Gore asks legislature to raise gross sales tax rates
Governor Gore urged the West Virginia legislature to increase gross sales tax rates to meet state needs and to correct inequities in the existing tax system. He warned against using the ten cent direct levy for general expenses and cited deficits in state institutions, road bonds, and sinking funds, urging a balanced, revenue-based approach.
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Charleston
W. Va
Finance Committee
Gore
Senate
House
Board of Public Works
Card of Public Works
Vahways
Institute For the State College
School For the Blind
Terra Alta
Man Given Year in Jail for Carrying Firearms in West Virginia
In Moundsville on April 21 Tony Ramos received a $100 fine and one year in jail for carrying firearms. Ssuire W. E. Clayton imposed the sentence after an arrest of six Fairmont men amid miners agitation. The group faced a 200-strong mob at the courthouse. others were released on $1,000 bonds after Glendale arrests following an assault on John Scott’s home.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Costa
Ssuire
W. E Clayton
Tony Ramos
Fairmont
Glendale
John Scott
Delegates Pause in Final Rush of Legislative Work
In Charleston on April 21 the West Virginia House of Delegates halted its final session as the finance committee reviewed revenue and budget plans. Amendments to the constitution on budgeting and taxation were debated along with mining and road laws, with the senate approving two constitutional amendments.
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Charleston
W. Va
House of Delegates
Finance Committee
House
Gore
Senate
Friends of the Roposal
Bishop
Cooke
Cotton
Robinson
Bayer
Hall
Morris
Hill
Kart
R. M. Lambie
Dawes Urges Senate Rule Reform For Square Deal
Vice President Charles G. Dawes, at the Associated Press twenty-fifth anniversary banquet, argues for cloture in the U S Senate to end minority delay. He says reform must be nonpartisan and in the national interest, urging citizens to press their senators for action.
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New York
Charles G. Dawes
Associated Press
United States Senate
Frank B. Noyes
Dawes
Waldorf-Astoria
Senate
Senate of the United States
Underwood
Alabama
Kellogg
Democratic Party
Senate of
United States
Girl Who Smothered Her Child Is Sentenced
Hilza beth M. King, nineteen, of Woodmont, found guilty of manslaughter in the death of her newborn girl, allegedly smothered March 4 at home. A jury verdict led to a ten year penitentiary term imposed by Judge Peter Worthington. Attorneys stated an appeal and bond appeal would follow adjournment.
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Rockville
Hilzabeth M. King
Woodmont
Peter €. Worthington
Railroads plan long lease and union to tie Virginian, N& W
Norfolk and Western and Virginian Railways boards approve a 999 year Virginian lease to N and W with cost guarantees and 6 percent net stock payment. Stockholders meet late May to consider the deal, which then goes to the Interstate Commerce Commission for approval. The arrangement aims to craft a broader eastern trunk line system linked to Pennsylvania interests and the Van Sweringen plan. Virginian Railway runs 440 miles from Sewell's Point to Deepwater tapping coal regions.
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New York
Norfolk and Western
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad
Virginian Railway
Pennsylvania
van Sweringen
Financial
Lehigh Valley
Lackawanna
New York Central
Virginian Railwa
Sewell’s Point
Norfolk
Deepwater
W. Va
W. Z. Ripley
Harvard University
Commission
Holt
Virginian
Norfolk and Western and
Virginian Railways
West Virginia
Lakes
Northwest
Interastate Commerce Commission
Central Pacific
Southern Pacific
Central
Union Pacific
Coal
Roanoke
Tide
Norfolk Ad Western
Alliance
Lake
North West
Roanoke United
One Day Extension of Legislature Session Ordered
Governor proclaims an extra day as the legislature extends its session. The Senate keeps the budget bill on the calendar, the House sits briefly then adjourns. Bills passed include death benefits for department members and a salary raise for the superintendent. A road bonds resale measure is advanced toward a revolving fund for road work. Local acts include WVU demonstration work and Monongalia tuition refunds.
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Charleston
W. Va
Senate
House
Johnson
Marsh
Henshaw
Yoho
Willis
Senate Road Commission
West Virginia University
Monongalia County
Grafton Presbytery Plans Next Meeting in Fairmont
The Grafton Presbytery met in Clarksburg and set the next session for June 4 in Fairmont to install Rev. George E Evans of Elizabeth New Jersey at the First Church of Fairmont replacing Dr. H G Stoetzer who resigned. Rev A G Becker of Grafton was moderator and Rev Alexander Mecca of Clarksburg was chosen moderator for six months. Rev Koontz resigned as Mannington pastor to join the First Presbyterian church at Pikeville Kentucky.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Grafton
Clarksburg
George E- Evans
Elizabeth
N. J
H. G. Stoetzer
A. G. Becker
Alexander Mecca
Koontz
Mannington
First Presbyterian Church
Pikeville
Raifuku Maru Disaster Drowns 38 Japanese Seamen
A Japanese freighter Raifuku Maru sinks 180 miles south and west of Sable Island after a nine hour battle with a half gale. The Homeric and Tuscania attempt rescue as communications relay agonizing messages from the doomed captain reveal smashed lifeboats and mounting danger.
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Sable Island
New York
White Star
John Roberts
Robert
Southampton
Roberts
Tuscania
Scythia
Cunard Line
LA Alexander
Halifax
Canso
Langenger
Proposed Norfolk and Western Lease of Virginian Railway
Officials played down a reported plan to lease the Virginian Railway to the Norfolk and Western as unreliable. Local interests say the move appears N and W initiative with no Pennsylvania involvement, despite long circulated rumors of a wider eastern trunk line reorganization.
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Virginian Railway
Norfolk and Western Railway
Two Roads
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
New York
Norfolk and Western
Norfolk Western Virginian railways agree on lease plan merger
Norfolk and Western and Virginian railways boards approve a potential lease to unite operations subject to stockholder approval and ICC consent. The arrangement would allocate expenses and debt, raise a six percent dividend on Virginian stock, and expand electrification from McDowell WV to Roanoke VA enhancing through routes and reducing duplication.
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United Roads
Upper Branch
Cunarder
Homeric
Pennsylvana
Rogers
McDowell
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