Standard Oil says no US request to halt Italy shipments
The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey declares it has not been asked by the US government to cease shipments to its Italian subsidiary. It says halting would invite Italian reprisals and notes its loyalty to the nation, stressing limited war trade and maintaining normal Italy operations. The statement cites 1934 and 1935 shipment figures and urges neutrality amid European tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
New York
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
United States
the Lamp
Italy
Ethiopia
N. J
Demand Custer Calls for Marshall College President Resignation
J T Simms former chief assistant to the West Virginia tax commissioner sent a letter to Governor Kump demanding the resignation of Dr James B Allen as president of Marshall College. He cites an address Allen gave to a service club predicting constitutional amendments and limiting Supreme Court powers, calling it dangerous propaganda and urging dismissal for incompetence or relief for wilful harm.
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Charleston
W. Va
J. T. Simms
Kump
James B. Allen
Marshall College
West Virginia
Simms
Rere
Allen
Motorcade Will Go To Buchanan Today
Up to sixty Bluefield executives and business leaders register for a goodwill tour to Tazewell and Buchanan counties. The motorcade departs Commerce Street at 8 30 a m stops at Tazewell and Richlands and should reach Grundy before 12 30 p m. A luncheon for 50 to 75 Buchanan county officials and business leaders will be held at Grundy high school at 1 p m with tickets issued from Fred Chris Ue or Conrad Brevick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Tazewell
Buchanan
Chamber of Commerce
Business Men’s Association
Commerce Street
Richlands
Grundy
Buchanan County Coal Company
Bluefield Group
Beee
Grundy High School
Fred Chris Ue
Conrad Brevick
Frank
Easley
C. I. Cheyney
Bill Saunders
WHIS
Governor Hoffman Interviews Hauptmann in Prison Doorstep
Gov. Hoffman of New Jersey, amid a court of pardons drama, met with Lindbergh kidnapping suspect Bruno Hauptmann at Trenton’s death house in October. He urged all pardons members to hear Hauptmann’s side first hand as his appeal nears the U.S. Supreme Court. The governor later called the visit casual and refused to discuss details. In New York, business leaders formed a strong anti New Deal platform, emphasizing constitutional guarantees and private enterprise at the 1935 Congress of American Industry and NAM meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
Court of Mercy
Bruno Richard Hauptman
Lindbergh
Trenton
N. J
Marks
Kimberling
Yieit
Court of Pardons
Heuptmann
William 8. Conklin
Hauptman
United States Supreme Court
Hauptmann
Hoffman
Ellis Parker
Burlington County
Congress of American Industry
National Association of Manufacturers
State hotel men open annual meet at White Sulphur
Hotel men from across the state gather in White Sulphur Springs for the annual convention to discuss taxes operating costs and liquor law changes. Loren R Johnston urges unity to counter rising costs and rate pressures amid expected talks on liquor rules and standardized room charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Hotel
W. Va
Loren R Johnston
The
Greenbrier
Association
Roger
Creel
Charleston
John M. Ayres
Huntington
Hotel
TVA Brief 16 Filed in Supreme Court
James M. Beck for 14 Alabama Power preferred stock holders argues TVA unconstitutionally creates a monster cooperative under contract to wet-nurse the Tennessee basin states. He claims the act sets a yardstick for power rates and aims for a coup d etat and national collectivism in power. Oral arguments on TVA transmission lines to municipalities set for December 19. decision anticipated January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tennessee Basin
James M. Beck
American Liberty League
Alabama Power Company
TVA
Beck
Forney Johnston
Birmingham
Liberty League
National Lawyers
Bank Hold Up Foiled as Officers Kill Robber
A village marshal and bank cashier repelled a Franklin National Bank heist killing one bandit. two others abducted two women and two men before fleeing in cars. A woman driver wrecked the bandits machine, freeing the hostages. Federal agents and Ohio officers hunted the fleeing pair as loot worth 7000 dollars was dropped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Franklin
William E. Graham
Franklin National Bank
Middleton
Graham
George Gates
Virgil R. Groves
Girl Confesses Robbery in Case Tied to Sweetheart
Virgie Warne told Magistrate R E Haye she robbed an aged man and took a purse and gold watch after a visit to a houseboat owned by John Wayne. Her sweetheart John Leasure faced a jail sentence after pleading guilty to possessing a pistol. Warne received thirty days in jail.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Virgie Warne
R. E. Haye
John Leasure
Leasure
John Wayne
Wayne
Hays
Spectator Henry Wise jailed then freed in West Virginia bank raid
In Moregantown on December 6 Henry Wise, initially jailed for ten hours as a suspected bank robber, was released on $5,000 bond after claiming he only watched the robbery. Robber Howard Hayes died in a hospital. Roy Taylor was injured. State police questioned C. C. Shriver of Mannington as the investigation continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moregantown
W. Va
Henry Wise
Wise
Wadestown
Howard Hayes
East Seventy Third Street
New York City
Roy Taylor
Mannington
Aroald Moore
Wilse
Tax revision topics surface in Roosevelts program
Warm Springs Ga Dec 5 The inclusion of tax revision in the upcoming congressional program to correct injustices in the wealth tax bill was discussed as Senator George D Ga indicated Secretary Morgenthau is studying the late session tax measures He suggested possible readjustments to the new graduated corporate levy and noted the president opposes a federal sales tax. Senators George and Russell called on the president and saw a possible short session from early April to mid April, though some leaders doubt finishing by then.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Congress
George
D.-Ga
Finance Committee
Little White House
Morgenthau
Treasury
Mae
Supreme Court
AAA
Russell
Washington
Committee Orders Hopson to Produce Income Details
Washington reports the House rules committee has ordered Howard C. Hopson of the Associated Gas and Electric empire to submit income details by December 16 or face action. The move follows prior investigations of lobbying against the holding company act, while Postmaster General Farley says firms not registered should still receive mail pending Supreme Court rulings. The administration faces the December 1 registration deadline.
