Capital Knew Bank's Trouble and Hoover Subpoena
Michigan Senator James Couzens testified before a grand jury investigating the First National Bank of Commerce in Detroit. He alleged federal examiners warned of bank faults in 1932 and cited $70 million in slow assets and $54 million in doubtful assets, plus $49 million in loss assets, while criticizing bank practices and credit maneuvers intended to mislead depositors.
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Detroit
Herbert Hoover
First National Bank
United States
James Couzens
Powers
Michigan
First National Bank of Commerce
Federal
First National
Examiner
Detroit Bankers Co
First National Holding Company
Couzens
Government to Get Four Million Pigs
Government to buy four million spring farrow pigs and one million sows under the emergency marketing program led by George N Peek. Initial purchases will occur at major markets including Chicago Omaha and Kansas City with premiums for Po ers. Pigs 25 to 100 pounds fetch 6 to 9.50 per hundred weight while lighter pigs receive higher premiums. Sows 275 pounds or more also bought. Officials estimate the program could cut fall and winter hog marketing by 600 to 700 million pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George N. Peek
Chicago
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Sioux City
St. Paul
Agriculture Department
Willie Willis by Robert Quillen
A brief humorous sketch in which a child says Papa rarely spanks even when angry, preferring a hug as he begins to scold. The line reflects a child’s tender view of discipline and affection in a domestic moment.
Convict's Tale May Solve Death Mystery
An 18 year old convict’s accusation led to the arrest of six people in Burns ville, as police pursue the two year old disappearance of Hugh Ocheltree. Lipps claims Ocheltree died in a drunken leap frog game and his body was thrown into the Kanawha river. authorities drag the river while Lipps serves a robbery sentence.
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Burnsville
Hugh Ocheltree
Riley Lipps
Ocheltree
Kanawha
Glen Ocheltree
Glen
Four Killed As Trucks Collide In Delaware Crash
A collision on the Wilmington Philadelphia pike at Holly Oak killed four picnickers and injured twenty others as two trucks laden with chemicals exploded. The dead were Jamie Chiasta 19 Daniel Mahoney 20 Henry Cummings 27 and Francis Gaskill 26 all from Chester Pennsylvania. The chemical truck driver Henry J Knott said he saw the other truck loom up and collided causing a massive blast that tore vehicles apart and ignited roadside trees. The picnickers were returning from White Crystal Beach Maryland.
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Jamie Chiasta
Trainer
Daniel Mahoney
Henry Cummings
Francis Gaskill
Chester
Marcus Hook
Henry J. Knott
Baltimore
Hercules Powder Company
New Brunswick
N. J
Knott
White Crystal Beach
Chesapeake City
Merrymakers
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
200 Chinese Army Officers Die in River Flood Crash
In Shanghai on August 21, two hundred young Chinese army officers perished when a train bound for the Kiangsi front derailed on a river bridge between Kiukiang and Nanchang and plunged into the Liao river. Three hundred survivors struggled to rescue the trapped men as floodwaters rose, and despite boats and road crews, those who survived the fall later drowned.
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Shanghai
Liao River
Kiangsi
Kiukiang
Nanchang
Federal Grant Set at Million After Meeting
After a lengthy conference with Ronald Haynes and Francis W. Turner, West Virginia officials announced the next federal relief grant would be 1 million dollars. Turner noted limited details beyond ironing out the general situation while Haynes visited Point Pleasant and praised the results. The plan directs relief checks to NRA member stores, with Bailey and Holt involved in legal and employment details for road and labor programs.
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Ronald Haynes
Harry L. Hopkins
Francis W. Turner
West Virginia
Turner
Mr. Haynes
Mr. Turner
Point Pleasant
Ernest L. Bailey
Homer A. Holt
Llegal
NRA
Five More Bogus Bills Circulated in Charleston Area
Charleston stores were targeted by counterfeiters who circulated five ten dollar bills yesterday. Three grocers accepted the notes before the counterfeiters fled. Federal agents are widening searches in the northern state, seizing presses and dies last week while pursuing six suspects. The notes show lighter green ink, blurred Hamilton portrait lapel, and slightly different sizes. No arrests yet in Charleston. activity also reported in Huntington and Ashland.
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Charleston
Federal Reserve
Finley Cook
United States
Department of Justice
Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton
Huntington
Ashland
Legislative Neglect Puts Bailey in Peculiar Spot
Ernest L. Bailey, state road commissioner, faces an impossible position under Senate bill 27 passed without the governor’s approval. The act requires the road commission to manufacture license plates and signs at the state penitentiary, forbidding production elsewhere, creating potential impeachment risk if he omits compliance.
