Ford Eligible For Contracts amid Federal Ruling
Washington November 11 government officials discuss Henry Ford's eligibility for contracts under the automotive code. The comptroller general's ruling finds Ford compliant, but NRA head Hugh S Johnson opposes interpretation, urging that contracts go only to NRA cooperators. Roosevelt council set to discuss next week amid labor industry tensions over code.
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Washington
Comptroller General
United States
Henry Ford
Roosevelt
Ford
Hughs. Johnson
NRA
Fort Worth
Texas
J. R. McCarl
Johnson
Malcolm Muir
McCarl
Agriculture Department
Civilian Conservation Corps
Commerce Department
Airways
Broadway Honors Famous Character at Silent Funeral
Texas Guinan, Broadway’s famed night club queen, lay in a plain silver coffin at a New York funeral home after a daylong public viewing. Crowds observed the silent procession from Penn Station to Sixty sixth Street as family plan private services tomorrow and burial likely Monday. The event drew figures like Jack Pearl who called her the most lovable and honorable friend Broadway ever knew.
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New York
Texas Guinan
Broadway
Pennsylvania Station
Sixty Sixth Street
Fatty Arbuckle
Rudolf Valentino
Texas
Vancouver
Chicago
Jack Pearl
Tex
Police in Airplane Fail to Catch Prey
SAN PEDRO Calif Nov 11 police and federal agents failed to locate Brooke L Hart kidnap suspects after hours of boarding the Matson liner Lurline between San Francisco and Los Angeles. A wallet found on a fuel ship tied to a ransom case triggered the search aboard the ship with Babe Ruth and 160 passengers detained while officers checked every person aboard.
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San Pedro
Cal
San Francisco
Brooke L. Hart
San Jose
Los Angeles
Lurline
San Francisco Bay
Strife Rumored In Cuban Inland
Rebel movements spread from Puerto Padre to Sagua Tanamo Chaparra and Deli cias near Puerto Padre. Holguin garrison reportedly joined rebels as troops redeployed. Havana endured a brief sniper panic before order was restored. A military court was formed to try rebels while Pan American Airways passengers, including four Americans, were detained then released.
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Punas Tunas
Sagua
Tanamo
Chaparra
Delicias
Puerto Padre
Holguin
Santiago
Oriente
Havana
Guieras
Azares
Pan-American Airways
Miami
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Two Hunters Die in West Virginia Rabbit Accidents
In Upshur County Oliver Roach, 37, a World War II veteran and former tin plate worker, was killed while rabbit hunting. In Tyler County Walter Riggs, 18, a high school student, died after being shot while attempting to retrieve a rabbit near his father's farm. Authorities call both deaths accidental and no inquests will be held.
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Clarksburg
West Virginia
Upshur
Oliver W. Roach
Tyler County
Walter Riggs
Roach
Junior Hinkle
Armistice Day Observed Amid Parades And Football Triumph
Charleston marked the fifteenth armistice anniversary with a downtown parade and a large football game at Laidley field. The day featured a solemn ceremony for war dead, a parade halted at the monument, and speeches by city leaders. Meanwhile the Charleston High School team defeated Huntington, sparking a celebratory postgame rush through the streets as police moderated traffic. Weather drew crowds of shoppers and public offices closed for the legal West Virginia holiday. The day ended with taps by the John Brawley American Legion band and remarks by Mayor DeVan. Louis Cablish, 63, founder of Cablish Brothers bakery, died at his Rosemont home after a long city residence since 1892. He leaves a widow, two sons, three sisters, and three brothers. funeral at 3 p.m. at his sisters’ Summers Street home.
