Security bill advances despite court ruling in Roosevelt era
Roosevelt followers press social security legislation amid court decisions. White House affirms security bill unaffected by railway retirement act ruling. NRA chair Richberg and Senator Wagner push for interpretation and possible railway worker inclusion. House and Senate committees seek guidance from AG and plan talks with railroad officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Roosevelt
Washington
Supreme Court
High Court
NRA
Capitol
Donald R. Richberg
Wagner
Congress
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Cummings
Railroad Retirement Board
Joseph B. Eastman
Doughton
House
Ways and Means Committee
Brothers Charged With Forest Fire Near Powellton
In Montgomery West Virginia May 7 two brothers were charged with starting a forest fire near their Powellton home. Martin Kidd was fined 25 dollars plus costs and Donald Kidd faces trial tomorrow. George Hartwell of Powellton was fined 20 dollars plus costs for operating a steam driven saw mill without spark screens.
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Montgomery
W. Va
Powellton
Walter Trail
State Conservation Commission
Martin Kidd
Donald Kidd
George Hartwell
Trail
Hamilton Fish Jr cites 1930s GOP platform aims at Founder's Day
Omaha reports Representative Hamilton Fish Jr of New York told a Republican Founder's Day banquet that a swing from the New Deal could push the administration from politics. He urged Republicans to back constitutional government, stable currency, repeal of the AAA, production taxes abolition, home market preservation, and freer business with limited government. He suggested running for the presidency only if urged from the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Hamilton Fish Jr
New York
New Yorker
Seven Die As Rock Crashes Mine Cage at Wilkes-Barre Shaft
A huge boulder detached from a rock face and smashed into a rising cage in South Wilkes-Barre colliery No 3 shaft killing seven men and injuring others. The incident occurred amid a miners strike with United Mine Workers members among the victims. Officials said workers may have been hurled or rushed to escape as the rock hit the carriage tearing a hole in the bonnet and floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre
South Wilkes-Barre
Glen Alden Coal Company
Richard Owens
James Johnson
Nicholas Shields
Dallas
Arwell Roberts
Robert Walker
Plymouth
John Maidment
Robert Owens
United Anthracite Miners of
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers of America
United Anthracite Group
NRA chief slams faltering recovery aids in crash report
New Orleans May 7 NRA chief condemns Washington brain trusters as impractical. He attacks the code authority and Labor leaders while praising Roosevelt. Other NRA figures defend the code as sound as Baldridge cites a Roosevelt telegram praising rural press. In Macon a separate crash probe focuses on radio faults aboard TWA Sky Chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
National Recovery Administration
Robert H. Pritchard
Weston
W. Va
Joint
National Code Authority
National Editorial Association
Washington
Roosevelt
Pritchard
Code Authority
Jack B. Tate
Graphic Arts Code
Payson Irwin
NRA
Kenneth Baldridge
Curtis Publishing Company
Philadephia
Baldridge
Clayton Rand
Postoffice Rules Denounce Dime Chain Mail Illegal
Washington May 7 The postoffice department publicized a legal ruling declaring the dime chain mail illegal under postal lottery and fraud laws. Solicitor General Karl A Crowley issued the ruling after an investigation centered in Denver Colorado. Crowley reports hundreds of inquiries by mail and telephone from across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Postoffice Department
Postal Service
Karl A. Crowley
Deover
Colo
Crowley
Kidnaper M'Gee Given 3 Weeks More of Life
Jefferson City Missouri May 7 A Kansas City gallows ready and waiting for Kidnaper Walter McGee today when Governor Guy B Park granted three more weeks of life. McGee's execution for the 1933 kidnapping of Mary McElroy had been set for Friday and the stay to May 31 was issued so the governor could review the case amid the victim’s tearful plea for commutation to life imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Kansas City
Walter McGee
Guy B. Park
McGee
Mary McElroy
H. F. McElroy
Park
Trooper Hooks Bumper of Speeding Automobile
Weston West Virginia May 7 A state trooper dragged a speeding car to a stop by hooking the bumper with his own Corporal Joseph P Horne chased the youth from Weston for miles He gave the name Herman T Brown 19 of Salesburg Virginia as the driver
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston
W. Va
Corp
Joseph P. Horne
Herman T. Brown
Salesburg
VESSELS SEARCH OCEAN GRAVEYARD
Coast guard vessels hunted a mysterious distress call 20 miles off Seabright New Jersey as the Morro Castle and Mohawk wrecks haunted the sea. The hoax theory gained weight after officials found no ship with the signatures XX 6 and Pal and urged ships along the coast to watch for the vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
New York
Seabright
N. J
Nw York
Bay Head
Atlantic
Alden W. Smith
Cape May
Pal
Utilities Plead for Reduction in Tax Assessment
West Virginia state board of public works hears pleas from over twenty utilities for lower 1935 assessments citing depreciation and revenue declines. Governor Kump warns that using revenue productivity as a yardstick would strip the tax base and end essential services. some firms seek drastic cuts to aid communities and schools.
