Morgenthau warns deficit may hit record level
Secretary Morgenthau told the Senate Finance Committee that the federal deficit for the current fiscal year could reach a wartime high of 5.966 billion dollars, with a further 2.675 billion expected for the next year. He urged stricter adherence to a balanced budget and considered broadening temporary taxes and reforming corporate taxation to raise more revenue.
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Associated Press
Washington
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
House
Harrison
Lioncheck Fined On Auto Count
Washington state Representative Marion Lioncheck was fined 66 dollars for reckless driving speeding and disorderly conduct after failing to appear in court. A 200 dollar bond was forfeited and police said he was speeding toward a Florida honeymoon with his bride of three days.
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Associated Press
Alexandria
Marion Lioncheck
Washington State
James Duncan
George Elmore
City Police Tag Automobiles Under New Ordinance
City police were busy tagging cars for violations of the new traffic rule. Chief J Q Stover said enforcement would start today with leniency for violators but strict after today.
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J. Q. Stover
Arnold Clark Jailed On Stabbing Charge
Arnold Clark, 16, jailed by State Troopers McLaughlin and Gibbs for stabbing 66 year old Ed Stewart in Lester Wednesday evening. A warrant had been issued by Mayor A. Harsh. Clark will have a hearing before Squire Zach A. Petty the next day.
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Ed Stewart
Lester
Arnold Clark
McLaughlin
Gibbs
A. Harsh
Clark
Squire Zach A. Petty
Bank Hold Up in Highland Park Nets $40000
Four robbers attacked a Detroit area bank in Highland Park taking about 40000 dollars. Three entered with sub machine guns while a lookout waited in a car. An employee was reported injured as a false alarm from a drug store diverted police cars.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Highland Park
Flat Top Man Is Taken By Death
Funeral services for Fountain F. Lilly 74 of Flat Top will be held at Griffith graveyard near Shady Spring tomorrow at 3 PM Reverend Albert Richmond of Beaver will conduct Burial by Clark Funeral Home Daniels Lilly a farmer had long illness with age related complications Surviving are his son Lonnie Lilly Flat Top and two daughters Mrs Lonnie Breeding Flat Top and Mrs Azel McLain Texas
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Flat Top
Griffith
Shady Spring
Albert Richmond
Beaver
Clark Funeral Home
Daniels
Lilly
Lonnie Lilly
Lonnie Breeding
Azel McLain
Texas
Bethlehem Steel sees improving demand and profits
Bethlehem Steel Corp president Eugene G. Grace said heavy steel demand is improving and buying is coming from all sources after a directors meeting. The firm reported net income of 603,065 for the March quarter, its first since 1931, with a dividend set at 1.75 a share on preferred stock and an initial 25 cent payment on another preferred issue. Flood damage cost about 1.5 million will be charged to reserves. Grace noted higher costs and lower shipments slowed earnings vs last year but cited optimism from automakers and a May-June buying uptick.
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Associated Press
New York
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Grace
Bethlehem
Many Changes In Old Laws Made
Beckley city council passed a new traffic ordinance detailing extensive parking rules across streets including Main Street Prince Street and North Kanawha with one hour limits and 45 degree angles. The measure bans double parking near schools, imposes fines up to five dollars, and adds noise restrictions on barking dogs loud music and late dancing. The council also backed flood control dams with coal market protection and declared May 10 17 as Clean Up and Paint Up Week with city trucks collecting citizen trash in marked boxes and barrels.
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City Limits
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Central Avenue
Woodlawn Avenue
Neville
East Main
Bair Brothers Garage
South Fayette
Tri-State District Flood Control Committee
Beckley
Hugh Asbury injured by fall on nail near home
Hugh Asbury an 11 year old boy narrowly escaped serious injury when he fell on a nail that pierced a plank at his Crab Orchard home yesterday afternoon. Doctors at Beckley hospital treated a slight cut on his right lower eyelid and found no eye damage.
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Hugh Asbury
Crab Orchard
Beckley Hospital
Tyree Arrested After Beckley Theft Probe
Wayman Tyree, sought for questioning in Beckley thefts last year, was brought to Raleigh county jail today by State Trooper N L Sidebottom. Tyree was arrested for Lewisburg.
