Supreme Court voids 1934 municipal bankruptcy act
The U S Supreme Court split five to four to void the 1934 municipal bankruptcy act designed to aid cities and counties in reducing debt. Justice McReynolds led the majority finding the statute unconstitutional, while Chief Justice Hughes and Justices Brandeis and Stone defended its constitutionality. The case arose from bondholders in Cameron County Texas who claimed the act violated states rights and affected about one tenth of $800000 in bonds. The ruling reversed the lower court which had upheld the act and debt refunding plan.
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Washington
Supreme Court
McReynolds
Cardozo
Hughes
Brandeis and
Stone
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Recognition Day at Grafton High School Honors Students
Recognition Day at Grafton High School featured Torlock Rasmussen briefing in chapel. Miss Naum Robinson inducted new National Honor Society members Junior Ball Joseph Mahaffey Vivian Peters Mary Grace Yates Jane Pittman Clyde Wilson Emil Murray Jane Withers. Ava Dell Headley presented Thespians masks and certificates.
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Grafton High School
Torlock Rasmussen
Naum
Robinson
National Honor , Society
Junior Ball
Joseph Mahaffey
Vivian Peters
Mary Grace Yates
Jane Pittman
Clyde ‘Wilson
Emil Murray
Jane Withers
National High School Dramatic Society
Ava Dell Headley
Taylor County Safety Council Warning on Safe Driving
The message urges careful driving to avoid accidents at hills and blind curves. It highlights the difficulty for an undertaker to present a natural scene after a crash, stressing the importance of safety on roads.
Cult Murder Triggers Detroit Police Probe Into Black Legion
Police probe in Detroit unravels a supposed torture cult named the Black Legion linked to the killing of Charles A Poole 33 a former WPA worker. Sixteen arrests made with 34 more to be rounded up as officers piece together the group history and raid headquarters. Dayton Dean a WPA worker is shown as the confessed shooter in the fatal five shot attack.
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Black Legion
Ku Klux Klan
Detroit
WPA
Charles A. Poole
Legion
Dayton Dean
Poole
Cult
Paroled man kills officer then is slain
In Carnia Ont on May 25 Red Ryan, a parolee who had sparked national outrage, was killed by police after he and a companion opened fire at a government liquor store, wounding Constable John Lews. Police identified the second man as Edward A. McMullen, a former convict, after a Saturday holdup.
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Carnia
Ont
Red Ryan
Ryan
John Lews
Edward A. McMullen
Burning Gas Well Menaces City. One Dies
Corpus Christi firemen battled a blazing gas well two days after it ignited near the city. The well's roar shook nearby homes as workers fought the fire. A. J. Ayers, age 50, died from burns sustained in the blaze. The other injured worker remained in serious condition.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
A. J. Ayers
Sitdown Protest at Goodyear Ends After Police Action
In Akron Ohio several hundred workers began a sitdown protest at Goodyear Tire and Rubber early today, then returned to work hours later without explanation. Police had arrested 29 Goodyear employees yesterday on charges of violating the Ohio anti riot statute tied to a demonstration last week.
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Akron. O
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Goodyear
Ohio
Girl Under Arrest As Slayer of Her Father
In Goldsboro North Carolina Lina Mae Woodward 22 was jailed on a charge of killing her father E Dethro Woodward 48 after she said he abused her The coroner quoted her as saying she cut him with a butcher knife and ordered held for the grand jury
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Goldsboro
N. C
E. Dethro Woodward
T. R. Robinson
Lina Mae Woodward
Filene quits C of C group in open letter
Edward A. Filene a Boston merchant economist withdraws from the United States Chamber of Commerce until it adopts fact finding research over opinion for guiding business needs. He announced the decision in an open letter to the chamber.
National Coal Board Is Still Legal Says McCarl
Comptroller General J. R. McCarl ruled the National Bituminous Coal Commission remains legal despite a Supreme Court decision invalidating the Guffey coal control act. He said current appropriations for salaries and expenses would stay available, basing his ruling on the majority opinion permitting separate provisions to be tested in future actions.
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Washington
Comptroller
J. R. McCarl
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Supreme Court
Commission
Corporal Long Transferred to Grafton Detachment
Corporal T. K. Long of the Clarksburg state police detachment is temporarily assigned to the Grafton office until June 1. Corporal L. W. Emrick, local commandant, will return from New Jersey where he is on the West Virginia state police team for a pistol shoot.
