Felix Frankfurter Named to Supreme Court Seat
President Roosevelt named Felix Frankfurter Harvard Law School professor to the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left by Justice Cardozo. Frankfurter, 56, Austrian native and longtime ally of liberal causes, joins a court already described as largely liberal with only McReynolds and Butler labeled conservative. Other Roosevelt appointments included Hugo Black to replace Van Devanter and Stanley Reed to replace Sutherland.
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Washington
Felix Frankfurter
Massachusetts
Harvard Law School
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Frankfurter
Benjamin N. Cardozo
New ‘York
Capitol Hill
Neb
Congress
Austria
Vienna
Senate
He Iil
McReynolds
Butler
Hugo L. Black
Alabama
Willis van Devanter
Wyoming
Stanley Reed
Kentucky
George Sutherland
Utah
New York
Hughes
Stone
Tennessee
Massachus
Fascist Lord Kiichiro Hiranuma Forms New Japanese Cabinet
Tokyo January 5. The 73 year old Kiichiro Hiranuma formed a highly authoritarian government after the cabinet reshuffle which kept most ministers in place and moved Konoye to minister without portfolio. The new line up includes Sotaro Ishiwatari Yukio Sakurauchi Yo Maeda and Hisatada Hirose among others as ministers while Seihio Ikeda resigns as finance and commerce minister signaling tighter state control. Emperor Hirohito installed the cabinet tonight as Japan aims to consolidate conquests in China and rally parties into a single nationalist group.
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Tokyo
Kiichiro Hiranuma
Fumimaro Konoye
Prince Konoye
China
Hirohito
Kanoue
Privy Council
Ikeda
Sotaro Ishiwatari
Yukio Sakurauchi
Minselto Party
Yo- Ho Maeda
Hisatada Hirose
Seihio Ikeda
Old Hospital Bills Revived in Grafton City Action
Mayor P F Gillispie said Grafton will directly collect old city hospital debts, some 26 years past, totaling over 50 000. Beginning November 1 the city ends its contract with Audit Co of New York and takes over collections, dropping interest for prompt payment. Most debtors are well able to pay.
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P. F. Gillispie
Grafton
Grafton City Hospital
Audit Company, of
New York
New York Collection Agency
Repair Work Underway On West Boyd Street
WPA workmen have started repair work on West Boyd street and for short distances on Jones Nuzum Steel and Franklin streets. They are grading and stone-basing the streets, Mayor P F Gillispie revealed today. Work also is being done on Market street amid rumors of a new city hospital, but hospital approval in Washington has not been given.
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WPA
West Boyd Street
Jones, Nuzum
Steel
Franklin Streets
Boyd
P. F. Gillispie
Market Street
City Hospital
Washington
Many Illicit Stills In State Are Destroyed
Charleston dispatch reports the federal alcohol tax unit seized about 2000 gallons of illegal liquor and 187 illicit stills in 1938. Investigator in charge Donald S. Tydings notes a 12 percent rise in seizures and a 20 percent rise in arrests, crediting increased investigator activity.
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Charleston
Federal Alcohol Tax Unit
Donald S. Tydings
Bank officer explains position on state funds in Grafton
The First National Bank of Grafton explains that it has not refused deposits from the Taylor County Board of Education bond proceeds but that public money must be secured by collateral. The bank notes FDIC costs and sheriff involvement, and Supt. E. G. Kuhn plans a trip to Charleston to discuss legal angles with Attorney General Meadows.
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First National Bank of Grafton
O. J. Fleming
Taylor County Board of Education
PWA
Supt. of Schools
E. G. Kuhn
Charles
Clarence Meadows
Fleming
the Sentinel
Board of Education
Increase in Coal Board Funds Boosts Commission Budget
The budget bureau recommended a $250,000 rise in the bituminous coal commission appropriation for the year ending June 30 1940, lifting total to $3,500,000 to keep work current and enforce regulations. It also proposed $300,000 for the consumers' counsel, up $30,000, to support duties representing the consuming public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Budget Bureau
Commission
Consumers’ Counsel
Four Die In Upper Manhattan Tenement Fire
Four persons perished in a five story New York tenement fire in upper Manhattan. Firemen reported the victims were three women and a man trapped on upper floors, with bodies badly burned as 150 to 200 survivors fled into the street.
