Senate advances board bill to house for action
Charleston West Virginia February 8 The senate approved a nonpartisan school board election bill requiring candidate name listings on separate ballots and rotating candidate names to prevent tickets The measure drawn by Senator Fleming also advances a companion bill to pay extra compensation to special judges in the First Judicial district Other Senate actions included authorizing payments to counsel appointed for defendants in criminal cases and funding a county 4 H camp in Fayette county while delaying several tax and nursing school bill proposals
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Charleston
W. Va
Senate
House
Fleming
St. Marys
First Judicial District
Hancock
Ohio
Ohio County
Fayette County
Ump
Moundsville
Musicips
Elbin
Marshall
Roosevelt rules out auto code reopening before June
Washington February 8 The White House signaled possible revision of the automobile code at its next renewal but President Roosevelt declared there would be no reopening before June 16 the current expiration date. He noted continued inquiry to fix issues in any new code and said recommendations may go to Congress next week. AFL leader William Green urged renewal and cited NRA report and Blue Eagle board recommendations.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
NRA
Congress
W. A. Harriman
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Blue Eagle
Man Killed by Auto in South Charleston
John Harvey Foster, 46, of Charleston, died after being struck by a car on the highway at South Charleston. Police arrested driver Eugene Ray on manslaughter charges and he was released on $2,500 bond pending a hearing.
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Charleston
W. Va
John Harvey Foster
South Charleston
Eugene Ray
Legislature Deadlock Over State Rum Control Plan
Charleston fraught as the house judiciary committee backs Governor Kump’s absolute monopoly plan allowing sales by the drink in hotels and railway dining cars while the senate favors a partial monopoly. A conference of senators and delegates may be required to resolve the dispute before March 1 repeal.
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Charleston
W. Va
House Judiciary Committee
Kump
House
Senate Judiciary Committee
William Lafon
Robber suspects slain by police on highway chase
State police killed two robbers after a rapid gunfight on Route 80 near Unity. One victim was identified as Thomas Glerson, 25, of Center, Illinois the other believed to be from Chicago. Officers had halted speeding car following recent holdups in Westmoreland and Armstrong counties.
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Pittsburgh
Unity
Allegheny County
Thomas Glerson
James Gierson
James Harris
Wilkinsburg
Chicago
Westmoreland
Armstrong
J. C. Mauk
Greensburg
Center
Atate
Page
Roosevelt Invites Scouts to Capital for National Jamboree
President Roosevelt announced via radio the first national Boy Scout jamboree to be held in Washington next August. He praised the scouts and announced a site for 30 000 honor scouts, as Walter W Head introduced him and James E West led a scout oath recitation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capital
Walter W. Head
Boy Scout Organization
St. Louisa
White House
James E. West
McSwain
House Military Committee
House
Phantom killer hunted after teen shot in parked car
Uniontown pa February 8 police search the hills near the Pennsylvania West Virginia border for a gunman who shot 16 year old Anne Zinn in a parked auto near her home. The victim slumped in the car as her escort fled after the assailant who fired twice. Detective Jack Hanna and state police pursue a man who had shown attention to the girl. The attack occurred about 1130 last night near Thorpe 31 a miner with two children detained for questioning. An autopsy found shots to the right cheek and temple. Beauwood school closed in memory.
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Uniontown
Pennsyvania-West Virginia
Anne Zinn
Thorpe
Plato
Jack Hanna
Wade K. K. Newell
Miss Zinn
Beauwood School
Newell
Zinn
Anna
Zinns
Beauwood
Federal Reserve Head Upholds Banking Bill
Governor Eccles of the Federal Reserve Board backs the administration banking bill as essential for faster recovery and to prevent a repeat of the 1933 banking collapse. He outlines 18 chief purposes and suggests the bill would fix current monetary policy authority gaps.
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Washington
Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
Supreme Court
Hughes
Treasury and Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Job-Relief Bill Faces Strong Labor Opposition
Washington reports the administration’s $4.58 billion job relief bill cleared a key hurdle but drew intense labor opposition. McCarran’s wage amendment, backed by unions, passed 12 to 8, with a reconsideration motion postponed. Roosevelt opposes the change, favoring security payments over direct relief.
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Washington
McCarran
North Dakota
McKellar
Tennessee
Tydings
Maryland
Leaders forecast early bonus vote in Congress
Democratic leaders predicted a House vote within three weeks on the 2.1 billion dollar bonus bill as Ways and Means finishes hearings on the social security plan. Chairman Doughton said cash payment for the bonus could come next, while Patman and the American Legion clash over payment methods and bond financing.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Doughton
Democrat
North Carolina
Patman
Texas
American Legion
Legion
Vinson
Kentucky
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Legion-Vinson
Admiral Grayson Heads Red Cross Chief
Virginian Cary T. Grayson, longtime personal physician to Woodrow Wilson, is named the Red Cross national chairman succeeding the late John Barton Payne. Grayson, a former interior secretary under Wilson, pledged to serve humanity and spoke of the honor.
