Daladier Forms Reply to Mussolini on African Demands
Paris March 27 Premier Daladier used his decree powers to draft a reply to Mussolini’s African demands. The plan offers two options: a direct note to Rome or a broadcast question, aimed at opening negotiations for a French Italian settlement. Reconciliation prospects rose since Mussolini’s Dec 17 denunciation of the 1935 treaty, though Italy may push for territorial concessions and Tunisia rights beyond the treaty.
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Paris
Daladier
Mussolini
Rome
Italy
Pierre Laval
Duce
Africa
Tunisia
France
TAX SLASHES GAIN SUPPORT
Senator Byrnes proposes to simplify unemployment tax for small businesses and reduce income tax burdens on larger filers. He cites confusion over tax applicability and penalties that drive firms out of business. Byrnes aims to refund penalties and ease reporting requirements.
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William B. Ardery
Washington
Byrnes
Treasury
George
Aged county doctor dies at 85 in Flemington
Dean of Taylor county physicians Dr. W. C. Currey died Saturday noon at his home in Flemington after a brief illness. Born June 19 1853 in Meadland he served 62 years in practice, educated in Taylor county schools and the University of Maryland medical school class of 1881. He conducted office work recently after practicing in Astor West Virginia in 1877 and 1878.
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Taylor County
W. C. Currey
Flemington
Currey
Meadland
Nathan
Elizabeth Dunbar Currey
Dr. M. S. Holt Reported In Critical Condition
Weston authorities report 88 year old Dr. M. S. Holt father of Senator Rush D. Holt is in critical condition after a weekend relapse. He has battled pneumonia complications for some time with his family at his bedside.
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Weston
M. S. Holt
U.S
Rush D. Holt
Holt
Bootlegging Five Held as Suspects Face Trial
Police and Sheriff Evans conducted raids on alleged liquor joints Saturday night, arresting five who pleaded not guilty in police court. Chief Lockard said bugs were planted for evidence. Dilworth's East Main hot dog stand yielded whiskey and an autoymobile cache. he and Nellie Laundress were arrested and later released on $100 bonds each. Trials set for 2 p.m. Saturday before Mayor Gillis.
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Herbert Evans
A. E. Lockard
Dilworth
Jim Dilworth
East Mainstreet
Elks
Nellie Laundress
P. F. Gillispie
Latrobe Street
Cooperative Store
Latrobe
Slaying Charge Filed After Fatal Shooting
Charleston dispatch reports State Police Lt James Fillinger will file a murder charge against Brooks Snodgrass 46 for the slaying of Seybert Holstein 29 during a quarrel on Bee Mountain observed by seven. Fillinger arrived after the shooting and says Snodgrass admitted the crime over a dispute involving a woman.
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Charleston
James Fillinger
Brooks Snodgrass
Seybert Holstein
Holstein
Bee Mountain
Fillinger
Snodgrass
Joan Crawford Tone To Hold Divorce Dinner
New York reports Joan Crawford and Franchot Tone will host a divorce dinner tonight to hasten an amicable separation. The couple, long associated publicly, plan to announce their split in a private setting, though details remain undisclosed.
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Joan Crawford
New York
Franchot Tone
Fortney Mill Razed as WPA and City Start Project
The WPA and city begin tearing down Fortney mill property to clear a traffic hazard and enable lumber for sheds at the new hospital project. Actress and ex-husband Douglas Fairbanks Jr plan a private dinner and theater party on the eve of her divorce decree, while the city notes ownership transfer from E A Rinehart, receiver.
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Hollywood
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
West Coast
Fortney Mill
South Side
Miss Crawford
Tone
Pupschen
Franchot
Local Girl Voted Best In District On Piano
Miss Betty Rose Miller of Grafton High School was named best in piano in the district contest held Saturday at Central Junior High in Clarksburg. She will compete April 15 in the state scholarship contest at Morgantown. The district covers Harrison Taylor Barbour Upshur Lewis Doddridge and Gilmer counties. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs A A Miller of St Charles street and was organist at First Presbyterian Church.
