Republicans allege Roosevelt coal bill risks centralized autocracy
Six members of the Ways and Means Committee released a report opposing the Guffey coal bill, warning it would create a national coal commission and a centralized bureaucratic system under executive control. They argue it would threaten constitutional limits and shift power to the courts and federal authorities. The six signatories included Treadway, Bacharach, Crowther, Knutson, Reed, and Woodruff. Jenkins supported the bill but did not sign.
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Roosevelt
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
NRA
Congress
Supreme Court
Treadway
Massachusetts
Bacharach
New Jersey
Crowther
New York
Knutson
Minnesota
Reed
Woodruff
Michigan
Jenkins
Ohio
Raleigh fugitive escapes in Ohio
Deputy sheriffs return from Fostoria Ohio without Charley White a Raleigh County jail escapee. White broke from Raleigh jail while held on a pistol charge and was said to have escaped in Fostoria a few hours after capture Monday.
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W. Va
Fostoria
Charley White
Raleigh County
Ohio City
White
Raleigh
L. A. Green
Cushing predicts coal price rise tied to Guffey Snyder bill
George H. Cushing, noted coal economist, says the Guffey Snyder bill would raise coal prices by at least one dollar per ton for consumers and possibly more if wage demands rise. He cites 61 percent of bituminous operators opposing the measure and 16 percent noncommittal, based on his survey. West Virginia coal consumption totals 8,692,000 tons yearly, implying an at least $8,692,000 annual cost to citizens if enacted.
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Washington, D. C
George H. Cushing
Coal Economics Authority
Cushing
United Mine Workers of America
West Virginia
New Hampshire GOP Launches Knox Boom for 1936
Hampton Beach New Hampshire August 14 Republicans launch a campaign for Colonel Frank Knox Chicago publisher as the party’s presidential candidate in 1936. Knox denounces the Roosevelt administration for repudiating 1932 pledges and urges adoption of six repudiated Democratic platform planks. Governor Bridges and former Senator Moses headline the rollout.
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N. H
New Hampshire
Republicans Today
Frank Knox
Chicago
Knox
Hoosevelt
Republican Party
Rockingham County
Republican Club
H. Styles Bridges
George H. Moses
United States
Goverernor Bridges
Moses
Italian dam flood leaves hundreds dead in Alessandria region
In Alessandria Italy fascist blackshirt troops and regular army units battle through mud to reach flood victims from the Lake Orsiglieto disaster near Ovada. Officials report 250 killed with many bodies unrecovered as 15 million cubic meters of water caused massive damage.
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Italy
Orsiglieto
Ovada
Victor Emmanuel
Turin
Mussolini
Starace
Fascist Party
County Health Board Seeks Change in Troop Training Plan
Front Royal Va August 14 The Warren county health board votes to protest the Virginia National Guard training plan asking Adjutant General S Gardner Waller to move troops away from the county due to the infantile paralysis situation. The 111th unit will still move on schedule to Powell's Fort Masanuttan mountains and return via Skyline Drive while camps shift locations.
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Warren County Board of Health
Virginia National Guard
Powell's Fort
Massanutten Mountains
County Health Board
S. Gardner Waller
Waller
Richmond
111Th
Skyline Drive
California fights Mooney testimony refutation in habeas corpus case
In Baltimore on August 14 California began efforts to refute John MacDonald's sworn 1917 testimony linking Thomas J. Mooney to the Preparedness Day parade bombing. The 63 year old paralyzed patient testified via referee as the state seeks the habeas corpus hearing in Mooney's freedom petition.
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Baltimore
California Supreme Court
Mooney
William Cleary
California
MacDonald
Cleary
John Finerty
George Davis
Davey declines to call new deal election in Ohio
Ohio Governor Martin L. Davey refused to sanction an immediate test of the new deal by calling a special election for the vacancy in Congress. He said a statewide primary next May is likely and cited cost of about 500000 as a factor. Cleveland GOP leader George H. Bender criticized the move as pressuring the national administration. A taxpayer suit was filed in Columbus to force a call by August 24.
