Drive Begins To Finish Up Work In Week
Charleston dispatch reports Governor Kump urged funding part of a state social security program with 2.5 million dollars from liquor sales. Total relief cost now stands at 15 million. Lawmakers push to finish social security act drafting and other measures in a rapid special session, aiming to end within a week or ten days.
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Charleston
Kump
House
Senate
James Paull
Brooke
Sarge Committee
Senate Rules Committee
Roosevelt Cheered In Martinsburg Stop On Parkway Hopes
President Franklin D. Roosevelt received cheering crowds in Martinsburg as his capital headed special train paused. He spoke of plans for a Potomac valley parkway from Washington toward Ohio and noted improving national conditions compared with two years ago. Local apples were praised as emblematic of regional charm amid the stop that lasted about five minutes.
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Martinsburg
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Potomac Valley
Washington
Ohio
Duchess County
Low Turk
Weekend wrecks kill two in adjacent counties
Two fatal road crashes occurred last weekend in neighboring counties. In one crash a car failed to take a hill turn, overturned, killing one and injuring another. In the second crash a vehicle failed to make a turn, struck a telephone pole, killing the occupant and injuring another. Drivers are urged to slow down.
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Perions
Sens
Othfe
Tribute to Old Glory by B P D Elks at Flag Day
Hon Hershel H Rose of Fairmont addressed over 500 attendees at the annual Flag Day exercises by the B P D Elks Grafton Lodge 308 at the B and O station plaza. He urged confidence in free government, citing Europe and Switzerland, and spoke of the flag as an emblem of peace, inspiring beyond war.
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Hershel H. Rose
Fairmont
Elks
Grafton Lodge
B. and O
Rose
Switzerland
Attorney Rose
Picket Lines Withdrawn At Remington Rand Plant
Syracuse June 15 Police and strikers withdrew from the Remington and company factory today but only a few workers returned to their jobs. Earl Harding said a survey of the situation is being made. Clair Bellows called it a victory for the strikers noting many want to return to work.
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Syracuse
Remington and Company
Earl Harding
James H. Rand
Clair Bellows
All Time Record Set For Marriage Permits
Wellsburg West Virginia June 16 86 couples were granted marriage licenses an all time daily record at Brooke county clerk Charlotte Calderwood said the tri state Gretna Green saw a surge in applications Saturday reflecting strong local demand for licenses and celebratory plans.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
Wmiss
Charlotte Calderwood
Brooke County
Tri-State
Gretna Green
Advertising Gain Reported Across 66 Cities
Advertising Age reported that retailers’ advertising in newspapers of 66 major cities rose by 1 261 879 lines for the week ended June 6, a 7.5 percent gain over the prior year. Year to date gains reached 384 816 291 lines, 3.7 percent above last year.
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Chicago
Advertising Age
Auto Crashes Fatal to Four in West Virginia Weekend
Four died in weekend auto accidents across West Virginia with six injured. A car overturned near Beckley killed 16 year old John Henry Angle of Rich Patch Virginia and badly injured Agnes Jarvis 24 of Hinton. Carlos Angle 24 brother of the victim was arrested for drunken driving and slightly hurt. Police sought the motorist whose car struck John C. Taylor 62 near Weston. Taylor died later in Weston hospital. Gaylord Rumbaugh 25 son of the Salem police chief was killed in another crash.
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West Virginia
Beckley
John Henry Angle
Rich Patch
Agnes Jarvis
Hinton
Carlos Angle
John C. Taylor
Weston
Taylor
Gaylord Rumbaugh
Salem
Retired Inventor Found Slain On Lawn Of Home
EAST ORANGE New Jersey June 15 D McFarland Moore 67 a retired electrical engineer and inventor was found dead on the lawn of his home with a bullet wound in his head homicide squad detectives said he had been slain A neighbor heard voices and two muffled shots The Moore Light and Moore Electric companies were organized by Moore and later sold to General Electric where he served as manager of the Moore light department He had earlier pursued radio decades details incomplete
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East Orange
N. J
D. McFarland Moore
Moore
Moore Lights
Moore Electric Companies
General Electric Company
Moore Light
General Electric
Repeal of Ohio Sales Tax On Food Urged
Gov. Martin urged legislative repeal of Ohio's three percent retail sales tax on food for home consumption. He called for ending the tax on September 1. Repeal would not affect the tax on food purchased in restaurants or the levy on any other retail sales.
