Roosevelt Tax Plan Labeled Major Menace by Business Group
Washington July 12 The Ohio chamber of commerce called President Roosevelt tax plan a major menace and a redistribution of poverty saying it would be confiscatory and destructive. The chamber and the United States Chamber campaign to defeat the program faced unverified reports it might not be enacted this session while the White House asserted Roosevelt stands by the plan and expects passage before adjournment.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
George B. Chandler
Columbus
Chamber
House
Ways and Means
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Midwest Sees Cool Plume Across Plains States
A northern high pressure system drives cooler air across the plains, lowering Kansas City temperatures from above 80 to 68. Texas and Oklahoma stay hot while the midwest reports about 48 heat-related deaths and 15 drownings as people seek relief.
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Associated Press
Mid-West
Plains
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
A. M. Hamrick
Kansas City
Confesses Hiring Slayers For $500
Chicago July 12 Associated Press reports Assistant State's Attorney Mal Coghlan announced Mrs Blanche Dunkel a 43 year old grandmother confessed hiring slayers for her son in law Ervin Lang 29 garrotted body found in a Hammond Indiana swamp. Dunkel admitted paying 100 down with further installments. admissions described as important though details withheld.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Mal Coghlan
Blanche Dunkel
Ervin Lang
Hammond
Ind
Coghlan
Patrick O’connell
Men Forced To Leap To Safety In Balloon Mishap
Rapid City South Dakota July 12 disaster overtook the National Geographic Society US Army air corps stratosphere balloon as the giant gas bag collapsed an hour before takeoff. Five men working on the gondola had to jump to safety while guards scattered to avoid injury. The bag burst releasing 375000 cubic feet of helium. Captain Albert W Stevens said he had no explanation and an investigation would be made. Officials of the geographic society funded 175000 expedition would not comment on a later flight.
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Associated Press
Rapid City
S. D
National Geographic Society
U. S. Army Air Corps
Albert W. Stevens
Geographic Society
Warner Bill May Be Tested Soon
Milwaukee July 12 The Cudahy Brothers Company packers was cited to the federal labor board in Washington for refusing to obey the law. The action follows a union complaint that the firm did not recognize the union as sole bargaining agent after a 595 to 270 vote by Cudahy workers.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Cudahy Brothers Company
Packers
Federal Labor Board
Washington
N. S. Clark
Regional Labor Board
George A. Billings
A. F. of L
Cudahy
Twohig to Aid National Boy Scout Quartermaster
Robert V. Twohig, field executive for Charleston area Boy Scouts of America, was notified of his appointment as clerk to a sectional supply quartermaster at the national jamboree in Washington August 21 31. He will supervise all food and equipment issued to 1 200 scouts from Ohio Kentucky and West Virginia and confer with national and international Boy Scout leaders during the event.
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Robert V. Twohig
Charleston
Boy Scouts of America
Washington
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Brother Of Local Resident Dies In Kansas
Charles C. Williams aged 80, brother of George W. Williams and Mrs. L. J. Shumate, died yesterday at his McPherson Kansas home after a paralytic stroke. Born near Prosperity, he had lived in Kansas for many years. Survived by his wife Holly Williams an adopted son and siblings Mrs. Shumate George Williams Lee J. Williams of Brooklyn and Mrs. Annie F. Wright of Prosperity.
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Charles C. Williams
George W. Williams
Mr. Williams
Prosperity
Kansas
Holly Williams
Shumate
George Williams
Lee J. Williams
Brooklyn
Annie F. Wright
Local Men Enroll in Eleventh Camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison
Frank Taraczkozy of McKinney street and James M. Beasley of South Kanawha street are enrolled in the eleventh Citizen's Military Training Camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana. Both serve in Battery B per camp dispatches received today.
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Frank Taraczkozy
McKinney Street
James M. Beasley
South Kanawha Street
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Thomas Meighan Undergoes Operation in New York
New York reports that 56 year old actor Thomas Meighan underwent a serious operation at Doctors Hospital after a rushed west coast trip. Hospital officials withheld details but said his condition was favorable and not expected to reach a crisis for several days.
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Associated Press
New York
Thomas Meighan
Doctors Hospital
West Coast
Meighan
Kelly Axe Force Is Out On Strike
Charleston July 12. Between 500 and 600 employees of the Kelly Axe and Tool Works company idled today after a strike call by an employees' committee. R E McKinney, chairman, said 600 were on strike and would not return unless the company pays them for extra work. Duncan Bruce, president, said the firm did not refuse demands but asked for more time to consider.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Kelly Axe and Tool Works Company
R. E. McKinney
Duncan Bruce
Jews Plan City Community Center In Beckley
Beckley Hebrew Association approves purchase of a lot near the business district to build a Jewish community center serving Raleigh and surrounding counties. The project aims to provide religious and social headquarters with a future announcement after the Mount Hope meeting.
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Beckley
Lewis
Raleigh
Recreation Plan For Beckley Youth Supervisors Session
Recreation planners in Raleigh county announce an all day session tomorrow at the Memorial building to discuss playground supervision and a first aid demonstration by seven members of troop 65 Boy Scouts under Wentworth Williams. The 16 listed applicants await welfare investigation before final selection. program details are still pending and open to all ages from six to sixty.
