Bluefield Leads Endowment Drive First in State
Bluefield Post No. 9 of the American Legion topped the national endowment drive by exceeding its $3,000 quota and over subscribing by more than $700. Glen White, Beckley, and Matoaka followed, with Charleston praising Bluefield’s effort. Memorial Day observance plans were approved with the post to lead arrangements in Bluefield.
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American Legion Post
Bluefield
American Legion
Lers National Endowment
James H. McGinnis
Beckley
Bciefield Post No. 9
John B. Hollman
Glen White
Matoaka
McGinnis
Bluefeld
Robert A. Sheffy
The
West Virginia
Grafton
Bluefield No. 9
Mercer
Raleigh
American Legion Weekly
J. H. McGinnis
Bluefield Post No
C. C. Pulsifer
J. L. Slitkin
F. C. Wan Dusen
F. Prosser
Herbert Cooper
Ray Dunn
R. A. Miller
Spiller Hicks
Department
West Virginias
John Hall
Legionnaire Hall
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Navy dirigible Los Angeles flight postponed to tonight
Lakehurst New Jersey April 17 The flight of the navy dirigible Los Angeles to Bermuda was postponed to tonight because of heavy rains and high winds. Commander J B Klein Jr announced the earliest possible start would be tomorrow noon.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Navy
Los Angeles
Bermuda
J. 8. Klein, Jr
Unanimous Vote For Church Unification Noted
North Adams Massachusetts April 17 a unanimous vote was recorded by the Lay Electorates Association of the Troy Conference in the ninety third annual session favoring unification of the Methodist Episcopal Church with the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The laymen also backed admission of laymen to conference sessions by a large majority.
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North Adams
Mass
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Lay
Troy
Boxing Measures Pass Senate in West Virginia
West Virginia Senate approved the boxing bill under a suspension of constitutional rules by a 19 to 7 vote, paving the way for Governor Gore to sign and legalize boxing contests. The measure had faced strong opposition from Senator Alderson who warned of bringing prize fights to the state.
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Chasleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Howard M. Gore
State Senate
State Athletic Commission
House
Weer House
Mr. Darnall
Huntington
Senate
Darnall
B. P. Alderson
Clay County
Washington and Lee
Suit in Equity Filed Against Piggly Wiggly Companies
Joseph C. Turley and M B Hammett of Pocahontas sue B H Lineback president of Piggly Wiggly Pimbang seeking a receiver and dissolution of the partnership alleging forty nine percent stock in Mercer and Tazewell counties stores and the Bluefield Pocahontas operations. The suit seeks accounting and incorporation under West Virginia law.
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Bluefield
Pocahontas
Reply Corporation
United States District Court
Joseph C. Turley
M B. Hammett
B. H. Lineback
Piggly Wiggly Pimbang
Piggly Wiggly Company
Mercer
Tazewell
Princeton
Lineback
Limeback
Piggly Wisaly
H. C. Jones
Jones
Virginia
Turley
Hammett
Mr. Jones
West Virginia
Parahontas Fuel Company
Messrs. Turley
Rtners
Rtners With Mr. Lineback
Ly Wiggly Company
Bible Reading Bill Faces Governor in Ohio Schools
The Buchanan bill requires at least ten verses of Scripture be read daily in Ohio public schools with no sectarian comment. It passed the Senate 21 to 14 and now awaits the governor's decision, with opponents predicting a veto.
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Ohio
Buchanan
Senate
West Virginia House backs boxing bill with 45 40 vote
In Charleston on April 17 the West Virginia House passed a bill to legalize boxing with admission charges under a state athletic commission, reversing a previous defeat by 38 to 45. The measure cleared 45 to 40 after reconsideration, with 43 to 13 for reconsideration and a list of voting delegates released.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Athletic Commission
Senate
House of Delegates
House
Radabaugh
Thirte
Former Bishop Brown Barred from New York Diocese
New York April 17 Bishop Manning barred Dr William Montgomery Brown formerly Protestant Episcopal bishop of Arkansas from officiating or speaking in any parish or mission of the New York diocese. Manning called Guthrie's invitation to speak at St Marks the Bouwerie an open defiance of church law. Brown was found guilty of heresy last year by a trial court of the Protestant Episcopal Church, later affirmed by a court of review which ordered deposition.