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Raleigh
N. L. Sidebottom
Tyree
Lewisburg
Belcher Sentenced To Imprisonment For Life
Tornado across northwest Iowa and southwest Minnesota killed three people and injured about 50 as it carved a half hundred mile path. It began near Sheldon and Everly before striking Estherville and Fairmont with heavy property damage and warnings of further danger.
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Associated Press
Spirit Lake
Iowa
Minnesota
Sheldon
Everly
Estherville
Fairmont
Massie Funeral Set For Sunday
George W. Massie 87 died yesterday at his son Austin C. Massie’s Sprague home after a period of debility and heart disease. A Franklin County Virginia native, he once operated a Long Branch sub station. The body will move to Bassett Virginia for Sunday funeral services at 2 30 p m with burial in a local cemetery. He is survived by three sonsGeorge Massie Bassett VA Peter Massie Majestic KY and Austin Massie Sprague.
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Austin C. Massie
Sprague
Franklin County
Virginia
Long Branch
Foster Undertaking
Bassett
George Massie
Peter Massie
Majestic
Austin Massie
Mercer County Jury Modifies Death Penalty In Second Trial
Princeton May 1 The Associate Press Craft Belcher once sentenced to hang for the slaying of his sweetheart was spared the death penalty as a second jury to convict him recommended mercy. Jurors deliberated 11 hours and a special judge delayed sentence until Monday. The most severe penalty could be life imprisonment. Belcher, 27, testified he did not remember the shooting amid heavy drinking. his wife Edith sat present without emotion. He had won a new trial after a gubernatorial reprieve for appeal. Defense said the evidence supported only second degree murder penalties.
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Associate
Princeton
Craft Belcher
Walter T. G. Byron
Belcher
Miner
Myrtle Taylor
Edith
Kump
E. L. Phillips
McMullen Convicted Of Accepting Money from Private Firm
Washington May 1 Joseph I McMullen veteran officer in the judge advocate general s office was convicted of accepting compensation illegally from a private firm A District of Columbia supreme court jury rendered the verdict after four hours deliberation The conviction carries potential penalties including two years in prison a 10000 fine and disqualification from government service William Leahy defense counsel planned to seek a new trial Col McMullen was released on 2000 bond.
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Associated Press
Washington
Joseph I. McMullen
Judge Advocate General's Office
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Wiliam Leahy
Col. McMullen
Thousands Await Derby Fever in Louisville Crowd Grows
Louisville May 1 Thousands flock to prepare for the sixty second Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs as 16 three year olds including a filly rest in stalls awaiting tomorrow's race. Nearly 60 000 are expected to watch over one and a quarter miles for 40000 in purse. Brevity ridden by Joseph Widener is seen as the horse to beat with Granville Bold Venture Grand Slam and Indian Broom as top rivals. Brevity has five wins in six starts and is in peak condition, while Indian Broom remains the wild card after a record setting workout for one and an eighth miles.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Churchill Downs
Joseph Widener
Bay Flash
William Woodward
Granville
Morton L. Schwartz
Bomar Stable
A. C. Taylor
Top Row
Tanforan
Mrs Porter En d Scene in Keyser Area
Mrs Jean Williamson Porter 73 wife of Frank Porter died at home on Hemlock street after a long illness. She was born in Eckhart Maryland and was active in the Presbyterian church. Survived by husband two children Miss Jean Porter instructor at Woodrow Wilson High School and L G Porter of Pontiac Michigan two sisters Mrs Catherine Simons and Mrs Mary McLuckie. Funeral arrangements by Keyser Funeral Home.
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Frank Porter
Hemlock Street
Porter
Eckhart
Presbyterian Church
Jean Porter
Woodrow Wilson High School
L. G. Porter
Pontiac, Mich
General Motors Corporation
New York
Catherine Simons
Mary McLuckie
Frostburg
Keyser Funeral Home
Jury Convicts Killer Of Wife In DC Case
William H. Reaguer, 57, of Culpeper Virginia, an undertaker, was found guilty of second degree murder by a District of Columbia supreme court jury for slaying 21 year old Mrs Willie Mae Wood. The body was found in his hotel room with the head nearly severed by a pen knife, 17 days after her marriage to Herbert R. Wood. Prosecutors sought the death penalty, arguing jealousy.
