Injunction Bill Shifts Ground in First Test Vote
Washington February 26 The Grastic Nortis bill to curb federal judges power in injunction and contempt cases shows unexpected strength on its first test vote. Republican Senator Mechert’s substitute was defeated 18 to 4 as debate continues with long urging strict limits and opposition to threats of violence. Senator Macy Long of Louisiana recalls his own injunction experience as he argues for tighter controls. He notes dangers of overbroad orders and warns that even smart lawyers will find a way to obtain injunctions.
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Mechert
R. I
Macy PF. Long
Senate
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Public Service Commission of
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H. King
Gernerst
Utah
Nortia Bil
Rentiowan
Light On Bridge Deal Sparks West Virginia Critique
HH Mellomes of Madame Creak asks Governor Conley and the state bridge commission for an explanation of the Hinton toll bridge deal. The letter cites $400,000 plus $20,000 yearly interest on bonds for a bridge costing $47,000 decades ago, urging accountability to Raleigh and neighboring counties.
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Madame Creak
Crorerno
W. G. Conley
W. . Conney
Hellems
Bridge Commission of
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Peat Sire
Raleigh
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Monros
Greenbrier
Mercer
Hinton
Ccitizens
Senate to Call On Bear Raiders in Banking Probe
Washington focus on bear raids at the stock market prompts the Senate banking committee to reveal believed masterminds behind repeated price suppressions. Senator Walcott says they will present names of alleged big-time manipulators to subpoena witnesses. The move follows calls for action amid Glass-Steagall linked price shifts and Hoover era tensions.
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Foc
Stock Exchange
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Crutffy
Walcott
Connecticut
White House
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House Agriculture
Peter Carey
Chicago Board of Trade
Secretary of Agriculture
Commission Sets Lower Cabin Creek Coal Rates
The Public Service Commission ordered reduced rates on coal shipments from Cabin Creek mines to Cabin Creek Junction via Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. New schedule caps at 35 cents per ton net, effective by March 13, with existing rates at 60 to 75 cents. Protests from Cabin Creek Consolidated Cost, Carbon Fuel, and Wyatt companies cited haul costs around 23.87 cents per ton. The railroad did not publish its cost figures.
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Cabin Creek
Cabin Creek Junction
Drys Gain on Wets in Prohibition Sentiment Poll
The Literary Digest twenty million poll shows the second week results with 80.72 percent favoring repeal and 19.28 percent for continuance. States reporting include Connecticut Maine Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey Pennsylvania West Virginia and others with New York at 87.02 percent for repeal. Rhode Island and Connecticut have never ratified and Maryland and Virginia show strong wet sentiment. Further returns forthcoming. note cautions about early figures.
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New Hampshire
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Reece Island
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Georgia
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Maryland
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Virginia
Rhode Island
Ritchie
Rome
Literary Digest
Committee Bans Excise Tax Plan
Washington February 16 The House Ways and Means Committee abandons treasury revenue bill ideas favoring a two per cent general sales tax over a five per cent levy on autos radios and phonographs The plan would tax processed foods and luxuries while leaving some necessities exempt aiming to raise about 1.0 billion dollars with possible taxes on gasoline to follow The committee expects three new officials to handle the added clerical load while treasury experts study the sales tax provisions and the full committee approves increases in income and inheritance taxes.
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An & Tow Dig
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Ways End Means Committee
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Rainey’ Cubs
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Trotzky declares Stalin's Moscow regime crumbling
Trotzky tells The Associated Press in Prisnip, Turkey that Stalin's regime weakens as Trotzky's principles hasten change. He says absence from Russia and Stalin's repressive decrees fuel unrest. claims the crackdown fails to suppress evolving Soviet self confidence and opposition within the ruling faction. The exiled leader asserts the movement against Stalin grows despite bans on his writings.
