City board weighs changes to revenue raising ordinance
The Bluefield city board, last to meet Tuesday, considers amendments to a pending revenue-raising ordinance as it seeks temporary municipal financing relief. Mayor W A Light says no abandonment of the bill is planned unless a superior measure is proposed by the twenty-one local groups and committees.
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City Board of Directors
W. A. Light
Light
Sunset News
Sidney J. Kwass
Bluefield Lions Club
Arthur F. Kingdon
Lions
Mayor Light
Kyle Bruce
E. P. Mitchell
Board of Directors
Physician pleads guilty in Oklahoma abortion deaths
Enid June 7 Dr Guy E Brewer country physician who financed education for several youths was sentenced to four years in prison in each case for manslaughter related to fatal illegal abortions on six women including a college co ed The Garfield county attorney described accepting the plea as debt paid and Governor Marland remarked on the action The investigation noted a generally high medical ethics standard despite these illegal operations with Brewer making no statement.
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Enid
Okla
Guy E. Brewer
Garber
Roy Holbird
Garfield County
E. W. Marland
Oklahoma City
Brewer
Bremer
Holbird
Kidnapers Demand Ransom for Antonio San Miguel
In Havana a kidnap gang holding Antonio San Miguel and four servants as of June 7 demanded 286000 dollars. Police and 3000 soldiers attack the ransom plan after the bodyguard Ignacio Jose Modesto Inglesias delivered the kidnapper’s letter from the victim. The associate and lawyer Pedro Herrera Sotolongo were questioned as authorities swarm suburbs to trap the assailants. The former senator and ex jail warden was seized two days earlier.
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Havana
Antonio San Miguel
Jose Modesto Inglesias
San Miguel
Taglesias
Pedro Herrera Sotolongo
Sotolongo
Kidnap Probe and Flood Tide Dominate Tacoma News
In Tacoma two major stories unfold as a kidnapping inquiry centers on figures named Percy and Minnie with a new ransom writer theory. Oregon police discuss Elliott Michener as suspect. Concurrent Missouri River flood reports rise toward St Louis with multi state damage estimates and Red Cross relief efforts.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
Roscoe Nunn
Mississippi
Kansas City
St. Louis-St. Charles
St. Charles
Missuki
Red Cross
Alton
Ill
Laval Wins Emergency Financial Powers in France
Premier Pierre Laval secured emergency financial powers from the chamber of deputies amid a serious budget gap and rail deficits. Laval warned the outflow of gold persisted and vowed to defend republican institutions while aiming to restore financial stability and revive business.
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Paris
Pierre Laval
Chamber of Deputies
Foreign Office
Chamber
Kidnaping Conspiracy Leads to Life Terms for Davis
In St Paul federal court Volney Davis pleaded guilty to conspiracy in the Edward G Bremer kidnaping and was sentenced to life in Leavenworth. Co defendants John J McLaughlin Harold Alderton received five and twenty year terms respectively. Other convicted men included Arthur Berker James Wilson and Oliver Berg with Barker and Berg already given life terms.
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Volney Davis
Edward G. Bremer
Chicago
Leavenworth
John J
Boss) McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Harold Alderton
Rosenville
Ill
Bremer
McLaughlin and
Alderton
Arthur “Toc” Berker
James J. Wilson
Oliver Berg
Barker
Berg
Stanley Baldwin WN Sets Up Cabinet
London June 7 The Associated Press White haired Ramsay MacDonald steps down as Britain’s prime minister and Stanley Baldwin returns as leader. Five new ministers join a national government cabinet with MacDonald as lord president of the council. Four minutes separate MacDonald’s portfolio presentation from Baldwin’s arrival to receive the mandate. Health and eye trouble contributed to MacDonald’s decision after six years as prime minister.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
Stanley Baldwin
John Bull
MacDonald
Baldwin
Edward Hilton Young
King George
Buckingham Palace
Palace
New British Cabinet Members Named by Prime Minister
The cabinet includes Stanley Baldwin as Prime Minister and first lord of the treasury, Ramsay MacDonald as lord president of the council, Sir Joan Simon as home minister, Lord Hailsham as lord chancellor, Neville Chamberlain as chancellor of the exchequer, Sir Samuel Hoare as foreign secretary, and the leader of the House of Lords as lord privy seal.
