Hitler heads to Rome as Czechoslovakia tense
Adolf Hitler plans a decisive move in Rome amid rising Czech tensions over autonomy for Germany's 3.5 million minorities. Mussolini seeks to balance Berlin and London while Britain and France press a three step approach to ease the minority dispute.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Republic
Konrad Henlein
Ollowers
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Hitlers
Berlin
Praha
Tara
Guaranty Renews A and O Control War
New York April 30 The fight for control of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway escalated as Guaranty Trust Company sent bondholder notices stating it believes the C and O should not be under Mr Young's control Young, Alleghany chairman, denied claims of control and negotiations may resume amid a court case involving Young and Guaranty The report notes Bailie and C and C letters to stockholders and cites the ongoing U S circuit court of appeals action Turn to page 4 for full details
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New York
Robert R. Young
Chesapeak and Ohio Railway
Earlie Bailie
J. and W. Se! and Company
Wall Street
Guaranty Company
U. S
Alleghany
Bailie
Guaranty
Chesapeake Corporation
C. Beards
Young
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Icp
van Sweringen
Millionaire’s son loses 150000 in five card stud tale
Los Angeles April 30. Harry T. Clifton, heir to a wealthy English family, claims a $150000 loss in a $340000 five card stud hand. The Los Angeles district attorney probes, and Judge Emmett Wilson halts $150000 payments to Law Brice amid allegations of trickery. A $100000 draft was already converted to a cashier’s check. Brice allegedly had three sevens to Clifton’s two pairs.
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Los Angeles
INS
Harry T. Clifton
Clifton
New York
Brice
Charch Court To Study Fight Over Methodist Unification
In Birmingham on April 20 the Southern Methodist Church fended off union critics before its supreme court as the quadrennial conference approved unification 434 to 26. Bishop Collins Denny and son led anti merger arguments. laymen warned of civil litigation if the decision favored merger.
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Ala
Southern Methodism
Neeth
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The
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Collins, Jr
Virginia
Judicial Council
Southern Methodist Church
Southern Church
South
Southern Methodist
Methodist! Episcopal Church
Northern
Northern Episcopal Methodists
Capitol Edifice Praised by Noted Artist in Charleston
Artist Howard Chandler Christy called West Virginia’s gold domed capitol glorious after touring the building with Governor Holt. He said it is simple yet ornate and beautiful and a masterwork among capitals, noting his long friendship with designer Cass Gilbert and plans to return to Washington.
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Howard Chandler Christy
West Virginia
Capitol
Gov. Holt
Christy
Charleston
Oass Gilbert, Jr
Supreme Court
Washington
Elise Ford
D. C
Casa Gilbert
Chamber Leaders Draft Recovery Program
At the 26th annual U.S. Chamber of Commerce meeting in Washington, business leaders urged the Roosevelt administration to reject legislative fiat and call for seven recovery measures. They demanded less government interference and a clear steering formula for the nation’s economy.
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Washington
INS
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Girl Flier Plans to Form Women Air Corps in Turkey
Dark-eyed Ilssame Pilot Major Sabina Gocken, adopted daughter of Kemal Ataturk, plans to form a corps of aerial Amazons. She aims to enlist Turkey’s young women into a fighting branch of the air force, the world’s first women army flying corps.
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Girl Flier
Woman’ ’S Army Y Air Corps
INS
Istanbul
Turkey
Sabina Gocken
Kemal Ataturk
Flerce
Sabiha Poselsscr
State Official Succumbs In Charterton Hospital After Operation
T. M. Cheek, 39, state parks supervisor credited with creating West Virginia’s newest recreation centers, died yesterday at a Charterton hospital after surgery nine days earlier. Services set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at First Baptist Church Etkins.
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Etkins
T. M. Cheek
West Virginia
Check
Norman Thomas Arrested After Jersey City Speech
Socialist leader Norman Thomas arrived in Jersey City and was promptly seized by police amid plans to speak at Journal Square. He defied Mayor Hague by addressing a New York rally afterward, triggering another arrest and a tense confrontation with authorities.
