Taxpayers Appeal To County Court Over Road Orders
Thirty county taxpayers appealed to the county court for payment of road work orders to keep taxes current and prevent property sales under delinquent tax statutes. Commissioners seek funds from Charleston to cover 30 claims, with utility tax shares to avert sales before December 12. Scores urged road improvements under Welfare Board aid to ease travel in bad weather, while others sought relief and shelter. welfare meetings discussed wage limits and fund use.
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Charleston
Taylor
Welfare Board
Salvation Army
R. F. Co
General County
St Kerns
Big Laurel
Roderick School House
Geore Radabaugh
Hunger Marchers Jeer At Police But Keep Distance
Several hundred demonstrators, guarded by police, marched toward the city lines then veered back. Early morning tensions followed grumbling over breakfast delays and sleeping conditions in trucks and on the street as a red banner led the column toward police and then the crowd jeered at tightening lines.
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Washington
Everal
Congress
33 Are Saved From Vessel Run Aground
Rescued through angry seas and treacherous breakers, a woman and 32 men aboard the freighter Sea Thrush are safe today while Captain Ernest Landstrom remained aboard the grounded vessel at the mouth of the Columbia. Coast guard officials feared the ship could not be moved. The Sea Thrush, bound from Seattle to New York, went aground in fog near Clatsop Spit as a flood tide approached.
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Astoria
Ore
Ernest Landstrom
Columbia
Clatsop Spit
Coast Guard
Red Wing
Seattle
New York
States to tackle tax problems in 36 legislatures
National roundup shows 36 state legislatures set to meet and reshape tax policy. Sales tax talks in 22 states aim to cut real estate taxes. 14 consider new levies. Nine states already slash valuations or levies. Arkansas hikes cigarette tax and adds taxes on tobacco, beer, and banks, with more details on page four.
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Aalready
Soares
Alabama
Arkansas
Doak urges tighter immigration limits and English test
Secretary of Labor William N. Doak urged Congress to tighten immigration laws to admit only workers needed in specific trades. He proposed making English language reading an essential requirement for naturalization as he reviewed the department’s activities in the fiscal year ending June 30. Continued on Page Six.
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Washington
Congress
Labor
William N. Doak
Warner Accepts Temple Post Amid Rumors Of Stanford Departure
Reports from Philadelphia indicate Glenn Pop Warner has submitted resignation to Stanford and received a Temple offer to coach next spring. Temple officials confirm an offer. Stanford denies, with Warner saying he is not well and does not wish to discuss it.
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Stanford University
Calif
Glenn S
Pop) Warner
Stanford
Thomas A. Storey
Temple University
Philadelphia
Glenn
San Francisco
Pop
Warmer
Definite results sought at arms parley in Geneva
The four European powers and the United States opened talks in Geneva on December 5 to secure real disarmament progress before Christmas. The American delegation warned against window dressing, stressing that all nations must accept a simple, uniform disarmament basis.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Europe
United States
Hve
Japanese Halt Advance Near Soviet Border
Japanese army pushed to within 75 miles of the Soviet border in Manchuria as it continues operations against insurgent Chinese. Tokyo officials weighed Russo-Japanese relations amid the risk of advancing toward Manchurian border cities and Moscow's possible reaction.
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Tokyo
Manchuria
Moscow
Manchurian
Petition Denied for Former Dragon of Ku Klux Klan
Federal Judge Thomas W Slick denied D C Stephenson’s habeas corpus petition freeing him from life term in Michigan City state prison for the 1925 murder of Madge Overholtzer of Indianapolis. The report notes the case remains strictly non partisan. In Wheeling, Mr and Mrs Russell Parsons name twin boys Glen Franklin and Gene Herbert after President Elect Roosevelt and President Hoover.
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South Bend
Ind
Thomas W. Slick
D.C. Stephenson
Indiana
Ku Klux Klan
Michigan City
Madge Overholtzer
Indianapolis
Wheeling
Russell Parsons
Ben
Glen Franklin
Gene Herbert
Roosevelt
Presiden Hoover
Church membership gains tied to low mood say statistician
New York reports Dr. George Linn Kieffer of the American Religious Statisticians notes church membership rose amid hard times. He cites 1931 totals of about 59.27 million, a historical high, with a five year gain of over 4.7 million since 1926.
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George Linn Kieffer
Herbert Yahrael, JR
New York
The
Christian Church
George Linn J Kieffer
American Religious Statisticians
Kieffer
Christian Herald
Ing
Budget Board Proposes Alabama State Budget
Charleston December 5 The State Board of Control opened the biennial budget by recommending nearly 1 million in appropriations for state institutions. The proposed annual total is 5,154,437.50 versus current funding above 6 million per year, with penitentiary asks of 296,730 and shifts to treasury from collections.
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Charleston
Budget Commission
State Board of Control
Board of Control
Thayer Shot at Camp in Oakland Area
John Thayer son of Mrs. Charles O Thayer was shot in the right side by a high powered rifle at Swallow Camp eight miles from Oakland while target practicing. Doctors at City Hospital removed the bullet from the back of his right hand and described his condition as satisfactory though shocked and bleeding. He teaches in Oak and Md high school and had only now recovered from intestinal influenza.
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John Thayer
Charles O. Thayer
Thayer Street
Oakland
City Hospital
Thayer
Oak
Swallow Camp
Graftonian
Sloedase
Prohibition repeal defeated in House by four vote margin
Washington reports the Garner resolution to repeal the 18th amendment was defeated 271 to 144 as a two thirds majority was not reached. The session opened with tight security as the 72nd Congress began a three month term and the Prohibition issue loomed.
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Congress
Garner
Washinton
House
John N. Gener
Snell
New York
Senate
Rep
Michener
Mich
Rep. Bachmann
Rep. W. Va
Washington
Curtis
Gamer
Capitol
Lesley Jones
Charles W. Watterman
Colorado
Hoover Mentioned for Presidency of Harvard Univ
President Hoover is named as a candidate for Harvard University presidency in a Washington report. The nomination came from Chester D. Pugsley who argued Hoover’s status as an honorary alumnus supports the bid. Mrs. Mary Huber improves from a serious pneumonia fever while Stanley Fleming of Flemington visited the city.
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Hoover
Harvard Univ
Washington
Harvard
Cheter D. Pugsley
Peeksville
Henry L. Shattuck
Mary Huber
Country Club Road
Stanley Fleming
Flemington
Swedish King Gustaf V to mark twenty fifth reign anniversary
Stockholm reports King Gustaf V prepares for his twenty fifth anniversary on December 5 as Sweden debates republican reforms. The king maintains strong popularity while left wing push for republic repeats, aided by social democrats. The article notes his popular persona and active public life.
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Gustaf
Sweden
Stockholm
Gustaf V
Riksdag
Coun‘s
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Ramsay MacDonald
John Simor
Associated Press
Robert ST. John
Associated’ Press
Doak
Pop” Warner
Temple U
Warner
Dragon
Control Board
Camp Near
Bym
Hooves
Hove
Swedish Republic
Sween
Redcon
Riviera
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