Roosevelt presses steel coal oil and auto codes
President Roosevelt directs a government push to bring steel coal oil and automobile industries under fair competition codes as part of the national recovery program. He meets with leaders from United States Steel Bethlehem Steel and others while labor officials seek to protect workers amid tense talks and possible court actions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Recovery Organization
White House
NRA
Myron C. Taylor
United States Steel
Charles Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Steel
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt Eyes Commodity Prices
Washington August 16 President Roosevelt watches price trends and maintains tight control of money and inflation to steady upward momentum. Officials reiterate no change in policy for higher commodity prices and wages while avoiding new moves in monetary strategy. He relies on experts and charts while discretion preserves a delicate plan.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Nation Bank
Kingston Flood Drowns Forty In Jamaica Storm
Kingston Jamaica Aug 16 Forty persons drowned when a tropical storm flooded Kingston and suburbs. The six hour storm caused about 2 million dollars in damage to roads buildings and crops. Water rose to six feet in streets washing away occupants. Cries of victims persisted from two a.m. till dawn.
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Kingston
Jamaica
First major NYC garment strike pauses as NRA mediation begins
New York Aug 16 The first major metropolitan strike since the NRA creation involves about 60 000 garment workers across New York New Jersey parts of eastern Pennsylvania and Connecticut The strike aims for higher wages 30 hour week and end of sweatshops The government steps in with mediation led by former Police Commissioner Grover A Whalen in contact with General Hugh S Johnson The 30 000 union members seek a voice in NRA code making while non union workers join in sympathy Bradford on protective committees warns states of risky rackets and urges coordinated action. many committees operate to mislead investors with fees salaries and dubious reorganizations The piece notes some committees can aid holders if properly organized and calls for more state oversight and responsibility
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New York
NRA
Grover A. Whalen
National Labor Board
Whalen
Hugh S. Johnson
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Theternational Ladies
Bradford
Communist strike plan eyed for Los Angeles county
In Long Beach California police report communists plan a general strike of unskilled workers next Tuesday in Los Angeles county. Agitation centers on federal county municipal laborers civilian conservation corps members and workers on Reconstruction Finance Corporation projects with farm hands also invited to strike. Police link the plot to a 5 000 worker San Joaquin valley strike and note growing communist membership locally with over 400 attending the last meeting. Literature notes workers are paid unfair inadequate wages and can secure a raise by striking.
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Long Beach
Cal
Los Angeles County
Civilian Conservation Corps
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
San Joaquin Valley
Reelected K. C. Head At Knights of Columbus Meet
Martin H. Carmody of Grand Rapids Michigan was reelected supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus at the closing session of the supreme council in Chicago.
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Chicago
Martin H. Carmody
Grand Rapids
Mich
The
Knights of Columbus
Supreme Council of the Organization
O Neal Opens Headquarters in West Virginia Capitol
L M O Neal named federal public works engineer held an informal meeting with two of the three man public works advisory board and chose five rooms on the capitol’s third floor for his offices in Charleston. He expects a week to furnish the space and begin reviewing project applications with Huntington’s J H Long and Wheeling’s William P Wilson while Van A Bittner is in Washington.
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L. M. O'Neal
Federal Public Works Engineer
Public Works Advisory Board
State Capitol
O’neal
J. H. Long
Huntington
William P. Wilson
Wheeling
Capitol
O'Neal
West Virginia
van A. Bittner
Washington
Triple Killing In Automobile Discovered
In Grundy Virginia detectives charged Matilda Roberts with slaying three men found dead in an automobile on Knox Creek in Buchanan County. Victims include deputy sheriff H. D. Akers and Walter Collins. Money sewn into a shirt and evidence of a fourth man entering the car probe motive as investigators seek leads.
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Grundy
Knox Creek
Buchanan County
Matilda Roberts
Lindsey
W. Va
Clyde Dennis
Panther
H. D. Akers
Princeton
J. Walter Collins
Tioga
Hiley Collins
Webster County
West Virginia
Akers
Walter Collins
Collins
B.L. Dotson
Mercer County
Virginia
Ripley
Charles Harper
Jackson County
Henry Cano
Harper
Lfe
Roy Shamblin
Ralph
Cano
Charleston
Leo Frazier
J. Blackburn Watts
Kanawha County
Shamblin
Frazier
Chan Johnson
R. L. Andrews
Kanawha
Canon
Poisons Four In Hot Springs Murder Plot
Poisons driven by terror from a blackmailing woman led a man to murder his wife and two others in Hot Springs on August 16. Police report a fatal poisoning amid mounting fear and family turmoil.
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Ark
Man
Small Army Posts To Be Abandoned
President Roosevelt plans to abandon small army posts nationwide and concentrate troops in several large centers. He will approve or disapprove barracks projects as part of the $145,000,000 public works request, weighing strategic and economic factors before final costs are set.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
War Dern
Public Works Fund
Interior
Ickes
Beetle Traps Set by Department of Agriculture in Charleston
Federal inspectors begin placing 396 green traps to catch Japanese beetles in Charleston with twice weekly checks. Traps use geraniol and eugenol perfumes. inspectors assure residents traps cause minimal disruption and that badges identify officials. The beetle is described as a bright metallic green insect with coppery brown wing covers and white spots.
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United States Department of Agriculture
State Agriculture Department
E. H. Walton
Charleston
Federal
Ises
Lad Dies After River Accident Dives in River Tragedy
The body of Hubert Cart five year old son of Mrs Gracie Cart Maple Drive was found in the river yesterday after a paddle wheel stirred the water. Fire Chief Louis McLane directed river dragging. He is survived by his mother five brothers and one sister. Funeral services will be held at the home this afternoon at two and burial will be in Walker cemetery near Elkview.
