Clausen Calls Undistributed Earnings Tax Obstacle
Fred H. Clausen president of Van Brunt Manufacturing in Horicon Wis told the National Coal association that the federal surtax on undistributed earnings blocks business progress. He urged repeal of the tax which imposes 7 to 27 percent on undistributed profits, calling it an encroachment on private industry and a dangerous departure from American economic principles.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Fred H. Clausen
van Brunt Manufacturing Company
Horicon Wis
National Coal Association
Clausen
Miners Strike To Aid Sitters In Pennsylvania
In Lansford Pa seven thousand five hundred hard coal miners joined 39 sitdown strikers at the Coaldale Colliery in a wage protest. The Lehigh Navigation Coal company shut five units and storage plants as wives appealed for action. A UMW committee visited the site while 1,700 miners previously walked out, and four strikers were brought to the surface ill from damp tunnel exposure.
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Associated Press
Lansford
Panther Creek
Coaldale
Lehigh Navigation Coal Company
United Mine Workers
Peter Flyzik
Queen Sylvia VIII watches Mountain State Festival Parade
Queen Sylvia VIII and her princesses observed the parade from a decorated float in Elkins. The procession highlighted the Mountain State Forest Festival with two dozen bands and bugle corps marching along the route. Queen Sylvia, 19 year old Jane Greer of Morgantown, began her reign in a coronation ceremony.
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Associated Press
Elkins
Sylvia VIII
Mountain State Forest
Sylvia
Jane Greer
Morgantown
Fractions Lost on Stock Market
Lower prices ruled in today's stock market dealings as leaders stepped back fractions to a point or more. Losses were recorded for United States Steel Chrysler Douglas Aircraft General Motors Greyhound Corporation International Nickel and Anaconda.
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Associated Press
New York
United States Steel
Chrysler
Douglas Aircraft
General Motors
Greyhound Corporation
International Nickel
Anaconda
Robey Neal Returned to Prison Awaiting Reindictment
Robey Neal was brought back to the jail yesterday by Officers Leonard Collins and Tom Lewis as prosecutors consider re indicting him for malicious wounding after an indictment was found invalid due to being rubber stamped. He was ordered released from the state penitentiary pending action.
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Robey Neal
State Penitentiary
Leonard Collins
Tom Lewis
Slap on Face Kills Woman in California
In Los Angeles, William McKibbon, 41, crippled by infantile paralysis, says his mother Margaret McKibben, 74, died ten days after he slapped her face when she tried to deprive him of his wheelchair. State claims head injury caused death. defense cites pneumonia and cancer. McKibbon testified the mother accused him, pulled at the chair, and he acted in defense.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
William McKibbon
Margaret Elizabeth McKibben
McKibbon
Seniors Elect Manko Leader
John Manko is president of the Mark Twain high school senior class of 41, the largest in school history. Paul Brumfield is vice president and Benny Lewis secretary treasurer. Ruth Williams heads the cheerleaders. Carl Maligradi becomes Camera club president. First meeting Wednesday. Hallowe'en party planned.
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John Manko
Mark Twain High School
Paul Brumfield
Benny Lewis
John
Paul
Benny
Anna Brochick
Ruth Williams
Carl Maligradi
Camera Club
Printers Union Charges AFL Credentials Delay in Seating
Denver report says Dr W R Trotter of the printers union accused the AFL convention credentials committee of stalling the seating of CIO secretary Charles P Howard as a delegate. Howard, IU T U president and AFL affiliate, presented credentials, while the carpenters union protested over Howard signing a CIO charter for Pacific coast lumbermen.
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Associated Press
Denver
W. R. Trotter
Printers’ Union
American Federation of Labor Convention
Charles P. Howard
CIO
International Typographical Union
AFL
Howard
Carpenters’ Union
Drunken Driving Charges In Local Case
Buck Wright and Otis Kelly were charged today with drunken driving and held for police court hearings after separate arrests last night. Policemen Otis Lyons and Dee Hedrick detained them.
