Roosevelt Hears Congress On British Aid Financing
President Roosevelt met with key Congress leaders to map financing for the British aid program as bill approval nears. White House indicated possible signing tonight and a to Congress transmitted request for nation and contract authorizations to start aiding Britain and allies. estimates cited up to 3 billion dollars.
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Matsuoka Plans Trip to Berlin Rome in Tri Partite Talks
Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka bid farewell to Emperor Hirohito before his departure for Berlin and Rome. He will meet German and Italian leaders to discuss the tripartite pact and aims to exchange felicitation with allied leaders amid speculation about a Vichy stop. The official note says he leaves at 10 35 p m tomorrow with an 11 man staff.
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Love Thy Neighbor at Strand and The Long Voyage Home at Dixie
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs A P Rowe to tonight's theatre offerings at Strand and Dixie. The Strand presents Love Thy Neighbor starring Jack Bering Fred Aten and Mary Martin while The Long Voyage Home is currently showing at the Dixie theatre.
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American woman earns Order of the British Empire honor
Mrs. Jennie Burnham Cameron of Kirby Muxloe England becomes the first American woman decorated with the Order of the British Empire for heroism during an air raid. She guided 165 men and women to safety and provided care through the bomb-torn night.
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Equipment To Save Britain
London reports Britain has formed vast skeleton units of fliers sailors and soldiers ready to absorb American equipment under the aid to Britain measure. Neutral sources say pilots trained in American planes and skilled crews await orders while ships guns and planes arrive.
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Final Divorce Decree Given Roosevelt Son of President
A final decree of divorce was entered for James Roosevelt from Betsey Cushing Roosevelt in Los Angeles. Attorneys cited convenience due to Mrs. Roosevelt being in the east. Roosevelt, a motion picture producer, is serving a year at San Diego as a Marine captain.
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Elderly Farmer Hangs Self Found at Family Home
BECKLEY March 11 Charlie Walls 63 year old farmer was found hanging by a rope from a barn rafter at the Walls family home in Fairdate. Coroner W W Hume said Walls was a former patient in a mental institution. His half brother Elford Walls reported the body.
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Planes From US to Aid Britain Soon
Air Minister Sir Archibald Sinclair told the House of Commons that American airplanes will arrive in time for the battle of the Atlantic. He said Britain's RAF is on the threshold of its greatest expansion, with 4,250 German and 1,100 Italian planes destroyed and fewer than 1,800 of our own lost. He urged approval of a token budget of 100 pounds for the air force, noting the real amount is kept secret, and warned Goebbels that American help will arrive in time.
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B and O Orders 500 Gondola Cars From ACF
Robert W. Ward of American Car and Foundry announced Baltimore and Ohio Railroad placed an order for 500 70-ton steel gondola cars. Estimated cost around 1.5 million dollars. Local plant workforce would rise from 450 to 950 to fulfill the order.
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Pilots Praised After BAC Crash Near Cincinnati
A twin engine American Airliner carrying eleven people skidded from a rainy Lunken Airport runway into mud and a river dike. Captain Lester Bryant, 33, from Chicago, and Wesley McCleaster of Indianapolis were reported with possible skull fractures and other injuries. Also hospitalized were J. W. McNeil of Evanston and First Officer James J. Murray of Chicago. The crash occurred after landing at about 8 30 p m amid heavy rain with poor visibility, with the pilots cutting ignition before the ship struck the earth wall.
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Weygand Returns to North Africa After Vichy Talks
General Weygand quietly returns to his North African post after brief Vichy meetings with Marshal Petain. Authorities kept departures secret to avoid another Chiappe incident tied to the Syria post crash. In Nairobi, Major Delves Broughton faces murder charges in the Earl of Erroll death, initially deemed an auto incident before a revolver was revealed.
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Japan Action Hinted As Reply To Lease Measure
Italian sources hint a Japanese move under the three power pact in response to the American aid bill. Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka may visit Berlin and Rome to seek reciprocal engagements with Hitler and Mussolini as an immediate answer to Washington.
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Airplane Grounds Snow Plow in Pennsylvania Tragedy of Krupa
Gene Krupa, a snow plow operator in Montrose Pennsylvania, said he faced a strange delay when an out of fuel airplane landed on his cleared highway. The aircraft blocked the road for two hours until Krupa and a pilot, with a team of horses, moved it off the route.
