Plan to spend four billion on national land and water projects
Washington reports a Roosevelt plan calling for a minimum four billion dollar national development using land and water resources to meet urgent employment needs. The program covers flood control, navigation, irrigation, power, soil erosion, pollution, reforestation, and housing while integrating social security goals for unemployment, old age pensions, child welfare, health and reemployment.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Congress
Tennessee Valley
Relief and Public Works Administrations
Frank C. Walker
New York
Executive Council
Misissippi
Mississinpi
New England
Ohio River
Columbia River
Searchers refuse to give up hunt for Pacific fliers
Honolulu December 7 naval authorities keep searching for Lt. Charles T. P. Ulm and two Australian airmen lost at sea after a flight from Oakland. Rear Admiral Yarnell led a two hour meeting with rescuers as storms paused air scans though fifteen ships persisted. The Australian government offered 30 Japanese sampans and a $6000 reward to aid the search. Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith urged continuation, noting the Star of Australia could float a week or more, while Ulm’s plane motors could be cut to extend survival.
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Honolulu
Charles T. P. Ulm
Harry E. Yarnell
Pearl Harbor Naval Base
Oakland
Calif
Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii
Joseph B. Poindexter
Sir Charles Kingsford- Smith
Pacific
Fugitives Sought in Mercer County Constable Shooting
Henry 1 Hollandsworth and Isaac Taylor Robinette are sought by Mercer county authorities over the fatal shooting of Constable Joe H. Davidson on October 9. A $500 reward is offered for information leading to their capture.
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Henry 1
W. Hollandsworth
Isaac Taylor Robinette
Mercer County
Joe H. Davidson
Fugitives sought after Constable Davidson slaying near Gardner
Mercer county officials broadcast a $500 reward for Henry W. Hollandsworth and Isaac Taylor Robinette, described as dangerous, wanted in Fayette County for theft charges. They fled handcuffed after shooting Constable Joe H. Davidson as officers moved to search a home. Davidson died, with handcuff fragments later found. no trail since. The two men were arrested in Gardner on October 9 and handed to Fayette authorities.
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Mercer County
Henry W. Hollandsworth
Isaac Taylor Robinette
Joe H. Davidson
Gardner
Hollandsworth
Robinette
Princeton
Fayette County
Davidson
Du Pont executives oppose government control of munitions plants
Washington reports six du Pont officials testifying before the senate munitions committee, arguing that government ownership would raise gunpowder output. They cite defense needs, patent exchanges with Nobel, and insist no secrets were revealed, though evidence links to a 1923 powder process improvement.
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Washington
du Pont
Senate Munitions Committee
Nye
Republican
North Dakota
Stephen Raushenbush
Fin Sparre
Teutonic du Pont
K. K. V. Masey
Terence du Pont
Woodrow Wilson
du Ponts
Nobel, Limited
War Department
Nobel
Damage suit heard in Kanawha common pleas court
The $100 000 damage suit of Arthur L West seven years old of Glen Jean West against the Chesapeake and Ohio railway is expected to go to the jury in Kanawha county common pleas court tomorrow. The boy seeks damages for the loss of his right arm and legs from a fall from a railroad car while the railway contends he was riding without permission.
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Charleston
W. Va
Arthur L. West
Glen Jean
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Kanawha County
Pacific telephone bridge opens U S Japan links in daybreak ceremony
Washington December 7 direct trans pacific telephone service between the United States and Japan was inaugurated. Secretary Hull and Japanese Foreign Minister Mirota exchanged greetings as Hirota spoke in Tokyo greeting Hull. Ambassador Grew received Saito and Grew’s daughter joined the call. Sykes of the FCC also spoke with Japanese minister of communications Tokonami.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Pacific
Hull
Mirota
Tokyo
Hirota
Ambassador Grew
State Department
Hiroji Saito
Grew
Battery maker convicted in federal NRA wage case
Fred C. Perkins of York, a battery manufacturer, was convicted in federal court on ten counts for violating NRA minimum wage provisions. He faced a possible $5,000 fine. an 11th count was withdrawn and a directed acquittal issued. Judge Albert L. Watson set Monday at 2 p.m. for sentencing.
