GOP Battles On Every Name For Committee
The Republican executive committee spent 13 hours narrowing a list of 1 052 names to under 400 for a new declaration of party principles. The fight centered on Hoover and Landon loyalties as the panel prepared for a 100 member slate and possible chairman. A blanket ban on current officeholders aimed to keep the group out of politics though it has been penetrated. Gov George D Aiken received some support for membership.
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St, Louis
Republican Executive Committee
Herbert Hood
Alf M. Landon Falons
Sereion
Jesser
Hoover
Landon
Business
Agriculture
Labor
Education
George D. Aiken
Labor Act Change Suggested by Girdler
Tom M. Girdler, chairman of Republic Steel, urged revising the Wagner Act to curb the recession and restore employment. Speaking to the Distributors Manufacturers' association he argued for a square deal for both employers and workers to spur a Great Prosperity with millions back at work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cricago
Tom MM. Girdler
Republic Steel Corporation
CIO
Disnois Manufacturers’ Association
Wage Hour Bill Debate Splits Lawmakers
Washington dispatch reports a Democratic exchange over the administration wage and hour bill. Lawrence Connery proposes removing his brother William P. Connery Jr’s name, pressing for a 40 hour work week and 40 cent minimum wage in interstate industries. The House, delaying votes to review revised drafts, faces division among northern Republicans and southern Democrats with some cross-aisle support.
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Washington
William P. Connery, Jr
Connery
Lawrence Connery
Massachusetts
House
Billy Connery
Labor Committee
Ramspeck D. Go
Gifford
St. Mass
Alpine avalanche buries 30 skiers near Bolzano
An Alpine avalanche at Pordoi Pass in Bolzano province northeastern Italy buried 30 skiers today. A rescue squad saved 12 of the victims, nine were recovered dead, and the remaining nine were unaccounted for as of report time. All victims were students.
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Rome
Pordoi
Bolzano
Haly
Steals Christmas Tree Man Spoils Yule Plans
Loganport Indiana note reports Abraham Huff, 32, pleaded guilty to stealing a Christmas tree. He was sentenced to 65 days in the state penitentiary, to be served during the holiday season.
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Man
Yule
Logansport
Ind
Ore
Abraham Huff
Penel
Coal Prices Face Battle in Washington
Washington December 14 government fixed prices for soft coal will take effect at midnight unless courts intervene. The national bituminous coal commission created under the Guffey act set the new rates, amid hints of a possible federal court challenge to delay the date.
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Wasilington
Ena Commission
Beeks
William D. Whitney
Carter Coal Company
Russell Quarrier Dies at 69 Lawyer and Banker
Russell G. Quarrier, 69, a Kanawha Valley lawyer, banker, and longtime Central Trust Company officer, died at 5:30 a.m. yesterday at his home 1308 Virginia Street after a heart condition. Services will be held at 4 p.m. tomorrow at St John’s Episcopal Church with Rev. Robert H. Gamble officiating.
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St John's Episcopal Church
Russell G. Quarrier
Virginia Street
Quatrict
Kanawha Valley
Central Trust Company
Kanawha
Lower Cost Homes Promoted At FHA Subdivision Conference
Charles H. Dipgs, land planning consultant, outlined FHA subdivision requirements for low cost homes at a conference in Charleston attended by 150 at the Daniel Boone hotel. Speakers urged methods to cut housing costs to provide decent roots, with Frank Connolly noting local solutions. The traveling mission toured subdivisional developments from Kanawha City to South Charleston, including FHA underwriting supervisors and builders.
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Charleston
City Planning Commission
Federal Housing Administration
F. Guy Ash
Charles H. Dipgs
National Authority
Daniel Boone Hotel
Sach
Thor
As. Kiney
FHA
Csg
Frank Connolly
Kanawha City
South Charleston
Connolly
Grooup
Baby Named 'Sleet' After Being Born in Ice-Bound Home
In New Albany Indiana a two day old boy born to Mr and Mrs Edward Jones was named Sleet after fey highways blocked a physician. Jones served as obstetrician and delivered the child. An ambulance crew fought five hours to reach the hill top home as roads stayed glassy.
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New Albany
Ind
Edward Jones
Jones
WPA
Joneses
Steel Workers Back Union Leaders say in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Philip Murray chairman of CIO SWOC urges 530000 steel workers to grant union leaders full authority to negotiate new wage and hour contracts expiring February 28 with 445 firms. Murray warns of severe economic gloom while pressing for a federal housing boom and unity to grow a stronger steel workers’ voice.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
CIO
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Steel Workers of America
Carte Blanche
SWOC
Murray
John L. Lewis
Morers
Federal Social Security Board
Holding Company Test Before Court
Washington reports the Roosevelt era utility holding company act is challenged as unconstitutional. Electric Bond and Share appeals to the Supreme Court arguing the 1935 act oversteps government power. Justice Department backs testing the statute's validity in this major interstate property case.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court Iy
Electric Bond and Share Company
Utlity
Department of Justice
Flashes of Life in These U. S. Flashes of Life Cop a Robbers
In Chicago on December 14, John Ochombhaough and his children Charles 15 Burton 11 witnessed burglars entering their home. Two men with pistols climbed in an open window then fled through the front door. Dazed, the children screamed as three more intruders reentered the same window. Detectives later pursued two burglars.
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Copa
Chicago
John Ochombhaough
Charles
Burton
Chambaugh
Burriers
Too Well Done McCook Window Washer Sees News
Mrs Peter Karthauser in McCook Nebraska finished washing a front room window when a stray dog ran through the pane. The animal leaped into the parlor landing amid shattered glass and the incident drew local notice.
