26 Nov 1939
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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1939
Page
1
A compact roundup lists numerous game outcomes with teams such as Marshall, Ohio State, Cornell, Yale, Princeton, Duke, Nebraska, Missouri, TCU, Baylor, Auburn and Georgia. Several games end with lopsided margins and many matchups show zero for the opponent, painting a chaotic snapshot of the period's schedule.
President Roosevelt directs a survey of the Federal Security Agency to study costs and efficiency and consider reorganization. The effort targets the agency with about 21,000 employees and annual outlays near 800 million dollars, potentially replacing the board with a single director. Experts doubt major cuts are feasible.
West Virginia officials supported by the state beer committee say they will use a tax and enforcement opinion to drive law-violating retailers from the legal beer business. Attorney General Clarence W Meadows endorses agreements among retailers to refuse sales to violators, a tool in the clean up campaign.
The article notes a swap in the publication lineup as the paper introduces a new reading option for readers. It mentions the existing popular column has been replaced with a different feature to maintain reader interest and preserve continuity.
Civic center proposals urge plazas between Court and Truslow streets facing city hall county building and auditorium. Two plans show a federal building inclusion and a larger complex with library safety jail and art gallery. Consultants call site at Lee Dickinson unsuitable and discuss moving buildings into a capitol zone as impractical.
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Vatican reports indicate Pope Pius XII will issue a stronger peace appeal within weeks. He plans a week of spiritual exercises and a pre Christmas address to plead for global peace amid growing European conflict. Close aides say the pope is deeply saddened and prioritizing prayers over other duties.
Four Kroger employees at 1592 E Washington Street were knocked unconscious in a late night robbery. A short one eyed man and an accomplice, both white, entered as staff locked up and fled with 800 to 1000 dollars from evening receipts. Police and state troopers searched but made no arrest by morning.
College football notes show Colgate and Columbia ending 0 to 0 in a defensive clash. Other results include Minnesota beating Wisconsin 23 to 6 and Purdue edging Indiana 7 to 6 in a tight duel.
American Ambassador Joseph E. Davis, returning from Belgium in December, is reported as a candidate for secretary of the navy. The post is vacant since Claude Swanson's death. Charles A. Edison as acting chief is considered unlikely for a full appointment. Davis, husband of Marjorie Post Hutton, is a noted lawyer and longtime Roosevelt ally with a record in federal trade and Democratic circles.
N P Rhinehart chief of the department of mines reports coal mine fatalities running about 20 percent behind October high. He notes 28 deaths to date versus 40 in October with six from old injuries and four from a gas explosion in Wyoming county. Safety cooperation cited. more care urged to reduce deaths.
The Hallanan Hoover Hamilton faction plans to boycott the state Young Republican conference at Fairmont this week. National Committeeman Walter S. Hallanan will not attend, joined by several Hoovertonian leaders. Other defections include Mrs. Dale Wilson, Mrs. Cara Ebbert, and Mrs. Chauncey Hinerman, with state chairman Robert H. C. Kay uncertain of attendance. The event, tied to a clash with the Old Guard, was scheduled for the Thanksgiving period since Sept. 24.
Berlin reports four warships hit by German bombers 560 miles from the German coast near the Shetland area. London says two bombing attacks on British ships in the North Sea caused no hits or casualties as Britain seeks to tighten the blockade amid a shipping crisis and efforts to counter magnetic mine defenses.
Long Island tale of George Lowther and Eileen Herrick escalates as Lowther seeks a writ of habeas corpus claiming she is being held against her will. Herrick says the 20 year old may have changed her mind about the marriage after hospital rest and family involvement.
In La Junta Colorado on November 25 1945 a 20 ounce infant Violet Ruth Denton died after several days in a mechanical incubator marking the smallest child born in La Junta and ending attempts to keep her alive despite scientific care.
In Harrisburg a gravel dealer testified he crawled under a Pittsburgh hotel bed and overheard a visitor named David L. Lawrence discuss a grand jury leak and a possible 35000 payment by a railroad to a colleague in former Gov. Earle’s cabinet. Sidney Toy said he hid for an hour and a half as Bowser spoke with Bowser’s visitor called Mr Lawrence.
London dispatch reports British press says Hitler ordered immediate intensification of mine and submarine warfare. Britain vows to seize German exports despite protests from six neutrals including Japan. Berlin editorials claim Germany may widen U boat campaign and use magnetic mine devices to isolate Britain, with warnings of magnetic mine layers along coast.
Budapest reports a temperate mood as fears of renewed conflict ease in the Balkans during winter. Diplomats and statesmen see some stability ahead despite a volatile trade crisis involving Germany and Transylvania. Russia is expected to play a key role, with cautious optimism noted by observers.
A Parkersburg man, H. E. Smith aged 53, was killed in a head on collision on Sissonville road near Cathol low yesterday afternoon. His wife, 48, possibly skull fractured, and daughter Jane 17, with facial injuries, were hospitalized in Mountain State hospital. Cecil Hutton 29 Dunbar, suffered head and face injuries with possible rib fractures and was driving the south bound car. Two passengers Charles Wolfe and Omhar Boggess of Dunbar plus canned pork were in the vehicle. Wolfe and Boggess refused hospital treatment. A second collision involving four cars occurred at the scene. Police report turn to Page 11 Part 1 Col 6 for hearing next Friday.
Fragmentary wartime item noting a colonel of the reserve commanding a regiment at the front and a casualty in Poland. The text also references a lieutenant in Steflatenbey and a bar of London, with a prompt to continue on Page 11 Part I.
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