House Fight Nears Finish Over Farm Parity Payments
Washington march 28 The house fight over a 250 million dollar farm parity payments appropriation nears a showdown as Democratic leaders predict passage with urban and farm support. Vote trading talk continues ahead of the house appropriations committee action while relief funds face possible cutbacks. A split plan on WPA funding also surfaces as senators push faster spending and a later house inquiry into the WPA.
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Washington
House
Agriculture Department
Vandenberg
WPA
Senate
R. Mich
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Grafton Man Given Long Term For Drunkenness
Charles Fowler of Grafton was arrested for drunkenness and fighting and appeared before Mayor P F Gillispie in Police court. He pled guilty, was fined $20 and costs, and, unable to pay, sentenced to 20 days in the county jail.
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Charles Fowler
Grafton
P. F. Gillispie
Fowler
Victor Defendant in Justice Court Lawsuit
A jury in the magistrate court of Justice of the Peace A B Knabenshue yesterday found for the defendant Harry Baker in a suit by C C Whitescarver seeking 112 dollars for breach of contract. The jurors assessed court costs against the plaintiff Whitescarver.
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Court of Justice of the Peace
A. B. Knabenshue
Harry Baker
C. C. Whitescarver
Baker
Whitescarver
Influenza Absences Hit Charleston High School
Charleston March 28 Principal Thomas R. Horner reports 300 students were absent at Charleston High last week due to influenza and severe head colds, reflecting a widespread illness impact on the school.
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Charleston
Thomas R. Horner
Charleston High School
France’s Daladier Risks Shift on Italy Talks
France faces a cabinet split over opening negotiations with Italy after Daladier hints at a major shift. Bonnet and others push for talks while Daladier and allies resist, citing prestige concerns in North Africa. The government moves to publish the December note and strengthen armed forces amid new military measures due for cabinet approval.
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France
Daladier
Munich
Georges Bonnet
Italy
Fof Mus
Teddy Daladier
Mussolini
North
Africa
Foreign Office
Rome
War threats grow as Britain weighs bigger army force
The War Secretary Leslie Hore-Belisha disclosed the government was considering increasing regular army divisions. General Viscount Gort flew to France with high officers to inspect the Maginot line and confer with the French staff. Viscount Halifax reportedly postponed a Lords statement on rallying an anti-aggressor bloc against Nazi expansion. Parliament lobbies suggest no full statement yet, with a possible extended address after cabinet, or after Poland's Joseph Beck visits.
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Leslie Hore-Belisha
Viscount Gort
France
Maginot
Germany
Viscount Halifax
House of Lords
Chamberlain
Poland
Joseph Beck
London
Uncles of Mrs Shields Reunited After 71 Years
Brothers James Madison Courtney 82 of Caney Kansas and William 72 met in Buckhannon after 71 years apart. Courtney traveled from the Middle West to Buckhannon via Grafton to visit niece Mrs John W Shields Sr. William is seriously ill in Buckhannon Hospital.
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Buckhannon
James Madison Courtney
Caney, Kamsas
William
Grafton
John W. Shields
West Main Street
James Courtney
Middle West
Ambassador Wilson Not Returning to Germany
Berlin reports indicate Ambassador Hugh R. Wilson may not return to Berlin with Mrs. Wilson filing a dismissal notice to servants effective May 1. He was recalled to Washington Nov. 16 to brief President Roosevelt on November anti-Jewish outbursts and regulations. The Wilsons left the embassy sign removed from the private residence as Dieckhoff faced Berlin over Nazi views.
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Berlin
United States
Hugh R. Wilson
Wilson
College Leader Dies In Cincinnati Hospital
Dr. Herman Schneider, 67, founder of the cooperative system of education in the United States and former president of the University of Cincinnati, died in a Cincinnati hospital. He rose from a breaker boy to college deanship, led the university from February 1, 1929, to 1932, and later served as dean of the College of Engineering. Survived by his widow.
