Huge Tent to Keep Dam Dry at White River
ENUMCLOW Wasa March 13 A huge tent covering over 13,000 square feet is being pitched across the White river chasm to shield Mud Mountain dam under construction for flood control. The 196 by 328 foot enclosure, supported by 22 hoists, will keep rain off baked dirt prepared for rock fill. The tent cost about 35000 dollars and the dam stands to exceed seven million in cost, about 400 feet high and 1600 feet thick with rock and dirt at the base ready to hold back the river’s spring flood.
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Enumclow
Wasa
White River
Mud Mountain
M. L. McHugh
Seattle Manufacturing Company
Cascade Range
Author Waltin faces possible deportation for past acts
Waltin, a presumed Gestapo agent and former Communist, admitted using a literary pseudonym and described alleged actions in Germany and the United States. Officials say illegal entry, criminal history, and past activity in an organization seeking to overthrow the government could justify deportation, with about 6000 aliens under warrants facing similar issues.
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Gestapo
Waltin
Germany
United States
Justice Department
Mussolini II Continuec on Central Front Attacks
Greek reports claim Mussolini planned a Saturday withdrawal after a four day battle along a 12 mile sector. Italian losses were heavy and captives cited by a spokesman, with the Greeks noting the heaviest attacks of the war centered near Tepelen. Albanian fighting around Teoeleni and Klisura remains intense as hospital ships are mentioned.
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Mussolini
Tepelen
Teoeleni
Klisura
Doan's Pills Offer Relief for Painful Backache
An ad style excerpt touts Doan's Pills as relief for backache and kidney aches. It claims nature works to remove excess acids and wastes, promising easier passage of toxins and reduced symptoms like headaches and facial puffiness.
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Barney Shore
Tax plans weigh on corporate and individual rates
Senate Finance Committee members backed higher taxes with George and Harrison proposing a 30 percent top rate on corporations earning over twenty five thousand dollars annually and surcharges on individuals. They urged limited changes to excises while noting a 7 billion direct aid request for Britain complicates the tax outlook.
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Harrison
D.-Miss
Senate Finance Committee
George
D.-Ga
Finance Committee
Congress
Britain
Youth released after night in dust case exonerated
A 16 year old Haywood boy held overnight at the request of Harrison county authorities and charged with investigation was released today by Captain A. E. Leekard. Initial police belief tied him to the Clarence Johnson dynamite murder, but he was quickly cleared of all involvement.
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Haywoui
Harrison County
A. E. Leekard
Clarence Johnson
New Payroll Levy Proposal Faces Opposition
The plan argues a 5 percent levy would raise 2.5 billion yearly and would require equal increases in taxes on investments, rentals and other incomes to avoid wage earner discrimination. Advocates say it reverses easing tax policy, likely drawing opposition from the White House and wage earners.
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Wessary
White House
Garrison
Epidemic of Measles Reported in Charleston
Charleston health commissioner Dr. Herbert B. Wise reported a city measles epidemic with 208 cases in six weeks and likely triple that number unreported. February tallied 144 cases and 64 more in March so far. C. O. King for Mayor.
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Charleston
Herbert B. Wise
Odds in Slam Double Choices in Major Suit Contracts
In a Grand Bridge Club game, Barclay analyzes how doubling against a slamdrawing contract alters score. He details scenarios where a successful double shifts points to the opponents and weighs risk versus reward, illustrated by a major suit slam and nonvulnerable play.
Bus Strike Talks Scramble to End Four Day Tie Up
New York March 13 Labor and company officials resumed negotiations with a State mediator to end a four day bus strike that halted about 95 percent of Manhattan's cheap transit. Arthur E Meyer head of the State Mediation Board met with Mayor La Guardia and union and company reps as wage demands and hours battled with counter proposals. Meanwhile striking workers faced a payless payday as payroll money waited but pay windows sat behind picket lines.
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New York
Manhattan
Arthur 8. Meyer
State Mediation Board
Miami
Fla
Laguardia
Legislature Endorses Nonpartisan School Boards and Tax Measures
The legislature approved acts for nonpartisan school board elections voter registration and higher teacher salaries while criticizing tax reductions. It highlighted budget contingencies expecting at least 77 million in revenue, warned that welfare law amendments could inflate appropriations, and noted unemployment fund changes would save billions in contributions and benefits reforms.
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State Court of Claims
State Planning Board
After a Cold Then What
Advice urges rest to regain normal temperature and strength after illness. It touts S83 Tonic at $5.80 taken before meals as a restorative course, claiming rapid return to health and resilience against relapse.
