Roosevelt Plans Crop Insurance and Drought Program
President Roosevelt ordered speedier work on an all risk crop insurance plan and a long term drought and land use program for the Great Plains. He appointed two committees led by Secretary Wallace and Morris Cooke to craft permanent measures, with a preliminary report due by January 1 and immediate steps to enact the program.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Great Plains
Hyde Park
N. Y
Cooke
Wallace
Morris L. Cooke
G. Black
Bu.of Agricultural Economics
H. R. Tolley
Wayne C. Taylor
the Treasury
Ernest G. Draper
Landon Eyes Newest Plan Amid Roosevelt Crop Insurance Move
Governor Alf M. Landon and his agricultural advisers studied President Roosevelt's move toward crop insurance as his campaign gains in the Midwest farm belt. London and Capper are linked to the effort, with committees to develop a stronger drought protection and efficient resource use for the Great Plains.
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Topeka
Kas
Alf M. Landon
Roosevelt
London
Des Moines
Iowa
Capper
Great Plains
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Taylor County Safety Council Advice on Reactions
The message notes that physical and nervous responses vary among individuals. Some act quickly, others slowly, advising readers to know themselves and choose driving or walking pace accordingly.
Insurance Critics Warn Against Roosevelt Spending
A Chicago dated report cites A A Ballantine and life insurance officials warning that continued Roosevelt administration spending could erode dollar value. They argue earnings for life insurers have already shrunk, dividends fall, and policyholders may face higher costs or less value as money printing risks rise. The piece suggests critics fear inflation and devaluation.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
A. A. Ballantine
Treasury
Ballantine
Five Crashes Over Sunday Injure Trio
Five accidents over the weekend left three injured and caused significant property damage. Two year old Bobby Ashburn of Rowlesburg suffered a ruptured liver after falling from a car a week ago and was hospitalized in Grafton. A second two year old boy was treated and discharged after a scalp laceration from a fall. Miss Lene Samins, 16, of Morgantown, was cut and lost a tooth when her car collided with a eastbound vehicle on Route 50 near Thornton, damaging about $75 to her vehicle.
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Bobby Ashburn
Rowlesburg
Grafton City
Lene Samins
Morgantown
W. C. Haberer
Huntington
Roy C. Rollins
Clarksburg
Thornton
Jeanne Haberer
Daugh
Mine Blast Kills One as WV Mine Investigation Opens
Charleston dispatch reports a gas explosion at the Stirrat mine of West Virginia Coal and Coke Co claiming one life. Three other miners escaped with injuries. Bud Roberts, 30, died of burns after a spark from his hammer ignited a gas pocket. investigators began probing the blast.
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Charleston
State Mine Department
Stirrat
West Virginia Coal and Coke Company
Bud Roberts
Logan
Deputy Warden Resigns At Moundsville Prison
Warden C F McClintic announced the resignation of Captain O C Damewood of Ronceverte deputy warden. Damewood had served since September 1933 and was a veteran in administration affairs. The resignation takes effect October 1.
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Moundsville Prison
Moundsville
C .F. McClintic
State Penitentiary
O. C. Damewood
Ronceverte
Damewood
McClintie
Taxi Driver Surrenders Week's Money to Bandit
Beckley dispatch reports taxi driver P A Oliver surrendered the week’s $325 collections after an armed man and woman robbed him and ordered him to drive to the city outskirts. He told state troopers the robbers seized the cash and fled.
Funeral services for T Frank Cotton Jr tomorrow
Funeral services for T Frank Cotton Jr twenty year old railway news agency employee killed by a southern railway train at Franklin Virginia last Thursday will be held at 2 30 tomorrow afternoon at Bartlett Funeral home on Mc Graw avenue Rev F J Turvander pastor of the Presbyterian church will officiate and he will be buried in Blu mont cemetery Cotton a native of Parkersburg born February 28 1916 was the son of T Edward Cotton banker and Ethel Newton Cotton formerly a Navy yards stenographer twice mentioned in local society notices
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T. Frank Cotton, Jr
Southern Railway
Franklin
Bartlett Funeral Home
McGraw Avenue
F. J. Turvander
Presbyterian Church
Grafton
Bluemont
Parkersburg
Young Cotton
T. Edward Cotton
Ethel Newton Cotton
U. S. Navy Yards
Washington
Four Killed in Blasts Of Two Printing Plants
Havana authorities report four dead after dynamite blasts at two Havana printing plants used by newspapers El Pais and Diario De La Marina. Police suspect Spanish residents angry over Civil War coverage. at least 20 people injured, jail crowded as investigations expand.