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Jersey City
Sersey City
INS
Norman Thomas
Hague
N. J
Ieader
Thomas
Journal Square
Jeff Burkitt
Madison Square
New York City
Socialist Party
Jap Garrison Wiped Out in Tancheng Battle Front
Japanese forces suffered heavy losses as Chinese forces captured Tancheng on the Shantung front after a fierce onslaught. Chinese reports claim 1,000 Japanese dead inside the city and another 1,000 on the battlefield, with reinforcements rushing to the area. Chinese airstrikes also claimed destruction of 21 Japanese planes. Villages Matien and Chacho seized southeast of Taierchwang as Japanese troops moved toward Nan sangthén and the Lunghai railroad junction at Suchow.
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Tancheng
Hankow
Wuhn
Yangtao
Yi River
Lunghai
Suchow
China
Matien
Chacho
Taierchwang
Nansangthén
Lake Nanyang
West Virginia Graduation Totals Reach 14532 for Year
A. J. Gibson state supervisor of high schools released estimates showing about 14532 seniors to graduate in West Virginia this year. The breakdown includes 6422 white boys 6979 white girls 295 Negro boys 467 Negro girls and 208 boys 160 girls in parochial or private schools. Last year 12158 graduates were recorded and total diplomas may reach around 33000 after ceremonies.
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A. J. Gibson
West Virginia
Gibson
County Boards of Education
Tulane Probes Wild Parties On Coast
Tulane University launched an inquiry into charges of gay parties on the Mississippi coast involving Tulane students and Newcomb College co-eds. Hullabaloo writer Karl H. Clauser alleged lewdness and drunkenness at an Easter house party and said it was not properly chaperoned. University President Harris set a faculty committee to investigate and work out a corrective program.
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New Orleans
INS
Tulane University Today
Mississippi Coast
Tulane
Newcomb College
Hullabaloo
Karl H. Clauser
Rufus C
Harris
Roosevelt Begins Week Long Cruise From Charleston
President Roosevelt sailed aboard the USS Philadelphia from Charleston bound for tropical waters for a week of rest from official duties. The voyage targets the Virgin Islands with no official course released. a return to Charleston Navy Yard near next Saturday appeared likely.
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Charleston
S. C
Philadelphia
Navy
President Roosevelt
Congress
Washington
Virgin Islands
Charleston Navy Yard
Roosevelt
New Low Record Set In Highway Fatalities
State officials reported a record low for April highway deaths with 26 killed in the first 29 days. Last April saw 41 deaths while April 1938 had 34. For the year to date, 111 lives lost, down from 134 the prior year and 119 two years ago.
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State Department of Public Assistance
West Virginia
Governor Holt to Open Fourth Charleston Musical Festival
Governor Homer A Holl will open the fourth biennial Charleston festival at 8 30 p m tomorrow night at the Shring mosque the event marks the city s most ambitious musical undertaking and will feature local talent in a program including Verdi s Aida and songs by Harrison B Smith the full six concerts promise a higher standard than two years ago
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Homer A. Holl
Charleston
Shring
Congress Hopes Dwindle on Tax and Bank Laws
Washington April 30 AP Congress shows aversion to tackling anti trust and controversial measures this session focusing on completing the 4 512 000 000 lending program cleaning up tax revisions and other items. Roosevelt seeks funds for an investigation of economic concentration while wage hour action stalls. Hearings on public works relief may end soon with LaGuardia Lewis and Green slated as principal witnesses.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Coms
House
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York
Organized Labor
John L. Lewis
The
CIO
William Green
American Federation By Labor
Machine Mining Gains Steam In Bituminous Coal
Washington reports a 77 percent rise in machine mining for bituminous coal from 1935 to 1938, with anthracite machine loadings up 13.1 percent. The commission estimates 94 million tons loaded mechanically in 1937, up from 56 million in 1935, led by West Virginia and followed by Pennsylvania Indiana and Wyoming.
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Bituminous Coal Commission
F. G. Tyron
Commission
Tyron
Trinda
West
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Wyoming
West Virginia
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