Lone engineer outlines road jobs in four counties
L. R. Taylor district engineer recommends tentative works relief projects to the state road commission for Mercer Wyoming Raleigh and McDowell counties. Plans include grading drainage and widening several routes, with CWA approval pending. projects aim to ease Bluefield traffic and support U. S. 52 and Cumberland Pike connections.
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Lioto
Mercer
Wyoming
Raleigh
McDowell Counties
McDowell
State Road Commission
L. R. Taylor
Civil Works Administration
Mercer County
Bluefield
Cherry Street
South Bluefield
U. S. 52
U. S. 21
Cumberland Pike
Oakvale
Ada
Bluefield Stadium
Ferndale Avenue
College Avenue
Brush Fork
Wilson Farm
Shumate Farm
Taylor
Shumate Place
Grassy Branch
Princeton Highway
Half Million At Work On GWA Jobs
Washington reports show up to 500000 unemployed placed on civil works administration projects nationwide. Officials say thousands more will join payrolls as plans progress. Wages run from 40 cents to 1.20 dollars per hour or equivalent salaries from a 400 million fund. District of Columbia reports 4000 on jobs with 3500 due tomorrow and 12500 by December 1. New York state cites 400000 back to work with 200000 more to come by December 1. Rhode Island moves 9000 from relief to civil works rolls.
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Washington
Civil Works Administration
Civil Works Fund
District of Columbia
New York State
Rhode Island
Fall of Fox Film Empire Detailed in Senate Hearing
Washington reports on November 21 describe a Senate hearing detailing how William Fox lost control of his film empire in 1930 as cash constraints pressed his companies. Murray W. Dodge testified General Theaters Equipment acquired a majority of Fox assets for 15 million plus “other considerations,” amid banking group disputes over credit.
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Washington
William Fox
Senate Stock Market Investigating Committee
Murray W. Dodge
Chase Securities Corporation
General Theaters Equipment, Incorporated
Fox
Chase
Ferdinand Pecora
Organization of
General Theaters
Fox Films
King
Aborite Upsets Traditional Fete at King’s Speech
London November 21 Laborite J McGovern interrupted the throne speech as King George urged peace and disarmament progress. McGovern denounced the government and called the royal procession a sham while spectators and diplomats watched, including Lady Astor and Ambassador Robert W Bingham. He is described as a 46-year-old follower of Clydeside extremists. The king reaffirmed cooperation for disarmament and League of Nations actions.
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London
George
J. McGovern
Queen Mary
McGovern
Lady Astor
Robert W. Bingham
League of Nations
Alleged Snatch Band Chief Submits Alibi
In St Paul on November 21, defense testimony sought to prove Roger Touhy was in Des Plaines Illinois on June 16 during ransom negotiations for the Hamm kidnapping. Vincent Connor Des Plaines attorney testified he spoke with Touhy three times that night and saw him twice. A government witness identified Touhy as the man who entered a St Paul drug store just before a $100000 ransom note was found.
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St. Paul
Roger Touhy
William Hamm Jr
Des Plaines
Ill
Touhy
Vincent Connor
Illinois
Connor
Fifteen Injured in Madrid Political Clashes
Madrid November 21 bitter political tension surrounding parliamentary elections erupted into violence in midtown Madrid as Communists and Syndicalists attacked Socialist headquarters injuring at least fifteen seriously. Gunfire broke out before guards dispersed rioters and Socialist headquarters were under heavy police guard while official vote tallies suggested a rightist landslide.
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Madrid
OPAAGUE QUITS POST IN PROTEST AGAINST POLICY
Dr O M W Sprague resigns as treasury special financial advisor in protest against Roosevelt monetary policy. In a letter to the president he warns of unrestrained inflation and a complete collapse of government credit. He cites the plan to raise prices by increasing the money value of gold and urges aroused public opinion.
