Congress Gets New Roosevelt Farm Program
Washington on January 23 saw Congress take up the administration’s two year farm program with constitutional doubts over a federal subsidy for voluntary land use control. Identical bills in both houses seek to give Secretary of Agriculture sweeping payment powers from a future 440 million dollar appropriation, with debate centered on constitutionality and potential Supreme Court implications.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Bankhead
D-Ala
Supreme Court
Agriculture Committee
Jones
D-Tex
House Agriculture Committee
AAA
Norris
R-Neb
McNary
Oregon
Wallace
Long Ticket Is Far In The Lead
New Orleans report from January 23 states the Huey Long lieutenants declare the fight against the Roosevelt administration will push the share-the-wealth program as the spearhead. Returns from half the precincts show the Long ticket with a large majority for senator governor and other offices. Gerald L K Smith organizer says campaign HQs will begin in Washington ahead of southern state efforts.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Huey Long
Roosevelt
Long
Gerald L. K. Smith
Share-The-Wealth Society
Washington
Miss Violet Bragg Ill at Parents' Home
Miss Violet Bragg is confined to her parents home on Harper road by scarlet fever. She was found ill Monday and today reported rather seriously ill at the Bragg residence.
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Violet Bragg
H. R. Bragg
Harper Road
Meadows To Aid State Taxpayers This Week
Howard P. Meadows state deputy tax collector announced he will sit at the Bank of Raleigh Friday and Saturday to assist anyone wishing to pay income or gross sales taxes now due the state of West Virginia.
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Howard P. Meadows
Bank of Raleigh
West Virginia
Italian women keep cost down despite league
Italian housewives tighten belts under rationing and Fascist guidance. Pasta remains core as meat and imports shrink. cheese, fruit, and vegetables rise in use. Rich and poor alike adopt macaroni tubes with greens and cheese, rice gains favor, and fish or game substitutes appear. Sum warms homes by day under state supervision as soap uses are restrained.
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Associated Press
Rome
Mussolini
Sum
Mrs. Mable Redden Dies After Childbirth Complications
Mrs. Mable Vernelle Redden, 28, of Beaver, died in a local hospital at 4 15 this morning after a lengthy illness following the birth of a child on December 12. She was born at Jumping Branch and leaves parents Mr. and Mrs. D L Bowling of St Albans, husband Curtis Redden, and son Larry Dean Redden. Also surviving are brothers Oren and Theron Bowling of St Albans, Carl Bowling and Raymond Bowling of St Albans, Cris Bowling in Hillsboro West Virginia, sister Mrs. D M Farley of Beaver and Gladys Bowling of St Albans. Funeral arrangements are by Caffee Undertakers. Funeral services will be conducted by Rev W S Overstreet at Beaver church Saturday at 2 PM, burial in Jumping Branch cemetery. Body to be moved to Beaver home today.
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Mable Vernelle Redden
Beaver
Redden
Jumping Branch
D. L. Bowling
St. Albans
Curtis Redden
Larry Dean Redden
Carl Bowling
Harvey
Oren Bowling
Crow
Raymond
Theron
Lucient
Cris
Co. C. C
Hillsboro
W. Va
D. M. Farley
Gladys Bowling
Caffee Undertakers
W. 5S. Overstreet
Beaver Church
Caffee
Showboat Water Queen Sinks In Kanawha River
The showboat Water Queen sank in about four feet of water in the Kanawha River at Point Pleasant after a strong wind blew her to the north shore. Mrs Roy L Hyatt wife of the owner and five crew escaped in boats. The lower deck was underwater and the cause remained unknown.
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Associated Press
Point Pleasant
Water Queen
Kanawha River
Roy L. Hyatt
Raleigh County Urges Feeding Quail During Deep Snow
Game protector O B Harris urged Raleigh County residents to feed quail and other birds during a cold snap. He explained free feed is available from Camp Raleigh at Shady Spring, or by calling Beckley numbers. Cracked corn and cane tops suffice, placed on the ground under hemlocks or near brush to shelter birds from snow, as reports warn heavy bird losses elsewhere.
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Harris
Camp Raleigh
Shady Spring
Raleigh
Beckley
Charleston School For
Slab Fork Man Taken By Death
Slab Fork Louis Carr Lindsey 36 a electrician at Slab Fork died in a local hospital from an ulcer of the stomach. The body was taken to Rose Funeral Home for burial preparations. Survived by widow Irma Lindsey and five children Ruth Nora Bobbie Jack and Franklin Lindsey. Also surviving are his father J N Lindsey of Hurley Virginia and four sisters S D Shannon Eckman G C Stringer Vivian C S Sly Welch W C Grimsley Galax Virginia.
