Roosevelt Calls for Law to Bar Gold Clause Suits
President Roosevelt urged Congress to close loopholes in the monetary system and prohibit suits by holders of gold clause bonds seeking payment in gold or legal tender plus 69 cents. He recommended early enactment authorizing Treasury action to protect the government from legal challenges to its debt policy.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Meridian Brothers Near Endurance Flight Record
Fred and Al Key, twin flyers from Meridian, Mississippi, neared the world endurance record of 3 hours 42 minutes 30 seconds after logging two days in the air with the official clock at 4 13 p m Eastern standard time. They indicated confidence in surpassing the mark and hoped to remain aloft until July 4 as thousands cheered at the airport while military planes saluted.
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Meridian
Miss
Fred
Ers
Implea
Martinsburg
Ady
Tolsin
C. A. Roush
Governor Last Hope Here Photo of Eva Goo Ahead of Execution
A recent photo shows Eva Goo who is scheduled to die in the electric chair at Ossining prison New York on June 27 for the murder of her handyman Harry Wright unless Governor Lehman commutes the sentence or grants a stay.
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Eva Goo
Ossining Prison
New York
Harry Wright
Herbert Lehman
Eva Hopeful Governor May reprieve her
Eva Coo, sentenced to die tonight, clings to hope of an eleventh hour reprieve from Gov. Herbert Lehman. Lawmen and historians say a last-minute clemency is unlikely. Leonard Scarnici, also set for execution, shares the grim fate.
Public Meeting S bodies Townai Old Age plan explained
A public meeting is announced at the Court House at 8 30 p m. to hear an explanation of the Townsend Old Age Revolving Plan and to learn about the local town ai membership and officers.
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Sybody
Court House
Landslide Blocks Road North of Wellsburg
Wheeling reports a large landslide north of Wellsburg blocked the highway. Road commission crews dug into the earth and rock, with engineers estimating damage at about 10000 dollars and traffic halted for hours yesterday.
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Wellsburg
Wheeling
Road Commission
Commission
Tax program delayed for month or two in Congress
Washington dispatch reports Speaker Burns and the House Ways and Means Committee preparing to originate and early conference on the presidents wealth distribution tax plan. Burns warned the bill cannot pass in a day and timing hinges on hearings, adjournment, and summer priorities with a showdown likely in late July and senate action weeks later as Roosevelt disavows rushing action.
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Washington
Congress
Burns
House, Ways and Means
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Ritchie County To Get New CCC Camp At Once
Senator Holt banquet planned in Lewis County as Charleston hosts a June 27 event. The gathering, organized by the Lewis County Democratic club, marks plans to survey prospective CCC camp sites in Ritchie County. Major Albion Thorne Singer, Sen Neely and Gov Kump invited. Lt Col Earl H Forster reported for CCC duty.
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Ritchie County
Weston
Senator Holt
Charleston
CCC
Lewis County
Rush D. Holt
United States Senate
Thorne Singer
Albion Club
Holt
Neely
Smith
Kump
Jackson's Mill
Poisonous Mushrooms Claim Woman in Logan West Virginia
Logan West Virginia June 21. Mushrooms gathered by Mrs William W Derrington 57 caused her death. Physicians said she picked and ate a poisonous variety. Family members said she had gathered mushrooms for her own consumption for many years.
Dam Work At Tygart Valley Dam Nears Peak
Concrete pours continue at the $12,000,000 Tygart Valley dam site two miles south of Grafton, as 15,000 cubic yards of concrete have been laid. The project draws attention from visitors, Frederick Snares Corporation officials, and the U S Army Corps of Engineers. The work aims to control floods, aid navigation, and possibly help generate power in the region.
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Tygart Valley
Tygart
Monongahela
Ohio
Misissippi
Grafton City Park
Frederick Snares Corporation
New York
U. S. Army Engineering Corps
The
Sentinel
Barkley Unable To Address Charleston Banquet
United States Senator Alben Barkley of Kentucky could not attend a Charleston banquet on Saturday due to official duties in the capital. John Monroe Johnson, newly appointed assistant secretary of commerce, will substitute for the senator at the event.
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Charleston
United States
Alben Barkley
Kentucky
Young Democratic Club of
John Monroe Johnson
Barkley
Mooney Plea Delayed to July in California Supreme Court
Thomas J. Mooney’s habeas corpus petition hearing was postponed to July 3 as George T. Davis seeks delay to allow eastern lawyers Frank Walsh and John Finnerty to attend. Mooney was convicted on allegedly perjured testimony in the 1916 preparedness day bombing case. The petition challenges the conviction and seeks relief from life imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Thomas J. Mooney
California Supreme Court
William H. Waste
George T. Davis
Mooney
Frank Walsh
New York
John Finnerty
Washington
Relief Worker Sues Beehler For Damages
William Simpson of Maynor sues William N. Beehler and the state relief administration seeking 25000 in damages. Simpson, 55, claims a truck ran him over near Cameron on October 20 1934 while he aided stalled workers, suffering a pelvis fracture and a broken right leg.
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Beckley
State Relief Administration
William Simpson
Maynor
William N. Beehler
Relief Administration
Quince Dillon
Simpson
Cameron
Grafton Taylor county hospital drive begins anew
Taylor county court approved hospital site options and directed the hospital committee to pursue a fresh plan to win federal aid. New drive aims to meet government requirements, with sites near the county infirmary among initial prospects as the effort restarts.
