Navy chiefs urge rush to finish two ocean axis fleets
Washington March 13 Navy high command told the House Appropriations Committee that the axis fleets now total 1,835,000 tons versus the United States 1,250,000 tons and urged speedy completion of the two ocean navy. Secretary Knox warned that major axis units under construction may not be ready until 1946 47 and cited risks of Britain’s possible defeat and Japan’s stronger Far East position. See AXIS FLEETS Page 4.
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New Payroll Tax Studied By Congress Experts
Congressional fiscal experts discussed a proposed 5 percent earned income tax to fund a $700 million British aid program. If enacted, a worker earning $40 weekly would see $38 after tax, with small earners perhaps exempted. The plan was said to be in preliminary discussion and may not materialize.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Grafton Sentinel invites Stutler to Strand or Dixie shows
The Grafton Sentinel issues a theatrical admission clipping inviting Mrs. K. R. Stutler of Blueville to tonight's Strand theatre presentation A Night at Earl Carroll's and the Dixie theatre offering Texas Rangers Hide Again with John Howard, identification may be required.
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Nazis Answer Willkie Claim Prompts Baltic News
German press echoed claims about Willkie kin, reporting Aschersleben statistics show his grandfather worked in the town and was forced to emigrate after alleged Jewish deceit. The DNB agency said Willkie’s family was traced to counter his assertion.
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Berlin
Wendell L. Willkie
Germany
Berliner Zeitung
Aschersleben
DNB
Willkie
Kennedy Urges Coal Act Be Extended Two Years
Kennedy warns that failing to extend the Guffey coal act by two years would hinder wage talks between Appalachian producers and the United Mine Workers. He told the House Ways and Means Committee that uncertainty would arise without continued coal price regulation. Tyre Taylor of the Southern States Industrial Council in Nashville opposes extension.
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United Mine Workers
Thomas Kennedy
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Nashville
Tenn
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Neely Says Answering Of Letters Impossible
Charleston report notes Governor Neely has received over 75,000 letters since taking office two months ago. His secretary Miss Aletha Huyett says it is physically impossible to acknowledge that many, with many letters seeking government jobs and one applicant having over 100 friends supporting him.
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Charleston
Neely
Aletha Huyett
Charleston Detective Cleared In Slaying Case
An intermediate court jury acquitted City Detective Lieut. E. C. Bourne of responsibility in the death of Miss Maxine Wilburn Collier, 23, in March 1939, as reported from Charleston.
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Charleston
Mar
E. C. Bourne
Maxine Wilburn Collier
Author Faces Deportation From Night Best Seller
Immigration officials have begun a deportation probe of Jan Valtin, author of the current best seller Out of the Night. A Justice Department official said the author’s own statements form the basis for the first step in the proceedings.
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Washington
Mar
Jan Valtin
Justice Department
End of Warfare Over Radio Music In Sight
New York March 13 The radio music war between ASCAP and NAB appears near end with NAB directors to meet to discuss an ASCAP conference proposal. ASCAP leaders travel to Milwaukee for federal anti trust case final proceedings as Buck takes pay cut from fifty thousand to thirty five thousand due to revenue loss from music removal from radio stations.
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National Association of Broadcas
Neville Miller
Broadcasters Group
ASCAP
Gene Buck
Milwaukee
Buck
Music It
Hitler predicts Nazi victory in Austria union anniversary
In Linz German leader Adolf Hitler told ceremony crowds that the war will end in a tremendous Nazi victory securing a greater Germany. He spoke upon arriving to join the third anniversary observances of Austria's union with the Reich, noting hard work lies ahead and recalling Germany’s 1870 triumph.
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Germany
Adolf Hitler
Austria
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Hitler
Vienna
Smashing Attack Made By New British Planes
London reports the RAF unleashed several new and more powerful aircraft in last night’s raid on Berlin the first since 20 and also struck Hamburg and Bremen in a market air assault since the war began. Fire and destruction described as heavy with direct hits on a Bremen industrial target and fires in shipyards at Hamburg. Five British planes were lost in what the air ministry calls the heaviest attack yet on Germany.
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House Opens Hearings on Defense Appropriation
Washington March headline notes President Roosevelt seeks 7 billion dollars to fund tools of defense for Britain Greece and China. The measure begins its journey before the 11th bureau appropriations subcommittee amid Capitol Hill debate and warnings Uncle Sam means business.
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Sam
Two National Defense Courses Close Over Poor Attendance
HAMLIN March 13 The vocational board at Charleston closed two national defense courses in Lincoln schools due to low enrollment. Machine shop mathematics had eight students and home making and dietetics had three. Auto mechanics, woodwork and metal work remain active.
