Draft liquor tax bill targets $2 a gallon levy
Secret Ways and Means plan outlines a $2 per gallon levy on spirits and a double tariff schedule to let the president bargain with exporters. States would not share in the federal levy, and the measure aims for quick action in January with executive session deliberations and Treasury revenue estimates.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Ways End Means Committee
Gome
Treasury
Doughton
North Carolina
Ways of and Means
Roosevelt
Senate
United States
Langley Field Flier Injured In Beckley Crash
Lieut Thomas C. Darcy 23 of Boston army flyer with the 35th pursuit squadron at Langley Field Va was seriously injured when his plane after landing in a field near Lochgelly Fayette county developed motor trouble. He attempted to take off but the craft struck a rock and plunged into the mountain side while en route to White Sulphur Springs.
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Beckley
W. Va
Thomas C. Darcy
Boston
Army Flyer
Lochgelly
Fayette County
Darcy
35Th Pursuit
Langley Field
White Sulphur Springs
Irate workers dig holes for CWA paymasters
Cincinnati December 21 300 CWA workers deserted their jobs after their request for one day early pay on Christmas was denied and they dug holes in the ground labeling them graves for the pay masters alluding to paymasters.
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Cincinnati
CWA
Three Men Slain by Chicago Police in Onslaught
Chicago dispatch reports a police detail stormed a Rogers Park apartment seeking Dillinger gang members. Three men were killed in the exchange, two identified as ex convicts with no proven link to the Indiana gang. A fourth suspect was believed at a nearby theater.
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Chicago
John Dillinger Band of Outlaws
Bertillon
Detective Bureau
Gamg of
Indiana
John Stege
Fashionable Rogers Park
Railroad unions seek six hour day and car limits in trains
Anil Labor board proposes a six hour workday while keeping pay. They seek 70 freight cars and 14 passenger cars per train. Dispatchers limited to six hours and trainmen to 12 hours within a 24 hour period. Telegrapher shifts to nine hours. Whitney says goal is safety and employment. Supreme Court Arizona ruling supports 70 car trains. Session to continue with more railway labor law amendments planned.
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Chicago
Congress
A. F. Whitney
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Oine Whitney
United States Supreme Court
Arizona
Smokeless Field Output Sees Mixed Trends in 1933
Production in four coal fields shows decline in November but year to date output ahead of 1932. New River increases from November, Pocahontas Tug River and Winding Gulf dip. Weekly report notes Pocahontas-Tug River rise to 361,583 tons for week ending Dec 16, with 19,347,434 tons year to date.
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Pocahontas
Tug River
Winding Gulf
Pocashontas-Tug River
Pocahontas-Tugg River
American Denies Ties to Giant Spy Ring in Paris
American detainees in Paris deny links to an international espionage syndicate believed to connect to Germany's master organization. Robert Switz 29 a New Jersey native and his wife Marjorie Tilley 22 face preliminary hearings December 23 as French authorities pursue the spy ring and a larger net that may have captured forty members. The U S charge d affaires in Paris Robert Marriner and consul Robert D Murphy coordinate the case and hotel-room searches as investigators weigh holding the pair for trial.
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Paris
Robert Switz
Germany
Epy
East Orange
N. J
Charles Moyse
Sante
Switz
Marjorie Tilley
New York
M. Moyse
Benon
Theodore Marriner
Washington State Department
Switzs
General Johnson to Divide Duties
Washington reports broad acceptance of new lower dry cleaning prices as NRA officials push to finish codes for printing publishing and construction by year end. Johnson subdivides duties among assistants while hearings address machinery codes and industry concerns.
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Washington
Recovery Administration
Hugh S. Johnson
Machinery and Allied Products Institute
Reminder to donate to Community Christmas Tree fund
The notice urges those who contributed but have not sent in donations to remit promptly. About half have paid, and officers need funds to finish purchasing gifts for children. Send contributions to WHIS station or Daily Telegraph, Bluefield.
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Station Whis
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Virginia liquor control plan recommends state stores and private wine license
A legislative commission proposes complete state control of alcohol with a three member Alcoholic Beverage Control Board appointed by the governor. Distilled liquor would be sold only through state stores in sealed packages. beer and wine could be sold by the glass at on premise outlets. No per se permit required for individuals. one gallon limit per purchase. local option retained with six month wait after act.
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Richmond
Legislative Commission
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Virginia
Divorced Parents Battle for Child in Chicago Courts
Chicago story follows six year old Jimmy Cleeman Jr. as he is shuffled between his divorced parents by municipal and circuit courts. Judge Erickson and Judge Klarkowski hear habeas corpus actions while Indiana jurisdiction and the child’s home life drive the outcome.
