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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1934
Page
4
The county list shows monthly salary allotments for teachers by county and post, with full and half time positions and varying stipends. It notes supervisor salary at 820 per week plus travel allowance and eligibility based on relief rolls and unemployment, plus non eligibility for term-contract teachers and recreation staff paid 615 weekly.
Delegates William H. Peery and Harvey D. Beeler visited Arlestan yesterday. Peery, a Democrat, has not decided on reelection. Beeler, a Republican, has already announced his candidacy.
Funeral notices from Washington Street and Lexington record deaths of Dollie Counts age 4 Bertha Jordan Nettie Dickinson and Sallie Willig. Services set for Fletcher Forest church Lexington burial at local cemeteries with Charleston relatives noted. Buster Wayne and Wanda Jima Aibe also referenced.
A luncheon honored Recovery Administrator and numerous state and national figures including General Jules som miss Frances M. Robinson Edward McGredy EL Witcher McCullough J B McLaichlin Van A Butier William E Chilton Homer A Hott and J Baston among others as leaders in labor and public service gathered at the event with officials from education and government present.
Easton reports the timber workers union delaying a planned walkout while executives continue talks with Ault and the IMLAN group. They demand a minimum wage hike from 2 81 2 to 50 cents per hour with possible strike if unmet. The piece notes army recruitment rejections and a major telegraph project in nine Chinese brownfields.
President Roosevelt defends the NRA stating it is not finished and will remove inequities while exposing those who seek unfair advantage. He praises progress in labor, industry, and nationwide cooperation, noting declines in child labor and wage starvation and celebrating the NRA’s first anniversary.
Thousands of miners fill Charleston to hear General Johnson defend the National Recovery Act and attack partisan opponents. He argues NRA stabilizes the economy and criticizes press bias while praising Roosevelt's program and the era’s reforms.
Two boys led Detective Sgt. Z N. Shuck to hiding places where jewelry valued at 108 was recovered from their thefts in Bag Charleston. Indian pocket books missing from Moses Bolarsky’s McClurg Street home were also found. The youths, from Lakin school for boys by Friday, gained entry by selling newspapers.
Richberg warned that economic collapse threatened the political system and outlined three recovery options. He endorsed the emergency short cut program as the Democratic path within constitutional limits, noting the NEA’s role and referring to criticisms of NRA haste.
Notice details a bankruptcy petition by Leona Martha Talley of Charleston Kanawha County West Virginia and asks for discharge of debts except those by law. The order sets a hearing for July 7 1934 in Charleston and directs notices to creditors. Also includes a trustee sale notice for Margaret L MacCorkle W G Mactorile and others and a notice of withdrawal by Arthur McKee & Company from West Virginia.
The West Virginia Board of Control invites sealed proposals by 2:00 p.m. on July 16, 1934 for constructing ten two story reinforced concrete homes at West Virginia State College Institute in Charleston. Plans by J C Norman Architect are available for a $25 deposit with bid bonds and NRA certificate required. the project is financed by the Public Works Administration and bids may be rejected at the board's discretion.
The discussion centers on urgency in policy decisions eight years after a military emergency. Richberg notes no time for extended study, urges immediate action, and critiques regimentation of economy by public agencies. General Hugh Johnson, invited, could not attend.
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