Stadium project to start under CWA relief effort
Mercer county relief agents announce 29 community projects will begin, employing about 1,900 workers. Bluefield stadium and athletic field, street grading, storm and sanitary sewers, and multiple Bluefield Princeton and Athens sites are listed. Wage rate for unskilled labor reverts to 45 cents per hour with 30 hours weekly.
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Mercer County
Jess W. Easley
C.L. Allen
CWA
Charleston
Civil Works Administration
Bluefield
Easley
Bailey
Charles K. Payne
United States Reemployment Bureau
Jeff D. Cartwright
Building Creek Channel
Glade Fork
Virginian Railway
McNutt Avenue
Princeton
South Eighth Street
Hale Avenue
North
Ninth Street
Blake Avenue
Reynolds Avenue
Athens
Old School House
Frederick Street
Bramwell Road
Mulberry Street
Ferndale Avenue
Rover Avenue
Mineral Street
Hudson Street
Payne Street
Ford calls for dealers to boost business nationwide
Henry Ford urged Ford Motor Company dealers to increase activity to help lift the country from hard times. He said 1934 should be strong for workers and emphasized collective effort. Ford, a leading NRA code signatory, noted Ford’s compliance while NRA administrator Hugh S. Johnson recently praised Ford’s adherence.
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Detroit
Herbert Hoover
Henry Ford
Motor Company
Ford
Dearborn
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
Atlanta
Ford Company
TAZEWELL PROJECTS APPROVED BY CWA
Sixty eight projects in Virginia counties towns and cities were granted $219 229 by the Civil Works Administration with a total cost of $331 355. Localities cover the difference. Tazewell listed two projects a retaining wall in an alley and Bluestone river work with specified hours and costs.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Civil Works Administration
Tazewell
Bluestone River
Reed Promises Support for Stabilization in Inflation Debate
U S Senator David A Reed addressed a Philadelphia audience and said Congress would likely back a plan to pay government expenses and refund the debt with unsecured currency. He urged President Roosevelt to resist direct inflation and stated Republicans would fight alongside him if needed. Reed warned NRA repeal would prevent disaster and claimed inflation hurts the middle and working classes most.
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Philadelphia
Congress
U. S
David A. Reed
Roosevelt
Philadelphia Board of Trade
The
Manufacturers and Bankers Club
Pennsylvania Republican
Reed
NRA
Revolt Aboard Convict Ship Quelled Off Algiers
Reports say two to three convicts aboard the La Martiniere attempted a mutiny en route from St Martin to the Guiana colony. No confirmation of a 40-prisoner death. rioters were put in irons after departure from France.
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Algiers
Algeria
la Martiniere
Guina
St. Martiniere
Paris
Coas
France
En Toute
Ministry of the Interior
St. Martin
Opera Star Faces Battery Charges
Los Angeles December 7 a deputy city attorney filed a battery complaint against soprano Mary McCormic for slapping Grace Williams biographer and hostess during a newspaper office altercation on November 15 Williams sought to sell settlement details of Miss McCormic and Prince Serge Mdivani.
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Los Angeles
Mary McCormic
Grace Williams
Prince Serge Mdivani
Charles Higgins
Miss McCormic
Miss Williams
Studebaker Reports Best November Sales in Eight Years
Studebaker Motor Co. announces November sales were the strongest for the month in eight years with export bus in 1929 era levels. Paul G. Hoffman, president of Studebaker Sales Corp, cites 27.8 percent rise from October, bucking the normal seasonal downturn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Studebaker Motor Company
Paul G. Hoffman
Studebaker Sales Corporation
Peek Offered New Department Post in Shakeup at Farm Administration
Secretary Wallace offered farm administrator George N. Peek a new post in a department shakeup aimed at ending aides’ disputes. Peek did not disclose the proposition and faced a take it or leave it choice. Chester C. Davis was named as a potential successor if Peek resigns.
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Washington
Wallace
George N. Peek
Department
Peek
White House
Agriculture Department
Rexford
Tugwell
Farm Administration
Jerome Frank
Columbia
Mordecai Ezekiel
Fred C. Home
Consumers Counsel
National Recovery Administration
NRA
Florida fugitive tells of torture in chain gang
James A. Larue, 27, testified before Judge Alfred O. Erickson in Chicago about brutal conditions on a Florida chain gang including the hog box and swamp cold. The case was postponed until tomorrow or until Gov. Horner acts on Florida’s extradition request.
