BRS Offices Move to New Quarters in Grafton
The National Reemployment Service opens a six room suite on the third floor of the Grafton Banking and Trust building with divisions for managerial statistics and interviewing. New staff include J E Fisher manager S S Whiting senior interviewer Charles Englehardt statistical assistant and additional clerks and assistants planned as the program expands. Entrance from Boyd Street to headquarter offices for Taylor Preston and Barbour counties will be used.
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Graften
National Reemployment Service
Grafton Banking and Trust
Charles Enelehardt
County Court House
Relief Organization
Statistica Ad Mom
Grafton
Grattan City Receives Six Street Improvement Proposals
Six street projects are submitted by the city of Grattan including West Main and Maple Avenue work and a proposed resurfacing on Barrett Grand and Market Streets. Wilcher McCullough and Jake W.A. urge the mayor to expedite the listing of contemplated projects and note ongoing work on Railroad Street in the First Ward.
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Maple Avenue
Barrett
Upper Grand Streets
Market Street
Railroad Street
First Ward
Filibuster by Huey Long Blocks New Deal Deficiency Bill
Senator Huey Long asserts his filibuster halted a deficiency bill that would have funded social security old age pensions unemployment aid crippled children and utilities regulation. The action delayed core New Deal measures and drew criticism from supporters who argue the bill would set price guarantees for farmers and meat insurance.
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Huey Long
Segma
Weeeh
Winy
Later Disputes Board
der Regulation of Utilities
The
Power Commission
Securities Commission
Guffey
Long
Hearst Sees Smith as Strong 1936 Presidential Candidate
William Randolph Hearst suggested Alfred E. Smith could be persuaded to run in 1936, noting the New Yorker would be a powerful candidate. Washington circles reacted with surprise given Hearst and Smith’s prior enmity as the 1928 nominee era memories resurface, with the remark prompting continued discussion on page five.
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Calif
Aus
Nia Monica
Alfred E. Smith
William Randolph Hearst
New Yorker
Washington
Hearst
Sych Sen
Smith
Herbert Hoover
Roosevelt signs Frasier Lemke three year farm moratorium
President Roosevelt signed the Frasier Lemke measure establishing a three year mortgage moratorium for debt burdened farmers. The act allows farmers to seek federal moratoriums on their mortgages with property placed under court control during the relief period.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Communist Resolutions Call for United Front Drive
Moscow reports reveal resolutions from the third communist international congress urging a united front against capitalism. The directives push communist parties to mobilize workers toward revolutionary power, issued four days after a U S protest.
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Moscow
Communist Internationale Congress
United States
Congress
Inquest Held for Hamilton Near Chicago Gravel Pit
Oswego Aug 29 The inquest concluded into the death of John Hamilton known as Three Reck amid a grave site near an abandoned gravel pit about 50 miles southwest of Chicago. G men located the badly decomposed body after months of justice department searches. The discovery ends rumors that Hamilton was alive and confirms the body was identified by the agents who found it by teeth and jaw.
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Oswego
Dillinger Pany
John
Hamilton
G-men
Chicago
Department of Justice
Lye
Senator L J Dickinson assails Roosevelt pledges
Mercer Pennsylvania August 29 Senator L J Dickinson Republican Iowa charged in an address for the Mercer County Young Republicans rally that there has been a callous betrayal of pledged principles and suborning of a great party during the past two years He declared Roosevelt would be the issue of next year s campaign and outlined seven charges including repudiating platform pledges disruptions to trade and ill fated reforms that threaten economy He claimed the president has delayed recovery and promoted unconstitutional measures and false hopes
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Mercer
L. J. Dickinson
Towa
Mercer County
Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Towan
Rogers Will Leaves Fortune to Widow Betty Rogers
Will Rogers wealth, described as ranging up to millions, is left to his widow Betty Rogers in a new will filed for probate. The document sets the estate to be shared among Rogers children if Betty dies first, with details to be clarified at a September 16 probate hearing.
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Los Angeles
Will Rogers
Iis
Betty Blake
Rogi
Hunorist
Niley Post
Alaska
Betty Rogers
Superior Court
Rogers
Will, Jr
Mary
James
Two Trusties in Flight From State Prison Camp
Two trusted prisoners from a West Virginia prison camp escaped under the honor system. Alva Matheny of Harrison County, serving 18 years for second degree murder, and Edward Piper of Preston, with a three year term for breaking and entering, disappeared last night prompting police searches.
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Moundsville
West Virginia
Alva Matheny
Harrison County
Edward Piper
Preston
C. M. Stone
Mine Sealing Projects Approved in Ohio
The Works Progress Administration announced presidential approval for more than $2.5 million in Ohio to fund a community sanitation program and seal abandoned mines. State Administrator Charles C. Stillman would distribute the funds to accelerate employment, with sponsors contributing about $2 million more.
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Washington
Works Pro’ ‘Administration
Ohio
State Works Ad
Charles C. Stillman
Important Murder Case Witness Found Mangled
Pittsburgh August 29 12 42 year old George Matussa a key witness in the slaying of Mrs Martha Westwood was found mangled in the machinery of a steel forging plant He died from fractured skulls at the Pittsburgh Forging Company Coraopolis as authorities pursue a murder charge against James J Westwood and Constable Tim Drexler in the suburban McKees Rocks case involving Mrs Westwood who was slain as she slept.