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Treasury
Stanley Baldwin
Rameay MacDonald
Joan Simon
Lord Haisham
Neville Chamberlain
Samuel Hoare
House of Lords
Mother and Son Hanged At Sussex Prison Yard
In Georgetown Delaware on June 7 a gray haired grandmother 55 and her son 27 were hanged for murdering Mrs Carey’s brother for life insurance proceeds. They walked to the scaffold at daybreak with a small legal escort and were buried two hours later in a rural cemetery.
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Georgetown
Del
Sussex
May H. Carey
Howard Carey
Frankford
Richard K. Whyte
J. C. Bolton
Hugh G. Smith
Robert G. Clen Daniel
A. 8. Smoot
Mother
Frederick Whitney
Parents of Boy Prodigy Held to Face Charges
Louisville, June 7. An unkept boy prodigy of 12, who could read at two and type at three, faced bath after his parents were arrested for contributing to delinquency. Irvin Mills, violin maker, posted bond and claimed his son Barton is not delinquent, saying they educated him through travel. He called himself a renowned violin maker.
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Irvin H. Mills
Barton
Mills
Fritz Kreisser
Holt cites Hatfield withdrawal as lack of merit against seating
Washington reports Holt credits Hatfield's withdrawal from challenging his seating as proof there is no merit in the case. Hatfield's attorney Grant P. Hall did not appear for the memorial, and Holt argues the petitioners lack backing-financial or otherwise.
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Holt
Hatfield
Washington
West Virginia
Senate
Grant P. Hall
Hall
Kump Urges Banks to Aid Local Relief Efforts
Governor Kump urged West Virginia bankers to focus on local communities to speed national recovery. He said loans to local business would strengthen banks and the broader economy, noting note files and securities are valued and the banking sector shows cautious optimism for earnings ahead.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Bankers of
West Virginia
Kump
West Virginia Bankers’ Association
Bankers urged to aid holders of foreign bonds
West Virginia bankers heard Francis White of the Foreign Bondholders Protective Council urge action to recover $10.5 billion in foreign bonds issued in the United States after WWI. He noted 36 billion in loans remain, with about 2 billion in default and 200 million in interest past due. He said the council, non profit and unpublicly funded, aims to negotiate for bondholders to restore national wealth.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
West Virginia Bankers Association
United States
Francis Whitte
New York
Foreign Bondholders Protective Council, Inc
United Stattes
White
Czecho-Slovakia
Body of Boy Found in Oil Tank Car
New Martinsville West Virginia June 7 after an all night search the body of 11 year old Lester Little was found in a South Penn Oil company tank car authorities say he appears to have been playing on top of the car when he fell through an opening and drowned Lester is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Clarence Little and six brothers and sisters
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New Martinsville
W. Va
Lester Little
South Penn Oil Company
Here
Lester
Clarence Little
Roosevelt urges unified federal transportation system
President Roosevelt asked Congress in a special message to grant broader powers to the Interstate Commerce Commission over highways inland waterways air transport and coastal carriers. He urged bills to assist railroad refinancing and to reorganize IC C into a federal transportation commission, citing a confused national transportation picture and slow railroad service.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Inland Waterway
Federal Transptation Commission
Joseph B. Eastman
House Sends NRA Plan To Senate Richberg Resigns
Washington June 7 Shriners invaded the White House to place a jeweled fez on Noble Franklin D Roosevelt of Cyrus Temple Albany N Y and prepared to receive 100000 visitors to Shrine convention opening Sunday Directors of the Shrine 9 000 000 investment in crippled children were in session all day at the White House Roosevelt asked How many fellows are we going to have here A hundred thousand he heard a hearty you bet.
