight rates in the south during a press conference. Southern operators oppose current rate structures and push back against proposed changes.
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GMC
National Defense Mediation Board
Washington
CIO
United Automobile Workers
General Motors Corporation
Jones
South
Hic War and Fairmont West Virginia Radio Schedule
Radio listings for Fairmont WV station WMMN and networks show a full day of programs including music from Xavier Cugat Glenn Miller and Bobby Byrne, news by Kaltenborn and Waring, sports columns, and various orchestras with times ranging from 5:15 to 11:00 PM. Individual hosts include Edwin C Hill Carmen Cavallero Lanny Ross Tom Powers and Manny Prager with shows on CBS NBC MBS and WOR networks.
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WMMN
Nbc-Weaf
News of the World
NBC
WJZ
Mr. Keen
CBS
WABC
Lanny Ross
MBS
Morgan
WEAF
Xavier Cugat
Orch
Tom Powers
John
Paul Dickson
Waemin
Monongahela Valley
Alfred Wallenstein
Sinfonietta
Nbc-Wjz
America
WBLK
Cbs-Wmmn
Glenn Miller
Oréla Mbs
Nbc-Wblk
Rudy Vallee
Cbs-Waec
Joey Kearns
Bobby Byne
Nbc-Weaf—News
Ted Fio-Rito
WJR
Amos
N’ Andy
WLW
Pred Waring
Joey Keays
Bobby Byrne
WCAE
Bobby Ramo
Oreh
Guy Lombardo
WEC
Harry James
Johnny Long
Del
Courtney
Jan Savitt
Manny Prager
Sweaf
Claude Thornhil
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Tobruk
Emp Vanc O
Headquarters War Bulletin
Dessie
Ethiopia
Dixie Theatre
Navy Patrol
Agriculture Department
Angela Adams
U.S
Congress
General Motors
House Rules Committee
Vinson
McCormick
Mass
Holland Furnace Co
Fairmont
A&p
Lake Erie
AP Markets
Skaggs and Co
Natura
Miffone
WAMMN
West Virginia
Cbs-Wabc
Edwin C. Hill
Escorts
Betty
Nbc-Weap
Carmen Cavallero
Bill Stern
Ray Winters
Don Lindley
Golden Serenaders
Liberty
Paul Sullivan
H. V. Kaltenborn
Motoris
Maxwell House
WOR
Wythe Williams
Border Patrol
Rhythm Caravan
Aldrich
City Desk
Chicago
Carribean
Uls Wmmn
Bob Trout
Jan Gerber
Chamber of Commerce
Plano Quartet
Radio Tube
RCA
Favish Novelty Store
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