Bluefield Contractor Harry M. Waugh Dies by Own Hand
Harry M. Waugh 49 a prominent Bluefield railroad contractor and civic figure is found dead from a self inflicted gunshot wound on the third floor of his plant. The bullet from an old model .32 Winchester rifle lodged in the ceiling. his son Goree discovers the body after an afternoon search. Police and Magistrate McNeal conclude no inquest is needed.
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Harry M. Waugh
Bluefield
Goree Waugh
Hig
Mr. Waugh
Lodge
Charles Robinson
Plant
Robinson
Goree
W. W. McNeal
Jim Tabor
N. Wilson
McNeal
James
Kahle
Waugh
Firemen Hurt At Bramwell Blaze
C E Huff one of three Bluefield firefighters injured early yesterday while fighting a blaze that nearly destroyed Bramwell High School was said to be resting well at St Luke's hospital. Another firefighter suffered a foot injury and Ralph Armentrout was treated for shock. Damages were estimated at 75000 with insurance. County authorities planned to house 200 pupils and nine teachers at the elementary school pending rebuilding.
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C. E. Huff
Blueffield
Bramwell
St Luke's Hospital
Farmer
Ralph Armentrout
Huff
Bluefield
Boy rescues dog from icy Milton pond in brave act
Weldon Whitman, 12, of Milton Massachusetts, jumped into an icy pond to save his dog after it fell through the ice. Firemen rescued him and the dog, who are shown recovering together in a heartwarming scene.
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Weldon Whitman
Milton
Mass
Kidnaper Bates 16 Held in Solitary Confinement
Albert Bates life term prisoner in Leavenworth remains in solitary for six weeks over a $100,000 ransom share in the Urschel kidnapping. Assistant AG Keenan said Bates must stay isolated until he surrenders the money, warning he is a dangerous prisoner. Bates’ attorney Laska plans charges if confinement lacks cause.
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Washington
Albert Bates
Charles Urschel
Oklahoma
Joseph B. Keenan
Bates
Urschel
Keenan
Leavenworth Penitentiary
George
Kelly
Denver
Ben B. Laska
Laska
Weir reiterates support of NRA in steel labor dispute
In a letter to 11,400 Weirton Steel workers, Ernest T. Weir says neither he nor the company opposes the national recovery act and denies rumors of a fight against the NRA. The note comes amid a labor board election dispute and threats of a federal injunction, with workers signaling they may quit.
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Pittsburgh
Wierton Steel Company
Ernest T. Wier
National Recovery
Wier
Weirton
National Labor Board
Labor Board
Steel Concern
Weir
Weirton Steel Company
Retired inventor kills daughter then dies by own hand
In Schenectady New York on December 13 Charles T Hentscher a 65 year old retired inventor shot his severely ill daughter Elizabeth 26 twice through the heart in the kitchen then returned to his chair and killed himself neighbors say both required constant watching and care as the father had been thought unable to walk
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Schenectady
N. Y
Charles T. Hentscher
Elizabeth
Conspiracy Jury Fails to Reach Verdict in Fairmont Case
A federal court jury in Elkins West Virginia failed to reach a verdict after three hours of deliberation on ten defendants in the Fairmont liquor conspiracy case. Judge W E Baker recessed the jury and the defendants face potential penalties up to two years in prison and fines. The case centers on alleged protection for bootleggers with key testimony from two prohibition agents and statements by Nunzio Camilleri who pleaded guilty to bootlegging.
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Elkins
W. Va
Fairmont
W. E. Baker
Jackson V. Blair
West Virginia
Marion County
Blair
John Trader
Briar
Sheriff’s Office
Nunzio Camilleri
Cleaners Eye Price Cut as NRA Hearing Outcome Nears
Washington reports that cash carry dry cleaners who backed the code protest may gain price relief and a place on the code authority after talks with Hugh S. Johnson. Officials left open a possible cut from 65 to 95 cents during a 30 day trial, while enforcement against 100 violators continues. The NRA also announced government appointees to authorities of ninety industries and ordered surrender of blue eagles by eight more firms.
