County Court Faces Relief Dilemma Over Transients
A county court debate centers on whether to fund relief for unemployed locals or care for train riding trespassers kept by the railroad police. The issue tracks jail costs, daily sustenance, and shifting public funds as officials prioritize native workers over itinerant riders amid a broader economic downturn. The Spring term opens with a light docket as authorities note reduced petty crime and rising social strain. Tokyo terrorism shocks observers as the premier is killed and government buildings bombed, signaling a potential insurrectionary aim and widespread fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kittle
Cook County
Ilinois
Chicago
Unrest in Japan and Pittsburgh Mayor Convicted in Graft Case
The article outlines unrest in Tokyo amid economic strain and militarist influence, noting the evacuation of Manchuria expeditions and possible Soviet and communist influences. It also reports the conviction of Pittsburgh Mayor Kline and ex-supplies head Succon by a Butler County jury after a venue change, with indictments for petty graft in city supply purchases and potential long prison terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kline
Pittsburgh
Butler County
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Doubtful Judges and Local Politicians Face Cemented Machine
The text argues a stern rebuke to complacent machine politicians as Mayor Kline and his aide face conviction, weakening their political influence. It lists connections to Portland Lumber, Canadian International Corporation, London and Paris Bank, and San Francisco Savings Bank, notes honors including three Chinese decorations, and mentions charitable bequests and an endowed chair at the San Francisco Theological Seminary. It states residence at San Rafael, involvement of his sons, and birth in Falkirk Scotland on March 200, 1844.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kline
Portland Lumber “Company
Canadian Ternational Corporation
London and Paris Bank
San Francisco Savines Bank
San Francisco Theological Seminary
San Rafael
San Francisco
Falkirk
Scotland
Economic contrasts mark 1932 shows losses and tax impacts
In early 1932 Wheeling Steel posted a net loss of 823 136 while Norfolk and Western earned 1 118 984 in March. The railroad seeks a 13 million tax reassessment cut, risking higher taxes on other businesses and homes if granted. Local paper Wheeling Intelligencer notes this could alter state revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Norfolk and Western Railroad
State Board of Public Works
Norfolk and Western
Wheeling Steel
Captain Robert Dollar and the Dollar Steamship Legacy
Captain Robert Dollar built a vast Pacific fleet and global office network by 1921, expanding from California lumber to China trade. His Dollar Steamship Company controlled coastwise Pacific routes, operated Africa bound liners to the Orient, and influenced passenger freight steamers to Alaska with offices in Japan, China, the Philippines, and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tub
California
Dollar Steamship Company
Japan
China
Philippines
Straits Settlements
India
Russia
Greece
Pacific States
Orient
Alaska
Robert Dollar Company
Admiral Oriental Company
Dol
Japan Premier assassinated after Tokyo bombing spree
The Japanese premier, shot during a drawing room confrontation, died six hours later. A mass assault followed with nine revolvers, grenades, and bombs targeting police, the Imperial palace, Bank of Japan, and Mitsubishi Bank. Korekeyo Takahashi became acting premier as security forces respond.
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Inukai
Paul Doumer
France
Imperial Palace
Korekayo Takahashi
Korekeyo Takahashi
Metropolitan Police Board
Sakurdamon
Cherry Village
Elyu- Kai Party
Bank of Japan
Financial District
Mitsubishi Bank
Makino
Privy Seal
Afl
Japan
Fricv
United States
Yuko Hamaguchi
Japanese moves toward stronger policy amid tensions after Inoue’s death
A March 5 report notes fallout from the assassination of former Finance Minister Junno suke Inoue and rising army civilian friction over Manchuria and Shanghai events. April 20 bomb near Hongkew Park killed a Japanese civilian official and wounded five military and consular staff. Authorities blame Korean or impoverished Japanese groups for terror, with talk of a fascism-like movement in Japan. A separate legal notice in Taylor County, West Virginia, outlines a May 23 sale of real estate and personal property tied to the Cruise estate, detailing parcels, terms, and required notices.
