Control of Rackets and Neutrality Confusion
The column argues the city cannot eradicate gambling and rackets but should keep them controlled while urging vigilance over law enforcement. It also critiques American neutrality policy, noting conflicting treaties, cash and carry practices, and the messy stance toward Japan, China, and other conflicts. The piece blends public order with foreign policy critique, reflecting wartime tensions and civic responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trol
China
United States
Japan
State Department
Orient
America
Spain
Ethiopia
Refugee Crisis Delineated By Intergovernmental Panel
Myron Taylor, chairing the intergovernmental committee on refugees, estimates 660000 Germans must flee persecution. More than half, about 360000, are Christians with Jewish roots. He warns that after Jews, Catholic persecution may rise, especially in Austria, threatening most of the population. He urges universal aid to refugees across races and creeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron Taylor
Intergovernmental Committee ‘On
Germany
Austria
California Medical Association backs 2.50 health plan
The California Medical Association endorsed a plan for hospital and medical care for a 2.50 monthly per person charge. Critics question wide public uptake and a family of four would pay 10 dollars monthly. The move could influence the national fate of socialized medicine.
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Morgantown Post
California Medical Association
California
United States
Relief and social policy clash over work relief cost
The debate centers on whether relief should be job based or provided as essential goods. CIO opposition favors maintaining job relief, arguing every capable American has a right to work. Views on social security shift toward broader eligibility, expanded benefits, health care, and pension reforms, with administration wary of broad changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appropriations Committee
Dhares
CIO
TWO TIMING NEUTRALITY IN ASIAN CONFLICTS WARNINGS
The Export-Import Bank offers China a 25 million dollar credit, aimed at joint policy with Great Britain to export American surplus commodities. Japan views this as military aid to Chiang Kai-Shek, helping continued resistance, while Britain debates accepting Japanese conditions for cooperation.
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Oineagy
Ahawaise
China
Great Britain
Chiang Kai-Shek
Misconception on German refugees偏 Christian majority
Cincinnati Enquirer notes that most German refugees are Christians, not Jews. Anti Semitic bias has skewed aid to Jewish groups, while about 400000 Christian Sudeten refugees fled Hitler terror versus roughly 30000 Jews from Sudetenland, per the American committee for Christian German refugees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Enquirer
Germany
America
Reich
Sudeten
Sudetenland
American Committee For
Ickes Criticized As German Protests Rise
Germany protests continue with attacks linking Ickes to American policy. TheX article cites Ickes as a private figure and accuses him of waging a campaign against Germany via mail shipments. Ickes criticizes anti Jewish violence and denounces Lindbergh and Ford for accepting German decorations. The piece also notes British informants amid border seizures tied to Francoist police and intelligence leaks.
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Washington
Ickes
der Angriff
Germany
United States
Zionist Society of
Cleveland
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Henry Ford
Union Urges Cooperation in Steel Industry
An article reports on the Steel Workers Organizing Committee urging cooperation between union and management. It highlights pamphlets handling grievances and production problems, urging noncoercion, adherence to contracts, and joint cost reduction to raise wages and lower prices, with a forward praising steady production for national well being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Lves
S.W.O.C
Storm Center
Con— Steel Workers
Tee
Cormittee
C.lo. Union
Worthy. Com
Educa
Many Arrests Reported at Frontier in Insurgent Message
A communique from Burgos, the insurgent capital, states that information intended for the Barcelona government was found in Goodman’s bag when he reached the frontier to enter France. British quarters at Hendaye France on the Spanish frontier.
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John Rattenbury
Robert Hodgson
Franco
Goodman
San Sebastian
Barcelona
Pnte
Burgos
France
Hendaye
Recovery relief politics shift control to states
The piece notes Republicans favor returning administration of relief to states as appropriations rise for next fiscal years. Democratic senators propose state contributions of one third for those unable to pay, while Wheeler opposes WPA and Hatch suggests non-discriminatory relief for those unable. Wheat̄er calls WPA a political liability and Walsh comments on senate inquiries into WPA political activity.
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Congress
Wheeler
Hatch
N. M
Wheler
D. Monti
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Walsh
Mass
The Professor Thorton Holgate and the International Ball
Thornton Holgate, a shy Rice Institute professor, finds his feelings tangled with Sara Sue and Peaches Pomeroy. He plans to ask Peaches to the autumn prom after sending a rose box, hoping to secure a date for the International Ball. Sara Sue urges perseverance and hints at unspoken heartbreak as Thornton contends with his mixed loyalties and evolving self.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton Holgate
Sara Sue
Thornton
Bob Towne
Bob
Peaches Pomeroy
Miss Pomeroy
Peaches
South Texas
Rice Institute
Largeosches
United States
Republic of Mexico
Mexico City
Galveston
Wademan
Clarence Wataman Gorist
Clarence
Dr. Holgate
Thornton Holgaté
Goodby
Geraldine
Committee weighs drastic laws against activity
A discussion notes that facts developed would force the committee to recommend drastic laws to curb the activity.
Injunction Denied Over Blacksville School Plan
Clay and Battelle district residents were denied an injunction to stop the Monongalia board of education from constructing a consolidated school at Blacksville. Charles Bakler, counsel for citizens, said he would appeal Judge A C Hughes ruling to the Supreme Court.
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Kingwood
Clay and Battelle
Monongalia County
Monongalia
Pineville Board appoints editor and publisher
Pineville reports the Wyoming County Board of Education appointed Jack Shipmad as editor and publisher of the local school district paper, marking a key personnel move in the December session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Wyoming County Board of Education
Jack Shipmad
Independent Herald Names Shipman President After Walker Resigns
The Independent Herald reports succession as Shipman is elected president following Walker’s resignation to join the county court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Independent Herald
Witt van Walker
Shipman
Wallkerer
Boy may lose sight after shotgun shell experiment
May lose his eyesight, 14 year old Sages Lawson of Rich Creek Gilencounty Virginia ignited powder from a shotgun shell to see what would happen. He was brought to a hospital in Bluefield on December 21 seeking treatment for his injuries.
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Bluefield
Sages Lawson
Rich Creek
Gilencounty
Virginia
Death of John C. Hunsaker in Fairmont
John C. Hunsaker, 69, of Van Lear Kentucky, died in Fairmont. He was employed by Consolidation Coal Company and had worked for the company for nearly 40 years. He leaves long service with the firm and is remembered by coworkers in the area.
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Fairmont
John C. Hunsaker
van Lear
Consolidation Coal Company
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Eliot Jones
Transportation and Public Utilities
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