FDR Moves Toward Business Peace and Tax Talks
President Roosevelt plans concrete steps to restore business confidence through peace moves with labor and industry. Hopkins and Morgenthau lead tax review while CIO AFL peace talks begin. Ickes' criticisms are halted as cabinet backs a business appeasement course.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Afl-Cio
White House
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Cio-Afl
Middle-West
Commerce Hopkins
Interior
Ickes
Hopkins
Business Advisory Council
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
John Hanes
Congress
CIO
F of L
Labor
Perkins
John L. Lewis
William Green
Democratic Party
Sales Tax Indicates 1939 Business Gains
West Virginia business prospects for 1939 look bright as consumer sales tax collections rise in January to 551367.91 dollars, up 5000 from January 1938. Except for January 1937, January figures exceed those of earlier years since 1935, signaling broader gains.
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West Virginia
Ban Declared On New Bills
The legislature halted introduction of bills with 455 House and 288 Senate measures for the session. Administration proposals led the last‑day rush including a broad school finance board grant and moves to legalize liquor in hotels and certify sitdown strikes. The school bill would empower the board to cut county budgets and set minimum salaries to ensure nine months term. nonpartisan county school board elections for six year terms were also proposed.
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House
Senate
LaFon
Thomas
Shriver
D. Taylor
Japan Plans Daily War Cost of Four Million in China Conflict
Tokyo reports official estimates of 4 million dollars daily for the China war in the 1939-40 fiscal year. The proposed special military budget totals 5.27 billion yen, about 1.439 billion dollars, to be submitted to Emperor Hirohito and presented in the lower house. The regular 1939-40 budgets for army and navy are 135 million and 175 million dollars respectively, not including the China funds. Observers note the high total reflects ongoing engagements and consolidation actions in occupied areas.
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Tokyo
Japan
China
Hirohito
Four Key Changes Proposed in West Virginia Budget Bill
The House of Delegates floor debated a 62.5 million budget as 335 thousand in supplementary appropriations was added by the budget commission. Notable changes include 75 thousand of a 750 thousand school aid deficit for primary aided counties, 130 thousand to cancel stadium bonds, 15 thousand for personal services and 5 thousand for other expenses of the school finance board, and 100 thousand for marginal counties. The move reassigns staff from the education department to the board without new personnel.
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House of Delegates
Budget Commission
House Finance Committee
Board of School Finance
Marion
Monongalia
West Virginia University Stadium Corporation
Department of Education
School Finance Board
Finance Committee
G E Head Asks Tax Reforms to Restore Confidence
General Electric president Gerard Swope told the House Ways and Means Committee that business needs concrete actions to restore confidence. He urged unemployment insurance tax for workers and employers and government or state incentives to stabilize employment. Swope warned that promises alone do not reassure business.
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Washington
Gerard Swope
General Electric Company
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rep
Robertson
Swope
Highway deaths fall in January 1939
National Safety Council reports a 6 percent drop in January highway fatalities to 2,500, marking the 15th consecutive monthly decline and an estimated 8,500 lives saved since November 1937. New York led in lives saved with 34, followed by Indiana with 24. declines were uneven across 37 states.
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Safety Council
Chicago
National Safety Council
New York
Indiana
Cardinals To Cast Vote On Successor To Pope Pius Today
The College of Cardinals begins a secret conclave to choose the 262nd pope. All 62 cardinals attend the opening as voting starts tomorrow to select a new spiritual head for 331,500,000 Catholics.
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Pius
College
Vatican City
College of Cardinals
Peter
Pius XI
Ludovico Chigi-Albani
Vatican
Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli
Sistine Chapel
Francesco Cardinal Marchetti-Selvaggiani
Tommaso Cardinal
Boggiano
Haven Offered Loyalist Heads
London reports Britain may shelter Spanish Republican leaders threatened with revolt in Madrid. Undersecretary Geoffrey Lloyd said Madrid leaders seeking admission to England would receive sympathetic consideration, but initiative rests with the leaders. Nationalists prepared for surrender with food trucks and 18,000 public order troops to enter Madrid after a possible capitulation.
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London
Great Britain
Madrid
Geoffrey Lloyd
Home Affairs
House of Commons
England
Franco
Europe
Juan
Judge Told Story Of Raven Locks
Elizabeth New Jersey March 1 (INS) Raymond Hicks a Plainfield patent attorney lost a divorce suit after his wife produced seven raven hairs found on furniture matching his claim of infidelity. Mrs Ruth M Hicks testified he admitted loving another woman before revealing a affair with Catherine Bailey in a New York hotel. Preliminary decree granted alimony 150 dollars monthly and custody of their son David age eight. Hicks did not contest.
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Elizabeth
N. J
INS
Raymond Hicks
Plainfield
Ruth M. Hicks
Hicks
Dougal Herr
Catherine Bailey
New York
Herr
David
White Smoke Signals Election of New Pope
Smoke will ascend from the Sistine chapel chimney at dawn in Vatican City signaling whether a new pope has been selected. White smoke means a pope has been chosen. black smoke indicates the two thirds majority was not reached on the first ballot.
