State Cuts Utilities Valuations in 1932 Totals
The West Virginia state board of public works ordered a net utility valuation decrease of 1.525 million dollars for 1932, bringing total utility valuations to 566.89 million. Major changes include water company cuts and water and electric company increases, with railways and other transport lines largely unchanged.inch
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Charleston
W. Va
State Board of Public Works
Tax Commissioner's Office
Western Maryland Railway
Water Company
Water and Electric Company
Water and Electric Companies
Intrastate
Supreme
Water and Electric Company Group
Telephone and Telegraph
Interstate
Maryland
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Kanawha
Michigan
Baltimore and Ohio
Chesapeake and Ohio
Norfolk and Western
Virginian
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
Monongahela Railway
Lausanne Powers Prepare Final Reparations Settlement
European leaders at Lausanne work on a final reparations agreement without US guarantees to cancel or revise war debts. The plan contemplates canceling Young plan annuities and bonding German railways while publishing balance sheets to sway public opinion in France and the United States.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
United States
Geneva
Washington
Germany
France
Vice President Curtis Nominated in Chicago Rally
Vice President CI Curtis presided over the senate as news of his renomination arrived in Chicago. An ovation followed and he moved to his private office where he was congratulated by Senator James E. Watson of Indiana and Senator George H. Moses of New Hampshire.
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CI Curtis
Senate
Chicago
Capitol
James E. Watson
Indiana
George H. Moses
New Hampshire
Veterans Sound Call for Recruits in Washington
Veterans urge 150000 troops after senate defeats bonus measure. Massachusets delegation leaves, Waters orders 150000 by fall. Encampments resume activity as communists distribute sheets and veterans arrest distributors.
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Washington
Veterans Army
Senate
Massachusetts
John H. Fahey
Watertown
W. W. Waters
Fahey
Chicago
Mobile
Davenport
Iowa
Philadelphia
Waters
National
Ex-Servicemen’s League
League
Roosevelt Holds Long Talks With House And Massachusetts Delegates
Gov Franklin D Roosevelt spent the weekend in New England shaping a political strategy as he held a three hour discussion with Col Edward M House in Manchester and planned meetings with Massachusetts convention delegates in Groton. He also met Boston Mayor James Curley and arrived to brief OConnell the Pitchburg delegate.
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Groton
Mags
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New England
New York
Manchester
Mass
Edward M. House
Woodrow Wilson
New Yorker
Roosevelt
James M. Curley
Boston
Massachusett
Colonel House
Massachusetts
M. Fred O'Connell
Pitchburg
O'Connell
Shouse Attacks Hoover Plan in Chicago Radio Speech
Democratic national committee chairman Jouett Shouse denounced the Hoover era platform as hedged on issues and a one man show. He charged the prohibition plank mimics Hoover policy and warned voters feel misled as Roosevelt forces prepare to shape the party’s leadership in coming conventions.
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Chicago
Hoover
Republican Party
Jouett Shouse
Shouse
Democratic National Executive Committee
New Republican
White House
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
New York
Farley
Senator Walsh
Montana
Alfred E. Smith
Indictments in fatal Marmet dam landslide case
Four Dravo Contracting officials are charged with manslaughter in the Marmet dam landslide that killed six workers. Indictments name Edward Weir David Rouse George Parker and an unnamed Sturgeon alongside victims Lewis Thornton J L Collins Chester Ryan Harry Crawford Alfred Rouse and Harry Gordon. The disaster followed heavy rain weakening the river bank opposite a cofferdam excavation.
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Charleston
W. Va
Marmet Government Dam
Dravo Contracting Company
Edward Weir
David Rouse
George Parker
Blank
Sturgeon
Lewis Thornton
J. L. Collins
Chester Ryan
Harry Crawford
Alfred Rouse
Harry Gordon
Dravo Officials Comment On Marmet Dam Landslide Indictments
Pittsburgh officials from Dravo Contracting declined comment on indictments of four men tied to a fatal Marmet West Virginia dam landslide. W H Fowler secretary identified Weir as superintendent and Sturgeon as assistant. others named as foremen. Major Hermann of U S engineers led the inquiry, which Fowler says exonerated the company and the men.
