Roosevelt Signs Retail Food and Grocery Charter
President Roosevelt approved a code governing the vast retail food and grocery trade, affecting about 480,000 stores. The NRA closed down for New Year’s, with hundreds more codes in process and hearings planned. The grocery code, effective January 6, strips agricultural administration influence and bans below-cost sales except for perishables.
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Washington
Roosevelt
NRA
Farm Administration
White House
Kump Seeks Direct Grants for 10 Units
Charleston, December 30. Governor Kump foresees a path to direct state grants for local units to fund essential government services though constitutional limits restrict broad aid. He notes limited public purposes may include law enforcement fire protection and other maintenance of orderly government while acknowledging the Supreme Court ruling against state bond debt payments for counties and districts. The tax impasse remains unresolved as the legislature’s January session nears, with the court decisions intensifying local funding pressures.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kump
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Appeals
Congress 10 Opens Wednesday in Roosevelt Era
Washington reports the first regular session of the 73rd Congress begins Wednesday under the banner of an economic revolution. Democratic majorities unite behind Roosevelt’s program while Republicans promise limited opposition and seek a cohesive strategy ahead of the fall elections.
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Roosevelt
McNary
Oregon
NRA
Hiram Johnson
California
Fess
Ohio
Representative Snell
New York
House
Flying Boudoir Ends Endurance Flight Over Miami
Frances Marsalis and Helen Richey pushed the Flying Boudoir to a demanding nearly ten day and night circuit above Miami to set a new women’s endurance record.
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Frances Marsalis
Helen Richey
Miami
Endurance Flight Sets Record By Two Airwomen
Miami, December 30. Francis Marsalis and Helen Richey claim a new women refueling endurance flight record of nine days, 21 hours, 42 minutes after landing at Municipal Airport at 10 45 a. m. They battled rain squalls and winds, exhausted yet jubilant as spectators cheered. The pair surpassed the previous eight day four hour five minute record by 41 hours, 37 minutes set by Marsalis and Louis Thaden in 1932.
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Business Leader Foresees Progress In Year Ahead
A 1933 year end piece by Henry I. Harriman notes improved world business activity not only in the United States but across major nations. He cites world trade rising to about 75 percent of 1929 levels, signs of price stability, and gradual recovery amid tariff barriers and political tensions. Britain sees rising tonnage and falling unemployment, while France, Germany, Italy, and Japan show early recovery signals.
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Henry I. Harriman
Chamber of Commerce of the
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Associated Press
Washington
United Kingdom
England
Italy
Japan
New York Police To Escort Revelers On New Year
New Year celebrations filled hotels and restaurants to capacity in New York with the Waldorf Astoria opening a champagne terrace. Police Commissioner Bolan ordered extra patrols to shepherd revelers home at sunrise if needed and instructed police to act as convoys. The liquor board eased Sunday rules, allowing earlier liquor service tomorrow, while hotels expect ample wine and liquor.
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Waldorf-Astoria
Bolan
State Liquor Board
License extension keeps 1933 auto plates valid until Jan 8
Charleston authorities extend use of 1933 auto license plates without windshield stickers until midnight Monday January 8 to reduce public confusion. Officials noted long lines at the state house and about 1,000 people awaiting service as the change from January 1 to July 1 takes effect and new documentation is required for commercial insurance rules.
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W. Va
State House
Road Commission
Transportation Department
Merger Schools To Reopen In January In West Virginia
McDowell county schools, on Christmas recess, will not resume until January 15, announced Welch superintendent N H Steadman. Mercer county schools plan to reopen as normal, with officials hoping for new funding from the legislature reconvening Wednesday.
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Welch
N. H. Steadman
Mercer County
Steadman
West Virginia
Wade
West Virginia schools face extended holidays amid financial crisis
Charleston officials report possible prolonged vacations as state funds run short. Superintendent Trent says reopening after Christmas remains the goal, with suspensions contingent on swift financial solution. Extensions are already in Kanawha and McDowell counties while Wyoming county has an indefinite shutdown.
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W. Va
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Kanawha
McDowell
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Supreme Court
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Youth Doomed To Die In Gas Chamber Seeks Life Swap
Denver telegram recounts Walter Dunham, dying of tuberculosis, offering to take Walter Reppin's death sentence in the Colorado lethal gas chamber. Dunham asks Governor Johnson to free Reppin if he can be executed in his place. Reppin vows to appeal and fight for his life.
