FDR Endorses Mead Bill Aimed at Bank Loan Guarantees
President Roosevelt backed the Mead bill supporting government guarantees for up to 90 percent of principal and interest on 10 year loans to industry by private banks. The move signals indirect lending over new public works as the administration’s main stimulus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Fitzmaurice
Washington
INS
Roosevelt
RFC
Hopkins
Sen. Mead
New York
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Jesse Jones
Relief Work Plan Held Satisfactory
The state relief program for employables received praise after its first month of operation. Administrative Assistant Joseph Blackburn said the plan, authorized by the 1939 legislature, allows cooperation among the Department of Public Assistance the State Road Commission and local entities. Those who refuse to work were to be removed from relief rolls and officials estimated about 5 000 workers would be capable of meeting the requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Blackburn
Department of Public Assistance
Department
State Road Commission
Blackburn
Narcotic Ring Leader Sentenced In Kansas City
Ayo Donnici, 64, accused of directing a narcotic ring earning 12 million dollars per year from a saloon near the federal building, received eight years in prison and a $7,000 fine from Federal Judge John C. Collet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Angelo Donnici
Federal
John C. Collet
This Drinker Knows When He Is Menace
A Chicago man James Thomas warned after drinking that he would harm someone and was briefly held. He appeared in Stockyards Court and told Judge Mason E. Sullivan he was sober and could be released. The judge released him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
James Thomas
Stockyards Court
Mason E. Sullivan
Work Continuing On New U Boats
Birkenhead England June 6 Frank Shaw one of four survivors of the Thetis submarine disaster said he volunteered to try the Davys long escape apparatus after three others who attempted it were hauled dead back into the submarine. R S Johnson a director of Cammell Laird builders of the Thetis quoted Shaw saying only those in best physical condition could try to escape due to a steep interior climb at a 45 degree angle. Johnson said Shaw was feeling bad breathing and that the three who died frightened the others. He called reports that work on three other submarines was suspended absurd and said the disaster resulted from an outside accident and some human slip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birkenhead
England
Frank Shaw
R. S. Johnson
Cammell Laird
Shaw
Johnson
Train Kills Woman in Oakland Transit Incident
In Oakland California June 6 an electric train halted suddenly near a station. Wyatt Urton rushed to the front and found his 78 year old mother struck while attempting to cross the street. She died in his arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
Wyatt Urton
Urton
Matheny Chosen Head of Charleston Life Underwriters
Wilbur L. Matheney of New England Mutual Life Insurance was elected president of the Charleston Life Underwriters association at the Daniel Boone hotel. He succeeds J. H. Robson with officers including Howard H. Cammack Vaughan E. Walker Lewis Milam Henderson L. Peebles and R. G. Turney as directors and national committeeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur L. Matheney
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
Charleston Life Underwriters Association
Daniel Boone Hotel
J. H. Robson
Howard H. Cammack
John Hancock Life Insurance Company
Vaughan E. Walker
Sun Life of Canada
Lewis Milam
Henderson L. Peebles
R. G. Turney
State Employment Service Moves to Kanawha Hotel
The West Virginia Employment Service shifts its headquarters from the Great Kanawha Bank building to temporary quarters in the basement of the Kanawha Hotel. District manager A. M. Starling said offices would move at night with service resuming tomorrow morning and applicants asked to use the Summers Streets entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Employment Service
Great Kanawha Bank
Kanawha Hotel
A. M. Starling
Summers Streets
Starling
Panhandlers jailed on soliciting charges after midnight
Frank Biffie J C Black and Jess Belcher were arraigned in municipal court yesterday on soliciting charges. Police testified they panhandled door to door after midnight and received jail terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Biffie
J. C. Black
Jess Belcher
Miller and Faber Apply for Marriage License
An application for a marriage license was filed in the county clerk's office yesterday by Bernard Lindsey Miller 24 of South Charleston and Virginia Faber 23 of Sherwood apartments in Lee Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Lindsey Miller
South Charleston
Virginia Faber
Sherwood Apartments
Lee Street
Itchy Pimples Kill Romance Headline Ad
