Sakhalin Island Dispute Ties to Wider World Tensions
Many observers link Moscow Tokyo clashes over Sakhalin concessions to broader world strife. Japan warns Moscow over oil and coal properties while preparing possible action. Tokyo argues Britain must withdraw from China to ease Russo Japanese frictions. Sakhalin’s oil coal timber and rich seas heighten stakes.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
New York
Moscow
Tokyo
Areane
Sakhalin Island
Orient
Europe
Russia
Japan
Berlin
England
China
Britain
Sakhalin
Naval Ministry
Siberian
Sea of Okhotsk
Katharina Curtiz Aides to Death Attempt in Hollywood
Katharina Curtiz 24 daughter of film director Michael Curtiz reportedly attempted suicide amid loneliness college struggles and a quarrel with a girlfriend. She is recovering from razor slashes in Hollywood while Curtiz and the girlfriend's mother are divorced. The report also recounts life on Sakhalin with climate, population, and colonial history under Russia and Japan.
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Katharina Curtiz
Michael Curtiz
Hollywood
Curtiz
Hollywood Ranching Fads Sparkle Amid Movie Stars
Hollywood column recalls stars turning to ranch life as a healthy American pastime. Dick Arlen builds a 800 foot dam for his ducks and alfalfa shoots, while Andy Devine’s egg business adds to the mischief. Notes on directors, actors, and a friend round out this lively snapshot of 1939 Hollywood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
New York Stage
California
Dick Arlen
Lady Luck
Andy Devine
United States
Peter Lorre
Joan Valerie
Rosenberger Notes Visits and Family Guests
Rosenberger Virginia notes Mae Ashwood of Ridgeway visiting Mr. and Mrs. O B Snapp. Minnie Tucker returns home from an extended visit to her brother Mike Tucker in Lexington. Maud Brewer and Maynard Brewer of Winchester, Raymond Beadfield and daughter Betty Lou, L Rosie and daughter Colleen of Chambersville visited the Bakers in Rosenberger on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosenberger
Mae Ashwood
Ridgeway
O .B. Snapp
Minnie Tucker
C. M. Rosenberger
Mike Tucker
Lexington
Maud Brewer
Maynard Brewer
Winchester
Raymond Beadfield
Betty Lou
L. Rosie
Colleen
Chambersville
William Brewer
Card of Thanks for W. O. Craig’s illness and death
The Craig family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness sympathy and help during the illness and death of their father and grandfather W. O. Craig including car rides and floral tributes.
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W. O. Craig
Postmaster At Middleburg Held For Court
Arthur Gartrell postmaster at Middleburg Loudoun county was held for the grand jury after a preliminary hearing by US Commissioner John P. Strauss. He is charged with taking 4 from a special delivery letter addressed to a Roanoke woman and with secreting delaying a letter to Hagerstown Ma He denied the charges and posted 2500 bail.
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Alexandria
Arthur Gartrell
Middleburg
Loudoun County
United States
John P. Strauss
Roanoke
Hagerstown
E. J. Kyle
E. S. Dyer
Post Office
Gartrell
Has To Act Like Little Egypt
Morrie Arnovich of the Philadelphia Phillies says he shakes himself to loosen up when he feels a slump approaching his National League batting lead. The peppy left fielder explains he steps out of the batter's box and performs a shimmy to relax and regain his timing.
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Philadelphia
Morrie Arnovich
Little Egypt
Phils
NYA appoints Holmes regional representative for mid-Atlantic states
George S. Holmes, former director of Information for the National Youth Administration, was named today regional NYA representative for eleven mid Atlantic and Central states and the District of Columbia.
