Germany seeks only peace says Hitler in big town speech
Principal Rasmussen warned Kiwanis club members of crowding at Grafton High as enrollment climbs from 474 in 1928 to 806 this year. He predicted 900 to 1,000 next fall and possible shift to two daily sessions to cope with space. The plan mirrors Washington and other cities. He noted the school’s early history from 1635 and Franklin Academy’s opening in 1781 as context for ongoing growth.
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Rasmussen
First High
Grafton High School
Torlock Rasmussen
Kiwanis Club
Blen Avon Hotel
America
Ateast
Inington
North Central Association of Secondary Schools
Grammar
Massachusetts
Franklin Academy
AAA Policies Attacked as New Deal Debate Opens
Washington May 1 — The AAA faced harsh scrutiny before the Chamber of Commerce as business leaders map a stance on New Deal features. A chamber resolution met in closed sessions while a plea by Secretary Roper urged patience in recovery and orderly change. Kansas City grain man H. Davis urged untrammeled production and warned against price and production controls. He cited a global shift away from crop programs.
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Washington
AAA
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Roper
Strawn
Ilas Wn
Ber
America
H. Davis
Kansas City
F D R orders resettlement work to start
President Roosevelt announced the creation of a rural resettlement division to administer the 4.8 billion works relief program. Rexford Tugwell will head the division, with Morris Llewellyn Cooke to set up the rural electrification division. Additional orders awaited before full program activation. Detroit cited as example of debt limits. Continued on page four.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Rexford G. Tugwell
Morris Llewellyn Cooke
Philadelphia
Cooke
Natural Resources Board
Europe
Detroit
Watchman Held For Writing Lindy Threat
Paterson New Jersey May 1 Philip Martin 46 year old night watchman held by police pending arraignment on charge of sending obscene letters threatening Colonel Charles A Lindbergh with death Detec tives say Martin admitted writing the letters but claimed he does not remember writing them One letter was sent to Paterson police the other to Warden Lawes at Sing Sing prison The writer signed as the John of the Lindbergh kidnaping
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Paterson
N. J
Philip Martin
Charles A. Lindbergh
Newman Stone
E. A. Haussling
State Police
Martin
Lawes
Sing Sing Prison
John
Lindbergh IK
Car Loadings Fall in April on Monongah Division
Coal car loadings on the Monongah division of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad declined in April to 9,641 cars from 22,120 in March. In the previous year April loaded 6,132 cars versus 24,080 in March, reflecting a sharp month to month drop.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
County FERA Supervisors Direct Case Work Revamp
Six district supervisors will direct county relief workers under a reorganization to supervise case work. They will report to the state relief headquarters and aim to teach workers how to attain maximum efficiency. The move was announced by State Administrator William N Beehler in Charleston on May 1.
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Charleston
The
Relief Administration
William N. Beehler
Beehler
Frank Walker Starts Major Roosevelt Spending Job Plan
Frank Walker former motion picture executive begins a vast spending plan of 4 000 000 000 dollars under the Roosevelt administration aim to create work for every employable person on relief rolls. Walker will get aid from Federal Relief efforts.
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Frank Walker
Frank ©. Walker
Roosevelt Administration
Walker
Three Small Boys Die In Mercers Bottom House Fire
Point Pleasant May 1. Three young Flora children Leon 4 George Henry 3 and Jack 14 months died in a house fire at Mercers Bottom. The parents were away as the mother gathered wood for supper. Neighbors and the father arrived too late to save them. Funeral services set for Apple Grove tomorrow. the three boys to be buried together.
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Point Pleasant
Alex Flora
FERA
Mercers Bottom
Leon
George Henry
Jack Flora
Flora
Apple Grove
Bodies Found in Kentucky Hills May Point to Double Murder
Fox hunters found two decayed remains in Greenup County, one a man about 40 to 50 and the other a boy about 18, under leaves. Clothing offers the only clues to identity. The coroner conducted an on site inquest and ruled the cause of death unknown, probably murder.
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Greenup
Kentucky Hills
H. H. Holbrook
Extortion Scheme Fails When Police Nab Youth
Memphis police say Berry V. Stoll of Louisville was the intended victim in an extortion plot aimed at extracting 800 for revealing the whereabouts of Thomas H. Robinson Jr alleged Nashville kidnapper. W O Cook, 24, was held at police headquarters without charge.
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Memphis, Tenn
Berry V. Stoll
Louisville
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Nashville
Stoll
W. O. Cook
Outstanding Orator Will Be Invited to Address on May 30
The American Legion plans Memorial Day ceremonies at National Cemetery San Ao. A. Taylor, E. Kuhn, and Major Burke head events. Post Commander John Edwards presided as committees organized to arrange the parade and reception. Burke to serve as grand marshal, with Major Burke a veteran of Spanish American and World War service.
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Major Burke
E. G. Kuhn
National Cemetery
San Aoe
Emer ‘Taylor
American Legion
Legion
Moose Home
John Edwards
Edwards
Charles E. Burke
State Police Rookies Enter Training Camp
Point Pleasant May 1 A new military cantonment sprang up at the national guard camp grounds as 155 candidates for appointment as state police troopers pitched tents and began two months of rigorous training under former U S army officers. Recruits selected from nearly 3 000 applicants by Superintendent P D Shingleton arrived from across the state to endure strict military discipline and thorough instruction in criminal law and officer duties.