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Ernest L. Bailey
Bailey
State Board of Control
Senate
John C. Myers
Moundsville
House
State Road Commission
Penitentiary of
West Virginia
Names of Streets in Charleston to be Renamed
A councilman introduced a resolution to rename Washington street and Park avenue in Charleston to Lovell avenue. The measure, aimed at reducing street confusion from two names on one road, was referred to the street committee after a brief debate. Citizens may be heard on the changes. The council also approved Dr. A H Boyd’s proposal to install a light in the alley beside the Y M C A building, with the city paying for current. Delinquent tax certified.
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Charleston Street
Washington Street
Park Avenue
Lovell Avenue
H L. Wehrle
Wehrie
Washington
Charleston Streets
Lovell
Charleston
H. L. Mathews
A. H. Boyd
Austria Seeks Larger Army To Guard German Frontier
Paris dispatch reports Austria plans to win approval from Britain France and Italy to expand its army beyond the 30000 allowed by the St Germain treaty. The proposed 8000 extra troops would be temporary frontier guards against Nazi activity, with Western powers already showing sympathy.
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Paris
Great Britain
France
Italy
St. Germain
Austria
Germany
Storm Believed To Have Killed Twenty Off Jersey Coast
A fierce coastal storm drenched New York and New Jersey causing a death toll of twenty. Coast Guard searches continued for five missing vessels with 20 to 40 aboard. Rescue efforts and dramatic waves disrupted Atlantic City crowds as bodies washed ashore and rescues were reported along the Jersey coast. Fred H. Gerner, 22, of Drexel Hill, Pa., was knocked down by a 30 foot wave.
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Jersey Coast
New York
New Jersey
Jersey
Atlantic City
Fred H. Gerner
Drexel Hill
Public Works Head Named In Wheeling Committee Chair
William P. Wilson of Wheeling was elected chairman of the federal public works committee at a meeting in the office of I. M. O Neale. Other members are Van A. Bittner of Charleston and J H Long of Huntington. The group will select administration office personnel in the state house pending Washington approval. O Neale said the best men will be chosen regardless of politics and that projects will be tackled in detail after a meeting with Governor Kump's advisory public works commission.
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William P. Wilson
Wheeling
Federal Public Works Committee
I. M. O’neale
van A. Bittner
Charleston
J H. Long
Huntington
State House
Washington
O'Neale
Unionism Gains Strength Under NRA Emblem
Washington today reports organized labor rising as a political force under the NRA. The United Mine Workers signs 300,000 new members, the American Federation of Labor grants over 200 charters, and thousands more applications are pending as relaxations broaden union bases. Leaders foresee a potential labor party and aim to double AFL membership by mid winter amid growing nonpartisan to independent political action.
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Washington
NRA
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
United Garment Workers
Virginia 3.2 beer bill faces hearing clash
Public hearing on Virginia's proposed 3.2 beer bill concluded with broad opposition to taxes and restrictions. The finance committee adjourned to an executive session and called for a floor discussion on a revised measure. Localities urged more taxing latitude while the state would retain most excise taxes under the bill.
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Richmond
Virginia
General Assembly
Joint Committee On Finance
Howard M. Hoge
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Wilbur C. Hall
Loudoun
House
W. A. Garrett
Ridgeway
Senate
Hugh Reid
Arlington
Rudy Vallee injured in car crash near Bridgeville
Rudy Vallee sustains a shaking up when his car skidded into a ditch and overturned near Bridgeville Delaware. Miss Alice Faye, singer with his band, suffers a cut over the eye and bruises but both continued their trip from Atlantic City to Virginia Beach after medical treatment.
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Bridgeville
Del
Rudy Vallee
Alice Faye
Vallee
Rudy
Faye
Atlantic City
Virginia Beach
Committees Plan NRA Meetings Across West Virginia
State NRA committee set for two pm meets with city NRA group at ten am Thursday to energize the recovery drive in West Virginia. Codes discussed at West Virginia Contractors' association, funeral directors district meeting, and auto mechanics conference at the Labor temple. Chemical workers plan a 7 30 pm court house meeting to discuss NRA with IBEW and AFL leaders. R E Ritchie of Ravenswood and P J Walsh of Charleston head the Contractors' association. they will attend.
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NRA
National Recovery Administration
West Virginia
West Virginia Contractors’ Association
Labor Temple
Court House
International Electrical Workers’ Organization
American Federation of Labor
Chemical Workers
Youth Guards Guard Grain in Soviet North Caucasus
About 100000 children aged 10 to 16 form light cavalry detachments to guard socialist crops and report grain depredations on collective farms in the north Caucasus. Younger children aged six to ten pick up stray grain. Rewards include clothing and school supplies. a nine year old Mischa Sorokin earned new text books for denouncing his father over overdrawn grain.
