Debates Tie Liquor Control to Primaries in House
Charleston, Feb 5. Liquor control measures spark House debate as members vote on creating a five member commission to study laws in other states. The body also weighs a primary election fee proposal and extends tax delinquent land redemption deadlines to December 31, 1934.
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Charleston
W. Va
House of Delegates
Senate
House
Finance Committee
van Sickler
Greenbrier
Keister
Brotherton
Kanawha
Kump
Gentry
Cabell County
Ween
Shahan
Randolph
United States
Doumergue pleads for peace on first anniversary riot
Paris marks the first anniversary of the February 6, 1934 riot with calls for peace. Former president and premier Doumergue warns that civil war tomorrow would quickly invite foreign war while Premier Flandin urges patriotism and a political truce as authorities preempt mass demonstrations.
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Doumergue
Paris
France
Papa” Doumergue
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Flandin
Jury Sees Hauptmann’s Baby At Jail Visit
Jurors at the Hauptmann trial viewed the defendant's child for the first time as Mrs. Anna Hauptmann visited Baby Manfried at the Hunterdon County jail in New Jersey.
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Bruno Hauptmann
Anna Hauptmann
Hunterdon County
N. J
Shepard Denies Air Poisoning Death Trial In Topeka
Major Charles A. Shepard on trial for his life denied poisoning his second wife Zenana in June 1929. He testified he believes her death resulted from alcohol complications and admitted sending flowers to Grace Brandon weeks after Zenana's death.
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Topeka
Kas
Charles A. Shepard
Texas
Zenana Shepard
Shepard
Alice Watt
Denver
Grace Brandon
Brooks Field
Tex
C. L. Kagey
Alexander
United States
Brandon
Max Weinberg
Shepards
Philippine Islands
Omaha
Major Weinberg
San Antonio
Thirty-Two Hurt In Rail Accident Near Edgewood
Havre de Grace Md Feb 5 Pennsylvania railroad officials said thirty two people were injured in a rear collision between a freight train and a stalled passenger train the Miamian on the line between Edgewood arsenal and Otter Point. Seventeen were passengers and the rest railroad workers. None of the injuries were serious.
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Havre de Grace
Pennsylvania Railroad
Edgewood Arsenal
Otter Point
Here
Wilmington
Del
Florida
New York
Hitler Meets Former Kaisers Eldest Son
Adolf Hitler met former Crown Prince Wilhelm at the chancellery in Berlin. The propaganda ministry called the interview a polite visit and hinted they discussed pressing political business. Attaches at Wilhelm’s palace confirmed the meeting, the first known intimate conversation between the two figures.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Kaiser
Wilhelm
Hitler
Propaganda Ministry
Germany
Democrats Agree to Gut Sections of Aid Measure
Senate Democrats led by Carter Glass agreed to strip key powers from the $4.88 billion work relief bill that would have let President Roosevelt direct emergency agencies acquire property and control funding. The full committee must still approve changes before enactment. Republicans pressed to limit distribution through existing agencies. The House endorsed most White House wishes with minor concessions.
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Washington
Carter Glass
Senate Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Byrnes
South Carolina
Dickinson
Republican of
Town
House
White House
Glass
Dionnes Begin Stage Career in Chicago Tour
Mr and Mrs Oliva Dionne famous quintuplets embark on a theatrical route with Max Halperin stating a contract for Detroit and Michigan theaters on February 14 and 15. They will also headline a Chicago movie house for a week beginning next Friday and may extend to Cleveland. They perform as guests with no speeches, while enjoying Chicago sights and press attention.
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Chicago
Oliva Dionne
Max Halperin
Detroit
Michigan
Cleveland
United States
Dionne
Michigan Avenue
Art Institute
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
West Virginia Relief Funds Run Short Amid Financing Gap
Relief efforts for about 90 000 families in West Virginia face suspension early next week as FERA money nears exhaustion. State relief administrator Williams N Beehler warns no further federal aid will be available until Congress acts, while PWA funds remain unaffected. Audit reviews may extend operations to Tuesday with governor Kump seeking 3 million dollars for two years.
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West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
FERA
Williams N. Beehler
Beehler
Congress
PWA
H. G. Kump
Mercer County Relief Funds In Doubt As Work Suspends
John Mastin Mercer county relief administrator said no assurance from state relief administrator on future funds. If funds do not arrive by Thursday, work on all FERA projects in Mercer county will be suspended on Friday until further orders. Relief workers will be advised late Thursday on continued work.
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John Mastin
Mercer County
FERA
Mastin
Roosevelt declares labor board decisions hinge on him alone
Washington notes President Roosevelt asserts ultimate authority on labor policy addressing the AFL dispute. He cites the auto labor board led by Leo Wolman and signals the White House view on code renewal and negotiations. The exchange with AFL counsel Charlton Ogburn and reaction to Richberg’s role are included.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Automobile Labor Board
Leo Wolman
A. F. of L
White House
Charlton Ogburn
Wolman
Donald R. Richberg
Emergency Council
Emergency Council Director, Who Has Been Bitterly Lambasted By Organized Labor
Ogburn
Green
Labor
Poison Witch To Die On Gallows For Mate Murder
Debreczen Hungary February 5 A gaunt poison witch known as a magic medicine woman Mrs John Nagy 72 saw her fate sealed for murdering her husband The trial revealed a pattern of poisoning involving eight other widows while a life term was imposed on Mrs Lajos Elkis who fainted during sentencing Police had exhumed thirty bodies and doctors testified to poison in graves indicating a long running scheme to kill multiple spouses Imre Papp a fellow convict begged his wife to plead for mercy in a dramatic scene.
