Republicans Hold Lincoln Day Dinner In City Tonight
Mercer County Republicans gather at the West Virginian Hotel for a Lincoln Day celebration beginning at 6 30 PM. Robert H Kay chairs with delegates from Princeton Matoaka Athens and Bramwell and guests from Bland Tazewell and Giles counties. Roast West Virginia Rooster tops the menu. speeches cover farm unemployment and tariff policy.
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West Virginian Hotel
Lincoln
West Virginia
Robert H. “Fightin
Bob” Kay
Republican State Executive Committee
Mercer County
West Virginian
Abraham Lincoln
Bluefield Women's Republican Club
Young Republican Group
Henry C. Callaway
Virginia
Hartley Sanders
Princeton
Ella Holroyd
Kay
State University
Terserv
Republican
Onmequnes
Matoaka
Athens
Bramwell
Bland
Tazewell
Giles
Committee Cuts Navy Fund Bill
Washington reports a house appropriations subcommittee cut $100,000,000 from the Navy budget, reducing an over $954,000,000 request for next year. The reduction affects most ship-building elements except aircraft. full committee action is planned for Tuesday.
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Navy
Washington
House
House Passes Civil Service Bill For Emergency Workers
Washington reports the House approved a bill to grant civil service status to 200000 to 300000 workers employed by Roosevelt era emergency and temporary agencies. The 214 to 110 vote split along party lines, with debate over political motives and merit examinations for eligibility.
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Washington
House
Senate
Ramspeck
The
Service Committee
Learns Kin Killed in German Invasion
Chicago February 9 The first word Police Sergt Joseph Sponder received from Poland since the war began said his father his brother two brothers in law and eight children were killed in the German invasion A letter from his brother John a Polish aviator in Romania confirmed the report via two Polish soldiers cousins met near the border into Romania
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Chicago
Joseph Sponder
Poland
Sponder
John
Rumania
Lincoln Day Dinner Speakers Stir Young Republicans
In Wheeling West Virginia on February 9 the Young Republican club held a Lincoln Day dinner with speakers led by Congressman Hamilton Fish of New York and Andrew Schiffhiffler Former Congressman Carl Bachmann praised the New York legislator while denouncing Governor Kump for the sales tax on food and drinks, arguing such taxes hurt the poor.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Jair- Pish
New York
Republican Club
Hamilton Fish
Andrew Schiffhiffler
Carl Bachmann
Kump
The
United
William E Dodd Dies at Virginia Estate at 70
Dr William E Dodd former ambassador to Germany and sharp Nazi critic died at Stoneleigh Farm Round Hill Virginia after pneumonia attack. He was 70 and had grown less active after returning from Berlin and giving speeches in Canada and the United States.
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William E. Dodd
Germany
Stoneleigh Farm
Dodd
Canada
United States
Berlin
Dr. Dodd
Roosevelt
Death Follows Vain Attempt Enter Hospital
In New York a man named Siegel died after a failed attempt to reach Bellevue Hospital. Forney sped through traffic to the admit desk at 27th Street but was refused admission without a policeman escort. The dying man moaned for help as the cab driver sought police assistance.
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New York
Saale
Bellevue
Forney
Hospital
27Th Street
Siegel
Illinois Friends Enter Laguardia In Primary Contest
Illinois Republicans report that Laguardia filed petitions for the preferential primary with 4 177 signatures gathered since yesterday. Hamilton of Chicago said he acted on orders from Dennsmore Ross of New York City as Vice President Garner also entered the Roosevelt race.
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Roosevelt
Statehouse
Hamilton
Wilde
Chicago
Dennsmore Ross
New York City
Laguardia
Bagagyer Gre Republican
New York
Fireworks Plant Blast Ruins Beach California
Investigators probe a fireworks plant blast at Beach California on February 9. The explosion damaged homes within 20 miles, injured a few residents, and shattered many windows. Estimated damage stands at $150,000. Authorities consider arson or spontaneous combustion as possible causes.
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Beach
Calif
Foe of Nazism Steers Away From Farm Life
A damaged OCR fragment notes a man who turned against Nazi ism while still on his farm and mentions a daughter, Mrs. Alfred Stern, of New York, as a readable detail in the record.
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Alfred Stern
New York
Welles Assigned To Make European Study
The United States will open conversations with neutral nations toward peace and will send Undersecretary Sumner Welles to Italy France Germany and Great Britain for information on armaments. He will not make proposals and will report to President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull. Welles sails February 17 aboard the Rex with Myron C. Taylor as Vatican peace coordinator.
