Former Surrenders to Sheriff After Corn Dispute Fatality
Ira J. Currey surrendered to Sheriff Herbert Evans after a fatal shooting in Taylor County. Coroner says George Hawkins 77 died from gunshot wounds in a corn field near McGee Booths Creek district. Currey led officers to Hawkins body and gun found. both men had long quarrel over a corn crop.
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Taylor County
George Hawkins
McGee
Booths Creek
Ira
J. Currey
Curry
Herbert Evans
Gurry
Méaeé
Hawkins
Wkins
Mussolini urges Britain France to avert war in speech
Verona Italy Sept 26 Mussolini told 47000 Fascists that France and Britain should yield to relieve the danger of war and perhaps avert it by abandoning Czechoslovakia. He said Germany's line mirrors the London agreement and that several days remain to reach a peaceful solution.
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Richard G. Massock
Verona
Italy
London
Hitler
Godesberg
Prague
Grafton Sentinel invites Lambert to arena showings
The Grafton Sentinel invites Minta Lambert of 1131 West Main Street to tonight's screenings of The Crowd Roars at the Strand Theatre or Professor Beware at the Dixie. Identification may be required for admission to the theatre events.
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Strand
Dixie
The
Grafton Sentinél
Minta Lambert
W. Mainstreet
Strand Theatre
Professor Beware
the Dixie
Czechoslovak Minister Delivers Letter to Polish Leader
Czech minister to Warsaw Jurak Slavik handed President Ignace Moscicki a personal letter from President Eduard Benes. Moscicki summoned Polish foreign minister Josef Beck for emergency talks. The contents were not disclosed. the letter came from Prague via an unnamed Czechoslovak official.
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Warsaw
Jurak Slavik
Ignace Moscicki
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Moscicki
Josef Beck
Prague
Drafts stir NY governors race ahead of conventions
Albany reports both parties push for their strongest governor candidate as conventions loom. Republicans aim to draft Thomas E. Dewey amid national sentiment after the Hines mistrial, while Democrats seek Herbert H. Lehman’s return despite his US Senate bid. Conventions set for Saratoga Springs and Rochester with nominations to follow.
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Albany
N. Y
New York
Beale Legbos
Senate
Herbert H. Lehman
United States
Manhattan
Thomas E. Dewey
Republican Notams
James J. Hines
Saratoga Springs
Rochester
Com
B&O Reports Drastic Net Revenue Cut So Far
Baltimore and Ohio reports eight months net railway operating income of 6,001,044, down 12,054,288 from the prior year. August net railway operating income stood at 1,636,582 versus 2,358,094 in August 1937.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Train Wreck Near Barcelona Kills and Injures Dozens
Two passenger trains collided west of Barcelona between Castellbisbal and Martorell stations. Early reports put the death and injury toll at about 40 as rescue teams searched the wreckage.
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Barcelona
Spain
Castellbisbal
Martorell
Dismembered Bodies Found Near Ingleside Texas
Peace officers probe grisly dune graves in coastal Texas near Ingleside where two women are found buried after Joe D Ball's death. Deputy J J Klevenhagen reports five more missing women tied to Ball and his tavern. Elmer Wheeler claims Ball killed Hazel Brown and aided in dismemberment. another worker Minnie Gehardt allegedly slain after a seaside party.
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San Antonio
Tex
Ingleside
J. J. Klevenhazen
Joe D. Ball
Hazel Brown
Ball
Himendorf
Klevenhagen
Elmer Wheeler
Miss Brown
Wheeler
Minnie Gehardt
Blackwell Elected Pro-Tem Head Of HIY Clubs
Huntington leaders gathered representatives from 30 clubs to form a tri state HIY organization. William Blackwell of Huntington was elected temporary president and a second meeting is set for October 30 to elect permanent officers.
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Make Blackwell
Huntington
M. C
William Blackwell
Third School Board Probe Opens In Lincoln
Logan Sept. 26 Grand jury returns seven more indictments against county school officials charging County Superintendent FE V Parsons with malfeasance in office and citing misuse of 500 dollars. The true bills bring total indictments against school officials and employees to sixteen. Grand jury urges impeachment of board members and describes apparent compulsory contributions to primary campaign funds.
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Logan
Logan County
FE. V. Parsons
C. C. Chambers
Telegraphs to four biggest nation heads plea to Hitler
Secretary Hull broadened Roosevelt peace appeal to include Poland and Hungary. Roosevelt plans a cabinet meeting to assess Europe crisis and its possible impact on the United States while avoiding foreign entanglements. The president, speaking for 130 million Americans, urged Chancellor Hitler of Germany and President Beneš of Czechoslovakia to stay out of war. Continued on page four.
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Bulletin
Washington
Hull
Roosevelt
Poland
Hungary
America
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Benes
Czechoslovakia
British Reinforce Their Gibraltar Boom Defenses
Gibraltar reports boom defenses protecting the southern entrance to the harbor are in place as part of war preparedness. Naval authorities seek volunteers aged 14 to 55 for air raid precautions services. Thousands of foreigners, mainly Spanish refugees, are leaving Gibraltar. Malta naval base orders clearing naval and military hospitals.
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Gibraltar
Admiralty
Malta
Sportsmen To Discuss Conservation Problems
West Virginia sportsmen meet Sept 30 and Oct 1 for round table discussions on conservation issues. Gov Holt expected to speak at the annual banquet. Friday night officers to be elected Saturday with C F LaBarre of the North American Wildlife Institute and Virginia Tech on the program.
Fascists Ignore Roosevelt Peace Appeal on Czechoslovakia
In Rome on September 26 Fascists gave scant attention to Roosevelt's call for peace with Hitler and Benes. They saw the message as showing interest in peace but not offering a real solution to the Czechoslovakia issue.
