Germany Joins In Approving Tariff Truce
Germany becomes the final of eight major nations on the conference committee to approve the U S Britain France Italy Belgium Norway Japan tariff truce proposal. Berlin plans a Reichstag May 17 to discuss disarmament as Hitler seeks planes submarines and an army matching France. British leader Baldwin warns of alarming German shifts while Bonncour cautions Versailles treaty limits. Washington and Geneva exchanges stress global economic disarmament to avert collapse. Basel reports Germany refuses to pay Young Plan bonds. US delegation to wait until May 31 as France proposes tariff cuts.
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Associated Press
Germany
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Norway
Japan
Berlin
Hitler
London
Stanley Baldwin
Foreign Office
Fariz
Pauw Boncour
Raineland
Hydmar Schach
Eut Roosevelt
Geneva
Basel
Switzerland
Washington
Canada
Industrial Plan for Congress Faces Public Works Tie In
Washington May 12 The administration plans to submit a broad program linking public works with industrial cooperation to curb unemployment. It calls for 83.2 million in bonds for construction and relaxation of antitrust laws to allow industry to stabilise production hours and wages. Taxes would underwrite bond issues totaling about 220 million annually for interest and amortisation. A special committee aims for agreement by tomorrow as Roosevelt and budget chief Lewis W. Douglas seek to balance the budget. The National Association of Manufacturers will review the plan in detail tomorrow morning.
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Washington
Ronstvelt
Concrem
Roosevelt Hopey
Lewis W. Douglas
National Association of Manufacturers
Cornwell Predicts Upward US Business Trend
J. Cornwell vice president and general counsel for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, former West Virginia governor, told graduates in Charleston that the United States business trend is definitely upward. He cited improved steel, coal, and farm product transportation, and credited beer legalization with reviving rail and glass industries. He warned inflation can be controlled to support trade and prices, citing historical trends and the impact of a bank holiday.
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Buttnese
Doun J. Cornwell
Baltimore and Ohio Ailroad Company
West Virginia
United States
West
Cornwell
Sornwell
Recall of Inflation Fight by The Gazette Editor
Former Governor John 3. Cornwell criticized proposed dollar reform, recounting The Gazette tax stance on deflation and its impact on industry. He noted The Gazette’s delayed editorial and argued for pre dawn economic strategy while referring to prior editors.
New Sectors Join in Rise
Rubber manufacturing and building construction show gains across states with payroll increases. Goodrich in Akron reports 200 percent production surge since March and 24 hour operation returning. 600 workers rehired in 30 days. Fish Rubber in Chicopee employs 1,000. Goodrich plants in Carteraville Rothmart and Degarteen plan rehiring 2,900. Department store sales rise per federal survey though April still trails 1982 by nine percent.
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Associated Press
Akron
B Goodrich Company
Fish Rubber Corporation
Chicopee
Mass
Goodrich Planta
Carteraville
Rothmart
Degarteen
Federal Reserve Bank
200 to Attend Party Meeting Heads to Clarksburg
State officials and leaders of the senate plan to lead a 200 strong Democratic delegation to the first annual West Virginia division convention of the Young Democratic Clubs of America in Clarksburg. Harry M. Woodring, former Kansas governor and assistant secretary of war, will be the keynote speaker with Robert G. Kelly of Charleston as chair of the state Democratic committee. Governor Kump will be the principal speaker at a convention banquet. Delegation originally planned to fly from Washington but left by train due to bad weather.
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H. G. Kump
Senate
Rid House
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Young Cemocratic Clubs of America
Harry M. Woodring
Kansans
Jennings Randalph
Hikins
Congress
Woothing
Randolph
Washington
Robert G. Kelly
Charleston
Kump
Buquet
Two of Four Drowned in Flood Found by Searchers
In Clarksburg two of the four occupants perished when a southbound automobile plunged into Elk creek during a flood. Mrs. Mary Folls Oliver of Fairmont and Mrs. Louis Polis of Fairmont were recovered from the car at successive downstream points. Joseph Polis escaped by grabbing a tree. search for two other victims, Steve Pinter and Miss Gall Merrifield, continued tonight.
