Coal men to meet with N A A officials on code talks
Washington reports a meeting of coal operators and National Recovery Administration leaders aims to harmonize ideas toward a single code for the industry. Regional groups push for open shop standards and regional wage scales, with discussions likely to continue next week.
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Washington
National Recovery Administration
Roosevelt
Hugh 8. Johnson
Johnson
Kenneth M. Simpson
J. W. Norman
Louisville
West Virginia
Tennessee
Missouri votes on repeal today
St Louis Aug 18 voters faced first direct test on prohibition with observers saying tomorrow's ballot will likely make Missouri the 22nd state to embrace national repeal. Delegates to meet Aug 29 to ratify elector expression. Repeal supporters canvassed voters. expected turnout under 500000 with a sizable repeal majority.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Jefferson City
Dty
Identity Of Fall Victim Unsolved
A man believed to be the husband of Mud Fork resident Mrs. Ransom Wilson died after a fall from a bridge near Flat Top yards. Identification failed. the unidentified man, about 35, was buried along the railroad right of way. Mrs. Wilson initially claimed the body, but later ruled out the identification.
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Ransom Wilson
Mud Fork
Flat Top
Wilson
Swords Creek
Mre
Officers of Bluefield American Legion chosen for year
Harry L. Moore was elected commander of the Bluefield post. New officers include John Cahill, Ton Cowan, George Mash, Louis Zaultman, M. Primo, Cabell M. Payne, A. Harry West, Dr. Frank M. O'Brien, Robert A. Sheffey, Robert T. Crockett, Herbert D. May, George Smiley, Frank Bond, and others on the executive committee. Delegates to the state convention and alternate delegates are named. The post endorses the Bluefield Baby clinic, the drum and bugle corps, and supports the boxing program with a large turnout expected. A large attendance of members and wives planned for the convention.
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Harry L. Moore
Bluefield
American Legion
Dave T. Lowman
Wheeling
Drum and
Bugle Corps
Legion
Mr. Moore
John Cahill
Ton Cowan
Bramwell
George Mash
Weyanoke
Louis Zaultman
M. Primo
McComas
Cabell M. Payne
A. Harry West
Frank M. O'Brien
Robert A. Sheffey
Robert T. Crockett
Herbert D. May
George Smiley
Frank Bond
D. T. Lowman
I. L. Slifkin
Post
Ramsey Auditorium
City Auditorium
Bailey Calls Meeting of Road Engineers
Charleston West Virginia August 18 moving swiftly under Governor Kumps reemployment campaign road commissioner Bailey called two meetings of district road engineers to determine means of providing the greatest possible employment on projects financed in part with federal funds. Northern engineers meet in Clarksburg southern in Charleston to discuss orders that whenever possible all road workmen be taken from federal reemployment lists and displaced relief rolls.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kump
Bailey
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Road Commission
Danville Leaders Skeptical of Bowen Dept Commander Claim
Danville Virginia Ameri can Legionnaires dismiss published claims that Homer Bowen of Wytheville will poll the majority to become Virginia department commander. The local Hugh T. Williams committee bets Bowen district votes and blocs from east and southside Virginia for the Bristol convention Wednesday.
Senator Couzens rails at bank closings during Detroit hearing
Detroit August 18 United States Senator James Couzens bluntly charged at a jury investigating Michigan bank closings that a consolidation orgy of fictitious values led to insolvencies and that government hesitation to enforce the law delayed bank closures He accused Union Guardian Trust Detroit of taking deposits after insolvency and said First National Bank of Detroit faced heavy losses on loans to directors and staff He alleged trust funds were misused for Michigans childrens fund and demanded criminal probes into the trust company He blamed Wilson W Mills for thwarting Henry Ford by wrecking plans for two new banks while Ford banks would have absorbed First National and Guardian National Bank of Commerce, now in federal receivership He charged federal officials allowed the banks to stay open hoping prosperity would return.
