Rebels Prepare New Offensive in Spanish War
Franco shifts insurgent legions to a broad offensive aimed at ending the civil war before winter. Aerial bombardments batter the eastern coast as Barcelona faces its heaviest raids since March. Valencia and Barcelona appear primary targets while peace talks seem dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barcelona
Valencia
Hendaye
France
Francisco Franco
Spain
Franco
Madrid
Zurich
Switzerland
Duke of Alba
London
Pranco
State CIO Plans to Convention
Charleston West Virginia August 19 the state CIO labor federation celebrates its first year of operation reporting membership gains and announcing convention headliners Governor Holt Senator Neely and Van A Bittner will address 700 delegates with Neely delivering the keynote Monday Holt speaking Tuesday Bittner leads the CIO western drive and United Mine Workers District 17 president notes a split from AFL last year amid reorganization of the West Virginia labor movement at issue is the 100000 membership base see Page 10
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
C. I. O. Labor Federation
Holt
Neely
van A. Bittnera
John Bao
the West V
Industrial Union Council
Bittner
United Mine Workers District 17
AFL
Hollywood Talent Scheme Sparks Police Raid
Detectives raided a Los Angeles talent school after parents accused National Talent Pictures Inc. of promising film roles to children won in hometown talent contests. Three adults were arrested on warrants. a salesman was named as a co-conspirator. About 125 mothers and children from the east and Canada attended the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
M. B. Swan
National Talent Pictures, Inc
East
Canada
Myrtle
I. C. Overdorf
Edward Rose
W. A. Carrabrandt
Concern
Swan
United States
Fighting in Holy Land as British Battle Arab Forces
Jerusalem Aug 19 British troops clash with Arab detachments amid Jewish settlement drives. Arabs suffer heavy losses with 60 dead and hundreds wounded. British casualties 6 dead and 12 wounded. Airpower and tank units deployed in line with ongoing operations near Acre and the Plain of Sharon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine Hills
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Palestine
Acre
Plain of
Sharon
Nablus
Syria
Iraq
Railroads Seek Permanent Boost to Bituminous Coal Rates
The nation's railroads asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to make permanent the temporary rate increases on bituminous coal after a period of higher charges earning about 1.5 million dollars monthly. They cited deteriorating finances with 1938 first five months showing a 71.1 percent drop in net operating income versus 1937, while five months revenue gains from higher coal rates totalled over 7.7 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Western Teron
Lilienthal Attacks TVA Inquiry as False Pretenses
TVA Director David E. Lilienthal charged the congressional probe into the Tennessee Valley Authority was obtained through false pretenses. He accused ousted chairman Dr. Arthur E. Morgan of vindictive resentment aimed at embarrassing President Roosevelt during the 1936 campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
TVA
David E. Lilienthal
Congressional
Tennessee Valley Authority
Arthur E. Morgan
Lilienthal
Roosevelt
Morgan
Jenkins
Arthur Morgan
Knox County
Dr. Morgan
Germany Faces Severe Labor Shortage Amid Military Mobilization
Berlin report from August 19 notes Reichsführer Hitler overseeing autumn maneuvers as Germany strains to staff factories, munitions, and fortifications. The mobilization drains ordinary labor, prompting a shift to bring 6 million women back into work and import 100,000 farmhands to sustain production and military needs.
Industrial Show to Crown Final Day in Bluefield
The fourth annual Southern Appalachian Industrial exhibit closes today with a 10 am to 5 pm display at the ig and ern freight station featuring $2,000,000 in mining and allied equipment. Tonight at 8:30 Munies stadium hosts George Hamid's Thrill circus with Ken Maynard as a prime attraction after a matinee at 2:30. Thousands attend daily. officials call the event a major national gathering, eclipsing many prior shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Appalachian
Ig and Ern
Munies
George Hamid
Thrill Circus
Bluefield
Bluefield Eption
American Mining Congress
Cincinati
Evenig
Ken Maynard
State Bar Holds British Demand Annual Meeting Officer Be Freed
White Sulphur Springs West Virginia August nineteen forty summary of state bar association opening session appointing William G. Stathers as president and forming a permanent committee to study unauthorized practice of law with remarks on voluntary vs mandatory membership and discussion of declaratory judgments and Canadian trial procedures. Separately British officials demand explanation from Germany over the arrest of Captain Thomas Kendrick passport officer in Vienna amid refugee visa concerns and border tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Bar
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
State Bar Association
William G. Stathers
Clarkshoro
State American Legion
Ashton File
Beckley
Rolla D. Campbell
Huntington
O. E
Wright Hugus
Wheeling
Thomas B. Jackson
Charleston
Canada
H. H. Davis
Canadian Supreme Court
Davis
C. T. Graydon
Ss. C
Jackson
Supreme Court
Foreign Office
Germany
Nevile Henderson
Kendrick
Vienna
Preilassing
Bavaria
Switzerland
England
Austria
Britain
London
Herbert Metcalfe
Metcalfe
Chicago Prosecutor Hammers Out Big Ax Campaign on Gambling
Chicago State's Attorney Omas J. Courtney renews his crackdown on bookies and gambling dens. His axe squad destroyed two large bookmaking rooms on Randolph and Superior streets, arresting the manager and doorman as raids netted 68 arrests in 31 searches this week. Courtney links the rackets to a syndicate tied to Capone remnants, while Mayor Kelly defends limited police action and legal raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Omas J. Courtney
Courtney
West Side
Randolph Street
Loop
Levina
Ryan
Superior Street
Gold Coast
al Capone
Levin
Capone
Alcatraz
Edward J. Kel
Kelly
Wasi
Ington, Park
Tom Courtney
Reds Dominate WPA Theater Project Claims Testimony
Mrs. Hazel Huffman testified before the House Un American Activities Committee that the federal theater project of the WPA was controlled by radicals and used public funds to spread communism. She said propaganda, compulsory membership in a Communist workers' alliance, and alien employment were part of the project. Two veterans of the Spain war testified that Representatives O'Connell and Bernard used the Soviet salute when addressing Spanish government troops, prompting a justice department inquiry into possible enlistment law violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Washington
Hazel Huffman
New York City
House Committee On un-American Activities Today
Federal Theater Project
WPA
O'Connell
Mont
Bernard
PF. L
Minn
Justice Department
Huff
New York
Workers’ Alliance
State to seek 590000 prison funds at Tygart Valley site
West Virginia plans a medium security prison with a 300 capacity three story brick building. Secretary Walter Thurmond announced a $265000 PWA application has been sent to Chicago for approval. State funds total about $590000 with $325000 to be matched, and a 1700 acre site near Huttonsville in Randolph County is acquired for the project. Construction aims to begin by December with no prison labor used. A 260 acre tract remains tied up in a will contest.
