Solons Clash Over Road Funding in Roosevelt Plan
Congressmen debated Roosevelt's project to cut road building costs and spur a construction boom. Senators Hayden and Ashurst opposed, while House Roads Chair Cartwright criticized the approach. Hearings opened as the administration proposed retrenchment, revised taxes, and public utility programs to ease housing costs. Roosevelt urged timely action with budget adjustments and spending authority for 1939 onward.
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Hington
T Gressmen
Roosevelt
Hayden
Ashurat
Arizona
Cartwright (Deakin
House Roads Committee
Berun AU
Congress
Experndiisa Spoevelt
Iona
Wien
Secretary ‘of Agriculture
Br. Roosevelt
Wallace
Heatha Congress
Real estate valuations show net increase according to official figures
The report notes a rise in property valuations totaling 40,538,707 across several counties, with Pleasants and others experiencing increases while some areas report declines. A few counties posted mixed results, leaving overall gains despite localized decreases, and the data prompts further pages for full breakdown.
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James
Pleasants
Fragmented quote on gender roles and childhood play
A distorted OCR line questions gender behavior and roles, mentioning women raised to play house and a sister, with unclear context about birth and wounds. The fragment reflects dated stereotypes without clear sources or complete facts.
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Wil
Roosevelt Party Visits Dry Tortugas Alcatraz Site
President Roosevelt and party tour Dry Tortugas near Key West aboard the Potomac. Some members go ashore to inspect Fort Jefferson, long famed Civil War prison linked to Dr. Samuel Mudd and the Lincoln assassination case. The president remains slightly ill from a tooth infection.
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Miami
Fla
Roosevelt
U. S
Potomac
The
Today
Seminate
Samuel Mudd
Ife
Lincoln
John Whikes Toot
Dairy Bloc Fights Bill in Heated House Session
In Washington on November 30, Rep Boileau of Wisconsin clashed with southern lawmakers over farm bill provisions he said would subsidize dairy industry expansion. He condemned federal benefits aimed at retiring land to grass and legumes for dairy herds and angrily challenged opponents over supported interests in feed.
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Washington
Boileau
Bolleau
Hook
D. Mich
Jaconte
Man Runs Amok Shoots Two Girls in Newport News
In Newport News Virginia on November 30 Mike Ritter 77 enraged by chalk drawings on his walls fired a .38 pistol striking two schoolgirls Sue Stokes aged 10 dying from a heart shot and two wounds while Mary Coleman 11 was wounded twice. Ritter wrestled with police after threatening them with a knife and was taken away to calm the crowd. Mary Coleman and doctors say Sue’s death is certain but the other girl may recover.
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Newport News
Mike Ritter
Tate
Sue Stokes
Sue
Mary Coleman
Ritter
Coleman
Peace in Spain Seen by Rebels by New Year's Eve
Burgos reports Franco plans a decisive Aragon front offensive as soon as weather allows and aims to form a national government and provincial administrations by January end. Rival factions press for monarchy, church power, and old aristocratic dominance as Franco consolidates victory amid intrigue.
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Spain
Karl IL von Wiegand
INS
Faris
Burgos
Francisco Franco
Biarritz
Paris
Franco
Aragon Front
Labor Groups Records Questioned by Steel Workers Unit
STEUBENVILLE Nov 10 Richard Geace president of the steel works unit of Weirton Steel security league protested labor board orders to turn over officer records. He says it is unfair that workers organization committee records are never produced while SWOC records are forced open to public examination. Record counsel McKenzie objected to the study noting examiner did not require submission. The board advised Kane to turn to page 4 Cal. 3
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. McKenzie
League
Edward G. Smith
SWOC
National Labor Relations Board i Jn
Mathe Ems Pany
CIO
Labor Board
James M. Kane
Cal
Old Fallacies of Security Act Cited by Maj. Knapp
Maj A A Knapp Charleston manager of the avernment board reviews American economic history before the social security act. He tells Kiwanians the act rests on human, not divine, error and cites 1929 unemployment and poverty to argue plutocracy risks. He quotes Brookings on a $2400 family income and warns of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
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Maj
Knapp
A. A. Knapp
Charleston
Avernment Board
FDR
Roosevelt
Congress
Mellon
Maj. Knapp
Brookings Institute
Kinless Recluse Dies In Squalid Bedroom
New York reports a solitary man of unknown kin, living in a grim bedchamber for 16 years, died at 80 of heart seizure. His estate valued at 92,000 remains unsettled. He spoke once of leaving money to someone but gave no details. He obsessed over philosophy and past imaginings of elephants.