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Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Washington
Roosevelt
Charlies V. Truax
George H. Bender
Cleveland
Davey
Warry L. Hopkins
Bender
White House
State Supreme Court
Harry Armstrong
Sandusky
Supreme Court
Roy H. Williams
Williams
Ohio Governor Secures Public Works Funds
Governor Martin L. Davey of Ohio announced after a long talk with President Roosevelt that approval was granted for use of 15 to 20 million dollars for public works. He also reiterated he will not call a special election to fill the vacancy of Charles W. Truax, who died last week, and said he had not discussed the matter with the president.
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Washington
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Roosevelt
Charles W. Truax
Allen cites Fern order halting relief work in West Virginia
Charleston, Aug 14. Co L Allen state relief administrator said the discontinuance of relief project work came from orders from the regional representative of the federal emergency relief administrator Harry L Hopkins. He noted exemptions were limited to about 25 percent of prior work for health safety or other definite reasons with Governor Kump authorizing continued funds for unpermitted additional projects. He said the policy was to keep projects until the Works Progress Administration could resume, not force workers onto direct relief.
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Charleston
W. Va
Co. L. Allen
Harry L. Hopkins
West Virginia Relief Administration
Allen
Kump
FERA
Works Progress Administration
Relief Administration
Tentative United Methodist Name Set for Combine
In Chicago on August 14 the United Methodist church name was tentatively approved for the new church formed by Wesleyan, Meeting, and Protestant divisions. The 15 member joint commission in Evanston settled on a temporary designation after hours of debate, with final objection possible when the constitution is presented to the three church group.
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Chicago
The
United Methodist Church
Wesleyans
M. E. Church
Evanston
Joint Commission of Unity
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Protestant Church
Commission of Bishops
Ethiopia pleads League to lift arms embargo amid Italian threat
Addis Ababa appeals to the League of Nations to remove the arms embargo on Ethiopia claiming Italy massing troops and war material in eastern Africa. The dispatch calls Italy all powerful and Ethiopia weak while tri power talks in Paris aim to avert war and strengthen northern defenses.
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League of Nations
Paris
Italy
Geneva
League Council
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Rome
Mussolini
London
David Lloyd George
Britain
France
League
Laval
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Tecla Hawariate
Pacific
Africa
Council
Senate Defeats Move to Defer Tax Legislation
The Senate voted 55 to 19 to kill a Republican drive to defer all tax bills to next session. Senator Vandenberg called the measure a fiscal fiasco while Democrats and a few Republicans labeled the tax plan harsh and ill-timed as leaders forecast passage before adjournment. The session featured sharp bipartisan denunciations over higher income, estate, and corporate taxes.
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Senate
Vandenberg
Mich
Roosevelt
Harrison
Finance Committee
Michigan
Copealnd
N. Y
Lafollette
Shipstead
Farmer-Laborite
Hastinge
Steiner
Copeland
Miss
O. P
Congress
West Virginia Entry Pending in Junior Legion Draw
The district ten finals draw for the Junior American Legion baseball tournament was delayed awaiting West Virginia state champions entry. Plains Pa Cumberland Md and Newark Del have submitted their entries. regional finals run tomorrow through Saturday with one game daily. If WVU entry fails to arrive tonight, the draw will proceed tomorrow.
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Bethlehem
American Legion
West Virginia
Plains
Cumberland
Newark
Del
West Virginia Bankers Council Names Aides
The executive council of the West Virginia Bankers association re elected Homer Gebhardt of Huntington as secretary at a special meeting tonight. Fred O. Blue of Charleston was designated counsel for the association and White Sulphur Springs was picked for the 1986 convention. G. C. Waggoner, cashier of the Wood county bank, entertained the council members at a luncheon. Speakers at the meeting included H. Crumpecker, new federal housing administrator for West Virginia.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
The
West Virginia Bankers Association
Homer Gebhardt
Huntington
Fred O. Blue
Charleston
G. C. Waggoner
Wood County Bank
H. Crumpecker
Federal
West Virginia
New York Triangle Killer Shot During Love Tragedy in Queens
Etta Reisman, 36, killed Virginia Leigh, 23, the secretary of her husband Arthur Reisman in the driveway of their Beechhurst home as his daughter and the secretary watched in pajamas. Etta was arrested on murder charges and held without bail for August 21. Arthur Reisman, 42, confessed love for Leigh and indicated separation terms. Bluefield staff at WHIS knew the Reisman family through local broadcasts.
