Two Projects Win Approval Of Civil Work
The West Virginia Civil Works Administration approved its first two projects aimed at fast job creation for about two thirds of the unemployed. A $38,000 grant to the education department funds a five point rural and adult education program for unemployed teachers only, with salaries set later. A $6,000 grant to the Mountaineer Craftsmen's Cooperative association supports training for miners and families in home handicraft, administered by Friends Services Society in Morgantown.
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State Civil Works Administration
Morgantown Territory
West Virginia
State Department of Education
Washington
Mountaineer Craftsmen’s Cooperative Association
Franklin D. Rooseveltt
Friends Services Society
Cooperative Association
Morgantown
Civil Works Administration
Roosevelt
Work Relief To Terminate Today In Kanawha County
Federal relief work ends today in Kanawha County as all Work Relief Administration projects are discontinued. Many workers will transfer to Civil Works Administration sites once approved, with a 30 hour week. Tools must be turned in. transfers to start Monday, by December 1 all on new jobs. A welfare board meeting is set for Monday to discuss impacts.
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Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Kanawha County
W. W.allen
Civil Works Administration
R. P. DeVan
Harry L. Campbell
Kanewha
Willie Willis Snitches About Doughnut Sneak
Willie Willis says he does not see why it is sneakin to snitch a doughnut when their father does it. The remark reflects playful mischief and family dynamics around a shared treat.
Main Office Confirms 250 Carload Whiskey Bottle Order
The Kanawha City plant of Owens-Illinois Glass confirms a 250 carload order for whiskey bottles, signaling a shift to nationwide whiskey bottle production after repeal. H J Boeschenheim, VP at the To ledo main office, says the order anchors large scale manufacture at the Kanawha City facility, which has previously produced liquor bottles for distilleries. Plant manager Meyer Eppstein notes confirmation is definitive though no word yet on receipt by the plant.
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Kanawha City
Owens-Hlinois Glass Company
Focal
Associated Press
H. J. Boeschenheim
Owens-Illinois Company
Toledo
Meyer Eppstein
Boeschenheim
Relief Officials Ready for Work
Washington reports federal relief officials, tasked by President Roosevelt to put 4 million men back to work in a month, are ready to mobilize. They note job rosters will grow as states take direct administration, with checks for civil works projects to be disbursed by the veterans administration within a week, ahead of Thanksgiving.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Veterans Administration
Office For Civil Works Projects
Relief Burden Drops in Huntington and Charleston
Federal relief chief Harry L. Hopkins reports fewer relief recipients and lower costs in Huntington Cabell county and Charleston Kanawha county. In October, Cabell county lists 5,313 individuals a 19 percent drop from September with $91,598 spent, while Kanawha shows 6,464 on relief a 2 percent drop and $108,202 spent, down 6 percent from September.
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Washington
Huntington
Charleston
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Cabell County
Kanawha County
County Refuses To Charge Nine With Lynching
Somerset county prosecutor refused immediate arrest of nine men tied to last month's lynching of a Negro at Princess Anne. He feared a crowd would seize inmates if jailed and declined a public hearing before a magistrate. He saw potential grand jury reconvening at the attorney general's request.
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Crisfield
Somerset County
Maryland State Administration
Princess Anne
John B. Robins
Robins
Lane
Attorney General
Court Refuses Frazier's Writ in Slaying Case
The West Virginia Supreme Court denied Leo Frazier's writ of error in the Charleston slaying case. The 35 year old was condemned for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Roy Shamblin, and execution is set for next Friday in Moundsville unless clemency intervenes. Ralph Harper, also wounded, died from the same incident, while Charles Harper and Henry Cano receive life terms. Grounds for the writ cited improper remarks by state counsel before the jury.
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Leo Frazier
Supreme Court
Roy Shamblin
Charleston
Moundsville
Jackson County Criminal Court
Shamblin
Ralph Harper
Kanawha County
State Penitentiary
Harper
Charles Harper
Henry Cano
Frazier Sentenced to Death in Deputy Sheriff Killing
MOUNDSVILLE November 17. Leo Frazier a 35 year old automobile mechanic was placed in the state prison death house to await execution November 24 for killing a deputy sheriff. He denied an appeal by the supreme court and his only hope is clemency from Governor Kump with no petition presented yet.
