Hitler Replaces Schacht with Funk at Reichsbank
Adolf Hitler dumps Hjalmar Schacht as president of the Reichsbank and installs Economics Minister Walther Funk to tighten Nazi control. The move signals accelerated credit inflation, US trade limits, and broader economic shifts as Goering leads the four-year plan.
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Melvin K. Whiteleather
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht
Reichsbank
Walther Funk
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Schacht
United States
Germany
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Department of Commerce
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Kans
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South America
George Rublee
Nistru
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Pictorial Review to Suspend Publication
The Pictorial Review Company announced that Pictorial Review magazine will suspend publication after the current issue leaving readers without the monthly art and society current affairs magazine from New York.
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Pictorial Review
Roosevelt backs Guam naval improvements amid pacific policy doubt
President Roosevelt endorsed legislation for naval improvements at Guam while keeping fortification open to changing world conditions. Observers view Guam as a diplomatic move to influence Japan, though the president denied linking it to a Pacific confrontation. The plan includes $5 million on Guam within a $65 million aviation base measure and other shore and barracks upgrades near Tokyo.
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Jan
Roosevelt
Guam
Pacific Island
Japan
Far East
Pacific
United States
Naval Air Bases
Senate House
Fac
Marine Barracks
Tokyo
Philippines
Congress
Hepburn Board
Advance in Pennsylvania crude oil prices announced
Jan 20 report notes a nine to twelve cent rise in Pennsylvania crude oil prices. The increase is the first upward swing since 1937 announced by the Joseph purchasing agency of the South Penn Oil Company.
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Oitebeegh
Pennsylvania
Joseph Purchasing Agency
South Penn Oil Company
Senate OKs relief funds with winter work force guard
A Senate appropriations subcommittee cut Roosevelt WPA relief to 725 million while adding a rule limiting work relief roll reductions to five percent before April 1. The action preserves most funding and keeps winter relief nearly intact, widening the clash over annual WPA allocations. President Roosevelt had asked for 875 million. debate continues in the full committee.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Byrnes
8. C
Subcommittee
WPA
Paramount Quits Raft in a Studio Squabble
Paramount movie officials announced George Raft's contract was canceled after he objected to villain roles and refused the lead in Magnificent Fraud. Raft said he would freelance, as Paramount claimed the studio was quitting him under a $4,250 weekly deal ending mid February.
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Hollywood
Calif
Paramount Movie Studio
George Raft
Raft
Paramount
Nurse from Moundsville dies in suspected suicide
Coroner Bobes reports Mary Nelson a 27 year old nurse from Moundsville Wheeling West Virginia died today after swallowing poison. He found notes in a hotel room indicating self harm and she was unconscious.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Mary Nelson
Moundsville
Bobes
Mitchell Case Set Back to January 28
J C Mitchell of Bluefield was convicted of unlawful wounding by a Mercer County jury in Princeton. The case was postponed to Saturday January 28 for arguments on a motion to set aside the verdict. Mitchell remains in jail after the four hour deliberation and verdict. Kenneth Dawson of Bluefield was the injured party in the June 11 street fight at Lee and Franklin streets.
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J. C. Mitchell
Bluefield
Mercer
Princeton
John M. McGrath
Mitchell
Kenneth Dawson
Lee and
Franklin Streets
Hopkins Target for Hot Attack
Two Democratic senators said they would vote to confirm Harry Hopkins as secretary of commerce and criticized the WPA. Sen, Tydings and others argued the fight was political, while Norris defended Hopkins amid charges of political misuse of relief funds.
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New Deal
Senate
Harry Hopkins
WPA
Hopkins
Gillette
Iowa
Tydings
Maryland
Roosevelt
Holt
W. Va
Brdiges
N. H
Walsh
Mass
Norris Ind
Barkley
McKellar
Tenn
Sheppard
Tex
Norris
Nis
Chamber
Roosevelt Interested in Large Coal Storage Plan
President Roosevelt expressed deep interest in a plan to store 100,000,000 tons of coal as a wartime emergency supply. Representative Edmiston said the plan would store coal underwater to prevent deterioration and keep it near major industrial centers for rapid truck transport in an emergency.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Edmiston
W.va
White House
Arita Affirms Japanese Plan of New East Asia Order
Japanese Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita defended Tokyo's push for a new order in East Asia in his annual policy address. He blamed international opposition on selfish motives and status quo aims, and pledged steps to cut arms shipments to China while protecting Japan's vested rights in the Siberian fishing dispute with the Soviet Union amid pending renewal talks.
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Tokyo
Hachiro Arita
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United States
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Soviet Union
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Indo-China
Siberian
Portsmouth
Honaker's Will Terms Revealed In Probate
The will of Bluefield real estate owner Robert W. Honaker dated January 3 1938 with a January 11 1939 codicil was admitted to probate in Bluefield yesterday. He died in Bluefield on Tuesday. The Flat Top National Bank Bluefield through Guy H Law was named executor and trustee with K B Thomas Easley and B W Dillon as appraisers. The estate faces heavy indebtedness with speculation on net value and insurance coverage possibly exceeding $200000, while personal effects go to his son W C Honaker and nominal bequests to Robert W Honaker Jr and Gladys H Sherman.
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Robert W. Honaker
Bluefield
Honaker
Flat Top National Bank of
Guy H. Lawhead
K. B. Thomas
Easley
B. W. Dillon
George Richardson, Jr
Hopaker
Rebels Seize Key Road Centers in Spain Drive
Insurgents announced the capture of Igualada and Vendrell, two strategic towns near Barcelona, as four invading forces advance toward the city. Calaf also fell, cutting government lines as Barcelona braces for a tense stand. Women volunteer in large numbers behind the lines, taking over men’s tasks.
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Hendaye
France
Eggeht
Seer
Igualada
Vendrell
Barcelona
Spain
Villanueva
Menresa
Mediterranean
Villa Franca
Trent Attacks School Aid Formula in West Virginia
Charleston W Va January 20 State Superintendent W W Trent criticized the administrations school aid formula calling it centralization to the inth degree He disputed rumors about higher teacher salaries nine month terms and local autonomy asserting the bill contains no guaranteed raises and may reduce county funds See Page 12
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Charleston
W. Va
W. W. Trent
Mystery Woman Receives One Third Ruppert Fortune
Helen Winthrope Weyant, a former chorus girl from Winthrop Massachusetts, is named one third of Col. Jacob Ruppert’s fortune in his will admitted to probate. The estate is valued at tens of millions with bequests to two nieces, Lenox Hill Hospital, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Mystery Woman
Col. Ruppert
Scott Hershey
New York
Col
Jacob Ruppert
Helen Winthrope Weyant
Winthrop
Mass
Anthrope Wayne
Colonel Ruppert
Helen Ruppert Silleck
Joseph Halloran
Ruth Rita Silleck
J. Basil McGuire
Greenwich
Conn
Lenox Hill Hospital
Coleoe
Pies Metropolitan Museum
Figures Given to Legislature Sets 12 Million Biennial Budget
The 12 million figure frames a pared 62.45 million budget bill for the coming biennium with reductions in secondary roads and relief. Gov Holt argues no general salary increases and notes supplemental appropriations include 750 thousand for a nine month school term. He warns a cash overdraft risk but outlines steps to eliminate it.
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Charleston
W. Va
Holt
O’brien
Drawings ridiculing Roosevelt seized by Boston police
Boston detectives seized pen and ink drawings ridiculing President Roosevelt destined for distribution at a Boston dinner. Police Commissioner J4 Timility said he would seek warrants for obscene literature, asserting officials should respect the office of the president.
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Boston
Roosevelt
Deat
United States
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