05 Feb 1936
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1936
Page
1
Bluefield board advances a temporary ordinance to raise 25 cents per $100 of property value to fund fire department operations through July 1. It would take effect March 4, with payments due by March 20 and 2 percent added after April 15, aiming to cover about $25,000 in running costs.
The Italian fascist grand council on Tuesday opposed any tightening of war sanctions and kept its preliminary approval of the Franco British plan for peace in East Africa. It set a fixed line of counteraction but did not reveal details. Addis Ababa reported slavery in Eritrea and Tripoli under Italian control while debate on an oil embargo for Italy continued in Geneva and London.
The Justice Department says Hobart Rakes, arrested by federal agents at Danville Virginia, is being moved to Huntington West Virginia to face charges. He and John Arthur Kitts are charged with transporting a stolen automobile from Wolfe West Virginia to Rocky Gap Virginia. A separate forging charge from an Atlanta indictment in 1934 remains outstanding. He also faces an internal revenue case from Abingdon Virginia in 1935.
Washington reports that a powerful war trade lobby is accused of trying to defeat permanent neutrality legislation as lawmakers press for immediate consideration of the administration bill. House and Senate debates focus on extending provisions of the current act before it expires February.
Striking millinery workers in New York picket hundreds of factories while Mayor LaGuardia warns 20 000 building service workers against striking. Disputes center on hours for watchmen and superintendents as union leaders threaten large walkouts. Police deploy in garment district amid broader dressmaker labor tensions.
New York February 4 Dress workers in 3800 plants across New York New Jersey Connecticut Pennsylvania and other states were ordered to stop work at 2 30 p m Friday pending a general strike vote The union said about 105 000 workers would be affected The move followed a meeting where ILGWU president David Dubinsky and joint board general manager Julius Hochman cited a complete breakdown in talks with the Employers association Workers were told to report to Madison Square Garden after the stoppage to cast ballots.
The Senate approves prompt repeal of the Bankhead cotton act Kerr Smith tobacco act and potato control law tied to the AAA program. The action follows Roosevelt urging swift repeal. the measures await House action. The chamber also delays soil subsidy bill and sends a deficit request to conference while probing farm contract payments.
Connie Koontz 40 of Greenbrier County lost her bid to avoid a life sentence for poisoning a 15 year old boy with candy. The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the Greenbrier Circuit Court saying evidence showed Koontz prepared the candy given to Lloyd Beller and friends. The court found the poison left no lasting traces and affirmed the judgment with no prejudicial errors.
President Roosevelt announced a government wide inventory from Washington that cancels congressional authorizations to borrow more than a billion dollars. He said funds will not be borrowed for those purposes and did not imply availability for other expenses. Housing and Home Owners Loan may be affected.
Governor H G Kump told WPA officials that West Virginia’s social security program hinges on increased federal funds to absorb relief roll employables. He estimated 20 000 employables and 17 000 unemployed needing state provision, and said a special legislative session may be called pending further aid.
Fort Collins Colorado February 4 The giant killer buffalo Posagawagmne once ruled the trail s end herd and is dead after a porcupine needle pierced the brain. In 1931 he toppled Frank Millers old leader and then killed several others before dying.
Washington February 4 A move to suspend the United Mine Workers from the American Federation of Labor developed after a hostile reception to William Green's appeal for peace. Craft union leaders on the federation council are weighing suspension despite miners' threats to withdraw. Autonomy opponents defeated in a district vote 2991 to 1131. The miners authorized the executive board to withhold AFL dues when warranted. Notables like Sidney Hillman and David Dubinsky are among leaders allied with miners.
Buenos Aires reports 21 died when the 40 ton steamer Vargas Gomez capsized on the upper Parana near Posadas after passengers moved to one side. Eleven rescued. Officials blamed overloading rather than a wine barrel incident. Passengers said the vessel was heavily laden leaving Corrientes.
National Safety Council reports 99,000 deaths and 9,100,000 temporary disabilities from accidents in the past year. Motor vehicle crashes caused 36,400 fatalities and $1.6 billion in losses. home accidents totaled 31,500 deaths with $580 million in losses. The council cites a 3,000 drop from 1934 and aims to cut motor fatalities 40 percent with a nationwide drive begun January 1.
A new polar air mass swept toward the east as temperatures plunged to 38 below zero. A 40 mile wind whipped the Arctic mass eastward, closing trains and schools, isolating communities by heavy snows, and causing ice and sleet storms across the east. Floods in the South claimed four lives and forced evacuations.
The senate munitions committee reopened its probe on wartime aims amid evidence the Wilson administration recognized allied objectives diverged from American goals. Witnesses included J P Morgan associates Lamont Leffingwell Rathbone and Whitney, with McAdoo seeking to avoid recording loans as approval.
Governor George Earle refused state intervention against hiring of unposted coal miners as 26 anthracite operators pressed for troop deployment in northeastern Pennsylvania. He warned a troop surge would require up to 25,000 troopers to suppress the industry, while Attorney General Margiotti cautioned of potential carnage and damage. The meeting highlighted strained local enforcement as F. Huber of the Anthracite Institute blamed breakdowns in regional law enforcement.
Local contractor T. J. Cruise wins the general contract to build a four story addition on Bland Street east of Federal for the Montgomery Ward complex, costing about 70000 dollars. Plans call for 36840 square feet of new floor space with work starting immediately and a completion by June 27, 1936. The project will use steel framing on the bell building side and remove a rear wall to connect all four floors. Cruise intends to hire local labor where possible and sublet excavation.
Dartmouth College freshman Jerome Nathan Straus, son of a Brooklyn merchant, was found on railroad tracks eight miles from campus. The death follows that of Francis Grose, Amherst College freshman, whose body was found under a railroad trestle near Northampton. Dean L. K. Neidlinger proposed three possible causes including accidental train strike or self harm. Eyewitnesses described severed head and legs, with tracks showing a 50 foot path on snow. Francis Grose’s father declined the theory of a self harm.
Idaho Senator Borah announces campaign in Ohio for delegates pledged to his presidential bid. He vows to run eight at large delegates and speak across the state to express public will amid GOP opposition to the old guard. Reaction from rivals and possible New York moves loom as Borah eyes the West and Midwest.
Pekin Illinois February 4 guardsmen massed in Peoria after a general strike shut down business in the city of 17000. About 1500 union members from 31 crafts walked out in protest to actions by the American Distilling company and Pekin officials. Police chief Harry Donahue faced criticism as deputies and police used tear gas and bombs to protect plant reopenings. Three companies waited in Peoria with another at Delavan and a Mt Vernon howitzer unit en route. State officials prepared 350 men for possible summons.
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