Itchy pimples and skin irritations ruin romances and cause distress. Peterson's Ointment offers quick relief and a money back guarantee if one application fails to delight. It also soothes irritated feet and cracks between toes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson
Adv
Ruling Favoring PMW Protested in UMWA Case
The United Mine Workers of America and Kellys Creek collieries protested a trial examiner's ruling that Eugene Shifflett was discharged for PMWA activities. The National Labor Relations Board heard oral arguments on contract terms, closed shop status, and union grievance procedures amid disagreements over worker representation and discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Mine Workers of America
Kellys Creek Collieries Company
Eugene Shifflett
Progressive Mine Workers of America
National Labor Relations Board
J. J. Fitzpatrick
United Miners
Coal Company
Shifflett
Kanawha County
W. Vamine
PMWA
UMWA
Charles Reed
Claude Smith
Kellys Creek
T. C. Townsend
Three RAF Fliers Die in Sea Crash Off Scotland
London June 6 An RAF bombing plane crashed into the sea off Kinshardy Scotland killing three airmen. The 1939 RAF accident toll stands at seventy with125 deaths overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Royal Air Force
Kinshardy
Scotland
Dunbar Couples Wed in United Brethren Church Ceremony
Miss Margaret Virginia Gillespie and Thomas Howard Glass married June 5 in Dunbar at the United Brethren church conducted by Rev. R. L. Kelbaugh. The bride, a Dunbar high school graduate and former Nitro teacher, is a New River and Marshall college alumna and Phi Mu Gamma and Kaffa Tau Thi member. Glass, son of Tyler mountain, is Kroger store manager. They will live on Mound street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Gillespie
Margaret Virginia Gillespie
Thomas Howard Glass
T. H. Glass
Tyler Mountain
R. L. Kelbaugh
United Brethren Church
Dunbar High School
Glass
Kroger
New River
Marshall Colleges
Nitro High School
Phi Mu Gamma
Kaffa Tau Thi
Mound Street
Local social notes from Roane and surrounding counties
Miss Virginia Hinkle attended a Baptist state board of managers retreat at Alderson-Broaddus College in Philippi. Mrs. T. S. Smith and companions visited Jackson's Mill and camped there. Several residents spent weekends with relatives in Sissemville Higby Roane county and Pikeville Kent. Ada Price left for Huntington Marshall college summer session. Politano family from Point Marion and Pittsburgh visited Huntington after time with Bernard Blizzard. Lyttons spent two weeks at a cottage at the 4-H fairgrounds. Victor Politano returned to Huntington after visiting Mrs. Blizzard. Rena Price guest of Ora Price Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Hinkle
Baptist State Board of Managers
Alderson-Broaddus College
Philippi
T. S. Smith
Jackson’s Mill
Thomas Smith
Junior Mallory
William Gillespie
Corda Phillips
Sissonville
Walter Ferrell
Higby
Roane County
Lilly Belle Hawkins
T. E. Haught
Rose Haught
Pikeville
H. W. Hinkle
Ada Price
Huntington
Marshall College
Anthony Politano
Point Marion
Mary Politano
Pittsburgh
Victor Politano
Bernard Blizzard
O. C. Lytton
Rena Price
Ora Price
Beggar Takes Money At Filling Station Robbery
West Virginia brief reports Julian Stanley, a filling station owner in St Marys, asking state police to search for a man who asked for a sandwich then brandished a hand as if a gun and fled with 26 dollars. A second item notes the Upper Monongahela Valley association will run a goodwill tour Aug 22 to 24 starting in Elkins and ending in Bluefield and Huntington under George F Beerbower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Marys
Julian Stanley
Stanley
Fairmint
Upper
Monongahela Valley Association
F. Leslie Body
Elkins
Bluefield
Huntington
George F. Beerbower
Kingwood
Davis Elkins Trustees Elect New President
Elkins Louis Reed of Grantsville elected president of Davis Elkins College trustees succeeding Dewey L. Fleming of the Baltimore Sun. Maj. R E O Connor of Charleston delivered the principal address as trustees met ahead of the annual commencement exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis-Elkins
Elkins
Louis Reed
Grantsville
le Davis-Elkins College
Dewey L. Fleming
Washington Staff
Baltimore Sun
R. E. O'Connor
Charleston
Ex Fireman Kills Self In Huntington Tragedy
Coroner F X Schuller reports 46 year old former city firefighter John M Robinson ended his life by poison. He had suffered ill health for years and is survived by his wife and seven children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
F. X. Schuller
John M. Robinson
Schuller
Robinson
Rear Admiral Latimer Buried in Elmwood Cemetery
Rear Admiral Julian Lane Latimer 71 retired U S N was buried yesterday in Elmwood Cemetery Shepardstown where he was born. Funeral services were held at the home of his cousin Miss Julia Reinhart Latimer, former judge advocate of the navy, died Sunday in New York after returning from a winter home in Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepherdstown
