Proposal to Abolish Excise and Processing Levies Offered
Washington December 18 proposals to raise income tax rates and end all federal excise and processing levies were presented to the House Ways and Means Committee. Dr Colston E Warne of Amherst urged income based revenue with duties on government bonds and higher inheritance taxes. The committee planned to conclude hearings on the general revenue bill Thursday and draft a liquor tax bill in executive session Friday with liquor tax set to rise from 1.10 to 2.20 per gallon.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Colston E. Warne
Amherst College
Doughton
North Carolina
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Central Conference of American Rabbis
National Catholic Welfare Council
National Association of Manufacturers
New York Board of Trade
Ickes Reports Back to Farm Movement Across Nation
Secretary Ickes summarized Roosevelt era plans showing urban workers and farming families moving toward rural and suburban areas. He highlighted a 25 million dollar program for subsistence homesteads, starting with West Virginia coal miners, to enable self‑sufficient farming plus craft or trades for rural income. The report notes a trend of urban dispersion into nearby suburbs for small scale farming and home gardens.
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Washington
Ickes
Roosevelt
Interior Department
West Virginia
Shipping Beaten by Storm Strikes Pacific Coast
A massive Pacific Northwest gale drenched coastal cities, flooding 3,000 homes and causing extensive damage. Freighters Losmar Henry D. Whiton and Charles L. Wheeler Jr. faced distress calls. coast guard units aided. Grays Harbor towns Aberdeen Hoquiam reported $40,000 to $100,000 losses as tides surged. Winds up to 90 mph and heavy rain battered Washington and Oregon coasts before abating.
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Seattle
Pacific Coast
Losmar
Henry D. Whiton
Charles L. Wheeler Jr
Coast Guard
Yaquina Head
Ore
Chelan
Desde
Mona Sands
Columbia River
Redwing
Columbia
Aberdeen
Hoquiam
Grays Harbor
Wash
Graye Harbor
Washington- Oregon
Berkeley Springs native named state fish culturist
Charleston-Doyle Helsley of Berkeley Springs, son of Democratic state Senator Helsley of Morgan County, is appointed the new state fish culturist, succeeding Theodore C. Fearnow who served in the role for several years.
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Charleston
Doyle Helsley
Berkeley Springs
Helsley
Morgan
Theodore C. Fearnow
Bolivia Paraguay truce proposal at Pan American talks
Bolivia accepted a proposed armistice with Paraguay in the Gran Chaco border dispute, urged at the Pan American conference. Paraguay asked for ceasefire between midnight Tuesday and December 30, with guarantees against renewed hostilities. Both nations have fought for 50 years in a region described as swamps and forests, with ongoing open conflict since last summer.
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Montevideo
Bolivia
Gran Chaco
Paraguay
Salamanca
Gabriel Terra
Uruguay
Terra
Ayala
Miguel Cruchaga
Carlos Saavedra Lamas
Argentina
Cordell Hull
House Defeats Kill Bill Placing Primary Fees on Candidates
Charleston W Va December 18 The West Virginia House rejected efforts to kill a bill that would impose a fee on candidates at primaries The proposal sets a one percent fee for U S Senate House state officers and legislators and one half percent for county offices A motion to raise county fees to one percent failed amid opposition The measure also would prohibit listing a candidate on a ballot until the fee is paid
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HOUSE
Bill
Charleston
W. Va
Beacom
Cabell
Tomorry
Butcher
Wood
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Lantz
Demcrat
Wetzel
Gold Price Jump Amid Roosevelt Policy Debate
Washington reports Acting Secretary Morgenthau defended government gold buying, citing a five and a half percent rise in commodity prices and confirming RFC gold quotations rose from 34.00% to 34.06. RFC purchases reached 469,491 ounces costing 15,682,000 dollars while abroad purchases surged. Morgenthau and RFC chair Jones did not disclose overseas totals. The story also notes Brookings challenges to the gold price rise theory and a National Economy League petition urging early budget balance.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Reconstruction Corporation
Jones
RFC
Morgathan
National Economy League
Tiny 20 Ounce Babe Stuns Family In Ohio Home
A 20 ounce baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carman near Findlay Ohio survived despite being four months premature. Wrapped in a newspaper and placed on a kitchen table she cried two hours later. Now about 14 inches long with blue eyes, she feeds 15 drops of prepared milk over 30 minutes under grandmother Fin ed’s care.