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Charleston
W. Va
PWA
Board of Control
Tygart Valley
Walter Thurmond
Chicago
E State
Huttonsville
Randolph County
Moundsville
Thurmond
el Lukens
Bird's wife gets 30 days as highwayman partner
Baltimore August 19 Mrs Barbara Bird blonde 20 year old wife of Charles Bird convicted highwayman was sentenced today to 30 days in jail as an accessory after one of his seven holdups here while he received 45 years in the state prison
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Baltimore
Barbara Bird
Charles Bird
Hitch-Hiker Gets Ride to Hoosegow
Alvin Kennedy an 18 year old from Los Angeles was arrested in Huntington for hitch hiking inside a police patrol wagon under the citys year old ordinance. Patrolman Merritt Wright picked him up during a police call and Kennedy will be arraigned tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Alvin Kennedy
Los Angeles
Calif
Merritt Wright
Kennedy
Georgia Senator George Fights Roosevelt Endorsement Challenge
Macon Georgia Aug 194 Senator Walter F George told a rally at the city auditorium that New Deal activity against his renomination is a challenge to Georgia as a sovereign state Edgar B Dunlap campaign aide who resigned as Georgia RFC counsel spoke alongside George George argued that government officers are backing Camp in the four man race Camp and two other candidates former Governor Eugene Talmadine and Townsendite William G McRae attacked George’s 16 year record in Washington in speeches elsewhere
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Macon
Walter F. George
Roosevelt
Congress
Georgia
Edgar B. Dunlap
Georgia Rfc
Washington
George
He Neers
Dunlap
Atlanta
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Camp
Eugene Talmadee
Weirton Steel Hearing Postponed Trial Examiner Relieved
The National Labor Relations Board announced the Weirton Steel case in Pittsburgh was postponed again and trial examiner Edward G. Smith was relieved. Smith, a former judge and university trustee, had been central since the board excluded Clyde A. Armstrong for contempt. The unfair labor practice hearing, set to resume August 24, is moved to September 12 for further prep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Weirton Steel Company
Pittsburgh
Edward G. Smith
Smith
West Virginia
Storm
Weirton
Labor Board
Clyde A. Armstrong
C. I. O. Steel Union
Harlem policy chiefs link Schultz to Hines campaign cash
Two Harlem policy bankers testified that Dutch Schultz funded election campaigns including Jimmy Hines. Prosecutor Dewey alleged Hines received 500 dollars weekly from the racket and helped Dodge’s campaign fund as part of a drive to unify policy banks into a massive operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harlem
Supreme Court
Dutch Schultz
Tammany
Jimmy Hines
Hines
Fiorello la Guardia
Joseph V. McKee
Recovery
John P
la Guardia
Dodge
Dewey
Schultz
Big Joe
Moran, Former Washoe Judge, Dies After Long Illness
Reno Nevada reports the death of 74 year old former Washoe County district court judge Thomas F Moran who presided in many divorce cases for prominent persons. He died after a lengthy illness in Reno.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno, Nev
J Thomas F. Moran
Washoe County
English driver Cobb crashes in 300 mph Bonneville test
At Bonneville Salt Flats Utah on August 19 John R Cobb the English entrant in the 300 mph class piloted a turtle shaped speed car to a 300 mph test run crossing 11 miles of salt. His periscope windshield loosened and tail sections buckled yet Cobb called the results minor and said further changes would target the measured mile record.
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Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
John R. Cobb
London
George E. T. Eyston
Malcolm Campbell
Cobb
Utah-Nevada
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Bitces
Vallcara
Btanbrock
Gandia
GIO
Holt, Neely
van Bittner
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Old West Virginia Federation of Labor
U. of L. Federation
Industrial Union
United Mine
State Cio
U.S. Weather Bureau
Renee
York
Boston
New Orlean
Denver Wren
St. Louis
Parkersburg
Miami Aenean
Elkins
San Antonio
New Holy Land
ICC
Thomas Jenkins
Ohio
Amy
Hitler
Berlin
Thomas Kendrick
House
Names Alliance
Bird
Hoosegow
George Aglatis Roosevelt
FDR
NLRB
Tammany Ross
Pecora
Thomas E. Dewey
Francis Erwin
Erwin
George Weinberg
Pompez
Ison
Weinberg
O'Brien
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