West Virginia Reemployment Committees Formed Under Roosevelt Drive
National recovery administration announced district and state committees for jobless relief across West Virginia and nearby states. Charleston and others name Wheeling Parkersburg Huntington and more as appointees to coordinate industrial and trade group outreach. Local officials report awaiting instructions on action to take within the recovery program.
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Committee of Line
Roosevelt
West Virginia
Monty B. Lowry
Kanawha Banking and Trust Company
van A. Bittner
Official
Committee of Public Works
Jont W. Héracher
Muddard Grocery Company
National Recovery Administration
John Crawford
Parkersburg
George Duncan
Clarkeburg
W. C
McConaughey
J. A. Booth
Huntington
Ned Sims
Wheeling
Jean Aquino
Smithers
Awaly
West
Richardson
Charleote Cray
Stivey
Sefortinn
Farra Bureau Federation
Broent T. Weir
Weirtor
Ateel
Diatrict
Come Worttes
J.C. Chaplin
Pittsburgh
Patrick T. Fagan
Arthur Colgrove
Gerry
Ohio
Kentucky
Associated Press
Cnio
Herbert A. Jones
Jamesville
P. Ww
Litenfield
Akron
Col
C. A. Sherrill
Cincinnati
William Deepke
Cincia- Tatlh
Ackerman
Manefield
C. A. Dyer
Columbus
John Ahlers
Deyton
Ralph Perkins
Cleveland
Thomas Donnelly
Franch Hoge
Prankfort
Kindergartens in City to be Eliminated by Board
Kanawha County Board of Education announced yesterday the elimination of kindergarten courses and 14 teachers in Charleston city schools. Consolidations were discussed, with one definite plan to move pupils from Truslow to Frith. Hiring preferences will favor teachers displaced by consolidations for future vacancies.
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Kaeshwhe
Kanawha County
Mgaroe Avallabdie
That Doctor's kd Teaches a Lesson About Appetite
Willie Willis By Bokere Quitten quotes a local proverb about stomach pain and how a doctor might react to a patient feigning appendicitis to test reactions. The dialogue reflects rural speech and a humorous warning about deceit in medical situations.
Favorable Business Reports of the Day
U S automotive exports for July totalled 7 215 432 dollars, up eight percent from June last year. Duluth announces two iron range mine operations will start within a week, employing 180 workers. Good Luck Glove and American Pants announce wage hikes of 25 and 10 percent respectively. Lenion Navigation Coal reports resuming the coal breaker after four months idle, employing 1 000 anthracite workers. Pieces Turn to Page 2 Col 4.
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Duluth
Minn
3. L. Mather
Cleveland
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company
Carbondale
Iaj
Good Luck Glove Company
American Pants
Lansford
Lenion Navigation Coal Company
Auburn
Tod
W. H. Beal
Mine Striker Dies in Riot in Pennsylvania
Brownsville Pennsylvania August 1 One striker died and many wounded as deputy sheriffs used guns and tear gas to break a day of turf war across four coal mines. Loula Podorsky 23 died from injuries at Colonial No 3 mine of H C Frick Coxe Co. National guardsmen were withdrawn prompting talk of more troops to the coal fields amid a dispute over United Mine Workers of America recognition.
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Brownsville
Loula Podorsky
H. C. Frick Coxe Company
Kenneth W. Momeyer
Nile
Harrisourg
Pinchot
Fifth Company
Isteike
Fayette County
Olners
Chaits
United Mine Workers of America
National
Colonial No. A
Podorsky
Fiat
Please Turn to Page 2 Col 1p Senna
Fragmentary OCR note directs readers to page 2 column 1 in the Senna section. No additional details or names readable.
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Col
Senna
Peery Leads Virginian Democratic Governor Nomination
Richmond reports from 1203 of 1434 precincts show George C. Peery widening his lead in the Democratic primary for governor. Deal trails with 23, Smith and Boguska trail as Peery reaches 86,542 votes to 22,806 for his nearest rival.
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Richmond
George C. Peery
Tazewell
Deal
Peery
Smith
Blue Eagle Campaign Launches National Recovery Drive
More than 600 business leaders were asked by President Roosevelt to push the national recovery program. The five month emergency re employment drive begins as nine members from 43 state committees and seven from 26 district boards are tasked with securing broad cooperation. Insignia appear in store windows as employers pledge wage cutting limits and receive credentials showing cooperation. Genera Johnson works on new industry codes with plans for a herring and competitive code starting August 14 and for automobiles on a similar schedule. If code violations arise, he warned, action will follow.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hugh S. Johnson
NORA
Johnson
Cox
Case Tirm
Holt to Probe School Loans
Attorney General Homer A. Holt will initiate an investigation into outstanding loans from the Irreducible School Fund amid concerns over records and investments. The fund totals about 2,000,007 dollars with roughly 296,000Loaned to churches educational institutions and individuals to provide interest for state schools. The board of public works ordered new records and the state auditor will track each loan.
