Budget figures to lawmakers amid state budget balance claim
Charleston West Virginia May 31 The budget commission completed six days of talks but exact two year appropriations will be released tomorrow Governor Kump said the budget is balanced and within revenue He noted potential increases for schools and roads while tentative figures for 6 million for schools and 2 million for roads remain unconfirmed Delegates debated a bill to reapportion membership and a public utility rate study panel was proposed to investigate rate reductions and hire counsel with funds from the legislature
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Charleston
W. Va
Phage
Kump
Budget Commission
Pelter
Logan
Herald
Braxton
Public Service Commission
Senate leaders defend president amid veterans benefits debate
In Washington on May 31 Democratic leaders urged opponents to aid the president in correcting injustices in the National Economy Act. Debates over repeals and amendments centered on hospital funding and disability payments for veterans, with proposals from lawmakers in Alabama and Washington and strong defense from Senator Robinson of Arkansas of the president’s actions.
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Washington
National Economy Act
Senate
Emocrat
Alabama
Byrnes
Carolina
Lenong Cutting
Dill
Robinson
Arkansas
Dickinson
Roosevelt
Republi
Diana
Congress
UMP Pres
Arkansan
Mitchell Tax Return Examined in 1929 Fraud Case
New York May 31 Charles E Mitchells 1929 income tax return was examined by the internal revenue service a year after filing The government contends it was defrauded of about half a million dollars Max D Steuer testified no fault found but the prosecution argued the examining agent was transferred in 1928 and Mitchell had shifted offices The defense says 666666.67 was an advance on expected profits to be repaid if realized
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New York
Charles E. Mitchell
Max D. Steuer
Ambrose Hussey
Wall Street
Mitchell
United States
George Z. Medalie
National City Company Management Fund
Richmond Fed reports improved conditions in Fifth District
The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond notes brighter business in May, with hiring rising through mid May and some wage increases. Deposits rose while loans fell. coal production cooled to 1932 levels. retail and wholesale trade improved. construction permits rose in four West Virginia cities.
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Richmond
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
West Virginia
Bluefield
Charleston
Clarksburg
Huntington
Cleveland coal man is named president of Northern Coals
William Emery Jr president of Cambridge Collieries in Cleveland was elected president of Northern Coals Inc at its first stockholders meeting. The agency will centralize coal marketing from Ohio and the West Virginia panhandle except Hocking district with operations possible within a week. Directors include H K Findlay P B Loomis S B Johnson and others.
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Cleveland
William Emery Jr
Cambridge Collieries Company
Northern Coals, Inc
Northern Coals
Ohio
West Virginia Panhandle
Hocking
Emery
Northern Coale
R. L. Ireland
Pe Hanna Coal Company
Snore
Willard
United States
Company of Cleveland
Ncted
PD. F. Hurd
Northern Coats
H. K. Findlay
Youghingheny & ©Lo Coat Company
P. B. Loomis
Canton Coal Company
Canton
B. Johnson
Lorain Coal & Dock Company
Columbus
Ireland
Steel production gains reach 41 percent capacity
New York May 31 iron and steel output rose to 41 percent of capacity, up three points from last week. Production schedules have advanced steadily since the third week of March, according to the Iron Age magazine.
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New York
Iron Age
Morgan Investigators Link Prominent Men to Morgan Financing
Senate Banking Committee details show J P Morgan & Co opened profits to well known clients with underwritten stock sales. Senators Kean and McAdoo appear on lists of buyers. Owen Roberts noted as a future Supreme Court justice. Page Three.
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Senate Banking Committee
Washington
J. P. Morgan and Company
Senate
George Whitney
United Corporation
Morgan Utility
Morgan
United
Kean
Supreme Court
Supreme Bench
Carter Glass
Virginia
Whitney
Power tax to be paid by producer
Washington May 31 An agreement by house and senate conferees to shift the three percent electric levy from consumers to producers clears the way for the gasoline tax and postal reduction measure. The deal ends a three week deadlock as conferees drop two proposed producer taxes and retain a one percent consumer levy. The plan aims to raise 138 million dollars by extending the one cent per soline gas tax and grants Roosevelt authority to modulate postage rates. reductions could lower mail rates and affect air and second class rates if traffic grows.
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Washington
House
Senate
White House
Roosevelt
Agreement Ends Great Wall Hostilities at Tangku
A formal accord between Chinese and Japanese military authorities was signed at Tangku near Tientsin, creating a demilitarized zone from the Great Wall southward to a line north of Tientsin and Peiping. Chinese police will guard the area. Japanese forces withdraw after evacuation, with air and other inspections permitted.
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Tientsin
China
Great Wall
Tangku
Peiping
Wall
Senate to Debate Industrial Bill in Recovery Push
Washington May 31 The senate finance committee advances the national recovery act aimed at reviving industry with a 3.2 billion dollar public works bill. Amendments are expected while the Wagner Peyser bill creating a federal employment service moves through the house. Industries showing pickup include leather wool cotton textiles electrical appliances autos furniture paint steel and meat packing.
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Washington
Roper
Senate Finance Committee
Harrison
Senate
White House
House
Wagner-Peyser
Frances Peris
Con Io Industries
Secretary of Commerce
Mulrooney halts beer sales at dog stands statewide
Albany May 31. After a brief beer venture about 10 000 hot dog stands soft drink counters gasoline stations and lunch rooms must stop selling beer at midnight. Mulrooney says licenses for on premises consumption go to restaurants hotels beer gardens clubs vessels and trains. Outside sales limited to drug stores and grocery stores. Of 60 000 temporary permits issued April 7 only 40 000 remain eligible.