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Raleigh County
Memorial Building
T. Allan Gatherum
Boy Scouts of America
Wentworth Williams
Welfare Department
Louise Odee
Maud Early
Mary Harmon
Eloise Hicks
Vada Lilly
Pauline Boggs
Catherine Pierce
Neal Pack
Betty Reed
Mary Sullivan
Pansy Riffe
Inez Shannon
Ida Vecellio
Frances Calloway
Cora Mae Elliott
Gladys Hill
Randolph Cooke
George Smith
William Laren
Earl Bibb, Jr
Kenley Smith
Julian Walliams
Robert Noel
Civilian Conservation Camp Planned Near Shady Spring
Charleston July 12 state CCC headquarters said Raleigh county likely hosts a camp near Shady Spring with site to be decided after a conference with the conservation department. The camp would occupy private lands and employ 206 men and officers.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Raleigh County
Shady Spring
State Conservation Department
Visitor Campaigns For Governorship In Beckley
Among Beckley’s distinguished visitors today is a gubernatorial candidate on the prohibition ticket who concedes no real chance of election. He visits at the home of Lee Barrett, 25 C street, while Kentucky looms as his chosen state. W. M. Likens of Owensboro says Huey Long may lead a dry third ticket for president next year and will speak in Charleston after a brief Beckley stop. Likens edits the American Independent, asserting dry counties will dominate Kentucky and that the constitutional prohibition remains in place.
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Beckley
Stella Wood
Lee Barrett
C Street
Kentucky
W. M. Likens
Owensboro
Huey Long
Charleston
Likens
American Independent
Alabama
Georgia
Fortune Found In Wheeling Attic Treasure Tale
Oklahoma City reports three brass chests filled with gold and silver were found in a Wheeling West Virginia office building. C. W. Clift says the treasure dates to French kings and belonged to Louis S. Delaplaine once US consul in Georgetown. It forms part of an estate worth over 100000 dollars left to four Oklahoma City daughters.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Wheeling
W. Va
C. W. Clift
France
Louis S. Delaplaine
United States
Georgetown
British Guiana
Lake Huron
Delaplaine
Queen
Boy Scout Troop Organized Soon At Winding Gulf
Organization of Scouters begun to form a Boy Scout troop at Winding Gulf after a Wednesday night church meeting. Lester P. Ingram was chosen as troop master with assistant masters to be named later. Scout field executive Robert R. V. Twohig reported, and a committee of W. C. Shrewsbury J. C. White L. C. Fleshman N. C. Craddock and R. F. Cornett was formed for the effort.
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Winding Gulf
Lester P. Ingram
Robert R. V. Twohig
W. C. Shrewsbury
J. C. White
L. C
Invention by Pilkington Earns Patent for Rail Car Clamp
William Pilkington, 60, veteran mine inspector for the New River company, has secured a patent this week for a rail car securing device. The invention clamps tighter as pressure increases, is adaptable to different rail sizes, and is already in use by New River, Koppers Coal and Transportation, and other operators in the Winding Gulf area. Production may be based in Beckley.
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William Pilkington
New River Company
Pilkington
Koppers Coal and Transportation Company
Winding Gulf
Beckley
Trusties Help Subdue Revolt at West Virginia Penitentiary
Moundsville July 12 Warden Co F McClintic credited three trusties with aiding guards to subdue six convicts attempting a break from the West Virginia penitentiary. Three guards were hospitalized, with W M Mosley most seriously hurt but out of danger. The six attackers were returned to solitary confinement as the prison quieted after yesterday’s outbreak.
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Associated Press
Moundsville
Co. F. McClintic
West Virginia
W. M. Mosley
Mosley
T. D. Hume
D. H. Prunty
Roosevelt Plan to outlaw gold clause suits stalls in Capitol
President Roosevelt's bid to outlaw gold clause suits faces opposition in both chambers. Attorney General Cummings seeks to smooth passage before the Senate Banking Committee amid strong warnings that the move could damage government credit. Former Treasury Secretaries McAdoo and Glass critique the measure, echoed by Fort of the Home Loan Bank Board as the House Banking Committee prepares to reconvene.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol
Cummings
Senate Banking Committee
The
Treasury
William G. McAdoo
California
Carter Glass
Virginia
House Banking Committee
Franklin W. Fort
Congress
Home Loan Bank Board
Hoover
House Committee
Work Starts on Crouch Planing Mill Resurgence
Debris cleared at City avenue as Crouch Lumber rebuilds its planing mill after a $33,000 fire Tuesday night. A full rebuild on burned foundations will take over a month, with new woodworking machinery planned and old equipment slated for junk. Absence of president E. H. Crouch and plant superintendent D. S. Hill prevented firm cost estimates.
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Crouch Lumber Company
Lumber Company
City Avenue
E. H. Crouch
D. S. Hill
Work Of Paying Kanawha Starts On Street Project
A Hatfield Construction contract on South Kanawha Street began Tuesday. The machine advanced the next day and plowed north from the 1921 route cut off near R. M. I. park. County road commissioner M. J. Meadows says the street will be considerably straightened. A hill opposite the Black Knight clubhouse shows a large cut to create a direct thoroughfare.
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Kanawha Street
Hatfield Construction Company
R. M. I. Park
M. J. Meadows
Black Knight Club
West Virginians Divide Their Vote
West Virginia House delegation split on the Tennessee Valley Authority bill. Ramsay and Randolph voted for the administration measure extending the TVA, while Smith Kee Johnson and Edmiston voted against it. The bill passed 279 to 100. Edmiston condemned the expansion as unnecessary and warned of higher production costs from water power projects.
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Associated Press
Washington
West Virginia
House
Ramsay
Randolph
Tenessee Valley Authority
Smith
Kee
Johnson
Edmiston
TVA
Local Thunder Showers and Cooler Weekend Forecast
Weather bulletin notes tonight and Saturday expect showers with cooler temperatures into the weekend. Yesterday the Charleston high reached 93 while Beckley topped at 87. Last night cooler at around 60 degrees per L A Mauck.
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Charleston
Beckley
L. A. Mauck
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