School Finance Plan Approved By 64-26 Vote
The House backed the administration measure to reform school financing by a 64 to 26 vote amid debate with Senator Trent. The bill creates a state budget board for county schools and revises the aid distribution formula to include transportation costs as a basic element. Senate action continues with a 2:30 p.m. session to finish work on companion measures.
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House of Delegates
W. W. Trent
House
Senate
Merrill Flood
Supt
Trent
Department of Education
Assur
Hundreds Nabbed In Dope Raids
New York on February 1 treasury agents raided the San Juan Hill area near West 62nd Street arresting 12 distributors of narcotics and questioning hundreds. Dr G D Gardner of Asheville NC was named as chief distributing agent for narcotics from San Juan Hill.
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New York
Treasury
San Juan Hill
America
West 62Nd Street
Maj
Garland Williams
North Carolina
G. D. Gardner
Asheville
N. C
mid-Manhattan
Williams
Hoover Fears FDR Policy Could Lead to War
Former President Hoover accuses Roosevelt of expanding foreign policy toward potential war and urges Congress to delay arms increases. He warns that economic sanctions may trigger conflict, and calls for aggressive peaceful measures and unity against oppression while avoiding isolationism.
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Chicago
Herbert Hoover
Roosevelt
Congress
Council On Foreign Relations
WABC
Safety Record Hung Up by State Miners
West Virginia reported 239 miners died in 93,360,437 tons of coal mined in 1938, a record the state department of mines calls the best since it became major in coal production. Thirteen deaths occurred in January, with about 670,000 tons mined per fatality, down from 26 deaths and 291,000 tons per fatality in January 1938.
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West Virginia
Department of Mines
Department
Chile plans 125 million dollar quake relief and 100 lash punishment
In Santiago on February 1 the government unveiled a 125 million dollar relief fund to mend quake havoc and ordered public lashes for rumor mongers in Concepcion. A 2.5 billion peso relief fund is slated with special taxes to back recovery. Death toll estimates hover around 25,000 as donations surge nationwide.
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Santiago
Chile
Concepcion
Pedro Aguirre Cerda
Congress
Chillan
Pan American-Grace Airline
Cup-Saucer Hats Remain National Issue
New York report on the row over women's hats features Neysa McMein defending the modern hat on the East Coast while Joan Crawford denounces it on the West Coast and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt stays neutral. Lilly Dache notes Gallup poll results. controversy continues through the 1939 fashion debate with White House input.
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Inez Robb
New York
INS
Neysa McMein
Joan Crawford
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington, D. C
Lilly Dache
Paris
Dorothy Thomp
Blizzard Crests Hit Rocky Mountain U S Then Midwest
New blizzards sweep the Rockies and north central states with freezing gales. Minnesota reports 25 above to 10 below. 45 mph winds bring thunder and lightning in parts. Snowdrifts slow travel. dust storms blind Omaha and Lamar. water freezes in Bayfield. Cumbres pass sees 16 inches of snow. Chicago endures heavy snow but not new blizzards.
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Chicago
Rocky Mountain
U. S
North Central States
Utah
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
Nebraska
Dakotas
Minnesota
Omaha
Neb
Lamar
Bayfield
Colo
Durango
Colorado Mountains
la Veta Pass
Pass
Cumbres Pass
Denver and Rio Grande
Western
France Fears Refugee Influx
In France the prospect of a stampede of thousands of Spanish government troops is reported as Insurgent forces press toward Berga and threaten to sever the main inland highway into France. General Franco's troops advance near Ripoll and Puigcerda as French patrols brace for possible mass retreat. Heavy French reinforcements arrive to bolster the frontier.
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Perpignan
France
Segre
Catalonia
Quadruplet girls born in Texas surprise parents
Four baby girls arrived at St Marys infirmary Galveston weighing 3%4 to 4 pounds 9 ounces. Mother Mrs W E Badgett 36 and father a foreman were reported well. Doctor Jinkins said even staff were astonished.
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Galveston
Tex
W. E. Badgett
St. Mary’s Infirmary
W. J. Jinkins
Homer
Badgetts
Keys
Oklahoma
Baylor University
Waco
No War Dangers Involved In Roosevelt Policy
Roosevelt policy to sell U S warplanes to France faced fierce Senate debate. Barkley defended the move saying no U S military secrets were involved and that precedent allowed sales to democracies paid in cash. Critics pressed for public releases of the hearings and transcripts as secrecy drew ire.