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Roosevelt
Washington
O. M. W. Sprague
Treasury
Sprague
London
Bank of England
The
White House
Henry Morgenthau Jr
the Treasury
Roosevelt keeps monitory policy on track in Georgia
President Roosevelt pursues gold control policy despite Sprague resignation. He says the move will not alter monetary stance and declines to comment on critics. Morgenthau press rules spark newsroom concern while Early insists no censorship exists and plans central news releases.
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Sprague
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
O. M. W. Sprague
Treasury
Stephen T. Early
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
New Georgia Hall
Warm Springs Foundation
Morgenthau
Early
Miners to select committee in Pennsylvania field election
Pittsburgh November 21 The federal administration's new deal to establish collective bargaining in captive coal mines moves to voting day with 15,000 miners eligible. From 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. polling places open to choose six delegates per mine, with UMWA slate of six officers on ballots and opposition slates varying by mine. A national labor board representative oversees polls with two watchers per side and Jesse T. Miller leads a supervising committee.
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Pittsburgh
Fayette County
United Mine Workers of American
International
National Labor Board
Jesse T. Miller
Miller
City Board Approves Home Owners Loan Bonds Plan
Bluefield city board approves accepting Home Owners Loan Corporation bonds to settle assessments as loans surge. Mercer county attorney Sidney Kwass warns paving and sidewalk costs will rise. planning commission changes approved. police staffing capped due to finances. penny auto machine request denied. several building permits issued for home and business renovations.
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Bluefield
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Sidney Kwass
Mercer County
Kwaes
Kyle Bruce
Herbert Markle
City Planning Commission
Thomas Settle
W. T. Morrison
Recen
Doderfer
Princeton Avenue
M. W
Causby D. Lusk
Jefferson Street
FE. J. Olinger
Rockbridge Street
T. B. Austin
Jones Street
riot at Eastern State Prison damages facilities and injures inmates
Philadelphia dispatch reports 75 prisoners at Eastern State Prison rioted during yard out today, setting fire to the dye house and kitchen, smashing shop machinery, and prompting 600 police and state troopers to scenes of the disorder. Warden Smith denied reports of mass injuries as rioters were moved to empty cell blocks.
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Philadelphia
Eastern State Penitentiary
Herbert J
Lindberghs land in Azores after Lisbon hop
In Horta Azores on November 21 Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh received a welcome of flowers after completing a 900 mile flight from Lisbon. They landed at Horta bay amid cheering crowds and planned to continue their transatlantic flight via Bermuda with stops on Terceira and San Miguel.
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Horta
Azores
Charles A. Lindburgh
Lisbon
Portugal
Fayal Island
Horta Bay
Lindbergh
Fayal
Privae
Bermuda
Terceira
San Miguel
Woman pilot sinks into Atlantic after notes claim intent
Mrs. Louise Turck Stanton, a crippled flyer with a special license, borrowed an airplane in Jacksonville at 10 am and headed east over the Atlantic. Police found notes to her husband parents and Bert Maloney urging no search effort, with her saying she would not return and planning a thorough job.
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Louise Turck Stanton
Jacksonville
Fla
Maloney
West Virginia considers recess to draft tax plan
Governor Kump outlines tax and revenue troubles and proposed steps to reduce debt and rebalance funding. A joint House Senate committee to draft a new property tax plan will recess until December 6. The House cuts salaries of top attaches and bans relative hires to curb costs.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kump
House Democrats
Hiner
House
Mathews
Senate
Roosevelt names coal board men
President Roosevelt names his coal industry board members and divisional appointees. Hugh S. Johnson and Fred G. Tyron are named along with Judge George W. Anderson. The divisional and employer member appointees span major cities including Pittsburgh Cleveland Cincinnati and Roanoke Virginia where Fred K. Prosser serves as coal department manager for the Norfolk and Western railroad.
