Congress Recess Plan Abandoned in Roosevelts Drive
President Roosevelt and congressional leaders agree on a rapid program to complete new deal ideas by May 1. Railroads banking and unemployment relief top the agenda with a wide reform slate to follow after farm relief and unemployment measures pass. A broad reforestation bill and a large public works program are planned, with banking reforms to separate affiliates and curb deposits speculation.
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Roosevelt
Rayburn
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Power and Radio Commissions
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Congress
Treasury
House Holds Up Banking Program
Washington March 17 restive house balked at consideration of a bill to relieve banks outside the federal reserve system but agreed to take it up Monday with quick passage in prospect. Steagall said the bill extended privileges of the emergency banking bill to non member banks.
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Stengell
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Tennessee
Swollen Ohio River Recedes After Flood Surge
Wheeling West Virginia reports the Ohio River gradually returns to normal after floods driven by recent rains. Yellow mud coats island residents and sidewalks as rail and highway traffic resume. New Martinsville notes falling water and merchants reopening after moving goods upstairs. Route two travel expected to reopen late tonight.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio River
New Martinsville
Action On Farm Relief Postponed In Congress
Washington reports postponed action on President Roosevelt's farm relief program as senators and representatives push revisions. The measure would regulate nine major commodities with licensing for processors and hefty fines for noncompliance. President Roosevelt backs a trial while delaying until producers' and processors' reactions are assessed.
Detection Method for Carbon Monoxide Found
Ann Arbor March 17. Dr Adrian A Christman and Robert T Masuhara describe a detection test for carbon monoxide in the blood. The method quantifies even minute amounts, aiding diagnosis in patients with vague illnesses linked to exhaust exposure.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Michigan Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters
Adam A. Christman
University of Michigan Medical School
Christman
Robert T. Masuhara
Michigan
Academy
Judge Takes Dare in St Patrick Day Divorce Hearing
Pittsburgh on St Patrick's Day a judge and Tim O Keeffee an Irish setter sat on the bench with his master to hear divorce cases. The dare involved taking Tim to work, reflecting a humorous courtroom scene from the day.
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Pittsburgh
St. Patrick’s Day
Thomas M. Marshall
Tim O’keeffee
Erin
Conferees to hammer beer bill compromise in congress
Congress moves toward quick settlement of the beer measure with a 3.2 percent standard in the House and 3.05 in the Senate. Action planned for Monday to send the bill to the White House for President Roosevelt’s signature, with operative date fifteen days after. Contested issues include minors sales ban and a 3.5 percent wine allowance.
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Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
California
Pollard refuses to call session over beer bill
Richmond Virginia Governor Pollard says he will not summon a special session of the Virginia general assembly this summer to act on the beer bill. He notes the August primary is near and a new assembly should decide the issue after campaigns. The state motor vehicle division begins planning to curb beer imports from states where it would be legal.
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Pollard
Virginia General Assembly
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General Assembly
Joan and Doug Part Ways in Celebrity Split Report
Los Angeles on March 17 reports actress Ay one Crawford announced her separation from husband, actor Do ha Prair banks Jr. The filing lists alienation of affections as the cited cause while noting Joen Deitz, a chemical engineer, involved in the case.
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Ay One
Crawford
Aeata
Do Ha Prairbanks Jr
Joren Deitz
Alienation of Affections i
Roosevelts Celebrate Wedding Anniversary at White House
Washington March 17 President and Mrs Roosevelt marked their twenty eighth wedding anniversary with a private family tea at the White House later joined by Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and other relatives. Flowers and roses adorned the rooms as the couple recalled their 1905 wedding in a restrained event after a day of official duties.
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James Roosevelt
Ann Dall
Roosevelt
Curtis Dall
Elliott Roosevelt
West
Soviets to Try Four British Subjects on Sabotage Charges
Moscow reports four British subjects will face criminal trial for alleged sabotage connected to their work for the Metropolitan Vickers company. Arrests occurred last weekend with 35 Russian employees. proceedings will be public and held within a month.
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Maxim Litvinoff
Metropolitan- Vickers
Leningrad
Britain
Stanley Baldwin
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House of Commons
Cities Seek Plan to Boost Income in West Virginia
Charleston officials urged Governor Kump to include in a special session call legislation for higher municipal revenues and borrowing authority from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Mayor W J Koelz warned current levy limits would slash city income by 40 to 60 percent, prompting resolutions for revenue beyond the amendment and RF C funds for sewer water works and lighting projects.
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W. Va
West Virginia
Kump
Reconstruction Corporation
State Municipalities’ Conference
W. J. Koelz
Keyser
Mussolini to Meet MacDonald En Route to Rome
Premier Mussolini plans to drive to Ostia to greet British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon, streamlining their talks for a broader session in Rome. Officials hope the meeting leads to disarmament and European cooperation amid fears of bloc divides.
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Ramsay MacDonald
John Simon
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MacDonald
Ishbel
Sir John
Whistles of Ohio Factories Call Workers Back to Jobs
Ohio factory whistles signal widespread resume of work as Thompson Products Cleveland calls 390 to 400 back Monday and Cleveland Graphite Bronze adds workers. Fisher Bodies and Chevrolet in Toledo join reopening, with scrap yards in Youngstown and Canton reactivating and retailers boosting ads to mirror confidence.
