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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1934
Page
1
Department predicts reduced wheat feed grains and hay production as rain shortages linger in the East while western crops struggle. Officials warn national food supply could be affected if needed rainfall does not materialize.
The AP notes cooler weather and intermittent rains dampening drought severity but reports from the Weather Bureau and Agriculture Department warn relief is not imminent. They warn wheat and feed crops will be far below last year, livestock weakened, and the national food supply affected. Roosevelt backs a 525 million relief program. Temperature dips to about 50 in Minnesota.
President Roosevelt warned the drought could materially affect the national food supply though famine conditions were unlikely. The Agriculture Department report details widespread damage across about thirty states, with the West and Midwest turning arid. Hopkins outlines work relief plans while Davis notes cattle prices, as the administration prepares a drought relief request of about 525 million dollars.
In Charleston West Virginia June 6 thirteen G A R veterans attended the fifty second annual encampment and re elected Joseph M Smith of Wheeling as state commander He was set to be succeeded by W H Smith of Shadyside but won a second term Three auxiliaries also elected officers Wheel ing chosen for 1935 encampment Mrs Florence Whitmore Martinsburg elected president of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic Mrs Mary Brown South Charleston named president of the Ladies relief corps and Miss Exielle Schagf Wheeling president of the Daughters of the Grand Army of the Republic
A northbound Pennsylvan ia railroad train plunged through a bridge at Graystone Station Baltimore County. Miss Margaret Frederick 20 of Parkton Md died in Baltimore hospital from steam scalding after the locomotive boiler exploded. Engineer T F Bossom and Fireman J C Blauser both of Baltimore were missing believed buried under the engine or coal car in the Little Gunpowder Falls bed about 30 feet below. Price Ford and William Staler rescued the woman from wreckage as the passenger coach fell from the trestle.
Birmingham officials reported a wave of arson and dynamite attacks on miners homes in the coal fields. Incendiaries destroyed several frame houses including the home of a United Mine Workers local secretary near Wylam and another miner near Fairfield. It marked a second such incident in two days with no motive apparent.
West Virginia police were informed that the Texas suspect linked to the abduction of Dorothy Evelyn Bradley does not share fingerprints with William Mavin Roman, the man sought in the case. The child vanished in October 1927 from Rupert in Greenbrier County, and the new report came from Justice Department agents in Palestine, Texas.
Two young Kentucky men, William Nunnley 26 and George Nunnley 23, were moved from Dyersburg to Memphis in a sheet wrapped escape to avoid a mob. They faced charges for attacking three women including a 76 year old, and will await extradition to Smithland, Kentucky.
President Roosevelt signed the stock market control bill and planned a five member commission to administer it. James M. Landis is eyed for the board along with Thomas Corcoran Ben Cohen and Ferdinand Pecora as possible members. The measure becomes effective July 1 if the regulator is named before then.
President Roosevelt signs the Fletcher Rayburn act creating a five member Securities and Exchange Commission to regulate exchanges and enforce the 1933 Securities Act. The law sets margin rules, requires exchange registrations, and outlines penalties. It takes effect July 1 with margin rules starting October 1. certain provisions extend to 1937.
Washington June 6 Secretary Swanson endorsed plans to build 24 naval vessels including 14 destroyers and six submarines as the first ships under the Vinson plan to lay down by 1939. The project will use 40 million dollars of earmarked public works funds in the deficiency appropriation bill before the senate.
Charleston tax department requires hawkers and peddlers licenses for farm produce sellers who do not raise their own stock. H Keaiah Smith, head of the revenue bureau, warned hucksters cannot buy from stores and resell without a license.
Washington union leaders summon two labor chiefs to conference on threatened steel strike. New York Johnson flies to consult steel leaders on strike threat. Chicago Republicans name Fletcher as party chairman. Philadelphia control of GOP organization seized. Washington Roosevelt signs market control bill and enforces provisions. Washington farm program raises wheat payments by 1 cent as drought relief. Memphis Kentucky brothers rescued from mob held in attack proof jail. Birmingham bombs add torch in Alabama coal fields. Epsom Downe Windsor lad wins derby. Geneva negotiations with Germany on disarmament look more hopeful.
