Mud Slinging Tactics Dominate Democratic Primary
Campaigns heated by charges and denials as Democratic candidates in the primary argue over alleged WPA influence. Senator Neely defended his stance while also outlining new appearances in Logan and Welch. Former governors Holt and Kump faced scrutiny, with Neal accusing Neely’s funds claim of being a smokescreen as GOP rivals in the governor’s race campaigned quietly at Kingwood and elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MM. Neely
Kingwood
McKenna Case Goes to Jury in Franked Envelopes Probe
In Charleston on May 4 the C P McKenna head of the state employment service faced a jury after Federal Judge George W McClintic instructed jurors that McKenna could be found guilty on one or more of three counts or acquitted. The trial centered on letters in 1938 to J Thomas Lane about a benefit fund among division employees sent in franked envelopes and the defense argued the stamps were proper and envelopes were switched.
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Charleston
C. P. McKenna
State Employment Service
George W. McClintic
McKenna
J. Thomas Lane
Clarksburg
Grafton Sentinel Invites Mrs Jenkins to Hidden Gold
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs A J Jenkins of 112 Spruce Street to attend tonight's Dixie Theatre presentation of Hidden Gold starring William Boyd. Due to contract limitations, there is no invitation to Gone on the Wind at the Strand, though it is a picture everyone should see.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Sentinel
A. J. Jenkins
Spruce Street
William Boyd
Dixie Theatre
Strand
Dawson Urges Road Program for West Virginia
Kingwood May 4 Daniel Boone Dawson mayor of Charleston Republican candidate for governor outlined a three point plan to improve the states trade routes and secondary roads to help farmers and schools while addressing a Terra Alta rally. He urged development to lift farmers from mud and politics from schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingwood
West Virginia
Daniel Boone Dawson
Charleston
Dawson
GOP
Terra Alta
Louis Johnson Named Kentucky Colonel At Derby Eve Dinner
Gov Keen Johnson announced 13 Kentucky colonels at the derby eve dinner of the honorable order. Included is Louis Johnson of Washington and Clarksburg West Virginia an assistant secretary of war, along with military men industrial magnates motion picture actors and a Baptist minister among the appointees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Keen Johnson
Kentucky
Honerable Order of Kentucky
Louis Johnson
Washington and Clarksburg
W. Va
Explosion at DuPont powder plant injures two workers
Two tons of rifle powder exploded in a Carney's Point DuPont Nemours building near Penns Grove New Jersey. The blast rattled the South Jersey area but caused no serious injuries or property damage. Two nearby workers, 150 feet away, suffered shock and were treated at a hospital. Investigators had not yet determined a cause as about 150 men were on site.
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Penns Groove
N. J
E. I. DuPont Nemours Company
Carney’s Point
South Jersey
Aniles
Eleven Transients Dropped From Bruceton Camp Rolls
Bruceton camp residents and eleven transient campers were stricken from the registration rolls after failing to respond to a court summons. Fifty three of sixty four camp members were directed by the county court to show cause why their names should not be dropped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingwood
Bruceton
Candidates discuss education views in primary poll
Eight of twelve candidates for major offices in the May 14 primary joined a non partisan poll on education. The State Education Association sent forms to four Democratic and three Republican gubernatorial hopefuls and to candidates for state school superintendent, seeking views for teachers. Neely and Andrews agreed partisanship should not affect county school board selection. Andrews added a caveat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
State Education Association
Neely
Andrews
R. Carl Andrews
Federal Labor Laws Are Held Legal Hi jacking
Raymond Smithhurst, associate counsel for the National Association of Manufacturers, called the Wagner Act and the wage hour law legalized hi jacking and urged ending hindrances to free enterprise at the West Virginia Manufacturers association convention in White Sulphur Springs. He noted the need to correct these acts. The association elected P S Ernshaw, Edward Nesbit, Harry Davis, Arthur Stifel, Dean Reed, and E W Stifel to its board of directors.
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White Sulphur Springs
Raymond
Smithhurst
West Virginia Manufacturers Association
National Association of Manufacturers
Moundsville
Edward Nesbit
Wilmington
Del
Harry Davis
Charleston
Arthur Stifel
Wheeling
Richard Harte
Parkersburg
Dean Reed
E.W. Stifel
Chamberlain Faces Grave House Crisis In Norway War
London May 4 A collapse of the British campaign in central Norway tests Prime Minister Chamberlain and his Conservative cabinet. MPs threaten a fierce bid if a signal victory does not come before next Tuesday as Commons opens its inquiry. An authoritative source says Britain will continue to fight Narvik with greatest vigor despite unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Norway
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
Narvik
Far-North
Norw
Ponsne
Randolph Opposes Change In Aero Administration
Representative Randolph of West Virginia opposes altering civil aviation rules and warns reforms of the Civil Aeronautics Authority would be a serious setback to aviation. The French report Allied forces surround Narvik as Norwegian troops defend Trondheim and Roros amid ongoing action. Western front artillery grows serious near the Blies and Vosges with sporadic firing and reconnaissance flights elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Randolph
D.-W. Va
Nouse
Civilian Aeronautics Authority
Paris
Narvik
Norway
Trondheim
Roros
Sis Petchins
Blies River
Vosges Mountains
Italy Issues Warning She Will Fight Allied Threat
Authoritative circles in Italy warned of a fight against any Allied naval attack as British and French fleets move to reinforce in the Mediterranean. Virginio Gayda in Il Giornale D'Italia stated the Italian nation does not yet grasp England and France’s joint design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trome
Italy
Mediterranean
Virginio Gayda
Il Giornale D'Italia
England
France
Mad butcher blamed as manhunt widens across states
Pittsburgh dispatch reports a killer known as the mad butcher has added more victims. Police from two states pursue him after three more mutilated, headless corpses are found in boxcars near a railroad yard. Detectives travel from Cleveland and Youngstown to aid the investigation, with the trail reportedly leading back to Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Kingsbury Run
California Officers Probe Double Slaying Near Stockton
San Joaquin county authorities probed a double murder after finding Na than Chinchiolo 23 and Dorothy Wooster 19 dead with throats slit in a wheat field near Stockton. An abandoned Fresno auto tied to the pair was found. Miss Solaegui, the fiancée of Chinchiolo, said their engagement had ended after a quarrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockton
Calif
San Joaquin County
Here
Fresno
Nathan Chinchiolo
Dorothy Wooster
Orrin Fry
Chinchiolo
Constance Solaegui
Central Labor Council
Derby Day Brightens Churchill Downs Derby Air
Sun shone over Churchill Downs for the 66th Kentucky Derby as thousands of fans arrived. By 7 a.m. about 1,000 National Guardsmen were posted and gates opened for general admission, lawn, and infield crowds on a sunny yet chilly derby day.
