Democrats Eye Costs In Hunt For Budget Solution
Washington reports the Ways and Means Committee will study the budget issue Wednesday as Democrats push to empower President elect Roosevelt to cut federal costs by reorganizing agencies. Republicans push for a manufacturers sales tax opposed by Roosevelt advisers, while Democrats plan to block Hoover’s economy reorganization and seek new revenue sources with Roosevelt guidance.
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Ways and Means
Congress
Hoover
Washington
House
Roosevelt
Ways and Means Committee
Garner
Albany
House Democrats
Cochram
House Expenditures Committee
Rainsy
Illinois
Burns
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Byrne
Rainey
Treasury Department
Marchers Cost Virginia Police $1813 for Escort
Richmond Va December 29 The Marchers who demonstrated at the opening of Congress cost Virginia $1 813 67. T McCall Frazier director of the division of motor vehicles sent a detailed expense account to Governor Pollard. He notes 204 miles escorted from the West Virginia line to Washington and back with 60 officers handling about 1 300 marchers to Washington and 1 600 on the return trip. Total mileage 16 380 car miles at five cents a mile equals 819. Telephone and telegraph about 50 Feeding and lodging the force 770 50 and equipment costs 147 17. He adds that feeding and lodging is customary when officers are drafted away from base.
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Richmond
Congress
Washington
Commonwealth of Virginia
Pollard
T. McCall Frazier
Division of Motor Vehicles
Frazier
West Virginia Line
West Virginia
Insull collateral sale led by Central Hanover Bank
New York reports Central Hanover Banking Trust bought Insull operating company securities to recover from a defaulted loan of 5.789 million dollars, paying 5.75 million. The move forces sale of the collateral securing the loan to National Public Service.
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New York
Insull
National Public Service Corporation
Central Hanover Banking Trust Company
VA Tanguay Recovers After Nervous Collapse in Hot Springs
The singer VA Tanguay, famed for "I Don't Care," fights health setback and returns to outdoor life in Hot Springs Arkansas with a nurse by her side after weeks of illness.
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VA Tanguay
Hot Springs
Ark
Fort Huachuca tragedy as private kills two officers and wives
In a brief rampage at Fort Huachuca Arizona a Negro private killed Captain David Palmer and Captain Joseph Weseley and their wives before wounding Lieutenant Barvie Matthews and being shot dead by a military guard. Col R S Knox orders investigation as post notes unclear motive and addresses unread.
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Fort Huachuca
Ariz
Barvie R. Matthews
David A. Palmer
Joseph R. Weseley
Abernathy
Army Post
Captain Weseley
Weseley
Palmers
Matthews
Col
R. S. Knox
25Th Infantry
Nogales
War Department
Stephen D. Littlehere
Harry Jones
Douglas, Ariz
House to observe three day recess for New Year
Washington, Dec. 29. The House will take a three day recess for the New Year after a three day Christmas break. Majority Leader Rainey of Illinois moved the resolution for the recess from Friday to Tuesday, and the measure was adopted as the Philippines independence bill moved forward.
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Washington
House
Representative Rainey
Illinois
Ashland farmer survives rifle-bullet brain injury
Irvin Weygandt a 79 year old farmer in Ashland Colorado lived nineteen days with a bullet in his brain and showed signs of possible recovery. Dr. M J Thomas noted the frontal lobe placement and said age lowers recovery chances after he shot himself three times on December 11 with one bullet lodged in his brain.
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Ashland, CO
Irvin Weygandt
M. J. Thomas
Weygandt
Thomas
West Virginia Counties Get Federal Relief Loans
Washington announces $2.44 million in loans to 34 West Virginia counties for January and February relief. Governor Conley sought about $2.5 million for the counties with plans to request $1 million emergency relief funds when the legislature convenes. Names of the 34 counties include Berkeley, Kanawha, Raleigh, Raleigh, Monongalia, and Wayne.
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Washington
West Virginia
Reconstruction Corporation
Conley
Calvert L. Estill
Corporation
Berkeley
Boone
Brooke
Cabell
Clay
Doddridge
Fayette
Greenbrier
Hampshire
Hancock
Harrison
Jackson
Kanawha
Lewis
Logan
Marion
Marshall
Mason
Mercer
Mineral
Mingo
Monongalia Morgan
Nicholas
Ohio
Preston
Putnam
Raleigh
Randolph
Roane
Taylor
Tucker
Upshur
Wayne
Unfilled Orders to Provide Work in 1933
Chicago reports show Grigoby-Grunow to start 1933 with four times as many unfilled orders for refrigerators as ever. Santa Fe railroad plans spring track work to employ thousands and has purchased 1.5 million dollars in rail and supplies. Pittsburgh notes aviation will set a new high for passengers and payload in 1982. Western Air Express expects doubled 1931 passenger totals and tripled express volume with 7,016 passengers in 1932 and 19,308 pounds of express. The Institute of American Meat Packers says 1932 kept livestock and packing tonnage high, maintained employment, and supported transport agencies amid low prices.
