Gold Price Boosted by Government Amid Market Tensions
Washington reports a government boost to domestic gold to a new high of $33.45 an ounce while denying a White House treasury rift. Secretary Woodin said the president consults with him and backs the program, as bond prices hold firm despite a dollar slump and rumors of Fed support circulate.
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Washington
White House
Treasury
Woodin
Roosevelt
Federal Reserve Systems
Reconstruction Corporation
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Cor
Kidnap Suspect Killed in Barber Shop Shootout
In Peoria Illinois a short-range gun battle in a barber shop left Russell Hughes dead and two detectives plus a bystander wounded. Hughes linked to a $400000 kidnapping ring headed by Handsome Jack Klutas. Detective Moran critical, Chief Montgomery and another officer wounded. customer Alfred Jenkins also shot.
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Peoria
Ain
Russell Hughes
Jack” Klutas
Hughes
Robert Moran
Fred Montgomery
Alfred Jenkins
Chief Montgomery
Moran
Jay Dusenbery
Willie Willis by Robert Guillen
A witty comment from Robert Guillen on gender roles in relationships. The speaker notes that a woman only wants to test a man's strength when there is a task to carry, reflecting social humor about male endurance and domestic labor. The jest centers on practical demands versus perceived bravado.
Pinchot urges state control of liquor sales in special session
Governor Gifford Pinchot asks the legislature to create State operated liquor stores with profits funding unemployment relief schools and old age aid. He proposes taxes on pre repeal liquor and post repeal production to yield large state revenues while minimizing private profit and banning open saloon. The plan envisions a state liquor system named Pennsylvania liquor stores to oversee sales.
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Harrisburg
Gifford Pinchot
Pinchot
Ciry
Commonwealth
State Alcohol Permit Board
Pennsylvania
Anti Tubercle Serum Reported Discovered
Dr Stephen J Maher, a tuberculosis expert, described a TB serum that destroys itself and tuberculosis bacilli when applied in the human body. He spoke to Connecticut physicians at Laurel Heights Sanitarium in Shelton.
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Shelton, Conn
Stephen J. Maher
Connecticut
Laurel Heights
Kump Forms Medical Staff for Tuberculosis Care
Governor Kump announced creation of a state advisory medical staff to aid tuberculosis treatment across institutions. Dr. George E. Gwinn will head the group and likely base at Rutherford Sanitarium Beckley, with Dr. K. M. Jarrell named as new Rutherford Sanitarium superintendent.
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Kump
Rutherford Tuberculosis
Beckley
George E. Gwinn
Hopemont
Terra Alta
Jarret
K. M. Jarrell
Rutherford Sanitarium
George Grissinger
Doctor Gwinn
Jarrell
Dust Cloud Dimmed Sun in Kanawha Valley
Charleston residents watched a midwest dust storm sweep eastward over the Kanawha valley muting sunlight. Dowtown shops, cars, and streets were covered in dust as winds drove temperatures down and residents sought indoors.
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Charleston
Kanawha
Midwest
Sta
Henderson Threatens to Quit World Disarmament Chair
London Nov 13 Arthur Henderson warned the world disarmament conference he may resign as president unless governments alter their attitude toward arms. The British debate criticized Geneva policy as Premier Ramsay MacDonald said Britain is marking time but ready to blame any country for peace breakdown.
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London
Arthur Henderson
House of Commons
Geneva
Stafford Cripps
Labor Party
Henderson
Germany
Europe
Ramsey MacDonald
Britain
Eddy Youth Is Given Life For Double Slaying
Ralph Eddy, 17, pleaded guilty to murdering his father Rev. James Frank Eddy and stepmother Bertie Eddy at Trace Fork on September 12. Judge Lewis H. Miller sentenced him to life in the state penitentiary at Moundsville. Eddy admitted fleeing toward Charleston then returned seeking his abandoned car, and he claimed family quarrels cracked his nerves.
