Fox to Pass Upon Excess Debt Levies
The new tax collection act makes the tax commissioner the budget officer for local units seeking excess debt levies above 30 percent. It requires detailing current expense estimates and sinking fund needs, allows reductions to current expenses, and restricts transferring any amount to current costs. The tax commissioner will approve only indispensable current expenses and may shift portions to contractual debt levies with scrutiny of obligations.
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Fox
Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Tax
Tax Commissioner
Witnesses recount deadly shooting over stolen girl dispute
Holsten fired on Fry after a roadside confrontation near tracks, Fry dying from a breast wound near his heart. Testimony by Jarrell and Williams details threats and motives as defense and prosecution clash. Earlier, Howard Miller received a five year term for wounding Deputy Gunnoe during a moonshine arrest attempt.
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Holsten
Norman Rumberg
H. D. Chambers
Whitesville
J. Q. Hutchinson
Clarence Meadows
Kilgore
Ronda Jarrell
Packsville
Howard Miller
Horse Creek
State Penitentiary
Fulton Gunnoe
Tax measures loom as legislature nears recess
Income tax plans could not be retroactive to 1933 as budget projections estimate 1 to 1.5 million dollars. Legislators focus on funding floating indebtedness for local units, with Speaker Hiner seeking a three member county commission to direct funding details. The holiday remains an economy move pending a supreme court ruling on the tax act.
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Supreme Court
Hiner
House
Beehler Criticizes C W A Politics and Senator Neely
Beehler urges removal busywork and demand for more C W A funding rather than exploiting lack of C W A jobs for political gain. He says he twice asked Senator Neely for an interview to present evidence of alleged political discrimination and that Neely was unavailable. He dismisses GOP linkage claims as a smoke screen.
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Congress
Beehler
Senator Neely
Washington
Fairmont
Bee
West Virginia to celebrate President Roosevelt’s 52nd birthday ball night
Cities across West Virginia plan charity balls on Tuesday January 30 to support the Warm Springs foundation for infantile paralysis. From Charleston to Parkersburg and Clarksburg, numerous communities sponsor events with endowments, bids for first tickets, and local entertainments including dances and cake ceremonies.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Roosevelt
Farm Springs
Ate
Capitol
Kump
Jeffersonian Club
State House
R. F. DeVan
Parkersburg
Warm Springs Foundation
Clarksburg
Cathooic Church
Knights of Columbus
Warm Springs Fund
Huntington
Central Labor Union and
Civic Organizations
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Grafton
Washington
Taylor County
New York City
Wheeling
Morgantown
Fairmont
Sistersville
Aan Engyman
Coa Os Uefield
Factor names Touhy identified in ransom kidnapping case
Chicago January 26 John Factor identified Roger Touhy and two co defendants as the men who kidnapped him for ransom last Charles Ross of Minden was admitted to Beckley hospital yesterday for treatment Mrs Angelo Melfa of Helen is undergoing treatment at Beckley hospital.
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Associated Press
Chicago
John Factor
Roger Touhy
Charles Ross
Minden
Beckley Hospital
Angelo Melfa
Helen
The
President of King College Quits Post
Bristol Va January 26 The resignation of President Charles W Henry of King College was accepted at a four hour meeting of the board of trustees Yesterday The resignation becomes effective as affairs of the college will be handled by an acting head named by the trustees executive committee next Monday A new president will not be selected until June Henry cited ill health strenuous work of administration and constant hounding by individuals seeking to block his program from its outset.
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Associated Press
Bristol
Charles W. Henry
King College
Henry
Every Turk His Own Typist
The 5,000 Turkish girl typists employed by the government in Ankara and Istanbul are dismayed by a government order requiring every civil service employee, regardless of rank, to learn typing so typists may be dropped.
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Associated Press
Ankara
Instanbul
CWA Workers Back On Job After Strike Call
Charleston January 26 Work on C W A projects moved ahead calmly today after a strike call by the West Virginia Unemployed League was apparently halted. An earlier two day suspension of work to cut the work week drew rival claims of rallying 5 000 workers, with no disturbances reported as thousands returned to work. Police and fire units stood ready to prevent disturbances if picketing arose.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia Unemployed League
John T. Morgan
Kanawha County
Union Leaders Rally For Coal Wage Battle
A speaker condemned progress that harms miners and railroad workers and urged legislative action to protect the price and wage structure of the coal industry. He praised John L. Lewis and urged united action with operators as common foes. Merle Duston of Detroit showcased a tape-based method to record sound on paper tape, claiming an hour of talk costs 15 cents.
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Duction
Huntress
John L. Lewis
Merle Duston
Detroit
Photography proves lightning corners rounded zig zag myth
England ordered eight new destroyers at a total cost of 11 250 000 dollars challenging the old belief about lightning damage patterns.
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England
Kansas City bowler records third 300 game
Bill O'Donnell, a Kansas City amateur bowler, rolled his third 300 game and also has a 299 to his credit. Two young foxes wandered into Augusta, Georgia, and were caught with bare hands, while Iowa livestock valued at 8197.4 topped the nation’s farm-property inventory. An ordinance in Charlotte restricts washing a horse on city streets.
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Bill O'Donnell
Kansas City
Augusta
Iowa
Charlotte
Ambition Masked as Control of the C. W. A.
The remark accuses individuals of disguising their own ambitions to seize power over the C. W. A. The statement frames a political maneuver as a bid for organizational dominance and influence.
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