Amended West Virginia beer bill faces legislature session
An amended West Virginia beer bill seeks higher licensing rules and a change to the 3.06 percent alcohol limit to align with federal law. The measure, advanced for the extraordinary session opening April 19, aims to take effect upon passage with court challenges possible. Delegates discuss revenue provisions and local levies while Governor Kump keeps the call intact.
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West Virginia
J. Patrick Beacom
D. Cabell
H. Grump
Fred L
Kump
Boscom
Tee
Mapa Ae
Postoffice Project May Be Revived In Charlton
Washington, March 29 Officials in the treasury department expect provision to carry on with plans for a new postoffice building in Charlton in the near future. The department is now uncertain with policy pending and work held up. Several hundred building projects are affected by the temporary stop order issued by Budget Director Dougue last week. The treasury department also faces a move by the president to appoint an assistant secretary of the treasury in charge of public buildings and grounds to replace Major Ferry.
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Washington
Postoffice
Charleton
Treaswy Department
Charleston
Dougue
Trequry
Willie Willis Famine Voice From a Fragment
A fractured quotation presents Willie Willis lamenting luck and fate in a clipped, era voice. The garbled text hints at hardship and memory, with stray phrases suggesting weathered speech and a personal reminiscence.
Roosevelt Security Plan Wins Favor With Congressmen
Editor Thomas O Flynn of the Wheeling Intelligencer urged extending the public service commission's powers to regulate utilities. He noted the need for lower rates amid living-cost declines and criticized the West Virginia Natural Gas Company for charging high rates. In Washington, Roosevelt pressed for federal regulation of new securities and broader control of banks and exchanges, with lawmakers set to act soon.
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Publi Service Commission
Thomas OB. Firnn
Wheeling Intelligencer
One Utilities
Wheeling
Flynn
Cheat River
West Yvi- Binta Power and Transmission Company
West Penn
Supremes Court
Dyer Power
Gaya
West Fenn Power Company
Natural Gas Company
West Virginia
Sx Svorage
Light Ind Heat Company
Condra
Man Buried for 100 Hours Rescued in Mine
Mt Carmel Pr March 25 A man identified as John Sheslock Jr. aged 38 was rescued alive after being buried in an abandoned mine for more than 10 hours. He and Stanley Orlaky 27 were last seen Saturday while working a coal hole near an idle Lehigh Valley Coal Co colliery a quarter mile east of Mt Carmel. Orlaky escaped by rope as dirt began to collapse. Sheslock, chilled and weak, was rushed to a hospital after rescue efforts by miners and rescue workers who labored to reach him. He reportedly spent days under fallen timber and rock six feet underground.
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MT. Carmel
John Sheslock, Jr
Wags
Cheslock
Rese
Stanley Orlaky
Lehigh Valley Coat Company
Orlaky
Cheslock Fallawins
Viother Killed By Automobile Near Hugheston
Mrs Eva Campbell 24 of Hugheston was killed instantly when an automobile struck a walking group from a church meeting on the Mid lant trail near her home. The infant she had just nursed and her husband Dana Campbell and sister in law Miss Lorene Campbell escaped injury. The driver fled toward Montgomery. state police opened an investigation and officers recovered windshield fragments as clues. The body was taken to Hoopers funeral home for examination. Mrs Campbell leaves four other children.
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Oldaby
Eva Campbell
Hugheston
M. Long
Jens
Thousands of Irish Riot Against Reds in Dublin Streets
Thousands of men and women riot in central Dublin attacking communist buildings. The clashes last for hours leave at least four casualties, including a wounded individual hit by a bullet, with others hospitalized after beatings.
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Dublin
Ireland
Torch Singer Hopes Her Son Will Become Aviator
Libby Holman Reynolds speaks of her newborn son in Philadelphia hospital eleven weeks after birth. She aims to stay with motherhood while the baby needs care and distraction from her stage plans, awaiting a time when his needs lessen before any return to the stage.
