Freight rates on northern coal remain after ICC ruling
The Interstate Commerce Commission voted 6 to 4 to keep existing freight charges on bituminous coal from Pennsylvania Maryland and northern West Virginia to eastern markets. It allowed continued long haul arrangements enabling northern fields to compete with water shipments via Hampton Roads. The decision upheld current export and interstate rates and dismissed complaints from coal producers and shippers.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Eastern Trunk Line
New England
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Hampton Roads
Central Pennsylvania Coal Producers Association
Somerset-Meyersdale and
Cumberland-Piedmont
Huntington publisher J H Long named to West Virginia works board
J H Long of Huntington West Virginia, publisher of the Advertiser Herald Dispatch, is named by President Roosevelt to replace D H Stephenson on the state public works advisory board. A Democrat and former Huntington postmaster, Long has long engaged in tackling economic issues and tax studies in the state.
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J. H. Long
Huntington
Washington
W. Va
Roosevelt
West Virginia State Public Works Advisory Board
D. H. Stephenson
Long
Huntington Publishing Company
Advertiser
Herald-Diepatch
Tis
Pittsburgh
Wheeling
Gore
West Virginia
Bedbug Exterminator Sparks Cabin Blaze
Cody Wyoming August 11 Albert Trask bragged about exterminating bedbugs by spraying gasoline on a mattress. He lit a match to illuminate and a puff of flame burned his log cabin to the ground. His friend escaped unharmed noting it worked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cody, Wyo
Albert Trask
Trask
Levies Misstated In Bluefield School Tax Proposals
A Thursday article misreported Bluefield school levies as $2.34 $3.02 and $4.59 by double counting for teachers and maintenance. County boards admit the error due to a publication form issue and confirm correct levies should not double.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
County School Board
NRA blue eagle expands as more industries join wage code
Washington reports four additional industries the wholesale drug, cheese, boot and shoe, and cotton batting win eligibility to sign the blue eagle wage and hour agreements. Johnson warns removal of the insignia would be an economic death sentence as thousands more are drawn under federal codes.
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Washington
NRA
Hugh 8S
Johnson
Roosevelt
Anglers Find New Use For Lilly Pond
Mountain Home Ark August 11 Anglers discover a practical use for the lily pond near the courthouse. Several bass and bream inhabit the pond. A boy tosses cracker crumbs to lure fish. if the fish rise, he grabs his fly rod and heads to the river. If not, he stays home.
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Mountain Home
Ark
Engineer Makes Lake On Downtown Roof
Lewis Bell, an engineer, creates a two inch pool atop a downtown Oklahoma City office building. Each night he wades across the roof to his bed in the middle of the lake to stay cooler by about 15 degrees during the August heat.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Lewis Bell
Bell
Martins Ferry Baby Torture Case Sparks Arrests
Martins Ferry Ohio August 11 1944 Chief of Police J W Muhlevan described a baby torture case after arresting William Kirkpatrick 24 and Rudolph Batzdorfer 30. The father and the boy's guardian alleged mistreatment including a broken leg and a dislocated collarbone tied and suspended from a tree limb. Both suspects denied and were held on $10000 bond awaiting grand jury action. Kirkpatrick waived hearing and later pleaded not guilty.
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Martins Ferry
Ohio
J. W. Muhlevan
William Kirkpatrick
Rudolph Batzdorfer
Richard
Batzdorfer
Elizabeth
Kirkpatrick
Mublevan
Muhlevan
Roosevelt Turns Toward Capital in Cuban Crisis
President Roosevelt moves to Washington to push a four point Cuban relief plan aiming to return small planters to land, cut Cuba's debts, set a sugar quota, and pursue reciprocal tariffs. Machado resignation seen as prerequisite for stability while negotiations intensify.
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Cuba
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Washington
State Department
Republic
Machado
White House
Cintas
United States
Mexico
Woman Held in Slaying of Deputy Is Released
Elizabeth Mairs of Charleston was released on 5000 bond after being indicted as an accessory in the slaying of Deputy Roy Shamblin and his prisoner Ralph Harper. Co‑defendant Louise Frazier also faces trial August 15, with three men named in the same indictments.
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Charleston
W. Va
Elizabeth Mairs
Lewis H. Miller
Jackson County
Louise Frazier
Roy Shamblin
Ralph Harper
Huntington
Leo Frazier
Henry Cano
Charles Harper
Elain
Miller
Estonia Proclaims State of Emergency in Tallinn
The Estonian government declared a state of emergency in Tallinn on August 11. It suppressed all veterans groups, socialist youth organizations, and two uniformed bodies amid claims of irresponsible actions and spreading alarming news threatening public peace.
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Tallinn
Estonia
Resignation Deadline Set in Cuban Bloodless Revolt
The Cuban army demanded President Gerardo Machado resign by Saturday noon. Insurgent leaders met to plan, Cabana fortress artillery was moved toward the presidential palace, and guards were deployed to protect Machado's residence. The uprising aims to end conflict and avert U.S. intervention with a peaceful transfer of power.
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Associated Press
Gerardo Machado
Machado
Cabana
Havana
NRA establishes code interpretation bureau in Bluefield
Bluefield forms a code interpretation committee to expedite the national recovery program. Lon M Risb chairs the group with Albert Kemper Guy H Lawhead James E McMullin French Easley and P J Ashworth named to the panel. General A G Fox says daily sessions will finalize written answers for public release.
