Glass says states must handle relief funds now
Senator Glass urged turning relief problems back to states and cities as proposed $1 billion WPA funding looms. He said local efforts had managed relief before federal involvement, noting not everyone starved, while Hopkins was expected to leave WPA to join commerce. The piece also mentions Hopkins possibly joining the cabinet as Roper resigns.
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William B. Ardery
Washington
Glass
Senate Appropriations Committee
Lewis
John L. Lewis
The
WPA
Nst Glass
Short
Hopkins
Roper
Workers Threatened With Wages Cut At McKeesport Tin Plate
About 2,200 workers at McKeesport Tin Plate face wage cuts of 6 to 15 percent or layoff after December 26 as high speed steel mills tighten grip. Harold Ruttenberg CIO official warned at a mass meeting that many small steel firms confront the same pressure amid new multi million dollar mills.
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McKeesport Tin Plate Company
Harold Ruttenberg
CIO
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Mysterious Rider and Divorce of Lady X Tonight
The Grafton Sentinel invites John Wittman of Grand Street to attend tonight’s showings at the Dixie theatre and the Strand. The Mysterious Rider screens at Dixie in color and The Divorce of Lady X stars Mer Oberon at the Strand. identification may be required.
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Strand
Dixie
The
Grafton Sentinel
John Wittman
Grand Street
Dixie Theatre
Lady X
Mer Oberon
County Clerk Bennett Will Retire After 22 Years in Office
After 22 years in public life, Frank Bennett announced retirement as Taylor County County Clerk, with Ed C. St. Clair set to succeed him. Bennett, a lifelong Republican, first won election in 1916 as assessor, later becoming county clerk, winning reelection in 1926 and 1932 amid a Democratic landslide. He plans to work on his farm, hoping to avoid morning trips toward Grafton.
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Frank Bennett
Ed C. St. Clair
Bennett
St. Clair
Taylor County
Grafton
Four Men Acquitted In Criminal Assault Case
PARKERSBURG, Dec. 23. A circuit court jury acquitted four Parkersburg men Donald Langfitt Virgil Hinzman Willard Zickefoose and Charles Brown of charges they criminally attacked Mrs Warren Lowe last June 17 They testified they had picked up Mrs Lowe in Parkersburg and took her for a ride she testified she was dragged struck and kicked during the incident
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Parkersburg
Warren Lowe
Donald Langfitt
Virgil Hinzman
Willard Zickefoose
Charles Brown
Lowe
Former Braxton County School Chief Succumbs
SUTTON Dec. 29 Funeral services will be held tomorrow for T P Rollyson 54 former superintendent of Braxton county schools and deputy collector of internal revenue He had been ill for several months He is survived by his widow father and one brother
Lot Owners Protest Taxation Over Shifting River Sands
In Omaha Nebraska on December 23 a group of landowners challenged the county board over tax assessments for three lots. The board initially doubted the protest but found the parcels lay under shifting Missouri river sands, leading to corrected tax rolls.
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Omaha, Neb
Missouri River
Trial for Patrolman Smith on Rudeness Charge After Parking Dispute
Hearing set after W. S. Wren of West Main street reported a dispute over parking. Mayor Gillis pie confirms the trial board will hear Patrolman Norman Smith. Chief A. E. Lockard filed charges to allow a public airing and exoneration is expected. Continued on page seven.
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Norman Smith
W. S. Wren
West Main Street
P. F. Gillispie
Police Trial Board
A. E. Lockard
Wren
City Hall
Exon
State Officials Plan Fireside Christmases
Charleston dispatch notes state leaders plan quiet Christmas at home with families. Auditor Edgar B. Sims undecided about where Santa will land depending on mood and weather. Governor Holt will stay at the executive mansion, join by Agriculture Commissioner J B McLaughlin Secretary of State William S O'Brien and State Treasurer R E Talbot, as staff prepare trees for the long weekend.
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Charleston
Santa Claus
Edgar B. Sims
Old St. Nick
Holt
J. B. McLaughlin
William 8. O'Brien
R. E. Talbot
Esac
Repairs to Pottery Bridge Are Finished
Repairs to the suspension bridge across the Tygart river near the Carr China pottery in Park View are finished, County Clerk Frank Bennett announced today. D. I. Bayley directed the work and reports the span is in as good a shape as it ever was. The bridge had been closed for several days by order of the county court. Day laborers were used and no contract was let.
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Tygart River
Carr China Pottery
Park View
Frank Bennett
D. I. Bayley
Confusion at Pan American meet amid solidarity claims
At Lima on December 23 193? the Pan American conference faced renewed fog over regional solidarity and defense. Dr Carlos Concha declared broad agreement while Argentine and Brazilian delegates disputed said accord. Negotiations continue as tensions rise and celebrations fade.
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Andrue Berding
Lima
Carlos Concha
United States
Concha
Argentina
Afranio Mello Franco
Con
Scarlet fever cases rise in Harrison County schools
Charleston dispatch reports three scarlet fever cases in Lost Creek prompting health officials to send epidemiologist as seven Tucker county schools close in the Fairfax district ahead of Christmas vacation amid a county rate climb from seven in August to 68 in November.
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Charleston
A. M. Price
Harrison County
Health Department
Lost Creek
Pairfax
Tucker County
Blackmailers Fed by Coster Note Reveals Plan
New York December 23 Eight blackmailers were fed from the income of F Donald Coster, Musica master swindler, as investigators study a half incoherent note left by the man who ended his life with a bullet. The note was released by Samuel Reich, attorney for the promoter. As God is my judge the note says I am the victim of Wall Street plunder and blackmail in a struggle for honest existence.
