Captain Arnold fights to stay as welfare director
Captain W H Arnold of Grafton director of transient welfare activities in West Virginia challenged the welfare board to keep him in his post after submitting then withdrawing his June resignation. The board stripped Miss Marion Yingling of power and she fired him while planning to bring in another out of state social worker, prompting Arnold to appeal and the board to sustain Yingling. The hearing is set for Tuesday as the dispute continues.
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W. H. Arnold
Grafton
West Virginia
State Welfare Board
Welfare Board
Salvation Army
Arnold
Baltimore
Marion Yingling
Im-J
Miss Yingling
W. H. Beehler
Gold Shirts Organized to Oppose Jews in Mexico
Mexico City reports a semi military Gold Shirt organization formed by ex army officers under the name Mexican Revolutionary Action. Its stated aim is to drive out undesirable foreigners and to organize public opinion for social and economic independence, with members trained in military drill though not claiming militancy.
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Mexico City
Mexico
House Passes Labor Act To Curb Strikes
Washington June 16 The administration bill to establish mediation boards for bargaining disputes passed the House without a record vote and was sent to the Senate. Enactment is sought before adjournment as Republican leaders questioned the measure. Pittsburgh June 16 The administration’s substitute for the Wagner bill aims to end strike threats.
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HOUSE
Washington
Giggs
Senate
Burns
Rainey
Pittsburgh
Suspect Arraigned in Childs Mystery Death
Sharon Pa June 16 Homer S Sanders pleaded not guilty at alderman hearing to involuntary manslaughter and attempting to destroy a body in a coroner inquiry related to the death of four year old Leah Minerva Dilley. Her charred body was found on ashes of a bonfire four miles from Sharon twelve days after she disappeared from her parents home.
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Sharon
Homer S. Sanders
Leah Minerva Dilley
Sanders
Senate Approves Railway Pension Board Changes
The Senate adopted the conference report on the railway pension board leaving only House action before the measure goes to the White House.
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Senate
Washington
Railway Pension Board
House
White House
Shaffer Suit For Balm 10 Goon Monday
Flor ence Shaffer a 36 year old former county school teacher testified in a breach of promise suit against Leroy Powell in Taylor county circuit court claiming great mental anguish and that her marriage prospects were reduced. The jury panel included Cahill Clelland Kester Moyer Murphy McWilliams Nestor Whitehair Wolfe Proudfoot Bailey and Kester. The case outlines a relationship dating to 1928 with periods of closeness and a 1933 birth in Clarksburg hospital.
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Florence Shaffer
Taylor County
Leroy Powell
Shaffer
Powell
Mr. Powell
Clarksburg
Three-in-one Hammell gets prison team for robberies
Chicago June 16 Three-in-one Allen R Hammel may play he's somebody else but no one will play with him The Criminal Court jury convicted him of absconding with $39000 in December while guarding money on an armored truck The penalty was one to ten years at Joliet Penitentiary The life of Mr Hammel is divided into three parts He began in Ohio as Robert Let Beau B
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Chicago
Allen R. Hammel
Burt
Tilinois
Criminal Court
Joliet Penitentiary
Mr. Hammel
Ohio
Robert Let Beau B
HOLC Loans Reported Across County Near Sixty-Five Thousand
About 30 HOLC loans totaling roughly 65 000 to 70 000 dollars have been approved for county home owners. Attorney Harry Friedman, HOLC counsel, said precise totals for Grafton and the county are unavailable while he reviews county records. He noted many more applications are pending and described extensive work in the county clerk’s office.
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Home Owners Loan Corporation
Harry Friedman
HOLC
Grafton
Friedman
Fairmont
Factory at Homestead Project Site Gains Private Plant
Washington June 1 The Reedsville subsistence homestead project once tied to government funds now moves toward a private factory. A small branch plant will employ 50 men as first families complete their food crops. The venture follows President Roosevelt’s drive for more abundant living by expanding industrial work. The plant will produce household appliances as pending construction continues.
