Hoover outlines Reconstruction hints for agriculture and credit
President Hoover details plans under the Reconstruction Corporation to coordinate agriculture with feeder loans and private agencies, expand credit through banks and Federal Reserve, and boost railway and home construction employment. He notes selling 250 million in notes and discusses open barber shops amid price variation and union barbers in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bestor
Farm Board
Secretary of Agriculture
Congress
Federal Farm
Bostd
Reconstruction Corporation
Breen
Federal Reserve Banks
Home Loan Board
United States
Treasury
Union Barbers Debate Postwar Price Slash
Union officials report a regualr meeting produced no official price change while a rump gathering heard objections to a proposed haircut and shave price slash. Proponents cite nearby cities and open shops cutting postwar rates to attract traffic, while opponents warn a 25 cent haircut would still overcharge for shaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lower Latrobe
East End
West Graffton
Valuations Continue Across Grafton District Declines
Grafton district valuations show a sharp drop from last year with total personal property at 2,460,820 and real estate at 10,305,340 this year, none of the districts recording increases. Last year totals were 3,331,250 for personal property and 10,995,680 for real estate amid broader declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. M. Musgrove
Thomas P. Lake
John 8
Wyckoff
Grafton
Booths Creek
Court House
Fetterman
Flemington
Knottsville
Battle over Broad Classification proposal in state senate
A lengthy session ended with the Broad Classification plan defeated as senators debated a two thirds requirement. Senator Harold Braxton opposed the plan and planned a reconsideration motion. The house approved its draft with limited support and tax limits ranged from 50 cents to 2 dollars per 100 valuation across property types.
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Harold
D. Braxton
House
Stanley Hodges
Senate
Johnson
D. Kanawha
Beneke
Ohio
Davis
Lewis
Ritchie
Hatffled
McDowell
Helmick
Tucker
Martin
Randolph
Miller
Boone
Roberts
Marshall
Watkins
Taylor
Weissenburger
Mason
Abcott
Fayette
Hodges
Monongalia
Hell
Thompson
Berkeley
White
Hampshire
Wiseman
Nicholas
Hutchinson
Releigh
Neale
Wood
Reynolds
Mineral
Smith
Lincoln
Wells
Hancock
Woodyard
Roane
Mingo
Gervin
Harrison
x-Herald
Braxton
Kanawha
Matthews
Calhoun
Mercer
Upsbury
Senate votes to abolish State Department of Prohibition
In Charleston the Senate and House moved to end the State Department of Prohibition by 31 to 7, with a companion bill transferring permit duties to the tax commissioner. Debate centered on timing and personnel, with delegates protesting immediate effectiveness and others citing economy as reasons for voting yes. The measure passed despite opposition and requires agreement on enactment dates before Governor Conley can sign.
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Charleston
Senate
House of Delegates
State Department
Prohibition Department
Tax Commissioner
Conley
House
Cowgill
Hampshire
Thornhill
D. Raleigh
Cowsill
Smith
Lincoln
Reynolds
Minerval
Johnson
Kanawha
Davis
Ritchie
Veterans Will Protect City From Bonus Army Invasion
The Johnstown chamber of commerce wired Major Lynn Adams, state Police superintendent, with a request to protect the city against incursions by the bonus army as veterans continued to arrive in a tense mood.
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Johnstown chamber _ of commerce
Lynn Adams
Bonus Army
Bonus march chaos as troops drive veterans from Washington
Federal troops ordered by President Hoover to evacuate veterans from government property return toward Fort Myer after riot police used tear gas and sabers. In Johnstown Pa, leaders reorganize the movement naming a Khaki Shirts as hundreds stream in, with Waters planning to join within days and Johnstown to host new offices and structure.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Hoover
Fort Myer
Douglas McArthur
Army
War Department
Carter
Johnstown
Walter W. Waters
Johntown
McCloskey
Veterans Aid Drives McCloskey’s Washington March Plan
In Johnstown Pennsylvania veterans advocate a large return to home towns and a march on Washington. McCloskey aims to shelter those in need with hillside camps while mills in the city focus on a modest steel upturn amid economic lull. Residents expect relief for hundreds seeking food as bonus supporters collect supplies.
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Washington
McCloskey
City
Mills
Pinchot
Johnstown
Poisoned by Sandwiched Meals Shock Oklahoma City
Seventy five residents of the Oklahoma City relief camp are hospitalized for food poisoning. Fifteen are critically ill. Health officials traced the outbreak to meat sandwiches distributed by a city club at the camp last night. An investigation to fix responsibility is underway.
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Oklahoma City
Relef
Impeachment to Appeals Court in Valley District Case
Bar to high court moves on in July as Yeager Warner and Hathaway of Valley District Board of Education face impeachment. Taxpayers state board overdrawn school funds, prompting the appeal to the supreme court of appeals for final ruling.
