Nations care for veterans across nations after war
The article surveys postwar veteran benefits in the United States and abroad. It notes U.S. payments, hospital care, disability and survivor benefits, and how congress funded the second half of the adjusted service certificates. It compares Britain Germany France and Italy, detailing pension scales and eligibility, with figures on beneficiaries and costs.
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United States
America
Arema
Congress
74Th Congress
Milton Bonner
NEA
Britain
France
Germany
Italy
IGHER
Smith Assails New Deal As Campaign Heats Up
The article reports Alfred E. Smith attacking Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal at a Washington banquet, promising to oppose the administration as election season nears. It notes Smith’s comparison to Norman Thomas and Karl Marx, urging voters not to march under Jefferson, Jackson, or Cleveland banners. The piece ties the political clash to Roosevelt’s policies and the upcoming election.
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Norman Thomas
Karl Marx
Lenin
Jefferson, Jackson
Cleveland
Alfred Emmanuel Smith
American Liberty League
Washington
al Smith
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert
Page Ten
Accused Slayer Tells New Story in Murder Case
Frank Clark, 48, admitted he killed wife Mrs. Clark, 40, with an ax in Kingston West Virginia after a night of drinking. He said she was ill and that he killed her in her room, then later claimed intoxication and obligation to work in the mines. He faces arraignment Monday on murder charges.
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Frank Clark
Kingston Miner
Montgomery
W. Va
Clyde Harler
Kingston
Harler
Clark
Marler
Senators Seek To Return AAA Bill In Congress
Washington reports a drive by Senate Republicans to recommit the Bankhead soil conservation bill with a vitae subsidy clause for public hearings. Democrats say the move will fail while Senator Bankhead predicts quick passage.
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Congress
Supreme Court
AAA
Senators
Washington
Senate
McNary
Oregon
House Agriculture Committee
Sing Sing to House Two Women on Death Row
Ossining N Y Feb 1 For the third time in history Sing Sing prison will hold two condemned women in the death house next week Mrs Mary Frances Creighton 36 convicted of poisoning a Long Island rival will be joined by Mrs Dorothy Sherwood 27 on death row for murdering her two year old son The prior pairings ended with one execution and several commutations The two women include Ruth Snyder and Addie Exum as earlier noted cases in this grim history
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Ossinging
N. Y
Sing Sing Prison
Mary Frances Creighton
Long Island
Dorothy Sherwood
Anna Antonio
Albany
Addie Exum
Mary Simpson
Cortland
Ruth Brown
New York
Ruth Snyder
Judd Gray
Mystery Blast Shakes Washington Street Homes
Earth tremors were felt by about six Washington Street residents who reported their houses shaken last night. Authorities found no explosions in the area and residents frantically called the police fire department and newspaper office for information.
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Washington Street
Double Killing in Loop Office Building
Chicago police call the Loop office double murder a death by own action. Witness saw J. H. Loewenhart and H. P. Grossman shot. attorney Royal J. Schmidt reports a man in a hat and overcoat fired twice as Grossman rose. Loeugenhart was Traders Investment company president. Grossman its vice president.
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Chicago
J. H. Loewenhart
H. P. Grossman
Grossman
Andrew Carroll
J. H. Smith
Royal J. Schmidt
Mr. Grossman
Loeugenhart
Traders Investment Company
Hallanan Faces Leadership Fight in West Virginia Primary
Charleston West Virginia February 1 P The fight for the Democratic national committeeman post centers on Hallanan the former tax commissioner. A full slate seeks to oust him at the spring field with 32 delegates and alternates to pick a national committeeman and presidential nominee. Eleven persons have filed notice of candidacy.
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Charleston
W. Va
Walter
Mattanace
Positon
Sta Grant Hall
Hall
Hallanan
Kansas City
Virgil Highland
Ellis Yost
Yost
Huntington
Cara Ebert
Packersburg
Leopold Denies Plot Linked to Loeb Case in Illinois
Joliet Illinois February 1 Nathan Leopold Jr longtime convict said to A L Bowen he withholds no information about the Richard Loeb murder and denies knowledge of the crime. An impartial commission will investigate Stateville prison conditions as Loeb was badly attacked by an inmate Tuesday. Governor Horner approves the inquiry possibly with Warden Lewis E Lawes of Sing Sing.
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Bowen
Leopold
Stateville Prison
Loeb
James Day
Henry Horner
Lewis E. Lawes
Sing Sing
N. Y
Annu al Meet of United States Coal and Coke Employees
The twenty sixth annual dinner of the Associa tion of Employees of the United States Coal and Coke company was held in Bluefield with both West Virginia and Kentucky divisions. Harry M. Moses presided and announced a safety record of 3 500 000 tons mined without fatalities.
