Senate Defeats Democratic Relief Plan in 48 to 31 Vote
Washington February 15 to 17 The Senate defeated the Democratic substitute for direct federal relief, voting 48 to 31. The La Follette Costigan plan would provide 780 thousand dollars for state relief and construction loans. the alternative would gift funds to states. Hoover opposed direct federal aid, arguing states and communities can handle relief.
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Washington
Senate
Feaders
Renator Hatfield
Tepumlem
West Virginia
Hoover
West Virginia Shippers Plan Fight on Rate Increase
West Virginia shippers will renew opposition to a general freight rate increase proposed by railroads on intrastate shipments. Higgins of the New River Operators Association said a protest will be filed with the state public service commission. A preliminary meeting is set in Charleston, with trade bodies and shippers joining the effort. The record shows prior hearings and possible continuances, as the commission weighs reasonableness of rates amid broader inter and intrastate actions. The Kentucky commission reportedly denied a similar carrier petition.
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West Virginia
Higgins
New River Gon Operators Association
Ant
Hope
Anand and
Wholesaters
Charleston
Nippern
Public Service Commission
Commerce Commission
Washington Rate Tribunal
Kentucky
Kentucky Railroad Commission
Warden Says Society Has Failed in Effort
Huntington February report quotes Warden Scroggins of the state penitentiary asserting society has faltered in solving penal problems and that taxpayers bear the cost. He notes prison population surging to 2,600 with a large youth component and argues intelligent youth training yields dividends despite rising taxpayer costs.
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Huntington
Waryton A. C
Scroggins
State Penitentiary
Huntington Rotary Clap
Moundevills
Costa
Anid
German Leader Seeks Reelection Amid Party Opposition
President Paul von Hindenburg announced his decision to run for reelection as Adolf Hitler's National Socialists and Alfred Hugenberg's Nationalists said they would not support him. The February Reichstag date for nominating the candidate was set, with Hindenburg stressing duty and national unity while Hitler’s camp accused him of reversing his 1925 stance.
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Berlin
Paul von Hindenburg
Adolf Hitler
Alfredt Hugenberg
Mark Shni
Anid
Hugenberg
Matt
Munich
Three Federal Divisions Cut in Budget Fight
Washington reports three federal divisions face budget reductions as the House appropriations committee deducts 14.6 million from next year’s total of 124 million. The Budget Bureau-approved 411,369,000 for the promotion bureau is disputed and the dry unit’s funding is tightened. Attorney General Mitchell laments staffing limits while Wickersham commission calls for more agents, with debates over criminal and civil expenditures across Justice, Commerce, and Labor.
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House
Appropriations Committee
Budget Bureau
Mitchell
Woodcock
Wickersham Commission
Justice Department
Atttewell
Department
Oliver
Alabama
Aub
Sealer
Walter Winchell to Reveal Source of Gossip
Walter Winchell, famed Broadway columnist, was subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury about his Rosalp gossip and the machine gun murder of Vincent Coll. The piece notes Winchell warned of danger to himself and describes accompanying security, court delays for Vincent Coll’s widow, and other city items including Ely Culbertson’s medical absence and a child’s shoplifting incident.
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United Presu
New York
Broadiway
Rosalp
Sand
Stout
Vincent Col
Col
Winchell
Daily Mirror
Singsters
Chicago
Coll
Colle
App
Mamma Celebrates Cake Cutting With Pug and Bunny
A playful scene centers on Mamma cutting a cake while friends Willie Willis By Roberts Quilien Va n Mamma observe. The lighthearted moment highlights a small gathering with humor and informal chatter about seating and cake moments.
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van Mamma
Roosevelt Backers Stage Center in Democratic Drama
Roosevelt supporters dominate the political stage as the 1932 campaign moves toward June conventions. Behind the scenes, Smith backers counter with a Massachusetts delegation plan led by James J. Roosevelt. In New York, Farley and Howe deny a national Roosevelt director, while Georgia and Washington figures urge caution and unity amid party fights. On the Republican side Senator Jones defends Hoover against harsh criticism, praising his presidency’s alleged prosperity.
