Young Republicans draft 1940 policies at West Virginia meet
Eighty clubs plan to send delegates to the off year conference in Fairmont with the aim of adopting 1940 policies and shaping the year’s campaign. P G Meador of Charleston heads the resolutions committee. Missouri Representative Dewey Short slated to speak. A C Schiffler of Wheeling also to address attendees.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Young Republican League of West Virginia
Resolutions Committee
P. G. Meador
Charleston
Dewey Short
Missouri
Russell G. Nesbitt
Wheeling
Resolutions
Nesbitt
de Navenson
Chicago
Oumunia
Donald W. Hornbeck
Cleveland
National Federation of Young Republican Clubs
A. C. Schiffler
Robert H
Roosevelt Tax Talk 15 Scored by Rep. Treadway
Washington reports Rep. Treadway of Massachusetts denounced Roosevelt’s defense tax plan as camouflage for extravagance. He argued balancing the budget requires cutting expenditures and warned that higher taxation would cause hardship. He urged financing defense costs on a strict basis with a potential increase in annual military outlays.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treadway
Mass
Massachusetts
House
Ways and Means Committee
Tors
Anden
R. Mich
Caigrens
Dcrease
E Lee Trinkle Dies Suddenl y
Former Virginia governor E Lee Trinkle 63 died in Richmond of pulmonary edema. A Shenandoah Life Insurance president, he had just attended a state education board meeting and traveled from Roanoke. Survived by widow Helen Ball Sexton and four children, the Roanoke-born leader was a longtime Virginia Democrat.
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Richmond
E. Lee Trinkle
Virginia
Democratic Party of Virginia
Trinkle
Shenandoah Life Insurance Company
Roanoke
Democratic Party
Capitol Hill
State Board of Education
Helen Ball Sexton
E. Lee, Jr
James
Wytheville
Shenandoah
U S Studies Action On Blockade Protest
In 1915 Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan urged caution as Germany pressed a blockade policy. Bryan insisted the United States, then neutral, would not approve allied retaliation and held Britain and France liable for damages to American interests. Officials suggested the stance would firm up until Great Britain lifted the sea zone order set in November.
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W— Stade
William Jenning Bryan
the & Man
Germany
Bryan
United States
Britain
France
Great Britain
Iain
Democrats Weigh Short Sweet Session Amid Defenses Tariff Justice Seat
Washington suspects a coming congress clash over national defense and extending the Roosevelt tariff program beyond next June. Administrative hopes point to a brief, harmonious session, but a vacancy on the Supreme Court and the Butler tax issue could reopen party rifts. Attorney General Murphy is a likely Supreme Court nominee.
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Congress
Butler
Roosevelt
Frank Murphy
Davidson Home Fund Seeks Remaining Donors
The Davidson Home restoration fund shows a shortfall with multiple listed donors and small contributions. Notable names include Mrs. D. B. Prench and Jos L. Newland as contributors from the city, totaling $538.00.
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Davidson Home Restoration Fund
D. B. Prench
Jos L. Newland
City
Daughters of Eee
Jimmie Rantis
Berlin war raid harms British ships and losses reported
International At-a-Glance reports Berlin bombs hit four British warships in a mass air raid and the high command admits seven planes lost on the Western front. A submarine claimed destroyed and a large North Sea raid noted while neutrals protest the British blockade.
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Associated Press
Berlin
DNB
High Command
Western Front
Seeener
North Sea
Ade Toky Office
Germany
Iron High Command
Ee Ee
State Welfare Chiefs Protest in Public Welfare Policy
State welfare administrators from Arkansas Alabama Georgia North Carolina Tennessee and West Virginia decry federal plans to dictate personnel standards for welfare programs The reaction follows a request by the national social security board to submit merit systems for welfare directors and commissioners
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Atlanta
National Social Security Board
Arkansas
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
North Carolina
West Virginia
Association of Edpantatretors
Nazi air attacks on North Sea ships and Orkney raid
German air raids hit British warships in the North Sea while feinting at naval points in Orkney and Shetland. The Admiralty said no direct hits or casualties occurred despite bombs dropped. Britain seeks mine defenses as Royal Navy calls on deepsea fishermen to sweep mines.
