Board Survey Ordered For Many Counties In 38 Counties
Charleston Feb 10 The Board of Public Works moved to adjust county finances receiving secondary school aid. Gov Holt said a survey shows 260000 needed to sustain a nine month program and deemed it inconsequential. Counties will be advised to trim nonessential spending to keep schools open for the full term. Budget Director H Isaiah will oversee the plan after W W Trent declined to assign an education official. Continued on page eight.
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Charleston
Board of Public Works
Holt
Trent
H. Isaiah
Statehouse
W. W. Trent
Department of Education
Witnesses Called in Flemington Church Assault Case
Twenty one witnesses are summoned for the state in the case against Robert and Archie Ball charged with assault and disturbing a religious service in Flemington. The hearing before Justice A B Enabenshue is set for Saturday, likely in the county building courtroom. State attorney Francis L Warder says the Balls will be represented by William P Samples and lists witnesses including Rev Herman L Scheuch, Montell Kittle, and church officers among others.
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Robert
Archie Ball
Flemington
Justice of the Peace
A. B. Enabenshue
Francis L. Warder
Assembly of God Church
Herman L. Scheuch
Montell Kittle
Ball Brothers
Robert Ball
Samples
William P. Samples
Rey
Scheuch
Kittle
Mabel Kittle
Harry Cunningham
Johnson Fleming
Daisy Poole
Annie Dillon
York Marks
Dolly Poole
Hagel Cunningham
Johnson
Fairless and Murray Report Contract Extended
Representatives of U S Steel and affiliated unions report a renewal of union contracts with major conferences in New York. Ben Fairless and Jamin K Fairless are named, with Steel Corporation officials quoted on the extension and the union action details remain unclear.
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Fairless and Murray
New York
Ben- Steel
U. S
Jamin K. Fairless
Rigat
U. S. Steel, Steel Corporation
Steel W
Furmay
1. C
Ction Committee
Aetnate
Steel Renews Pay Contract in Indefinite Terms
United States Steel Corporation and the Committee for Industrial Organization renewed their 1937 labor contracts indefinitely after a three day conference. The pact leaves open wage changes or termination at any time and contends the agreements stem the tide of wage slashing. Philip Murray, chair of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee, commented on the outcome amid questions of price cuts and future wage policy.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Committee For Industrial Organization
Philip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Pyromaniac Confesses Starting Many Blazes
A 26 year old man, John Wade, told Deputy Fire Marshal Martin Scott he started 50 or more fires, including a blaze that killed three people. Wade, arrested on arson and homicide charges, said the fires began after his family perished in a 1935 fire he denies starting. He claimed numerous fires in unoccupied Brooklyn carriages and apartment houses.
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New York
John Wade
Martin Scott
Wade
Scot
Brooklyn
Areca
Last of Snare Equipment Shipped to New York
The Frederick Snare corporation equipment used for the Tygart river flood control dam has been removed and shipped to New York after grading the toe of the east abutment.
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New York
Frederick Snare Corporation
General Contractors
Tygart River
Snare Concern
Too Much Snow Delays California Ski State Meet
Mineral, Calif February 10. Heavy snow blocked access to the course forcing postponement of the state skiing championship after officials ruled conditions unsafe for competition. Local skiers reported frustration as delays extended training plans and travel schedules.
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Mineral, Galif
Feo
California
Coast Stunned as California Hurricane Strikes
A hurricane battered northern California killing five people and injuring scores, with millions in damages. The 300 mile front saw near storm-force winds, disrupting roads, railways, and communications. Waves surged from San Luis Obispo to the Oregon line, flooding inland valleys and tearing through cities inland.
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San Francisco
California
San Luis Obispo
Los Angeles
Oregon State Line
Coast Line
Sierra Nevada
Newburg General Store Robbed for Five Hundred Fifty Five Dollars
Newburg February 10 Thieves broke into Wolfe brothers general store and adjoining drug store and escaped with 555 dollars in cash and an undetermined amount of merchandise. Police say 550 came from the safe and 5 from the drug store cash register. A truck was suspected to have carried away the merchandise. Officers believe the general store was robbed first and a child transom was pushed to unlock the drug store.
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Newburg
Wolfe Brothers
Japan Ready to Cut Navy Says Spokesman
Tokyo reports a Japanese naval spokesman said Japan would back a world naval accord limiting warships if powers push quantitative limits. He warned that rejecting the plan could be used by the United States Britain and France as a pretext for accusing Japan of expansion.
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Tokyo
Japanese Noval
Japan
United States
Great Britain
France
Clothing Theft Reported From Rural Residence in Fetterman
State police were informed by Charles Robinson of route 4 that several garments were taken from his unlocked farm home in the Fetterman district earlier this month. Corporal Fred L. Strader said the thief left no clues, with three leather coats a mackinaw and a pair of pants missing.
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Fetterman
Charles Robinson
Route 4
Corp
Fred L. Strader
Robinson
Mayor Waugh Not Running For Re election in City Race
Close friends reveal Mayor E Otto Waugh will retire on April 4 and return to his garage business. A formal statement is deemed unnecessary by supporters as six candidates remain for March 8 mayoral nominations. Waugh served during three busy years amid a high expenditure era and plans to leave municipal service.
