Floods Drive 30,000 From Homes Prompt Shelter Rise
Emergency relief agencies set up temporary shelter for about 30,000 evacuees driven from their homes by floods along the Ohio River. Forecasters noted a crest around 34 to 36 feet with rain in the region. Ohio and surrounding states prepared for continued high water as Red Cross leads rehabilitation efforts.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Portsmouth
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Carrollton
Huntington
Louisville
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
U. S
W. C. Devereaux
Red Cross
Ella Layne Brown
Mop Up Work Underway After Ohio River Flooding
Huntington officials mobilized work squads to clear debris left by the retreating Ohio River as about 2000 refugees prepared to return home. The crest neared 56.9 feet, above flood stage by 6.9 feet, and was receding after midnight with 56.1 feet noted at 8 am. Federal engineers expected faster falls today despite rain and a cloudburst risk. At Pt Pleasant the Kanawha joins the Ohio and about 100 homes flooded as river top reached 49.1 feet.
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Huntington
Ohio
Pt. Pleasant
Pittsburgh
Kanawha
Mrs Ebert Invited to Kentucky or Brother Rat Tonight
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. Claude Ebert of Northwestern tripike to attend tonight's screenings. Kentucky in technicolor stars Loretta Young and Richard Greene at the Strand, or Brother Rat with Wayne Morris and Priscilla Lane at the Dixie. Identification may be required.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Claude Ebert
Northwestern Tripike
Kentucky
Loretta Young
Richard Greene
Strand Theatre
Brother Rat
Wayne Morris
Priscilla Lane
Dixie Theatre
Fearful man confesses 1935 Pittsburgh murder after job fears
Norman Stewart, a Jacksonville bartender, fled to Pittsburgh driven by fear of fingerprinting for employment. Police say he confessed to the hammer knife slaying of his wife and four-year-old son in 1935, revealing details tied to the long-unclear case.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Norman Stewart 2d
Pittsburgh
GOP Dinners Planned Across West Virginia in Lincoln Tribute
West Virginia Republicans announce 23 Lincoln tribute dinners next weekend to rally party vitality. Walter S. Hallanan notes speakers will preach Republican doctrine, with U S Senator Alexander Wiley to headline Fairmont Friday. Events span February 7 14 at Petersburg Philippi and more, continuing with notes from J A Eyster and D E Cupper Sr among others.
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Charleston
Abraham Lincoln
West Virginia
Republican Naonal
Walter S. Hallanan
Fairmont
U. S
Alexander Wiley
R.-Wis
Philippi
J. A. Eyster
Charles Town
Petersburg
D. E. Cupper, Sr
Thomas
Hartley Sanders
Princeton
Cedar Grove Tipple Burned In River Town Fire
Fire destroyed the river tipple of the Kanawha and Hocking Coal company in Cedar Grove last night with losses estimated at 15 000 to 20 000. The Volunteer Fire department failed to contain the blaze. Officials suspect a bonfire started by youths or defective wiring as possible causes.
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Cedar Grove
Kanawha and Hocking Coal Company
Kanawha
Charleston
Maple Run Man Wrecks Car On Closed Bridge
Roy Wolters of Maple Run a Tunnelton teacher drove onto a closed Fetterman bridge after a basketball game Saturday night. He swung his sedan off the road to avoid the barricade. the car rolled off a bank turned over but he was uninjured. State police Deputy Joe Mask investigated.
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Fetterman Bridge
Roy Wolters
Maple Run
Tunnelton
Joe Mask
Walters
Ohio River flood recedes. Point Pleasant reports minor losses
The Ohio River rise spared Point Pleasant serious damage with only small losses seen as streams fall. Red Cross aided about 2,000 in Huntington and roughly 100 families in Point Pleasant, while merchants moved stock and homes were scrubbed clean. Health workers noted rapid river decline from a crest near 56.9 feet in Huntington and 49.8 feet at Point Pleasant.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Huntington
Point Pleasant
Ohio
Red Cross
Point Pidassribe
Natural Gas Sales Hit Coal Industry Inquiries
Washington February 6 The Federal Power Commission was urged to consider the impact of natural gas sales on the flagging bituminous coal industry. House appropriations subcommittee released hearings on the 1940 independent offices appropriation bill. Rep Dirkson questioned whether the commission should act to address the destruction of the coal industry in various states.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
House Appropriations
Independent
Rep
Dirkson
Clyde L. Seavey
The
Power Commission
House JP Bill Changes Meet Senate Opposition
CHARLESTON February 6. Debate surfaced in the state senate over house amendments to a constitutional change to abolish justices of the peace. The amendment, approved by the house, would create summary courts and reorganize parts of the judiciary for the 1940 general election. Some senators privately oppose removing the “courts of record” requirement for summary courts and plan to restore it.
