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Newspaper

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1932

Page

7

Capital Police Plan To Deal With Marchers

Washington authorities map a plan to contain demonstrators expected to reach the city Sunday. Arriving contingents to be broken into units. parade permits denied. police leaves canceled. 100 metropolitan officers to reinforce capitol police. park police add 50 at White House. aim to prevent group demonstrations and ensure no parade.

Capital Police Washington White House Capitol District of Columbia Capitol Police Board Tegmar Capitol Congress Park Constabulary Corfice Commisstone Capitol Grounds Curtis Garner Kenneth Romney David Can Hove End Senate David Lynn Es Aermitia

Hoover Considers Sales Tax Plan for Revenue

Washington reports President Hoover is weighing a general manufacturers sales tax as a revenue option for his final message to Congress. With a looming deficit and budget cuts, Republicans discuss the levy while Democrats eye a beer tax, though Hoover unlikely to back legalization of alcohol.

Congress Washington Hoover White House Sesson Roosevelt

Berlin Crowd Greets Hitler After Chancellorship Rebuff

Adolf Hitler is seen leaving Berlin after a rejected bid for the German chancellorship. Von Hindenburg refused to grant power with strings attached. Nazi followers lined the sidewalks to cheer as his car exited the palace gates.

Adolf Hitler Berlin von Hindenburg

Lindbergh outlines Pan Am trans ocean fleet plans

Col Charles A Lindbergh and Pan American officials unveil plans for four motor, all metal airliners to span oceans with up to 2400 miles per hop. New flying boats will be larger than current Clippers, carry more passengers, and speed across the Pacific with routes to Europe, New York, Bermuda, and Hawaii. Contracts to Sikorsky and Glenn Martin cover engineering work at this stage.

New York Charles A. Lindbergh Pan-American Airways International Air Europe Newtow Ireland Bermuda-to Pacific Hawaii Ehi T. Trippe Pan-Alan Lindbergh Caribbean Sikorsky Aviation Corporation Bridgeport

Regulators Hope for Coolidge Report on Rail Truck Rules

Washington lawmakers weigh federal regulation of trucks and buses after a Coolidge led national transportation committee report. Senator Couzens pushes a floor bill for federal rail like rules, while states plan road traffic measures in 1933. New federal action hinges on committee findings and industry pushback.

Washington Con Ress National Transportaton Committee Couzens Repubican Michigan Congress Transportation Commttee Calvin Coolidge American Association of State Highway Officials U. S Bureau of Public Roads Interstate Commerce Coo

Labor Fody Supports Unemployment Insurance Plan

Cincinnati reports the American Federation of Labor endorsing a state administered unemployment insurance funded by industry. Delegates pledge to back the six hour day and threaten strikes and boycotts to press their program. President William Green cites use of economic force to secure relief.

Cincinnati Ohio American Federation U; Labor Today William Green Green

Obituary: George Hurt Found Dead After Suspected Suicide

George Hurt, 40, a native of Tazewell County and respected farmer, was found dead with a bullet wound in his temple inside a car near Wardell, Virginia. Deputies reported a steel wound from a revolver in his hand and officials stated death appeared self-inflicted. Hurt had left home early to visit his mother Mrs. Alice Hurt of Tazewell and did not return for dinner. He is survived by his mother, a widow formerly Miss Mable Downs of Kentucky, five sisters, two brothers, and Lt. Chris Hurt of the local faculty.

George Hurt Tazewell Ell County Hart Alice Hurt Sore Ce Seifast Hurt Wardell Boggess Richlands Margaret Roberts Bethany H. G. Gillespie Fate

Poll Indicates Close Margin On Repeal Proposal

Washington reports Indications of growing support for the Democratic repeal proposal ahead of a Monday House vote. Rep Milligan estimates 125 Republicans and 150 Democrats favor adoption, totaling 275, with 286 needed for a two thirds majority.

Washington Milligan Pacer $ Erlay Gemenaie Feegan Montague Virginia

Pocahontas Fuel Board Names New Director

Directors of Pocahontas Fuel elected Joseph H. Bowen of Bramwell to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Colonel Ellwood Jones of Switch. The board will delay appointing a processor to Jones as vice president and general manager. C. L. Alexander, company president, visited Bluefield en route to New York. Bowen is son of Harry Bowen, former board chairman, and active in southern West Virginia coal.

Pocahontas Fuel Company Pocahontas Joseph H. Bowen Bramwell Ellwood Jones Switchac Colonel Jones C. L. Alexander Bluefield New York City Bowen Harry Bowen West Virginia

Roosevelt Talks of Farm Program in Warm Springs

Franklin D. Roosevelt discussed refinancing farm mortgages as part of a broader farm relief plan at Warm Springs Georgia. He and Rep Steagall of Alabama, a banking committee chair, explored liberalizing farm credits to protect homes and considered tax cuts funded by federal borrowing with Senator Connally of Texas proposing the idea.

Warm Springs Franklin D. Roosevelt Roosevelt Representative Stergall Alabama House Banking Committee Senator Connally Texas Congress Washington Steagall New York Rooseveltt

Associated Oil to Modernize Equipment

Chicago reports Associated Oil plans to spend 6 million dollars on facilities and modernization of existing equipment. Other notices include Iron Age noting a one percent gain in ingot production for the nation and Chesapeake and Ohio projections for November earnings and freight car loadings. Prairie Farmer says seasonal business decline slowing, and Colonel Earl L. Thornton notes Chicago hotels show a pickup in business toward normalcy.