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Death House
Moundsville
Supreme Court
Leo Frazier
Kump
Frazier
Jeers greet witnesses in Overton probe hearing
In New Orleans on November 17 witnesses testified before a Senate subcommittee that Louisiana state employees were forced to contribute ten percent of salaries to Senator John H. Overton’s campaign fund. The hearing featured jeers from spectators as Edward Blaise, a former dock board patrolman, described being fired after refusing to vote a machine‑ordered list.
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New Orleans
Senate
Louisiana
Huey Long
John H. Overton
Long
Overton
Edward Blaise
Dock Board
Blaise
Senator Connally
Texas
Connally
John Holland
Holland
Hilda Phelps Hammond
Senator Long
State weighs cost cutting over tax hikes in special session
Suggestions to Governor Kump from across the state favor cutting costs rather than raising revenues. Proposals include a depletion tax on natural resources and production taxes on coal, oil, gas, timber, plus consolidating local government divisions and funding for schools and government areas.
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Kump
Legislatoi
President Roosevelts Southern Trip Starts in Georgia
President Roosevelt begun a southern tour traveling to Savannah for tomorrow’s Georgia bi centennial celebration at Warm Springs. He expressed satisfaction over the Soviet recognition issue and said relations with Russia would resume. He planned to handle domestic matters by telephone from Pine Mountain as he departed.
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Roosevelt
Savannah
Warm Springs
Georgia
Pine Mountain
Five Are Given Life Sentences at Logan
Logan court, under Judge Naaman Jackson, handed life terms to five men for murders in Harts creek area. Charles Adams, 25, and brother Eustas Adams, 28, killed Frank Carter October 14 and aided by others. Carey Blair and Jesse Blair were convicted in the Hawkins Bishop slaying October 8. Ora Conley received a life sentence for killing his uncle Garland Conley on October 12.
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Logan
Harts Creek
Logan County
Naaman Jackson
Charles Adams
Frank Carter
Eustas
Carey
Jesse Blair
Hawkins Bishop
Ora Conley
Garland Conley
Inflation Demands Rise as Roosevelt backs gold buys
Capitol Hill discussion centers on inflation prompts from a monetary conference of senators, industrialists, and economists who approve the administration’s monetary policy and seek to broaden currency backing by possibly using silver. Roosevelt travels to Warm Springs for Thanksgiving, with Morgenthau Jr. sworn in as acting secretary of the treasury and Woodin taking leave for health.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Treasury
Morgenthau
Woodin
Codes Expected To Be Extended For Six Months
Washington November 17 The White House expects the codes of steel textile lumber and other major industries to be continued for six months following earlier 90 day applicability The steel code would have expired this Sunday The autom0bile code runs to December 31 The NRA said some codes allow continuance after that date and noted the consumers advisory board plans county councils nationwide as a Roosevelt admin nucleus.
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Washington
White House
Steel Institute
Recovery Administration
NRA
Consumers’ Advisory Board
Roosevelt
Cries Heard On Night of Killing at San Mateo Bridge
A police report records agonized cries heard from the bay near the San Mateo bridge on November 9 supporting confessions by Thomas H Thurmond and John Holmes that they abducted and killed Brooke Hart, 22, son of a San Jose merchant, and dumped him into the bay. Holmes reportedly signed a similar confession, with both men held in San Francisco amid crowd unrest as searches continued.
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San Francisco
San Mateo Bridge
Thomas H. Thurmond
John Holmes
Brooke Hart
Hayward
J. N. Black
San Jose
Thurmond
Holmes
William J. Emi
Recognition Of Soviet Is Announced By President Bullitt To Be Ambassador
The public service commission continued hearings on the Charleston Interurban Railroad Company's bid to discontinue the Edgewood street car line through November 23. Test bus trips over the proposed route will run with protestants aboard, aiming to develop a compromise. A bus will arrive Monday to begin routes from Summers Street Post Office, with runs to be reported for time and future stops. The company is leasing the line, not owning it outright, and Kanawha Valley Traction owns the section from Summers Street to Dunbar.
