Hearings Begin On Hoover Beer Bill With Treasury Silence
Washington December 7 House Ways and Means Committee opened hearings on a beer bill and Chairman Collier said Treasury Secretary Mills refused to offer revenue recommendations. The tentative measure sets beer alcohol at 2.75 percent by weight and imposes a five dollar per barrel tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Neal
International News Service
Washington
Hoover
House Ways and Means Committee
Collier
Secretary of the Treasury
Mills
Treasury
Rep
Treadway
Massachusetts
Kinard Sues for Million Dollar Alienation Case
Mrs Ada Lee Kinard Kansas City society leader who recently divorced her husband Dr Kerwin W Kinard brings suit for 1 000 000 against Mrs Gail Stephens now Dr Kinards second wife charging alienation of affections. The suit alleges Stephens rekindled a youthful romance after meeting the couple in Detroit two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Lee Kinard
Kansas City, Mo
Kerwin W. Kinard
Gail Stephens
Detroit
Germany
What’s Wrong With This Country Says Sam Blythe
Special To The News notes Beverly Hills reader sentiment on national consumption and patriotism. The column cites Sam Blythe from Saturday Evening Post urging Americans to question origins of goods and fear foreign perfume influence amid social critique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Cal
Saturday Evening Post
Sam Blythe
America
England
G& 1608 Wollenghbr eciecte Den Marchers Start Leaving Capital For Their Homes
The group identified as marchers depart the capital as their return to home regions begins. They carried banners and called for peaceful action while officials urged adherence to permits and safety rules.
Deer meat distributed to needy via mayor relief plan
Twelve deer brought by game wardens to New Castle are stored in refrigerators at local butcher shops for the mayor’s relief committee to distribute to the needy. Police monitor illegal parking and double parking while street leaves clog gutters after fall. School programs teach students shoe care and a contest rewards the best kept footwear. Wm. J. Moffatt, re elected school solicitor, begins 27th year after 26 years in office. Many rural springs remain dry after heavy rainfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Wm. J. Moffatt
Daily Weather Report for the 24 Hour Period
The report shows a maximum temperature of 56 and a minimum of 44. Precipitation 0.22 inch. River stage 4.3 feet. Year ago readings: max 42, min 30, precipitation none.
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U. 1
Roosevelt Seeks Special Session To Repeal Salary Increases
President elect Franklin D. Roosevelt speeds to New York to convene a special legislative session aimed at repealing mandatory salary hikes. The move, called to ease New York City’s fiscal crisis, may broaden to reorganize city government and consider Alfred E. Smith reforms.
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Roosevelt
New York
Franklin D. Roose
Herbert H. Lehman
New York City
America
Turmoil in Reichstag as communists seek vote of no confidence
Berlin dispatch reports a chaotic Reichstag session as Nazis and communists clashed in the galleries and on the floor after a communist deputy accused President Hindenburg of exploiting labor. President Goering struggled to restore order as violence flared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Berlin
Kurt von Schleicher
Reichstag
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Ernest Schneller
von Hindenburg
Goering
Bonds Valued at Up to 500000 Looted by Masked Bandits
Chicago police and banks watched for recovery of bonds and stocks believed in the post office loot seized by five kerchief masked bandits who overpowered a messenger and guard. The value of 163 pieces of registered mail was estimated at 400000 to 500000 by E. E. Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Chicaco
Post Office
E. E. Brown
First, National
First Union Trust and Savings Banks
Brown
Trotsky Ordered to Quit France This Evening
Exiled Bolshevist leader Leon Trotsky refused to reboard the Campi D Orogio in Marseilles today as the liner set to sail at 4 p.m. Italian authorities barred landing. Paris instructed Trotsky must depart by evening by any means.
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International
Marseilles
France
Leon Trotsky
Trotsky
Genoa
Ministry of the Interior
Paris
Hunger army begins departure after Washington occupation
The hunger marchers retreat from Washington as about 1,300 white and Black protesters head north and others depart for the west and south. Baltimore reports the van guard leaving at 7 am with leaders seeking food and housing for the marchers tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Willow Grove Bridge Dedication Planned for Monday
Lawrence County plans a 3 PM dedication of the Willow Grove Bridge on Monday December 12. A parade from The Castleton Hotel at 230 PM leads to the bridge with the Senior High School Band. Henry J. Kloos will present and Senator George T. Weingartner will speak on the state share of funding.
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Lawrence County Commissioners
Willow Grove
Castleton Hotel
South Mill Street
South Croton Avenue
Willow Grove Bridge
Henry J. Kloos
George T. Weingartner
General Assembly
Bart Richards
Suit to recover liquor fines in Holmes county case
Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation seeks $1,2000 from George E. Reynolds Holmes county clerk for recovery of liquor fines paid by bank robber Frank Sunday. Sunday, serving a prison term, confessed to the $7,500 Holdup and paid fines to Victim bank Gold Standard National of Marienville Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Millersburg
Holmes County
Insurance Company
Gold Standard National
Marienville
Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, Limited
George E. Reynolds
Frank Sunday
Law Increases Salary For Next Lawrence County District Attorney
When Lawrence County elects a district attorney in November 1933 the new official will earn 5000 dollars annually and may appoint two assistants at 2500 and 2000 dollars respectively. The current DA earns 3125 dollars and assistants require court sanction. The 5000 dollar salary has been in state law since 1919 for counties with 90 000 to 150 000 population.
