Property Owners Offer to Donate Right of Way
Max Matz and A Z Litz announced they will donate any necessary rights of way through the Matz Litz tract for the cut off between the west end and South Bluefield. Two routes have been surveyed with both owners atop the land, aiding the relocation of U S Route 52 and improving traffic flow toward College Avenue.
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Matz-Litz
West End
South Bluefield
Max Matz
A. Z. Litz
Tazewell
Mr. Matz
Mr. Litz
Messrs. Matz and
Litz
Matz
L. R. Taylor
Civil Works Administration
Brush Fork
Stonyridge
Bluefield State Teachers’ College
Highland Avenue
College Avenue
Father Coughlin Defends Policy Against Wall Street Attack
New York nov 27 Father Charles B Coughlin spoke to over 6000 at the Hippodrome defending President Roosevelt’s monetary program. He urged boycotting newspapers he labeled as panderers to Wall Street and Morgan urging support for Roosevelts reforms and criticizing former Governor Smith as Morgan influenced. He said the war is real and no one can stand in the way of Roosevelt. He recounted Smith visiting J P Morgan and meeting bishops at Morgan’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles B. Coughlin
Roosevelt
Wall Street
Father Coughlin
Christ
Smith
Coughlin
Democrats
Detroit
J. P. Morgan
Wall and
Broad Street
Morgan
Regimen of Maryland National Guard Heads Toward Somerset Co
The fifth Maryland National Guard regiment left Baltimore at dawn headed for Somerset County to arrest nine men accused in last month's lynching of George Armwood in Princess Anne. Governor Ritchie’s official family at Annapolis declined to comment and would not wake the ill governor.
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Baltimore
Maryland National Guard
Somerset County
Princess Anne
Annapolis
Albert C. Ritchie
the Sun
John B. Robing
George Armwood
Dr Wynekoop Denies Slaying Daughter-in-law Rheta
Chicago reports Dr. Alice Wynekoop repudiated a statement that she shot Rheta Wynekoop on an operating table. Prosecutors doubt the repudiation affects the case. Earle Wynekoop is charged with aiding Rheta’s death. a hearing is set next Monday with arraignment and grand jury action planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Alice Wynekoop
Rheta
Wynekopp
Frank Tyrrell
Earle Wynekoop
Earle
Wynekoop
Joseph B. David
Richmond Virginia County Government Report Examines Consolidation
The Virginia commission on county government prepares a report for the governor and the January legislative session. Dr George W Spicer, chairman, notes study of county consolidation and potential improvements in local government. The report will cover progress under 1932 county government laws and recommendations for the next biennium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia Commission On County Government
General Assembly
George W. Spicer
Spicer
Rule Granted In Move To Restrain Repeal Proclamation
Canon William Sheafe Chase and Rev George S Duncan seek to block repeal of the eighteenth amendment. Judge F D Letts orders the state department to show cause why enforcement should not be restrained. Returnable December 4 as delegates urged repeal without deliberation.
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Washington
William Sheafe Chase
F. D. Letts
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Phillips
State Department
Chase
International Reform Federation
George S. Duncan
Striking Handlers Tie Up Chicago Stock Yards
Chicago November 27 The Union Stock Yards were jammed with heavy Monday receipts as 800 live stock handlers began a walkout demanding wages prevailing in 1929. By mid morning about 8 000 strikers, joined by related unions, halted unloading with 40 000 hogs 16 000 cattle and 17 000 sheep on hand. Packing plants redirected direct shipments while railroads queued cars. no violence reported. Negotiations offered no results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Commission House
Modernized gold standard urged in Warburg letter
James P. Warburg urged a modernized gold standard with bullion instead of coin, and an early dollar revaluation. He called for joint action with Great Britain and coordinated Fed and Bank of England moves to limit currency fluctuations, in a reply to Senator Borah.
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New York
W. E. Borah
James P. Warburg
Roosevelt
Borah
Great Britain
Federal Reserve System
Bank of England
Belmont Stamping and Enameling resumes operations
Bel mont Stamping and Enameling company in New Philadelphia Ohio resumed operations today employing 350 persons after a month of idleness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Philadelphia
Belmont Stamping and Enameling Company
Mob Executes Suspects in Hart Kidnapping Case
FHOMAS THURMOND and John M. Holmes were pulled from jail and lynched by a California mob after confessing to kidnapping Brooke Hart, a San Jose department store executive, amid heightened tensions surrounding the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fhomas Thurmond
John M. Holmes
Brooke Hart
California
Federal Reserve Kidnaper Fate Headed South
Washington moves on with currency program. Morgenthau returns from Warm Springs as reports swirl about a new monetary move. Other items include $8.748 million in excess funds invested, Smith joining treasury as banking adviser, and tax recommendations due before December.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Warm Springs
Governor Black
Federal Reserve Board
Little White House
Georgia
Tom K. Smith
St. Louis
The
Treasury
House
Ways and Means
Smith
Congress
Board Seeks Funds to Pay Basic Teacher Salaries
Charleston, Nov 27. The board of public works discussed funding to cover basic teacher salaries for four months. They adjourned without action and urged a solution by a special legislative session as county revenues remain tied up by a supreme court decision. Funds already sent cover two months. third month checks are due, but exhausted borrowed funds limit options. Superintendent Trent pledged effort to distribute salaries soon, noting no schools are expected to close for lack of funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Board of Public Works
Supreme Court
Trent
State
Ford Johnson code feud revived over car contract
Washington report on the Ford Henry Ford Hugh St. Johnson clash over the NRA automobile code and a low bid for about 1,000 cars to Northwest Motor Company. Johnson argues the bid violates retail code by pricing below list price, while McCarl's opinion on awarding to low bidder awaits for the agriculture department. There are tempers of possible talks between Roosevelt and Ford as intermediaries press for a meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry Ford
Hugh St. Johnson
Ford
NRA
J. R. McCarl
McCarl
Agriculture Department
Johanson
Northwest Motor Company
Bethesda
Maryland
Johnson
Department
Roosevelt
Couzens Rebukes Aldrich at Stock Hearing
Senate banking committee session ends with an angry rebuke from Senator Couzens to Winthrop W. Aldrich president of Case National Bank. The confrontation occurred during questioning of Fox Film Inc and General Theaters Equipment Inc as the inquiry into corporate holdings and dividends in 1931 unfolded.
