Norfolk and Western pauses Buchanan line project amid right of way dispute
Work on a 38 mile Norfolk and Western railway line near Grundy Buchanan county is suspended after failed negotiations over right of way with Harman Ritter Lumber firms. Power shovels idle and workers withdrawn cause confusion as officials debate the halt and future of the project.
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Norfolk and Western Company
Buchanan County
Norfolk and Western
Grundy
Roanoke
C. Henry Harman
C. L. Ritter
Flannagan Aims to Create Virginia State Park
Representative Flannagan of Bristol proposes turning Cumberland breaks near Big Sandy river into a Virginia state park. He plans to obtain Works Progress Administration funds to purchase 10 900 to 20 000 acres under the submarginal land program and transfer them to Virginia for development and upkeep as a recreational area. National park service director Cammerer lauded the site as naturally beautiful and potentially as significant as major national parks.
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Washington
Flannagan
Bristol
Breaks of the
Cumberland
Virginian
Big Sandy River
Virginia
Arno B. Cammerer
National Park Service
Reich Builds Tiny Speed Boats For Naval Power
Berlin May 17 reports say Germany has 450 tiny speed boats capable of 60 knots each, crewed by five men and armed with four torpedoes. A second larger speed boat carries ten men and nearly 2000 mile range. Observers say these baby ships rival earlier battleship plans and echo other submarine projects.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Reich
Earthquakes Shake Istanbul Area Causing Mass Evacuations
Muted tremors struck Kare in the Dingob area near Istanbul on May 17. Residents fled their homes and set up camps in the surrounding falda as fear spread among the population.
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Istanbul
Kare
Dingob
Falda
Two Bremer Kidnapers Receive Life Sentences
In St Paul on May 17 a federal court jury sentenced Arthur Doc Barker and Oliver Berg to life in prison for their roles in the Bremer kidnapping conspiracy that targeted St Paul banker Edward G. Bremer. The ruling follows 21 hours of deliberation and raises total life sentences for kidnaping to eighteen nationwide under the Lindbergh era.
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St. Paul
Arthur
Doc) Barker
Oliver Berg
M. M. Joyce
Barker
Berg
Edward G. Bremer
Edward Vidler
Philip Delaney
Ernment
Alvin Karpis
Public Enemy No. 1
Joliet
Ill
John J. McLaughlin
Chicago
James J. Wilson
Harold Alderton
Roosevelt backs Morgenthau plan to nationalize reserve banks
Washington May 17. Secretary Morgenthau proposes government ownership of all twelve Federal Reserve banks and a independent currency board patterned after the Supreme Court. President Roosevelt offered guarded support but the omnibus banking bill did not include the plan.
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Roosevelt
Reserve Board
Supreme Court
Washington
Morgenthau
Federal Reserve Banks
Treasury
Senate
Federal Reserve Board
House
Representative Cross
Texas
Federal Reserve
Senator Glass
Virginia
Glass
McAdoo
California
Wilson
Central Bank
House Members Vote Down Plan To Ban Kin On Pay
Washington May 17 88 members opposed Mitchells amendment to bar spending on relatives of members of the government payroll The House also rejected a proposal to cut the 175000 mileage allowance in the 20355965 bill highlighting resistance to cutting lawmakers perks
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Washington
House
Sam
Mitchell
Tennessee
Congress
Naturalized American Held by Nazi Police in Munich
Charles Niffelbeck a 35 year old naturalized American was arrested by Nazi secret police in Munich on May 17. Authorities refused to comment to the American consulate or allow access to the prisoner after a search of his flat. The consulate and wife provided no statements. Niffelbeck naturalized in April 1931 and returned from New York in April 1934.
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Munich
Germany
Charles Nittelbeck
Niffelbeck
New York
Rotary officials wrap up West Virginia meeting speaker urges world peace
Delegates at the seventeenth annual West Virginia Rotary convention heard E. R. Johnson of Roanoke Va vice president of Rotary International urge world peace and pledge Rotary policy of international fellowship to outlaw war. Johnson noted 100 new clubs last year raising membership to 160000. He faces Donata Gaminara of Montevideo in the Mexico City presidency vote June 17 to 21.