Julian Lane Latimer
Elmwood
Julia Reinhart
Latimer
Judge Advocate of the Navy
New York
Florida
Man Kills Self in Dille Home Tragedy
State Trooper B F McLaughlin said Harold Collins 32 former Charleston resident shot himself at his Dille home. Collins parents who run a filling station found him dead of a shotgun wound upon returning to the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richwood
B. F. McLaughlin
Harold Collins
Charleston
Dille
Collins
Injunction Bans Further Picketing At Cox-Morton Plant
A Kanawha county court injunction issued by Judge Julian F. Bouchelle bars Louis Davidson Armando Folio Tony Aiello and the Congress of Industrial Organizations from six labor dispute actions at the Cox-Morton plant in Virginia Street. The order prohibits picking etching around the business coercion and attempts to influence customers or employees and any activity to hinder lawful operations. The petition states no labor agreement exists with the defendants and no union membership among Cox-Morton workers. Additionally regional social notes report Johnsons visiting from Chicago for chiropody graduation and a change of address for Mr and Mrs C C Mullens with daughter Sara Frances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cox- Morton Company
Virginia Street
Julian F. Bouchelle
Kanawha County
Louis Davidson
Armando Folio
Tony Aiello
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Cox-Morton Company
Community events blend worship, scout play and gatherings
The Ethel Philathea Bible class hosted a covered dish dinner and birthday party at First Baptist with Rev H L Parkinson leading. A Girl Scout play Grandfather's Clock was presented by Helen Skaggs. New committee appointments and church group meetings followed, plus a recital by piano pupils at the South Charleston Woman's club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Philathea
First Baptist Church
H. L. Parkinson
George E. Thomas
M. E. Lore
E. G. Hodkins
Helen Skaggs
Scouts
Child Peggy Farley Dies After Car Injury
Five year old Peggy Jacqualine Farley died yesterday in a Point Pleasant hospital after being struck by a car near her Gallipolis Ferry home the previous day. Police said no charges have been filed against the driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Peggy Jacqualine Farley
Gallipolis Ferry
Boy Drowns While Wading in Monongahela River
Six year old John Bodnar Jr. drowned while wading with companions in the Monongahela River about 30 feet from shore. Firemen and county officers assisted in efforts to recover the body. John was the son of a Dakota miner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bodnar, Jr
Monongahela River
John
Music Head Named at Potomac State College
KEYSER President E. E. Church announced Leonard Withers of Parkersburg appointed head of Potomac State College music department succeeding Miss Katherine Moore who resigned. Miss Moore and President Church were married recently. Church also said C. Waldron Bolen of Bluefield employed as instructor in history and English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keyser
E. E. Church
Leonard Withers
Parkersburg
Potomac State College
Katherine Moore
Moore
Church
C. Waldron Bolen
Bluefield
Short Course Enrollment Affected by Coal Shutdown
Morgantown reports the bituminous coal shutdown affects West Virginia university's six week mining course enrollment. Assistant Director R G Spindler announced enrollment totals of 41 at Morgantown, 40 at Beckley, and 38 at Logan. In 1937 a record 237 miners attended.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
Asistant
R. G. Spindler
Spindler
Beckley
Logan
Royal visit draws massive crowds in Windsor
King George and Queen Elizabeth toured Canada by royal train from Toronto to Windsor amid record crowds. About 1.5 million people met the royals including 500000 Americans from Detroit. The day featured long greetings on the station platform despite King George injuring an elbow. Detroiter Sean Russell arrest noted as security stepped up.
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Windsor
Ont
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Toronto
Detroit River
Stratford
Detroit
Sean Russell
Trial calendar lists 58 cases for June term
The common pleas court announced its June term trial calendar with 58 cases. Entries include matters involving Empire Savings and Loan, Concordia Fire Insurance, Alpha Gas Co, Aetna Insurance, Charleston Transit, Petroleum Transport, and several other firms and individuals scheduled from June 26 to July 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court
M. H. Hix
O. O. Messner
Lawrence Hindle
Empire Savings and Loan Association
Concordia Fire Insurance Company of Milwaukee
Rochester Hopes, Inc
W. H. Pettry
Robert C. Lafferty
Alpha Gas Co
Texas Company
O. H. Keiffer
Jack Garcia
Aetna Insurance Company
William S. Pugh
Stella G. James
Ofa Wolfe
Everett Starcher
Upton Improvement Company
Sarah Tyler
Henry Tyler
Dale G. Casto
