Administration Heads Use Force To Pass Relief Bill
Washington April 2 A potential use of force looms as Senate and House conferees debate a $4.88 billion relief measure. Key leaders Robinson Garner McKellar and Glass seek a compromise on direct labor funding and loan/grant allocation to states amid a stalled labor amendment. No agreement reached tonight with hope for progress tomorrow, while pressure rises over PWA loan and grant provisions for municipal light plants.
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Yeaders
Senate
House
Cone
Robinson
Arkonens
Garner
McKellar
Tennessee
Dy Va
Glars
Anan Jenow
Beth
Glass
Copeland
McKellar D. Tenn
Hale
Maing
Keyes
New Hampshire
PWA
Two More Relief Officials Resign
Uncertainty hung over West Virginia relief operations as a $500,000 April allocation lagged. Resignations reported include Mathilde Alch of Parkersburg and George W. Harwood of Fairmont, with Bechler unavailable for comment. Harwood cited organizational changes and questioned ability to maintain service.
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Yester
West Virginia
Mathilde Alch
Parkersburg
George W. Harwood
Fairmont
William G. Bechler
Partie
Willie Willis by Robert Quillen
A fragmentary item notes Willie Willis from a Robert Quillen piece with mentions of Pug and a pony. The text includes garbled phrases about a boy, his dad growing tired, and a domestic scene.
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Pug
Cousins Questioned in Kidnaping Case Near Hogan Home
HINTON April 2 AP Two cousins of Mrs W W Hogan are sought for questioning after she told officers she was kidnaped from her home shortly after 11 PM and that her husband was threatened in a note demanding payment of a debt. Prosecutor Meadows said he will compare handwriting and hopes to question Roy and Roscoe Bennett of Beckley tonight though no charges were filed. Hogan works at C and O railroad shops in Hinton. Hogan says two men who abducted her resembled the cousins.
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Roy
Roscoe Bennett
Beckley
Hogan
Meadows
Jack Bennett
Bennett
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Hinton
N. E. Tickle
Summers County
Shsye
Welch Mine Strike Settlement Announced by Union Leader
William Blizzard of the United Mine Workers announced the Bartley mine strike at Pond Creek Consolidated Coal, with about 350 miners involved. Some return to regular night shift tonight, others tomorrow. the walkout began March 22 after miners were discharged for safety violations. State police broke up picket lines today as workers sought to resume duties.
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Welch
Bartley
Pond Creek Consolidated , Coal Company
William Blizzard
United Mine] Workers of America
Blizzard
Jess Aquino
Poland Reconsiders Ties as Laval Visit Sought
WansaW April 2 Poland moves away from German influence as Anglo Polish talks show progress on a revised eastern security pact. Paris plans Laval visit to Warsaw during Moscow trip, signaling Polish independence and reduced French leverage amid Germany alignment. Talks with Eden advance proposals to Marshal Pilsudski at a tea engagement.
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Wansaw
Warsaw
Berlin
Poland
Foreign Office
Pierre Laval
Moscow
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
Joseph Pilsudski
Germany
Laval
Man Struck by Car Dies in Hospital in West Virginia
J W Gunnoe 56 of St Albans died after a collision with a moving truck on Virginia Street near the 400 block yesterday afternoon. Mer man Burdette of Washington Street West, the driver, was arrested on reckless driving. charge upgraded to involuntary manslaughter after Gunnoe’s death. Gunnoe survived by widow Serapta, five sons, his mother Mrs Cynthia Gunnoe, three brothers, and two sisters. body at Owen and Barth mortuary as funeral plans are prepared.
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J. W. Gunnoe
St. Albans
Merman Burdette
Washington Street
West
Gunnee
Burdette
Gunnoe
Bardette
Gunhoe
Mountain Pinte
Bartlett Ambuance
Ats
Serapta Gunhoe
Kanawha County Historic Places Outlined by Ross Johnston
State historic and marker program outlines Kanawha county sites selected for public input. Listed are Sunrise home of Gov. McCorkle with private Lafayette memorablia collection, Joseph Ruffner grave, Burning Springs 1773 discovery, and Fort Tackett site at St Albans. Public suggestions due by April 15 to the state commission in Charleston.
