President Looks to Push Tax Program Before Adjournment
The administration aims to force its tax program through Congress, seeking passage before adjournment. Leaders expect the package to include higher income taxes on the wealthy, gift and inheritance taxes, and a graduated corporate rate, while omitting Roosevelt’s proposed holding company reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Congress
Byres
Roosevelt
Scs. Morgersthau
Treasury
Nad
Obituaries and memorial notices from Charleston area paper
Obituary notices list George Wesley Sanders 75, Malinda Riffle 78, M. J. Foster 73, Leatha Ellis 35, Eunice Bonham 71, Thomas L Hawken 89, and Earl Maurice 30 with funeral details. Surviving relatives span multiple counties and towns. services, burial sites, and churches named include Spring Hill cemetery, Sunset Memorial Parks, Elkview, Mount Tabor, and Immaculate Conception Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wesley Sanders
Henry Sanders
Villa Route
John Elmore
Spring Hill Cemetery
Leatha_ Ellis
Leatha Ellis
Kingston
Charleston
Owen and Barth
Harry Ellis
Stop No. 6
Spring Hill
J. A. Ellis
William Ellis
Sineston
Spring Hil
Ruth Sprouse
W. H. Kinser
City Loans and Mayor Resignation Prompt Work Pause
City officials and the mayor resigned amid a loan offer and a postponed conference with Walmsley. The workers committee declares no morning garbage collection, while FERA officials insist work will proceed and may assign relief workers to the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walmsley
FERA
Armada Jewel Rejoins England in Noted Portrait Sale
The auction features Holbein and Hilliard works with high bids. The famed Armada Jewel locket shows Queen Elizabeth with a blue enamel background and a miniature of the queen inside. Other notable pieces include Cooper miniatures of James Duke of Monmouth and Lady Townshend and Hoskins portraits ranging from 2,150 to 4,460 dollars.
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Sir Thomas More
Henry VII
Britain
Hans. Holbein the Younger
More
Henry
Holbein
Nicholas Hilliard
Samuel Cooper
James
Duke of Monmouth
Charles 11
Cooper
Lady Townshend
Thomas Fairfax
Charles
Naseby
John Hoskins
Isaac Oliver
Prince of Wales
Mahan Hits Eatonville Bank Robbery in 1933
A lone robber named Mahan entered the Eatonville state bank on December 2 1933. He forced clerk Alice Fowler and two customers into the vault, taking about 1500 dollars. An outside accomplice waited with the car while the note says a later failed attack on Centrala branch national bank occurred on March 22 1934.
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Weyerhaeuzer
Mahan
Eatonville
Fierce County
Eatonville State Bank
Alice Fowler
FE. T. Cushmancny
Bliss Fowler
Centralia
National Bank of Commerce
Traffic Surveys Consider Bus Service For Charleston Area
Reports for the Charleston Transit Company, successor to the Charleston and suburban Railroad, suggest bus routes from Nitro to Dunbar via St. Albans and Charleston. Surveys indicate limited Nitro–Dunbar passenger demand, high bridge tolls deter bus use, and bus substitution on Charleston–Dunbar or St. Albans lines hinges on highway widening and economics.
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Charleston Transit Comany
Charleston!uburcan Railroad Company
Nitro W
St. Albans
Nitro
Dunbar
Charleston
Greyhound
Point Pleasant
Points
Ohio
State Road Commission
Federal Income Above Estimate Continues On Page One
The government reports current year income above estimates with emergency outlays totaling 4.052 billion. Expenditures this year reach 7.188 billion versus 8.581 billion projected. Year to date financing turnover stands at 524 billion, with borrowings of 12.963 billion and redemptions totaling 11.368 billion.
