Pelter Proposes New Senatorial District Plan
State senatorial reapportionment proposals and a state employee civil service plan dominate a legislative session. Senator Pelter proposes district realignments for Kanawha to create a new sixth district with Wyoming, Boone, Cabell, and Mason realignments. a two-year budget delay follows a Gov Muir and Speaker Kay Thomas conference.
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Kanawha
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Cabell
Teate x Commission
John J. Pelter
Logan
Kanawha County
Boone
Polter
Lexan
Wyoming County
Mason County
Lingein
Firtham
Porter
Hancock
Brooke
Ohio
Marshall
Wetzel
Tyler
Doddridge
Ritchie
Pleasants
Woot
Wirt
Jackson
Howne
Calhoun
Firth
Putnam
Lincoln
Wayne
Mingo
Wyoming
McDowell
Mercer
Fighth
Raleigh
Summers
Mumros
Fayette and
Greenbrier
Willie Willis by Robert Quillen
A humorous sketch by Robert Quillen featuring Willie Willis offers a playful take on social manners and flirtation as the narrator notes attempts to avoid staring at women and the awkward exchanges that follow in everyday interactions.
Victory Forecast In Flood Battle Crest Is Neared
Cairo men stand firm against the Ohio river flood nearing its crest while the Upper Mississippi rises. Levees hold under 100000 workers as weather forecasts predict a crest of about 60 feet with possible wind disruption. Death tolls rise in Louisville and Louisville health officials report 271 known deaths with more expected. Red Cross reports 992106 affected, at least 400 under property damage estimates.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Ohio
Cain
Upper
Mississippi
Hugh R. Leavell
Louisville
Red Cross
City study on flood dangers in Charleston
The Charleston city council will study flood risks seen in Ohio valley cities to prevent repeats here. The safety committee and engineering staff were ordered to investigate anchoring gasoline storage tanks to avoid spills, then survey Huntington and other stricken areas after waters recede. Protecting water supply and utilities is likely among the measures.
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Ohio Valley
Charleston
Victor
Joose
D. Boone Dawson
Huntington
George E.sutherland
Major A
Cairo Fights River Threat as Ohio River Crested Near Wall
Cairo braces as the Ohio rises toward the city seawall with the crest forecast at around 12 feet on Wednesday or Thursday. River Forecaster Barron warned the river could reach 61 inches above the top of the 18 inch wall, threatening the 60 foot seawall and 6,000 defenders guarding the city.
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Cairo
Tooftops
Ohio
Mississippi
Licat
FS. Falkner
Army Engineers
Saa
W. E. Barron
Walter
Severty
Flood relief donations totaling over thirty five thousand dollars
Cash donations of 35900 dollars were raised for flood relief by the Charleston chapter of the American Red Cross, with 800 dollars from Kroper Grocery and Baking for Ohio and Kanawha valley chapters, and a truckload of food from Hatfield Campbell Cozi in Rensford shipped to Point Pleasant. The Virginian theatre contributed 131.50 dollars from a benefit performance, Broxton county Red Cross Sutton gave 300, and Carbide and Carbon Chemicals employees donated nearly 1000 dollars.
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Charleston
American Red Cross
PB. A. Horscher
Kroper Grocery and Baking Company
Red Cross
Ohio
Kanawha Valley
Hatfield Campbells Creek Cozi Company
Rensford
Point Pleasant
Virginian
Virginian Theater
Broxton County
Sutton
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation
Red Cross Tops 10 Million Flood Quota
The Red Cross surpassed its 10 million dollar flood relief quota amid a Mississippi Valley crisis. Admiral Grayson urged continued contributions as the Ohio and Mississippi flood threat grows, with warnings of higher needs if the river breaks near Cairo. Memphis engineers mobilize 150000 workers to seal low spots and monitor sand boils as two dike breaks near Bessie widen.
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Washington
Red Cross
Ohio
Bassissippi
Admiral Grayson
Mississippi
Cairo
District Army Engineers
Cincinnati
Malin Craig
Stett
Memphis
Bessie
Tenn
Slough Landing Neck
Tiptonville Dam
Auditorium Grant Is Lost in Washington Action
Mayor Boone Dawson announced that the Public Works Administration refused an extension to start the proposed new auditorium and rescinded the 175000 PWA allotment. He said state engineer M. L. ONeale notified him by telegram from Col. H. B. Hackett of the PWA. The city had approved 250000 bond funds and options on a site at Virginine and Truslow streets.
