Government in Business Objection Calls for Tax Relief
New York May 28. Eugene C. Grace president of the American Iron and Steel Institute and Bethlehem Steel urged limits on political control of business and lower taxes at the institute's spring meeting. About 1,800 industry leaders discussed imports labor and tech advances. Grace warned that government regulation delays recovery and said high taxes offset industry gains while one in six workers is supported by the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Eugene C. Grace
American Iron and Steel Institute
Trade Organization
Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Train Hits Car. Six Perish in Calumet City
Chicago May 28 Six persons were killed today when the inbound Logansport local of the Pennsylvania Railroad struck an automobile in suburban Calumet City The victims were two children three women and a man The bodies were taken to a Calumet City undertaking establishment where no identifying marks were found The automobile bore Illinois plates but were crushed beyond readability
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Associated Press
Chicago
Logansport
Pennsylvania Railroad
Calumet City
Illinois
Young Man Wins GOP Nomination in Fourth District
Official returns from ten of eleven counties in West Virginia's Fourth congressional district show 25 year old Raymond Humphreys leading Isaac M. Underwood for the Republican nomination for U S representative. Humphreys leads 9848 to 9541 with a 307 vote margin. Jackson County reports 951 to 683 in unofficial totals. Counties reporting: Cabell Mason Lincoln Pleasants Putnam Roane Tyler Wayne Wood and Wirt.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Raymond Humphreys
U. S
Huntington
Isaac M. Underwood
Middlebourne
Jackson County
Humphreys
Cabell
Mason
Lincoln
Pleasants
Putnam
Roane
Tyler
Wayne, Wood
Wirt
Negro Nabbed in Murder Charge in Sophia Death
State police planned to return to Logan this afternoon with William Perkins, a Negro wanted on a murder charge in the April 21 death at Sophia of Robert Lovelace. Perkins was arrested in Logan yesterday.
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Logan
William Perkins
Sophia
Robert Lovelace
Perkins
Roberts' Remains Finally Interred In Buffalo Cemetery
A. W. Roberts 64 died here February 14. His body will be moved Sunday from Sunset Memorial Park to Buffalo for interment at Bethel Cemetery at 2 30 PM. Buffalo undertaker Charles Raynes will oversee the service. He left two children, Miss Edna Roberts and Cameron Roberts, and a brother, F. E. Roberts.
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A. W. Roberts
Sunset Memorial Park
Buffalo
Bethel Cemetery
Charles Raynes
Roberts
Edna Roberts
Cameron Roberts
F. FE. Roberts
Injuries Cited In Case Before Circuit Court
A $10,000 damage suit was heard in Raleigh County Circuit Court over a December auto crash on the Dorothy Whitesville road. J W Swanigan alleges Arch and Allen White caused head on impact injuring him and delaying his work. Swanigan testified White failed to stop as an oncoming car zigzagged toward them. The defense argued cautious driving and slick roads. Verdicts were previously granted in a separate case: Addie Miller vs FE C Minter Coal Co, for eviction causing illness.
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Dorothy
Whitesville
J. W. Swanigan
Arch White
Allen White
Lawnon
W. H. Sawyers
Hionton
Raleigh County
Swanigan
White
Sawyers
Addie Miller
FE. C. Minter Coal Company
Fliers’ Parachutes Save Their Lives in Crash
Two national guard fliers survived after leaping from their parachutes as their craft crashed in flames near Brookville Pennsylvania. Pilot Lieut. E G Carlisle of near Philadelphia landed in a tree while the mechanic, unnamed, came down on a shed. The plane strike a hillside on a farm nine miles southeast of Brookville.
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Associated Press
Brookville
National Guard
Lieut. E. G. Carlisle
Philadelphia
Holt Describes His Misery and WPA Politics
Washington May 28 Senator Rush D Holt declared he has been stripped of federal patronage for his charges that the Works Progress Administration is influenced by politics but said there will be no retreat He cited Hopkins statement that no one would lose a job for not contributing to a party and that workers are hired for ability, with some political endorsements noted and no overall purge planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Rush D. Holt
D-Wva
Works Progress Administration
Senate
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Steiner
R-Ore
Hopkins
Indiana County
Pennsylvania
United States
Wagner
DNY
Coronation Set For Edward Will
London announces King Edward VIII will be formally invested on May 12 1937 in a centuries old coronation. Prime Minister Baldwin set the date in a special Gazette issue and ceremonies will proclaim it in central London. The event will draw hundreds of thousands of visitors and include ten ruling kings and queens plus 150 Indian princes as guests.
