New reservoirs of credit sought for NAA program
Washington August 22 Huge new reservoirs of credit for financing the recovery program within private industry are being sought by Hugh S Johnson recovery administrator He said banks not functioning and outlined plans to broaden credit through RFC and Fed Reserve talks with coal auto code hearings with merchants and the recovery board He indicated no immediate completion of coal and auto codes but progress was satisfactory and effort to clarify labor provisions of the act continues Turn to Page Two
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Washington
Hugh 8. Johnson
Johnson
Federal Reserve Board
Reconstruction Corporation
Roosevelt
Norman Davis to Return to Geneva for Disarmament Talks
Hyde Park N Y Aug 22 President Roosevelt sent Norman H Davis back to Geneva to push for elimination of offensive weapons and an international arms control commission. Davis, after a three hour talk with the president, expressed cautious optimism about the 18 month old parley and said the time between now and the October reconvening would tell the tale. He plans to sail in a week or two after first meeting with Secretary Hull.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Norman H. Davis
Geneva
Davis
United States
Hull
White House
Washington
Miners in St Charles Field Stage Walkout
Norton Virginia Aug 22 More than two thousand miners in Lee county walked out today over unionization tensions in the St Charles field. Nearly all of the field joined the strike while about nine thousand Virginia miners stayed at work, claiming strong union support for the first time due to national recovery laws. The walkout is reported as the first in the history of southwest Virginia coal fields.
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Norton
Lee County
St. Charles Field
Virginia
Southwest Virginia
Virginia House Moves to Restore Half of Allocations
In Richmond on August 22 a Virginia house committee proposed restoring half of the governor’s 30 percent cuts to general fund departments and agencies. Dr. Sidney B. Hall urged at least a 15 percent restoration. A subcommittee will draft a resolution and return to full committee tomorrow. The panel warned deficits could be covered by January 1934 regular session. The move centers on schools but calls for broad restoration.
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Richmond
House Committee On Schools and Colleges
Sidney B. Hall
John Q. Hodges
Langhorne Jones
W. E. Nelson
Assembly
Northeastern gale from Caribbean menaces Atlantic coast
A Caribbean gale pounded from Massachusetts to Hatteras, with seven lives lost and many missing in resort towns. Atlantic City Seabright and Atlantic Highlands suffered heavy damage as the storm tracked north along the Gulf Stream near Savannah. Beaching was forbidden, undertow worsened, coast guard vessels patrolled for disabled craft.
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Atlantic
Massachusetts
Hatteras
Caribbean
Gulf Stream
Boston
Carolina Cape
Jernsey
Atlantc City
Seabright
Atlantic Highlands
Savannah
Georgia
Weather Bureau
New York
Lone Island
Coast Guard
Extortionists Shot During Attempted Ransom Visit
Rhinelander Wis Aug 22 Pursuing extortionists Robert Rogers 44 of Ironwood Mich and John Stokie 38 of Hurley Wis were thwarted while attempting to collect 5000 from Rex hotel owner George Goodroe Mercer Wis. Rogers was killed by Rhinelander Chief Morris Straub as he bent to pick up the cash. Stokie was captured under their car after the shooting.
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Rhinelander
Wis
Robert Rogers
John Stokie
Rogers
Ironwood
Mich
Stokie
Hurley
Morris Straub
George Goodroe
Rex
Mercer
Two Miners Die In Gas Pocket Blast At Dabney Mine
Logan West Virginia August 22 two miners were killed and another burned seriously in a Dabney mine gas pocket explosion. Denny Brumfield 22 and Sterling Edmonds 22 Negro brakeman were buried beneath slate while George Vernatte 22 was burned but escaped death. Rescue crews faced five hours of dangerous digging after ventilating the area. The Dabney mine had reopened August 1 after a year idle and normally employs 150 men.
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Beneth
Dabney
Condemned man alters story in ambush slaying case
Leo Frazier, on death row for the Roy Shamblin murder, recounted a new version to Warden McClintic, saying Henry Cano fired the fatal shots and not him. He admitted planning to kill prisoner Ralph Harper, and said he inspected the car to reassess who fired. Charles Harper, Harper’s brother, drove the car and fired no shots.
