Forgotten Men Unremembered Survey Claims
A New York report from December 24 says the Rooseveltian New Deal has failed to aid the ordinary man of the street. Only about ten percent of government spending benefits the common people, with bankers and big business receiving the most. The study, led by Dr. Harry P. Ward of Union Theological Seminary, cites lowered living standards and artificial scarcity, and notes a top heavy bias toward banks and industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rooseveltian
New Deal
Methodist, Federation of Social Set
Harry P. Ward
Union Theological Semiary
Columbia University
Winifred Lb. Chapp
Methodist Church
Roosevelt
Glass flays Eccles after interest cut
Washington reports deny Carter Glass charge that the Federal Reserve Board usurped Congress power over rates. Marriner S. Eccles, new Fed chair, says the board acted within legal rights. Glass criticizes the action and cites risks to state banks. Crowley disclaims responsibility for the cut. Continued on page four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carter Glass
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Marriner S. Eccles
New Dealer
New Deal
Supremel
Virginia
Board
Federal Deposit Insurance Corpor
Crowley
Glass
Charles S. Hamlin
Reserve Board
Leo T. Crowley
FDIC
No Turkey for Relief Recipients in Christmas Dinner
Webster Springs West Virginia December 24 194_- relief rolls deny tea and turkey purchases. County relief administrator Maurice Wendell says families buying a turkey for Christmas are dropped from aid and that if recipients can afford a turkey they are not entitled to relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster Springs
W. Va
Maurice Wendell
Wooddell
Youth Swims to Safety as Car Plunges in River
Odie Cole, 28, escapes death when his car blows a tire and plunges over a Riverside drive bank into the Tygarts Valley river near the Fetterman bridge. He frees himself after minutes underwater, swims to shore, and returns to the scene with a witness later Sunday. Local motorist Ray Cole and Joseph King assist in reporting the submerged car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odie Cole
Tygarts Valley
Riverside Drive
Fetterman Bridge
Henry
Joseph King
Cole
Grafton
Beaumont
Mr. King
Ray Cole
McCullough Plans New NRA State Code in West Virginia
Charleston dispatch reports F. Witcher McCullough proposed a new state NRA law giving the governor authority to approve industry adapted cores. The bill includes a section 7-A style collective bargaining clause, lasts two years, and would replace the current NRA law expiring in June 1935 under the National Recovery Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
F. Witcher McCullough
Mass Tragedy Strikes Pittsburgh Family of Six
A crazed woman, driven by grief over her son’s death, killed five members of the Walter Dempsey family in Pittsburgh and fatally shot herself and her sister, Ruth Dempsey Hughes, in Dunkirk. A note found at Schoch’s apartment explains the motive as unbearable sorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Walter Dempsey
Dempsey
Kathryn Scoch
Dunkirk
N. Y
Ristol J
Schoch
George Brooks Nabbed as Drexel Aide in Embezzlement Case
George R. Brooks former deputy circuit clerk and county relief administrator in Mahoning county faces January criminal court on a $76 000 embezzlement charge tied to Marion county funds. He was arrested in Fairmont by state trooper Troy Alkire on a warrant linked to Drexel R. George, another former deputy sheriff accused of misusing over $200 000.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Marion County
George R. Brookes
Mahonine County
Youngstown
Brooks
Troy Alkire
Justice of the Peace
Kenna Clark
Walter R. Haggerty
Drexel R. George
Thousands of Pilgrims Flock to Bethlehem for Christmas Observances
Bethlehem crowds include white and black pilgrims from many denominations converging on the market town in the Palestine hills. They traveled by road from Jerusalem as church rites begin, with carols and bells to mark the birth of Jesus Christ observed after nearly two millennia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
Palestine Hills
Jesus Christ
Jerusalem
Two Youths Victims of Trains in This State
In West Virginia, two youths were killed by trains on separate tracks. Harry Stevens, 12, of Chelyan, was struck yesterday while walking on railroad lines near Chelyan. Benjamin Kelly Jr., 19, of Campbell's Creek, died near St Albans after being thrown under a box car during play with friends.
