West Virginia to Start New Government Plan July 1
Governor Kump unveils reorganized departments with slow initial operations as top posts await naming. County school unit system shifts 55 boards to state-supported control, while a single four member highway commission replaces the old three man setup. Conservation and forestry duties expand under federal funds as new appointments near.
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Clude Ernest Bailey
Mines Department
Kelly
Democratic
Gary Hogg
Lewsbore
Commission
Conservation Department
Civilian Conservation Corps
Game
Foresty Commission
Banking Inquiry Recessed 15 Called In Pennroad Probe
Washington reports say senate investigators released a list of 43 individuals and firms allowed to buy Pennroad stock at 15 in 1929 when market price was about 26. The committee notes Kuhn Loeb profited nearly 6 million assisting Power Car. investors have lost over 100 million. Pecora cited more profits from 1927 to 1931 totaling about 20 million. Names of clients in small stock issues were not disclosed.
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Washington
Pennroad Corporation
Pennsylvania Railroad
Senate
Pennroad
Wies
Pittsburgh and West Virginia
Banking Committee
Kuhn, Loeb and Company
Power Car
Ferdinand Pecora
Otto Hahn
Kuhn
Loeb
Pecora
New York Banking House
Norfolk and Western Shops Move to Four Day Week
About 7,000 N and W shop employees will shift from a three day to a four day week starting today. Some 8,000 Roanoke workers are affected, while 4,000 are at other terminals. Local shops had four day weeks last week and this week.
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Norfolk and Western Railway
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western
Deal Attacks Byrd Control Over Virginia Politics
Joseph T. Deal, Norfolk Democratic gubernatorial candidate, said Governor Pollard delayed a special session on repealing the eighteenth amendment until Senator Byrd weighed in. Deal claimed Byrd has shifted after opposing the Presidents beer bill, blaming Byrd’s influence for Virginia voters seeking change. He criticized Peery and the corporation commission over utilities rates and warned of four more years under Byrd if Peery wins. Deal toured southwest Virginia and has events planned in Orange, Lynchburg, Roanoke, and Bedford.
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Pollard
Byrd
Joseph T. Deal
Norfolk
Virginia
Deal
Harry Byrd
George C. Peery
State Corporation Commission
Corporation Commission
Peery
Tazewell County
Marion
Bristol
Pennington Gap
Wise Courthouse
Lebanon
Richmond
Orange
Lynchburg
Roanoke
Bedford
Virginia lawmakers urge special session on beer reform
Richmond June 30 more than two thirds of the Virginia House applied to Governor Pollard for a special session. State Senator William M Tuck said the two thirds needed to force an executive call would be reached by noon tomorrow. Governor Pollard reported 67 delegates and 21 senators requested the extraordinary session with pledges to focus on beer repeal machinery and public works. Peter Saunders the secretary of the commonwealth was ordered to issue writs for a special election to fill nine assembly vacancies for the extra session.
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Richmond
House of Delegates
Pollard
Virginia General Assembly
William M. Tuck
Senate
Pollagh
House
Peter Saunders
The
Commonwealth
Saunders
Widow of Notorious Jack Diamond Slain
The widow of gangster Jack Diamond was found shot to death in her Brooklyn apartment. She was 30 years old, born Alice K. Schiffer, and died from a bullet wound to the temple, with signs a struggle occurred and three coffee cups left on a kitchenette table suggesting a possible visitor.
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New York
Jack Diamond
Brooklyn
Albany
Alice K. Schiffer
Charles Huning
Textile wage plan moved for quick approval in code draw
Washington June 30 indications showed the cotton textile industry code with new wage scales would win swift approval from recovery administrator Hugh S Johnson. After an all night session manufacturers proposed 12 dollars south 13 dollars north minimum wage, up from 10 and 11. A ten day review would follow before next hearings on other sectors. Johnson praised the industry and indicated Roosevelt would give final code approval after review.
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Washington
Hugh 8. Johnson
Johnson
Roosevelt
Recovery Administration
Alexander Sadie
Organized Labor
Sachs
All Pro
Buses and Trucks to Pay New Fees in Charleston
New state rules require all motor buses and trucks operating under convenience certificates to pay registration fees to operate. Bus fees run 80 dollars for under twenty one seat buses and 120 dollars for larger buses. Truck fees vary by capacity from 18 dollars to 810 dollars with an extra 100 dollars per ton for larger trucks. private auto mobile licenses remain unchanged. Tierney explains passenger cars fall under class A and trucks under class B, with changes affecting body type and usage. Also reported: rail freight carloadings for the week ending June 24 totaled 604 668 cars, up from last week and higher than a year ago.
