Senate approves state budget amid amendments and delays
Charleston WV June 2 The $24 400 000 biennial budget bill passed the senate unanimously but the house refused it prompting a compromise conference. The measure funds state schools highway work and other programs while amendments adjusted utility scrutiny and road vehicle regulations.
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Charleston
W. Va
Senate
House
Holt
Lewis
West Virginia
Department of Agriculture
The
Conservation Commission
Herald
Braxton
Public Service Commission
Herold
County Acts of Education
Supreme Court
Advisory Council
State Board of Education
Planes Destroyed in Fire at Roosevelt Field
Fire of undetermined origin swept hangars at Roosevelt Field in New York on June 2 causing $250000 to $300900 in damage and destroying fifteen airplanes. The incident damaged the hangar and its aircraft.
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New York
Roosevelt Field
Ortiz Plans Departure Amid Court Martial Threat
Major Arsenio Ortiz, longtime strong-arm ally of President Machado, faces charges over the murder of three guards at an American owned sugar plantation. Reports say Ortiz intends to sail for Germany rather than stay in Cuba and stand trial.
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Iven
Cuba
Arsenio Ortiz
Machado
Germany
Revolt in Senate Limits 25 Percent Cuts in Disability Pay
In a tied vote Vice President Garner broke the deadlock to approve a Conally amendment that caps reductions at 25 percent for World War service connected disability compensations and pensions. The measure, part of the independent offices appropriation bill, adds 170 million dollars to ease veteran cuts while a separate appropriation of 17 million funds heavier expenditures. The bill advances to conference with the House carrying a total of 715 million plus more than House figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Independent Offices
Garner
Conally
Texas
Burames
South Carolina
House
Strikes interrupt field as coal miners push wage demands
In the tri state area unions press for wage hikes with 40 to 50 percent demands. About 1000 workers in four Scott s Run West Virginia mines struck over a wage conference date. Albany mine Browns ville Pa miners demand 40 percent. Hubbard mine Versailles township McKeesport 30 percent increase. Jeannette Westmoreland Coal raises pay but with details sparse. Plans for stabilization under the national recovery act proceed as operators prepare for a national conference in Washington to form a western Pennsylvania coal producers association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Tri-State
Scott’s Run
West Virginia
van A. Bittner
United Mine Workers
Pittsburgh-Erie Coal Company
Albany
Brownsville
McKeesport Coal and Coke Company
Hubbard
Versailles Township
Great Lakes
Jeannette
Westmoreland Coal Company
Washington
Coal Producers’ Association of
Western Pennsylvania
General Motors raises wages in some units
General Motors units begin a five percent wage increase today affecting about 100 employees as part of restoring prior reductions, announced by Alfred P Sloan Jr and Lawrence P Fisher. In other notes, Edison Electric Institute reports higher household refrigerator sales in April and Kelvinator says May shipments set monthly records.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
Alfred P. Sloan Jr
Lawrence P. Fisher
New York
Edison Electric Institute
Kelvinator Corporation
H. W. Burrit
Senate Finance Committee Rejects Oil Price Control in Industrial Bill
The Senate Finance Committee defeated the Marland Capper oil price regulation plan 17 to 1 and rejected the administration oil provision. An embargo power to regulate imports was authorized 10 to 8, while licensing provisions to curb cutthroat competition were kept alive in a 12 to 7 vote. The panel adjourned after three hours behind closed doors with plans to fight on the floor to restore licensing and import embargo and oil regulation provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Reed
Republican
Pennsylvania
Secretary of the Interior
Harrison
Clark
Missouri
Senate
Plan to shift tax burden to corporations in revival plan
Washington June 2 4 A plan before the Senate finance committee would place the larger share of the tax burden on corporations by taxing dividends to finance an administration drive to revive industry Senate finance committee chairman Senator Harrison Mississippi outlined the proposal as the committee began to reconsider the measure Turn to Page Four
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Harrison
Mississippi
Stocks Jump As Market Buoyed By Open Market Purchases
New York stocks surged to new highs with 6 862 660 shares traded as investors rushed to buy blocks of up to 10 000 shares. Bonds also advanced to fresh peaks while grains stayed narrow. experts cite continued federal open market purchases and seasonal trade slowdowns as reasons for the feverish rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Federal Reserve System
Utilities rate cut move killed in West Virginia Senate
Charleston June 2 Senator Herald led a bid to start rate reduction hearings for West Virginia cities but the senate rejected the proposal 19 to 10. The dispute tied to the $24.4 million budget bill and involved blocking motions and committee funding amid a broader utilities fight.
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Charleston
W. Va
Legislative Committee
West Virginia
Senate
Herald
Braxton
Utilities Investigating Committee
House
Herold
Holt
Lewis
Henderson
Doddridge
Hope Natural Gas Company
Lewie
Rush Holt
Moore
Kanawha
Butcher
Wood
Bluefield
Morgantown
Wheeling
Huntington
Kansas City Kidnapping Gang Nabbed After Intercepted Telegram
Kansas City police report the gang that abducted Mary Me from her home last Saturday is under arrest. Five suspects, including two women in Amarillo Texas, face charges as detectives trace the ransom hunt through a Leavenworth junk dealer telegram and arrests in Kansas City and Amarillo.
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Kansas City
H. F. McElroy
Mary
Amarillo
Texas
Kansas
Eugene
Reppert
Leavenworth, Kane
W. H. McGee
Amarillo Automobile Agency
McGee
Judge McElroy
Mary Meto Hie
Mada
Windell Johnson
Hazel Johnson
L. R. Gilbert
Clarence Click
Click
Clarance Stevens
McDowell
Leavenworth
Abe Starr
Hawks Set New Record In Robot Pilot Transcontinental Flight
New York June 2 Commander Frank Hawks landed at Floyd Bennett Field at 10 12 p m EST after a nonstop West to East flight from Los Angeles in a 14 cylinder plane with a robot pilot. He beat his previous nonstop record by over four hours though shorter than Captain James Haizlip’s 10 hour 19 minute stop flight last August.
