Wynekoop Denies He Killed His Talented Wife
Chicago reports that Dr. Alice Wynekoop 62 is held as a suspect in the slaying of Rheta Wynekoop. investigators note chloroform found in Rheta’s organs and evidence of a calm, nonstruggling death on an operating table. Earle Wynekoop denied firing the fatal shot and identified Priscilla Witts, 23, as a party to the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wynekoop
Moron
Chicago
Alice Wynekoop
Rheta Wynekoop
Frank P. Walsh
John Stege
Stege
Earle Wynekoop
Rheta
Kansas City
Priscilla Witts
Grand Canyon
Move In Athens Winsull Case
Athens Greece Nov 23 US government threats demand deportation of Samuel Insull former Chicago utilities magnate. Greece weighing political risks and public opinion while Insull’s annuity from the utilities firm is canceled. State Department says no new note sent, Athens may pursue measures to end extradition treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Greece
United States
Samuel Insull
Chicago
Washington
Insull
State Department
MacVeigh
Reapportionment Rift Deepens in West Virginia Delegation
Washington reports strife within the West Virginia Democratic delegation as reapportionment of six congressional districts prompts threats of defeat for incumbent Raméay. Raméay proposes a plan to absorb Fourth district Rep Joueon into the First district, triggering a likely primary showdown. The First district spans Hancock to Wetzel counties with Marion and Taylor, while the Fourth follows the river from Tyler to Cabell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
West Virginia
House
Raméay
Rameau
Joueon
Congress
Ohio River
Hancock
Wetzel
Insand
Marion
Taylor
Tyler
Cabell
District Change Bill Is Offered in West Virginia
Charleston reports a new push for redistricting in West Virginia with bills to reapportion congressional districts and state legislative seats. Johnson and Smith introduce measures for congress, senate and house realignment, increasing delegates and creating new districts while preserving some memberships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
State Senate
House of Delegates
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Senate
Johnson
Kanawha
House
Smith
Wirt
Pleasants
Wood
Jackson
Mason
Putnam
Cabell
Wayne
Lincoln
Boone
Logan
Mingo
McDowell
Wyoming
Mercer
Summers
Monroe
Fayette
Raleigh
House of Representatives
Calhoun
Greenbrier
Cabel
Boone, Lincoln
Summere
Brooke
Hancock
Marshall and Wetzel
Harrison, Braxton
Lewis
Preston
Taylor
Fayette, Harrison
Ohio
Kanawha County
Hundreds of Virginia prisoners could win freedom
Richmond authorities report that the state supreme court of appeals may rule the half time off for good behavior law retroactive. Estimates suggest 300 to 400 convicts might be released if retroactivity is upheld, though the penitentiary superintendent cautions such guesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Penitentiary
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Rice M. Youell
Edwin H. Gibson
Commonwealth
Leon M. Bazile
Kentucky's first bank holdup in Frankfort shocks city
Four men armed with sawed off shotguns and a machine gun robbed a Frankfort bank, taking about 10,900 in bonds and 10,000 in cash. They fled in a car with four employees and a customer as captives, and a sixth man ejected himself from a rear bumper at the city limits after a brief ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rob Frankfort
Frankfort
Kentucky
Highway projects under CWA start today in Mercer county
Work resumes in Mercer and surrounding counties with 398 men recalled to build roads including Cumberland road and Ada Pump House project. Mercer quota raised to 2364, pay 49 hours weekly at 35 cents per hour, with payroll impact and revised 5 day week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer
Wyoming
McDowell
Raleigh
Civil Works Administration
L. R. Taylor
Division Road
Princeton
County Relief Administration
National
RFC
Mercer County
Jess W. Easley
Mercer County Relief
Cumberland Road
Ada Pump House
Green Valley Road
Elgood-Goodywn
Cumberland Pike
Princeton-Gardner
Goodwyn's chapel-Elgood
Green Valley
Lorton’s Lick Road
Grotta-Wyoming Road
Elgood-Athens
Easley
William N. Beehler
West Virginia
Mr. Easley
Political angle of CWA Upsets Youngstown
Washington reports accuse Youngstown Democrats of pressuring job seekers to register at the city employment bureau and then report to election officials. Harry Hopkins warns no CWA funds will be spent in Youngstown if political influence is found. He orders a meeting to investigate the alleged interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Civil Works
Youngstown
Ohio
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
John J. Farrell
City Employment Bureau
Elections Board
Farrell
Civil Works Administration
Federal Relief Administration
Ickes
Public Works Fund
F. D. Henderson
Columbus
Ohio Civil Works Administration
Youngstown Administration
Douglas Talks on Balanced Budget Address in Boston
Lewis W. Douglas, head of the U S Budget Bureau, urged a balanced national budget as essential amid policy shifts. He warned that extra government obligations threaten the middle class and stressed preserving the government credit while planning a 1935 revenue of about 3.55 billion dollars with a small debt retirement to begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Lewis W. Douglas
United States Budget Bureau
Roosevelt
Oliver W. M. Sprague
United States Treasury
Sprague
Douglas
New England
Uncle Sam
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Pocahontas Tug River Coal Output Rises Week Ending Nov 18
Coal production in the Pocahontas Tug River district rose to 397,869 tons for the week ending November 18, an increase of 29,354 tons from the prior week, per a Pocahontas Operators association bulletin. The year to date total reaches 18,097,808 tons, with a comparison showing a 20,000 ton decline from the 1932 week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas Tug River
Pocahontas Operatore Association
Officer Transferred to Fort Howard from Philippines
Captain George E. Jacobs of the infantry now on duty in the Philippines is ordered to Fort Howard Maryland. His home is in Clarksburg West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George E. Jacobs
Infantry
Philippines
Todé
Fort Howard
Jacobe
Clarksburg
W. Va
Welles Removed as Cuban Envoy
President Roosevelt announced Ambassador Welles will return from Cuba to the state department soon and urged Cuba to establish a stable government. The plan to transfer Jefferson Caffery to Havana and have Welles resume as assistant secretary of state was outlined, with Welles due back in Havana within days.