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Detroit
United States
James Couzens
Michigan
Couzens
Union Guardian Trust Company
First National Bank Detroit
Trust Company
Childrens’ Fund of Michigan
Wilson W. Mills
First National Board
Henry Ford
Ford Banks
First National
Guardian National Bank of Commerce
Jury hung in Cano murder case orders new trial
A Jackson county jury failed to reach a verdict after five hours in the Henry Cano case for the deputy sheriff slaying. Judge Lewis H. Miller discharged the panel and ordered a new trial for August 29. State rested against Leo Frazier as his defense to begin tomorrow amid statements from family and other suspects.
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Ripley
W. Va
Jackson County
Henry Cano
Lewis H. Miller
Cano
Roy Shamblin
Ralph Harper
Huntington
Leo Frazier
Frazier
Charles Harper
Charleston- Ripley
Harper
Miller
Shamblin
Louise Frazier
Mrs Roosevelt Tours Panhandle Territory
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt stopped in Cumberland for ten minutes while en route from Morgantown to Hyde Park, surveying the Morgantown mine region with Lorena Hickock. She spoke briefly with Mr. and Mrs. Morris Baron and admired western mountains during the stop.
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Cumberland
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Morgantown
W. Va
Lorena Hickock
New York
Morris Baron
Baron
Roosevelt
Harvard University
Bedford
French Forces Close In On Berber Rebel Stronghold in Atlas
In Morocco 25,000 French troops and Foreign Legion troops encircled Djebel Badou, last Berber stronghold, as heavy fighting and losses mounted. Cherif Moulay Abeselemen surrendered with followers, while Koucher peak slipped from rebel control. Four French columns advanced from Marrakech Tadla Meknes and eastern Morocco, with about 250 French troops reportedly killed in the past week.
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Rabat
Morocco
Djebel Badou
Atlas
Koucher
Cherif Moulay Abeselemen
France
Marrakech
Tadla
Meknes
High Atlas Chain
Operating costs of West Virginia state departments in 1932
Washington reports West Virginia spent 14.3 million dollars to run general departments in 1932 plus 3.6 million in interest and 13.7 million on permanent improvements, totaling 31.6 million. Highway outlays dominated at 16.1 million. revenue totaled 24.1 million, led by business and non business licenses at 55.2 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
West Virginia State Department
Census Bureau
West Virginia
Leavenworth Rebels Placed in Solitary
Thirteen convicts at the federal penitentiary annex were placed in solitary amid riots tied to tightening discipline linked to the Terry Druggan exposé. Broken windows and bank theft sparked disturbances, with guards pelted by inmates and reserves called to restore order. four staff suspended.
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Leavenworth, Kas
Federal Penitentiary Annex
Terry Druggan
Wing Six
Fred Zerbst
R. H. Hudspeth
Washington
Chicago
Holland Geologist to Tour Coal Fields of This Section
Dr. W. J. Jongmans of Heerlen Holland, director of the Geological Institute of Dutch coal mines, arrived in Bluefield and will study coal fields in Mercer, McDowell and Tazewell counties. He aims to compare European and American coal fields geologically, examining fossil plants in shale near coal seams and observing modern U S mining methods. He is accompanied by C L Haught of West Virginia University.
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Holland
W. J. Jongmans
Europe
Heerlen, Holland
Geological Institute of the Dutch Coal Mines
Bluefield
Pocanereee
Netherlands
Jongmans
United States
Pocahontas
Mercer
McDowell
Tazewell
Elkhorn
America
Pennsylvania
Netherlands Geological Survey
Groningen University
West Virginia
C. L. Haught
The
State University
NRA Codes Edge Toward Steel Oil Coal Industries
Washington Aug 19 NRA chief Hugh S Johnson said a steel industry code was agreed upon and shown to President Roosevelt for approval. The plan includes a 40 hour week over three months, eight hour days after November 1 at 60 percent capacity, with a 90 day trial. The move aims to fold oil steel and coal into the NRA fold as Ford hearings quicken and efforts push for universal blue eagle coverage.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Roosevelt
Johnson
Steel Industry
Labor Advisory Board
Hyde Park
Henry Ford
The
Recovery Administration
May Luft Limit On Grain Prices
Chicago August 18. Peter B. Carey president of the Chicago board of trade said officials of the grain market were contemplating removal of the restrictions on day fluctuations in prices and action on the matter would be taken before next Monday. Carey stressed no action from Washington would occur without board cooperation and indicated a ten cent limit could be substituted for the current range. The existing limits, ordered on Washington guidance, have hampered hedging and trading and failed to achieve their aim.
