Holt urges nine month school term with cautious funding
West Virginia Governor Holt outlined a plan to seek a deficiency appropriation for schools from the next legislature while urging careful spending to keep nine months in the classroom. He noted revenue strains but believed the nine month goal could be met with prudent use of available funds and possible levy reallocations. The plan hinges on local decisions for immediate capital improvements and awaits legislative action for a broader building program.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Holt
R. B. Marscon
State Education Association
Marsm
E. A
Thermore
Cold weather slows warring Spanish armies on Ebro front
Winds and rain halt summer operations along the Ebro river in south Catalonia. Water froze in trenches as limited artillery duels continued in the Pandoes and Gaeta ranges. In Estremadura fighting persists south of the Zujar river while air forces clash and roads are bombed. Madrid gains ground after six mines blow insurgent fortifications in Carabanchel.
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Hendaye
Prince
Ebro
Catalonia
Pandoes
Gandesa
Gaeta
Estremadura
Spain
Zujar River
Almaden
Madrid
Italy Expels Postwar Jews Under Government Decree
Rome orders all Jews established in Italy since World War to leave within six months, applies to Libya and the Aegean Isles but not to East Africa, and revokes citizenship for those affected. The decree targets those born to Jewish parents and allows penalties for noncompliance, with limited property provisions and exemptions for foreign visitors.
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Italy
Rome
Libya
Aegean Isles
Mussolini
South Tyrol
Austria
Noth
Chinese claim repulse of Japanese forces on Yangtze line
Chinese commanders say they halted Japan's advances along the Yangtze front near Hankow and Kiukiang. They report counter-attacks recaptured Anshan and inflicted about 4,000 casualties as they defended Juichang and Hwangmei. Japanese counters along the Yangtze and Yellow rivers are described as progressing by officials in Tokyo.
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Yangtze Front
Shanghai
Yangtze Valley
Juichang
Hankow
Yang River
Anshan
Kent
Nanchang- Kiukiang
Yangtze River
Hwangmei
Kiukiang
China
Yangtze
Yellow River
Henan
Predas
Bernarr MacFadden Crashes Airplane in Practice
Bernarr MacFadden, 72, notable flying publisher, crashed his aircraft during a Bendix air race prep in Los Angeles. He was practicing landing at Union Air terminal when a quartering cross wind toppled the ship. he emerged unhurt.
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Los Angeles
Bernarr MacFadden
Cleveland
MacFadden
Union Air Terminal
Hull and Ickes Back Lewis In Maryland Senate Fight
Secretary Hull deflects domestic question while confirming support for Lewis in Maryland Senate race. Interior chief Ickes openly backs Lewis, saying he represents Maryland’s best interests against Tydings. Roosevelt ally Senator Loeb questions presidential intervention in primaries.
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Washington
Hul Heln
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
Tydings
David J. Lewis
Hull
Cotton Ed” Smith
South Carolina
Ickes
Lewis
Loan
George
Roosevelt
Maiden Springs to Vote on School Bond Issue
Residents of Maiden Springs district in Tazewell county will vote on a 90000 dollar school bond on September 30. Judge A C Buchanan ordered the election to use a PWA loan grant before the deadline. The project totals 248000 dollars with 47000 from state literary fund 111960 from PWA and 90000 from local residents for new high school Richlands 8 room Cedar Bluff 4 room Raver 5 room Cedar Bluff and Steelsburg additions.
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Maiden Springs
Tazewell County
Tazewell
A. C. Buchanan
PWA
State Literary Fund
Richlands
Cedar Bluff
Buil
Raver
Steelsburg
Love Potion Blamed in Missouri Girl Elopement
Assistant U S Attorney says a powerful love potion figured in the elopement of a 17 year old Missouri girl Doris Hisan with Nijib Toonie a 27 year old Arabian man from Iraq bound for marriage. Federal agents asked to prevent the voyage aboard the Normandie as warrants charge Toonie and his brother Kemal with violations of Maanco.
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St. Louis
U. S
Henry G. Morris
Missouri
Morris
Neosho
Bentonville
Ark
Nijib Toonie
America
An'aremen Arem
Normandie
Cooperative Bargaining Central in British Labor Study
American press dispatch reports a Roosevelt labor relations commission finding widespread cooperative bargaining in Britain. It cites minimal strikes, restrained unions and strong industry wide negotiations as key to avoiding industrial strife, with employers and unions bearing heavy responsibilities.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Commission On Labor Relations
Great Britain
Vandenberg Outlines Wagner Act Changes in Michigan
United States Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg outlines a five point program for rewriting the Wagner labor relations act during a Rotarians event in Grand Rapids Michigan. He argues prompt rational reconstruction is needed to avoid civil strife and economic decline. The plan calls for limiting strikes, preventing coercion, fair election access for bargaining agents, written contracts with penalties for breaches, and an impartial administrative board to ensure equal justice.
