Allies Withdraw to Prepared Positions On Scheldt
Allied troops in the Valenciennes sector retreated to new positions west of the Scheldt as German forces pushed southward along the Lys valley aiming at Menin. Reports say the Germans seek to split the Allied army of the north by severing links toward the northwest, potentially encircling forces between Cambrai and the Belgian border.
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British Aim To Halt Ounce War Drive In Italy
Charles Guptill reports from Rome that Italy speeds toward war despite British efforts to mollify bitterness over the Allied blockade. Britain says Italy offered a satisfactory contraband basis, but no easing of military preparations or patriotic resolve appears. Italians expect any relaxation to miss Fasci aspirations while Gibraltar and Suez remain British keys to the Mediterranean.
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Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Proctor to theatre night
The Grafton Sentinel invites MRS. JOHN PROCTOR of 337 West Main Street to attend tonight's showing of The Doctor Takes A Wife with Lorette Young and Ray Milland at the Strand theatre or Joe Penner in Millionaire Playboy at the Dixie theatre.
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Grafton Sentinel
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Lorette Young
Ray Milland
Strand Theatre
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Dixie Theatre
Exports Fall in April as War Constrains Trade
A Commerce Department report shows American exports declined by 27 million dollars in April with the sharpest drops in Scandinavian and Dutch trade. Treasury data indicate foreign investors bought American securities for the first time in ten months, totaling 3.879 million dollars. Exports to Scandinavia slid from over 19 million in March to under 1 million in April, and Dutch shipments fell by about 3 million. Despite the decline, total exports reached 324.0 million dollars for the month, and the U.S. maintained a favorable trade balance.
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Commerce Department
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United States
James Cromwell to Speak at Bethany College Anniversary
Bethany College marks its 100th anniversary with James H R Cromwell as a scheduled speaker. The diplomat and husband of Doris Duke will join Governor Holt on a convocation program after the interfraternity ball. Commencement speakers later include Burris A Jenkins.
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Canada
Doris Duke
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The
Denver Post
Motion Picture Star Joins Ambulance Service Driver Role
London reports American actor Robert Montgomery has joined the ambulance unit of the American field service and plans to depart for France midweek. His wife will return to the United States.
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Robert Montgomery
France
United States
Clarksburg Award For No Traffic Fatalities Set
Clarksburg will receive awards Friday from the National Safety Council the state and the American Automobile Association for a record period from May 26 1937 to March 8 1939 without a traffic fatality. Ceremonies were specially arranged and the pedestrian protection contest influenced the award.
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National Safety Council
American Automobile Association
U S Ship President Roosevelt Warned Over Possible Threat
Berlin dispatch reports a strong warning to the United States embassy about a potential or planned criminal act against the liner President Roosevelt. German sources attribute the warning to Alexander Kirk and say it aims to draw the United States into war as the President travels to Ireland to repatriate Americans.
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British Laborite Sent To Russia By Cabinet
Sir Stafford Cripps, Labor Party MP and recent visitor to Moscow, left London en route to the Soviet Union on an economic mission. Moscow welcomed the British proposal and observers said relations seemed favorable with preliminary talks progressing in a friendly vein.
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Sir Stafford Cripps
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Soviet Union
Stafford
Russia
First Lady in Stirring Red Cross Appeal
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt urged Americans to donate to the Red Cross war relief fund to meet a 10 million dollar goal. The plea, broadcast on three networks, cited suffering in Belgium France and refugees arriving from Holland and Luxembourg. Wayne Chatfield Taylor spoke from Paris describing shattered cities and homeless millions.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Red Cross War Relief Fund
Norman H. Davis
American Red Cross
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France
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Luxemborg
Dynamite Cap Blast Threatens Boy’s Sight in Fire Disposal
Martinsburg dispatch reports 16 year old Harvey Bowers tossed about 50 dynamite caps into a stove causing an explosion. Hospital attendants say the blast may cost him the sight of one eye. He ran about half a mile before aid arrived.
