Maude Osborne Wins Acquittal On Bridge Naming Bill
The state senate approved a bill permanently naming the Poplar Street span on Route 52 the Frank S. Easley bridge. Bluefield chamber officials plan a ceremony and marker to honor the longtime road advocate, with Governor Holt's signature expected. Easley, injured in a Richlands hospital, is noted for local road work.
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Franks
Bluefield
Senate
W.B. Johnston
Princeton
Holt
Easley
Richlands Hospital
Foreign Policy Of FDR Draws Fresh Attacks
Washington reports Republicans attack Roosevelt's foreign policy as secret and unneutral. They warn against war through diplomacy while Ickes denies any U.S. move to war. The debate follows news of allied arms sales aiding France and European democracies.
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FDR
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Opposition grows in Congress over Roosevelt program
In a Washington briefing on February 3, a congressional statement warned that opposition in a key subcommittee imperils President Roosevelt's program. The note cited that the military appropriations subcommittee was called to the White House for a conference. Signatories included Representatives Fish, Eaton, Rogers, Barton, Chiperfield, Corbett, Vorys, Stearns, and Schiffler.
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Tna
Roosevelt
White House
Fish
N.Y
Eaton
N. J
Rogers
Mass
Barton
Chiperfield
Corbett Pa
Vorys
Ohio
Stearns
N.H
Schiffler
W.va
Roosevelt presses secrecy on military aid bill discussions
A congressional committee advanced a bill funding government military needs for the next fiscal year. President Roosevelt met with the panel to discuss technical aspects while keeping the visit confidential. Rep. Snyder said talks were ordinary and friendly with no broad policy outline. He noted France plane sales would not hinder the army air corps expansion and would help American manufacturers gain production experience. Secretary Morgenthau answered Republican inquiries about foreign policy.
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Senate Military Aft
Rep. Snyder
Snyder
France
Army Air Corps
Ember
Morgenthau
Senate
Treasury
Roosevelts Europe Talk Sparks War Provocation Debate
European papers and US commentators criticize President Roosevelts statements as provocative and likely to extend defensive borders to the Panama Canal. Gayda and others accuse him of courting a world war, challenging Chamberlains pacifism and Mussolini and Hitlers peace efforts.
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United States
Rhine
Roosevelt
Germany
Italy
Panama Canal
Europe
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Gayda
Soviet Russia Ends Relations With Hungary
Moscow closes its Budapest legation and asks Hungary to close Moscow, calling Hungary an anti Comintern convert under foreign pressure. Diplomatic ties to be conducted via Hungarian and Soviet representatives elsewhere, not in Moscow or Whitehall, as Moscow condemns Hungary’s shift after the Munich partition of Czechoslovakia.
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Moscow
Soviet
Russia
Budapest
Hungary
Michael Jungerth- Arnothy
Eee
Enis
Belgian Premier Attacked Over Flemish Academy Choice
A Belgian premier was struck on the head by an ex service member in a clash triggered by anger at the government for appointing Dr Martens to the Flemish Academy. The incident underscores tensions over cultural appointments and political divides.
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Martens
Flemish Academy
Ohio River Rises but No Flood Threat Remains
The Ohio River rose along most of its 980 mile length but waters above Parkersburg West Virginia and in tributaries removed any immediate flood danger. Rains were general throughout the Ohio valley says Senior Meteorologist W C Devereaux.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Parkersburg
W Va
Ohio Valley
W. C. Devereaux
Montana House approves short residency divorce bill
The Montana house passed a bill 54 to 38 to reduce divorce residency to 30 days the shortest in any state. It moves to the senate for consideration. The measure aims to attract divorce business now sought in other states.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Montana House of Representatives
Senate
West Virginia Electrocution Bill Moves, Jury Sex Rule Tabled
The House sent an electrocution bill to the calendar after the judiciary committee declined to recommend passage or rejection. Senator Fleming backed a lethal gas chamber plan to be built at Moundsville with a warden as executioner, while women serving on juries faced a separate bill with no recommendation.
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West
House
Hudson
Fleming
Pleasants
Moundsville
West Virginia
Roosevelt Receives New Emergency Relief Bill
President Roosevelt received the first bill from the new Congress funding relief measures totaling 725 million dollars to run through June 30. The measure is about 150 million less than his initial request and invites him to request more if emergencies arise after some debate in Congress.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate-House
Congress
Nomination of Roberts Delayed in Senate Vote
The senate postponed a floor vote on Floyd H. Roberts for Virginia Western District judge and reports said the administration might withdraw the nomination. The judiciary committee had reported it adversely by 15 to 3, facing opposition from Virginia senators and backing by Governor Price and former governors.
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Washington
Senate
Floyd H. Roberts
Virginia
Barkley
D. Ky
Senate Judiciary Committee
Roberts
Bristol
James H. Price
Senate Vote on School Bill Expected Today
The West Virginia senate adopted four amendments and moved the school consolidation bill toward a vote. It tightens transport limits, preserves county shares, and envisions 45 percent state foundation funding with local bases from 1938 value. Leader forecasts of an easy victory circulated as debate nears a possible concurrence with the house.
