Dies committee probe to be argued at town meeting
New York January 3 The Dies committee for investigation of un American activities and continuance will be discussed at this week’s town meeting on WJZ NBC at 9 30 p m tomorrow Roger N Baldwin head of the American Civil Liberties Union will oppose its continuance On the favorable side will be former Congressman Samuel B Pettengill of Indiana Also listed are radio program changes and schedules across networks including Europe WABC CBS WEAF NBC and MBS with various show times and guest appearances.
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New York
Dies
Wjz-Nbc
Roger N. Baldwin
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Samuel B. Pettengill
Indiana
Apne Banger
Europe
WABC
CBS
MBS
WEAF
NBC
Burns and Allen
al Pearce
Dr. Christian
Theatre of Stara
Leo Preesman
C.I.0
WJZ
Radio Guild
Phillis’ Coffe
Usic
Ma Perkins
Hynd
Joyce Jordan
Ray Block
Edwin C. Hill
Los Angeles
Minister Kawai travels from San Francisco to New York and Washington
H E Tatsuo Kawai, minister at large and former spokesman for the Japanese foreign office, is touring the United States. He will visit New York and Washington before heading to South America and then Europe.
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H E. Tatsuo Kawai
San Francisco
New York
Washington
South America
Europa
Earthquake and flood devastate Asiatic Turkey regions
Early reports indicate thousands dead as the Euphrates rises and floods sweep homes and settlements toward Syria. The crippled nation struggles through winter to deliver food clothing and medicines to hundreds of thousands of survivors in the distressed areas across much of Asiatic Turkey.
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Birijik
Euphrates
Syria
Turkey
Drug store robbed. cash, checks, narcotics stolen
State police reported a Madison drug store robbery with a safe containing 515 dollars, 205 dollars in checks, and a quantity of narcotics taken. The incident was disclosed yesterday.
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Madison
West Virginia's WMMN Fire Up Nighttime Schedule
Station WMMN features a dense midnight lineup with Edwin Hill News and Sports Report, NBC and CBS music programs, and multiple orchestra broadcasts. Notable acts include Lang Thompson, Benny Goodman, and Kay Kyser, with Columbia Concert Hall and Dance Orchestra segments guiding the late hours.
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WMMN
Edwin C. Hill
NBC
Malcolm Claire
EDEA
MBS
Harold Stokes
Orch
Kaltentom
Goulden
Dollar Sayers
Lowell Thomas
Fulton Seem Jr
Amos Wa
Andy
Fulton Leis Jr
Keen
Stum
Abner
Trail Blazers
Happy Havlicheck
Eon Revelers
Lohe Ranger
Music Please
Alten
yMian—Ithin
Bob Howard
Inside of Sports
Wmmn—International News
GBS
al Pearce
Gang
Hollywood Play House
Bob Crosby
West Virginia
Faith
Nbc—Radio Guild
Kay Kyser
Raymond Gram Swing
CBS
Gilenn Miller
Loretta Jackson
Roy Shield
Kaye Brinker
Columbia
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Concert Orch
H. R. Bankhage
Paul Sullivan
Griff Williams
Lang Thompson
KDEA
Fred Waring
Everett Hoagland
The
Night Owls
Art Kussell
Dance Orch
Guy Lombardo
Grafton Fire Losses Doubling Despite Fewer Fires
Grafton Fire Department reports 64 city fires in 1939, down from 78 the prior year, yet total damages more than doubled to 1996.90 dollars. Outside-city fires added 1510 dollars in damages, with 13 alarms and 51 quiet periods recorded. Volunteers cost 169 dollars. early alarm reporting cited as a factor in damages.
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Grafton
Louis H. Greenwald
Greenwald
Moonshiner Enters Plea Of Guilty To Indictment
Charles L. Sweeney 23 of Darlington Maryland pleaded guilty before Judge Harry E Watkins in federal court to possession of moonshine liquor near Harpers Ferry West Virginia. Sentence was deferred until the August term. Sweeney was named in 165 secret indictments returned by the grand jury as hearings in 60 naturalization cases began. Petit jurors to report Monday.