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E. Otto Waugh
Grafton
Posto Sea Na
Waugh
Freedom of Press Is Menaced by Power in Government
Walter El Clark, former Alaska governor and Charleston Daily Mail publisher, warned in Los Angeles that federal power concentration endangers press freedom. He noted a rise in government press agents from none thirty years ago to hundreds now, arguing such activity curbs independent reporting and echoes Jefferson’s belief in a free press as liberty’s safeguard.
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Los Angeles
Walter el Clark
Alaska
Charleston
W. Va
Daily Mail
Jefferson
Jury Views Bailey Property Over Thornton Overpass
A jury was taken to Thornton to inspect property damage claimed by Clark Bailey from the Thornton overpass project. Evidence in the related Taylor county condemnation case will follow, while testimony continued for the State Road Commission vs Grant and Sarah Sinsel regarding damage from the Trap Springs Road.
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Thornton
Clark Bailey
Taylor County
State Road Commission
Grant
Sarah Sinsel
Government to Aid Little Business Men Borrow Cash
Washington in early February 1910 the administration signaled a new effort to help small business men obtain loans. Reconstruction Finance Corp chairman Jesse H. Jones was said to be preparing loan arrangements within one to two weeks. Commerce official Roper said details would be announced soon after a turbulent national conference.
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Washington
Nca
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hisa
Com
Merce Roper
RFC
William Allen White Turns 70 Liberal Outlook Grows
In Emporia Kansas on February 10 1930 the noted editor William Allen White turns 70 and reflects on aging with a broader liberal view. He emphasizes personal independence and spiritual exploration while declining public eulogies. Family and friends gather at his home as townspeople sing and send greetings, with one notable exception the formal salutation “The Hon.”
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William Allen White
Emporia
W.L. White
New York
W. A
William Allen
Senator Henry Sims Helped by Twin in Duties Mixup
In Washington a state senator named Henry R. Sims explained a puzzling situation. A man named Hugo Sims was mistaken for the senator twice, once at a finance committee closed session and again at a municipal officers meeting.
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Columbia
D. C
Henry R. Sims
Hugo
Hugo Sims
Wright Case Nears End Amid Prosecution Attacks
Los Angeles, Feb. 10. Paul A. Wright faces closing arguments as prosecutors depict him as a “moral leper” and “puppet of the fates” in the slayings of his wife and John Kimmel. Jerry Giesler urged that Wright, head of a $2 million union air terminal, had motive and opportunity, while Wright claims he found his wife and Kimmel slain and that the scene left him temporarily unconscious.
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Los Angeles
Paul A. Wright
John Kimmel
Jerry Giesler
J. Miller
Leavy
Giesler
Wright
Union Air Terminal
Kimmel
Rail Rate Decision Seen Near Early March
Washington observers predicted the Interstate Commerce Commission will rule on railroads demand for higher freight rates around March 1. Railroads argued a 15 percent increase would cover rising costs. farmers manufacturers and other shippers offered counter proposals. After a ruling, President Roosevelt would start round table talks with trainmen to address rail service issues.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
House Passes Farm Measure Headlines Senate Action
Washington reports Senate leaders agreed to sidetrack the anti-lynching filibuster to rush the house approved farm bill to the White House. The compromise crop control plan targets wheat corn cotton tobacco and rice with marketing controls and continued soil conservation. House approval was 263 to 135 and Chairman Jones of Texas hopes farmer cooperation with the agriculture department follows.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Smith
8. C
Pope
Idaho
Wallace
Jones
Texas
House Agriculture Committee
House
Agriculture Department
Brush Clearing Workers Taken to Work in Boats
Bad weather hinders the Tygart dam reservoir basin clearing work. Ninety one workers operate near Moatsville, cutting brush and removing obstructions from the river edge to the 1190 foot high water mark. Operations base moved to the dam. crews ferried by boat due to impassable roads.
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Tygart Dam
Moatsville
Dr Stout Overcoat Not Located In Loveland Robbery
City police continue the probe into a month old break in at the Dr R H Stout residence in Loveland Addition. The physician’s overcoat was the principal article stolen and officers report no clues at this time.
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R. H. Stout
Loveland
Roosevelt seeks 250 million for WPA relief drive
President Roosevelt asked Congress for immediate appropriation of 250 million dollars to cover the next four and a half months. Funds will reduce WPA rolls and focus on industrial centers including automobile manufacturing cities. WPA officials estimate available funds and plan roll reductions if new money does not arrive.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Banks Head
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Gang Slaying Probed in Chicago Underworld War
Investigators searched Chicago for gunmen in a gang slaying tied to Prohibition rackets. Sam Costello was killed by three disguised assailants in a bakery, as his associates Nick Costello 82 Joseph Di Giovanna 40 and Gagagli 41 were wounded. Sam’s bodyguard Onoforio 28 and Chris Gio were detained amid hospital guards and tensions with rival factions.
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Chicago
Underworld
Sam
Sam Costello
al Capone
al Costello
al Caepone
Nick
Joseph di Giovanna
Gagagli
Luigi Forio
Onoforio
Chris Gio
St. James Hospital
Thomas Kelly
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Benjamin K. Fairless
STEEL
Clark
Bailey
Kas
Rolei
Emporia Gazette
Senator
Dr. Stout
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