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Columbus
Martin
Ohio
Landon Plans to Make Tour This Summer
Gov Alf Landon outlined an eastern campaign plan in the near term with a possible western swing. Manager John D M Hamilton traveled from Chicago after responding to Farley's critique as Col Knox and a campaign subcommittee prepared strategy. Landon, refreshed after the nomination, vowed to campaign widely, with first addresses likely in major eastern cities. Plan offices in Chicago and ongoing consultations pointed to a formal rollout in the coming days.
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Topeka
Kas
Alf. M. Landon
Landon
John D. M. Hamilton
Chicago
James A. Farley
Col
Frank Knox
Three West Virginians Killed in Auto Plunge
An automobile plunged off a highway and rolled 75 feet down a mountainside near Brandywine Pendleton county killing three men Whitney Ruddle 46 Bryan Hartman 39 and Vernon Hartman 24 all residents of South Fork Mountain seven miles from Brandywine The trio included Ruddle a brother of Pendleton sheriff Newton Ruddle The bodies were recovered last night from the wrecked car
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Harrisonburg
Pendleton County
W. Va
Whitney Ruddle
Bryan Hartman
Hartman
Vernon Hartman
South Fork Mountain
Brandywine
Ruddle
Newton Ruddle
Valuable Show Horse Is Saved From Death
A show horse named Happy Dell valued at 12000 was saved from injury when bystanders and railroad workers pushed a stalled truck carrying the animal off the tracks before an oncoming train. The horse had won ribbons at the Huntington show last week. Police held Sidney Barker and Eddie Griffin on drunkenness charges.
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Huntington
Happy Dell
Charles Henkle
Columbus
Sidney Barker
Eddie Griffin
War veterans to cash bonds as bonus paid nationwide
The World War veteran bonus, nearly 38 million bonds totaling about 1.65 billion dollars, was issued today and moved via highways to 12 federal reserve cities. About 3 million ex service men are targeted, with 248 paying post offices set nationwide and cash to follow this week.
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Washington
Federal Reserve
Swedish Cabinet Quits After Pension Bill Defeat
Stockholm June 15. The socialist government of Premier Per Albin Hansson resigned after the Riksdag rejected a bill to raise old age pensions to meet living cost increases. Political circles expect a new cabinet from the farmers and peoples parties to take office until September elections. Hansson’s cabinet was formed September 24, 1932.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Per-Albin Hansson
Riksdag
Farmers and Peoples Parties
Hansson
Spanish War Vets Hold 13th Annual Encampment
West Virginia Spanish American War Veterans opened their 13th annual department encampment in Wheeling with over 200 delegates registered. A parade was planned for the afternoon and a military ball that night. Memorial services were held for 29 veterans. Company D, 2nd West Virginia Volunteers re-elected John C. Burns as president and Edward Mahon as vice president.
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Wheeling
West Virginia Department
Albert S. Kelly
Parkersburg
Company D
2Nd
West Virginia Volunteers
John C. Burns
Tiltonville
Edward Mahon
Fallston
Tropical Storm Strikes In Florida Isolates Towns
Coast guard headquarters announced wreckage of amphibian plane 168 located after a storm duty flight. Three crewmen believed lost. A tropical storm from the Gulf of Mexico swept into Florida, isolating a town south of Fort Myers.
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Florida
Jacksonville
Frs
Coast Guard
Fort Myers
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Here
Congress Starts Drive to Adjourn by Week's End
Congress returns from a weeklong layoff to push toward adjournment by week’s end. Key issues include reconciling tax bill differences over levies and undistributed corporate earnings. Conferees seek agreement on the price fixing substitute for the Guffey coal control law, with other major bills pending.
