Wallace outlines limited 1940 crop program expansion
Secretary Wallace said the 1940 crop control plan will not greatly expand planting despite potential wartime demand. He noted some profiteering concerns but that price levels are generally lower than two to five years ago. Farmers must stay within acreage allotments to receive 125 million dollars in benefits and government loans on stored surpluses. wheat acreage set at 62 million acres.
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Washington
Wallace
Murphy
Agriculture Department
Wave of Crime Sweeps Region Involving WV Inmates
Six West Virginia Industrial School inmates plus a sixth escapee carried out a string of offenses in Taylor and Monongalia counties after breakfast Wednesday. They attempted to steal autos, broke into the route 119 garage, robbed John Luzadder's home of three guns, and robbed Carl Zinn store. one youth, Jack Mitchell, 17, was captured by Monongalia county officers and state police while attempting to steal the Gladys Austin car.
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West Virginia
Taylor
Monongalia
Hanson Miller
John Luzadder
Carl Zinn
Gladys Austin
Arizona
Monongalia County
Austin
Jack Mitchell
The Grafton Sentinel Theatre Ticket Nightline
The Grafton Sentinel lists Mrs Earl Henderson of 5 Steele Street attending tonight's triple bill. At the Briaid theatre Walter Pidgeon and Rita Johnson star in 1000 Enemies and Preston Foster with Lynn Bari appear in News Is Made At Night. Mesquite Buckaroo features Bob Steele at the Dixie theatre.
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Grafton Sentinel
Earl Henderson
Steele Street
Walter Pidgeon
Rita Johnson
Btranid
Preston Foste
Lynn Bari
Bob Steele
Dixie Theatre
Duke Delays Return Home From London
The British Press Association reported the Duke and Duchess of Windsor would not return today and plans for their homecoming were unclear. They were expected to travel via France by car to a channel port, then likely aboard a British warship. The move could affect British public sentiment, with few learning of the reversal in morning papers.
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London
British Press Association
Duchess of Windsor
Fort Belvedere
Cannes
France
Wallis Warfield
Britain
Many PWA Applications Refused In This State
Chicago report states 27 West Virginia PWA projects valued at 14 million will be returned. Director D R Kennicott of Public Works Administration region 2 explains congress adjourned without action to authorize further allotments. applications are thus closed.
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Chicago
West Virginia
PWA
D. R. Kennicott
Public Works Administration Region 2
Congress
Public Works Administration
Retail Trade Increases Despite Outbreak Of War
New York reports national retail trade last week was 6 to 11 percent larger than the same period last year. Dun and Bradstreet notes purchases remained steady despite hostilities. Trade was broad and heavier in most cities compared with 1938, reflecting usual seasonal strength.
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New York
Dun and Bradstreet Weekly Review
Relief From Late Heat Wave Is Forecast Today
Forecasts of showers and cooler air promised relief to West Virginians after a heat wave that tied the 1939 record in Huntington Parkersburg and Wheeling. Huntington reached 98 degrees with Parkersburg and Wheeling at 95 and other cities reported nineties.
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Charleston
West
Gibson Plans Price Inquiry In Northern West Virginia
U S District Attorney Joseph V Gibson and aides plan a thorough price inquiry into rising costs of flour sugar lard and meat in northern West Virginia. Morgantown retailers report shortages of sugar and higher prices while officials anticipate possible federal action to curb profiteering.
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Associated Press
Wes Virginia
U. S
Joseph V. Gibson
Gibson
Morgantown
Out of Sugar L. A
Via
Southern West Virginia
Huntington
Wheeling
Railroad Worker Slain After Domestic Quarrel
Norman A. Watson, 48, a Chesapeake and Ohio railroad car distributor, died of gun wounds after a domestic argument in Logan. His wife, Alice Watson, 45, was arrested, then released on $5,000 bond. Police say she fired in self defense after he hurled a gun. Watson died hours later in a Logan hospital.
Roosevelt to Poll Congress On Neutrality Policy
President Roosevelt plans to survey Congress by telephone and telegraph on neutrality policy before a special session. Key question is whether to authorize cash and carry arms sales or repeal the neutrality act. Senate Foreign Relations Committee previously delayed action 12 to 11. The move aims to secure votes for administration plans from both chambers.
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William. B
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Administration
Foreign Relations Committee
Hull
Congress
Boom Seen in Pennsylvania Coal Industry Outlook
Harrisburg officials forecast a coal boom as World War II increases demand. State Secretary of Mines John Ira Thomas said anthracite and bituminous coal could expand in foreign markets among neutral nations and boost U.S. production due to rising steel industry activity.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Europe
John Ira Thomas
German Forces Press Toward Warsaw as West Evacuations Rise
German army in the east reports its advance to within artillery range of Warsaw. Western regions face a civilian exodus toward France as cities such as Saarbrucken Trier Aachen Bonn and Karlsruhe see movement. Paris dispatches note a planned joint British French push against the Siegfried line. The eastern thrusts converge on the Polish capital from north south and west.