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U. S
Europe
Sen. Johnson
Calif
Senate
Sen. Barkley
U. S. Steel Corporation
England
France
Barkley
White House
Roosevelt
America
Great Britain
North
South America
Sen
Austin
Nye
N. D
Sen. Clark
Pittman
Nev
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Roosevelt Backing Prompts Mixed World Reactions
Paris and London hail Roosevelt stance as support for Britain and France while Nazi and Fascist capitals condemn it as war preparation. German and Italian press frame him as a second Wilson seeking to arm against them. France notes potential U S backing in case of war, with markets reacting to the reported shift.
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States
Roosevelt
Paris
London
Great Britain
France
Senate Military Affairs Committee
England
Chamberlain
Hitler
U. S
Britain
King George
Buckingham Palace
U.S
Wilson
Senate Military Committee
Ce Sair
Law Experience Required in Bill Aims WVU Law Faculty
Delegate George proposes five years of practical law experience as a qualification for WVU College of Law faculty positions including teachers instructors professors and deans. The bill is among sixteen measures in the house. The road bill by Chairman Taylor seeks to give through highway traffic priority and authorizes stop signs on side roads. The senate received a C. S. sponsored minimum wages measure.
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George
Barbour
West Virginia University
College of Law
Board of Governors
Law College
Road Commission
Taylor
Mingo
Roads Committee
Senate
C. S
Czech Decree Ends Citizenship of Jews
Prague authorities announce two decrees targeting Jews and foreign-born residents. One strips most Jews of Czecho-Slovakian citizenship, the other orders all immigrants to exit within six months. Official commentary links measures to territorial losses after Munich.
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Czech
Prague
Munich
Three Way Pact Aimed Directly At Dictators
London reports that President Roosevelt tacitly backs an Anglo American French alliance to shift air power balance to Europe. Britain and France would buy top American war planes and gain access to U S engines and technology. The pact targets Germany and Italy and strengthens Allied industrial capacity.
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William Hillman
INS
London
Roosevelt
Europe
Britain
Germany
Italy
France
America
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DuPont Expansion To Cost 2 Million More
DuPont plans indicate over 2 million dollars will be spent on the Belle nylon intermediates plant, with work started months ago and first output expected late this fall. An additional 8 million dollars is needed for the Seaford nylon yarn plant. Nylon described as a strong elastic synthetic protein derived from coal air and water, protected by basic patents.
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duPont Company
Belle
Lammot duPont
the Gazette
Wilmington
Del
C. H. Doherty, Jr
Seaford
DuPont
Il Duce Keeps World Guessing
Rome reports Premier Mussolini silently reviewed his black shirt militia as Europe eyes his next move in the Fascist effort for concessions from France. The ceremony for the militia's 16th anniversary included medals to Spanish and Ethiopian war dead survivors while Mussolini spoke little.
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Rome
Mussolini
France
Il Duce
Hitler
Chamberlain
Europe
Jap Soviet Border Clash Reported In Manchukuo Border
Moscow reports an armed clash between Russian and Japanese troops along the northwestern Soviet Manchukuo border. Seven Manchukuoan soldiers were wounded and a Soviet section commander was slightly hurt after a frontier patrol at Kailastuevskaya was fired on by 18 Manchukuoan and Japanese soldiers.
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Moscow
INS
Kailastuevskaya
Military Training For CCC Wins Backing in Capital
Democratic leaders in Congress push to militarize the Civilian Conservation Corps with training to supply trained personnel for armed forces. Rep. Mary Norton seeks to make the CCC permanent and argues youth training protects the country. Senators Connally Reynolds plan to push a military training requirement when the bill returns.
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CCC
Washington
INS
Civilian Conservation Corps
Army
Navy
Capitol Hill
Mary T. Norton
New Jersey
House Labor Committee
Norton
Jennings Randolph
West Virginia
Senate
Tom Connally
Texas
Robert Reynolds
North Carolina
Reynolds
Sen
Thomas
Utah
Senate Education and
Borah Ill With Grippe in Washington Hospital
Senator Borah long noted as dean of the senate and top Republican on the foreign relations panel was rushed to a Washington hospital with grippe. Doctors reported his condition satisfactory and said there is no immediate danger of pneumonia after a cold struck him yesterday.
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Washington
Senate
William E. Borah
Rippe
Foreign Relations Committee
George W. Calver
Capitol
Borah
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Willie Willis
Robert Quillen
California
Hoover
Fdr
Lash
Plains
Grippe
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