Prompt Pay For Defense Hopes Of No Tax Increase
President Roosevelt outlined a pay as you go defense funding plan and noted it might not require higher overall taxes due to self liquidating expenditures. He added defense costs could be covered by budget adjustments and stressed national defense remains crucial though not all costs are self liquidating. Ambassadors Summer Welles and envoys to Italy, Germany, and France joined in the briefing as Roosevelt discussed European developments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Biephen
Eedreetinie
Jal
Wld
Warm Springs
Summer Welles
Roose Fanos Welt
Louis Johnson
Pro
Tha U
William Philipa
Hugh Wilson
William C. Buiilt
Italy
Germany
France
Human Cobra Executed in Austria for Four Murders
Vienna report says Marita Marek dubbed a human cobra was executed for killing her husband, daughter, aunt, and a boarder. She faced Nazi press sexism during trial after Nazification in Austria and denied all charges including severing her husband’s leg for a $16,000 life policy. Her coercive trial witnessed her wheel into court daily. official notes do not specify execution method.
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Vienna
Marita Marek
Aaatria
Aurirl
Alrented
Frau
Marek
Ohio Governor Denies Intervening in Hahn Execution
Columbus reports Gov. Davey refused to intervene in the scheduled electric chair death of Anna Marie Hahn, the Bavarian-born Cincinnati poisoner. Hahn expressed grief as preparations at Ohio Penitentiary laid groundwork for the first woman executed in state history, while her 12 year old son Oscar visited and cried.
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Columbus
Anna Marie Hahn
Martin L. Davey
Cincinnati
Ohio
Davey
Hahn
Jacob Wagner
Mars
New Haven
Conn
Mr Hahn
Ohio Penitentiary
Oscar
James C. Woodard
John Sullivan
Peebles Delays Fund Warfare Mobilizes 100 Troops
H. L. Peebles, newly appointed Community Fund general, announces a further day of preparation before troops move on a $30,000 deficit. He vows to age the contribution cards to show what every employed Charleston resident gave, noting hundreds were not solicited and promising contact by Friday.
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H. L. Peebles
Community Fund
Businessman Named To Succeed McKee On City Council
Harry Silverstein was elected by the city council to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Richard A. McKee as representative of the 14th ward. The vote was 17 to 3. The council also set actions including 18 fire plugs for a special committee, authorized Mayor Dawson to seek a rate reduction with the West Virginia Water Service Co, and began an ordinance to join the state worker compensation fund. Nominated by O. A. Vandine, Silverstein is vice president of Midwest Steel and led the municipal auditorium citizens' committee. A recess was taken to next Monday after proposals honoring veteran councilmen. Mayor Dawson and council debated adequate loading zones near a Kanawha Street liquor store to allow “Christmas spirit” to prevail.
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Harry Silverstein
Richard A. McKee
Kanawha City
Moyor Dawson
West Virginia Water Service Company
Workme
Vandine
Silverstein
Midwest Steel Corporation
Municipal Audiorium Citizens’ Committee
O. A. Vandine
Harry Mathewa
Tully
Kanawha Street
Nine Measures Drafted By Interim Committee
The Interim committee finished nine bills and began work on a tenth permanent registration law to curb election irregularities. Senators and delegates stayed late and plan to reconvene to complete the registration proposal. The group also revised school town planning, tax levies, garnishment limits for state and private employees, parole and probation laws, and a constitutional amendment to replace the justice of the peace system with summary courts. Registrations would be valid across elections, with biennial checks and transfers for movers.
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Do Wi
Assessor Warning on West Virginia Valuation System
Gov Holt urged assessors to guard against weak links in county controlled property taxes while opposing centralization. He warned that state control of assessments could push toward centralized government, noting tax limits shifted funds to state roads and schools. Banquet speakers will address delinquent property and annual officer elections.
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West Virginia
Holt
Aska Thera
Beoka” Holt
State Education Association
Rulier Hotel
Ernest K." James
Edgar B. Sims
Fred Siai
Mingo County
Split in Tribunal Makes Will Valid
The Supreme Court by a 2 2 split left standing the purported $250 000 will of Ed C Lukens, a wealthy Randolph County landowner who died August 28 1926 in Harrisonburg Virginia. The carbon copy will was executed August Sat Moorefield and left $18 000 to Macle Bennett Brake Lukens first wife 7500 to Antinecle William Crigier and the rest to Salle Lukens his second wife and three nephews. Mrs Brake and Crigier sued to overturn the will.