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R and
Rapids
Mich
United States
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Western Michigan
Tip Top Youth Fatally Shot While Hunting
James Harrison 18 of Tip Top Virginia died after a .22 caliber bullet fired by 11 year old Rolfe Evans struck him in the forehead during opening day hunting. Evans mistook Harrison for a squirrel, the shot occurred on Stony Ridge near Tip Top road. Harrison was transported to Dr. J. Won in Tazewell where he died.
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James Harrison
Tip Top
Vir- Scuemacenanien
Carl C. Gillespie
Frank Slater
Rolfe Evans
Harrison
J. Won
Tazewell
Stony Ridge
Tip Top Road
Evans
Ruble
North Tazewell
Hunter
Will Witten
Witten Mill
Young Evans
Dewey Evans
Norfolk
Navy to Form Atlantic 14-Ship Squadron This Week
Washington says a temporary Atlantic squadron of 14 ships will be formed immediately, seven 10 000 ton light cruisers and seven destroyers, led by Rear Admiral Forde A Todd. The force is for defensive training and to visit designated ports as part of a fleet problem parallel to upcoming Atlantic war games.
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Washington
Forde A. Todd
Atlantic
Pacific
William D
Naval One
Panama Canal
New York
Roosevelt
Labor row threatens Pittsburgh welcome to Corrigan
Labor controversy disrupts the opening of Allegheny county sesquicentennial events. Union carpenters quit the decoration work claiming pattern makers were used to erect arches, threatening to cancel marching bands under the arches and jeopardizing two major parades honoring Corrigan and the celebration.
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Pittsburgh
Douglas
Corrigan
Allegheny County
Defense highlights Dixies trysts with showgirl in Hines trial
In New York today the defense framed Hope Dare and J Richard Davis as key witnesses in the James J. Hines policy racket case. Lloyd Paul Stryker argued District Attorney Dewey used Davis as inducement to turn state’s evidence, while Davis testified about visits to Hope Dave’s apartment with detectives present and the absence of nudity.
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New York
Hope Dare
J. Richard
Dixie) Davis
Tammany
James J. Hines
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Thomas E. Dewey
Davis
Hines
Dutch Schultz
Dewey
Stryker
Hope Dave
Schultz
Dave
Mexico Rejects Hull Demands on Expropriated Lands
Mexico City reports President Lazaro Cardenas rejects U S Secretary Hull demand to halt expropriation without immediate compensation. He reaffirms Mexico’s agarian reform policy and insists payment to expropriated oil firms will cover actual investments only.
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Mexico City
Lazaro Cardenas
Mexico
Hull
Congress
Cardenas
United States
Typhoon Toll and Damage Reported Across Japan
Tokyo reports at least 34 dead and widespread damage after a 175 mph typhoon. Many injured or missing, with 100 million yen in damage and 5 million yen to shipping in Yokohama. Schools closed, housing collapses, and floods left thousands homeless.
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Tokyo
Japan
Yokohama
Maebashi
Farley Urges Maine To Line Up With Nation
James A. Farley national chairman urges Maine to vote Democratic on September 12 at a Colby College rally. He says the state must get in step with the rest and warns opponents will use the election to bolster arguments for the next presidential race.
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Waterville
James A. Farley
Maine
Mae
Colby College
Conference at Berchtesgaden shapes Sudeten crisis
Henlein returns from Berchtesgaden bearing Hitler's rejection of part of Hodar's plan for a three month truce and new counter proposals. Hitler and Nazi leaders discuss Czech German tensions as Ribbenstrp and Henderson confer with Britons on peace. Further results expected Friday night.
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Berchtesgaden
Germany
Konrad Henlein
Czechoslovakia
Adolf Hitler
Czech
Hitler
Milan Hodar
Runciman Appeals to Hitler for Peace Mediation
Viscount Runciman, Britain's mediator in the Czechoslovak German crisis, reportedly sent a personal peace appeal to Adolf Hitler through Konrad Henlein. The message urged continuance of negotiations on Sudeten German demands, as Henlein delivered it to Hitler at his Bavarian retreat. London circles call the move significant and uncertain, with possible outcomes including renewed talks or threatened war if no agreement is reached.
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London
Viscount Runciman
Britain
Hitler
Runciman
Czechoslovakia
Helein
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