Ashworth refuses to resign as U S attorney
West Virginia district attorney David D. Ashworth said he has no plans to resign as United States attorney for the southern district of West Virginia. He acknowledged a Justice Department request but stated he would not step down for political expediency and would only leave if a charge justified it.
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Department of Justice
David D. Ashworth
United States
District of
West Virginia
Ashworth
Beckley
Washington
Department
James Damron
Ashworth U S Attorney Resigns In West Virginia
Washington reports U S attorney David D. Ashworth of the Southern District of West Virginia will resign with the department saying the move is agreeable. Ashworth, a Republican appointed last summer on Senator Hatfield’s recommendation, has three years left. The department noted many U S attorneys and U S marshals received similar letters.
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Washington
David D. Ashworth
U. S
West Virginia
Department of Justice
Department
Ashworth
Hatfield
Anyme
Roosevelt
Neely
Arthur Arnold
George S. Neal
Heat Wave Shifts as Rain Relieves Midwest
Associated Press reports heat eases in the Middle West as rains spread relief to Iowa Missouri and surrounding areas. Wet weather boosts pastures and crops in Wisconsin but Missouri floods disrupt rail lines delaying Secretary Wallace en route to Chicago. A high pressure system moving east is expected to end the June heat wave with Chicago recording record highs.
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Middle West
East
Iowa
Missouri
Wisconsin
Wallace
Chicago
Pacific
Heatwave Persists Across Southern West Virginia
Charleston endures another day of intense heat as rainfall fails to materialize. Temperatures reached 96 degrees in Charleston and 93 degrees in Beckley, signaling continued hot conditions across the region.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Beckley
Pollard Calls Extra Session in Virginia on August 10
Richmond reports Governor Pollard will convene the Virginia General Assembly on August 10 after two-thirds support from both houses for beer legalization, repeal referendum, and a public works program. Special elections set for August 7 will fill nine vacancies across the senate and house.
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Virginia General Assembly
Richmond
Pollard
General Assembly
William M. Tuck
Tuck
Assembly
John Q. Rhodes
Louisa
House
Rhodes
Senate
Banking inquiry shifts focus on Kuhn Loeb syndicate dealings
Washington reports the Senate Banking Committee listed Charles E. Mitchell Percy A. Rockefeller L F Loree Albert H Wiggin and others as invited beneficiaries in a Kuhn Loeb securities syndicate underwriting scheme without cash. Pecora described 30 issues sold to retail groups at higher prices amid voting trusts and wash-sale questions while Kahn faced tax and foreign-payment disclosures.
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Washington
Otto Kahn
Senate Banking Committee
Kuhn, Loeb and Company Securities
Charles E. Mitchell
Percy A. Rockefeller
L. F. Loree
Albert H. Wiggin
R. H. Ecker
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Kahn, Loeb Banking House
Kahn
J.P. Morgan and Company
Ferdinand Pecora
Pecora
Kohn
Internal Revenue Bureau
Maud EB. Marriott
Stock Exchange
Pennrod Corporation
Pennsylvania Railroad
Senate
New York
England
Fletcher
Approval of Food Code Delayed in Farm Row
Washington reports that farm administrators defer approving trade agreements for food industries until wage scales and labor hours gain Recovery Act approval. General Johnson will withhold codes involving agricultural materials until Secre tary Wallace and George Peek approve them. A working relationship has formed between the two administrators, with joint consultations guiding any major decision.
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Washington
Hugh Johnson
Wallace
George N. Peek
Roosevelt
Bach
Textile hearing at Washington nears end amid codes debate
A National Recovery Administration effort to craft a textile code of fair competition proceeds as two thirds of the industry backs the code. The hearing ends soon after two and a half days with perfunctory sessions planned to gather witnesses before adjournment. Hugh S. Johnson leads the administration toward a code decision balancing labor demands and industry offers.
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Washington
National Recovery Administration
Hugh S. Johnson
Legion Outlines Four Point Plan for Veterans Benefits
Washington June 29 The American Legion regional rehabilitation committee presented a four point program to restore pre economy act benefits for disabled veterans and protect dependents while urging immediate medical care for those unable to pay. States represented include New England states New York Pennsylvania Delaware New Jersey Maryland Virginia West Virginia and the District of Columbia led by Paul H. Griffith of Uniontown Pa.
