Patman shifts strategy on veterans bonus vote
Sen Thomas of Oklahoma says Patman forces will hold the new money plan from Roosevelt's veto pen for now to stagedly show strength when the veto override question comes up. He notes no line up shift and cites absence of votes to sustain a two thirds override. The move follows the May 14 Senate passage of 65 to 53 and aims to avoid an early filibuster until more votes are gathered.
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Washington
Thomas
Oklahoma
White House
Senate
Roosevelt
Patman
Georgia votes on liquor and beer referendum
Nearly 400 000 eligible voters in Georgia face a ballot on liquor beer and wines with three questions: repeal immediate if approved and mandatory local elections afterward, beer and wines legalized now. Dry and wet factions campaigned intensely.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Reporter jailed for refusing to name sources in policy gambling probe
New York reporter Martin Mooney of the New York American was sentenced to 30 days in the workhouse and fined $250 for refusing to answer grand jury questions about source names tied to policy gambling. Mooney cited the journalist’s code of protecting confidences and asked for delay, while James J. Hines was named in the probe.
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New York
James J. Hines
Tammany
Martin Mooney
New York American
Hinea
General Sessions
Morris Koenig
Mooney
Koenig
Senate Votes To Extend NRA Ten Months
A Senate vote extended the National Recovery Administration for ten months in a near unanimous decision, despite President Roosevelt’s opposition. The move shifts to the House, where debate on a two year extension continues amid warnings of possible delays. NRA officials urged staff to remain calm about the agency’s future.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
House
Burns
Ways and Means
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
NRA
Donald R. Richberg
Richberg
Injunction Halts Beer Sign Order in West Virginia
A Huntington restaurateur won a preliminary injunction preventing Tax Commissioner Fred L Fox from enforcing removal of exterior beer signs statewide. Circuit Judge Arthur P Hudson ordered the signs down by May 15 except those reading beer cereal malt beverage or non intoxicating beer. The ruling also directed state wide application of the decree while the case proceeds.
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Charleston
W. Va
Huntington Restaurateur
Fred L. Fox
Arthur P. Hudson
Jim Diskolei
Huntington
Fox
Sir Galahad
Diskoleis
Hawthorne Battle
Tax Commissioner
Battle
Hudson
Homer A. Holt
Pilsudski to be buried in Krakow this weekend
Warsaw reports Marshal Pilsudski will be buried Saturday in Krakow after a mourning nation voted. A requiem will be held at St John’s Cathedral at 10 AM Friday led by Cardinal Kakowski. The funeral procession will include government leaders and foreign diplomats, then the body travels by special train to Krakow for burial.
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Warsaw
Marshal Pilsudski
Poland
Krakow
St. John's Cathedral
Cardinal Kakowski
Pilsudski
Belverde Palace
Wilno
Automotive Workers Return to Jobs Amid Labor Turmoil
The Associated Press reports about 33 000 auto workers resuming work in Toledo as a Pennsylvania coal mine strike near Wilkes-Barre erupts in violence leaving five men shot and several injured. Meanwhile 4000 shipyard workers walkout halting navy projects and Camden workers seek presidential support.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Barre
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Camden
N. J
Washington
Roosevelt
U. S. Navy
City directors oppose Bluefield rum store site
City directors passed a resolution opposing the state liquor commission choice for a Bluefield dispensary on Princeton avenue near the passenger station citing heavy congestion and poor parking. Despite talks with the city and district supervisor, the commission set the site and has not named a local manager. Also noted were carnival license discussions, building permits, and a weekly payroll approval.
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State Liquor Commission
Bluefield
Princeton Avenue
State Commission
Samuel Turk
E. B. Francisco
Icefield Howitzer Company
West Virginia National Guard
Carnival
National Guard
Francisco
Guard
Carnival Company
Nathan Effron
Union Street
Henry Rodgin
North Street
Flat Top National Bank
Raleigh
Federal Streets
Madeline Cowan Jones
E. C. Stone
Southern Gas Company
Bland Street
James W. Akers
Rotary State Meeting Opens in Bluefield
West Virginia Rotary clubs begin their seventeenth annual convention in Bluefield with Governor Gill Wilson arriving to preside. Dr. Guy W. Dyer of Vanderbilt University will speak at the banquet and a governor’s ball caps the day’s events as Ed Johnson and other leaders address attendees.
