Industry fights New Deal as 1935 congress urged to repeal
New Deal criticism from business leaders grows with the American Liberty League and a Republican campaign fund. The National Association of Manufacturers adopts a platform opposing the Roosevelt program. A Washington conference faces limited participation as key industries abstain. Sloan and Knudsen salaries at General Motors are disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Liberty League
Congress of American Industry
National Association of Manufacturers
Congress
George L. Berry
American Iron and Steel Institute
United States Steel
National Retail Dry Goods Association
Cotton- Textile Institute
Sloan
NRA
Securities and Exchange Commission
General Motors
Alfred P. Sloan
Williams
Knudsen
Commission
Christmas customs and turkey traditions across eras
The column recalls how Christmas celebrations evolve while noting enduring habits and foods. It traces the turkey’s rise from wild game to holiday staple over four centuries and contrasts it with a modern shift toward roast pig in fashionable tables, then surveys Christmas card trends and Santa lore in a broad, period voice.
Japanese demand absolute naval parity sparks conference gloom
London reports Japan insists on total naval parity with the United States and Britain before any other discussion. Tokyo notes a 5 5 3 balance and demands a definite upper tonnage limit. Britain offers no commitment as five powers weigh replacing or racing beyond the Washington and London treaties.
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London
Japan
United States
Great Britain
Admiralty
France
Italy
Britain
Washington
Great Santa Claus Parade Lights Up Bluefield Monday
Bluefield prepares for the largest Christmas celebration in its history with a noon parade starting on Bluefield Avenue at Poplar Street and routing east through Mercer Princeton Bland and Federal to Raleigh then Scott before returning to the start. Beaver High School band and American Legion drum corps join children taking a half day from school for the event. Police urge orderly crowding to prevent danger as tens of thousands are expected.
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Owever
Turkey
Santa Claus
Bluefield Avenue
Poplar Street
Mercer
Princeton Avenue
Bland
Federal Building
Federal
Raleigh
Scott
Bluefield
Beaver High School
American Legion
C. N. Wilson
Wilson
Landon Says 1936 Vote Tests Democratic Power
Topeka Kansas December 7 1935 Governor Alf M Landon told Kansas Republicans the 1936 election will decide whether Americans want stronger Democratic institutions or more centralized power He called the choice deeper than party and urged issue over personalities at a banquet with Taft Capper and others visiting from several states Plans for a Fifth District Republican rally in Bluefield on December 14 were announced with Congressman Dirksen slated as principal speaker and state leaders outlining a broad party mobilization for 1936
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Topeka
Kas
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Landon
Charles P. Taft I
Cincinnati
Arthur Capper
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Texas
California
Ohio
Iowa
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Taft
Capper
Bluefield
Harold F. Porterfield
Young Republican Club
Jos. M. Sanders
Dirksen
Pekin, Ill
Illinois
Rameéeys Auditorium
Charles N. Kimball
Sistersville
W. Chapman Revercomb
Charleston
Young Republican League of
West Virginia
Lewis H. Miller
Ripley
Pearl Harman
Yukon
McDowell County
Federation of Republican Women's Clubs
Hugh
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Washington
Borah
Idaho
Idahoian
Columbia Broadcasting System
America
New Deal
Supreme Court
NRA
G Man Slayer Convicted of Federal Murder
George W. Barrett a Kentucky mountaineer was found guilty of first degree murder for killing Nelson B. Klein a government agent at College Corner Indiana on August 16. The verdict carries a mandatory death sentence by hanging. Barrett sat in a wheelchair during the verdict.
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Indianapolis
George W. Barrett
Kentucky
College Corner
Ind
Nelson B. Klein
Barrett
John Paul Chase
Illinois
Alcatraz Island
San Francisco Bay
Klein
Donald C. McGovern
Tryig
Manchester
Fred Secrest
Martinsville
Farmer
Mystery Shrouds Killing of Woman in Tazewell County
Mrs. Rhoda Hankins 35, wife of Earl Hankins of Dry Fork, was shot at her home ten miles north of Tazewell around 6 am. She died minutes later from a right shoulder wound. Authorities pursued leads. Earl Hawkins was questioned as investigators sought the killer. The case left behind several small children, youngest about five months old.
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Rhoda Hankins
Earl Hankins
Dry Fork
Tazewell County
Tazewell
Hawkins
Commonwealth
Joseph
Duce URLs DEF Act Giant Planes Renew Attacks
Chamber of Deputies hears fiery address as Selassie appears unscathed while bombers resume raids. British ambassador pleads for peace with Mussolini amid renewed aggression.