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Kanawha County
State Commission
Lst
Ness B. Johnson
Johnston
E. J. Bailey
State House
Charleston
W. G. McCorkle
Ciy
Joseph Ruffner
Kanawha Street
Ruffner
Clendennins
Burning Springs
van Wibbers
George Washington
Barcesta
St. Albans
Fort Tackett
John and
Lewis Tackett
Jubilant Democrats Gaining Huge Chicago Election Vote
Chicago Democrats surged to a sweeping mayoral victory led by Edward J. Kelly with a record tally of 798,150 of 1,077,829 votes. Emil C. Wetten trailed far behind with 166,571 and Newton Jenkins had 87,720 as results spread across 2,900 precincts.
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Chicago
Edward J. Kelly
Emil C. Wetten
Newton Jenkins
Washington
Wisconsin
Progressivt
Philip LaFollette
Pers
Zion City
Wilbur Glenn
Voliva
Jon
Grefowashle
L—Jsubi Tant
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Chicago Democratic Machine
Kelly
Wetten
Jenkins
Plek
Strovel
DeBussey Leads Parkersburg Vote in WV election
In Logan and Parkersburg West Virginia voters chose officials for two years. DeBussey led in Parkersburg with 2698 votes over Murdoch 1040 from 12 of 25 precincts. Four council seats were contested with Swearingen Cochran Underwood and Stephens leading. Clarksburg rejected a bi partisan five man water board. Nine councilmen to be elected April 16. re nominated include Cyril J. Stanton and M. Varthy.
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West Virginia
Farkersburg
H. R. DeBusey
Nyor Allen C. Murdoch
DeBussey
Murdoch
Andy Swearingen
Fred Cochran
Golden Underwood
Earl Stephens
Clarksburg
Cyril J. Stanton
M. Varthy
Turn to Map Series Explains Europe’s War Roots
A multi part map feature traces Europe’s armed forces before World War I, after, and today. It analyzes how postwar territorial divisions shaped current tensions, nation alignments, and potential flashpoints amid Germany’s rearming, as detailed by The Associated Press.
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Europe
Germany
Frazier Lemke Act Upheld by Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
The Fourth Circuit ruled the Frazier Lemke amendment to the bankruptcy law constitutional, allowing a Maryland farmer to seek relief against foreclosure in state court. It held the act does not violate due process and explains the precedence of bankruptcy court over state court in farmer debt cases, noting the act’s wartime and economic emergency context.
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Richmond
Congress
United States Fourth Client Court of Appeals
Maryland
Circuit Court
Tts
Astate Court
William W.bardford
Michael W. Fahey
Nsaipnec
John ©. Worthington
Annie McC. Worthington
Poterrine Joint Stock Land Bank of Alexandria
Exer
Jesse
Congresa
Impera
Security Bill Battle Signs Seen in House
Washington April 2 AP Bitter house battle over the social security bill looms next week after both parties failed to agree on strategy in separate meetings. The Ways and Means Committee approved final form and plans for house debate. Republicans and Democrats held two hour sessions with no agreement and will reconvene. A survey will test support for a gag rule via the whip system before a final decision. Republicans report divided views while Democrats weigh a gag rule and possible liberalization of the current bias.
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Washington
Repubblicans
House
Ways and Means J Committee
Boland D. Pa
State Board Member Attacked in Morgantown Hospitalized
Col John Baker White, member of the state board of control, lies seriously ill in Morgantown General Hospital after an attack while on a state business trip. Once near death Monday, he rallied, and doctors held out hope as his condition improved last night though an operation remained possible. He had recently recovered from influenza that left him weakened.
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John Baker White
State Board of Control
Morganetown
Col. White
Greek Public Clamor Over Trials Rises in Athens
In Athens on April 2 thousands of protesting students marched to the guarded parliament building led by John Metaxas as public anger mounts over the government's clemency for rebels and the reluctance to impose the death penalty, fueling talk of another revolution and monarchy restoration.