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Findlay
Charles Carman
Carmen
Charles Finered
John Bartshiett
Man Hunted in Grundy Slayings Wounded by Shot
Matt Justice 87 of the Panther Creek section McDowell County was wounded near his home after a shooting that tied him to the August Grundy county slayings. Hall surrendered claiming to fire the shot. Justice awaits transfer as Buchanan County seeks action on the triple murder charges involving Justice and his sons.
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Matt Justice
Panther Creek
McDowell County
Grundy
Welch Emergency Hospital
Hall
A. H. Gott
Buchanan County
Justice
Gott
Welch
Welch Hospital
Adam Justice
Henry D. Akers
Princeton
Mercer County
Walter Collins
Tioga
W. Va
Hiley Collins
Walter
Webster County
West Virginia
Zeb
Boyd Justice
Matilda Roberts
Deputy charged with robbery of sheriff's office in Fairmont
Victor F. E. Lowery a deputy under Sheriff Homer C. Toothman was arrested on an accusation of robbing the sheriff's office last Wednesday. He was released on $5,000 bond for a preliminary hearing next week. The alleged theft occurred at noon when staff were at lunch and used a key to enter. About $350 in tax money and roughly $150 from gambling raids were taken.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Victor FE
Lowery
Homer C. Toothman
Toothman
Walter Haggerty
Planewrecked flyers rescued by steamer
Four Frenchmen were tossed about for a day in a seaplane forced down in a Mediterranean storm. The steamer Saint Marguerite, answering SOS signals, found them near daybreak and took them aboard as it headed for Bizerta. The seaplane was abandoned after an ice-covered motor failed.
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Marseille
France
Mediterranean
Saint Marguerite
Bizerta
Africa
Algiers
Freight Traffic Rise Across Railroads This December
Chicago December reports show freight traffic gains for eight days in mid December. The Santa Fe moved 22,769 cars, up 2,173 from the same period last year, the Milwaukee Road handled 21,996 cars, up 1,429, and the Northwestern increased by about 800 cars as railroads push shipments higher.
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Chicago
Santa Fe
Milwaukee Road
The
North Western
Community Christmas tree drive nears goal in Bluefield
Bluefield residents and WHIS listeners filled a seven hour broadcast raising funds for a Community Christmas tree. Donations totalled toward a 1500 dollar goal with 400 dollars still needed. Eddie Galloway's Rhythm Orchestra provided unending entertainment and dramatized appeals prepared by local volunteers.
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Bluefield
WHIS
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Eddie Galloway
Rhea Blake
Frank Booth
W. T. Dawson
Virginia Powell
Dan Bradshaw
Frank Booth Jr
Reward Offered for Members of Mob in Lynching Case
Nashville leaders condemn the murder of a 19 year old Negro near Columbia Maury county and pledge action. Governor Hill McAlister posts a $1000 reward for the slayers while the Davidson County grand jury orders a thorough investigation. An earlier held in Davidson jail and released on Columbia orders sparked jurisdiction shifts and mounting calls for justice.
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Nashville
Tenn
Cold Cheek
Hill McAlister
Columbia
Maury County
Davidson County
Chester K. Hart
W. A. Pingston
McAlister
Supreme Court to Rule on Tear Gas Injury Case
The Supreme Court will decide whether an arrested man may claim damages for injuries from a tear gas bomb. It granted an appeal to Sam Taylor of Barboursville against a $1,500 judgment won by Ernest Bates. Bates says he lost sight in one eye after the tear gas discharge during a scuffle after the arrest.
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Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court
Sam Taylor
Barboursville
Ernest Bates
Bates
West Virginia Industry Opposes Pending Power Taxes
Industry groups from southern West Virginia and the Ohio Valley rally against proposed five mill per kilowatt hour taxes on electric power. Executives warn of plant relocations, higher costs, and industrial decline, while power companies rebut with tax burden figures and investment cautions.
