Senate approves extra funds for banking inquiry
The Senate voted unanimously for more money and power to probe private banks and bankers as investigators aim to show influence by J P Morgan and associates over Van Sweringen railroad interests. O P Van Sweringen testified that remarks about destructive measures were unintended and stressed a desire for knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Sweringen
Washington
Senate
J. P. Morgen and Company
Thomas 8. Lamont
Morgan Partners
Fletcher
Congress
O. P. van Sweringen
Banking Committee
Chesapeake and Ohio
Vaness Corporation
Chesapeake Corporation
General Securities Corporation
van Sweringens
Pecora
Kump Addresses Bankers Of State
Governor Kump urged West Virginia bankers to guide investors toward sound choices and avoid securities pushed by New York bankers. He spoke at the West Virginia Bankers Association meeting as Mason Cricker of Charleston was elected president, succeeding L. F. Haller of Wheeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Kump
West Virginia Bankers Association
New York
Mason Cricker
L. F. Haller
Wheeling
J. A. Sydnestricker
Marlington
Powell Chapman to speak on chamber talks in Bluefield
Powell Chapman editor of the Roanoke Times and vice president of Southwestern Virginia will report on the chamber of commerce of the United States at a Bluefield celebration Saturday. He conducts a weekly WDBJ radio forum each Saturday at 7 45 PM on state topics inviting regional members to listen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powell Chapman
Roanoke Times
Southwestern Virginia, Inc
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Bluefield
Mr. Chapman
WDBJ
Steel mobilizes for industrial control plan in 1920s
Pittsburgh reports rapid prep for the industrial control bill. Steel firms refuse long-term orders, plan ten to fifteen percent wage raises set for July 1, and discuss quick formation of company unions. Industry fights unionization clauses as recovery act looms. Pittsburgh production climbs from under 14 percent in March to about 30 percent weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Washington
Detroit
Dorothy Hall and Neal Andrews Rewed in Greenwich
Dorothy Hall the stage and screen star eloped with wealthy manufacturer Neal Andrews in Greenwich and were remarried by the Rev. Miner. Hall had been divorced in Mexico last November after eleven years of marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
Conn
Dorothy Hall
Neal Andrews
Miner
Miss Hall
Mexico
Andrewe
Bradford
Ethel Barrymore
Manhattan
Lilly Turner
London
Baker Named Special Counsel for Rubber Industry Code
New York June 8 Newton D Baker former secretary of war is named by the Rubber Manufacturers Association as special counsel to help draft an operating code under the national industry recovery act. F B Davis Jr heads the association and also leads United States Rubber Co. The industry has faced stiff competition and price betting though tire prices have recently risen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Newton D. Baker
Rubber Manufacturers’ Association
F. B. Davis Jr
United States Rubber Company
Rubber Wheeled Street Car To Debut In Chicago
Chicago announces a new rubber wheeled street car after four years of research by 25 major U.S. railway firms. Guy A. Richardson, president of the Chicago Surface Lines, says rubber in wheels springs and trucks replaces the overhead trolley wheel as the signature sound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Guy A. Richardson
Texan Aviator Jimmy Mattern Takes Off After Repair
James Mattern, American aviator, left Prokopievsk region early Friday Moscow time bound for Krasnoyarsk. He had landed yesterday near Prokopievsk due to gasoline fumes from a leaking line and will undergo permanent repairs before resuming the round‑the‑world attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Jimmy Mattern
Siberia
Krasnoyarsk
Prokopievek
Associated Press
James Mattern
Prokopievsk
Texan
Omek
Wiley Pst
Harold Gatty
Belovo
Prokoievsk
Mattern
Anti-Repealists To Localize Work In Southern States
Birmingham June 8 Anti-Saloon league leaders resolve to major on the movement against repeal with local workers directing the campaign. F Scott McBride says aim is to break through political coercion brewers distillers and saloonkeepers defenses and keep the eighteenth amendment from repeal. Conference approves leaving campaigns to local city forces with attendees including Dr A H Cherrington and B James Cannon Jr nine states represented Alabama Arkansas Texas Louisiana Mississippi Tennessee Georgia Florida and North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