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Walter Reppin
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Colorado Springs
Edwin C. Johnson
Reppin
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Philip Hornbein
David Rosner
Johnson
Warden Boy Best
Canon City
Best
Tri State Terror Underhill Wounded, Surrenders After Shootout
Outlaw Wilbur Underhill a.k.a. Tri State Terror, leading convicts from Kansas, was mortally wounded and surrendered in a furniture store after a lengthy gunfight. Captured with him were Raymond Roe and Eva Mae Nichols. his wife Hazel Hudson was wounded. Officers recovered $5,000 in bonds among the scarce valuables.
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Kansas Penitentiary
Frank Nash
Kansas City
R. H. Colvin
Department of Justice
Oklahoma City
Raymond Roe
Ralph Rowe
Eva Mae Nichols
Hazel Hudson
Roe
Sirota
Wilbur
Bank spokesmen uphold schedule amid Johnson clash
Washington reports alarm among top bankers after administrator delays a plan to impose high service charges on deposits. Hugh S Johnson seeks full public inquiry while bankers defend costs as needed for safe operation. Eugene Black of the Federal Reserve urged Johnson to reconsider but was refused. Johnson then heads to South Carolina for New Year with Bernard Baruch.
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Bernard Baruch
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Eugene Black
Federal Reserve Board
Black
State Police Get Orders To Assist Counties, Cities
Cambridge Massachusetts December 30 United States senators have brains two ounces heavier than congressmen in a partial examination of living statesmen. The study, presented to the AAAS, reports weights for eighteen senators and seventy one congressmen. The project aims to see if aging can be extended for national leaders. Dr Arthur MacDonald summarized the findings in his absence.
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American Association For the Advancement of Science
Arthur MacDonald
Washington, Dd
Association
Martial law ordered after Romanian premier murder attempt
In Bucharest a decree imposes martial law and strict censorship as authorities move to quell Iron Guard violence after the assassination of Premier Ian G. Duca and a subsequent attack on his would-be slayer. Police detain editor Nicholas Ionescu amid accusations of inciting the assassination. a gunman is overpowered after firing at the suspect.
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Romania
Ian G. Duca
Constantine Angelescu
Duca
Iron Guard
Cuvantul
Carol
Ionescu
Corneliu Z. Codreanu
Sinaia
Constantinescu
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Death by Own Action Reveals Woman Murder Case
In Cleveland on December 30 a man leapt from the Superior high level bridge into the Cuyahoga River. His suicide led to the discovery of a murdered woman, identified as Mae Gross, 34. Police found a bloodied hammer and evidence of a violent struggle in a bedroom linked to the suspect Joseph Di Poci. Neighbors had seen Di Poci near the scene. officers then questioned the Gross family, who lived at a different address. Townes and Lockwood also killed themselves by jumping from the same bridge last Thursday.
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Cuyahoga River
Coast Guards
Joseph di Poci
di Poci
Mae Gross
Robert Townes
Robert M. Lockwood
Yukon Section Reports 78 Below Zero Reading
Dawson Yukon December 30 reports three weeks of extreme cold delaying Christmas and New Year events. Tagish 70 below, White Horse 62 below, Selkirk 78 below, Mayo 68 below and Daweon 67 below. Barometers show no immediate change.
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Daweon
State orders police ready to step in amid tax chaos
Governor Kump ordered state police to stand by to take over law enforcement in any part of the state as counties and towns plan lean budgets and fear revenue shortfalls. Courts have blocked tax collection plans, leaving about $25,000,000 in property taxes tied up until a constitutional compliant system is in place. Levy boards must meet and adjourn indefinitely next Tuesday as schools weigh extending Christmas holidays.
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W. Va
Kump
Supreme Court
Trent
Bluefield city market and stadium funds uncertain
Mayor Light and chamber official voiced doubt that all PWA funds were loaned, but expressed hope funds would be extended for Bluefield’s city market project and stadium. A state bill granting authority to negotiate loans was introduced and passed the house, awaiting senate action after a holiday break.
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W. A. Light
Bluefield
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Conrad Brevick
Chamber of Commerce
PWA
Congress
World Works Administration
Frank M. Peters
Senate
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