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Washington
National Rehabilitation Committee of the American Legion
Chicago
Veterans Administration
France and Gold Allies Threaten to Leave London
France and the Gold Allies threaten to depart London as representatives hold feverish talks. Nations look to Washington for intervention to save European gold reserves and dispatch appeals to the American capital.
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France
London
Washington
American
World currency crisis prompts Western powers to seek U S aid
The world economic conference in Washington grapples with European gold currencies as France and allies threaten to withdraw over exchange risks. British and European gold counties seek relief plans compatible with Roosevelt’s revival program while the dollar fluctuates between 4.41 and 4.24 to the pound amid uncertainty.
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World Economic Conference
Washington
France
Roosevelt
United States
Holland
Belgium
Switzerland
Hitler appoints new ministers in Nazi cabinet reshuffle
Berlin reports Chancellor Hitler names Kurt Schmidt, head of a major continental insurance firm, as economics minister and Walter Darre as agriculture minister. The moves follow Hitler’s Neudeck visit to President Von Hindenburg amid cabinet changes and shifts in church control as Ludwig Mueller declares himself head of the German Evangelical Union.
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Berlin
Kurt Schmidt
Walter Darre
Hitler
von Hindenburg
Neudeck
East Prussia
Dr. Hugenberg
Nationist
Ludwig Mueller
German Evangelical Union
Protestant Supreme Council
Retail Grocers Adopt Trading Practices Code
Atlantic City June 29 The National Retail Grocers Association adopted a master code of fair practices and competition for grocery retailing under the industrial recovery act. The code sets wage scales for adults and juniors, limits on hours, and defines unfair practices including selling below replacement costs plus 10 cents. It bars false advertising and misrepresentation of goods grades and quality.
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Atlantic City
N. J
National Retail Grocers’ Association
Ex President Hoover Goes on Fishing Trip
Former President Herbert Hoover and Associate Justice Harlan Stone left from Hoover Stanford home in Palo Alto for a fishing trip to the Sierra Nevada region near Placerome. The trip follows their visit to the Hoover residence with Stanford University ties noted.
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Hoover
Palo Alto
Calif
Herbert Hoover
Harlan Stone
United States
Hoover Stanford University
Es Motor Car
Placerome
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Forecast of record small crops for wheat oats and more
The bureau of agricultural economics projects the smallest crop in a generation for wheat oats rye barley and flaxseed amid drought and weather damage. It attributes higher wheat prices to dollar weakness abroad while noting a large world carryover and domestic stocks near last year’s level. Domestic needs are about 600 to 650 million bushels, plus seed around 75 million.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Smith Critiques National Recovery Act in New Outlook
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith writes that the national recovery act cannot work and argues reform should be guided by philosophers and priests rather than politicians and lawyers. He says the act seeks broad control of industry and threatens to abrogate the Sherman antitrust law.
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New York
Alfred EB. Smith
New Outlook Today
Smith
Eard Smith
New School of Social and Economic Planners
Unknown gunman kills head of Soldiers' Home
Col. Vernon Roberts executive officer at the National Military Home in Dayton was shot on the residence porch by a taxi driver fleeing on foot. Roberts died later at a hospital. Police note possible motive tied to recent discharge of about 1,000 veterans under the economy act.
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Dayton
Vernon Roberts
National Military Home
Colonel Roberts
Roosevelt Welcomed to Boyhood Playground on Campobello
President Roosevelt, back on Campobello Island, Canada, greets old friends after a five hour sea voyage through fog. He praises Canada United States friendship as proof of an unfortified border and says Norman H. Davis can report back to Geneva.
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Campabello Island
N. B
Roosevelt
Geneva
Canada
United States
Maine
Norman H. Davis
Oil firm's tax restraint up to federal court in Charleston
Federal Judge George W. McClintic granted a temporary injunction restraining payment into the state treasury of 240 174 50 dollars paid by Standard Oil Company of New Jersey under the chain store tax law. A three judge panel will hear the oil company’s suit in Charleston on September 11 to challenge the act as applied to filling stations. The oil company paid under protest after Tax Commissioner Fred L. Fox ruled the tax applies to gasoline stations and bulk plants. The company argues stations are not stores and would face potential penalties up to 100000 dollars a day if taxed. Commissioners Fox and Attorney General Homer A. Holt did not oppose the restraining order. The case will test the law’s validity in federal courts. The oil firm fears dissipation of funds pending litigation. A separate Jones case jury visit to the accident scene in Monroe County is noted in the court timetable.
