Appointments to BEC Announced by Roosevelt
Washington Dec 10 AP news reports two appointments to the Securities and Exchange Commission. John W. Hanes of Charles D. Barney & Co and Jerome N. Frank of New York corpLaw were named to fill vacancies, subject to Senate approval. Hanes praised stronger NYSE regulation as part of a broader push for reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
PIA Formmer
New Deal
New York Stock Exchange
Securities and Exchange Commission
Roosevelt
Senate
John W. Hanes
Charles D. Barney , Company
Wall Street
Jerome N. Frank
New York Corporation
New York
Hanes
Commission
William ©. Douglas
New York Exchange
Charles R. Gay
Exchange
Gay
Stock Exchange
Adolph A. Berle, Jr
Brain Trust
New York City
Trio nabbed on liquor charges sent to Logan jail
Melvin Evans arrested Friday night on a federal warrant was arraigned and remanded to Logan county Jail to await the January term of the U S district court in Bluefield. Waverly Pryor and Robert Burnett were held for grand jury action on transporting liquor. Federal authorities say the trio brought five gallons each of moonshine into Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Evans
Bluefield
Thomas E. Grott
Evans
Logan County
United States District Court
Scott
Waverly Pryor
Robert Burnett
Grand Jury
Acton
Pyror
Burnett
Gelault
City and Coalfield Items
Roanoke visitor Harry Halfen will stay at least one week each month with orders invited via phone or box. Fretwell's advertises knitted bed jackets and shoulderettes at 98 cents. Bailey Lumpe Company promotes numeral weather strips to seal cracks. Bradley's highlights new dresses, prints, hats, coats, suits, and dresses in bright colors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Halfen
Roanoke
Stolen Chevrolet Coupe Found Deserted on McComas
Herbert Humphreys reported a blue Chevrolet coupe stolen Wednesday night from Raleigh Street near the Mercer garage where he works. Last evening the car was found deserted at McComas, and police were advised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mccomas
Herbert Humphreys
Bluefield Avenue
Raleigh Street
Mercer Garage
Humphreys
Booth Trial Continues With Insanity Defense Claim
Federal agents deny Booth involvement as he recounts abuse and gassings in France. Booth links alleged insanity to 11 years of falling fits and epilepsy. Defense doctors question his stability while noting syphilis history and prior lunacy warrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Booth
France
E. E. Fintere, Jr
Travia
Adkins
Dr. Seder
Maine
U S Enters Hunt for Missing Pair in Moscow
United States officials sought help from the Soviet Foreign Office through Washington’s Moscow embassy to locate Donald Robinson and his wife from New York who vanished in Moscow after arriving November 6. Robinson reportedly fell ill in hospital. his wife then also disappeared near the American embassy hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Moscow
Donald %. Robinson
New York
State Department
Robinson
National Hotel
Robinsons
Steamship Hoover Goes Aground Near Formosa
The 21,900 ton President Hoover with about 650 passengers and 408 crew ran aground on a small volcanic island near Formosa while en route between Japan and Manila. Officials expect a Hong Kong tug to reach within 20 hours to aid. All aboard reported safe and no immediate danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President Hoover
Tiny
Volcanic Island
Japan
Manila
San Francisco
Hoover
Formosa
Dollar Lines
Hong Kong
George W. Yardley
Preussen
Globe Wireless
Yardley
U. S. Naval
Efforts Continue to Find Iron Lung for Injured Youth
In Huntington, West Virginia, officials press to obtain an iron lung for 17 year old Harold Arthur after a Saturday accident from a falling telephone pole. Respirators are reportedly available at Davis Memorial Hospital in Elkins, with updates awaited tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Huntington
Davis Memorial Hospital
Elkins
Arthur 8. Jones
Harold Arthiu
W. E B. Chilton
Atate
Elkins via Crops Bill Rescue Faces Key Votes
Elkins informed that iron lungs were at the disposal of the 40 and 8 and the American Legion or any West Virginia citizen in need of such equipment. McGee announced air services could reach the city. The Crop Bill’s cultural committee and Agriculture Dept executives spent days pleading to defeat Boileau’s proposal, arguing it would weaken the structure of benefit payments. The House restored wheat marketing quotas when approved by farmers, rejecting a Coffea amendment to remove wheat from compulsory control. Principal provisions include soil conservation with farmer-approved machinery, cotton acreage allotments with penalties, wheat quotas with penalties, corn allotments with penalties, tobacco quotas with penalties, and rice allotments with penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkina Voiture
American Legion
West Virginia
McGee Bronte
Culturé Committee
Department of Agriculture
Boileau
House
Coffea
D-Neb
Washington
Widow Seeks Funds for Veteran's Funeral in Jones Case
The body of Jones was found under a culvert on the Clarence Hale farm on Falls Milla road about 4 o'clock last Sunday after noon, two weeks after the slaying. Tazewell county authorities hold Coy Asbury of Bluefield, Va. who is said to have confessed to shooting Jones when he found him with his wife Ola Asbury. Asbury's wife is held as a material witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Clarence Hale
Falls Milla Road
Tazewell
Coy Asbury
Bluefield
Saad
Ola Asbury
Asbury
WPA Increases Add 5,000 Jobs in West Virginia
A $23,000,000 monthly boost to WPA activity in West Virginia adds 5,000 jobs. State Administrator Joseph N. Alderson is tasked to apportion the new positions among the unemployed statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tration
West Virginia
Joseph N. Alderson
C. & C. to Take Over Rail Lines
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway gained conditional ICC approval to directly control the Nickel Plate and Erie railroads through stock purchases from two holding companies. The decision requires adherence to future ICC rulings on related lines and preserves existing indirect control via the Alleghany and Virginia Transportation groups. Active overseas reporting notes Japanese advances near Wuhu and Chinkiang with American missions evacuated and ships reassigned in Shanghai.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York, Chicago, and St. Louis
Nickle Plate
Erie Railroad
Commission
Bu F
Chicago
Springfield
Erie
Virginia Transportation Corporation
Allethany Corporation
Virginia Corporation
Alleghany Corporation
Fatal Solvent Used In Flavoring
Washington officials report seizure of artificial flavoring extracts containing diethyl lene glycol the solvent linked to the sulfanilamide tragedy. No U S deaths from these flavors reported yet two or three fatalities in Canada noted as possible, as a nationwide roundup of the solvent proceeds with seizures in Denver Kansas City Baltimore Pittsburgh and Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Des
Food and Drug Administration
United States
Canada
Denver
Kansas City
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Panay Incident Report Includes Embassy Staff aboard
Latest reports say 14 American civilians were aboard the Panay including four embassy staff. Three more were aboard the Standard Oil tanker on the river. The incident appears tied to hostile engagement in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pire
Panay
Standard
Also Mentioned on This Page
B.E.C
Market Control Commission
Logan
Bradley's
Mr. Vetterll
John Travis
Orville Adkins
Frank Riggs
Kay Hooan
Tiber Ronk
Attates
Ronk
U.S
Russia
ICC
Nickle Plate & Erie
Guam
Wuhu
Yangtze River
Nanking
Aad
Chinkiang
Yangtze
Chinklang
SAP Army
Tate Keilor
Laheg
Rosedale
Phillip
Isc
Northfield
Nang Beef
Maxwell House
Frazier
Pet
Pork Chops
Arbuckle
Florida
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!