Wage Relief Struggles Mark WPA Job Transit
Figures from the Works Progress administration show 2,009,339 workers given relief as of November 9, far short of the weekly target needed to shift dole recipients to works program by December 1. About 1,490,661 remain to transfer at roughly 500,000 per week, as McCarl releases 175 million dollars in PWA funds to speed remaining projects.
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Washington
Navy
Dole
Works Relief
Works Progress Administration
McCarl
J. BR. McCarl
PWA
Jekes
Harry Hopkins
WPA
Hopkins
Adsisen
Sts
Mayors To Discuss Relief At Washington Convention
More than 100 mayors from across the nation gather in Washington to hear a talk on relief plans by a relief official. A question session may follow the Hopkins address, and the mayors will be received by President Roosevelt at the White House later. The conference dates to 1832 and is led by Paul Betters.
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Washington
Kins
Worka
Hopkins
White Hall
Roosevelt
U. S. Conference of Mayors
Frank Murphy
Detroit
Paul V. Betters
Reliet
Doubt Persists Over Foreman’s Death Verdict
Public opinion in Ripley and nearby areas questions the official death by own action ruling in the Camp Jadge Foreman case. Captain Kyle and Corporal Beckett acknowledged doubt about the verdict while stressing that the state police and coroner deemed it self inflicted. Investigators were not confirmed to be ordered to Ripley.
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Ripley
Borrer
Fulton Gunnoe
CCC
Camp Jadge
William Beckett
Sam
Lberty
U S Canada Sign Trade Pact
Washington November 15 The new Canadian trade treaty was signed in a White House ceremony with President Roosevelt praising it as an augury of better times for both nations Secretary Hull signed for the United States and Prime Minister King for Canada The president called the pact a reversal of decades of barriers and said it would strengthen ties and shared heritage between the two countries
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Washington
Roosevelt
U.S
White House
Hull
King
Canada
U. S
Induc
Jazz Blasts From Murder Scene In Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on November 15 the murder scene unfolded as a radio blared jazz. Clement L Badine returned from work to find his wife Honora Bachus and Jack Fisher shot in the bedroom. Fisher, a 21 year old entertainer from Atlantic City, had shot Mrs Bachus and then killed himself.
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Pittsburgh
Clement L. Badine
Honora
Jack Fisher
Atlantic City
Fisher
Bachus
National Commander Murphy Addresses West Virginia Legionnaires Banquet
J Ray Murphy of Town spoke to West Virginia Legionnaires at a banquet welcomed by Governor Kump and joined by John Brawley post members. He urged guarding against propaganda and warned other nations may not settle disputes peacefully, outlining a busy travel schedule and appearances in Charleston Rotary luncheon and state events.
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J. Ray Murphy
West Virginia Legionnaires
Kump
Rotary Club
United States
Ray Murphy
American Legion
West Virginia
Murphy
John Brawley
Legion
Boyd Brutler
Charlieton
Charleston
Culoge
D. Shingleton
Phil M. Contey
John Brawley Post
N. A. Barth
W. J. Cunningham
H. G Sami
W. Re Stathers
Clarksburg
Philis M. Conley
Guese Ot Amnor
Philip H. Hill
D. Boone Dawson
Stathers
Louis A. Irag
Clarkshire
Navy
Milton Campbell
Cincinnati
James Hammond
Paintsville
J. J. Salasysky
Columbus
Ohio
W.L. Deweese
Lima
Legion Child Welfare
Keyser
St. Louis
Borah Signals Possible Presidential Run From Washington
Idaho Senator Borah held a rare press conference in Washington announcing a definite objective for 1994 but dodging direct questions on the Republican nomination. He hinted friends of Herbert Hoover may back him, and suggested Washington would host a more or less ambitious east coast speaking campaign as Congress convenes.
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Washington
Barsh
Idaho
Herbert Hoover
Borah
Hoover
Congress
Who'll Be Next Mrs. Gable in Hollywood Rose Court
US gossip writes that Clark Gable may seek a new wife as rumors swirl about a possible divorce from first wife and the looming presence of Mrs. Gable. Debates among social circles in New York and Long Island center on who might become the next Mrs. Clark Gable.
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Mrs. Gable
U. S
York
Shopairs
New York
Hollywood
Dubuque
Ruth
Clark
Manhattan
Handsome Clark
Wingens
Long Island
Mia
Payment of Bonus Urged by Murphy
National Commander J Ray Murphy urged immediate payment of the soldiers bonus and federal aid for widows orphans and child welfare. He argued the bonus compensates veterans and criticized profits by capitalists and civilians who profited during the war.
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American Legion
J. Ray Murphy
Rotary Club
Kanawha Hotel
Murph
Congress
Sales Tax Looms at Bluefield Test
BLUEFIELD Nov. 15 A mass meeting decided to test the revenue measure after attorney Joseph W. Sanders declared the levy invalid A court challenge may be pursued before Christmas buying begins Merchants say the tax has cut business.
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Bluefield
Wexchange
Joseph W. Sanders
Former Board Members Sued Over Loan by State Officials
The Kanawha circuit suit names ex Governor William G. Conley and three former state officials as defendants, seeking about 50 000 to 58 918 dollars of a 75 000 loan to Consolidated Fruit of Williamson improper under the boards fund. Holt asserts the 1929 to 1933 board of school fund misused surplus funds though some debt was collected.