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Treasury
Volunteer Grocers Parade for Second Anniversary Sale
More than 100 independently owned Volunteer Grocers stores serving southern West Virginia will parade their trucks and cars through Charleston’s principal streets tomorrow afternoon from 42:30 to 2:00. The event marks their second birthday with a food sale claimed as unequalled in the state’s grocery history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
Albert Miller Held To County Grand Jury
Albert Miller charged with theft of an automobile from C. P. Ayers was held to the county grand jury after arraignment in municipal court. Fined were F. H. Barker fifty dollars and Ollie Asbury twenty five for driving while intoxicated. Licenses revoked and cars impounded for six months. B. O. Garnes was fined fifty dollars. Wyatt Watkins and John Dyer charged with possession of moonshine liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvert Miller
C. P. Ayers
F. H. Barker
Ollie Asbury
Garnes
Wyatt Watkins
John Dyer
Judge Reduces Boys Sentences
Sheriff Ed Leugers reported arresting Ray and Sherigan for possessing a stolen auto and liquor. The youths allegedly drew guns during custody, forced the sheriff into his car, and fled 25 miles before being captured after a brief gunfight in a field. Ray sustained a slight shoulder wound.
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Young Ray
Sherigan
Ed Leugers
Senate Passes Bankhead Bill in Slow Start Plan
The Senate approved the Bankhead bill with a three year borrowing cap of 300 million dollars of a total one billion. Senator Adams of Colorado pushed an amendment limiting interest to 3.5 percent, reducing the previous terms that added costs for administrative expenses and staff fees.
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Bankhead
Congress
Ser. Adams
D-Col
Damage Suit Is Heard Testimony Involving Miller Opposing Bowen
Testimony concluded in the damage suit of Robert Miller infant against George Bowen. The case claims injuries after a rock moved to Bowers yard allegedly rolled onto the child’s grandmother’s premises near Clendenin. Jury submission set for this morning.
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All
Robert Miller
George Bowen
Bowers Yard
Clendenin
Strike Scenes Tighten Amid Labor Tensions in Clearfield
Police mobilized at a strike scene as workers at Clearfield demand higher pay above 30 cents an hour, with mediator Edward S. Sailler from Cincinnati attempting settlement. A related Kentucky Fire Brick plant strike near Haldeman also sees guards and deputies on duty while power to the town was cut, raising disorder concerns.
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Bowne
NRA
Edward S. Sailler
Louisville
Laor
Cincinnati
Clearfields
United Brick and Clay Workers
Kentucky Fire Brick Company
Haldeman
Here
National
Clearfield
Jennings
Kentucky Power and Light Company
Body of Dixon Found in River
The drowning of Dixon was first reported to police Saturday morning by Freeman Adams and a man named Price who heard someone calling for help. Three persons were arrested then released as there was no evidence linking them to the drowning. Burial will be in the Cedar Grove cemetery. The officiant is to be D. D.
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Thomas L. Hawken
Cannelion
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Montgomery
J. Lutheraeier
Cedar Grove
J. A. Taylor
Heresa Hawken
Cannelton
Is. MM. Booth
Petanky, Mich
Paul R. Hawken
Lawrence H. Hawken
William P. Hawken
Mulligan End White
D. D
Dixon
Adams
Price
Arch Brown
Railroad Places Huge Rolling Stock Orders
The Chesapeake and Ohio railroad announced orders totaling about 12.819 million dollars for rolling stock. Purchases include 2,000 50 ton steel hopper coal cars from American Car and Foundry in Huntington West Virginia and 1,500 50 ton hopper coal cars from Pullman Standard at Butler Pennsylvania.
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Washington
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
American Car and Foundry Company
Huntington
W.va
Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company
Butler, Pa
General American Car Company
East Chicago
Ind
Bethlehem Steel Company
Uf Johnstown
Thedford's Black-Draught Laxative Praised by User
A reader testimonial extols Thedford's Black-Draught laxative for its cleansing action and morning relief from constipation. The note mentions feeling tired prior to use and credits the product with boosting energy and overall well being after bowel relief. The ad encourages trying Black Draught in 25 cent packages.