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Kinless
New York
Mit
Frank de Forest
Aristotle
Bie-Pame
Utility Peace Offer Revealed
Washington reports Major concessions to the New Deal power policy and a set of compromise proposals form the basis of an administration utility peace pact proposed by Wendel L. Willkie. He told President Roosevelt a workable, non injurious framework could be found within the social objectives. He urged immediate removal of excessive write ups in property value from capital structures and backing for the prudent investment theory of valuation. If adopted, utilities could trim about 15 percent from the present capital structure, signaling a significant shift in public power policy and regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wendel L. Willkie
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Persident Roosevelt
Willkie
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Power Commission
Ty Willkie
Branch Managers Named by Stump in State Office Plan
The State Employment Service moves toward completion with 14 branch office managers named by Director John S. Stump and Employment Chief C. RB McKenna. John M. Priest heads South Charleston, A. G. Re Price Montgomery, others include Cochran Weirton and Johnsen Moundsville among a list of managers in key towns. All appointments take effect today as East Bank and Oak Hill posts await names.
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State Unemployment Compensation Department
John S. Stump
McKenna
John M. Priest
Charleston
South Charleston
A. G. Re
Montgomery
Tl.n. Cochran
Weirton
Mary Johnsen
Moundsville
William Houghton
New Martinsville
Patrick Connell
Morgantown
Frank Moury
Keyser
Stewart Whiting
Tratton
Edna MicNeigh
Elkins
John E. Fischer
Weston
Emory Rayborn
Point Pleasant
C. S. Brown
Wiliamson
Fred Hedrick
Hinton
Roy J. Allen
Welch
John G. Hamrick
Lewisburg
East Bank
Anc
Oak Hill
Mother Dies Trying to Save Two Children in Fire
Chicago dispatch reports Afra Jane Panice a 23 year old mother sacrificed her life to save her two children Joan and Ida Jr. When a fire broke out as they slept she tore away burning window coverings and lowered the children to safety before dying by the window. The tragedy occurred as the family attempted to escape the blaze.
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Ciucago
Afra Jane Panice
Nations Agree On Methods To Bring Peace
Britain and France end two day talks with a joint declaration pledging cooperation to promote international appeasement by peaceful negotiations Germany’s demands need further study and other countries should join talks but immediate extension is not in prospect The communiqué notes all colonial issues were discussed and stresses non intervention in Spain Premier Chamberlain and French leaders plan further discussions toward a general settlement of world problems
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London
Britain
France
Coopration
Germany
Verne Delbos
Anths
Paris
NLRB Official Enters Parley in Greyhound Strike
Cleveland November 30 A nine day old Greyhound bus strike across ten states enters new mediation with John Le Conner federal mediator and James P. Miller Cleveland regional director of the NLRB taking part for the first time The peace plan drafted earlier by Miller for the Goodyear Akron dispute is cited as a guide while strikers face a noon ultimatum to return to work or be deemed resigned Plus Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen leader A F Whitney appeals to police as tensions rise
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Cleveland
Greyhound
John le Conner
James P. Miller
NLRB
Miller
Akron
Conner
Greyhound Lines
A F. Whitney
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Whitney
Ex-Banker Sentenced 25 Years for Embezzlement
John Richard Russell, 45, former assistant cashier of Warmers Bank and Trust in Charles Town, pleaded guilty to embezzling about 147,042 from a bank that closed Sept 1 with total defalcations around 500,000. He received a 25 year term to begin in Lewisburg prison, while federal agents linked Russell to a raceketing agent role for John S. Kelly. Federal Judge William E. Baker decried the impact on Jefferson County residents.
