Attempted assassination of Trotsky shocks Mexico Villa attack
Leon Trotsky exiled Russian leader was attacked at his suburban villa in Mexico City by 30 to 40 men. Flying glass injured him. one secretary guard, Sheldon Harté, was missing after the assault. The attack was claimed to be directed by Joseph Stalin. Trotsky had criticized Moscow trials and the Soviet regime from his exile since 1937.
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Mexico City
Leon Trotsky
Joseph Stalin
Tod
Trotsky
Joseph’Stalin
Lenin
Moscow
Mexico
Russia
Diego Rivera
Coyogean
Cit
Sheldon Harté
Mgr
Kump to Take Part in Meet Harleton May 24
In a split primary, G. Kump and other defeated candidates plan to attend the Democratic state committee meeting on June 1 at Parkersboro. Secretary of State records show results in doubt while party factions prepare for the general election. R. Carl Andrews, loser in the gubernatorial race, will preside as retiring chair but Kump is expected to be designated successor by governor nominee M. M. Neely.
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Harleston
Secretary of State
G. Kump
Democratic State Committee
Parkersboro
Statehouse
Kump
U. S. Senate
Andrews
R. Carl Andrews
M. M. Neely
Grafton Sentinel invites attendance at two theater showings
The Grafton Sentinel invites MRS. LAIRD KING of 207 Beech Street to tonight's Dixie theatre presentation The Man From Tumbleweeds starring William Boyd or the Strand theatre showing Women Without Names featuring Ellen Drew Robert Paige and Judith Barrett.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Laird King
Beech Street
William Boyd
Dixie Theatre
Ellen Drew
Robert Paige
Judith Barrett
Strand Theatre
Business Leaders Pledge Full Aid to Defense Program
Washington May 24. American business leaders pledged unreserved cooperation to the national defense program noting our lives and liberties may be involved. After meetings on production problems more than five members of Secretary Hopkins Advisory Council conferred with President Roosevelt for almost an hour on accelerating defense production and preventing living-cost rises. The Senate previously approved a large navy bill and an army measure, with House action planned next week after a bill to lift the 6,000 plane top limit.
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Washington
Hopkins
White House
Roosevelt
Senate
NBC Representative Says German Units Trapped
NBC representative in Paris Paul Archinard reported 5000 mechanized German troops isolated at Amiens and other stalled units in Flanders due to fuel shortages. French authorities could not confirm the Amiens isolation but said many motorized units were stalled while Allied forces mopped them up as French troops retook Amiens and held new lines.
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New York
Paul Archinald
NBC
Paris
Amiens
Archinard
Flanders
Outlawed IRA Members Arrested in Northern Ireland Raid
Police carried out overnight raids in northern counties arresting seventy six members of the outlawed Irish Republic Army. Reports also stated extensive arrests in southern Ireland. A German national, seized in Dublin, identified as the owner of a secret radio transmitter, was among those detained.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Northern Counties
Southern Ireland
Erie
Dublin
Former State Senator Leftwich Dies After Illness
Huntington May 24 Former State Senator Fleming C Leftwich 74 longtime Cabell County Republican figure and former special judge of the Cabell circuit court died today after a long illness Death attributed to complications following influenza battle
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Huntington
Fleming C. Leftwich
Cabell
Senate poised to pass relief bill blocking aliens aids
Washington May 24. A 1.11 billion relief bill, barring aid to aliens, Nazis and communists, moves to the senate after a 354 to 21 house approval. The measure would fund the WPA at about 975.65 million for eight months from July 1 and renew many waste restrictions, with Col. Harrington to brief an appropriations subcommittee Monday.
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Washington
Senate
House
F. C. Harrington
WPA
Appropriations
Americans Rush To Escape Nazi Threat From Britain
Seven hundred Americans asked for visas and exit permits to Erie in the last 24 hours as Nazi danger grows. Embassy officials expect nearly half of the 5,400 Americans in the British Isles to return home. The President Roosevelt liner to Galway can carry 600, leaving little chance for continent-based departures via Britain due to discontinued channel service.
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Lonton
England
Erie
British Isles
United States
Roosevelt
New York
Galway
Britain
Fordyce A. M. Announces Adult Public Speaking Course
Joseph Fordyce A M announces a course for adults in public speaking with first meeting Monday May 27 from 6 to 7 15 p m All other meetings Fridays June 7 to August 2 inclusive 6 30 to 8 30 p m Place M A Fee 6 payable with registration Advance registration desirable Call 925 W 11 for details College credit May 22 24 25fp
Roosevelt Delivers Fireside Talk Amid Term-Limit Debate
Roosevelt faces pressure from Republicans urging a third term disclaimer as Democratic delegates push past the majority threshold. Wadsworth calls the president's stance sound while Landon demands removal from the 1940 race if Republicans are to join his cabinet. Leaders expect no explicit third term mention in the address. Delegates reach 547 and a half of 1,094 with Vermont votes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James W. Wadsworth
Alf M. Landon
Whitehouse
Landon
Vermont
Garner
Farley
Bankhead
Alabama
Wheeler
Montana
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Tydings
Maryland
T. J. Moran Elected Machinists’ Official
In Pittsburgh on May 24 the International Association of Machinists reelected William Adams of Cincinnati as president and T. J. Moran of Grafton West Virginia as vice president amid AFL unions urging a 30 hour work week and paid vacations for Baltimore and Ohio railroad workers.