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Havana
el Pais
Diario de la Marina
Randolph is Speaker Here at Dam Rally
The Saturday rally at Grafton Park drew about 300 district attendees plus high state and federal officials. Senator W B Rodgers led the Tri State Flood Control program with a tour of the $16 000 000 Tygarts dam and remarks by Rep Randolph of Elkins praising flood control as a driver of industrial growth sanitation disaster prevention and land conservation.
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Tri-State
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Grafton Park
W. B. Rodgers
West Virginia Business and Professional Women's clubs plan state survey
The federation executive board at Jacksons Mill in Fairmont decided to sponsor a survey to determine women's roles in West Virginias progress. Dorthea Campbell of Charleston presided. about 35 women attended. The board also planned a speakers bureau and to place national magazines in all state libraries.
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Fairmont
West Virginia
Three Brothers Nabbed For Jail Break Plot
In Morgantown on September 21, three brothers were jailed while police seek a fourth. John Byde of Youngstown is held on a robbery charge awaiting grand jury action as Louie 22 and Steve 17 face charges of plotting an escape to free John. State troopers stopped the plan after intercepting a note and a mother visitor at the jail.
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Morgantown
Tri-State
John Byde
Youngstown
Louie
Steve
John
John V. Saunders
Neely says WV will remember Roosevelt record
U S Senator M M Neely of West Virginia told a party rally in Moundsville that West Virginians will remember what the Roosevelt administration has done on election day. He denounced the London ticket as an insult to voters intelligence and said voting for anyone on that ticket supports Hooverism.
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Moundsville
U. S
M. M. Neely
D. W. Va
West Virginia
Roosevelt
Neely
Saurday
London
Local pastors named in Methodist conference
Huntington Sept 21 Ap pointments of pastors involve changes in three district superintendents concluding the annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church Dr Charles D Slater will be superintendent of the Wheeling district succeeding Dr James W Engle Patterson succeeds Wolfe Rev W S Patterson of Oakland Ma named superintendent Morgantown district He succeeds Dr John L Wolfe transferred to Huntington Dr William G King of Parkersburg district eliminated will become pastor at Mc Mechen Rev Roland Aspinall of Fairmont elected conference secretary to succeed Rev Mr Patterson Other officers named Rev Joseph Van Sickle Clarksburg treasurer Rev William Knox Grafton statistician Continued on page four
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Huntington
Methodist Episcopal Church
Charles D. Slater
Wheeling
James W. Engle
Patterson
Wolfe
W. S.patterson
Oakland
Morgantown
John L. Wolfe
William G. King
Parkersburg
McMechen
Knox
Roland Aspinall
Fairmont
Joseph van Sickle
Clarksburg
William Knox
Grafton
Explosion in Pittsburgh injures three in South Side
A gas explosion at a South Side coffee company building shattered windows in nearby houses, injuring three people. Mrs. Lila Layton, 40, and her daughter Jane, 21, were cut by glass while in bed. John Korman, 38, a clerk, was hurled four feet and cut on the head after lighting a stove with a match.
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Pittsburgh
South Side Coffee Company
Lila Layton
Jane
John Korman
Pittsburgh Club Robbery Rumor Sparks City Debate
The Sun Telegraph reported detectives investigated claims that robbers held up the America club and escaped with about $10,000 after lining up 50 members. Police denied any robbery occurred and club officials dismissed the report. One man allegedly shot in the leg while trying to conceal a $3,000 roll by dropping it.
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Pittsburgh
The
Sun-Telegraph
America Club
Young Neely Washes Dishes As He Waits For Divorce
Reno dispatch reports John C. Neely son of Senator Matthew M. Neely from West Virginia washing dishes at an eight night club to cover expenses while seeking a Reno divorce from Mrs. Mary Kathleen Beet. He says he can make expenses on the job and plans to reside permanently in Reno while pursuing business ventures.