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Washington
Cary T. Grayson
Red Cross National
Cary Garyson
Woodrow New
Grayson
Virinian
John Barton Payne
Ed Cross
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Roosevelt
Wilson
T. R
Navy
Highlands
Dolly Madi
Thomas Jefferson
Wood expert declines to testify in Hauptmann trial
Arch W. Loney of the public works administration said he would decline to offer defense testimony in the Hauptmann kidnapping trial as he lacks time to study the woods involved. He noted state experts have had two years to study the ladder and house materials cited in the case.
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Washington
Arch W. Loney
Public Works Administration
Bruno
Richard Hauptmann
Loney
Ward J. Riley
Trenton
Reilly
Vallee Slugging Row Highlights New York Court Drama
In New York a heated court session over Fay Webb Vallee’s $100 weekly allowance featured a near altercation as attorney Samuel Gottlieb urged dismissal. Fay was absent. Clarence Webb testified about alleged telephone chats with dancer Gary Leon. Vallee reported annual income between $120,000 and $138,000 for 1932–34.
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New York
Rudy Vallees
Fay Webb Vallee
Supreme Court
Salvatore Cotillo
Samuel Gottlieb
Fay
Calif
Gary Leon
Vallee
Schooner Seth Parker Adrift in Fierce South Seas Gale
Wireless reports intense storm danger for the three masted schooner Seth Parker off Tahiti. Captain Janes Lord's message from 300 miles southwest of Tahiti says the vessel is in a dangerous position and in danger of capsizing. Lord sailed from Portland last December on a world voyage and asks nearby ships within 600 miles to relay position and weather.
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New York
Seth Parker
Tahiti Islands
South Seas
Janes Lord
Radio and Screen Star
Radio Marine Corporation
Lord
Cail
Portland
Tahiti
Security hearings: Congress eyes vast social fund
Washington reports that the Ways and Means Committee closed hearings on the social security bill. Morgenthau proposed a $50.1 billion reserve by 1980 to back government obligations. Vinson and Doughton pressed for investment in state and municipal bonds and other securities. The panel plans a vote the week after next as amendments are considered.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Home Ways and Means
Doughton
North Carolina
Vinson
Kentucky
Morgenthau
Png
Coughton
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Treasury
D. Otto Moore
Denver
Fera Workers Strike Education Board Project in West Grafton
Led by Lowell Watson twenty two FERA workers walked off a board of education project in West Grafton. Taylor county has about 300 FERA workers per William Frey. Watson urged others to join the stoppage while a four member protest committee met administrator George Harwood and urged immediate coal and clothing aid, which was refused due to low funds.
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Grafton
W. Va
Lowell Watson
FERA
Board of Education
West Grafton
Taylor County
William Frey
Watson
Rolla
George Harwood
Harwood
Hauptmann Trial Near Verdict In Lindbergh Kidnapping
Jurors in Flemington prepare to deliberate after closing rebuttal by state and defense. Prosecutors argued Hauptmann entered the nursery March 2, 1932, while defense witnesses contested the evidence as more alibi witnesses and witnesses for Isador Fisch surfaced.
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Flemington
N. J
Richard Bruno Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hunterdon County
Dour Carpenter
Hauptmann
Lindbergh
David T. Wilentz
Henna Fisch
Isador Fisch
West Virginia air mail route eyed from Pittsburgh to Greensboro
Representative Kee of West Virginia announced a proposed new air mail route linking Pittsburgh to Greensboro via West Virginia. The plan connects with the east west, Washington Cincinnati Chicago, and north south routes, with possible stops in Charleston Bluefield Clarksburg Fairmont and Morgantown.
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Washington
Pittsburgh
Greensboro
N. C
West Virginia
Kee
Laurence J. Tierney
Flat Top National Air
Bluefield
W. Va
Harvey Amos
Stephen A. Cisler
Postoffice Department
Postoffice
Charleston
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Morgantown
Election of Two PSC Members Proposed in Bill
West Virginia delegates push to elect two of three Public Service Commission members while one remaining member would stay as an appointive officer under a lawyer-qualified requirement. Senate measures seek aviation law rewrites and a full crew railroad bill among other proposals in Charleston.
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PSC
Senate
Charleston
W. Va
Public Service Commission
House of Delegates
Gate Wade
Brooke
Commission
W. Carleton Haythe
Hinton
Rraiilroad
Summers County
Haythe
Martin
Jefferson
Wysong
Webster
Road Commission
Court of Appeals Holds Repeal Fails Nullify Tax Section
Huntington W Va Feb 8 The US circuit court of appeals rules repeal of the national prohibition act does not nullify an internal revenue section used to prosecute liquor without tax paid Floyd Penn Case and wife Elizabeth Case of Charleston were sentenced to three years each in Atlanta penitentiary and Alderson industrial institution Their petitions were denied by Judge George W MecClintic and the ruling affirmed by the appellate court
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Huntington
W. Va
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
L. R. Via
Floyd Penn Case
Elizabeth Case
Charleston
Case
Atlanta
Alderson
George W. MecClintic
Tax Volume Washington West Virginians Pay More Federal Taxes
The Internal Revenue Bureau reports West Virginians paid 9,582,789 in 1934 compared with 7,179,046 in 1933, a jump of about 2.4 million dollars in federal tax collections for the year.
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Washington
West
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