United Fuel Gas Rates Fixed After Long Litigation
West Virginia public service commission set uniform rates for United Fuel Gas in Huntington Charleston Williamson and 49 other towns. Prices start at 75 cents per 1,000 feet for the first 1,000 cubic feet, rising to 40 cents for the next 1,000, then 25 cents for the next 450,000, and 22 1/2 cents beyond that. Rural district rates mirror this structure with adjustments.
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Charleston
W. Va
United Fuel Gas Company
Public Service Commission
Huntington
Wil-lamson
West Virginia
Williamson
C. E. Nethken
Amma
Bakers Fork
Bannister
Big Creek
Big Sandy
Blue Creek
Branchland
Burdette
Cedar Grove
Cedarville
Cedero
Chelyan
Cherry Tree Bottom
Culloden
East Bank
East Lynn
Elk View
Fort Gay
Griffithsville
Gay
Hunt
Hurricane
Jordan Creek
Kanawha City
Kenova
Kermit
King
Kyger
Lanham
Lock Seven
Logan
Milliken
Newton
North Ravenswood
Ona
Poca
Quick
Ravenswood
Reedy
Rich Creek
Ripley
Sandyville
Silverton
Sissonsville
Stoffle
Three Mile
Walgrove
Walton
West Hamlin
Boone
Cabell
Calhoun
Gilmer
Jackson
Kanawha
Lincoln
Mingo
Putnam Roane
Wayne Counties
Disorders Spread to Berlin as Bruening Budget Debate Continue
In Berlin on December 4, Communist protests reached the capital as the Reichstag debated Chancellor Bruening's 1951 budget and reforms. Police fired into the air to deter rioters who faced arrests after clashes in the Busch circus square. Shops shuttered as demonstrations subsided with the cabinet hoping for a 295 vote in the 577-seat Reichstag.
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Berlin
Reichetag
Bruening
Busch Circus
Reichstag
Hoover Plans $160 Million for Public Works
President Hoover outlined a six month plan to spend 160 million dollars on unemployment relief through public works. A cabinet committee would allocate funds across federal departments including 80 million for roads and 25.5 million for rivers and harbors, with rapid project start promised. Colonel Arthur Woods and officials said committees would select sites for government buildings and rapid progress was urged amid worst employment in New York Ohio Indiana Michigan Wisconsin Kentucky Minnesota Iowa and West Virginia.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
House
Secretaries of Treasury
War, Navy
Commerce and Agriculture
Arthur Woods
President's Emergency Committee For
Treasury Department
New York
Ohio
Indiana
Nine's
Michigan
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Minnesota
Iowa
West Virginia
Washington Budget Gloom Shapes Hoover Year
Secretary Mellon projects a 180 million dollar deficit by year end while Hoover asks Congress for a 150 million public works addition. Senate finance weighs six tariff nominees as drought loan talks collide with farm aid efforts. Norris seeks Justice Dept price rise probe. Kunz urges probe of gangster activity in Chicago on Election Day. Hoover nominates George C. Butte for Philippines vice governorship. Doak nomination for labor secretary advances.
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Mellon
Hoover
Congress
Senate
Couzens Motor Bus
Senate Finance Committee
Tariff Commission
Agriculture Committee
Norris
Justice Department
Kunz
Chicago
George C. Butte
Austin
Philippines
Senator
Labor Committee
Oe N. Doak
Hoover Supplemental Budget Plan Outlined
Washington on December 4 reports President Hoover proposes a supplemental budget. The brief item notes a turn to page twelve for details and further explanation of the plan and expected economic impact.
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Washington
Dec
Hoover
Australian aviator dies in charity ward hospital
Jackson ville report says Vincent P. Taylor, Australian aviator and daredevil who arrived in the United States in 1920, died in a county hospital charity ward. Municipal Judge Muncie Anderson said a San Francisco package helped identify the man after he collapsed while speaking to a policewoman.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Muncie Anderson
Vincent P. Taylor
Anderson
San Francisco
Taylor
United States
Vincent
P. Taylor
Zeppelin R-101 disaster blamed on gas leak and circuit fault
Dr Hugo Eckerler testifies at the court of inquiry into the R-101 crash saying leaks in forward gas containers caused a dive and flames after hull breaches. He cites a possible electrical fault as triggering the fire as crew fought for control. Sir John Simon denies liquor aboard and a woman being present. Squadron Leader Booth recalls the rushed India flight for imperial conference publicity.
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London
Hugo Eckerler
France
John Simon
Cardington
Booth
Canada
India
Woman acquitted in sister slaying case
Mrs Ruth B Weimer was acquitted in Los Angeles of killing her sister Mrs Mable Steele. Defense argued temporary insanity caused by sister's remorse over a custody decision granting the two children to their father.