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Germans Claim Great Damage In Liverpool
German sources report a massive night raid on Liverpool with several hundred aircraft dropping bombs for hours. Berlin said sixteen people died and 31 were injured, with damage also in Bremen and Bache. the attack was described as worse than Coventry.
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Royal Air Force
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Bachre
Germany
DNB
Coventry
Midlands
Virginia Train Crew Member Dies In Wreck Near Roanoke
A Virginian electric coal train derailed near Kamen crossing west of Roanoke at 1 am. Fireman James J. Stearts, 36, Mullens West Virginia, died at Roanoke Hospital after being extricated with a fractured leg and internal injuries. Brakeman G C Shorter, 52, Princeton West Virginia, was injured and expected to recover.
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Virginian Railway Electric
Kamen Crossing
James J. Stearts
Mullens
W. Va
Legislative confusion blamed for labor measure downfall
The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce blamed legislative confusion rather than lack of support for the administration's labor relations measure in the recent 1941 session. It warned that further tax and excise exemptions could follow into 1943, and noted state income tax boosts to 6 percent would place the state at a disadvantage versus Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, Virginia, and Kentucky.
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Mar
State Chamber of Commerce
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NYA Trained Youths Get Jobs In Private Plants
Charleston report says 439 youths trained by the National Youth Administration at South Charleston have found private employment. Most work in Kanawha Valley chemical plants and in national defense at Radford Virginia, according to NYA Administrator Glenn B Callaghan.
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Mar
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Kenny Chosen DPA Director in Charleston
Raymond Kenny of Grafton will become director of the state Department of Public Assistance on April 1, succeeding A W Garnett who resigned. Governor Neely announced the appointment saying Garnett submitted his resignation yesterday. Kenny is a graduate of Washington Lee.
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Raymond Kenny
Grafton
State Department of Public Assistance
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Neely
Garnett
Kenny
Washing
Lee Kenny
Heavy Rainfall Hits Southern California Again
Heavy rain returned to Southern California setting a new storm record in Los Angeles with 26.31 inches for the season since July 1, 1940, eclipsing earlier totals. The storm covered Santa Barbara to the Imperial Valley with cloudbursts and lightning, with more rain forecast through tomorrow.
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California
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Imperial Valley
Mussolini in War Theatre Reinforces Albanian Front
Italian dictator Mussolini has joined the war theatre in Albania, ordering his generals to act by Saturday as Greek forces brace for continued Fascist assaults. A Greek spokesman indicated Italian officers were captured, suggesting Mussolini has been in Albania for nearly a week to bolster morale.
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Benito
Mussolini
Albania
Noted playwright Stuart Walker dies at 53 in California
Stuart Walker founder of Portmanteau theater dies of a heart attack at 53 in Beverly Hills. A noted producer and playwright, he directed repertory theaters in Buffalo Detroit Indianapolis and Cleveland before turning to film. His Portmanteau plays included The Trimpler Never theless The Medicine Show Six Who Pass While the Lentils Boil The Lady of the Weeping Willow Tree The Very Naked Young Man and Sir David Wears A Crown.
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Calif
Stuart Walker
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Portmanteau Theater
Buffalo
Detroit
Indianapolis
Cleveland
David
Miners, operators clash over 2 year pact extension
New York March 13 The nation s coal operators reject a blanket $1 daily wage rise and propose extending the present two year contract for 450000 miners by two years The current pact sets wages at 6 a day in northern fields 5 60 in the south The operators also favor extending the work week from 35 to 40 hours and enabling adjustments during defense needs to prevent shortages without burdening the public The United Mine Workers CIO demanded the wage boost and other changes at the biennial joint conference in the Appalachian region
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New York
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Appalachian
O'Neill
Charles O'Neill
United Eastern Coal Sales Corporation
Four Miners Killed In Revloc Explosion
Four men were killed early today in the Monroe Coal company mine at Revloc near Johnstown in western Pennsylvania. No other miners were harmed as a rescue crew hauled the bodies to the surface about four hours after the blast was found. State Mine Inspector William Lamont tentatively blamed the explosion on gas buildup.
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Monroe Coal Company
Pennsylvania
Johnstown
William Lamont
British Down Nazi Bombers In Large Night Raid
British defense forces claim a new one night record by shooting down at least nine German bombers during a large scale attack centered on Merseyside. The communiqué notes fighters antiaircraft fire and other devices harassed the raiders as London reports raiders over the capital. Private homes were damaged in the Liverpool area amid heavy assaults described as very active.
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