Coal Operators and Union Meet in Capital Conference
Coal operators and United Mine Workers officials meet in Washington to seek prompt production of a coal code. Hugh Johnson says the conference aims to settle wages hours and the check off while easing industry tensions and uniting non union and union leaders under a common code.
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Washington
Appalachian
United Mine Workers of America
Blue Eagle
Recovery Administration
Roosevelt
Hugh S. Johnson
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Johnson
Roosevelt Talks With Treasury Chief At Hyde Park
President Roosevelt stayed home in rain at Hyde Park and discussed coal code progress with Secretary William H. Woodin. He approved a 14 million dollar Missouri river development allotment and planned talks on fiscal issues with budget director Lewis Douglas.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Stephen T. Early
Missouri River
Ickes
Woodin
Prohibition Field Forces Reshaped by Consolidation
Attorney General Cummings announced a re organization of prohibition field forces merging 132 offices into 23. The old prohibition bureau was abolished by President Roosevelt and merged with the bureau of investigation. J Edgar Hoover will direct the division with 55 men in Washington district under William B Dunigan. Pittsburgh district will be led by Robert S Krause with 45 men.
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Washington
Prohibition
Cummings
Prohibition Bureau
Roosevelt
Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover
John S. Hurley
A. V. Dalrymple
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Robert S. Krause
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
William B. Dunigan
Bluefield Firms Add 10 Payrolls
Bluefield NRA drive reports 84 firms returning questionnaires adding 138 workers and 1850 dollars weekly payroll increase. One hundred one signed agreements already accepted at Pittsburgh. Campaign leaders say larger employers are yet to come and urge firms to file returns promptly for a complete tally.
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Bluefield
NRA
A. G. Fox
Pittsburgh
Fox
J. L. Alexander
Chamber of Commerce
Virginia Lawmakers Refuse Pay Cut In Special Session
Richmond Va August 24 The Virginia House of Delegates unanimously overrode Governor Pollards veto on a $60 000 special session appropriation and again refused to take its own pay cut instruction. The move followed criticism of the comptroller and attorney general and a reply from the comptroller.
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Richmond
Virginia House of Delegates
Commonwealth
Pollard
Both
Sean
New York Jurist Quizzed by Grand Jury in Racketeering Inquiry
New York County grand jury investigated alliances between politicians and racketeers. Chief Justice Frederic Kernochan testified privately for 33 minutes after earlier statements by United States Attorney George Z. Medalie. Crain and aides were barred as the panel heard proceedings and heard mention of political leaders linked to rackets.
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New York
New York County
Grand Jury
Frederic Kernochan
General Sessions Court
Kernochan
United States
George Z. Medalie
Senate
Thomas C. T. Crain
Justice Kermochan
Medalie
Bank clearings rise 12.7 percent year over year
New York reports Dun and Bradstreet data showing leading U S cities post total clearings of 4 134 378 000 for the week ending August 23 up 12 7 percent from the prior year.
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New York
Dun and Bradstreet, Inc
U. S
Justice and Son Held in Grundy Jail in Slaying Case
Two McDowell county men Adam Justice 54 and son Zeb Justice 24 were arrested at their homes near Panther and taken to Grundy Virginia for questioning in the Buchanan county triple slaying. Miss Matilda Roberts 39 of Lindsay McDowell County is also jailed on murder charges. three victims Deputy Sheriff Henry Akers, J Walter Collins and Hiley Collins were found shot on Knox Creek. Three other men are being hunted along the Virginia West Virginia Kentucky border.
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McDowell County
Grundy
Buchanan County
Virginia- West Virginia
Kentucky
Adam Justice
Zeb Justice
Panther
Welch and Williamson
Virginia
A. H. Goff
Matilda Roberts
Lindsey
Mingo County
Henry D. Akers
Princeton
J. Walter Collins
Justice Home
Tioga
Miss Roberts
Collins
William Roberts
Keenis
Panther Creek
William
Roberty
Walter Colling
Longtime N and W Official to Receive Diamond Insignia
J. M. McIlhany, terminal train master on the Pocahontas division, marks his 70th birthday and 50 years of railroad service with a diamond pin from N and W President A. C. Needles in Roanoke. Born in Warrenton, he began as messenger in 1882 and rose to terminal trainmaster by 1908, retiring next week with two other veterans.