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Philadelphia
Libby Holman Reynolds
Smith Reynolds
Mix
Reynolds
North Carolina
Reynolds Proudl
Dima
Favorable Business Reports of the Day
The Edison Electric Institute reports improved electric power production in the United States after a February decline. Iron Age notes steel capacity rose to 15 percent this week from 14 percent. Freight traffic across several railways, including Illinois Central and New York Central, substantially increased last week. John Sullivan estimates about 40 000 men and women will gain work in New York state when the beer industry begins.
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New York
United States
Edison Electric Institute
Ghicago
Illinois Central
Wabash
Rock Island
Burlington
Union Pacific
New York Central
John Sullivan
State Federation of Labor
New York State
Unified Bank System Seen in Federal Court Opinion
Washington reports a federal reserve board bulletin outlines that Congress can end state bank systems and centralize banking under federal control. The opinion, by board counsel Walter Wyatt, cites Supreme Court rulings and asserts Congress may unify the national banking and federal reserve systems to preserve currency and efficiency amid the era’s banking crisis.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate Banking Committee
Giess
D-Va
Eugene Meyer
Reserve Board
Senate
Walter Wyatt
Supreme Court
Wyatt
Bank of the ‘United States
Federal Reserve System
Federi
RS Congress
Neely Recommends West Virginia U.S. Attorneys
Senator Neely sent to the White House recommendations for George S. Neal of Huntington as U S attorney for the Southern district and Howard L. Robingon of Clavesburg for the Northern district. Also named were Harry H. Byer Martinawurg Robert J. Riley Wheeling Joseph V. Gibson Kingwood and Harry Th Watkins Fairmont as Northern district assistants.
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Washington
M. M. Neely
Roosevelt
George S. Neal
Huntington
U.S
West Virginia
Rand Howard L. Robingon
Clavesburg
Harry H. Byer
Martinawurg
Robert J. ‘Riley
Wheeling
Joseph V. Gibson
Kingwood
Harry Th. Watkins
Fairmont
White House
David D. Ashworth
Arthur Arnold
Arnold
Ashworth
Neil
Liquor Bill Lets Physicians Prescribe More Medicine
The Copeland measure, approved by the Senate, would remove the monthly prescription limit on liquor for medicinal use, allowing physicians to issue more than ten prescriptions per patient if needed. The bill heads to the House for expected approval, aligning with broader Volstead law modifications as legal alcohol access nears.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Hitlerites Act Against Jews in Germany
Berlin and across Germany tighten repressive actions against Jews ahead of a nationwide boycott. Reports describe anti Jewish pressure, the plan aims to retaliate against foreign protests. Notable incidents include anti Jewish measures in Goeritts and Muenster and Berlin ordering municipal purchases from nationalists. Prof Albert Einstein renounces Prussian citizenship after trip to the United States.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Reich
Albert Einstein
Finstein
Prussian Academy of Eclenies
Brussels
United States
Hitler
Deutche Allgemeine Zeitung
Goeritts
Muenster Bewiy
France Blocks Immediate Payment of War Debt
PARIS March 29 The finance committee of the chamber of deputies halted an immediate payment of 19 million dollars overdue since December 15 to the United States. Foreign Minister Poincaré explained discussions with the United States justify delaying the debt question as negotiations continue. The committee gave no formal vote, but members showed general agreement with the minister, noting the possible relevance of talks under way with America.
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Paris
France
Chamber of Deputies
United States
Joseph Paut-Boncout
America
Charleston Bank Check Forger Nabbed in Ohio Valley
James Bratton alias J H Brady, 34, Richmond Va, detained in county jail awaiting Georgia authorities. He admitted attempts to pass $80 checks at Kanawha Banking and Capital City Bank, aimed to clear through Cleveland and Philadelphia accounts. About 50 forged checks found on him. police say plan was to deposit at a Bluefield bank. Bratton claimed crime began in 1924 in Camden NJ. sentenced 18 months. Page 2 Col 2.
