Governor seeks larger budget with aid to poor and schools
Governor Kump asked West Virginia lawmakers to authorize a two year budget totaling about 8.84 million dollars above the 1935 outlay. The plan emphasizes social security, free school textbooks, more aid to the poor and to crippled children, plus a medium security prison. Revenues are projected about 140 thousand dollars above proposed spending.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kump
State Penitentiary
Germany declines to accept accord amid cautious response
Berlin reports indicate Germany will not accept the Anglo French accord as presented. Chancellor Hitler remains noncommittal whether he will engage direct talks on European security with World War enemies. officials say the framework grants Germany equal bargaining rights and pleases Germany, though the pact’s air clauses and League provisions are rejected.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Hitler
League of Nations
Farley to Direct Campaign Role Through 1936
Washington reports Postmaster General Farley plans to remain chairman of the Democratic National Committee through the 1936 presidential campaign. The move follows a legislative push in Congress to curb political civ il service conflicts and echoes President Roosevelt’s push to separate party and government roles.
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Washington
Farley
Democratic National Committee
Congress
Norris
Republican
Nebraska
Roosevelt
National Committee
Morgenthau
Treasury
White House
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Judge Sentences Goal 10 Gallo goes to death
James Coyner, an African American man also known as Alonzo Robinson, was convicted of the murder and mutilation of Mrs. Aurelius Turner near Cleveland Mississippi. Judge W W Alcorn scheduled his execution for March 5 after a one day trial.
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Cleveland
Miss
James Coyner
Aurelius B. Turner
W. W. Alcorn
National
Bolivar
Coyner
Jackson
Greek L. Rice
Alonzo Robinson
Mass
West Virginia Utilities Ordered to Cut Rates
The Public Service Commission ordered four state utilities to reduce charges starting March 1, cutting demand charges and altering kilowatt hour bases to save residential customers and municipalities. The move, affecting Monongahela West Penn, Appalachian Electric Power, Wheeling Electric, and Spencer Water and Ice, aims to ease financial distress and will total about 9.9 hundred thousand dollars in reductions, with residential savings around 487 thousand dollars annually and street lighting cuts of about 50 thousand dollars. The changes prioritize small residential users and reflect consent from the utilities amid ongoing investigations into rates. Governor Kump had urged general reductions to aid municipal finances.
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Charleston
W. Va
Public Service Commission
West
Monongahela
West Penn Public Service Company
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Parkersburg
Morgantown
Elkine
Buckhannon
Wellsburg
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Bluefield
Williamson and Welch
Wheeling Electric Company
Wheeling
Moundsville
Beanwood
Spencer Water and Ice Company
Spencer
Reedy
West Virginia
West Penn
Appalachian
Wheeling Electric
H. G. Kump
Commission
Appalachian Electric
Wheeling Electric Companies
The
Benwood
Mdiandsville
Monongahela West Penn
Kump
Son Seeks Receiver Over Joint West Virginia Properties
In Charleston on February 4, the supreme court refused to appoint a receiver in a dispute over properties alleged to be jointly owned by Guy F. Harner of Morgantown and his father H. J. Harner. The court upheld the Monongalia County circuit court’s denial of the petition, with no comment. Guy Harner feared his father would dispose of the assets.
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Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court
Guy F. Harner
Morgantown
H. J. Harner
High Tribunal
Circuit Court of
Monongalu County
Harner
Guy Harmer
Townsend Upholds Old Age Pay Plan Before Committee
Washington reports Dr. F B Townsend, 68, defends his $200 monthly pension plan before the House Ways and Means Committee. Chairman Doughton calls testimony fallacious and specious. Dr Edwin Witte for the president's economic security committee blasts the plan, warning it would raise national debt and fuel inflation.
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Washington
F. B. Townsend
Long Beach
Calif
House
Doughton
North Carolina
Edwin K. Witte
Townsend
Kump Examines Relief Problems and Relief Funds
Governor Kump told the legislature that relief efforts have faced issues yet the main achievement is relief. He noted the federal relief administrator and Beehler’s role, emphasized joint efforts to ease hunger and destitution, and urged a $3,000,000 annual appropriation for two years while citing $37,927,099 from the federal government and $3,000,000 state support over the last year.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kump
Federal Relief Administration
Govaa
William N. Beehler
Harry L. Hopkins
United States
M. M. Neely
Rush D. Holt
Hopkins
Beehler
West Virginia
Relief Administration
Governor urges police budget hike and teletype system
Governor H G Kump calls for an extra 26000 per year for the state police, adding 50 officers to the Department of Public Safety and establishing a teletype communication system. Current force 121. total request 580000 for personal services and expenses, not raising existing pay, citing highway safety and prohibition repeal as reasons.
