Republicans Begin Draft Plan On Farm Policy For New Deal
Washington and Philadelphia dispatches describe Republicans quietly forming a farm policy group to draft a plan potentially offered at the June national convention in Cleveland. The Agriculture Department reports 1935 farm income rising about 12 percent to 8.11 billion, with gains from crops and livestock despite lower crop prices. A separate Philadelphia report details Herbert Wignell, 49, killing his wife Laura, 44, and son Herbert Jr, 12, then shooting himself after a family tragedy linked to illness.
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Washington Post
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Iowa
Republican Western Headquarters
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Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
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John N. Coulter
Tariff Commission
Cleveland
AAA
Agriculture Department
Philadelphia
Herbert Wignell
Laura
Herbert, Jr
Wignell
William Drake
Wignall
TVA Validity Challenge Brought Before Supreme Court
Forney Johnston leads fourteen minority Alabama Power stockholders in challenging the TVA act as unconstitutional. They seek to block the TVA from proceeding with a yardstick cost measure for electricity after losses in district court and an appeal at New Orleans. Solicitor General Reed and John Lord O’Brian prepared to defend the act. James M. Beck will close for the stockholders.
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Supreme Court
Forney Johnston
Birmingham
Alabama Power Company
Tennessee Valley Authority
Federal District Court
Alabama
Circuit
Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Stanley Reed
John Lord O'Brian
James M. Beck
Fairmont Salesman Fined for Obstructing Traffic
H. M. Duff a Fairmont salesman paid a fine of 5 dollars plus costs to Magistrate Ona C. Jefferys for obstructing traffic on the Grafton Philippi road. He parked on the highway to transact business with contractors on the Berkeley Run railroad relocation project when arrested by State Trooper L. W. Emerick and ordered to appear before the magistrate.
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Fairmont
Ona C. Jefferys
Grafton-Philippi
Duff
Berkeley Run
L. W. Emerick
Couple Bound Over In Unlawful Cohabitation Case
J W Rogers was bound over after a preliminary hearing held yesterday afternoon before Magistrate Ona C Jefferys on charges of unlawful cohabitation. His alleged partner Edna Kittle, a Grafton High School student, waived the hearing. Both were held for the next grand jury under bonds of $500 each. Rogers entered a not guilty plea through attorney Francis Warder as the state, represented by the Prosecuting Attorney, resumes proceedings.
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J. W. Rogers
Ona C. Jefferys
Edna Kittle
Comely
Grafton
Rogers
Francis Warder
Illicit relation case heard by local magistrate
James C. Holt produced two witnesses who testified they knew of the illicit relations, and on this testimony the magistrate held the couple. Rogers did not take the stand. Young Miss Kittle initially failed to appear, but later came before the justice and posted the bond.
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James C. Holt
Rogers
Miss Kittle
Friedman Gets Contract For Abstracting Titles
Official notice yesterday announced Harry Friedman, prominent local attorney, won the bid to prepare abstracts for 82 parcels to be taken for the Tygarts River reservoir flood control. Work is expected to take six months with Friedman and several lawyers in Taylor and Barbour counties. Abstracts will trace back to original state grants for about 150 years. Sentinel Want Ads For Bargains.
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Taylor and
Barbour
Ethiopians claim major victory near Aksum under Ayale
Dedjazmatch Ayale reports Ethiopian forces defeated Italians in a major engagement near Aksum capturing the holy city weeks earlier. Italians say they won a separate battle elsewhere along the Takkaze river valley. Emperor Haile Selassie confirms no retreat. large Ethiopian forces push south from Sasa Baneh and Anele on the Somali front.
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Dedjazmatch Ayale
Takkaze River
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Emperor Haile Selassie
Dessye
Takkaze
Ayale
Sasa Baneh
Anele
Somaliland
Publisher's Home Is Bomber Wounds Writer Injured
Lyndon Foster publisher of The Equalizer was wounded in the arms and face when a bomb wrecked his Wilshire district apartment early today. The lobbyist and publisher had published a monthly pamphlet attacking political figures.
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Los Angeles
Lyndon
Explosion Shakes City Leaves Slugs Embedded in Homes
Jeity was thrown from his bed by the blast and leaden slugs were found embedded in walls furniture and floors. An area of several square miles was shaken as the publisher blamed political enemies for the explosion.
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Jeity
Lack Clues In Slaying Case Paintsville Ky
County officials view the murder of Hol Mead 35 auditor of the First National Bank as unresolved. Sheriff Frank Adams says no new clues and Cincinnati detective Ora Slater continues efforts without new evidence. Mead was found shot in his car three miles south of Paintsville. funeral services were held locally.
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Hol Mead
Frank Adams
Ora Slater
Cincinnati
Shery
Mead
Here
1304 Motorists Nabbed By State Police in ’35
Charleston dispatch reports state police arrested 1,304 motorists in the first 11 months on drunken driving charges. Of those, 1,047 were convicted. Mercer county led with 83 arrests and 76 convictions, followed by Cabell with 78 arrests and 67 convictions and Kanawha with 52 arrests and 47 convictions.
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P. D. Shingleton
Mercer County
Cabell County
Kanawha
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