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Clarksburg
Betty Rose Miller
Grafton High School
Morgantown
Harrison, Taylor, Barbour, Upshur, Lewis, Doddidge
Gilmer
House Leader Opposes Farm Parity Payment Plan
Washington March 27 Congress struggled over farm relief as Sabath of Illinois opposed including 250 million dollars for farm parity payments in the agriculture department bill. He called parity payments unnecessary and noted pressure from urban representatives for economy on relief programs while seeking broader WPA funding.
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Washington
House
Sabath
D.-Il
House Rules Committee
Agriculture Department
Frank Luzader Wins Regional Speech Contest Title
Frank Luzader of Dewey Avenue Grafton High School, a junior, will be the sole representative at the state speech contests in Morgantown next month. He won first honors in extemporaneous speaking at the regional festival in Fairmont, with five high schools from Marion Monongalia and Taylor counties participating.
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John Frank Luzader
Dewey Iavenue
Grafton
Morgantown
Frank
Fairmont
Marion
Monongalia
Taylor
Joseph W. Fortiyce
Five Commissioners View Fountain Jacobs Property
Five Tayor county circuit court commissioners viewed 2.64 acres of the Fountain E Jacobs farm on Morgantown road to fix a value in the condemnation proceedings brought by the state road commission. Reviewers were Joseph McCue, R E Blaney, Martin Kester, A L Wisher, and A T Withers.
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Herbert W. Deat
Tayor County
Fountain E. Jacobs
Morgantown Road
Te Tate Rovwt
Joseph McCue
R. E. Blaney
Martin Kester
A. L. Wisher
A. T. Withers
Blame motor for crash of big airliner
Eight people died when a Braniff twin engine airliner crashed near Oklahoma City after takeoff. Pilot Capt Claude Seaton and three others survived with injuries as federal investigators blamed a motor that “shook to pieces” for the tragedy. Survivors include Carl Erickson of Chicago and Perry R Smith of Corpus Christi. The craft burst into flames and went down near the municipal airport about 3 am. Authorities began a federal probe into the cause.
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Oklahoma City
Braniff
Claude Seaton
Dalys
H. D. Collins
Seaton
Carl Erickson
Chicago
Capt. Seaton
Malcolm Wallace
Perry R. ‘Smith
Corpus Christi
Tex
Laborers Ready To Begin On City Hospital Project
Twenty two WPA laborers were ready to start today on the new city hospital on Finnegan's rock. County Supervisor Henderson said actual work was delayed by contractor Byrum's absence. Formal ground breaking is planned at 2 PM tomorrow with Mayor Gillispie to shovel first dirt. Staking of grounds and erecting equipment shanties will be tackled next, starting tomorrow.
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WPA
City Hospital
Finnegan's Rock
Wallace N. Henderson
Don Byrum
Wheeling
P. F. Gillispie
Senate Judiciary approves Roosevelt nominee to Supreme Court
The senate judiciary committee unanimously backed William O. Douglas for associate justice. Douglas, 40, sands as Securities and Exchange Commission chairman and will replace Louis D. Brandeis who retired. Confirmation appears assured as the nomination moves to the full Senate.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt
William ©. Douglas
Supreme Court
Senate
Douglas
Securities Commission
Louis D. Brandeis
New Tools Forged To Aid South American Relations
Washington march 27 under the good neighbor policy the Roosevelt administration forges tools to strengthen ties with South America. Pan American affairs scholars cite aims to curb European influence and boost US economic position. The Brazil economic accord highlights a push to bolster internal economies of South American republics.
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John.m. Hightower
Washington
Roosevelt
Revuuues
United States
Brazil
Madrid Offensive Breaks Down Peace Talks With Loyalists
Nationalist forces under Franco push toward Madrid and Toledo as peace negotiations fail. Reports claim Madrid defenses are nearly deserted and Republicans consider surrender of air force and capital if weather allows.