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Associated Press
Washington
William H. Reaguer
Culpepper
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Willie Mae Wood
Herbert R. Wood
Virginia State Highway Department
Reaguer
Stock Market Falters After Rally Opens
Wall Street reports a mixed session with some gains and several declines. Telephone shares slumped by more than three points around noon, while Allied Chemical rose about three points and Case gained roughly two. Other advances came from General Motors Western Union DuPont Anaconda American Smelting Santa Fe and Southern Pacific.
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Wall Street
N. Y
Allied. Chemical
Case
General Motors
Western Union
Dupont
Anaconda
American Smelting
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Four Thousand Miners Idle as Wage Talks Extend
Tamaqua Pa May 1 Four thousand anthracite miners in the Panther Creek valley were idle today as news of an extended wage agreement in New York did not reach them in time. The wage deal expired at midnight but was extended indefinitely by the joint committee of operators and miners to allow further negotiation.
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Associated Press
Tamaqua
Panther Creek Valley
New York
Joint
May Day Observances Worldwide Highlighted by Parades
AP notes May Day demonstrations across the globe with workers marching in many countries. In Moscow tanks and armored cars rolled past Lenin's tomb as 750 war planes flew overhead. New York expected about 300,000 in a parade with Communist and Left Wing Socialist groups uniting. Berlin and Paris held major festivities. Madrid saw large banners and mass processions.
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Oklahoma Flood Toll In Elk City Area
Four dead and about six farm families missing after a sudden flood in eastern Elk City Oklahoma. Rescue crews searched mud banks for a man from Chicago believed to be dead as bridges failed and roads were washed out. The flood followed the reservoir dam break sending floodwaters over rural farms and a six inch rain overflow drowned pumping motors into Clinton water supply.
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Associated Press
Elk City
Okla
Elk Creek
Here
George Bates
Chicago
Clinton
Sam Harper Dies After Laurel Creek Mine Accident
Sam Harper died at 2 45 AM in a Fayette county hospital after a slate fall at Laurel Creek mine left him with fatal injuries. His recovery had not been anticipated from the outset. Funeral arrangements were not completed at press time.
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Sam Harper
Laurel Creek
Fayette County
Attorney Ballard Loses Car Wheel in Theft on Heber Street
Unaware attorney George Ballard woke to find one wheel missing from his Ford after someone jacked up the car on South Heber street. The theft occurred overnight, with the thief taking a complete wheel. Local police were alerted and are investigating the incident.
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George Ballard
South Heber Street
Ritchie to Preach at Three Sunday Services
Rev. E H. Ritchie announced services for Sunday at Pemberton Church 10 a.m., Affinity at 2:30 p.m., and Blue Jay at 6 p.m., outlining a day of worship across multiple congregations.
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E H. Ritchie
Pemberton
Affinity
Blue Jay
Emperor Haile Selassie Calls Citizens to March North
Addis Ababa police maintain order as Emperor Haile Selassie orders all able-bodied residents to march north to halt Italian advances. Ras Gettachou will lead the march and citizens are urged to stock provisions for five days amid a near-deserted capital.
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Associated Press
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Ras Gettachou
Ethiopia
Italian Column Advances Toward Addis Ababa Resting Beside Robi River
Italian troops marching toward Addis Ababa halted briefly at Makfud 125 miles south of Dessye as thousands ford the Robi River. The main column rested, pitched tents on brush covered hills, amid the steady advance across Ethiopian terrain.
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Associated Press
Addis Ababa
Makfud
Ethiopia
Robi
Dessye
Two Killed When Cottage Burns in Conneaut Lake
A cottage fire at Conneaut Lake Pennsylvania killed William L. Klebe 52 and Arthur H. Bigelow 62 both Pittsburgh residents. Bigelow’s son failed to enter the blaze as firemen found Bigelow by a second floor window and Klebe on the first floor. Maurice Bigelow manager of the Conneaut Lake hotel was awakened by the flames and attempted entry.
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Associated Press
Conneaut Lake
Whch
William L. Klebe
Arthur H. Bigelow
Bigelow
Klebe
Conneaut Lake Company
Weather Update Forecast for Weekend
Fair tonight and Saturday will bring increasing clouds with showers at night. Little temperature change expected after yesterday’s high of 80 and last night’s low of 51. L A Mauck commented today.
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