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Certaim Jegal
Homer A. Holt
Takiter
Board of Public Works
Kump
Eure
OUE
Mepal
Grim Sea Tale Ends in Madness and Death at Port Aransas
Jack A. Davis of Corpus Christi recounts a storm voyage with companion William Wallace Bell of Panama City. After eight days at sea off Yucatan and Honduras, a hurricane capsized their 30 foot sloop. Davis and Bell clung to the hull for 18 hours, wrestled to salvage the craft, and Bell, driven to madness by thirst, slashed his throat and leaped overboard. Davis survived and faced transfer back to Panama City pending Florida authorities.
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Honduras
Panama City
Yucatan
Davin
Bell
Davis
Corpus Christi
Patama City
Snerims
Nimento
Florida City
State Board of Education Expected to Act Today
The state board of education faces a busy schedule as hearings for state institutions conclude. Actions planned include setting tuition for state colleges and teachers training schools, determining instructors salaries by education level, and approving payments of medical bills for athletes’ injuries. A dispute over fiscal powers between the education and control boards hinges on an attorney general ruling.
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State Board of Education
Heted Fox
Board of Education
Board of Contral
Atq Formey Gehersi
Control Board
Cotrol Board
Bes
Promise of Cool Weather Fails
The weather forecast failed to bring relief as scorching heat gripped the East and Midwest. New York City saw near 100 degree heat with oppressive humidity and deaths linked to the heat, while Philadelphia tied a record and other cities reported high readings and scattered showers. The forecast predicted rain for Wednesday, with cooler air expected in North Dakota and Minnesota.
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Associated Press
New York City
Newark
Baltimore
Plttepurgh
Philadelphia
Boston
Mercury
Southwest
Pacific Coast
North Dakota
Minnesota
Bain
Chicago
New York
Central Park
NERAL eagle insignias issued to Charleston workers
The NERAL eagle appeared in Charleston stores after about 400 insignias were issued by the post office to subscribers of a blanket code of industrial recovery. Postmasters began distributing at 8:30 yesterday to employers who presented certificates.
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Charleston
President Housewelt
Gazette lists new hires in local firms during recovery drive
The Gazette announces new employment at Jarrett Printing adding nine workers, Virginia Fruit Co. on Virginia Street adds one clerk, and Harrah Laboratories and Charleston Dental Laboratory with A. S. Botan report code compliance but no new hires. The paper asks employers to report names and numbers of new employees to support the president's recovery campaign.
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Gazette
Jarrett Printing Company
Virginia Fruit Company
Virginia Street
N. M McCarus
Harrah Laboratories
Roane Street
Charleston Dental Laboratory
A. S. Botan
Sign of the Eagle Marks Compliance in Downtown Stores
Early today the blue eagle sign appeared in downtown shops signaling adherence to the president’s recovery code. George Jacobs and Sidney Kleéian among the first applicants waited hours for the unveiling and pledged to meet minimum wage, maximum hours, and anti profiteering standards.
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George Jacobs
Elizabeth
Washington Streets
Sidney Kleéian
Prankenberger Clothing Company
Smpitol Street
Son of Senator Johnson Kills Himself in San Francisco
Archibald M. Johnson, 42 year old son of Senator Hiram W Johnson, an ordnance lawyer and ex decorated war hero, shot himself at 2 30 am in a wealthy San Francisco suburb. Investigators note a possible motive from a handwritten poem referencing fortune and forgiveness. Friends say he suffered shell shock from World War I and never fully recovered.
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Hillsborough
Calif
Archibald M. Johnson
Hiram Ww. Johnson
San Francisco
Hocia
Archibald M Johnson
Reno
Martha Ruddy Johnson
Chicago
Howard A. Flanigan
Washington
Johnson
Chateau Thierry
Bailey Fixes Code Rates On Highway Labor
Bailey announces new wage rules for state road commission workers after a supervisors meeting. Minimum wage set at 39 cents per hour with 40 hour weeks, aligning with federal recovery efforts.
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Bailey
County Heads Hear of Work
Governor Kump and state engineers addressed county road supervisors about new duties in road work. The plan calls for direct state orders to district engineers, with maintenance engineers under them and several assistants guiding materials and methods. Emphasis on the secondary road system built from county districts, with funding noted and welfare coordination for relief workers. The goal is to connect rural areas to main highways with four guiding principles.