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Kump
Charleston
W. Va
State Board of Public Works
Monongahela West Penn
James W. Meredith
Fairmont
H. G. Kump
West Penn
Leroy Allebach
New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company
Merchants Dispatch Company
New York Central Railroad
Margaret Stamm
Wheeling Public Service Company
Wheeling
Elm Grove
Glandale Water Company
Moundsville Water Company
Postal Telegraph Company
Blue Ridge Transportation Company
Penn Bus Company
White Star Lines, Inc
Ohio Valley Transit Company
Cooperative Transit Company of
The
Potomac Light and Power Company
Northern Virginia Power Company
Interstate Bridge Company
Huntington and Ohio Bridge Company
Branch is Ordered Hanged for West Virginia Murder
Robert Branch, 42, described as a degenerate, was moved from Ohio county jail to Moundsville state prison to await execution on July 19 for the February murder of Brady A. Fill of Leon. A judge denied a new trial motion after Branch was convicted in South Wheeling’s abandoned iron mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Robert Branch
Brady A. F@ll
Leon
Ohio County
Moundsville
Branch
Hill
South Wheeling
John S. Ritz
RCA to Begin Field Tests of Television Machinery
New York May 7 RCA will start four to six million dollar field tests of real television to explore daily transmission. Construction will begin immediately as David Sarnoff reports at the annual stockholders meeting that equipment should be ready in 12 to 15 months. He cautions the tests do not imply an imminent regular service while sound broadcasting remains primary. Tests will occur in a population center such as New York with receivers at observation points to study everyday operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
David Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of America
Sarnoff
Plutocratic side of relief 19 told at hearing
Adolph Weiss testified before the relief administration inquiry detailing payoffs and family purchases funded by relief. He described $45 weekly relief for himself, jobs for relatives, and contracts with the Parks department to produce playground equipment valued amid $14,000 by Weiss. He admitted buying four fur coats, two automobiles, and sending his family on a ten day trip to Lakewood New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Adolph Weiss
Weiss
Aftermanic Committee
Relief Administration
Joseph E. Kineley
Parks Department
Paul R Blanshard
Weiss Ironworks
Lloyd P. Stryker
Lakewood
N. J
Blanshard
Court intervenes to avert 5000 damages in backseat case
In Charleston on May 7 the West Virginia Supreme Court reversed a 5000 jury verdict for Beulah Oney of Mullens in an auto wreck with James A. Binford. The court warned a passenger must exercise ordinary care and that backing down from remonstrating can bar damages.
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Charleston
W. Va
James A. Binford
Supreme Court
Wyoming County
Beulah Oney of
Mullens
Binford
Plea for Medical Aid Sent from Stricken Alaska Village
Fourteen influenza deaths in Point Barrow and Wainwright as officers seek urgent help. Ernest P. Stowell sends a messenger by dog team to request doctors nurses and medicine. Dr Henry W Griest arranges supplies while Nome reports consul wireless appeal and Juneau plans a plane flight. Temperature near zero.
