Committee Votes 0.2 Percent Beer Eliminate Wine
The Ways and Means Committee approved a 0.2 percent beer measure under the Volstead law, eliminating wine from the Collier bill. A separate wine measure will be considered at a likely tomorrow meeting. The beer plan includes a $5 per barrel tax, higher wholesale licenses, and a $20 yearly retailer license. A Senate subcommittee nears a repeal resolution for the eighteenth amendment with Republicans and Democrats among reported supporters.
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Washington
House
Ways and Méeanée Committee
Collier
Senate Judiciary
Lewis
Maryland
Vinson
Kentucky
Bacharach
New Jersey
Watson
Pennsylvania
Estep
Coal output rises in Norfolk and Western and Pocahontas Tug River fields
Winter weather boosts demand as Norfolk and Western coal deliveries rise. For the week ending December 10 Pocahontas Tug River production reached 300,247 tons, down 28,852 from the prior week. Calendar year-to-date production totals 15,723,218 tons versus 19,714,058 in 1931.
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Norfolk and Western Fields
Pocahontas- Tug River
Pocahontas
Zero Zone Slips East and West
The Associated Press report describes a sweeping cold snap driving subzero temperatures from Ontario and Manitoba into the central and eastern United States. Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois face another night of extreme cold while Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania see the cold center move southward. Frost harms fruit in California, Georgia, and North Carolina as Chicago records deaths from exposure. a Utah man, John Bexter, 78, is found frozen in his Lynndyl cabin. Snow blankets Oklahoma to the Red River. San Francisco warms to 50. Chicago marks the coldest spell in three years at 3 below.
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California
Georgia
North Carolina
Ontario
Manitoba
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Dakotas
Nebraska
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
International Falls
Minn
Chicago
San Francisco
Sierras
Rockies
Mercury
Eptire
John Bexter
Lynndyl
Utah
Oklahoma
Red River
Railroad execs hold talks in Chicago on extending pay cut
In Chicago, railroad executives meet labor leaders to seek to extend the 10 percent voluntary pay cut taken last year, set to expire January 31. Participants include C. D. McKay, H. A. Enochs, J. J. Gillick, C. W. Galloway, P. R. Albright, W. J. Jenks, W. F. Thiehoff, J. G. Walker, and others from major lines.
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Chicago
C. D. McKay
The
Southern
H. A. Enochs
Pennsylvania
J. J. Gillick
Milwaukee
C. W. Galloway
P. R. Albright
Power rate cut by PSC draws little relief for WV coal operators
Southern West Virginia coal operators served by Appalachian Electric Power say the PSC order cutting the demand charge by 25 cents per kilowatt hour will yield about a 5 percent overall bill reduction, seen as a drop in the bucket. They note output charges stay the same and many miners may build own plants. some also fault the hearings for not inviting operators to participate.
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West Virginia
Appalachian Electric Power Company
West Virginia Public Service Commission
Appalachian Company
Coal Man &Offer
Hie
Public Service Commission
Power Company
Reduced Supply Bill Sent to Senate
The House advanced a sharply reduced annual treasury postoffice and interior supply package to the Senate as it extends the 8 13 percent pay cut another year. It also adopted a plan to block certain provisions of the economy act and cut Boulder Canyon Dam funding by 2 million amid total reductions of 218.8 million from last session approved bills.
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Washington
House
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Treasury Postoffice
Interior Department
Hoover
Budget Bureau
Treasury Post Office
Interior
Treasury
Boulder Canyon
Eight Die In Tokyo Department Store Fire
Tokyo reports eight killed and more than 100 injured as fire sweeps five upper floors of the Shirokiya Department store. Loss pegged at 20 million yen. Two planes dropped rope ladders to reach trapped workers. many casualties were young sales girls. Fire blamed on Christmas tree lights.
