Convicted Slayer Cano Given Life Term in Deputy Shamblin Case
In Ripley West Virginia Deputy Sheriff Roy Shamblin and prisoner Ralph Harper were killed in a highway gun battle. Henry Cano was found guilty of murder with mercy recommended and sentenced to life imprisonment. Louise Frazier estranged wife of Leo Frazier received 15 years for accessory after the fact. Charles Harper also got life for the officer's death. The case involved repeated trials and testimonies linked to the fatal shooting near the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Frazier
Leo Frazier
Ripley
W. Va
Henry Cano
Roy Shamblin
Ralph Harper
Cano
Harper
Elizabeth Mairs
Charleston
Jackson County
Frazier
Charles Harper
Johnson Denies NAA Is Gzardom In N R A Speech
Boston August 30 Hugh Johnson defended the national recovery administration against accusations of czarism at a mass recovery workers luncheon. He described the N R A as a rules committee with coaches guiding a fairer business game and urged workers to demand the Blue Eagle, insisting consumer education is vital to national recovery. He arrived by air to a nine‑plane welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Hugh Johnson
National Recovery Administration
Johnson
Fmge
St Paul Policeman Slain In Bank Messenger Holdup
In St Paul Minnesota Aug 30 five gunmen in cars looted a bank messenger crew and fired on Officers Leo Pavlak and John Yeaman near the post office as two bank messengers Hamilton and Cheyne carried a $30000 payroll from the Federal Reserve Bank in Minneapolis Pavlak died of wounds and Yeaman was seriously hurt. Police suspect the Touhy gang from Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South St. Paul
Minn
William Hamm
Touhy
Chicago
Leo Pavylak
John Yeaman
Pavlak
Yeaman
Joseph Hamilton
Herbert Cheyne
Federal Reserve Bank
Minneapolis
District regains production lead in Smoke Hole territory
Production in the Pocahontas field pushes the district back to the top of Smoke Less territory after two years in second. For the first seven months of 1933 Pocahontas produced 6,736,975 tons vs New River 6,692,695 tons, a 44,280 ton lead. Total Smoke Less output reached 22,863,430 tons, up 3,628,220 from 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
Smokelesa
Winding Gulf
Tug River
New River
Norfolk and Western
Virginian
Chesapeake and Ohio
Tig River
Gulf
Pocahontas- Tug River
Labor to push shorter hours in NRA codes
Washington reports Labor aims to shorten working hours in NRA codes to quicken job growth. William Green, AFL president and NRA adviser, cites 2,000,000 reemployed since March with 11,000,000 still idle and 1,000,000 new members joining unions as an ongoing campaign gathers pace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
NRA
Green
Jobe
Hugh §. Johnson
National Recovery
Camp Girls Return Home Under Guard
Ninety girls and sixteen counsellors from a North Sutton camp boarded trains under heavy guard to Philadelphia after threats of kidnapping. National guards, police and private detectives patrolled the route from Lake Kezar to the station as detectives rode with the group to ensure safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
N. H
North Sutton
Philadelphia
Pretty Downes
James R. Downes
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lake Kezar
197 Coast Artillery
New Hampshire National Guard
Supreme Court Takes Up Tax Limitation Test Cases
The West Virginia Supreme Court opened review on petitions to halt levies beyond constitutional tax limits. Cases target Huntington and Braxton County to stop extra debt levies, amid debate on essential government functions and pre amendment bond debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court
Cabell County
Holt
Shinnston
W. E. Bee
Huntington
O. C. Eakle
Braxton County
George S. Wallace
Bee
Virginia panel hears push to make schools the main state aim
Richmond Aug 30 Flower Leader Ashton Dovell told the appropriations committee that Virginia should declare public free schools have become the state's primary concern, seeking an eight month term for school in every county and capping general fund reductions at 30 percent as the General Assembly met to discuss public works and a possible 16 million dollar federal relief road grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ashton Dovell
House of Delegates Appropriations Committee
Virginia
General Assembly
Dovell
Appropriations Committee
Senate
House Roads Committee
Harman-Ferguson
Federal Public Works Administration
Senate Finance Committee
Othe General
Plan to federate police into a single national force
Assistant Attorney General Pat Malloy proposes uniting all police, sheriffs, and state officers under federal commissions with National Guard and regular army backing. Attorney General Homer S. Cummings endorses, while critics warn of state rights erosion and practical hurdles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Army
Grand Rapids
Mich
American Bar Association
Pat Malloy
Association
Clarence B. Martin
Martinsburg
W. Va
America
Martin
Malloy
Homer S. Cummings
United States
Florist Testifies in Lamson Murder Trial
A Sacramento florist testified that David A. Lamson bought flowers for Mrs. Sara Kelley last winter and again weeks before his wife Allene Thorpe Lamson was found dead. The state sought to prove marital strife behind the campus killing at Stanford University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Calif
Sacramento
David A. Lamson
Sara Kelley
Lamson
Miriam Johnson
Moder
Stanford University Press
Allene Thorpe Lamson
Lamsons
Stanford University
Margaret Lamson
John Moore
Moore
Wreck of Golden State Limited Probed in New Mexico
Tucumcari New Mexico August 30 cor poration commission joins railroad officials in investigating the early yesterday wreck of the Golden State Limited in a flooded arroyo. Eight killed forty two injured as engine and six cars plunged. victims identified including C J Croft and James Randell of Tucumcari F D Cook Sister Mary Cecilia and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucumeat
N. M
New Mexico Corporation Commission
Golden State Limited
C. J. Croft
Tucumcari
James Randell
W. H. Varley
Quincey
Ill
F. D. Cook
Southern Pacific Employe
Mary Cecilia
Tucson
Ariz
Katherine Sammone
Pasadena
Calif
J. L. Whitten
Englewood
Roosevelt forms oil committee to govern industry