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Los Angels
Ruth B. Weimer
Mable Steele
Nye Committee Uncovers 150000 in Morrow Campaign Spending
The Nye committee reports additional about 50 000 spent for Dwight Morrow in the New Jersey senatorial primary, most by unnamed friends and Morrow for Senator clubs without his or his campaign managers knowledge. Total spending could reach 150 000 under New Jersey law the panel weighs whether it applies to all expenditures or only those by official campaign committees. Edward Mills Morris County treasurer questions candidate intent.
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New York
Nye
Dwight Www’ Morrow
New Jersey
Gerald P. Nye
Morrow
Senator Nye
United States
Edward K. Mills
Court of Common Pleas
Morris County
Morrow-For-Senator
Hitler urges German students to vow life for Reich
Berlin dispatch reports Adolf Hitler telling Berlin's student body to sacrifice life for Germany. He denounces internationalism and democracy, urges loyalty to the fatherland, and calls for a militant posture against pacifism and political opponents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
National Socialist Party
Germany
Fatherland
Delegates avert national strike in Great Britain
Delegates to the miners conference rejected the strike plan 230000 to 209000. No strike ballot will be held in key districts as focus shifts to Scotland and South Wales where 85000 miners remain out. The 90 hour spread over with a 712 hour day debate dominates talks as Premier MacDonald is credited with helping avert a national walkout.
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London
Great Britain
Scotland
South Wales
Romsay MacDonald
Textile Industry Shows Signs of Improvement
Gastonia North Carolina December 4 report notes signs of improvement in the textile industry in Gaston county. Mills report large orders and hopeful outlook as some plants run on full time while others resume longer schedules.
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Gastonia
N. C
Gaston County
Drought of 1980 First Plague of Weather History
Washington reports from C F Marvin chief of the weather bureau outline two topics in a fiscal year weather study the drought of 1930 and advances in aviation weather reports. He states the 1930 drought ranks first in climatological history while earlier outbreaks in 1881 1894 1901 1911 1916 and 1924 remain notable. He notes predictive ability is still speculative but growing data from Latin America will aid seasonal forecasts and aviation observations expand with 24 hour airport service and extended meteorological reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
C. F. Marvin
Weather Bureau
Marvin
Latin America
Wather
Brother of Schroeder prosecutor killed in railroad incident
Nicholas Margiotti 60, watchman for the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh railroad, was killed by a switch engine in Punxsutawney, Pa. He is the brother of Charles J. Margiotti, the prosecutor in the Irene Schroeder and W. Glenn Dague case. He is survived by three children, one a high school student in Washington, Pa.
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Punxsutawney
Nicholas Margiotti
Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad
Margiotti
Charles J. Margiotti
New Castle
Irene Schroeder
W. Glenn Dague
Chidren
Washington, Pa
Death of Garian Bailey centers Pat Henry trial
Jurors near verdict in Wetzel county murder case charging Pat Henry in the three year old Garian Bailey slaying on Grandview Island. State alleges four men twisted the body and dumped it in the Ohio River during a drinking party attended by the boy’s mother. Henry cites alleged police mistreatment as his defense while admitting aid to one other defendant. Court recessed for the night with no verdict.
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Middlebourne
W. Va
Pat Henry
Garian Bailey
Grandview Island
Ohio River
James Dunn
Henry
Circuit Court
James F. Shipman
Wetzel County
Tyler County
Torey
Snyder
Baker
Mattingly
Brick
Dunn
Clyde McBee
Charlie Henry
Ray Pat Henry
Labor chiefs to meet in capital to press six hour day
Cleveland, Dec 4 Representatives of all railway labor organizations were called to meet in Washington next Monday to discuss plans for a six hour day in the railroad industry. The call followed a conference of the five big brotherhoods held in Chicago from November 12 to 22. Executives will continue talks to finish groundwork for the Washington meeting.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Washington
Big Brotherhoods
Chicago
Alvaniey Johnson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
David B. Robertson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
KE. P. Curtis
Order of Railway Conductors
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
T. C. Cashen
Switchmens Union of North America
Explosion at Aceitano Garrison Kills Eight Men
An explosion of powder at Aceitano garrison near Guatemala City killed eight men and injured several others. Two United States navy seaplanes flew over the site at low altitude as observers considered the effect of bombs on a fort. Origin of the blast was not determined.
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Guatemala
Aceitano
Here
United States Navy
Woman Struck by Car Injures Head in Grafton Road Incident
Mrs. D. R. Shafer aged 69 of Simpson was seriously injured when struck by John Ross of Flemington while entering her parked car along a road in Grafton. She was taken to Grafton hospital with head injuries.