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Young Neely
Reno
Mary Kathrn Beet
Hearst Says Enemies Back Roosevelt in Communist Tale
William Randolph Hearst, 73, wires a reply from Amsterdam disputing White House claims that aliens support the New Deal. Hearst asserts enemies of the American system backed Roosevelt and cites a published article linking Russia and the Communist Party to the campaign. Browder calls the Hearst effort a desperate lie to prop up the campaign.
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New York
William Randolph Hearst
Roosevelt
Hearst
Amsterdam
White House
Browder
Russia
Communist Party of the
United States
Earl Browder
Hearst-London
Charles Schuck Speaks Tonight in Flemington
Charles J. Schuck the Republican nominee for Congress from West Virginia's first district will headline a G O P rally at Fleming ton High School tonight at 7 30. He will discuss campaign issues and all Taylor County candidates are expected to attend and be introduced to the audience.
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Charles J. Schuck
Congress
West Virginia
Flemington High School
Taylor County
Dry Enforcer Denies He's Guilty of Woman's Death
Almon Bogardus, 63, head of the Cincinnati liquor enforcement office, pleaded innocent to fatally shooting Mrs. Ernestine Roebuck Montgomery, 34. Montgomery had accused Bogardus in a signed police statement, but had earlier said she shot herself. Bogardus was released after questioning and later arrested after new information surfaced.
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Cincinnati
Almon Bogardus
State
Ernestine Roebuck Montgomery
Montgomery
Bogardus
George Schuttle
Ernest Roebuck Montgomery
Ohio state liquor enforcement /division
Emo
Central
Forest Fires Increase In State Says Shawhan
Charleston September 21 Director H W Shawhan of the West Virginia Conservation Commission told Governor Kump that forest fire protection fails as fires rise not fall. He cited 1864 woods fires burning 59278 acres last year with causes: 40 percent smokers 28 percent brush burning 19 percent incendiaries. The district including McDowell Logan Wythe? was hardest hit.
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Charleston
H.W. Shawhan
The
Conservation Commission
Kump
West Virginia
Shawhan
McDowell
Logan, Wy
Leftists Flee as Swift Fascist March Attacks
Government troops retreat before Moorish legionnaires at Maqueda a vital highway junction forty miles from Madrid as bombing squads surround the Alcazar in Toledo for a decisive assault on insurgents. Moors from Spanish Morocco drive forward behind machine gun fire leaving government casualties.
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Associated Press
Maqueda
Madrid
Alcazar
Toledo
Spanish Morocco
Talavera de la Reina
Kump and Officials To Attend Safety Congress
West Virginia will be represented at the national safety congress and exposition in Atlantic City October 5 by Governor Kump and other state officials. Road Commissioner Burr H. Simpson and mine department official P. D. N. Rinehart will attend. Howard Seehausen will address a meeting of state delegates.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Atlantic City
Kump
Burr H.simpson
P. D. Simpson
P. D
Cleveland M. Siebert Dies Former Berkeley Official
Martinsburg resident Cleveland M. Siebert 55 died at his home after suffering paralysis a day earlier. A native of Berkeley County, he served as mayor and as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates.
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Martinsburg
Ceveland M. Seibert
This County
West Virginia’ House of Delegates
Berkeley County
Veterans fear new conflict as war-weary veterans rally
National Commander Ray Murphy in Cleveland urges defense against aggressors and warns against profiteering from war. He calls for neutrality to avoid entangling quarrels while pledging full use of national resources for defense and to end profits from war. Continued on page three.
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Cleveland
Ray Murphy
American Legion
America
Murphy
Miss Pickford Towed Rogers In Hollywood Rumor
Mary Pickford acknowledged saying she was not engaged while friends predict a marriage to Charles Buddy Rogers within three weeks. The inner circle names either Hollywood or New York as wedding site, aiming for the first week of October before she sails to England. Rogers is reportedly staying at his hotel.
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Hollywood
Mary Pickford
Charles
Buddy"Rogers
Miss Pickford
Rogers
Hollywod
New York
England
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Taylor County Safety Council
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Frank
Rowlesbury
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Waugh
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P. Women’s Clubs Planning State Survey
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U.S
F. R
Charles Schuck
Flemington
Cleveland M. Siebert
Legion
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