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Charleston
W. Va
Chelyan
Harry Stevens
Chelyat
Benjamin Kelly
Campbell's Creek
St. Albans
Aca
Pope Pius Warns Against War In Christmas Address
Vatican report of Pope Pius XII's annual Christmas message urging peace as warlike sentiment grows. He condemns the arms race and calls for prayer and work for peace, noting the eve of Christmas with angels’ hymns for peace on earth. Continued on Page 5.
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Pope
World
College of Cardinals
Pius
Primate
Diety
Andre Beading
Associated Press
Vatican City
Curia
Eleven People arraigned in Mayor King’s court today
Eleven persons appeared before Mayor Charles O King in police court this morning charged with offenses from drunkenness to speeding. The Sentinel will refrain from naming those arrested over the weekend due to the Christmas season, hoping they will observe the holiday with their families in a proper manner.
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Charles O. King's
The
Sentinel
Engineer Blamed in Delaware Train Wreck Deaths
An engineer died along with two trainmen in a collision of New York Central trains loaded with Christmas mail and passengers near Delaware Ohio. A railroad official blamed the engineer for failing to observe a red signal, while the state utilities commission opened its own investigation. Fireman James Newman, 55, piloted the first locomotive. his fireman H B Baker, 38, of Galion, was the sole survivor of the crew. The incident occurred at a junction near Delaware Sunday.
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Delaware, O
New York Central
E. F. Hayes
Springfield
Bellefontaine
Hayes
State Utilities Commission
James Newman
Here
Newman
H. B. Barker
Galion
New Sacred Heart Catholic Church Dedicated in Huntington
Huntington December 24 church dignitaries led by Most Rev John J Swint bishop of Wheeling diocese attended the dedication of the New Sacred Heart Catholic church yesterday The Rev George J Burke of Wheeling preached the dedicatory sermon and was a brother of the new church pastor Rev Wilbert M Burke.
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Huntington
John J. Swint
Wheelin
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
George J. Burke
Wheeling
Wilbert M. Burke
New Dealers In Feud Over Hugh's Story
A heated clash between General Hugh S. Johnson and Donald R. Richberg over the National Emergency Council escalates. Johnson threatens legal action against the Saturday Evening Post if it prints his forthcoming articles, accusing Richberg of press interference and calling him a man of conscience in his裤, while Richberg warns of fully documented libel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley P. Richardson
Associated Press
Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
Donald R. Richberg
National Emergency Council
Saturday Evening Post
Johnson
NRA
Okmulgee
Oklahoma
Richberg
Post
Donald
Avalanche of Disasters Sweep Nation in Holiday Toll
A roundup of multiple fatal incidents across the country unfolds as airplane crashes, car and train accidents, and a gunman’s family tragedy claim several lives. Key locations include Ventura California Elko Nevada Dunkirk New York Wilmington California Lincoln Nebraska Medora Indiana and Pittsburgh.
Miss Mae West Keeps Christmas Card Charms
Hollywood dec 24 Mae West stays in character on holiday cards with a drawing of herself on Santa’s lap and a quip about Santa possibly overshooting a delivery. The joke ends with her line I wrote and said Come up sometime and the dear old guy moves in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Calif
Mae West
New Panel of Jurymen May Be Necessary
Flemington New Jersey December 24 1934 demands for a new jury panel for the trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping case were discussed by both sides after charges that the present panel was tampered with Prosecutor Anthony Mauck alleged a pamphlet titled No 2810 criminal file exposed aviator s baby was never kidnapped or murdered was mailed to all 150 prospective jurors The pamphlet s author Mrs Mary Belle Spencer of Chicago called it satire saying it mocked police and court bias and that she wrote it two years before Hauptmann s arrest to show the system s supposed flaws
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James ¥. Lawrence
Associated Press
Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Anthony M. Haucks
Hauptmann
Mary Belle Spencer
Chicago
Mauck
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M. E. Federation of Social Service
Roosevelt “Deal
Turkey
Machine
Young Man
McCullough
George Brooks
Drexel
George Aide
St. Matthias Episcopal Church
A. J. Torrey
Mangen
R. Wreck
New Catholic
Hugh
Ventura
Elko
Nevada
Kathryn Echooch
N.Y
Wilmington
Cal
Elmer R. Hunt
Hunt
Lincoln
Miss Mae West
Mrs. H. K. Debendarfer
St. Augustine’s Catholic Church
Divine Lord
M. J. Hannon
Crank
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