Hitler declares Germany one of the most armed nations
Adolf Hitler proclaims Germany heavily armed and urges action to isolate Poland. He addresses 135,000 Hitler Youth members and workers in Berlin, denounces war charges, and cites US anti German measures as proof of international pressure. Diplomats push to drive a wedge between Poland and Hungary to isolate Poland in a 10 year non aggression pact.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Poland
Thefuehrer
Reich
Hitler
Roosevelt
Hitler Youth Organization
United States
Hungary
Fuehrer
Poland Plans Danzig Move
Warsaw May 1 The Gazetta Polska claims Poland may seek control of Danzig free city to deter German action toward annexation It says Berlin breaches international agreements and Poland will press for guarantees of Polish rights and property in Danzig The article suggests asking the League of Nations to transfer certain rights to Poland Continued on page five.
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Warsaw
Poland
Danzig Free City
Gazetta Polska
Berlin
Danzig
League of Nations
League
AFL Leader Proposes New Five‑Member Labor Board
President Green of the AFL told the Senate Labor Committee that the NLRB has distorted the Wagner act into oppression and urged replacing the three‑member board with a five‑member federal labor board. He supported AFL amendments to the Wagner act offered by Senator Walsh and urged Court Appeals consideration.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Green
American Federation of Labor
Senate Labor Committee
Federal Labor Board
AFL
Walsh
Mass
Taylor Countians Held For Illegal Hunting
Last of five men accused of hunting in Barbour county without a license. Joseph Kennedy, 30, of Parkview, arrested by County Game Protector Joseph W. Powell and to be arraigned before Justice Guy Bennet in Philippi. Steve Mingm, 45, of Fetterman district, pleaded guilty last week and was sentenced to 20 days in jail for inability to pay a $30 fine and costs.
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Barbour County
Joseph Kennedy
Parkview
Joseph W. Powell
Justice of the Peace
Guy Bennet
Philippi
Taylor County
Steve Mingm
Fetterman
Bennett
Woman Attacked by Dog En Route to Church
Mrs D A Trimble reported to city police that she was bitten by a dog on Haislup Street while walking to Sunday services. A warrant for the Bluemont Street owner was sought before Justice A B Knaben shue today. ownership not yet determined.
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Bluemont Street
Justice of the Peace
A. B. Knabenshue
D. A. Trimble
Haislup Street
Water shortage hampers fire brigade in Reedy village
In Reedy West Virginia three homes were destroyed by fire yesterday due to water scarcity. Damage is estimated at 7500 to 10000 dollars. Spencer firefighters traveled nine miles to assist but could not pump water because the village lacks a water pressure system and a pumper on their truck.
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Reedy
W. Va
Spencer
British peace bid urged through Hitler speech
Washington May 1 Senators George and Nye urged Britain to pursue European peace talks within Hitler's Reichstag framework. They argued Roosevelt should not simply reply to Hitler and that Britain ought to negotiate before a mid term expiration. The note suggests timing and framework for negotiations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
George
Nye
N. D
Great Britain
Hitler
New Puerto Rico Military Department Established
Secretary Woodring announced a new Caribbean military department to be called the Puerto Rican department. Created by President Roosevelt’s direction, it places Puerto Rico and adjacent keys under Brigadier General Edmund L. Daley with HQ in San Juan starting July 1.
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Washington
Woodryne
Caribbean
Roosevelt
Puerto Rico
United States
Carribbean Sea
Woodring
Edmund L. Daley
San Juan
Three Charges Listed As Result of Wild Holdup
CLARKSBURG May 1 Jess Willard Nicholson 26 of Wilsonburg faces a hearing tonight before Magistrate Charles D. Smith on robbery kidnapping and automobile theft charges. Nicholson was arrested at Lost Creek after a $20 filling station robbery in Clarksburg where two attendants were abducted. They were later released.
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Clarksburg
Jess Willard Nicholson
Wilsonbure
Charles D. Smith
Nicholson
Lost Creek
Three Die in Gassaway Car Wreck on Route Four
In Braxton County near Gassaway a car left a curve on Route Four and plunged 50 feet into a stream killing Mrs Erma Boggs Collins 50 and Mildred Brady 18 instantly. Driver H L Collison 50 died later at hospital. Injured Robert Martin 22 of Rock Camp. The crash occurred about midnight. continues on page four.
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Gassaway
Duck Gresley
Erma Brady ‘Boggs
H. L. Collison
Mildred Brady
Young Mother Admits Murder of Her Infant
In Philadelphia on May 1 a young mother who carried her dead infant to New York told Detective Sergeant Tomborrow she had drowned the child in a bus terminal washroom. No charge filed pending investigation as doctors said the baby had been dead for hours.
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Philadelphia
New York
Jacob Tomborrow
Tomborrow
Landon to Address Unification Convention
Alf Landon, the 1936 Republican presidential nominee, is slated to address the Methodist unification conference in Kansas City Wednesday night. A Methodist spokesman said he is greatly concerned about the possibility of a European war and may discuss the United States foreign policy and potential changes to Roosevelt administration policy.
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Kansas City
Pal
M. Landon
Landon
United States
Roosevelt
Goal Parley Adjourns to Weigh Issues
An eight member sub committee of operators and United Mine Workers of America CIO negotiates for an Appalachian bituminous contract and adjourns at noon. Mediator Dr. John Steelman said no further joint talks today unless called. The union policy committee, 140 members, must meet Tuesday night in New York. A compromise proposal may be submitted Wednesday if deadlock persists. State contracts urged. Continued on page four.
