Mercer County Bar Association Adopts Redraft of By-Laws
The Mercer County Bar Association met at the Hotel West Virginian with Judge Herndon thanked by resolution for adjourning the court so lawyers could attend. Six new members A M Mahood Ajax Smith C O Arminott A J Lubliner and W W Ross were admitted. Judge Sanders introduced Millman president of Emory and Henry College who spoke on the U S educational program. Judge Strother of Welch gave a taxation address praised by all. The redraft of the constitution and by-laws was adopted after discussion.
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Mercer County Bar Association
West Virginian
George Richardson, Jr
George P. Crockett
A. M. Mahood
Ajax Smith
C. O. Arminott
Sanders
Richardson
Supreme Court
Matthews
Harold A. Ritz
D. J. F. Strother
Welch
Strother
West Virginia
Caesar
Assyria
Babylonia
Egypt
Pharaoh
Old
Greece
Athens
General Assembly
American Republic
Earthquake Shakes Central Japan Including Kobe and Osaka
A Tokio dispatch to Nippo Jiji reports a major quake hit central Japan early today, jolting Kobe Osaka and other cities. Docks were stopped on Shikoku. residents fled homes in coastal Satonaika areas seeking safety. No lives or major property loss reported at dispatch time.
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Poneeeze
Dee
Japan
Kobe
Osaka
Tokio
Nippu Jiji
Shikoku
Satonaika
Courage on the Wing Says Stunt Flying Is Mantra for Women
Chicago flyer Miss Lillian Boyer of the Aero Club of Illinois says daring is possible for women who stay fit, keep nerve, and think fast. She recalls a near-fatal stunt taught her caution and notes trick flying differs from office work she left behind after days as a file clerk.
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Lillian Boyer
Chicago
Aero Club of Illinois
Craig weighs remission pardon in BRT case
New York December 5 Comptroller Charles L Craig announced he considered the document signed by President Coolidge a pardon for his sixty day jail sentence for contempt of court in the Brooklyn Rapid Transit receivership case. He would decide after receiving an official copy. Braig said the message was practically identical to presidential practice.
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New York
Chas. L. Craig
Coolidge
Mayer
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Mr. Braig
Washington
Daughety
Ford for President on a Fusion Ticket
Sferre South Dakota December 5 1932 report claims a fusion conference between Henry Ford Democrats and Farmer Labor elements agreed on a state and national ticket. Henry Ford for president is headed by Eric Ellefson for governor and Mark Bates for U.S. senator. The Richards primary law requires written acceptance of nominations and platform before January 1.
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Sferre
S. D
Henry Ford
Farmer-Labor Party
Eric Ellefson
Sioux Falls
Mark P. Bates
Farmer-Labor
United States
Pennsylvania Railroad Represents Labor Board Hearing
Chicago December 5 The Pennsylvania railroad was represented by witnesses and counsel at a United States railroad labor board hearing before a decision. Sixteen cases including Federated Shop Crafts and the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way and Railway Shop Employes were heard, docketed over three years. Kr H Senner general counsel said management held the cases involved dismissals of employees were outside the boards jurisdiction due to discipline.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
United States Railroad Labor Board
Federated Shop Crafts
United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Pennsylvania
Kr. H. Senner
Bootleg King and 10 Conspirators Sentenced
Emanuel H. Mannie Kessler the bootleg king and ten conspirators were sentenced. Major John Holly Clark said a $100,000 bribe was offered to lay off the case via a lawyer friend. Warnings of witness tampering were raised as clemency pleas were heard. Becher and Birnbaum received two year terms and $10,000 fines. Others got 30 days to a year. Aron's sentence postponed due to illness.
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New York
Emanuel H
Mannie) Kessler
John Holly Clark
United States
Clark
Kessler
Falk
Major Clark
Morris M. Becher
Murray E. Birnbaum
Republicans seek policy on McCray indictments in Indiana
Indianapolis December 5 Clyde A Walb Republican state chairman arrived from LaGrange for talks with party leaders editors and lawmakers to decide the party stance over Governor Warren McCray's Marion county grand jury indictments He plans to consult broadly and delay any public decision until the legal outcome is clear Raymond C Morgan house speaker urged against quick action advising to wait for trial results and solid legal footing.
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Indianapolis
Clyde A. Walb
Lagrange
Warren T. McCray
Marion County Grand Jury
Wald
Walb
McCray
Raymond C. Morgan
House of Representatives
Bishop James Atkins Dies in Little Rock
Bishop James Atkins, 70, died in Little Rock Arkansas after paralysis struck him Monday night. A recognized Southern Methodist leader, he came from Junaluska North Carolina to preside over the Little Rock conference, retired briefly due to illness, then resumed duties before his death. He had been active in Sunday school development for over 25 years.
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Little Rock
Ark
James Atkins
Atkins
Junaluska
N. C
Bishop
Edward J Sailstad Confesses in Murder Arson Case
Edward J Sailstad former president of the Multitone Phonograph Co Eau Claire Wis arrested in Napa Cal on murder and arson charges. He allegedly exhumed Allen McFee's body from Lake Nebagamon cemetery took it to a rented house and burned it to fake his own death. Detectives traced him from San Francisco where he was described as Kingston.