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Senate
Charleston
W. Va
Merrill Flood
Interm Committee
Sweeney
Ohio
Shahan
D. Randolph
Board of Finance
Japanese Submarine 1-63 Sinks After Collision
Tokyo reports the first class submarine 1-63 sank in the Bungo channel with about 40 crew members aboard. Rescue operations started immediately after a collision with another submarine during maneuvers in the strait between Kyushu and Shikoku islands, about 400 miles southwest of Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Bungo Channel
Admiralty
Kyushu
Shikoku Islands
Dies Seeks Longer Life for Un American Activities Committee
Washington February 2 Rep Dies of Texas won the first round in extending life and funds for his Un American Activities Committee. The House Rules Committee approved a one year extension to January 3 1940 and a $100000 budget compromise amid criticism from Rep Cox and elevated by praise from President Roosevelt and Secretary Perkins.
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Dies
Tex
House Rules Committee
House
Regent Committee
Rules Committee
Rep
Cox Ovn
Roosevelt
Perkins
San Quentin Strike Hits Half of Prison In California
About 2 750 inmates at San Quentin Prison in California joined a midday strike over the menu, with roughly half the 5 250 inmate population involved. Warden Smith worries of a powder keg while officials report no violence and meals cut to bread and later meat loaf and spaghetti as the walkout expands.
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California
San Quentin
Calif
Smith
United States
Ohio penitentiary under investigation by state officials
Columbus Ohio February 2 As William F Amrine state superintendent of corrections pursued an investigation of conditions at Ohio penitentiary welfare Director Charles L Sherwood declared it probably would result in dismissal of some officials or Sherwood has ordered Warden James C Woodard to clean up what he termed the mess of liquor and narcotic trafficking in the ancient Columbus prison or give up his own position He said however that he was not genuine for Woodard Sherwood said he had thus far received no evidence of parole racketeering but expressed interest in the views of Harrison Jewell of the parole board that such conditions existed
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William F. Amrine
State Superintendent of
Ohio Penitentiary
Charles L. Sherwood
Sherwood
James C. Woodard
Woodard
Harrison Jewell
Parole Board
Jewell
Road Deaths at Four-Year Low in West Virginia
Highway fatalities in January fell to the lowest level in four years. Director W. C. Easley reports 23 deaths in January, down from 30 last year and 39 in 1937 and 37 in 1936, 14 fewer than December 1938’s 37.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
W. C. Easley
Radio Row Settled After Wage Dispute in New York
Officials of the American Federation of Radio Artists announced a two year agreement ending the dispute with advertising agencies over radio artists wages. The settlement avoids further strikes and sets new pay scales.
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New York
American Federation of Radio Artists
Virginian Railway awards Gelanese rail spur contract
The Virginian Railway awarded the contract to Pat Stanger of Bland Virginia for grading a mile long siding from Narrows to the Celanese plant site in Pearisburg and work is to start at once.
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Virginian Railway Company
Pat Stanger
Bland, Ve
Narrows
Celenase Corporation of America
Pearisburg
Jury Acquits Maude Osborne in Franklin Street Murder Case
After a one hour deliberation the jury found Maude Osborne not guilty of murdering her husband Albert Ted Osborne at their Franklin Street home on October 15 1938. Special prosecutor A J Lubliner argued the facts contradicted self defense and accident theories. The trial marked the last felony case of the term.
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Princeton Bureau Daily Telegraph
Maude Osborne
Bluefield
Du Pont Expands Yarn Plant Spending in Seaford and Belle
E I du Pont de Nemours says it will invest 8 million dollars for a new synthetic textile yarn plant at Seaford Delaware, 1 million more than planned, plus 2 million more for a Belle West Virginia plant to produce intermediate materials for the new yarn.
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New York
E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co
Seaford
Del
Belle
W. Va
Withdrawal likely of Smith appointment to National Relations Board
Washington reports that White House aides in the Senate say Donald W. Smith is unlikely to be reappointed to a second term on the National Labor Relations Board. Lewis of Maryland is favored to take Smith's place, with Roosevelt's backing in past efforts. AFL opposition and a bi partisan Senate group have opposed Smith.
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White House
Senate
Reven
Rosevelt
Donald W . Smith
National Relations Board
Rsons
Lewis
Smithstead
Roosevelt
Tydings
Smith
American Federation of Labor
Trans Atlantic Air Service To London Soon Expected
Washington reports the trans Atlantic air link between Great Britain and the United States may begin within weeks after Britain waived a 1935 agreement. Pan American Airways could start in March while Imperial Airways plans an experimental service by June, with routes via the Azores and Newfoundland to New York.
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Great Britain
United States
Imperial Airways
Plenini trans-Atlantic
Pan-American Airways
Pan-American
Britain
Imperial
State Department
France
Azores
England
Shannon
Ire
Botwood
Newfoundland
Montreal
Canada
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