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Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
George W. McClintic
McClintic
Charleston
Fred L. Fox
Oil Company
Fox
Homer A. Holt
H. D. Rummel
Guy Stone
Charles
Rummel, Blagg and One
Cat Jones
Monroe County
Company worker plan is defended in Pittsburgh
Thomas Moses president of U S Steel and coal interests told 12 000 employees at H C Frick Coke National Mining and U S Coal and Coke plants that the employee representation plan is legal and will protect workers rights. He said the plan was elected by a large majority and that critics are unfounded. Leaders note the plan aims to comply with the recovery act while coal operators dispute union based bargaining.
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Pittsburgh
Thomas Moses
U. S. Steel Corporation
Mosee
H. C. Frick Coke Company
National Mining Company
U. S. Coal and Coke Company
West Virginia
Kentucky
Frick and Allied
United Mine Workers of America
New Postmaster Assumes Duties in Bluefield Office
Mrs. Stella M. Bivens widow of A E Bivens begins duties as postmaster of the Bluefield office succeeding J T Akers whose term ended over a year ago. She was acting postmaster on recommendation of Congressman John K from West Virginia Fifth District and is the first woman to serve since Bluefield became a first class office.
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Stella M. Bivens
A. E. Bivens
Bluefield
J. T. Akers
Bivens
John K
Congress
West Virginia
Mines in N and W field set up another record
Mines in the Norfolk and Western territory set a new daily loading record for the year with 2 564 cars loaded in the 24 hour period ending last midnight. The record follows the 2 859 cars loaded on November 23 1932 and notes a strong Pocahontas delivery with decreasing no tag loads as production rebounds.
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Norfolk and Western Territory
Norfolk and Western
Pocahontas
Call to Work Postpones Pittsburgh Baseball Game
A steel plant resuming operations forced a postponement of the big game between Walkers Mills and the Pittsburgh Independents. Players, mainly steel workers with little recent activity, awaited the pitch as officials announced the delay.
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Pittsburgh
Walkers Mills
Koelz Recommended as Administrator for State
Charleston reports that Dr. W. J. Koelz mayor of Keyser was named by some as candidate for state administrator under the industrial recovery act. Senator M. M. Neely has recommended D Homer Stephenson, former Kanawha county sheriff, but observers expect Stephenson to be chosen despite Koelz backing from Democratic leaders.
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Charleston
W. Va
W. J. Koelz
Keyser
M. M. Neely
D. Homer Stephenson
Kanawha County
Koelz
State Municipalities League
Stephenson
Italian Captures Heavyweight Crown With Sixth Round KO
Primo Camera knocked out Jack Sharkey in the sixth round at Madison Square Garden Bowl New York to win the world heavyweight title. Sharkey had dominated much of the fight, but Camera delivered a decisive uppercut on the ropes ending the bout in 2 minutes 27 seconds of the sixth.
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Primo Camera
Jack Sharkey
Madison Square Garden Bowl
New York
Garden
Long Island
Canera
Sharkey
Ebbetsfield
Carnera
Onl
Election of road chief delayed in West Virginia
Governor Kump said the appointment of the state road commissioner will not be made until after July 1, with action expected soon after. The advisory board met with two members present as four were absent. Possible nominees include Ernest Bailey, Robert Demoe, and Dr. Gary Hogg.
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Charleston
W. Va
State House
Kump
Road Commission Advisory Board
Ben
Wvaiees
William McKell
Glen Jean
John T. Grove
Petersburg
R. Horner
Clarkeburg
T. Hitchman
Wheeling
Ernest L. Bailey
Mines Department
Robert
Gary Hogg
Lewisburg
Beckley-Harry Lylea Convicted of Murder in Degree
Beckley-Harry Lylea, 20, convicted of murder in the degree for the killing of Chewning, 24, a Negro, on April 22. He was sentenced to imprisonment.
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Primo Carnera
Concord
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