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Tokyo
Shirokiya Department
Improvement in Industry Shown Across Several Regions
The banking committee of the Atlantic States Shippers Advisory board reports signs of broad industrial recovery. In 1933 carloadings are projected to be only 1.9 percent below 1932. Truscon Steel notes orders for 5,000 tons, while Libby Owens Ford recalls 1,100 workers since November 1. Page Steel and Wire goes to full capacity, employing 150 people. Southern California Edison asks for 3.98 million dollars in 1933 capital expenditure.
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Banking Committee of Shippers Advisory Board
New York
Banking Committee of the
Atlantic States Shippers’ Advisory Board
Hoover to Convene Education Cost Reduction Conference
President Hoover plans a January 5 and 6 meeting to seek methods of reducing school costs with minimal harm to future generations. Invitations will go to about 75 to 100 leaders in education labor and farming. Wilbur will chair. Charles Mann will participate. the focus is practical policies for communities to adapt.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Wilbur
Charles R. Mann
American Council On Education
Redfern to Hunt for Aviator Son
Dr Frederick C Redfern says he still believes Paul Rinaldo Redfern may be alive after five years since the 1927 non stop flight attempt to Brazil. He cites reports of Redfern king of a jungle tribe and hints at possible rescue expeditions while noting no verified plane remains.
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Raleigh
N. C
Paul Rinaldo Redfern
Brunswick
Brazil
Frederick C. Redfernie
Dr. Redfern
Associated Press
Amazon Jungles
Redfern
Manaos
Amazonas
Paul Redfern
Paul
Ciudad Boliver
Boca Grande
Barrancas
UAL MAN OFFERS POINT PROGRAM TO AID INDUSTRY
C B Huntress executive secretary of the National Coal Association outlines a six point program to raise bituminous coal industry performance. He urges production cost cuts lower taxes and overhead, plus research and exemption from the Sherman Act to allow cooperative marketing and lower railroad freight rates. He predicts progress already taking root and notes coal remains a dominant energy source.
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UAL Man
Pittsburgh
Coal Mining Institute of America
C. B. Huntress
National Coal Association
Huntress
Famed Chain Gang Fugitive Is Arrested
Robert Elliott Burns, author of I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang, is jailed in Newark awaiting Georgia authorities action after bail disputes. His brother the Rev Vincent G Burns played a role in the arrest while Governor Moore weighs Burns' punishment.
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Newark
N. J
Robert Elliott Burns
Georgia
Aty
Harold Simond
Burns
Charles Handler
Trenton
Moore
Burne
Robert
Byrne
Richard M. Crane
East Orange
New Jeroe
New York
New Jersey
Ape
Sante
Atlanta
Chain Gang
House approves 3.2 percent beer by weight measure
House Ways and Means backs a 3.2 percent beer by weight proposal as war debt payments arrive from six nations with five defaults. House approves a 961.9 million treasury post office appropriation bill and a 43.192 million interior bill while cutting staff by about 13 percent. President Hoover hosts diplomatic corps reception. Republican Rep Bachmann of West Virginia introduces bill to let veterans sell adjusted compensation certificates with loan repayment to government. Farm groups back abolition of the farm board as the House Agriculture Committee holds a relief bill hearing.
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House
Treasury Post Office
Interior Department
House Agriculture Committee
Christmas Tree Fund Falls Short Of Goal
Bluefield seeks $1,500 for 2,000 destitute children. by 1 am only two thirds raised as WHIS broadcast last night. Donations urged at Bluefield Daily Telegraph or newspaper office. radio event featured Bluefield amateurs at the West Virginian hotel to support the Community Christmas Tree Association.
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Bluefield
WHIS
Community Christmas Tree Association
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
West Virginian
Skeleton found buried under rocks near Caretta mountain
A skeleton of an unidentified man was found Wednesday afternoon in the McDowell County mountain near Caretta. Boys on a hunting trip reported dogs barking at a rock pile, and deputies found the partly burned remains likely buried months ago. No missing-person reports were found locally.