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Washington
NRA
Hugh 8S. Johnson
Johnson
Federal Trade Commission
Robbers Loot Unity Trust Bank In Daylight Safe Raid
A seven man armed gang smashed 99 of 335 deposit boxes at Unity Trust and Savings Bank in Chicago. They escaped with about $1000 in cash and valuables and may have seized over $50,000 in securities and jewelry. One robber used a wireless receiver to monitor police calls. Bank staff and two visitors were tied and blindfolded for three hours while the heist unfolded.
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Chicago
Unity Trust and Savings Bank
Joseph Kinch
Kinch
W. G. Nelson
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Bureau of Identification
Counties urged to assign CWA quotas nationwide
Charleston West Virginia December 15 Officials said county relief administrators should have their entire CWA work force in place by tomorrow morning. Beehler noted most of the 55 counties already meet the quota and 4,000,000 jobs are target by Thursday. Eight new civil works projects approved including Tucker road work and Taylor street paving and a gymnasium field house project at Graf ton with hundreds of men assigned.
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Charleston
W. Va
William N. Beehler
Beehler
Tucker
Slip Hill
Cherry Run
Taylor
Grafton
Blueville
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Earle Bailie
Lewis Douglas
Civil Works Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Emergency Relief Corporation
Federal Surplus Corporation
Public Works Administration
Public Works
Rocky Road to Tiny Home of Santa Claus Proves Popular Again
Liater Missouri December 13. The Claus box at the Claus home near Slater receives letters from the United States and abroad. Santa Claus 652 years old and a tenant farmer, aided by Mrs Claus and eight children, faces limited funds as postage costs strain the Christmas season. He notes conditions are hard but thanks God for basic comforts and wishes all a Merry Christmas and prosperous New Year.
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Liater
Santa Claus
Clayton Bridges
United States
Sweden
Denmark
France
Germany
England
Italy
Claus
Slater
Mrs. Claue
President Polk
White House
Santa Claue
Claus Saye
Government studies plan unified communications under federal control
Washington reports indicate a tentative move to create a new government unit to control radio, telephone and telegraph systems. A federal commission would regulate monopolies while the administration weighs options including continued private ownership or outright government ownership.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Roper
Dill
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Rayburn
House Commerce Committee
Western Union
Postal
Senator Reed Weds Nell Donnelly in Surprise Ceremony
Senator James A. Reed of Missouri married Nell Q. Donnelly, 43, at a surprise wedding in Kansas City. Donnelly, a garment manufacturer, was once the subject of Reed’s legal work during her dramatic 1931 kidnapping case.
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Kansas City
James A. Reed
United States Senate
Nell Q. Donnelly
Slayers Sentence to Chair Won't Submit to Surgery
Ossining New York December 13 A condemned slayer Ross Caccamise 24 refuses an emergency appendectomy at Sing Sing prison hospital citing pain and will. Doctors defer operation and he is returned to his death cell with an appeal pending no execution before April 1. Prior case notes a similar prior prisoner opted for surgery.
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Ossining
N. Y
Ross Caccamise
Sing Sing
Dain
Charles C. Sweet
James Kearrey
Caccamise
Lewis B. Lawes
Rose Caccamise
Rochester
Edmund P. van de Water
Monroe County
Rutger Warder
Congress to seek at least six billion for relief programs
The Roosevelt administration will ask Congress for a minimum 5.375 billion dollars, with total emergency and operating needs possibly reaching six billion or more. Morgenthau praised Bank Deposit Insurance chief Cummings amid shifts within the Treasury and noted a reshuffle of duties. Belgium and Estonia default on war debt installments totaling about 3.295 million dollars.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Reconstruction Corporation
Budget Bureau
Civil Works Administration
Public Works Program
Civil Works Plan
Morgenthau
The
Treasury
Walter J. Cumminge
Bank Deposit Insurance Corporation
Cummings
Chicago
Thomas Hewes
Morgentheau
Belgium
Asthonia
Vessel and Grew Victims of Storm
Furious gales swept the British Isles destroying a cargo steamer with all hands. A lifeboat floundered ashore as a dozen lives were lost. Across the Atlantic a Nova Scotia gale battered the coast while California flooded several areas. In the U S a cold snap froze the northeast and California rain caused floods and a quake rattled windows in San Jose.