Chicago Hberated Oil Company Smoun Earl L. Thornton

President Needles Spends Night in Bluefield

A. C. Jes of Roanoke president of the Norfolk and Western railway spent last night in Bluefield. He arrived from Cincinnati and will leave this morning for his home.

A. C. Jes Roanoke The Norfolk and Western Railway Bluefield Mr. Needles Cincinnati

Contractors Start Work On Bluefield Princeton Route

Construction began yesterday on the Princeton Bluefield road a $300000 project funded by federal money announced by Colonel H Pank. Patsy Small & company Bluefield holds the grading contract from east Bluefield to Stony Ridge with two steam shovels in use.

Princeton- Bluefield Federal Funde H. Pank Federal Employment Bureau Brown Murphy and Wright Princeton Patsy Small & Company Bluefield Stony Ridge el Centro Carbrugh Place Marye and Blankenship Shawsville A. Peraldo Yaeger Patsy Small Small Colonel Bank Mercer County Federal Employment Agency

British Debt Plea Cabled to U S and Cabinet Meeting

A British appeal to the American people seeks help on debt payments with a note insisting December payment be postponed. Cabinet discussions in Washington feature financiers and officials weighing the request amid ongoing financial pressures.

Cenfer Washington

Britain weighs secret war debt plea to U S officials

A sealed British appeal on the war debt issue was sent to its Washington embassy for presentation at the state department. It seeks a broad economic appeal to Americans beyond the December 15 payment, as Paris plans a postponement demand for its 20 million due that day. Open debate was halted by deputies voting, while U S officials and Hoover aides discussed a world economic conference.

Washington State Department Britain Paris Chamber of Deputies Freasury and Commerce Hoover Treasury Mills

Britain dispatches note seeking delay of war debt payment

London reports Britain sent a note through Sir Ronald Lindsay to Secretary Stimson seeking a postponement of the December 15 war debt installment of 95 550 000. The note aims to explain the case for the moratorium and broader debt relief, while the Commons was briefed after a two hour cabinet session.

London United States Ronald Lindsay Washington Stimson Britain Wee Union House of Commons Neville Chamberlain Bhanecelior

City solicitor comments on tax payment act and municipal collection

D M Bailey states the Tuesday opinion covers only whether the 1932 act includes municipal tax collection. He notes the city of Bluefield taxes follow semi annual payments via sheriff or collector and that, pending supreme court guidance, the city treasurer will continue collecting on a semi annual basis.

D. M. Bailey City Board of Directors Bluefield Board of Education Supreme Court Tr Sais Ersburg Arta

Ford’s Case Rare in Medical Annals

Detroit reports Henry Ford's condition after an emergency operation on Saturday. Dr Roy D McClure said the 69 year old was treated for a gangrenous appendix strangulated in the hernial sac. He cited fewer than twenty comparable cases in medical literature.

Detroit Henry Ford Roy D. McClure Ford Ford Hospital

Montreal Building Collapse Traps Ten In Ruins

About 20 people were injured after a three story building collapsed in a north Montreal district following explosions in sewer and gas mains. Fire raged, two theaters were damaged, and over 100000 residents sheltered as rescuers freed ten trapped occupants and others injured.

Montreal Que Manules Defleurimont Street St. Lawrence Boulevard Jean Talon Street St. Hubert Street Hos«Pitals

Pollard Open to Plans for Virginia Relief Session

Richmond November 30 The question of how the General Assembly can ease distressing Virginia conditions arises as Sen Worth Smith asks for a January fifteenth special relief session Governor Pollard and Ashton Covell say they are ready to listen but not to clamor Smith argues for tax relief on real estate and burdens on farms and cities He suggests state support for schools may ease costs and nods to a possible session funded by eliminating enforcement of prohibition with federal and local responsibility remaining in place

Richmond General Assembly Virginia Worth Smith Louisa Overnor Pollard Ashton Covell House of Delegates Appropriations Committee House Smith Dovell

Two Suspects Held in Tazewell Slaying

Stewart Harman and James Alps were arrested in McDowell and held by Tazewell authorities in connection with the killing of William Phillips whose body was found near a lumber yard along the isolated area near the Tazewell McDowell border. Kinley Stacey, a county deputy, reported two others were taken to say the carniv jal 6 at the Tazewell count.

Stewart Harman James Alps McDowell Tazeell County Connecion William Phil Tazewell County McDowell County Phillips Ain Phelps Kinley Stacey Tazewell

Federal Reserve Sees Mixed District Business Outlook

The Richmond district reports brighter general industrial conditions in October and early November, with seasonal trade gains but higher unemployment. Deposit growth and reduced currency in circulation indicate more money moving into trade channels. coal and mill activity show gains while tobacco and auctions falter. Industrial payrolls rise in textiles as retail trade climbs seasonally.

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Federal Reserve Richmond Bank Reserve Bank Federal Reserve Bank

Hindenburg May Resign as German Cabinet Crisis Grows

Berlin reports Whispers of President von Hindenburg quitting over cabinet deadlock. Painful party bickering and fears of civil disruption are cited as catalysts for potential resignation. Hitler expected to discuss crisis with von Schleicher but did not appear.

Berlin Germany Deqret Paul von Bons Ministry of National Concentration Reich Adolf Hitler National Socialists Kurt von Soubelecher Papen Mninnies Hitler Dent von Hind

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