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Public Works Administration
Washington
PWA
DB. Boone Dawson
M. L. Oneale
Out Por Sida
Charleston
Virgtime
Truslow
Enginett O'Neale
Col
H. B. Hackett
PWA. 30
Extension Granted For Payroll Returns
A 1 percent day extension for unemployment compensation filing was granted by Director John S. Stump of the new State department after an advisory board meeting. The deadline extends to March 1 amid flood area concerns. Federal returns were extended to April 1. Help with forms is available in the basement finance division of the Kanawha Hotel.
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John S. Stump
State Department
Ohio Valley
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Kanawha Hatel
Half of Spain's Priests Slain Reports Say
Vatican City felonized in Osservatore Romana claim that 40 to 60 percent of Spain's priests were killed during the civil war. The piece notes 33,500 priests before the conflict and 11 bishops among the dead, with almost all clergy in government-held areas either imprisoned or in hiding as many churches were burned.
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Vatican City
Rome
Vatican
Spain
Osservatore Romana
Jents
Bid Finds New Flood Victim L. Wetzel Adkins in WV
Associated Press reports the 35-year-old L Wetzel Adkins died as the fourteenth flood victim near Huntington West Virginia. Recurring floods left thousands in mud and debris while Ohio River levels fell, enabling recovery efforts. Health officials noted normal conditions with influenza absent for the season.
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Associated Press
Huntington
L. Wetzel Adkins
West Virginia
Ohio
A. E. McClie
WPA
Executions Reported in Soviet Purge Wave
Moscow reports 13 former Bolshevik officials executed by firing squad early today as part of Stalin era purges. Included was Gregori Piatakoff, former vice commissar of heavy industries, while Gregori Sokolnikoff and Karl Redek survived after court pleas for mercy. Bronstein, Trotsky relative, arrested as a suspected agent.
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U. S
Moscow
An Iseland
Arctic
Josef Stalin
Gregori Piatakoff
Karl Redek
Gregori Sokolnikoff
Britaan
Flashes of Life In These U S Tintype Revival
In Omaha on February first, family albums and tintypes regain favor as parlor keepsakes with solemn portraits and bustling scenes back in display at many homes. Urbana reports license plate idea by Prof. C Wiley to improve readability from 195 feet, drawing mixed reactions from motorists and police.
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Omaha
Neb
Urbana
C. ©. Wiley
Jane Simpson Returns After Ocean Crossing Tale
Jane Simpson is back home after an eight sea crossing with her parents aboard the Til Voyager from India. The voyage faced rough weather causing delays and illness aboard during the long journey ending in Omaha, Nek.
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Omaha
Jane Simpson
India
Jane
Blockade Formed by Guardsmen at Flint Plant
In Flint Michigan twelve hundred Michigan National Guardsmen set up a blockade around Chevrolet plants amid a major auto strike. A fresh sit down strike halted operations at Plant No 4 and partially shut Plant No 8 as United Automobile Workers press for bargaining. Judge Gadota scheduled a decision on an injunction against strikers, while Fisher Body sought limits on picketing in Cleveland and Detroit pickups continue.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Michigan National
Chevrolet Motor Car Company
Flint
Mich
General Motors Corporation
126Th Infantry
United Automobile Workers of America
Strke
Paul V. Gadota
General Motors
Lelt Fisher
Cleveland
Fisher Body Company
Aldred_P. Sloan, Jr
Broadway
Perkins
Labor
Department
James F. Dewey
Jeaders
New York
National Guardsmen
Man Saves Auto But Garage Is Acrobatic
Marietta reports Jim Norbert Becker saved his automobile from the Onia river flood. He notes his garage rose with the waters and perched atop a telephone pole, hanging about 19 feet in the air as the waters receded. Becker plans next steps.