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Washington
NRA
Roosevelt
Bituminous Coal Industrial Board
Hugh 8. Johnson
Fred G. Tyron
Bureau of Mines
George W. Anderson
Boston
Wayne P. Ellis
Washington, D. C
George Anderson
New York
Walter A. Jones
Pittsburgh
Benedict Crowell
Clevland
George B. Hadesty
Fairmont
West Virginia
Frank L. Poindexter
Cincinnati
Fred K. Prosser
Bluefield
North
John M. Carmody
F. P. Hanaway
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Mrs Roosevelt Heads to West Virginia Farm Factory Site
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt departed Washington on a West Virginia tour to inspect the first fed a farm factory project at Reedville. She travels via Baltimore and Ohio railroad to Fairmont Morgantown and then Reedville arriving 7 22 a m.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
West Virginia
Reedsville
Baltimore and Ohio
Fairmont
W. Va
Morgantown
Senators Clash in Louisiana Election Hearing
New Orleans scene as Senator John H. Overton and Chairman Connally clash over procedure before a Senate investigation committee. A witness testified to switching support on election day from Edwin Broussard to Overton, prompting sharp exchanges and accusations of unfair treatment.
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New Orleans
Senate Committee
John H. Overton
Connally
Texas
Senator Overton
Edwin Broussard
Overton
Quiet Standoff at Jewell Ridge Coal Plant
Governor Pollard dispatched twenty state police to guard Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation property after union tensions threatened to seize the plant. The mine operations were suspended for days as upgrades were made to increase capacity. troopers remained on alert though no trouble materialized.
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Jewell Ridge
Pollard
Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation
A. C. Buchanan
Tazewell County
Hurt
T. McCall Frazier
Tazewell
Roosevelt
Virginia Rum Control Committee Drafts Bill
A Virginia liquor control subcommittee met in executive session to draft a liberal tentative bill aimed at eliminating bootleggers by state control of liquor quality and price. Attendees included Chairman John W. Eggleston Senator George W. Layman Senator A. Staples Delegate Wilbur C. Hall and William R. Shands director of drafting.
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Richmond
Virginia Liquor Control Commission
Capital
John W. Eggleston
Norfolk
George W. Layman
Craig
A. P. Staples
Roanoke
Wilbur C. Hall
Loudoun
William R. Shands
Division of Legislative Drafting and Research
Two brothers held in Logan over Gilliam death near Chattaroy
Earl and Reuben Dingess of Chattaroy were jailed without formal charges as investigation into Everett Gilliam s death continues. Gilliam, 30, was found near Chattaroy with a fractured skull, suspected to have occurred during a party fight rather than drowning.
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Logan
W. Va
Earl
Reuben Dingess
Chattaroy
Everett Gilliam
Gilliam
Balloonists Settle and Fordney Land in Marsh After Record Flight
Lieut-Comm. T. G. W. Settle and Maj. C. L. Fordney reach an altitude around 59,000 feet in a stratosphere flight. They land in tidal marshes near Delaware Bay at 5:50 p.m. eight miles southwest of Bridgeton New Jersey, facing a muddy exit and a night in place before rescue.
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Settle
Bridgeton
N. J
T. G. W. Settle
Maj
C. L. Fordney
Delaware Bay
South Jersey
Fordney
McConnellsburg
Pennsylvania
Samuel N. Johnson
Johnsons
Commander Settle
Akron
Ohio
Wade
Wilmington
Del
Jean Piccard
Lee Tracy flees Mexico by plane amid arrest order
American actor Lee Tracy, held on public morals accusations, left Mexico City by private plane to Juarez and El Paso after authorities sought his arrest. Prosecutor Rodriguez claimed an arrest order remained active. Tracy had been freed on recognizance pending further questioning.
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Mexico
D. F
Lee Tracy
Juarez
el Paso
Heraclio Rodriguez
Federal District
Tracy
Rodriguez
Fritz Bieler
Jack Price
Gustavo Ducleux
Alfonso Esparza
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