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Athens
Panoyott
Tsaidaris
John Metaxas
Industrial Draft Bill In Wartime Reported By Senate
Wartime measures loom as the Senate munitions committee unveils a drastic income tax bill aimed at squeezing profits. Pay as you fight would cap industrial earnings at three percent, targeting profiteering and urging cooperation with the war effort while planning to lure smaller earners into shared costs. Debate and amendments are anticipated as the plan edges toward formal introduction.
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Washington
Senate Munitions Committee
St Yors
Congress
Senate Committee
House Ieaders
Arron Conte
McSwain
I$ Bir
Nard M. Baruch
Inunder
War ” Industries Board
Wilson
John T. 'Flynn
County Relief Plan Revised Decentralizes Social Service Division
County administrator Grover Smith announced a revised plan to decentralize the Kanawha county relief administration’s social service division. The four districts will have headquarters in Charleston, West Washington, Ghelgass, and Capitol, led by district supervisors Edith B. Haddon, Mary A. Beeler, Earl Schweinege, and Sally A. Evans respectively, with Live A. Kimberling named general supervisor to oversee all divisions. Home visitors will operate within defined territorial boundaries and contact district supervisors at their district headquarters.
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Grover Smith
Zol! Towing
County Relief Board
William N. Berhler
Kelly Reed
Charleston
Edith B. Haddon
Old Security Bank
West
Washington
Streat
Bikley Avenue
Mary A. Beeler
Ghelgass
Earl Schtnege
Aliee Littke
Kanawha Valley Bank
Capitol and
Kanawha Streets
Sally A. Evans
HE. Smith
Social Service Division
Smith
Social Service
Kanawha Valley
Live A. Kimberling
Oma
Jeter
Flood Dangers Ease as Waters Drop in Southern W. Va
BLUEFIELD April 2 Flood dangers in Macfield area of southern West Virginia abated as mountain streams receded. Tug river threat to Welch subsided. one bridge washed out, one death reported, dozens evacuated. A new landslide near Welch blocked the Welch Gary highway minutes after crews cleared a previous slide.
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Macfield
West Virginia
Tug River
Welch
New Woods
Gary
Danish Count Silent About Rumors He'll Wed Barbara
London dispatch reports Count Kurt Haugwitz quietly left the Dorchester to return to Copenhagen amid rumors he plans marriage to Barbara Hutton. Henry Hougwitz denied such plans, noting Barbara is already married, while Kurt offered no comment as pages hint at a potential title shift.
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London
Kurt Haugwitz
Copenhagen
Barbara Hutton Mdivani
Reno
Countess Hougwitz
Dorchester
America
Woolworth
Prince Alexis Moliyant
Bremen
New York
Kurt Hougwitz
Senpary
Count Henry Hougwitz
Henry
Barbara Hutton
Kurt
Mellon Spends Day on Stand in Tax Case
In Pittsburgh, April 2 to 7, Andrew Mellon testified before a board of appeals over a $3,089,000 tax assessment. He described hiring attorney D. D. Shepard through the internal revenue bureau to handle affairs for his holdings Coalesced and Ascalot, denying any relation to taxes. Mellon said Shepard’s duties included setting up the concerned corporations and that the employment was not for tax evasion.
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Pittsburgh
Internal Revenue Bureau
Andrew W. Mellon
Treas Utry
Board of Appeals
D. D. Shepard
Robert H. Buckgan
Shepard
Gid Mellon
Mellon
Securie
Coalesced
Ascalot
Plains Dulles Jackson
Fitinburgh
Will Says Home Town Sweetest Smelling One
Tolba Oklahoma April 2 Claremore Progress details a humorous account of Claremore as a booming town with a strong scent of roses. The piece notes the Oklahoma Military Academy polo win and hints at federal loans aiding farmers, with local residents reacting to Roosevelt era schemes.
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Tolba
Okla
Claremore
Oklahoma Military Academy
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