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Sistine Chapel
St. Peter’s
Vatican City
Goering Explains Nazi Population Push and Air Might
Berlin March 1 Goering told Nazi leaders Germany aims to raise its population from 80 million to 100 million. He urged more warplanes and relentless training, claiming Germany’s air strength and armament drive will remain dominant while other powers arm themselves. He described the air force as the terror of enemies.
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Berlin
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Germany
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Goering
200 Killed in Blast of Japanese Arsenal
Police announced that about 200 people were killed and at least 200 injured in yesterday's explosion of an army arsenal in Hirakata suburb near Osaka Japan.
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Osaka
Japan
Hirakata
Witness Identifies Slayer in Dancer Murder on City College Grounds
A witness described the killer who murdered Anya Sosoyeva, a Russian-born dancer, on the Los Angeles City College campus. Three other witnesses saw the assailant flee as the dying actress lay on the grounds. A new suspect is in custody, bringing detainees to three.
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Los Angeles
INS
Anya Sosoyeva
Los Angeles City College
Dalton R. Patton
Britain Hikes Defense Budget to Five Billion
London March 1 AP Britain outlines its 1939 40 defense program marking peacetime record spending. Army estimates total 161 133 000 pounds with total defense near 580 million and air force budget rising to 209 million. Ship and civil non defense outlays accompany the surge as measures expand civilian protection including gas masks and shelters. Three mentions: two year ahead civilian defense, crisis evacuation plans, and a surge in armed manpower to 563 700.
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London
House of Commons
Great Britain
John Anderson
Sir John
Britain
India
Baron Portal
England
Wales
Air Force
Licenses Delayed Force Chester Police Motorcycle Patrols
Fifty motor policemen in Chester patrol on foot because their licenses to drive motorcycles and patrol cars expired at midnight and new permits have not arrived from the state capitol.
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Chester
Fascists Asked To Quit Spain
Paris dispatch reports Gen Franco has asked Premier Mussolini to withdraw Italian blackshirts from Nationalist Spain. Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet told the French Chamber of Deputies committee that France remains firm on its stance against Italian demands. He said Franco’s request regarding the Barcelona troops was sent to Rome, and that Italian circles seek to prolong the war for a reason to keep troops in Spain.
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Paris
Franco
Mussolini
Spain
Georges Bonnet
French Chamber of Deputies
Bonnet
France
Italy
Barcelona
Rome
Gastone Gambara
Britain
Roosevelt Heads North Toward Capital Amid War Games
President Roosevelt sails from Miami aboard the U S S Houston bound for Charleston as seas churn and orders a heavy cruiser to transport the body of Hiroji Saito back to Tokyo. The Houston just completed significant war games in the South Atlantic.
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Miami
Fla
INS
Roosevelt
Gulf Stream
U. S. S. Houston
Charleston
S. C
Navy Department
Hiroji Saito
U. S
Tokyo
Houston
South Atlantic
Foes in Labor Fight to Meet Foes in Labor Fight
Washington March 1 A F L president William Green and CIO leader John L Lewis prepare for a presidentially inspired conference to end the labor feud. Tobin relinquishes AFL chair creating a new negotiator alignment while Lewis confirms CIO representation. Labor observers warn dual peace teams may hinder consensus as Frances Perkins is noted.
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Washington
INS
William Green
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Congress of Industrial Organizations
War of Labor In
America
Green
Lewis
CIO
AFL
Daniel J. Tobin
International Brotherhood of Teamsters and
Sec. of Labor
Frances Perkins
More Aides Asked By Louis Johnson
Louis Johnson assistant secretary of war seeks 14 new staff for his office to meet a 50 percent rise in workload. The war department cites expanded planning activity, procurement education orders, and air expansion programs as key drivers of the increased demand.
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Washington
Louis Johnson
War Department
Department
House Appropriations Committee
Senate Nears Defense Vote Amid Warplane Sale Controversy
The Senate debates rearmament as it eyes a sprawling army expansion bill while disclosures reveal only 879 Army Air Corps fighting planes in service. The era’s foreign affairs clash includes push to recognize Franco Spain and proposals for raw material credits from foreign nations.
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Sec
Hull
House
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
War Department
Congress
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Corps
House Committee
Army
Appropriations Committee
Chavez
N. M
U. S
Great Britain
France
Spain
McNary
Ore
Lodge
Mass
Navy
Guam
Senate Naval Committee
Austin
Vermont
Military Affairs Committee
Delaware Assembly Names Mary W. Burton Secretary
Delaware's General Assembly announced the appointment of secretary Mary W. Burton by Majority Floor Leader F. Benson. She will greet visitors and guide them through the legislative chamber with salary to be fixed after the current session.
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Dover
Del
Delaware
F. Benson
Mary W. Burton
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Rio de Janeiro
O'Connell
Nassau
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Killer
U.S
Duce
President
Sclons
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Lundeen
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