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Associated Press
London
Stanley Baldwin
Edward VIII
Relief Worker Confused By Bank of Pax Placard
A relief worker, paid just after a bank collapse, entered a Fayette County school housed in a former Bank of Pax building. The teacher, mistaking him for a coal man delivering bills, signed his paycheck as a coal bill, triggering town laughter and the relief worker’s notoriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of Pax
Fayette County School Board
John Fiorenza Convicted in Titterton Slaying Case
John Fiorenza was found guilty of murder in the first degree for the bath tub killing of Mrs. Nancy Titterton. The jury deliberated over 18 hours. Fiorenza is to be sentenced June 5. He allegedly forced his attentions on her, strangled her, and discarded the body in a bathtub.
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Associated Press
New York
John Fiorenza
Nancy Titterton
Fiorenza
Titterton
Steel Magnate In Retirement In Pittsburgh May 28
W. Bennett, longtime president of the American Tin Plate Company, retires as Tin Plate merges into Carnegie-Illinois Steel. The consolidation, led by Benjamin Fairless, places Fairless in charge of 75 000 to 80 000 workers. Bennett, 66, began at Marinette Iron Works in 1897 and rose to the Tin Plate presidency before the merger.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
C. W. Bennett
American Sheet and Tin Pate Company
Tin Plate
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Benjamin Fairless
Carnegie-Illinois
U. S. Steel Corporation
Tin Plate Company
Carnegie-Ilinois Steel Corporation
Republic Steel Corporation
Bennett
Marinette Iron Works
West Duluth
Minn
D. A. Barrett
G. C. Harper
Carnegie- Illinois Corporation
Barrett
Harper
Fairless
Carnegie Illinois
U. S. Steel
American Steel and Wire Company
National Tube Company
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company
Captain Jones visits multiple CCC camps as inspection ends
Captain Lloyd Jones, medical supervisor for the Charleston district of the CCC, spent last night at Camp Raleigh and rated the site excellent. He departed this morning for Camp Bluestone after an early inspection and will visit Camps Bowen, Lewis, and White Sulphur.
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Lloyd Jones
Charleston
Raleigh
Camp
Bluestone
Bowen
Lewis
Successor named for deceased county official in Lewis County
Weston West Virginia May 28 The Lewis county court named Ralph W See a farmer of Vandalia commissioner to fill the vacancy caused by the death of W T Jones See is a Republican EF A Crawford and H D Butcher the other commissioners are Democrats
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Associated Press
Weston
W. Va
Lewis County
Ralph W. See
Vandalia
W. T. Jones
See
Ef, A. Crawford
H. D. Butcher
Pinchot Landon Talks Forestry and Politics
Gifford Pinchot former independent Republican governor of Pennsylvania stopped in Kansas City en route to Topeka to visit Gov. Alf M. Landon. He said the talks would cover forestry soil erosion and wires while noting meetings with Kansan supporters. Pinchot recently criticized the New Deal relief administration and exchanged letters with President Roosevelt.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Topeka
Kans
Alf M. Landon
Pinchot
Landon
Washington
London
Roosevelt
Banker Indicted in Omaha Forgery Case
Kansas City May 28 A former chain banker now in a government hospital for delinquents was among 21 named in a federal indictment over a plot to market 101000 in forged City of Omaha bonds. The banker Frank R. Beddow used hospital stationery to correspond and directed disposal from Springfield Missouri facility. all but one bond has been recovered.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
City of Omaha
Richard K. Phelps
U. S
Frank R. Beddow
Springfield
Phelps
Beddow
The Candidates STANDINGS May primary vote totals tabulated
Certificates of nomination were sent from the county clerk for the May 12 primary. The following table lists votes for candidates across parties in seven county offices including Sheriff, Prosecuting Attorney, Assessor, County Court, Board of Education, and other posts, with party and name details.
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H. G. Farmer
J. R. Gilmore
G. W. Brammer
D. C. Meadows
Nelson Cooper
W. A. Thornhill
W. H. McGinnis
Kyle D. Harper
Kermit A. Locke
House of Delegates
A. P. Leeber
John Verducer
C. M. Compton
Clyde Walker
Thomas H. Belcher
Clyde Mankin
Edward P. Dugan
J. H. Harvey
W. H. Haley
T. E. Bibb
Co. C. Flint
C. S
W. M. Daniel
Connie E. Walls
County Court E. FE. Justice
C. L. Harvey
B. E. Meadows
Roy Layman
Mike Rich
W. M. Shrewsberry
K. D. Pettry
E. J. Whitt
Board of Education
Frank Billups
J. H. Winner
John Q. Cooper
Seth M. Foresman
G. L. Meadows
Clem Terreo
Basil C. Minter
E. L. Burleson
O. D. Bostie
British troops fire on rioters in Palestine clash
In Kubatia North Palestine British troops returned fire on rioters today killing two and wounding three. Commanding officers reported no casualties for their side. The day’s death toll rose to four after an earlier fatal wounding of a British policeman in Jerusalem and a police officer killing an Arab.