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Washington
Couzens
Michigan
Winthrop W. Aldrich
Case National Bank
Senate
General Theaters Equipment, Incorporated
Aldrich
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Hermann Place
Chase
Fox Film, Incorporated
State Debts Takeover Plan Could Relieve Local Tax Burden
A joint legislative committee near agreement on a bill to let the state assume highway and school district bonds and release property tax revenues for operations. The measure aims to collect about 25 million dollars in unpaid taxes while drafting proceeds, with no action yet on allowing counties to vote for higher taxes or consolidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Holding Company Charge Attacked by Federal Commission
The Federal Power Commission described public utility holding companies as grave economic and social perils and slashed about 800000 from Louisville Ky hydroelectric project costs. It found a 500000 service charge among Byllesby subsidiaries was an improper transfer inflating project costs and public rates. Officers were identical across entities, deemed an insidious holding company practice.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
Louisville, Ky
Hydro-Electric
Ohio River
H. M. Byllesby Company
Chicago
Byllesby
Byllesby Company
Standard Gas and Electric Company
Byllesby Engineer Management Company
Louisville Gas and Electric Company
Delaware
Louisville Hydro-Electric Company
Hydro-Electric Company
San Jose Quiet After Lynchings of Kidnap Duo
Isidor Kresel, Austrian immigrant and former bank counsel, sentenced to Sing Sing for aiding misapplication of funds tied to a Bank of United States affiliate. He denied guilt as Justice Taylor ordered 18 to 30 months and sent him to the Tombs after bail was denied pending appeal. The court touted the conviction as a salutary effect on banking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Isidor Kresel
Sing Sing
Bank of United States
Kresel
Supreme Court
George H. Taylor Jr
Roosevelt Acts on Rum Control in New Federal Codes
President Roosevelt extended federal supervision to liquor and 21 more businesses, including motion pictures, with new whiskey and film codes to take effect after national prohibition ends. The move, backed by NRA officials, aims to curb abuses and bootlegging while leaving states free to regulate sale methods. Marie Dressler, Eddie Cantor, and A Lawrence Lowell oversee the film code for 90 days amid salary studies and contract limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Congress
Miss Marie Dressler
Eddie Cantor
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
Wallace
Agriculture Adjustment Authority
Governor Proclaims Thanksgiving Day in State
Governor Kump proclaimed Thursday, November 30, as a day to give thanks to Almighty God for blessings and guidance in the future. He urged residents to gather in homes or houses of worship and uphold faith in religion and government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Kump
Campaign Closes in Third District Race in West Virginia
In Clarksburg, West Virginia on November 27, Democratic nominee Andrew Edmiston Jr. and Republican Howard M. Gore closed their campaigns for the Third district special election to succeed the late Lynn S. Horner. Edmiston spoke at Weston with Senator M. M. Neely, then radioed from Fairmont, while Gore addressed an audience in a local auditorium. Both candidates voiced confidence for tomorrow's vote. Edmiston pledged to uphold Roosevelt policies, while Gore avoided direct presidential attacks but criticized national administration policies. Cleveland M. Bailey presided at a meeting in Bailey’s ward with Congressman Jennings Randolph.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Congress
Lynn S. Horner
Andrew Edmiston Jr
Weston
United States
M. M. Neely
Fairmont
Howard M. Gore
Edmiston
Roosevelt
Gore
Cleveland M. Bailey
Jennings Randolph
Bailey
San Jose Lynching of Holmes and Thurmond Shocks Nation
In San Jose the mob hanged John M. Holmes and Thomas H. Thurmond after confessing to Brooke Hart’s kidnapping murder. Governor Rolph praised the act as a national lesson and offered pardons to others involved, stirring praise and condemnation in equal measure.
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Horde
John M. Holmes
Thomas H. Thurmond
San Jose
Cal
James Rolph Jr
Brooke Hart
Sacramento
Mass meeting at Carnegie Hall on sound money policy
New York officials from the American Federation of Labor American Legion of New York and the Crusaders of America held a mass meeting at Carnegie Hall to oppose currency inflation and defend fixed incomes. Matthew Woll urged labor trust concerns over inflation hurting wages savings and life insurance while warning of price rises benefiting farmers.
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New York
American Federation of Labor
American Legion of New York
The
Crusaders of America
Carnegie Hall
Matthew Woll
Woll
Daniel Webster
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Matz- Litz
CWA
New York Hippodrome
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Somerset CO
Federal Reserve
Kidnaperg
FATE
Sor
Manu OF
Juni
Black
Reconstruction Corporation
Dean Acheson
Stanley Reed
RFC
Lynchburg
Virginia
Coast Guard
London
Hamm
St. Paul
M. M. Joyce
William Hamm Jr
Joyce
Schafer
Zent
Propdot
Holmes and Thurmond
St. James Park
San Quentin
Folsom Penitentiary
National Guard
North
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