German Five Year Plan to Remove Jews From Germany
An intergovernmental refugee committee accepted Germany's five year plan to expel Jews, approving a private international settlement corporation to help fund an estimated 300 million dollar cost. The plan envisions emigration for 150 000 to 200 000 young workers and controlled access to German goods and property for emigrants.
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London
Intergovernmental Committee On Refugees
Germany
International Settlement Corporation
Intergovernmental
Evian-Les-Bains
France
Berlin
Refugee Committee
Britain Holland Parley Secretly Underway
Secret talks between Great Britain and The Netherlands are under way to review Holland positions in Europe and Asia amid German and Japanese expansion. Dutch Foreign Minister Jan Patijn, in London for a church plaque event, is conducting private discussions with British officials.
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London
INS
Great Britain
Netherlands
Holland
Europe
Asia
England
Far East
Jan Patijn
Patijn
Citys Changing Ways Bring Little Old Lady Before Lenient Judge
Mrs Sophie Marsh a 76 year old Bronx resident mailed letters from a corner box. The box was replaced by a firebox two days earlier she mistook the fire alarm lever for the mailbox flap. Fire Lieut Joseph Golden alerted police and she was arraigned given a suspended sentence.
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Sophie Marsh
Bronx
Joseph Golden
Marsh
York
INS
French Move To Recognize Rebels Halted
Paris reports that a cabinet bloc halted plans by Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet for immediate joint French British recognition of the Insurgent regime in Spain. Premier Daladier backed Bonnet but key ministers resisted, amid Socialist charges of secret talks with Germany and Italy and demands for government clarification.
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Paris
Georges Bonnet
Spain
Daladier
Bonnet
Lebrun
Cesar Campinchi
Paul Reynaud
Georges Mandel
Jean Zay
Chamber of Deputies
Germany
Italy
Néd
Henri de Kerillis
Epoque
de Kerillis
Rome
Berlin
France
Lon
Gun Girl Foiled In Robbery Attempt In Chicago
In Chicago on February 14 a blonde bandit tried to rob a dress shop with a .25 revolver. Carrie McGregor fought back, tore the robber’s dress up, and dragged her outside with the gun. Passersby restrained the bandit while McGregor called police. The suspect wore a wig which came off when the hat was removed and refused to identify herself.
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Chicago
Carrie McGregor
Mrs. McGregor
Pope Pius XI Buried in St. Peter's Crypt
Pope Pius XI was interred in a solemn ceremony in the crypt beneath St. Peter's Basilica. About 8,000 attendees, including cardinals and diplomats, witnessed the funeral rite as the pontiff lay in a triple casket beside former rulers and church leaders.
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Pope Pius XI
St. Peter’s
Vatican City
Pius XI
Holy Father
St. Peter
Donna Ernestina Ratti Caminada
Count Franco Ratti
Marchesa Maria Luisa Persichetti-Ugolini
Democrats Plan City Convention In Charleston
Democrats will skip the primary and hold a city convention for the April 17 Charleston election. Sheriff J M Slack announced the plan and listed early candidates including Jack Crowder for mayor and ward nominees Carl Baumann Joseph Creamer Hansford Fisher Ray Hitchman Henry Aldridge and John Cork with addresses and occupations.
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Charleston
J. M. Slack
Democratic Committee
Jack Crowder
Beechwood Avenue
W. Washington and
Watts Streets
Carl F. Baumann
South Kanawha Avenue
Columbia Gas Corporation
C. P. A. Joseph Creamer
Court Street
United Fuel Gas
J. Hansford Fisher
Corn Street
Ray W. Hitchman
Henry Aldridge
Indiana Avenue
Painter
Fifth Ward
John R. Cork
Staunton Avenue
17Th Ward
Unemployment Appalling AFL Urges Admin Action
The American Federation of Labor called unemployment appalling and urged the administration to remove fear distrust and lack of confidence from industrial expansion. The 10 year review cited 8 to 14 million workers affected and urged expanded productivity and credit to empower private enterprise to absorb jobless workers.
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Miami
Fla
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Hitler christens the Bismarck battleship in Hamburg
Adolf Hitler unveiled Germanys largest battleship the Bismarck in Hamburg, vowing destruction of Reichs enemies and praising Otto von Bismarck as a model. A 21 gun salute echoed as Countess Dorothea von Loewenfeld christened the vessel amid cheering crowds and a Vatican backdrop.