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Ohio
Steubenville
Toledo
Youngstown
Thompson Products Company
Chevrolet Motor Company
Youngetown
Pittsburgh
Follansbee Brother Company
Commerce improves as retail sales rise in early spring
Dun and Bradstreet reports buoyant general commercial activity in New York on March 17 with renewed confidence in business sectors. The Mercantile Review notes progress this week, retail buying up, and some sales ahead of usual seasonal levels.
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Dun and Bradstreet, Inc
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Mercantile Review
Pullman Car and Manufacturing Forms 500 Jobs Change
Chicago March 17 The Pullman Car and Manufacturing company announces it has laid off 500 employees as part of its air conditioning project and restructuring plan.
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Chicago
Pullman Car and Manufacturing Company Today
Will Quiz Officers of Harriman's Bank
New York March 17 Arthur H. Schwarts assistant United States attorney said he and aides would grill nine officers and 29 directors Monday in the probe of Harriman National Bank and Trust Company. The investigation covers Harriman Securities and related stock purchases by Joseph W. Harriman.
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Arthur H. Schwarts
United States Attorn
Iriman National Bank and Trust Company
Harriman Securities Company
Joseph W. Harriman
Schwarts
Harriman
Schwartz
International Magazines, Inc
T. J. White
Hearst Newspapers
Austin W. Clark
William E. Miller
Magazine Corporation
Assessors to Meet in Capital March 24
Tax Commissioner Fox notified assessors in all counties of a Charleston meeting on March 24 to craft a uniform state assessment plan under the tax levy amendment. Governor Kump signed three administration bills to accelerate assessors’ work and define revenue under the amendment, including the enabling act, tax base determination, and abolition of boards of equalization and review.
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W. Va
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Boards of Equalization
WV Governor Allows Many Bills To Become Laws
West Virginia’s 3.05 percent beer bill became law without the governor’s signature. He also let several other bills become law, vetoed three measures, and did not act on a chain store tax, a small loan bill, and a convention bill to vote on repealing the eighteenth amendment.
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W. Va
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Kump
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Slab Fork
Wyoming County
Game, Fish and Forestry
Federal men nab mail robber in Chicago gang case
Post office inspectors and police arrested three men in New York after a Chicago mail heist. B Richard Gagarozo, Robert Roberto, and Dominick Gentile were held after searches found bonds and valuables tied to the December 6 robbery near the financial district. The gang allegedly seized 250000 to 500000 in bonds stocks and checks from a mail carrier.
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John Streets
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Congress adjourns amid farm relief delay and budget bills
The Day In Washington notes congressional action paused on farm relief as the House adjourns until Monday amid signs of opposition after Senate and House committee reviews. The Senate beer and wine bill heads to conference with the House over differences with the 3.2 billion package. Speaker Rainey signs a 500 million administration economy bill to go to the White House after President Garner signs it Monday. Veterans Administration awards held up pending Roosevelt's review of economies under the new bill.
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Wallace
Cullen
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Rainey
Tarver
Georgia
Blanton
Texas
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O'Connor
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White House
Garner
Statesmen Pore Over Arms Plan Tonight
Washington March 17 American statesmen studied the British disarmament proposal and faced whether to join in settling disputes among Pact of Paris signatories. They supported reductions in arms but debated U S participation in enforcing European security under MacDonald plan. The plan would allow U S conference involvement if the Paris pact is breached or threatened.
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United States
Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
Hoover
Roosevelt
Hoover Administration
China
Russia
State Department
Geneva
Executive of Penny Utility Succumbs
John Stanley Jenks aged 62 died in a sanitarium after weeks of illness. A longtime West Penn Electric official, he rose from transmission engineer to vice president and chief engineer. Jenks helped oversee transmission systems, rights of way, and station construction during more than 30 years with West Penn and its subsidiaries. Funeral arrangements were not set.
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John Stanley Jenks
West Penn Electric Company
Jenks
West Penn Companies
Connellsville
Pittsburgh
West Penn Power Company
West Penn Electric
Testimony in Silicosis Suits Over Hawk's Nest Tunnel
In Fayetteville West Virginia testimony was read in the first of more than 100 silica related lawsuits seeking about 3 million dollars in damages for death or disability. Owen M Jones engineer for New Kanawha Power testified on tunnel plans and sandstone drilled. Witness B B Doom of Electro Metallurgical described silica sand content in rock exceeding 90 percent in places.
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W. Va
Hawk's Nest
R Dennis Company, Inc
Charlottesae Va
Owen
Treasury shows boost in income tax collections
Treasury reports higher income tax take through March 15, 1934, aided by new rates and the pending economy bill. First two weeks of March yield 94,?2,240, with March 15 receipts at 13,659,901, against last year's totals as refunds and holidays affected comparisons. President Roosevelt to sign the economy measure. Veterans Affairs suspends awards in pending cases pending farther guidelines.
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The
Treasury Today
Treasury
Rainey
Senate
Garner
Roosevelt
Veterans’ Administration
Japanese delegate warns war between U S and Japan would be madness
London march 17 Yosuke Matsuoka chief Japanese delegate at league of nations meetings warned before leaving for America that war between the United States and Japan would be an act of madness. He said Americans condone Chinese misgovernment and overstate Japanese faults and spoke of a Pacific era of peace when East and West unite for humanity.
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Yosuke Matsuoka
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