Farm Aid Program In Battle for Life Before High Court
The Roosevelt administration’s farm aid program faces a Supreme Court test tomorrow over its size and Congress’s power to act for general welfare. Gov Briefs argue constitutionality of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, while questions center on the welfare clause and federal versus state powers. The court may also issue opinions on Hauptmann’s Lindbergh baby case and other cases involving federal reach into state affairs.
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Deficit Reported By Farm Bureau
Washington on the eve of Supreme Court arguments the farm administration reported a deficit of 121 579 896 in expenditures charged against processing taxes for the first quarter of the fiscal year. Of 159 2843 in total expenditures July 1 to September 20, 148 158 877 were chargeable against processing tax receipts. only 36 578 983 was available from this source. The AAA had 34 available during the year, of which 188 493 451 was in appropriation and trust funds, leaving a net balance of 46 719 591. The processing tax deficit would have balanced if funds impounded by court injunctions had been received. It was estimated that on September 31, a total of 126 281 273 in such taxes was tied up in legal proceedings awaiting Supreme Court decision. If resolved, the deficit could be wiped out.
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Farmers Await Speech by FDR
Chicago readers await President Roosevelts address to the American Farm Bureau Federation for a forecast of the New Deal farm program. The federation, with about 300000 member families, plans to decide its political stance ahead of November elections as AAA criticism lingers. The president is to speak at six in the morning CST, a key moment amid ongoing farm policy deliberations in Washington.
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Methodist Church Destroyed by Fire in Huntington
Fire swept the 23 year old Johnson Memorial Methodist Episcopal church South today causing an estimated $100000 in damage. Two newspaper carrier boys discovered flames in the basement and the blaze spread so fast the dome and roof collapsed shortly after fire apparatus arrived. Police suspected thieves may have started the fire after intruders broke into the Trinity Episcopal church offices Saturday night and stole a small amount of cash.
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Dec
Johnson Memorial ‘Methodist | Episcopal Church
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Hauptmann Faces Death Row As Court Weighs Appeal
Bruno Richard Hauptmann paced his cell in the Lindbergh baby murder case as the U S Supreme Court prepared to decide whether to hear his appeal. Legal experts expect rejection, with Hauptmann still pursuing a potential new trial in New Jersey courts after any adverse ruling.
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New Jersey
Labor Board Orders Penns Greyhound Union Action
The Labor Relations Board ruled Pennsylvan ia Greyhound Lines violated the Wagner Act in its first decision. It ordered cease and desist from interfering with collective bargaining, reinstatement with back pay for five employees, and dissolution of a locally controlled union chapter. The board cited coercive meetings and warnings about union activity.
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Parable as salvation plan preached by minister Grace
The Rev M J Grace recently brought to Charleston by the Charleston Evangelistic association preached a sermon for The Gazette linking the Good Samaritan parable to salvation. He allegorically interprets the man as humanity and Adam as the morning of creation, noting evil knowledge as a perilous path marked by the robber who strips innocence at Jericho.
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Jerusalem
One Dies Loss High in Flood
In a Houston flood disaster of December, murky waters and swollen streams inundated northwest Houston and Harris County, killing one man near Milan Street and leaving dozens missing as Buffalo Bayou rose about five feet above its 1929 peak. Crests neared city limits while waters flooded basements of stores and warehouses, with damages likely exceeding $1,009,001.
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Dec
Herris County
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Arnold Holub
Day City
Fraser, Kanawha Valley News editor, dies at Dunbar
Louis Archibald Fraser, 74, longtime editor of the Kanawha Valley News, died at his Dunbar home after a brief illness. Born in Wingham Ontario, he moved to the United States, married Sarah McQuarrie, and worked at several papers before founding the Dunbar Advance and later Kanawha Valley News about 49 years ago. Services set for 2 30 pm at his Dunbar home on Frederick Street.
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West Vicalnia
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Wingham
Ontario
Canada
Donald St. George
Janet MacDonald Fraser
United States
Hottedale
Sarah McQuarrie
Fraser
Kanawha County
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Charleston
Suash
George Macintosh
Fayetteville
Kanawha Citizen
Moses W. Donnally
Bluefield Telegraph
Staunton
Dunbar Advance
Kanawha Valley News
Frederick Street
Kelbaugh
Charleston Man Killed Near Buffalo in Auto Hit
A Charleston man identified as Harry Er Keston of Summers Street was killed when struck by a car half a mile above Buffalo in Putnam County. The body was taken to Raines Funeral Home in Buffalo. State police from Nitra detained Samuel Bosworth of Buffalo on a manslaughter technical charge and released him on bond pending a hearing at seven tonight before Justice TJ McGinnis at Robertsburg.
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Robertsburg
France and Britain demand peace terms to Mussolini
United States dispatches note that France and Great Britain press Italy for a peace proposal and ultimatum. Addis Ababa fears air raids as Italian bombing looms, with Red Cross symbols removed and hospital protections questioned amid escalating conflict. Washington reports detail Norris accusing the power trust of weaponizing lawsuits while government faces legal battles over utility regulation.
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Plot to Block New NRAAfoot
Washington reports a secret drive by major industrialists to disrupt the NRAA conference in the capital. Business leaders meet in privacy to charge government aims to revive the NRA, while planners discuss ending the gathering abruptly. George L. Berry, NRAA industrial coordinator, called the meeting to discuss potential programs to cure employment and economic ills, with the event billed as the largest industry conference in U S history. Several major trade groups have refused to send delegates, though officials close to Berry claim industries will be represented through individual companies.
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Triple Slaying Baffles Police
In Tangipahoa Louisiana three Hughes brothers Alton Wilson and Bert were killed near a converted highway barn during a country dance. Police found no witnesses amid a town famed for silence and feuds as Governor L. L. Ricks and Sheriff Frank questioned residents about the long‑running tragedy.
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Tangipahoe Parish
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Bert Hughes
Siernfa
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Japan Keeping Hold in China
PEIPING December 9. Reports from Tangke harbat indicate Japan’s push for a new Hopei Chahar postvisional council around December 10. Nanking outlines three guarantees for the northern setup, controlling foreign affairs finance military matters and the judiciary while denying real autonomy.
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North China
Hopel-Chahar Postiva
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Bue
Jana
Texas
Nanking
Avalanche disaster in Russia kills 88 and injures 44
An avalanche triggered by heavy snowfall near Ko sovek north of Leningrad killed 88 people and wounded 44 in three cooperative apartment blocks. A band of thousands of volunteers cleared snow to rescue survivors. Moscow formed a committee and allocated $60,000 for relief efforts.
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Naval Parley Opens Today in London Amid Disarmament Talks
London on the eve of the naval conference opening at Clarence House. French American and Italian delegations push for progress while Japan demands for parity with the United States and Britain dominate the scene. The talks aim to realize the Washington 1921 and Five-Power treaties ending in 1998 with a shipbuilding holiday.
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Washington
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Langley field tragedy described by widow as accidental
Mrs. Clem H. Kelly told reporters her two year old son Sunnyboy was killed by a playmate’s accident and her husband Clem Kelly died by his own hand in remorse. She said there is no mystery, recalling family happiness and love for Sunnyboy as she described the events leading to the tragedy.
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Fragmentary note on wartime injury and hospital care
A shredded wartime fragment mentions a wounded individual named Spelby SB and a bullet strike to the chest. The text references hospital care at Grats and Alton, with unclear sequence and multiple broken phrases about injuries, movement, and time.
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