Retail Trade Gains Billion in First Half of 1939
The Commerce Department reports a six month retail turnover of 17.9 billion dollars, up six percent from 1938. Auto sales boosted gains while prices fell about 2.5 percent for general merchandise and 3.5 percent for food. Consumers bought durable goods totaling 4.3 billion, with strong demand in lumber, hardware, furniture, and department store sectors.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Europe
Stout
U S Seeks New Belgian Trade Pact
Acting Secretary Sumner Welles announced formal intention to negotiate a pact with Belgium covering the Belgo Luxembourg economic union and the Belgian Congo. The Committee for Reciprocity invites views with hearings starting October 2 and briefs due by September 16. A long list of articles for negotiation was released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Belgium
Sec
Sumner Welles
Belgo-Luxemburg
Belgian Congo
Welles
Treasury check for 61 dollars bounces in Hampden County
Sheriff Manning queried a U S treasury check for 61 20 that bounced for insufficient funds payment for the keep of four federal prisoners in the county jail. First Assistant Deputy Marshal Ralph Gray in Boston said the check was drawn under former U S Marshal Murphy who closed accounts on June 30. A new check will be issued against successor Henry Goguen.
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Springfield
Mass
David J. Manning
Hampden County
Uncle Sam
U. S. Treasury
Ralph Gray
Boston
U. S
John J. Murphy
Henry Goguen
Workers Protest Against WPA Cuts Nationwide Demonstrations Planned
The Workers Alliance of America denounces a new WPA security wage schedule cutting $9 from the $60 monthly pay of 1,000,000 unskilled workers. David Lasser calls Sept 11 national job hunt day as 650,000 furloughed WPA workers seek work with WPA Commissioner Harrington urged to rescind the measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Workers’ Alliance of America Today
WPA
Alliance
Harrington
Congress
David Lasser
Five States Act To Halt Decline Of Crude Prices
Oklahoma City report notes five oil producing states join a shutdown strike to stop falling crude prices. Louisiana Kansas Arkansas New Mexico Texas order closures of wells and production, with governors stating two week shutdowns and broad operator support amid price slashes.
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Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arkansas
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma City
United
Louisiana
John E. Miles
A. A. Andreas
Earl K. Long
Okla
PWA Reduces Forces by Half in Aggressive Cutback
Washington announces a 50 percent reduction in Public Works Administration staff across field and office posts, with 5,208 of 10,417 employees slated for dismissal starting September. The bituminous coal division loses 43 top-paid workers, and WPA aims to shrink total rolls to about 1.5 million by next spring amid stalled congressional lending-spending measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Public Works Administration
WPA
John M. Carmody
Federal Works Administrator
Sec
Ickes
Roosevelt
Bituminous Coal Commission
Interior Department
Commission
Carmody
Congress
Roosevelts Consent to Divine Heavens Near Hyde Park
President Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt consented to Father Divine buying a second heaven estate near Hyde Park, a 700 acre Van derbilt property, with plans to convert it into an arboretum for public use. Divine seeks staff suite but public museum access on the main floor. Divine already owns a 500 acre heaven upriver and multiple properties in New York and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roosevelt
Father Divine
God
Divine
John Lamb
Hyde Park
N. Y
Vanderbilt
Hudson
The
Howland Spencer
Manhattan Heavens
Evangelist
Madison Avenue
Upstate
Yonkers
New Rochelle
Newport, R. L
Chestnut Hills
Phila
Charleston Bid For WPA Offices Deemed Unacceptable
Administrator Joseph N. Alderson said Charleston bids for new state WPA headquarters were insufficient. Only two Charleston bids were received and one was withdrawn leaving a 12500 foot proposal, less than half the needed space. Huntington underbid Charleston by more than 75 percent in August bids opened by the Treasury division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph N. Alderson
Charleston
WPA
Alderson
Huntington
U. S. Treasury
Works Projects Administration
Treasury Division
Senators Triumph Over Canton 7 3 at Kanawha Park
The Charles ton Senators defeated Canton 7 to 3 at Kanawha Park to climb into third in the Middle Atlantic league pennant race. Willard Donovan pitched effectively after a rough inning, and the Senators benefited from Wild Lefty Greenlaw’s wildness as they built a lead they held. A doubleheader with Canton is set for tonight to decide the division standing before the next road trip.
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Charleston
Senators
Canton
Kanawha Park
Springfield
Youngstown
Indians
Akron
Portsmouth
Dayton
Wings
Erie
Cloudburst Traps 3,000 in Queens Subways
A freak cloudburst in Queens trapped 3,000 subway passengers across 15 trains, killing Carmine Manna and injuring two others as a wooden platform collapsed during the flood. The outage halted service for hours, disrupting New York City commuters and flooding basements, streets, and underpasses.
