Garner Pushes Local Control Of WPA Funds
Washington dispatch reports Senator Garner advocates non partisan county boards to review relief money use and curb political manipulation. He contrasts with Barkley who backs WPA appointed certifying agents. House leaders hint at curbing relief program. Congress opens with many new members arriving for session.
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Washington
Ator Burnts
South Caro
Garner
Ralief
WPA
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Barkley
Nour
Byrnes
Garber
Withen
Senate Relief Committee
House
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Thomas
Per
Senate
Allred attacked over Texas workmen's compensation law
J W Gainer Austin representative of several compensation insurers rebuked Governor Allred for claims the Texas law is outdated. Gainer called the Industrial accident board essential and said the state’s system is near perfect. He criticized Allred for relying on a West Texas professor’s study by Dr Karl E Ashburn.
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Aubtlen
Gayéynay James V. Allred
Texas
J. W. Gainer
Austin
Allred
Gainer
Industrial Accident Board of Texas
Garner
Karl E. Ashburn
Texas Tech
West
French Pathe Fum collapse linked to Stavisky case mystery
Paris press speculates on a larger news arc behind the 140 million francs collapse of Pathe Fum. Judge Albert Prince, famed for the Stavisky scandal, is found dead on a Dijon railroad embankment. A Dijon businessman allegedly warned Prince to sell Pathe Natan shares. exact losses remain unsettled.
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Paris
Pathe Fum
Albert Prince
Ais
Prince
Sts
Stavisky
France
Tablnet
Dijon
le Petit Pyristen
Pathe-Natan
Heiress Divorce Test Looms In Florida Case
Asbury Park report says Florida copper heiress Barbary Guggenheim, now in California with her third husband, faces a potential court challenge to her divorce from Fred Wettich. Wettach’s attorney, Vincent P. Keuper, contends residence requirements were not met. Wettach seeks custody of their 8 year old son. Barbara married Henry Obre on December 6, a former Wettach estate employer.
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Asbury Dark
N. J
INS
Florida
Barbary Guggenheim
California
Fred Wettich
Vincent P. Keuper
Wetlach
Barbara
Grief Mentioned as Cause in Golden Gate Suicide
San Francisco dispatch reports friends say grief over relatives persecuted in Germany may have motivated the tenth death leap from the Golden Gate Bridge yesterday. Ruth Notingheimer Steiner, about 33, German Jewish immigrant who had been in the United States three months, leaped from the fogbound span. deputy coroner Tom Gavan said the body was recovered from the water about 200 feet below.
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San Francisco
Germany
Golden Gate Bridge
Ruth Notingheimer Steiner
Tom Gavan
Savannah Slayings Confessed by 25 Year Old Negro
A 25 year old man named Hunter confessed to slaying five people in a December robbery at a Savannah California filling station. Victims included J. S. Stillman and his family four members bludgeoned in their cabin. A shotgun and clothing were found in Hunters possession.
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Savannah
Samuel A. Cann
Mai Hunter
Hunter
Cann
J. 5. Stillman
Thoms Chester
John G. Miller
Yic
Hunter's Posses
Sion
Nine industries predict 1939 auto job surge in New York
New York reports a forecast of 90,000 extra auto workers and 150,000 more jobs in steel, glass, rubber, cotton and related sectors as leaders from nine industries predict a brighter 1939. Alvin McCauley of the Automobile Manufacturers Association cites a 20 percent rise in auto production, with ripple benefits across allied fields.
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New York
uPi
Alvin McCauley
Automobile Manufacturers Associa
Detroit
NBC Mic
Tom Girdler
Iron and Steel Institute
Atlantic City
N. J
Paul G. Willis
Association of Grocery Manufacturers
Phillip A. Henson
American Bankers Association
Saul Cohn
National Dry Goods Association
Edwin 8. Friendly
Publsh Ers Association
J. J. Pelley
Association of American Railroads
Joseph Schenck
Motion Picture Producers
John F. Anderson
Isocration
Housing plan hurdles cited for $2 million Bexar project
Assistant District Attorney L J Gittinger reported that creating a water district and an independent school district are the remaining obstacles to a $2,000,000 housing project on Babcock Road in Bexar County. County officials met with WPA advisor Cok Lawrence Westbrook to discuss legal details while funding would include about $1.5 million from the federal housing authority and roughly $300,000 from the WPA with private investment. County Commissioner Kim Donnell favored county sponsorship but warned against heavy expenditures, noting several months to resolve issues. Colonel Westbrook returned to Washington after the conference.
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Bexar County
Babcock Road
L. J. Gitlnger
Priday
Gillinger
Kim Donnell
Cok Lawrence Westbrook
WPA
Washington, D.C
Gittinger
Federal Housing Authority
Donnellshnownend
Westbrook
Washington
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