Roosevelt Studies Broad Public Works Plan For Congress
President Roosevelt studies a multi decade public works program for Congress with a potential hundred billion dollar expenditure. Cabinet members and lawmakers split on scope with estimates ranging from four to five billion annually, including parks sewers and rural power lines. The plan emphasizes converting rail branches to highways and eliminating grade crossings, funded over 20 years with low consumer payments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
National Resources Board
Senate
House
Neilet
Hopkins
Ickes
Roper
Boundtself
Kump to Speak at State School Conference
Governor Kump will address school heads at the state conference of county school superintendents and the superintendent of education. The session opens in the delegates chamber at the capitol with discussions on school systems, funding, costs, and future credit considerations.
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Kump Up
Prine
Daniel Boone Hotel
Stata
Aasigiant Superintendenta
Education
Capitol
Oo Ayeraeeal School Ems
W. Trent Sale
Jam Allen
Atale Ald
Michard EB. Hyde
Gideon
Gideon Pond
Bees Baerio
State Department
Freer Credit by Banks Urged for Nationwide Relief
Washington reports urged by a group of special investigators to boost credit through bank lending and a nationwide network of direct federal lending agencies. The study calls for removing federal fees in direct loans to industry and proposes centralizing loan policy under the RFC or creating an intermediate system to spur recovery using billions in bank resources. The Chicago Federal Reserve district informed the analysis, seen as representative of national conditions, with calls for continued federal loans and broader bank credit loosening.
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Washington
Des
Morgen
Bythe
Treasury
Telfs
Ie Reconstruction Corporation
Federal Reserve
Resport
Chicago
Federal Reserve District
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
REC
Eugene Black
Reserve Board
RFC
Shawhan proposes sixteen new CCC camps for West Va
Conservation commissioner H W Shawhan asks Washington to add sixteen Civilian Conservation Corps camps in West Virginia. Seven would use state lands, joining eight existing camps on state or private lands and several in national forests and soil erosion areas. Locations will be announced only if approved.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
West Virginia
H.W. Shawhan
Washington
National Foresta
Shaowhan
Saar Tangle Tense After Mob Incident
In Saarbruecken a mob attack on British police Captain James Justice and his companion the Earl of Aylesford sparked calls for legal action. Col G G Knox handed the case to judicial authorities to decide on possible charges while a German exile Prince Hubertus von Lawenstein seeks redress over an insult in a cafe. Justice was hospitalized after his car struck a woman during the uproar.
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Saarbruecken
Saar Basin
Germany
Col
G. G. Knox
Saor
James Justice
Earl of Aylesford
Prince Hubertus von Lawenstein
Arthur Helmaley
England
Saar
Justice
Britain
Council Clashes With Charleston Chamber Over Bridge Plans
Charleston city council grilled the chamber of commerce's bridge committee over impertinent questions. Members blamed lack of constructive ideas on the chamber while urging contact between both bridge committees. Councilman Ned Mehrie added to concerns about a new Elk River span and traffic needs on State Street.
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Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Clvle
Chamber
Ned E. Mehrie
Elk River
Aot
State Street
Meheie
Moore on Trial For King Killing
Sherman Moore stands trial in intermedish court near Clay for the October 1393 killing of Lannie King. The defense argues a quarrel over a girl sparked the incident and Moore claims he last saw King in summer 1933 during blackberry season. He denies owning the gun and says he sold his shotgun weeks before King's death.
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Sherman Moore
Near
Clay
Lannie King
Moore
Kim
King
Little Girl Receives Santa Claus Toy Car in Final Wish
In Muskegon Heights Michigan five year old Donna Shaw, dying of brain cancer, was lifted from her bed to see Santa Claus arrive with a toy electric car. Lt Nicko and a VFW escort brought the gift as a department store understudy promised a personal delivery from Santa.