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Associated Press
British Isles
East Suffolk
Atlantic
Nova Scotia
United States
Maine
Canada
Caifornia
Los Angeles
Long Beach
San Jose
Great Smokies
Tennessee
Cleveland
Cuyahoga River
France
Legislature Acts On Liquor Imports And Buffalo Allocation
The house defeated a bill to limit liquor imports to three gallons at a time and to levy a $2 annual importer's tax. It approved a resolution urging the state to work with the federal government to obtain buffalo for return to states upon request. The body passed a bill directing state cooperation with the federal government in operating employment offices and spent an hour debating a milk inspection bill with work to amend tomorrow. Thirteen new bills were received and action on Governor Kump's recess appointments was deferred for a third time. Finally the chamber compromised on license plate plant location, keeping the Nitro plant until funds are available to move it to the penitentiary.
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Buffalo
Kump
Nitro
Slain Pajama-Clad Woman Identified as Witness Miss Smith
New York detectives identified the dead upper West Side woman as Margie Pilesky Chochock also known as Marian Smith, a local witness who helped convict two men. The body was garroted with electric cord among Christmas packages. police seek a Monday visitor and other two women in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, addresses.
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New York
Upper West Side
Marian Smith
Margie Pilesky Chochock
Charles Maffucci
Miss Smith
Virginia CWA OKs 133 New Projects for 1 Million Man Hours
Richmond Virginia December 13 More than one million man hours of work for the unemployed were made available by the Civil Works Administration with approval of 133 new projects costing about 680 000. Projects span Giles Buchanan Wise Smyth and Washington counties with street repairs park improvements road work and CWA set ups totaling extensive labor hours.
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Richmond
Virginia
Civil Works Administration
Giles County
Narrows
Buchanan County
Wise County
Norton
Town of
Wise
Town of Wise
St. Paul
Templeton
Mintok
Pound Branch
Big Cherry Road
Washington County
Glade Spring
Smyth County — Community Athletic Park
License Extension Allows 1934 Tags Immediate Use
Charleston W V Dec 13. Governor Kump signs a bill granting the road commission power to extend license validity. The move follows demand as many trucks work on civil works projects and licenses were not usable until ten days before old plates expired.
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Charleston
W. Ve
Kump
Road Commission
Civil Works Administration
West Virginia Senate Defers Recess Appointments
In Charleston on December 18 the House defeated a liquor importation control bill 48 to 31, ending a push to bar cross borders. Supporters say they will pursue broader liberalization of medicinal liquor sales. The Senate meanwhile again deferred action on Governor Kump’s long list of recess appointments. The milk regulation debate continued with little progress as lawmakers prepare for further amendments. A compromise allowed the Nitro auto license plate plant to remain there through March 1, with possible transfer to the penitentiary if funds exist.
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Senate
House
Nitro
Holt
Combs Named Art District Manager
E R Combs Virginia state comptroller was named Reconstruction Finance Corporation manager of the Richmond district covering Virginia Maryland West Virginia and the District of Columbia He succeeds J K Coughton who moves to a Baltimore district post RFC officials expect he must resign his state office The salary for Comptroller is $8400 per year and Combs is a leading Virginia Democratic figure who has served as comptroller for Governors Byrd and Pollard.
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Washington
E. R. Combs
Virginia
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Richmond
Maryland
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Combs
J. K. Coughton
Baltimore
RFC
Coughton
Democratic
Byrd
Pollard
Combs to resign as Virginia Comptroller for RFC post
Richmond Virginia December 13 E R Combs state comptroller announced his plan to resign tomorrow to Governor Pollard to take on Reconstruc tion Finance corporation duties in the Richmond district likely beginning Friday Governor Pollard declined to discuss a successor and Governor elect George C will evaluate Combs after his resignation Combs is described as one of the state’s most public officials with a notable record by the governor elect
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Richmond
E. R. Combs
Virginia State Comptroller
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Pollard
Apna
Combs
George C
RFC
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Band of Seven
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U.S
Reed
Sing Sing Death House
Esthenia
Praises Cummings
U. S
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OKEHS
Bill
House of Delegates
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Drys
B. KE. Ewing
Anti-Saloon League
Prohibition
Dairy Products Inspection Board
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