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Clarksburg
Charles L. Sweeney
Darlington
West Virginia
Potomac River
Harpers Ferry
Harry E. Watkins
Sweeney
Fall Causes Death Of Webster Springs Man
Deward C. Hammond, 37, a farmer and father of six, died from skull injuries after slipping down a steep bank near his Webster Springs home and hitting his head on a rock. He had parked his car on the road below the embankment when he slipped and toppled backward while attempting to ascend the incline.
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Springs
Deward C. Hammond
Webster Springs
Hammond
Civil War Musket Found Satisfactory in Hunt
STUTTGART Ark Jan 3 The musket used by Lee Miller’s grandfather in the Civil War performed well on a duck hunt. Each shot produced heavy smoke forcing a stop to check for hits. Miller bagged ten ducks, the limit.
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Stuttgart
Ark
Lee Miller
FCC backs consolidation of Western Union and Postal Telegraph
The Federal Communications Commission urged merging Western Union Telegraph and Postal Telegraph and Cable as an obvious remedy for telegraph industry ills. The report to Wheeler proposes lifting consolidation bans, arguing proper regulation would preserve benefits of competition and rehabilitate the sector. It notes Western Union with about 20,000 offices and 43,490 employees, Postal with around 4,400 offices and 14,560 landline workers.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Western Union Telegraph Company
Postal Telegraph and Cable Corporation
Senate
FCC
Wheeler Western Union
Western Union
Congress
Wheeler
D.-Mont
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Telegraph Business Faces Financial Pressure Says Commission
The commission warned that competition and worsening economic conditions jeopardize some telegraph carriers. It called the Postal System finances precarious and Western Union unfavorably positioned, suggesting a very substantial telegraph rate reduction may be needed to stimulate business.
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Ent
Western Union
Guardianship Matter Deferred by Taylor County Court
The guardianship case for Ruby Knight was postponed again with a decision to be announced next Monday. Bayard Knight and grandmother Mrs Lane of Flemington seek custody of the child, per President Harvey A. Poe.
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Ruby Knight
Taylor County Court
Harvey A. Poe
Bayard Knight
Lane
Flemington
Child Killed In 190 Foot Embankment Crash
Three year old Lillian Dyer died when the car she rode in plunged 190 feet off a embankment near Blackberry City Saturday night. Parents Ernest and Mrs. Dyer of Edgarton and another child escaped serious injuries. State Trooper Elmer Cubine reported.
Hitler's Girl Coming Home From Calais to Folkstone
The Evening News reports Unity Freeman-Mitford, a friend of Adolf Hitler, is en route home after a neck wound. Surgeons planned to remove a revolver bullet, with precautions to limit interviews as she travels from Calais to Folkstone where her father Lord Rocksdale waits with an ambulance. Her condition described as weakened. family has not released full details.
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London
Evening News
Freeman-Mitford
Adolf Hitler
Miss Mitford
Calais
French Channel
Folkstone
Lord Redsdale
Germany
Miss Freeman-Mitford
Untitled note on a violent quarrel with Hitler
A fragmentary report notes a woman injured by gunshot, poison, or illness after a violent quarrel with Hitler. The text references prewar attitudes and his view of her as a model of beauty, with August 9 and Bunich cited in British papers.
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Abe Bey
Bunich
Hitler
Governor Holt's New Son Awaiting Name
Charleston report says the first baby born to Governor Homer Holt's term since 1885 will be named today after talks with Mrs Holt. The son, third child, weighed six pounds 13 ounces at birth yesterday at 5:31 p.m. Both mother and baby are reported fine. the Holts also have daughters Julia 14 and Isabelle 11.
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Homer
Rocky) Holt
Holt
Holts
Julia
Isabelle
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