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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1939
Page
1
Washington dispatch reports compromise talk over Roosevelt's $150 million work relief request as Col. Harrington backs the measure with cost figures. Mayors survey relief needs and suggest large federal grants while Republicans hint at a rotation or staggered work scheme.
Justice Felix Frankfurter, newly confirmed to the Supreme Court, informed Col. Edwin M. Watson that he will not resign his reserve commission as a major in the judge advocate general's office. The decision keeps him linked to military service while serving on the high court.
The soft coal industry reports losses of 340 million since 1925 and rejects United Mine Workers demands for a raise. Operators propose preserving the 1935 contract terms for a new two year deal starting March 31, as miners and operators form a 32 member negotiating committee.
The tax office stayed open late in the grey capitol to accept income tax payments without penalties. By March 13 the department reported $410000 collected on 1938 incomes, but experts cautioned the figure could not gauge performance versus last year.
The House appropriations deficiency subcommittee approves Army allotments totaling 11.54 million dollars to strengthen seacoast defenses and obtain critical war materials. Debates over Civil Aeronautics Authority funding and pilot training reflect legal and authorization uncertainties. Other defense actions include a proposed 200 million Florida ship canal, Pittman arm sales discussion, price concerns by Senator Shipstead, and ongoing army expansion talks.
Tokyo reports indicate Japan will protect 20000 fishermen with warships for the Kamchatka voyage and may take self defense action if Russia blocks fisheries. A Tokyo envoy failed to delay auctions in Vladivostok as Tokyo blames Moscow for possible consequences while seeking diplomatic settlement.
Police Chief Tully pushes voter registrations for Mayor Dawson supporters through mimeographed notices, while traffic enforcement stalls due to the new sewer project. The notices, signed by the chief and routed via Mrs. Morris, urge unregistered voters to enroll or transfer before city elections.
A severe winter storm sweeping Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan left four dead and disrupted auto and rail traffic. In the Lake Superior area 10 to 14 inch snow drifts met near zero temperatures as trains stalled. Calumet and Superior set seasonal snowfall records. schools closed. a relief train prepared for marooned passengers near Negaunee and Ironwood. two traffic deaths reported near Litchfield Minnesota and a fatal car accident near Stevens Point Wisconsin.
Washington March 15 Ins four large whisky distilling companies deny control prices Seton Porter president National Distillers Products corp testifies before the joint legislative executive committee Keen competition exists in the industry He says profits are not unreasonable and cites overhead aging advertising storage and taxes as main cost factors The four named firms National Distillers Schenley Distillers Joseph E Seagram and Sons and Hiram Walker and Sons top the list Ballinger FTC says industry may be in monopoly category
Huntington reports municipal employees received no fund orders replacing regular salaries. Banks refused cashing, and Sheriff Phipps had declined to sign payroll checks citing a $90,000 city overdraft. No fund notes carry 6 percent interest until redemption. semi monthly payroll about $18,000.
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons he bitterly regrets Adolf Hitler’s rapid seizure of Bohemia and Moravia. He said Germany’s action shocks confidence as Britain suspends current conciliatory trade plans and notes a first military occupation of non Germanic territory. Labor taunts about Britain’s humiliation and Eden’s involvement follow.
Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet told the French lower house there are no plans for talks with Italy over Fascist demands. Paris, wary of Germany's eastward moves, concentrates on a potential future crisis in the Mediterranean with Italy backed by Berlin. Berlin warned France by noting Bohemia and Moravia are under German protection and Paris signals it will stay out of the Czech crisis.
About 1000 Charleston women attended the Gazette cooking school at WCHS auditorium despite rain. Miss Charlie Mae Elliott explained how to eat and grow thin, stressing building foods with proteins minerals and vitamins, while limiting starches fats and sweets. The third class opens at 1 30 p m today.
President Roosevelt and the State Department pressed to clarify US relations with the vanished Czechoslovak state as Germany absorbs most of the territory. Questions center on debts totaling 172 million dollars, the 1938 trade treaty, and the US’s diplomatic stance from Prague through Berlin amid rapid Reich expansion.
Premier Mussolini and cabinet ministers met to discuss Germanys moves in Central Europe with officials noncommittal on the Czech Slovakia situation. Diplomats suggested Italy may have lacked advance notice of Hitlers intentions and the Gazzetta Del Popolo framed expansion as aiding Italian Mediterranean aims.
Treasury officials forecast a substantial drop in March tax collections from 1938 levels as last minute returns flood in. Early estimates pointed to about 425 million dollars expected this month versus 723 million a year earlier due to the 1938 business downturn and lower sales and profits. About 6 million people filed by the midnight deadline.
Adolf Hitler and the German army moved swiftly into Bohemia and Moravia, establishing control and placing Konrad Henlein as civil governor in Bohemia while General Blaskowitz took executive power. Slovakia is declared independent under German sponsorship as Hungary pushes into Carpatho Ukraine.
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