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Kump
Bailey
Mortimer W. Eimith
Smith
Francis W. Turner
Plewie
Fraser's Brother Reported in Jail at Point Pleasant
Edward Bus Fraser, brother of Leo Fraser, is jailed in Mason County at Point Pleasant on a charge linked to Deputy Sheriff Rovl L. Shamblen’s killing. Sheriff Gus R. Douglass tightens security to foil any jail exit attempt. Fraser has a 20 year sentence for robbing the Pomeroy Bend prize last fall, tied to a bridge loading incident and Ralph Morper’s death in the same event.
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Edward “Bus” Fraser
Leo Frazier
Rov l L. Shamblen
Mason
Point Pleasant
Preas
Gus R. Douglass
Fraser
Edward Fraser
Ralph Morper
Sherif
Roosevelt For War on Gangs
President Roosevelt and adviser Ray Moley outlined a federal assault on kidnapping and racketeering with plans to deploy all statutes and a reinforced crime-fighting apparatus. They aim to enforce new industrial codes and coordinate with state authorities using an expanded police force and tax and postal powers. Moley declined to discuss specifics while denying resignation rumors tied to Hull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iyde Park
Roosevelt
Ray
Nation-Wide Force To Help Speed Up Farm Credit Plan
Washington August 1. Henry Morgenthau Jr. announces creation of a nationwide force of federal employees to speed the 2 billion farm mortgage program. He will refinance mortgages at up to 2500 daily and assemble 2500 to 3000 appraisers in 12 federal land banks to conduct county by county refinancing campaigns. The crews will appraise all farms in mortgage applications regardless of holder.
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Washington
Henry Morgenthau
Farm Credit Administration
Aimee Returns Thin and Tearful After World Tour
Aimee Sempie McPherson Sutton arrives in Los Angeles markedly thinner and teary after a world tour. Her husband David Hutton, a baritone, is absent as he prepares for a vaudeville rehearsal. She faces an unsettled home scene with hospital-like temple duties and lingering divorce tensions.
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David
Hutton
Los Angeles
Aimes Sempie McPherson Sutton
Angelus Temple
David Hutton
Fugitives in Slaying of Deputy Captured in New Rochelle
Special to The Gazette New Rochelle New York August 1 two youths arrested on Sullivan law charges identified as wanted in Kanawha County West Virginia for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Roy Shamblin during an attempt to liberate a prisoner taken from Charleston to a prison in Moundsville West Virginia The detainees Charles Harper 20 Huntington West Virginia and Leo Frazier 30 Charleston were picked up near a gasoline station with Walter Scuals 18 East Lyn Mass The three men were brought to police headquarters where Harper and Frazier were found to carry pistols Scuals was exonerated but held on a warrant Harper first gave the name Frank Donald but admitted his identity Frazier did not admit any alias They were held for investigation after pleading not guilty before City Judge Leo Fallon to violation of the Bullion law It was learned later that Harper and Frazier were fugitives from Justice in West Virginia when detectives saw a circular offering a 500 reward for their apprehension Harper admitted his role and accused Frazier of complicity Frazier denied ties to the crime Please Turn to Page 2 Col 3
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Kanawha
County
West Virginia
Roy Shamblin
Charleston
Moundsville
W. Va
Charles Harper
Huntington
W.s
Leo Frazier
Harper
Frazier
Ralph Stone
Walter Scuals
East Lyn
Maas
Fram Wer
Saund
Mount Verriog
Ind
Virginia
Frank Donald
Entity
Judes
Leo Fallon
Harper and
Frater
George Relfenberger
Willem Mancusi
Eanawhe County
Harpper
Frasier
Reifenberger
Fragias
Ralph
Budgeting Bodies Delay Budget Decisions in Kanawha County
The Kanawha county court the Kanawha county board of education and municipal councils postponed definite budget decisions as County Assessor J A Abbott yesterday could not provide totals of taxable property valuations for the fiscal year The county school board met and reviewed figures from County Superintendent of Schools Elizabeth J Goodall The county court recessed until this morning and Charleston city council along with other city councils in the county awaited valuation figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Abbott
Kanawha
Kanawha County
Charleston
U S Auctions Stock to Real Buyers Amid Market Talk
In Beverly Hills, California, reports say the U S Treasury offered fifty million dollars in hands before breakfast yesterday but all were sold. The exchange hints at enduring demand from industrialists and potential permanent buyers led by figures like Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hulls
Calif
U. S
Roosevelt
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Bittner
Herscher
Coyle
Gray
Silver
Ernest
Weir
Willie Willis
By Bokere Quitten
B.C
United States
Commerce Department
F.D. R
N.R. A
Holt
Texas
Johnson and
His ‘Blue Eagle
Hugh 8. Johnson
NRA
N. R.A. Eagle
United Fuel Gas Company
Postoffice
California
Shamblin
Cano
State House
State Road Commission
Finest L. Bailey
Kump and Bailey
Moley
Hull
London
M Moley
Fleare
Een
Aimee
Hollywood
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N.Y
U.S
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