Coal Stabilization Bill Moves Toward Final Passages
New deal leaders push the Guffey coal stabilization bill toward final passage before adjournment. The plan aims for the House to pass the measure next week and the Senate the following week, despite remaining hurdles over committee and floor acceptance.
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Germany Sees Mixed Reactions to Jobless Cuts
Berlin reports show Germans face a two sided scene with unemployment relief easing by 122000, while July totals reach 1,754,000 not counting 363000 emergency workers. Building gains and army labor support offset losses, dole recipients drop 63000 to 904000 as global unrest and labor disputes loom.
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Willie Willis by Robert Quillen
When marimne sick after don t worry it s not serious freeeek he don t want nobody to think it s serious
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Robert Quillen
Zenge Indicted For Mutilation In Chicago Case
Mandeville W Zenge, 26, Missouri carpenter, indicted by a Chicago grand jury for the mutilation murder of Dr Walter J Bauer after four more witnesses testified. Prosecutors called it one of the strongest chains of circumstantial evidence. the case moves toward trial in criminal court.
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American Clipper Enroute to Island
The Pan American clipper leaves Alameda for Honolulu then Wake Island on the third leg of a pioneering air link. Captains Musick and Guliven command the 19 ton plane as it speeds toward Midway and on to Wake Island, with Hawaii a brief stop en route.
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Emperor Haile Selassie seeks arms not allies for Ethiopia
Emperor Haile Selassie turned to Japan for guns and pullets to resist Italy's impending invasion and declared Ethiopic needs arms, not allies. He sent trusted diplomat Atto Berrou to Tokyo as consul while London legation rejects British volunteers due to nationality and cost concerns. Arm embargoes leave Ethiopia weaponless while Italy's arms are readily available.
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Strike Against WPA Pressed in New York
In New York the general strike against the Works Progress Administration moved slowly tonight but leaders expected full effect by Monday. Union officials said about 727 of 151,000 WPA workers were on strike, with 18,000 union men likely to walk out Monday. Thomas Murray predicted broad participation as other cities would follow once WPA project work resumes.
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Vitamin C Restores Sight in Reducing Cure Victims
New York report from 1935 states vitamin C cures cataracts caused by the di nitrophenol in so called reducing cures. Dr E M Josephson reports eye lens vitamin increase restoring vision in over a dozen patients with age related or toxin induced cataracts. He warns tens of thousands may suffer slow blindness from these cures and urges rapid physician adoption.
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Senate Finance Committee Revamps Tax Bill Secrecy Used
Washington Aug. 1 The Senate finance committee revised parts of the house tax bill under strict secrecy to avoid pressure from groups as it aims for a complete rewrite by tomorrow night. The 21 members met in sessions to adopt amendments and task experts with tentative rate schedules ahead of a Senate vote expected early next week.
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WPA Conference Opens Today in Charleston
A two day WPA conference begins at noon in the city council chamber in Charleston. More than 300 state and district WPA officials and employees will attend as McCullough and E. C. Smith Jr preside. National and state officials slated to speak include Harold Stein Adam Lintz and J H McGinnis among others. The program runs from noon to five today and from five Sunday morning to five Sunday evening. The meetings are open only to WPA officials and employees.
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Columbus
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Robert M. Lambie
C. Smith, Jr
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J. 0. Alexander
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J. H. Mc
Security Bill Clears Congress For Roosevelts Plan
The security bill gains final Senate approval without a vote, authorizing extensive social programs for old age and unemployment. It would fund benefits for about 25 million workers and aid for disabled, mothers, and children, despite months of debate and a Clark amendment battle.
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Miss
Deficit Found In Road Fund
Governor Kump announced a deficit of 1 021 830 98 in state road construction and maintenance funds as at June 40 15 derived from an audit by the tax commissioner. The overdraft affects current year road work and requires plan revisions to absorb the shortfall while preserving sinking fund and bond obligations. A competent actuary will audit the road commission funds to guide a new road commissioner.
