31 Dec 1930
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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1930
Page
1
Solon Gerard Thaddeus Cacuwsy, a Democrat, urged a new extra session of Congress to address remedial legislation and avoid extended congressional expenses. He claimed Republicans fear business interests and warned that failure to act could harm veterans and trigger broader issues.
A syndicated poll captures leaders and figures like Frank Kellogg Mary Pickford Lorads Taft W D Manning and Walter Dittscott voicing hopes for 1931. They urge revival of global prosperity art religious faith and educated leadership to overcome Depression and moral decline.
Paris dispatch reports Marshal Joseph Joffre, famed defender of the Marne, worsened early this morning after a brief sign of improvement from gangrene that led to his left leg amputation. Doctors rushed to the hospital as his condition deteriorated, with Catholic prayers and papal prayers noted.
Washington dispatch reports Robert H. Lices of the Republican National Committee attacking Senator George W. Walsh of Montana and Senator Nye in fallout from Nebraska’s senatorial contest. Lucas asserts the anti Norman Nebraska literature was funded by his own funds and distributed covertly, while Walsh defends Nye against charges of a sham “lush fund” used for campaign literature.
In MIDDLEBOURNE December session, Ray Pat Henry defense rests after rebuttal. State witnesses denied mistreatment and coerced confessions, while defense claims of abuse and dental injury are contested. Jury adjourned to night session with charges including murder tied to the Grandview Stand party slaying.
Cleveland December 30 report notes Prof Robert Cameron Caldwell of West Virginia University presented readable rules for weather prediction using radio signal strength differences between day and night. Area covered Morgantown to Pittsburgh, based on KDKA signals. If day signal is under half of night signal, a storm approaches. If day and night signals are in equal ratio, the same weather will continue.
A petition seeks to suspend a temporary rate increase granted to United Fuel Gas by the public service commission. Charleston, Huntington, Williamson, Logan, Ravens Wood, Sandyville and other cities and business groups in southern West Virginia are involved. The court scheduled a hearing for January 6 at 10 o clock.
West Virginia state emergency employment faces funding gaps, forcing reliance on local resources. A legislative plan seeks $45,000 emergency aid for three new labor bureaus, with a committee to draft a bill. Proposals include accelerating county and municipal construction work and leveraging federal funds for post offices in Clarksburg, Weston, Morgantown, Beckley, Princeton, and Parkersburg.
Chicago officials signal possible open doors for renewed federal grain controls as vice president Peter B Carey condemns farm board policies. He argues tighter trading limits would help farmers while padding traders profits, urging a tougher stance against government interference.
London December 30—Britain faced a looming wave of industrial action in coal and cotton with about 352000 workers involved. Miners' work agreement expires tomorrow amid deadlock over reform plans and proposed 90 hour fortnights. Cotton workers in Manchester threaten a January 5 general strike over doubling rooms per worker as talks fail. Government intervention seen as the hopeful path to avert a wider national crisis.
Eight people were killed and seven wounded in a political clash at Capitanelo in Santander. Government troops arrived after Governor Garvis requested aid, as cavalry and infantry moved from Bogota and Malaga to quell the unrest ahead of February elections.
In Slecira Texas a dynamite and nitro glycerin factory owned by G B torpedo plant exploded, killing three workers aged 40 to 43. The blast demolished the small 30 by 16 foot building and damaged nearby structures. All victims were experienced in handling explosives. Authorities offered no official investigation, citing total destruction. Loss pegged around 92,000 dollars.
Rains and snows in December let United States engineers end water withdrawals from Lake Lyon on the Ohemi river in West Virginia. Water had been drawn for three months to maintain the Monongahela navigation and industrial plants. Twenty million gallons had been taken from the Inka during the drought period. Colonel Jarvis Bain said the critical condition had passed. Water was supplied through agreement with West Penn Power, which operates at Lake Lynn.
In Salem Indiana on December 30 Dan and Alonso Gibson remained at large as officers continued to search Washington county for them. The two brothers were noted as elusive with authorities persisting in the hunt.
Cleveland reports a photo taken from a South American flight showing pampas stretching 260 miles to the Andes and a horizon bending at the edge, suggesting curvature. Capt. A W Slevena operated the camera as Dr CE Mess of Eastman Kodak explained the science behind photography sensitive to invisible light.
The county court reassigns offices after the resignation of Democrat Harry Johnson as justice of the peace in Cabin Orgek district. Harry Surface and T Honoumer are appointed to fill vacancies, with Dr. Henson named county sealer. The bench splits along party lines as Republican A Walker and W cast affirmative votes against Democrat John C Blackwood. Johnson cites party persecution as a reason for his resignation.
Beverly Sills letter from Callf Calif dated December 29 laments excess mass production. The writer argues the off year reveals the harms of mass production on employment and living costs, blaming machinery for job loss and social strain while denying blame to Hoover, the republic, RNS, or Russia. The author concludes with a the Lord’s judgment.
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