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Chicago
John F. Dizell
Grigoby-Grunow Company
Santa Fe Railroad
Pittsburgh
Richard W. Burrowss
Transcontinental and Western Air, Incorporated
Harris M. Hanshue
Western Air Express Corporation
Hanshue
Institute of American Meat Pakers
American Livestock and Packing Indusry
Philippine independence bill clears House for Hoover fate
The House passed the conference agreement on Philippine independence with a ten year transition by a large majority, sending the measure to President Hoover who signals doubts of approval. Some Republicans hoped for a veto while Manila leaders split on the plan especially over bases and the ten year period.
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Washington
House
White House
Hoover
Senate
Hurley
Manila
Manuel Oman
Insular
Independence Commission
United States
Nation's Dry Forces to Meet in February
Anti-Saloon League of America mobilizes prohibition advocates in St. Petersburg Florida to plan organized opposition to repealing or altering the eighteenth amendment. O G Christgau announces February 19 to 21 conference hosted by national and state leagues to address the 1934 congressional elections and sharpen wet dry lines.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
Anti- Saloon League of America
O. G. Christgau
Washington
Christgau
Sequoia Runs Aground Delaying Hoover Party at Palm Beach
The Sequoia carrying President Hoover and party ran aground in Palm Beach harbor after darkness, delaying the president’s sailfish excursion. The flotilla—Sequoia Kilkenny and coast guard boats—spent over an hour stuck in mud banks, with a three hour delay changing the inland channel plan to the safer route.
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Sailfish Club
Palm Beach
Fla
Hoover
Lake Worth
Kilkenny
Coast Guard
New River Rises Ten Feet Amid Heavy Rains
New River showed a ten foot rise at Narrows yesterday but Giles county reports say waters are receding and no damage is expected. Other regional streams swollen with minimal property loss. Roads between Rich Creek Glen Lyn and Narrows Pearisburg heavily damaged by slides. 25 to 30 workers clearing mud and stone. Slide removal on Narrowe Pearisburg road may take days. Norfolk and Western Railway reports minor, isolated disruptions.
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New
Narrows
Giles County
Rich Creek
Glen Lyn
Pearisburg
Glen Lyn- Rich Creek
Narrowe-Pearisburg
Norfolk and Western Railway
Southland Threatened as Floods Surge Across South
Water two feet deeper than earlier overflow flooded low-lying Rome Georgia areas and relief agencies prepared for Alabama impacts as rivers rose across North and South Carolina Mississippi and Tennessee. Yazoo and St Francis near full, Tennessee rising toward flood stage. Charleston Tennessee boats seen, Knoxville families displaced as Hiawassee floods reach 12 year high.
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Southland
Atlanta
Rome
Alabama
South
North Carolina
South Carolina
Mississippi
Tennessee
Washington Weather Bureau
Mississippi River
Knoxville
Dandridge
Workmen Killed in Gas Line Explosion Near Catlettsburg
In Catlettsburg Kentucky on December 29 a welding accident on a high pressure Warfield Natural Gas line killed Riser of Huntington West Virginia and Tilden Dixon of Summit Kentucky. Six other workers were injured none seriously. They were repairing a gas line leak when the explosion occurred.
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Catlettsburg
Huntington
W. Va
Tilden Dixon
Summit
Warfield Natural Gal Company
Moving Mountain Threatens Town in Colorado
Durango residents wary as Carbon mountain shakes and sheds rock on 16 slopes. Geologists say faulting may push Smelter mountain toward the town. experts dismiss many theories. Nearby residents prepare to evacuate as tremors continue over about two weeks.
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Durango
Colorado
Colo
Carbon Mountain
Claude B. Needham
New Mexico School of Mines
Hoax Seen In McCain Mystery Split Of Facts Over Missing Attorney
Investigators weigh a Columbus garage sighting of an auto tied to R S McCain while a distress letter about a Petersburg Virginia killing is questioned for authenticity. Relatives and authorities search Virginia Maryland and Washington for clues to the NC budget official missing since his Richmond trip.
