Supreme court upholds labor board hearings ban
A federal ruling declares courts cannot enjoin the national labor relations board from conducting hearings on alleged unfair labor practices. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co. case cited, Newport News dispute denied. Reed takes oath as new Supreme Court justice amid a full courtroom, while AFL officials oppose a Senate labor probe.
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Washington
Federal District Courts
National Labor Relations Board Rom
Supreme Court
Massachusetts
Federal District Court
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Ltd
First Circuit Court of Appeals
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Virginia
Fourth Circuit Court of ‘Appeals
Bethlehem
Medical evidence at Wright trial in sterilization claim
In Los Angeles on January 31 the defense read a deposition by Dr. Charles B. Huggins stating he treated Evelyn Wright and deemed sterilization advisable due to health risks. The doctor noted Paul A. Wright offered to undergo the procedure so his wife would not face further childbearing. The testimony supports the defense theory that Wright was upset upon discovering his wife with John Kimmel and shot them, while prosecutors argue Wright deliberately murdered the couple.
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Los Angeles
Paul A. Wright
Jerry ‘Glesler
Wright
Charles B. Huggins
Evelyn
Defansa
John Kimmel
Dr. Huggins
Charles H. Cowan Testifield
Wrights
Railroad Bigwigs Regard Slump As Temporary
Washington January 31 PHA representative J M Souby of the Association of American Railroads told the interstate commerce commission that railroad executives view the current business slump as temporary. He explained this belief underpins their plea for a 15 percent freight rate increase and a half cent per mile rise in eastern passenger fares. Souby noted seven lean years left a third of U S rail mileage in receivership and warned the decline has become chronic. The plan aims to lift annual revenue by 467000 dollars, while E H Burgess for the Leigh Valley railroad cited continued losses tied to reduced anthracite demand.
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Washington
PHA
Interstate Commerce Commission
J. M. Souby
Association of American Railroads
Souby
Pasenger
E. H. Burgess
Leigh Valley Railroad
Split in Senate over Roosevelt housing bill stalls action
Democratic divisions in the Senate jeopardize passage of the Roosevelt housing bill as Senator Lodge presses to restore his wage requirement for contractors on federally insured housing projects. Administration aides say adding the prevailing wage clause would undermine the program, while Lodge argues the measure reflects the will of the representatives and labor backing. The Lodge amendment, added in the Senate, was removed in conference, and today the bill faced final approval amid further debate.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Lodge
Mass
Barkley
Kentucky
Lodge
Wagner
N.Y
A. F P. of L
Federal Housing Administration
Senate - House
Porker
Richmond
Senate General Laws Committee
Parker
R. R Parker
Appalachia
E. R. Buller
B. Coleman
Free Right of Way Pledges Pave Cumberland Pike Link
Property owners along the Cumberland pike pledged free right of way to support the state survey of a mile and a quarter needed to open routes 29 and 38. Farmers from Pritnee to Blake offered land without compensation, aiming to speed a spring or summer completion pending Road Commission survey authority and county coordination.
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Cumberland Pike
Pritnee
Blake
Duamiber
Giles
Biefield
Pearisburg
Bree
UNMW Pushes GIO Fight At New Vight Convention
John L Lewis urged continued CI O activity with NY Miners Union support pledged. Resolutions call for 5 to 6 billion housing program, a 30 hour week bill, and a boycott of Japanese goods. Holt and Copeland criticized. Kennedy endorsed for PA governor. 80 hour week urged.
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UNMW
Lew
Gio
Congress
United Mine Workers of America
C. I
Social Security ‘Reserve Fund
Copeland
N.Y
Suport
Holt
W. Va
West Virginia
Thomas P. Kennedy
The
Union
Pennsylvania
Kennedy
Homer Martin
Endymion torpedoed off southeastern Spanish coast
Eleven die as insurgent submarine sinks British steamer Endymion off Cape Tunoso 16 miles south. Eleven missing include ship's captain and wife. crew saved by Spanish authorities. Franco proclaims president-dictator as government battles toward Cordoba border in second day of southern offensive.
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Barcelona
Endymion
Cartagena Nava Bave
Cape Tunoso
Gibraltar
Regist
Kartagene
Oan Endaye
France
Span Frontier
Francisco Franco
Spain
Bodi
Jos
Cordoba
Almeds
Franco
Émn
Burgos
Fair-Haired Daughter Is Born To Juliana
Amsterdam Jan 1931 Crown Princess Juliana gave birth to a blue eyed fair haired daughter at Soestdijk palace. The event sparked joyous crowds across the Netherlands as the royal household marked a potential long line of succession for the House of Orange Nassau.