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McCook
Peter Karthauser
Four Foreign Deaths Tied to Panay Sinkings
The body of another Panay victim brings foreign deaths to four amid the Panay sinking and oil-ship bombings. Survivors total seventy five, including eight seriously injured, as rescuers from America Britain and Japan press on toward Shanghai. Admiral Harry E. Yarnell rejects withdrawal of US gunboats from the Yangtze area while protests rise over attacks on Allied ships. A British protest activity and a cabinet meeting are anticipated as Japan apologizes and promises indemnity.
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Bhanghat
U. S
Panay
Standard Oil Company
Americaun
Shanghai
Admial
Harry E. Yarner
United States
Britain Plans Strong Protest Over Yangtze Attacks
London reports Britain planned to send a strongly worded protest note to Japan over Sunday attacks on two British gunboats in the Yangtze. Prime Minister Chamberlain and Foreign Secretary Eden conferred as Britain eyed a note akin to the U S démarche after the Panay incident.
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London
Donight
Japan
Yangtze River
Neville Chamberlain
Anthony Eden
Britain
U. S
Panay
Ladybird
Bee
Shigeru Yoshida
Eden
Tokyo
Robert Leake Craigie
War Office
Druain
Roosevelt
Cand D Railway President Dies
Clifton Forge Virginia December 14 William Johnson Harahan president of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway died in hospital after septicaemia from White Sulphur Springs West Virginia. He would have been 70 on December 22. Harahan, a well known figure in American railroad circles, served as C and O president twice from 1920 to 1929. Funeral services likely in Richmond Friday morning.
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Clifton Forge
Willam Johnson Harahan
Cursapeake and Ohio Railway
Harahan
C. & C. Hospital
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Richmond
Sarahan
Chesapeake and Ohio
Japanese Promise Indemnities for Panay Sinking
The Japanese government formally apologized to the United States for the sinking of the US gunboat Panay and three U.S. tankers on the Yangtze river. Japan promised full indemnities and punishment of the aviators, citing poor visibility and mistaken identity of ships.
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Washington
INS
U.S
U. S
Yangtze River
Hiroto
State Department
Tokyo
Joseph C. Grew
Panay
Standard Qu Company
Nanking
Visibilly
China
Navel
Nenking
Boy Sees With Eye Borrowed From Aged Man
New Orleans reports a 19 year old boy named Frank Chiba received a transplanted cornea from 67 year old John Amos to restore sight after his eye was damaged by lime. The operation by Dr George Halk at Charity Hospital was done days ago and yielded initial light perception. Bandages will be removed briefly for another test then reapplied for a longer period.
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New Orleans
Frank Chiba
George Halk
John Amos
Chiba
Charity Hospital
Haik
Roosevelt Demands Full Rights Recognition in China
President Roosevelt insists on complete recognition and protection of U S rights in China over the Yangtze crisis. Japan shows eagerness to meet demands, apologized for Panay sinking, promises indemnities, while the U S awaits a formal Japanese reply and potential acknowledgment from Emperor Hirohito.
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Washington
INS
Moosevelt
Yangtze River
U. S
China
U.S
Panay
State Department
eSae
St Peiping
Orient
North China
Roosevelt
Hirohito
Roosevelt to resume talks with utility executives
President Roosevelt plans next week to resume conferences with utility executives as the industry moves toward a large expansion in exchange for reduced government competition. One utility manager was on the appointment list, but the name was not released. The public power bloc in Congress paused action on Norris and Manstretta TVA bills, while regional planning remains an emergency item for a special session.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Congress
Kidnap Defense Seeks Life Terms in Cleric Case
Huntington dispatch reports John Travis and Orville Adkins pleading for life imprisonment for kidnapping Dr. James Seder. Prosecutor E E Winters Jr. vows to pursue the death penalty even if the trial lasts two weeks. Defense attorney Jesse Hammock contends the abduction merits mercy as a separate plea.
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Huntington
John Travis
Orville Adkins
James Seder
E E Winters, Jr
Jesse Hammock
Arnett A. Booth
Giltinan Leads Donors for Camp Fairchance Christmas Fund
David M. Gillinan, president of Eskew Smith and Canton, tops the list as the first donor to Camp Fairchance's fourth annual Christmas celebration for underprivileged children at the state educational center near Madison. Contenders included Virginian Electric with 12 flashlights and Logan Volture with assorted toys, as United Fuel Gas Co donated use of a store room on Dunbar Street for assembly and wrapping.
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Camp Fairchance
Madison
David M. Gillinan
Eskew, Smith and
Canton
Virginian Electric Company
Lewis, Hubbard and Company
Levin Brothers
Logan Volture
Charleston Volture
The
Gazette
United Fuel Gas Company
Dunbar Street
Britain weighs bigger fleet to deter Japanese raids
London considers immediate expansion of its already powerful China fleet. The admiralty drafts concrete plans to back British protests after Japanese attacks on British ships, with six British craft struck the same day as the Panay incident.
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ENS
London
Great Britain
China
Admiralty
Panay
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Girdler
Republic Steel Head
Willie Willis
Robert Quillen
Shelly Shubert
Mea
William Shubert
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Shelly
Martian City
Russell Quarrier
Diggs
Yarnell
Kai-Shek
W. J. Harahan
Fdr
Nippon
Heaven
Travis
Adkins
Giltinan First
Eskew
Gltinan
Chinese Pacific
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