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Lawrence County
P. L
Mercer County
Gilfillan Company Wins P&LE Station Contract in Pittsburgh
J Clyde Gilfillan company, local contractors, secured the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie seventh ward depot project contract. Work will start Thursday morning under P&LE engineers supervision. The plan includes a waiting room, overhead shelter, wide platform, and two underground tunnels connecting to the Baltimore & Ohio depot and Liberty Street.
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J. Clyde Gilfillan Company
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad
Seventh Ward
R. P. Forsberg
C. M. Yohe
Gilfillan
Pittsburgh
Baltimore & Ohio
Liberty Street
G. H. Burnette
Yacht Slaying Baffles Police in California
The murder of Capt Walter Wanderwell aboard the yacht Carma near Long Beach remains unsolved. Police say the case is wide open and suggest any of about 1000 people could be the killer. Wanderwell, a world adventurer and alleged German spy, was shot in a cabin Monday midnight. The widow Alpha Wanderwell rejects single-suspect theories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Long Beach
Cal
Walter Wanderwell
Alpha Wanderwell
Wanderwell
Fears For Safety Of Edward Hunter
Marshal Shang Hsueh-Liang expressed grave fears for the safety of Edward Hunter International News Service Manchurian correspondent whose dispatches on the Fushun massacre drew world wide attention Chang thanked INS on behalf of the Nanking government for publishing the dispatches and said he fears for Hunters safety because of his knowledge of the methods employed by those opposed to him
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Goette
International News Service
Peiping
Shang Hsueh-Liang
North China
Manchuria
Edward Hunter
Fushun
Chang
Nanking
Hunter
Deaths Loom in Carrick and Green Street Records
The death notices report Arthur Davidson Jr. aged 20 of 320 Green Street, and Gilbert I. Wimer aged 79 of 405 South Ray Street. Mention of Mrs. Maye Reagan Boyle appears in the fragmentary notices from Carrick.
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Arthur Davidson Jr
Green Street
Maye Reagan Boyle
Carrick
Gilbert I. Wimer
South Ray Street
German Commander Of Big Liner Dies After Operation
Capt. Nico laus Johnsen aged 63, commodore of the North German Lloyd line and its flagship The Europa, died in a Brooklyn hospital after an appendix operation at sea. The Europa was to sail at midnight, and his body was expected to be returned to Germany aboard the ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
New York
Nicolaus Johnsen
Lloyd Line
Europa
Brooklyn
Johnson
Germany
Senator Long Kicks Up Row In Senate Conference
Washington December 7 Democratic conference prepares a program including legalization of beer and repeal of prohibition. A steering committee plan also calls for Glass banking relief, farm mortgage aid, and Philippine independence. Senator Long urged liberal leadership but gains were limited amid party unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William K. Hutchinson
Senate
Long
Louisiana
Robinson
Arkansas
Boys steal from parked automobile in city
W. J. Bowers reported a theft on West Washington Street where four youths took food items including twenty four packages of peanuts and other goods from his parked car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Bowers
Laurel Boulevard
West Washington Street
Roberts Brings Back Large Eight-Point Buck
Dick Roberts of this city bagged a large eight point deer in Medix Run after one day of hunting. He stayed at the Elks club during the trip.
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Dick Roberts
Roberts
Medix Run
Elks Club
Budget Message Urges Huge Cuts In U S Expenses
President Hoover transmits a budget calling for 4 218 808 344 dollars in the next fiscal year with a 2 1 2 percent sales tax on most goods and a continuation of the federal gasoline tax. He notes net estimates are 580 million lower than the current year but deficits exceed a billion by June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Hoover
Meeting Of Tax Justice League Attracts Many
Thursday afternoon's session of the Tax Justice League of Lawrence County is set for 1 30 in the county courthouse and expected to draw many attendees. The day includes an executive committee session, committee appointments by President J W Pattison, and a report to the January meeting outlining tax relief recommendations for the state legislature. A county wide tax meeting will follow with Thomas W Dickey presiding, inviting service clubs civic groups and the public to discuss halting tax increases.
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Tax Justice League
Lawrence County
Lawrence County Court House
League
J. W. Pattison
Lawrence County Tax Committee
Thomas W. Dickey, Esq
Skating Becomes The Winter Exercise For The Sportsman
The piece notes a desire for an outdoor winter sport to avoid costs and injuries while fitting the season. It mentions Arthur Mometer and emphasizes skating as the chosen form of exercise, usable day or night, with skates already at home and temperatures suitable for ice.
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PA Newc
Illeys
Pa Newe
Daily Weather Report
Elect
AL Smith
Raymond I. Borst
Alfred E. Smith
Chicago
Mahoning River
Ohio
Frankie Sunday
Gilfillan Company
P.&l.e
California
Vanderwell
Democrats
Senator Long
U.S
George R. Holmes
Court House
Arthur Mometer
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