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Louis Carr Lindsey
Slab Fork
Rose Funeral Home
Irma Lindsey
Ruth
Nora
Bobbie
Jack
Franklin Lindsey
J. N. Lindsey
Hurley
S. D. Shannon
Eckman
Board to Hold Regular Raleigh County Meeting Saturday
The Raleigh county board of education will meet Saturday at 10 a.m. in the Memorial building. County Superintendent Bernard B. Chambers announced the schedule today.
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Raleigh County Board of Education
Memorial Building
Bernard B. Chambers
Officials Plan Move to Memorial Building Quarters
Raleigh County officials began preparations to move county offices into the Memorial Building while the new courthouse is built. Sheriff C. C. Lewis will occupy two basement rooms. the county clerk's offices will be on the right side near McCreery Street. Main floor to house assessor and circuit clerk, with court rooms. old federal units vacated. Temporary partitions will divide spaces. old records to be vault-stored under the front steps.
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Raleigh County
Memorial Building
Court House
C. C. Lewis
McCreery Street
National
van Hunter
H. M. Kilgore
C. M. Ward
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
John Ward
Circuit
Board of Education
Bailey Enters Governor Race
Ernest L. Bailey former road commissioner announces seeking the Democratic nomination for governor in the May 12 primary. He cites widespread county interest and says a public statement will follow.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Ernest L. Bailey
Bonus Measure With President
Washington, Jan 23. The bonus drama moved into a psychological phase as interest centered on the president's decision regarding the $2,491,000,000 bill to pay 3,500,000 bonus certificates with $50 bonds redeemable after June 15. The measure, passed by the House 346 to 59 after Senate approval 74 to 16, is expected to pass over a veto despite veto talk. The president indicated no immediate action, with advisers predicting several days before any decision.
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Associated Press
Washington
Pellmell
Congress
House
Senate
Paroled thief held in slaying of Fresno girl
Elton Stone, 30, paroled from San Quentin in 1934, confessed to killing Mary Lewis Stammer, 15, daughter of attorney Walter H. Stammer, in Fresno. He was held in an undisclosed jail after being arrested at North Fork following his vow to "get" a member of the Stammer family, a motive he did not reveal.
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Associated Presse
Fresno
Cal
Mary Lewis Stammer
Walter H. Stammer
George Overholt
Elton Stone
San Quentin
Stone
North Fork
Overholt
Ctone
Kenneth Harris Improves After Nine Weeks Illness
Kenneth Harris eleven son of C. C. Harris of Richmond district is improving from a severe pneumonia illness. He was ill for nine weeks with part of that time spent in Raleigh General hospital and is now staying at the home of his uncle O. B. Harris at Beaver.
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Kenneth Harris
C. C. Harris
Richmond District
Raleigh General Hospital
O. B. Harris
Beaver
Williams Is Injured In Stotesbury Mine
C D Williams a 24 year old rock driller at Stotesbury was injured at 3 o clock this morning when caught between a mine timber and car. He was admitted to Beckley hospital with a fractured pelvis and expected to recover after a long rest in bed.
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C. D. Williams
Stotesbury
Beckley Hospital
Record Cold Sweeps Beckley With 19 Below Zero
In a drastic plunge from 36 to 19 below, Beckley endured a historic cold snap. L. A. Mauck reported midnight at ten below while Flat Top observer Miss Bess Lilly logged 17 below at 7:30 am and 16 below at 9 am as a NW snowstorm and 25 mph wind swept through. Road crews labored as temperatures collapsed and authorities warned of continuing frigid conditions.
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Beckley
L. A. Mauck
Miss Bess Lilly
Airways
Mercury
Shifflet Found Guilty by Jury in Maiming Case
Charles Shifflet, 20 year old Helen youth, found guilty of unlawful wounding for maiming Roosevelt King in 1934. Jury not yet set for sentencing as arguments to set aside verdict proceed. Separate trial of A T Williams began as Joe Teter testified Williams shot him in Price Hill.
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Charles Shifflet
Helen
Shifflet
Roosevelt King
King
Coal Town
A. T. Williams
Price Hill
Joe Teter
Williams
Teter
Willams
J. S. Butts
Kilgore
Shiffle
Boyd Lilly
J. C. Conner
Coal City
Levi Bailey Service Held This Afternoon
Funeral services for Levi Bailey 59 of Clear Creek were held this afternoon at Workman s Creek church. Reverend J W Bacon conducted the service with burial in the church cemetery under Tyree and Dew undertakers. Bailey, lifelong resident of Clear Creek, spent many years in the timber business.