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Road Commission
Major Legislation's Status in Congress
The report lists current statuses of major laws in Congress. Items awaiting Presidential signature or veto include Social Security and related deficiencia appropriation acts, Spanish war pensions, mail changes. Conference actions involve AAA amendments. Other items show statuses such as awaiting Senate or House action on tax revision and war profits taxes, and food and drug regulation not yet moved.
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Roosevelt
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Senate
Power Magnate Hails House Action Defeating Bill
Senate lobby committee uncovered a telegram from missing utilities executive Howard C. Hopson, praising the house action rejecting the holding company dissolution and predicting a sweeping defeat of the entire bill. Sent from New York July 1, the message indicated high confidence in defeating the whole measure, with a possible presidential veto not ruled out. The note was likely sent to another utilities executive allied in the campaign.
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Corporate Tax Payments Indicate Business Upturn
West Virginia officials report rising corporate tax payments since July 1 with $615,000 collected, up from $550,000 last year. About 10,000 active corporations pay roughly $750,000 annually, delinquencies declined to 450, and no bad checks reached the department this year. A booklet on corporation laws will be compiled for nationwide distribution.
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Lima
West Virginia
Death Plot Linked to Anti-Long Meetings In New Orleans
Long charged that a calculated plan to kill him in the Senate emerged from sound recording reports of three anti-Long conferences in the De Soto hotel, New Orleans, on July 2 and 22. He named attendees including Moreland Meadows, Mayor T Semmes Walmsley, Reps Monset D La and John Sandin, M H Sandling Whilden, Warren Jefferson, Rufus Fontenot, and Frank Petermao, with a demonstrative remark about murder at the first gathering.
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Post and Rogers On Second Flight
Wiley Post and Will Rogers, famed flying vacationists, depart Juneau at 1:26 p.m. on the second Alaska leg toward Dawson Yukon Territory likely via Skagway. Rex Beach witnesses farewell as the pair plan Dawson stop then to follow the Yukon toward Fairbanks and Nome. Weather previews clear skies after days of rain.
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Cleaners Join Tax Debate Over Charleston Sales Tax Opponents Weigh Personal Service Exemption
In Charleston yesterday cleaners and launderers joined opponents of a proposed consumers sales tax, urging the city to adopt a gross sales tax instead. The debate touched on exemptions for personal service businesses and the impact on utilities, banks, and city deficit funding as council members weighed options and potential appeals to the state supreme court.
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Superior Laundry Company
Dawson
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Nathan Poffenbarger
K. Young
H. P. DeVan
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Smith
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Mr. Young
John B. Rickes
Charleston Laundry Company
Paffenbarger
Chamber of Commerce
Couscil
Mikado and Emperor Burlesqued in Seattle Fox Hunt
A Seattle fox hunt staged by the Capital Hill Commercial club featured a mikado and an Ethiopian emperor in ritually garbed roles. Participants included J A Hibbard as the mikado and C G Dean as Haile Selassie, with Ray Plummer as Mussolini. The event drew mixed reactions from Japanese officials, who warned it could be in poor taste.
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Tan
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Kiyoshi Uchiyama
Manila
Capital Hill Commercial Club
J. A. Hibbard
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Richbard
St Marga Cathedral
Robert ©. Jones
Idaho
Mother Gets Life For Poison Murder
Circle Judge Summers H. Sharp today sentenced Connie Beller of East Rainelle to life imprisonment for the murder of her 4 year old stepson Lloyd. The jury returned a first degree verdict with mercy, making life mandatory for the mother of six. Prosecution witnesses testified to poison in the home and to the boy’s illness and death. A stay for appeal to the supreme court was allowed for 50 days.
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East Rainelle
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Sharp
Supreme Court
Will Meets Author Who Popularized Alaska
Juneau Alaska August 8 bad weather and a plane mishap delayed travel yet a visitor from Vancouver arrived last night Bex Geach a longtime friend greeted Alaska warmly He is credited with popularizing Alaska more than any other person The article notes tourists arriving by boat local activity and broader news from Congress with a general sense of routine in the region
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