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Pittsburgh
Aus
George Matussa
Martha Westwood
Matussa
Westwood
Compas Coraopolis
James J. Westwood
McKees
Rocks
Tim Drexler
Hit Run Driver kills Brooke County Farmer
A coroner's jury ruled Brooke County farmer Carl Wells died from injuries after being struck by an unknown automobile near his home in Weillsburg. The verdict notes Wells was walking along a road when hit.
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Weillsburg
Carl Wells
Brooke County
Local Option Election Halted in Roane County
In Spencer on August 29 two courts halted Roane county local option liquor vote plans. The county court canceled September 13 ballot action over ballot expense provisions. Judge B F Moats issued a temporary injunction, citing similar concerns on petition by Grover C Hedges and Spencer residents. Roane County United Dry Forces vow to appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Spencer
Roane County
B. F. Moats
Wood
Grover c, Hedges
United Dry Forces
Supreme Court
Three Reported Drowned As Bus Caught in Flood
Tucson reports that three persons were drowned and two missing when a Tucson El Paso bus stalled in a railroad underpass as flood waters surged down. The event occurred east of Tucson with details reaching the Daily Citizen this morning.
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Tucson
Ariz
Tucson Daily Citizen
Parking Fees at City Park Yield Nearly $400 Profit
City finance commissioner Charles E. Rau reports net profit of 379.72 from a 15 cent parking charge at Grafton Park beginning July 1 until repeal on Monday. Ordinance, adopted earlier, was repealed as city hospital plan shifted to county institution. receipts totaled 648.45 with collection costs noted.
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Grafton Park
Charles E. Rau
Rau
Galetti to Face Saturday Hearing in Atlanta Prison Case
Long investigation ties Steve Galetti to narcotics and white slavery charges. He was arrested July 26 at the Royal Hotel for attempted extortion and faces a federal hearing before U S Commissioner L T Eddy. A woman companion, Frances Smediey, is held as material witness in the Mann white slavery case.
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Grafton
G-men
Steve Galetti
Royal Hotel
Atlanta
Galetti
Fairmont
U. S
L. T. Eddy
Sing Sing
Leavenworth
Charles Kaiser
Gteve Galetti
Cleveland
Frances Smediey
Smediey
Curtis Comes Out For Gov Landon Of Kansas
Washington Aug 29 Former Vice President Curtis declared today for Governor Landon of Kansas to be the 1936 Republican presidential nominee. In an interview he denied reports aligning him with Colonel Knox of Minnesota. Curtis, a Kansan, said he would back Landon if he runs but has not joined the Knox movement.
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Washington
Curtis
Landon F
Kansas
Associated Press
Frank Knox
Min “Tm
Landon
Three Workers Perish In Collapse Of Tunnel
Three men lie dead beneath earth and rock after a cavern in a $3,752,000 Berkeley Hills highway tunnel collapsed. Eight others were in the same section and escaped with minor injuries as a 100-man crew works to recover the bodies.
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Oakland
Calif
Berkeley Hills
Effigy of Huey Long Burned in Mississippi
A loud crowd of about 200 people hanged and burned an effigy of Senator Huey P. Long in Osaka Mississippi last night. Hugh White, winner of the gubernatorial race, claimed Long supported his opponent Paul Johnson, who denied the charge. The effigy hung from a pole on the state line between Louisiana and Mississippi.
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Osaka
Miss
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Hugh White
Long
Paul Johnson
Johnson
Mississippi
Queen Astrid Killed in King Leopold Car Crash at Lucerne
Aug 29 Lucerne. Queen Astrid of Belgium died after an automobile driven by King Leopold veered off a lakeside road near Kussnacht. The king suffered cuts and bruises. the chauffeur was seriously hurt. Astrid’s body lay beside a tree until evacuation.
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Associated Press
Lucerne
Switzerland
Astrid
Leopold
Kussnacht
Vier Walstatter See
Haslihorn
Kussnaught
Vier Waldstatter See
Bond sale ends in first Treasury tender shortfall
Washington reported the first Treasury difficulty in floating a government bond issue this administration as only 85.6 million dollars in bids were received for a 100 million offering of four year Farm Mortgage Corporation bonds. The issue carried an unconditional government guarantee and was sold on auction to the highest bidder. about 85.3 million dollars of bids were accepted, yielding an approximate 1.76 percent return to maturity.
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Washington
Treasury Today
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation
Treasury
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Farm Mortgage Corporation
Opening of University Delayed Eleven Days
Morgantown August 29 The board of governors of West Virginia University postponed the term start from September 12 to September 1e. The delay comes as the new men’s dormitory and a wing on women’s hall remain incomplete. Plans to resume later in the year were discussed.
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Morgantown
Board of Governors
West Virginia University
Council of Administration
Hundred-Year-Old Appointed Special Deputy Sheriff
Bert Wilder, who turned 100 on July 26, was appointed a special deputy sheriff in Aurora Alabama to preserve order at the Old Settler's picnic. He said he would do well in his first political appointment and would give a good account of himself.
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Aurora
Bert Wilder
Wilder
Kiwanis Club Sets Busy Homecoming Program
After a summer of rural Taylor county meetings the Grafton Kiwanis club resumes at New Blen Avon with a fall and winter program. The summer season at the Country Club was praised as the most successful yet as members and guests enjoyed dinner parties. Chairman J L Evans Jr leads planning for a homecoming program that promises to be engaging and informative.
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Taylor County
Grafton Kiwanis Club
Blen Avon
Country Club
Kiwanis
J. L. Evans, Jr
Avon
Kiwanis Club
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