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Kanawha
Ralph Harper
Moundsville
Leo Frazier
Henry Cano
Roy Shamblin
Kanawha County
Charleston
Shamblin
C. F
Warden McClintic
Frazier
Cano
Harper
Young Harper
Charles Harper
Charles
Relief Funds Approved for West Virginia Amid Budget Uncertainty
West Virginia receives an additional one million dollars in federal relief to cover needs through October 1. Hopkins notes funds may count as a gift or grant advance depending on state progress by then. Turner says no county allocations before September 1 and Kump leads road projects and job searches to cut unemployment. Governors deny immediate special legislative session, asserting no promise of one.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Harry L. Hopkins
Kump
Francis W. Turner
Hopkins
Washington
Roosevelt
Salvation Army transfers headquarter moves in West Virginia
Major George Rose announced that Salvation Army HQ in southern West Virginia will move to Richmond on August 27 while northern state headquarters shift to Baltimore on the same date.
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Charleston
W. Va
George Rose
The
Salvation Army Today
West Virginia
Richmond
Baltimore
Miss Viola Henry Wins Milkmaid Contest at Century of Progress
Miss Viola Henry of Norwich New York a Cornell co ed captured top honors in the milk ing contest at the Century of Progress in Chicago. She won with 16 pounds 6 ounces of milk after the three minute limit and is shown with the champion s cup.
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New York
Viola Henry
Norwich
N. Y
Cornell University
Century of Progress
Chicago
Body of Missing Editor Found Near Coshocton
Fred S. Wallace 61 editor and publisher of the Cochoc ton Tribune was found dead in the Muskingum river two miles south of Coshocton. He had been missing since early last Sunday. His legs were bound, and a watch and spectacles remained on him. Coroner and county officials investigated. Wallace had been ill but remained active at the paper. Surviving: widow Letitia and sons William and Bruce.
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Coshocton
Fred S. Wallace
Cochocton Tribune
Muskingum River
Here
the Tribune
Wallace
Robert
Cleveland
Springfield
Ohio
Springfield Sun
The
Tribune
Letitia
William
Dollar Line
Pacific Ocean
Bruce
Taxpayer seeks to halt levying of excess levy
Sutton West Virginia August 22 The petition of O O Eakle a taxpayer for an injunction to restrain laying of levies in excess of constitutional limits was presented in Braxton county circuit court today The action names Braxton county county court the board of education and Sutton town council It is based on the right of levying bodies to exceed constitutional limits to pay indebtedness Counsel indicated the case will reach the supreme court for consideration with a similar action to restrain Huntington from laying extra levies
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Sutton
W. Va
O. O. Eakle
Braxton County
County Court
Board of Education
Supreme Court
Huntington
National milk marketing plan drafted by officials and dairymen
A proposed national marketing agreement for fluid milk is being drafted by farm administration officials and dairymen. It would fix minimum and maximum prices, set price spreads, and establish prices across most milk sheds with some small towns possibly excluded. The plan envisions a maximum spread of six to six and a half cents from farm to consumer, under a blanket agreement.
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Washington
Farm Administration
Former Ceredo Teachers Seek Writ Over Contracts
In Wayne West Virginia on August 22 the circuit court considered an application by former Ceredo district teachers for a writ to compel Wayne county schools to recognize contracts issued by the old district board. They contend the new county board lacked authority to discard their contracts.
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Wayne
W. Va
Ceredo
Wayne County
Wayne County Board of Education
Old District Board
Charles W. Ferguson
New County
Hoover Sends Wire to Michigan
Palo Alto Calif Aug 22 Former President Herbert Hoover informed Detroit investigators that his information on the two closed banks there was largely second hand and not enough to warrant a trip. He advised seeking details from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation the Federal Reserve and the Treasury. Hoover said he would supply only general information and that the needed data should be available from official sources.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Herbert Hoover
Detroit
Mich
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federal Reserve
the Treasury
California
First National Bank Detroit
Guardian National Bank of Detroit
Mr. Hoover
Harry 8. Toy
Treasury
Hoover
United States
James Couzens
Michigan
Tay
Couzens
Guardian Trust Company of
Guardian Trust
Coal Loading Dispute Ties Up Three Mercer Mines
Three Mercer county coal operations Booth Bowen Coal Buckeye Coal and Coke Caswell Creek Coal halted work yesterday after a wage and safety dispute over car loading methods. Miners loaded coal to the waterline or edges while management urged center-bump loading. Officials expected a settlement today as production remained paused.
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Mercer County
Booth- Bowen Coal Company
Buckeye Coal and Coke Company
Caswell Creek Coal Company
Merchants Told To Keep Prices At Proper Level
Washington August 22 Retail merchants were urged by Hugh B Johnson to resist unreasonable prices and support the recovery program. The code sets a 44 hour week, 48 hours in rush seasons, 52 hours in cities, minimum wages by city size, and a nationwide coverage excluding food and drug stores. The administration warned it will remove blue eagle insignia from windows of violators and move to enforce fair competition.
