Roosevelt Voice Demands Speed On Work Program
President Roosevelt urges state and city officials to put politics aside and speedily implement the civil works plan aimed at employing 4,000,000 men this winter. Hopkins and Ickes explain the program to hold poverty until the public works program starts, with 2,000,000 men shifted to a 30 hour work week and more transfers planned.
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Washington
Civil Works Division
Roosevelt
White House
Harry L. Hopkins
Ickes
Hopkins
Relief Administration
Civil Works
Kump appoints three new House members in West Virginia
Governor Kump filled three vacancy seats in the West Virginia House of Delegates ahead of the upcoming special session. Raymond Bright, N. P. Proctor, and R. C. Leap were named to replace McClintic, Boley, and Custer, all Democrats. Remaining resignations include Pritt, Tucker, and Craig with no successors yet named.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kump
House of Delegates
Raymond Bright
Frankford
C. F. McClintic
Democrat-Greenbrier
N. P. Proctor
Clifftop
H. O. Boley
R. C. Leap
New Martinsville
John N. Custer
Democrat
Fox
Supreme Court
Board of Public Works
Giant Cunarder Shifts Course To Answer SOS Call
In a North Atlantic storm off Valentia Ireland the British freighter Saxilby's crew of 27 abandoned ship as rescue efforts began. The 52,000 ton Berengaria altered course to reach the last known position, racing at 20 knots with other vessels including St Quentin Manchester Regiment Exter Westeldara Boschdyk and Nevisian joining the effort amid dangerous seas.
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Valentia
Irish Free State
Saxilby
Berengaria
London Herald
St. Quentin
Daisy Perie
H. M. 8. Exter
S. S. Nevisian
Westeldara
Vanderbilt Jr. Killed In Auto Crash Near Ridgeland
William K. Vanderbilt Jr., 26, heir to a famous New York family, died after his car struck a parked fruit truck on a highway while speeding from Miami to New York. Companion Erskine Gwynne injured lightly. chauffeur J. W. Guppy seriously hurt.
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William K. Vanderbilt Jr
Miami
New York
Ridgeland
S. C
Erksine Gwynne
Vanderbilt
J. W. Guppy
Savannah
Gwynne
Paris
Guppy
England
Young Vanderbilt
New York Central Railroad
Graham Fair Vanderbilt
Bunnell
Fla
Q. A. Nettles
A. B. Stavley
New Jersey
Stavley
Officials Discuss Government Control of Liquor Supply
Washington officials debate creating a government corporation or a distilled products code to regulate liquor supply after repeal. The aim is to oversee production and taxation rather than retail sales, with legal work under way to gauge scope. President meets cabinet repeal committee and congressional leaders but no decision reached.
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Washington
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
House
Judiciary
Senate
Finance
U S Plans to Build Sea Dromes Across Atlantic
The Commerce Department announces a plan to build an initial sea drome about 500 miles off the coast as a test for a transatlantic airway from Norfolk Virginia to Spain. A $1.5 million allotment funds the first island, to be completed in four months, with full seadromes costing up to $6 million and total project $30 million. Secretary Roper says a toll will allow open access and 24 hour mail and passenger service between Atlantic cities and Western European capitals.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Atlantic
Public Works Administration
Aeronautics Division
Commerce Department
Norfolk
Spain
State Department
Roper
Atlantic Seaboard
Roosevelt Pardons Conrad H Mann After Four Hours
Conrad H Mann, Kansas City chamber of commerce president, left New Yorks federal house of detention after four hours of a five month sentence for lottery law violations. President Roosevelt pardoned him late today, delays blamed on red tape and unresponsive guards. Prosecutor Louis Mead Treadwell had pursued Mann over Fraternal Order of Eagles affairs.
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New York
Conrad H. Mann
Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
Federal House of Detention
Roosevelt
Mann
Manhattan
Missouri
Hoover
House of Detention
Louis Mead Treadwell
Order of Eagles
NRA Retains Its Own Medicine Goes Unionizing
Handbills in NRA offices claim workers will bargain collectively at a mass meeting on Friday November 17 in the council room of the American Federation of Labor. The federation has charted an NRA workers local seeking standard government classification salary restoration of a 15 percent cut and union hours.