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New York
Etta Reisman
Reisman
Beechhurst
Queens
Virginia Leigh
Miss Leigh
Arthur, Jr
Arthur Reisman
Bluefield
Roosevelt Signs Social Security Plans Into Law
Charleston notes Roosevelt signs social security plans into law. Frank Knox of Chicago potential 1936 Republican candidate to be guest of honor at Charleston dinner Saturday night. Walter S Hallanan and about 30 party leaders to attend. Knox will address Lilly family reunion at Flat Top Sunday afternoon.
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Frank Knox
Charleston
W. Va
Chicago
Walter S. Hallanan
Knox
Lilly
West Virginia Governor awaits security details on federal aid
Governor Kump waits for full details of the federal social security bill before calling a meeting of the study committee to decide if West Virginia can participate. He argues state and local governments cannot match federal road and school grants and cites potential totals over 28 million for secondary roads, 4 to 5 million for primary roads, and over 5 million for school buildings.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kump
Legislative Committee
West Virginia
Relief strikers to be replaced in Zanesville district
Zanesville Ohio August 14 relief workers who refuse to return to work on WPA projects in the Zanesville Fultonham district will be replaced tomorrow. WPA regional director L J Gibson said that all projects in the two districts were filled up today by the peaceful persuasion of strike leaders after fifty three men went on strike. State WPA director C Stillman warned that violence could halt work on affected projects. Cincinnati building trades leaders were to meet to decide if members should refuse WPA jobs and painter E C Bundy warned he would remove painters failing to report for duty.
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Zanesville
WPA
Zanesville-Fultenham
L. €. Gibson
Gibson
C. €. Stillman
Cincinnati
E. C. Bundy
Paiiters’ ‘Council
End of Eight-Week Bakers Strike in Cleveland
About 600 union members voted five to one to accept an agreement ending an eight week strike that closed 21 plants in Cleveland. Details of terms were not disclosed. The deal centers on union recognition for bargaining. Negotiations were guided by Assistant Secretary of Labor Edward McGrady.
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Cleveland
Bakers’ Union
Bakery Drivers’ Union
United States Secretary of Labor
Edward McGrady
Roosevelt Signs Social Security Plan For 30 Million Citizens
President Roosevelt signed a broad social security law aimed at protecting 30 million Americans through unemployment compensation, old age pensions, and enhanced child protection and health services. The measure includes phased employer and worker taxes, state administration, and federal subsidies to support unemployment insurance and welfare programs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
White House
House
Senate
Old age annuity plan outlines twin Doe brothers pension path
The social security bill would tax the two John and Jim Doe from age 30, with John receiving a $66.25 monthly pension at 65 after 35 years of work and tax payments totaling $1,152 by him and employer. Jim earns a $52.50 monthly pension after 20 working years and tax history of $48,000, both pensions continuing until death with heirs only receiving any excess over $2,940 for John.
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Washington
Doe Brothers
John
Jim
John Doe
Trucker Waives Hearing on Charge of Slaying
Alex Carey 36 a Wellsburg trucker and cemetery worker waived a hearing on the charge of killing Mrs Mildred Wollhardt 38 Wheeling divorcee on June 22 Magistrate Nell Moran held him for grand jury action Carey had been hospitalized after a bullet wound officers said was personal safety related Wollhardt had resided in Carey's Wellsburg home for some time and quarrelled when she declined to return there
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Wheeling
W. Va
Alex Carey
Wellsburre
Mildred Wollhardt
Nell Moran
Carey
House and Senate clash over Hopson custody in contempt case
House Chairman O Connor says Howard Hopson is in his custody and will not be handed to Senate investigators. The Senate had cited Hopson for contempt and ordered him to appear, prompting a power struggle between the two chambers as they seek control of the long sought witness.
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House
Senate
Hopson
Washington
O'Connor
House Rules Committee
Howard C. Hopson
William A. Hill
Hill
Mayflower
Chesley Jurney
House Lobby Committee
Sentiment Survey On Constitutional Amendment Moves Forward
Washington reports reveal a survey to gauge national opinion on broadening federal powers through a constitutional amendment. Democratic strategists reportedly conduct the effort, not the DNC or White House, with results likely shared with President Roosevelt before his September western trip.
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Washington
Hoover
Chicago
Supreme Court
Althalaap
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