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United States
Europe
Sumner Welles
Italy
France
Germany
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Welles
Secretary of
Rex
Myron C. Taylor
Vatican
State Department
Sena
London
Berlin
W Ton
Hull
FBI Finds Flaw in Robber Story At Damascus Bank
Richmond authorities report Charles W. Arnold cashier at Meadowview Bank of Damascus accused of false ledger entry in October 1939 and of filing a complaint under the national banking code. J W Watson, Abingdon company president, charged with aiding and abetting. Hearing planned today before a U S commissioner at Abingdon.
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Richmond
John E. Lawler
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Abingdon
Charles W. Arnold
Meadowview
Bank of Damascus
FBI
Arnold
Lawler
J. W. Watson
J. W. Watson Company, Inc
Watson's
Wensurer
U. S
Secretary of the State Standard Company Dies in Coraopolis
A secretary of the Standard Company died tonight in Coraopolis. The report notes the sudden death but provides few additional details.
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Thiater Ee Standard — Company
Coraopolis Oe
Roosevelt and Garner to duel in Midwest primaries
In early April, President Roosevelt and Vice President Garner face major primary tests in Illinois and Wisconsin. Illinois votes April 9, Wisconsin April 2, with both contests seen as key to the pre convention battle and signaling future momentum. Garner filed in Wisconsin. Smietanka prepared to petition in Illinois, while Landon criticized the president’s stance.
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Wisconsin
Washington
Roosevelt
Garner
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Mnee
Garner FDR To-See Page Ten State Lottery Test
Fairmont West Virginia February 9. The constitutional challenge to the new law making playing the numbers a felony won in court and heads to the state supreme court for final ruling. Judge Frank Haymond overruled a demurrer to an indictment against George Whitehair of Fairmont for selling numbers slips. The act treats possession of a numbers slip as evidence of participation and punishable by prison term or fine. Several indictments were issued earlier, with disposition likely awaiting supreme court outcome.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Supreme Court
Frank Haymond
George Whitehair
Whitehair
Turkey expels German technicians amid Nazi sabotage fears
Istanbul reports a second Turkish purge of German workers in war ministries, with 100 technicians dismissed and 30 supervising submarine work as Berlin is accused of a wide Nazi sabotage network. Romania seeks balance by creating a new cabinet under Ion Cristu amid East European tensions.
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Romania
Istanbul
Turkey
Krupp
Golden Horn
Europe
Britain
France
Berlin
Germany
Ion Cristu
Cristu
Bucharest
France's Chamber Seizes Initiative in National Defense Session
Paris February 9 The French chamber of deputies held a secret session urged by the opposition on organizing national defense. The session adjourned after a three hour break and will resume next morning. The government issued a communique praising patriotism and concord amid the debate.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Daladier
Organization of National Defense
Chamber
Leon Blum
Celestos
Germany
British destroyer sinks two U boats in convoy attack
London reports a single destroyer sinking two German submarines during a convoy attack. German claims of eight British ships sunk were not confirmed by British sources. The day saw aerial bombardment as Britain and neutrals faced the fourth blitz in twelve days.
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Great Britain
Admiralty
Germany
Glasgow
Clintonia
Lord Carl
Royal Air Force
of Forth
Finns Hold Mannerheim Line as Russians Struggle on Isthmus
Helsinki February reports the Finns holding the Mannerheim line against massed Russian assaults along the Karelian isthmus. They claim 700 Russian losses in front sectors, 40 tanks captured, and repulsed Arctic attempts near Hovdenjarvi while tightening positions near Kuhmo and Salmijarvi as air operations increase.
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Helsinki
Karelian
Pinns
Summa
Pm Taliver
Red Army
Lake Ladoga
Kuhmo
Arctic
Hovhenjarvi
Petsamo
Salmijarvi
Hoghenary
High Command
President To Address Youth Congress Today
Washington reports the American Youth Congress faces charges of Communist influence as Attorney General Jackson criticizes those who view it as a government threat. President Roosevelt plans to speak on expelling red front groups while debates over internal membership intensify amid a four day citizenship program and anti communist pressure.
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American Youth Congress
Jackson
Congress’ Citizenship Institute
Congress
Roosevelt
Red Front
White House
Murray Flavner
Dewa Street
Beata Er Naa Ss
Soviet Front Reports Finland Suffering Heavy Losses
Moscow reports Finland met heavy losses while attempting to recover lost positions in the Karelian isthmus. Soviet air forces bombed military objectives as the front yielded no major events on February 9.
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Moscow
Finland
Tass
Karelian Isthmus
Favorable Response to Catholic Guild Proposal Aims for Moral Unity
Washington reports generally favorable reaction to a proposal by 16 Catholic archbishops and bishops to form guilds uniting vocations for moral unity as a remedy for class conflict in the labor market. Noted church and government figures voiced interest, including Episcopal Bishop George Craig Stewart of Chicago and Rabbi Solomon B. Prehnof of Pittsburgh.
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George Craig Stewart
Episcopal
Chicago
Solomon B. Preehof
Pittsburgh
Charles W. Welch
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