Abolition Hearing Called By Committee
The house judiciary committee began work on a broad judicial amendment to abolish justices of the peace and constables with a public hearing set for Monday night. Senate education considers the administration school aid bill as Supt. W. W. Trent testifies, asking to be heard again after noting he has not yet studied the measure. Seventeen bills in the house and eight in the senate include state aid and old age pension proposals, with shifts in how aid is computed and funded. Governor Holt proposes a modest advertising appropriation, while education, taxation, and teacher tenure topics surface in related measures. Trent criticizes interim committee replies as confusing about aid outcomes for about 18 counties, urging $14 million in state support plus reallocations of property levies.
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Senate Education” Committee
Supt
W. W. Trent
Trent
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Senate
Bischoff
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Amnate
Randolph
D.narrison
Conservation Commission
Gov
Holt
Airman Shinn
Justices of the Peace
Education Committee
Sen
Shahan
Bosworth
Bishott
Moore
Marshall
Hopkins
D.-Mercer
Blood Donor Sought For Rare Malady Newark Case Said
Doctors at St Barnabas hospital raced to save 65 year old Harry Batter, suffering from a rare plas to anemia. The condition, first U S case and fourth in history, requires three pints of Type 2 blood. Volunteers offered blood but none matched. The disease stems from bone marrow absence, with only three London cases on record.
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St. Barnabas Hospital
Stott
J. J. Rommer
U. S
Nommer
Harry Batter
Shall
Hemmer
Rommer
London
England
New Air Defense Plan Is Mapped
Aviation leaders in Louis reveal a plan to teach 17 to 20 million American school children yearly the theory of mechanical flight. The program links air power education with public schooling and civil groups, aiming to counter totalitarian Europe.
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Europe
Frank Mr. Andrews
General Headquarters Air Force
Willian A. Enyart
Aeronautic Axtornation
Association
Clvi
United States
Air Education
Federal Office of Education
Dewey Clash Over Subway Theft Claim
In New York on January 17, Thomas E. Dewey's office alleged the city subway system lost 1.3 million dollars over five years, about 24 million nickels, prompting eight forgery and grand larceny arrests. John H. Delaney dismissed the figure as preposterous, insisting only minimal indirect evidence supports such losses and that each dollar lost is recoverable.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
John H. Delaney
Board of Transportation
Delaney
Roosevelt warns five million risk relief under WPA cut
President Roosevelt declares nearly five million people would lose federal relief if Congress keeps the House cut of 150 million dollars from WPA emergency funds. He defends restoring the full 875 million dollar WPA fund, criticizing moves to downsize relief as of now. The Senate panel weighs an 755 million dollar appropriation amid calls to keep the 875 million level.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Col
F.C. Harrington
Robert H Martin Dies at Residence
Robert H Martin, former Daily Mail editorial writer, died at his home Nancy Street at 7 am. He was 80 and had long fought asthma and heart disease. Services at 2:30 pm today at his residence with Rev. Wallace M Alston of First Presbyterian officiating. Burial at Spring Hill. Nowers requested omitted. He lived in Charleston 40 years and served 36 years on the Daily Mail staff. Born March 26 1858 in Mt Jackson VA to Albion and Anne Gillispie Martin. He studied at Washington and Lee University and was a Woodstock high school principal 1880 82 and taught at Woodstock 1877 79.
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Robert Hugh Martin
The
Daily Mail
Nancy Street
Wallace M. Alston
First Presbyterian Church
Martin
Simpson
Spring Hill Cemetery
Nowers
Charleston
News
Legislature Rejects Probe of Liquor Board Publicity
Legislators defeated resolutions to probe the state liquor control commission amid a publicity inquiry into Sen J Buhl Shahan and Delegate John W Bosworth. In the Senate 31 to 1 opposed. in the House 74 to 17 with 18 of 23 Republicans joining Bosworth. Leaders rejected delaying action. charges to be investigated if substantiated.
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State Liquor Control Commission
Sen. J. Buhl Shahan
John W. Bosworth
Senate
House
Shahan
Bosworth
Senale
D. Grove Moler
Berkeley
Dele
Canal Revival Asked by FDR
President Roosevelt asked Congress to revive the Florida ship canal and the Passamaquoddy Bay tidal power project with a combined cost around 238 million. He urged quick action citing commercial and military needs while lawmakers weighed investigations and hearings.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Florida Ship Canal
Passamaquoddy Bay
Mansflett
D., Tex
House Rivers and Harbors
Balfey
D. N.C
Senate Commerce Committee
Sen. Bailey
War Department
Department
River and Harbor Board
Edward M. Markham
Mansfield
Sen
Pepper
D. Fla
37 True Bills Added to List
The Tenuary term Intermediate court grand jury yesterday returned 37 additional true bills, bringing a record total to 206. Included in the final report were 42 charging felonies and 25 misdemeanors, all against West Virginia firms and employers who failed to report to the unemployment compensation director, totaling 30 for the term. Judge Jackson Savvage commended the grand jurors for a fine piece of work. The list of indictments includes felonies for Willam Burton, Herman Flowers, James King, Bill Cales, Everette Wilburn, and others, with charges ranging from felonious assault to grand larceny and breaking and entering.
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Fnal
West Virginia
Stern
Jackson Savvage
Kennawha County
Lst
Willam Burton
Jim Jordan
Lee Carter
Herman Flowers
Herbert Hamilton
Louise Hibbard
James King
Bill Cales
Everette Wilburn
Hayes Young
Sylvester Adams
Marlon Johnson
Erwin Simms
Collina Smith
Arthur Smith
Sterling Larrie
Grand
Murphy Confirmed as Attorney General in Senate Vote
The Senate approved Frank Murphy for attorney general 78 to 7 after a GOP protest over his Michigan governorship during the sitdown strike. The same session saw discussion of Felix Frankfurter’s Supreme Court confirmation. Hopkins to Commerce Secretary faced expected GOP opposition, with Democrats likely securing enough votes.