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Washington
NRA
American Federation of Labor
Record Cold Stuns Nation With Snow Across Regions
The Associated Press reports brutal cold and heavy November snow across the Northeast and Midwest. Pennsylvania records five deaths after historic snowfalls while Pittsburgh endures 15 degrees, New York 28 above, Buffalo 15 above, and Chicago 10 degrees as cold tightens grip across Great Lakes states.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Saxilby
Irish
Berengaria
Coast
Ontonagon
Mich
Bayfield
Wis
Lake Superior
Jost
Madeline Island
Flaks
South Haven
D. EK
Callander
Long Point
Ont
Pennsylvania
Kane
Ludlow
Pittsburgh
Adirondacks
New York
New York City
Suit for Accounting In Wiggin Case Hits Federal Court
A suit for an accounting was filed in federal court by Harry B. Epstein and Minnie Sperling stockholders of Chase National Bank and Chase Securities against Albert H. Wiggin former chairman of the bank’s governing committee and board. The plaintiffs seek restitution of millions alleging Wiggin was paid excessive salary and bonuses between 1928 and early 1933 and that efforts to recover failed. Epstein resides in Newark New Jersey and Sperling in Washington, D C.
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New York
Harry B. Epstein
Minnie Sperling
Chase National Bank
City of
Chase Securities Corporation
Albert H. Wiggin
Wiggin
Epstein
Newark
N. J
Washington, D. C
Bank
Corporation
Isador J. Kresel Convicted In Bank Collapse Case
Isador J. Kresel renowned criminal lawyer was found guilty by a New York supreme court jury of aiding and abetting the misapplication of 2,009,518 dollars from an affiliate of the Bank of the United States. Former bank officials Bernard K. Marcus and Saul Singer are already serving terms in Sing Sing. The case follows testimony from notable figures including former Governor Alfred E. Smith and Samuel Seabury.
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New York
Isador J. Kresel
Bank of United States
Kresel
Bernard K. Marcus
Saul Singer
Sing Sing
Supreme Court
Kiesel
Alfred &. Smith
Samuel Seabury
John W. Davis
Stormy Opening Marks Hearing on Overton Election
New Orleans witnesses accuse Overton faction of sluggings jailings and crooked counting as the Senate committee investigates Senator John H. Overton. The hearing opened amid turmoil caused by Chairman Tom Connally who berated Louisiana backers and pledged a calm inquiry. Witnesses describe poll intimidation and a missing ballot box in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Senate
John H. Overton
Francis Williams
Tom Connally
Texas
John G. Holland
Louisiana
M. M. Logan
Kentucky
Connally
Death Penalty Asked for Cuban Aviators
Havana reports a military court found 34 soldiers involved in a rebellion that cost 150 lives. A verdict recommending the death penalty for leaders Homobono Rodriguez and Basilio Gonzalez rests with President Ramon Grau San Martin as the cabinet weighs execution or commutation.
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Havana
Ramon Grau San Martin
Antonio Guiteras
War and the Interior
Homobono Rodriguz
Basilio Gonzalez
Norfolk Veteran Found Dead On Bramwell Road
Robert C. Lucas a 38 year old World War veteran from Norfolk Va was found dead on the Bluefield Bramwell highway near Brushfork likely from exposure during a night of near freezing temperatures. He had visited the Norfolk welfare office Monday seeking work and received a 280 payment Tuesday for a day’s labor. Authorities and the Red Cross tracked his relatives while the body remains at a local morgue awaiting relatives from Norfolk.
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Robert C. Lucas
Norfolk
Bluefield
Bramwell
Brushfork
Lucas
Nellie Poff
American Red Cross
United States Army
Brewer Street
Bluefield- Bramwell
NRA to Hold Public Hearings on Profiteering Crusade
General Johnson announced December 12 the NRA will hold public hearings to probe profiteering under blue eagle codes. Consumers may file backed complaints against retailers, with manufacturers, including Ford, subject to future rulings. Seven codes were approved, with a newspaper code to protect press rights.
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NRA
Washington
Hugh
Johnson
Blue Eagle
Roosevelt
Chicago
Minneapolis
Fort Worth
Farm Adjustment Administration
Henry Ford
J. F. McCarl
Ford Company
Ford
Liquidation of $100,000,000 bond pool announced by New York bankers
Thomas W. Lamont of J P Morgan disclosed that the American Securities Investing Corporation will redeem on December 1, 1933, 105 for 28,020,000 principal of five year debentures, effectively signaling the syndicate’s liquidation. The pool was formed last June amid a low bond market with $100,000,000 expected for long term investments.
