This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1939
Page
4
A heated debate analyzes President Roosevelts possible responses to a European war, warning that broad executive control over arms sales via a neutrality law would tilt U S policy toward one side. The piece cautions against giving a single official power to determine who may buy arms, urging neutrality and careful action to avoid entering another major conflict.
Roosevelt is quoted by the press criticizing the Senate for not passing a neutrality bill, arguing that U S inaction emboldens Hitler by withholding aid from his enemies if war breaks out. The president’s remarks frame the legal stance versus policy as an implicit support for European stability.
The excerpt argues for keeping the United States neutral amid potential world conflicts. It critiques proposed legislation as biased toward aiding one side and stresses that the current law, while imperfect, is a better safeguard against embroilment in others peoples wars than the president's plan.
The Clarksburg Moose lodge approves a name change from dictator to governor for its chief officer. The shift reflects a broader move to shed the old title amid global concern over autocratic leadership.
Charleston report states the attorney general's office holds a wife with property is not obliged by law to sign a reimbursement agreement for her husband to receive old age or blind assistance. However those with real estate valued at 1500 dollars or more or 200 dollars in personal property must sign with the Department of Public Assistance.
Funeral services were held today for Henry M. Rowsey 67 a painter and deputy assessor for Kanawha County for eight years. He died at Spencer leaving a note of service in the county.
Facts note that only about eight percent of New York policemen were Irish born while snuff boxes in the senate remain in use on both sides. Philippines farm work often proceeds to music as workers toil, and leaders like Hitler Stalin and Mussolini once peasants with prison terms. England sold 21,800,000 celluloid items in 1936, including 12,750,000 dolls.
The Grat ton Sentinel questioned council action on a citizens petition to clean up filth and nuisances causing scarlet fever deaths, listing signers. It also recounts March 1 1832 train wrecks near Toll Gate, deaths of two workers, and funeral processions.
A garbled Central Press fragment rails at diplomacy and salad oil while mixing politicians and heroes. It mocks reactions to Russo pact and includes quips about Hitler Stalin Duce and Joe Louis with stray references to air travel and resignations.
Lorena and Shot Rogers discuss danger at Phantom ranch on Ghost River. They plan a night reconnaissance to locate Luis Escobar amid spies and ambush risks as four men have been killed nearby, with George Brazee warning soldiers to stay north near the border.
London sent away more than a million children to the countryside as panic over approaching conflict spreads. Mothers wept at stations like Liverpool Street and London Bridge while gas masks and bags of blankets accompany the evacuees amid silent farewells.
Washington report states Chairman Bloom of the House Foreign Affairs committee said he canvassed 61 House Democrats who supported an arms embargo last session. Seventeen to twenty replies indicated many had changed their minds, with a majority now saying they would vote to repeal the embargo on arms and munitions.
New York on September 1 saw stock prices fall as Germany and Poland began fighting, dragging leading industrials down 1 to 7 points before late support. Prominent losers included Chrysler General Motors U S Steel Bethlehem Steel American Telephone Eastman Kodak and Montgomery Ward. Some gains appeared later in scattered [readable] trades while several curbs slid on American Cyanamid B Electric Bond Gulf Oil Miles and Lockheed.
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced at 9 30 a m that the New York Stock Exchange would remain open if trading continued as in the first half hour of today’s business.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.