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Cincinnati
Herman Schneider
Cooperative System of Education
United States
University of Cincinnati
Schneider
Pennsylvania
University
Frederick Hicks
Raymond Waite
College of Engineering
Former Publisher Named to Federal Communications Commission
President Roosevelt nominates Frederick S. Thompson a former Alabama publisher to fill the unexpired seven year term of Eugene O. Sykes on the Federal Communications Commission. Thompson, 63, hails from Aberdeen Mississippi and previously ran papers in Mobile Montgomery and Birmingham. He served on the U S Shipping Board since 1920.
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Washington
Frederick S. Thompson
Alabama
Roosevelt
Federal Communications Commission
Eugene O. Sykes
Mississippi
Sykes
Thompson
Aberdeen
Miss
Mobile
Montgomery
Birmingham
Ala
United States Shipping Board
Wilson
Pruntytown Man Picked Up and Fined for Drunkenness
Leo Tucker of Pruntytown was fined $10 and costs or 30 days in the county jail after arraignment before Justice A. B. Knabenshue. State Police Corporal Fred Strader arrested Tucker in Grafton. He was returned to jail but it was indicated he would pay the fine and costs to gain release.
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Leo Tucker
Pruntytown
Justice of the Peace
A. B. Knabenshue
Corp
Fred Strader
Tucker
Grafton
Cher
Self Defense Plea Made in Brother Slaying Case
In Clarksburg on March 28 25 year old Anson Henry Walker sought acquittal for Bland Walkers death claiming self defense after a December 16 yard confrontation over a guitar. Jury qualification for death penalty noted as testimony and arguments continued with family witnesses supporting self defense.
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Clarksburg
Anson Henry Walker
Bland Walker
Duck Creek
Anson
Bland
Anson Walker
Sidney Walker
Magistrate Denied Writ In Numbers Bribery Case
Pittsburgh March 28 Judge Joseph A Richardson denied a writ of habeas corpus to former Police Magistrate George Neubauer accused of demanding 750 from a convicted numbers lottery operator in exchange for clemency. Neubauer jailed awaiting alderman hearing as his attorney contends the arrest by Allegheny county authorities was illegal because the payment was said to occur in East Liverpool Ohio.
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Pittsburgh
Joseph A. Richardson
George Neubauer
Neubauer
Allegheny County
Liverpool
Preston Jurors Dismissed For Term In Kingwood
Circuit Judge A G Hughes dismissed March term jurors and instructed them to return for the June session. There were no jury trials at this term.
State Parole Board In Session At Moundsville
The State Parole board met in Moundsville for one of its last sessions to recommend pardons or paroles to Governor Holt. A new State Department of Parole and Probation will take effect after July 1 with appropriations. The board likely will hold one more meeting before then. over 100 applications were before the members.
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Moundsville
State Parole Board
Holt
State Department of Parole and Probation
Parole Board
Poland halts rally to defend Poland amid Danzig fears
Nationwide rallies stressed readiness to defend Poland after Germany seized Memel and threatened Danzig and the Polish corridor. Public and private contributions, including a Los Angeles family, funded defense efforts as Poland vowed to protect minority and maritime rights in Danzig and the corridor.
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Pace One
Poland
Los Angeles
Calif
Memel
Germany
Danzig
Relief Funds Transfer Contends Court Underfunded Relief
Assistance Director A W Garnett reports last year the court projected 35000 for relief costs and avoided a full maximum levy. Pardlow suggests transferring unexpended balances from other funds to relief, noting the court failed to set a maximum levy. Phillips had refused to honor 349 in relief checks, citing a exhausted fund, prompting court action to transfer funds.
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A. W. Garnett
Pardlow
Phillips
Candidates nominated for Fairmont State college student body election
Three nominees for president are Paul Riley Shinnston Harold Scott Fairmont and Leo Roberts St Albans. Unopposed vice president candidate is Mary Louise Morris. secretary contenders are Gladys McAdoo Pittsburgh and Crystal Summers Berea. Treasurer hopefuls are Noel Postlethwait Pine Grove Robert Hall Barracksville James Owen Fairmont and Leonard Brody Fairmont. Editor in chief Walter Brown Fairmont and business manager Lloyd Bennett Fairmont. Managing editor rivals Gerald Hayes Mannington and Lloyd Bennett. Mound annual editors Lorraine McConnell Mannington James Barr Worthington and Robert Louden Grafton unopposed for business manager.