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Levi Bailey
Clear Creek
Workman’s Creek
J. W. Bacon
Tyree and Dew
Bailey
King George V Lies In State In London Four Days
The body of King George V was brought to London for four days of lying in state. The funeral train arrived at 2 45 p m with tens of thousands in the streets. Edward VIII pledged to follow his father’s path as Prime Minister Baldwin spoke of a coronation next year. The imperial crown with its 3000 diamonds rested atop the coffin in Westminster Hall.
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King
Associated Press
London
George V
Sandringham
Westminster Hall
Edward VIII
House of Commons
Baldwin
Commons
Chandler Signs New Court Act
In Frankfort Kentucky Governor Albert B Chandler signed into law an act authorizing the Kentucky court of appeals to prepare advisory opinions on pending state legislation at the governor's request. The house receded from the $3 auto tag proposal and the sales tax repeal bill on mobiles licensed in Kentucky moved to the governor for signature. A bill to abolish the state property tax began its path to enactment and a senate committee approved a reorganization of the state fish and game commission.
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Associated Press
Frankfort
Albert B. Chandler
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Chandler
Senate
House
Kentucky
State Fish and Game Commission
French Crisis Tightens as Premiership Sees Rejections
Paris reports a tightening governmental crisis as Jules Jeanneney and Fernand Bouisson refuse premiership offers amid financial uncertainty. Former Premier Edouard Herriot was to be asked by President Lebrun to assume the post after Laval’s refusal.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Pierre Laval
Jules Jeanneney
Senate
Fernand Bouission
Chamber of Deputies
Edouard Herriott
Lebrun
Record Cold Grips State as Weather Tops All Time Lows
Terrible cold wave drives near standstill traffic and school closures across many states led to record lows. In Terra Alta the temperature reached 25 below zero amid blizzard conditions. Dozens of motorists abandoned cars while areas from Lewisburg to Bluefield faced extreme subzero readings and widespread disruption.
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Associated Press
Sud
Weather Bureau
International Falls
Minn
Minnesota
Michigan
Iowa
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Terra Alta
Panhandle
Lewisburg
Beckley
Bluefield
Fayette Jurors Called To Court For January 27
Fayette circuit court jurors summoned by Commissioners Eskew and Beckelheimer for January 27 include E S Anderson Maplewood H H Broughman Hilltop James Blake Jr Scarbro Nelson Blake Hilltop Frank Cavalier Smithers A D Chapman MacDonald S T Cox Meadow Bridge Ernest Coleman Scarbro E H Christ Clifty D E Caldwell Lookout L A Dunbar Gauley Bridge John Gentry Fayetteville Dale Hess Ramsey Holcomb Romont J F Huddiestone Fayetteville Fay McMillion Milburn Lloyd Neal Victor J M Rogers Jenkey M M Skaggs Romont W A Simms Rainelle Sam Shuck Maplewood Ben Shore Kingston J A Simms Bellwood H E Shawver Hico Nick Vulcan Milburn.
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E. B. Eskew
H. R. Beckelheimer
Fayette Circuit Court
E. S. Anderson
Maplewood
H. H. Broughman
Hilltop
James Blake, Jr
Scarbro
Nelson Blake
Frank Cavalier
Smithers
A. D. Chapman
MacDonald
S. T. Cox
Meadow Bridge
Ernest Coleman
E. H. Christ
Clifty
D. E. Caldwell
Lookout
L. A. Dunbar
Gauley Bridge
John Gentry
Fayetteville
Dale Hess
Ramsey
Holcomb
Romont
J. F. Huddiestone
Fay McMillion
Milburn
Lloyd Neal
Victor
J. M. Rogers
Jenkey
M. M. Skaggs
W. A. Simms
Rainelle
Sam Shuck
Ben. Shore
Kingston
J. A. Simms
Bellwood
H. E. Shawver
Hico
Nick Vulcan
Weather forecast and record from Beckley
The weather outlook calls for continuing cold conditions tonight and Friday with a gradual warmup by Saturday. Beckley recorded a high near 36 degrees yesterday and a low around 19 below zero last night, according to L. A. Mauck.
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Beckley
L. A
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Prince of Wales
British Empire
New York
Okeh
Kanawha
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Slayer of Girl
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