Grafton to share $3 million DAR project plan
West Virginia faces tax collection rulings as the state court blocks a plan to have the state assume local debts. Public Works Administration grants total 5.0 million for Tygarts Valley flood dam near Grafton Parsons water project and railcar fleet support. The Ty Gartts Valley dam would create 327000 acre feet of storage, affect 1220 square miles, and create about 48000 man months of work with construction possible in five months. Continuous court debates and comments await further action.
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Millenwood
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Pittsburgh
War Department
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Public Works
Pittsburgh Food Control Commission
Tri-State Authority
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Public Works Administration
Mississippi Drainage Area Board of Parsons
Tygarts Valley
100 Millions to See Asked for Direct Relief
Miwashington Dec 29 P Harry L Hopkins federal emergency relief administrator told newspapermen congress will be asked for 100000000 to carry on direct relief until July Hopkins also said an additional appropriation will be necessary for the public works administration to carry civil works through until May He did not know the exact amount but it was said at the White House that 250000000 more would be necessary Should direct relief extend beyond July further options would be necessary.
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Girl 13 Confesses To Slaying Chum Over Remarks
A 13 year old girl confessed to killing her eight year old friend Mary Kalava last Sunday in Plains, N. M. The District Attorney said Coyne reported the girl admitted striking Josephine Weropay with a rock and strangling her after questioning. She said Sesie lied about her and her family.
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Frank H. Cone
Chum
Mary Kalava
Coyne
Josephine Weropay
Sesie
Women flyers set new endurance flight record over Miami
Frances Marsalis and Helen Richey extended the world endurance record for women by surpassing 196 hours, then flying on to 8 days 5 hours 6 minutes. They planned a possible landing but remained aloft unable to rest amid ongoing repairs and fatigue. a note hinted at a late landing if the engine held up.
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Pla
Frances Marsalis
Helen Richey
Siami
Fla
Richey
Endrance
Her
Myre
Louise Thaden
Valley Stream
Long Island
Ayes
Woman stabbed six times at Charleston employee banquet
In Charleston on December 29, about 100 guests watched as Angela B. Starnes, 25, an employee of Guthrie Morris Campbell, was stabbed six times at a downtown hotel banquet. Her husband George Starnes was arrested and charged with the assault. she lies in serious condition.
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Angela B. Starnes
George Starnes
Guthrie- Morris- Campbell Company
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Siones
Jobless ranks growing again says Green
Washington December 29 William Green president of the American Federation of Labor asserts unemployment is rising faster than since January and industry is slowing job creation. He cites civil works as providing some relief but warns 6,000,000 still unemployed as 4,000,000 civil works workers year end cannot raise buying power if industry lays off workers. More laid off from mid October to mid November than last year.
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William Green
American Federation of Labor
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Roosevelt Opposes US Entry to League and Intervention
President Roosevelt stated the United States would not join the League of Nations and would oppose armed intervention in other nations. Speaking on Woodrow Wilson’s 77th birth anniversary, he outlined a three point world peace program and broadcast his remarks nationwide.
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Solons Won't Tinker With Recovery Plan
Washington dispatch reports congressional leaders pledging no tinkering with the recovery program and promising President Roosevelt a short, businesslike session focused on enacting necessary budget measures. Roosevelt nears a summary of the national situation as government fiscal aides report a nine bank outlook and Winthrop Aldrich of Chase National Bank join White House discussions.
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Roosevelt
Winthrop Aldrich
Chase National Bank
White House
Ickes Again Hits Public Works Delay
Washington reports Secretary Ickes blasted localities for delaying Public Works projects delaying aid to unemployment relief. Treasury data dated December 26 show public works payments totaling 46.174 million since December 1, with about 2 million to one large city. December outlays exceed 77.95 million not counting Civil Works Administration funds, more than double November.
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Civil Works Administration
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Mercury Drops To 16 Below Record In Backbone Mountain Area
In Clarksburg the 16 below zero reading was recorded as the lowest in West Virginia history. Residents of Backbone Mountain near Thomas report thermometers at homes dipping to 16 below last night, with parts of the area snowbound.
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Thomas
Operation on baby's brain is successful
Baltimore December 29 Johns Hopkins hospital physicians report the brain operation on 5 month old Sue Trammell of Houston was successful The obstruction causing hydrocephalus has been removed though final outcome is unknown The baby traveled 1400 miles by air for treatment with family and medical staff present The delicate operation began near 10 o'clock and was to last about two hours
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Tex
Sue Trammell
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
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Little Sue Trammell
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Sue
W. W. Trammell
Jimmy Wedell
Texas
Walter E. Dandy
No Trace Found Of Girl In Miami
Miami Florida December 29 a missing girl report states 16 year old Eu nice Warner from Akron is unaccounted for since Saturday night. Sheriff D C Coleman says three minor boys are in jail with one admitting being with her but claiming he left her near her home after midnight. Warner moved to Miami six weeks ago with sister and brother in law Frank Reed from St Marys West Virginia where she lived with Mrs Ralph Jones.
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Fla
Eunice Warner
Akron
D. C. Coleman
Coleman
Miss Warner
Frank Reed
St. Mary's
W. Va
Ralph Jones
Morgenthau orders big hoarders to yield gold
Acting Secretary Morgenthau announced a new end of year anti hoarding order aimed at large accumulators. The Treasury expects to seize several million dollars in gold and yellow backs from banks and other places while small hoarders are urged to surrender what they hold. The policy excludes gold held by Federal Reserve banks and the Reconstruction Corporation.
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Federal Reserve
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