Hopkins Seeks Business Leader Advice For Commerce Role
new commerce secretary Harry L Hopkins says he is seeking guidance from business leaders before shaping policy. He has met with W Averill Harriman and plans further meetings with other council members while avoiding government yacht use. He defended former official Robert Roper and declined comment on WPA Sheppard report.
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Mooney to face last day before possible pardon in California
Thomas J. Mooney spent his final day in a California prison before a likely unconditional pardon by Governor Culbert Olson. He is to be taken to Sacramento for the outcome of a brief hearing amid long standing appeals alleging perjury and wrongful conviction in the San Francisco preparedness day bombing case.
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California
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Culbert L. Olson
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Earl Warren
United States Supreme Court
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Czech Hungarian Border Clash Broadens Regional Tension
At Munkacs near the Carpatho Ukraine border, heavy fighting erupts with machine guns armor and light artillery as Czecho Slovak and Hungarian forces clash. Budapest accuses Prague of invasion while Prague cites Hungarian aggression and casualties.
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Budapest
Munkacs
Hungary
Czecho-Slovakia
Orosvegac
Prague
Carpatho- Ukraine
Ukraine
Poland
Rumania
Happiest Man on Death Row Executed in Colorado
Joe Arridy, a 23 year old described with a mental age of six, was executed in Canon City Colorado for the sex slaying of a Pueblo school girl two and a half years earlier. He faced the death chair with a childlike faith and grinned as the cyanide pellets dropped. The date of his execution and details reflect a landmark case in state criminal history.
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Canon City
Colo
Joe Arridy
Colorado
Pueblo
Arridy
Mass execution tale from Colorado 1937 case
The report details the 1937 Pueblo murder and execution of Arridy and co defendant Frank Aguilar. Dorothy Drain was killed and Barbara Drain survived after a hatchet attack. Arridy, labeled the hap piest man on death row, faces the gas chamber as his mother visits.
Three Suspects to Be Questioned in Wedding Eve Slaying
In Marysville Ohio prosecutor William J Porter announced three suspects would be taken into custody for questioning in the wedding eve murder of Clark S Hayes 28 a grocery employee of Summersville. Homicide squad head Sergeant C C Cole will lead the interviews and police say the killing was carried out by at least two men. Earlier reports said the suspect field had narrowed to one. An attempted break into Hayes morgue was reported earlier.
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William J. Porter
Clark S. Hayes
Summersville
Porter
Set. C. C. Cole
Columbus
Cole
J. M. Foster
Hayes
Fidelity Regever Hearing Put Off in Receivership Case
A hearing on receivership against Fidelity Investment association was postponed to Monday by Federal Judge William E. Baker. Nine Pennsylvania residents filed the petition December 21 seeking protection for $56,520 in contracts amid SEC injunctions alleging fraudulent practices. The company contends it manages accounts honestly and prudently and can meet all contract terms for 60,000 holders.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Fidelity Investment Association
Nationwide Investment Loan Organization
William E. Baker
Pennsylvania
Securities Commission
Michigan
SEC
Road Chief Sued for Separate Maintenance
Buckhannon W Va January 6 Circuit Judge John F Brown set tomorrow morning to hear a suit for a separate maintenance filed by Mrs Susanne M Simpson against Burr H Simpson state road commissioner.
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Buckhannon
W. Va
John F. Brown
Susanne M. Simpson
Burr H. Simpson
Dies Happy Over Probing Alien Activities Probe
Rep. Martin Dies welcomed news that the Roosevelt administration would continue his un-American activities inquiry. The president said the justice department is probing alleged violations by Nazi and Communist groups, while talks of limited life for Dies's committee persisted.
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Martin Dies
D., Tex
Isms
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Justice Department
Dies
Communist Party
Bund
State Department
House Committee
Aan Hay
Frank Murphy
Murphy
Michigan
Ickes
Snyder Given Not More Than Twenty Years
Martin Gimp Snyder, former husband of Ruth Etting, was sentenced in Los Angeles to San Quentin for not more than 20 years for attempted murder of pianist Myrl Alderman, husband of blues singer Ruth Etting. He will serve at least one year before a board sets the final term. Jury acquitted him of attempted murder of Etting and her daughter.