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Board of School Fund
State Unit
William G. Conley
Saies
Conley
William Cassius Cook
Edgar C. Lawson
William S. Johnson
Homer A. Holt
Kanawha Circuit
Consolidated Fruit Company of
Williamson
Ira J. Partlow
Holt
Consolidated Fruit
United States
Miner Dead in Explosion at White Oak Shaft
An explosion in the White Oak Fuel company shaft killed machinist John Cohr and injured three others near Whipple. District Inspectors recovered Cohr near his cutting machine and found Tony Paboninsky seriously hurt thirty feet away. Other workers were treated for shock and sent home. Inspectors could not determine what ignited the gas.
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Whipple
White Oak Fuel Company
John Cohr
Hubert Lilly
J. S. Mason
Elmer Warden
State Department of Muines
Toney Paboninsky
Delper
Oak Hill
B. J. Lewis
Radford
Blonde Indicted In Doctor's Death
New York reports Vera Stretz, a blonde secretary, indicted for first degree murder in the death of Dr. Fritz Gebhardt. Police seek a mysterious woman who may have witnessed the shooting in a midtown apartment. A subpoena targets a married German woman aboard the same ship that brought Gebhardt.
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New York
Vera Stretz
Fritz Gebhardt
Polige
Gebhardt
Samuel Leibowitz
Soek
Worman
Germany
Hull Renews Pressure Against U S Trading With Warring Nations
Secretary of State Hull issued a fresh warning to halt American exports of oil, coal, trucks, tractors, scrap iron and steel to Italy and Ethiopia. He termed these goods war materials and warned they violate U.S. neutrality policy. Government checks on export volumes were to yield figures from the commerce department.
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Washington
Italy
Ethiopia
Hull
U. S
League of Economic and Financial Program
Haiy
Roosevelt
London
Commerce Department
President Roosevelt Urges Norris Run Again for Senate
President Franklin D Roosevelt praised Nebraska independent Republican George W Norris at a press conference and urged him to remain in the U S Senate as long as he lives, signaling strong support for Norris ahead of 1936. He indicated plans to travel to Arkansas and Texas next summer, aiding allied aides Garner and Robinson.
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Washington
Navy
Roosevelt
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Arkan
Texas
Garner
Robinson
Arkansas
Norris
George Norris
George Morris
USS
Senate
U. S
Kump Rejects State Funds for Able Bodied Unemployed
Governor Kump told a legislative panel the state has no funds for able bodied unemployed who would lose relief as the general dole ends. He said $3,000,000 is for indigent nonworking, but cannot be stretched, and ordered a survey to count employables versus unemployables as federal aid by December 15 expires. The 12 member committee planned today’s briefing with Kump, Tax Commissioner Fox, and Budget Director Horn on state finances and social security participation.
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Kump
Dole
Legislative Committee of 12
State Senate
Charles E. Hodges
Mohiongalia
Fred L. Fox
Frank C Horn
Pace
Birth Control War Looms As Industry Bans Mothers
In Boston the state board of conciliation weighed a charge that 000 women at Pequot mills and Danvers bleachers faced discharge if they marry or bear more children. The issue could spark a birth control battle as unions claim the rule affects 900 married women and unmarried girls, prompting protests from merchants and churchmen. Governor Curley may hear pleas as workers fear job loss under the ban.
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Boston
Nov
State Board of Conciliation
Pequot
Danvers
Wilfred L. Levesque
Sheeting Workers’ Union
Brno
Peabody
Sires
Levesque
James M. Curley
Conciliation Board
West Virginia Students Council Holds Charleston Conference
A group of 156 high school student council members and teacher sponsors registered at Charleston high school for the annual West Virginia Students Council conference. Activities yesterday included three minute school talks and group discussions as Malcolm Eno of Colorado Springs addressed the gathering. Ray Power urged promoting student participation in high school government to cultivate democracy and citizenship.
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Charleston High School
West Virginia Students Council
Malcolm Eno
Colorado Springs
Cola
Ray Power
Py Ray Power
Italians Near Harar and Jijiga in Ethiopia
Dispatches from Rome and field reports indicate Italian forces close to Harar and Jijiga as Daggak Bur falls imminent. Ethiopian defenses defend the Addis Ababa Dagguubou railway Outpost as rumors claim heavy fighting and casualties rise on both sides.
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Opia
Jijiga
Daggak Bur
Rome
Harar
Ethiopia
Addis -Ababa
Addis Ababa
Agra
Talien
Sasa Banen
Dagaah
Sur
Nazi Decrees Strip Jews of Political Rights in Germany
Berlin reports that Jews were stripped of all political rights by the Nazi regime. They are forbidden to marry Gentiles, with special dispensations possible for some individuals. Restrictions extend to employment of Aryan servants, and citizenship questions fall under Reichstuehrei rulings. The decrees may be deferred rather than abandoned, officials say.
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Berlin
Adolf Pantie Bi Hinelf
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Foreman
National Legion
Nation
Ghee Gable
Mary Taylor
Jay O'Brien
Julius Fleishmann
Marshall Hemingway
Olive McClure
Bertrand Taylor
Richard Barthelmess
Gable
Rhea Lucas
the Gables
Secretary of State
Sen
F. Ray Power
Harar, Jijiga
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