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Ripley
Ralph Eddy
James Frank Eddy
Bertie Eddy
Trace Fork
Luther Wolfe
Lewis H. Miller
Moundsville
Eddy
Jackson County
Young Eddy
Charleston
S. C
John Britton
St. Albans
Dunbar
No Church Bells Ring Over Nazi Victory
Berlin reports glow over Hitler victory as 90 percent back Reichstag picks and policy. Bells toll for 15 minutes in gratitude while editorials claim Germany united and ready for a firm, peaceful foreign stance. Reichstag to convene December 11 at Kroll Opera House after fire damage.
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Berlin
Germany
Reich
Ludwig MaeNer
Hitler
Hitlerite
Kreuz Zeitung
Reichstag
Solons
Rudolf Hessare
Kroll Opera House
Buy
Goes to Trial for Murder in Spokane
In Spokane Washington Mrs Lily Banka Gaines age 27 faces trial for the murder of her husband Dr James I Gaines 41 a sportsman and drugless physician. The crowded corridor saw many spectators but under 80 found seats as women outnumbered men five to one.
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Spokane
Wash
Lily Banka Gaines
James I. Gaines
Masons Gather For Reunion In Charleston West Virginia
Masons from Huntington Bluefield and other southern West Virginia points gathered in Charleston for the annual reunion of the Charleston valley of Scottish Rite at the Beni Kedem Mosque. The ceremony conferred the fourth fifth and sixth degrees on a class including Sabe I Howard Charleston Wilkie A Hoy Charleston Chase P Loury Cannelton George A Tweel Kingston Charles W Williams Charleston Harry D Chambers Whitesville Eddie W Billings Hinton Mac E Stockton Montgomery Alexius C C Arthur South Charleston James B Brown Charleston Graves H Samples Dunbar and Allan S Perry Huntington. The fourth degree was led by J Malcolm Orth with Omer Given and Elden V Brown and others assisting. The fifth degree was led by George S Wynns with Omer Given T Leslie Burdette and Roland A Hinckley. The sixth degree was led by William C McKee with Frank H Kincheloe and Murhi C Turley. Today’s seventh degree begins at 8:45 AM under Clyde B.
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Huntington
Bluefield
West Virginia
Charleston
Whitesville
Eddie W. Billings
Hinton
Mac E. Stockton
Montgomery
Alexius C. C. Arthur
South Charleston
James B. Brown
Graves H. Samples
Dunbar
Allan S. Perry
Odell Squier Long Lodge
J. Malcolm Orth
Omer Given
Elden V. Brown
Ben W. Moore
Daniel H. Gates
Art
George S. Wynns
T. Leslie Burdette
Roland A. Hinckley
William C. McKee
Frank H. Kincheloe
Shotgun Victim S Identity Sought in Barboursville Area
State police hunted for identity of a man found dead from a shotgun wound near Barboursville after two hunters discovered the body by an inn on the Midland trail. He had removed identifying items, burned hat lining, and a Charleston merchant could not name the buyer of the shotgun. The body, about 30, 5'8", with blue shirt and jacket, was taken to Heck funeral home as officers checked missing-person lists.
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Barboursville
Midland Trail
Charleston
Heck Funeral Home
White Slave Ring Investigated In Los Angeles
Police probe a white slave operation in Los Angeles after nurse Dorothy Oliver 22 recounts a Bakersfield abduction. She describes being forced into an attack by over twenty men including Mexicans and Orientals after being lured by a red haired man and promised waitress job. She was treated for shock.
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Los Angeles
Dorothy Oliver
Bakersfield
Miss Oliver
San Francisco
Oliver
Lindberghs Sleep in Hydroplane Flight Delay
Nov. 13. Fog and threatening weather forced Col and Mrs Lindbergh to make an intermediate landing during a planned Santona to Lisbon flight. They spent the night in their hydroairplane near Calderas De Tuy after refueling, hoping to press on at dawn if weather clears.