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Hopson
Washington
House Rules Committee
Howard C. Hopson
O'Connor
Democrat
New York
Associated Gas and Electric Empire
Farley
Supreme Court
Securities Commission
Fate Of 379 Lifers Hinges On Kansas Court Decision
Ed Levell a 31 year old Negro chicken thief seeks release as Kansas Supreme Court weighs the habitual criminal law. Lawyers argue the law is unconstitutional as it doesn t require prior offenses in indictments. If struck down many life term convicts face freedom prospects under the ruling.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kas
Kansas Supreme Court
Ed Levell
Levell
Miss Litlie Knight
Kansas City
New York State
Miss Knight
Mike Knight
Britain press peace plea as talks loom in Paris
Britain pressed Mussolini for peace in Africa in a Commons speech by Foreign Secretary Hoare, pledging a further effort and possible Anglo-French talks. London said sanctions under consideration may include an oil embargo and Britain would join League action, as Mediterranean forces maneuvers moved toward Atlantic routes.
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Great Britain
Africa
Samuel Hoare
Benito Mussolini
Paris
League of Nations
Italy
League
Sir Samuel @poke
Mediterranean
Red Seas
Atlantic
France
Pierre Laval
Ilduce
M. Laval
Sir Samuel
Ethiopia
Halle Se'asaste
Roosevelt Grandson In Court Audition Of Fatal Range Fire
Cambridge December report describes Cornelius Roosevelt and Peter Florez held for grand jury on assault with dangerous weapons. A police arms expert testified pistols could kill within 50 feet. Louis De Florez described shooting a chest target in court as part of testimony.
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Cambridge
Mass
Sergesant Edward J. Seibolt
Cornelius van Schaack Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Peter D. Florez
Louis de Florez
New York
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Roosevelt
Seibolt
de Florez
Robert Walcott
Philippines
Pomfret
Conn
Technology
Six Club
Hugh J.o'neil
Tomniind O'Neill
Non-Residents Of Bluefield May Be Exempt From Tax
WPA Administrator F. Witcher McCullough allotted $10,000 to a mine sealing program in 10 counties to prevent acid formation. Dr. A. E. McClure, health commissioner, said work begins immediately. Funding shortfalls prevented a larger 34 county program, but the allotment keeps the movement alive for possible future federal support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
WPA
F. Witcher McCullough
A. E. McClue
McCulough
Hull Warns on North China Autonomy Move
Secretary Hull declares the United States will not tolerate a shift in China's northern provinces and calls on all nations to respect treaty obligations. He flags implications for the nine power treaty and notes American interests in North China while avoiding direct reference to Japan by name.
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United States
North China
Washington
Japan
Huil
China
House of Commons
Hull
Nanking
Great Britain
United Stories
Samuel Hoare
North
Far East
France
Belgium
Italy
Netherlands
Portugal
City Bluefield tax suit nears withdrawal and token plan
A compromise ends court action as Bluefield merchants sign to withdraw the suit over the municipal sales tax. Non residents will be exempt once the agreement is approved, and tokens of one quarter cent will ease small purchases for locals. A tax plan to lift a projected $48,000 deficit and future revenue ideas are being discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Mercer
Farller
W. A. Light
Treasury
Parole Revoked for Ronald Bryant in Ohio Arrest
Governor Kump revoked the parole of Ronald Bryant after his arrest in Dayton Ohio for loitering. Bryant had been sentenced in Nicholas county in 1932 for breaking and entering to serve one to ten years and received a parole in 1934.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kump
Ronald Bryant
Dayton
Bryant
Nicholas County
Four miners trapped after Wolf Run mine explosion
A Wolf Run coal mine in Steubenville Ohio trapped four workers after an explosion about 6,400 feet from the entrance. Twenty five miners were rescued. rescue teams from the Bureau of Mines aided efforts as families waited.
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Steubenville
Dee
Wolf Run
Bureau of Mines
Pittsburgh
Jeorge Rabouzian
Sing Sing executes two men in Altman slaying case
Spicemocueae Ossining New York December 5 two inmates Morris 2 percent and Jett Brown 31 Negroes were electrocuted at Sing Sing prison for the killing of Morris Altman New York tailor one year ago.
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Ossining
N. Y
Morris
Jett Brown
Sing Sing Prison
Morris Altman
New York
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