Relief Bill Faces Attacks From Senators
Roosevelt pays little attention as the Senate attacked the $4.88 billion work relief plan from both parties. Senators seek recommitment to the Appropriations Committee to report only $880 million for immediate relief. Roosevelt names Robert E. Wood of Sears, Roebuck to head a business advisory committee for spending the fund.
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Roosevelt
Bill
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Steiner
R-Ore
Long
D-La
SenatorCarren
D-New
Obert E. Wood
Sears, Oebuckam Company
Wood
White House
Sec
Propaganda Probe Warns Against Un-American Activities
Washington February 15 A house committee, after more than a year of probing un American activities, urges legislation to curb propaganda and revolutionary talk. It charges Soviet Russia with violating its pledge, notes Nazi propaganda smuggling, and cites aims to win over German heritage Americans to a Nazi program. It also mentions evidence of Mexican government interference claims examined by the state department.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Congress
House
Soviet
Russia
San Bernardino
Cal
State Department
Motorman Frank Chapman Injured at Summerlee Mines
Frank Chapman, a motorman at Summerlee mines, was brought to Oak Hill hospital with severe pelvic injuries after his body was rammed against a projecting timber while operating his motor along an entry. Doctors reported the injuries serious but not necessarily critical.
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Frank Chapman
Summerlee Mines
Oak Hill Hospital
Apman
Senate votes on liquor control bill in passage ballot
Charleston Feb 15 the senate cast a 13 13 vote on passage of the administration’s state monopoly liquor control measure with four absent. the bill with five amendments headed toward a senate vote amid a possible house deadlock as amendments and provisions such as sale by the drink faced battles.
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Associated Pres
Charleston
State Senate
Associated Press
House
Liquor Control Commission
Opta
West Virginia
Joint Conference Committee
Opening Dates in Game Season discussed by Shawhan
Seven counties in southern West Virginia sent representatives to Beckley to discuss opening and closing dates for fish wild game and birds as part of a state wide initiative by Conservation Commissioner H W Shawhan. The meeting drew about a hundred attendees with reps from Raleigh Mercer Monroe Wyoming Mingo Summers and McDowell counties. Shawhan noted game birds had increased while game animals and rabbits declined beside a disease affecting rabbits in the southern part of the state and warned of steps if declines continue before the next hunting season.
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West Virginia
Beckley
H. W. Shawhan
Court House
Logan
Boone
Raleigh
Mercer
Monroe
Wyoming
Mingo
Summers
McDowell
Shawhan
Commission
Starling Rites Set For Sunday
Funeral services for Thomas J. Starling 78 farmer of Creamery Monroe county will be held Sunday at 10:30 a m in Mount Gilead church with Rev John Bragg Burial will be in Mount Gilead cemetery under Wallace and Wallace undertakers Starling died Wednesday night after a three week pneumonia illness He is survived by his wife Elizabeth a brother Frank Starling of Bluefield a sister Nannie Neal of Bluefield a son Ray Starling of Baltimore and six daughters J M Bowling Runa F L Bays Quinwood I N Huddle Marfrance S H Keefer Gauley Bridge N J Aflick Gilmer and R A Darnell Gilmer
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Thomas J. Starling
Creamery
Monroe County
Mount Gilead
John Bragg
Wallace and Wallace
Starling
Greenbrier
Nicholas
Elizabeth J. Starling
Frank Starling
Bluefield
Nannie Neal
Ray Starling
Baltimore
J. M. Bowling
Runa
F. L. Bays
Quinwood
I. N. Huddle
Marfrance
S. H. Keefer
Gauley Bridge
N. J. Aflick
Gilmer
R. A. Darnell
Hoover denies Hauptmann had accomplice in Lindbergh case
J Edgar Hoover asserts there was no evidence of an accomplice in the Lindbergh kidnapping and murder. He says federal officers' claims of an accomplice are false and the case is considered closed for now.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
J. Edgar Hoover
Division of Investigation
Department of Justice
Selassie Raps Italian Action In Ethiopia Duel
Emperor Haile Selassie challenged Italy’s mobilization as unjustified by any military measure, saying two Italian divisions increase tensions and hinder negotiations. Mussolini stayed silent as Addis Ababa denounced Italian aggression and accused Rome of provoking a clash while pursuing a peaceful settlement.
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Associated Press
Rome
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Negadras Yesus
Mussolini
Italy
No Fiance Found For Dead Clarksburg Girl
In Clarksburg on February 15 state police discarded the claim that 26 year old Agnes Neely had a fiance named James Powers. Found dead in a hotel room yesterday with a pistol in her left hand and a note beside her, the coroner ruled suicide.
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Associated Press
Clarksburg
Agnes Neely
James Powers
LeRoy Goff
Circuit Court To Open Monday In February Term
Final preparations for the February term of circuit court were under way as Judge C. M. Ward prepares to convene Monday morning. The docket includes 18 new divorce cases and 13 new lawsuits, totaling about 112 cases excluding divorces. Non contested divorces will be heard by Commissioner Herbert Stansbury as hearings of chancery begin, with trials of lawsuits set to start February 21 and jurors ordered to report.
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Circuit Court
C. M. Ward
Circuit Clerk's Office
Herbert Stansbury
Judge Ward
Y M C A Group To Hold Tuesday Meeting
Tuesday evening at 7 30 o clock another attempt to secure a Y M C A branch in Beckley will be started A committee of Charles Hodel Gilbert Gerhold and H B Filmer invites all interested to a meeting in the Memorial building Attending will be W C Arnold state secretary of the Y M C A from Charleston to discuss plans and a full time secretary.