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Harrisburg
Fred C. Perkins
York
NRA
Joan
Albert L. Watson
Helen Gillis Begs Parole Violator Sentenced in Milan Prison
Helen Gillis widow of gangster Lester Gillis known as Baby Face Nelson was ordered to federal prison in Milan Michigan for concurrent terms of a year and a day and six months after pleading guilty to harboring Dilling er and Carroll. She violated an 18 month probation by rejoining her husband and leaving her children with relatives. Judge Patrick Stone condemned the criminal life and warned of prison or death as the only end for such conduct.
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Madison
Wis
Helen Gillis
Brand
George
Nelson
Milan
Mich
Department of Justice
Gillis
John Dillinger
Tommy Carroll
Wisconsin
Samuel P. Cowley
Herman E. Hollis
Barrington
Ill
Judge Stone
Chambers
Chicago
U. S
Washington
Stanford Bates
Prison Bureau
Post Believes New Altitude Mark Set in Second Flight
Wiley Post in the Winnie Mae again climbed toward the stratosphere in a remodeled monoplane and landed claiming a new altitude around 55 000 feet. He said he rose higher than last Monday by 5 000 to 7 000 feet, with barographs suggesting 50 000 feet previously. He landed at Phillips airport at 4 02 p m CST after 2 hours 26 minutes aloft.
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Bartlesville
Okla
Wiley Post
Globe Flier
Post
Phillips Airport
Mell Mollenkopff
Posts
Supreme Court Asked For Speedy Ruling On Rail Retirement Act
Washington describes the administration's request for a swift Supreme Court ruling on the Railroad Retirement Act. The Solicitor General argues direct review is warranted to address three constitutional questions Including its reach over all interstate rail employees and related pension computations and coverage of workers in service within a year before enactment.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Biggs
District of Columbia Supreme Court
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
High Court
Pullman and
Railway Express
Hopkins studies West Virginia relief, hints at changes
Federal Relief Administrator Harry Hopkins reviewed the West Virginia relief program in Washington. He met with Governor Kump and Senator Neely and left without conclusions. H. Hardesty of Fairmont emerged as a potential new state administrator as Hopkins proceeds cautiously.
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Washington
Harry Hopkins
West Virginia
FERA
Hopkins
William N. Beehler
Kump
Neely
Charles ('. Stillman
H. Hardesty
Fairmont
Committees Begin Work of Drafting Legislative Plans
Charleston West Virginia December 7 tentative work on a program for January legislature by the executive and legislative committees of the State Education Association. The plan likely includes a nine month term with no reduction in state aid and a permanent financial system plus a building program to replace some schools. It also calls for retirement and pensions for teachers and rewards for better qualified staff while preserving local initiative to add to school activities. The SEA convention is set for October 24 25 26 in Charleston.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Education Association
Richlands votes down dispensary and beer sales proposal
Richlands residents rejected a dispensary to operate an ABC liquor store and also voted against selling beer and wine over 3.3 percent alcohol by weight. The dry favoring turnout was small amid wintery weather. This marked the first wet and dry election in Tazewell county since repeal.