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TUV
Spain
Lindberghs
Santona
Lisbon
Portugal
Lindbergh
Minhoe River
Calderas de Tuy
Minho
Lull Before Scions Meet as Legislature Prep Grows Quiet
The capitol settles into a slow pre session mood as key members know their aims while others await leader proposals. Quiet correspondence among leaders signals tax, enabling act debates, with public statements deferred to days before opening. questions about session length and outcomes remain open. readers urged to buy now.
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Statehouse
House
Senate
Hearings Announced Under Perishable Commodities Act
The agriculture department said four hearings will be held next Monday in the federal building at Huntington West Virginia under the perishable agricultural commodities act. The cases involve A J Tebbe and Sons Asherton Texas Western Fruit Growers Inc Los Angeles Norfolk Truckers Exchange Norfolk Va and H A Spilman Washington against West Virginia Brokerage company and West Virginia Distributing company Huntington.
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Washington
Agriculture Department Today
Federal
Huntington
W. Va
A. J. Tebbe and Sons
Asherton
Texas
Western Fruit Growers, Inc
Los Angeles
Norfolk Truckers Exchange
Norfolk, Va
H. A. Spilman
Washington, D. C
West Virginia Brokerage Company
West Virginia Distributing Company
West Virginia opens highway jobs for 10000 men
Federal official T H MacDonald ordered state highway offices to submit emergency road projects for up to 5 000 per county, with maintenance or improvement work. About 5 000 more jobs are seen under a recent state road loan and Public Works Administration grant. Plans aim for two to three months of work per county, with six to eight projects per county or more in populous areas.
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West Virginia
T. H. MacDonald
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Bailey
Public Works Administration
MacDonald
Federal Roads
Reed Services To Be Tomorrow
Funeral services for Kelly E. Reed, 53, found dead yesterday in his yard, are set for tomorrow afternoon at two at the residence. Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Park. Dr. W. F. Work, county coroner, said Reed died of a personal safety related bullet wound. Born in Clay county in 1881, he came to South Charleston 25 years ago and built a prominent street and railway contracting career. For the last two years he served as president of the First National Bank at South Charleston. In 1907 he organized the contract business.
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Kelly E. Reed
Hig Yard
Sunset Memorial Park
W. F. Work
Reed
Clay County
South Charleston
State Prepares Defense Of Chain Store Tax Laws
The state lines up a legal defense as chain store tax law challenges reach a three judge federal court in Charleston on December 18. Leading grocery and gasoline firms seek to shield $240,000 in annual taxes amid changes in ownership and rental arrangements while arguments focus on whether stations are chain owned or independently run.
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Holt
Charleston
Water Power Battle Looms in Virginia and West Virginia
Washington reports two confrontations over Appalachian water power. The federal power commission asks army engineers to study James River headwaters amid claims by Appalachian Electric Power to hold rights. Rep Randolph plans federal funding for a 60 million dollar Shenandoah and Potomac rivers project, long opposed.
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Washington
Appalachian Mountains
Virginia
West Virginia
Federal Power Commission
Chief of Army Engineers
James River
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Randolph
D-W. Va
Shenandoah
Potomac
Atlantic Ocean
Road Boards Are Asked To Submit Plans
Government measures push employment and relief. State highway commissions urged to list six projects per county using 65 relief and 35 federal funds totaling 90 million dollars. Railroads pay cut interest to four percent to fund winter hiring. Mortgage clearing plans aim to free 903 million in closed banks. Relief to process 19 000 hogs for distribution to the needy. All day conference to coordinate governors mayors engineers and social workers planned.
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Washington
Bureau of Public Roads
Reconstruction Corporation
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Chicago
Relief Administration
Poor Old League Lament by Will Rogers in Germany’s Vote
Beverly Hills Calif Nov 13 Germany held an election on leaving the League of Nations with one vote against it. The piece laments the League’s impotence and notes rising self protection and distrust among nations, referencing Switzerland buying a gun as a symbol of faith lost in a world of silk hat diplomats.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Germany
League of Nations
League
Switzerland
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