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Hamburg
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Nazi Party
Otto von Bismarck
Bismarck
Self
Hitler
German Empire
Pius XI
Vatican City
Japan presses advance as Hainan campaign grows
Japanese forces pushed toward full occupation of Hainan island with landings at Yulinkan and rapid inland advance. France Britain and the United States denounced the move as a violation of prior assurances, while U S destroyer John D. Ward's crew arrived at Hoihow to assess protection needs.
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Hongkong
Hainan
Luzon
Philippine Islands
Yulinkan
France
Great Britain
U. S
Paris
Britain
Hachiro Arita
Robert Leslie Craigie
Japan
Anita
Charles Arsene Henry
John D. Hawards
John T. G Stapler
U. S Navy
South China
Hoihow
U S Workers Included In Amended Tax Bill
The Taxation and Finance Committee proposed amending state income law to tax federal workers like others and permit deduction of social security taxes from taxable income. The House balked, killing probes into the DPA and Wayne County School Board while the Senate moved on budget and marriage license exam debates.
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House of Delegates
House
State Department of Public Assistance
Wayne County School Board
Logan County Relief Administration
Judiciary Committee
Bosworth
DPA
Randolph County
Senate
Budget Commission
West Virginia University Stadium Corporation
Convict Labor Plan Proposed for West Virginia Penitentiary
The board of control urged the legislature to authorize prison industries at Moundsville and require state offices and subdivisions to buy convict made commodities. A $50,000 initial appropriation to equip the penitentiary for manufacture was included in the bill, to be introduced in the house today. The measure would mandate purchase of board produced articles by state offices and political subdivisions.
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Board of Control
Virginia
Tennessee
West Virginia
Moundsville
Senate
W. M. LaFon
House
James Kay Thomas
Teachers Seek Higher Pay and Contract Rules in House
The state administration proposed 10 measures in the house, including a masters degree salary line with a 120 dollar minimum for first-term teachers and continuing contracts to remain in force unless mutually terminated. Dismissed teachers would join a preferred employment list pending changes to pupil teacher ratios.
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House of Delegates
James Kay Thomas
Thomas
Department of Public Assistance
Engineers seek Charleston district office for Kanawha river floods
Rep. Joe L. Smith told the War Department in Washington that floods along the Kanawha river show the need for a Charleston district engineers office. He said the Huntington office has focused mainly on the Ohio river, leaving Kanawha issues underaddressed.
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War Department
Washington
Joe L. Smith
Beckley
Smith
Department
Associated Press
Charleston
Kanawha
Huntington
Ohio River
Democrats Seek Unity After Napping Warns and Complaints
House leaders convened Democratic congressmen to foster party harmony and readiness for key votes. Rep. Drewry claimed Roosevelt purges against conservatives contributed to losses, while Rep. Cox urged more backroom consultation and Rep. Randolph criticized relief funding requests. Speakers said the meeting produced constructive criticism and tighter unity.
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Washington
House
Rep
Drewry
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Cox
Randolph
D. W. Va
Congress
Bankhead
Rayburn
Loyalists Hurl Sea Challenge In Spain Naval Clash
In Feb 14 dispatches from PERPIGNAN France observers noted a Spanish Government fleet facing insurgent control off Catalonia. Sailors were urged to duty unto death as government imports rely on sea routes Madrid Valencia Alicante. The fleet included three cruisers 13 destroyers seven submarines five torpedo boats.
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Perpignan
France
Catalonia
Madrid-Valencia-Alicante
Madrid
FDRs Long Reach on Supreme Court May Endure
President Roosevelt faces another vacancy on the Supreme Court and observers anticipate his influence lasting for years after his term. All three nominees so far are in their fifties, suggesting lengthy service ahead and a possible shift of the court toward younger ages. The trend follows the 1937 court changes and retirement act. The president is expected to nominate a fourth justice, likely from the West, amid Senate doubt.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Justice Brandeis
Tribunal
Senate
House Acts On Major Defense Bill Amid Air Power Boost
The House opened debate on a sweeping defense measure to expand air forces and armaments. The plan would raise Army Air Corps strength to 45 000 with 2 060 officers, fund Panama defenses, and order munitions to spur industry, totaling 300 million dollars for planes. Harter urged air power to deter foes while Republicans questioned pace to avoid obsolescence.
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Army Air Corps
Regular Army
Air Corps
Panama Canal
Maps Available For Spain War Picture Story
Principal Charles C. Ritchie Jr. reports 34 seventh and eighth grade students at William Ritter School in Mullens received copies of The State Newspaper map titled Spain- What Next? The image described war torn Spain and was promptly filled for history students and others who wish to study the picture story.
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Spain
Charles C. Ritchie, Jr
William Ritter School of
Mullens
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