Roosevelt plan to train 20000 youths as pilots
President Roosevelt proposed yearly training of 20000 college youths as pilots to build a large air corps for wartime. The program would use South Charleston West Virginia naval ordnance plant for advanced technical schooling and would involve private ground schools in a coordinated effort with White House approval.
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Longidte Naval Ordnance Plant
South Charleston
W. Va
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Navy
White House
Sheppard D
Tex
Senate Military Committee
IL Sen. McCarran
D. Nev
Sen. Schwartz
Wyo
Washington
Army Air Corps
Roosevelt
House fire causes $15 loss. one injured in effort to save possessions
Towner of the houses reports a fire that caused about $15 damage. Mrs. Anna Johnson suffered a slight burn and smoke inhalation while attempting to re-enter her home to save belongings. She was the only person needing hospital treatment.
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Anna Johnson
Administration Plans Big Housing Campaign
The piece reports on a proposed housing drive sparked outside official circles, with local committees to draft annual economic plans across construction sectors. Experts see low-cost housing revival boosting the recovery and benefiting allied industries, while Roosevelt supports broader site planning and higher mortgage insurance limits to spur activity.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Tabor
Jaber
Federal Housing Administration
Five Men Convicted in 1.2 Million Swindle
The trial ended after more than three weeks with Russell E. Wise of Union City Ind among the five convicted on multiple counts. Prosecutors said the scheme used duplicate tobacco warehouse receipts and false bean receipts to defraud banks and firms. Continental collapsed in June 1937 as receivership proceedings were filed by Indianapolis Screw Products Co.
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Russell E. Wise
Union City
Ind
Continental
Moores
Yable
Kimball
Phillips
Wise
Goverment
Indianapalla Screw Products Company
France Plans Double Defense in East Africa
France asserts a strengthened perimeter in East Africa amid Italian pressure. Officials say Paris will not yield empire while Britain acts cautiously regarding Rome. French Somaliland and Djibouti mobilize forces as Paris opens a new road from Algeria toward Libya to deter aggressions.
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East Africa
Chamberlain
Arent
Britain
Rome
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Eric Phipps
Paris
Alps
Otticiats
Sormaniand
Marseille
Sphinx
Chantilly
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Algeria
Tratian
Libya
Morocco
Loyalist Line Flanked in Spanish Civil War Offensive
Insurgent and government artillerymen clash near Balaguer with the six day offensive claiming over 386 square miles seized, 14 towns, dozens of villages, and 7,000 prisoners, while Barcelona press cites government gains and containment. Northern and southern wings push toward Grandaela as they seek to encircle Balaguer and bypass Segre river defenses.
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Balaguer
London
Barcelona
Haelnguer
Borjas Blancas
Mancas-Balaguer
Anip
World News in Brief: Djibouti Fronts and More
Djibouti fronts show Italy and France mobilizing colonial troops in Africa as potential conflict looms. In Richmond Gesell notes Yale studies link infant behavior to adult development. Capper hints at Republican 1940 strategy with younger prospects. Louis vs Lewis weigh ins spark media jokes. De Valera to visit US for trade talks. Keenan eyed for AG post. Huey Long machine faces renewed tax probes. Bethlehem Steel fights NLRB ruling. Daladier urged to yield to Mussolini for peace. France may concede Somaliland to avert a broader clash.
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Africa
Italy
France
Askaris
Eritrea
Bethlehem
Eugene Grace
Bethlehem Steel
NLRB
Grace
Ket Djibuti
East Africa
Daladier
Mussolini
Chamberlain
British Somaliland
Britain Trains 160000 Airmen Prospects and Benefits Detailed
Britain plans to train 160000 airmen with varied programs and a path to civilian employment after service. A bill on merging Imperial and British Airways aims to create a public corporation to aid ex airmen, with gratuities around 800 dollars and reserve service options until age 42. Apprenticeships include housing, meals, uniforms, six weeks leave, and post training cadetships at RBAP college, with pay scales rising from about 20 to 34 dollars weekly as wings are earned.
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Imperial
British Airways
Britain
RB. A. P. College
Alten
Former Teacher 92 Dies in Subfreezing Huntington Cold
Elizabeth K. Smith 82, early Marshall college faculty member and music teacher, died today in Huntington from exposure during freezing weather. Her Civil War veteran husband William J. Smith, exposed and ill, was hospitalized but expected to recover. The couple lived in a three room cottage. Mrs Smith had heart ailment for eight years and was found by neighbor Hiram Johnson near the fireplace.
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Huntington
Elizabeth K. Smith
Marshall College
F. X. Schuller
Smith
Woodsville
Monroe County
Hiram Johnson
Mount de Chantal Academy
Wheeling
Keenan Forecast for Cabinet Position in 1928 Era
The article discusses Keenan a Brown and Harvard graduate who joined the New Deal in 1933 as special criminal prosecutor. It highlights his role in convicting kidnappers including the Urschel case and notes his close ties to President Roosevelt and influence on court enlargement efforts. It also profiles Justice Stephens and Justice Bratton as potential nominees with western representation urged for the vacancy.
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Robert H. Jackson
New York
Franke Murphy
Atichigan
Utah
California
Outact
District Court of Appeals
Roosevelt
Bratton
Supreme Court
New Mexico
Senate
Stephens
iCopyright
Bank Bandit Robbery Staged in Kentucky Mining Town
Bloodhounds pursue a slim, bearded man wearing horn rimmed glasses who robbed a bank just after noon in a Kentucky mining town. He forced the teller into the vault, fled in a parked car, and signals were sent by telegraph after wire lines were cut. Police blockaded roads as the suspect fled toward Pikeville and Grundy Virginia area.
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Kentucky
Fitzpatrick
Emperor Coal Company
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Peter's Creek
Pikeville
Grundy
West Virginia
Freeburn
Timber Industry Drive Opens New Guinea Forests
In a bid to establish a timber Industry in New Guinea a vast area of forest country in the Butolo district rich in hoop and ktinkil pine and cedar is to be thrown open to timbermen.
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New Guinea
Butolo
Auto Deaths Drop Despite Travel Levels Across States
Consumption figures indicate a year long reduction in auto deaths without fewer miles driven. About 40 states cut fatalities in the first 10 to 12 months. Rhode Island led with a 37 percent drop, followed by a 34 percent decline in another state.
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Rhode Island
Blichgun
Senate Group to Study New Relief Program
A Senate group examines a new relief program as critics allege WPA funds were used for political purposes during the fat election. Reports from reliable sources say President Roosevelt may back such a plan in response to complaints about political influence in relief administration.
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Senate Group
Politien
Roosevelt
WPA
Cold Wave Engulfs U S From Rockies To Florida Border
A severe cold wave swept the United States from the Rockies to the Florida border with Montana noting subzero minima at Great Falls and a record low of 1 below in Ra monion Alberta. Western Michigan roads faced ditch blockages as a plow crew worked to clear highways while Dickinson County plunged to 18 below and six foot drifts marred the northwest Pennsylvania landscape as winds eased.
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Montana
Ramonion
Alberta
Canada
Michigan
Dickinson
Pennsylvania
Local boards to handle relief disputes proposed
A campaign outlines ten county boards serving without pay and formed by local citizens. Workers who lost relief jobs or could not obtain such positions could present discrimination claims to these boards for resolution.
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