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Alaskan
Point Barrow
Wainwright
Alaska
Ernest P. Stowell
Henry W. Griest
Nome
Fairbanks
Juneau
F. B. Gillespie
Greier
Greist
Jerry Jones
Roderick Tower
New York
Tower
E. 0
McDonnell
Plan to Abolish Holding Groups Faces Opposition
Senate opposition grows to Roosevelt plan to abolish all but within state entities. The Interstate Commerce Committee shows nine vote against abolition, six for, with executives pursuing revisions to favor regulation over full abolition. Wheeler advocates some intra state holds remain. bill may shift to broader regulatory control.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
House Committee
Wheeler
Montana
Federal Power Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission
Two Doctors Declare Franklin Insane in Murder Trial
Cincinnati May 7 Two physicians Drs Ralph Reed and Thomas A Ratliff testified Marvin J Franklin now is insane blocking trial on a first degree murder charge. They said Franklin is as insane as patients at Longview hospital. He is accused of fatally shooting James Walker on March 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Marvin J. Franklin
Ohio
Welch
W. Va
Ralph Reed
Thomas A. Ratliff
Franklin
James Walker
Curtis Leaves Kansas Republicans Seat After 60 Years
Topeka May 7 An old brick house on the Kaw banks symbolizes a vacant Kansas Republican seat once held by Charles Curtiss a jockey and former vice president for nearly six decades He relocated to Washington after 1932 and Kansas Republicans face a new campaign era without Cur tis who helped rally support in 1928 during the party convention turning away from the Sunflower State legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Charles Curtiss
United States
Hoover
Curtis
Roosevelt
Garner
Charley
Washington
Patman bonus bill would pay veterans full face value
In Washington on May 7 the senate advanced the Patman bonus bill which would pay the average veteran the full face value of his adjusted service certificate minus any loans and interest. About 3.5 million veterans hold certificates and payment could total over 2.2 billion dollars with note issuance. Eligible veterans not yet applying would have until January 2, 1940 to file.
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Washington
Patman
Senate
Secretary of Treasury
Treasury
Vinson
Roosevelt
Garner
Burns
Clark
Missouri
Hundreds March on State Capitol in Illinois Relief Protest
About five hundred demonstrators from the Illinois Workers Alliance marched to the Illinois state capitol in Springfield demanding immediate reopening of relief stations. They urged tax increases on sales and pressed Governor Henry Horner as authorities prepared to consider bills tied to a $3,000,600 monthly relief burden.
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Springfield
Ill
State Capitol
Abraham Lincoln
State House
Henry Horner
House
Harry Hopkins
FERA
Illinois
Washington
Illinois Workers Alliance
Auburn
Carlinville
Capitol
Erry Allard
Progressive Miner
Committee of Five
Adrenaline Revives Infant After Operation in Owen Sound
In Owen Sound Ontario a 1-year-old girl named Audrey Brown who appeared dead after a double mastoid operation received nine drops of adrenalin into her heart. She gasped, revived, and began breathing, with doctors and nurses continuing resuscitation as she moved toward recovery.
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Owen Sound
Ont
Audrey Brown
Raymond A. Brown
A. F. Laird
Dr. Laird
United States
Worker killed under engine in Morgantown incident
In Morgantown West Virginia on May 7 Joe Minnish, 40, an Osage Coal Co employee, was fatally crushed when he fell beneath the wheels of a passing engine while attempting to climb aboard. A witness reported he was unmarried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
Joe Minnish
Osage Coal Company
Minnish
Final Senate approval of Patman inflation measure 55 to 33
Senate backs the Patman bill to pay a two billion dollar currency issue. Final tally 55 to 33 falls short of the two thirds needed to override a veto. The plan would grant a $1000 payment to veterans without loans and about $497 to those with certificates, covering roughly 3.5 million veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
White House
Harrison
Vinson-American Legion
Treasury
Charles E Coughlin
Deetroit
McAdoo
California
Extremists labeled new deal plus blamed for confidence loss
White Sulphur Springs W Va May 7 Former NRA chief S Clay Williams told the Association of National Manufacturers extremists he calls the new deal plus are responsible for much of the mistrust in the Roosevelt program He defined new deal plus as the Roosevelt program with extremist plans to overthrow the existing order Williams a Reynolds official said the president’s aims will raise his standing among nation builders and that the AAA and the goal of higher living standards remain non revolutionary.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
S. Clay Williams
NRA
Association of National Manufacturers
Williams
Roosevelt
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
America
AAA
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Wichita
Kas
Atlanta
Kirksville
Bruce Braun
Chicago
Bureau of Aeronautics
Maj
R. W. Schroeder
Airline Inspection Service
Page Hight
M’gee
RCA
Swain
Kanda
Kaw
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