State Industries See Employment Gain in November
West Virginia industries including rail freight departments reported higher employment in November per A D Lily federal employment service director. Rail freight forces increased while other rail departments changed little. coal mining and several textile and chemical plants showed improvements amid part time operation in lumber steel and other sectors. Regional notes cover Charleston Fairmont Huntington Wheeling Bluefield Parkersburg with multiple factories operating, highway work aiding workers, and a $250000 federal aid road project near start.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
A. D. Lily
Federal Employment Service
Lilly
Fairmont
Huntington
Wheeling
Iron and Steel
Bluefield
Parkersburg
Ban on Alcohol Permits Sends Confusion to West Virginia
Charleston Dec 28 A section of a special session act leaves Tax Commissioner Townsend without authority to issue permits for any non medicinal alcohol sales. The act assigned permit power for medicinal liquor to Townsend but named the now-abolished prohibition commissioner for other alcohol products. Townsend says his authority for those permits is gone and doubts future reach, noting the legislature may have intended Tax Commissioner to issue all permits but did not.
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Charleston
W. Va
T. C. Townsend
Prohibition
Townsend
Conley
Commission of Prohibition
Commissioner of Prohibition
Auto license extension in state not granted
West Virginia will not grant an extension to obtain new 1933 license tags after January 1. Virginia plates of 1932 will be recognized in WV until April 15, as Virginia shifts its year to April 1 through March 31. A 15 day grace is allowed in Virginia for 1933. WV and VA reciprocal terms do not permit use of 1932 WV plates in Virginia. Pearle Brammer reports A A A club applications for 1933 plates are arriving in Charleston.
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West Virginia
State Road Commission
Pearle Brammer
Bluefield Auto Club
Virginia
Road Commission
Debate Delays Virginia Power Rate Hearing In Richmond
In Richmond Virginia the Old Dominion Power Company rate case is paused as counsel clash over the official transcript. The Virginia Coal Operators Association argues the company overvalues its properties by about 50 percent and seeks a 30 percent rate reduction by adjusting valuations.
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Old Dominion Power
Richmond
Virginia
Old Dominion Power Company
State Corporation Commission
Lee and
Wise County
A. K. Morrison
T. Justin Moore
Thomas E. Owen
Morrison
Commission
Virginia Coal
Operators Association
Santa Fe Purchases Rails and Supplies for West Lines
The Santa Fe railroad says it purchased about 1.5 million dollars in rails and supplies for lines west of Emporia Kansas starting March 1, with pay increases planned for workers. The report appears with other 1930s economic notes including grain exports and bank failures.
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Santa FE
Chicago
Santa Fe Railroad
Emporia
Kas
Local Woman Dies After Auto Crash
Beckley Mrs. Lorene Redden, 21, died in a Beckley hospital from a fractured skull suffered when struck by an automobile near Shady Springs Sunday night.
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Beckley
Lorene Redden
Shady Springs
Excess Profits Tax on Brewers Urged by Borah
Senate action on the 3.2 percent beer bill is delayed by lack of a quorum in the judiciary committee. Senator Borah Idaho Republican proposes a beer tax expansion to raise revenue, while opposition to the bill remains staunch.
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Senate
Washington
Borah
Idaho
Senate Judiciary Committee
Treasury
Mills
House
Ways and Means
Blaine
Norris
Supreme ‘Court
Government refunds total 80 million from 1932 taxes
Washington reports 80,583,564 in tax refunds issued for the 1932 fiscal year as errors overpaid by individuals and firms. Notable repayments exceed 1 million to several corporations, with the largest being 2,960,000 to the Unit ed Fruit company of Boston, and actors like Douglas Fairbanks listed among recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Treasury
Mills
Congress
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
United Fruit Company of
Boston
Lehigh and
Wilkes- Barre Coal Company
Pennsylvania
Botany Warered Mills
Passaic
N. J
National Aniline and Chemical Corporation
New York City
Reading Company
Philadelphia
Reading Railway
United States Cartridge Company of
New York
Douglas Fairbanks
Ramon Novarro
Conrad Nagel
Louis B. Meyer
Charles Rogers
Irene Rich
Adolph Menjou
Ernest Lubitsch
Injunction Granted in Berwind Land v Williams Pocahontas Case
A federal court granted a temporary injunction in the suit of Berwind Land Company against Williams Pocahontas Coal Company of McDowell County. The order restrains the defendant from removing or selling movable property on leaseholds totaling 1,853 acres in McDowell County.