President Roosevelt creates a fifteen member oil committee with James A. Moffett as head of the NRA representatives. Donald Richberg and M. L. Benedum join the panel while awaiting General Johnson’s rating on Ford’s stance toward the Blue Eagle code. Roosevelt prepares to depart for Washington after a sea cruise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Roosevelt
Hugh S. Johnson
Mr. Ford
Michigan
Johnson
NRA
Donald Richberg
M. L. Benedum
Pittsburgh
Presidents and Deans Take Salary Reductions in State Colleges
West Virginia state board of control ordered salary cuts for presidents and deans at state colleges except West Virginia University. New salaries for the next school year list Marshalls at 5100 dollars, Concord 4500, Fairmont 5000, Glenville 4000, Shepherd 4000, West Liberty 3600, New River 3600, Potomac 3600, with deans ranging from 2300 to 3600 dollars. Thomas Stark also interim appointed as assistant football coach at Marshall College for September through November with pay from athletic fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia University
State Board of Control
Marshall
Concord
Fairmont
Glenville
Shepherd
West Liberty
New River
Potomac
Marshall College
Thomas Stark
Driver of Death Car Faces Murder Count
A coroner's jury in Waynesburg Pennsylvania recommended voluntary manslaughter charges against Carl J. Coughlin 24 of Clarksburg West Virginia after testimony on the death of Edward Siers of Clarksburg in an automobile crash. A physician and a state patrolman testified Coughlin appeared to have been drinking prior to the collision with a truck and the officer found a pint bottle of alleged moonshine in his car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesburg
Carl J. Coughlin
Clarksburg
W. Va
Edward Siers
Coughlin
Rescued Plattsburgh Scouts From Adirondack Cliff
Three Plattsburgh Boy Scouts aged 17 19 and 21 were rescued after two days on a 400 foot cliff ledge in the Wall Face area of the Adirondacks. They were hoisted to a higher ledge then guided down a difficult trail to safety with help from five rescuers and a one inch rope dropped from a Lake Placid plane. The boys faced hunger thirst and freezing conditions before being treated at the Adirondack lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Placid
N. Y
Plattsburgh
Wallface Mountain
Robert Glenn
Tyler Grey
William la Due
Adirondack Lodge
United States Coast Guard
State Conservation Department
Adirondack
Fred McLane
Ford Dodges NRA Code With Ford Motor Co Stand
Roosevelt seeks full report on Henry Ford’s refusal to join the auto code. Hugh S. Johnson warns Ford may face penalties under the recovery act or lose the blue eagle unless he signs a separate code. Ford’s Lincoln unit is a member, but Ford Motor Co remains independent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Detroit Motor
Eagle
Ford Motor Company
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Lincoln Motor Company
Ford
Johnson
NRA
Night on Wallface ledge ends in rescue
William LaDue describes a two day marooning on a two foot wide ledge of Wallface mountain in the Adirondacks with Robert Glenn and Tyler Grey. They were saved after a rescue plane lowered ropes and food as they huddled for warmth and kept from sliding off the sheer rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
William la Due
Plattsburgh
Robert Glenn
Tyler Grey
Wallface Mountain
Adirondacks
Lake Placid
N. Y
Robert
Glenn
Tyler
Grey
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Coal Sales Plan Could Expand to All Districts
Washington reports the coal industry pursuing price strategies after wage hikes by the United Mine Workers. Marketing agencies like Appalachian Coals and Northern Coals, formed to allocate production and fix prices, anticipate extending their reach across other coal regions as union contracts proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Mine Workers of America
Appalachian
Recovery Administration
Appalachian Coals, Incorporated
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
United States Supreme Court
Northern Coals, Incorporated
Ohio
Eysted
Smokeless Coals, Incorporated
Eastern Coals, Incorporated
Pennsyl
Bluefield Firms Boost Payrolls In NRA Drive
Bluefield businesses report a rise in monthly payrolls by about 13 thousand dollars and 193 new jobs from 186 firms surveyed as part of the NRA Blue Eagle drive. Officials note totals may reach 21 thousand dollars and 316 jobs citywide, excluding major employers Norfolk and Western Railway, Appalachian Electric Power, and Bluefield Telephone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
NRA
J. L. Alexander
Campn
Alexander
Blue Eagle
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Bluefield Telephone Company
A. G. Fox
Fox
National Recovery Administration
Rhea Blake
Blake
Louis Johnson
American Legion
Power Output Gains in Chicago District
Power output in the Chicago district rose 13.8 percent last week from 1932, totaling 96,330,000 kilowatt hours versus 85,023,000. Prior three weeks showed larger gains but cooler, brighter weather partly reduced increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Local Merchants Offer Bargains in Dollar Day Event
Advertisements in the Daily Telegraph announce Bluefield retailers hold a semi annual Dollar Day with fall merchandise at depression prices. Stores expect heavy shopper turnout, with extra clerks, school clothing and supplies featured as public schools return. Event is sponsored by the Business Men's Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
The
Business Men's Association
Railroads show June net income turns around deficit year ago
Interstate Commerce Commission reports 151 major railroads earned 21.28 million dollars in June, reversing a 1932 June deficit of 20.63 million. Class 1 railroads posted over 59 million in operating income, more than four times last year’s level, while total deficits remained for the first six months.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Con
Aes
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Cane
Lewis H. Miller
Miller
Fazier
ST. Paul
Poca
Virginia Assembly
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Moffett
COAL
Henry Ford
Hyde Park
New York
Chamber
Coal Sales Agency
Watkins Glen
Watkins Glen State Park
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