F. Scott McBride
League
McBride
A. H. Cherrington
Westville
Osio
B James Cannon Jr
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Alabama
Arkansas
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Georgia
Florida
North Carolina
Investigation of Aid Administration in Cabell County
A mother's appeal to President Roosevelt prompts a probe into relief work in Cabell County. G. K. Given, state relief administrator representative, leads the inquiry after Mrs. Bessie Hodges of Guyandotte complained she could not obtain aid when her baby was born several weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Roosevelt
Relief Administration
Cabell County
G. K. Given
State Relief Administration
Bessie Hodges
Guyandotte
Hold Woman On Charge Of Kidnapping Child
Cincinnati June 8 Mrs Virginia Rogers 31 wife of a welfare worker is held in jail as the county grand jury investigates the case She was declared sane by two alienists yet shown to have an uncontrollable desire to possess a child after an illusion of motherhood was shattered The child Pansy Sneed six weeks old was recovered yesterday after a week long police search Mrs Rogers said she abducted the baby to help it recover from illness and poverty stricken parents Mr and Mrs John Sneed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Virginia Rogers
Sweltering Heat Record Ties Bluefield Yesterday
Bluefield area residents endured a blistering day as temperatures reached 95 at 5 to 6 PM, tying the prior record. Readings from the Pocahontas division across towns ranged from 93 to 102, with the front office thermometer running about 2 degrees hotter than the rear government unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Pocahontas
Hckman
Kaeger
Williamson
Norton
Old Sol
Heat Wave Grimly Rears Deaths Across West Virginia
West Virginia endures a blistering heat wave with three deaths reported as temperatures approached 100 degrees. In Charleston a 102 degree high mirrored yesterday’s 104 while relief remains distant. Grace Anderson and Remingo Sassone drowned seeking relief. Clarksburg saw two men prostrated and hospitalized from heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Charles Wilson
W. F. York
Grace Anderson
Ohio River
Parkersburg
Lucille Anderson
Grafton
Remingo Sassone
Tygarts Valley
Virginia Educator to Speak in Ireland
Dr. Morgan L. Combs president of the State Teachers College in Fredericksburg has been invited by Dr. Paul Monroe president of the World Federation of Education to address the Dublin Ireland conference. Combs will speak in the health section and sails from New York July 1 returning August 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Morgan L. Combs
State Teachers College
Paul Monroe
World Federation of Education
Dublin
Ireland
Combs
Teachers College
New York
Postmasters Named in West Virginia Appointments
Washington June Miller named postmaster at McKendree Fayette County succeeding Martin V. Godbey who resigned Mrs Lucy J Weaver appointed postmaster at Edgarton Mingo County succeeding Dora Varney Harte Campbell named acting postmaster at Theyer West Virginia
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. Hugh Miller
McKendree
Fayette County
West Virginia
Martin V. Godbey
Lucy J. Weaver
Edgarton
Mingo County
Dora Varney
Harte Campbell
Theyer
W. Va
Senate OKs Import Bar Power in Industry Bill Debate
Washington reports the senate fended off key changes to the industrial licensing section of the public works bill After a thirteen hour session the panel moved to finalize how 400 million dollars in road aid would be allocated and left the sales tax dispute for tomorrow The measure includes a provision allowing the president to bar imports if prices and wages rise and would apply licensing across industries or units to enforce trade codes during negotiations with industry groups
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Tariff Commission
Reed
Pennsylvania
Congress
Thomas
Oklahoma
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gore
Clark
Missouri
Senator Long
Louisiana
Borah
Idaho
George
Georgia
Alabama
Coal Industry Offers Code of Fair Competition
The National Coal association sent a tentative code of fair competition to bituminous operators outlining collective bargaining by miners, district wage scales, and district based price fixing. It calls for fair practices, elimination of certain competitive abuses, and cooperation with the Roosevelt recovery plan, with a June 15 Chicago meeting to refine the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Coal Association
Appalachian Coals, Incorporated
Hugh A. Johnson
Roosevelt
Districter
Association
Chicago
Roosevelt nominates Walter K. Thurmond for WV revenue post
