Impeachment Push in Bridges Case Targets Frances Perkins
A House resolution seeks the impeachment of Labor Secretary Frances Perkins and James L. Hough. Rep. Thomas and Gerard Speen push the measure to the House Judiciary Committee for an immediate hearing. Perkins calls for a hearing to reveal facts of the Bridges case and related deportation matters.
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Washington
Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins
Miss Perkins
James L. Houghoe
Gerard Speen
Rep. Thomas
House Judiciary Committee
Congress
Bridges
Bridge
House Committee On un-American Activities
Thomas
Communist Party
Jor@M. Strecker
Supreme Court
United States
CIO backs new UAW president amid impeachment drive
The CIO endorsed the international executive board of the United Auto Workers led by acting president P. J. Thomas. The statement accuses Homer Martin of flouting the UAW constitution and defying board decisions after a factional split and a purge of 15 members.
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Hillman
Martin
Auto Workers Union
Washington
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
P. J. Thomas
Murray
International
Homer Martin
Phillip Murray
Sydney Hillman
UAW
Murray-Hillman
United Automobile Workers America
Long Confab
CIO 2B
Sorees
Dowell Slayer Faces 18 Years in Prison
Alvin Gilbert was found guilty by a McDowell County jury of second degree murder in the slaying of T. R. Graham. The jury, after less than an hour of deliberation, recommended the maximum 18 year term. Sentencing was scheduled for today.
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Welch Bureau Daily Telegraph
Alvin Gilbert
T. R. Graham
McDowell County
Pri
Driving Snow and Fog Paralyze Roads in West Virginia
A heavy snowstorm blanketed Bluefield to Norton and Williamson with up to 15 inches in places. Temperatures around 30 at midnight marked dangerous travel with sleet forming on city streets and forecasts predicting worsening conditions into Tucker county and surrounding Appalachian regions.
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Bluefield
Norton and
Williamson
Charleston
W. Va
Tucker County
State Road Commission
High Appalachian Range
Preston
Pocahontas
Farthburg
Relief figures disputed in heated WPA funding debate
Senators clash over proposed WPA funding as administration claims relief needs are understated and Republicans accuse figures of being inflated. A Senate vote on 875 million versus 725 million for February to June triggers warnings that major relief cuts could deprive millions by June, with claims of accounting discrepancies and potential later requests.
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Washington
Senate
McWellar
D. Tenn
Glass
D Va
Appropriations Committee
Adams
Colo
Col
F. C. Harrington
WPA
Mystery crash of Imperial Airways Cavalier baffling investigators
The Cavalier flying boat vanished with four engines silent off the Maryland coast after a long gulf stream ordeal. Captain M Rowland Alderson, rescued with nine others, rejects ice as cause and calls the mystery unsolved as investigators probe strange static and unseen forces.
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New York
British Air Ministry Tonight
Imperial Airways
Cing
M. Rowland Alderson
Gulf Stream
Maryland
Esso Baytown
Lifting Of Arms Banks Studied
President Roosevelt said he was asked if he sought an attorney general opinion on lifting the embargo. He directed the inquirer to the state department noting lawyers have studied the issue for some time. Congress could amend the law prohibiting shipments of war materials to Spain at any time.
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Washington
Roosevelt
State Department
Congress
Spain
Third confession in Mercer county robbery case announced
Sheriff Crumpecker said Estil Williams confessed to his role in the Pine safe robbery and led officers to loot buried at his Princeton home. Diamonds and rings were recovered. Floyd Gardiner implicated three others and a woman, detailing plans for two previous robberies and naming Goldie Eads as the informant. Williams, Gardiner, and others were arrested. loot found at a vacant Circle street lot.
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Mercer
Estil Williams
Princeton
Crumpecker
Mercer County
Floyd Gardiner
L. A
Gardiner
Williams
Willie Washington
Bob Mitchell
Reeton
Willie
McComash
Cty
C. C. Elmore
C. C. Christian
G. T. Davis, Jr
H. E. Martin
A. P. Co
Circle Street
Shooting of Pioneer Movie Magnate Bared
Police disclosed the shooting of Jules Brulatour 68 husband of actress Hope Hampton in his Park avenue apartment late Sunday. Officers sought the gun concealed bullet removed from his neck and checks on weapon ownership as reports delayed. The victim, a New Orleans born pioneer in film, was taken to a hospital.
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New York
Jules Brulatour
New Orleans
Police Nab Youth in Gas Station Robbery
Police arrested eighteen year old Alex Machinsky after a break in at a Tyree Service Station on S'rviceton avenue was reported. Machinsky confessed to robberies at five filling stations Sunday night and five cars Monday, directing officers to a cache near Bel cher Lumber yard containing items from L. Cowan of Cleveland.
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Alex Machinsky
Tyree
Harry Tyree
Bob Oliver
Princeton Avenue
New York City
Giles Street
Charles Conway
S’rviceton Avenue
Land
Oliver
Machinsky
Ae An
Belcher Lumber Yard
East End
L. Cowan
Cleveland
Matz Hotel
City Board Approves Bus Route Change Plan
The city board approved a plan to consolidate routes on the West End and South Bluefield line with a ten minute schedule and a new bus to serve Lee street to Oakhurst avenue. The project eliminates Federal street and begins Sunday with service from Chicago House Furnishings to College Avenue.
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Princeton Avenue
West End
Wwetreet
Bluefield State Teachers’ College
Evans
Owel Lowder
Holt measures on house floor in West Virginia
In Charleston West Virginia on January 24 a new push emerged for constitutional reform to replace justices of the peace with summary courts. The judiciary committee reported a resolution for the amendment and the House education committee split twelve to six to back a plan guaranteeing 45 percent of the school foundation program with local funding tied to 1938 assessment revenues.
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Justices of Peace
Charleston
W. Va
Holt
House
Judiciary Committee
House Education Committee
W. W. Trent
Finance Committee
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Mine truck driver's dream proves fatal for him
Wilmington Delaware January 24 4 A dream that something was wrong with the trailer truck he helped to operate cost the life of Earl G Grigg of Cherryville North Carolina today State police reported Grigg asleep in the cab of the truck then the relief driver Lawrence Stoup suddenly jumped to the running board slipped and rolled under the wheels He died before he could speak further about the dream.
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Wilmington. del
Earl G. Grigg
Cherryville
N. C
Grieg
Lawrence Stoup
Grigg
Lyric Theatre Fire in Marion Damages Film Showing
The Lyric theatre in Marion Indiana caught fire during a showing of Too Hot to Handle. The fire caused an unofficial loss estimated at 100000 dollars.
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Marion
Ind
Lyric Theatre
Insurgent Advance Halts Near Barcelona Center
From Hendaye France Jan 24 AP dispatches report Franco forces reaching within a mile and a half of Barcelona as insurgents seize Prat De Llobregat airdrome and push toward the city. Government refugees flood northward amid bread shortages and dwindling ammo as trains halt and cities brace for fall.
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Hendaye
France
Franco
Barcelona
Prat de Llobregat
Britain and France Fear Spanish Rebel Victory
London reports anxiety in government and opposition over a Franco victory in Barcelona. Prime Minister Chamberlain meets Labor leaders while upholding a non intervention policy as Fascist and Nazi powers bolster their positions and warn against intervention.
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Francisco Pranco
Barcelona
Spain
Chamberlain
Britain
France
Anthony Fden
Rome
Franco
Capita
Leslie Hore- Belisha
Samuel Hoare
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