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Supreme Court
Ed C. Lukens
Lst
Lukens
Randolph County
Harrizons Burg, Va
Moorefield
Macle Bennett Brake
Luken
Antinecle
William Crigier
Salle Lukens
100000 Jews Seek Refuge In Americal
Berlin reports an appeal to President Roosevelt to grant temporary refuge in the United States for 100000 German Jews. Other items note anti Jewish campaigns in Romania and Germany with Goebbels and Der Angriff reacting to perceived Jewish influence. Economic ministry orders Jews to surrender valuables. American Jews and wealth flight discussed by consulars and the American chamber of commerce.
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Berlin
Roosevelt
U. S
Juedisches Nachrichtenblatt
Romania
Corneliu Zelea Godreanu
Iron Guard
Rumania
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Newspanel der Angrift
Magda Lupescu
Carol
Adolf Hitler
U.S
Germany
Economic Ministry
Deutsche All- Remeine Zeitung
American Chamber of Commerce
Juedisched Nachrichtenblatt
Premier Wins Clear Victory In Heat Parliament Test
Paris December 6 The Daladier government won a clear cut victory over Socialist and Communist opposition in the Heat parliamentary committee vote 26 to 18 approving the government fight against strikes. The result signals a firm majority when parliament meets in full session Thursday. The government, backed by medical Socialists and conservatives, continues its drive to end strikes linked to Daladier decree laws on taxation and labor hours. Navy crews later boarded the Jiner.
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Paris
Daladier
Chamber of Deputies
Daladlee
State Whisky Control Praised by WV Official
Mount Hope, Dec. 6. State liquor commission chairman RE Kelly praised state control of whisky as the best system for regulation and temperance, noting the absence of private profits and the monopoly aims to serve qualified purchasers. He cited the lack of local option elections this year and mentioned a net return of 9,214,000 dollars.
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Mount Hofe
Nak
RE. Kelly
State Liquor Commission
West Virginia
Kelly
Lscke
Pact of Friendship Signed Between Germany and France
Nazi Germany and France signed a three point pact to bury enmity and promise good neighbor relations. It recognizes the Rhine frontier and calls for consultation on third power issues. Bonnets stated Germany would not immediately press colonial claims or demands on Tunisia or the Hallan clamor while improving ties with France amid strained Britain and U. S. relations.
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Paris
Germany
France
Rhine
Joachim ‘von Ribbentrop
Georges Honnet
Foreign Ministry
Ribbentrop
Bonnet
Reich
Dany
Demne
Tunisia
Caraier
Great Britain
U. S
Italy
Britain
Von Ribbentrop Proposes Second Munich Talks in Rome
German Foreign Minister Von Ribbentrop proposed a four power Rome meeting to expand the Munich spirit to include Germany and France. The talks would discuss Franco Italian relations and prewar colonial claims, including Tunisia and Corsica, amid strains from anti-French sentiment in Italy. Daladier welcomed the idea, urging continued goodwill and Mediterranean status quo.
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William Hillman
London
INS
Chamberlain
Mussolini
Munich
Germany
France
Daladier
von Ribbentrop
Paris
Duce
Rome
Italy
Vor Ribbentrop
Tunisia
Corsica
Aare Daladier
Ing
Gersmany
Hitler
Min-Ister
Nazi Press Backs Rome-Berlin Axis
Berlin readers are told the French German war renunciation pact does not weaken the Rome Berlin axis. Diplomatisch Politische Korrespondenz calls the pact a result of German Italian policy and notes authoritarian states seek to bridge differences. Signature in Paris today signals neighborly relations.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Diplomatisch Politische Korre
Spondenz
Paris
Fascists Demand New Colonies In Italian Protests
In Rome Genoa and Turin fascists march shouting Tunisia and Corsica for Italy. In Rome Andrea Ippolito declares there is no talk of peace and Italy will go there amid police stopping several hundred students protesting at the French embassy.
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Rome
Genoa
Turin
Tunisia
Corsica
Italy
Sec
Andrea Ippolito
Timtta
Tum Te Page
Freak Accidents Ranked High In National Safety List
The National Safety Council lists freak accidents of 1938, noting cases across oil refineries in Beaumont Texas where a ladder failed and flames rose, a calf eye operation by veterinarian Verne A Scott, a New York bridge incident with a car hitting a rail, and a Palestine Texas high school safety talk mishap with a slipping aide.
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Chicago
Dec
National Safety Council
Beaumont
Tex
Astety
Verne
A. Scott
John Tarleton College
Stephenville
Ilazamates
Palestine, Tex
Miners Die in Sydney Nova Scotia Coal Mine Crash
A rail car train carrying 250 miners at the Princess colliery of Nova Scotia Sleep and Coal Company broke loose from a cable on a steep shaft. The runaway cars crashed into the shaft wall killing 16 and injuring 31 while many others were hurt or trapped. Rescue teams faced difficult extraction.
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Sydney, N. S
Rama
Sydney
Nova Scotia
Here
Sereere Rene Etre
Princess
Nova Scotia Sleep and Coal Company
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