President Roosevelt sends to the Senate the nomination of Walter K. Thurmond of Logan to be collector of internal revenue for West Virginia. Thurmond, a longtime Democratic activist, has never held major public office and has chaired Logan County Democratic committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Walter K. Thurmond
Internal Revenue
West Virginia
Thurmond
Logan
United States
M. M. Neely
Virginia
Democraic
Logan County
Gunmen fail to get spot victim in Newark incident
Gus Berger a reputed strong-arm man linked to Waxey Gordon escaped a fatal confrontation when three gunmen forced entry into his Newark apartment and opened fire. Berger a Gordon lieutenant with aliases Babe Miller and Edward Miller, was wounded in the shoulder and guarded at City Hospital as police note a long criminal record including a 15 year Arkansas sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Gus Berger
Waxey Gordon
Gordon
Berger
City
New York
Smokeless Operators Meet at White Sulphur Springs
Smokeless coal producers from Pocahontas Tug River New River and Winding Gulf fields gather at White Sulphur Springs for final steps toward forming Smokeless Coal Corporation. About 250 representatives attended a late May meeting. plan to begin operations soon and review a proposed fair competition code from the National Coal Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Sulphur Springs
Smokeless Coal Corporation
Pocahontas
Tug River
New River
Winding Gulf
National Coal Association
Mitchell Details Salary Boosts at National City Bank
New York June é Charles B Mitchell head of National City Bank testified his 1931 salary doubled from 100000 to 200000 and he did not repay 666666.66 from a management fund. Prosecutors argue the payment was a bonus to evade taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles B. Mitchell
National City Bank
Mitchell
Treasury Department
United States
George Z. Medalie
Naton City
Medalie
Max D. Stever
Henry W. Goddard
Publishers to discuss recovery bill section
Indianapolis June 8. Walter P D Allen of Brookline Mass will represent the National Editorial Association at a New York publishers meeting Friday to discuss the industrial recovery bill and licensing section possibly suppressing press freedom. The association head will travel by air to attend, with awards and elections following. the group then tours Indiana en route to Chicago's Century of Progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Walter PD
Allen
Brookline
Mass
National Editorial Association
New York
United States Senate
NEBA
Howard Davis
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Justus F. Craemer
Lexington Avenue
New York City
Indiana
Chicago
Germany declares moratorium on pre July 1931 foreign debts
Berlin imposes a moratorium on all foreign currency payments on debts contracted before July 1931. The move affects about 17.3 billion marks and covers debts to the United States Treasury while private creditor standstills remain in effect. Dr Hjalfmar Schacht warned against retaliatory measures as a London meeting of creditors looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Reich
United States
Hjalfhar Schacht
The
Reichsbank
Dawes
America
London
Bank For International Settlements
Bristol Strikers Reject Plan of Committeemen
About 1,000 workers at the Big Jack overall plant in Bristol, Virginia, rejected a management proposal to return to work under a piece work system with a later minute plan. The plan would have a six month transition and a 10 percent wage increase with the minute plan. State Labor Commissioner John Hopkins Hall and aide W. F. Furlow attended the mass meeting as conciliators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Big Jack Overall
John Hopkins Hall
Pollard
W. F. Furlow
Roosevelt Owens in Nevada divorce case announced
Elliott Roosevelt and his wife seek a divorce in Nevada courts citing incompatibility. The 22 year old son already resides in Nevada, while his 21 year old former Elizabeth Browning Donner plans to sue. They married January 16 1932 and have an eight month old son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Elliott Roosevelt
Nevada
Elizabeth Browning Donner
Jn D. Roosevelt
Washington
Elliott
Los Angeles
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Ferdinand Pecora
Alleghany Corporation
Morgan Bank
O. P
M. J. van Sweringen
van Sweringen Group
Bankers OF State
Revedl
Baker
Jimmy Matter
Southern State Leaders Center
Mercury
Clarksburg
Adam Scott
Owings
Antonio Caroza
Caroza
Scott
Cigense
National Group
United States Treasury
Reichbank
World
Roosevelts
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