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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1932
Page
1
Governor elect H G Kump will appoint new state officials after the 1982 election as Democrats assume control. Republicans expect careful screening as many applicants rushed to seek posts, with speculation about Casto successors and ongoing county reshuffles at the courthouse.
Representatives from the Pennsys FCO and the state revenue department urged Charleston officials to overturn a licensing ruling for Pennsylvania trucking firms operating in West Virginia. State road officials said West Virginia will enforce the requirement for Keystone state truck owners to hold West Virginia license plates before crossing the border. The Pennsylvanians argued WV waivers differ from PA law, while PA officials noted WV allows trucks to operate 15 days before PA licenses are needed. A meeting with Judge William A. Helter and Captain Price was held to resolve the issue.
Washington dispatch reports Pennsylvania Governor Pinchot weighing a legal challenge to Senator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania over his right to sit in the next Congress. Pinchot hints at sending a Senate letter questioning Davis’s seat amid Davis’s lottery law indictment and prior election controversy.
Republican independent senators debated shifting Senate control to Democrats during the upcoming short session. The move aimed to influence prohibition policy and potential repeal measures, with discussions noting the Democratic platform on repeal and Volstead Act changes. Senator Borah cautioned against rushing controversial issues.
Winchester Virginia police report the alleged kidnapping tale by Eula Woolter from Pickettstown was untrue. She admitted she left home voluntarily with two men from Jackson Mississippi, was assaulted en route, and is returning to West Virginia after being dropped near Gore. Her father, Bert, confirms she left Pickettss a year ago and had not been heard from until today.
Washington reports say American lawyers will present a fresh narrative linking Imperial Germany to the Black Tom and Kingsland bombings. The case hinges on a supposed secret message from Mexico in 1917, with German counterclaims that the document is fabrication.
The Kanawha county agriculture agent T. McGovran will run a county trading post at the courthouse to swap farm produce and other goods or services. Residents may exchange potatoes beans canned fruit or labor for items or services from others, with the Gazette publishing offers. The county farm bureau backed the plan aiming to aid the unemployed and extend a Midwest inspired method.
Col Raymond Robins, once a noted social worker and Navy leader, was brought to an Asheville hospital after vanishing from Whittier for two and a half months. He reportedly suffers memory loss and failed to recognize his wife, Robina, amid ongoing family and government inquiries.
Police pursue Bert Arnold 16, heir to wealthy family, as a possible suspect in the killing of Mrs Ellen Saxe 60. Her body was found in a cistern after a masked assault at the Arnold home. Evidence includes a blood shoe print, candlestick fingerprints, a missing car, and a pistol found in the youth's room.
Senator Wesley L. Jones longtime Washington state figure and chairman of the senate appropriations committee dies at 68 in a private sanitarium. He had just lost reelection to Homer Z. Bone, amid kidney ailment and heart strain after a strenuous economy bill session. Funeral details not yet set.
Testimony on vote buying in Delaware politics shows whites paid 85 and colored votes 82.60 each. Lammot Du Pont of the Better Government League testified he did not know votes were bought and said he contributed about 20,000, with total contributions listed around 59,840. Witnesses named payments for white and colored votes and questioned sources including Republican leaders and money from a Warren man.
Hitler formally applied to President Hindenburg to be named chancellor of the Reich. The meeting was cordial though not decisive, with Hindenburg inviting another conference and advising Hitler to consult party leaders before the next audience. A government statement said questions were not discussed.
Chicago police say Ignatius Veraoba, 37, a fugitive with a long record, was captured while watching a burlesque theater performance. He is suspected in the slaying of Frank Jordan, 38, and the subsequent robbery and hostage ordeal involving Lillian Henry and John Gulsinger. Veraoba identified via Bertillon records.
President Hoover calls an extraordinary cabinet meeting to reduce appropriations by about 550 million dollars and set a balanced budget to clear the way for foreign debt considerations. The White House notes net savings around 700 million with offsets from debt interest and tax results. Congress will see detailed figures when the budget message is issued.
Gov. Roosevelt stays at his mother's Hyde Park home for a weekend of listening and discussion with Democratic congressional leaders before next week's war mobilization meetings. He will confer with Senator Carter Glass and Senator Claude Swanson, and return to New York by Monday afternoon after two weeks at the Hyde Park estate.
Washington dispatches reveal the United States advanced nearly 1 billion dollars to support Kerensky’s government and keep Russia in World War I. The State Department volumes detail loans, credit plans for post‑Kerensky trade, and American engineers’ help to Russian railways, with Secretary Lansing urging aid and predicting Russia’s vast resources.
At Kitty Hawk North Carolina a 90 foot granite monument was dedicated on the site of the Wright brothers first motor driven airplane. Orville Wright attended and renewed old ties with residents while coast guard and military planes flew overhead though weather prevented Akron dirigible.
Denver Cavender, about 20, of Big Chimney, was found severely injured along a highway near Big Chimney early today. He was taken to 68th Francis hospital by Bartlett ambulance with a skull fracture. The exact cause remained unknown. Cavender said he was struck by a hit and run motorist and an iron pipe struck his head. His condition was serious but recovery possible.
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