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Pittsburgh
Dravo Contracting Company
Marmet
W. Va
W. H. Fowler
Sewickley
Dravo Company
Weir
Sturgeon
Fowler
Hermann
United States Engineers
Huntington
President Hoover seeks opening wedge in relief deadlock
President Hoover meets with House Banking Committee leaders at the White House to break the stalled relief bill stalemate. Attendees include Chairman Steagall and Reps Stevenson Strong and Luce. Hoover favors leasing loans to states under the Wagner bill by need rather than population.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
House Banking Committee
Senate
House
White House
Steagall
Stevenson
South Carolina
Strong
Kansas
Luce
Massachusetts
Congress Opens Battle on Unemployment Relief and Economy
Washington June 18 Congress moves toward adjournment as the Senate debates a 2 billion unemployment relief bill and the House prepares to consider the national economy measure. President Hoover seeks deeper government economy while lawmakers push for public works funding and Reconstruction finance changes.
Earthquake Hits Mexico City and Coast With Multiple Deaths
A heavy quake rocked Mexico from coast to coast with at least three reported killed and more feared dead. Colima state records damage in its capital and coastal towns while a Pacific cyclone adds destruction from Manzanillo to Guaymas. The tremor, felt in Mexico City, struck Colima and Jalisco during early morning hours, with a small tidal wave follow-up.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Pacific
Manzanillo
Guaymas
Colima
Ciudad Bravos
Guerrero
Jalisco
Manzan- 0
Dawes Sees Turning Point in Nation’s Low Mood
Charles G. Dawes, back from Washington and once head of the Reconstruction Finance Corp, says the worst of the so called low mood is over. He cites lower taxes from reduced government spending as key to recovery, notes municipal indebtedness, and predicts small businesses improving first with larger firms to follow.
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Chicago
Charles G. Dawes
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Dawes
Film magnate Fox linked to stock short selling probe
Washington reports Senate Banking Committee testimony tied William Fox to a $322,960 profit from short selling his own Fox Theaters stock. Investigator Gray displayed a check to P. J. Higgins, endorsed to Fox to hide his short position. Fox, 53, Hungarian immigrant, ill to testify and in a Washington hotel room. committee may force testimony Monday.
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Washington
William Fox
Senate Banking Committee
William A. Gray
P. J. Higgins
M. J. Meehan and Company
Fox
Brooklyn
Carey
Wyoming
Gray
John J. Raskob
W. F. Kenny
Walter P. Chrysler
Bradford Plisworth
Deny Participation in Killing of Constable Donohoe
Cosmo Stengoni, co defendant with R C Bledsoe, testified he had no role in the slaying of Constable John Donohoe in Uniontown Pennsylvania. The men were linked by a confession from Tony Bell, who was acquitted in 1930. Stengoni claimed he was at home when Bell testified Donohoe was lured to death.
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Uniontown
Cosmo Stengoni
R. C. Bledsoe
John Donohoe
Bledsoe
Stengont
Masontown
Tony Bell
Bell
Donohoe
Hold Up Suspect Returned to State in WV Case
Harry J. Fink, 22, of Cleveland, charged in a cigar store holdup, was brought back by West Virginia state police from Dayton, Ohio. He was held in the Ohio County jail after questioning in Parkersburg and is to be arraigned Monday. Troopers W. C. Johnson and J. D. Hacker, who had pursued him, were dismissed by Captain J. R. Brockus.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Harry J. Fink
Cleveland
West Virginia
Dayton
Fink
Parkersburg
J. R. Brockus
Ohio County
Justice of the Peace
Fin
W. C. Johnson
J. D. Hacker
Brockus
Chicago Civic Opera to elect General Dawes president
Backers report trustee will elect Brigadier General Charles G. Dawes as president to succeed Samuel Insull at a meeting next Wednesday. Insull expected to resign amid retirement from utility interests and withdrawal from other activities.
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Dawes
Chicago
Chicago Civic Opera
Charles G. Dawes
Samuel Insull
Insull
Angel
Opera
Utility Rates Under Scrutiny By West Virginia Commission
West Virginia public service commission undertakes a six month review of utility operations to curb excessive profits, with larger utilities earning three to five percent annually while some smaller firms appear overprofitable. It ordered rate reductions for Bluefield Telephone and pressed for detailed reports from all utilities to reassess capital investment, revenues, expenses, and salaries.
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Charleston
W. Va
Public Service Commission
West Virginia
Bluefield Telephone Company
Bluefield
Commission
Farmer-Labor seeks new presidential nominee in split
Omaha June 18 The Farmer Labor party seeks a fresh presidential nominee after erasing Col Frank E Webb from its slate. Senator Huey Long backs Roosevelt’s candidacy and Roy Harrop says Long may accept. Webb is accused of being a Hoover spy and not living in San Francisco as claimed. Coxey remains on the ticket as vice president.