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New York
Upper Manhattan
Neutrality revision sparks battle in Congress
President Roosevelt urged revision of the neutrality act in his annual message prompting Senate discussion led by Chairman Pittman. Nye warned against repeal, arguing the law kept the nation out of wars. The act constrains arms exports and cash and carry rules, and bars arms to Spain. Continued on page two.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Senate
Nye
N.D
Spain
West Virginia Opens 1939 With Strong Fund Balance
Charleston January 5 West Virginia began 1939 with a general operating fund balance of 33859281 dollars and no overdrafts in its 15 general fund accounts Treasurer Richard E Talbott reported There was a balance in the general funds of 1500087834 dollars.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Richard E. Talbott
Talbott
Wage contract talks set between CIO and glass firms
Pittsburgh area talks begin January 18 in Cleveland on renewing wage agreements for Pittsburgh Plate Glass Libbey-Owens-Ford plants. Fred Keightley said discussions will cover limited changes. current rates are 63 1/2 cents for common labor and 61 1/2 cents for window glass with 42 and 36 hour weeks. Two killed in auto crash near Ranger Lincoln County state route 10 tragedy reported by Trooper Carson.
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Charleston
Bernice Barrett
Joe J. Miller
Ranger
Lincoln County
Pittsburgh
D. E. Carson
Amy
Inerican Federation
CIO
Pittsburgh Plate
Libbey-Owens-Ford
New Telephone Company Manager Assigned Here
F R Frasher was named Grafton manager for the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, succeeding H W Lemon who moves to Weirton as an executive. Frasher, a Wheeling native with World War service, arrived from Keyser where he worked last. He joined the company in Clarksburg in 1928 as an installer repairman.
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F. R. Frasher
Grafton
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
H. W. Lemon
Weirton
Io Grafton
Keyser
Frasher
Wheeling
Telephone Company
Clarksburg
Lemon
John
U S Deficit Likely as Roosevelts Spending Policy Stirs Debate
Congressional dissension grew over President Roosevelt's annual message endorsing large scale federal investments. Critics warn continued spending and defense outlays will widen the deficit as the administration projects a national income near 80 billion dollars. The budget, submitted to Congress, marks a practical plan to put capital and labor to work, while opponents push for a balanced approach.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Sam
Three Dead in Tennessee Tornado Ravages Luray Area
LURAY Tenn Jan 5 Homeless families scavenged debris from a cyclone that killed at least three people and wounded about 20, demolishing homes and stores along a half mile path. Many injured were taken to Jackson Tenn with five remaining in hospitals. other southern areas reported high winds and rain.
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Luray
Tenn
West Tennessee
Jackson
Call On Banks Issued By U S Comptroller Call On Banks Issued By U S Comptroller
The comptroller of the currency issued a call for the condition of all national banks at the close of business Saturday December 31. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation also issued its call for insured state banks not members of the Federal Reserve System. About 7,400 banks must report condition as of December 31 1938 including earnings expenses and dividends for 1938.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
German Press Attacks Address of Roosevelt As Hatred Preachment
German and Italian outlets accused President Roosevelt of preaching hatred in his defense address while democracies praised it. The Manchester Guardian contrasted Roosevelt with Chamberlain, lamenting Britain’s leadership. Soviet papers noted preparedness but omitted religious and democracy passages.