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West Virginia
Rotary Clubs
E. R. Johnson
Roanoke
Rotary International
United States
Johnson
Rotary
Mexico City
Donata Gaminara
Montevideo
Uruguay
Lon H. Kelley
Charleston
Phil Conley
The
West Virginia Review
John Fincher
Accused of Doping and Kidnapping in West Virginia Case
Sherman Burks and Virginia Burks, both of Charleston, are held for grand jury action on charges they drugged and kidnapped Jonathan Brabban of Beckley and cashed about 600 dollars in his name. Brabban was found May 8 in a room above a store, weak and scantily clad, after being missing since April 26. Police say Brabban signed numerous checks bearing the Burks names.
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Charleston
W. Va
Sherman Burks
Virginia Burks
Jonathan Brabban
Beckley
Brabban
Sidney Goad
Burkes
Cyrus W. Hall
Arnold Brabban
South Charleston
Jonathan
Burks
Okey Deboard
Brabhan
D. Jackson Savage
Holt Senate Contest Paused By Senate Committee
The Senate Elections Committee postponed consideration of the contest over Rush D. Holt's seating until next week due to a Senate Finance Committee meeting. Chairman George said the Holt case would be taken up at a session likely Tuesday or Wednesday, after the delay.
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Washington
Rush D. Holt
West Virginia
Senate Elections Committee
Hatfield
Senate
Holt
George
Georgia
Senate Finance Committee
Elections Committee
Golden Horseshoe Award Conferred In West Virginia
In Charleston on May 17 a hundred boys and girls across West Virginia received the Golden Horseshoe, honoring deep knowledge of state history. Pins were awarded to top scorers after a four-year history course, with remarks from Dr. Robert A. Armstrong and officials including A. W. Garnett and W. W. Trent.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Capitol
State Board of Public Works
A. W. Garnett
H. G. Kump
W. W. Trent
Robert A. Armstrong
West Virginia University
Adolphus Woodpecker Outwits Sharpshooters
Chicago May 17 Adolphus Woodpecker Pleasant avenues public enemy No 1 scoffed at the law and defied rumors of his death. Vigilantes and police tired after three days of attempts to shoot him with a David like shot from a eling. A boy and sergeant failed to stop the bird as it pecked a copper drain pipe and flew away. The bird proved stronger than tar and kept up its dawn tapping provoking the neighborhood.
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Chicago
Adolphus Woodpecker
Pleasant Avenue
Frank Phillips
Adolphus
Mervyn Phillips
Ray
Phillips
Treasury may pay costs of Holt election contest
Washington May 17 The treasury may finance expenses of the Holt election contest in West Virginia if a public hearing is held by the Senate elections committee. Former Senator Hatfield may be awarded costs for presenting his case, depending on whether a hearing occurs and the case's merit. Previous precedents show mixed outcomes in Bailey and Schall contests. The Holt consideration was postponed to next week due to a finance meeting.
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Washington, D. C
Holt
West Virginia
United States Treasury
Senate Elections Committee
Hatfield
Senate
Edward J. Hickey
Hickey
Elections Committee
Bailey
North Carolina
Schall
Minnesota
George
Finance Committee
Elections Group
Nazi nun sentenced to prison in foreign exchange case
Berlin reports the first of more than 50 nuns on trial for violating Germany’s exchange controls was sentenced to five years in prison. Sister Wernera of the Vincentine order in Cologne faces a 140000 mark fine or 14 more months, loses citizenship rights, and must reimburse 252000 marks plus another equal amount.
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Berlin
Germany
Wernera
Cologne
Herman Jordan
Vincentine Order
Order
Belgium
Netherlands
St. Louis
Dean of West Virginia Newspapermen Dies at 73
Shepherdstown resident Harry L. Snyder, 73, editor and publisher of the Shepherdstown Register, died today after long illness. He bought the paper with his brother in 1890s. survived by two sons and three daughters. Funeral arrangements not announced.
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Shepherdstown
W. Va
West Virginia
Harry L. Snyder
Harry L. Snyder Jr
Charleston
Young Democratic Club
William B. Snyder
The
Register
L. M. Lynch
Ga'den City
Leaders Put NRA Extension Decision Up to Roosevelt
Washington reports say Donald Richberg, NRA chief, may leave government service by July 1 or June 16 when the act expands. House Democrats indicate final NRA powers should be debated and possibly revised before presenting the bill to President Roosevelt for approval. Richberg’s private plans remain unclear while discussions continue about extending NRA authority and related policy.
