Budget Board Raises Biennial Bill by 6.3 Million
West Virginia budget board submitted amendments to the biennial budget bill raising the total to 72 million. They project state collections at 71.54 million for the next two years with about 400 thousand in cuts by committees. The extra 6.34 million funds higher teacher pay, pensions, retirement, voter registration, the Poor Relations Commission, and additional institutional support.
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Charleston
W. Va
Board of Oeworks
Poor Relations Commission
A. Holt
Violence Flare in Bethlehem Steel Strike
Washington reports the Office of Production Management urged Bethlehem Steel and the CIO to agree on a three point program to end the Lackawanna New York strike. Provisions include full plant reinstatement upon resumption, talks to address grievances, and a conference with labor relations board officials to review the proposal.
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Washington
Office of Production Management
Bethlehem Steel Com
Workers Or
CIO
Lackawanna, N. Y
Congressman Dies In Sky Sleeper Crash Near Atlanta
A Sky Sleeper airliner crashed near Atlanta killing Congressman William D. Byron and six others, injuring nine including Airman Eddie Rickenbacker. The Eastern Air Lines jet, flying from New York, struck trees and wrecked five miles southeast of the airport. rescue and hospital efforts followed as lawmakers debated aviation regulation and safety questions.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Here
Eddie Rickenbacker
William D. Byron
Williamsport
Eastern Air Lines
New York
James E. Perry
House Debates Labor Measure In West Virginia
The West Virginia House insists on an anti sit down strike clause in a labor relations bill while approving industrial units over craft unions. The measure aims to guarantee collective bargaining rights and curb unfair labor practices. A vote kept the clause 65 to 21, with further action slated for tomorrow.
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Charleston
W. Va
House of Delegates
Tomor
Alltop
D. Marion
Ttee
F Moval
House
Atf
Ieneeis
Hatch
Ewing
Senate
Community Chest Near Five Hundred From Twenty Five Thousand
Bluefield Virginia report shows the Bluefield Community Chest total at twenty four thousand five hundred with five hundred more needed to reach twenty five thousand. Chairman Jennings W Hobson urged continued contributions including from firms and individuals as Friday and Saturday drive proceeds.
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Bluefield
Jennings W. Hobson
Hobson
Been
Sion
Eotmatters
U S Bomber Crashes Into Bay Missing Seven
Balboa Panama Bay February 27 A U S Army B 18 bomber from the 99th squadron Rio Hato crashed and burned on the water witnesses saw two men jump with parachutes but no survivors found by searchers late tonight seven crew members including three officers and four enlisted men are listed missing with names not yet released.
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Balboa
Canal Zone
Panama Bay
99Th Squadron
Rio Hato
Snow Blankets Bluefield and Surrounding Areas
Snow continued to fall across Bluefield and nearby areas leaving streets and highways slick and hazardous. Temperatures ranged from 23 to 30 above with about 3.5 inches of snow in the day and night. motorists urged to use low gears and drive slowly as cindered roads began to clear in exposed hills and school zones. Chief and police warned parents to take extra care as children travel to and from school.
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Bluefield
Mercury
Williamson
Norton
Thomas Street
Third Street
Bluefield Automobile Club
McDowell County
East River
Road Commission
Snowbound WV Roads Slow Traffic Amid Heavy Warnings
West Virginia faced slick conditions as a heavy wet snow blanketed the state up to four inches in places. Roads in Sewell, Allegheny, the Northern Panhandle, Clarksburg, and Elkins were slowed or hazardous with several crashes and a trapped truck driver. Highway crews reported most routes open but icy by morning and urged caution.
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West Virginia
State Road Commission
Sewell
Allegheny Mountains
Panhandle
Clarksburg
Elkins
Taylor
Tyler
Kanawha
Fairmont
Morgantown
James Barrt
Shinnston Bakery
Farmington
Harrison County
Kanawha County
Yugoslavia Front Sees Troop Strain Amid Snowbound Push
Dispatches report heavy snows hinder movement toward the Albanian battlefront. Some units are isolated from main forces and subsisting on reduced iron rations as troops try to advance tonight.
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Yugoslavia
O Ae
Japan delivers ultimatum to French Indo China over border dispute
Tokyo reports say Japan demanded that French Indo China accept its settlement proposal by Friday midnight or face forceful action to aid Thailand. Extension possible if authorities await Vichy approval, with Mikado seeking broader diplomatic moves to Moscow Hankow Berlin or Rome.