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Amsterdam
The
Netherlands
Juliana
Cess of
Orange-Nassau
Mecklenburg
Lippe-Blesterfeld
House of Orange
Bernhard
Holland
William III
Soestdijk
Amterdam
Wilhelmus van Nassauwen
Julianatje
League
Prince Bernhard
Julianna
Wilhelmina
State Police Radio Contract Awarded to RCA
The Radio Corporation of America won the contract for four transmitters and speech input equipment for West Virginia state police short wave system with a bid of 53800 dollars. Work aims to install first stations at Moundsville Beckley and Charleston early spring with sites leased by the board of control. Construction could begin in March pending bids and hearings on the Charleston site near the municipal airport.
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Charleston
W. Ve
Fred L. Hawkins
Radio Corporation of America
Jane Firm
K. C. Mcgregor
State Police
Moundsville
Beckley
Moegregor
McGregor
Experiments Hint At Prolongation Of Life At Brown
Providence Rhode Island January 31 Scientists at Brown University announced experiments that nearly double the life span of certain animals after five years of study. Prof Arthur M Banta and associates Dr Lester Ingle and J Howard Dunham say regulating the food supply of water fleas extended their lives. If similar factors affect humans, frugal living until middle age followed by generous living could lead to longer life for some people.
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Providence
BR. T
Brown University
Arthur M. Banta
Lester Ingle
J. Howard Dunham
Banta
Bloody battle rages in Sing-Jap War front
Shanghai dispatches report a major clash near Mingkwang south of Suchow as Japan and China press for control of rail junctions. Both sides claim heavy casualties amid bayonet fights and river crossings while relief workers note improving conditions in Nanking and efforts to restore order.
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Shanghai
Central China Front
Japan
Mingkwang
Suchow
Tientsin-Pukow
Lunghat
Pukow
China
Pengpu
Nanking
Governor Price appoints Hodges and four others to posts
Richmond Virginia January 31 Governor Price named Leroy Hodges to succeed E R Combs as state comptroller and Edwin B Jones to succeed Arthur B Gathright as state treasurer Raymond L Jackson was appointed secretary of the commonwealth The governor also kept four incumbents C H Morrissett Sidney B Hall George W Koiner and William R Shanda in office
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Edwin B. Jones
Gathright
Raymond L. Jackson
Commonwealth
Richmond
Leroy Hodges
Price
E. R. Combs
State Compensation Board
Combs
Highland County
House of Delegates
Arthur B. Gathright
Charlottesville-Albermarle
Ime
C. H. Morrissett
Sidney B. Hall
George W. Koiner
William R. Shanda
Bureau of Statutory Research and Drafting
YMCA Wins Appeal From Trust Fund Taxation
Charleston W Va Jan 31 The supreme court granted a writ of error to Huntington Young Men's Christian Association and others over a Cabell county ruling taxing Patterson Memorial land funded by Mary Cleveland Patterson The property in Williamson was intended for use by the YMCA Second Presbyterian Church Huntington Union Mission settlement Prichard School Ione and Davis Stuart School Lewisburg Established October 1933 the land had been untaxed until Tax Commissioner Ernest K James ordered assessment in July 1837 The Mingo circuit court upheld a beneficiary demurrer and the case was remanded to Cabell court
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Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court
Huntington Young Men's Christian Association
Cabell County
Patterson Memorial
Mary Cleveland Patterson
Huntington
Williamson
Second Presbyterian Church
Union Mission
Prichard
Ione
Lewisburg
Ernest K. James
Fred E. Blair
Mingo County
Mingo
Cabell Court
Robbery on Brushy Mountain Targets Cigarettes Van
State Trooper Mayo investigated an unusual bluff burglary in Bland county where thirtee n cases of cigarettes were stolen from a large freight van en route to Charleston. The robbers boarded the truck on Brushy mountain, used an axe to cut the roof, and dumped cases along the south of Bland Court House as the van descended. Evidence included the saw and axe found at the scene and cigarette cases discarded on the roadside.
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Mayo
Bland
Bland County
Charleston
Winston-Salem
N. C
Brushy Mountain
Brushy Mounain
Bland Court House
Community Fund Elects Officers and Directors
The Bluefield Community Fund association held its annual meeting, elected officers and directors for the coming year, and reviewed reports on the recent Six-Way Drive. The drive raised 623,331.01 toward a $27,500 goal, with Boy Scouts, W C A, Salvation Army, Union Mission, Baby Clinic and Carolina Community Home participating. New officers include Herbert Markie as chairman, Dr. R. O. Rogers as vice chairman, Sidney Kwass as secretary, L. C. Fowlkes as treasurer, and Miss Beula Price as assistant treasurer. New directors are the Rev. W. P. Fastwood, Markie, Wade Walker, S. N. Huffard, Audrey Stowers, and Sidney Kwags, with a holdover slate listed. The fund plans further solicitations to reach $25,000 pledged.