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Washington
Congress
Cleveland
House
Senate
Doughton
N.C
Adams D
Colo
Robinson
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
74Th Congress
Treasury Post Office
Interior Department
District of Columbia
Robinson-Patman
Vinson-Guffey Coal
Brilliant Author G K Chesterton Dead at 62
Beaconsfield England June 15 The versatile literary career of Gilbert Keith Chesterton known as G K Chesterton ended after a week of illness. He died at his home outside London aged 62. Funeral services are planned for Wednesday.
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Beaconsfield
Eng
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
G. K
London
Arrest Youth for Extortion
J Edgar Hoover announced Jesse J Miller 22 of Thurmont Maryland confessed writing an extortion letter to the wife of a Department of Justice lawyer Mrs Stephen McKeyett Farrand wife of Solicitor General Stanley Reed The unsigned note demanded 5000 to be sent to Orville Miller Blue Mountain Maryland within a week and threatened the Farrands’ son with death if not paid The letter mailed June 9 at Blue Ridge Summit Pennsylvania was said to be signed R B G Killer
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Jesse J. Miller
Thurmont
Justice Department
Bureau of Investigation
Miller
Stephen McKeyett Farrand
Stanley Reed
R. B. G. Killer
Orville Miller
Blue Mountain
Blue Ridge Summit
California
Van Bittner To Take Over Chicago Office
Pittsburgh June 15 Philip Murray director of CID in steel union drive said Van A Bittner district president of United Mine Workers will go to Chicago to direct the western district campaign Clintor S Golden recently resigned LAS1 is already working on the organization of the district here
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
Committee For Industrial Organization In Labor
The
Steel, Industry
van A. Bittner
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Chicago
Clintor S. Golden
National’ Labor Relations Bast
Estan
Friedman Named Taylor County Democratic Chairman
Attorney Harry Friedman, longtime Democratic figure, was elected chairman of the Taylor county Democratic executive committee by an 8 to 4 vote over Lonzel Tuomas. The vote ends Gates Kramer dominance and marks a rare shift in county party leadership.
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Harry Friedman
Taylor County
Democratic Executive Committee
Gates- Kramer
Lonzel Tuomas
Flemington
W. J. Gates
Friedman
Republican Committee To Meet On Thursday
Thornton W. Beall announced that the Republican county executive committee will meet at 8 30 o clock Thursday night in the courthouse to choose a chairman and officers. Beall may seek reelection by acclamation though he has not decided. Veteran party leader from Booths Creek may withdraw, opening a wide race. other Republican candidates expected to attend.
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Republican County Executive Committee
Thornton W. Beall
Beall
Booths Creek
15000 Trout Placed In Preston County Streams
Kingwood June 15. District Game Protector Ola Taft of Morgantown and Jack Eliot say about 15000 trout browns, rainbows and brook will be placed in Preston county streams.
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Preston County
Kingwood
Ola, Taft
Morgantown
Jack Eiliot
Wartien
Dismissal of Mixing Plant Worker Triggers Strike
The Tygarts River dam project ground to a halt as whirler and mixing plant operators walked out over the firing of James Hawkins, with union leaders and company officials contesting counts of workers involved. W. W. Taylor was due to arrive to mediate as non-union placements were warned against.
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Tygarts River Dam
International Union of Operating Engineers
Frederick Snare Company
General Contractors
U. S. Engineers
Charleston
James H. Hawkins
Madisonville
Tenn
W.W. Taylor
Lee Ledford
Randall Cramer
Snare
Guffey Bill Passes Senate Committee Amid Tax Proposals
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee voted 9 to 5 to approve an amended Guffey-Vinson bill aimed at stabilizing the soft coal industry through price fixing. It reenacts price controls, omits labor provisions, and imposes an excise tax of one and a half percent on all soft coal plus 13.5 percent on coal in interstate commerce, with rebates for those who comply.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Supreme Court
Rebate
Wheeler
Mont
Lewis
Senate Committee
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