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Virginia
Charleston
James Bratton
J. H. Brady
Richmond
Gainesville
Bratton
Irving A. Cohen
West Virginia Investigation Bureau
Wan
Cohen
Banawha Banking and Trust Company
People'd Exchange Bank
John Butten
Georgia
Mayes
Gainaville
Capitol Street
Kanawha Banking and Trust Comepany
Capital City Bank
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Cohen Caith
Bluefield
Cameden
N. J
West Jersey Chemical Company
Oil Men Urge Roosevelt to Seek Oil Industry Regulation
Washington March 39 The oil industry's troubles were laid before President Roosevelt with a plea for Congress to pass legislation for unprecedented government regulation. An administration backed governors aid conference proposed a personnel representative of the president to aid order in the oil business and a law to keep the order, as independents led by John B. Elliott of Los Angeles split from the main group.
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Roostvelt
Congress
John B. Elliott
Los Angeles
Yarlanop
Elliott
Roosevelt
Pinnse
Page
Near Beer Dumped Into Sewer At Pleasanton Brewery
A crowd watched Batt fried Kureger company’s brewery pour out 5 000 cases of near beer worth about 4 000 dollars for 3 2 beer preparations. In Pleasanton California on March 29 a junior chamber polo plan describes jackapoxey mounts and scooped equipment for a local game.
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Sawake
Battfried Kureger Company
Pleasanton
Calt
Calit
Beling
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Farm Aid Bill Vexes Senate Agriculture Committee
Washington March 29 The Senate Agriculture Committee wrestled with how to insure farmer production costs within the Roosevelt administration farm aid plan. John A Simpson proposed price fixing to guarantee costs and the committee ordered amendments for a vote tomorrow or Friday. Senator Smith predicted changes as the bill faces a tight House approval and a separate McAdoo mortgage bank proposal to refinance debts with lower interest.
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Washington
America
Senate Agrix Culture
John A. Simpson
National Farmers Union
Smith
D. 8
Roosevelt
House
McAdoo
D. Cal
Grand Jury Will Get Case Against Man In Gallipolis
Gallia county grand jury to convene April 4 to consider bank robbery charges against Join Kruco 21 held in connection with the First National Bank hold up in Gallipolis. Kruco arrested after three men fled with about 13,000. Kruco denies complicity and did not name accomplices.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Join Kruco
First National Bank
Albany
Athins County
Palice
Kruco
Dying Man Tells Grim Tale Of His Fate In Low Mood
Joseph Frapaselli, 61, recounts a grim tale of poverty and hunger in Chicago. An unemployed father of 11 fed his family after finding a dead pig in an alley, believing macaroni caused illness. His 12 children faced food poisoning, two died, six ill or recovering, and he faced impending death. The story details desperation, pride, and a dangerous attempt to feed his clan amid unpaid work and worsening conditions.
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Cricago
Joseph Frapasefit
Frapaselli
Frepadelli
Frapasillo
Piret
Bill Moves To Senate For Concurrence On Jobless Plan
Washington March 29 AP A large Democratic House, facing Republican opposition, passed Roosevelt’s employment program and forest conservation bill after suspending gag rules. Amendments were inserted, triggering a Senate preview on next steps for the unemployment grants program. The vote tally reached 189 to 61 as party leaders pressed to delay final passage until tomorrow.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Wagner
Eerace
Beedy
S Legislative Committee
Appropriations Committee
Lesier
Missouri
Bankhead
Tomorow
Alleged Attack Victim Testifies in Court
Miss Helen Huffman an eight year old Sunday school teacher testified in a crowded Muncie Indiana courtroom about an alleged assault by Rev. Leravel Conway suspended Madison Street M E church pastor. Huffman said Conway invited her to ride and drove to a lonely spot near Bear Creek where she resisted and faced threats of violence.
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Miss Huffman
Ingtrad
Will Is Afraid Of Law for Real Beer
Santa Monica commentaries reveal confusion over a national real beer measure in March. The speaker predicts poor distribution and uncertain pricing and fears the prohibition amendment could fail, noting New York Tammany Hall’s influence and the public’s distrust of the plan.
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Will
Law
Santa Monica
Calif
New York
Tammany Hall
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