Mystery at Wildwood lodge ends with banker in spotlight
In a rain soaked evening Henry Potter visits Wildwood lodge where a model railway rounds the room as seven club members gather for a checkers night. When Ives is shot and King’s hidden revolver surfaces, a coroner leads the tense room toward a murder charge.
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Henry Potter
Wildwood Lodge
Hans Svenson
Professor Bisbee
Stanley King
Marcia
Susan Baker
Henry
Checkers
Hans Toblen
Spinelli
Laurence Harkness
Susan
Laurence
Hans
Ivestepa
Ives
King
West Indies raid trigger in isolationist talk
Stewart notes Senators Bennett Champ Clark Reynolds of Missouri and North Carolina push a seizure of French islands in the Caribbean as part of a Western Hemisphere defense. Pepper Murray and Wheeler back intervention while Chad Clark and Reynolds face shock from peers. Dakar is proposed as an alternative target with British help or alone, highlighting strategic bases from Africa to Brazil.
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D. Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
Bennett Champ
Clark
Missouri
Robert Br.reynolds
North Carolina
Congressional Chamber
United States
France
West Indies
Reynolds
Claude Pepper
Florida
James E. Murray
Montana
Burton K. Wheeler
Jim Murray
Burt Wheeler
Champ Clark
Bob Reynolds
Capital Hill
Champ
Bob
Roosevelt
Axis
Jane
Syria
Madgegascar
Indo-China
Martinique
Joure
Caribbean
Germany
Samuel
New World
Josh Lee
Oklahoma
French West Indies
Dakar
Britain
Portugal
Azorea
Cape Verde Islands
Isles
Argentina
London
Africa
Atlantic
South America
Brazil
Pernambuco
South Atlantic
Azores
Cape Verdes
Oloch
Terra Grma
Strait of Gibraltar
France Loses Heart As Paris Falls To Germans
In a stark World War II era piece, the article recalls Paris’s fall to German forces, fears an Allied aerial strike on the city, and notes lingering tension between France and England. It also mentions a nationwide USO campaign starting June 3 to raise funds for service clubs near military and defense sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Paris
Europe
Parisian
Adolf Hitler
England
Germany
London
Pibis
Aance
USO urged to expand recreation near Virginia camps
District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey, national USO chairman, tours eight Army and Navy bases along the Virginia coast. He cites severe shortages of facilities for men in military training and says communities cannot cope with the influx of 126000 service personnel, rising to 203000 soon, leaving troops with few decent places to go, sleep, wash, or eat on weekends.
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Dewey
USO
Congress
Elkins Inter-Mountain
United Service Organizations For
National Defense
Thomas E. Dewey
US0
Army
Virginia
Butter weigh drive faces long road in Fairmont Times
West Virginia labor commissioner Charles Sattler presses for accurate butter weights with pounds marked 16 ounces. He notes cases where jugs and packages were underweight and plans to extend the effort to meat and other weighed goods. Critics say scale visibility in stores also needs attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont Times
Charles Sattler
Sattler
West Virginia
Grafton Fire Dept resignations shock council
A dispute between the Grafton City Commission and the fire department led to the resignation of the entire force except for truck drivers and the station’s immediate employer after a Standard garage fire. Chief Benjamin Gerkin and six others offered their resignations, sparking Mayor Cather to appeal for volunteer replacements as the city launches Clean Up and Paint Up Week with Arbor Day observances planned for May 6.
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Grafton Fire Department
West Grafton
Standard
Benjamin Gerkin
Fire Department
William Clark
John Gerkin
James Forcello
William Gerkin
Edward Hostler
William McFarland
Thomas H. Cather
American Legion
Benjamin
William Jennings
Grafton
Great
Commonwealth
City Commission
City of
Zamzam sunk. 322 aboard, Americans safe, U S neutrality in question
The Zamzam liner with 322 aboard including 138 Americans was sunk, likely by German vessels. Egypt neutral yet suspected of hidden alignment. The piece links this incident to looming U S entry into World War II, arguing shipping acts may spark a broader conflict.
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Hattiesburg
United States
Egypt
Britain
Africa
Germany
Postmasters Banquet Beckons Welch Leader Tonight
John Kee of West Virginia will serve as toastmaster at the West Virginia branch annual banquet of the National Association for Postmasters. The sixth convention opened with a speech by Leon Dwight of San Pedro California, and included a tour of McDowen county coal mines.
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Welch
John Kee
D.-W.va
West Virginia
National Association For Postmasters
Leon Dwight
San Pedro
Cal
Mcbdwen County
A Nostalgic Album Of Clippings And Distant Echoes
A fragmentary column assemblage blends jokes, iconic phrases, and wartime references with personal notes. It recalls Zadok Dumb terms like Anchluss and Blitzkrieg, flat absurdities about insects and fashion, and a somber letter home from a Spain-bound correspondent, all evoking a glowing past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie
Spain
Neil
Methuen
Officers Ordered to Extended Army Duty in Clarksburg
Capt. Theodore R. C. King of Elkins and First Lieut. William F. Hopper Jr. of Martinsburg were among reserve officers in the Clarksburg military district ordered to extended active duty in the U S Army.
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Clarksburg
Theodore R. C. King of
Elkins
William F.hopper, Jr
Martinsburg
U. S. Army
Prahar Delights Audience in Sarasate Number
The Woman's club under Mrs Moran’s direction made this concert a season highlight for music lovers. Interwoven tale of Nell and Eddie shows in yellowed clippings stored in old Christmas boxes, tracing a newspaper life through front-page fame and the many years of bylines and dispatches.
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Thomas H. Cathet
Grafton Lodge of Moose
Opera House
John J. Lentz
Cody Grow
Glenna Carper
E. P. Clark
Vaughn M. Kerr
Florence Wilkinson
Redeemer
NerTnees
Guy Bennett
A.S. Reese
E. F. Redinger
Charles E. Rau
Mr. Lentz
Order of Moose
Mooseheart
Leybach
Grafton High School
Chamber of Commerce
James B. Moran
Woman's Club
Anne Baughmann
Parkersburg
Clarence Strickling
Grafton
Warren Good
Raymond Prahar
Strand Theatre
Strickling
Professor Good
McDowell
Neil
Spain
Nell
Eddie
Extradition Approved for Dennis Kisamore to Maryland
Extradition of Dennis Kisamore from Parsons Tucker County to Cumberland Maryland was approved by Governor Neely. Kisamore is wanted by Maryland police on a charge of assault with intent to maim.
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Charleston
Dennis Kisamore
Parsons
Tucker County
Cumberland
Neely
Kisamore
Maryland
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