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Grafton
Taylor County
U. S
U. K
Mavis E. Otto Waugh
W. Merle Watkins
E. G. Kuhn
James C. Holt
County
Press Search For Lost Tourists Thought Dead
Santa Fe New Mexico June 27 Gov Clyde Tingley vows to press the search for four missing Piinoss tourists until bodies are found or proven not in New Mexico. He plans to rejoin the search within a day or two as officers pursue final evidence despite a Del Rio Texas detention. The missing are Mr and Mrs George Lorlus of East Saint Louis and Mr and Mrs Albert Heverer of Duquoin Illinois last reported May 22.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Clyde Tingley
New Mexico
del Rio
Texas
George Lorlus
East St. Louis
Albert Heverer
Duquoin
Nitroglycerine Blast Blows 2 Men to Bits
Near Amarille Texas a nitroglycerine truck exploded killing Ben McDonald 55 and Paul Brooks 25 both from Berger Texas Brice Hayes 40 of Whitenberg Texas was injured while working on an oil track about 50 yards away The blast occurred last night and seriously injured the third man involved.
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Amarille
Tex
Here
Ben McDonald
Paul Brooks
Berger
Brice Hayes
Whitenberg
Sewer Gold Rush Nets Ten Searchers $450 In Coins
A Kansas City, Kansas report notes a sewer gold rush yielding 10 diggers $450 in coins presumed abandoned by a pursued thief. Hospital janitor Homer Womack emerged as the chief beneficiary after a digger found a cache in the sewer.
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Kansas City
Kas
Homer Womack
St Paul Police Purge Sparks City Crime Debate
St Paul facing purge over six kidnappings in three years and claims of making the city the crime capital. Commissioner Warren leads a crusade after editor Howard Kahn launched a probe. police chief Michael Culligan and four officers dismissed amid allegations of a secret alliance with the underworld.
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St. Paul
H. E. Warren
Public Safety
Michael Culligan
Howard Kahn
Right
Inset
Police Department
Underworld
National Lottery Plan Aims To Drain Racketeers Money
Rep. Kenney announced a national lottery proposal to move a billion dollars a year away from racketeers and gamblers. A House Ways and Means sub committee will start hearings Friday studying a Cuban style lottery with monthly or more frequent prizes.
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Washington
Kenney
House
Ways and ‘Means
NYA Set to Start in Ten Days
Washington reports the administration plans begin the 50 million dollar youth training and job program within ten days. President Roosevelt created the youth administration and named Aubrey Williams as assistant relief administrator and Miss Josephine Roche as assistant secretary of the treasury in command. Plans are not complete but officials say operations will be underway soon and aiming for full swing by mid-summer.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Youth Administration
Aubrey Williams
Josephine Roche
Midaly
White House
Father and son hanged for police murder at Elgin jail
In St Thomas Ontario a father Frank Temple 52 and his son Fred Temple 21 alias MacTemple were executed for the murder of a policeman. They were sheltered from rain by tarpaulins and guarded by policemen as they faced the gallows after the May 7 1934 killing. The elder Temple died first and the son followed minutes later.
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St. Thomas
Ont
Elgin City
Frank
Fred Temple
MacTemple
Drastic New Orders Rule All Germans
Berlin June 27 dictatorial decrees go into effect shaping lives of Germans. Hitler's cabinet, last before summer holidays and a year after the June 30 purge, requires 200000 young men and 100000 young women to perform labor camp service annually. All residents including foreigners must take part in air protection exercises. Penal code can be revised under national socialist tenets and trials regulated. Official salaries to be tightened as investigations are sped up.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Vandenberg Boom Launched in Illinois
A Vanderberg For President League was launched in Chicago by Attorney Vandorf Gray to promote Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan for the 1936 Republican nomination. Gray said similar groups would be formed in all Illinois counties.
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Chicago
Vandorf Gray
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Gray
Illinois
Ohio County Jail Unfit For Federal Prisoners
Sanford Bates director of federal prisons announced ten federal prisoners were removed from the Ohio county jail at Wheeling, West Virginia, due to irregularities. A federal inspector found special privileges and selling of privileges to prisoners able to pay, with other unsatisfactory conditions noted.
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Washington
Sanford Bates
Federal Prisons
Ohio County
Wheelling
W. Va
Bates
Early filing for funds urged by West Virginia PWA chief
O'Neale, acting state director of the Public Works Administration, returned from Washington urging rapid completion of state project filings under the $4 billion federal work relief program. He said allocations to West Virginia will be examined by merit and cost per man, with projects already approved in part by the president and PWA headquarters.
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Charleston
Jimé
M. L. O'Neale
Public Works Administration
Washington
O'Neale
West Virginia
Bain
How
Advisory Committee On Allotments
PWA
Roosevelt
Constable J H Totten Arrested for Contempt Plot
Huntington June 27 Constable J H Totten of the Guyandotte district was ordered to appear in court Saturday and show cause why he should not be cited for contempt for allegedly intimidating a witness. Assistant prosecuting attorney T W Peyton filed the charge after Totten claimed Casto lied. Casto of Catlettsburg Ky was the principal state witness in Ohio against Claude Carpenter the case involved a driving without a West Virginia permit and the witness reportedly being protected while in the state.
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Huntington
J. H. Totten
Guyandotte
T. W. Peyton
Totten
Albert Casto
Catlettsburg
Ohio
Claude Carpenter
Peyton
Casto
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F.R
Keys
State Liquor Store
Last
Eva Coo
Ossining
N.Y
Leonard Scarnici
Mrs. Coos
Ing
hardYman
Cooperstown
Seamier
Rensselaer
Lewis Co
Earl H. Forster
Toledo, O
Sen. Barkley
Beehler
NYA
O’neale
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