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New York Bus Strike Enters Second Day Of Work Stoppage
Nearly 900000 New Yorkers faced transit disruption as bus drivers on most Manhattan lines stayed out for a second day. Transport Workers Union chief Michael J. Quill warned of a long fight while two major firms, Fifth Avenue Coach and New York City Omnibus, reported a 100 percent system halt. The walkout began at dawn, immobilizing about 1,300 buses and cutting 95 percent of surface transport in Manhattan, with Queens routes also affected.
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City Plans Annuities To Assist Tragedy Widows
In Brockton Massachusetts residents move to aid 12 widows and 26 fatherless children after a theatre roof collapse killed twelve firemen. A special committee drew up proposed annuities and annual sums for the children as officials investigate the blaze and set an inquest for tomorrow.
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Greeks Intensify Tepeleni Siege Amid Heavy Fighting
Athens reports an 11 week siege of Tepeleni in Albania has intensified with Greek forces repelling Italian counterattacks. Greek air power bombed and machine-gunned positions while the Italians could not secure any gains. Reports say many Fascists were captured, including officers, and 200 were taken prisoner.
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Motive Still Not Known In Brutal Kansas City Murder
In Kansas City a brutal murder left Leila Adele Welsh 24 dead in her bed and authorities seek a killer described as a Sadist. The slayer used a railroad hammer and butcher knife and escaped after striking during the night. police questioned suspects as a $500 reward was posted but motive remains unclear.
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Thailand Gains Territory From Indo-China Peace Pact
Tokyo mediated agreement ends frontier fighting between Thailand and French Indo-China. Thailand will receive about 25,000 square miles, including the Pak-Lao district of Tans and one fourth of Cambodia, with a boundary demarcation committee to determine final lines. French diplomats appeared stern as officials signed in Konoye’s palace.
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Hope Fades for Early Settlement of Fairmont Strike
FAIRMONT March 11. Hope of an early settlement of the Fairmont Aluminum strike faded as CIO spokesmen said talks began yesterday. The work stoppage affected 191 workers at the plant.
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New Witness Aids Officer in Collier Hotel Case
New testimony in the intermediate court defense witnesses describe circumstances around Miss Maxine Collier’s fatal fall from a hotel garage roof two years ago. Mrs Betty Jarrell, a surprise witness, says Bourne identified himself at the door during Miss Collier's visit.
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Yugoslav Crown Council to Decide Future Alliance
Belgrade March 11. Regent Prince Paul summoned an executive meeting of the crown council to decide if Yugoslavia will join the tri partite alliance. Leaders from political and military sectors were called. Observers expect approval and possible German negotiations next weekend. The session will be at the White Palace in Dedinje near Belgrade.
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Mercy Sought in Hull Plea
The United States joined Spain and Vichy in seeking clemency for thousands of Spanish Republicans held as prisoners or refugees. Secretary Hull urged Franco in letters to consider humanitarian grounds after reports of executions and overcrowded prisons following Spain's civil war.
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Prisoners Transferred From Five WV Jails to State Pen
A penitentiary bus collected 34 inmates from five southern West Virginia counties to transfer to the state prison. Warden Leo Callison said 34 will replace an equal number sent yesterday to Camp Baker in Hardy County. About 40 admissions remain unchanged as 36 more prisoners’ commitment papers were not received. In the coming weeks, 150 inmates are expected to be moved to a Mineral County road camp near Keyser, where 20 men are finishing construction of the camp.
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Eastern Star Official Is Candidate For Mayor
Mrs. Edith Mohler Sweet former worthy grand matron of the West Virginia Order of Eastern Star was nominated for mayor of St. Albans at a Citizens rally last night She will face W H Knapp of the People's party in the April 1 election.
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Lewis Tells Coal Ops of Union Stand
New York March 11 The United Mine Workers demanded a one dollar a day wage boost for about 450000 soft coal miners in eight Appalachian states as talks opened for a new joint wage agreement The union backed a two year extension of the seven hour day five day week while stressing it upheld the principle of higher pay for monthly workers Vacations with pay were also sought two weeks annually for all miners with tonnage workers earning seven fifty a day for vacation time Ezra Van Horn was named permanent chairman of the conference with Thomas Kennedy and Truman Johnson in key posts See LEWIS TELLS Pare 3
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Plastic cars not far away
Henry Ford predicts a plastic dominated future within years with bodies chiefly made of plastics and cellulose fibers grown on farms. He says lighter bodies improve strength and that plastics will expand beyond automobiles into homes and offices replacing wood.
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