Communications and Roads Outlook in a Progressive Era
A letter page discusses voluntary editorials and proper discussion while praising John Moley’s comments on New Deal reforms. It laments relief policy, warns of vested interests, and argues Roosevelt’s administration risks disaster without change. A second section details a three ton truck mishap near Pruntytown, urging rail transport for heavy freight and safer road practices.
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John
National ——_ Economy league
Roosevelt
Moley
Mr. Moley
Cleveland
Calm and Deadly Words on the New Deal
The piece notes Raymond Moley’s sharp criticisms of the New Deal and his break with the president. It portrays Moley as calm and deadly in tone, describing his rhetoric as peculiarly productive and his stance as a reformist model while the age remains unsettled.
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New York Herald Tribune
Raymond Moley
New Deal
Age
New Deal tax shifts burden to consumers via higher prices
The pending 720 million corporation tax increase will be passed to consumers as higher prices for goods. Corporations pay first, but recoup costs from buyers or go out of business. The graduated rate ranges from 15 to 18 percent, with a 7 percent surtax on undistributed profits and added taxes on dividends and sales. The bill aims at political gain beyond Treasury needs.
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Fairmont
Gratton
Pruntytown
Enid
Okla
Washington
Treasury
Water Tank Construction To Begin On Berkey Run Line
A Pittsburg-Des Moines Steel representative, in Grafton yesterday, announced immediate construction of a 50 000 gallon wooden water tank near Taylor's Drain on the Berkeley Run railroad project to service engines. The tank 16 by 24 feet will have two spouts, be supported by four steel hoists, and include a 23 by 23 foot pumping plant housing one pump. Government engineers expect boring to start soon in the first tunnel, with electrical equipment already installed to power operations.
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Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company
Grafton
Taylor’s Drain
Berkeley Run
Steel Union Drive Opens For Pittsburgh Workers
Pittsburgh June 17 Backers of industrial unionism launch a drive to organize the nations 450000 steel workers charging steel corporations deter the movement Philip Murray chairman of the steel workers organizing committee says unions will be formed and predicts success Murray notes ten national and international unions attend the meeting linking to Lewis Amalgamated Association oppose Green Turning point is named as workers seek a united voice in collective bargaining and better terms break from past limits
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
John L. Lewis
Murray
United Mine Workers
Committee For Industrial Organization
Lewis
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Scotland
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Steel Mills
Steel Workers
Margalo Younger Murder Mystery in Van Every House
Detective Keyes and Maughan close in on a web of suspects after actress Margalo Younger is found dead in Don Van Every’s home. The cast includes Roy Barrimore Allan Foster Joyce Van Every Manuel Gonzales and Laura Randall with the Camden ruby a central clue. Keyes questions suspects, traces telegrams, and plans a stakeout at Foster’s theater address while the ruby remains in play and the motive tightens around Van Every and his circle.
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Margalo Younger
Don van Every
van Every
Gary Maughan
Era
Keyes
Maughan
Joyce
Cho Hues
Helderly
Laura Randall
Wolve
Gale
Roy Barrimore
Margalo
Barrimore
Miss Younger
Joyce van
Allan Foster
Foster
Manuel Gonzales
Van
Misa Younger
Laura Randalli
Camden
Jowela
Keven
Ruby
van Everyee
Thad
Keyou
Keayer
Lan Wooi
Florence
Dall
Youngiah Fellows
Toverning
Traeternity Brothers
Jersey
Cata
Ecorse Mayor Hires Guards Amid Threats Case
Ecorse mayor William W. Voisine says his life is threatened and he has been shadowed by Black Legion members. He appeared in a recorder's court where three men charged with plotting to kill him last autumn are to be examined, as is a broader Black Legion terrorism probe in Pontiac.
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Detroit
Juen
William W. Voisine
Ecorse
Black Legion
Voisine
Recorder's Court
Arthur F. Kingsley
Highland Park
Grand
Pontiac
Doomed Youth Seeks Clemency in Last Appeal
MacAlester Oklahoma on June 17 Arthur Gooch condemned under the Lindbergh law appeals for presidential clemency. He asks Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt to intercede with the President as he faces execution after a last-minute plea. He outlines his version of the Texas officers abduction crossing into Oklahoma.
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Macalester
Okla
Arthur Gooch
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Okmulgee
Roosevelt
Texas
Oklahoma
Gooch
Fairmont State to grant college credits for gym work next week
John Hess announces that college credits will be awarded for gymnasium work starting Monday after the state board of education granted permission. The move expands credit options for Fairmont State Teachers' College students.
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Pairmont
John Hess
Fairmont State Teachers’ College
State Board of Education
Open Conference in Barboursville Opens Saturday
The West Virginia conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South will open Saturday in Barboursville. The notice announces the session start and location for the church body's meetings.