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J. M. Mcllhany
N. and W. A
Pocahontas
Mr. McIlhany
Roanoke
A. C. Needles
The
Mellhany
Virginia and Midland Railroad
Warrenton
New River Depot
Princeton Avenue
Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad
Paducah
Williamson
Anneiee
New York
B. H. Namm
Percys. Straus
R. H. Macy and Company
Namm
Johnnson
Coal Code Key Task Faces Auto Industry Stalled
President Roosevelt directs Hugh S. Johnson to press a coal code accord with miners and operators as auto industry code work moves to the background. Johnson praises public spirited workers and orders 1.5 million volunteers for house to house canvassing to enforce wage and hour standards under the recovery program.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hughs. Johnson
Recovery Administration
Johnson
Robert W. Lea
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Cuban Cabinet Votes to Dissolve Congress
Havana August 24. The Cuban cabinet voted to dissolve congress immediately and restore the 1910 constitution. This move invalidates all officers elected under the 1928 reforms.
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Havana
Congress
Railroads Post Strong July Net Income Surge
Aggregate net operating income of the first eleven railroads reporting for July rose to 12.442 million dollars, up 220 percent from July 1932 and 2 percent above June figures for the same group.
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New York
McCullough Named Administrative Assistant at PWA
Washington announces F Witcher McCullough of Huntington West Virginia will serve as administrative assistant to Henry T Hunt general counsel of the Public Works Administration. He has worked in the legal division since Monday and will take an oath in a few days with retroactive effect. Mary Alice Currence of Clarksburg also begins clerical work for the PWA. Senator Neely recommended both West Virginians.
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Washington
F. Witcher McCullough
Huntington
W. Va
Henry T. Hunt
Public Works Administration
Administration
McCullough
Ickes
Neely
West Virginia
Senator Neely
John L. Connor
Labor
Labor Board of the Recovery Administration
Virginia moves toward repeal and beer legalization
In Richmond, voters may decide state prohibition versus liquor control on October 3. The Senate passed the Staples-Eggleston referendum bill 38 to 0, sending it to the House, while the House approved a beer legalization bill 90 to 50. A repeal referendum on the eighteenth amendment was signed and ready for governor. The measures differ from the governor’s plan, notably omitting a choice between a state dispensary or private licenses. The beer bill allows cities to cap beer licenses at 50 dollars, higher than prior limits.
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Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
Pollard
Senate
House
Neely Exhausts Federal Appointment Endorsements
Fairmont West Virginia August 24 The senator M M Neely says he has exhausted federal appointments for his term and cannot place anyone on the payroll for the next year He has endorsed over fourteen thousand applicants and recommended more than a thousand for TVA positions The field of endorsements reaches from Europe to the Philippines Alaska and Brazil and includes embassies and other federal postings
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Fairmont
W. Va
M. M. Neely
Senate
Tennessee Valley Authority
Philippine Islands
Brazil
Woman Slayer Dies After Prolonged Hunger Strike
In LaGrange Texas Maria Dach 36 died after fasting 37 days while on death row for the killing of Henry Stoever 58. Dach claimed self defense and that Stoever attacked her on the farm last December. Stoever’s body was later dug up from a seven foot pit. Dach’s three children were at her death bed.
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LaGrange
Tex
Maria Dach
Henry Stoever
Crescent Limited Wreck Brings Nine Dead, Thirteen Hurt
A flood weakened trestle on the Anacostia river collapsed as the Crescent Limited derailed near Washington. Nine of ten cars left the track, two Pullman cars submerged, engine buried in mud. Engineman A. H. Bryde and fireman J. H. Faye killed. Thirteen injured rushed to area hospitals as investigators begin reviewing the crash caused by the storm. A wrecking crew and two ICC inspectors operate on site.