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Napa
Cal
Edward J. Sallstad
Mulstone Phonograph Company
Eau Claire
Wis
Superior
Thomas C. Anglin
Napa County
Sailstad
Allen McFee
Lake Nebagammon
Douglas County
San Francisco
Here
San Francisco Examiner
Sailstead
A. Kingston
Duncan Matheson
J. R. Harris
Kingston
Edward J. Sailstad
Multitone Phonograph Company
United States District Court
Stillman Seeks to Overthrow Divorce Ruling in Guy Stillman Case
James A. Stillman renewed efforts to overturn supreme court denials of his divorce and to challenge the legitimacy of Baby Guy Stillman. The appellate division heard four hours of argument in Brooklyn as lawyers disputed letters said to be written by Mrs. Stillman to Fred Beauvais. Former Governor Nathan L. Miller led the attack on the letters' admissibility, while Mrs. Stillman’s counsel denied authorship.
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New York
James A. Stillman
Supreme Court
Guy Stillman
Appelate Division
Brooklyn
Morschauser
Nathan L. Miller
Banker
Isaac Mills
Beauvais
June Av Evans Denied Jury Trial In Estate Case
White Plains N Y Dec 5 Surrogate Slater denied the motion of June Av Evans actress to a jury trial in her claim against the estate of Dan R Hanna millionaire publisher of Cleveland Ohio She alleges Hanna contracted before death to pay her 125 a month for life in exchange for breaking an engagement to marry He has twice denied a jury trial an appeal to the appellate division follows
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White Plains
N. Y
Slater
June Avis Evans
Dan R. Hanna
Cleveland
Miss Evans
Hanna
Hen Cannot Steal Is Ruling of Court
In Chelsea district court Judge Blossom ruled a hen cannot commit larceny and Lady Camille remains under owner John Strom. The Blue Orpington hen that plucked a diamond from George A. Hennessey was returned to her coop. Hennessey has no redress against Strom unless the jewel is recovered or the bird is sold.
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Oston
Camille
Chelsea District Court
Blossom
Orpington
George A. Hennessey
Hennessey
John Strom
Strom
Senator Moses Pushes World Court For Hague Over League
New York December 5 Senator Moses of New Hampshire urged replacing the League of Nations era World Court with a Hague tribunal. He argued the Hague court offers a permanent, universal justice temple funded by signatory nations and free from the rejection of foreign councils.
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New York
Hauge
League of Nations
Moses
New Hampshire
American Association of Woolen Manufacturers
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Harding
America
Wild Life League Convention Opens in Wheeling West Virginia
The Wild Life League of West Virginia holds its second annual convention in Wheeling with officer elections, a banquet featuring fish and game, and speeches by former governor John J. Cornwell on four hills and streams Seth E. B. Gordon of Harrisburg on Pennsylvania game preserves and Congressman Benjamin L. Rosenbloom on national game and fish legislation.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Wild Life League of
West Virginia
John J. Cornwell
Seth EB. Gordon
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Benjamin L. Rosenbloom
Unnatural Rate Barrier Acknowledged By West Virginia Coal
William C Atwater testified on behalf of West Virginia smokeless coal interests that southern districts like Pocahontas Tug River and New River should receive through freight rates to Baltimore Philadelphia Trenton Jersey City and other eastern destinations. He compared miles per ton with Baltimore and Ohio and urged the ICC to remove the barrier, noting 9,000 new rate figures and routes proposed though objections from rival railroads were raised.
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Washington
West Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio
Potomac River
C. Higgins
New River Coal Operators Association
Mount Hope
W. Va
Smokeless Coal Operators Association of
Pocahontas
Tug River
Gulf
New River
Norfolk and Western
Chesapeake and Ohio
Butler
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Trenton
Jersey City
Albany
Standford
Conn
Lowell
Mass
Worcester
Boston
Higgins
Haxerstown
Lynchburg
Alta Vista
Highins
Hudson River Gateway
Camden-on-Gauley
Mr. Higgins
Virginian
Tidewater
Pennsylvania
Cam
Congress Ready MPO tr wae amme From President
The sixty-eighth congress organized today after a two day deadlock over the speakership. Speaker Gillett won on the first ballot with 215 votes, while the senate began in session briefly before adjournment. Committees must be organized and Christmas holidays delay much legislation.
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Washington
Dec
House
Coolidge
Congress
Senate
Gillett
Longworth
Ohio
Cooper
Wisconsin
Madden
Illinois
Garrett
James
Michigan
Reid
Berger
Kvale
Minnesota
Wefald
Werald
Nelson
Mr. Gillett
Miller
Buckley
Wm. Tyler Page
Former deputy finance official guilty of bank embezzlement
Donald W. Ross former deputy state finance commissioner in charge of liquidation of the defunct Night and Day Bank was found guilty of embezzling 28 250 dollars of the bank funds in a St Louis circuit court trial and received a five year sentence in the Missouri state penitentiary.
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St. Louis
Donald W. Ross
Night and Day
Hawaii Territory Extension of Federal Aid Bill Introduced
Washington December 5 A bill introduced by Hawaii delegate W P Jarrett asks extension of federal aid funding for farm loan vocational education and vocational rehabilitation acts to the Hawaii territory The measure seeks to extend existing programs to Hawaii and would affect local funding and services held under these federal aid programs.
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Washington
Territory of Hawaii
W. P. Jarrett
Hawaii
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Nicagca Bar Association
Herndon
Trigk
Craig
Ford
Penny
Labor Board Hearing
M’cray
Wasyoorneu
Orty
J. Orilgtal
Argon
Napa, Cal
Stillman
Evans
The
Hague
Wild Life League
Southern West Virginia
S. C. Higgins
Wiliam C. Atwater
Missouri
Hawaiian Territory
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