Daladier Wins Confidence to Rule with Decree Powers
Paris reports Premier Daladier secured broad decree powers with a government vote 834 to 258 as France seeks virtual dictatorship to bolster military strength. Britain and France dispatch notes denying illegitimacy of German occupation of Czechoslovakia while Daladier’s power move targets rapid mobilization. The chamber finance committee backed the decree 26 to 17 as the measure faced potential Senate action.
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Paris
Berlin
France
Great Britain
Daladier
Chamber of Deputies
Premier Daladier
Henri de Kerrills
de Kerrills
Chamber Finance Committee
Slayer Durand On the Run After Powell Shootings
Powell Wyoming March 18 Durand a 26 year old marksman eluded 80 posse men after fatally shooting Undersheriff D M Baker and Town Marshal Charles E Lewis at Powell. He overpowered jailer Noah Riley in Cody and forced him to drive to a ranch northeast of Powell, where the hunt continued as scouting parties moved north and east in pursuit.
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Powell, Wyo
Yellowstone National Park
Earl Durand
D. M. Baker
Park County
Charles E. Lewis
Harmony Plan S Worked Out In Senate Agreement
Democratic senators say President Roosevelt agreed to a teamwork proposal allowing him to inform the Senate of proposed legislation and invite protests or suggestions before action. Four first term lawmakers announced support for new $15,000,000 WPA funds after White House talks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
White House
Schwartz
D-Wyo
Ellender
D-La
Lee
D-Okla
Mvaj
D- NY
Prsident
Congress
Cap
Hospital Contract Not Let Delayed By City Commission
The Grafton City hospital materials and equipment contract bid opening was postponed from 10:00 to 10:30 am Tuesday for undisclosed reasons. Mayor P F Gillispie cited good reasons but refused to elaborate. WPA will furnish labor for the new municipal hospital while the city provides materials and equipment.
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Grafton City Hospital
City Commission of
Grafton
P. F. Gillispe
WPA
Local Army Officer Is Transferred and Promoted
Sergeant Earl M. Davis of Grafton has been transferred from Edgewood Arsenal Maryland to the corps area surgeon's office staff headquarters at Port Hayes Columbus Ohio. This marks a merited promotion for Davis.
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Earl M. Davis
Lin J. Davis
Grafton
Edgewood Arsenal
Edgewood
Corps
Port Hayes
Columbus
Ohio
Davis
More Freedom Sought for President in Wartime Policy
Washington march reports say administration supporters urged broader presidential power to confront Nazi regimes after Sumner Welles condemned Germany's march into Czechoslovakia as wanton lawlessness threatening world peace. Senators, while reaffirming policy, debated clarity and necessity of stronger action and changes to neutrality law.
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Washington
Senate
State Department
Germany
Czecho-Slovakia
Sumner Welles
Welles
George
Foreign Relations Committee
Hitler
Barkley
D. iKy
Pepper
Fla
Welks
Everglades Fire Threatens New Miami Area
A massive Everglades blaze driven by a 20 mile per hour east wind crossed the Miami canal into new territory. Firefighters from Dade county joined efforts as the fire, covering about 96000 acres of mucklands, shifted toward Miami raising fear of northeast winds pushing flames toward the city. The fire's sector lies roughly 32 miles northwest of Miami as smoke drifts over the coast.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Everglades
Miami Canal
Menance
Miami
Housemaid Acquitted of Slaying Young Lover in Court
Angeline Maravola, a 22 year old housemaid in Hillsville, Pa, was acquitted of murder after claiming self defense in the February shooting of 23 year old Michie Rich. She testified the couple quarreled over marriage, and she fired four times after Rich struck her. spectators cheered as the verdict was read.
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Hillsville
Angeline Maravola
Michie Rieh
Rich
Field-House Doors Open at 6 for Regional Final
Doors to the Riverside drive field-house will be opened at 6 o'clock this evening for the finals between Grafton High and West Fairmont High in the regional three tournament. Radio station WMMN of Fairmont will broadcast the contest beginning at 8 o'clock.
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Riverside Drive
Grafton High
West Fairmont High
WMMN
Fairmont
Welcome for German ruler as Hitler travels home
Berlin reports a huge welcome planned for Adolf Hitler as he returns from Austria after a tour of Bohemia Moravia. Vienna loudspeakers urged crowds to gather along the route destined for the Fuehrer amid celebrations and banners praising him. Continued coverage noted Berlin decorations and public signs thanking Hitler, with some nations condemning the Nazi actions.
Young Bride Arrested On Charge Of Bigamy
Williamson March 18 A 25 year old bride wounded five days ago by a suitor who killed himself faced grand jury action on a bigamy charge. Magistrate David G Phillips held Mrs Elsie Pitts Smith under 500 bond after a warrant sworn by Lacey Rife Princeton who said he married the girl in 1928. Hutchinson 47 railroad worker fired shots into her arms then shot himself.
Pope Pius XII Meets Italian Foreign Minister
In Rome on March 18 Pope Pius XII held a formal audience with Count Galeazzo Ciano Italian foreign minister and son in law of Premier Mussolini marking the first official contact between the new pontiff and a member of the Italian government.
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Rome
Pius XII
Galeazzo Ciano
Mussolini
Old Time Prospector To Claim Reward For Find
JUNEAU ALASKA March 18 An oldtime prospector claimed a 1000 reward today as six bodies from one of Alaska worst commercial airline crashes were brought back to the port from where they started to meet death on an isolated island. Pilot Alonzo Cope and five passengers aboard Marine Airways plane disappeared in a storm en route to Fairbanks after distress signal. The plane was found in a clump of trees off Grand Island by Charles Ashby, veteran northern prospector, four days ago. (Continued on page five).