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Barboursville
West Virginia
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Fines levied on three men for drunkenness in city streets
Wilson, Martin, and Charles Jackson each paid $5 fines and costs before Mayor E O. Waugh after pleading guilty to being drunk in the city streets last night. They were released from custody.
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Wilson
Martin
Charles Jackson
E. O. Waugh
Arraign Two for Felonious Cutting in two towns
Dor sey Marple and Jacob Kletchmer were arraigned yesterday before Magistrate Ona C. Jefferys on charges of felonious cutting with intent to kill. Both men were held on $1,000 bonds for the fall grand jury term and remanded after bonds could not be posted. Marple allegedly slashed Andrew Gillis in a Simpson store, with Gillis hospitalized in Grafton City. Kletchmer linked to the stabbing of John Hoban and gave a confessed account. he previously used the name Klekner.
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Grafton
Elkins
Dorsey Marple
Jacob Kletchmer
Ona C. Jefferys
Marple
Andrew Gillis
Simpson
Grafton City
Kletchmer
John Hoban
Klekner
Four Night Broadcast Schedule For Democratic Convention
New York June 17 four night sessions plus notification ceremonies and day sessions compose the broadcast plan for the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia next week. Transmissions will be on an all network basis with listed start times including Tuesday opening at noon and 9 p m keynote, Wednesday noon and 7 30 p m committee reports and platform, Friday noon and 7 30 p m nominations, and Saturday 8 p m notification ceremonies. Schedule subject to changes as events unfold.
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New York
Philadelphia
Extension Granted To Negro Communist in Georgia Case
The Georgia supreme court granted a 60 day extension to Angelo Herndon a Negro Communist whose 18 to 20 year chain gang sentence under an ancient insurrection law was upheld last week The stay gives time for an appeal to the United States Supreme Court Herndon was convicted in 1932 for attempting to incite rebellion and Communist literature found in his quarters advocated setting up a Negro black belt republic
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Atlanta
Georgia Supreme Court
Angelo Herndon
Herndon
United States Supreme Court
Silent Screen Great Dies In Sanitarium
Hollywood mourns Henry B. Walthall 55 known as the Little Colonel from Birth of a Nation. He died in a sanitarium today shaping the end of a silent era. A second item notes Daniel Everett bitten by a rare snake while directing traffic near Berkeley Springs on June 11, with naturalists noting no similar reptile in the area.
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Hollywood
Calif
Henry B. Walthall
Berkeley Springs
Daniel Everett
Road Commission
Em nl rel at 4:30 p m Hopkins radio broadcast
State WPA Administrator F Witcher McCullough told all employees to meet at designated points at 4 30 p m Saturday to hear a nationwide radio broadcast by Federal Administrator Harry L Hopkins in Charleston June 17.
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Charleston
WPA
F. Witcher McCullough
Harry L. Hopkins
Third party talk swells as campaign plans surface
In New York on June 17 political chatter grows over a possible third party bid for the presidency. Rev Charles E Coughlin hints at a main figure who could deny Landon a strong showing, while Chicago leader Rev Gerald L J Smith says a loose working pact exists among Townsend supporters and Coughlin allies with Lemke backing the defeated farm moratorium bill.
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New York
Charles E. Coughlin
Landon
Chicago
Gerald L. J. Smith
Francis E. Townsend
Coughlin
William Lemke
N. D
National Debt Rises to New High as Bond Sales Grow
Washington reports the national debt climbed to a peak near 84.4 billion dollars with bonus bonds for veterans adding about 1.6 billion and treasury obligation sales lifting debt by 1.106 billion. The treasury retired 1.025 billion in maturing obligations and paid 70 million in interest.
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Washington
Treasury
Why Movie Stars Attract Attention Explained
Hollywood June 17 A Beverly Hills physician explains why movie stars draw notice. He cites psychogenic perception magnetism and related terms to describe the perceived pull or magnetism claimed to influence audience attention.
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Hollywoods
W. A. Nicholl
Beverly Hills
Elinor
When to pull trumps in contract bridge lessons
In Galveston Texas a teacher seeks full instructions on when to pull trumps and related procedures before ruffing. The piece discusses five holdings types and two illustrative hands, detailing trump control, established suits, and declarer play including lead choices, defense persistence, and finishing with clubs, diamonds, and hearts.
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Galveston
Tex
Declarer
Andia
Dumanly
Apadea
Godd
Miss Kathryn Niland Finishes With Degree
Miss Kathryn Niland a local teacher and St. Augustine’s member in Frostburg Md receives a Bachelor of Arts degree this June. Daughter of Mr and Mrs John Niland of Maple Avenue, Frostburg.
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Kathryn Niland
St. Augustine's
Frostburg
Niland
John’ Niland
Ofvabo
Maple Avenue
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