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New York
Queens
Manhattan
Queensborough
Grand Central Parkway
Carmine Manna
U.S. Plans Economic Aids for Peace Settlement with Hitler
Washington reports outline U.S. readiness to help Germany pursue a peaceful settlement economy. The approach centers on credits and trade measures to allow nations to buy and sell on equal terms, aiming to reduce the incentive for war through economic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
Uncle Sam
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Roosevelt
Hitler
U. S
Kuhn Denies He Is Nazi
The Dies committee resumed, watching Fritz Kuhn leader of the German American Bund deny being a Nazi. He testified the Bund has 20,000 to 25,000 members and up to 100,000 sympathizers, said records were destroyed on his order, and expressed aversion to William Dudley Pelley of the Silver Shirts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dies Committee
Starnes
Ala
Fritz Kuhn
Kuhn
New York
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirts
Squirrel Whisky Sold At Kansas Night Club Testimony
In Wichita witnesses described club patrons as cavorting cavemen and circus clowns. An awning maker testified the canopy failed under overactive customers after more than 20 cases of whisky were sold the opening night, while the canopy was built for ordinary use only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kas
Kansas
McPherson
Peace talks proceed as Danzig tensions rise
Polish and Nazi officials met at the League of Nations office in Dan zing today amid heightened tension after the killing of Polish Private Aleksander Rozanovski by Danzig border guards. Chancellor Hitler reportedly may weigh in as talks aim to avert a wider war over Danzig.
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Danzig
Kohling
Aleksander Rozanovski
Marion Chodacki
Arthur Greiser
Carl J. Burckhardt
League of Nations
Burckhardt
Adolf Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Free City
Beck
Chodacki
Warsaw
Joseph Beck
Germany
Poland
Baltic
Rozanovski
Price Morris Low Bidders on Streets
Construction firm from Huntington and Carl Morris of Charleston were the lowest bidders for remaining street projects totaling about 450000 dollars. Stellhorn Beightler company and McHugh Brothers followed with bids on units 4 8 and 5 7 for Florida Street First and O'Dell avenues and repaving several streets.
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Price Construction Company
Huntington
Carl Morris
Charleston
Stellhorn and Beightler Company
McHugh Brothers
PWA
Florida Street
First
O'Dell Avenues
Baines
Bradford
Elmwood
Laidley
French Protest Attack On Officer By Nazis
A French customs officer was beaten by two German soldiers in uniform. Paris demanded a swift German explanation and ordered a full investigation. Frontier inquiry suggested the attackers were German deserters. German border police assisted in identification.
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Paris
Germany
Foreign Ministry
Hitler and Aides Discuss Plans Amid War Prep
In Berlin Adolf Hitler met with Hermann Goering and Otto Dietrich while army units step up preparedness measures near the Polish frontier. Foreign Minister Ribbentrop met Hungary's Count Csaky to discuss neutrality and alliance prospects as reports arrive of fresh German troops arriving at Gleiwitz.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Danzig
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Alpine
Stefan Csaky
Hungary
Eld
Hermann Goering
Hitler
Otto Dietrich
Gleiwitz
Poland
Beuthen
FDR Asked to Set Groundhog Day Date
Bell County Attorney Walter B. Smith telegraphed President Roosevelt asking for a definite Groundhog Day date. He noted two schools of thought favor February 2 or February 14 and urged timing to avoid conflicts with Lincoln’s birthday and Washington’s birth day while also considering a Thanksgiving proclamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Bell County
Walter B. Smith
Roosevelt
Army Flanks Guardsmen and Captures High Command
A tank regiment breaches Washington defenses, capturing Brig. Gen. Amos W. W. Wood and Col. Frederick H. Winup as regulars cross the Occoquan under fog to within 200 yards of blue forces. Maryland and Virginia guard divisions suffer a major setback to a bold blue advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
National Guard
Uva
Amos W. W. Woodcock
58Th
Maryland) Infantry
Frederick H. Winup
104Th Medical Regiment
Blues
John Fulmer Bright
First Infantry
Virginia National Guard
5Th Engineers
Fort Belvoir
Occoquan River
Stonewall Jackson
Chancellorsville
Hindenburg
Tannenberg
Hannibal
Anni
Britain Sees Danzig Crisis as Serious but Not Alarming
London officials say the Danzig situation is serious but not alarming as Berlin rumors of an imminent development aim to pressure Poland. Britain suspects a war of nerves and fears a frontier incident could blow up, while Hitler is not deemed ready to use force immediately. Lord Halifax spoke with the Polish ambassador and discussed the broader crisis with the Labour leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
Danzig
Germany
Berlin
Poland
Adolf Hitler
Lord Halifax
Count Raczynski
Arthur Greenwood
Burckhardt
Yorkshire
East End Group Charts Objectives For City Improvement
East End Business Men’s association met to set first objectives including removing old streetcar tracks on Washington, instituting 30 minute parking, repaving Washington street, and establishing a postal substation. Long-term aims include rail crossing at New York Central and extending a dead-end street toward Kanawha street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East End
Washington Street
New York Central Railroad
1500 Square
Kanawha Street
Mayor Hayes Among 19 Guilty In Waterbury Fraud Case
Waterbury Connecticut mayor Frank Hayes and 18 other defendants were found guilty by a superior court jury of conspiring to defraud the city. The verdict came after more than seven hours of deliberation in a case that involved city officials state political figures businessmen and accountants.
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Waterbury
Conn
Frank Hayes
Connecticut
Hayes
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C. F. Sayre
Skaff
Edward Lampton
Lampton
Ferris Skaff
Bartlett Mortuary
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Harlem
Reich
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Price
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FDR
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