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Associated Press
Jerusalem
Kubatia
Palestine
Old City
Appropriation Bill Debate Opens in Senate Today
Washington May 28 Senate began debate on the deficiency appropriation bill carrying 1 425 000 000 for next year's relief fund. Leaders aimed for a vote by tomorrow while opponents warned of amendments possibly delaying action. The bill covers 2 369 000 000 for giant projects tied to relief and forestalls new surveys of the Florida ship canal and Passamaquoddy tide harnessing plan as potential amendments.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Florida Ship Canal
Passamaquoddy
Maine
Morals Charges Against Friars in Germany
In Koblenz Germany May 28 government officials announced that more than half of about 500 Franciscan friars in 20 monasteries face indictments for immoral acts with male minors in their care. First convictions include Friar Peter Steinhoff 46 given eight years prison and 10 year citizenship rights removal. Wilhelm Schroeder 28 received five months and two youths aged 18 and 19 got two and four months.
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Presa
Quintuplets Second Birthday Observed Quietly in Ontario
Dionne quintuplets mark their second birthday at Dafoe hospital in Callendar Ontario with no party and no cake. Parents Mr and Mrs Oliva Dionne declined attendance while guardian David Croll said invitations were extended. The children remain in good health, averaging 23.8 pounds and 32.2 inches tall, with nurse Jacqueline Noel guiding a small dance and song notations.
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Associated Press
Callendar
Ontario
Oliva Dionne
David Croll
Allan Roy Dafoe
Jacqueline Noel
Federal Attack on Terrorists A Possibility
Detroit May 28 The Black Legion, long secretive and armed, faces potential federal and state scrutiny as prosecutors say mobilization plans existed to be used during a Communist uprising. Attorney General Cummings will decide on federal intervention over alleged night rider terrorism in multiple states. Wayne County judges weigh a grand jury probe into violent incidents in Detroit metro. Ohio and Columbus reports tie night riders to threats against Governor Davey’s daughter. Cleveland police reopen two unsolved deaths after tips.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Black Legion
Duncan C. McCrea
Washington
Homer S. Cummings
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Wayne County
Michigan
David H. Crowley
Cleveland
Columbus
Ohio
Martin L. Davey
Charles Poole
East Park Lady Succumbs Today
Mrs. F. M. Walkup aged 88 died early today at her daughter Mrs. Frank Muncy’s East Park home after seven months bedfast. Born July 23 1847 in Greenbrier County she recalled Civil War events and helped hide family property. Survived by children Mrs. Muncy Mrs. Laura Hurt Seattle WA Mrs. Maggie Gill Lawn WV E S Walkup C C Walkup Henry Walkup Ramp Lester Walkup Blue Sulphur and L A Walkup Conway IA a brother Nathan Price Rupert and sister Mrs Jane Hayslett Clintonville. Funeral Sunday at 11 in Big Clear Creek Greenbrier County church with burial at the family cemetery under Foster funeral directors.
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F. M. Walkup
Frank Muncy
East Park
Clintonville
Muncy
Laura Hurt
Seattle
Washington
Maggie Gill
Lawn
W. Va
E. S. Walkup
C. C. Walkup
Henry Walkup
Ramp
Lester Walkup
L. A. Walkup
Conway
Iowa
Nathan Price
Rupert
Jane Hayslett
Big Clear Creek
Greenbrie County
Burt
Foster
Composer George Spink Dies at 63 in East Providence
Providence, May 28 George Spink a 63 year old composer of early 1900s hits and pioneer Lubin studio scenarist in suburban Philadelphia died yesterday at his East Providence home after about two years of illness He wrote music and lyrics for songs sung by Eva Tanguay Blanche Ring Trixie Friganzia Nora Bayes and Andrew Mack
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Associated Press
Providence
R. I
George Spink
Old Lubin
Philadelphia
East
Spink
Eva Tanguay
Blanche Ring
Trixie Friganzia
Nora Bayes
Andrew Mack
Weather forecast for the mountains and city
The forecast calls for fair and cooler conditions with light frost in the mountains tonight. Friday will be fair and cool, Saturday likely fair with moderate temperatures. Yesterday's high reached 82 degrees and the low last night was 52. Report by L. A. Mauck.
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Lawson
Holt
West Virginia
Edward Will
Britain
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England
American Sheet
Captain Jones
Omaha
O. FE. Banks
Northfork
B. N. Bennett
R. G. Norman
C. H. Padden
Wheeling
Dionne
Cummings
McCrea
L. A. Mauck
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