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Charleston
State
Senate
House
Paull
D. Brooke
Senate Judiciary Committee
Royal family guarded amid terror scare across Britain
Britain tightens security around King George VI and Queen Elizabeth as authorities fear saboteurs in a three week old campaign. Extra guards at Buckingham Palace and Windsor. 30 suspects arrested as bombs trigger incidents including incendiaries in Coventry. police on emergency duty.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Windsor Castle
Scotland Yard
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Windsor
Aldershot
Church
Coventry
Eng
Four children killed in New Jersey house fire
In Springfield New Jersey a story and a half frame house burned killing four children. Police report the kerosene heater in the hallway exploded as it heated upstairs rooms. Victims are Jack Perkins 12 Robert 6 Donald 3 and a sister 8.
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Springfield
N. J
William J. Thompson
Jack Perkins
Robert
Donald
Screen Folks Balloting On Best Of Year
Twelve thousand film folks began choosing the best picture and actors of 1938 with Oscar time in Hollywood. The nominees list shows two British pictures Grand Illusion and Pygmalion plus The Citadel, featuring Donat, Howard, Boyer, Tracy, and Cagney. Wendy Biller highlighted. George Bernard Shaw cited for best screen writing.
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Hollywood
Ciadel
Pygmalion
Robert Donat
Leslie Howard
Gallie Charles Boyer
Spencer Tracy
James Cagney
Wendy Hiller
British Isles
George | Bernard Shaw
Holt
Girl Under Arrest For Slaying of Sweetheart
NEW CASTLE Pa Feb 6 Alderman O H P Green said 22 year old Angeline Maravello would face a Wednesday hearing on murder charges in the killing of Michael Rich Jr 23 She told officers she shot the youth four times as he talked on the telephone because he quit going out with her and told me he loved me.
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New Castle
O. H. P. Green
Angeline Maravello
Michael Rich, Jr
Experience Demanded Of Teachers of Journalism
Charleston February 6 A bill proposed by delegates Perry and Hickman would require all journalism instructors in state colleges to have five years newspaper experience, effective July 1 next year, with current instructors exempt. Perry is a school teacher and Hickman a publisher from Elizabeth.
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Charleston
Perry
Logan
Hickman
R. Wirt
Elizabeth
Appropriations Panel Recommends Large Yearly Budget Increase
The house appropriations committee approved 1.898 billion for operating over twenty independent agencies for the new fiscal year starting July 1, a rise of 298 million from the prior year. They trimmed 1.58 million from bureau estimates and withheld 2.84 million for the FCC pending Congress on the president’s reorganization plan amid internal disputes.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Budget Bureau
Federal Communications Commission
Goneress
Commission
Pennsylvania Puts Off Fidelity Case Hearing
Pennsylvania securities officials postponed for two weeks a hearing on Fidelity Investment Association of Wheeling West Virginia seeking renewal of its Pennsylvania registration. Chairman Colley S. Baker said the delay is due to an audit of the association’s books and holdings in Wheeling.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Securities Commission
Fidelity Investment Association of
Wheeling
W. Va
Pennsylvania
Colley S. Baker
Baker
Homecoming at Alderson Broaddus Planned for Feb 10 11 12
In Philippi on February 6 special report says Alderson Broaddus will stage its annual homecoming February 10 11 and 12. Events include basketball games with Glenville and Concord a three act play a full length sound movie class luncheons and a homecoming banquet with dinner at 6 p.m. Friday. The weekend closes Sunday with the annual homecoming sermon by Edgar Patton former student. Friday at 7 p.m. AB girls face Webster Springs.
