Legislature Awaits Best of Governor's Program
Charleston reports the 1999 legislature waited for further requests after focusing on the JP amendment and tax plan. The Senate quickly approved a bill reallocating tax levies, allowing 80 percent for current expenses, a key part of Holt's school finance plan. The session eyed limited opposition as beer regulation by the W C T U surfaced for state board control.
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Charleston
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Lincoln
Bereeniaastaais-andet Benboveeet
Eleven Rioting Indians Slain By British Police
In Mandalay Burma a crowd of 20,000 gathered to protest a government ban on public assemblies. Military police fired on the demonstrators, killing eleven and wounding nineteen, with the city of 134,950 disrupted as the rioting spread.
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Mandalay
Burma
Kipling
Ickes renews press attack in NBC speech
Chicago February 11 Secretary Ickes urged the press to reveal financial ties and welcome criticism as he spoke to the National Lawyers Guild on NBC. He argued for self surveillance rather than federal control, calling government oversight a calamity and abhorrent. The remarks continued on page four.
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Chicago
Ickes
National Lawyers Guild
NBC
Missing Publicity Man Returns to Charleston
Charleston story reports C. Handlan publicity representative for the State Department of Agriculture returned today after state troopers had searched for him fearing an accident. He said he left Morgantown by car to Buckhannon for a business engagement and remained longer than planned.
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Charleston
C. Handlan
State Department of Agriculture
Handlan
Morgantown
Buckhannon
Schiffler To Address Lincoln Day Dinner Here
Congressman A. C. Schiffler of Wheeling will address an overflow crowd at the Lincoln day dinner in Andrews Methodist church parlors next Monday evening. He will arrive at 3 40 p m from Wheeling and stay at the Hotel Grafton then depart for Washington on the National Limited early Tuesday. Republican hosts include Wyckoff Plum Holt Bord and Holt. Seating for 225 is needed though only 200 are designed. A simple program is planned with Schiffler given ample time for the address.
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Heeling
Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church
Wheeling
Hotel Grafton
Washington
National Limited
Ole E. Wyckoff
Ed Plum
James C. Holt
H. Glen Bord
James F. Holt
Schiffler
Charles H. Payne
Payne
Bord
Frank Morgan
Theatre invites Lucille Deck to Dixie or Strand shows
The Grafton Sentinel invites Miss Lucille Deck of Maple Avenue to tonight's screenings. Dixie theatre presents Heart of the North in techni color while Strand theatre shows Angels With Dirty Faces featuring Pat O'Brien and James Cagney.
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Grafton Sentinel
Lucille Deck
Maple Avenue
Dixie Theatre
Pat O’brien
James Cagney
Strand Theatre
MGM Halts Program to Please Exhibitors
Hollywood reports Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer will discontinue its star appearances on outside shows in response to theater owner pressure. The program, funded at twenty thousand dollars weekly, will leave the air July 1 as MGM defers to exhibitors.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
William F. Rogers
New York
Weakest Roosevelt triplet shows improvement in hospital
Delano Janney, the weakest Roosevelt birthday triplet, was reported stronger at Kessell hospital in Ripley. Attendants said he now has an excellent chance to live after days on oxygen. he breathed without assistance for several hours yesterday and again this morning.
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Delano Janney
Roosevelt
Kessell Hospital
Delano
Grafton Youth Enlists In United States Navy
Vernon Ray Sapp, 19, son of Mrs. Nina A. Nelson of 825 West Boyd Street, has enlisted in the U.S. Navy through the Clark sburg recruiting station. Chief Machinist's Mate M. C. McCorkle announced the enlistment. Sapp is a Gratton High School graduate, completing his work last year.
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Vernon Ray. Sapp
Nina A. Nelson
West Boyd Street
U.S. Navy
Clarksburg
M. CG. McCorkle
Sapp
Gratton High School
Suitor Kills Girl Suicides In Pa Romance Tragedy
In Zelienople Pennsylvania coroner H C McCarter said Marie Sedlak age 23 was shot in a parked car and her suitor Joe Veverka age unknown hanged himself in a nearby summer cottage after a five year romance. Both bodies were found late yesterday near Feinbell about 32 miles northwest of Pittsburgh.
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H. C. McCarter
Marie Sedlak
Slim
Joe Veverka
Pittsburgh
Veverka
Feinbell
Former Clarksburg Man Killed By Vampire Car
Charles Jordan, 41, a miner at Vesta No. 4 near Beallsville, was struck and killed at 2 a.m. while walking home. He was walking with friend Ernest Matthews when the vehicle hit from behind and fled the scene. Jordan, a native of Clarksburg West Virginia, is survived by his wife and two children. Matthews was uninjured. State motor police investigate the deadly collision.
