Lakes Michigan disaster toll mounts after fierce gale
A Lake Michigan storm of Monday night wrecked four ships including two large freighters and two fishing tugs. Coast Guardsmen, aided by calmer seas, report at least 65 dead with 16 bodies washed ashore at Ludington and Pentwater. Vessels named William B. Davock and Minch Are among the lost ships.
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Pickands, Mitner and Co
Cleveland
Ice storm kills sailors and duck hunters in Great Lakes
A violent Armistice Day gale on Lake Michigan and surrounding waters left 88 dead including 16 sailors. Dozens more were missing as two freighters reportedly foundered and five vessels ran aground. Searchers scoured frozen marshes for additional victims amid frigid conditions.
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Great Lakes
Middle West End
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Grafton Sentinel invites attendance at two theatres
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs H V Flanagan of 109 East Washington Street to tonight's double feature at the Dixie theatre featuring Stranger on the Third Floor with Peter Lorre and the Way of All Flesh with Akim Tamiroff, and at the Strand theatre Sporting Blood with Robert Young and Maureen O Sullivan.
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Grafton Sentinel
H. V. Flanagan
East Washington Street
Peter Lorre
Akim Tamiroff
Dixie Theatre
Robert Young
Maureen O'Sullivan
Strand Theatre
Explosions Across U S Probe Hints at Sabotage Link
Federal agents opened three investigations after blasts at United Railway Signal in Woodbridge New Jersey Trojan Powder in Allentown and Burton Powder in Edinburg killing eight and injuring 26. FBI probes target possible sabotage while noting no definite link yet.
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Woodbridge
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Trojan Powder Company
Allentown
Army
Navy
Burton Powder Works
American Cyanamid Corporation
Edinburg
FBI
Hercules
Adjourment Fight Looms in Congress
Democratic leaders scramble to return to Washington for a showdown vote on adjournment early next week. Republicans vow to oppose, portraying themselves as loyal opposition. Telegrams to administration supporters urge a Tuesday test vote. Senator Taft warns a crisis could arise and expects near unanimous GOP opposition.
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Wendell L. Willkie
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Ohio
Italy and Germany to pool submarine power for Atlantic attack
Il Giornale D Italia editor Virginia Gayda reported that Italy and Germany plan to combine their submarine fleets for a concentrated strike on British shipping in the North Atlantic. Previously each axis nation operated in separate zones, with Italians focusing on the Central Atlantic.
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Atlantic
November Steel Orders Far Ahead of October
New York November 13 Iron Age reports November steel orders exceed October, the busiest month so far in 1940 for most firms. The weekly survey notes orders already 20 percent higher than October and a large company recording 40 percent more tonnage in the first week of November than the same week in October.
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Iron Age
Metal Drums On Track Fail To Wreck Train
Authorities investigated whether two tar drums were placed on the tracks or rolled from the highway above to derail a New York Central freight train. The train struck the barrels but caused no serious damage, state police Sgt. Paul F. Thomas reported.
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New York Central
Paul F. Thomas
State Police
Taylor Record Remains Clean
Fatality records from the state police automobile accident prevention bureau show deaths more often occur on country roads than city streets. October had 42 traffic deaths with five in cities over 5,000 population. counties Zin and others reported multiple fatalities including Kanawha with four, Mercer, Wayne, Fayette and Raleigh with three each. Wirt counted its first death of 1940.
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Automobile Accident Prevention Bureau
Wheeling
Bluefield
Weston
Xanawha
Mercer
Wayne
Fayette
Raleigh
Wirt County
More Witnesses Called In Jackson County Assault
Ripley November 13 More witnesses testified before a Jackson county grand jury about an assault on Ford Winter public assistance director. Hoyt Fields Hubert Fields and Matt Rhotes face charges of committing and conspiring to commit the attack. Johnny Fields father of Hoyt and Hubert was charged with aiding and abetting the assault. The case stems from Winter withholding the whereabouts of a child taken in custody by relief officials. The child is now in a Ripley home.
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Jackson County
Ford Winter
M. C. Archer
Hoyt Fields
Hubert Fields
Matt Rhotes
Winter
Johnny Fields
Hoyt
Hobert
Archer
Fields
Relief Administration
Berlin Talks Hold Key To Balkan Future
Soviet Premier Vyasceslaty Molotoff and Adolf Hitler met for a second time at a private luncheon after morning conferences with Hermann Goering and Rudolf Hess. A banquet followed as both sides reportedly planned a long-range German Russian cooperation program despite official silence.
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Vyacneslaty Molotoff
Adolf Hitler
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Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Rudolf Hess
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Queen Elizabeth Joins In British War Service
The Queen Elizabeth, the world’s largest liner, entered British war service with a 465 man crew led by Capt. John C. Townley. The 85,000-ton ship sailed at dusk under the merchant red flag into the dangerous north Atlantic, destination kept secret but believed to be Halifax, Trinidad, or Australia, and likely to serve as a troop transport with up to 15,000 troops aboard once luxury accommodations were stripped.
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Island Kingdom
John C. Townley
North Atlantic
Halifax
Trinidad
Australia
House Maid Blocks Call From President Roosevelt
In Glencoe a house maid hung up three times on a call to President Roosevelt after Governor Horner’s death. Senator Scott W. Lucas and Horner friends had phoned Washington. the maid refused the call, slamming the receiver each time before the line connected.
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Glencoe
Roosevelt
Henry Horner
Scott W. Lucas
D.-Ill
Horner
Washington
President Roosevelt
No Foul Play Hinted In Death of Youngster
A coroner's jury in Cartersville Ga found no evidence of foul play in the 2 year old Murray Upshaw Jr death. The verdict says the boy died of exhaustion and exposure about 70 hours before his body was found on a rugged mountain side a mile and a half from home.