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Ambassador
State Department
Jefferson Caffery
Havana
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Welles
Cuba
Island Republic
Ambassador Welles
Mr. Roosevelt
Washington
United States
Grau San Martin
Machado
de Cespedes
Gran San Martin
Quebec System Favored In Virginia Liquor Bill
Virginia liquor control commission ends stormy session and backs a modified Quebec style system. They may return December 12 to complete work on a tentative draft that drafts ministers called liberal in tone while keeping executive sessions and guarded deliberations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Virginia
Richmond
Virginia Liquor Control Commission
Capitol
Man Attends His Own Pretend Funeral
In Mammoth Spring Arkansas on November 23 Cecil Bratton left home and a man who looked like him attended a staged funeral. While Bratton was away a young man resembling him was killed by a train. Mrs Bratton returned and rushed to prove he was alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mammoth Spring
Ark
Cecil Bratton
Bratton
Frazier 13 Calm Amid Death Row Minutes From Hanging
Leo Frazier, slated for execution at the West Virginia penitentiary tomorrow at 9 p m, maintains calm in his death cell. He insists on innocence in Deputy Roy Shamblin slaying and claims others plotted the crime with Cano and Harper also serving life terms. Governor Kump denied clemency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Kump
Leo Frazier
Kanawha County
Roy Shamblin
C. A. Frazier
Moundsville
West Virginia
Roy L. Shamblin
Kanawha
Shamblin
Blackburn Watte
Frazier
Charlie Harper
Henry Cano
Fraser
Cano
Ralph Harper
Ralph
Charles Harper
Louise Frazier
Harper
West Virginia House vows aid to teachers and tax limits
The Charleston West Virginia house of delegates adopted two resolutions pledging to strive to meet teachers salaries and to ensure tax collection measures respect the levy limit amendment. Delegate Norton led the unanimous votes, with drafting due to begin tomorrow for a new tax collection act replacing last spring’s invalidated statute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norton
Cabell
House
Burglary Hits Home of Director Archie Mayo Wife
Mrs. Lucille Mayo reported to police that a burglar armed with a pistol entered her Hollywood bedroom early today and stole jewels valued at $12,000 from Archie Mayo's wife, the motion picture director's spouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Calif
Lucille Mayo
Archie Mayo
Peery Says Virginia Must Maintain Eight-Month School Term
Governor-elect George C. Peery declared Virginia should not drop below an eight month school term and will study revenue issues before presenting recommendations to the General Assembly in January. He avoided detailing a plan but emphasized the eight-month minimum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
George C. Peery
Virginia
General Assembly
Hatfield Warns Roosevelt On Inflation Crisis
Senator Hatfield of West Virginia urges President Roosevelt to reverse monetary policy, likening him to royal rulers and warning of inflation’s pain on the poor. He cites risks of nationalization of land, tenancy, and potential martial law, and claims billions are flowing abroad as the dollar falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Hatfield
West Virginia
George II
England
Congress
Supreme Court
Royal George III
NRA
London
George III
Louis XIV
France
Mine Workers Slate Trails in Representative Vote
In Uniontown Pennsylvania on November 23 the United Mine Workers of America saw union opponents win at nine of fifteen captive pits in the Connellsville coke area. The union ticket had led in fourteen mines yesterday and won at four today, with one mine’s results pending with the national labor board. Ballots selected representatives for collective bargaining with steel companies owning and consuming captive mine products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
United Mine Workers of America
Connellsville
National Labor Board Committee
West Virginia considers liquor importation after repeal move
The House tests liberalizing the dried liquor laws as Delegate Marsh fails to force an immediate vote on allowing importation and possession after national repeal. Marsh argues border counties need access while opponents question constitutionality and commissions a study until tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Marsh
Ohio
Kump
Smith
Wirt
General Johnson Advises Critics At NRA Rally
Atlanta November 23 Hugh S Johnson addressed an NRA rally calling the Roosevelt recovery program a seventh wonder of the world. He praised the initiative as already yielding about 25 percent of expected results and predicted a fresh business upturn, targeting critics as keepers of an old ruinous system. The address in the Atlanta auditorium was broadcast nationally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Hugh
Johnson
NRA
Southeast
Dan and Bradstreet
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CWA
Mercer Road
Yakcom
Audrey
Sheldon Clark Jr
Paulsboro
N. J
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Vivian
David Smith
Clark
Woodbury
Tug River
George Peery
Bill
Lantz
Carrico
West Virginia University
General Johnson
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