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Robert FE. Bunnelle
London
North Sea
Orkney and
Shetland Islands
Mense
Batte
Royal Navy
Clydeside
Scotland
Air Ministry
Trojans Drive On Toward Rose Bowl
Southern California remained unbeaten and moved toward another Rose Bowl as they defeated Notre Dame 20-12 before 56,000 at South Bend. Cornell buried Penn 26-0 to claim an eastern Ivy crown while Duke and Clemson won, and Texas A and M Ohio State claimed sectional titles with others gaining or sharing conference honors across the nation.
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Southern California
Notre Dame
Cornell
United
Downs
Penn
New York
Missouri
Texas A
Ohio State
Clemson
Duke
Oregon
South Bend
Philadelphia
Cle
Banks McFadden
Furman
Aggies
Associated Press
Southern Methodist
Baylor
Tom Harmon
Michigan
Ann Arbor
Big Ten
Iowa
Hawkeyes
Northwestern
Nile Kinnick
Yale
Harvard
Penn State
Pitt
Howard Stanley
Tiger End
Princeton
Navy
Columbia
Esne
Carnegie Tech
Villanova
Manhattan
Boston College
Kansas State
George Washington
Bucknell
Lafayette
Lehigh
Tulane
Tennessee
Sewanee
Caro
Kentucky
Georgia Tech
Florida
Auburn
Georgia
Mi State
Error in Life Sentence Report Corrected in Court
Nov. 25 report notes a court error where a reporter misstated life sentences. Judge Frank Day denied mercy after pleas from two young women, reaffirming a 14 month term instead of a life sentence.
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Girdend
Loder
Frank
Day
Phabet
Huntington Vice Dens Quiet After Police Raids
Huntington West Virginia and city officials report a large shutdown of gambling halls bootleg joints and vice dens after a wave of raids by state police sheriff deputies and liquor agents in which 59 raids led to 139 arrests. A private investigator aided by local groups helped build the case amid political tension and calls for action.
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Huntington’s Vice Dens
Huntington
W. Va
West Virginia
Pers
Sta
George R. Seamonds
Seclean
Lon H. Whitten
Seamonds
E. E. Winters, Jr
Order of Police
Coupe
Independ
Winters
Common Pleas
H. Clay Worth
Huntington Ministerial Association
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Good Government Association
Mary Hubert Ellis
Rene Rev. Ellis
Oe Jaw A
Chinese Deny Loss of City of Nanning
Chinese and Hongkong reports state the Nanning city remains under Chinese control and not fallen. Army headquarters in Chungking had denied the city’s loss earlier in the day while Kwangsi forces emphasize holding positions and using time and space to their advantage on the strategic highway to French China.
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Hongkong
Kwangsi
Chungking
Nanning
China
McNutt Orders Survey to Hike Federal Security Agency Efficiency
Paul V. McNutt directed a survey of the Federal Security Agency to assess administrative costs and efficiency with potential reorganization. The review may consider replacing a major member with a single director and will examine whether five Roosevelt era PSA agencies follow best practices.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
Federal Security Agency
Harper
Roosevelt
PSA
Social Security Board
National Youth Administration
Civilian Conservation
Arthur J. Altmeyer
George E. Bigge
Ellen 8. Woodward
Edison Reports Navy Short Of Trained Officers and Men
Acting Secretary Charles Edison said the expanding navy faced a shortage of trained officers and sailors and needed more auxiliary vessels. He noted 8 671 line officers were required for all ships but only 6 877 were on active list, with many crews under full complement. Edison blamed Congress for insufficient funding and outlined progress on warship construction and commissions.
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Edison
Navy
Washington
Charles Edison
Roosevelt
Congress
Germans Claim Four Warships Hit by Bombers
Berlin reports Nazi bombing planes struck four British warships in the North Sea about 560 miles from the German coast. The German news agency says planes returned safely after the attack despite heavy anti aircraft fire. The British admiralty notes two bombing attacks in the afternoon with no hits or casualties.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Nazi Germany
North Sea
DNB
Germans Claim See Page Two Dutch Face Glum Future Outlook
In The Hague on November 25 neutral Dutch leaders and rich merchants watch Royal soldiers and guns move around the square. Britain’s blockade threat looms over Dutch shipping while the country mobilizes nearly half a million troops. Diplomats fear the coming war but admit they do not know what will unfold.
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Hague
Netherlands
Holland
Britain
Germany
Os Heronal Omague
Conto
Amsterdam
World Court of International Jus
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