In Washington unionists press for 40 labor chiefs to fortify cross table talks with steel manufacturers and officials. Hugh S Johnson and aides head to New York seeking a special steel industry labor board, while Amalgamated president Mike F. Tighe joins discussions amid mixed worker support.
Philippi West Virginia June 6 A murder warrant was sworn for Lawrence Carroll a 30 year old inmate of a state asylum based on his signed confession that he struck and killed 15 year old Dale Jones during a fit of anger and hid the body in a mountain cavern Prosecutor Forrest B Poling said the confession appears approximately correct and Carroll will be held without bail pending the September grand jury term An autopsy showed bruises before death suggesting the boy was buried under rocks after being struck following a dispute over wine at his grandmother s house
General Hugh S. Johnson and Donald Richberg joined leaders of the American Iron and Steel Institute in New York as a threatened general strike loomed. Employers argued the issue was the closed shop, not collective bargaining, while claiming most workers did not want a walkout.
Governor Kump said the state may need to borrow about two and a half million dollars for a short period to cover needs before July 1. He noted cash balances are not surplus and cited indebtedness and school salaries. The auditor reported a June 1 treasury balance of 9,316,228.99.
The supreme court denied an injunction sought by May's Central Drug store of Clarksburg to restrain Fountain Drug store from advertising a May Sale. May company argued Fountain used its name and the ad term May ale, alleging piracy of the May brand.
Washington reports January to April wage data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Average weekly earnings in manufacturing rose to 19.97 dollars, up 2 percent from March and 26.02 percent from April last year. Increases affected 375 401 workers across 689 establishments, with notable 9.9 percent gains in the automobile sector (124 000 workers, 61 plants) and 10 percent in blast furnace steel and rolling mills (133 000 workers). Per capita earnings varied by industry from 21.08 to 26.33 dollars weekly, with hardware at 19.44 and electrical machinery at 20.86.
The Republican national committee outlines a declaration of policy warning that American institutions face danger from centralized power. It argues for solving social problems within the framework of founders' principles, preserving individual freedom and resisting rapid expansion of federal control.
Cincinnati June 6 An angry crowd overturned and burned the car of a Remington Rand employee at the Norwood plant after a striker near the plant was wounded by a bullet from the machine Warren Maxwell 26 was struck in the right leg doctors said the injury not serious foreman N A Nienaus escaped unharmed Norwood police planned to close the plant again tomorrow with machinists union stating the plant would shut down at noon tomorrow.
Philadelphia June 6 Henry Prather Fletcher elected chairman of the Republican national committee is noted for a career as soldier lawyer diplomat and public servant He joined Theodore Roosevelts Rough Riders as a private during the Spanish American War and later held posts in China Mexico and Italy serving in state and foreign affairs roles.
Washington reports the Senate nears adjournment as it debates the tariff bill and a pending silver measure. President Roosevelt resists demands to withdraw the Wagner labor disputes and housing bills from his legislative list, with two weeks at least expected to pass. A vote on paying the soldier bonus is nearly certain as the tariff bill moves to the White House after Senate amendments.
The Republican national committee adopted a platform favoring a liberal and progressive spirit, social legislation, and economic action while blasting the administration’s monetary policy as a threat of unlimited inflation. Henry P Fletcher was elected party chairman with John D M Hamilton as nominee. a telegram to Herbert Hoover expressed gratitude and best wishes.
Jackson Ohio June 6 Two young men confess to Sheriff W P Turner that they robbed and killed Stephen Huntley 74 a farmer Held up by Herbert Thacker and Ray Freeman in the barn Freeman struck Huntley with a shotgun He died a few hours later Freeman also confessed to aiding the murder A third man was jailed amid questions as planner of the robbery
The Supreme Court prepared to close its January term next Tuesday with sixteen cases awaiting decision. Among them is a constitutional challenge to a New York state tax on gross income over $600.
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