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Turkey
Leon Trotzky
Bly
Russia
Associated Press
van Joseph Mtatin
Moscow
Trotzky
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Rusia
Stalin
Ble
Dounly
Soviet Union
Gralin
Dr. Trotzky
Wets Lacking 23 Signatures On Prohibition Vote Attempt
Washington reports the wets failed to muster the 45 signatories for a vote on state-control prohibition. On day two the clerk’s desk added fourteen names to the discharge petition but still fell short. Rep Horner of West Virginia was listed among original signers but said he had not supported the petition. Seger’s signature was thought to be Horner’s. Prohibition again dominated debate as Abernethy urged action and Harr attacked a Seattle enforcement agent, amid calls about the Squar issue and liquor policy.
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Representative Horner
West Virginia
Representative Seger
New Jersey
Horner
Claims Committee
Schafer
Staat
Helen Vasilyevic
Milwaukee
Abernethy
North Carolina
Raakob
Hoover
Sam
Congress
Harr
Seattle
Alssks
Tacoma
Farmer Killed In Automobile Crash Near St Albans
Richard Franklin Crosson a 39 year old Teays Valley farmer died in a car crash near St Albans yesterday morning. His son-in-law Kenneth Courtright age 33 is in Charleston General Hospital with a brain concussion. Crosson’s son Joseph survived with minor injuries. Funeral services set for tomorrow at First Baptist Church St Albans with Rev J E Meyers officiating. Burial in Young’s Cemetery. Survived by widow Clemerstine Crosson a son Joseph and daughter Mrs Kenneth Courtright.
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Kenneth Courtright
Charleston General Hospital
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Bartlett Brothers
St. Albans
Joseph Croston
Tenya
Charleston
First Baptist Church
Neely Presses Wheat Aid for Hungry West Virginia Miners
Senator M M Neely and Elkina Red Cross home service head urged farm board wheat be allotted to feed starving miners families in West Virginia. Hoover reported Senate approving cross distribution of five million bushels to the northwest for families and livestock. Seven hundred twenty eight children in the mining district now receive one meal daily.
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Hoover
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Elkins Organization
Wired Neely
Hatfield
Senate
Netly
Pre-Convention Debates Shift in Hoover Hoover Fight
In a Feb 28 memo from Washington the pre convention presidential races turn heated with Hoover's prohibition and economic views at the center. Hurley challenged Roakop over alleged information Hoover would run on a prohibition platform if adopted. Garner attacked the President at a press conference saying he had led the country into the greatest panic the world has known. White House officials declined comment and New Jersey Republicans consider endorsing Hoover.
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Hoover
Hurley
Yonn J. Roakop
Republican Party
Garner
White House
Raskol
New York
Republican State Committee of
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Republicana Nave
Cal
Smiley resigns as state actary post amid ledger probe
James W. Smiley resigns from the state Workmen's Compensation Department at the request of Commissioner Lee OC. His resignation takes effect March 1 as Ott's removal is urged by Governor Conley. A ledger error showed $1.93 owed to the Coat Company instead of $2,300 to the department. Lewis J. Rey will perform actuarial work temporarily. Smiley will join Price Hill Coal in Fayette County.
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Yeterday
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Consky
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Ott Anid
Conley
Lewis J. Rey
J. Heaberlin
Price Hill Coal Company
Fayette County
Powers Complains Of Being Lonely In Prison
MOUNDSVILLE February 28. Powers, sentenced to hang March 18 for the slaying of Mrs Dorothy Pressler Temke, complains of loneliness. The former matrimonial agent, implicated in two murders and three children, says he should have prison privileges. Until the state supreme court acts on his new trial appeal, Powers remains in the penitentiary as gatekeeper with limited mobility and no number, under heavy guard.
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Havery PF. Powers
Mra
Dorothy Pressler Temke
Northboro
Mage
Supreme Court
Powers
Ainte
Harrison County
Clarksburg
Althugn
Chinese Regain Ground With Quick Thrust At Line
Chinese forces retake ground with rapid advance along the line while Japs plan a drive next week. City police report a local drive on fences and a juvenile crime sweep as two men are charged with buying stolen goods from youths. Judge Morgan and Judge Owen discuss severe penalties for delinquency and detentions for three juveniles ages seven to ten pending arraignment. Police suspect an organized gang of juvenile thieves and fences linked to recent petty robberies.