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Charleston
W. Va
H. G. Kump
Department of Public Safety
Kump
Four Bills Pass in Long West Virginia House Session
A busy Charleston session saw four bills advance after Gov Kump outlined two year state expenditures. The Mingo county transfer from eighth to twenty fourth judicial district passed the House and heads to the governor. Other actions include a tax appeal bill for the state board of public works, free birth and death certificates for welfare agencies, a definition of the practice of law with penalties, and a defeated accip scrip measure amid coal county opposition. A separate bill would authorize collective bargaining rights, backed by several Democrats. Additional House measures address vehicle licensing and weapons penalties.
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Mingo County
Charleston
W. Va
House
H. G. Kump
Senate
State Board of Public Works
Supreme Court
Thomas
Ka- Mawha
Circuit Court
van A. Bittner
United Mine Workers of America
Wysong
Webster Davis
Kanawha
Lafon
Monroe
Crow
Matshal
Preston
Democrat
Raleigh
Perry
Cabell
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Blue Eagle Flight Line Plotted in New Recovery Program
Washington reports from February 4 indicate that the Blue Eagle’s future line of flight will mostly follow its present path. Donald Richberg, head of the emergency council, said after a White House conference with President Roosevelt and NRA advisers that officials are in general agreement on a drafting of a legislative program to permanenlize NRA principles. A recommendation to Congress is expected this week, signaling cautious continuity rather than drastic NRA revision. The meeting included S Clay Williams NRA chairman Edwin L Davis trade commission chairman and other government delegates.
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Washington
Blue Eagle
White House
Donald Richhberg
Emergency Council
Roosevelt
NRA
Recovery Administration
Richberg
Congress
S. Clay Williams
Edwin L. Davis
Trade Commission
Glass Says Relief Plan Will Be Modified Today
Washington February 4 The Senate appropriations committee failed again to reach an accord on the 4 88 billion work relief bill. Chairman Carter Glass announced the bill will be modified and another meeting was planned to seek a compromise before the full committee meets. Officials warned funds for about 20 million dependents could run out by Monday if relief provisions are not enacted.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Carter Glass
Federal Relief Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Congress
RFC
Glass
Tomorow
White House
Roosevelt
Accused Slayer Of Youth Goes On Trial In West Virginia
Philippi West Virginia February 4 The trial of Lawrence Carroll 28 of Martinsville for the murder of Dale Janes 15 of near Monteville began today The boy's body was found in a cave after two days missing Dr W S Smith county health officer said the death stemmed from a blow on the head The body showed bruises scratches and an indentation on the back of the head Carroll allegedly confessed saying he did not mean to kill the boy Prosecutor Forrest Poling noted Carroll claimed the body was struck in fright Witnesses testified to seeing Carroll with Dale before the incident
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Dr. Smith
Moatsville
Dale Jones
Lawrence Carroll
Robert Price
Carroll
Dale
Forrest Poling
Hearings Set on State Purchases in Charleston Night
Senator C Frank Millender chairing the Senate committee says public hearings on state purchases begin tomorrow in the senate finance committee conference rooms. One witness is scheduled, but any person may appear.
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Charleston
W. Va
C. Frank Millender
Wayne
State Purchasing Department
Millender
Senate Finance Committee
Dionne Quintuplets Set for Chicago Sights on VAudeville Tour
Toronto February report says Oliva and Elzire Dionne will ride to Chicago tonight as guests of Max Halperin to view stock yards and nightclub venues. The couple leave their five daughters with Dr A R Dafoe and nursing staff in Callander. Halperin finances the trip hoping for a vaudeville contract boost.
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Toronto
Papa
Mama Dionne
Chicago
Papa Oliva Dionne
Callander Farm
Max Halperin
Halperin
Callander
A. R. Dafoe
Dionnes
Senate ruling backs Congress in contempt power over witnesses
WashingtonFebruary 4 The Supreme Court ordered William R MacCracken to fail today holding Congress can punish contempt of its inquiries The former commerce official was jailed ten days for defying a Senate air mail inquiry and refusing demanded papers The decision unites a long legal test with mixed past reversals by DC courts and District of Columbia appellate rulings
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Washington
William R. MacCracken
Supreme Court
Congress
MacCracken
Senate
Air Mail
Frank Hogan
House
Chesley W. Jurney
District of Columbia Supreme Court
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Will Offer New Rum Sales Plan in State Bill
Senator Frank A. Young of Sistersville proposes a liquor plan allowing wholesale pack sales by qualified local businesses under state tax commission license. Purchasers would pay the tax at purchase and order from manufacturers, with no by the drink sales. Local approval would precede licensing, aiming for rapid implementation. Senator Jones revises the bill to extend state wholesale control plus licensed retail sales and hotel by the drink sales with room occupancy.
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Charleston
W. Va
Frank A. Young
Sistersville
Young
Jones
Boone County
Lindberghbaby kidnap trial widens with fingerprints drama
On Bruno Hauptmann’s trial anniversary the defense pressed fingerprint and ladder evidence while prosecutors seek to confirm Hauptmann as the sole suspect. Col Schwarzkopf testified about ladder breakage tests and prior Dodge money links as the case narrows to Hauptmann.
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Wilentz
Hauptmann
Fisch
Vilenta
Dodge
Dr. Condon
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