Charleston Transit Company
Martin Motor Sales, Inc
Sun Insurance Office, Ltd
Lionel L. Lights
Lada Light
C. Bernard Gates
Geraldine McKissie
Grace Gibson
R. G. Robinson
J P Dyer Retired Coal Operator Dies
J P Dyer a retired coal operator died today at Gilliam where he worked with the Gilliam Coal company and the Arlington Coal and Coke company. A native of Chatham Virginia he is survived by his widow two children Mrs Elizabeth Henderson and J P Dyer Jr both of Charleston and a sister Miss Louise Dyer of Roanoke Services will be held in Roanoke tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
J. P. Dyer
Dyer
Gilliam Coal Company
Arlington Coal and Coke Company
Gilliam
Chatham
Elizabeth Henderson
Charleston
Louise Dyer
Roanoke
Miners Appeal Pay Plea Faces State Panel
In Frankfort Kentucky on June 6 miners plea for unemployment benefits during idleness was formally appealed to the state unemployment compensation commission as operators and union representatives argued over contract renewal terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Kentucky
State
Unemployment Compensation Commission
End Of Three Month Strike Celebrated At Pittsburgh Steel Foundry
Nearly 700 workers celebrated the settlement of a three month strike at the Pittsburgh Steel Foundry Corporation plant in Lasport Pennsylvania. The company said the plant would reopen soon under a new agreement restoring workers under prior conditions from March 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lassport
Pittsburgh Steel Foundry Corporation
Princess Kate Fazil Fined for Drunk Driving in London
Princess Kate Fazil wife of Prince Ibrahim Fazil of Egypt was fined 125 dollars after a drunken driving case in London. Witnesses testified she insulted a police doctor and treated officers with flippant remarks while the car, containing a gin bottle, collided with another vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kate Fazil
Ibrahim Fazil
Egypt
Kate Stevens Hofer
New York
Dancer Eleanor Powell to be escorted at legion convention
Colman C. Curran of Boston named official escort for Eleanor Powell at the national American Legion convention in Chicago September 25 to 28. Powell chose a Massachusetts legion official, and Curran learned of the honor from Philip W. Collins. Other stars who made dates with legion officials include Kitty Carlisle Connie Boswell and Lita Grey Chaplin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Coleman C. Curran
Boston
Mssachusetts Department
American Legion
Eleanor Powell
National Legion
Curran
Squire Miss Powell
Philip W. Collins
Convention Corporation
Collins
Springfield
Mass
Massachusetts Legion
Legion
Kitty Carlisle
America
Connie Boswell
Lita Grey Chaplin
Sorority Honors Mothers at Charleston School Luncheon
Mrs Lois Ford spoke at a mother and daughter luncheon hosted by Alpha Iota sorority at the Charleston School of Commerce. Mrs H King of Morgantown won a mileage prize for traveling the farthest to attend, with Mrs Ralph Bolin of Princeton in second place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Ford
Tally Ho
Alpha Iota Sorority
Charleston School of Commerce
H. King
Morgantown
Ralph Bolin
Princeton
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Mead
Chesapeake and Ohio
New York World
George Washington
Billy Rose
NBC
Manhattan
New York City
W. H. Cox, JR
C.P.A
Kanawha Street
Hesapeake
Cyhio
W.L. Matheny
State Employment Service
Panhandlers
PMW
Kellys Creek Collieries, Umw
Carry Fight To Labor Board
Dunbar News
R. V. Barnett
George T. Herring
Peggy Towers
Wineyam Stillman
Willeene Stillman
Virginia Garrett
Ethel Archer
Genevieve Hinzman
Charles Elkins
Donald Gaw
Our Gang
J. H. Milam
Victory Quartet
Fountain Mission Church
Clifford Jividen
Gay Jividen
Harry Roberts
Howard Long
Harveytown
Dallas
Electrolux
CAS
Londeree, Inc
Quarrier Street
West Virginia
The
Associated Press
Cox-Morton Co
C. C. Mullens
Sara Frances
Eighth Avenue
Fourth Avenue
S. Charleston News
Ladies Aid Society
First Methodist Episcopal Church
E. R. Garrett
Fifth Avenue
L. K. Long
Don A. Smith
E. A. Boles
Maxine
Burl Sebert
Everett Thacker
Washington, D. C
Ocean View
Virginia Beach
Florence Lambert
M. W. Wood, O. Dut
Optometrist
Capitol St
Chickering
Hamilton
Acrosonic
Galperin
Dora Abramowitz
Albert Cohen
Everett E. Lawson
Chura E. Mullins
R. B. McMillion
A. C. Wills
Robert Miller
J. Elmer Cavender
Jean Vickers
George W. McAlpin
Ida Yoder
Malissa K. Brabhan
Thomas Humphreys
Infant
F. C. Thacker
Blossom Dairy
Emma Morris
Ray Burford
Maude E. Daniels
Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Company
Viola Eisensmith McKee
Aetna Life Insurance Company
Fred R. Smith
Kellys Creek and Northwestern Railroad Company
James D. Brewer
Edward Foster
Arthur Osborne
Kellys Creek Colliery Company
Lon Russell
Universal
O. J. Morrison Department Store Company
Aleatha Parks
Owens-Illinois Glass Company
Court
National Distillers Products Corporation
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