19 Feb 1939
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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1939
Page
1
The GOP faces internal rifts as Wertz contemplates an independent mayoral bid while Democrats move to field a strong slate led by a nonpolitical mayoral candidate. Leaders warn of statewide impact, with Charleston and southern West Virginia in focus for 1940 strategy.
University of Illinois trustees demand a sweeping probe into Champaign campus vice conditions after the resort district slaying of William Spurrier, threatening outside aid if local officials fail to act. Arthur Cutts Willard travels from Champaign to join the Chicago meeting to accept responsibility for campus conditions.
Kana county assistant superintendent endorses free illustrative maps titled Spain What Next from The Gazette. He says they help pupils understand current literature and discussions, and can be used in class debates on current history. Additional copies available at The Gazette offices, 229 Hale Street, first come first served.
Columbia University seniors named brunette Hedy Lamarr as the woman they’d most like to be stranded with on a desert island, edging out blond Madeleine Carroll who said she would choose an obstetrician for companionship.
Paris reports Spanish government officials announce Madrid has authorized France and Britain to negotiate surrender to the Nationalists with conditions that no reprisals occur against former government fighters and sympathizers. French and British envoys at Burgos were instructed to push peace terms to Generalissimo Franco while seeking repatriation of about 380,000 refugees in France. Sir Robert Hodgson arrived at St Jean de Luz after talks at Burgos, and conveyed possible Franco response to London.
Washington officials said no immediate action on a Kentucky C I QO convention resolution to send investigators to the Harlan county coal fields as UMWA contract expires March 31. The La Follette committee reported Harlan officials and operators blocked unionization and noted conditions appear improved for the moment.
Asst. State Atty. Gen. John Harlan Amen says a three months probe will lead to charges against additional Brooklyn judges in a wide bail bond racket. He notes impeachment will follow against more Brooklyn criminal court judges after action against Magistrate Mark Rudich for specific bribe and fraud allegations. The case involves Louis Kassman and Max Lippe amid perjury and bribery indictments in New York.
Fire department squad No. 2 assisted twice in Milwaukee last night reviving a baby named Robert who had breathing trouble and reviving Mrs. Anna Schumacher who suffered a heart attack. The rescues echoed a prior incident when they saved Mrs. Marion Poplawski after childbirth a year ago.
The administration's broad reform and budget plan advances from committees this week with heavy emphasis on government reform education and labor goals. Night sessions are planned by the house taxation and finance committees to push remaining points. The probation and parole system and garnishee enabling legislation await Senate action tomorrow.
Franklin Pierce McCall, condemned for kidnapping five year old James Bailey Cash Jr., saw his chance to avoid execution dwindle after Florida’s supreme court denied a third appeal testing sanity. Attorneys abandoned further federal appeals and may seek gubernatorial clemency from Gov. Fred P. Cone.
Charleston police issued about a thousand red tickets last week but only $20 in fines was collected. Chief W A Tully says the red ticket is a reminder of traffic laws, with arrests only for repeated disobedience or dangerous actions. January records show 142 violators served, 52 dismissed, others posted small bonds.
London reports indicate Italy quietly mobilized 150000 reservists, with plans for a total of 300000. Officials note earlier January 25 disclosure of 60000 called, while Britain probes the scale of movement and its Libyan garrison reinforcement.
Paris reports Italy massing troops near French territories prompting reinforced frontier alert. Tunisian barracks hold troops while air units stand ready. submarines sweep the coast and reinforcements are sent to central Tunisia near Libya. Chenonceaux ships heavy artillery to Djibouti for colonial defense.
Police probe the February 18 shooting at John Wheelock's cellar gambling house in Malden. Wheelock 40 Allston gambler slain after he refused $300 monthly protection while Patrick J Flynn 40 a bodyguard and former Everett boxer was critically wounded. About 15 to 20 poker players watched as three gunmen raided the rooming house and stole $8000 in bets. Authorities question players and possible imports from Providence as they seek suspects and motive.
Washington officials report talks between Brazilian Foreign Minister Oswaldo Aranha and U S officials on creating a multi million dollar Brazilian American corporation to develop Brazil resources and market produce in the United States. Methods include government ownership, public private partnership, or private bank funding with Export Import Bank involvement.
Washington reports a French air mission found only two American planes could rival German fighters. Gen. Malin Craig testified the Douglas light bomber and the P 40 pursuit plane remain valuable military secrets. Craig supported Roosevelt’s policy of selling American planes abroad.
A 333 foot monument to George Washington rises on the Virginia side of the Potomac at Alexandria. Built by the Masons, the leaning shaft tilts toward the sun with engineers noting a flexible floating base due to lack of a solid foundation. Grand Sec J Claude Keper remarks the tilt is unplanned and unexplained.
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Business leaders outline a joint plan with Secretary Hopkins to revise taxes and SEC rules, expand private electric utilities, reform rail and transportation policy, reform coal and minerals, and temper labor disputes. The drive seeks immediate capital movement and consolidation of New Deal reforms.
President Roosevelt warned against the autocratic threat as he sailed for Panama Canal maneuvers amid reports of possible new territorial demands backed by aggression. He urged Western Hemisphere unity, mutual trust, and the defense of self government while noting a potential early return to Washington before March 4.
New York report recalls Gloria Laura Morgan Vanderbilt as a 15 year old who will have 15 candles on her birthday cake despite owning four million dollars. The story notes money cannot buy happiness or a family, contrasting wealth with a lonely Long Island mansion.
Police discovered a husband Harold Martin Luther and wife Ruby 13 and 24 at marriage swore to lethal oaths to each other unless faithlessness occurred. They were found with their 19 month old baby and had drawn up duplicate agreements containing a death clause. They married at Tulsa four years ago and moved to Chicago last November.
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