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Gus W. Dyer
Vanderbilt University
Wilson
Phil Conley
Charleston
West Virginia
Charles Hartmann
Toledo
Rotary International
Guy W. Dyer
Nashville
Tenn
Ed Johnson
Roanoke
Kenneth Kurtz
Weston
Joe Naylor
Wheeling
Clarence England
Logan
Edwin C. Wade
Bluefield
Dyer
Princeton
Lamson Murder Trial Jury Discharged After Deadlock
In San Jose California on May 14 the Lamson murder trial jury of seven men and five women deadlocked nine to three for conviction in the bathroom death of Allene Thorpe Lamson and was discharged. Lamson expressed disappointment while Chief Deputy District Attorney John P Fitzgerald signaled a third trial is likely. Lamson had been convicted and sentenced to death at his first trial but the supreme court reversed that verdict.
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San Jose
Calif
David A. Lamson
Pretty Allene Thorpe Lamson
Lamson
John P. Fitzgerald
Lameson
State Supreme Court
Fitzgerald
Wilson to preside at Bluefield Rotary conference
III I. Wilson of Parkersburg governor of the Twenty fourth district Rotary International will arrive in Bluefield to preside over the seventeenth annual district conference starting at 1 30 this afternoon. He will be a leading light during the three day conference.
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West Virginia
Rotary Clubs
Bluefield
Gill S. Wilson
Parkersburg
Twenty-Fourth
Wilson
Beckley
West Virginian Hotel
J. H. Hoge
I. Wilson
Rotary International
Aviators Explore Ocean Graveyards In Pacific Maneuvers
Aboard the Pennsylvania at Pearl Harbor May 14 naval aviators report opening the northern Pacific to air patrols. Fifty-eight patrol planes lay sentry in Rat Island to Alaska valley regions as fleets plan a major phase of fleet problem 16. Vice Admiral Hepburn leads the black fleet while Admiral Laning commands the what fleet in a peacetime strategic exercise. An expeditionary marine force supports the air patrols in a wide-ranging operation.
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Pennsylvania
Pear Harbor
Hawaii
Pacific
Rat Island
Aleutians
Alaksa
Howeer
United States
Arthur J .Hepburn
North Pacific
Harris Laning
French Russian leaders meet in Moscow for non-aggression talks
Paris and Moscow confirmed a two hour conference between Pierre Laval and Joseph Stalin in the Kremlin. Observers say the discussion centered on eastern Europe security and a Franco Soviet mutual aid pact without aggression, possibly involving Poland and Germany.
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Moscow
France
Russia
Pierre Laval
Joseph Stalin
Kremlin
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Peoples Commissars
Stalin
Laval
Molotoff
Council of the
Maxim Litvinoff
Klement Voroshiloff
War
Poland
Famed war time figure hurt in cycle accident
Lawrence of Arabia associate T E Shaw known as Colonel Lawrence suffered a fractured skull in a motorcycle crash near Moreton Heath. He lies unconscious at Covington camp hospital with very serious condition. A 15 year old cyclist Albert Hargreaves also injured with concussion.
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Wool
Dorsetshire
Eng
Lawrence of Arabia
Covington Camp
T. E. Shaw
Lawrence
Shaw
Hellfire
Moreton Heath
Sach
Haroun al Rashid
Highgate Hill
J. W. West
King George
Albert Hargreaves
Mercer County Board Rehires 519 Teachers for 1935 86 Term
Mercer county board of education re employed 519 teachers for the 1935 86 term. W B McNutt resigns as board member and president. Dr L H Vermillion replaces him. D M Fasley named president until June 30 1935. G J Wood to lead building maintenance and improvements. J S Bobbitt named assistant county school superintendent to fill unexpired term.
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Mercer County Board of Education
W. R B. McNutt
L. H. Vermillion
Princeton
Liew
McNutt
D. M. Fasley
Bluefield
Vermillion
Fasley
East River District Board
Charleston
State Relief Administration
L. C. Thornton
Lourie Shrewsbury
Eloise Wood
G. J. Wood
J. S. Bobbitt
Matoaka
Paul L. Davis
Bobbitt
B. E. Klingensmith
Harvey Rice
T. J. Perry
Joe Vachon
Earnest Bailey
H. W H. Bolen
Richard K
Farmers cheer Roosevelt at White House AAA event
About 4000 farmers gathered at the White House South Portico to hail President Roosevelt and the agricultural adjustment program. He urged continued support for the AAA, accusing critics of misrepresentation and stressing education about adjustment upward and downward.