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Bluefield Community Fund Association
Boy Scouts
W. C. A. Salvation Army
Union Mission
Baby Clinic
Carolina Community Home
Herbert Markie
R. O. Rogers
Sidney Kwass
L. C. Fowlkes
Beula Price
W. P. Fastwood
Wade Walker
N. Huffard
Audrey Stowers
Sidney Kwags
Frank Fox
Jimmie T. Thornton
W. J. Bruch
J. W. Hobson
Pearl Brammer
C. A. Rogers
B. Mahood
Betty Markle
G. Qotey
Frank Archer
Carl Jabor
Panther
Japanese Apology For Slapping U. S. Envoy Is Accepted
The United States accepts Japan's profound regrets for a slap to John M. Allison, American diplomat in Nanking. Officials say the Panay incident remains unresolved and punishment for those involved in the Allison affair is still possible. A Japanese officer and twenty men face court martial over the indignity, with Tokyo promising strict action after investigation.
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Washington
United States
Japan
John M. Allison
Nanking
State Department
Panay
Allison
Nanking University
Grow
Navy chief warns U S fleet must grow to deter Monroe threat
Washington January 31 Admiral William D Leahy top naval officer told the House Naval Committee that the United States would be left vulnerable to seizure of Central and South American republics if the Monroe doctrine failed. He urged immediate navy expansion to counter Japan and Britain with an estimated 800 million program adding 47 combatant ships and 22 auxiliaries requiring 1,200 officers and 20,000 enlisted men.
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Washington
Congressional
Navy
United States
House Naval Committee
Roosevelt
William D. Leshy
Naval Operations
Japan
Great Britain
Leahy
Vinson
Naval Committee
France
Germany
Italy
Bluefield Road Bids Sought for Newhall to Bishop Route
State road commission advertised for bids on State Route 12 a six mile stretch between Newhall and Bishop in McDowell county to create two projects NLRB 301 A and NRB 301 B with grading drainage base and road mix. Bids open February 16 in Charleston. Local chambers pressed for early work citing weather toll and economic impact.
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Bluefield
Bishop
Newhall
State Road Commission
Big Creek
McDowell County
NLRB
Virginia State Line
Charleston
McDowell
Mercer
Tazewell
Harris Gets Four Years For Beer Parlor Slaying
A. G. Gooch Harris, 64, ex-railroad man and beer parlor operator at Kellysville, was sentenced to four years after a motion to set aside a manslaughter verdict failed. He had previously been sentenced to ten years for second degree murder in July, with the prior judgment later set aside. Harris claimed self defense against Mizia of Bridgeville, Pa., amid evidence and testimony disputes.
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A. G
Gooch" Harris
Kellysville
John McGrath
Princeton
Harris
Walter G. Burton
Prince Brinkley
Mira
Dale Bailey
McGrath
Kade
J. E. Kade
Grover Keeney
M. Ensley
Mizia
Bridgeville
Allan Brinkley
J. S. Markell
Fresh Gold Wave Grips South East Weather
A cold wave advances from the Midwest delivering freezing temperatures across the south and east. Reports show zero readings in Arkansas and single digits in Georgia Alabama and Tennessee with Florida near freezing while fruit crops are not in immediate danger. Heavy seas lash the Pacific coast and gales disrupt coastal shipping from Portland to San Francisco.
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Associated Press
Middle West
Pacific Coast
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
California
Fayetteville
Ark
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Florida
New York
Long Island
Mercury
Salisbury
Allrngdys
Petit An
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Hughes
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Brandeis
Miami, Fla
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Cumberland - Fincastle Turnpike
Oakvale
Rush Holt
John L Lewis
United Mine Workers
Prancis J. Haas
NRA
A. F
Father Haas
Joseph Frantz, Jr
Williams
Okla
Spanish
Stork
Comea
Gol, Hodges
Lebanon
House
Vaden-Garrett-Heller
State Board of Educaion
Vaden- Garpent-Heller
Hollywood
Claire Dodd
Hamilton Strauss
YMCA
Community Fund
Herbert Markle
Ukiah
Calif
Ted Thompson
Aince
Mendocino County
Ona
Coasily
U. S
Congressional Committee
South America
Newhall Road
Kelleysville
Noblesville
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Ansel Castor
Castor
Pang
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