Roosevelt calls for ten percent curtailment to balance budget
President Roosevelt asks departments to lock up ten percent of certain appropriations to save about 400 million dollars this year. He plans to consult with independent agencies on possible reductions and suggested some government activities may be curtailed. He avoided comment on John L. Lewis and sit-down strikes amid mounting labor tensions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Perkins
America
Fish
Hyde Park
Child recovers from snake bite in Beckley hospital
Edward Dishman aged six was bitten by a snake at 3 p m yesterday. The wound proved not serious after treatment by a Glen physician and examination at Beckley hospital. He was discharged in good condition.
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Edward Dishman
Glen
Beckley Hospital
The Bargain By MARY GRAHAM BONNER
Puddle Muddle animals led by Willy Nilly enjoy a holiday celebration with fireworks and music. They dance with ducks roosting a rooster and a lamb, then discuss fueling their automobile as they travel to a distant settlement. A man in front offers a bargain as they continue their journey.
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Willy Nilly
Bates
Jelly
Honey Bear
Lupiter
Blacky
Chubby
Rip
Ducks
Rooster
Christo
Sweet Face
Local Colored News Union To Meet In Raleigh
The Local Colored News Union meets the Missionary Union of Beckley and vicinity at Raleigh on the fourth Sunday of June and will meet West Wickham on the fourth Sunday of July. All circles should attend in person. Em ma Lee, president. Stotesbury Activities include visits in Raleigh and Whitesville with Becker Sherman family members. several Sherman relatives are noted visiting Beckley and nearby areas.
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West Wickham
Emma Lee
Stotesbury
John Steptoe
Winding Gulf
J. S. Sherman
Whitesville
O. T. Sherman
Ida Johnson
Beckley
Ed Sherman
Portland
Oregon
Clement
Beckwith
van Sears
Mt. Hope
Samuel
Kimball, Gary
Curwell
Turkey Knob
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
G. C. Gilbert
The
Missionary Society
E. H. Jackson
B. B. Briggs
Visits and Injuries Reported in Beckley Area
Mrs Sallie McGill visited in Raleigh a second time. Mrs Maggie McClain returned to Beckley after days with friends in Pittsburgh. Mr Matthew Langhorn was seriously injured in the Whipple Mines Tuesday and is treated at Oak Hill hospital. Herbert Venable Kenneth McLanahan and Nathaniel Hortonsited in Beckley Sunday. Mose Napper of Wyco visited Mrs M B Hayes of East Beckley on the Fourth.
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Beckley
Pittsburgh
Matthew Langhorn
Whipple Mines
Oak Hill Hospital
Herbert Venable
Kenneth Mclanahan
Nathaniel Horton
Mose Napper
Wyco
M. B. Hayes
East Beckley
Yankee Jack to Close His Shop in Wyoming Trade Post
Yankee Jack Woodman, manager of the Flying V trading post at Moose, Wyoming, announces abdication in a newspaper ad. He offers overdue accounts for sale at one cent on the dollar and sells a complete post office setup with fresh stamps, plus government equipment. He promises to donate a mayor’s chair and a justice of the peace gavel to the buyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
MOOSE
Wyo
Jack” Woodman
Flying V Trading Post
Wyoming
New York
Roosevelt Taxes Won't Be Probed
Washington report shows a senate house committee on tax evasion barred an inquiry into President Roosevelt's tax returns or practices. The panel allowed Rep. Fish of New York to present any evidence he might have if available.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate House Committee On
Roosevelt
Rep. Fish
N. Y
24-Day Old Rooster Crowing Remark
Mrs. H. D. Clark reports in Coal City that J. A. Houchins of Flat Top hatched a chicken which began crowing at 24 days old. She says this is the first time she has seen a chicken crow that young among all her years of poultry keeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Coal City
H. D. Clark
J. A. Houchins
Flat Top
Morgenthau Family Revered Amid Roosevelt Relations
The article notes respect shown to members of the Roosevelt family along with Secretary Morgenthau and his father Henry Morgenthau Sr., highlighting cordial ties and ceremonial regard within the delegation.
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Roosevelt
Secretary Morgenthau
Henry Morgenthau
New thermometer nears absolute zero by design
Scientists from Cambridge Dr. F. Allen and E. S. Shire report a phosphor bronze wire thermometer whose electrical resistance tracks heat loss as temperature nears absolute zero. It has accurately measured two hundredths of a degree above zero, though future accuracy near the final fraction is uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
F. Allen
E. S. Shire
Cambridge
Steel output still runs high in Half 1937
New York reports June steel ingot production at 4,183,762 tons, down 19 percent from May but up 5 percent from June last year. The American Iron and Steel Institute notes first six months nearly set a new half year peak if not for strikes, totaling 28,764,633 gross tons, just under the 29,036,274 tons in early 1929.
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New York
American Iron and Steel Institute
Institute
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