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Rome
Roosevelt
Reichsfirer
Adof
Hitler
Bar Uard Benes
Czechslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Pope Pius Confers With Pacelli On European Situation
Vatican City report says Pope Pius held a nearly hour long audience with Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli, his secretary of state, a rare Monday audience as authorities monitor developments in Europe with attention and trepidation.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Pius
Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli
Evacuation Efforts As Paris Counters Crisis
The state department reported the German frontier to Czechoslovakia closed and Americans seeking exit via Germany faced hurdles. Wilbur Carr urged action from Bern to allow entry to German seaports. Paris meanwhile urged residents ready to evacuate to use guaranteed rail services as authorities prepared to move civilians if the crisis worsens.
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Washington
State Department
Cazechoslovakia
Germany
Department
Prague
Wilbur Carr
Bern
Berlin
Paris
Ministry of Public Works
Butler says Hitler is bluffing in Fayetteville address
Brigadier General Smedley Butler, retired U S Marine officer, told about 3 500 people that Hitler is bluffing and will delay his invasion of the Czechs for reasons tied to Germany going broke. The talk was at a war veterans event sponsored by the Southern West Virginia ex servicemen's club.
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Fayetteville
Smedley Butler
U. S. Marine Corps
Hitler
Fuehrer
Butler
Southern
West Virginia
Italian Train Crash Near Naples Kills and Injures Many
In Poggioreale near Naples a collision between a freight train and the Rome Naples express killed several people and wounded many. The two locomotives were demolished and a baggage car collapsed onto a first class coach roof while the express coach was telescoped. Infantrymen on the express helped search wreckage.
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Naples
Italy
Rome
Poggioreale
Awe
Votes On Railroad Strike Move In Nation Wide Ballot
Report from Chicago and Topeka shows rail unions voting on a 15 percent wage cut protest with results due late today. Election officials say a strike could be possible after arbitration rules. actual strike date unlikely before December 1. Leaders ordered a nationwide ballot after mediation efforts failed on August 31, with the national mediation board seeking settlement since August 11.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Railroad
Bom
Topeka
Kan
National Railway Labor Act
Roosevelt
Brotherhoods
National Mediation Board
Sug
Two Preston County Men Die By Their Own Hands
KINGWOOD Sept 26 Coroner Foster Hartman reports two Preston county men near Reedsville took their own lives within five hours Sunday Ernest Hartsell 41 a Works Progress Administration worker set fire to his home and then shot himself John Sodor 55 unemployed miner shot himself in the head with a rifle Hartman said Hartsell left a note blaming family difficulties while Sodor left a note citing ill health
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Kingwood
Foster Hartman
Preston County
Ernest Hartsell
Works Progress Administration
John Sodor
Reedsville
Hartman
Hartsell
Sodor
Pastorate Assignments Announced in Morgantown Area
Morgantown was among districts listed as Bishop Adna Wright Leonard announced pastoral posts in West Virginia. William Knox will lead St. Andrews, Graf ton, with Don Taylor at Blueville Church, Grafton. Durwood Brown serves St. Pauls, Grafton, and D. L. Lowery on West Main Street, Grafton.
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Morgantown
West Virginia
Adna Wright Leonard
Pittsburgh
Te Methodist Episcopal Church
William Knox
St. Andrews Church
Grafton
Don Taylor
Blueville Church
Durwood Brown
St. Pauls
D. L. Lowery
West Main Street
British Envoy Delivers Final Peace Appeal to Hitler
Sir Horace Wilson and Sir Jery met Hitler at Templehof to relay a last Anglo French bid to avert war with Germany. London called it a personal communication approved by French ministers. Hitler was to address the Reich that evening as Berlin prepared for possible worst outcomes.
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Berlin
Hitler
Horace Wilson
Templehof
Jery
Germany
Chamberlain
London
Reich
Czechoslovakia
Britain Hails Roosevelt Appeal to Keep the Peace
Washington dispatch reports Britain’s reply to President Roosevelt’s world peace appeal. Prime Minister Chamberlain pledges a further earnest appeal for settlement by negotiations and offers to lend Britain’s good offices. He stresses the grave stakes and urges careful weighing of options before any retreat.
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Washington
Great Britain
Roosevelt
State Department
Britain
Neville Chamberlain
Map Rehabilitation Program In Stricken New England
In Boston on September 26, Harry L. Hopkins of the national works progress admin announced a federally funded rehabilitation program with New England governors. Relief workers reported more bodies found, lifting identified dead to over 450. Hopkins said projects would run on an emergency basis with regulations waived and no work-hour limits. He toured the devastated areas with officials.
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Boston
Harry L. Hopkins
National Works Progress
New England
Hopkins
New York
World War II Update Chronicle Paris Prague Berlin
A chaotic wartime dispatch outlines Chamberlain's stance against Hitler as German troops move toward the frontier. Roosevelt appeals for peace while France reaches a military accord with Britain. Czechoslovakia rejects Sudetenland demands, Verona urges stalemate, and Gibraltar strengthens defenses as Britain calls for defense units.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Chamberlain
Hitler
Prague
Czechoslovia
Sudetenland
Verona
France
Britain
Czechslovakia
Gibraltar
Henlein Returns to Sudeten Front After Brief Pause
As the Sudeten leader Konrad Henlein crossed into Slovakia and then returned to Bayreuth Germany he spent an hour at his free corps front line before resuming leadership duties. His party headquarters remain in Bayreuth. Continued on page three.
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Melvin K. Whieler
Asch
Czechoslovakia
P—Naxi Sudeten
Henlein
Oslovakia
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Vladimir P. Potemkin
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Potemkin
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Pope Pius
Santa FD. Endorese
Sir Horace Wilson
Army
George VI
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Rotary Lyceum
Grafton High School
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