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New York
William T. Manning
William Montgomery Brown
Potestant Episcopal
Arkansas
W. %.Guthrie
St. Marks-tthe-Bouwerie
Manning
Guthrie
Brown
St. Mark's
Protestant Episcopal Church
West Virginia House Bills Hit Extra Session Struggles
In Charleston on April 17 the Senate amended and passed a resolution to create a water power study commission to report at an upcoming extra session. The Byrer amendment names the governor as head with legislators and two civilian members, plus an expert hydraulic engineer. The senate also amended the fish and game law, changing rabbit hunting season dates, requiring landowner permits for duck hunting, and evaluating wildlife league membership amid opposition. Tax measures moved forward with a cross state tax hike draft expected to raise about three and a half million dollars, outlining higher rates on coal, oil, natural gas, minerals, timber, manufacturers, banks, and utilities, while retail sales and contractors were unchanged. The day included votes on refunding bonds, payments, and medical practice bills, plus a soldiers memorial in Randolph county and tuberculosis work in Monongalia county, before stalling on a vacancy appointment amendment.
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Charleston
W. Va
House
Senate
Byrer
Barbour County
Fish and Game Law
Wildlife League
Kee
Kidd
Herald
Hugus
Darnall
Randolph County
Tuberculosis Association
Monongalia County
Nickel Plate Merger Hearing Adjourned for One Week
Hearings on the Van Sweringen Nickel Plate merger before the interstate commerce commission were adjourned for six days until next Thursday after J. J. Bennet faced cross examination. Minority stockholders consider further questioning as the case probes stock ownership and corporate identity in the planned unification with Erie Hocking Valley Pere Marquette and Chesapeake and Ohio Railways.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
van Sweringen Nickel Plate
J. J. Bennet
Nickel Plate Company
Barnet
W A. Colston
Nickel Plate
Lernets
Erie
Hocking Valley
Pere Maranette
Chesapeake and Ohio
H. S. Bird
O. P
van Sweringen
Pere Marquette and Erie
Body of George Roberts Recovered From River
Huntington, April 17. The body of George Roberts eleven, who drowned in the Ohio river here on April 5, was found today by rivermen nearly two miles below the death site. He and Russell Carroll twelve were in a skiff pulled beneath a coal barge by the swift current. Carroll’s body was recovered the next day.
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Huntington
W. Va
George Roberts
Ohio River
Russell Carroll
Carroll
Miners Arrested Amid Contempt Charges as Union Pressure Rises
In Wheeling six miners face contempt charges for walking out at Richland Coal Company mine under federal injunction. Two more arrests bring total to six, with union leaders stating bonds will not be posted and cases will go to trial. In Fairmont four coaling stations and two mines will close, 850 workers laid off. Production shifts show 812 cars non union versus 240 from union mines. An Angelo Nude was jailed in Brooke county on trespassing charges at Collier.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Richland
Ledvinka
Howard M. Gore
Fairmont
Frank R. Lyon
Consolidation Coal Company
Highland
Pinnickinnick
Ida May
Baxter
Mr. Lyon
Northern West Virginia
George 8. Brackett
Northern
Brackett
Bittner
Cleveland
Ohio
Wellsburg
Angelo
Brooke County
Jones
Collier
Here
Pittsburg and West Virginia Coal Company
Unusual Chafin Prohibition Case Upheld by Appeals Court
Richmond Va April 17 The two year sentence and a $10 000 fine imposed on Don Chafin former sheriff and Logan county W Va for conspiring to violate the national Prohibition act were upheld by the United States circuit court of appeals Hatfield testified to profit sharing from a Barnabus road house known as the Blue Goose with Chafin to shield operations from law officers The case ties to Logan county political and industrial strife and the 1921 armed march in which Chafin deputized defenders
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Richmond
Don Chafin
Sherif
Logan County
W. Va
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chafin
Federal District Court
Huntington
Tennis Hatfield
Barnabus
George W. McClintic
United States District Court
West Virginia
Blue Goose
Hatford
Federal
Richmond Circuit Court of Appeals
McClintic
Benel
John Holt
Johnn Marcum
Fleming C. Leftwich
Hatfield
Logan
Hateld
Hetfield
Father and Son Die in Chair at Raleigh
At Raleigh North Carolina on April 17 a father W Stewart aged 51 and his son Elmer Stewart 23 were executed by electric chair for the confessed murder of Samuel Lilly deputy U S marshal and Leon George last year. The execution occurred in the death chamber in the prison in the presence of the son of one victim and the brother of the other. The father died first and the son, supported by guards, entered the chair and told the guards to take their time as he was not in a hurry.
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Raleigh, N
State Prison
Samuel Lilly
United States
Leon George
W Stewart
Elmer Stewart
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