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Muskegon Heights
Mich
Oplater
Donna Mavis Shaw
Santa Claus
Donna
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ecs
Nicko
Prtior Tobite
Varied Personalities Lie Behind Year's Big Stories
AP reporters name the year’s news headliners led by Franklin D Roosevelt and Adolf Hitler. Others cited include Chancellor Dollfuss, the Dionne quintuplets, Dr Allan Roy Dafoe, and King Alexander of Yugoslavia.
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J. M. Kendrick
Associated Press
New York
Germany
Austria
South America
Teadliners
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Adolf Witler
Dollfuss
Nazi Lam
Allan Roy Dafoe
King Alexander
Yugoslavia
Ivan
Ife
Group Urges Private Sale Of Liquor In West Virginia
The West Virginia Distributors Association urged a private sale of liquor under state regulation. They proposed a plan leaving sale in the hands of private citizens and legitimate businesses, with strict regulation and public protection, contrasting with a state monopoly. The group argued private sales would yield higher net tax revenue than a state store system, and cited anticipated cost deductions under the latter.
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West Virginia Distributors Association
Organization of
Wine and Lequor Distributors
State Repeal Council
Repeal Council
Distributors Association
Boyd B. Seibert
Taxca
Tee on Plane Grounds Congressman Randolph
Martinsburg December 17 A plane groundings forces Representative Jennings Randolph to cancel his flight planned as part of national aviation day observances. He remained on the ground while Major BE Haight of the bureau of aeronautics continued by automobile with his party.
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Martinsburg
Jennings Randolph
Elkins
Randolph
BE. M. Haight
Bureau of Aeronautics
Ten Outstanding News Stories of Year 1934
New York summary of 1934 highlights selected by Associated Press editor JM Kendrick. Highlights include gradual economic improvement, foreign tensions, morro castle fire, public figures like Mrs Vanderbilt in court, Hauptmann arrest and Lindbergh trial echoes, marriage of Princess Marina to Duke of Kent, Seabull. return, Upton Sinclair bid for California governorship, and Huey Long’s rise in Louisiana.
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New York
JM. Kendrick
Associated Dress
U.S
Asai
Dienne Quintupets
Vanderbilt
Hauptmann
Matina
Duka
Kent
SeInsull
Business men seek plan to unify commerce interests in Washington
In White Sulphur Springs a joint conference of major executives discussed creating a continuing business agency in Washington to present a united front for commerce and industry. No firm platform yet, but C Ames of Texas led talks on objectives to advise the administration and coordinate industry, with emphasis on building consensus despite early divisions.
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White Sulphur Springs
Washington
Business Recovery
C. Ames
Texas Company
State Certifies Holt's Election
Rush D. Holt, a 20 year old senator elect from West Virginia, has his election certified and filed in Washington. The certificate, signed by Governor Kump and Secretary O'Brien, faces possible legal challenge over his age but no action has been taken yet. The seating decision rests with the Senate with Republican opposition signaling a January oath challenge. Holt has not revealed his plans on timing for filing and oath.
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Washington
Rush D. Holt
West Virginia
Senate
Holt
Ti. G. Kump
W. S. O'Brien
Edwin B. Halsey
Secrdtary of State
Eaid
Senate of
United States
Hall
McNary
Oregon
J. Hamilton Lewis
Judge Worth Rules Justices Of Peace Unconstitutional Fees
Cabell County court rules the 1931 statute allowing justices of the peace to collect misdemeanor fees is unconstitutional. The ruling affects how fees are handled and could curb powers of justices and constables. Two suits loom in the Supreme Court, with Kanawha Circuit Court also weighing the same issues. Auditor Sims plans to collect or prosecute delinquent accounts as reform efforts advance.
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Justice of the Peace
H. Clay Worth
Cabell County Common Pleas Court
Justices of the Peace
Supreme Court
E. E. Winters, Jr
Cabell County
Kanawha County
Sims
Publi
Warth
Thyalla
Mainle
Worth
Jmade
John H. Davis
R. We Pegs Etme
Sims Attack Sparks Political Row Over Audit Report
State Auditor Edgar B. Sims charged that the official audit findings were worse than newspaper reports claimed in response to Mercer County Justice of the Peace D T Carr who denied charges of preying on youths and padding costs. Carr demanded the Gazette publish his denial and sought to withhold judgment until all facts were disclosed.