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Washington
Reedsville
Five Pruntytown Guards Quit Over Conditions at West Virginia School
Five guards at the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys in Pruntytown resigned today citing salary cuts and increased duties. Named are J. J. Scanlon of Charleston, J. W. Smalley, George Trayhern of Belington, a Commander Bush from Point Pleasant, and Lillian Blaney, a holdover. The resignations blame Superintendent R P Bell and management, with Scanlon recounting a cut from 75 to 60 dollars monthly and new duties in dining and kitchen work.
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West
Charleston
J.W. “Dad” Smalley
George Trayhern
Belington
Bush
Point Pleasant
Lillian Blaney
Higher Court Holds Income Tax Is Legal
Charleston June 16 The State tax on gross incomes at 1 percent was upheld as constitutional by the Supreme Court. The decision also taxes incomes since January 1 1938, despite earlier dates. The law exempts agriculture and horticulture and provides a $400 exemption for married men and $200 for others. Analysts note expected annual revenue around 1.4 million, with actual collections under half. The state plans to enforce and adjust following the ruling.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Fredy. Fox
German refugee Ernert seeks fortune in U S war losses
Emil Ernert a 63 year old Berlin educated German, once detained as an enemy, fights to recover seized war era funds now valued around 150000 dollars. Despite poverty he aids welfare home staff, awaiting a Supreme Court remand for a new trial while staying at Grafton home for orderliness and steadiness.
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Emil Ernert
Berlin
van Dyke
East Main Street
Ernert
Teursient Department
Ita
Supreme Court
Germany
Hope
Grafton
Romney
Charles Rau
Aged Brownton Woman Suffers Hip Fracture
A Brownton woman aged 79 identified as Mrs. Anna K Post suffered a fractured hip and sprained arm after a fall on her front steps last night. Physicians reported her condition as serious.
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Brownton
15 Year Term Given Hall By Circuit Court
Fred Bea a Negro auto mechanic was held in Taylor county jail after being convicted of second degree murder in the Dalton garage attack on Lucretia Carruthers of South Grafton. Judge Herbert W. Dent sentenced Hall to 15 years in the state penitentiary at Moundsville after a 15 minute jury verdict. Prosecution had urged 16 years and Hall stood mute as sentence was passed. No appeal was filed.
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Moundsville
John Carruthers
Lucretia
Fred Bea
Taylor County
Hall
Herbert W. Dent
James C. ‘Hall
W. Taylor George
Philippi
Carruthers
Dalton
South Grafton
Auto Pring City
Wallace Henderson
Fearful Epidemic in U S Paralyzes Nation
Washington reports warn of the worst infantile paralysis epidemic since 1931. The Public Health Service notes a large weekly rise, with 179 new cases nationally for the week ending June 2 and 163 in California, up from 118 cases the prior week, 92 in California.
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U. 5
Washington
United States Public Health Service
Stered
Los Angeles
California
NRA Birth Celebration Sparks Press Criticism in Charleston
Charleston reports Hugh S. Johnson attacking the Clarence Darrow review board as communist in aim and accusing the press of falsifying NRA news. He blasted partisan politicians and defended the recovery unit while noting NRA’s first birthday observances. Also present were Gov. H G Kump Senator M M Ja0e and Donald Richberg.
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Charleston
Hugh
Johnson Today
Clarence Darrow Review Board
NRA
Darrow
Russia
Ier Aloes
Johnson
H. G. Kump
M. M. Jae
Donald Richberg
New Planning Council Here Has Meeting In Taylor County
A Taylor county welfare board and the newly formed Social and Economic Planning Council met at the Blen Avon Hotel with FERA officials to organize the council and discuss a potential federal homestead project for the area. Simon Friedman, FERA administrator, outlined county plans as the session included planning discussions and the project’s incidental review.
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Taylor County
Welfare Board
Social and Economic Planning Council
Blen Avon Hotel
FERA
Planning Council
Outline
Simon’ Friedman
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Capt. Arnold
Carries
Max Baer
Primo
New York
Baer
Max
Associated Press
Hammel
Homestead
Pruntytown
Bell
West Virginia Supreme Court
U.S
Dillinger Aid
Virginia Hughes
Patricia Young
Madison
Wis
John Dillinger
Mike Hughes
Harry Pierpont
Dillinger
Circuit Court
H. W. Dent
NRA Group
Darrow Board
NEW Planning Council
Howard H. Holt
Mr. Holt
Gentine Jottice
Court House
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