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Tapi
Franklin J. Roosevelt
Aled
Smith
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
James J. Roosevelt
New York
Ely
James 4H. Gurley
Boston
New York City
Associated Press
James A. Farley
New York State
Democratic Committee
Louis Howe
Howe
Homer 3. Cummings
Connecticut
Georgia
Democratic Women’s Educational Council
Homer G. Orker
Jones
Herbert Hoover
Sailors Fail Atlantic Flight Attempt in Experimental Plane
Two U S sailors from Louisville attempt to fly Atlantic aboard an uncertified craft. They launch from a municipal airport with a damaged wheel and ground errors, pilots Frank Cushnell and Amitven Snos tackling controls while observers document the scene. No final crossing achieved.
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New York
Ciight
Cushby
House Approves Credit Measure
The Democratic House backed President Hoover's emergency banking bill to aid business credit. It approved the measure, enabling up to 1.875 billion in federal reserve notes by freeing 760 million in gold, with a one year term and potential extension. Senate action and details on rediscount rules followed the vote.
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Washington
Hoover
Federal Reserve
Treasury
McFadden
Senate
Glass
Virginia
Stea
House
Benking
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve Board
Machines Battle Snow to Free Rio Grande Trains
In Alamosa on February 15 a small army of men with minny machines fought howling gusts and twenty foot snow rifts to move two Denver and Rio Grande Western passenger trains stalled on Cumbres Pass between Amtdass and Chama. A freight train was abandoned for spring. The stranded passengers and train crew assisted rotary sweepers, snow plows, and engines as they battled three days of opening the track while surrounded by deep drifts and bitter cold.
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Alamosa
Solo
Teller
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway
Continental Divide
Amtdass
Chama
Cumbres Pass
Fortune estate valued as transfer tax record large sum
New York Feb 15 Thomas Fortune Ryan capitalian who revived many companies left an estate valued at 135,164,120.54 as of his death on Nov 33 1978 under the transfer tax appraisal. The bulk goes to widow Mary T Ryan with 41 beneficiaries sharing a vast total including securities valued at 196,543,750.08.
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New York
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Capitalian
Transfer Tax Bureau
Alton
Stutz
Senator A C Herrold to reveal gubernatorial plans
State Senator A C Herrold of Braxton county may announce whether he will run for governor tomorrow. In Wheeling on February 15 he answered two questions from newspapermen about his intentions while touring the state as a potential Democratic candidate and former minority leader.
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A. C. Herrold
Braxton
Berrord
Senate
Wheeling
Small Bonds May Aid In Anti Hoarding Plan
Washington reports that administration finance experts weigh a new issue of short term treasury bonds in denominations as low as 50 cents to circulate more money. President Hoover has not yet approved the plan. The earlier idea to use Reconstruction Finance Corporation bonds was deemed unsatisfactory.
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Washington
Treasury
Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Relatives Share Birth Day In Same Illinois Hospital
In PANA Illinois on February 15 Mrs Jesue Willer and Mrs Geoit Palmer both gave birth to daughters within twenty minutes of each other in the same hospital. The newborns and their mothers are reported doing well.
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Pana
Jesue Willer
Geoit Palmer
Father and Three Children to Be Buried Today
Curious crowds could not view the bodies as a funeral in a Clay county family cemetery proceeded for Bolton Waite age 48 and his three children with the others killed or wounded in the hatchet attack and suicide. The victims Laulee 13 Joan 4 Hilida 2 James 11 Kathleen 9 Malcolm 7 were named and mourned as hospitals treated the wounded while relatives prepared a somber single-casket burial.
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Appie River
Clay County
Bolton Waite
Eif
White
Laulee
Joan
Hilida
James
Kathleen
Malcolm
Barlow Mortuary
Virginia Street
Japs Push Troops Into Shanghai in New Offensive
Wartime dispatches report Japan batching further troops into Shanghai while a final big push appears paused to assemble more units. Chinese forces total about 60,000 against Japan's 25,000 with international settlements guarded by thousands. Diplomatic protests rise as shelling continues and leaders discuss the crisis in Mukden and London.