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Washington
Charles Jordan
Beallsville
Jordan
Clarksburg
W. Va
Ernest Matthews
Matthews
Lafollette Calls Congress to Shape Foreign Policy
Senator Robert La Follette urged Congress to reassert its voice in foreign policy to avoid a deadly parallel to 1917. He warned supplying war matériel to any single group could force U S into future European conflict and pressed thorough discussion of foreign policy in Congress.
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Lafollette
Wis
Congress
Wisconsin
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Clark
Bank Will Be Closed Monday For Holiday
In observance of Lincoln's birth day celebrated this year on Monday February 13 the First National Bank of Grafton will be closed on Monday but most public offices will remain open for the transaction of usual business.
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First National Bank of Grafton
Valencia Waterfront Bombed by Fascist Ships
Nineteen insurgent aircraft attacked Valencia's waterfront in two bombardments today dropping over 200 bombs. The 1,235 ton British freighter Lucky was partly submerged. Police began a search for wreckage and casualties.
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Valencia
President 10 Take Vacation to Caribbean Sea
President Roosevelt plans a Caribbean trip for rest and a glimpse of the United fleet. He hopes to be on a special train south by Thursday and board the cruiser Houston at Miami or Key West, conditions unclear but grippe symptoms not delaying the plan.
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United Fleet
Grippe
Florida
Houston
Miami
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Health Columnist Jailed After Destroying Machine
Kansas City report says health columnist and author Dr Logan Clendening spent four hours in jail after attacking an air compression machine on a WPA project. Workmen said the ax attack could have released immense air pressure, possibly killing him. The incident interrupted the project and led to fear among workers.
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Logan Clendening
E. French
Clendening
Speedy plane perfected to lead U S air power
Speedy twin engined pursuit plane capable of over 260 mph was disclosed by Major General Henry H Arnold at March Field California. built by Lockheed at Burbank the craft features twin radial engines stratospheric gear tricycle undercarriage and high power guns designed for secret tests and to restore air supremacy amid claimed past slips.
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U.S. Army Air Corps
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Lockheed Aircraft Co
Burbank
Los Angeles
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Fall of Temperature To End New Rise Of Rivers
Charleston reports a forecast of rainfall ending as a cold snap begins. The Ohio River at Point Pleasant reached 31.7 feet, rising 3.1 feet since yesterday, with rivermen predicting a two to three foot further rise but not flood levels. The Kanawha River in Charleston stood at 17.6 feet, up five feet, and cooling temperatures from 76 degrees to below freezing marked the night.
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Ohio
Point Pleasant
Kanawha
High Church Officials Race to Rome for Papal Election
New York February 11. America's three Catholic cardinals prepared for departure to Rome to participate in a papal election. Dennis Cardinal Dougherty of Philadelphia and George Cardinal Mundelein of Chicago planned to sail from Naples aboard the Rex. O Connell of Boston faced delays and possible late arrival. The cardinals hope to avoid missing the crucial vote after prior delays to participate in papal elections.
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America
Rome
Dennis Cardinal Dougherty
Philadelphia
George Cardinal Mundelein
Chicago
Naples
O'Connell
Cardinal Mundelein
Florida
William Cardinal O'Connell
Boston
Pope Pius X
Benedict XV
Vatican
Coast Guards Complete Rescue of Tanker Lightburne Crew
Coast guards rescued 37 crew from the 6429 ton Texaco tanker Lightburne after it ran aground at Block Island in heavy seas and fog. Captain Wolman and 19 crew were plucked aboard the cutter Campbell after 5:30 am, with 17 others taken to Black Island station. The Lightburne, carrying 172,000 barrels of gasoline and kerosene from Port Arthur, was perilously stranded on the rocky shore.
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Coast Guards
Texaco
Lightburne
Wolman
Coast, Guard
Campbell
Black Island
France Demands Explanation Over Hainan Occupation
Paris reports the French foreign ministry is drafting a formal note to Japan demanding explanation of its military occupation of Hainan island offIndo China. The move is pursued with close British consultation as Hainan is seen as strategically vital to Hong Kong and the region.
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Indo-China
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Hongkong
Peasant and Prince Join in Tributes to Pope Pius XI
Italy's Crown Prince Umberto accompanied by the Italian ambassador joined the crowds in St Peter's Basilica as Pope Pius XI lay in state. Bishops and cardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel amid an extensive ceremonial backdrop reflecting the Lateran accord anniversary.
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Umberto
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St. Peter's Plaza
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Eloin
Michael
Michalangelo
Italy
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Nine favored as next pope in Vatican speculation
Vatican City February 11. Nine cardinals head the field in papal succession talk. Adeodato Piazza, Venice patriarch, 54, is seen as a centrist front runner. Other top contenders include Alfred Ndefanso of Milan 68 and Giovanni Battista Nascalli Rocca di Corneliano, Bologna archbishop 66.
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Alfred Ndefanso
Sehseter
Milan
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Nascalli Rocca di Corneliano
Bologna
Maurilio Cardinal
Fassati
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