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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1933
Page
5
New York dispatch reports district attorney's office identifying five prisoners as alleged Tashnak members involved in the stabbing of Archbishop Leon Tourain. A sixth possible member is mentioned, with up to twenty more possibly present at Holy Cross Armenian church during the attack.
City directors voted to cut Dr. David B. Lepper health officer salary from 250 to 150 dollars per month starting January 1, with county school authorities expected to share part of the cost. The dairy inspector position may face future expense curtailment as well. Mayor Light noted county school systems benefit from the health officer’s work and suggested city 150 and county 100 monthly contributions if approved.
Four men including estranged husband Ben Egner and music teacher H S Douglass were jailed for an examining trial over the hammer killing of Mollie Byner in South Corbin. The body was found Christmas Day with a 13 month old nearby and died hours earlier.
Robert H. Wiles, 49, unemployed mechanic, confessed to investigators that he was hired to kidnap Herbert Harris Jr., 15, and beat him to death to prevent escape. The body was found on Christmas Day near a deserted farm. Wiles said he struck the boy with a two-foot iron bar and concealed the corpse with a mattress. He also claimed to have shaken hands with the boy’s father and wished him a Merry Christmas. A former factory worker, John Rushton, was questioned. an inquest was ordered as authorities pursued the case.
In Petersburg West Virginia a miner Fritz Anthony Jr 28 of Bayard and Merlin Evans were held for grand jury action with Evans posting 5000 bond for murder and Anthony granted no bond on murder charges. They are linked to the death of John Brodix 52 of Georgetown New Jersey struck on the Northwestern Turnpike near the Maryland West Virginia line while Brodix spoke with Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. The writer remained in Oakdale Maryland to assist in the case.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation chair Jesse Jones says additional federal help is needed to refinance about 2.5 billion dollars in railroad maturities and other needs for the coming year. Banks are urged to take a larger role, with RFC holding major direct stock in nearly a third of U.S. banks, totaling around a billion dollars.
Washington reports permits for $8,000,000 of New York apartment houses in November show a 66 percent rise from October. The department of labor notes the year over year gain reaches 38 percent, signaling renewed activity in urban residential building.
A north east wind drove a blizzard that dumped 10.7 inches on New York causing widespread disruption. Air, water and land traffic slowed as ferries collided on the Hudson and 10,700 new workers joined city crews to clear streets. No injuries reported and ships awaited better visibility.
James R. Wedell speeds from Houston to Baltimore with a sick five month old aboard. After refueling stops in New Orleans and Atlanta, heavy snow at Logan Field slows plans as Baltimore officials prepare aid and doctors consider brain tumor concerns for Sue Tramwell.
President Roosevelt plans only minor revisions to the recovery laws to clarify language and fix technicalities. He focuses on a $6 billion budget and an annual message to Congress while considering currency stabilization options and possible farm and securities law amendments.
Senator Reed of Pennsylvania says votes to curb inflation exist if the president opposes currency debasement. He cites four presidential mistakes including the gold clause repudiation and gold buying policies, arguing firm stance could restore confidence. He sees no real inflation yet and urges decisive action.
Governor Kump signed a bill making kidnaping a capital offense in West Virginia. Four other laws also take effect, including road funding for toll bridges, sheriff collection of municipal taxes, park board funding for Huntington, and a war memorial in Hinton. A brutal cold wave and blizzards sweep the nation causing widespread travel disruption and multiple deaths.
Terrible eastern Lake Michigan storm claims eight lives as two fishing tugs capsize near Michigan City and South Haven. The Martha sinks near the lighthouse with four aboard. the Bremen goes down off the South Haven breakwater with four. Coast guards report the Tuscarora beached miles south with three crewmen swimming ashore.
In a blinding snowstorm over New York, authorities and radio stations hunted for a mysterious plane believed stranded above the city. No aircraft left from area runways while a distant engine drone was heard near Newark before vanishing without a trace.
A senate banking subcommittee report lists Insull securities and German bonds among collateral for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan to the Dawes bank. The loan balance is about 62 million dollars with collateral valued at 8 to 9 million for Insull items and several million in foreign securities including German bonds.
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