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Charleston
Lee
Capitol Streets
Laidley Field
Huntingston
West Virginia
John Brawley
American Legion
Charleston High School
Taps
Memorial Monument
Frank Donaldson
R. P. DeVan
P. D. Shingleton
W. M. Walton
National Guard
H. B. Cornwell
P. V. Myer
R. D. Roller
Philip F. Shaffer
Boyd B. Hill
Louis Cablish
Cablish
Louis
Joan Cablish
Emma
Mena
Marie Cablish
William
John
Charles Cablish
Cablish Brothers
Summers Street
Ernest Thompson
First Presbyterian
Frank A. Knight
the Gazette
Charleston High Mountain Lion
Pony Express
Huntington
Laidiey Field
Lions
Cabellites
Big Sleepy Glenn
Glennmen
Express
Ed Crow
Cramon Stanton
Sammy Gardner
Coleman
G. Stark
Lion
Gallows Built to Back Martial Law in Austria
Vienna officials report the construction of a gallows in the old district jail as part of Englebert Dollfuss mishandled martial law enforcement. The decree threatens death for violence linked to socialist or Nazi activity, while border security and public order measures tighten across Austria amid the 15th anniversary of the republic.
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Austria
Vienna
Englebert Dollfuss
Austrian Republic
Lodau
Vorarlberg
Victor Adler
Coal Product Plant May Be Started Here
A movement is under way to establish a bituminous by product plant near Charleston led by William Huntley Hampton of Portland Oregon, with support from local prominent citizens. The plan aims to produce more than 50 coal by products and briquets from final carbon powder, boosting demand for southern West Virginia coal. Ironton By-Product Coke of New York seeks a dock and conveyor system at Ironton on the Ohio river to handle coal and coke, with a projected cost 200000 to 300000 dollars.
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Charleston
William Huntley Hampton
Portland
Oregon
West Virginia
Kanawha River
Ironton By-Product Coke Company of
New York
United States
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Ironton
Paint Creek
Kanawha
Joe Creek
Ice Creek
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Alaska Pacific Railway and Terminal Company
Williamette Medical College
Ore
Tion
Lincoln C. Andrews
Doran
Congress
Universal Service
King
Utah
Sheppard
Texas
Italian Delegation Leaves Arms Parley
Geneva reports Italy withdraws its official delegation from the disarmament conference and hints at following Germany out of the League of Nations. Mussolini criticized the league as impotent while Goering urged aloofness. Observers remain to watch remaining talks as France and Britain weigh assembly action. The U S signals it will not renew talks until European powers act.
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Geneva
Iitaly
Italy
Germany
League of Nations
Mussolini
League
Goering
Rome
United States
League Assembly
France
Britain
Norman H. Davie
Policy Announced By Secretary Hull
Secretary of State Hull leads the American delegation to the seventh Pan American conference in Montevideo Uruguay declaring a good neighbor policy for the western hemisphere He aims to avoid economic questions for now and focus on basic relations while seeking an immediate armistice between Bolivia and Paraguay as a key goal with J Reuben Clark Hugh S Cummings Jr Sophonisba Breckenridge and James Clement Dunn also aboard.
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New York
Hull
Montevideo
Uruguay
White House
Washington
Lnner American Legion
Committee On
William Allen White
Bolivia
Paraguay
J. Reuben Clark
Mexico
Hughs. Cummings, Jr
Sophonisba Breckenridge
Chicago
James Clement Dunn
State Department
German Vote To Be Held Today
Berlin reports that Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party proceed to election of a solid reichstag and confirmation of leaving the League of Nations with Von Hindenburg urging unity and peace while praising Hitler as savior. The Armistice day ceremony featured a wreath laid by Hitler and a brown shirt guard.
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Berlin
von Hindenburg
Goebbels
Adolf Hitler
Nazi
Germany
League of Nations and Disarmament Conference
Hitler
League of Nations
Lawmakers Push Liquor Law Ahead of Repeal
Lawmakers prepare for a November 21 extraordinary session to tackle liquor control as West Virginia eyes revenue from licenses for schools. Observers expect bills to license a lawful liquor trade before repeal of the prohibition amendment in 1934, with stamp taxes and penalties under debate and possible easing of enforcement.
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West Virginia
Progress On Russian Parley Moves Toward Recognition
Washington reports progress as state department officials and Soviet diplomat Litvinoff continue four formal talks on questions needed before any restoration of diplomatic relations. A White House session featured a frank exchange, signaling careful study of issues delaying recognition and future accord.