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Sdgar B. Sims
D.T. Care
Merc Cer County Justice of the Peace
Justice Carr
the Gazette
Justice of Peace
Costa
Sims
Mercer County
D. T. Carr
Pease
Kennamer Faces Initial Hearing in Tulsa Murder Case
Nineteen year old Phillip Kennamer faced an hour and a half preliminary hearing in Tulsa on December 17. Judge Williams bound him over for jury trial on no charge of murder. Dr. John F. Gorrell testified that his son John F. Garrett is dead and described threats attributed to Kennamer. The courtroom crowd surged near the entrance as testimony unfolded.
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Tulsa
Okla
Phillip Kennamer
John F. Garrett
Bradford 3
Williams
Yoon Kennemer
Floyd J.huff
Kensas City
Franklin E. Kennamer
John F. Gorrell
Hutt
Phil Kennamer
Gorrell
War Plans to Mobilize 14,000 Firms Urged by Senate Panel
Washington reports elaborate War Department plans for quick emergency mobilization of 14 000 privately owned firms into a vast war supply network. Blank contracts and forms are ready for presentation to Congress upon a declaration of war, Lt Col C T Harris testified. Details note revisions under modernization, amid earlier disclosures about Old Hickory powder plant costs and audits. Meanwhile Hauptmann defense counsel denied access to Lindbergh kidnapping ladder, chisel, ransom notes, and estate inspections.
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Washington
War Department
Senate Munitions Committee
Congress
C. T. Harris
Tennessee
Richard Cutts, Jr
House
Pease
Dafoe Returns Home With Quintuplets Healthy
Dr Allan Roy Dafoe arrives in Callander Ontario from New York with Christmas gifts for the Deane quintuplets and reports all five babies in good shape after a two week absence. Weight gains total five ounces for the group, Yvonne leads at 12 13 1 2 pounds while Marie is 10 4. Dafoe predicts a tourism influx to northern Ontario and notes his role as an unofficial Canadian ambassador during his U S tour.
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Callander
Ont
Allan Roy Dafoe
New York
Deane
North Country
United States
Yvonne
Marie
Rotary Club
North Hay
Callender
North Bay
Ontario
Canada
Dominion
North Pole
Stump Named FHA Supervisor for West Virginia Survey
Wilbur D. Stump a real estate dealer from Hridge avenue was appointed supervisor for the Charles son Jn national FHA housing survey to be conducted in eight major West Virginia cities. About 125 enumerations will be taken from FERA relief workers to conduct the survey. Stump was sworn in by L. D. Badgley of Washington, connected with the national FERA, and will oversee the work for several weeks after enumerators are chosen. Other supervisors to be named later in the week.
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Wilbur D. Stump
Hridge
Charles
West Virginia
FERA
Br. Stump
Bert
Will Says Board Came Out With His Own P Plan
Beverley Sills California December 1. A letter discusses a national resources board plan to spend 105 billion dollars labeled a plan to end all planning. The writer mocks the plan as targeting wealthy debt critics and hints at social upheaval.
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Will
Beverley Sills
Calif
National Resources Board
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Willia Willia
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Shawhan
West Va
Quiz Angels Council
Body
Euirope
King Veter
Hoy
Marino
Duke of Kent
John Diltinger
Oo Rees
Upton Sinclair
California
Nuey Long
Louisiana
United Front Agency
Biress
Amex
Justices of Peace
Cabell Court of Common Pleas
Mercer County Justice of Peace
Kennamer
Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hopewell
Dranx
David T. Wielentz
Lloyd Fisher
Trenton
Anthony M. Hauck, Jr
Hunterdon County
George K. Large
Stump
FHA
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