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Thedford
Troy
Holt Casts First Vote For Bankhead Farm Bill
Sen Rush D Holt of West Virginia casts his first record vote in the Senate weeks after his admission. The Bankhead farm tenant bill passes as Robinson presents committee assignments for the youngest members including Naval Affairs Immigration Education and Labor Post Office and Mines and Mining.
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Washington
Rush D. Holt
D-W.va
Bankhead
Robinson
Naval Affairs
Immigration
Education and Labor
Post Office
Sprague's Condition Is Declared Critical By Idaho Physicians
Ernest Sprague a 19 year old Charleston ward of the Idaho State Welfare Department lies in a Wallace hospital with a fractured skull after a forestry service truck wreck near Wallace Sunday that killed Creath Cupp 19 of Huntington and left 19 injured. Twelve others sustained minor injuries with four unhurt.
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Ernest Sprague
Charleston
Civilian Conservation Corps
Wallace
Idaho
Sprague
State Welfare Department
Rhoda Sprague
Is Creath Cupp
Huntington
CCC Worker Found Shot Through Heart
The bullet pierced body of 19 year old CCC camp worker Edward Fewell of Round Hill Virginia found near the Bastian Virginia camp. A gun lay within reach and officers discount suicide. Footprints of men and women were found nearby. Fewell had been missing from camp since last night and will be taken to Round Hill for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Bastian
CCC
Edward Fewell
Round Hill
Fewell
House Battle Seen Over Utility Policy
Lawmakers clash over TVA rules aimed at preventing below cost power sales after 1937 and limiting parallel private lines. President challenged a plan to curb private power facilities while preserving TVA development in the Tennessee basin. An American Legion post in Hutchinson Kansas named Virginie Schuman beauty queen for the Fourth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TVA
Tennessee
American Legion Post
Hutchinson
Kas
Virginie Schuman
Birth announcements for Goodson family and Farren kin
Mr and Mrs Ernest Goodson of Ward announce the birth of a son on June 1. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Mirg. Mark Farren of Diamond celebrates a birth on Saturday June 22 at the McMillan respites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Goodson
Ward
Two Sentenced For Grand Larceny In Charleston Case
Lester Davidson and James Brooker of Charleston were sentenced yesterday in intermediate court to 18 months in the state penitentiary. Hoth had pleaded guilty earlier to taking 10 dollars in cash and a 25 dollar watch from Lloyd Mairs in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Davidson
James Brooker
Charleston
Hoth
Lloyd Mairs
Prun-O-Wheat Bread Promises Gentle Constipation Relief
A vintage advertisement touts PRUN-O-WHEAT bread as a tasty remedy for common constipation. It highlights two natural ingredients, nourishing flaked wheat and sun-roasted prunes, claimed to provide gentle, natural laxative effects while offering fruity flavor. The copy urges readers to ask for the loaf by name and use it daily for two weeks.
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Tate
Malinda Riffle
Bownemont
Bartlett
W. M. Given
Emory Biffle
Mrs. G
Felix
Gassaway
L Foster
Schwamb Memorial Church
Wovelock
M. J. Foster
Bigley Avenue
John M. Hart
C. #. Harrington
D.C
Elkview
Eunice. Bonham
Eunice Bonham
C. F. Keeney
Belte
W. W. Hensley
Dunoar
C. L. Hensley
A. J. Hensley
Ashland
Earl Maurice
Whitesville
Whiteswitle
Ohio Exterminating Co
Phoan
Armada
England
Mapers
Ald Hensherbing
Dot
LE Reason
Albert Miller
Senate
Terman
Saahteast
Sen
Holt
Goodrich
Goodrich Engineers
Lytell
Siuscof
Silvertown
NBC
Red
Tiran
Parsons-Brindle Thre CO
West Washington St
GOFF
Virginia
Obin Ave
DILL
Bigley Ave
Gulf Refining CO
Washingtont
Laidley Gulf Refining CO
Lee and Morris
B. Goodrich
Highlawn
Saint Alhans
Belle City Garage
Belle
Cabin Creek Motor CO
Cabin Creek
Harless
Marmet Pores Garage
South Charleston
Casto's
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