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Shriners
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cyprus
Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
Japanese Troops March in China Stir Tientsin Tension
Japanese soldiers paraded in Tientsin while Hopeh officials moved toward Paotingfu and Chinese troops, as Tokyo pressed for removal of hostile officials. A Japanese embassy spokesman cited China’s insincerity even as calls for occupation rumors rose. Troop departures were for replacements but garrisons in Tientsin Peiping Tangshan and Lwanchow were expected to grow about fifty percent.
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Hirohito
Tientsin
China
Peiping
Tangshan
Lwanchow
McCullough Named West Virginia Works Progress Chief
Washington June 7 The Federal Relief Administration announced the selection of F W McCullough of Charleston West Virginia as works progress administrator for West Virginia confirming the appointment today.
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Washington
Federal Relief Administration
F. W. MecCullough
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Charleston to name Works Progress Administrator
PF Witcher McCullough, state director of the national emergency council, declines comment on his appointment as works progress administrator in West Virginia. Governor Kump cites about 80 million dollars for W P A expenditures, prioritizing schools, roads, health and conservation. McCullough is a Huntington native who has lived in Charleston since 1926 serving on the state board of control and with the N R A and NEC.
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W. Va
Works Progress
Federal Works Relief Program
PF. Witcher McCullough
National Emergency Council
Washington
Kump
Works Progress Administrator
Huntington
State’ Board of Control
National Recovery Administration
Japanese Move Triggers Tientsin Tension As Army Evacuates
In Tientsin on June 7 Japanese forces pressed through the city as 51st army units evacuated to Paotingfu. A Japanese military conference delayed decisions, keeping foreigners and locals anxious about the next move while street demonstrations continued outside foreign zones.
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Tientsin
China
Yu-Hsueh- Chung
Paotingfu
Hopeh Province
Peiping
Randolph and Blanton Near Fisticuff Stage
Washington June 7 near fight between Representative Randolph Democrat West Virginia and Representative Blanton Democrat Texas was prevented by Representative McSwain Democrat South Carolina after adjournment in a stormy exchange. Randolph sought floor time to respond to Blanton’s attack. Blanton objected. Schulte Democrat Indiana defended Randolph and censured Blanton for criticizing him in his absence.
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Representativ
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West Virginia
Blanton
Texas
McSwain
South Carolina
House
Schulte
Indiana
Phantom Slayer Refused New Trial in Ohio Murder Case
Steubenville Ohio June 7 The court of appeals refused to grant a new trial to David Dasco 48 convicted of murdering Raymond Kochendarfer a Wheeling West Virginia steel worker Dasco was sentenced to life in the Ohio penitentiary last November for the phantom slaying of the mill employee He was arrested last June after three men were killed in a string of mysterious shootings around steel mills in the area
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Steubenville
Court of Appeals
David Dasco
Raymond Kochendarfer
Wheeling
W. Va
Dasco
Ohio
Roosevelt Says Administration Aims At Wider Happiness And Wealth
The 264 to 121 House vote upheld revised NRAA provisions while preserving presidential authority to suspend anti trust laws for voluntary codes. President Roosevelt framed the social aim as increasing security and happiness for more people and a bigger share of wealth, while Richberg resigns as NRA chief effective June 16.
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House
Roosevelt
Swift House
Donald R. Richberg
NRA
Public Works Administration
National Industrial Recovery Act
Supreme Court
Police Seek 5 Year Old Johnny Kaul Missing Near River
Police continue an intensive search for 5 year old Johnny Kaul who vanished near a wealthy New York district playground. Parents fear abduction or foul play and a drowning theory persists as officers and the marine division probe the Hast river area and question suspects.
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Hast
John F. Kaul
Marine Division
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Utton Place
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