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Col
Frank E. Webb
Roosevelt
Omaha
Farmer-Labor Party Tonight
Huey Long
Louisiana
Farmer-Labor
Roy M. Harrop
Harrop
United States
Webb
Hoover
Wbb
San Francisco
Washington
Jacob
Coxey
Maseillon
Ohio
H. H. Marre
Denver
Part
Tom Mooney
Caliornia
Senate Debates Hoovers Policy as Campaigns Face Probes
The Day In Washington reports William Fox was charged before a Senate committee over a $322,960 profit from short selling his amusement stock. A special House committee was created to probe campaign expenditures ahead of elections. The Senate opened debate on a $2 billion unemployment relief bill while Senator McKellar accused Chairman O'Connor of a slipping board being “utterly unfit.” Hoover was attacked and defended in the Senate on his stance toward an international silver conference.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Ite
House
Hoover
Mills
Treasury
Representative Rainey
Illinois
Eugeente
Reconstruction Corporation
Lafollette
Wisconsin
Wagner
New York
Norris
Nebraska
House of Representatives
Associated Press
William Fox
McKellar
Tennessee
O'Connor
Butler Calls Republican Prohibition Plank A Political Blunder
New York June 18 Dr Nicholas Murray Butler branding the Republican prohibition plank as a political blunder of the first magnitude warned the party may go over the dam in November unless state conventions in New England and the Middle Atlantic repudiate the plank He planned to cut short his Europe trip to lead a campaign for repudiation He condemned the Chicago plank as muddlehead and cowardly and named Democrats including Alfred E Smith Owen D Young and Cordell Hull among those he favored while avoiding discussion of Roosevelt and praising Smith as the best public servant since Roosevelt.
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New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
World Telegram
New England
Middle Atlantic
Butler
Europe
Carnegie Peace Foundation
Vermont
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Maryland
Baltimore
Chicago
Ulysses S. Grant
Alfred E. Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin
Smith
Theodore Roosevelt
Owen D. Young
Newton D. Baker
Albert C. Ritchie
Melvin A. Traylor
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
President Hoover to Step Back From Active Reelection Drive
President Hoover announced he will withdraw from active campaigning for his reelection with limited speeches remaining. Campaigns will be run by Everett Sanders and the Republican national committee, while Hoover limits his public appearances to White House duties.
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Washington
White House
Hoover
Muath
Chicago
New York
Everett Sanders
President Coolidge
Republican National Committee
Sanders
Republican Organization
Rebellion in Chilean Air Force Breaks Out
In Santiago on June 18 rebels in the Chilean air force attempted to restore Colonel Marma Grove to power after his overthrow. Seven planes operated in Iquique and Quintero while airfields at both sites fell under rebel control. Grove and Eugenio Matte were aboard the seized destroyer en route to prison, as the government denied any northward flights and claimed the destroyer aimed for Juan Fernandez island.
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Santiago
Chile
Marmaduke Grove
Grove
Carlos G. Davila
Iquique
Quintero
Valparaiso
San Antonio
Eugenio Matte
Davila
Senate confirms Virginia postmasters under Hoover appointees
Washington June 18 the senate confirmed President Hoover s appointment of the following Virginia postmasters Charles G Thomas Fort Union Frank G Jones Montvale Arthur B Parker Onancock Amos L Cannaday Pa and Herbert C Bolton St Paul
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Washington
Senate
Hoover
Virginia
Charles G. Thomas
Fort Union
Frank G. Jones
Montvale
Arthur B. Parker
Onancock
Amos L. Cannaday
Herbert C. Bolton
St. Paul
Banks to Collect U5. GHEGE Tax in Bluefield
Bluefield citizens will feel the effects of Uncle Sam's two cent check tax starting Tuesday. Banks will collect the levy, remit monthly to the U S Treasury, and send depositors a charge statement with cancelled checks. The tax applies to each check or draft regardless of amount. Depositors can avoid payment by tendering a bank receipt with withdrawals. Higher postal rates take effect next month.
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Bluefield
Uncle Sam
U. S. Treasury Department
Eame
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Marmet Dam
House Banking Group
State Rate
Hunt
Virginia Mountains
Stanford University
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