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Washington
Hugh
Johnson
Recovery Administration
Iff
Blue Eagle
Garter hearing opens today in Bluefield fire chief case
The public reenstatement hearing for R. O. Carter as Bluefield fire chief begins this afternoon at 1 30 in the directors chamber city hall before the new civil service commission. City Manager Kyle Bruce accuses Carter on ten charges while Carter seeks reinstatement with back pay. The city will present its case with about a dozen witnesses, and Carter’s side plans to call fifty four witnesses. hearings may extend two afternoons. Six former firefighters request hearings but no date is set.
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R. O. Carter
Bluefield
Sidney J. Kwase
Kwase
Whch
James 8. Kahle
Sanders, Crockett and Burton
Carter
Paul Hudgins
Mercer
Kwass
J. M. McCue
C. J. Cheyney
Jeff Cartwright
Flood Control Project Faces First Test Tomorrow
The $57.5 million flood control project by the Pittsburgh flood commission, a federal aid undertaking, heads into its first test at a tri-state official meeting tomorrow. The plan centers a network of 10 reservoirs in the Allegheny and Monongahela river headwaters and is expected to provide employment for about 46,000 workers over the year.
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Pittsburgh
Flood Commission of
Allegheny
Monongahela
Virginia House Rejects 30 Percent Mileage Cut Proposal
Richmond August 22 The Virginia House of Delegates rejected a 30 percent reduction in the ten cent mileage rate for traveling expenses while awaiting attorney general guidance on the issue. Senate finance committee backed Ferguson joint resolution for a 30 percent mileage cut and 20 percent pay reduction for all assembly members. House had not acted on any salary cut measure.
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Richmond
Virginia House of Delegates
E.R. Combs
Senate Finance Committee
Ferguson
House
Appropriations Committee
City Directors Accept Ruling On Court Action
City directors at their week meeting accepted Mercer circuit court’s ruling denying their removal of the three man firemen’s civil service commission. Mayor Light said no appeal to the state supreme court was needed. The session included a petition for a special traffic officer to curb speeding in the East end and discussion of an ordinance, tabled for future action. Residents urged Oscar Mitchell’s appointment, noting police support and willingness to serve without pay.
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Mercer Circuit Court
Civil Service Commission
Light
State Supreme Court
Howell M. Tanner
East End
Oscar Mitchell
Jerome Katz
Mitchell
Harold Porterfield
Porterfield
Sidney J. Kwass
Coal Merchants’ Association of
Blufield
Walton Avenue
Murial Kerfoot
First National Bank
H. C. Baugh
Raleigh Street
City Code Fixes Blue Eagle Fine
Bluefield city board of directors adopted an ordinance amendment prohibiting firms displaying the blue eagle insignia to mislead the public. The measure, backed by NRA leader A G Fox, imposes a fine of 10 to 100 dollars for false advertising using the emblem as part of the recovery campaign.
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Bluefield
NRA
City Board of Directors
A. G. Fox
Parole Board Opens First Session in West Virginia
Moundsville W Va Aug 22 in its first session today the new state parole board considered 60 of its applications for parole or parole.
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Moundsville
W. Va
New State Parole Board
Near Confident Move on Coal Code Accord
Washington August 22 recovery administration officials voiced confidence an agreement on the long delayed bituminous coal industry code was near though a final accord eluded them. Hugh S Johnson industrial administrator urged a new conference with operators as unions and non union factions negotiated wage scales and differentials amid cooperative spirit despite ongoing disputes and time needed to craft a just code. Page four turn.
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Washington
Recovery Administration
Roosevelt
Hugh S. Johnson
East
Prohibition Bill Moves Swiftly in Virginia Assembly
Richmond Va Aug 22 Prohibition legislation moved swiftly as the Staples Eggleston bill seeking a October 3 vote on retention or control of state prohibition was sent to the Senate with a favorable report. The beer legalization measure neared final draft with committees expecting to complete and report after tomorrow’s meetings. The Holt bill for a referendum on repealing the eighteenth amendment awaits a senate calendar with favorable sentiment. The state referendum bill expands a liquor study commission to fifteen members and omits a dual dispensary versus license option, despite opposition from the governor. Finance panels altered the beer bill by removing a 500 bond provision and local restriction powers and by adding temporary sale permits pending court action.
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Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
Staples-Eggleston
Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
Joint Finance Committee
Senate
Holt
Commissioners of the Revenue
Circuit
Corporation Court
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Norman Davis
Jersey Bears
BRUNT
Associated Press
Dabney Mine
Logan County
Pal
Murderers’ Row
River
NIRA
Eagle
Appalachian
Arsa
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
Conl
Lewis
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