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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 04, 1934

Page

6

Roosevelt Shapes Broad New Deal Program at Warm Springs

President Roosevelt, at Warm Springs, canvasses a major new public works plan to aid the unemployed until private industry recovers. He aims to press a state unemployment insurance bill, preserve NRA elements, and limit federal spending as Congress convenes.

Francis M. Stephenson Warm Springs Roosevelt Latile White House Morgenthau Ickes Harry L. Hopkins Rexford G. Tugwell Farley Democratic National Committee Congress NRA

Last Tribute Paid To Read Soviet Chief

Moscow mourners massed in the snow before the Union House to view the body of Sergei Kiroff, secretary of the Central Executive Committee, as arrests were made of 71 white Russians linked to the assassination. Kiroff’s cremation is planned, and the tremor of public anger fueled calls for strict action against suspected conspirators.

Charles 8. Smith Moscow Union Sergei Kireff Leningrad Kiroft Jaéningrac Kiroff Central Executive Committee Lenin Red Squire Kremlin Leonid Nienlieff Commissariat of Home Affairs

Security chief to be tried on negligence charges

The official responsible for security faces trial on negligence charges. The case centers on alleged failures in safeguarding procedures and oversight responsibilities. Proceedings determine accountability and potential penalties for lapses in duty.

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Knowledge of Work Grows in Low Mood

Pittsburgh observers report rising demand for vocational education in farming and urban areas as tech change displaces workers. Dr. Charles A. Brosser cites need for firmer knowledge. enrollments in federally aided classes reach 1,051,000 with agric, trade and home economics sectors expanding.

Pittsburgh Charles A. Brosser Dunwondy Industrial Institute Minneapolis Pittsburgh Huntry Club F. E. Moore Desmoines

SIMS HOUNDED INJURY AND INSOLVENCY TRIAL

In a Kanawha County circuit court, receivership was ordered for the Guaranty Sales Company amid testimony over securities and insolvency. Lawson denied knowledge of McGee or involvement in a certificate sale to him, blaming C. S. Reed and J. G. Slayton as salesmen. The case hinges on security deposits and access to auditor records after Lawson’s tenure. Meanwhile, a Montgomery merchant, Larry Davis, 36, died of influenza, having worked as a merchant in Welch and Mount Hope.

Kanawha County Lawson McGee C. S. Reed J. G. Slayton Sims Guaranty Audts Guaranty State Auditor's Januay Guaranty Sales Company Montgomery Larry Davis Welch Mount Hope Beckley

Workers Gain Major Points in Taylor County Relief Talks

Ernest Lee says two concessions won for relief workers after talks with G W Harwood FERA district supervisor Harold Kramer project engineer Simon J Friedman county administrator and welfare board members. Transportation to Pruntytown and return to Grafton will be provided and the missed day makeup rule corrected. An organizing meeting is planned for West Hill tonight with subsequent sessions in Knottsville Thornton and Newburg.

Taylor County Ernest Lee G. W. Harwood FERA Harold Kramer Simon J. Friedman Welfare Board Lee Pruntytown State Industrial School Committee of Relief Workers Grafton Paul Gunn Charles Tacy Flemington West Hill Rerm Doe Rune East Main Street Knottsville Thornton Newburg Preston County

Temporary Rate Planned for Water Company Users

Charleston December 4. A conference with Huntington Water Corporation on a temporary reduced rate may occur within ten days. The Public Service Commission requested the meeting after the supreme court directed Huntington to lay levies to pay water bills claimed due by the water company.

Charleston Huntington Water Corporation Public Service Commission Supreme Court Huntington Water Corporation

Nye Reveals Arms Pact Struggles and Geneva Return

The New York Times piece describes Nye’s plan for a January push in Geneva on a sweeping arms control pact. It notes munitions industry resistance, past League proposals, and Senate reservations tied to Persian Gulf sovereignty, with Harvard Law professor Manley O Hudson among early witnesses.

NYE Wilson Geneva League of Nations Russia Senate Roosevelt Persian Gulf

Arms plan called postwar high water mark in control talk

The speaker described the United States proposed arms control plan as the high water mark of postwar effort to curb munitions of war, noting the plan’s recent submission to the world and its significance.

Government backs large scale public electric utilities push

Clapp told the council that the federal government is pursuing an extensive policy toward electric power. He noted plans and proposed legislation to extend public operation of electric utilities by states and counties with encouragement and subsidies from Washington.

Uluuuucu Clapp Council

Federal funds and municipal power project aid totals

A speaker outlined federal electric power support up to September 1, 1934 totaling 255,199,700 dollars for federal projects plus 22,974,000 dollars in outright gifts for municipal power schemes. He stressed the policy favors public operation and urges preservation of individual initiative and private enterprise.

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American Girl in Jealous Encounter at Cabaret

An American girl named Chadwick faced assault charges after a quarrel outside a Paris cabaret. She claims she fired to frighten Ekdiyar, but a revolver bullet struck Giegars, who was reportedly wounded as gendarmes intervened. Police questioned all involved.

Sweetsen Anette Ekdiyar Ekehyar Paris Miss Chadwick Giegars

Mysterious Paris Street Shooting Stirs Chadwick Family Ties

In St Louis on December 4 police detained Chadwick of St Louis after a street shooting in Paris could not be identified. Police searched Chadwick families and newspaper files to confirm any link to Margi Chadwick, but no matching name appeared.

ST. Louis St. Lows Guery Chadwick Heldy Paris France Chadwick Margi Chadwick

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