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T. K. Long
Clarksburg
State Police
Grafton
L. W. Emrick
New Jersey
West Virginia
Probes Open Into Detroit Black Legion Deaths
Detroit police link the Black Legion to a December gunshot death of Rudolph J. Anderson and tie the order to the Poole killing on May 12. State police say the group may number 135000 armed members in Michigan and claims executions as personal crises. Continued on page four.
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Detroit
Black Legion
I. H. Marmon
Michigan
Rudolph J. Anderson
Anderson
Cpt
Marmon
Harvey Davis
Dayton Dean
Charles A. Poole
Harry Colburn
Wayne County
Duncan C. McCrea
Em Page
Emperor Selassie Travels Incognito to England
Emperor Haile Selassie arrives in England incognito aboard the British cruiser Capetown from Haifa after exile from Ethiopia. London reports the British government faces awkward questions on ceremony as the emperor chooses anonymity.
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London
Haile Selassie
England
Capetown
Haifa
Palestine
Ethiopia
Americans mobbed by Filipinos at Antipolo mining camp
Two American mining men, Tom Padgett and Howard Spaldling, were mobbed by 25 Filipinos at Antiplo near Manila after an altercation with a native special policeman. Padgett suffered internal injuries while Spaldling was less seriously hurt. Jose Olivaries, a special policeman for Antiplo Gold Mining Co, said Padgett insulted him and kicked him, provoking the attack. Olivaries and two other Filipinos were arrested.
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Manila
P. I
Antiplo
Tom Padgett
Howard Spaldling
Jose Olivaries
Padgett
Olivaries
Juvenile Burglar Nabbed After Escape From Reform School
Roby Lee Beevins, a habitual runaway from the State Industrial School at Pruntytown, was recaptured early yesterday for burglarizing the R L Clark store on East Main Street. He told Patrolman Fred White he was Earl Wright of Rowlesburg but then altered his story. Found with gum, Coca Cola, a Party Pak beverage, cheese, cakes, pies, and pencils, he faced no prosecution and the toy was returned to the reformatory. His escape on Saturday was the shortest of his three attempts, after previously gaining over two months freedom in July 1935.
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Roby Lee Beevins
State Industrial School
Pruntytown
R. L. Clark
East Main Street
Fred White
Earl Wright
Rowlesburg
R. P. Bell
North Fork
McDowell County
Kasper Quadruplets Are Picking Up Fast
Passaic New Jersey May 25 The Kasper quadruplets eat about one fourth their weight in milk daily Dr Frank F Jani increased the babies maternal milk from 12 to 14 ounces at the urging of Ferdinand ably seconded by Frances Frank and Felix Ferdinand the heaviest at 3 pounds 14 ounces is fed every two hours using a medicine dropper to pace the feeding
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Passaic
N. J
Frank F. Jani
Ferdinand
Frances
Frank
Felix
Farm Hand Is Sought For Killing Employer
NEW DURHAM New Hampshire May 25 Sheriff Stephen W Scruton reports William Holland a farm hand shot and killed his employer Miss Bertha Wright 50 then fled into nearby woods Witnesses say an argument over her coming home late preceded the shooting Miss Wentworth 18 was with Miss Wright and is described as a witness to the shooting.
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New Durham
N. H
Stephen W. Scruton
William Holland
Bertha Wright
Scruton
B. & O. Cuts Passenger Fares To Lowest Ever
The Interstate Commerce Commission orders Eastern railroads to reduce passenger fares on June 1 to two cents a mile in day coaches. Pullman riders pay three cents a mile plus Pullman fare, but without surcharge.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern
Baltimore and Ohio
Socialists Reject Browder Proposal for United Front in 1936
In Cleveland on May 25 the Socialist party convention tabled Earl Browder’s request for a joint socialist communist “united front” for the 1936 campaign. Maynard Krueger led opposition, arguing Socialism should stay within the Socialist party. The convention moved to platform writing and presidential slate planning. The leftist Norman Thomas faction set a new party label, Social-Democrat Federation of the United States.
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Communists
United Front
Cleveland
Socialist Party
Earl Browder
Communist Party
Iness Front
Browder
New York
Maynard Krueger
National Executive Committee
University of Chicago
Krueger
New York “Old Guard
Norman Thomas
Social-Democrat Federation of the
United States
Widespread Plot Brought To Light In Memel State
Cedric O Reynolds resigns as head of history and social science at Grafton High to become principal at Bunker Hill High Berkeley County Supt E Guy Kuhn announced. Reynolds will start next term and his Grafton post remains vacant. He returns to his home county after seven years in the district.