Roosevelt weighs mediation board for labor during defense
Washington March 13 President Roosevelt received a recommendation for a mediation board to handle labor problems tied to the defense program. Secretaries Perkins Knudsen and Hillman reported no firm details but said the idea was taking shape with proposals for boards of 11 seven or five members. The plan envisions a long range policy body beyond mediation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Perkins
Defense
Knudsen
Hillman
Miss Perkins
Nazi Answer Commentary on Page One Migration
A fragment from the Berliner Zeitung notes a family history involving Joseph Wilhelm Willcke a copper smith listed as Willkie at his father’s shop. A dispute over a will led to conflict with the widow, the deceased’s wife, and the stepmother of Joseph Will.
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United States
Berliner Zeitung
Willkie
Thi
Joseph Wilhelm Willcke
Joseph Will C
King
Sugar as a Quick Pick Me Up for the Athlete
Dr. Paul Michael’s blood sugar study on golfers shows sugar intake between ninth and fifteenth holes improved efficiency and scores, linking low blood sugar to fatigue. The piece also notes orange juice and candy as helpful, plus Bell's palsy treatment and a lent diet, with editor’s note offering pamphlets from Dr Clendening.
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Logan Clendening
Sansim
Santa Barbara
The
American Medical Association
Sansum
Paul Michael
Oakland
California
Bell
Legal Battle Over Widow in Property Sale and Old Germany Ties
The article discusses a disputed property sale where a widow received no proceeds and was dispossessed. It notes an 1860 voyage of August Willeke to America, a BBC broadcast by Willkie in London denying German aggression, and satire in the London Daily Herald about a leaflet bomb plot against British minister George B. Rendel. It also mentions Miss Armstrong's leg amputations after an explosion at the Pere Palace hotel.
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Bernhard Gerson
Willeke
Bavaria
Hamburg
America
BBC
Willkie
London
England
British Broadcasting Corporation
Willicke
Willie
Germany
London Daily Herald
George W. Rendel
Bulgaria
Armstrong
Pere Palace
Two Men Woman Bound Over For Two Stick-Ups
Charles Town March 13 two men and a woman held for grand jury action on charges of robbing stores in Woodstock Virginia and Shepherdstown Jefferson County authorities announced. Thurman Kershner 30 and Mavilyn Lowe 30 of Parkersburg bound over on charge of participating in the Shepherdstown Atlantic and Pacific chain store holdup under 40000 DMC bail on fugitive warrant bound at Woodstock Marshall Henry 42 Weston held under 15000 bond in the Woodstock drug store holdup State Police Corporal G W Busch arrested the trio near Franklin March 9 after a radio report of the Woodstock robbery Saturday night.
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Charles Town
Woodstock
Shepherdstown
Jefferson County
Thurman Kershner
Ma Vilyn Lowe
Parkersburg
Atlantic and Pacific
Marshall Henry
Weston
G. W. Busch
Franklin
Funds of Hungary Are Frozen By U S Order
President Roosevelt ordered freezing of all Hungarian funds in the United States at the request of the State Department and Treasury. Morgenthau said the move follows official policy and does not discuss reasons. A separate report notes the death of Teresa Armstrong in Sofia amid ongoing intelligence matters.
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Washington
Mar
Roosevelt
Hungary
United States
Treasury
Morgenthau
Istanbul
Turkey
Teresa Armstrong
State Department
Gation
Sofia
W'meary
Hampshire and White Chicks In Stock
Hampshire and White Chicks are currently available in stock. The listing notes both varieties are offered and ready for purchase.
War relations hint at Hungary occupation by German troops
Morgenthau avoided confirming whether the United States considered Hungary occupied by German forces as axis tensions ease after a wartime pact announcement. The note recalls freezing orders typically issued when troops occupy a country.
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Morgenthau
United States
Hungary
Slayer surrenders to police in Lorenz murder case
Walter Appelt, 32, an insurance collector, turned himself in at the state's attorney's office in Chicago on a charge of killing Joseph Lorenz, 47, a chemical engineer and estranged wife Waneta's suitor. Appelt had been hunted since May night by authorities in Illinois and Detroit.
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Chicago
Walter Appelt
Joseph Lorenz
William Scott Stewart
Prominen
Stewart
Daniel Gilbert
Appell
Illinois
Detroit
Lorenz
Waneta
Appelt
Up and Down at Night Muscles Ached with Pain
An elderly Morgantown reader endorses BUX Compound and Williams Formula for rheumatic like pains causing sleep difficulty and nervous distress. The letter, signed by Mrs. William Brown, claims rapid relief and urges readers to obtain the remedies from Gratton Drug and Chemists.
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William Brown
Nolan Avenue
Morgantown
Husdand
Williams
Gratton
Gev
Jones
Ange
Giste
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