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Washington
George S. Holmes
National Youth Administration
NYA
mid-Atlantic
Central States
District of Columbia
Action On New Road Plan Deliberated At Martinsburg Meet
A Martinsburg meeting of the Eastern West Virginia Road Committee is set for 2 pm Monday to push completion of Route 45. The group aims to gather support, press State Road Commissioner Burr H. Simpson, and seek a conference with Virginia and West Virginia road chiefs. Local officials report Winchester merchants back Route 45, with Virginia’s H G Shirley said to back the Virginia link after West Virginia completes Hampshire and Berkeley portions. A July 31 update from A W Shade is promised, and petitions and resolutions are being collected at Martinsburg Chamber offices for petition letters supporting Route 45 to Forks of Cacapon.
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Eastern West Virginia Road Committee
Martinsburg
B. A. Poland
Burr H. Simpson
Virginia
West Virginia
A. W. Shade
Winchester
Poland
Frederick County
Shade
H. G. Shirley
Hampshire
Berkeley County
Oe Romney
Cumberland
Forks of Cacapon
Chamber of Commerce
Fierce Fighting Reported From Northern Border
Tokyo reports renewed close range fighting along the outer Mongolian border with Manchukuo as Japan launches a second offensive to dislodge Mongol forces. Domei notes land and air battles followed by artillery duels and steady trench fighting on a gentle slope near the Khalka river.
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Tokyo
Outer Mongolia
Manchukuo
Khalka River
Domei
Pony Penning At Chincoteague To Be Observed
CHINCOTEAGUE Va July 25 Thursday will be this tiny Eastern Shore Community's annual day in the sun The wild ponies will be round up at dawn and prizes awarded to riders who stay aboard the longest. Ponies then go to buyers with a street pony race on Smith Street and a noon firehouse lunch by the ladies auxiliary. Boat races follow including a coast guard self bailing surfboat capsize race a motorboat race and a work scows race topped by a carnival.
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Chincoteague
Smith Street
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Coast Guard
Death Due To Malnutrition in 29-Year-Old Linnea Fransson
Linnea Fransson of Orange New Jersey died after a ten year diet of liquid foods and water. Medical examiner Dr. George P. Olcott ruled chronic malnutrition caused the death after a ten day observation at Orange Memorial Hospital. She weighed 66 pounds at death and had refused surgery.
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Orange
N. J
Linnea Fransson
Miss Fransson
Orange Memorial Hospital
Essex County
George P. Olcott
Fransson
Soviet Air Loss Claims Issued by Japanese Over Nomonhan
The Japanese army at Kuo released a communique claiming 58 Soviet aircraft shot down in three engagements over Nomonhan Hill with one Japanese fighter missing. It added that 160 Soviet planes were involved in the first battle and 70 in the final two engagements.
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Khalka
Kuo
Nomonhan Hill
Attica Farm Girl Found Buried. Suspect Moved for Questioning
Body of 11 year old Elizabeth Debrukker found buried in a gravel pit near the Harrison Hills Country Club. Groundkeeper Thomas Boyce, 27, held for questioning and moved from Attica to State Police barracks after lynch threats. The girl had been ravished and strangled.
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Elizabeth Debrukker
Attica, Ind
Harrison Hills Country Club
Thomas Boyce
Attica
Tough Guy Collects Art at Museum of Modern Art
New York July 25 The screen tough guy Edward G Robinson sits at the Museum of Modern Art terrace as a patron and artist his two paintings hang among masterpieces by Cezanne Corot Gauguin and others He explains he buys pictures with his film earnings and notes Little Caesar helped fund his art collection and funded his film career
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New York
Caesar
Edward G. Robinson
Hollywood
Museum of Modern Art
Cezanne
Grant Wood
Corot
Gaugin
van Gogh
Roualt
Picasso
Degas
Robinson
Betting Breaks Track s Records at Hagerstown Meet
Hagerstown Maryland officials report a two week meet this year set betting records. Preliminary figures show wagering through the mutuels around 700000 dollars with final Saturday handling 95000 dollars, the highest one day total ever recorded.
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Hagerstown
George Washington Hotel Barber Shop Air Conditioned
Slogan extols cool comfort at the George Washington Hotel Barber Shop highlighting its air conditioned interior and relief from heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington Hotel
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