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Grafton
W. Va
D. R. Shafer
Simpson
John Ross
Flemington
Pals Free 6 Inmates From Mattewan Cell
Six inmates escaped from the Mattewan State Hospital for the Criminal Insane in New York with armed help. The group, led by William Nelson, included killers and a pyromaniac. Police pursued, with two accomplices in two motor cars. Nelson had escaped from the same institution a fortnight earlier. The escape prompted searches across New York City and reports of at least two other felons at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
State Hospital
Mattewar
New York City
Mattewan
West Fifty Third Street
Frank Vanderguylen
Harry Gordon
Rochester
N. Y
Anthony A. Alley
Brooklyn
John F. Gambill
Manhattan
Joseph Kaylor
Long Island
John G. Biggins
William Nelson
Nelson
Gordon
Painted Indian Bodies Flash In Whirling Dance
At San Xavier Mission in Arizona the Papago celebrate St Francis Xavier with drumbeats and painted dancers. Indian guards restrict entry to the sacred chamber as dances honor The Elder Brother and recount a mythic journey across the Colorado River.
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San Xavier Mission
Ariz
St Francis Xavier
Colorado River
Tardieu Cabinet Resigns in Political Shakeup
Paris reports Premier Andre Tardieu's second ministry falls after a senate vote 147 to 139. The cabinet resigns following financial scandals and policy dissatisfaction as President Doumergue awaits a new government with Raymond Poincare eyed as a potential leader.
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Paris
Andre Tardieu
Senate
Doumergue
Plysee Palace
M. Tardieu
Tardieu
Sinto
Raymond Poincare
Chamber
Pierre Laval
Treason trial near final stage in Moscow
The Moscow treason trial of Leonid Ramsin and seven others entered its last phase as prosecutor Krilenko opened his summation in funeral black. He cited Lenin and demanded full death penalties for the defendants. Witnesses testified about payments, with none earning more than $6000 and some receiving nothing. The defense was to summarize after the summation, with verdict expected soon.
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Moscow
Leonid Ramsin
Stalin
Krilenko
Lenin
Pursued Rum Runner Accidentally Slain in Maryland Line
Harod Biser, 24, of Wardfield Junction West Virginia, was killed when a rifle discharged accidentally as he stopped his car near the Maryland border while being pursued by officers seeking the slayer of Thomas Peters. The coroner ruled accidental death. Herbert Conrad of Keyser was arrested pending Pennsylvania police arrival.
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Cumberland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Harod Biser
Wardfield Junction
Mineral County
Maryland
Allegany County
Biser
Keyser
Herbert Conrad
Avella
Washington County
Thomas Peters
Pittsburgh
Conrad
Hundreds Attend Mary Jones Funeral Train in Mt Olive
The last journey of Mary Jones mother of organized labor arrived by special car from Washington D C. in Mt Olive Illinois as hundreds gathered at the station. She will be buried next Monday in the miners cemetery alongside three Mt Olive miners who died in the Virden mine riot 32 years ago.
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Mt. Olive
Mary
Mother) Jones
Southern Illinois
Organized Labor
Virden
Mother Jones's Funeral Planned for Mount Olive Cemetery
The 100 year old labor activist known as Mother Jones died near Washington D C and her body arrived in St Louis on a Baltimore and Ohio train. She will be buried Monday in Mount Olive Union Miners Cemetery with services by Rev J W R McGuire and a WCFL broadcast.
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St. Louis
Mary Jones
Organized Labor
Washington, D. C
Baltimore and Ohio
Mount Olive
Jones
Mount Olive Union
Virden
P. Hanson
Tovey
J. W. R. McGuire
St. Viator’s College
WCFL
Americam
Federation of Labor
Chfetga
Senate steel talk echoes anti trust concerns over price rise
The Senate opened a discussion on steel prices amid unemployment debate and heard Norris urge justice department action on a one dollar per ton steel price increase. Couzens accused railroad interests of pressuring to defeat his motor bus bill, while party harmony was proclaimed as votes shifted on leadership behind Robinson. The vote to return the measure to committee stood 51 to 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Couzens
Sesson
Chamber
Norrie
Justice Department
Harris
Georgia
Shepard
Texas
Davis
Robinson
Arkansas
Drought relief split in agriculture committee storm
Representative Aswell accused Secretary Hyde and Chairman Haugen of opposing his $60,000,000 drought relief plan while Hyde and Warburton favored a $25,000,000 fund. Aswell cited state agriculture commissioners estimates and warned government loans loosen credit, signaling a partisan clash over relief funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Hyde
Aswell
Louisiana
Haugen
C. W. Warburton
Louisianan
Hoover
Warburton
Association of State Agriculture Commissioners and Drought Committees
Ware
England’s racing aviatrix swims to shore after crash
Winifred Spooner and Captain E C T Edwards crashed in the Tyrrhenian Sea two miles off Bel Monte Italy. Spooner swam two miles to shore to seek help for the wrecked aircraft and crew. She and Edwards are reported rescued with minor injuries and a fisherman team aided by locals.
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Bel Monte
Italy
Winifred Spooner
Tyrrhenian Sea
E. C. T. Edwards
England
Aviatrix
Edwards
Croydon
Cape Town
Rome
Catania
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State Bureau
Hugo Egkener
NYE Pay
A.A.P. A. Funds
Trail Morrow
Hitler
MacDonald
Schroeder
Fate DE Ray
Pals
Raymond Poincaire
Gouzens
Bill
Solon
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