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NRA
Bluefield
Lon M. Risb
Bluefield Supply Company
Albert 8. Kemper
Guy H. Lawhead
Flat Top National Bank
James E. MccMullin
Bluefield Grocery Company
French Easley
Fox
Lawrence Alexander
Alexander
General Johnsons
Harold Porterfield
Justice of the Peace
W. W. McNeal
WHIS
Bernard J. Wagner
Granada
Colonial
Mountain folk gather for third interstate festival atop White Top
White Top Mountain Va Aug 11. About 800 mountaineers and folk musicians from Albemarle and beyond attend the third interstate folk music festival on old White Top in thick clouds and cold wind. Critics from New York to St Louis file notes as singers perform ballads and banjo tunes to a 3000 seat pavilion while Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt is rumored to visit Abingdon tomorrow via the mountain road once used by Elliott Roosevelt.
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Abingdon
White Top Mountain
Nashville
Atlanta
St. Louis
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Elliott Roosevelt
White Top
Ultimatum Sent by Cuban Armed Forces Cries for Machado
Cuban army joined by navy and aviation corps pressing President Gerardo Machado to resign within 24 hours. Detachments across Cuba announced their support, artillery moved to Cabana, palace guards mobilized, and talks on legal abdication proceeded as U.S. mediation sparked political tension.
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Associated Press
Havana
Gerardo Machado
Mario Torres Menier
Aviation Corps
Liberal Party
United States
Sumner Welles
Machado
Army
Navy
Cabana
Capain Patricio de Cardenas
Castillo de la Fuerza
Camp Columbia
Dragones Barracks
Alberto Herrera
Cuba
America
Herrera
Camp
Columbia
Torres Meniar
Orestes Ferrara
Viation Corps
Torres Menier
Mines duplicate big loading mark at Norfolk and Western
Mines in the Norfolk and Western fields loaded 2 950 cars of coal tying a record set August 7. The day also saw 2 781 cars moved off the division with 722 clearing Bluefield yards for eastern markets and 2 069 through Williamson for western destinations. The Williamson movement was the heaviest since 1929.
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Norfolk and Western
Bluefield
Williamson
Federal agents uncover counterfeiting gang in tri state area
Secret Service agents unearthed engraving plates two printing presses and bogus notes near Uniontown and Grove City as they arrested five suspects in a probe into counterfeit currency flooding the region. Individuals named include David Moore Anne Moore Frank Collier and Dave Spangler and Penn Spangler of Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Federal Reserve
Secret Service
Tri-State
Uniontown
William A. Landveight
Grove City
David Moore
Anne Moore
Frank Collier
Dave (. Spangler
Penn J. Spangler
Brothers
Mystery patient dies after eighteen years in Kenosha hospital
In Kenosha Wisconsin a paralyzed man known as Old Man Lubin died at the local hospital after lying unconscious and speechless since January 1914. Found in the street outside the city he could not identify himself or move his limbs though a faint eye flash was his only sign of recognition. The man, about 40, was cared for by the city and never confirmed to be the former bartender Lubin whose identity later proved false.
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Kenosha
Wis
Kenosha Hospital
Lubin
Keck Testimony Sparks Coal Code Hearing Riotous Scene
William Keck secretary to the Progressive Miners of America testified at the bituminous coal code hearings alleging unfair tactics by the United Mine Workers in Illinois. The confrontation drew the panel chair to limit further violence visuals as John L. Lewis sought repeat denials. The hearing also heard Alabama and Indiana code advocates, Negro miners urging equal rights, and NRA officials working to merge twenty seven codes into a single coal industry code.
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Washington
William Keck
Progressive Miners of America
Illinois
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Lewis
K. M. Simpson
Keck
Forney Johnson
Alabama
Alabama Mining Institute
Charles O'Neill
United States
Robert C. Weaver
Negro Industrial League
Simpson
NRA
Rome Welcomes Fliers Italo Barbo Seaplane Squadron
Thousands greet General Italo Barbo and his seaplane squadron in Rome as they near return from a transatlantic flight to Chicago. Mussolini to honor them at Fiumicino and Piazza Colonna, with a royal reception planned for Sunday morning.
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Rome
Italo Barbo
Atlantic
Chicago
Lisbon
Capital
Fiumicino
Ossia
Mussolini
Piazza Colonna
NRA chief refuses to back open shop code in coal industry
Washington reports Alabama coal operators reject inclusion in a general code for the bituminous sector. NRA chief Hugh Johnson says collective bargaining cannot be modified. Illinois operators urge machines be placed under shed to avoid full mechanization while Alabama leaders warn of industry annihilation if forced into the code.
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Washington
Alabama
Recovery Administration
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Alabama Group
W. C. Kane
Saline County
Ilinois
Kane
Illinois
Forney Johnston
Birmingham
K. M. Simpson
Hugh Johnson
Northern Control Association
Smokeless-Appalachian Association
Virginia liquor control plan urged with dual referendum
Ashton Dovell of Williamsburg urged Virginia to adopt a liquor control act at the coming special session and to hold a dual referendum on November 7 for the control act and repeal of the eighteenth amendment. He proposed original package sales by private manufacturers, high licenses to deter many liquor stores, local licensing power, and a streamlined administration.
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Virginia
General Assembly
Richmond
Ashton Dovell
Williamsburg
House of Delegates
Dovell
House
Congress
Witigge@arg
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HAMM
Blue Eagle
Tannere Council of America
Women’s Bureau of the Labor Department
St. Paul
William Hamm Jr
George O'Brien
Elkhorn
Roger Touhy
Charles Tierney
L. L. Drill
Grand Jury Room
Department of Justice
Drill
Wisconsin
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahioma Oj
Minneapolis
Babe
Highland
Lon M. Rish
Old White Top
Island
Norfolk and Western Fields
Strel
New
Kanawha Power Company
Carnegie Steel Company
Hawk's West
Gauley Bridge
Nira
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