Nazi Move in Austria Shapes New Cabinet Picks
AP explains Hitler seizing Austria with five pro Hitler figures chosen for Vienna cabinet roles signaling possible union. The article notes the purge of the German army and hints at wider Nazification, while questioning timing and motive and the risk to military loyalty.
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Austria
John Evans
Associated Press
Reichsfuetter
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Hitler
Wnrest
Hitter
Austria Under Hitler Pressure and Expansion Fears
Global alarm rises as Hitler reshapes Austria's cabinet with Nazi sympathizers and frees prisoners. Experts plot potential moves against Poland and Czechoslovakia while pondering how far he will push into southeastern Europe and toward the Soviet wheat fields. Meanwhile questions linger on why Germany can dictate Austrian policy and how the surrounding powers will respond.
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Austria
Germany
East Prussia
Hitler
Czechoslovakian
Europe
Poland
Ukraine
Italy
Mussolini
Russians brand man as imposter in Rome claim
Moscow says a man who appeared in Rome and identified as Jodor Butenko, chargé d affaires at the Soviet legation in Bucharest, is an impostor. Foreign Commissar Litvinov told Romanian authorities the real Butenko may be kidnapped in Romania or dead, and the Rome claimant is a white Russian foe of the Soviet regime.
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Moscow
Rome
Jodor Butenko
Bucharest
Rumania
Maxim Litsinoff
Butenko
National Defense Week program highlights in Bluefield
The Bluefield Better Service Club and local groups marked National Defense Week with talks by Col May on peace through preparedness, praise for trained forces, and civic duty. Retired local workers shared memories. the Beaver High School A Capella group performed. Boy Scouts served refreshments as the 150th Infantry played marches.
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Col. May
Ghenty
United States
U. S. Army
Navy
Army
Col
May
Beaver High School
J. S. Mastin
A. C. McColgan
Norton
Isaac Wright
L. Ballengee
H.C. Callaway
Bluefield
T. L. Brown
Pocahontas
E. H. Weaver
Better Service Club
U. S. Naval Reserve
Marshall Shearer
150Th Infantry Act
Boy Scouts
150Th Infantry
Japanese parity stance echoed by Roosevelt naval plan
The Japanese press reported President Roosevelt’s claim that American naval expansion aims to maintain fleets on both oceans. The State Kiks association will meet in Huntington, West Virginia, June 13-15, the first time the city hosts the organization.
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Japan
Roosevelt
BLES
Huntington
W.va
State Kiks
Hearings Ordered on West Virginia Bus Applications
The Interstate Commerce Commission directs hearings on April 4 and 6 at Charleston WV for four West Virginia bus and truck carrier applications. Nelson Transfer and Storage seeks truck broker license. Star Lines Bluefield requests passenger transport certificate. Star One Bluefield seeks extended passenger express and newspaper delivery rights. George R Guilion Bluefield seeks irregular route common carrier rights. Howard York Williamson seeks contract carrier permit for meats groceries ice cream and drinks between Williamson and Grundy VA via Taeger WV.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Nelson ‘Transfer and Storage Company
Othhr
Anglo Star Lines
Bluefield
German Austrian ties grow as Europe fears influence
Editorials in the German press deny Austrian independence loss but warn Europe that past powers can no longer judge German Austrian deals. Britain France and Italy watch with alarm as Nazi influence spreads into Austria ahead of Sunday Reichstag speech.
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Germanfuehrer
Austria
Hitler
Schuschnige
Europe
Britain
France
League of Nations
Germany
Six Men Aid Stricken Elk in Idaho Snow
In Chamberlain Basin Idaho six men braved deep snow and sub zero cold to reach elk diseaseiling herds reported by a deputy warden. They trek 16 miles through 12 to 3 feet of snow toward the Salamon river area and will stay ten days to attempt to curb or kill the stricken animals with Dr. B T Elliott Idaho state veterinarian among the party.
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Chamberlain Basin
Idaho
Salamon River
Poison illness hits Charlottesville family of nine
Charlottesville, Va., Feb. 17. Police probe the source of a sack of white poisonous substance found on a back porch as nine members of laborer George Shiflett's family fall ill after consuming biscuits made with flour tainted by the poison. Mrs. Shiflett and son Randolph, 10, were gravely affected but slowly recovering. others were treated as outpatients.
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Charlottesville
University Hospital
George Shiflett
Shiflett
Randolph
Two New Members Named City Fire Department
The city fire department welcomed Raymond Hutchinson and Mason Stuart as new members. They were selected from eligibles certified by the Firemen's Civil Service commission and began duty yesterday. Early motion picture theaters were nicknamed nickelodeons due to a five cent admission price.
