United Mine Workers Adjourns Constitutional Convention
The United Mine Workers of America closed its 36th constitutional convention in Columbus with a pledge of constructive progress. Delegates voted to form a national poll and scale committee to prepare wage scales for coal operators by March 1941 and reiterated a demand for a 30 hour work week.
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Columbus
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
Min
CIO International
Teasurer
Thomas Kennedy
First National Takes High Rank Among Banks
The First National Bank of Bluefield rises to 607th among U S banks per American Banker report. In 1939 it climbed from 669th to 162nd, earning feature coverage in the February issue. Ernest G. Otey is praised and director Elected of the Southern States Industrial Council.
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First National Bank of Bluefield
Upton E. Liptrott
American Banker
Counpo
Ernest G. Otey
Liptrott
Bluefield
First National Bank of
Tazewell youth found frozen to death in auto
Robert Harmon nineteen, a farm worker in Thompson's Valley, was found frozen in a car abandoned by cousins near the Remine home after a day of snowdrifts. Officials bore with Sheriff Bowen and Dr Will Shawver and noted multiple stalls in the treacherous travel before Harmon perished.
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Robert Harmon
Mabel Newberry
Thompson's Valley
Tazewell County
Charles
Clint
Gillespie
Harmon
Rone
Team
Remine
Amen
Jury awards sum to Hauptmann's son
New York February 1 jury awards damages to Richard Hauptmann’s son after a collision involving a cartoonist’s automobile. Mrs Foreman sought 100000 dollars claiming negligence and permanent injury to the boy. the verdict countered the weight of evidence and deemed the claim excessive.
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Hauptmann
New York
Richard Hauptmann
Defects Slow Army Airacobra Test Flight
Washington reports the Airacobra, the Army’s new four gun, cannon-armed pursuit plane known as the Flying Bullet, briefly soared with test pilot Captain George E. Price but landed after under an hour. Engineers must fix engine and propeller vibrations before full speed testing.
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Washington
Army
George E. Price
Wrightfield
Dayton
Ohio
Airacobra
Foreign Trade Plan Proposed to Promote World Trade
Washington reports a plan to create a foreign trade board to handle all aspects of foreign trade promotion. The board would replace the tariff commission and could control imports. Senator Van denberg urged the measure, saying it is needed to realistically meet world trade.
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Washington
Congress
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Hull
Tariff Commission
Parrymore Yields To Pleas Of Estranged Fourth Wife
New York reports John Barrymore and Elaine Barrie extended their promised bliss after an 18 hour reunion. The couple sounded unsure, with hints of reconciliation but no clear end to divorce actions. The night club scene followed Barrymore’s Broadway return and involved his daughter Diana.
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Parrymore
New York
Johnee
Elaine Barrie
Barrymore
Elaine Barrymore
Elaine
Broadway
Bide Dudley
Diana
O Diana
Fete
Monte Carlo
Unidentified French Vessel in Distress Reported West of Azores
A message picked up by Mackay radio reports an unidentified French vessel in distress mid Atlantic several hundred miles west of the Azores. Cause unknown. nearby ships turned to aid. Boston coastguard says call letters given as FPGY but were unlisted.
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Thomaston
mid-Atlantic
Azores
Mackay
Coastguard
Boston
Court to Review Idle Pay Ruling
The Kanawha court will review unemployment benefits rulings affecting about 20 000 appeals after a December board decision upheld a trial examiner. UMW counsel said the courts should decide the issue, with further appeal possible to the state supreme court.
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Ananegle Nens
Ieartes Eens
Wdee Balan
F Board
Henry T. C. Townsend
United Mine Workers
Kanawha Court
State Supreme Court
American League for Peace and Democracy Disbanded
New York February 1 The American League for Peace and Democracy described by the Dies committee as a front for the Communist party is disbanded by its national board. The resolution says wartime needs require a different program and organization to preserve democratic rights and aid the United States in wartime. The action honors Rev. Dr Ward who led the league since 1934.
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New York
American League For Peace and Democracy
Dies Committee
Communist Party
Tors
League
United States
Ward
Poling to Undergo Another Operation
Adjutant Stanley Hamric said Forrest B. Poling of the West Virginia American Legion is in Wyton hospital after another operation. His condition was described as only fair and the procedure may be the last in a series. He was ill with pneumonia at home prior to the surgeries.