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Caretta
McDowell County
Kirby
Coawood
Plan to Sell Adjusted Compensation Certificates Proposed
Washington publicized a bill by Representative Bachmann of West Virginia to let ex service men sell their adjusted compensation certificates. The move aims to curb demand for cash payments and finance the treasury by forcing purchasers to settle outstanding loans. Veterans administrator Frank T. Hines proposed annual savings of about 345 million and a billion over 32 years by trimming hospital expansion and revising laws to aid disabled veterans.
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Bachmann
Reublican
West Virginia
Washington
Republican
Frank T. Hines
Hines
Joint Congressional Committee
Rank and File Veterans Place Wreaths on Grave
In Washington and Arlington veterans marched to honor two killed protesters. Police guarded the White House to prevent any approach as wreaths were laid on Eric Carleon and William Huskha at Arlington Cemetery. No disorder occurred during the procession.
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Washington
White House
Arlington Cemetery
Arlington
Eric Carleon
William Huskha
Executive Mansion
Mexico to withdraw from League in two years
Foreign Minister Manuel C. Tellez announced that Mexico will leave the League of Nations two years hence, with the option to remain if Mexico’s economic conditions improve. The withdrawal would take effect by end of 1934 under the league by laws. The move aligns with Mexico’s readjustment plan and economic concerns.
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Mexico City
Manuel C. Tellez
Mexico
League of Nations
Costs of Virginia vigilance for Washington marchers
Richmond Virginia December 15 Governor Pollard will be informed of the cost to keep watch over the marchers who passed through the state on their Washington demonstration. State police director T Mc Call Frazier says a special report is being prepared and will be completed after bills arrive at the first of the month. A further update will be sent to the governor as soon as possible.
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Richmond
Pollard
Virginia
Washington
T. McCall Frazier
State Police
Frazier
Britain Leads In Debt Payments With Allies
Britain and six other nations complete nearly 100 million in debt payments to the U S Treasury. Britain seeks a revision of the existing funding agreement as France Poland Hungary Estonia face similar settlements.
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Britain
Debt payments mark shift in postwar funding alignments
The ledger shows five nations in default and six honoring obligations as nearly 190 million dollars is paid chiefly in gold or U S bonds at the New York Federal Reserve. In London a gold bar stack awaits withdrawal as leaders seek debt funding revision amid a fractured French cabinet and Chautemps moves to form a new government. Countries in default include France Belgium Poland Hungary and Estonia. those honoring include Great Britain Italy Czechoslovakia Finland Latvia and Lithuania.
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America
Treasury
Great Britain
United States
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
London
Reserve Bank
Peris
Herriot
Camille Chautemps
Interior
France
Belgium
Poland
Hungary
Esthenia
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Latvia
Lithuania
Nations split on war debt payments in Hoover moratorium
Washington reports France Belgium and three smaller nations defaulting on US war debt while Great Britain Italy Czechoslovakia Finland Latvia and Lithuania paid in full. Total defaulted amount 24.6 million. amount paid 98.69 million. debate grows in Congress over penalties and passport fees for defaults.
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Washington
Treasury
France
Belgium
United States
Great Britain
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Latvia
Lithuania
America
Stimson
Poland
Hunary
Bethonia
Congress
McKellar
Tennessee
Manefield
Texas
Herriot Refuses to Head Cabinet Amid French Crisis
Paris reports Edouard Herriot declined to lead a new government as France faces December debt payments to the United States. President Albert Lebrun asked Camille Chautemps to form a ministry, but Herriot again rejected the foreign portfolio, prompting renewed efforts to find a solution.
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Lebrun
France
Camille Chautemps
Radical
Paris
Edouard Herriot
United States
Albert Lebrun
Chautemps
Herriot
Harriot
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
America
Finance Ministry
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Youngstown, O
Truscon Steel Company
Southern California Edison Company, Limited
State Railroad Commission
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Libby-Owene Ford Company
Toledo
Rockford
Page Steel and Wire Company
Hoover Will Gall Education
Coal Mining Institute
Cruicifixon
Jersey
Detective Trails Clergyman
Associated Press House
Ways and Means Committee
Mra. Hoover
Mdowell
COLT
U. S. Treasury
Esthonia
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