Forest fires checked as weather aids firefighting
Charleston reports weather conditions aided a thousand-man firefighting effort across West Virginia. Rain and cooler temps brought 62 remaining blazes under control at midnight, with 44 new fires reducing overall danger and enabling easier fire spotting from towers. State Forester Dan B. Griffin ordered 600 men stood down, leaving 1,000 on duty as 400 withdrew. Thirteen arrests and 44 new fires were noted, with most blazes blamed on careless brush burning. An airplane tour accompanied the operations.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Dan B. Griffin
Griffin
Logan County
McDowell
Kanawha
Boone
Raleigh
House Leader Contends Over Farm Bill Debates
House leaders and Republicans clashed over the farm bill as debates stalled for the weekend. Garner reportedly dropped demands to tie farm payments to other measures, while opponents hoped the farm city coalition would split. The House aimed to resume discussion Tuesday after recess, with amendments to strip over half a million dollars for disease and pest control from the bill.
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Sabath
House
Sen Ae
Jwetlix
Viccent Garner
Treebouse
Cdistriet of Columbia
Senate Weighs Emergency Action on Relief Bill
Discussion centered on a possible emergency measure to prevent a $100,000 work reduction in WPA jobs next Monday. A key appropriations committee member opposed added funds and suggested authorizing the president to spend available relief money to forestall the cut. Leaders doubt quick approval this week as the house subcommittee eyes a compromise of $15,000,000.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
Mhat
House Appropriations
STATE TAXING Continued from Qeme Ane
A court considers whether state income tax laws should tax federal employees and how the federal constitutional immunity applies. Justice Stone cites 1871 precedent, saying it is overruled for implied immunity of salaries of national or state government officers. Justices Black and Butler dissent.
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New York
Black Red
Utah
Tader
Utah ‘Supreme Court
Butler
McReynolds
Stone
Collector
Raiders arrest two in Latrobe Street liquor raids
Sam Ruckman pleaded not guilty as three pints of liquor were found at a street raid. He stayed in county jail after failing to post 100 dollars, then was freed after bail. Two more arrests followed at the lower Latrobe Street wagon site with Robert Ebert and Mary Brown charged in liquor sales. Some whiskey found. no moonshine reported. Authorities say tax paid booze was being dispensed, despite claims of beer parlor status without licenses.
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Ruckman
Robert Ebert
Mary Brown
Lower Latrobe Street
Ebert
Pittsbureh
Daladier weighs Mussolini stance as cabinet meets
In a dissenting note Jus Suez argues Italy may press for territory and immunity rights in Tunisia. The French cabinet was summoned to Elysee Palace to approve Daladier's plan to reply to Mussolini and to consider a new decree law, while only a portion of the extreme press pushes for immediate negotiations.
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France
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Plane crash kills eight passengers on Chicago to Dallas flight
A midflight tragedy left eight dead as a passenger plane from Chicago to Dallas crashed. Miss Joan Allan, 35, a nurse from Evans ton, was among the victims. Hostess Miss Louise Zarr, 25, Dallas, remained at her post before the craft burned. Survivors included two passengers who escaped, and others named include Ben Coplon of Chicago and Barney G. Grossman of Aurora TH, plus R T Bate of Denver and Mrs Georgia Sheldon of Omaha. A note found in Miss Allan’s room hinted at a looming fate and several victims were en route to hospitals or to bedside duties.
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Chicago
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Evanston
Til
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William Baker
South Bend
Ind
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Barney G. Grossman
Coplon
Ida
Houston
Tex
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Aurora
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Denver
Georgia Sheldon
Omaha
Ferim Cairo
Mexico City
E. Hinckley
Port Isabel
Texas
Slayer Dies After Long-Running Clemency Fight
The long battle over clemency ends as the governor grants a reprieve and then declines further action. The condemned man had 14 prior stay requests and a Board of Pardons had refused to recommend clemency before the governor’s decision.
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Jackie Coogan
Betty Grable
Life
William Hains
Page One
Arthur H. James
France mulls access in Djibouti and Suez era plans
In a cabinet session France signals possible free port privileges for Italians at Djibouti French Somaliland on the Gulf of Aden. Officials note unofficial talks with Italy show France ready to share control of key trade routes and ports including Suez era interests.
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Tunisia
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Suez Canal
Italy
France
Djbouti
Tax plan eyed to ease wartime levies on income
Senate and Treasury tax experts weigh cutting upper bracket rates and delaying new revenue measures until 1941. Senator George urges trimming levies on incomes over five million dollars as a move to spur investment. Morgenthau’s pension tax relief for 1940 to 1942 gains support from Burke and others as Byrnes notes continued 1 percent employer tax.
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Morgenthau
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Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
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Plan
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Neb
Harrison
Miss
Roose
Madrid Denial Spurs Nationalist Push As Surrender Looms
Nationalist sources say Madrid’s defense council warns of steps to defend the capital as a looming surrender under eight-point Republican terms nears. Frontier opinion holds Madrid may fall early this week amid heavy attacks north of Cordoba and rapid Republican collapses.
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I Madrid
National Defense Council
Juan del ‘Rio
Madrid National Defense Council
Jose Miaja
Nationalist Defense Council
Cordoba
Defense Council
Madrid defense council accepts eight point day plan
A Madrid defense council approves an eight point plan presented by day, marking acceptance of proposed measures. The wording indicates official endorsement of a structured set of steps. No additional context or participants are provided in the fragment.
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Madrid Defense Council
Marco Polo Describes Early Air Conditioning On Ormus
Facts mix a claim Marco Polo noted air cooling on Ormus around 1275 AD and etymology linking Canada to Cape Nothing. The passage also mentions Romans using carrier pigeons and Tom Molineaux losing a prize fight by knockout in his first world title bid.
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Ormus
Canada
Cape
Tom Molineaux
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