WPA approves Taylor county road improvement allotment
Taylor County Democratic Chairman Harry Friedman announced receipt of a telegram from Senator M. M. Neely confirming presidential approval of a 223191 WPA allotment for road work. WPA crews will finish existing projects along U S Route 50 and proceed with stone base and blacktop surfacing on county roads while new rock base prospects are considered.
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Taylor County
Democratic
Harry Friedman
M. M. Neely
WPA
Wallace N. Henderson
yThe
State Road Commission
Taylor
W. O. Bolin
Valley Falls
Rose Hill
Boothsville
Glade Run
Knottsville
Propose Haven in Madagascar and Guiana for Jews
Berlin reports Alfred Rosenberg proposes Jewish resettlement under international control in British Guiana or Madagascar. He says 12 to 15 million Jews could be moved, stating Germany aims to remove Jews and that the plan concentrates on these two territories.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Berlin
Alfred Rosenberg
British Guiana
Madagascar
Rosenberg
Germany
Theatre Ticket Ad for Burn Em Up O'Connor and Double Bill
Grafton Sentinel invites P. H. McGrady of 142 East Main Street to attend tonight at the Strand or the Dixie. Presentation features Burn Em Up O'Connor with Broadway Musketeers, Margaret Lind say, Marie Wilson, and Brand ed Men with Ken Maynard.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
P. H. McGrady
E. Mainstreet
O'Connor
Strand
Dixie
Broadway Musketeers
Margaret Lindsay
Marie Wilson
Ken Maynard
Milton man offers aid in hunt for missing daughter
Edward Butler of Milton New Jersey father of 15 year old Alda Butler volunteers assistance to authorities in the search for his daughter who vanished with John Howland a 20 year old prison parolee after the murder and robbery of a 61 year old spinster of Milton.
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Edward Butler
Milton
N. J
Alda Butler
John Howland
Theurder
West Virginia House probes relief bias and teacher retirement move
Two resolutions from delegates Perry and Cole seek five member committees to probe Logan county relief distribution fairness and alleged political influence on teachers in Wayne county. The day also saw the first step toward a permanent teachers retirement program in West Virginia as the senate readies amendments for floor consideration.
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Charleston
Relief Administration
Logan County
Board of Educaton
Wayne County
House
Perry
Logan
Cole
Wayne
West Virginia
Senate
Wild Bill Cummings Dies In Auto Wreck
Indianapolis motor racer William Cummings known as Wild Bill died from injuries after a solo crash on a highway home to Indianapolis. He was 32 years old. The accident fractured his skull, and he had set a diesel car speed record of 133,023 miles per hour at Daytona Beach in 1936 and won the 1934 Indianapolis Labor Day race.
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Indianapolis
William C
Bill Cummings
Cummings
Daytona Beach
Fla
Pope Improves After Flu Scare In Vatican
Vatican sources say Pope Pius XII is better after an influenza attack that forced cancellation of audiences. Dr Filippo Rocchi and heart specialist Professor Domenico Cesà Bianchi visited the pontiff, expressing satisfaction with his condition. Audi ences remain cancelled.
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Vatican City
Pie
Pius
Vatican
Filippo Rocchi
Domenico Cesa Bianchi
Glass drafts sharp reply to president
Washington February eight. Senator Glass and Senator Byrd protested a presidential letter criticizing the senate rejection of Floyd H. Roberts for a federal judgeship in Virginia. President Roosevelt said there was no veto power by any two senators and Glass promised a later reply on the senate floor or in a statement. Byrd faces re election pressure as Gov Price’s organization may back an opponent.
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Washington
Glass
Senate
Floyd H. Roberts
Virginia
Friends
Roosevelt
Roberts
Eyre
May Roosevelt
Gov. Price
Justice Department
And
Byrd
Price
Needle Passes Through Mother Into New Baby
A New York case reports a needle entering a pregnant mother and later found in her baby. Dr. Edward J D Arata removed a 21 inch rusty needle from the infant Dolores Tozzo's back after an X ray located it near the spine. The mother Mary Tozzo believes the needle traveled through her body into the baby during pregnancy, with earlier pains and leg discoloration recalled.
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New York
Edward J.d’arata
Dolores Tozzo
Mary Tozzo
Frank
Dog Catcher Catches Far Too Many Cats
In Albuquerque on February 8 dogcatcher Willie Jones reports he encountered two cats in a backyard and under a house and gave up, unsure which cat to catch.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Willie Jones
France and Britain Offer Understanding With Franco Meeting
In Paris on February 8 diplomatic circles reported France and Great Britain proposed a bargain to Franco to remove Italian and German influence from Spain after the civil war. Senator Leon Berard and Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet discussed an understanding in Burgos regarding relations with Franco's regime. Berard said he received an excellent impression from insurgent leaders.
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Paris
France
Great Britain
Britain
Burgos
Leon Berard
Georges Bonnet
Berard
Franco
Spain
Man Refuses Inheritance In Court Fight Over $100
CLARKSBURG February 8 The $100 inheritance tied to Claude Robinson grows interest in the bank as courts decide his share. For ten years he has blocked settlement of his father’s estate of $29,135.82. The county court ordered the share placed in his name and offered him take it or leave it. If he refuses, the $100 reverts to the state.
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Clarksburg
Claude Robinson
Robinson
Man Jumps From Same Window Wife Fell Out Of
In New York on February 8, 63 year old William Clark killed himself by leaping from the same ninth floor window from which his wife Norma Clark 43 died earlier the same day. Police said she suffered a nervous condition and financial worries. Friends stayed with him until after midnight. The superintendent later heard a crash as his body struck the sidewalk in the rear courtyard.