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Charleston
W. Aa
Stanley Hamric
West Virginia American Legion
Forrest B. Poling
Ed Poling
Ito
Wyton
Japan lays out seven year arms program totaling 671000000
Tokyo reports War Minister Shunroku Hata warning parliament of illegal acts by Russians and border tensions with Moscow. He seeks tighter wartime controls as fuel and food shortages spark demands for stricter measures and mobilization.
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Tokyo
Japan
Russia
Shunroku Hata
Hata
Manchoukuo
Outer Mongolia
Moscow
Dye Is Elected Keystone Mayor
John J. Dye was elected mayor of Keystone after incomplete election returns. The defeated Republicans for council include Robert Angove Hor Recorder C Screem R L Hatcher Geo Th Samuel Wade and Mrs M T Whittico.
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John J
Keystone
Robert Angove
Hor Recorder
C. Screem
R. L. Hatcher
Geo. Th
Samuel Wade
M. T. Whittico
Bank of Damascus in Meadowview robbed of cash
Virginia report says a bandit slugged cashier Charles W Arnold at the Meadowview Virginia bank and escaped with about 7700 dollars. Eye witnesses and investigators searched for clues as officials assessed the vault theft and the bandit’s identity.
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Meadowview
Charles W. Arnold
Bank of Damascus
Bristol
Arnold
John Blakemore
J. H. Meade
British wartime cabinet spat over economic dictates
In the house of commons a vote backed the prime minister 185 to 90 against naming an economic dictator. The debate featured calls to include a liberal in the war cabinet and to expand export efforts under a new export council led by a cabinet minister.
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Sup
Board of Trade
Fingal I
Scotland
Bancrest
Sylvia
War Office
Bri 7Ee
Leslie Hore
Oliver Stanley
House of Commons
Herbert Morrison
Labor federation warns against political ties and candidates
In Miami on February 1 the American Federation of Labor calls any candidate aligned with hostile labor policies a political kiss of death. President William Green cites historical cases of former congressmen Bernard Maverick and O Connell and blames pro CIO leanings for loss of reelection, framing opposition to labor as fatal.
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Miami
Fla
American Federation of Labor
Federation
William Green
Bernard
Minnesota
Maverick
Texas
O'Connell
Montana
Roosevelt Renames Eccles Fed Board Chairman for Four Years
Washington reports President Roosevelt reappointed Marriner C. Eccles a 49 year old Utah banker as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board for four years. Davis resigned and was reassigned to a new 14 year term to fill Eccles four year tenure.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Marriner C. Eccles
Utah
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Eccles
Chester Davis
AAA
Davis
Kaiser Urges Nations Unite Against Russia
Former Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany writes to his American biographer Poultasy Bigelow urging Germany England and France to stop fighting each other and join Poland against Soviet Russia. He calls Bolshevism a threat and says the belligerents should unite to rid the world of it.
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New York
Kaiser Wilhelm of Gerad
Poultasy Bigelow
Germany
England
France
Pinland
Russia
United States Facing Moral Embargo Tensions with Russia
Washington reports say Ambassador Oumansky protested to the State Department over a moral embargo on selling Russia aviation goods. Louis Johnson stated Finland aimed for submission, highlighting deteriorating US Russia relations since Finland’s invasion. The US has granted a $10 million Finland loan with more aid under consideration.
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Washington
Oestantine
Finland
United States
Russia
Navy Concludes Squalus Inquiry Findings
The navy reports a three man court of inquiry found the Squalus loss due to mechanical failure in the engine induction valve and not due to crew fault. Secretary Edison questions whether closing secondary valves might have prevented or reduced the tragedy and notes doubt about inside hull stop valve practices.
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Washington
Navy
Portsmouth
N. H
Edison
Avait
Russians Launch Surprise Attack on Finnish Line
Helsinki reports a Russian assault at the Mannerheim line using ar mored sledges and about 130 battleplanes. Finland's president calls for an honorable peace as battles rage around Petsamo and Salla, with heavy Red Army losses alleged and airbase damage in Estonia cited.
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Wade Werner
Helsinki
Mannerheim Line
Finland
Red Army
Karelian
Artic Circle
Lake
Ladoga
Artic
Moscow
Russia
League of Nations
Kallio
Petsamo
Salla
Lake Ladoga
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Chamberlain
Otey
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Heiss
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
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SIP
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Dye
Virginia
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Pound
Vaino Tanner
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Tallinn
Estonia
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