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Roosevelt
London
Washington
Noticv
George Washington
Chi Tt
Manchester Guardian
Chamberlain
Motorist Held After Fatal Beclay County Collision
In Pineville Burl Pannell 35 of Glen Rogers was held for questioning in the death of 25 year old Louie Celix an assistant prosecuting attorney said Pannell likely would face murder charges. Celix was found unconscious on a roadside and died Tuesday at Beckley hospital.
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Pineville
Burl Pannell
Glen Rogers
Louie Celix
Robert Bailey, Jr
Bailey
Pannell
Alix
Beckley Hospital
Miner Faces Trial Today in Clarksburg
Clarksburg, Jan 5. Michell Nicholich, an unemployed miner, is due for trial in federal court on a charge of sending an extortion note to a Fairmont resident Oscar Hawkins after being indicted for demanding money. Also set for trial is Mary Etta Vincent of Fairmont who pleaded innocent to an auto theft charge. Grand Jury released after four secret indictments.
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Clarksburg
Michell Nicholich
Fairmont
Nicholich
Oscar Hawkins
Grand
Mary Etta Vincent
Harry Watkins
Elwood Murr
Roy Vin
Insurgents Claim Fall of Key Spanish City Borjas Blancas
At Hendaye on the Franco-Spanish frontier, insurgents announced Franco’s Legionnaires fought into the outskirts of Borjas Blancas, a southern key to the government defense line. Unofficial reports say Madrid forces captured a city in Lerida’s Urgel tableland about 67 miles from Barcelona, with insurgents claiming 3,000 prisoners and street fighting on the city edges.
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Hendaye
France
Missimo Francisco Franco
Legionnaires
Borjas Blancas
Spain
Francisco Franco
Urgel
Lerida
Barcelona
Barcelona. ‘the ‘Tnsurgente
WPA Critics Attack Plan
Congressional opposition grows to placing WPA employees under civil service with 35,000 workers affected by an executive order. Senator Vandenberg calls the move a perversion of the ordinary American process as debate continues over politics in relief and the future of the WPA.
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Washington
Jan
Congress
WPA
Vandenberg
Roosevelt
Summer Temperatures Prevail Locally Across State
Charleston and Fairmont posted temperatures just over 70 while readings in the 60s appeared in other areas after a sultry night. At 8 a.m. the mercury stood just above 60 at Charleston and 58 at Huntington. Martinsburg, Elkins, and nearby towns reported highs in the 50s to 64 with a mild drop overnight.
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Charleston
Fairmont
Huntington
Martinsburg
Elkins
Aunt of Local Lawyer Buried At Buckhannon
Attorney and Mrs. Gene W. Ford of Grafton attended funeral services in Buckhannon for Mrs. Jane Rider the last aunt of Mr. Ford. She died this week in her 99th year.
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Buckhannon
Gene W. Ford
Grafton
Ford
Jane Rider
Roosevelts Budget Seeks Defense Rise and Debt Peak
President Roosevelt asked multi billion defense funds in a new budget showing a projected public debt of 44.458 billion for 1940 and a three billion deficit. He urged moderate tax increases to meet 422 million in defense and farm relief costs while avoiding drastic spending cuts. He proposed 8.996 billion in federal outlays next year and a 3.326 billion deficit, with 1.609 billion for national defense including 500 million for ramping up armaments. Only 210 million would be disbursed next year.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Sheriff seeks authority to employ doctors in emergencies
Sheriff Herbert Evans said he would seek power to engage physicians in emergencies when the Tay lor County Department of Public Assistance cannot be contacted. He cited a birth at 447 West Main Street where no medical aid was available for the mother, noting city doctors refused to attend without PA approval.
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Herbert Evans
Taylor County Department of Public Assistante
DPA
E. A. Lipscomb
West Main Street
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Benjamin Cardozo
Via
Murphy
Hopkins
Baron
Japan
Yoshimiko Kawashima
Kuhn
Bank
Coal Board
U.S
U. S
Guardian
Britain
Zeitung Am Mittag
Miner
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