Recovery central unit outlined by Roosevelt plan
President Roosevelt convened the national emergency council to organize recovery efforts into a central unit. He ordered existing recovery programs extended through January 15 and named key leaders while Frank Walker presented plans to align state units and merge agencies under the central framework.
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Roosevelt
Washington
National Emergency Council
Roosevelt Order
Frank Walker
White House
Committees For the National Recovery Act
Public Works Administration
Agricultural Adutments Administration
Redistricting Group Called by Randolph
Charleston dispatch reports the redistricting issue rising in prominence as Chairman Randolph calls a committee meeting to study reapportionment for Congress, the Senate, and the House. Delegate Dixon offers a bill to redraw senatorial districts including Brooke, Hancock, and several other counties.
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Randolph
Harrson
Congress
State Senate
House of Delegates
Senate
Dixon
Mineral
Pirst
Brooke
Hancock
Thio Counties
Calhoun
Gilmer
Mar Continnet
Lindberghs take off from Charleston for Newark
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A Lindbergh departed Charleston at 8 41 a m after a night with Rear Admiral James J Ready at the navy yard heading toward Newark or Long Island airport. No formal plans were announced.
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Charleston
8. C
Chas
A. Lindbergh
James J. Rady
Charleston Navy Yards
Newark
Long Island
Salvation Army Christmas Drive Reaches Pledge Total
In Grafton a Christmas appeal gathers 52.92 to aid poor children as the season nears. Captain W H Arnold reports 17.92 added from the kettle and 15 from Joy Center donations. Daily receipts are listed from Dec 9 to 14 with small sums, as the drive continues.
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Lille
Salvation Army
Grafton
W. H. Arnold
Army
Joy Center
W. Main Street
Engineer Herr Dies at 57 in Philadelphia Hotel
Herbert Thacker Herr, vice president of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing, died today in a Philadelphia apartment hotel suite at age 57 after five months illness. The Pittsburgh native will be buried there with a Thursday funeral. Herr invented locomotive air brake equipment and turbine improvements and remote control for steam turbines used in electrically propelled battleships.
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Philadelphia
Herbert Thacker Herr
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Pittsburgh
Herr
Hert
New Board Appointed for Relief in Charleston
Charleston December 19 announced a new Kanawha county civil works and unemployment relief administration board by Charles K Payne chairman of the state unemployment relief administration. The board replaces the former welfare and civil entity and will oversee relief efforts in the area.
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Charleston
Kanawha County
Civil Works and Unemployment, Relief Administration Board
Charles K. Payne
State Unemployment Relief Administration
Welfare and Civil
Youthful Bandit Robs Wheeling Hotel
In Wheeling a youthful gunman robbed a local hotel night cashier John Polling 23 and a Negro bellboy taking 17.50. Richard F. Didge 24 of Pall River Massachusetts was arrested in connection with the holdup.
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Wheeling
John Polling
Richard F. Didge
Pall River
Mass
Bolivia and Paraguay Reach Christmas Armistice
In Montevideo on December 19 a temporary peace was proclaimed between Paraguay and Bolivia ending a 29 month feud that has cost tens of thousands of lives. The armistice sets a halt to fighting at a specified time during the Christmas season.
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Montevideo
Paraguay
Bolivia
Roosevelt issues executive order to empower national labor board
President Roosevelt issues an executive order defining and establishing the authority of the national labor board to settle disputes threatening industrial peace. Preparations advance for publication as the order cites the board may mediate conciliation or arbitration in all employer worker conflicts, ratifying prior actions amid tensions with Weirton Steel.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Labor Board
Weirton Steel Company
Slain Married Woman In Lyons Beer Tavern Tragedy
In Lyons suburb, Mrs. Trené Hard, 24, was killed at a beer tavern after a quarrel with Wilfred Belanger, 51. Police say Belanger, identified as the killer, shot himself and died in a garage. Tavern owner Joseph Telafous reports Belanger pressed Mrs Hard to leave her husband, fueling the deadly dispute.
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Icago
Lyons
Elis
Trené Hard
Wilfred Belanger
George Hard
Joseph Telafous
Hard
Belanger
Fright Over Death of Pet Dog Triggers Boy’s Collapse
In Portsmouth Ohio a 14 year old, Kenneth Colley, died after collapsing from fear when his dog, bitten by a suspected rabies dog, was killed by the Scioto county dog warden. His father John Colley reported the incident occurred while the boy played with the dog and witnessed the killing, and medical aid arrived too late.
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Portsmouth
Kenneth Colley
Tod
John Colley
Scioto County
Kenneth
Ilate Money The Only Way Out
O J Morrison argues a money reform to lift the tax burden. He proposes government issue of money instead of bonds, noting over twenty billion dollars in securities on the market and nearly one billion in annual interest that could be avoided if money were issued instead. He asserts money would have equal backing and circulate freely.
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O. J. Morrison
Bandits Rob Bank in Hot Springs North Carolina
Four bandits robbed Citizens Bank at Hot Springs, NC, shot two officials and a customer in a vault, and escaped with 2200 after exchanging shots with cashier Mavis and others. The vault door was not locked and Davis, freed, fired at the robbers as they fled. no one reported hit. Eight hundred men will move 250000 cubic yards of earth in eastern work near Moore Hill Los Angeles.
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Hot Springs
N. C
Citizens Bank
Ena
Mavis
Davis
Moore Hill
Los Angeles
Insull to Go to England After Jan 31
Greek reports say Samuel Insull plans to leave the United States for England when his police residence permit expires on January 31 unless a visa is issued following London instructions. British authorities reportedly will withhold a visa pending official guidance. Extradition to the United States over embezzlement charges connected to his collapsed utility empire remains unresolved.
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Athens
Greece
Samuel Insull
England
Insull
London
United States
Farflung
Absentee Row Ends as Senate Recess Is Reversed
Charleston December 19 The Idaho Senate faced a holiday recess clash as a quorum formed overnight after absentees were en route. Absent members Mitchell Abbott and Wiseman joined the militant bloc to resume work while Senator Braxton pushed an immediate net income tax vote. The body recessed again pending further consideration.
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Charleston
Senate
Charles D. Elliott
Aclon
Mitchell
Monroe
Abbott
Payette
Wiseman
Nicholas
Herold D. Braxton
Herald
Herold
Shingleton
Boy Loses Fingers in Barn Feed Cutter
In Bridgeport on December 19 Ray A Losies Jr eight suffered amputation of the little finger and the fourth finger of his left hand while playing with a feed cutter in a barn near home. His sister Martha ten raised the alarm and a physician arrived to tend to the boy, who was resting easy at home last night.
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Bridgeport
Ray A. Losies, Jr
Andre Ray Teeter
Willis
Martha
Janitors Seek Funds for Christmas Pay in Charleston
Charleston, Dec. 19. School janitors, unpaid since term began as state borrowed to pay teachers, may receive funds in time for Christmas. Superintendent of Schools Trent says public works aid will convene again in a few days to address the shortfall in several counties.
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Charleston
Trent
Aid of Public Works
Law student says a man tried to molest girl
Cleveland dispatch reports Western Reserve University law student Briton T Young, age 21, shot a man after a police altercation following an attempted molestation of a competition. Fiera Stone Mather, a co ed, faces manslaughter charges bound over to the grand jury. Then a 1933 bean crop value from California is listed at 12 million dollars.
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Cleveland
T. Young
Western Reserve University
Fiera Stone Mather
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