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Memel
C. Reynolds
Cedric O. Reynolds
Grafton High School
Bunker Hill High School
Berkeley County
E. Guy Kuhn
Reynolds
Kuhn
Berkeley
Grafton
Memel Police Nab 123 In Plot Tied to Foreign Power
Memel Territory authorities say police uncovered a plot connected to a foreign power as municipal council elections approach. Secret agents seized 123 persons, most reportedly admitting guilt, in a quiet May 25 operation.
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Memel
Need skilled men says NRS shortage grips WV
Charleston May 25 The Federal Reemployment Service reports a shortage of skilled labor in West Virginia Director J H McGinnis says attempts to hire carpenters bricklayers and steel workers from Ohio Virginia and Pennsylvania for the Tygarts Valley dam at Grafton yielded only five He notes Dravo Construction Co building a dam at Winfield has WPA permission to use unskilled workers due to labor shortages He adds We placed 4 000 persons on jobs last month and will get jobs for more than
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Charleston
Federal
West Virginia
J. H. McGinnis
Ohio
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Tygarts Valley
Grafton
McGinnis
Winfield
Dravo Construction Company
WPA
Sunday Misfortune for Joseph Rudiselle in Multiple Incidents
Joseph Rudiselle of Walter street faced an assault warrant from his wife and a later traffic charge for using license plates of another car. He pleaded guilty at Justice Jefferys court, paying a $10 fine plus costs. The prior arrest stemmed from a complaint by his estranged wife at a road house.
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Joseph Rudiselle
Walter Street
Rudiselle
W. E. Murphy
Blueville
Justicina C
Two Dead in Ohio Farm Tragedy After Shotgun Suicide
MILLERSBURG Ohio May 25 A farmer said a broken romance sparked a barnyard shooting that killed his 23 year old daughter Mary Mohler Rohskopf and her estranged husband Reuben Rohskopf The farmer Frank Mohler said Rohskopf shot Mrs Rohskopf with a pistol then shot Mohler and killed himself with a shotgun Rohskopf had been separated from his wife for six months The couple had come from the dairy barn with milk pails when he opened fire
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Millersburg
Ohio
Frank Mohler
Holmes County
Reuben Roshkopf
Mary Mohler Rohskopf
Mohler
Rohskopf
Two Killed in Jerusalem Riots Between Jews and Arabs
In Jerusalem on May 25 an Arab girl and a Jewish youth were killed while a British constable was badly injured as Arab opposition to Jewish influx sparked clashes. British forces worked to restore order amid ongoing tension and arrests of agitators.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Nutter Fort Youth Dies In Drowning At Grafton Park
Donald C. Brinkley a 20 year old Nutter Fort lad and lone swimmer at Grafton Park Beach drowned Sunday afternoon after entering water about 30 feet from shore and calling for help near the pier. Army engineer James Rathael reached and brought him to the surface and CPR was attempted for over an hour before death was pronounced. An inquest was deemed unnecessary.
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Donald C. Brinkley
Nutter Fort Lad
Grafton Park
A. E. Lockard
Grafton
James Rathael
U. S. Army
Junior Hamilton
Dorsey C. Peck
Peck
Lockard
Rathael
G O P Battle Warms As Campaign Heads To End
Washington May 25 Republicans enter the final fortnight of pre convention drives to win decisive support for presidential nominees. Democrats plan a Philadelphia showcase in June while the GOP targets the New Deal amid a civil service critique. A pamphlet by Claude Babcock accuses Farley of spoils politics and vast job handouts before civil service reform.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Republican National Committee
Merit Service
Civil Service
Roosevelt
Claude Babcock
Civil Service Commission
James A. Farley
United States Treasury
Babcock
North Dakota
New York
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Justice Hughes
Act Aided
Southern Texas Federal District Court
Reconstruction Corporation
Tive
Taylor County Safety Council
Man
All Canada
Filene
Boston
National Coal Board
M’carl
Corporal Long
Emperor Selassie
Youngster
Kasper
Bunker Hill
NRS
Mr. Rudiselle
Nutter Fort
Army Engineer
G.O.P. Battle
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