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Japan
Manchuria
Shanghai
Tokyo
China
Siberia
Capitol
Junnosuke Inoue
Minseito Party
Hongkew Park
Inukai
Trustee sale of West Virginia real estate in Taylor County
Public auction to the highest bidder of sixty one lots and a dwelling on Walnut Hill Addition Rosemont Taylor County West Virginia with oil and gas rights reservation one half note terms payment half cash or more and balance in three months notice to heirs and individuals May 16 23 30 June 6 1932 Franklin Bennett Clerk Taylor County Court
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B. A. Giles
Nancy Windle
Lee Bennett
Webster
Court House
Taylor County
McGraw and Yates
Grafton
West Virginia
Yates Avenue
William B. Cruise
Anne
Cruise
Anne E. Cruise
Gibson Street
Tunnelton
Preston County
Tygart Valley Tracton Company
Grafton Lodge No
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Thornton Fire Brick Company
Tygart Valley Traction Company
District Court of the United States
E. Wyckoff
Edward K. Way
Walnut Hil
Rosemont
E. K. Way
Frank Bennett
Group Gives Up Trip Into Coal Fields
In Knoxville Tennessee May 16 members of the American Civil Liberties Union led by Arthur Garfield Hays were barred from entering Bell County Kentucky after officials warned bloodshed could follow. The group returned to London Kentucky and then to Knoxville where they told about their experiences to about 100 residents and a Knoxville ACLU branch was organized. The report notes a separate line about branding with iron for horse stealing in Overton County Tennessee.
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Knoxville
Tenn
American Civil Liberties Union
Arthur Garfield Hays
Southeastern Kentucky
Bell County
Kentucky
Hays
Dudley Field
Jone
London
Flight Through Space A Real Endurance Test
Dr Walter Adams imagines a space traveler riding a light ray from the sun at 186000 miles per second to reach Neptune in four hours and Alpha Centauri and Sirius in years, then continuing across the Milky Way and beyond. The trip to the most distant nebula would take 300 million years, with endless deep space ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Colton
Associated Press
Pasadena
Cal
Adams
Earth
Neptune
Alpha Centauri
Filer
Sirius
Arcturus
Pleiades
Belt of
Orion
Milky Way
Walter S. Adams
Laborer Taxpayer Appeals for Rail Passenger Aid
A reader letter criticizes county spending on transients boarded from passing freight trains in Grafton. It notes 60 cents daily for ten days per person, totaling 6,000 per head, with potential work on roads saving 2.25 dollars per day and 22.50 for ten days. The author suggests paying laborers directly to ease distress and urges rail crews to restrain hoboes from trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balurday
Grafton
Salvation Army
Peter
Paul
Social ob ligations spark debate on collective farming
A letter from A ALLEN of Flemington, dated May 14 1932 and published in Gratton Daily Sentinel, condemns the Salvation Army sponsored collective farming in the county as a communistic demonstration plot that threatens democratic principles. He argues that social obligations to the unemployed mislead communities and cautions against plans out of step with democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flemington
Howard H. Holt
Gratton Daily Sentinel
Salvation Army
A. Allen
Bullet enters brain at back of head reported in Kingwood
May 16 report states Fred Jackson 20 was found dead in an abandoned mine after an apparent shooting. Albright, described as survivor, allegedly killed himself with a cartridge near the body. Relatives doubt the death and press for an inquest as coroner plans an inquiry into the circumstances.
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Kingwood
Fred Jackson
Albright
Jackson
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Grafton Daily Sentinel
Grafton Sentinel Publishing Company
W. VA
Howard EH. Holt
Latrobe Street
Grafton Printing Co
Postoffice
Eee
Asociated Press
Actrees el Aa Seergeee
Klein & CO
Assassineeeee
Associated Press Concepr
Paul Gorgutov
National Fascist Party of Russia
Paris
Robt. Dollar
Circuit Court
G.T. Bartlett
Bartlett Funeral Company
G. W. Ford
Frank M. Hollis, Jr
West Va
George Wiseman
Elizabeth Groves
Geo
Wy Giles
Rena Pepper
Johm Mason
Thomas Mason
Civil Liberties Union Party
Overton County
Tennessee
Mount Wil Som Observatory
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Dearne
Aloe
Aly
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