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Cartersville
Murray Upshaw, Jr
North Georgia
Quiet Ruling Front as Greek Forces Advance
Athens reports a stream of Italian wounded and prisoners returning to camps behind Greek advances through villages abandoned by retreating Fascists. The front shows a lull described by neutral observers as the end of the first phase of the war. Snow and rain hinder mountain fighting as 500 Italian prisoners arrive in Athens. Albanian troops surrender a company as Italian commander Soddu reorganizes forces in Albania.
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Ubaldo Soddu
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Epirus
Hearing Ordered In Hope Natural Gas Case
The Federal Power Commission orders a hearing on November 20 to review Standard Oil Co. and eight affiliates regarding transactions with Hope Natural Gas Co. The hearing follows Cleveland and Akron's motion for an immediate order to cut Hope Co. rates to East Ohio Gas by 622000 dollars annually.
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Standard Oil Co
N. J
Hope Natural Gas Co
Akron
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East Ohio Gas Co
Two West Virginians In Group Becoming Ensigns
Gilbert Gray Counts of Elkins and Ray Mead Orem Jr of Huntington are among 260 reserve midshipmen to be commissioned ensigns in New York. They form part of the first group of 6,000 former college men to be trained as naval officers in the program announced by the Navy.
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West
Recounts Begin in West Virginia County Contests
In Charleston on November 13, defeated candidates across about six counties pressed for recounts to overturn the Nov 5 results. The canvass showed Pocahontas sheriff race between Ward Hudson Democrat and Howard McElwee Republican each with 3,329 votes, triggering a mandatory recount. Republicans flagged gains in six sheriff offices while Democrats kept 18 to 36.
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Charleston
Pocahontas County
Heroic Fight on High Seas Revealed in Jervis Bay Stand
Sixty five seamen most wounded were Canada’s heroes as the armed merchant cruiser Jervis Bay saved at least 29 ships from a convoy of 38 before sinking after a mid Atlantic battle with a German raider. Survivors say the ship charged the raider to shield the convoy. Captain E. B. Fegen died in command with one arm.
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Jervis Bay
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F. Fegen
Churchill Elated By Big Sea Victory
London November 13 Prime Minister Churchill, beaming, read the admiralty communique in the House of Commons about a bold British attack on the Italian navy. He said the action decisively shifts the balance of power in the Mediterranean and left the chamber noting only three Italian battleships remain effective.
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Neely Sets Inauguration Dates For WV Governor and President
Senator M. M. Neely announced plans to be sworn in as West Virginia governor on January 13 and to participate in President Roosevelt’s inauguration January 20. He rejected delaying the move and did not specify how he will relinquish his Senate seat. Some say he may keep the inaugural committee chairmanship after resigning from the Senate.
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Washington
M. M. Neely
West Virginia
Roosevelt
Neely
Rush D. Holt
Senate
Fined for Heroism by a London Bomb Hero
George Layton Morris disobeyed police orders to remove a bomb from a London apartment and carried it to a park. He was fined 100 pounds. The magistrate praised his courage and coolness while warning that only authorities may decide where a delayed action bomb should explode in London.
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C. P. Cablephoto
George Layton Morris
London
Former Chief Is Arrested For Poisoning Inquiry
Pittsburgh police planned to question Lawrence Mertz a former Salvation Army welfare center cook regarding a deadly food poisoning that killed 12 men and sickened 45. He was arrested in Philadelphia and accompanied detectives to Pittsburgh, denying involvement as authorities probe how roach powder mixed with pancake batter affected lodgers on Armistice Day.
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Salvation Army
Lawrence Mertz
Philadelphia
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I. H. Alexander
Lincoln Co recount scheduled next week
Hamlin reports that after the Lincoln county canvass the vote shows B. R. Osborne 5,026 and C. J. Marcum 5,005. On Marcum’s petition a recount was scheduled for November 18. The canvass shifted one vote from Osborne and added 12 to Marcum for a final 5,017.
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Board to Open Salem Dorm Bids November 25
West Virginia Industrial Home for Girls in Salem will have bids opened November 25 for an administration building and a three story dormitory. The project is funded by a $150,000 contingent appropriation approved by the legislature and released by the board of public works. Architect is J. C. Burchinal of Wheeling.
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Charleston
Board of Control
West Virginia
British bombing cripples Italian navy at Taranto harbor
British naval air attack on Taranto seriously crippled two Italian battleships and badly damaged a third, leaving only half of the six capital ships effective. Two cruisers and two fleet auxiliaries were damaged as the fleet assault targeted Italy's main base. The admiralty report described the blow as crippling and noted vessels beached and sinking in the inner harbor.
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Royal Navy
Tatanto
Admiralty
Holt Chooses John Edwards for State Board
Governor Holt announced the personnel for five regional boards overseeing appeals from local selective service in the state. Each board includes representatives from industry, law, agriculture, and medicine, with notices sent out today. Board No 1 lists James P. Heitz Clarksburg Henry D. Scott Wheeling Walter F. Ball Martinsville Richard D. Dean Gem Braxton physician seat pending. Board No 2 includes C Premont Davis Fairmont John Bawards Bry Grafton Raphael Condry Bikini Forrest A.
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Holt
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Roosevelt
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James P. Heitz
Clarksburg
Henry D. Scott
Wheeling
Walter F. Ball
Martinsville
Richard D. Déan
Gem
Braxton County
C. Premont Davis
Fairmont
John
Bawards
Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs A Richard to attendTonight
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs A Richard of 812 West Main to attend tonight's presentation of I Take This Oath with Gordon Go and George feature at the Opera.
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