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New York
Rudy Valleea
Supreme Court Today
No Angel
Faye Webb Vallee
Rudy
Salvatore Cotillo
Vallee
Cotillo
Hollywood
Hyman Bushel
Leon Garfield Leon
Gary
Thomas I. Sherman
Debreczen
Hungary
John Nagy
Lajos Elkis
Nagy
Imre Papp
Treasury proposes broad expansion of federal reserve powers
Washington notes the treasury and Fed Reserve draft a broad banking bill seen as tightening currency and credit control. The measure, labeled a tentative draft by President Roosevelt, sparks partisan debate as Steagall Fletcher and Glass weigh strategy and potential subcommittee moves.
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Federal Reserve Board
Washington
Treasury
Fletcher
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Glass
Virginia
Banking Committee
Supreme Court
New York Stock Exchange
Federal Reserve System and
Deposit Insurance Corporation
Capitol
Roosevelt
Steagall
House Banking Committee
Mass Murder Jury Held Overnight in Bruno Trial
The Joseph J. Bruno murder trial jury retired without a verdict in Pottsville Pennsylvania. This is the second night in the courthouse as the Relayers election eve killings case moves toward a decision. Bruno, a former detective and Relayers school board president for twenty two years, faced charges in the Fiorella slaying.
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Pottsville
Joseph J. Bruno
Relayers
Bruno
Frank Fiorella
CCC Boy Dies of Spinal Meningitis in Kentucky Camp
Eugene Belch, a member of the CCC camp near London, Kentucky, died of spinal meningitis. The camp has four deaths from the disease and six others are ill. Belch will be buried in Mannington West Virginia. Other deceased CCC members were James McCoy Beard Joseph Doak Morgantown and James M. Cline Mohawk West Virginia.
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London
Eugene Belch
CCC
Belch
Mannington
W. Va
James McCoy
Beard
Joseph Doak
Morgantown
James M. Cline
Mohawk
Court Adjourns Early As Five Defense Witnesses Fail To Testify
In Flemington New Jersey Feb 5 1932 5 defense witnesses fail to answer calls as Hauptmann trial proceedings continue. The day features conflicting testimony on Isador Fisch and the Lindbergh ransom money with Dr John F Condon's reputation attacked and defended amid cross examinations.
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John F. Condon
Flemington
N. J
Brooklyn
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Isador Fisch
Hauptmann
St. Raymond's Cemetery
Bronx
J. F. Condon
Lindbergh
Benjamin Helier
Edward J. Reilly
Fisch
Reilly
Tandor Fisch
New York
Dr. Condon
Bertha Hoff
New Jersey
Budreau
Bayside
Long Island
Heier
Thomas W. Trenchard
Greenwich Village
Hauptman
Condon
John B. Seykorn
Department of Justice
Jassie
Charles A. Lindbergh
Probe of State Purchasing Unit Opens in Capital
Witnesses accuse the West Virginia state purchasing department of ignoring low bids or failing to solicit competitive bids. M. E. Brown, former department employee, testifies about truck purchases for the road commission and routine delays. Ward McClintic describes requisition issues at the penitentiary and costly misorders. Senate committee led by Sen. C. Frank Millender hears about clerical errors and bid irregularities.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Purchasing Department
Senate
M. EK. Brown
Huntington
Brown
James A. Tierney
C. F. McClintic
C. Frank Millender
Wayne
McClintic
Frome
Road Commission
Road Department
Young Desperado Floyd Hamilton Quietly Taken in Bus
Floyd Hamilton, a youthful desperado linked to Clyde Barrow, was arrested on a bus in Shreveport Louisiana amid a gun battle the previous day in Dallas. He claimed he had no weapon as deputies boarded. Federal indictment accuses him of aiding Clyde Barrow and complicity with his brother Raymond Hamilton.
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Shreveport
Floyd Hamilton
Southwest
Raymond Hamilton
Dallas
Floyd
Kump Clarifies TVA Rate Comparison In West Virginia
Governor H G Kump said his remark that four public utility rate cuts match TVA levels came from press reports not direct rates. He notes he has not studied TVA or new rates but expects relief for electric power consumers. The Public Service Commission approved reductions with Monongahela West, Appalachian Electric Power, Wheeling Electric, and Spencer Water and Ice, saving about 550000 dollars annually.
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Charleston
W. Va
H. G. Kump
Tennessee Valley Authority
Public Service Commission
Tennesse Valley Authority
I 6O
Monongahela West Public Service Company
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Wheeling Electric Company
Spencer Water and Ice Company
Insurance president dies in Louisville at 58
Benjamin Seeling Washer 58 president of the Kentucky Howe Lite Insurance Company and a prominent attorney in Louisville died of a heart attack at his home.
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Louisville
Benejamin Seeling Washer
Kentucky, Howe Lite Insurance Company
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Dephard
Rudy Vallees
Crooner
Pennsylvania
Presi
McUarl
Dionnes
Mercer
Auto Board
Treaguays Bill Eages
C. C. C. Boy
Hdat
ALIEN
Benjamin Heier
M’clintic
Bureau
Luther Jones
Boone
Desperado
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