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Yaster
Morgan. Owen
Les Police
Don W. Cunningham
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Owen
Minora
Sone ‘Esterday
Kanawha Hardware Company
Kanawha
Claude Baldwin
Dave Silverman
Bruening Wins In Three Votes in German Reichstag
In a sequence of votes the Bruening government survived three confidence motions and defeated opposition proposals. The Reichstag rejected motions to dissolve parliament and to suspend the emergency decree as presidential campaign rhetoric heated. After the roll call the ruling coalition faced sharp divisions among National Socialists, Nationalists, and Populists on some reparations measures.
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Teichstag
Bruening
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Hermann Dietrich
Ter
Seidgatag
Reichstag
Adolf Hitler
Communiste
Bhava
Arms Meet Bars Women Workers
Feb 26 report notes unofficial women delegates from peace groups reject official work roles. British and American members say delegates act as government representatives. no gender distinction in labor. Dr Eduard Benes named to draft program guiding disarmament proposals. tomorrow general committee to form subcommittees on various arms issues.
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Gereva
Eduard Benes
Czzchonovakia
Ech
Old Man Winter Beats Back by Early Spring Surge
Amid bright sun and mild breeze, Southern West Virginia enjoyed a rapid warm spell as temperatures rose to a record high for 1932. Shop windows showcased spring fashions, men shed heavy overcoats, and foliage appeared greener as forecasts call for two more days of springlike weather.
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Legacy Arrives Too Late to Save Unemployed Man
New York report describes a writer turned waiter whose dire finances and deteriorating health led to his hospitalization and death after a letter from Vienna revealed a legacy of 2509 dollars. The piece also notes other oddities, from Toscanini’s Charley horse delaying performances to blondes waning in New York and a timid man disturbed by urban noise, with brief pop culture asides.
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Fuchs
Uridernourlahed
Vienna
Noah
Timta
Conrad Schauer
Schawer-hex
Four Powers Press Japan to Move Ships from International Settlement
Allied powers including the United States Britain France and Italy urged Japan to withdraw warships from the Whangpoo river in front of the International Settlement and to refrain from landing troops. Washington signaled Britain’s accord with the approach, while Japan warned of military actions in response to pressure. The prose describes Chinese fortifications and Japanese bombardment along the Whangpoo and Sangtee rivers, with reporting on broader Sino-Japanese tensions and international diplomacy.
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Miaochangchen
Kiangwan
Klangwan
Manchuria
United States
Italy
Great Britein
France
wJigpan
Whangpoo River
Washington
Britain
Morris J. Harris Coprricht
Navy
Air Hoeta
Moran Loy & Servs
Whangpoo
Employment Drive Reaches 100000 Mark Nationwide Effort
The war on low mood campaign backed by the American Legion and major unions reports 100000 jobs found for the unemployed. Since starting July 15, 10,931 workers have been placed back to work, with Minnesota leading totals at 23419 and New York at 26714. State and city breakdowns appear, listing Owensboro, Lane Tenseburg, Cambridge, and others among the 127 reporting locales. The drive aims to wage a nationwide effort to create one million jobs.
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Snes
American Legion
American Federation of Labor
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Association of National Advertisers
Legion Anxiety
Numebers
Minnesota
New York
Kentucky
Owensboro
Lane Tenseburg
Lebanon
Maryland
Will Goes Sight on Ranch at San Simeon
SAN SIMEON Cal Feb 26 Talk about moving treexet up here to this wonderful ranch 210 miles from Los Angeles in an hour and 20 minutes by plane Mountians pass by telephone poles in a Ford Ranch owns an airfield and is described as a rich proprietor building on America’s most wonderful estate with many workers and ongoing development
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Treexet
Goy Angeles
América Estates
Dawes
Ea Bootem
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