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City Fire Department
Raymond Hutchinson
Mason Stuart
Hutchinson
Stuart
Firemen's Civil Service Commission
Nickelodeons
Becaue
Gunshot Wounds Reported In Lurich Virginia
Jim Perdue and Alfred Jones were slightly wounded by shotgun pellets in Lurich near the Norfolk and Western tracks. Sheriff Emory Johnston and state officer E. B. Hedrick investigated but could not determine the incident’s cause. Thorn ton, the alleged shooter, was not found. his father said he would bring him to Pearisburg for questioning. No charges filed. Perdue was struck in the cheek. Jones sustained multiple hits in the body, with one pellet entering the abdomen.
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Jim Perdue
Alfred Jones
Phil Thornton
Lurich
Emory Johnston
Giles County
E. B. Hedrick
Thornton
Kenneth Thornton
Johnston
Pearlsburgh
Norfolk and Western
New River
Perdues
Jones
Pearisburg
Admiral Grayson Buried in Washington Today
Admiral Carl T. Grayson, physician and friend of three presidents, was buried with military honors in Washington. President Roosevelt and other government leaders attended the services. Grayson, chairman of the American Red Cross, died Tuesday.
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Washington
Carl T. Grayson
Roosevelt
Grayson
American Red Cross
War Admiral to Race at Hialeah Saturday
War Admiral will make his first start as a four year old in the 7500 Mc Lennan Memorial at Hialeah Park Saturday. Trainer George Conway announced after conferring with owner Samuel D. Riddle who protested the 130 pound weight for both the Mc Lennan and the Widener cup. The Mc Lennan is one mile and a furlong, the Widener cup is a mile and a quarter.
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Miami
Fla
War Admiral
Hialeah Park
George Conway
Conway
Samuel D. Riddle
Eight Men Trapped in Mine Flood In Jeansville Near Hazelton
Eight men were swept along by rushing water in a Jeansville mine near Hazelton. All eight were uninjured. several workers stayed behind as officials and relatives gathered at the entrance while coal company police set a guard line after the midday break. Names include George D. Schutter and Paul Kunitz among those involved.
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George D. Schutter
Hazelton
Schutter
Paul Kunitz
Hazleton Heights
Michael Olexa
Kuritz
Olexa
Joseph Fidishin
Stephen Stefranko
John Lavaraski
Jeanesville
Andrew Havrilla
Treschkow
William Davis
Hazelton Heights
Paul Molnar
Beaver Meadows
Pennsylvania
Jeansville
Coal Company
Labor Act Changes Narrow Board’s Discretion and Powers
In Parkersburg West Virginia on February 17 Richard Rogerton manager of the Juliana Soda Grill reported about $10 stolen in a robbery staged five years after a prior hold up. The article notes changes to labor law defining the boards power to designate bargaining units and clarifies prohibitions against coercion applying to employers, but not necessarily to employees or unions. It also mentions the board’s expanded role by interpretation of unfair labor practices and compares its prosecutorial functions to the federal FTC with review by a circuit court.
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Federal Trade Commission
Circuit Court of Appeals
Cn Gay
Parkersburg
W. Va
Richard Rogerton
Juliana Soda Grill
Mrs Liddle of Richlands Dies at Home
Funeral services for Mrs. Robert W. Liddle will be held at 3 0 this afternoon at the Methodist church in Richlands. The Rev C W Kelly and the Rev E W Hughes will officiate with interment in Hawkins cemetery. Friends furnishing cars should bring them by 12 30 noon. A long-time Richlands resident of 45 years she was widely known in the Clinch valley and eastern Kentucky coal region after a prolonged illness.
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Methodist
Richlands
Robert W. Liddle
Clinch Valley
Kentucky
Inuichlands
C. W. Kelly
E. W. Hughes
Hawkins Cemetery
Lid
Dean Noe Aims Return To Memphis After Fast
Dean Noe declined to reveal his philosophy until plans are worked out and said he will return to Memphis. He stressed he does not view the fast as abstinence but as experience strengthening his faith in God's power in time of need. The Rt. Rev. James M. Maxon, bishop of Tennessee, had removed him as dean after denouncing the fast, calling it a vagary.
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Tennessee
Mr. Noe
J P Accounts For 1937 Calendar Year Urgently Made
A notice states that accounts for the calendar year 1937 must be prepared promptly. It mentions constable fees, court costs and the required auditing costs as part of the necessary expenses to be covered.
Auditor warns funds misused in county finances
The auditor cautioned that only expenses allowed from the fund may be paid and any attempt to divert or transfer to the general county fund would be illegal. He noted only 28 sheriffs filed fines returns, likely limited to circuit court fines, not justice of the peace proceeds, while Audita by state tax officials showed inconsistent balances in the general school or justices' fund across counties. Budget Director H Isaiah Smith was tasked to help readjust budgets to ensure a minimum school program, as Armand Loriaux refined the uniform tone accordion.
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General County
Justice of the Peace
H. Isaiah Smith
Board of Public Works
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