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Washington
Roosevelt Flaud
White House
Roosevelt
Wallace
Bluefield Police Urge No Parking on Commerce and Scott Streets
Chief of Police N. Wilson appealed to Bluefield motorists to refrain from parking on Commerce and Scott streets during the three day West Virginia Rotary convention opening today. He noted many Rotarians will travel by car and asked for space to accommodate visitors, praising motorist cooperation for keeping streets clear.
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N. Wilson
Bluefield
Commerce
Scott Streets
West Virginia
Wilson
Police
Mining Congress Debates Wages And Living Standards
The coal division of the American Mining Congress heard that general wage increases do not lift living standards. J A Luse of Algoma Coal and Coke argued compulsory raises could reduce production and hurt living standards if funded by money in circulation. He attacked the 80 hour work week bill, saying humanity cannot be standardized to a fixed workday. He noted coal pays higher wages on earnings despite low-skilled labor and lower living costs. Eugene McAuliffe of Union Pacific Coal commented on unemployment.
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Cincinnati
Coal Division
American Mining Congress
J. A. Luse
Algoma
W. Va
Luge
Luse
Eugene McAuliffe
Kansas City
Union Pacific Coal Company
Holt to address elections committee on Senate seat
Senator elect Holt of West Virginia announced readiness to appear before the senate elections committee in Washington. He cancelled engagements in Huntington Spencer and Gassaway to discuss Hatfield's challenge over the constitutional age requirement and said a brief with precedents would follow. The closed session may decide whether a hearing is held or if the judiciary committee is asked for a legal opinion.
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Washington
Holt
Democrat-West Virginia
Senate Elections Committee
Senate
Huntington
Spencer and Gassaway
W. Va
Hatfield
West Virginia
Judiciary Committee
City real estate group rages over bath tub tax ruling
New York officials interpret a bathtub as any tub used for bathing or washing clothes. The real estate council, led by Joseph Goldsmith, protests nine laundry tubs taxed at 4.50 each in a single building, doubling water taxes. The dispute traces to a five year old move by then health commissioner Shirley Wynne to allow bathtubs in laundry areas.
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New York
Council of Real Estate Associations
Joseph Goldsmith
Shirley W. Wynne
Democratic Leader Robinson Beats Kingfish At His Own Game
Washington May 14 Democratic Leader Robinson counters Senator Long by tabling a resolution for Farley misconduct inquiry. The 3 to 1 party line vote blocks the investigation as Long rails against the Postmaster General and Roosevelt’s cabinet. Long planned a reconsideration afterward.
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Robinson
Kingfish
Long
Washington
Farley
Senate Democrats
Senator Long
Louisiana
New York
Democratic National Committee
Wheeler Pa
Wheeler
Montana
McKellar
Tennessee
Borah
Idaho
Johnson
California
Norris measure to aid TVA passes Senate
The Senate approved the Norris bill 59 to 19 to bolster the Tennessee Valley Authority against federal court injunctions. It goes to the House where hearings were expected. The measure expands TVA powers to help municipalities gain private power systems and to dispose of surplus power at Tennessee river dams. It doubles the bond limit to 100 million dollars for five years and ties funds to contracts made in that period.
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Washington
Senate
Norris
Tennessee Valley Authority
House
Senaidt Norris
Nebraska
TVA
Tennessee River
Franklin 10 Get Prori Sentence in Manslaughter Case
Cincinnati May 14 A jury convicted Marvin J Franklin a former Welch WV lumber official of manslaughter for the fatal shooting of James Walker 38 in Cincinnati He shouted Whoopee as he left the courtroom He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity The penalty ranges from one to 20 years in prison The jury deliberated seven hours Walker was killed March 10 The prosecution asked for the death penalty and argued drunkenness offered no defense Judge Morrow said drunkenness is not insanity unless fixed by habitual drunkenness
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Cincinnati
Marvin J. Franklin
Welch
W. Va
James Walker
Franklin
Walker
Elain
Thomas H. Morrow
Arthur C. Fricke
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