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Elkins
Navy
Federal Deposit Insurance
John Richard Russell
Warmers Bank and Trust Company
Charles Town
Lewisburg
Recovery Federal
John S. Kelly
Charles Town Mall Cattiers
Kelly
Russell
William E. Baker
Jefferson County
Maye
Guffey Board Sets 80 Percent Coal Prices Nationwide
The bituminous coal commission fixed minimum mine prices for about 80 percent of the soft coal industry to apply after December 5. Prices vary widely by size and region, with an egg size top of 4.85 dollars in Alabama and a bottom of 1.00 dollar for industrial stock in western Kentucky.
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Guffey Board
Washington
Mississippi River
Towa
Alabama
Kentucky
Commission
Green and Lewis to Enter Talks on Labor Peace
Washington Nov 30 John L Lewis and William Green plan to join the resumed labor peace negotiations on Thursday. They will head subcommittees to continue the work of the joint agency conference. Green will work with George M Harrison and Philip Murray will serve with C L Oy. The four man joint committee will take over the work of the peace committee appointed six weeks ago.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
William Green
Unn of Labor
Lewis’ C
Green
A. F. of L
George M. Harrison
Railway Clerks Union
A. F. of L. Peace Committee
Lewis
C. L Oy
Philip Murray
United Mine Workers
A. Peace
Parisians discard arms amid probe fear
In Nay, Parisians fearing a secret revolutionary plot dropped arms and war souvenirs in streets and parks. Police found 578 loaded grenades in a park area. A grenade case tag read Christmas present for Monsieur Kilng. Andre Kilng heads the police laboratories.
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Pamis
Nay
Aurea
France
Monsieur Kilng
Andre Kilng
Japan Eyes End to Open Door in China Tariffs
Washington officials fear Japan may curb Chinese tariffs as Nippon advances in China. Hull seeks confirmation of tariff advantages enjoyed by Japanese imports in North China. Reports from Tientsin claim reduced tariffs on Japanese goods, signaling a potential shift in the open door policy and threatening U.S. and British trade interests in Manchuria and China.
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Washington, ‘Pty
Efreles
Japan
China
Nippon
Sec
Hull
U. S
Manchukuo
Mull
St Tientsin
Great Britain
Chinese Customs Organization
Chief Tully Warns Prowl Car Crews In Charleston
Police Chief Tully demands strict enforcement and shifts patrols to on foot duties to curb speeders red light runners and violators. He pledges new cruisers and new measures to stop fixing tickets, insisting officers be held to account and ready to act now.
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Tully
Mlvard
Gost Farm
Pit
Charleston
Italian Ships Also Captured Nippon Forces Attack Chinese Crew
Shanghai dispatch reports Japanese forces captured an American owned launch on the Whangpoo river and hauled down its flag, provoking protests from the U S Consul General. Chinese officials consider a safety zone around Nanking as civilians fear battle spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dual
Whangpoo River
Shanghai
William Hunt
Steamla Company
Gauss
Kwangteh
Riangyin
Nanking
China
Hiang
Dope Syndicate Bust Nets 20 Arrests in U S Raid
United States agents rounded up 20 alleged members of an international narcotics ring based in Shanghai. The group faced charges under tariff and narcotics laws plus public officer offenses. Notable fugitive Louis Lepke Buchalter was named in the indictment.
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New ‘York
Simultaneoua Reldz
Fedeeral
Louis *Lepke” Buchelter
E. Dewey
Manhattan
New York
Stampa
Chicago
Francie Butie
Mont
Treasury
Raee Tees
Vero Chines
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Iltie ‘Lle
Robert ‘Quillen
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Franco's Victory, the Church Is A Veritable Bee-Hive At Peulvity
Labor Group
Kiwanis Club
Pease
Stump
Far East
Greyhound Bus
U.S
Labor
New Penge
Accords
Ue SeAdyicd
Nippon Naval Force
Tokyo
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