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Washington
State Department
Maxim Litvinoff
Phillips
Litvinoff
Boris Shvirsky
Soviet Union Information Bureau
White House
Fire destroys Raymond City Coal tipple in Putnam County
A fire at 4 a.m. damaged the Raymond City Coal company's tipple in Putnam County, causing about 40 000 dollars in losses. The blaze started in the lower section, likely from a dropped match or cigarette, and the structure was destroyed after failed extinguishing efforts. Operations will be interrupted for about 30 days. the mine has a 1500 ton daily capacity.
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Raymond City
Raymond City Coal Company
Putnam County
Otto Remelin
Remelin
National title contenders trimmed in major clashes
Princeton defeated Dartmouth 7-0 and Army crushed Harvard 27-0 while Michigan beat Iowa 10-6 and Georgia edged Yale 7-0. Duke overwhelmed Maryland 38-7, Oregon routed Oregon State 13-3, Stanford toppled Southern California 13-7 to hurt the coast shot at the Rose Bowl, and Duquesne fell 7-0 to Pittsburgh. West Virginia lost 25-6 to Wisconsin as others shuffle in race details.
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Princeton
Army
Michigan
Duke
Georgia
Oregon
Southern California
Duquesne
Dartmouth
Harvard
Iowa
Yale
Maryland
Oregon State
Stanford
Trojans
Pittsburgh
Elmer Layden
Kump Plays Waiting Game Before Special Session
Governor Kump weighs a cautious approach as a special session set to convene on Tuesday November 21. Observers say he will use the interim to time a tax and enabling legislation push, letting the legislature craft a prompt plan or risk an early public demand for resolution. Legislative leaders push for a majority agreement on an advance program.
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Kump
Capitol
Brain Trust
Burns Claim Young Life in Yard Accident
Emory Spurlock Jr four died after falling into a barrel of hot water while hog butchering at home in Hernshaw. He died in a local hospital. Survived by parents a brother Gene two, and grandparents Mr and Mrs G C Bateman of Chesapeake. Funeral at Len's Creek residence.
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Emory Spurlock, Jr
Emory Spurlock
Hernshaw
Emory
Gene
G. C. Bateman
Chesapeake
Len’s Creek
Liquor Control Clash Near White House Surfaces
Washington officials and Roosevelt advisers clash over how strictly to regulate the liquor industry. Plans consider licensing under AAA and NRA authority to curb distillers, output, and prices, with a split between airtight federal control and minimal interference. Congress remains the final arbiter amid a divided outlook.
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Washington
Congress
AAA
NRA
Roosevelt
Tugwell
Brain Truster
Charles Prazier Littlepage 81 Dies in Charleston Hospital
Funeral services held yesterday for Charles Prazier Littlepage a Kanawha Valley pioneer. He practiced law and worked in insurance and river improvements before serving as an engineer on Yorktown monument projects and canals on the Kanawha river. Survived by son Charles Jr daughter Mrs Lee Fink and sister Mrs A M Putney. Burial at Spring Hill cemetery. Pallbearers named R F Irwin Boyd Donnally John G Morgan Staige Davis Graham Painter W E R Byrne.
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Charles Prazier Littlepage
Kanawha Valley
Charleston
Littlepage
Kanawha River
Mr. Littlepage
Adam Brown Littlepage
Malden
Greenbrier County
Licks
Kanawha
Charles Frazier Littlepage
Yorktown Monument
J. W. Alderson
Hale Building
Lee Fink
Fort Springs Va
A. M. Putney
Simpson’s Chapel
Ernest Thompson
D. D
Spring Hill Cemetery
R. F. Irwin
Boyd Donnally
John G. Morgan
Staige Davis
Graham Painter
W. E. R. Byrne
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Guinan
State
Cuba
Kentucky
Dolfuss
Hindenburg
National Chase
Mountain Lions
Stanton
C. F. Littlepage
Pioneer Valley
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