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West Virginian Hotel
Association of Employees of
The
United States Coal and Coke Company
West Virginia
Kentucky
Henry M. Moses
Gary
Jack Dishman
Jean Fast Griffitha
Brownfield
Roberts
Cincinnati
Moses
Bluefield
T. H. Beeler
Lynch, Ky
Coal and Steel Company
Ael
Thomas Moses
F. R. Walton
United States Company
Charles Albright
H. C. Frick Company
A. P. Rinehart
West Virginia Department of Mines
Kentucky and
Thomas H
Pococa Engineer As Coal Land Company
R. H. Smith
George Dunglinson Jr
N. & W. Fuel Department
B. F. Howard
Joseph M. Crockett
A. T. Hall
W. T. Pelter
McDowell County
Bob Estill
Lynchburg Coal and Coke Company
Charles Dean
H. W. Smith
Harlan, Ky
Robert Page
McDowell National Bank
Welch
Stubby Currence
Daily Telegraph
Claude Boughner
John Howard
Guy Thomas
Lynch
Anderson Duck
Tom McFarland
J. L. Sullivan
W. V. Whitman
John D. Franklin
Gary Group
F. B. Sharer
Casualty Manager
Mike Terrell
For
Niagara Falls Dry Again as Ice Jam Halts Water Flow
Niagara Falls reports the American Falls completely dry for the second time in history as ice jams redirected water to the Canadian Falls. Temperature drop halted the flow for the tenth day, the longest period of silence at the cataract ever recorded.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
American Falls
Hisory
American Channel
Mitchell Field Blasted By Army Bomber Planes
New York February 1 The Mitchell Field air base was reportedly blasted to bits by six Martin bombers during winter maneuvers 15 000 feet up. While the attack occurred a defense wing strafed Worcester airport and pursuit ships practiced off Fire Island.
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New York
Mitchel Field
General Headquarters Air Force
Concord
N. H
Army Field
Defense Force
Worcester
Mass
Barsdale Field
Louisville
Washington
Fire Island
Virginia Miners To Work Six Days This Week
Virginia coal operators and the United Mine Workers agreed to a six day work week for 16 weeks to catch up on orders amid tight stocks from cold weather. Some regions report fuel shortages while some mines ran short hours last week due to slack coal. Alabama fields also planned six day weeks during the emergency.
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Virginia Coal Operators’ Association
United Mine Workers of America
Iowa
Mine Workers Union
Alabama
Beer Parlor Owner Convicted of Second Degree Murder
Buckhannon West Virginia February 1 A jury convicted R A Landis 59 of Adrian beer parlor operator of murder in the second degree in the death of Bone Cecil Long 27 of Adrian. Judge John F Brown to hear a motion for a new trial next Wednesday. The verdict carries a sentence of five to eighteen years in state prison. Landis shot Long December 8 he died two days later
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Buckhannon
W. Va
R. A. Landis
Adrian
Bone Cecil Long
Adrian Barer
John F. Brown
Landis
Long
Mine Workers Seek Amendment To Constitution
The United Mine Workers directed its executive council to chart a course for a social justice amendment to the U S constitution standing in for 23 resolutions on abolishing the Supreme Court and curbing its powers. The convention endorsed Roosevelt for reelection and planned to fund Democratic campaigns while stressing the union would not endorse the party. John L Lewis underscored unity with a statesman to protect the common people as local unions were urged to contribute to the union war chest and coal towns were urged to spread the enthusiasm nationwide.
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Washington
Congress
United Mine Workers Convention
Roosevelt
Chambers of Commerce
Manufacturers Association
Liberty League
Representatives
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Federation
Lewis
Noel
United Mine Workers
Supreme Court
Executive Council
Democratic Party
Patrick I
Pittsburgh
Resolution Urges Use Of New Money Backed By Government Credit
A bipartisan House inflation bloc pushes a plan to fund costs with currency expansion backed by government credit and metallic reserves, opposing new taxes. They form a special committee to push the idea, while Senators and leaders weigh risks to farm relief and existing debt refinancing efforts.
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Washington
Thia
Thomas
D-Okla
Senate
Treasury
AAA
Roosevelt
Greenwood
D-Ind
House
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Chamber
Ways and Means Committee
Bankhead
D-Ala
Kidnap Threat Prompts G Men Guard Governor Curley’s Son
A typed unsigned note threatening Governor Curley of Massachusetts about his 12 year old son prompted post office inspectors and FBI agents to investigate. The boy was guarded in Plymouth for a week while Curley traveled from Florida to Boston. Authorities said the warning appeared to be a crank letter with no ransom demand.
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Washington
Curley
Massachusetts
Post Office
Justice Department
Back Bay
Boston
Francis
Florida
North
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Hoover
Plymouth
Martin Engish
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Blast AT
NEW Deal
Democratic Standard
Robinson
Calvin Coolidge
Ala
White House
George N. Peek
Secretary of Agriculture
Peek
Red Death
Grant Hall
Nathan Leopold
Goal & Coke
Association
Harry M. Moses
Lee
Mitchell
Virginia
James E. van Zandt
Veterans of Foreign
G-Men
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