Stirring Appeal For Mothers And Babes In West Virginia
A West Virginia house debate features Dr. Harriet B. Jones urging midwife licensing to aid mothers and infants amid physician shortages. The house passes the bill 56 to 17. Evolution teaching sparks contested discussion on whether it may be taught as theory, not fact, with Robinson defending limits on how it is presented in schools.
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Charleston
W. Va
Harriet B. Jones
House of Delegates
West Virginia
Jones
Dlegate Rawei
Belknap
House
Dr. Jones
Robinson
Armstrong
Ball
Bird
Brown
Delander
Duval
Dye
Furbee
Harvey
Hawkins Hays Handley
Lockhart
Read
Rine
Roberts
Committee On
Iviegate Radabaugh
Upshur County
Dealey
Skece
Senate
Aerial searchers locate missing photographers over Everglades
Sebring Florida March 31 Captain R L Smith and B P Lott both of New York aerial photographers missing since early Saturday on a photographic expedition over the Everglades were found this evening by aerial searchers.
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Sebring, Fla
R. L. Smith
B. P. Lott
New York
Everglades
Peculiar Crunch in Iowa Mining Strike Sparks May Day Plan
In Clarksburg West Virginia union officials predict a 95 percent turnout of miners leaving work for an April 1 strike in nearby bituminous fields while operators promise protection for those staying. Eight to ten organizers have visited the field and Mitchell Day eight hour celebration with AFL President William Green is planned. City officials welcome him at Carmichael auditorium where thousands are expected. A long list of coal companies signed notices that operations will be peaceful and uninterrupted.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Nick Fontechio
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Harrison G. Otis
Green
Carmichael Auditorium
Stafford Gas Coal Co
Reynolds Coal Co
Trumbell Coal Co
Shriver Coal Co
Jamison Coal and Coke Co
Bethlehem Mines Corporation
Clark Coal and Coke Company
Fairmont Big Vein Coal Co
Fairmont-Reynoldsville Coal Co
Coonnelleville Hydrade Coal Co
Hudson Coal Co
Maryland Coal Company
West Virginia
Cambria Coal Co
Bear Valley Coal Co
Brown Coal Co
Tressier Coal Co
Delmar Coal Co
Elkhorn Coal Corporation
Long Fuel Co
Montfair Gas Coal Co
Jack Ran Coal Co
Pawva Coal Co
Lambert Run Coal Co
Hughes Coal Co
Seminole Gas Coal Co
Smith Bros. Coal Co
Gilbert Fairmont Coal Co
Brady Warner Coal Corporation
Continental Coal Co
Rosedale Coal Co
River Seam Coal Co
Wheel Coal and Coke Co
Bridge Coal Co
National Fuel Co
Joe Cox Coal Co
South Pittsburg Coal Co
Peoria Coal Co
Thomas Love Coal and Coke Co
Moke Co-operative Coal Co
Talbott Fuel Co
County
Morgantown
Monongalia
van A. Bittner
United Mine Workers of America
T. C. Townsend
Charleston
United Mine Workers
Bittner
John L. Lewis
Feld
George 8. Brackett
Fairmont
Northern
Green Will Speak at Union Parade in Morgantown
William Green AFLO president will speak at Morgantown events marking the eight hour day in industry. A parade of thousands of union workers precedes a stadium address with Van A. Bittner and T C Townsend as speakers. A second talk will occur in Clarksburg. Miners urge a nationwide strike while operators expect most companies to stay open.
Two Men Die Under Metal Bars at Mercer Plant
Farrell March 31 two workers Choe Lang and William Finnimere were crushed when thousands of tons of 200 pound metal bars collapsed at the American Sheet and Tinplate Company plant in Mercer. A magnet crane was used to attempt recovery of the bodies.
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Farrell
Choe Lang
William Finnimere
Mercer
American Sheet and Tinplate Company
Gerald Chapman trial nears end amid witness discrediting
Hartford date uncertain. The Gerald Chapman trial resumes with Frederick J. Groehl seeking to undermine Walter B. Sheen the chief prosecution witness. Sheen once associated with known criminals, and his Springfield Mass confession linked Chapman to a mail robbery murder plot in New Britain and the Davidson Leventhal store incident.
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Hartford
Conn
Underworld
Gerald Chapman
Turtle
Frederick J. Groehl
Chapman
Walter B. Sheen
Springfield
Mass
Dietmen
Sheen
Davidson & Leventhal
New Britain
Las
James Skelly
Groeblel
Shean
Thetorney
Hugh M. Alcorn
Jennings
Groehl
WV Miners Strike Extends as Union Pushes In West Virginia
William Green arrives in Fairmont to speak at Morgantown and Clarksburg rallies as union leaders prepare for an April 1 strike. Officials predict most union mines will close within a week, while non union mines face looting concerns as advertisers urge workers they may labor safely with protections.
Merger of Chesapeake and Ohio and Hocking Valley Ratified
Stockholders approved the merger of the Chesapeake and Ohio with the Hocking Valley into the Greater Nickel Plate System by 566,042 to 162,818 shares in Richmond Virginia. Stormy scenes marked the vote as inspectors tallied proxies amid a long night vigil.
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Chesapeake and Ohio
Hocking Valley
Richmond
Tore
Atlnight
Minor 7
Albert I. Stiles
New York
Gaya Paar
Newton
Ohio
Chesapeake
Motion Picture Titles Must Bear Old Names Prominently
Washington on March 31 the federal trade commission ordered four respondents in New York Philadelphia and Boston to show their old film titles as prominently as the new ones when reissuing motion pictures.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Prohibition and Chiropractors Debate In West Virginia Senate
Charleston W V March 31 Prohibition laws and chiropractic licensing dominated the senate debate with amendments offered on intoxication penalties search warrants and officer authority A measure to extradite defendants in non support cases passed along with resolutions for a Beckley special levy and a Brooke county jail levy Other bills on line fences child welfare bonds bank taxation and Parsons city levy were approved by the senate.
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Prohibition Department
Senate
Kee
Supreme Court
Kidd
Johnson
Hogg
Hugus
House
Herald
Deckley
Brooke County
Clarksburg
Parsons
Ten Round Draw in Ohio Bout Between Ferry and Brennan
Martina Ferry of Ohio and Mickey Brennan of Detroit fought ten rounds to a draw in Youngstown. The match ended with a scoreless decision and fan attention focused on the welterweight clash.
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Martina Ferry
Ohio
Jimmy Muche
Ashy
Youngstown
Mickey Brennan
Detroit
Wally Patterson
Columbus
Beaver Pond district votes on 600000 direct benefit bond
The Beaver Pond board of education adopts a resolution calling an April 28 election for a 600 000 dollar bond issue to rebuild Beaver High School damaged by fire and fund upgrades in the district. Bonds at five percent would require a twenty cent levy and support a multi school building program including junior highs and new elementary facilities for colored students.
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Beaver Pond
Beaver High School
Board of Education
Ami
Bonda
Beaver High
Wade
Fairview
Ramsey Street
Memorial School
Cornett Avenue
East End
Glenwood Park
Ceres
Harry
Nemours
Brook Fork
Belcher
Wimner
Stony Gap
Bluefield
Genoa Avenue
Eugene
Bluefield Colored Institute
of Educa
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Guimina
Federation of Labor
Monongalia County
W. E. Shean
Union
American Federation Officer
West Virginia University Stadium
Mr. Green
J. A. Clark Jr
Jacksonville
Union Coal
Monongahela Valley
Mr. Bittner
Majori
Chiapeake
Otto
Nickel Pi
Chane + Sedge Mooncure
Interstate Commerce Commission
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