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Charleston
W. Va
James A. Tierney
Tierney
Virginia Expected to Show Slight Deficit
Richmond Va June 30 Virginia today completed another fiscal year Indications in the absence of definite figures were that there was a slight deficit The deficit had been expected by fiscal authorities however and under present conditions reduced appropriations for the next fiscal year were designed to absorb it before the end of the biennium one year hence thereby keeping the budget balanced The plan was formulated and fiscal authorities expressed hope that unless the fiscal set up of the state is disturbed by the special session of the general assembly now expected in August Virginia s financial integrity will be sustained despite falling revenues.
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Richmond
Virginia
General Assembly
New Plan for Dollar Stabilization Divides World Finance
The New York Times reports a temporary steadying of the dollar in foreign exchange to aid the world economic conference. Central banks and the Federal Reserve would implement the plan to keep domestic recovery free from restrictions. Raymond Moley urged approval, while Roosevelt's position remains that stabilization is for banks, not government, with European gold currencies watching closely.
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New York
The
New York Times
Federal Reserve Bank
the Times
Roosevelt
Raymond Moley
Moley
Bonnet
France
Paris
London
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Campobello
Arguments Heard In Federal Court Suit Involving Cat Jones
Counsel argue in the damage suit of Cat Jones of Pickaway West Virginia against Atlantic Refining Company tried for a fifth time in the U S district court here. A jury was impaneled for G W Hall of Bluefield versus Norfolk and Western Railway Company for 50000 dollars. fourth trial in U S district court. Jones seeks damages after a collision between an auto he occupied and an Atlantic Refining company truck.
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Cat Jones
Pickaway
W. Va
Atlantic Refining Company
United States District Court
G. W. Hall
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Jones
Hall
New Party Call Sparks WCTU Convention Plea
Mrs. Bila A. Boole national president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union opened the fifty-ninth annual convention in Milwaukee on June 30. She charged that both Democratic and Republican parties betrayed their constituents and urged a new party built on moral ideals and prohibition. She criticized President Roosevelt for beer legalization and support of a repeal amendment submission.
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Milwaukee
Bila A. Boole
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Boole
Roosevelt
Du Pont Increases Pay For 650 Employees
Du Pont announces an upward readjustment of pay for 650 workers at the Du Pont Building and Hotel Du Pont units in Wilmington. Earlier, 13,000 workers across four states received pay advances. No further details on the 650 pay rise were released.
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DU Pont
Wilmington
Del
du Pont de Nemours Company
du Pont Building Corporation
Hotel du Pont Company
Balbo’s Fascist Air Armada Flies Toward Chicago
Italo Balbo leads a squadron of 25 Savoia Marchettis with 100 flyers from Orbetello on a 6,100 mile early flight to Chicago. The group charts an overnight stop at Amsterdam with a planned route through Londonderry Reykjavik Cartwright Shediac Montreal to Chicago.
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Amsterdam
Orbetello
Italy
Italo Balbo
Chicago
High Seas Navigation School
General Balbo
Balbo
Stefano Cagna
South America
Luigi Questa
Attilio Bieso
Londonderry
Ireland
Reyjavik
Iceland
Cartwright
Sandwich Bay
Labrador
Shediac
Montreal
Thousands to Lose Federal Jobs Amid 25 Percent Cut
Washington reports a $1.76 billion deficit for the past year as the government unveils a plan for the new fiscal year to cut about one billion dollars in ordinary expenditures. A 15 percent federal pay cut is planned, with more than 3,000 workers in Washington likely to lose jobs. The debt has risen to $21.853 billion, and deficits have persisted through 1931 and 1932, prompting talks of deeper cuts and new taxes.
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Washington
Treasury Books
Uncle Sam
Treasury
Roosevelt
WV Anti-Saloon League Plans 1934 Prohibition Battle
Charleston officials outline immediate actions to defend West Virginia’s state prohibition amendment in the November 1934 general election. The executive committee notes only about a quarter of registered voters backed repeal of the eighteenth amendment and endorses Dry forces, county organizing, youth outreach, literature, and lobby to mobilize support.
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Charleston
W. Va
Estate Anti-Saloon League
West Virginia
United Dry Forces
Friends of Prohibition
B. E B. Ewing
Two Mercer Men Killed in Interurban Crash
At 10:55 Friday morning near the Mercer Country club golf course on the Princeton Bluefield road a collision between a Chevrolet truck and an interurban street car killed O V Moye 38 and Steve Hurt 50 of Sandlick. The truck pushed the car after crossing tracks. one man crushed under wheels, the other trapped. Wrecking crews freed them as the car returned to the barn. Moye left a wife and four children. Hurt leaves a widow. Funeral plans not set.
