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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1939
Page
1
The American Federation of Labor urges broad cooperation among business, government, farmers, and labor to push industrial expansion and job creation. The piece notes Roosevelt’s push for CIO AFL peace talks, while signaling cautious restraint on reorganizing the two blocs.
Three thousand Italians returned from France to Italy in a large repatriation effort. Fascist blackshirts lined stations to salute the homecomers as officials welcomed them. The move signals more arrivals in coming weeks and coincides with wartime mobilization measures expanding economic and state control.
After nine years of work Pan-American Airways prepares to inaugurate trans- Atlantic passenger service with the Yankee Clipper seaplane. Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt will christen the aircraft at the Capitol's naval air station, pending Civil Aeronautics Authority approval.
In Hazleton Pennsylvania on February 26 striking miners deep in the Wolfe colliers mine listened to mass via a telephone amplifier while 54 remained underground 250 feet below the surface. Priest Rev Joseph Baran visited twice urging exit but leaders refused until pay and work conditions are agreed. Eight miners left since Wednesday mainly due to colds.
Mayor LaGuardia demanded immediate impeachment of Magistrate Capshaw after James J. Hines was found guilty on 13 counts in a policy racket trial. Capshaw denied influence and asked for an impartial tribunal. a citizens group plans to file charges. Sentencing for Hines was postponed to March 13 amid appeals and ongoing related prosecutions.
In Pennington Gap Virginia nearly 300 Lee county residents and officers hunt for Eliza Darnell 25 a Keokee schoolteacher feared kidnapped or slain after miner Otis Bailey reported hearing a woman scream near her home before dawn. Sheriff R F Giles notes urgency amid family stress and late report by merchant R H Darnell saying the family avoided notoriety.
A rejected suitor of Anya Sosoyeva, 32 year old dancer and Goldwyn Follies beauty, is sought by police for questioning about her staying on the Los Angeles City college campus. Doctors reported no rape after two autopsies, while a clinic associate described Sosoyeva with a large man linked to a strange cult on campus.
Washington February 26 Indications point to a bristling debate as the senate takes up the 358 million army and air corps expansion bill. The measure aims to lift air force strength to about 6,000 planes, with House setting a 5,500 cap. A separate 48 million naval base bill faces senate consideration.
Former King Alfonso of Spain toured the Vatican city state as cardinals prepare to elect a new pope. Diplomats accredited to the Holy See followed the tour and broadcasting will double during the conclave to inform global listeners. Thousands pass a shop window displaying papal regalia near the Pantheon.
Sally Rand sails from San Francisco to New York to pursue world conquest via nude performance, meets Grover Whalen tomorrow to discuss her appearance at the New York exposition with United Airlines.
House taxation and finance committee works to finish the 62.4 million appropriations bill while debating an extra 10 percent liquor tax to fund law enforcement. Governor Holt may meet with leaders to bridge likely Senate and House differences before a possible late session.
A 3 month old, William Perry Jr., is in serious condition with black eyes and two broken jaws after a beating. The infant’s father William Perry, 31, unemployed chauffeur, is under arrest in St. Joseph’s hospital on assault charges. He allegedly attacked the child on Feb 14 after crawling from bed to the crib, as the mother Mary Perry 21 tells detectives. The mother feared for her life and did not report the incident. Authorities say he will be arraigned in police court tomorrow.
London crowds boos as Prime Minister Chamberlain prepares to recognize Nationalist General Franco's regime. Demonstrators march from Trafalgar Square to Downing Street, opposed by police and fire engines. Labor leader Attlee denounces the move as treachery while a Franco declaration awaits in Commons and a Paris line to ensure joint recognition.
Mrs. Charlotte E. Schoen seeks a divorce from Werner Schoen in Ridgewood New Jersey accusing desertion. She testified he joined a German American band and attended weekly meetings in New York then twice weekly with overnight stays. She followed him one night and found him in a tavern singing and embracing two young women.
President Roosevelt told Democratic leaders he will seek $150 million more in WPA emergency relief. He plans to urge fast approval before April 1 to avoid cutting 1.3 million relief workers between April and June. He cites $360 million spent by April and projects 800,000 spring jobs with 200,000 from relief rolls.
Birmingham report says nineteen children injured when a Sunday school bus collided with a passenger train at an intra city grade crossing. Driver Lewis Allen 29 with a long scalp wound said his view was obscured by pupils and he did not see the train until impact. No fatalities and no one in critical condition.
Democratic leaders warn colleagues that tight 1938 election margins could signal losses in 1940. Analysts tally that about 60 Democrats and 50 Republicans sit in danger zones, with Republicans faring slightly better overall though many won by under 10 percent. The White House attributes 1938 to local factionalism, while some Democrats see a broader anti New Deal trend.
Manuel Azana resigns as president of the Spanish republic and goes into voluntary exile in Switzerland. Britain and France expected to recognize Franco’s regime and arrange evacuation of about 10 000 civil and military leaders and their families from government Spain as the war nears its end.
Warsaw on February 26 saw pro Italian demonstrations shift to anti Berlin chants as Count Galeazzo Ciano met the Italian colony. A high school group distributed leaflets urging the Polish army to seize Danzig and annex the Free City to Poland amid ongoing protests over Polish mistreatment by Germans in Danzig.
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