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Pittsburgh
American Federation of Labor Unions
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
International Association of Machinists
William Adams
Cincinnati
T. 3. Moran
Grafton
W. Va
Italy on brink of joining war as Mussolini status eyes Corsica
Rome May 24 Twenty five years after declaring war on Austria Hungary Italy stands on the brink of participating in a second great war on an opposite side. Some Italians expect Mussolini to announce readiness to pursue territorial ambitions including Corsica and French possessions in Africa as a possible trigger. No exact timing or target was indicated and guesses pointed to France or Yugoslavia as likely actions.
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George C. Jordan
Rome
Italy
Mussolini
Lamor
Corsica
France
Yugoslavia
Africa
iGentinues
Dewey Plans Personal Bid for West Virginia Delegates
CHARLESTON May 24 Dewey will seek support from West Virginia Unpledged Republican delegation during a June 1 visit to Charleston. On the same day the state committee will hold its organization meeting as Dewey, New York district attorney and presidential hopeful, makes his first West Virginia trip since launching his campaign.
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Charleston
Thomas E. Dewey
West Virginia
Walter S. Halanan
Dewey
Robert H. C. Kay
Republican State Committee
New York
Martin Says GOP Needed To Prepare U.S. Defenses
Montpelier Vermont May 25 1956 House Minority Leader Martin R Mass keynoted the Vermont Republican state convention stating defense should be run by the GOP. He condemned the administration's record as broken promises and failures and urged a Republican lead on national defense. Vermont Republicans planned an unpledged delegation to Philadelphia with nine of thirteen delegates chosen.
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Green Mountain
Philadelphia
Daughter Of Millionaire Unable to Pay For Groceries
In Spokane, Norma Vollmer Hopkins Underhill, daughter of a once rich citizen, testified in Superior court she could not pay a 905.40 grocery bill. She said she did not know what remained of her share of her father's 4 million estate, while diamonds and oriental rugs remained in the mortgaged home as the case concerned unpaid judgments against her and her husband H. H. Underhill.
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Spokane
Wash
H. H. Underhill
Sailing Postponed for Rex to June 12 News
War bulletins report the Italian line Rex sailing from Genoa to New York delayed from May 29 to June 12. Line officials say they do not know the reason amid earlier rumors of an indefinite postponement.
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Rome
T Rex
New York
Genoa
Rail line bombed to cut Paris from Le Havre harbor
Informed German sources report the railway line between Paris and Rouen has been regularly bombarded by the German air force to sever the French capital from the western harbor of Le Havre.
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Berlin
Paris
Rouen
le Havre
Governors Meet to Back U S Defense Program in Duluth
President Roosevelt announced that the governors of all 48 states would gather in Duluth Minnesota around June 2. He said their purpose is to support and pledge cooperation to the defense program. The remark came at a press conference.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Duluth
Minn
Germans Near Calais Gates
Berlin reports German legions in rolling armor have breached Scheldt fortifications and advanced into Tournai Ghent, approaching the vital Calais sea port on the French side. St Omer reportedly captured as fast moving armored cars near Calais threaten the Channel coast.
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Berlin
Germany
Scheldt
Tournai
Ghent
Belgium
Calais
St. Omer
English Channel
Dover
England
Description Obtained Of Man With Reds Petition
Secretary of State W 8 O'Brien received 54 additional protests against the use of notes on the petition. About 120 people have asked removal of their names from the petition to place the Communist party on the November ballot. The petition had 6646 signers when filed May 13. A letter from Osage described the circulator in Monongalvi village as about 24 years old, tall slim and blond.
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Charleston
Monongalia County
W. 8. O'Brien
O'Brien
Communist Party
American Legion
Osage
Monangalvi
Roosevelt plans to train 50000 pilots in year starting July 1
President Roosevelt disclosed plans to provide basic pilot training for 50000 men over the next year through the Civil Aeronautics Authority. Three months of primary flying instruction will be offered, with not all completing the course guaranteed to join the army and navy air forces.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Army
Navy
Art Treasures On Way To Paris Go Missing
Thirty truckloads of priceless art treasures including paintings by Rubens Rembrandt and Van Dyck are missing after being spirited from Brussels during the German invasion. The works were loaded into trucks bound for France before Brussels fell and have not been heard from since as they fled along bombed refugee routes.
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Paris
Rubens
Rembrandt
van Dyck
Brussels
France
Belgium
Montreuil Captured by German Army Reported
German sources in Bern say Berlin reports Montreuil near the English Channel seized by motorized columns and Lac Touquet port occupied. Arras in the Cambrai area also recaptured after heavy overnight fighting.
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Bern
Switzerland
Berlin
Montreuil
Lac Touquet
Arras
Cambrai
Hese
Notice Bicycle Riders Prohibited Riding After Dark
City prohibits double riding and night cycling without lights. Violations will be prosecuted. Public notice signed by P. Gillispie with dates May 22, 23, 24.
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P. ¥. Gillispie
Hard battle rages near Boulogne and Flanders fronts
Fragmentary report describes continued heavy fighting along channels near Boulogne and in Flanders. A French spokesman cites German efforts pushing through gaps toward the Allied line south of Bapaume while forces seek to plug the breach. Details continue on page two.
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Folkestone
Ingland
Bapaume
Nasis
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