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Harvey Bowers
Roosevelt Urges Unity in Solemn Appeal for National Defense
President Roosevelt delivers a radio fireside address urging unity, warns against treachery and foreign-sponsored dissension, and says defense forces will be built to meet needs. He defends New Deal gains and denies wasteful spending claims, insisting military strength has grown to the largest and best trained in U.S. history.
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State Sees West Virginia as Future Food Source
Commissioner J B McLaughlin stated West Virginia could become a food supply center for the eastern seaboard under national defense plans. He noted state produce can reach seaboard markets by highway in under 24 hours, and a Washington coordinating committee meeting is expected in early June.
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Commissioner of Agriculture
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Seaboard
Coordinating Committee
Washington
Enemy Aliens Interned on British Isle Of Man
London reports the home secretary ordered internment on the Isle of Man of German and Austrian women aged 16 to 60 previously under police restrictions in the EB category, with men also subject to internment. Women may take children under 16. A vast dragnet moved hundreds to custody as raids were veiled by censorship.
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Home Secretary
Isle of Man
Grandson of Kaiser Dies in Flanders War
Berlin May 27 The death of 33 year old Prince Wilhelm of Prussia eldest son of former Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm and second Hohenzollern victim of the European war was announced He received a heavy abdominal wound in Flanders May 23 and died Sunday morning after shortly being treated at a military hospital near Brussels The report notes Prince Oscar cousin of Wilhelm also fell on the Polish front Continued on Page Two.
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Two Brothers Honored For Work In Law School
Morgantown May 27 Two brothers Robert B. Goodwin and Bert Goodwin of Ripley were chosen for membership in the honorary Coif law society after graduating at the top of their class at the university. Both youths held about A averages for the past three years.
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Bert Goodwin
Ripley
Frank for party job eyed at Philadelphia convention
Washington May 2 The Glenn Frank program committee report is seen as a basis for the party platform and Frank may head the platform committee. Senators Lodge and Capper are mentioned for the post as the Philadelphia meeting looms next month. The committee of over 200 Republicans drafted broad principles submitted to the national committee in February.
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Capper
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Volunteer Firemen To Fight Fifth Columnists
More than 200000 volunteer firemen, members of the National Firemen's association, pledged to combat all subversive activities in the country. Representatives from Pennsylvania Maryland Delaware New York West Virginia and Virginia met to organize the association. John P. McNulty of Lithicum Heights Maryland stated that all subversive acts by any person will be fought constantly and vigorously by the organization. Delegates elected Percy S. T.
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National Firemen's Association
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
New York
West Virginia
Virginia
John P. McNulty
Lithicum Heights
Allien
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Senate rushes to close session amid defense bills
Washington May 27 Senate leaders pressed a fast timetable to wind up in two weeks while Democrats doubt adjournment before June 15. Action aimed at defense measures and a large relief bill of 1.11 billion, with logjam over Logan-Walter and Wagner act amendments. discussão continues on tax and debt limit. Navy bill eyed for action.
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Senate
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Congress
Barkley
Kentucky
Mountaineer Boys State Begins Sixth Annual Week Long Program
Jackson's Mill hosts the Mountaineer Boys State from June 2 with 350 high school boys electing a governor and lawmakers. Directed by R Worth Shumaker, the program runs for a week as Holt speaks and Judge James B. Riley presides at the inauguration of the newly named Huntington governor successor Rodney Wolfard.
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Huntington
300 Austrian Soldiers Executed by Nazis
Nazi forces executed 300 Austrian soldiers last night after detaining them as part of suppression actions. The soldiers were taken from local posts and shot in batches, with authorities citing treason as the motive and asserting repercussions against resistance. Local residents reported gunfire near the former fortress site.
Ground troops near Ypres as battle broadens
Both sides pour all resources into Flanders and Artois. Allies face raids along the channel coast as air forces, destroyers, and aircraft engage near Dunkirk. German troops concentrate in northern fighting crest northwest of Ypres to seal a widening gap. Continued on page six.
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Ypres
Allied forces clash near British port in pacifist crackdown
Fragmentary report notes Allied units engaging near a British port while authorities arrest a man linked to pacifist movements and internment orders. The scene references war tensions and civilian opposition as the conflict unfolds.
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