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Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
J. Sinclair Brown
Brown
Vivian Page
Senate
House
Pollard
Chicago
Peter B. Carey
Chicago Board of Trade
Carey
Washington
Poisoned Sandwiches Reported in West Virginia
In Clarksburg on August 18 G F McCullough, a blacksmith and farmer, found his sandwich tasted odd and discarded it to a dog which died from convulsions. McCullough fell ill but recovered. Ritchie county authorities say poison was found in the other sandwiches and are probing the incident.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
G. Fr. McCullough
Mile Hill
McCullough
Ritchie County
Remarries Wounded Mate Minutes Before Death
Chicago, Aug 18. Mrs. Alice Covelli lay on a hospital bed and, amid pain, remarried Daniel Covelli the wounded man she had shot. He urged the ceremony to save her life, saying there had never been another woman. Nurses assisted, the physician acted as best man, and Father Kelly pronounced the vows. A brief wan smile followed by death minutes later.
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Chicago
Alice Covelli
Daniel Covelli
Alice
Father Kelly
Arenes
Ead
Eight Soldiers Held in Custody in Havana
Havana reports eight soldiers including a sergeant and a corporal were arrested after four bodies were found in Castillo de Azares fortress, where political prisoners were kept under Machado. Lieut Col Erasmo Delgado said the troops were taken into custody as the search for remains continued amid Cuba's new leadership urging justice and U.S. cooperation.
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Havana
ABC Secret Society
Castillo de Azares
Garardo Machado
Erasmo Delgado
Carloso Manuel de Cespedes
Cuba
United States
Congress
Machado
Joaquim Martinez Saenz
Treasury
de Cespedes
Welles to Return as Cuba Ambassador and New Efforts
Washington reports Ambassa dor Sumner Welles will be recalled from Havana to resume assistant secretary of state duties over Latin American affairs. Jefferson Caffery will be named the new ambassador to Cuba as U S officials dispatch economic and financial experts to hasten Cuba's rehabilitation. The Roosevelt administration pushes swift restoration amid heavy U S investment and Cuba’s bond holdings.
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Welles
Washington
Cuba
Sumner Welles
Havana
Jefferson Caffery
Republic
Roosevelt
United States
State Department
U.S
Taylor
Two Ex-Cons Identified in Dragnet for Factor Kidnapers
Chicago reports Detective Chief William Schoemaker identified two ex-convicts, Charles Connors and Basil Banghart, from photographs as the men who escaped a dragnet aimed at the John Factor kidnapers. He also sought Ludwig Schmidt alias Dutch Louie, associate of Gerald Chapman. Police decoys identified the pair who received the ransom payment decoy package.
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Chicago
William Schoemaker
Charles Connors
Basil Banghart
Detroit
John Factor
Connors
Banghart
Ludwig Schmidt
Dutch Louie
Gerald Chapman
New York
John Meyers
Frank McKenna
Factor
Rio
Ousted Fire Chief Seeks Reinstatement As Chief
Reese O. Carter petitions for a civil service hearing to regain the fire department head post after removal on eight charges. Six walkout firefighters seek reinstatement as temporary appointments fill the vacancies. The commission, with Cheyney McCue Sites, may hold hearings early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reese O. Carter
Civil Service Commission
C. IT. Cheyney
Washington
J. M. McCue
J. K. Sites
Central Station
Civil Service Board
Carter
Kyle Bruce
Scouts Aid NRA Drive In Bluefield Consumer Pledge
Boy Scouts assist the NAA committee in Bluefield to collect signatures from housewives for the consumer's pledge to support only stores displaying NRA codes or the reemployment agreement. Pledge cards and blue eagle stickers circulate as women’s groups back the drive.
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Blue Eagle
NAA
Bluefield
NRA
C. I. Cheyney
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United Mine Workers of America
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Foreign Legion
Leavenworth
Coal Group
N. R.A
Bulletin
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Reece C. Carter
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