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Bullitt
Public Service Commission
Charleston Interurban Railroad Company
Edgewood
Summers Street
C. E. Nethken
Charleston Interurban Company
P. H. Murphy
Ae Eee Ae Gongiter
A. Ben
Cum- Siver
T. Cua
Clark
Kanawha Valley Traction Company
Dunbar
Jones Advances Liquor Proposal
Senator Luther Jones of Boone proposes a seven point plan to separate regulation of wine and beer from distilled liquor. The plan calls for sealed liquor sales under strict rules with low taxes and license fees, limiting consumption to home use and temporary legal domiciles.
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Madison
Luther Jones
Boone
West Virginia
Jones
Coal Valley News
Cold Sun Ends Charleston Area Cold Snap
A warm sun yesterday broke a cold snap that kept temperatures below freezing for several days in Charleston and vicinity. The thermometer rose from the low twenties in the morning to 43 by noon as the forecast called for light showers and a gradual rise in temperatures today.
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Charleston
Moscow News Surges Over U S Recognition Of Soviet
Moscow christens the dawn of American recognition of the Soviet government after midnight. William C. Bullitt’s appointment as ambassador signals a thaw. observers expect favorable reception due to his wartime lobbying at Versailles. The move stirs mixed reactions across Russia and Washington alike.
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America
William C. Bullitt
Soviet Union
Bullitt
Wilson
Enormo Semone
Russia
Louisane
Eee
Washington
Litvinoff Announces New Page in US Soviet Ties
Maxim Litvinoff told reporters at the National Press Club that his talks with President Roosevelt open a new page in friendship and peaceful collaboration between the two largest republics. He praised actions taken last night for peace and said economic cooperation could grow, with no past conflicts to fear and many points of contact to expand.
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Washington
Maxim Litvinoff
Roosevelt
National Press Club
Litvinoff
Sealing of Mines NRA Project Described
A million dollar plan to seal abandoned coal mines in northern West Virginia western Pennsylvania and eastern Kentucky aims to curb pollution in the Ohio River and its tributaries. It awaits approval from the federal public works administration with a Washington hearing Tuesday. Sanitary engineer E S Tisdale prepared the report to be cited in testimony.
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West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Ohio River
State Department of Public Health
Federal Public Works Administration
Washington
E. S. Tisdale
Mrs Pinchot Showed Interest in Governor Contest
Harrisburg November 17 Mrs Cornelia Bryce Pinchot wife of Pennsylvania's governor said she had heard she would be a candidate for governor She has campaigned for striking needleworkers and appeared in steel and coal centers as speculation grows about the Pinchots succession and possible congressional bid against Louis T McFadden in the fifteenth district
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Harrisburg
Cornelia Bryce
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Pinchots
Congress
Fifteenth
Louis T. McFadden
McFadden
Friends of the
Roosevelt Says U S and Soviet Russia End 16 Year Rift
President Roosevelt announced recognition of Soviet Russia after late night talks with Maxim Litvinoff at the White House. He said diplomatic relations resumed the moment agreement was reached, and a proposed envoy was named as the first American ambassador to the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Soviet Russia
United States
Roosevelt
Maxim Litvinoff
Litvinoff
White House
William C. Burlitt
State Department
Soviet Union
the. S&s
Teacha
Saeed
Pleaca Purn to Page 5 Part 1
A brief note indicates movement to page 5 part 1 of the publication. The fragment mentions a crew and a person or team name, suggesting a serial or continued article. Specific details on dates places or outcomes are not provided in the readable text.
Wood Denied Politics Charge At Legion Hearing
Osborne Wood commander of the New Mexico department faced a House sub committee at American Legion headquarters in Indianapolis to answer charges of partisan politics. The panel, led by James P. Ringley, and with Harry Colmery as chair, heard testimony from J D Atwood and Jerome F Druggan as counsel as they weigh possible discipline for alleged violations.
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Indianapolis
Osborne C. Wood
Leonard Wood
American Legion
New Mexico Department
New Mexico
Harry Colmery
Topeka
Kan
J. D. Atwood
Jerome F. Druggan
St. Louis
Paul M. Herbert
Ohio
Colmery
Atwood
California Phony Stock Trade Sparks Senate Probe
Beverly Hills November 17 The senate investigation expands as questions touch fake stock schemes and receiver ships. Texas Senator Connally and Pecora are noted among witnesses while lawmakers enter the court room via a pole and trap door in a colorful account of California buyers and national evildoer digging.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Senate
New Orleans
America
Senator Connally
Texas
Washington
California
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