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Martin
Colonel Gimp) Snyder
Ruth Etting
San Quentin
Myrl Alderman
Snyder
California Prison Board
California
Alderman
Miss Etting
Edih Snyder
RLS
Group Medicine Imperative President Tells State Physicians
Dr. R. J. Wilkinson of Huntington told West Virginia county medical societies that changing economic conditions require group medicine and hospital plans. He urged local plans funded by taxpayers with cooperation from industry and labor, warning against government control and socialized medicine. Copies of the committee’s recommendations were to be distributed for guidance.
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W. Va
R. J. Wilkinson
Huntington
West Virginia
West Virginia State Medical Association
Wilkinson
Cneo Benicine
Three Indicted on Murder Counts in Princeton Court
A grand jury returned 52 indictments at Princeton for crimes including three murder charges. Police Chief R. H. Lambe and Maude Osborne face murder cases, with James Monohan arraigned for a related slaying. Trials set for January and April with other felonies, misdemeanors, and appeals on the docket.
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Jim Monahan
Maude Osborne
John M. McGrath
Princeton
R. H. Lambe
Matoaka
Albert Lester
Albert
Ted” Osborne
Franklin Street
This City
James Monohan
Harry Monohan
Mussolini Backs Roosevelt Plea to Aid German Jews
London reports say Mussolini agreed to Roosevelt's request to seek Hitler's help in aiding Jews fleeing Germany. After meeting Ambassador Phillips on January 3, Mussolini phoned Hitler. Chamberlain reportedly supports the plan and will assist during his Rome visit. Rublee to press modifications with Berlin officials.
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Naziland
London
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United States
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George Rublee
Intergovernmental Committee On Refugees
Berlin
Montagu Norman
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Rublee
Rome
Coordination prices set by coal board for five fields
The bituminous coal commission on January 6 announced approval for coordination of proposed minimum prices and marketing rules for five coal fields. District producers boards will use the figures to align shipment rates to consuming areas including western Pennsylvania northern West Virginia Ohio Michigan and parts of Tennessee in Van Buren McMinn and Warren counties.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Norfolk and Western
Chesapeake and Ohio
Virginian
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Hampton Roads
J. W. Norman
M. C. Hall
Pocahontas
Norman
W. Day
New England
Bituminous Coal Commission
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
van Buren
McMinn and
Warren Counties
Tennessee
Huntington project halted by injunction suit
J Paul Chapman of the Citizens Committee for Public Information sues to stop a 2.5 million low rent housing project by the Huntington Housing Authority. The committee seeks a 30 day halt and argues the plan is unconstitutional over tax assessments and relief applicants. Defendants include the city assessor mayor and council plus the housing authority.
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Huntington
W. Va
J. Paul Chapman
Citizens’ Committee For Public Information
Huntington Housing Authority
Citizens’ Committee
Nathan Straus
Chapman
Straus
C Ttee
W. M. Martin
Cabell County Assessor
George W. Seamonds
Municipal Council and Housing Authority
New Allocation Formula Sought for Relief Funds
Congressional leaders push for an iron clad relief distribution formula to guide emergency funds to states. Senators Clark Murray and Hatch favor embedding a formula in the emergency bill, possibly using highway funding as a model with need as a factor.
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Congress
Clark
Murray
Mont
Hatch
N.M
Velt
Senate
Byrnes
D. 80
Oenes
House Committee
Woodrum
Millionaire Arrests Son On Grand Larceny Charge
New York January 6 a millionaire Edward G Acheson 52 father of scientist Edward Goodrich Acheson allowed his 24 year old son Richard to be sent to prison on a grand larceny charge. The son with a $200 a month income faced a Tombs detention awaiting trial as the father cited gambling and spending excesses.
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Edward G. Acheson
Edward Goodrich Acheson
Richard
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