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Charleston
Berwind Land Company
Williams Pocahontas Coal Company
McDowell County
McDowe
Reunited Inch by Inch at South Carolina Death Row
RS. Beatrice Ferguson Snipes, an expectant mother, is shown with her husband Clyde Snipes and their son Clyde Jr. at the South Carolina state prison in Columbia. The boy, unaware of his mother's death sentence for slaying a highway policeman, is with a father serving seven months. The death sentence is set for April, two months after the baby's birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Ferguson Snipes
Clyde Snipes
Clyde Jr
South Carolina
Columbia
N and W Reports Net Income Gain in November
Norfolk and Western Railway reports November net income of 2,543,816, up nearly a million from 1931 and 27,522 over October. Coal hauling rose to 5,917,366, with total November operating revenues at 6,220,149 and expenses at 3,077,117, yielding gross income of 2,881,230. For the first eleven months, 1932 net income totaled 14,761,017 versus 19,683,586 a year earlier.
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Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Railroads seek continuance of freight rate increases
Washington hears that major railways run in the red by about 20 million dollars yearly as 122 lines report deficits through the first nine months. Dr Julius Parmelee of the bureau of railway economics and E G Buckland of Railroad Credit Corp testify at the Interstate Commerce Commission hearing on extending surcharges that began last January and expire March 31. Commissioners Meyer Eastman Porter and Lewis preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Julius Parmelee
Bureau of Railway Economics
Parmelee
E. G. Buckland
Railroad Credit Corporation
Meyer, Eastman, Porter and Lewis
Leaders Seek New Revenue Sources for Budget
Washington December 28 Democratic house leaders initiated a search for additional revenue to balance the budget amid doubts about a general tax bill this session. President elect Roosevelt reportedly opposed a manufacturers sales tax, delaying action while Speaker Garner and Collier seek a path to balance the budget and extend the federal gasoline tax.
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Washington
Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
Garner
Collier
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rainey
Iiloia
Congress
McKeon
360 Miles of Primary Road System Finished
Richmond Va Dec 28 Auditors of the state department of highways report 360 miles of primary highway construction completed in 1932 since July 1 the state spent 2 473 137 38 on the secondary system. The primary mileage this year compares with 676 miles the prior year and work was delayed to provide winter employment. Including convict labor 6 811 929 81 was spent on primary construction this year vs 11 922 000 last year. Maintenance totaled 5 892 839 65.
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Richmond
State Department of Highways
New Idea Of Solar System Is Advanced By Scientists
Dr Harlow Shapley of Harvard College Observatory proposes a new solar system origin in which the sun moon and Earth formed together from an eddy in a vast gas swirl. He argues the solar system are remnants of a primordial swirl amid a potentially older universe aided by cosmic meteors and a cosmos expanding over billions of years.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Sun
Moon
Earth
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Harlow Shapley
Harvard College Observatory
Milky Way
Solar System
Shapely
Albert Einstein
Japan Plans Armies Modernization In Manchuria Readjustment
The Japanese war office announces a major military readjustment to reinforce Manchuria by reducing home forces and modernizing arms. Aims include training 100,000 officers and men in modern weapons, expanding air power tanks and heavy artillery, and raising Manchuria forces to 60 000 to 65 000 within two years, funded by a 448 million yen budget.
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Tokyo
Manchuria
War Office
Japan
Manchull
Suteenght Th
Sereeee
Red Army
Local Business Man Daniel Mays Dies at 65 in Bluefield
Daniel Edward Mays 65 proprietor of Bluefield Tining and Plumbing died at his residence 701 Carolina Avenue after paralysis. He was stricken December 4 and suffered a second stroke two days later. Born July 10 1867 in Amherst Courthouse Virginia he organized the Bluefield firm in 1906 after leaving the Norfolk and Western railway where he served as pump inspector. He is survived by his wife two children Harry G Mays and Mrs J A Haller and siblings with services not set before Friday.
