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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1940
Page
5
Baltimore and Ohio reports April 1940 carloadings at 188 414 loads, with 124 921 cars loaded on line and 63 495 from connections, up 46 408 from April 1939. Week ending May 4 totaled 47 138 loads, 30 612 on line and 16 526 from connections, up 12 675 from last year’s same week.
A front page sweep notes party rallys as four Republican hopefuls for U S Senate and three for the Fourth District gather in Parkersburg. Former Gov E F Morgan assails New Deal and foreign ideas while Miller, Rog ers and others decry WPA meddling and relief politics as candidates press for votes amid a heated campaign.
Martha Spurck aged 19 of Los Angeles will join the Mother House of the Maryknoll Sisters at Ossining New York for the novitiate period. The notice notes she gives up society life for a cloistered religious path. Cayton Direne
The report covers William Saroyan declining a prize money from the Pulitzer, citing artistic reward as sufficient. It notes other 1939 journalism and literature awards, including Waterbury Republican American for graft exposure, Otto Tolischus and S. Burton Heath honors, and Baker and Sandburg biographical and historical works, with political convention dynamics and platform talks shaping upcoming elections.
General Paul F. Rollet, 71, famed as the fightingest man in France, says he is physically fit and demands to be allowed to rejoin service after a 1937 retirement following 46 years in the army. He fought in every French war or border skirmish. He also urges continued enforcement of the Johnson act barring loans to war debt defaulters.
Dewey led Maryland with over 32 thousand votes from 731 of 1309 polling places, ahead of an uninstructed delegation. Radcliffe had 161,555 votes and over 90 of 149 convention votes as returns show. Nice led Broening by about 10,000 votes in the Republican senatorial primary from 731 polling places. One of the six Democratic contests continues.
The Opera House shows Universal’s Green Hell with star in tough shoot conditions. She recalls being the only woman in the cast and enduring rough treatment from co star Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and others, including a dramatic entrance, messy makeup, hair disasters, a strenuous shampoo scene, and a hurricane on set.
Reps Ambrose Kennedy trails in fourth district by 98 votes on unofficial returns. In sixth district Walter Johnson known as the big train leads over A Charles Stewart. Democratic senatorial outcome shows Tydings Jackson group gaining control of the party convention and determining Maryland's 16 delegates to the Democratic national convention.
Amid the bustle the Egyptians staged a coordinated effort as authorities prepared a plan for citizenship procedures and related reforms. The report notes official activity, signaling potential policy changes and government outreach.
Central Press dispatch notes Germany absorbing Denmark's bacon surplus a claim tied to Hitler's Mein Kampf promises. Quips about patriotic dieting and odd news bits mix with jokes on language and conventions. A Western restaurant touts 10 cent meals with a 50 cent charge.
On the fourth anniversary of King Farouk I accession, the government guards all communications and keeps offices open day and night. Alexandria hosts a reinforced Allied fleet with cruisers and battleships massed offshore as troops stand ready. British warplanes are prepared, and officials urge unity with Rome, London, Paris, and Washington to deter any Mediterranean conflict.
The article notes about 60,000 Germans in the country, many tourists, facing government censorship to curb travel. Foreigners face stricter control as intelligence officers track arrivals and departures, with penalties up to seven years for disallowed information. Military and civilian bodies mobilize for raid exercises amid troop move reports in southeastern Europe and the eastern Mediterranean.
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