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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1940
Page
2
The piece traces coffee from its initial discovery by an imam who brewed a bitter stimulant from berries, through its spread in Europe in the 17th century, to its rise as a social fixture in coffee houses. It notes caffeine’s mostly benign effects on alertness and energy, while mentioning opposition from Puritans, and includes Q and A on weight gain and health.
U S reports a recommendation for six to 38 cent a ton cuts in coal freight rates from Southeastern West Virginia and southwestern Virginia to North Carolina and other destinations. The proposal aims to match rates from Kentucky coal regions, despite similar distances, and targets the Norfolk and Western line routes.
Headquarters communique says Tommies and air forces slowed by stiffening resistance, successfully holding back serious German assaults in hard fighting. Waves of Allied planes participated in the battle, reinforcing the defense along the Belgian front.
Maine Congresswoman hopeful Chase Smith, aged 89 and widow of Clyde Smith, is viewed as virtually certain for the Republican nomination. Democrats have not fielded a candidate.
Britain presses Greece for permission to base naval forces on Greek islands. British French fleet at Alexandria maneuvers creating uneasiness as Col Papademos arrives at Yanina to lead frontier preparedness. Troops at Piraeus practice embarkation and disembarkation as tensions rise.
The article outlines Greek Romanian and Turkish aid promises from Britain and France if independence is threatened. It notes Italian ambition over Corfu, with past Italian shelling in 1923 and a brief occupation tied to the assassination of an Italian official, ending with Greece paying 50 million lire indemnity.
Senator Vandenberg condemned the synChrist and urged restraint in official policy to keep the United States out of Europe unless the war reaches the new world. He warned that shocking deficiencies are surfacing in the national defense program and called for immediate scrutiny.
In Elizabeth Pennsylvania a truck carrying five tons of aluminum plunged down West Elizabeth hill, skidded 800 feet along the Pennsylvania railroad and burst into flames. Driver William G. Bower, 30, escaped after steering the rig onto the tracks before the fire.
A railroad train on the Cleveland-Pittsburgh Freight Lines in Pittsburgh escaped major damage but caused severe track damage before West Elizabeth firefighters contained a blaze. Fire crews battled flames as brakes failed and the train derailed along the line.
Morgantown May 16 The body of Arthur Heck 17 year old Barrackville High student was drowned while boat riding and recovered yesterday from Cheat Lake near the drowning spot. Funeral services will be held tomorrow. Two other boys Irwin Heck cousin and Eugene Milam were saved by the fourth occupant Calvin Conaway 18.
Veterans of Foreign Wars urged Senator Harry S. Truman to seek congressional approval for the War Department to supply VFW posts with rifles and ammunition for distribution to parachute troops in the event of an invasion.
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