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Juneau
Alaska
Alonzo Cope
Marine Airways
Fairbanks
Coast Guard
Haida
Grand Island
Charles Ashby
North
FBI Captures Man Sought In Slaying Case
Corpus Christi March 18 Federal officers planned to remove John Henry Howland 25 paroled Ohio convict to Boston for trial in the February slaying of Maude Horne 61 at Milton N H A 15 year old girl Mary Butler was brought to testify Howland allegedly admitted killing Miss Horne and Stotener automobile The body of the former shoe factory worker was found in her cottage with battered features and a gagged mouth Police say motive arose from a quarrel and arrest details follow from page one
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Corpus Christi
Tex
John Henry Howland
Ohio
Boston
Jones
Howland
Earl Dunn
District Attorney's Office
Miss Horne
Stotener Automobile
Spinister
Quarrel
Milton
Mercury Drops Sharply Across West Virginia
Sub freezing temperatures swept West Virginia with teens in the mountains. Tucker county reported 12 above zero, Parsons 18, Charleston 25, Huntington 28 at 8 a.m., after a cold night with only a small morning rise.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Highlands
Thomas
Tucker County
Parsons
Huntington
Fair Trades Practices Act Signed By Holt In West Virginia
Charleston reports the fair trades practices act becomes law as Governor Holt takes no action and the measure auto converts. The act requires wholesalers to add two percent and retailers seven percent markups and bans selling below cost excluding transportation from invoice prices. The program also includes prison industries producing items for state institutions and municipalities. President Walter Thurman cites five proposed factories at Moundsville prison to supply ongoing needs with 273 inmates at full operation.
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Charleston
Holt
Charlestow
Virginia
Walter Thurman
Board of Control
Moundsville Penitentiary
Romania in Danger as Nazis Press Trade Demands
Bucharest reports Germany seeks broad economic terms while denying an ultimatum and pressuring Romania. King Carol and the crown council review military and diplomatic options, with border defenses strengthened and mobilization avoided. Berlin and London separately signal ongoing negotiations as Bucharest evaluates risk to territory and oil wealth.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Germany
Carol
Crown Council
General Staff
Grigore Fafencu
London
Rumanian
Legation
Berlin
Melmuth Wolthat
Crown Council Foundant
Season Tickets On Sale For State Basketball Tourney
Season tickets for the state basketball tournament in Morgantown go on sale at Grafton High. Principal Torlock Rasmussen will handle sales through Tuesday. unsold tickets will be returned to Morgantown. About fifty tickets are available at 1.50 dollars each by contacting Mr Rasmussen at the high school office.
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Morgantown
Torlock Rasmrussen
Grafton High
Grafton
Rasmussen
Parking Plan Abolished After Feasibility Doubts
Fostoria officials scrapped the park-on-honor ordinance four days after adoption. Cars were found parked angled, parallel, two deep, and even mid street raising safety and curb use concerns. The measure expires in 60 days unless renewed amid merchant criticism.
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Joseph Morton Fostoria
Fostoria
City Service
Frank Blazer
Methodists to Hold Campaign in Grafton Churches
Union Methodist evangelistic services planned from tomorrow through next Sunday across Grafton M E churches. Speakers include Rev Durward Brown at Andrews church on The Christian Message for 1939, Rev E G Bailes on Unto the Uttermost, Rev William E Knox at Blueville on God So Loved, and Rev H J Mitchell at St Pauls West Grafton on I Will Make You To Be.
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Union Methodist
Grafton
Andrews M. E
Durward Brown
St. Paul's M. E
E. G. Bailes
M. E. Church
South
West Main Street Methodist Episcopal Church
William E. Knox
Andrews
Blueville Church
St. Paul's M. E. Church
West Grafton
H. J. Mitchell
St. John's Methodist Church
M. P. Church
E. L
Noted Travel Lecturer Will Address Kiwanians
Dr. Joseph Maxwell of Fairmont, a noted world traveler, will address the Grafton Kiwanis Club at its regular meeting next Tuesday evening at Debendorfer's Cozy Rest Inn. The talk titled The Gold of Sheba will be presented under attendance committee chair I. C. Klein with assistants H. J. Garrell, Gerald Jones, and Edgar Poe.
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Joseph Maxwell
Fairmont
Africa
Grafton Kiwanis Club
Debendorfer
Cozy Rest Inn
I. C. Klein
Sheba
Munich Repudiation Drives Britain to Alter Policy
London reports the government and France delivered a note to Berlin denouncing the invasion of Czecho Slovakia as a complete repudiation of the Munich agreement. Prime Minister Chamberlain called a special cabinet meeting to address the European crisis and admitted appeasement failed after Hitler’s move.
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London
France
Berlin
Czecho-Slovakia
Chamberlain
Czecho- Slovakia
Courge
Germany
Europe
Hitler Chamberlain
Birmingham
Hitler
Czecho-Solovakia
Czechs Begin Reorganization Under Nazi Protectorate
Prague reports the Czech cabinet meeting to reorganize Bohemia and Moravia under German occupation as Nazi influence grows. It marks a second major state reshaping in six months after Munich and the Sudetenland losses, with Rudolf Beran’s cabinet remaining and Emil Hácha still titled president.
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Prague
Bohemia and Moravia
Munichy
Sudetenland
Rudolf Beran
Emil Hacha
MRS D A MIMS Invited to Mr Doodle Kicks Off Show
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. D. A. Mims of 812 Robley Street to attend tonight’s presentation of Mr. Doodle Kicks Off starring Joe Penner at the Opera House theater.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Betty Smith
W. Boyd Street
George Houston
Wild Bill Hickok
Dixie Theatre
Jesse James
Tyrone Power
Allstar
Strand Theatre
D. A. Mims
Robley Street
Mr. Doodle
Joe Penner
Opera House Theatre
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