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Washington
Crescent Limited
New York-New Orleans
Southern Railway
Here
Capital
Anacostia River
A. H. Bryde
J. H. Faye
Perryville
Maryland
National
Middle Atlantic
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania
James Healey
New York City
Mt. Tremper
New York
District of Columbia
Potomac River
Madison Liner Reaches Norfolk After 70 Foot Wave
Norfolk V a Aug 24 Officers of the Old Dominion liner Madison said all 37 passengers stayed calm as SOS calls went out during a storm. A 70 foot roller smashed deck structures and lifeboats, two crewmen were lost, two injured, and Captain Heath steered the ship to port under power amid cheers.
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Norfolk
Madison
Virginia Capes
Lycurgus Lawrence
Edward Corbett
Malachi Nelson
Robert Turner
Heath
Z. S. Baranowski
C. W. Ruddocks
New York
Debating banking case Fr Coughlin names three officials
In Detroit Fr Charles Coughlin accuses three former Detroit bank officials of federal indictment risk and claims the Detroit Free Press published faked records about him. He frames two days of testimony in a one man inquiry into two bank closings. He asserts stock records were misrepresented though he concedes the stock was bought for a church affiliated organization.
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Detroit
Gaepsa
Charles Coughlin
Detroit Free Press
Harry B. Keidan
Free Press
Devastating Pennsylvania Storm Leaves Damage and Death
A massive storm swept eastern Pennsylvania causing at least twelve deaths and widespread ruin. Flood waters crippled pumping stations and reservoirs, damaged roads and bridges, and disrupted industry from Philadelphia to York. The Red Cross aided flood victims as mines and rail lines suffered, with millions in property losses and a call for aid from authorities.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
South Jersey
del- Mar-Va
Gettysburg
Harrisburg
Theodore B. Apple
Keystone State
Red Cross
Tinicum
Civilian Conservation Camp
Loyalsock Creek
George Kester
Bethlehem
York
Mauch Chunk
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Hazleton
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Ashmore
Lancaster Municipal
Oversize Gasoline Tanks Lead to Six Arrests
Six arrests were reported under West Virginia’s new law banning large reserve gasoline tanks on trucks. The act, passed in a special legislative session, aims to boost state revenue by requiring fuel purchases within the state for tanks large enough to operate without buying gas locally.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Stevenson Released on $2500 Bond in West Virginia
M. H. Stevenson of Huntington, charged with receiving stolen goods from Welch Emergency hospital, reported to state police and was released on $2,500 bond in Huntington. He said he stored goods at his home for Dr. A. J. Rutherford, former hospital superintendent facing grand larceny charges. Rutherford denies taking anything from the hospital.
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Charleston
W. Va
M. H. Stevenson
Huntington
Welch
Shingleton
State Police
Stevenson
New York
Holt
A. J. Rutherford
Rutherford
Coast Guard Upholds Rescue Amid Historic Atlantic Storm Toll
The East suffered its worst tempest in years with 42 lives lost and damage in the millions. The Coast Guard, exhausted from hours of rescues, remained vigilant as waters receded at Catskill region towns. Aboard ships like the City of Norfolk, crews reported no distress. casualties included Mother James Healey and several Virginia and Maryland workers.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Upstate
New York
Catskill
Fletechman
Switzerland
Coast Guard
Norfolk
Pocomoke Sound
Watts Island
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Ocean View
Virginia Beach
Maryland
Madison
Virginia Coast Wracked As Hurricane Moves North
Hurricane winds driven toward the north caused massive damage across Virginia with losses over three million dollars and at least ten deaths. Norfolk and Virginia Beach bore the worst, crews searched for missing vessels, and the Madison limped into harbor after heavy battering.
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Virginia Coast
Norfolk
Virginia Coast Line
Old Dominion
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Washington Post
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