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Tokyo
Japan
Thailand
Foreign Office
Colonial Administration
Vichy Government
Indo-China
Laos
Cambodia
Vichy
Britain
United States
Yosuke Matsuoka
Moscow
Hankow
Berlin
Rome
China
Invasion Bases See Page 2
British bombers hit Cologne destroying factories warehouses and oil tanks causing many fires as RAF pilots report high explosive bombs on targets along the river and industrial plants. Attacks also touched Boulogne and Flushing with six planes lost in the raid.
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London
Cologne
Ligne
Air m
Royal Air Force
Peaster
Boulogne
France
Flushing
Netherlands
Air Ministry
England
Hum‘ber
Lincoln‘shire
Rome
Solon presses against troop ban in lend lease debate
Solon Van Nuys urges no restriction on sending American troops abroad as part of the lend-lease debate. He argues banning troops would invite Axis victory and says he supports cloture to end filibuster. The Senate debate continues with Brown, Sha, Chavez trading lines and Taft accusing administration of pressuring Congress.
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Washington
van Nuys
Ind
Mussolini
Stalin
Japan
Senate
Edmiston Named Chairman of West Virginia Liquor Board
Governor Neely announced the appointment of Matthew Edmiston of Buckhannon as chairman of the West Virginia liquor control commission effective March 2. He succeeds R. E. Kelly who resigned yesterday.
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Charleston
W. Va
Neely
Matthew Edmiston
Buckhannon
State Liquor Control Commission
Edmiston
R. E. Kelly
Oak Hill
Kelly
Homer A. Hoit
Senate
Senate Rules
British push along Red Sea coast in Libya and Eritrea
British forces advance 200 miles along the Red Sea coast into Eritrea capturing Kelamet and threatening Cheren’s fortified rail hub. In Somaliland the Italians reportedly demoralized as south and west African troops overrun the region. RAF raids claim damage to a bridge and airbase as the war spreads across east Africa.
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Cairo
Egypt
Red Sea
Eritrea
Kelamet
Cheren
Cubeub
Kelament
Asmara
Bardera
Juba
Soma
Ohne Gy
Aee
Ferrandi
Juba Valley
Baroe
Isola Baidoa
Mana
el Agheila
Agedabia
el Aghella
A Bothare
Bengal
RAF
Awasha
Topia
M Seven
Kenya
Mogadiscio
Somaliland
Merca
Pageton Mine To Continue Operation
Page Coal and Coke company will comply with a mine department order for rock dusting its Pageton mines and employing fire bosses. Company counsel said no decision had been made on appealing Judge Card's ruling on the mines department power to close operations for noncompliance.
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Page Coal and Coke Company
Mine Department
Pageton
Per- D. J. F. Strother
Welch
T. H. S. Card
Mines Department
British Turkish talks end with full Balkan accord
Eden and Turkish leaders wrap up conferences in Ankara reporting full agreement on all Balkan and eastern Mediterranean points. Sir Stafford Cripps heads from Moscow to Ankara to discuss Soviet relations as British foreign policy pivots toward Russia.
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Associated Press
Ankara
Turkey
Britain
Balkans
Mediterranean
Obsrvers
Soviet Russia
Anthony Eden
Sir Stafford Cripps
Russia
Moscow
Soviet Union
Balkan
Sir Stafford
Istanbul
Eden
Cairo
Greece
Roosevelt Lends Support to Lend Lease at Hollywood Dinner
President Roosevelt, speaking by radio from the White House to the annual motion picture awards dinner in Hollywood, urged Congress to quickly pass the lend-lease bill as vital to hemispheric defense. He said the defense of democracies in the Americas and beyond hinges on safeguarding liberty against force and terror.
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Taft
Chandler
D. Ky
England
Ohio
United States
Brisa William Knudsen
Office
Treasury
Morgenthau
Stephen Early
Roosevelt
Wheeler
Washington
Congress
White House
Hollywood
Calif
Americas
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Buffalo
Lackawanna Plant
Hurt
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Georgia
Jesse Rosenfield
New Orleans
N. Hansell
Bronx
Byron
Clark
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Commerce Department
McCarran
CAA
Thata
Civil Aeronautics Board
Ponte
Bender
Gomentee
EAL
Charlotte
N. C
Rickenbacker
Georgia Baptist Hospital
Ere
Piedmont
H. A. A. New York Times
Short Hills
N. J
Make Community Chest Fund
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Germany
Solon
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Brown
Mich
Texas
Chavez
N. M
Ator Taft
Great Britain
Ohioan
Liquor Board
Sukru Saracoglu
Libya
Pageton Mine
John G. Dill
Imperial General Staff
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