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Louisville
Churchill Downs
Derby Town
National
Daughter of Late Magnate Defies Census Takers
Miss Helen Clay Frick heiress daughter of H. C. Frick defies U S census takers in Pittsburgh she refuses to answer certain questions citing privacy. Census supervisor F W Koeneman says the matter may be referred to Washington officials. In New York Patton defends answering questions but calls some as personal matters not proper for the census.
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Pittsburgh
Helen Clay Frick
H.C. Prick
F. W. Koneman
Washington
New York
Patton
Norway Seeks Armistice as Allies Retreat Narvik Battles Continue
Organized Norwegian resistance collapsed as Allied retreat reduces Norway to a northern fringe. The Norwegian government flees north while Allied forces, with British and French support, attempt to dislodge German contingents around Narvik. Reports say heavy bombardment and Alpine artillery units may be deployed to seize Narvik, with guerrillas active in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Gallagher
Stockholm
Norway
Germany
Narvik
Peigre
Examinations Held For State Probation Officers
Twenty seven men and one woman took examinations today for positions 85 parole and probation officers in the state department. Director Stanley Dadisman said successful applicants will be placed on an eligible list. There are no vacancies now on staff. Oral exams will be held this afternoon by a board including Judge Arlos J. Harbert Dr M G Burnside and John W Bolick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
State Department
Stanley Dadisman
Parole and Probation Department
Arlos J. Harbert
Harrison County Criminal Court
M. G. Burnside
Marshall College
John W. Bolick
U. S
Southern
Attendance record at Middle Atlantic Christian Endeavor meet
Martinsburg May 4 with 645 registrants the largest in the history of the organization the Middle Atlantic States Christian Endeavor convention opened its main business and conference sessions. Dr Louis Hadley Evans of Pittsburgh led the opening address last night. Tomorrow visiting leaders will preach in local churches Reyel B Wolford from the region and Reverend Allen Fields of New Cumberland lead the program efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
Middle Atlantic States
Christian Endeavor Convention
Louis Hadley Evans
Pittsburgh
Reyel B. Wolford
Wilkins- Virginia
Maryland
District of Columbia
Delaware
New Jersey
Halt changes in wages act debate stalls on wage standards
Washington May 4 Disgusted over a week-long par liams fiasco house members said the failure to agree on wage hour amendments would leave the labor standards law unchanged through the election year. Rep Short called the $500000 outlay for salaries during debate indefensible as the house failed to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Short
R.-Mo
Search for Son After Mother Dies in Cincinnati
Uniontown report: A call to locate Lucien Smith Jr follows the death of his mother Eloise Hughes Smith in Cincinnati. Trustee J. W. Semibower says Smith left Lynchburg in a private plane Thursday, possibly bound for Miami, as the Titanic tragedy’s aftermath ties the case to a 1912 sinking. The mother’s home was Huntington, West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Lucien
Miami
Fla
Mbs
Smith
Enemies of Netherlands Arrested in Night Roundup
Prime Minister Derek Jan De Geer announced that 21 individuals who endangered the Netherlands security were arrested and interned overnight. Among them was M. M. Rost van Tonningen, Nazi member of parliament and editor of the Nationale Dagblad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Hague
Derek Jan de Geer
The
Nation
Netherlands
M. M. Rost van Tonningen
Nationale Dagbiad
Mighty Craft Sunk Off Norway Coast by German Planes
Berlin reports that a 30,000-ton British battleship from the Queen Elizabeth class was sunk off Norway’s west coast near Namsos after German planes pursued the ship. Hitler and Goering celebrated the blow as a major naval success, while additional reports said an enemy submarine was sunk by a German boat after reconnaissance bombing.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Germany
Norway
Namsos
Hitler
Goering
Adolph Hitler
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Ig Bank
Borham
Malaya
High Command
War spreads near Alexandria jostles for new opening
May 4 reports from Europe show warring powers narrowing on the eastern Mediterranean after a setback in Norway. British and French fleets concentrate at strategic harbors as tensions rise from the Suez canal to the Dardanelles, signaling a precarious buildup amid the conflict.
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Alexandria
Europe
Norway
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Dardanelles
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Solon
Lewis
Neal
WPA
U.S
Mkenna
Dixie
Farley
National Institute of Government
Women’s Division
Democratic National Committee
James A. Farley
I. Tor
Emma Guffey Miller
Tamamitteewoman
Dorothy Mcallister
Grand Rapids
Mich
Mia
May Thompson Evans
North Carolina
Bob Andrews
United Front
Aero Administration
Arctic
California
Sun
Derby
Christian Endeavor
Allen Fields
New Cumberland
NLRB
Edwin
Edwin S. Smith
National Labor Relations Board
Barry Bridges
CIO
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