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Argabrite
Power Companies
Holt
Lewis
Federal Trade Commission
West Virginia
Ohio Valley
Roosevelt extends auto code date to September 4 1934
President Roosevelt renewed the automobile code through September 4, 1934 after a Johnson report showing payrolls rising from 12.7 million in July to 14.7 million in September and employment increasing to 150,700 workers. The extension follows a request by the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce. production hours fell despite higher payrolls.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Automobile Manufacturers’ Code
Hughs. Johnson
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Johnson
White House
Chamber
Unite
Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Seeks Absent Members
Washington December report shows the Civil Works Administration transferring relief cases to public works in November. Charleston transferred 14 percent of relief cases to civil works payroll while Huntington moved 2 percent. Across 133 localities, 28 percent shifted from relief to civil works. In Charleston 333 of 2,403 relief cases and in Huntington 77 of 4,488 were transferred.
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Senate
Washington
Dec
Civil Works Administration
Civil Works Program
Charleston
Huntington
W. Va
Civil Works
Fall of Insull Empire Tested in Receivership Inquiry
Bankers and lawyers who sat with Samuel Insull testified at federal court that he helped choose receivers and creditors in the empire collapse. Judge Evans questioned witnesses about Insull steering petitions and suggesting a receiver, amid questions whether the moves shielded creditors.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull
Evan A. Evans
Insuit
Insull
Middle West
Insuil Utility Investments Inc
Leavell
Insull Utility Investments
Samuel Ettelson
Chicago Corporation
Tobacco Marketing Holiday Declared By Governor Pollard
Governor Pollard proclaims a burley tobacco marketing holiday in the Virginia burley area until further notice. More than 2,000 burley growers requested the holiday, effective at midnight as a voluntary market shutdown since no legal authority exists to compel closures. The move mirrors actions by Tennessee and Kentucky governors and does not affect barley tobacco already on markets. Markets will run until existing stocks are sold.
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Richmond
Pollard
Virginia
Hill McAllister
Tennessee
Ruby Lafoon
Kentucky
School janitors may get Christmas money
School janitors, left out when the state borrowed to pay teachers, may receive their pay in time for Christmas. Superintendent Trent said the board of public works will convene again to decide options to meet the janitor payroll of 300 900 monthly, as some counties have not paid since the term began due to tax collection problems.
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Charleston
W. Va
Trent
Board of Public Worke
Stalk Red March Ends in Brief Conference
Fairmont officers rushed to a civil works headquarters after reports that 100 Communists planned a march. Only a brief conference occurred with 25 people present including Judge Charles Miller and Prosecutor Walter R. Heggerty.
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Fairmont
Civil Works
Charles Miller
Walter R. Heggerty
Climax of Dispute Over Holiday Recess In West Senate
A sharp clash over Christmas recess brought the West Virginia Senate to a quorum scramble as members were urged back with state police if needed. The House pressed ahead on bills including renaming Beckley’s tuberculosis sanitarium Pinecrest and authorizing Tucker County school projects while seeking a full account list from the state school land commissioners.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Senate
Charles D. Elliott
Senate
House
Supreme Court
Beckley
Pinecrest
Tucker County
Sims
Christmas Trade Reaches High Point in Chicago
Chicago reports Christmas shopping surge the biggest in four years with wholesale, retail, mail order, and glassware sectors buoyant. State Street stores say sales may top 1929 as buyers favor quality gifts over practicality, while mail order house nationwide notes demand up. Increased employment, NRA civil works, and renewed confidence fuel the rise.
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Chicago
America
State Street
NRA
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Pagifig Shipping
Grand Chaco
Morgenthau Reports
Buchanan
MOB
High Court
Appalachian Electric
House Finance Committee
Westvaco Chlorine Products Company
South Charleston
Marlin Geiger
N. M. Argubrite
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Wright Hugus
Wheeling
Wheeling Steel Company
Steel
Rush Holt
Righer
Insull Empire
King
Tottering Holdings
Mathews
Elliott
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