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New York
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Appalachian
John &. Steelman
U.S. Department of Labor
John &. Lewis
Mitromise
Mason County WPA Probe Planned By U S Senator
Senator Holt of West Virginia said he may investigate the Works Progress Administration in Mason County. A delegation of three residents asked for a personal probe into alleged fund misuse, claiming WPA officials whitewashed the charges. He will act if he can depart Washington.
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Mason County
U.S
Washington
Holt
W. Va
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Japan Earthquakes Drive 60000 From Homes
Seismic shocks across northern coastal Japan force sixty thousand residents to flee to open spaces. Epicenter in the Japan Sea, parts of Oka peninsula and Akita coastline reportedly sunk. Funekoshi town ablaze as homes collapse and glass shatters. railway and telegraph services disrupted amid the worst quake in 23 years.
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Aksta
Japan
de Serle
Oka Peninsula
Akita
Japan Sea
Funekoshi
Cooking School Draws Crowds to Grafton Auditorium
An anticipated event, a free cooking school opens at 2:00 pm Wednesday at Grafton High School auditorium. Doors open 1:30 pm as homemakers from across the region are invited to attend. Ann Sutter of the National Live Stock and Meat Board staff and Pittsburgh and West Virginia Gas company Home Service directs.
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Grafton
Ann Sutter
National Live Stock and Meat Board
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Gas Company
New York World Fair Opens With a Mystery Crowd
New York's 160 million World Fair opened amid a mystery over crowd size as President Roosevelt led ceremonies on opening day. The event showcased dozens of pavilions, reenactments of George Washington's inauguration, and a vast display of exhibits from locomotives to tires. Officials expect the fair to be nearly complete within two weeks.
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New York
Long Island
Roosevelt
Grover Whalen
Fiorello Laguardia
Herbert Lehman
George Washington
Denys Wortman
Washington
Ft Tumstijes
Fire crew towed after breakdown during Huntington blaze
May 1 reports a large crowd jeered city firefighters as a hook and ladder truck broke down returning from a fire in Huntington. The department, already joked about after Fire Chief Brooks McClure ordered slower pace due to worn tires, faced fresh taunts from onlookers.
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Huntington
Brooks McClure
Wreck Fatal to Five Men Near Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania railroad officials said it may never be known who was to blame for a wreck of a double heading freight near Pittsburgh. The train plowed through a derail switch and over a stub track end while en route to Columbus with 36 cars, several loaded. Five trainmen were killed. Continued on page six.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Here
Columbus
Tom Pendergast Pleads Innocent in Tax Evasion Case
Kansas City boss Tom Pendergast pleaded innocent to federal income tax evasion charges tied to 1935 and 1936 income totaling about $443,550. He sought leave to withdraw the plea within two weeks if he chose to challenge the indictment. A Pendergast lieutenant also entered an innocent plea.
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Kansas City
Tom Pendergast
Merrill E. Otis
R. E. O'Malley
A .Pendergast
DOZEN UNDER ARREST QUIZ ALIEN EX CON DOZEN UNDER ARREST
Philadelphia police announce a major ring of insurance murder plotting led to dozens of arrests. Ex convict Major Bolber surrendered amid a probe that may have claimed up to 100 lives across Pennsylvania New York New Jersey and Delaware in the past decade. Dozens face homicide counts and one man Herman Petrillo already convicted faced a death sentence. Investigators seek a key female figure Rose Carina while other suspects face lighter charges as rock damage incidents and a hospital blast plot unfold in Wheeling and Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Morris Bolder
Bolber
Pennsy
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
James A
Herman Petrillo
Carina” Favato
Rose Carina
Bolder
P. F. Gillispie
Don Byrum
Wheeling
Cesare Valenti
New Grafton City Hospital
Bosnegan
Wills
Dyamite
Connelly
Valenti
Charles Ingaro
Gillispie
Gordon L. Withers
West Washington Street
Baptist Parsonage
Jobless Appeal Begins for Charleston Miners
May 4 Charleston report notes miners denied unemployment benefits during the bituminous coal shutdown will take the first step toward appealing the state department of unemployment compensation ruling. Four hundred Fayette miners will begin presenting appeals to the board of review in Montgomery.
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Charleston
Fayette
Board of Review
State Department
Montgomery
Charles Gillispie Held After Saturday Outburst
Charles Gillispie, known for legal trouble, was arrested Saturday night by city police and jailed in the county, facing three charges drunkenness resisting arrest and destroying city property. Justice of the Peace A B Knabenshue will hear the case, transferred from municipal court. Gillispie is accused of breaking windows of the city cruiser after being placed in it for transport to the county jail.
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Charles Gillispie
Gity
Justice of the Peace
A. B. Knabenshue
Gillispie
Accused Chicken Thief Faces Justice Hearing
Fred Holtz of Grafton was picked up by city police on a charge of stealing a chicken valued at $1. A. B. Knabenshue was set to conduct a justice hearing later that day. Police report also mention a window being broken during the alleged incident.
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Fred Holtz
Grafton
Justice of the Peace
A. B. Knabenshue
Holts
Roy, C. J
Abe, Hill
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Ala
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Albert Durrett, Sr
Inset
Luther Hollums
Durrett
Wagner
Taylor
Britain
George and
W. R. Loar & Son
Creek
Braxton County
Alf Landon
Oken of America
Pennsylvania
Quiz Alien
Louie
Joe Bizarre Philad
Finnegan’s Rock
Fayette County
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