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Clarksburg
Elk Creek
Voltunsteers
Mary Folls Oliver
Fairmont
W Va
Louis Polis
Sycamore Street
Pridge
Joseph Polls
Simu
Steve Pinter
Mannington
Gall Merrifield
Mannigton
Veterans Reject Jobs Plea at Roosevelt Camps
Washington May 12 veterans at Fort Hunt demanded payment of soldiers coins while preferring to live in tents rather than accept government forest camp work. A faction calling itself the naval wing ignored offered shelter and provisions, despite rain, sleeping outdoors with 650 veterans calling themselves communit y connected.
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Washington
Sonus
Roosevelt
Yeterang
Fort Hunt
Port Hunt
Pinase
grotesque plot to match insurance firms uncovered
New York report details an alleged life insurance murder scheme tying eight defendants to a fireman victim Mithnel Malloy. They allegedly spiked his food with wood alcohol, injured him, and used four methods of killing while insurers faced payouts totaling 2778. Authorities say a doctor certified pneumonia to cover the death, and undertakers arranged a burial in a box twelve feet down.
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New York
Mithnel Malloy
H Im
Frank Bankus
Tony Morino
Frank Manzella
Malloy
Dieto
Isease Tuya
Means Claims Lindbergh Tot Is Still Alive
Gaston Means testifies in a conspiracy trial that the Lindbergh baby was a plant and not the real child. He says ringleader Wellington Henderson claimed the autopsy showed differences and that the Lindbergh baby was alive. The testimony comes as Means links Jer sey meetings and ransom hoax plans to defraud Mrs Evalyn Walsh Mc Loan.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Gaston B. Means
Hopewell
Evalyn Walsh McLoan
Wellington Henderson
Means
Jersey
Henderson
Chevy Chase
New Jersey
Jobless Relief Bill Signed by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt signed the Wagner-Lewis measure authorizing 600 million dollars for unemployment relief while urging states and cities to exhaust local resources first. The act provides 450 million in outright gifts to states and the rest on a one for three basis, administered through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation with a special administrator likely to be Harry Hopkins.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wagner-Lewis
Losal
Getula
Reconstruction Corporation
Herry Hopkins
New York State
WHL
Ufe
Bullet Wounds Josiah Hughes
Josiah Hughes, 73, retired educator, was in critical condition after a self inflicted head wound. He was found by neighbor Joseph Forbes near his Birch avenue home at six last evening, a revolver nearby, and transported to Mountain State hospital where doctors considered his condition grave. Hughes taught for over four decades across Roane Jackson and Kanawha counties and was a historian and writer.
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Josiah Hughes
Hughes
Birch Avenue
Joseph Forbes
Mountain State Hospital
E. Medley
Roane
Jackson
Kanawha
Jurist Banks R F C Agent Refused Collection Suit Sterling Investment
Judge A P Hudson yesterday refused to permit a Reconstruction Finance Corp agent to collect subcollateral in the A Bliss McCrum versus Sterling Investment suit. J B Greenlee was named a special receiver for Sterling. Sterling borrowed $15,000 from Security Bank and Trust Co and put up $948,000 in collateral to secure a Watts debt. Security Bank later borrowed $50,000 from the RFC at Richmond and gave Sterling the note with no collateral. original notes became subcollateral. The RFC may decide whether Greenlee gains full control of Sterling assets.
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A. P. Hudson
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
A. Bliss McCrum
Sterling Investment Corporation
J. B. Greenlee
Sfiecda
Tswan
Sterling Company
Security Bank and ‘Trust Company
Joan Watts
R. F.C
Richmond
RH. F. C
Mr. Greenlee
State Supreme Court
Wilfred R. Wood
Irving Trust Company
Combustion Engineering Company of New York
John @. Dickinson and company
Malden
Elecf
Holler and Stoker
Frederick W. Norris
Beatris G. Norris
Ethel Kinder
J. 3. Kinder
Mackay
Lawrence Moles
Eifle
Joan Crawford Divorce Granted After Jealousy Trial
Los Angeles May 12 Joan Crawford obtained an interlocutory divorce from Douglas Fairbanks Jr claiming mental cruelty and jealousy. She described long absences silent treatment and constant questioning of her friends and whereabouts as factors in the four year marriage.