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Senate
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Hopkins
Acantean
Felix Frankfurter
Supreme Court
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Senate Commerce Committee
Murphy
Bridges
Tobey
New Hampshire
Gurney
South Dakota
Holeman
Oregon
Tati
Ohio
Vandenberg
White
Maines
Filnt
Paving Dispute to be Settled by Cliff Monier
A Friday meeting of Charleston Transit directors will decide the fate of Virginia street paving tied to the trackage question. Rumors of abandoning tracks for buses circulate, with cost estimates for paving between tracks. The decision remains unsettled despite officials’ insistence it is not a rubber stamp meeting. A plan to route suburban lines over Washington Street faced council opposition due to traffic, while the state road department’s timely acquisition of right of way is sought, especially for the Dunbar line.
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Cliff Monier
Charleston Transit Company
Virginia Street
Hhat
Trainion
Washington A
Alate Road Department
Dunbar
Man Who Inspired Peck’s Bad Boy Dies in Milwaukee
Edward J. Watson, Milwaukee telegraph messenger turned city inspector, inspired the prank filled Pecks Bad Boy stories by George W. Peck. Watson’s inventiveApril Fool stunts helped popularize the character across the nation. Born 1861 in Wisconsin, he retired in 1938 and died today at his Milwaukee home.
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Bad Boy
Milwaukee
Edward J. Watson
Edward Watson
Wisconsin
George W. Peck
Sun
France, Britain stall aid as Spanish army crisis looms
Paris reports France will not aid the Spanish government without Britain. Britain refuses intervention, fearing a wider war. A betwixt and between plan to end Italian and German aid is discussed. London doubts reopening the frontier. Berlin signals openness. Italy backs France against public dissent. Premier Daladier faces Socialist Leon Blum’s call for action.
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France
Britain
Georges Bonnet
Spain
London
Berlin
Germany
Italy
Daladier
Barcelona
England
Chamber of Deputies
Leon Blum
Socialists
Chamber
General Assails Fortifying Guam
Maj. Gen. William C. Rivers, retired, calls Guam fortifications indefensible and the most provocative military step against Japan in 50 years in a letter to Sen. Borah. A naval board had recommended fortifying Guam, while President Roosevelt sought calm and discussed appropriations.
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Washington
CNS
Guam
Pacific
Japan
William C. Rivers
William E. Borah
Idann
Roosevelt
Big Guns Audible In Besieged Capital
Barcelona under siege as women join industries and men rush to the front in a desperate last stand. Artillery booms echo through the city while military trucks and ambulances flood the streets, signaling an intensified government defense in a pivotal civil war moment.
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Barcelona
Italy Lines Up Balkan States for Axis Amid Anti France Hype
Rome reports Italy moves to help Germany align Balkan states for the Rome Berlin axis. Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano travels to Yugoslavia to meet Premier Stojadinovic and forge a Danubian bloc with Hungary, aiming to shrink French influence in southeastern Europe. Italian veterans surrender French medals, decry defending France amid rising anti French sentiment.
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France
Galeazza Ciano
Mussolini
Yugoslavia
Milan Stojadinovich
Trajans
Europe
Blochloe
Haly
Hungry
Yugon Avia
Ciano
Hungary
Berlin
Virginio Garcia
Silvio Lucca Mussina
Turin
British Air Official Hurt in Plane Crash
Air Vice Marshal Henry Meyrick Cave Brown Cave was seriously injured in a crash near Hurley Ipswich as part of a string of six accidents that killed four people. The pilot of the marshal's plane died in the incident.
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British Air
London
Henry Meyrick Cave-Brown-Cave
Hurley
Ipswich
Mirrors and Prisms Aid Crime Detection
New York January 17 INS reports Dr. R H B Gradwohl demonstrated spectrographic devices that reveal glass fragments and paint traces to identify vehicles and locate suspects in crimes. The method detects elements in minute quantities, aiding diagnosis and crime solving with mirrors and prisms breaking light into wavelengths.
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New York
INS
R. H. B. Gradwohl
Gradwohl
St. Louie
Government Forces in Hills Hold Line in Civil War Drift
Hills battles stiffen as Spanish government troops fortify mountain positions near Barcelona amid expectations of a decisive clash. Insurgents push into Catalonia while government forces amass 400000 troops. observers foresee a possible turn in the two and a half year conflict as both sides contest key routes toward the capital.
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France
Barcelona
Loyallete Kelake
Catalonia
Batecelona
Igulada
Santa Coloma de Querant
Jesimo Franco
Soto P. Blew
Mediterranean
Torregons
Ebrong
Spain
British Hunting Six in Bombings
Police guards were tightened at public utility sites and Prime Minister Chamberlain's residence as searches spanned three countries for the suspects of a bombing series. Scotland Yard linked the blasts to the Irish Republican Army, with ten explosions reported in London Manchester Liverpool Birmingham Belfast and other cities. A power pylon was damaged near Manchester and dynamite with an alarm clock was found at Barton near that city. Guards were posted at key sites including Chamberlain's Downing Street home while authorities pursued six men for questioning. A large cache of unexploded bombs was found in Birmingham. one worker died and two were hurt in Manchester.
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Chamberlain
Scotland Yard
Manchester
Liverpool
Birmingham
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Barton
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Ulster
Downsing Street
Home Sec
Samuel Hoare
C Rerkman
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