Weirton Steel Wins Test Case Against NRA
A Wilmington federal court upheld Weirton Steel's employee representation plan as lawful, ruling the National Recovery Act does not apply since the company has no substantial interstate commerce. The decision dismisses the government's suit seeking an injunction and affirms the plan as a legitimate means for collective bargaining.
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Weirton Steel
NRA
Wilmington
Del
Weirton Steel Company
John P. Nields
Nichos
Weirton Company
Weirton
House Defeats Gas Rates Probe in West Virginia
The West Virginia House of Delegates votes down a resolution by Delegate Shahan calling for a public service commission inquiry into fuel gas rates. Debate centers on wasting ongoing investigations and the potential loss of momentum in power and water probe efforts.
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House of Delegates
Public Service Commission
West Virginia
J. Buhlhan
D. Randolph
Noes
Nyes
Shahan
Jack Adams
D. Only
William BM. LaFon
D. Monroe
Foar
Pub
Mc Service Commission
Flan Jeans
TaFon
Ute
Willie Willis Wena Proups Teach Path to Play
fragmentary line shows Willie Willis Wena attempting to guide through a path to demonstrate playing methods.
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Wena
Sou
Lyon Testifies Self-Defense in Murder Trial
Dr. O. T. Lyon of West Charles Street testified yesterday that he shot Lou Topper after Topper struck him and reached into his pocket. The defense presented 23 character witnesses before the state rested its case, with Coroner W. Work among the first witnesses.
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O. T. Lyon
West Charlesston
Lou Topper
Daniel Boone Hotel
Topper
Lyon
West Side
Kanawha County Dental Society
Gable and Colbert Receive 34 Film Honors at Oscar Banquet
NOLLYWOOD Calif Feb 27 Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable were voted best screen performers by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at its seventh annual awards banquet In Hollywood Irvin S Cobb praised the winners as the film colony gathered More than 100 persons heard the speech and the banquet started late after a long delay before dining
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Calif
Claudette Colbert
Clark Gable
Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences
Flower of
Irvin S. Cobb
Hollywood
Only One Student Balks at ROTC
Morgantown West Virginia university officials report one student left the university rather than take military training and nine others protested but signed up. The withdrawing student is George Lambert of Bluefield West Virginia a senior political science major who said the course would be too much of a compromise with principle. With the exception of Lambert all others enrolled or filed legal exemptions following a protest movement sparked by the suspension of Donald Graham of Darby Pennsylvania a Quaker who refused compulsory ROTC.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
Je Mame
George , Lambert
Bluefield
W. Va
Athenaeum
Donald Graham
Darby
Bean W. P. Shortridge
Lambert
Mathews Enters Race For Mayor In Charleston
Mal colm R. Mathews former post master declared his bid for the Republican nomination for mayor of Charleston subject to the party convention. Judge D Boone Dawson also seeks the nomination with a convention set for March 20 while Democratic contenders remain J Horner Davis W H Ekman T D Robertson and Dale Thomas.
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Mathews
Dawson
Malcolm R. Mathews
Post Master
D. Boone Dawson
Republcan
P. H. Hil
Imlttes
Republlican
Charleston
Ition
Walter S. Hallanan
Wertz
Fielu
W. W. Wertz
Tam
Sale
Richard J. Carroll
J. Horner Davis
W. H. Ekman
T. D. Robertson
Dale Thomas
Anni and Reilly Appeal for Defense Funds in New York
Mrs Hauptmann and Ed ward Reilly addressed a large crowd at the Yorkville casino in New York's German district to raise defense funds for Bruno Hauptmann. Police estimated more than 5,000 inside and thousands outside. a cash box was heavily filled, while sponsors withheld totals. Mrs Hauptmann read a message from Hauptmann in death row, stating belief in eventual truth and a rumored guilt. The audience cheered Reidly as he spoke. the event continued with German language remarks.
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New York
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Edward Reilly
Hauptmann
Yorkville Casino
Reidly
Telly
Woman In Wheelchair Faces Murder Trial In Laurel
Ouida Keeton a 33 year old woman wheeled into court in a wheelchair faces a jury for the mutilation slaying of her mother. Only part of the body was found and dismembered. We M Carter, 67, a Laurel businessman named in an alleged confession, was indicted and awaiting trial. Jury selection showed farmers predominating with possible death penalty consideration.
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Laurel
Ouida Keeton
We. M. Carter
Quida
Reindeer Trek Leader Out of Touch With 1930s News
Seattle on February 27 reports Andy Bahr, 70, who led a 1200 mile Arctic reindeer drive for Canada, is nearing Aklavik returning home March 6. He has no knowledge of the Great Depression, the New Deal, or Hauptmann trial, while mortgage actions and family concerns unfold back in Seattle.
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Seattle
Andy Behr
Bahr
Arctic
Kotzebue Sound
Alaska
Aklavik
Yukon Territory
Roosevelt
Hauptmann
Aklayik
Keteedue
Ramo
Prince Mike Romanoff in court case as fake royal wooer
New York February report describes Mrs. Wilma Gould suing her brother in law for 500000 over an alleged romance with the self styled prince Mike Romanoff. She testified he posed as royalty, wooed her, and arranged a dinner and a drugged coffee incident in his one room apartment as her husband and detectives burst in.