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New York
F. Donald Coster- Musica
McKesson and Robbins
Samuel Reich
Wall Street
Ex Convict Confesses Robbing Weston Store
Weston, Dec 23. John Shaffer, recently released from Moundsville penitentiary, admits robbing the Ralston drug store safe of 500 on December 5. Prosecutor James H. Brewster reports most of the money recovered. The chain drug store was robbed of 374 Tuesday morning shortly after opening, and janitor Ralph McNear is being sought for questioning.
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Weston
John Shaffer
Moundsville
Ralston
James H. Brewster
Brewster
Ralph McNear
Bond For Accused Shovel Killer Asked By Counsel
Williamson WV December 23 Harison Murphy 22 year old WPA worker was to appear in circuit court today seeking release on murder charge in the shovel slaying of John Stepp 67 of Kermit Murphy waived preliminary hearing yesterday before Magistrate R C Clifton and was held for grand jury action Prosecutor Lafe B Chafin said Murphy admitted striking Stepp after Stepp threatened him with a knife but left the house not realizing the injury was fatal Mrs Tenny Webb who found Stepp dead in her home was detained but Chafin said no charge was filed against her
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Tenny Webb
Stepp
Chafin
Big Holiday Program Is Planned at State School
The West Virginia Industrial School for Boys opened its Christmas season with a Lions club of Clarksburg program for the boys. Each boy received a marble Christmas package from a local manufacturer, as part of the Lions clubs support from the state meeting last summer. The electricity will be turned on Friday for the Christmas lights displayed around the home.
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West Virginia
Clarksburg
Helps For Business To Be Prime Topic In Congress
Washington dispatch notes the upcoming Congress will focus on curbing undesirable business practices while not hindering the industrial rebound. Administration aims to speed loans for homes railroads and other ventures plus Latin American trade. The drive ties into public works and farm programs as jobs and relief costs loom. The inquiry into monopolistic practices is seen as broader than electoral gains as it seeks to spur employment and growth.
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W. B. Ragsdale
Washington
Congress
United
Herbert Hoover
White House
Agencies to End if Congress Fails to Act in 1930s Policy
In December dispatches from Rand Colorado note Dorothy Mason travels 450 miles home for Christmas as rail and road limits complicate travel. Washington reports Roosevelt era powers may lapse next year if Congress does not extend key measures including cash and carry. RFC mandate and reconstruction questions loom as expiry dates approach.
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Washington
Congress
RFC
Mus
Storm Snow Hits Middle West In Heavy Blows
Snow and sleet strained six midwestern states with more on the way before Christmas. Northern Wisconsin and the upper Michigan peninsula faced blizzard conditions as traffic slowed from drifting snow. Five inches fell last night with up to four in Minnesota and five in parts of Iowa. Nebraska and the Dakotas also lay in the snow belt. highways remained open.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan Peninsula
Minnesota
Towa
Nebraska
Dakotas
Jennings Randolph Named Washington’s Unofficial Mayor
Jennings Randolph of Elkins West Virginia is set to chair the House Committee on the District of Columbia and thus hold the unofficial title of mayor. He plans to appoint Kennedy of Maryland to head a subcommittee studying reorganization of the district government, a longtime Kennedy interest.
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Washington
Jennings Randolph
Elkins
W. Va
Congress
Randolph
House Committee
District of Columbia
Kennedy
D.md
Ran
Twenty Saved From Norwegian Craft Off Atlantic
Twenty persons including two women were rescued from the disabled Norwegian freighter Smaragd in a gale swept Atlantic six hundred miles southeast of New York today by the American freighter Schodack. Wireless reports to Radio Marine said the rescue followed a night of anxiety as the Schodack waited for lull in the weather. Captain Smith of the Schodack reported all hands, including Sidipper oi maragd, safely taken from the distressed vessel.
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New York
Smaragd
Atlantic
Schodack
Radio Marine Corporation
Smith
Schodak
Sidipper Oi Maragd
Explosion on Wall Street alarms but causes no damage
New York dispatch reports a blast in the Irving Trust building at No 1 Wall Street rattling windows but no injuries. Authorities traced the incident to an activated transformer on the 21st story setback. stress lingered over a prior 1920 peddler dynamite blast near J P Morgan & Co.
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New York
Financial District
Irving Trust
No. 1
Wall Street
Wall
Army officer chosen as chief of WPA
President Roosevelt named Harry L Hopkins to succeed Daniel C Roper as secretary of commerce and designated Colonel Harrington to head the Works Progress Administration. Aubrey Williams will advance to deputy administrator while Hopkins is sworn in at the White House. Harrington is an army officer who will head WPA in detail and draw regular army pay. The White House noted no pay from WPA.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Daniel C. Roper
Stephen Early
Hopkins
White House
F. C. Hartington
Williams
Aubrey Williams
E Early
Senate
Harrington
WPA
Army
Cummings
Roper
Commerce
U S Looks for Formal Split With Germany Speculation
Washington reports diplomatic circles speculating on a possible rupture in German American relations as officials call such talk premature. The State Department says no further steps are being forced on Germany. Secretary Hull and other leaders remain cautious while critic of Nazi policy continues to echo.
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State Department
United States
Ickes
Pittman
United
Germany
Hitler
Welles
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Union Drug Co
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Dorothy Mason
Muddy Pass
Rand
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Wall St
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