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Shanghai
Reas
Shitehet
Japan
United States
Britain
Arthur Ringwell
Omaha Neb
L. Young
Loo Anckeles
Calif
Tokyo
Sgaitt
Cline
Mukden
Manchuria
Henry Pu-¥i
China
London
House of Commons
MacDonald
Bomb Plot Near St Peter's Altar Foiled In Vatican
A mysterious cable from America warned of a bomb hidden at the central altar of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Italian officers safely exploded the package during Mussolini's visit, with about 3,000 spectators present and officials inspecting all entrants.
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Rome
America
St. Peters
Pius XI
Mussolini
Atlantic
Vatican
Bastiica
Cannon Case to Be Taken to Higher Court
The government will appeal to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals seeking to convict Bishop James Cannon Jr and his secretary Ada Burroughs of conspiracy to violate the corrupt practices act. An appeal from the DC supreme court decision that indictments were faulty was rejected.
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Washington
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
James Cannon, Jr
Appalachian coal sales agency meeting set in Cincinnati
A call has gone out for a February 15 meeting in Cincinnati of the general committee of Appalachian Coals Inc to finalize a permanent regional sales agency covering high volatile coal from southern West Virginia eastern Kentucky southwest Virginia and Tennessee. The plan aims to speed court action to test legality and stabilize prices amid industry distress with early support from several districts and the Justice Department.
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Appalachian Coals, Inc
West Virginia
Kentucky
Virginia
Tennessee
Cincinnati
Charles C. Dickinson
Charleston
Southern
William J. Donovan
New York
Per ‘Manent
Appalachian Agency
Dickinson
Department of Justice
Coakman
Siles
Rayeng
Department
Appalachian Opals, Inc
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Slayings Roil Irish Free State On Election Eve
In Dublin the Irish Free State faces violent political tensions as two shootings occur near election events. A government worker, James Ennis, survives an ambush on his car. Patrick Reynolds and detective McGeenan were shot during political dress gatherings. President Cosgrave pled for justice as Free State troops are deployed to protect polling sites amid mounting rivalries between Fianna Fail and Cumann na Gaedheal.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Family of Nations
James Ennis
Syngies
County Dublin
Patrick Reynolds
Dial Dream
McGeenan Wate Elleg
Foxhill
County Leltriro
William T. Cone Stave
Revenolds
Cosgrave
Free State
Fianna Fall
Sanona de Valere
Sportsman Murdered Is Fear of Brothers
SEE PLACID N Y Feb 13 Fearful that their brother has been murdered by his kidnappers Thomas and Augustus Blagden prepare to offer a reward for Harry H Blagden's return with assurance the family will not prosecute his abductors. Blagdon a wealthy sportsman and bachelor of 45 has been missing since Thursday may. A letter written by Harry was received by Thomas Saturday demanding 1000 ransom and naming Tupper Lake as the scene. The brother was there yesterday with the money but the kidnapper did not show up. State forest rangers have searched the woodlands around Tupper Saranac Mirror and Placid Lakes but no clue has been found.
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Taomas
Augustus Blagden
Harry H. Blagden
Blagdon
Harry
Thomas
Tupper Lake
Tupper
Saranac
Mirror
Placid Lakes
Wehrie approves heater purchase for fire chief car
City council adjourned amid irony as Councilman Davis urged a heater for the fire chief’s official car and a siren at the Charleston Florida corner after a crash involving former jailer Kelly’s car. Davis questioned unauthorized fire department spending and proposed extra health department coverage for the chief.
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Wehrie
Comcs
Lee Davis
Fire Department
Charleston
Florida
J. A. Kelly
Harry L. Mathews
Kelly
Davis Lnst
Worley
Weill
Davis
Wehrio
Wim Uke
Annabelle Lee
Poe
Health Department
Will Dives Latest On Sino-Japanese War
A terse Washington note dated Feb 15 reports Darn here visiting Xir and Wiegfeld to view Hot-Cha. The writer claims a chat with Secretary Stimeon sharing optimism that Shanghai may not fall, noting Japan’s reduced cockiness after 17 days and mention that J P Morgan and 18 international bankers planned to intervene. The piece conveys a tempered mood and hope for terms amid the conflict.
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Xir
Wiegfeld
Stimeon
Shanghai
J.P. Morgan
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