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New York
Mike Romanoff
Wilma Gould
Mike
Iee Gould
Gould
Prince
Anna Gould
Prince Mike
Mra. Gould
Alan
Axe
New Orleans
Paints North
Senate Moves to Iron Out Beer Bill Difference
The Senate moved to resolve differences with the House over the age limit for five percent beer sales. President Modges will confer with the House. Senators Sandridge Rouss Smith Young and Garrett discuss the ongoing talks as the two chambers clash over whether the age limit should be 18 or 21.
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Senate
House
Modges
Sandridge
Barbour
Rouss
D. Jefferson
Smith
D. Marion
Young D. Upshur
Garrett
Putnam
Move To Send Liquor Plan Back To People Is Launched
Abolition of justice of the peace courts and constables is urged by the house judiciary committee. A substitute for House Joint Resolution No 2 would submit to voters a constitutional amendment to abolish the offices and empower the legislature to create inferior county courts.
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Senate
Justice of the Peace Courts
House Judiciary Committee
Office of Justice of the Peace
Delegate Butcher Pushes Amendment On Free In Writing Control Laws
West Virginia house debates butchers plan to strip legislature of restrictions for liquor control machinery while senate rejects 21 to 8 to pass a $10 million veterans bonus. Adams sponsors measure to place the issue before voters in 1936 amid talk of a “new deal” in liquor law. Governor F G Kump praised existing control plan but did not commit to implementation details.
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Butcher
House of Delegates
Senate
House
West Virginia
Ben Butcher
D. Wood
F G. Kump
Alcohol Control Commission
Ilberal
Sena
Judiciary Committee
James Paull, Jr
de Brooke
Jones
D.boone
Finance Committee
Adama
Jack Adams
Dohio
W. J. Cuneingham
Veterans Service
Governor-Only Election Constitutional Amendments Proposed
Senate debate proposed two constitutional amendments: a short ballot to elect only the governor and appoint other officials, and a budget amendment assigning the governor responsibility for drafting the biennial state expenditures. The measures would shift power from the legislature, which now approves or rejects budget recommendations, to the governor with legislative checks on appropriations.
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Senate
Creretary
Board of Public Works
Surgeon Arrives for Alyce McHenry Upside-Down Stomach Operation
Dr Philemon E Truesdale arrived from the West Indies to Fall River Massachusetts to perform surgery on 10 year old Alyce Jane McHenry of Omaha who suffers an upside down stomach. The child is reported comfortable and shows improvement. the surgeon immediately begins preparations and may proceed with the operation. Mrs Truesdale and her 6 year old son John stay in New York to clear baggage through customs.
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Fal River
Mass
West Indies
Dr. Phile
Mon E. Truesdale
Ute
Alyce Jane McHenry
Omaha
Alyce Jane
Truesdale Hospital
Alyce
Osbornes Mills Veteran Union Soldier Dies at 95
Lewis Melvin Jarrett 95, last Union soldier of Reane county, died yesterday morning at his Osbornes Mills home. He left a son Howard Jarrett and a sister Mrs. Ling Osborne of Clendenin plus a brother Buel Jarrett of Idaho.
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Lewis Melvin Jarrett
Reane County
Osbornes Mills
Howard Jarrett
Ling Osborne
Clendenin
Buel Jarrett
Idaho
Relief Tangle Goes to FDR in Wage Bill Crisis
Washington reports show optimistic Democrats may unite with administration supporters on the $4.88 billion work relief bill. Two or more of the McCarran wage amendment backers are expected to switch sides, while talks of a compromise and a possible substitute continued. Democratic leaders plan to present the issue to President Roosevelt upon his return from Hyde Park.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Roosee
Blanket of Snow Covers State With Mercury Taking Dip
A heavy snow event blanketed West Virginia with two to five inches in many areas. The cold snap saw temperatures fall to four above at Beckley and two inches at Flat Top Mountain. Roads were open but slick, prompting caution and numerous minor accidents but no deaths attributed to the cold. Nicholas County reported five inches, with Fayette, Greenbrier, and Kanawha seeing two to three inches.
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Py Associated Press
West Virginia
Nicholas County
Fayette
Greenbrier
Kihawha
Tanhandle
Beckley
Flatop Mountain
Mercury
Brown Fired Over State Purchasing Irregularities
Testimony before the senate committee shows James A. Tierney says former state purchasing employee MLEB Brown of Huntington was dismissed after an investigation into commissions on lumber orders. W A Evans of South Charleston testified a cancelled check for commissions was given to Tierney. Evans described calls about state orders and a woman who could secure state contracts. Tierney cited Brown’s frequent unexcused absences as another reason for dismissal. Page 1 Part 1.
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State Purchasing Department
James A. Tierney
Purchasce
Mleb Brown
Huntington
Tierney
W. A. Evans
South Charleston
Saya Ie
Evans
Brown
Blind farmer and wife partner to farm despite blindness
Albany Ga February 27 a 71 year old blind Negro Han som McCoy guides a plow with his wife Sallie Anderson McCoy directing by voice Both have worked together for years to farm 1 1/2 acres and raise corn and cotton on land Henry Nelms provides a house and uses of land, McCoy recalls relief and past hardship.
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Albany, Ga
Hansom McCoy
Sallie Anderson McCoy
McCoy
Cote [Es
Henry Nelms
Neale
Fey
Duce Talking To King Declares Will
A fragmentary, period voice letter argues Mussolini seeks no war but seeks influence over France and allies. It claims Duce hopes to keep peace while warning of attempted conquests and world power plays.
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G. O. P. Ward
Anni
Reilly
Gotham
Tmauptmann
Mate
Butcher Fourtit
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Tors
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Milla
Tells Purchasing Probers
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Musso
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Roxas
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