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Los Angeles
Joan Crawford
Douglas Budkbanks, Jr
Acress
Nusband
Mary Pickford
Fairbanks
Jorgen Diets
Diets
Solveig
Detnals
Jaze
Minor Moore
Myriends
Opinion Explains County Ballot Unit Measure Ahead of Vote
Attorney General Holt endorses adding explanatory lines to county ballots for and against the repeal of the eighteenth amendment. The plan, sought by Prosecutor Watts and the United Repeal Council of West Virginia, aims to prevent voter confusion at the June 27 special election.
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Kanawha County
Homer A. Holt
J. Blackburn Watts
Elrelé
Watts
United Repeal Council of
West Virginia
Crusaders
Atte
Pe Watts
Toolt
Farmers Delay Strike Opening
In Saint Paul Minnesota on May 12 the national farm strike planned to start at midnight was indefinitely postponed by Milo Reno and the National Farmers Holiday Association after a meeting with seven associates. Telegrams will go to state presidents detailing the suspension reasons as Roosevelt's farm relief actions influenced leaders to urge leniency in farm mortgage foreclosures and related costs.
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St, Paul
Minn
Roosevelt
Milo Reno
National Farmers Holiday Association
Reno
Washington
Voge & Col
Incomes Tax Measure Advances in House of Delegates
The House of Delegates moved a bill to align state taxes with federal rates for personal incomes, approving amendments and sending the proposal toward a final vote. Delegates Rush D. Wot and Byron B. Randolph steered discussions as the bill, drawn by a subcommittee, supplements the existing gross income tax with exemptions and revenue provisions.
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House of Delegates
Rush D. Wot
D. Lewis
Byron B. Randolph
Harrison
House
Administration
Farm Aid Plan Takes Effect Amid Inflation Powers
President Roosevelt signed the farm relief act broadening executive powers to expand credit and print money. Secretary Wallace to organize mortgage financing up to 2 billion dollars for farms and urban housing. George N Peek named chief administrator to coordinate relief for wheat, cotton, corn, hogs, rice, tobacco, and milk products.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
Chicago
George N. Peek
Moline
Ill
Alleged Theft Ring Members Held in Greensburg Pennsylvania
In Greensburg Pennsylvania on May 12 17 12 men alleged to run a theft ring across western Pennsylvania and West Virginia faced hearings. Two were discharged for lack of evidence and four released in half. The remaining six were held in default of bond on charges including robbery and receiving stolen goods.
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Pennsylvania City
Greensburg
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Officer Bums Way To Learn Trials of Tramps
Major J Arthur Fynn of the Salvation Army, Atlanta, arrived in Charleston to recount his four month study of transients across the United States. He described unemployed youths leaving home to seek work, citing reasons from financial trouble to family issues, and noted few had been approached by local agencies.
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United States
J. Arthur Fynn
Salvation Anmay
Atlanta
Charleston
Major Fynnn
Tious Club
Daniel Boong
Fyn
Fynn
Ashville
N.C
Major Fynn
West Virginia
Howe
State History In Schools Required
West Virginia will require teaching state history in elementary schools before seventh grade after the house of delegates adopted an amendment to the county unit school bill. Delegate A. J. Lubliner said West Virginia is among eight states lacking such a law, with 40 others already mandating local history study. Opponents warned the amendment could inflate the overall bill.
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House
Counsty
Dili
Poarty
Senate Tn
Senate Representativer
Nicholas County
Senate
J. A. de Gruyter
Karnawha
Treastues
R. B. Goodwin D
Jackeson
West Virginia
Unly 4
Hen H. Butcher
D. Wood
Lubliner
Oklahoma Election Funding Offer Sparks Dry Vote Question
Tulsa dispatch reports Oklahoma may finance its next election with private funds if the state guarantees a dry vote and maintains current alcohol limitations. The note discusses airport status, local prices, and uncertain figures, with unclear names and dates.
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Lindbergh Tot
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Federa Reserve Board
Banks R. F.C
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Holt
Salvation Army
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