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Hubert Cart
Gracie Cart
Maple Drive
John Sutherland
Pennsylvania Avenue
Louis McLane
William
Woodrow
Harvel
Clarence
Howard
Virginia
Walker Cemetery
Elkview
Police Protect Machado's Wife in Philadelphia Hotel
Senora Elvira Machado, guarded by about a score of police and 11 family members with seven servants, huddled in a 16 room suite at the Pennsylvania hotel as she spoke by telephone with exiled Cuban leader Gerardo Machado in Nassau. Jose Emilia Obregon, her son in law, relayed questions to the former dictator who urged them to stay put until further word. The group, traveling from a New York bound train, feared a protest by Cuban expatriates and remained under nervous watch.
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Philadelphia
Senora
Elvira Machado
Pennsylvania
Gerardo Machado
Cuba
Nassau
Bahamas
Jose Emilia Obregon
Millonaire
New York
West Philadelphia
Senora Machado
Congressmen in Hiding in Cuba Drive Government Need
Havana August 16 A working congress emerged as Cuba's top priority amid mass departures and hiding by many lawmakers. The fled country issue leaves the new government scrambling to function and restore order.
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Havana
Cuba
Kidnappers Chase Enters Wisconsin
Chicago police mount a massive dawn pursuit as the Touhy gang and other abductors flee into southern Wisconsin resorts. About 300 officers with machine guns and bombs spread the manhunt 100 miles north of Chicago. John Factor reports threats over the ransom case while under guard in a hotel.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Touhy
William H. Hamm, Jr
St. Paul Brewer
Charles Urschel
Oklahoma City
John Factor
Factor
William Schoe
Lindberghs Plan Iceland Stopover Through Friday
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh will remain in Iceland at least until Friday awaiting the base ship Jelling with supplies. They continue northern aerial route mapping and may proceed to England next, with about 850 miles to England and 600 to North Scotland. They slept in their flying machine near Vitley after a Greenland flight and expected to do so again.
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Reyrjavik
Iceland
Charles A. Lindbergh
England
Jelling
Lindbergh
Scotland
Lindberghs
Vitley
Greenland
State's Relief Problem Solved Kump Indicates
After a White House conference with President Roosevelt Governor H G Kump said he was tremendously satisfied and hopeful West Virginia would meet relief needs for eight months Harry Hopkins relief administrator noted a way out may have been found through state funds including road construction funds and $500000 from counties to cover part of the 4 million share avoiding a special legislative session.
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Washington
H. G. Kump
Roosevelt
West Virginia
White House
Harry L. Hopkins
Kump
Hopkins
Flat Glass Code Filed at Capital
The flat glass industry filed with the recovery administration a proposed wage and hour scale for plate, laminated, structural, rough rolled and wire glass factories. It calls for a 42 hour week for continuous process workers and 36 hours for others, with a 35 cent basic wage and regional differentials. The plan is backed by reps from major glass sectors and involved Representative Johnson of West Virginia.
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Washington
The
Recovery Administration
Walter W. Ahrens
Johnson
Parkersburg
W. Va
McCullough Named to Public Works Legal Staff
Huntington attorney Witcher McCullough, long prominent in Charleston and West Virginia politics, is slated for a legal post with the Public Works Administration in Washington. Backed by Senator Mansfield Neely, he may join Henry Hunt’s counsel staff with duties likely in West Virginia matters, with an official announcement imminent.
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PF. Witcher McCullough
Huntington
Charleston
State Board of Control
Public Works Administration
Washington
National Capital
McCullough
West Virginia
Mansfield M. Neely
Henry T. Hunt
De Pinedo Plans Wakeful Test for Flight Alarm Clock
General Francesco De Pinedo outlines two wakefulness devices for his six ton monoplane before attempting a long distance flight from Floyd Bennett Airport. One device is a siren that screams if the craft drifts from course, the other sprays water on his face if needed to rouse him during catnaps.
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New York
Francesco de Pinedo
de Pinedo
Floyd Bennett
Atlantic
Rome
Strange History of Ripley Court Houses in Murders
Special to The Gazette notes Jackson county WV courthouses have hosted three first degree murder trials in a century. Charles Greene hanged in 1850 near Ripley. John Morgan executed in 1900 outside the city, the state’s last public hanging. The current 1920 courthouse hosts the Shamblin murder indictments and trials.
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Ripley
Jackson County
Charles Greene
Timothy Fox
Court House
John Morgan
Prost-Greene
West Virginia
Morgan
Roy L. Shamblin
Charles Harper
O. J. Morrison
Charleston
Shamblin
President Leads Study on Liquor Laws for Post Prohibition Era
President Roosevelt ordered a comprehensive study of all federal liquor laws with plans to revise them after repeal of the 18th Amendment. Rep. Celler of New York announced the task and urged swift congressional action. He warned the old permit system is inadequate and suggested extended distiller supply flexibility. Rep. O'Connor accused brewers of profiteering, urging cheaper beer nationwide.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Rep
Celler
New York
Rep. O'Connor
America
Will Mourns Defeat Of West Polo Team
LAKE FOREST Hr Aug 16 The old western polo side was defeated today and now stands tied one game apiece with the finals set for Sunday. Early on it was a close contest until star player Rube Williams sustained an injury. Officials hope to secure Eric Pedhey, a leading player, to reinforce the team. The mood around town shows strong interest in the NBA and local responses reflect growing enthusiasm.
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Lake Forest
Rube Williams
Eric Pedhey
Cdast
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