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Moscow
North Caucasus
Mischa Sorokin
Sorokin
Roosevelt Eyes Recovery Drive
President Roosevelt relaxes at Hyde Park as the nation nears a coal code, expecting hours and wages rules soon. He notes recovery gains from oil steel and lumber signups and plans meetings with General Johnson, Norman H. Davis, and Woodin while preparing to brief Davis on disarmament goals.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Capital
White House
Hudson River
Emmett Rand
Salisbury
James Alexander Miller
Niantic
Conn
Hugh S. Johnson
Norman H. Davis
Europe
Davis
Woodin
Mr. Davis
Geneva
Treasury
Johnsons District Not Without Representation At Rest
Congressman George W. Johnson rests at Hometown Sanitarium Martinsville Indiana for a two week period due to fatigue while his wife Mrs. Johnson runs the Parkersburg blouse office in his absence and Miss Grace Smith tours the Century of Progress exposition before returning to Washington.
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Washington
George W. Johnson
Parkersburg
W. Va
Grace Smith
West Virginia
Ind
Miss Smith
West Virginia Exhibit Among Six Best at World Fair
The West Virginia display at the Century of Progress exposition in Chicago is rated among the six best of 34 participating states. The project cost 35,000 dollars, completed under legislative appropriation after a June 3 special session, with preparations finished quickly. West Virginia Day will be August 26 with a reception in the administration building’s Trustee room, and officials from Charleston and other WV cities can take special rail fares arranged by B&O and C&O.
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Doctor Rutherford
Board of Control
Welch Hospital
Stevenson
Huntington
Williamson
Rutherford
John Baker White
West Virginia
Chicago
State Department of Agriculture
Florida
A. G. Mathews
Century of Progress Commission
Kump
Rufus G. Daws
Century of Progress
Baltimore and Ohio
Chesapeake and Ohio
Charleston
Polo replaces the social set as hillbillies win world title
Chicago crowd witnesses a social satire as the Hillbillies defeat the Dudes to claim polo’s world championship. The piece lampoons old society, noting movie folk, common folks, and near‑bridges shifting leisure, while polo moves west to buckwheat country and the elite lose exclusive status.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Dobbin
Operators to Draft Final Coal Agreement After Talks
Four leading non union operators reported progress after a conference with Hugh S. Johnson on the bituminous coal code. J D Francis of Huntington WV, president of Appalachian Coals, said the talks were very satisfactory and showed definite progress. Also present were J D A Morrow of Pittsburgh Coal, Charities O Neill of Peale Peacock and Kerr, and R E Taggart of Philadelphia, VP of General Coal.
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Washington
Hugh
Johnson
J. D. Francis
Huntington
West Virginia
Appalachian Coals, Incorporated
J. D. A. Morrow
Pittsburgh Coal Company
O'Neill
Peale Peacock and
Kerr
R. E. Taggart
Philadelphia
The
General Coal Company
Recovery Aidecraft Drafts Coal Code For Fair Competition
The recovery administration focuses on a code to regulate the vast bituminous coal industry under fair competition rules. Donald Richberg predicts a final draft within 48 hours, with Hugh S Johnson and Kenneth M Simpson shaping the proposal. Coal operators from 29 groups will review the draft, aiming to balance wages with oil and natural gas while delivering miners a larger share. The United Mine Workers press for a $5 basic daily pay, while the Appalachian non union group cites $3.84 as the benchmark.
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Washington
Recovery Administration
Donald Richberg
Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson
Richberg
Kenneth M. Simpson
United Mine Workers of America
Appalachian
Another Dies Of Sleeping Sickness
The thirteenth death from sleeping sickness was reported in St Louis as the epidemic persisted with deaths in Kansas City and Warrensburg. Miss Vivian Freeman, 20, died despite artificial respiration and an inhalator. Effie Brooks of Ottawa Kansas died in Kansas City hospital. Mrs James E Rutherford of Mars Hill North Carolina died in Warrensburg. Three isolated St Louis cases were described as grave by hospital staff.
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ST. Louis
Kansas City
Kas
Warrensburg
Vivian Freeman
Carsonville
Effie Brooks
Ottawa
James E. Rutherford
Mars Hill
N. C
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Willie Willis
Robert Quillen
Wilmington
Wilmington-Philadelphia
Holly Oak
Det
Brady
Welch
Capitol
A. Spates Brady
A. G. Rutherford
Welch Emergency Hospital
Cabell County
M. H. Stevenson
Haynes
Hopkins
Assistant
Welfare Department
H. L. Wehrle
Public Works
Wm. P. Wilson
Labor
A.F. of L
Virginia Beer Bill
R. E. Ritchie
Ravenswood
P. J. Walsh
Congressman Johnson
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