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Belington
Mr. Yeager
Mile Warner
Brooks Hathaway
Valley District Board of Education
Supreme Court of Appeals
Valley District
Gillette Sued For 30 Million In Antitrust Case
Trophy Tower Sales Company opened a $30,000,000 action against Gillette Safety Razor Company in New York alleging violation of the Sherman Antitrust Law and the Clayton Act. The suit includes claimed damages, counsel fees, and costs.
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New York
Gillette Safety Razor Company
Trophy Tower Sales
Pardon Frees Man After Four Murder Trials
Garland Smith, once facing four murder trials, is freed after an unconditional pardon from Governor Pollard in Richmond Virginia. The pardon avoids serving a 20 year term, which the governor called a blot on Virginia justice.
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Richmond
Garland Smith
Pollard
Virginia
Edith Rockefeller McCormick ill in Chicago
Mrs Edith Rockefeller McCormick is reported ill at her home in Chicago. She was scheduled to attend a conference last night but had to cancel the engagement.
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Chicago
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
Baltimore Police Agree To Wage Cut Plan
Baltimore police approve a ten percent wage reduction in two districts as urged by Commissioner Charles D. Gaither. The plan, to take effect next year if approved by officers, aims to ease the city’s financial strain with no dissenting votes reported.
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Baltimore
Charles D. Gaither
Gaither
Randolph to resign teaching roles for campaign effort
Morgantown July 30 Jennings Randolph a Democratic candidate for the Second Congressional District said he would relinquish his posts as public speaking and journalism instructor at Davis and Elkins College to devote himself to his campaign. He will retain the athletic director position at the college.
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Morgantown
Jennings Randolph
Davis and Elkins College
Plane Drops Election Circulars in Berlin Crash
Berlin reports a Centralist party plane crash this afternoon killing a passenger and injuring the pilot. In the same city voters tally 37 million to decide in the bloodiest, noisiest Reich election campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Centralist
Reich
Rotary Convention Set for Jackson’s Mill in 1933
The 24th district Rotary International executive committee chose Jackson’s Mill state 4-H camp as the 1933 convention site. Delegation led by Dr. R J Vassar and W H Kendrick issued the invitation. Ed Wade of Bluefield presided the session attended by presidents and secretaries. The district covers most of West Virginia and Greater London.
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Charleston
Rotary International
Jackson's Mill
State
R. J. Vassar
Weston Rotary Club
W. H. Kendrick
Ed. Wade
Bluefield
West Virginia
Mexico selects Josephine Olea as Olympic team queen
Josephine Olea was chosen as queen of Mexico's Olympic team for a celebration honoring the nation's athletes, with Associated Press photo coverage.
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Betty Taylor
Canada
Associated Press
Josephine Olea
Mexico
Mussolini
Dino Grandi
Tatemaw
Great Britains
Three Die In Pinole Powder Plant Blast
Oakland reports three men feared killed when an explosion ripped the Giant Powder Works power house near Pinole about 30 miles away. Smoke hindered rescue efforts as crews searched for bodies.
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Oakland
Calif
Pinole
U.S. Invited to Attend Parley on Economic Conference
The state department received from the British embassy an invitation for the United States to attend the proposed moustach e and economic conference. The invitation states that reparations debts and tariff rates are not to be discussed at the parley.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Five whipped for breaking laws in New Castle workhouse
In Wilmington Delaware five men were whipped in the New Castle county workhouse with a small crowd present. Warden Elmer J Leach oversaw the punishment. One detainee was convicted of derailing a railroad train and the others for larceny. all will also serve jail terms.
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Wilmington
Del
New Castle County
Elmer. J. Leach
Maschke Indicted in Cleveland Embezzlement Case
Cleveland July 30 Maschke a veteran Republican figure and former committeeman was indicted on embezzlement and larceny charges involving 140000 from the country treasury. Six others including Maschke's top political lieutenants were indicted as the grand jury wrapped up a probe into a 570282 deficit uncovered by State Examiner Charles N Main.
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Cleveland
Maurice Maschke
Treasury
Maschke
Charles N. Main
Captain Gronau Flies to Detroit Then Chicago
Captain Gronau departs from Germany to the Pacific coast and heads to Detroit before continuing to Chicago, marking a notable journey by air and sea amid wartime movements.
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Ottawa
Gang von Gronau
Coi
Germany
Pacific Coast
Detroit
Chicago
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R ‘Sentinel
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Joseph B. Ely
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
Ely
Bay State
Executive Mansion
Albany
N.i
McCloskie
L. W. Walde
Bonus
Doake. Carter
R. B. Ellison
Eddie McCloskey
Flynter
Harel Larva
Finland
Los Angeles
W.E. Bayley
Gillette
Heinze
Rotary
Greater London
Cnsus
U.S
Gronau
London Post
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