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New York
Frank Hawks
Floyd Bennett Field
Los Angeles
Hawks
James Haizlip
Roosevelt to seek moratorium on foreclosures for homeowners
President Roosevelt plans to ask soon for a halt on home foreclosure proceedings as Congress considers refinancing legislation. A House approved mortgage relief bill awaits Senate action while a separate 9 to 8 vote in the House Judiciary Committee backed emergency debt relief for insolvent municipalities. Mayors of large cities press for relief before adjournment.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hartley
New Jersey
Congress
House
Senate
House Judiciary Committee
Seven Die In Richfield Refinery Blast Near Signal Hill
A massive blast at the Meader Absorption plant in the Richfield Oil field near Signal Hill, California killed seven and injured twenty two with ten missing. Firemen fought a four hour blaze as oil and debris damaged nearby homes and rigs. Restoration crews halted oil flow and 750 Reconstruction Finance Corp. workers helped contain spill.
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Long Beach City
Long Beach
Cal
Meader
Richfield Oil Company
Signal Hill
D’angel Oil Company
Ed Weiler
Anaheim
Duke Gaughan
Bellflower
Oil Worker. Co
J. Brown
Whittier
Charles Cope
J. L. Sumway
Lottie Carolyn
Marylin Carolyn
J. BE. McDonald
Itato, Hancock and
D' Angelo
Richfield
Lottie Carlyon
Thomas F. Carlyon
Howard Hargrove
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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Result of repeal 5 held in south
Bishop James Cannon Jr and Eugene L. Crawford inform 8 500 Methodist Episcopal Church South pastors that repeal of the eighteenth amendment rests with southern states. They condemn Roosevelt's May 7 radio address, warn that beer sales reduce milk truck traffic and deprive families of working men’s necessities, and urge clear defense of constitutional repeal despite opposition.
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Washington
James Cannon Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Board of Temperance and Social Service
Eugene L. Crawford
Roosevelt
Mattern to Take Off on Solo Hop Today
Jimmy Mattern announced plans to depart at about 5 a m from Floyd Bennett Field for a around the world speed record attempt. Weather reports show generally favorable winds along the great circle to Paris with overcast skies on the coast likely clearing after Newfoundland. He may fly blind after departing the coast until Ireland as forecast.
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New York
Jimmy Mattern
Floyd Bennett Field
James H. Kimball
Weather Bureau
Great Circle
Paris
Newfoundland
Kimball
Ireland
Railway measure opposition fades as Eastman named railroad coordinator
Washington June 2 The opposition to the administration railroad bill faded in the house and the measure moved toward passage. Joseph B Eastman an Interstate Commerce Commission veteran would direct the effort to steady the industry. Eastman 50 native of Katonah New York educated at Amherst served as counsel in wage arbitration before joining the Massachusetts public service commission. He was appointed to the ICC in 1919 by President Wilson and reappointed by Harding and Hoover Dr W M W Splawn former Texas university president and house interstate commerce committee transportation expert is also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Joseph B. Eastman
Eastman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Katonah
N. Y
Amherst
Massachusetts Public Service Commission
Wilson
Harding
Hoover
W. M. W. Splawn
University of Texas
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Flames destroy Mountain Institute in Virginia fire
The Triangle Mountain Institute in Council Virginia a mountain mission school run by Holston conference of the Methodist Church was destroyed by fire at noon. Property damage estimated at 40000 dollars and one pupil Nellie Mitchell slightly injured. The fire started on the roof with no water supply and all clothing of students and faculty burned. Twenty pupils were placed with private families and a clothing drive was planned in Grundy Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Triangle Mountain Institute
Council
Holston Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Nellie Mitchell
Tazewell
Grundy
Grundy-Raven
L. Betell Wagner
L. F. Wolf
Ruth Eee
Helen Ricks
B Burg
Exciting Finish Marks Recess In Morgan Inquiry
Washington reports a sharp back and forth as Pecora questions Lamont on stock sales and income taxes in the J. P. Morgan and Company inquiry. Davis clashes with Pecora over a December 30 1930 sale while Morgan and partners prepare for resumed testimony Monday.
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Morgan Inquiry
Davis
Pecora
Washington
John W. Davis
J. P. Morgan and Company
Ferdinand Pecora
Thomas S. Lamont
George Whitney
Bankers
Whitney
Reynolds
North Carolina
King George
Mussolini
International Banking House
Lamont
Fletcher
J. P. Morgan
Banking House
Morgan
Continental
Hall Electric
P. R. Mallory
Shamrock Oil
State Street Investment Company
Investment Corporation of
Philadelphia
Simms Petroleum
Williamson coal miners win 10 percent wage rise
Williamson West Virginia June 2 A wage increase averaging ten per cent for about five thousand miners in the Williamson field was ordered tonight by the Williamson Operators association Operators said the current pay was about 28 cents an hour for motormen of mine trains They estimated miners work about two days a week under present conditions The raise aligns with Appalachian Coal prices and represents a broader sales policy for the region.
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Williamson
W. Va
Williamson Field
Williamson Operators’ Association
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U. S
Celeste Jedel
Professor Moley
Kump
Connect Crime
Blaze
Bishop Cannon
Mattern
I. C.C
Bill
Federal Branch
Mountain School
Young Lamont
Thomas W. Lamont
Arthur M. Anderson
Harold Stanley
William Ewing
Morgan and Company
Corporation
Whits
Junius
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