Salary increases unlikely in West Virginia budget plan
Charleston Dec 15 The Governor Holt led Board of Public Works will hold another budget session as increases for state employees are unlikely unless meritorious service warrants. Officials foresee less revenue for 1939 41 and a proposed 14 million dollar annual school fund may be cut substantially with no fixed school figure yet set.
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Charleston
Holt
Board of Public Works
West Virginia
Stat
W. W. Trent
Soviet aide for travel agent held on espionage charges
Mikhail Gorin, Russian travel bureau agent in custody on federal espionage charges in Los Angeles, received aid from Soviet vice consul Mikhail Ivanovich Ivanushkin who arranged legal representation for Gorin and Salich. Grand jury hearings set for next week with a December 23 court date.
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Los Angeles
Mikhail Gorin
Mikhail Ivanovich Ivanushkin
New York
Gorin
Salich
Hasis Salich
J. Allen Frankel
United States
Benjamin Harrison
G. Dierst
Federal Bureau of Investigation
William Maxwell
Naval Intelligence Service
Federa Grand Jury
Gorin and
Berkeley
Cal
Navy
Moscow
Irvin Works Dedicating Pittsburghs Giant Steel Mill
Pittsburgh dedication of the Irvin works marks a $60 million, 51 acre smokeless plant with 13 miles of rail, a 690000 ton annual capacity, Coloma village housing, a 635 acre complex second in size only to Gary Indiana, and a banquet to toast the event led by John L. Perry of Carnegie Illinois.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Irvin
Monongahela River
Golden Triangle
William A. Irvin
Andrew Carnegie
H.C. Frick
Indiana
United States Steel Corporation
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp Tion
U. S. Steel Corporation
Coloma Village
Gary
Ind
John L. Perry
Carnegie Ilinois
Theft Probed in Princeton Area Dec. 15
Sheriff Crumpecker reports a theft of merchandise valued at $40 from a Springton store and an attempted break in at Hinwathe post office. Investigators seek leads and suspect details.
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Princeton
G. H. Crumpecker
Springton
Hinwathe
Demonstration On Diseases Of Poultry Planned
A poultry demonstration on culling and diseases of chickens will be held at Earl Thomas Farm on Glace Run on December 22. County agent Carroll Hawking will run the event for local poultry raisers.
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Earl Thomas
Glace Run
Carroll Hawking
Bishop Leonard Seeks Male Labor Secretary in Cabinet
Bishop Adna W. Leonard of the Methodist Episcopal Church Pittsburgh urged the house committee on Americanism to appoint a male secretary of labor, saying the cabinet post should be held by a nationally known man capable of statesman like service, contrasting with Frances Perkins.
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Washington
Adna W. Leonard
Methodist Episcopal Church
Pittsburgh
House
Leonard
Frances Perkins
Cordell Hull
Killer Invades Hospital in San Francisco Slaying Patient
A young man invaded a San Francisco hospital ward today shot and killed a patient and critically wounded a policeman. Inspector Jerome Smith said the assailant gave the name George Dally, 21, and was captured in a corridor.
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San Francisco
Jerome Smith
George Dally
Modernization Plan Aims at Moundsville Prison Reform
West Virginia board seeks 75000 for a classification unit at Moundsville prison and a law requiring goods made by inmates for state institutions. Secretary Thurmond says the plan could employ about 1700 of the 2500 inmates, supplying desks, shelves, sheets, paints, tobacco, and other items. A new classification hub would house 800 inmates and route newcomers to rehabilitative work. The effort follows prior federal guidance and a 1937 allocation for a modernized system and a new Huttonsville relay facility.
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Charleston
West Virginna
Board of Control
Moundsville
Walter R. Thurmond
Federal Prison Industries Reorganization Administration
Huttonsville
Randolph County
SIMS SAYS CONTINUED CLAIMS SEEN AS UNFALTERING
Bolden stated the association remains stable despite ongoing charges and asserted the investment committee met in Washington as of yesterday when the commission announced the move. He predicted the next 24 hours would bring hopeful news that the company will prove itself. Robert L. Bowen, Ohio state superintendent of insurance, announced today.
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Bolden
Washington
Owio
Columbus
Robert L. Bowen
Investigation into Fidelity Investment Corp by Federal Securities Board
After a year long inquiry, charges of fraud and deceit were filed against Fidelity Investment Corp by the Federal Securities Committee. The Wheeling based firm has operated across Ohio since 1928. Bowen criticized Ohio laws and said the investigation would finish by December 31 with no further comment until completion.
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Fidelity Investment Corp
Federal
Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio
Bowen
Roper resigns as Commerce Secretary in Roosevelt cabinet
President Franklin Roosevelt accepts the resignation of Daniel Roper as Secretary of Commerce to take effect December 23. In a White House released letter, Roper cites impelling personal reasons and regrets leaving public life, noting his desire to attend to private affairs since March 4, 1937.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Daniel Roper
White House
Roper
Cummings
War Woodring
Navy
Swanson
New Attacks Launched By Insurgents In Spain Fronts
Spanish insurgent forces opened simultaneous offensives in northern and western Spain with heavy artillery and aviation. Government says advance halted near Puigcerda as tanks and counterattacks drive insurgents back, while info on troop concentrations emerges from Bourg-Madame.
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Hendaye
France
Spain
Tremp
Sort
Catalonia
Seo de Urgel
Barcelona
Valsequillo
Pozoblanco
Puigcerda
Bourg-Mardame
Puigeerda
Franco Offensive Held Back by Desertion Secrets
Fragments describe an internal delay to Franco's planned offensive due to security leaks from deserters. The text mentions Milkman holder and a trio including Larry B Burke, Boyd Burke, and Bud Jordan, linked to marriages in San Jose and Modesto in 1938, with Chief Black identifying them as the same man.
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Milkman
Holder
San Jose
Boyd Burke
Evelyn Hopping
Modesto
Bud Jordan
Lillian Olivera
Black
Larry B. Burke
Jordan
Burke
the Hopping
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St Weil
Secretary of Commerce
Frank Cole
Bridgeport
Greyhound
Santa Claus
Washington, D. C
New Creek
St. Louis
Winchester
Cincinnati
Greyhound Bus Terminal
Love Drug Company
Plainfield-Elizabeth
Franco
Skagggs & CO
Isits
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MIBOS
Boston
Mr. Boston
Old Mr.boston
Morrison’s
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