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New York
Thomas W. Lamont
J. P. Morgan and Company
Lamont
American Securities Investing Corporation
Way is paved for bond test case in West Virginia
A federal allotment of 116000 for a New Cumberland water plant sets the stage for a test case over municipal public works bonds in Hancock County. The move seeks Supreme Court guidance on towns exceeding debt limits, with Holt and Young in Washington to review legal points. The Cumberland project includes a 400000 loan to West Virginia University for dormitories and 63000 for a Point Pleasant sewer system.
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Charleston
W. Va
New Cumberland
West Virginia
Hancock County
Supreme Court
Holt
Houston G. Young
Washington
Federal Public Administration
Cumberland
West Virginia University
Point Pleasant
City eyes underground speedway on Central Parkway Subway
Cincinnati officials announced plans to rebuild the unused Central Parkway Subway opened in 1925 at a cost of 16 million dollars as a potential underground automobile speedway.
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Cincinnati
Central Parkway
Progress Toward Soviet Recognition Reported in Roosevelt Talks
Washington nov 15 reports say President Roosevelt indicated distinct progress toward recognizing the Soviet Union during resumed talks with Maxim Litvinoff. He cautioned no firm timetable, noting discussions could extend beyond Friday. If signatures are not completed before his Warm Springs trip, breakdown is not implied.
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Washington
Maxim Litvinoff
Rosevelt
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
White House
Moscow
Litvinoff
Fugitive Dillinger Breaks Out in Chicago Escape
John Dillinger, wanted in Indiana for prison break questions, eluded a Chicago police trap in Albany Park after a five mile chase. He fled in a car with a woman, firing on officers as bullets shattered a patrol car windshield and the vehicle vanished into traffic near Lake Michigan.
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John Dillinger
Indiana
Chicago
Michigan City
Ind
Albany Park
Dillinger
Lake Michigan
Reed says Russian recognition is executive matter
McKeesport Pennsylvania November 15 Senator David A Reed Republican of Pennsylvania said Russian recognition is wholly an executive matter and not important as long as no money is loaned to the Soviet government. He urged the issue to be left to administrative heads and noted Russia's credit is dead while citing loans by Japan Germany and Italy.
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McKeesport
U. S
David A. Reed
Pennsylvania
Japan
Germany
Italy
Russia
Roosevelt
Reed
Reichs chamber of kultur enforces Nazi control of German art
Berlin reports a Hitlerite cultural dictatorship established through the Reichs Chamber of Kultur. Dr. Joseph Goebbels announces obligatory membership and the rule that all arts will be directed by a leadership principle, ending free artistic development in Germany.
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Berlin
Chamber of Kultur
Hitler
Joseph Goebbels
Goebbels
Germany
Morgenthau to Head Treasury as Woodin Goes on Leave
President Roosevelt elevates Henry Morgenthau Jr to run the treasury during a critical period. Woodin leaves for rest after submitting resignation while Dean Acheson steps down. Roosevelt accepts with regret. The move sparks speculation of policy shifts and inflation concerns amid gold and commodity discussions.
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Woodin
Washington
Roosevelt
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Morgenthau
Treasury Department
Dean Acheson
the Treasury
Mr. Roosevelt
George F. Warren
New York
Extortion Plot Suspect Wounded In NYC Sting
A 20 year old baker, Joseph Kessler, wounded after snatching a dummy extortion package in New York. Detectives and DOJ agents, in plainclothes, closed in and Detective Bonano fired wounding him in the right cheek. Kessler faces extortion and blackmail charges. the target was real estate dealer Charles B. Halsey.
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New York
Department of Justice
Charles B. Halsey
Social Register
Third Avenue
Joseph Bonano
Joseph
Kessler
Bonano
Halsey
Lad Killed In West Virginia Auto Crash
Frank Beveridge, 12 and a half, son of Mrs. Wesley Beveridge Pratt, died after being struck by an automobile driven by Fred Bowermaster. The car skidded on an icy road and crushed the boy against a guard post as he walked from Howesville School in Kingwood.
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Kingwood
W. Va
Frank Beveridge
Wesley Beveridge Pratt
Fred Bowermaster
Howesville
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