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Madrid
Hendaye
France
Franco
Toledo
Cordoba
Spain
Irun
Marin
Gonzalo Queipo de Lilano
Madrid National Defense Council
Burgos
Madrid Council
Robbery at Maumee Station and Calvary Electric Chair Death
Maumee police station robbed of 78 dollars taken from gasoline attendant Robert Sheper as two deputies were elsewhere. In Bellefonte Roy Lockard calmly faced the electric chair for killing his sweetheart's baby boy, after hiding the child with a railroad spike. his partner Mrs Karmendi sentenced to prison for 10 to 20 years. Former Governor Earle questioned Lockard's sanity.
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Maumee
Robert Sheper
Bellefonte
Roy Lockard
Altoona Wpa
Himy Aken
Lockard
Matthew
Sonny” Karmendi
Margaret Karmendi
Altoona
Sonny
Karmendi
George H. Earle
State Taxing Power Upheld Ruling On Federal Salaries
The Supreme Court held a state may tax salaries of federal government employees or officials, in a case involving New York and Utah attempting to tax federal workers. The decision backs part of President Roosevelt’s tax plan for reciprocal taxation. Two Justices dissented.
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Supreme Court
U.S
Washington
New York
Utah
Roosevelt
Congress
Nanchang Falls to Japanese Forces in Kiangsi
Shanghai dispatch reports Hankow headquarters confirming the capture of Nanchang, former Kiangsi air base. Earlier reports described a counter thrust northwest of the city with 1,000 Japanese and 500 Chinese deaths, as Japanese siege forces entered through four gates and raised the Rising Sun banner along the wall.
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Shanghai
Hankow
Nanchang
Kiangsi Province
Kan River
Kiangsi
New Automobile Hits Pole Damages $50
Damage of about $50 occurred to a new Chrysler at 2 15 p m Sunday when Isa Bickford aged 16 of 16 West Washington street lost control while turning from St John onto East Main. The car struck a sidewalk and crashed into a telephone pole before stopping in front of the DeLuxe restaurant. Police Sergeant J C Helms and Patrolman Norman Stidi investigated.
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Isa Bickford
West Washington Street
St. John Street
East Main Street
J.C. Helms
Norman Stidi
No Ultimatum. Chamberlain Reports Romanian Pact
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons that Romania has not signed away its economic independence in a new trade treaty with Germany. He said Britain would await developments and that the Bucharest government indicated the accord contains no political clause and directed against no third party. The trade mission to Romania, announced by Oliver Stanley, has not yet gone.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Rumania
Germany
Vyvyan Adams
Romania
Bucharest
Britain
Oliver Stanley
Board of Trade
Richard Austen Butler
Alfred” Knox J
Yankee Clipper Flies Transatlantic To Azores
The flying boat Yankee Clipper landed at Horta in the Azores at 8 07 EST today eleven and a half hours into a 17 hour 33 minute Baltimore departure. Pan American Airways will inaugurate regular passenger service to Europe later this summer with the route followed by the old American clippers. An Elks meeting is planned for Tuesday night March 28 1939 at the Elks Home with important matters to be discussed.
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Baltimore
Horta
Azores
Pan-American Airways
Europe
Elks Home
O. L. Cook
Invitation to tonight's film at the Opera House
The Grafton Sentinel invites W E Lewis of 474 Walnut Street to attend the presentation of A Man to Remember starring Edward Ellis Anne Shirley and Lee Bowman at the Opera House theater tonight.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Virgil Poe
Barrett Street
Jane Withers
Arizona Wildcat
Leo Carrillo
Dixie Theatre
Fredric March
Joan Bennett
Atrand Theatre
W. E. Lewis
Walnut Street
Edward Ellis
Anne Shirley
Lee Bowman
Opera House Theatre
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Reconciliation
Strand
Dixie
Danzig
Arthur Groiser
Hitler
Fuehrer
Poland
City
Boan Project
E. A. Rinehart
Grafton Banking and, ‘Trust Company
Irving Crane
Frank Luzader
Oklahoma
Judiciary Committee of
Roberts
Taylor County Hardware Company
Quayer
Womans’ Home League
Salvation Army Building
Bloor
Benefit Home and Foreign Missions
Brition
Azore Islands
Elks Attention
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