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New York
Norma Clark
William
Clark
Authorities immunize in flood areas
Health authorities immunized thousands in eastern Kentucky mountains against pneumonia influenza and typhoid as floods crested along the Ohio river. WPA cooperation drew criticism while Red Cross and Kentucky health officials rushed vaccine for 250000 people to flood counties.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Ohio River
Mississippi
Works Progress Administration
May
E. A. Mayre
WPA
Red Cross and
Kentucky Health
Ohio
Hunting ‘Ton
W. Va
Cincinnati
Indiana
Set New Hearings On Owens-Illinois Case
The Flat Glass Workers of America CIO claims Owens Illinois Glass of Fairfield engaged in unfair labor practices. A labor relations board ruling cites trial examiner John Lindsay for preventing the company from presenting certain competent evidence, setting a new hearing date.
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Washington
Flat Glass Workers of America
CIO
Owens Illinois Glass Company
Fairmont
Labor Relations Board
John 1Hn Lindsay
Old Chesapeake and Ohio Canal To Be Extended
Rep Randolph says National Park Service will extend survey for restoration of the old Chesapeake and Ohio canal from Seneca Maryland to Harper's Ferry West Virginia. The plan includes canal, dam, locks and lockhouses reconstruction and Harper's Ferry locks aligned with a national historic site. A CCC camp will be set up at Harper's Ferry to support work after surveying Georgetown to Seneca.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Washington
Randolph
W. Va
National Park Service
Harper's Ferry
C. Marshall Finnan
National Capital
Seneca
Harpers’ Ferry
Ickes
Georgetown
Schiffler Commends West Virginia Young Republican League
A C Schiffler head of the Republican party in West Virginia writes to West Virginia Young Republican league president Russell G Nesbitt praising the league. He congratulates the group for Lincoln day dinners and their Lincoln Day sponsorship efforts.
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Wheeling
Congress
A. C. Schiffler
Schiffler
Republican Party
West
Nesbitt
Virginia
al ofUth
Russell G. Nesbitt
Virginia Young Republican League
Young Republican League
Nye Proposes Law To Guard Plane Secrets From Foreign Nations
Senator Nye plans legislation to keep military secrets of warplane production within the United States. The bill imitates a prior wartime secrecy regulation, aiming to bar demonstrations to foreigners until planes are in use. The move follows sales of outdated anti aircraft gun directors to Britain and cites a $250,000 savings from Sperry director purchases.
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Washington
Nye
United States
Louis Johnson
William D. Leahy
Army
Navy
Auvy Evenien
Great Britain
Vickers
Roosevelt
United States Army
Sperry
Sperry Company
Capitol Hill
Conscience Costs Five Cent Candy Bar Thief
Boone Iowa story of a grocery store manager Pat Crawford finding a note with a nickel under his door. The writer explains the 5 cent candy bar theft was the reason for the conscience payment. The note states remorse for taking the candy some time ago.
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Boone, Ia
Boone
Pat Crawford
WPA scandal trial ending in New Mexico conspiracy case
Government and defense attorneys prepared to sum up their cases before a federal court jury in New Mexico. Since January 30 jurors heard testimony in the WPA conspiracy trial with four hours allotted for each side. Twenty five defendants remained on trial after the dismissal of several defendants.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
Trail
Cold Wave From Pacific Northwest Grips Nation
A severe cold wave moves southeast from the Pacific Northwest bringing subzero readings across the northern half of the country. Williston and Minot in North Dakota hit 36 below, Des Moines dropped to zero, with forecasts predicting continued cold for several days and reach to the Atlantic seaboard by tomorrow night.
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Associated Press
Pacific Northwest
Mississippi
Williston
N. D
Minot
Des la Moines
H. A. Downs
Chicago
Ohio
Downs
Atlantic Seaboard
Middle Western
British cruiser Devonshire anchors at Minorca amid Franco truce talks
A 9,750 ton British cruiser Devonshire dropped anchor in Port Mahon Minorca as London weighs steps to curb Italian and German influence on the island. Officials disclosed Britain asked Generalissimo Franco for a truce in the Spanish Civil War but declined to reveal his reply or absence of one. Page two continuation noted.
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London
Minorca
Italy
Germany
Britain
Devonshire
Port Mahon
Balearics
Miner Killed As He Slips Under Coal Car
Logan February 8 Henry Luther Cobbs 25 slipped and fell under a coal car at the Mount Gay Coal and Coke company mine and was killed instantly. Cobbs a truck driver for the company was lowering the car from the tipple to the railroad track when the accident occurred. Officials said Cobbs death marked the first fatal accident at the mine since 1936 and the ninth in 35 years of operation.
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Cobbs
Dobbs
Negrin Establishes Temporary HQ At Last House In Spain
Premier Negrin with cabinet and military officers set up in the so called last house in Spain at Le Perthus France to command from Spanish soil. He acknowledged that his government has given up its functions in Catalonia, with plans for resistance in the Madrid Valencia area not clarified. The frontier arrangement allows him to act while remaining on Spanish soil, awaiting moves by government troops.
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LE Perthus
France
Juan Negrin
Spain
Catalonia
Negrin
Francisco Franco
Madrid-Valencia
Barcelona
Figueras
Agullana
State takes over relief in Nicholas county
Public assistance director A. W. Garnett disclosed that the state department has assumed relief administration in Nicholas county. County operator Robert L. Vaught is on leave, while H.8 Ardelle, former Pocahontas county administrator now on the state staff, is placed in charge as long as needed.
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Charleston
Public Assistance
A. W. Garnett
State Department
Nicholas County
Robert L. Vaught
Garnett
Ardelle
Pocahontas County
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