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Chicago
Jimmy Cleeman Jr
South Bend
Alfred C. Erickson
Erickson
Florida
Ilo Blumenthal
Jimmy
James Coleman Jr
Indiana
Oak Park’s Sleeping Beauty Shows Signs Of Awakening
In Oak Park Illinois Patricia Maguire a 20 year old unconscious since February 1938 is showing signs of awakening after years of sleeping sickness Doctors report improvements include sitting up briefly chewing solid foods and responding invoices to family members The family notes increased restlessness and a Christmas home tableau as hope rises for Pat and her loved ones
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Patricia Maguire
Midwest
Oak Park
Des
Peter Miley
Patricia
Pat
Yuletide Gayery
Tbe
West Virginia Legislature Takes Christmas Recess
Charleston dispatch reports the West Virginia legislature adjourned for Christmas for two weeks and will reconvene January 3. The final session contrasted with a turbulent week that included a physical assault on Senator Henderson and a forced roundup of recessing senators.
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Charleston
W. Va
Tax Agents Study Long Returns
A renewed internal revenue inquiry into Huey Long and Louisiana associates unfolds in Long’s home state. Agents compare their income with government returns as part of a previously begun Hoover-era probe now restarted under Morgenthau. The move coincides with Louisiana political defections and senate probes into election practices linked to Long ally Overton.
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Washington
Huey Long
Louisiana
Internal Revenue
Long
New Orleans
Congress
Hoover
Democratic Organization
Guy T Helvering
Commissioner of
Morgenthau
Treasury
White House
Internal Revenue Bureau
Hewes
Roosevelt silver proclamation sparks global trade impacts
In brief, President Roosevelt calls for coinage of half of newly mined silver with the rest held in the treasury. The plan aims to raise silver prices to about 64.14 cents an ounce and coin roughly 12 million ounces annually. Proponents say it would boost foreign trade and commodity prices, stabilize silver, aid domestic mining, and increase foreign buying.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Asd
Banker and lawyer held in bond hunt in Chicago case
Chicago police announced the arrest in Texas of Z. D. Bonner former San Antonio bank president and John H. Cunningham the bank attorney in secret federal indictments alleging conspiracy to dispose of part of $250000 in bonds and cash seized from mail robbers near the Chicago post office on December 6 1932. Authorities have recovered $200000 and $47500 was traced to the San Antonio bank.
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Chicago
Texas
San Antonio
Z. D. Bonner
Commércial ‘National Bank of
John H. Cunningham
Commercial National Bank of San Antonio
Mercer County Medical Society Elects New Officers
Dr J J Markell of Princeton elected president of the Mercer County Medical Society at the annual meeting held last night at the West Virginian hotel. New officers include Dr D L Hosmer vice president and Dr R R Stuart secretary all from Bluefield. Dr W H Wallingford named delegate to the state association to fill an unexpired term. Four new members were elected: Dr J S Ayers McComas Dr Charles T St Clair Jr Bluefield Dr Frank Holroyd Princeton and Dr Co A Van Reenen Bluefield. A relief committee was appointed and a banquet followed the business session. The proceedings also note a separate federal proclamation on silver coinage and its potential impact on currency stabilization.
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J. J. Markell
Princeton
Mercer County Medical Society
West Virginian
C. J. Reynolds
Bluefield
D. L. Hosmer
R. R. Stuart
Harry G. Steele
Charles T. St. Clair
Frank Holroyd
W. H. Wallingford
State Association
C. B. Clements
Matoaka
Wallingford
R. O. Rogers
J. I. Markel
H. R. Connell
J. S. Ayers
McComas
Charles T. St. Clair Jr
Co. A. van Reenen
R. O Rogers
A. H. Hoge
B. S. Clements
J. R. Vermillion
Roosevelt Maintains Silver to Gold Dollar Ratio
President Roosevelt ordered government mints to coin silver on a fifty fifty basis with producers. Half of the annual 24,000,000 ounces of silver will be returned in dollars to producers and the other half held in reserve by the treasury. The plan sets a silver price near 64 12 cents per ounce and keeps the current ratio between silver and gold dollars until further order.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
White House
Here's How Silver Coinage Plan Works
An explanation of the silver coinage plan outlines that a producer could mint 100 ounces of silver into 6450 dollars in coins. Half of the metal value would be kept by the government as a minting charge, while the producer gains about 21.50 dollars compared with the then prevailing 43 cents per ounce market price.
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Washington
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