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Richlands
ABC Liquor
Tazewell County
Bluefield
Bristol City
Pulaski
Saltville
Radford
Rockingham
Harrisonburg
Bristol
Narrows
Abingdon
Kump Seeks State Monopoly On Liquor Sales In West Virginia
Governor H G Kump urged an absolute state monopoly on liquor sales and reorganization of health and welfare agencies while addressing Martinsburg chamber of commerce He also backed free school textbooks broader powers for the public service commission unemployment insurance and old age pensions He favored re enactment of the consumers sales tax with refinements and repealing other related taxes if revenue allows He warned against direct property taxes and urged strict penalties for intoxicant abuse to protect society and limit private profit in liquor sales
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Martinsburg
W. Va
H. G. Kump
Martinsburg Chamber of Commerce
Public Service Commission
Per
Winter storms bring deadly cold across northern states
Across the Cascades to the Adirondacks winter storms and subzero chills claimed multiple lives. In Washington a fallen tree crushed a double decker bus killing three and injuring a woman. an 82-year-old farmer died near Sioux City as temperatures hit zero. Michigan saw burns from overheated stoves and a shovel accident. an elderly Wisconsin woman died of pneumonia as a woodsman ferried her body to civilization on a sled. Temperatures rose briefly in Minnesota and the Dakotas before the zero spell pushed east toward Michigan.
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Cascades
Adirondacks
Snoqualmie Pass
Washington
Sioux City
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin
North Woods
Middlewestern Plains
Minnesota
Dakotas
Auto Labor Board Plans Fair Plant Elections
Detroit reports the three member automobile labor board announced a plan to guarantee thousands of workers a fair chance to elect representatives to bargain with employers. The Cadillac division of General Motors will host the first test vote, under board supervision to prevent intimidation and ensure employee rights in choosing their bargaining agent.
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Detroit
Automobile Labor Board
Leo Wolman
Nicholas Kelley
Richard L. Byrd
Cadillac
General Motors Corporation
Roosevelt
Boy's Woozy Head Saves 16 From Gas Flood
New York December 7 A 14 year old boy Mitchell Liebowitz woke with woozy head and found coal gas in a four story building. He alerted neighbors, rang doorbells and phoned police. Emergency squads carried out 16 tenants while others led partly overcome relatives to safety.
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New York
Mitchell Liebowitz
Edith
Riots Follow Yugoslav Tensions Near Szeged
Hungarian university students protested against Yugoslavia in Szeged as refugees waited nearby. Budapest officials collected witness statements about Chetnik incursions into Hungary, with prior entries near Szeged on November 5 and a second breach last night.
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Associated Press
Szeged
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Budapest
Huey Long orders investigation of utility schedules
Baton Rouge December 7 Huey Long orders an investigation into electric and telephone rates and names Wade O Martin as chair of the Louisiana Public Service Commission. Long also settles the dispute over censorship of the Reveille and elevates himself to Democratic state central committee chair with dictatorial authority. Commission cites New Orleans Public Service Southern Bell and Baton Rouge Water Works to appear on December 13 to justify rate scrutiny.
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Baton Rouge
Huey Long
James M. Smith
Louisiana State University
Reveille
Long
T. Semmes Walmsley
New Orleans
Democratic State Central Committee
Louisiana
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Wade O. Martin
New Orleans Public Service, Inc
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Baton Rouge Water Works Company
Warlike talk in League circles spurs crisis fears
Geneva reports frantic effort by Britain France and the United States to halt a Balkan clash as Yugoslavia accuses Hungary over the assassination of Alexander and asserts conspiracies against the little entente. Eduard Bene s warns war could loom if Yugoslavia Hungary and Czechoslovakia fracture.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Eamie Council
Alexander
Marseille
South América
Europe
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Entente
Yugo Slavia
Rumania
Tibor Eckhardt
America
Youngstown
Buenos Aires
Bogoljub Yevitch
Balkans
France
Saar
England
Germany
United States
League
South America
Chaco Boreal
Benes
Little Entent
Twefik Rushd Bey
Russia
Richberg labels new deal a middle path from mood slump
Donald Richberg declares the new deal the sole remedy between right wing state actions and leftist calls for full government control. He urges a moderated course as the only lasting political strategy amid economic strain. Harry Walkup is named census supervisor for West Virginia farm census, with Charleston HQ.
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Philadelphia
Donald Richberg
New Deal
Richberg
American Academy of Political and Social Science
NRA
AAA
Fac'ets
New
Washington
Harry L. Walkup
Renick
West Virginia
Charleston
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W. N. Beehler
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