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Chamber OF Deputies
Mussolini defies sanctions as Italy bombards Africa
Premier Mussolini boasted that no siege or coalition can force Italy to bow as his planes strike in Africa. French and British officials expect an oil embargo to pass the League, though its timing may hinge on US oil decisions. Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa reports 55 dead and 300 wounded after a brutal bombardment targeting a hospital and Red Cross tents. A Norwegian nurse wounded in the attack called it merciless.
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Mussolini
Africa
Europe
Chamber of Deputies
Duce
Pierre Laval
Samuel Hoare
Paris
League
United States
Italy
Dessye
Haile Selassie
Red Cross
Addis Aaba
International Red Cross
Geneva
Mussolini rails at League penal code amid oil embargo threat
Premier Mussolini attacked the League of Nations penal code and warned Italy would take what it wants despite economic siege. He spoke to parliament with 350 blackshirt deputies applauding as he urged safeguarding East African interests and warned against premature optimism. He had met with British ambassador Sir Eric Drummond to press for a renewed peace appeal.
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Rome
Mussolini
League of Nations
Italy
Ilduce
Eric Drummond
Great Britain
Labor turmoil grows as Lewis presses Green to quit AFL
Joby L. Lewis demanded William Green resign as AFL president to head industrial union efforts. Green refused, saying he would not aid internal division and remains president, following bitter editorials on the labor dispute.
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Lewis
Green
AFL
Industrial Union Movement
Washington
Joby L. Lewis
William Green
American Federation of Labor
United Mine Workers
Atlantic City
Federaon
Roosevelt Set for National Farm Bureau Address in Chicago
President Franklin D Roosevelt will address the American Farm Bureau Federation at its seventeenth annual convention in Chicago’s stockyards area. About 25,000 people expected with the talk broadcast on three networks. Afterward he will attend a civic luncheon with Mayor Ward J Kelly and Governor Henry Horner before heading to South Bend Indiana for Notre Dame.
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Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Franklin D Roosevelt
National Farm Bureau
Coolidge
Federation
Farmer Bureau
Stockyarde
Roosevelt
Ward J Kelly
Henry Horner
Illinois
South Bend
Ind
Notre Dame University
Borah Warns Red Cross Against League Changes
Washington and Addis Ababa dispatches report Borah assailing changes as a threat to free enterprise and liberty, while Red Cross protests to the League of Nations after another bombing of Desye and the Haile Selassie capital. The Desye attack left 55 dead and 300 wounded, a Norwegian nurse describing the bombardment as merciless.
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Sen
Borah
Red Gross
Court May Announce Hauptman Review Decision Monday
The Supreme Court was expected to rule on Bruno Hauptman’s bid for review of his Lindbergh baby kidnap and murder conviction. Any action would be announced Monday after a two week recess, with decisions typically delivered as a single granted or denied statement to the clerk.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Bruno Richard Hauptman
Lindbergh
Hughes
Hauptman
Marshall College President Denies Attack Statement
Dr. James E. Allen denied claims he called for curbing the Supreme Court and said his Charleston remarks were a factual history of the Constitution with no personal views. Two requests for his resignation followed his Kiwanis luncheon address in December and a Go to the source report misrepresented his statements.
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Huntington
W. Va
James E. Allen
Allen
Marshall College
Charleston
Supreme Court
Constitution
Charleston Gazette
Kiwanis Club
New York City
Philadelphia
Washington
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Tax Exemption Extension Likely After Merchants Confab
City officials say a tax exemption will stretch through Christmas as conferences with merchants proceed. They foresee a permanent agreement to withdraw the injunction move, with Mayor Light praising cooperation and progress.
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Light
Bluefield Grants 17 Day Moratorium on Out of Town Tax
Bluefield city directors suspend the one per cent municipal tax for non residents for 17 days to aid Christmas trade. Merchants had sought to block the tax with a court suit and injunction, but a compromise failed and the moratorium now exempts out of town shoppers until midnight Christmas Eve.
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Bluefield
City Board of Directors
Princeton
Consumers
W. A. Light
Cavins Urges $12.5 Million West Virginia School Reorg
Dr L V Cavins of the West Virginia Department of Education calls for a $12 5 million plan to reorganize the state school system. He told Superintendent W W Trent the urgent need is for a building program to consolidate small rural schools and improve conditions for underprivileged children. The report notes state outlays lag behind other states for school facilities and equipment.
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Charleston
W. Va
L. V. Cavins
State Department of Education
W. W. Trent
Cavins
West Virginia
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Ethiopia
Brain Trust
Pas
Republican Rally
G-Man Slayer
Selassie
Desige
The
Associated Press
Farm Bureau
Manuel Quezon
Philippine Commonwealth
Legislative Aeat
Manila
Addis Ababa
Deesye
Petra Hoevig
Seventh Day Adventist
Bruno
Marshall
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