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Berlin
Warsaw
Germany
France
Saarbrucken
Trier
Aachen
Aix-La- Chapelle
Bonn
Karlsruhe
Great Britain
Paris
Propaganda Of Warring Powers Aimed to Break Down Morale
Europe’s warring nations exchanged war of words to sap morale as Britain and France press their offensive on Germany on the western front. Germany accused Poland civilians of massacres. Poland charged indiscriminate bombing by Germany. Britain touted the sinking of Athenia and dropped millions of propaganda notes over Germany. The article notes a slower western front compared to World War I, with several factors shaping the new conduct of war.
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Robert E. Bunnelle
London
Europe
Great Britain
France
Germany
Poland
Carder
Britain
Athenia
Ministry of Information
Royal Air Force
Western Front
29 Perish When Dutch Minesweeper Is Sunk
AMSTERDAM Sept 8 Officials said 29 of 51 men aboard a Netherlands mine sweeper were killed when the vessel struck a mine and sank off the west Frisian Islands within a minute. Three naval craft from the Helder base began an investigation with details unclear.
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Amsterdam
Netherands
Netherlands
West Frisian Islands
Helder
Federal Tax Collections In State Show Big Drop
West Virginia saw a drop in both income taxes and total internal revenue in 1939, with income taxes falling from 13,805,274 to 11,636,885 while total revenues declined from 24,348,370 to 22,299,259, according to Commissioner Guy T. Helvering.
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Washington
West Virginia
Internal Revenue
Guy T. Helvering
Nazi Submarines Hold Lead In Atlantic Warfare
A World War II era report notes Nazi U boats leading in Atlantic combat with five days of conflict showing 5 to 3 in favor of Germany. British tonnage losses reach 92,143 tons versus 14,037 for Nazis, all from merchant ships. additional ships attacked include British freighters and a French vessel by submarines lurking for prey.
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Associated Press
England
Germany
Europe
Atlantic
Baby Drowns In River Near Fairmont
Seven month old Robert Hickman son of Mr and Mrs John Hickman of near Fairmont drowned in the Tygarts Valley River while siblings watched. Acting County Coroner H Pete Hamilton said the body was recovered by an older brother. Funeral services set for tomorrow.
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Fairmont
Robert Hickman
John Hickman
Tygarts Valley
H. Pete Hamilton
Seven killed in sea blast near Ore Sound
Seven crew members died when the German steamer Helfried Bis marck exploded and sank south of Ore Sound between Sjelland and Sweden after possibly striking a mine. Seven were rescued. An unidentified steamer blew up off Aeroe Island. authorities suspect a drifting mine.
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Copenhagen
Helfried Bismarck
Ore Sound
Sjelland
Sweden
Aeroe
Punen
Germany
Roosevelt Says Prices Still Short Of Goal
President Roosevelt told the nation in a press conference that there is an actual surplus of all foodstuffs and no repetition of wartime price rises is expected. He noted some staples rose briefly, but overall prices remain well below the administration’s stated goal and ample supplies exist.
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Washington
Roosevelt
French Army Advances as Saar Basins Spearheads Press On
French army advances reported by war ministry communique No 9 as spearheads push into the Saar basins amid stiff German resistance on the western front. The morning bulletin notes fresh action and renewed attacks to ease eastern pressure on Poland, with the communique delayed beyond the usual release window.
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War Ministry
Germany
Saar
Poland
Rumor Knox to Transfer This Fall From Andrews Church
An unimpeachable source says Rev. William E. Knox will leave Andrews Methodist Church this fall and be assigned to a Huntington church with a sizable salary increase. Local appointments will be announced Monday. no other changes are expected.
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The
Sentinel Today
William E. Knox
Andrews Methodist Church
Fairmont
Knox
Huntington
No Solution Yet To Recreation Burglary
Captain A B E Lockard, city police chief, absent from city, with no progress reported by other department members in the recreation burglary case. Police say clues are few, but overlook no leads in the theft that netted $80.79 in cash, two revolvers, and an undetermined quantity of cigarettes and tobacco.
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A. BE. Lockard
National Emergency Proclaimed to Boost Armed Forces
President Roosevelt proclaimed a limited national emergency to safeguard neutrality and bolster national defense without reaching full peace time strength. Four executive orders were planned to recruit for the armed forces, recall first line reserves, fund repatriation from war zones, and expand federal agencies to counter sabotage and subversive activity.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Poles pledge no surrender in war of retreat
Warsaw radio broadcast says Polish army will not surrender and will fight to the finish as retreat continues. It claims the air fleet is intact and Germany has only taken a small number of Polish prisoners in the first week, with total deaths and wounded described as very small. The message, read in Budapest, notes the war will continue at any time.
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Budapest
Warsaw
Testc
Appet
Invitation to Exposed and A Plains at the Opera House
Mrs. Robert Powell of 269 Market Street invites attenders to tonight's showings at the Opera House featuring Exposed with Otto Kruger and A Plains with Jack Randall. One bill admission.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Robert. Powell
Market Street
Otto Kruger
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