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Mercer Country Club
Princeton-Bluefield Road
O. V. Moye
Steve Hurt
Sandlick
Bluefield
Roy Harl
Princeton
Moye
Roy Surface
Appalachian Electric Power
Tri-City Traction Company
Gott Undertaking
Hart
Cona Cottle
Myrtle Lilly
Otte Moye
O. B. Moye
Spanishburg
Edna Stovall
Orley Moye
Camp Creek
Lydia Quesenberry
Erwin
Tenn
Heat Wave Persists as Four Die in Pittsburgh
Scattered rain offered brief relief but most of the nation remained sweltering with many locations above a century. In Pittsburgh four heat deaths were recorded as Allegheny county faced extreme temperatures, and storms caused damage from Kansas to Maryland. The weather service warned no near-term relief, while hot conditions extended into neighboring states and cities.
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Kansas
Hill City
Hays
Emporia
Garden City
Topeka
Lincoln
Neb
Scandia
Kan
Burlington Junction
Missouri
St. Louis
Ohio
Detroit
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Greensburg
Cumberland
Baltimore
Allegheny County
W. E. Brotzman
Elizabeth Hartner
Anthony Strakowski
Pennsylamia Round House
Dennis Sullivan
Monongahela River
New Coal Loading Record Set for Year at Norfolk and Western
Mines in the Norfolk and Western fields loaded 2,620 cars on Friday, the highest daily total so far in 1933. The Pocahontas division delivered 2,448 loads, about 800 moving east through Bluefield, continuing near the year’s top pace.
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Norfolk and Western Fields
Pocahontas
Bluefield
Former Soldiers Cut From Rolls
Washington reports the Roosevelt economy plan will cut pension rolls by about half for 1934. Veterans expenditures drop from 927.9 million in 1933 to an estimated 582.0 million, with 400 000 to 500 000 World War and Spanish American War veterans removed from eligibility. Hospital and domiciliary care funds shrink, but permanent and totally disabled veterans remain eligible.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Veterane Administration
Roosevelt to leave on return trip to capital
Campobello Island July 30 President Roosevelt plans return to Washington aboard the cruiser Indianapolis amid tensions over London currency stabilization. He enjoys vacation and awaits the conference to address other business using shipboard wireless equipment.
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Roosevelt
Capital
Campobello Island
N. B
London
Washington
Indianapolis
America
Capitol
Governor Cancels West Virginia Public Works Conference
Governor Kump canceled a planned Washington conference with West Virginia’s congressional delegation and Senator Neely on federal public works participation. He postponed to await Neely’s availability while pledging full cooperation on allocations and federal patronage for West Virginia.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kump
West Virginia
M. M. Neely
Washington
Senator Neely
Fifth Federal Reserve District reports general business upturn
Richmond the bank notes a continued upturn across the district from April into May with gains in retail and wholesale trade. employment improves in May and June as unemployment falls and wages rise boosting purchasing power. coal production advances in April. banking remains seasonal with rediscounts down while government securities rise. building permits listed for Bluefield Charleston Clarksburg and Huntington.
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Richmond
Richmond Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve District
West Virginia
Bluefield
Charleston
Clarksburg
Huntington
Upward Trade, Employment Improve in Fourth District
The June monthly business review from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland notes a continued rise in trade and industrial activity in the Fourth District and nationwide. Employment improved in May and early June, though unemployment remains higher than in prior years. Steel plants operated at better than average rates while tin plate production ran at capacity levels.
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Cleveland
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleeland
Mercer county Democrat lands state post Sam M Lambert named field agent
Sam M. Lambert of Bluefield is appointed a field agent for collecting license taxes under the general revenue act, succeeding R. C. Lilly. The Mercerite is among nine new appointees in a department reorganization announced by Tax Commissioner Fred L. Fox.
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Mercer County
Fred L. Fox
Sam M. Lambert
Bluefield
R. C. Lilly
Joseph J. Wagner
Ohio Co
Ray A. Miller
Wood County
Hosmer Cropp
Harrison County
Wayne L. Meredith
Marion County
Howard P. Meadows
Raleigh County
Abe Forsythe
Cabell County
Claude E. McLaughlin
Greenbrier County
J. C. Little
McDowell County
W. H
James R. Cavitt
County
Luttrell Robson
W. M. Moss
Putnam County
E. L. Waddell
C. C. Clendenin
Pocahontas County
C. H. Koontz
Wyoming
Ray Romine
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T. M. Cheek
Old Game and Fish Commission
National Fund
Kuhn, Loeb Co
Deglares Pollari
Coal 3
American Railway Association Today
Associated Press
Talian Armada
Mercer
V. Moye
Sand Lick
Richmond Bank
Lands State Post
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