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Capital
Richberg
NRA
Washington
Donald Richberg
Roosevelt
House
Donald R. Richberg
House Ways and Means
Doughton
North Carolina
Ways and Means Committee
Capitol
Coughton
NRA Recovery Board
Social Security Bill 15 Approved by Senate Committee
Washington May 17 The Roosevelt social security bill to fund old age pensions and unemployment insurance with a nine percent payroll tax was approved by the senate finance committee. It mirrors Roosevelt's proposal, includes aid to the needy blind and a voluntary annuity plan, and would start with federal grants to states for old age assistance.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Will Take Veto Plea To Capitol Hill
Priests Bridge Maryland May 17. Twenty children in twenty one years of married life is the record of Mr and Mrs Bernard Coe who live on a farm near here Felicia Juniata two weeks old is the latest addition to the family Fifteen of the children are still living Two of the children are married One is a mother at 15 making Mrs Coe a grandmother at 38 Having been chosen champion of a tournament in southern Maryland in 1914 Coe had the privilege of selecting a Queen of Beauty He chose the girl who became his wife Their first child was born in 1916 and they had had one each year since then Some of the children help around the six room tenant house on the Coe farm Others work in a saw mill and help on the farm.
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Priests 'Bridge
Bernard Coe
Felicia Juniata
Coe
Maryland
Pay angle holds up work agencies pay for now
Washington May 17 The Roosevelt administration plans to distribute a billion dollars to a dozen works agencies but cannot start operations until wages and hours are set. Hopkins faces congressional pressure as he drafts wage recommendations. Projects for rivers and harbors total 112 million dollars and should begin within weeks after decisions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Progress Division
Hopkins
Army
West Virginia Bankers Protest Rate Increase
West Virginia bankers urged members of the congressional delegation to oppose increases in the Federal Deposit Insurance rate. A committee including E. G. Otey D C Richards W B Irvine and Homer Gebhardt met with House members Senator-elect Holt and Senator Neely to protest raising the assessment from 1/16 to 1/8 of 1 percent. They warned the higher levy would cost state banks about 282500 annually, arguing earnings declines and reduced returns make the move ill advised.
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Washington
West Virginia Bankers Association
West Virginia
House
Senate
Federal Insurance Deposit Corporation
Association
E. G. Otey
D. C. Richards
W. B. Irvine
Homer Gebhardt
Holt
Neely
Reno divorce granted to Lois Clarke de Ruyter Spreckels
Lois Clarke de Ruyter Spreckels, a San Francisco and New York society figure, won a Reno divorce from Adolph Bernard Spreckels at a private trial. District Judge Thomas F Moran granted the divorce on grounds of extreme cruelty.
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Reno
Lois Clarke de Ruyter Spreckels
San Francisco
New York
Adolph Bernard Spreckels
Nevada
Thomas F .Moran
Roosevelt Plans Personal Veto Appeal To Congress
President Roosevelt announced at a press conference that he will go in person to Capitol Hill to urge Congress to sustain his veto of the bonus bill. He outlined a fierce veto message and said he would deliver it himself, possibly at a Monday joint session of the House and Senate during a Sequoia cruise down the Potomac.
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Congress
Senate
House
Washington
Roosevelt
Patman
White House
Capitol Hill
Congressional
Capitol
Presidnt
Potomac
Mr. Roosevelt
Pocahontas District Coal Output Rises Mildly
The Pocahontas Operators Association reports weekly output for the Pocahontas district rose to 350 512 net tons for the week ending May 11 from 327 875 tons the prior week. Year to date production stands at 7 602 790 tons, about 500 000 tons below the same period last year while the week’s gain is contrasted with last year’s figures.
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Pocahontas
Congress speaker cites coal waste in industry critique
Cincinnati May 17 Dr C K Leith of the University of Wisconsin warned the American Mining congress that fierce competition wastes 150000000 tons of coal annually. He urged industry led planning with government cooperation to ensure conservation and social aims are met and warned against a return to unrestricted mineral competition.
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Cincinnati
C. K. Leith
University of Wisconsin
Leith
National Resources Board
Coal Division
American Mining Congress
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Buchanan Line
Virginia Mountaineer
Bremer
Arthur ‘Doc’ Barker
Sinclair
Los Angeles
End Poverty League, Inc
Upton Sinclair
America
State
Democratic Organization
Rotarians
Rush Holt
U. S
Nun
Richberg and
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