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Marietta
Jim Norbert Becker
Becker
Lindberghs Start Mystery Trip From England
London reports no official word on Col and Mrs Lindberghs whereabouts after a secret departure from Lympne. Officials in England France and Germany say they have no knowledge. Lympne officials say the couple circled Calais briefly before vanishing toward an unannounced destination, possibly Cairo, Egypt, aboard a new orange and black monoplane.
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London
Charles A.lindbergh
Jett Lympne
Lympne
Eng
Charles A. Lindberghs
Calais
France
Lynmpne
Lindberghs
Cairo
Axries J
Theshi ‘Ghewe
Kind
Egypt
Lindy Resently
French
Air Ministry
Paris
Dillon Funeral Today For Dr Marcus Dillon
Final rites for Dr Marcus I Dillon 58 who died at Lewisburg Sunday morning will be held at his residence this afternoon at 2 o clock. Rev Lloyd McPF Courtney will officiate with burial in Rosewood cemetery. Surviving are his widow the former Miss Clara Miller of Portsmith Ohio three children Mrs Albert Ward Cleveland O Catherine Dillon and Marcus L Dillon Jr three brothers D C Dillon Hinton Clyde Dillon Alderson and H E Dillon Smithers and three sisters Mrs E A Garten Huntington and Mrs George.
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Marcus
Dillon
Lewisburg
Lloyd McPf
Courtney
Willie
Rosewood Cemetery
W. S. Shepherd
Dilley
West Virginia
Clara Miller
Portstrouth
Hildren
Albert Ward
Cleveland
Catherine Dillon
Marcus L. Dillon
D. Cc. Dillon
Hinton
Clyde Dillon
Alderson
H. E. Dillon
Smithers
EA. Garten
Huntington
George
Charleston Chamber Endorses Kanawha Medical Hospital Plan
The Kanawha medical society has secured endorsement from the Charleston chamber of commerce for a community hospital project. The city administration will apply to the Public Works Administration for a grant and loan totaling 1.5 million dollars to fund building and equipment. The plan provides 55 percent as a loan payable over about 30 years at roughly three percent interest, with no city bond issue or personal obligation. The federal government would seek liquidation of the loan by the hospital itself.
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Kanawha Medical Society
Public Works Administration
Chamber Board of Directors
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Kanawhan Medical, Society
City of
Charleston
Flood Prevention Plan Is Advocated
The Ohio legislature urged immediate action on a proposed Ohio Valley Authority for flood prevention financed wholly by the federal government. On Gov. Davey’s recommendation, both houses adopted unanimously a joint resolution memorializing Congress to pass a bill sponsored by Rep. Robert J. Secrest.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Valley Authority
Davey
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Secrest
Childs Marriage Stirs Debate Over Tennessee Law
In Sneedville Tennessee a year old girl Eunice Winstead Johns married 22 year old Charlie Johns drawing swift condemnation as a tragedy and challenge to civilization. Governor Gordon Browning pledged to seek a change in the law amid flood relief duties. Lawmakers gathered in Nashville to consider a prohibition on such marriages while district attorney general J W Wolfenbarger said legal steps might be taken though dissolution seems unlikely. The couple, unperturbed, spoke of their bond as a matter of course with Eunice saying she has loved Charlie since girlhood and that he has been good to her
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Sneedville
Tenn
Tennessee
Dayton
Eunice Winstead Johns
Charlie Johns
Gordon Browning
Nashville
Nash’ville
J.W. Wolfenbarger
Hancock County
Marridge
Johns
East Tennessee
East Tennessee Neighbors Were Tpin Arms
Urey
Eunice
Charlie
Levees Expected to Remain Firm Amid Mississippi Floods
Maj. Gen. Edward M. Markham, chief of army engineers, said floodwaters would stay within the government levee system and none of the main-line levies were damaged. Refugee camps visited as Obama relief tour toured Mississippi valley disaster areas, with evacuation continuing and Red Cross aid rising. The Mississippi rose to 28.5 feet in Memphis, surpassing prior crests as district engineers noted record high flows and increasing relief efforts.
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Memphis
Tenn
Edward M. Merkhaim
Army Engineers
Mississippi River
General Markham
Roosevelt
Fond Reliet ‘Commission
Mississippi Valley
Arkansas
Red Cross
Mississippi
Prade
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