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Beckley
Charles Hodel
Gilbert Gerhold
H. B. Filmer
Memorial
W.C. Arnold
Charleston
Young Men's Organization
Thompson Service At Mount View Saturday
Funeral services for A. T. Thompson 79 year old Mount View retired farmer will be held in the Mount View church Saturday morning at 11 o'clock by Rev John Foley. Burial under Caffee undertakers directions in the family cemetery. He died in the home of a daughter at Glen Morgan yesterday morning. The name of a daughter Mrs Watson Clark of Mount View was omitted yesterday.
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A. T. Thompson
Mount View
John Foley
Mr. Thompson
Glen Morgan
Watson Clark
Coal Loader At Mead Is Killed In Mine Blast
Ray del Puppo, 26, a Rhodell coal loader, was reported not seriously hurt after a premature explosion injured him and killed partner Jack Viero at Mead Smokeless Coal Co. mine at Mead. Viero died instantly. del Puppo suffered chest burns and a left arm injury. Funeral plans for Viero, survived by a wife and three children in Rhodell, are arranged by Robertson and Foglesong in Mullens.
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Ray del Puppo
Rhodell
Beckley Hospital
Jack Viero
Mead Smokeless Coal Company
Mead
del Puppo
Viero
Robertson and Foglesong
Mullens
District Nurses Meeting in Memorial Hall Auditorium
District Nurses Association No 10 will hold a meeting at Prince ton in the Memorial Hall Auditorium at 3 00 p m on Thursday February 21 There will be an interesting program and a good attendance is desired
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District Nurses Association No. 10
Princeton
Memorial Hall
Elihu Root Observing His Nint ieth Birthday Today
New York February 4 Elihu Root dean of world’s statesmen is 90 today He will spend the day at his Fifth Avenue home overlooking Central Park reading birthday messages and enjoying a possible ride in the park He remains silent on domestic and foreign affairs but his interest in political and economic issues continues The recent world court fight shows his continued engagement with international issues
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Associated Press
New York
Elihu Root
Root
Fifth Avenue
Central Park
Court of International Justice
Theodore Roosevelt
Pettry Links Foreign Coins to Naoma Store Robbery
Burl Pettry, a Naoma merchant, identified twenty four foreign coins found in Jess Cline alias Washingtons car as his property. Cline is held for Deputy Sheriff Brammers Daniels store robbery from February 7. A glove with 341 pennies and the foreign money was found in a prisoner's Model T by Deputy Brammer.
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Jess Cline
Washington
Burl Pettry
Naoma
Pettry
Beckley
United States
Cline
H. E. Brammer
Daniels
Cc. Gregory
J. S. Ellison
Brammer
Macon Crewmen Give Evidence in Crash Inquiry
San Francisco Feb 15 The disaster mystery of the Macon dirigible deepens as five tail crewmen testify. Faults in structure or control gear are eyed while officials seek a definite cause. Lt Cmdr Scott E Peck contends stronger construction would have prevented the accident and notes the fin edge near the hull may have failed, ripping helium cells.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Pacific
Board of Inquiry
Scott E. Peck
Macon
Hauptmann Removal To Pen Set For Saturday
Convicted man in appeal for contributions says he has no dollars and must depend on the public. In his Hunterdon jail interview he refuses to name others connected with the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. The New York Daily News claims a second man was involved in the $50,000 ransom fraud and police know his identity.
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Associated Press
Flemington
Hauptmann
Hunterdon County
Bronx
Carpenter
New York Daily News
Death warrant handed sheriff from Hunterdon jail to death house
Flemington Feb 15 Sheriff John F Curtiss announced Bruno Richard Hauptmann the Lindbergh kidnap murderer would be moved from Hunterdon county jail to the death house in state prison tomorrow He said he would ride in the same car with Hauptmann and carry the signed warrant by Judge Trenchard prosecutor Hauck and clerk Fell He indicated state police would plan the escort and that armed guards might accompany the transfer with several deputies and an unknown number of state police
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Associated Press
Flemington
John F. Curtiss
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Hunterdon
Hauptmann
Colnel
H. Norman) Schwarzkopf
Mrs Roosevelt Sees Recovery at Farm and Home Week
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt urged renewed determination to solve pressing problems and hand next generation a just and equitable nation. Speaking at Cornell during Farm and Home Week, she warned many face hunger housing and lack of work while stressing better education distribution of goods and use of leisure time.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cornell University
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Townsend
Huey Long
Market Sees More Confident Tone At Open
Wall Street took on a more confident tone as trading began. Some specialties rose about a point while most leaders edged higher by fractions. A few leaders showed only minor changes including U S. Stee and American Telephone.
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Associated Press
Wall Street
VU. S. Stee
American Telephone
Higher Prices For Farm Goods
Washington on February 15 officials of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration warned rising food prices may provoke protests as drought driven costs appear in retail feeds. Bureau of Labor Statistics records show butter up 44 percent and wheat cereals up less than one percent with potatoes onions cabbage and bananas edging downward. Officials said the public may not tolerate further increases. Government action to prevent cattle losses during the drought included large scale purchase and slaughter of cattle.
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Associated Press
Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Mrs Lemon Critically Ill At Daughter’s Home
Mrs. Caroline Lemon of South Oakwood avenue is critically ill at her daughter Mrs. S S Gore’s home. The 39 year old woman, who had been ill for weeks, worsened yesterday according to today’s report.
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Caroline Lemon
South Oakwood Avenue
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