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Chicago
James A. Larue
Florida
Larue
Alfred O. Erickson
Criminal Court
Dade County
Erickson
Henry Horner
Florida seeks Larue extradition from Illinois
Governor Horner honored Florida’s request for James A. Larue, 27, who escaped a Florida chain gang. Extradition papers were signed within two hours after a hearing before Dewitt Billman. Larue’s attorney says removal may face a habeas corpus writ in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Horner
Florida
James A. Larue
Dewitt Billman
Legislative Reference Bureau
Larue
Chicago
Litvinov Leaves Berlin Without Meeting Hitler
Soviet Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinov departed Berlin for Moscow without meeting Adolf Hitler or Konstantin von Neurath. Diplomats called the move a display of studied reserve as Litvinov, while en route from Rome, faced press speculation over Russo-German mediation through Mussolini.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Maxim Litvinoff
Soviet Russia
Moscow
Hitler
Konstantin von Neurath
Litvinoff
Associated Press
Germany
Rome
Europe
Eduard Benes
Paris
Mussolini
von Neurath
von Hindenburg
Neal vows vigorous push against liquor imports
Washington reports United States Attorney George S. Neal plans a vigorous prosecution of liquor importation into West Virginia for sale after consulting with Justice Department officials. He noted uncertainty over personal use imports and said the administration will pursue commercial violations from wet to dry states.
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Washington
Justice Department
George S. Neal
United States
West Virginia
Neal
Homer A. Holt
Department
Christian Endeavor Head Urges Unity in Temperance Fight
Dr. Daniel A. Poling, president of the United Society of Christian Endeavor, urged unity for temperance education and liquor control at the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America’s 25th anniversary meeting in Washington. He said prohibition was shaped by the liquor traffic and that repeal does not defeat the cause, predicting local dry victories may still occur while national strategy remains essential.
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Washington
Daniel A. Poling
United Society of Christian Endeavor
Poling
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Dr. Poling
State Legislature Opposes Prince Rail Consolidation Plan
Charleston West Virginia December 7. The legislature went on record opposing the Prince plan of railway consolidation affecting east systems. The House revised yesterday’s condemnation of the plan as it applied to the Baltimore and Ohio and Virginian railroads and included all affected roads. The Senate adopted the measure after a speech by John J. Cornwell general counsel for the Baltimore and Ohio who denounced the consolidation as ruthless and destructive and said the Virginian would be scrapped under the Pennsylvania system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
House
Baltimore and Ohio
Senate
John J. Cornwell
B. and O
Pennsylvania
Relief showdown asked by legislature over relief relation
West Virginia lawmakers pressed for quick action on relief funding and state debts. A joint assembly will hear from Howard O. Hunter on December 14 about federal demands for 500000 dollars monthly in supplemental relief. The body also moves a tax collection bill toward a vote to test state assume road and school debts with local units.
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Charleston
W. Va
Senate
House
Howard O. Hunter
National Administration
Joint Assembly
Kump
Hunter
Judiciary Committee
Ferguson
Wayne
State Board to Act on Bluefield Loan Petition Saturday
The Virginia State Advisory Board meets in Richmond to review seven public works loan and grant requests totaling 288,855 from the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works. Actions deemed acceptable will go to Washington for final approval. Bluefield seeks 48700 for sewerage system improvements and extensions, creating about 80 jobs for five and a half months. Big Stone Gap requests 52500 for a new dam to ensure water supply, employing 75 to 100 workers over six to eight months.
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Richmond
State Advisory Board
Virginia Public Works
Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
Washington
National Public Works
Bluefield
Big Stone Gap
Former broker sentenced for theft from actress Claire Windsor
Alfred Co. Read, a former Oakland stock broker, was sentenced in Los Angeles to 30 days in jail for stealing 11 dollars from the purse of screen actress Claire Windsor, a former friend. Windsor was absent when the sentence was read.
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Los Angeles
Alfred Co. Read
Oakland
Claire Windsor
Mies Windsor
Rum runners seize Coast Guard boat in North Atlantic chase
Canadian coast guard and U S authorities pursue after the Stumble Inn captures the Kromhout off North Sydney with four guardsmen aboard. The crew retakes control, escapes to sea, and a wide search ensues aided by ship warnings across the North Atlantic.
