Roosevelt frames nation in state of unlimited emergency
The Fairmont Times notes President Roosevelt’s address declaring a state of unlimited emergency to guide U S action in the world crisis. It warns of swift, broad powers over commerce, power, armed forces, and land use, while pledging self defense and continued aid to allies. Gasless Sundays and daylight saving are discussed as power shortage responses. public support for the president’s course is affirmed.
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Fairmont Times
Roosevelt
United States
America
Teak
Neely
West, Virginia
Clarksburg
Ickes
Congress
Press censorship debate in wartime America and Europe
Stewart recalls Creel and Compub policies, arguing for selective censorship but defense of free speech. He describes experiences as a foreign news editor, the shift to voluntary or military censorship, and the tension between safeguarding information and press freedom amid the Bismarck and Hood engagements and Allied naval actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
George Creel
George
Committee On Public Information
Compub
United States
Compus
Buenos Aires
London
Kaaio
Noton
Germany
Reckus
Europe
South America
New York
Washington
Lowell Mellett
Navy
Frank Knox
Chicago Daily News
Frank
Arthur Asys Sulzberger
New Yorkkims
Art Sulberger
Frenk
Bismarck
Prinz Eugen
Dakar
Hood
Dublin Bombing Damage Seen From Anti Aircraft Strike
Police concluded the anti air shell may have caused a prang leading to bombs dropping. They doubted the bombing was intentional as two bombs fell on the north side residential area, demolishing homes over a 200 yard stretch.
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Threeell
Notice of bankruptcy for Dorsey Lyle Tighe in Grafton
In the District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia the bankruptcy of Dorsey Lyle Tighe is recorded. A petition was filed May 13 1941 and the first meeting of creditors is set for June 9 1941 at 10 o clock in the forenoon at the office of O B Wyckoff in the Professional Building Grafton. Creditors may attend prove claims appoint a trustee and examine the bankrupt.
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District Court OF the
United States
West Virginia
Dorsey Lyle’ Tighe
Dorsey Lyle Tighen
Taylor
Dorsey, Lyle Tighe
O. B. Wyckoff
Grafton
Gforesaid
W. Va
C. E. Wyckoff
Jed W. Robinson
Baffling murder test draws in detective Jones at village inn
Henry Potter plans to solve a killing by hosting detective John Jones as a boarder while hinting the dead may reveal the culprit. Mrs Willett’s father insists he and Ives spoke with the dead, and Jones agrees to a late night psychological test as Henry suspects the watchful eyes of locals.
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John Ives
Henry
Mr. Jones
Jones
King
Jim
Mra. Potter
Boulder Dam
Mrs. Potter
Mr. Tones
Thad
Henry Potter
Wildwood
Ives
Dentists Deferral Urged By Selective Service Chief
Morgantown Post reports Gol. Carleton C. Pierce acting state director of Selective Service issued a bulletin to West Virginia local boards urging deferral of dental students who show reasonable promise of becoming qualified dentists. He notes a national shortage of dentists and forecasts a four year shortfall of 2,073 graduates needed to maintain the present ratio. The bulletin highlights West Virginia lacking a school of dentistry and points to training in other states as a result.
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School OF Dentistry
Morgantown
Gol
Carleton C. Pierce
Selective Service
West Virginia
Col. Pierce
Ickes Seeks Soda Gas Ration Move in War Economy
President Roosevelt endorses Ickes recommendations to curb oil drilling and waste, urging federal agencies and state officials to cut unnecessary activity and boost efficiency. He links price controls and gas supply to defense needs, warning civilians of potential Sunday travel limits and continued petroleum utilization for military and civilian demands.
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Office of Production Management
Office of Price Administration
Ickes
Federal Price Control Office
Leon Henderson
Roosevelt
State Awards Defense Contracts Totaling 1.16 Million
West Virginia firms received 1 150 665 in defense contracts from the Army and Navy for May 1 to 15. The principal award was a 954 147 Army contract to build pumping stations and levees at Huntington for Fourpole Creek and Krouts Creek.
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Washington
West Virginia
Army
Navy
Office of Government
Fourpole Creek
Krouts Creek
Huntington
Early 20th Century West Virginia Road Studies and Local History
A compendium recounts Bird Club field trip to Black Falls in Tuart Valley with educator H D Rohr and Robert E Blaney, plus Grafton civic events, Audubon ties, and Modern Woodmen memorials. It records a 1928 Safety First rail campaign, crossing statistics, costs to eliminate crossings, and shifting highway progress from mud roads to modern surfaces, with reflections on historic travel and church attendance, and diary extracts from Fabricus A Cather detailing Civil War era events and a 1861 wedding narrative.
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Bird Club
West Virginia
Audubon Society For
Modern
Woodmen of America
Grafton
Model Woodmen
Camp Hall
Main Street
United Brethren Church
Dewey Avenue
West Grafton
E. H. Waters
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
United States
Supreme Court
Monongahela Construction Company
Webster
Simpson
Astor
Flemington
Rosa
Fabricus A. Cather
Samuel Bartlett
Parrsview
William Davidson Taylor
Nancy C. Bartlett
Lydia Bartlett
Henrietta Taylor
Lew
Cyril Dilworth
Adjutant Fish
Dilworth
S. J. Newton
West Virginia Agencies Total Revenues Over Eighty Million
Government agencies in West Virginia totaled 83 129 335 dollars. Navy awards from July 1 1940 to May 15 1941 fed the list at 51 078 952 dollars.
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West Virginia
Navy
City wreck leaves shops destroyed near center
A disaster narrative notes two of the three incidents wrecking parts of the city. One event buried occupants and covered feet area while another destroyed shops about a half mile from the city center, highlighting extensive damage in the downtown vicinity.
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Stewart
J.R.N. Nixon
Reuters
Admiralty
Sorge Creel
Dublin
Richard Hought
Potters
Kitchn
Potter
Tye
Tia
Laurence Vaarniene
Winoote
Taylor County
Sentines
The
Sentinel
Delaixe
R. L. Brand
Pearl Street
J. Aa
Spomtise
Epo
Feent
Go Street
McGraw
Eilezabeth
Pygatt
Dain
Gratton Sentinel
Hamilton
Monroe
Grafton Dam
McIntosh Farm
Philipp
National Bank of
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