Unemployed seek relief as county okays temporary aid
County commissioners approved a temporary relief plan of 100 dollars per week for four weeks to aid about 150 dependent families. The move, supported by relief committee members, aims to buy meat, lard, and baking powder while gardens come in. Officials hope this tide us over until longer funds or measures emerge. Magistrates were urged to cut jail costs. total May prisoner feeding reached 520.60 dollars between county and city. A mass meeting will decide potential tax levies to fund next winter relief.
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W. A. Beavers
G. T. Bartlett
Relief Committee
Arnold
Warder
Red Cross
Squires
John L. Whitman
James Lilly
Salvation Army
Dawes Resigns As Head Of Finance Group
The article notes Charles G. Dawes resigning as president of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation effective June 15 after the passage of a large revenue bill. Hoover accepted the resignation and Dawes plans to return to Chicago banking. It links the resignation to progress in the budget and RCC work, with loans pending totaling about 70 million dollars.
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Charles G. Dawes
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Chicago
Hoover
White House
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Dawes
Great Britain
Central Trust Company of
Finance Corporation
General Dawes
Congress
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G. A. R. Holds Annual State Meet in Clarksburg
White haired Civil War veterans, few in number, gathered in Clarksburg for the 59th annual Grand Army of the Republic state encampment. Seneca W. Koffey, 86, of Wheeling, commander of the West Virginia department, called the meeting to order in a local hotel as officers led sessions, with continuation noted on page four.
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Clarksburg
Grand Army of the Republic
Seneca W. Koffey
Wheeling
Department of West Virgina
Dawes resigns presidency to focus on Chicago bank
Charles G. Dawes, former vice president and head of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, resigns the presidency of the group to devote time to his Chicago bank. He expresses confidence that the business tide has turned toward prosperity.
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Charles G. Dawes
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Chicago
Dawes
Split in Bonus Army Leadership Impedes Washington Effort
By the Associated Press the lead story notes leadership splits within the Bonus Army in Washington. While protesting veterans face internal tensions, trials and troubles persist for others marching toward the capital aboard a Southern Railway freight train, nearing within seventy miles of the city.
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Associated Press
Washington
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Southern Railway
Scout Mother's Supper at Andrews M. E. Church
Scout mothers host a supper at Andrews Methodist Church on Thursday evening January 9 1932 from 5 to 7 pm to raise funds for a Boy Scout camp. Admission 50 cents with proceeds benefiting the camp fund.
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Andrews M. E
Rockefeller Urges Repeal of Dry Laws
New York June 7 John D Rockefeller Jr lifelong temperance advocate brands the Eighteenth Amendment a failure and urges repeal He calls for a repeal plank in both Republican and Democratic platforms to remove the issue from partisan politics He notes his family has long fought for temperance and claims never to have tasted alcohol.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Nicholas Murray Butler
Rockefeller
Columbia University
Six Ph D Degrees Awarded at West Virginia U Commencement
Morgantown June 7 The first fruits of President John Roscoe Turner program to develop a graduate school were seen today as six Doctor of Philosophy degrees were conferred at West Virginia University's 65th commencement. Degrees were conferred to 30 students including 67 graduate students.
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John Roscoe Turner
West, Virginia University
St Augustine Alumni Elects New President At Banquet
Miss Agnes Daugherty was elected president of the St. Augustine High School Alumni Association at last night’s annual banquet and business meeting in the parochial school auditorium. Officers include Miss Beatrice Shields as vice president, Miss Imelda Deegan as treasurer, and Miss Elizabeth Neason as secretary.
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St. Augustine High School Alumni Association
Miss Daugherty
C. Richard Gerkin
Beatrice Shields
Imelda Deegan
Elizabeth Neason
Mary Forcello
Ladies of the Sodality
John W. Shields
America
M. J. Hannon
St. Augustine Catholic Church
Alumni Association
Mary Ellen Daugherty
Explosion at apartment building leaves many dead and injured
Cleveland, June 7. A downtown apartment blast at East 9th street and Superior avenue killed eleven and left twelve missing. About 30 burned, nearly 200 residents escaped amid smoke and flames as firemen battled the blaze. Alva Bradley, owner of the building and the Cleveland Indians, estimated losses to reach 500 000 with possible gas ignition.
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East 9Th Street
Superior Avenue
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Alva Bradley
Cleveland Indians
Charity Hospital
Hotel Hollanden
St. Joseph's Cathedral House
Louie Redfern
Mickey Cochran
Philadelphia Athletics
Cy Peter
Hoover Signs Revenue Bill Amid Tax Increase
President Hoover signed the 1.1185 billion dollar tax hike into law late yesterday. Congress pressed ahead on economy and relief disputes with the Republican National Convention looming. Hoover moved quickly to ensure the higher levies take effect as soon as possible. Continued on Page six.
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Washington
Congress
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White House
Rockefeler Letter Supports Temperance Cause Plan
Striking passages from John D Rockefeller Jr.s letter to Dr Nicholas Murray Butler advocate repeal be folded into party platforms but kept nonpartisan. The missive praises the Eighteenth Amendment and promises continued effort for temperance alongside practical measures. It notes family temperance heritage and hints at continued funding for prohibition aims.
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Associated Press
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Nicholas Murray Butler
Chilean Socialist Government Faces Counterrevolution
In Santiago June 7 the three day old socialist government, born from a bloodless revolution, faced a counterrevolutionary challenge in the south and a general strike in the capital. Banking offices closed as clerks protested, and foreign fear of seizure eased slightly as no immediate nationalization of foreign holdings was announced. The junta pledged not to confiscate foreign property for now, though toleration would not continue, affecting Cosaci Nitrae and other American investments totaling about $1,000,000,000. Censorship blocked details. continued on Page Three.
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Chile
National City Bank of
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Cosaci Nitrae
Junta
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