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Coast Guard
North Sydney
N. S
North Atlantic
Kromhout
Canadian Coast Guard
Stumble Inn
Kromhonnt
F. M. Mackenzie
J. McIntosh
W. R. T. Oxford
M. D. MacDonald
Cape Breton
Lunenburg
Shmping
Lunenburg Outfitting Company
Gorey 10 Mount Scaffold Tonight
Joe Corey a 44 year old Charleston merchant convicted of posing as his wife’s cousin confesses to the crime and asks that his story be published after Friday night. He faces execution at 9 o clock tomorrow in the state penitentiary after three prior suspensions. Three nerve specialists examined him and reported findings to the governor as his case draws to a final appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monndeville
W. Va
Joe Corey
Corey
Charleston
Katherine Ghiz
State Penitentiary
Charleston Physician Panel Concludes Deliberation in Corey Case
Three Charleston physicians who examined Joseph Corey, condemned to die, met with Governor Kump but no action is expected. Corey, a fruit merchant, is to be hanged tomorrow for slaying his wife's cousin Mrs Katherine Ghiz after prior commutation petitions were denied. The governor indicated no new evidence or further reprieve will be granted.
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Corey
Charleston
W. Va
Joseph Corey
Kump
Katherine Ghiz
Holiday cuts output in Pocahontas Tug River district
Production in the Pocahontas Tug River district fell during the week ending December 2 due to Thanksgiving. Only 262,432 tons were mined, down 98,571 tons from the prior week, with year to date output at 18,720,750 tons and a weekly average of 390,015. A complete plant suspension occurred on Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas-Tug River
Pocahontas-Tug River District
Prohibition Ends as U S Balances Liquor Flow
Washington reports the government moves to free legal liquor while halting bootleg product. Attorney General Cummings says first offenders may receive leniency if their prior conduct was good. Dockets show 2219 federal cases pending for repeal era crimes. Diplomats inquire about import quotas. secrecy surrounds quota figures. George Peek plans a farm program marketing agreement for distillers.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Federal Alcohol Control Administration
Agricultural Department
Justice Department
Cummings
State Department
Department
Sir Ronald Lindsay
Farm Administration
George Peek
General Johnson backs Roosevelt dollar as soundest money
General Hugh S. Johnson, national recovery administrator, told the National Association of Manufacturers banquet that the Roosevelt dollar is the soundest money on earth. He defended the codes process, warned against anti codes attacks, and asserted workers’ organizing rights while urging industry to avoid interference.
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General Johnson
Earth
New York
Hugh S. Johnson
National Recovery Administrator
NRA
National Association of Manufacturers
Congress
Johnson
Senate inquiry notes 19.23 million needed to run schools nine months
Superintendent Trent told the senate that monthly school expenses run 2 136 606 85 and that 19 229 451 65 would be spent if the schools were kept open nine months. He replied to a senate resolution seeking data to aid legislation for school funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Trent
Senate
Border gun battle leaves three dead on Texas Mexico frontier
U S border patrol officers fought six teens in the Rio Grande at El Paso with the loss of Patrolman Dorne C. Melton and two Mexican smugglers, Francisco Gonzales and Higinio Perez. Another suspect Francisco Mosqueda was wounded. four Mexicans were routed near Laredo. Relieved, authorities recovered 150 gallons of liquor as the mob fled.
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Rio Grande
el Paso
Tex
Texas- Mexico
Texas
U. S
Rio Grande River
Park Street
Dorne C. Melton
U. 8
Francisco Gonzales
Higinio Perez
Juarez
Francisco Mosqueda
Laredo
Melton
Harman Restarts Push for Personal Property Exemption
Mrs. Perle T. Harman, Republican delegate from McDowell County, renewed her campaign for greater personal property exemption from debt sales in Charleston. She again introduced a bill to exempt $200 for the head of a family and $50 monthly from wages, plus exemption for an artisan’s working tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Perle T. Harman
House of Delegates
McDowell County
Special Tazewell Grand Jury Convenes Over Jewell Ridge Disturbance
A Tazewell county circuit court grand jury is summoned to investigate threats at Jewell Ridge Virginia after state police, led by T McCall Frazier, patrolled the coal property and detained union and non union workers. The November docket was partially disposed with terms set to continue.
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Tazewell County
Tazewell
Jewell Ridge
Pollard
Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation
T. McCall Frazier
Virginia State Police
J. G
W. R. Bowen
Baker
M. H. Kiser
Puchanan
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County Relief Office
Hole
Reed Promiota
OPERA
Chester C. Davis
Neale Withrolds
Christian Endeavor Head
Prince
Holt
Beacom
Cabell
Board of Public Works
Shahan
Randolph
von Sickler
Greenbrier
Martin
Jefferson
Clay
Town OF Bluefield
Read
U.S. Border Patrol
Gorey
Mount Scaffold
Holiday
Walt
Texas-Mexico
Opecial
Tazewell Grand Jury
Ollo
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