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Point Pleasant
National Guard
U. S. Army
P. D. Shingleton
Local residents among car wreck victims near Frederick
Mrs Grace Kines about 45 of countrland Ma is in a Frederick Md hospital with a broken neck after a late Tuesday night crash. She rode with her nephew Loran A Hoffman of Grafton, her daughter Relarid Kines and Hoffmans brother in law Ernest Newman when the auto wrecked near the Maryland city. Condition is serious but details were not available. Others escaped unhurt. Mrs Hoffman learned of the accident in a phone call from her brother Ernest.
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Grace Kines
Countrland
Prederick
Maryland
Loran A. Hoffman
Grafton
Miss Relarid Kines
Hoffman
Ernest Newman
Ernest
Truck Overturns Three Die Five Hurt in Oklahoma
In Muskogee Oklahoma on May 1 a truck carrying Mexican peon field workers overturned injuring several. Three people were killed five seriously injured and about 25 lightly hurt as the truck traveled from San Antonio Texas toward Mt. Pleasant Michigan.
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Muskogee
Okla
San Antonio
Tex
Mt. Pleasant
Mich
Franklin Disavows Love in Murder Trial
Cincinnati May 1 Marvin pete Franklin a former Welch W Va lumber company official faced a first degree murder trial as his attorney denied any love affair or mystery woman connected to the case Franklin is charged with fatally shooting James Walker after an argument on March 10 Walker had been told to skip the place by Franklin according to a witness Joseph A Al bers.
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Cincinnati
Marvin
Pete” Franklin
Welch, Ww. Yva
Lumber Company
Franklin
James Walker
Walker
Joseph A. Albers
New Work Relief Campaign Problems Are Worked Out
Government agencies face questions on the 4.88 billion work relief drive as daily conferences occur. President Roosevelt outlines administration, while a new federal division led by Frank C. Walker handles applications and information for project plans. Ickes has final say on submitted plans.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Appli
Frank C. Walker
National Emergency Council
Ngs
Ickes
Hitler Addresses Stormy May Day Rally At Templehof
Hitler told over a million in Templehof that Germany seeks only peace abroad and unity at home. He spoke through a thunderstorm, urging other nations to understand that Germany is sacrifice bound and self reliant, emphasizing a new people without raw materials or colonies. He rejected expansion and stressed national unity under God.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Hitler
Templehof
Germany
Reichsfuenrer
McSwain Takes Blame for Publicity of Testimony
Washington May 1 Chairman McSwain D S C today assumed full blame for publication of secret testimony from the house military committee by two high army officers. A gray haired former soldier returned to his office from New York, opened a rebuke letter from Press Roosevelt for letting the testimony become public, and read it aloud. He said I assume the full blame and the responsibility is mine and the clerks under me, promising to reply by tomorrow.
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Washington
McSwain
8. C
House Military Committee
New York
Roosevelt
MacDonald Defends U Boat Expose in Commons
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald defended an article he authored last week in the House of Commons. He said the piece in the Labour Party newsletter reflected government opinion and denounced German rearmament in the air as in the public's interest. Admiral Mansell indicated he would have steered the inquiry differently.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
Germany
Labor Party
MacDonsla
Mansell
Jord
Admiralty
Houe
Neely Sees Guffey Coal Bill Likely This Congress
Senator Neely of West Virginia stated the Guffey coal bill has a good chance of passing this session despite NRA extension concerns. The plan would place federal regulation on coal and create a commission similar to the Interstate Commerce Commission, amid disputes over how production should be allocated among districts and mines. West Virginia operators have opposed proposed allocation formulas.
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Washington
NRA
Neely
D. W. Va
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
West Virginia
May Day Worldwide Quiet as Police Watch
May Day across the world showed heavy security and dramatic displays. In Moscow the army paraded with around 700 warplanes while Stalin warned of war and vowed resilience. Germany staged mass rallies led by Hitler promising loyalty despite foreign temptations. Vienna faced a bombing incident and France saw rioting amid precautions.
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Associated Press
Russia
Moscow
Germany
Vienna
France
United States
Red Square
Red Army
Stalin
Klementy Voroshiloff
Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Saarland
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Tempelhof
Hitler
Paul Jos
Driver in Death Car Pays Fine in May Court
In Middlebourne on May 1 Ernest Bevlin 20 of Lumberport admitted dozing at the wheel when a car overturned, killing two companions Jack Swiger and Fred Muscar. Bevlin cleared after paying a 16 dollar fine plus 10 for using an expired dealer tag and 95 for driving with a learner’s permit.
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Middlebourne
Ernest Bevlin
Lumberport
Jack Swiger
Fred Muscar
Bevin
Cowboy Indian Suits Reported Stolen From Car
Chicago dispatch notes police watch for cowboys and Indians after 600 pounds of costumes and toy weapons were stolen from a parked auto last night. A San Francisco salesman, Robert Paterson, had left items on the street while socializing with friends.
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Chicago
Redskins
Robert
Paterson
San Francisco
Wante Liquor Barred From Those on Relief
Chanlestor May 1 report notes a plan barring liquor purchases with relief funds. National Emergency Council director Witcher McCullough said the recommendation aims to restrict aid to essential needs and prevent misuse of relief money. The feature describes opposition and implications for welfare recipients.
Every Kidnap Case Solved in Federal Effort
Washington May 1 report notes the justice department has marked 36 kidnapping cases as solved. The terse notices count two kidnapers captured, two murdered, three killed by mobs, and two killed by gunfire as agents pursued the criminals across the nation.
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Washington
Arles
Unicle Sam
Justice Department
Jed
Ives
Tyne
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