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Fairmont
Fairmont State College
Paul Riley
Shinnston
Harold Scott
Leo Roberts
St. Albans
Mary Louise Morris
Gladys McAdoo
Pittsburgh
Crystal Summers
Berea
Noel Postlethwait
Pine Grove
Robert Hall
Barracksville
James Owen
Leonard Brody
Serveant-At-Arms
Charles Duncil
Shamay
Walter Brown
Lloyd Bennett
Gerald Hayes
Mannington
Lorraine McConnell
James Barr
Worthington
Robert Louden
Grafton
Wounded Teacher Dies In Louisville Hospital
Ada D. Noble a 22 year old Breathitt county school teacher died from a gunshot wound to the head suffered while sitting in a Hardshell church. Two youths Frank Russell and Dennis Harvey aged 19 and 15 were charged with the shooting and released on bond. Sheriff Deaton said shots were fired during a scuffle outside the church and one bullet pierced the wall striking the teacher.
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Louisville
Ada D. Noble
Breathitt County
Hardshell
Walter Deaton
Frank Russell
Dennis Harvey
Deaton
Noble
Accused Banker Pleads Guilty in Justice Obstruction Case
John L. Lotsch vice president of Fort Greene National Bank in Brooklyn pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to obstruct justice. He was indicted alongside former Federal Circuit Court Judge Martin T. Manton. Sentencing set for May 14. Judge Hulbert ordered custody to rest with attorney I Warren Lee. Attorney Cahill said Lotsch has been of material help to the government and will be more helpful as the Manton case proceeds.
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New York
John L. Lotsch
Fort Greene National Bank
Brooklyn
Federal Circuit Court
Martin T. Manton
Murray I. Hulbert
Lotsch
I. Warren Lee
John T. Cahill
Manton
Ex Convict Wallace Waldron Attempts Suicide in Cell
Parsons March 28. Sheriff Stark Coberly reports ex convict Wallace Waldron 35 of Thomas slashed his wrist with a razor, lay two hours in his cell before a fellow prisoner found him. Waldron served four years at Moundsville for theft and attacked a guard with a knife while awaiting grand jury on a robbery charge at Pierce.
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Pierce
Fall of Catalonia and Madrid Defense Council Saga
Spanish Civil War drags on two years and eight months with huge casualties. The defense council formed March 6 fights Communist rebellion to keep Madrid Valencia and other cities loyal while negotiating peace with General Franco. General Jose Miaja aided Madrid’s defense and reportedly fled to Valencia as Franco was expected to enter a city on Saturday.
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Barcelona
Europe
Defense Council
Madrid
Valencia
Franco
Minja
Jose Minja
Jose Miaja
Catalonia
Prada Surrenders Madrid as Nationalists take control
The city sees a swift shift as Colonel Adolfo Prada da leads a Nationalist takeover with the army surrendering on his orders. Republican flags vanish, Nationalist banners rise, streets fill with soldiers and fugitives, and Fascist contingents appear in public.
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Prada
Adolfo Prada
Casado
National Defense
Madrid
Coast Guard Rescues Disabled Fishing Tug in Erie Harbor
The Coast Guard cutter Ta Tahoma towed the disabled Sea Wolf into Erie Pennsylvania after an eight hour ordeal in ice. The tug and its two crew members were unable to maneuver near the harbor amid an ice jam and frigid conditions.
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Coast Guard
Madrid
Cleveland
U. S. Coast Guard
Homa
Erie
Germany Buys Wheat Supply in Barter Deal
Buenos Aires reports Germany has purchased 100000 tons of wheat in a barter deal, with Argentina trading 900 railway cars and 60 locomotives for about 14 million marks. Observers say the sale could shift Argentine trade away from Britain and the United States, highlighting Germany as a growing exporter.
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Buenos Aires
Naai
Germany
Great Britain
United States
Argentina
Bohemia and Moravia
Lima
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Preston
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Epricent
Jerid
Iore
Brah
Vera Hruba
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