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Philippi
Alderson-Broaddus
Glenville
Concord
Ore
Edgar Patton
Alderson
Webster Springs
ABC A
The
Battlers
New Dealers Say Opponents To President Roosevelts Foreign Policy
Senators Pittman and Norris charged Roosevelt policy criticism is political maneuvering by opponents to hurt him. They warned Republicans will use debate over his foreign stance to build a case for the next campaign as the Senate prepares to hear his latest international policy remarks. Townsend warned of efforts to probe a secret Roosevelt Senate Military committee meeting.
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William B. Ardery
Washington
Pittman
Nev
Norris
Roosevelt
Administration
Senate
Pittmen
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Harlem Tenement Fire Kills Four Children Aged 5 to 9
Four African American children aged 5 to 9 died in Harlem after flames swept their bed in a tenement while parents were away. The tragedy follows a day of heated Senate debate over presidential appointments including Thomas R. Amlie to the Interstate Commerce Commission as lawmakers weigh his economic views and potential radicalism.
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New York
Harlem
Washington
Senate
Thomas R. Amlie
Wisconsin
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
Roberts
Amlie
Six Rescued From U Boat I-63 Sinking
Tokyo reports six crew members rescued from submarine I-63 after a collision in the 330 foot Bungo Channel near Kyushu and Shikoku. Ninety one aboard remained, with rescue operations ongoing. I-63, built in 1928, displaced 1635 tons and could sail to the United States.
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Tokyo
Bungo Channel
Admiralty
Japan
Kyu‘shu
Shikoku Islands
United States
Operators Will Oppose Granting Pay Increase
Beckley West Virginia February 6 The Raleigh Register quotes a prominent southern West Virginia coal operator saying operators will oppose the UMWA demands when presented at the Appalachian wage conference. The operator notes reports of a 20 percent wage increase guaranteed annual income a 30 hour week and two weeks vacation with pay annually. The wage conference begins in March and the current 1936 contract expires on April 1. The operator states conditions are worse now than in 1936.
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Beckley
Raleigh Register
United Mine Workers
The
Register
West Virginia
United States
Itys
Local Civil Service Board Gets Invitation
FAIRMONT Feb 6. Frank Kuhn Fairmont police civil service commissioner announced WV city police civil service commissions have been invited to meet Feb 22 to form a state organization. Attendees include Bluefield Parkersburg Wheeling Charleston Williamson Beckley Keyser Weston Clarksburg Morgantown Grafton Charles Town Moundsville and Fairmont.
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Fairmont
Frank Kuhn
Fairmont Police Civil Service
West Virginia
Civil Service
Bluefield
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Charleston
Williamson
Beckley
Keyser
Weston
Clarksburg
Morgantown
Grafton
Charles Town
Moundsville
Kuhn
Condemnation Case Begun In Circuit Court
A Taylor county circuit court jury was selected to hear the State of West Virginia State Road Commission condemnation case against Anna Lambert and others. The dispute concerns a portion of a First ward lot for the Fetterman bridge and U.S. Route 50 relocation. Gene W. Ford represented the Lamberts while Francis L. Warder acted for the BRC.
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Taylor County
West Virginia
State Road Commission
Anna Lambert
First Ward
Fetterman Bridge
Gene W. Ford
Lamberts
Francis L. Warder
BRC
Mediation efforts fail as Spanish insurgents spurn terms
London reports say Spanish insurgents under Franco reject a three point peace plan from Negrin as utterly unacceptable. British and French mediation attempts falter while Negrin government forces retreat into France and refugees flood the border amid the northern insurgent advance.
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London
Britain
France
Spain
C. B. Jereram
Burgos
Negrin
SEC head says probe needed into life insurers
Washington February 6 Chairman William O Douglas of the Securities and Exchange Commission told the temporary national economic committee that the growth of insurance companies since 1906 justified an inquiry into their economic influence. He added insurers cooperated with the SEC and reassured policy holders no risk to protections. He praised the Armstrong committee's 1905 life insurer investigation.
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Washington
William O. Douglas
The
Securities Commission
National Economic Committee
Douglas
SEC
Armstrong Committee
New York State
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Bridges
N. H
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Versio
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Roberts’ Taylor County Hardware Company
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