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Henderson
N. C
R. S. McCain
Columbus
Ohio
McCain
F. F. Kundts
Petersburg
Richmond
Virginia
Petersburg-Richmond
Hagerstown
Chicago
Warrene Court Court
Carolina
Raleigh
Florida
Ohio City
Dewitt
Maryland
Washington
North Carolina Budget Advisory Commission
A. B. Webster
House approves Philippine independence bill by wide margin
The House passed by 171 to 16 a bill granting independence to the Philippines in ten years. Lawmakers also debated granting broad authority to President elect Roosevelt to cut government costs via reorganization and approved a nearly $9.74 million emergency relief for Illinois, West Virginia, and Nevada through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The chamber considered the agriculture department appropriations and then recessed for a three day New Year holiday.
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House
Philippines
House Democrats
Roosevelt
Reconstruction Corporation
Ilnois
West Virginia
Nevada
Agriculture Department
Counsel Argues Cost of Power in Virginia Rates Case
Richmond from Dec 29. Counsel for Old Dominion Power contesting valuations by Virginia Coal Operators witnesses as faulty for rate making. Operators seek 50 percent cut of 5,259,000 property valuation and at least 30 percent rate reduction. Disputes over inflation and omitted values. Also notes Shenango tin plant in New Castle Pa reports 373 consecutive days without lost time accidents among about 3,150 workers.
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Richmond
Old Dominion Power Company
Virginia Coal Operators Association
Co. D. Richards
E. Randolph Williams
Old Dominion
Williams
Richards
W. A. Hiddleson
New Castle
Shenango
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Influenza Wave Hits Bishop and Bluefield Area
The article reports an influenza outbreak spreading from Bishop coal plant along the Virginia West Virginia line near Tazewell. Dr Bennett treated sixty six families as pneumonia deaths occur among Bluefield children and F E White 33 dies from flu turning to pneumonia.
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Ange
Bishop
Pocahontas Corporation
Virginia- West Virginia
Tazewell
Bennett
Johnson
Amonate
Severa
Faraday Coal Company
Henry Co. Frick
Pittsburgh
Tazewell County
Bluefield
David B. Lepper
Lepper
F. E. White
Express
Chicago Servant Kills Wife Daughter and Self
In Chicago, Peter Peterson, longtime chauffeur for Clement Studebaker Jr., killed his wife Anna and daughter Pauline then shot himself. A later will had left $5,000 to Peterson, but a second will nullified the bequest. He notified relatives, telephoned Studebaker, and ended his life after arranging his affairs. The Studebaker heir confirmed Peterson remained employed at $200 monthly.
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Chicago
Peter Peterson
Peter
Clement Studebaker Jr
Studebaker
South Bend
Pauline
Anna
Northwestern University
Jennie
Clement Studebaker, III
Peterson
Jury weighs fate as Winnie Ruth Judd faces death
In Phoenix, Winnie Ruth Judd loses another route to appeal as the Arizona Supreme Court denies rehearing and leaves the trunk murder case on the docket. Grand jury deliberations continue with undisclosed details while Judd testifies under subpoena about the slayings of Agnes Leroi and Hedvig Samuelson.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona Supreme Court
Winnie Ruth Judd
Maricopa County
Grand Jury
Supreme Court
Judd
Arizona
Howard C. Speakman
Agnes Leroi
Hedvig Samuelson
Los Angeles
Convic
Leroi
Rosier Urges College Education Against Low Mood
Dr. Joseph L. Rosier president of the National Education Association and head of Fairmont State Teachers College told 125 Salem College alumni at the annual holiday banquet that the ills of low mood can be cured through the ideal of a college education.
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Rosier
Siem
W. Va
Joseph L. Rosier
National Educational Association
Fairmont State Teachers College
Salem College
French deputies authorize loan for Austria reconstruction
Paris reports the chamber of deputies approved a reconstruction loan to Austria by 351 to 187, enabling France to advance about $14 million. The loan, backed by the League of Nations and several nations, aims to stabilize Central Europe as Austria faces severe financial peril.
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France
Austria
U. S
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
United States
Herriot
Joseph Paul Boncour
Europe
League of Nations
Great Britain
Italy
Switzerland
Holland
Belgium
Bodies of 54 miners recovered after Moweaqua mine disaster
Rescuers found the last seven of fifty four trapped miners at the Moweaqua Coal Company mine in Illinois on December 29 ending a long effort begun Christmas Eve. The earlier deaths were due to gas and roof falls as rescuers worked to clear a channel through the north tunnel.
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Moweaqua
Ill
Cee
Moweaqua Coal Company
Dai Am
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