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Albany
Edward P. Mulrooney
Beverage Control Board
Filling Station Operator Fatally Wounds Intruder
Sam Pendleton, 21, was shot to death last night at Wright's filling station on the Princeton Oakvale highway. E L Wright reported he fired as Pendleton crawled through a window during an attempted robbery. Pendleton's body was found across the window sill. Sheriff Fanning ordered Wright to appear for further investigation.
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Sam Pendleton
Wright
Princeton
Oakvale
E. L. Wright
Pendleton
J. C. Fanning
W. T. Bivens
Former West Virginia House Speaker Edwin Keatley Dies at 65
Edwin M. Keatley, 65, longtime Republican political figure and former speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates, died at his Charleston home from heart disease after years of illness. At his death he was secretary of the West Virginia Taxpayers Association, which pressed for tax reform.
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Charleston
W. Va
Republican
West Virginia
Edwin M. Keatley
House of Delegates
Keatley
West Virginia Taxpayers Association
MAUG GANG MEMBERS SPOTTED IN BROOKLYN
Two desperadoes from the Maug gang with $5,000 rewards on their heads, John William Maug and Edward John Turpac, escaped from Western Penitentiary, Pittsburgh, April 27, showed up in Brooklyn. They entered a cigar store and phoned parole director A. Coulter, but police could not locate them.
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New York
Western Penitentiary
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
John William Maug
Edward John Turpac
A. Coulter
Rules For Popularity Contest Nominated By Bluefield Paper
The Daily Telegraph and Sunset News announce a Chicago World’s Fair popularity contest offering four Bluefield area women aged 18 to 30 a chance to travel. Nominate via a coupon for 1,000 free votes and urge friends to seek votes from merchants. The feature invites readers to imagine a trip to Chicago and the Golden Temple of Jehol as part of the excitement.
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Daily Telegraph
Sunset News
Bluefield
Chicago
Jehol
China
Peking
K’ang-Hi
Tibet
Citizens Vote On Zoning And Planning Scheme In Bluefield
Bluefield voters on July 5 will decide whether to adopt a municipal zoning and planning ordinance covering sections 1 through 9 of chapter 8, article 5, of the West Virginia code. The item, filed by the city board, awaits final reading next Tuesday and uses special ballots marked For Zoning or Against Zoning.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
Binefield
Board of Directors
Sherwood Resurfaces as Former Mayor Walker’s Fiscal Agent
The New York American reports Russell T. Sherwood, long believed missing during the Seabury inquiry, has returned to settle with the federal government and New York Supreme Court. He confides to an interview that he never served as Walker’s fiscal agent and discusses tax claims and a contempt fine.
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New York
New York American
Russell T. Sherwood
James J. Walker
Seabury
New York Supreme Court
Huffstadter
York City
Walker
Sherwood
George Walker
Virginia Drys Plan Repeal War Chest Campaign
Virginia drys moved quickly in planning their drive against ratification of the eighteenth amendment. They named a nine member advisory committee to raise a war chest and launch the emergency prohibition campaign in the state.
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Richmond
vVirginia Drys
Virginia
Hostage Details Aide With Felons Near Kaneee City
Louise Wood 17 describes a highway kidnapping by five convicts fleeing the Kansas penitentiary. The group abducted her family and two friends, forced them into a sedan, used the women as shields, and later took them to a farm house before releasing them. Names of several convicts are provided.
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Kaneee City
Kansas Penitentiary
Louise Wood
Lansing
Daddy
Miss Wood
M. J. Wood
Cloris Wears
Mies Wood
Cloris
Billie
Kenneth
Lewis
Lewis Bechtel
Alvis Payton
Kenneth Conn
Billie Woods
Clifford Dopson
Pleasant
William New
Judge Refuses Divorce for Jelkes in Newport Case
Judge Charles A. Walsh rules Eugenia Woodward Jelke innocent of infertility but both she and her husband F Frazier Jelke are found to have engaged in ex ternem and thus neither may obtain a divorce. After two weeks of hearings, the judge declines to void the marriage despite both seeking dissolution.
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Newport
R. I
Eugenia Woodward Jelke
F. Frazier Jelke
Charles A. Walsh
Mattern Plans Dawn Start For World Solo Flight
Jimmy Mattern prepared to launch at dawn from Floyd Bennett Field for a nonstop solo flight around the world. Favorable winds were hoped for on the great circle route to Europe though current weather could delay departure. If weather cooperates, he will fly 4000 mile legs with Harbor Grace as a bearing point before crossing the Atlantic.
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New York
Great Circle
Europe
Jimmy Mattern
Mattern
Floyd Bennett Field
Harbor Grace
N. F
Hunted convicts reach hideout in Oklahoma hills
Kansas escapees from the state penitentiary fled through northern Oklahoma into rough timber country. Police scoured the region with armed squads while governors ordered an investigation into alleged prison rules violations. Warden Prather and guards were kidnapped and later freed, with one guard killed during the chase.
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Oklahoma Hills
Lansing
Kane
Kansas Penitentiary
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri
Kansas
Otto L. Durkee
Chetopa
Kans
Welch
Okla
Wilbur Underhill
Harvey Bailey
Kirk Prather
L. A. Lane
John Sermon
M. J. Wood
Louise
Cloris Wearn
Kansas City
Pleasanton
Prather
M. Landon
State Board
Coal Operators Agree On Daily Wages For Miners
About 5 000 miners in the field will return to work with a daily wage and tonnage scale set by an arbitration board. Ohio and Pennsylvania operators, along with Morgantown and Washington officials, agree to a 30 day continuation of the current scale as a coal stabilization bill is discussed in Congress.
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Pittsburgh
Operato
Pennsylvan
Ohio
Logan County
Saint Columbus
White
Morgantown
Distri United Tne
Washington
Waa
Nethan
Interior Department
Margold
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Pecora
Glass
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Mercer
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Overwood
Jimmy Walker
Jelkes
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