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Buck Wright
Otis Kelly
Otis Lyons
Dee Hedrick
Germans Question Roosevelt Motives Over Peace Talk
Berlin papers express puzzlement at the gap between Roosevelts Chicago peace address and the continued large American arms shipments to Soviet Russia. They editorially note the speech as antiwar while shipments imply a different policy in pursuit of peace.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Roosevelt
Chicago
Soviet
Russia
America
Virginia Tech cadets hurt in two-vehicle wreck
A Virginia Polytechnic Institute livestock judging squad of nine minus one cadet was en route to Columbus when two autos collided near Glen Daniel. Four cadets in the rear car were injured, three slightly. W B Besley was taken to Beckley hospital with severe facial lacerations. Driver George Lawrence failed to follow route and halted abruptly, causing the crash. Total damage was about 350 dollars. The party, including Professor P M Reaves, continued toward Columbus after the incident.
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Virginia Polytechnics Institute
Blacksburg
Beckley
Columbus
P. M. Reaves
Glen Daniel
W. B. Besley
Fairfax
Beckley Hospital
V. P. IL
O. B. Harris
George Lawrence
Bolt
Harris
Lawrence
R. A. Sandy
Professor Reaves
Besley
Fred Neel
M. W. Slusher
Joseph M. Huffman
R. E. Buckley
R.F. Hutcheson
Fugitive Back In Local Jail
Herbert Ailstock, 22, who escaped from jail April 21 while a trusty, is back in Beckley after state police found him in Hinton. Sheriff H. G. Farmer and Deputy Gordon Stevens transported him to Beckley. He had been awaiting transfer to the penitentiary at Moundsville after a year and a day grand larceny conviction. He reportedly just walked off.
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Herbert Ailstock
Hinton
H. G. Farmer
Gordon Stevens
Ailstock
Beckley
Moundsville
raft washed ashore may be earhart’s raft
a deflated rubber life raft washed ashore at Hawi Hawaii northwest tip of the island spurring a probe into a possible link to Amelia Earhart missing on her world flight. the raft bears the mark J Lansing Callan Air Raft and was built by Air Cruisers Inc. of Hammondsport ny, a firm tied to Commodore J Lansing Callan. navy officials say it could be Earhart related but not a navy raft. Earhart plane disappeared near Howland Island July 2.
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Associated Press
Honolulu
Hawi
Hawaii Island
Amelia Earhart
J. Lansing Callan
Hammondsport
New York
F. Marvin Callan
Albany
N. Y
Air Cruisers Inc
J. Lansin Callan
Miss Earhart
Thomas G. Richards
Navy
Pan-America
Hawaiian Inter-Island Airlines
Howland Island
Hawaii
Huffman Death Ruled Natural By Coroner
Coroner W W Hume ruled Willie Huffman died of spinal meningitis not from being struck by a rock. He examined the body after a rock wound reportedly tied to the case, local hospital staff said Huffman was treated there but a doctor favored meningitis and refused admission due to contagion concerns. Pete Busbus, who threw the rock, has not been found.
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W. W. Hume
Willie Huffman
Jailer Proud of Lack of Breaks in Ninth Month
Jailer C O Hanson said he was entering his ninth month in office and proud he had not suffered a jail break. There have been five attempts, he explained, attributing his success to strictness and close attention.
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C. O. Hanson
Japs to Denounce Nine-Power Treaty
General Iwane Matsui announced Japan's army is ready to use every means to subdue its opponents as Tokyo drafts a formal statement denouncing the Nine-Power Treaty. China reports losses of about a quarter million in three months of undeclared war. Domei says Japan will not participate in any treaty conference, keeping its fundamental policy unchanged.