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Daniel Edward Mays
Bluefield Tining and Plumbing Company
Carolina Avenue
Mays
Tazewell County
Maye
Bluefield
Bluefield Tinning and Plumbing Company
Mr. Mays
Norfolk and Western Railway
Winston-Salem
N. C
Roanoke
Bluefield Telephone Company
C. W. Mays
East Radford
Emmett Small
Petersburg
A. L. Mays
Joe Smoot
Buffalo
N. Y
Walter Mahen
Monroe
Bland Street Methodist Church
Woodmen of the World
Lbe
Insull to Remain in Greece Indefinitely
Samuel Insull, freed after Greece’s court of appeals refused extradition to the United States, said he intends to stay in Greece indefinitely. He plans to establish himself and run a business, while awaiting his wife’s return from Paris. authorities ruled there was no crime or basis for extradition in the embezzlement and larceny case tied to his former utilities empire.
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Athens
Samuel Insull
Court of Appeals
United States
Greece
Paris
Georggacopoulos
Insull
Cook County
Fairmonter Held In Fire Inquiry
Fire swept the fifth floor of a downtown Pittsburgh hotel killing one man by asphyxiation and trapping about 150 guests who fled into smoke filled streets. Frank Reed 26 of Fairmont W Va a salesman was arrested on suspicion and held for a hearing. fire damage was estimated at 15000 dollars.
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Pittsburgh
Seventh Avenue
Frank Reed
Fairmont
W. Va
J. Henry Benton
Meadville
Richard L. Smith
Liberty Avenue
Reed
Mercy Hospital
W. J. McGregor
Smpire
Clayton Cornell
Gill
William Graves
Frank A. Dixon
Attorney General to rule on coal imports tax decision
Washington December 28 The attorney general Mitchell completed an opinion for the White House on whether coal imports from Canada Germany and Great Britain should be taxed under the revenue law or admitted tax free under most favored nation treaties The treasury will decide when to release the opinion and implement any duty changes Canada had been exempt due to import balance but treaty concerns with Britain and Germany may affect the tax unlike current duty free imports Belmont dog catcher race nears wrap as Belmont commissioners review over fifty applicants for the $100 a month post
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Washington
Canada
Germany
Great Britain
Mitchell
White House
Treasury
United States
Deparment
Attorney General
Reed
Pennsylvania
Congress
Mystery Gloom In M Goin Case Spurs Search Near Hagerstown
An anonymous letter signed by a “Boy In Distress” claims R B McCoin was killed after a demand for $15 damage, with authorities probing a burial near Hagerstown Maryland. Virginia and Ohio police widen checks while relatives aid a search for ashes and a possible Mason pin, as heavy rains complicate the effort.
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Hagerstown
Henderson
N. C
McCoin
Ohio
Maryland
Virginia
McCain
Richmond
Lynchburg
Farmville
Vislt
de Witt
Columbus
M. A
L. 8
Sitton
North Carolina
Bruce Downin
North Carolina Supreme Court
Raleigh
Slim
Shorty
Jacksonville
Fla
Petersburg
Winnie Ruth Judd Talks to Jurors
Winnie Ruth Judd condemned to die for the murder of Agnes Anne Leroy completed testimony before the Maricopa county grand jury and began a 67 mile car trip back to Florence state prison. The grand jury action was secret with Judd saying she would tell her story when she felt ready and authorities noting possible reference to the trunk murders.
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Arizona County Grand Jury
Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Agnes Anne Leroi
Maricopa County
Arizona State
Florence
Agnes Anne Leroy
Grand Jury
Mrs. Leroy
Hedvig Samuelson
William
Judd
Fort Whippe
Prescott
J. R McFad
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New York Central Railroad Today
R. G. Dunn and Company
Mansfield, C
Mansfield
Fredericktown
Hillsboro
Sun Glow Industries, Incorporated
William Switzer
Switzer
Lima Sheet Métal 1 Company
Sun Glow Mansfield
BORAT
Judiciary Committee
Mon J
Ingrerge Armed Forces
IK Manghurta
Logal
Fairmonter
Seventh Avenue Hotel
Belmont
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