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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1932
Page
1
Charles G. Dawes resigns as president of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to return to Chicago banking duties. President Hoover accepts the resignation effective June 15 as Congress signs a $1.1185 billion revenue bill and Dawes signals confidence in recovery.
Des Moines June 6 Early returns show Henry Field leading U S Senator Brookhart in Iowa with 9 843 to 7 986 from 132 of 2 435 precincts Glenn Haynes George Cosson L E Eickelberg and Louis Cook trailed Field Brookhart in a scattered statewide tally In North Carolina Senator Cameron Morrison loses ground to Robert Reynolds as returns from 1 573 of 1 823 precincts show Reynolds 135 264 Morrison 129 501 with other candidates far behind
Charles G. Dawes, noted financier, submitted his resignation yesterday from the presidency of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation marking a notable leadership change at the federal finance agency.
In Santiago the three day old socialist government faced a counter revol forcement as naval garrisons revolted in Concepcion and Talca. Clerks walked out shutting offices including the National City Bank branch while officials vowed tolerance toward foreign holdings except Cosach Nitrate. Censorship blocked news as unrest spread among students and workers, with President Montero reportedly en route to the coast.
The Polish American flyer Stanislaus Felix Hausner, 31, left Floyd Bennett Field Friday for a nonstop London Paris and Warsaw flight. After 83 hours without word his wife Martha and brother in law Walter Wages hold only guarded hope. A plane thought to be his was seen near Sydney Nova Scotia as the 82 to 83 hour fuel window expired.
At Washington the party battles form over organizational control and a prohibition resubmission plank. Roosevelt allies press for permanent chairmanship while Shouse pledges to present his name at the convention. Borah attacks the GOP plan to resubmit the eighteenth amendment.
Edgar C. Lawson state auditor and ex officio state insurance commissioner addressed the banquet at the thirty third convention of the West Virginia Association of Insurance Agents in Elkins. Opening remarks were by H H Keim of Elkins with sessions continuing through tomorrow. Mayors R T De Van Charleston and A M Fredlock Elkins and others spoke.
Judge George W. McClintic says there will be no June term of the U S district court in Bluefield but a regular term opens June 21 1932 for motions and related matters. Bonds of those due to report June 20 must appear or bonds will be forfeited and warrants issued. Naturalization cases are set for June 24 with no equity or U S testimony cases on the docket.
Six members of an Essex street family were ill from an apparent internal poison. Guy Mooney of Wytheville Virginia is detained as a suspect after authorities say he threatened the family and was seen near the water pail moments before illness began.
New York June 6 John D Rockefeller Jr a lifelong temperance advocate branded the eighteenth amendment a failure and urged repeal He urged both parties to adopt a repeal plank and stressed he and his family fought for temperance since 1900 contributing 350000 to the anti saloon league He cited rising drinking and more speakeasies and warned of a vast army of law breakers.
Washington reports John D. Rockefeller Jr. faced caustic dry comment and wet applause for opposing the eighteenth amendment. Officials and lawmakers including Dr. Edwin C. Dunwiddie and Senator Sheppard voiced mixed views on prohibition, its failures, and calls to uphold law while considering repeal.
Roanoke County authorities search for motives after an early morning blast leveled a one story frame store in Garden City. The Pearcy and Huffman general merchandise shop burned, loss pegged near seven thousand dollars, with investigators suspecting a nitroglycerin charge planted to cover a robbery trail.
Senate party leaders near an agreement to speed a $300 million unemployment relief measure. House to begin consideration of the controversial Garner bill as President Hoover supports a $300 million fund to aid states under the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Senators Robinson and Watson signal an accord expected tomorrow.
Police head reveals a group of about 100 men formed into a compact fighting unit to disrupt the bonus march. Authorities vow to protect marchers and maintain order as tension grows.
More than 200 veterans from the South neared the capital aboard a Southern railway freight train before being left on a siding for the night. Pennsylvania authorities blocked others at the state line to demand continued travel with brief stops. Raсine and 2,000 Los Angeles enlistments joined the effort with supplies and vehicles. Reverend James R. Cox planned to present demands to President Hoover and Congress and consider flying to Washington to aid the marchers.
In Washington the bonus army leader ship split as Briga dier General Glassford warned of a Communist plan to disrupt the veterans parade. He said 100 fighters could confront police while 4,000 veterans prepare to march and police roped off Pennsylvania avenue. The army later repudiated a rump election, naming George Alman then unseating him for W. C. Cox, both of Portland Oregon, as commander-in-chief.
San Francisco police widen hunt for Frank J. Egan former public defender and alleged head of a criminal trio. Doran confesses more details about the April 29 murder of Jessie Scott Hughes and implicates Egan as mastermind. Police promise drastic action as mayor Rossi demands Hallinan brought in.
President Hoover signed the $1,118,500,000 revenue increase into law as Congress probes economy and relief disputes. Excises go into effect June 21 while income taxes start July 1, with Dawes resigning from Reconstruction Finance Corporation and Senate leaders expecting further sessions into July to finish the measure.
Samuel Insull resigns as chairman and director of Commonwealth Edison Peoples Gas Light and Coke and Public Service of Northern Illinois effective immediately due to ill health. James Simpson to succeed him. Samuel Insull Jr. remains as vice president in the three firms. An audit by bankers is ongoing as a federal court receivership of Middle West Utilities ends.
Washington June 6 Senator Dickinson of Iowa a farm relief exponent drafts the Republican keynote speech for the Chicago national convention next week He has led farm relief battles in Congress attended every GOP convention since 1912 and is new to the national political scene after twelve years in the house He also aided Mr Hoover’s 1928 campaign and now promotes party virtues to farm belt residents as agriculture chairman.
New York June 6 A Hofstadter committee session focused as Samuel Seabury works to finalize a transcript and analysis of six weeks of Walker testimony He plans to send the report and evidence to Governor Roosevelt likely by Thursday The inquiry also touched Hastings Bermuda trip accusations and Seabury's public duties versus private travel rights
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