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Associated Press
Iwane Matsui
Shanghai Front
China
Latsui
Japan
Shanghai
Pootung
Whangpoo River
Hongkew
International
Tokyo
United States
League of Nations
Foreign Office
Japane Foreign Office
Domei
Japan Times
FDR Delays Decisions on Hollywood School Lot Purchase
The Raleigh County board of education approved buying a $1,200 lot at the top of Crab Orchard road to build a four room Hollywood area school. It will relieve crowded conditions at Fitzpatrick Crab Orchard and Mabscott and is expected to be ready by Christmas with construction by the board itself. All members attended except K O Green of Ghent.
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Board of Education
Hollywood
Raleigh County Bank
Crab Orchard
Fitzpatrick, Crab Orchard
Mabscott
E. van Dorsey
Dorsey
K. O. Green
Ghent
Car Demolished In Overturning On Wet Road
Fireco A car slid off a wet dirt road and tumbled over an embankment Tuesday. It was almost completely demolished. Names of the owner and occupants were not learned.
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Register
Fireco
Doctor Fails to Recognize Fatal Collision Victim Daughter
Dr. C. H. Hall Elkins health chief treated Eloise Hall fatally injured in a car crash without realizing she was his daughter. The 25 year old radio singer from Fairmont was en route to the forest festival when her car collided with a vehicle driven by Herbert Fowler of Columbus. Two companions Howard Wolfe and Paul Abrogast and Fowler’s passenger C. E. Garrett of Clarksburg were injured. others were not seriously hurt.
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Elkins
C. H. Hall
Eloise Hall
Miss Hall
Fairmont
Fred Cunningham
Herbert Fowler
Columbus
O. She
Howard Wolfe
Paul Abrogast
Fowler
C. EK. Garrett
Clarksburg
John Peters Enlists in Naval Training at Bluefield
John Wallace enters naval service after passing an examination in Bluefield on Wednesday and being enlisted as a recruit. He departed for Richmond then Norfolk, Va, for a three month training camp with a one month furlough before ship duty. Carson Howell of Besoco will take the examination Sunday. both are 1937 Stoco High School graduates.
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Coal City
John Wallace
Navy
Bluefield
Richmond
Norfolk
Carson Howell
Besoco
Stoco High School
Graham Keeping Company Books Substitutes for Tully
Cecil Graham fills in as book keeper at Graham Keeping Company while Bill Tully attends the World Series in New York City with E. P. Hughes of Mullens.
Roosevelt Says No Major Policy Decisions Until Talks With Leaders
President Roosevelt told a large press conference he will not decide important policies until after conferring with his aides. He hedged on a decision about a special session of Congress before returning to Hyde Park to speak at Poughkeepsie’s 250th town anniversary and the 150th constitutional convention anniversary. He reiterated no plans to confer with Associate Justice Black amid the controversy over his Supreme Court appointment.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Hyde Park
Poughkeepsie
Black
Supreme Court
England Ready To Back France
Britain supported France for immediate decisive action to counter Italian moves if Mussolini's Spain note fails to meet Angl o French demands. Diplomatic circles in London and Paris expected one last effort to push withdrawal talks if the reply is conciliatory. otherwise protests and appeals would be deemed past.
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London
Britain
France
Mussolini
Spain
Paris
Italy
Roosevelt Faces Possible Neutrality Law Revision
Debate grows over Washington plans after China Japan tensions push for a nine power conference. Hull signals China sovereignty will be protected as nations weigh hosting in Washington. Critics urge broader participation including Russia while considering peaceful avenues and possible congress action on neutrality.
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Nye
North Dakota
Senate Munitions Committee
United States
Hull
America
China
League of Nations Assembly
Geneva
London
Washington
Fair and cool with frost across the region. Saturday fair
Local forecast notes light to heavy frost in the south and heavy killing frost in the north while tonight remains fair and cool. Yesterday's high reached 73 degrees and the low last night was 31, per L A Mauck. Saturday is expected to stay fair.
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