Congress Opens Sixty Ninth Session Amid Calm Senate. Insurgents Clash in House
Washington reports the sixty ninth Congress opens with a calm Senate and a turbulent House. Nicho Longworth elected Speaker amid a three cornered race. Henry Cooper of Wisconsin and Finis Garrett opposed. The House begins with nearly a thousand bills and a wastebasketful of measures at the Speaker's desk.
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Washington
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Nicho Longworth
Ohio
Repubblican
Finis J. Garrett
Tennessee
Henry Allen Cooper
Wisconsin
Garrett
Cooper
Longworth
Representative Garrett
la Follette
Robinson
Indiana
Williams
Missouri
Edwin P. Thayer
Indianapolis
Gerald P- Nye
North Dakota
Sorlie
Nye
Dawes
Robert Marion la Follette
Lenroot
Mr. Cooper
Beck
Browne
Frear
Lampert
Nelson
Peavey
Schafer
Schneider
Voight
Sinclair
Kvale
Independent
Wefald
Farmer Labor
Minnesota
la Guardia
New York
Barbour
Swing
California
Burtness
James
Woodruff
Michigan
Keller
Rathbone
Illinois
Simmons
Nebraska
Tan
Hirtess
Unfavorable Report Seating Senator Nye
The North Dakota Attorney General ruled Governor Shortie had the right to appoint Firmald Nye as United States senator from North Dakota to fill the late Edwin Ladd’s seat, amid political clash over the vacancy and party control.
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Nye
North Dakota
Tof
Virginia
Vilewes
Pri N. D. Dee
Goorns Shater
Jonay
Shortie
United States
Edwin Ladd
Whole Town's Talking farce delights Lions Club audience
Under Lions Club direction, Mrs. George M. Barger Jr presented The Whole Town's Talking in the city auditorium last evening. The comedy drew a large crowd with lively settings from Warlick Furniture Co and other local firms. John Mastin as Henry Simmons and Mrs. J. B. Wagner Jr as Ethel Simmons received praise for their performances, with Ralph Millar as Chester Binney delivering broad comic energy in a tale of mistaken romance and staged intrigue.
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Lions Club
George M. Barger, Jr
City Auditorium
Warlick Furniture Company
John Mastin
Henry Simmons
Ethel Simmons
J. B. Wagner, Jr
Chester Binney
Ethel
Simmons
Binney
Pinney
Lettie Lythe
Donald Swift
Ralph Millar
Tax reduction gains attention as new Congress opens
Floor Leader Tilson and Democratic leader Garrett push immediate action on a Ways and Means tax relief bill. Chairman Green reports a $325,736,000 annual cut with broad relief. Rainey and Hull oppose heavy surtax cuts, favor repealing excise and special levies.
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Washington
House
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Green
Tilson
Connecticut
Garrett
Tennessee
Treasury
Senate
Rainey
Tllinois
Hull
Boiler Explosion Kills Two On Local Train Near Elkton
In Elkton Maryland on December 7 a locomotive boiler exploded just north of Child's Station killing Engineer R J Ryan age 65 of Wilmington Delaware and Fireman A W Charman age 23 of Havre De Grace Maryland. Ten passengers were injured as two tracks were torn up for about 100 yards and traffic paused until late tomorrow. Baltimore and Ohio rerouted fast trains.
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Elkton
Timore and Ohio Railroad
Child's Station
Here
R. J. Ryan
Wilmington
Del
A. W. Charman
Havre de Grace
Philadelphia
Maryland
Baltimore
Baltimore and
Ohio
Ohio and West Virginia agree on motor traffic
Representatives of West Virginia and Ohio reached a full understanding today on reciprocal agreements for operation of motor trucks across the state line. Indiana and Ohio conferees remain far apart on the issue after two years of discussion. Formal agreements are expected to be signed.
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Columbus
Ohio
West Virginia
Indiana
West
Final Bluefield census count ends today
Counting of Bluefielders wraps up today with final check for omissions. Citizens urged to call Mr. Nicholas at 84 to report anyone missed. Virginia Side already counted and annexation districts being added once court decisions finalize.
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Bluefield
Nicholas
Chamber of Commerce
Census Bureau
Virginia
Federal Census Bureau
Prohibition 13 Becomes Focal Point in House Bills
Washington dispatch outlines two streams of prohibition bills entering the house hopper. Wet measures seek repeal of the eighteenth amendment and liquor legalization amid beer and wine proposals, while dry measures push stronger enforcement, including penalties for bootleggers and a crackdown on imports.
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Washington
Tinkham
Massachusetts
Cramton
Michigan
Representative Hill
Maryland
Dyer
Missouri
Stalker
New York
Judiciary Committee
House
Representative Blanton
Texas
Judiciary
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Prohibition Report Details November Enforcement Totals
Charleston W Va December 7 1931 The state prohibition department reports 197 arrests 41 stills and seven automobiles seized in November Commissioner W G Brown publicized the figures The Kanawha district led with fifty three arrests followed by McDowell Wood Harrison Wyoming and others with smaller counts Automobile seizures occurred in Mineral Wayne Barbour Harn Jefferson and one more location.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Prohibition Department
W. G. Brown
Kanawha
McDowell End Fo
Wood
Harrison
Wyoming
Raleigh
Wayne
Payette
Logan, Marion and Mineral
Tucker and Roane
Mingo
Barbour
Cabell Doddridge
Marshall, Mercer, Nicholas and
Pocahontas
Boone, Brooke and
Mason
Mineral
Harn and
Jefferson
Woman Sentenced for Mail Fraud in Marriage Plot
Anna Grayson of Belmont county was sentenced to four months in jail by Judge Benson Hough on two counts of using the mails to defraud. She admitted taking $250 from Jack Benat of Portland to fund a marriage plan in Oregon, then failed to report for the wedding. Detectives say she used similar ruses on men in other cities.
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Columbus
Ohio
Anna Grayson
Belmont County
Benson Hough
Miss Grayson
University of Pittsburg
Jack Benat
Portland
Ore
Oregon
Benat
Married Two Days Woman Jumps From Bridge in Park
Philadelphia report states Mrs. John Jackson aged twenty four married just two days leapt from a high bridge in Fairmount Park and died. Her husband offered no reason for the tragedy.
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Philadelphia
John Jackson
Fairmont Park
Winters pleads to second degree murder in wife’s death
Jersey City George Winters 24 pleads non vult to second degree murder for hacking his wife Margaret to death on October 24. He is sentenced to from ten to thirty years in state prison.
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Jersey City
N. J. Dee
George Winters
Margaret
Sherry Might Be Served in Philadelphia Exposition
Exposition officials announced plans to serve sherry such as Malaga and Spanish blends to visitors in Philadelphia. Alexander Moore reported the move. Marin ambassador in Madrid approved a policy to allow free tasting without American prohibition restrictions. Asher Baker, head of prohibition officials, assessed the plan for legality.
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Malaga
Span
Alexander Moore
Marin
Madrid
Asher
Baker
Lodge of Sorrow 1925 Session at Bluefield Elks
Bluefield Lodge No. 269 held its 1925 lodge of sorrow at Colonial Theatre with Howard Matthews as speaker and a program of music. Seventy-five members were honored as the roll of deceased brothers was read by secretary John F. Land. The ceremony included solos, a male quartet, and a benediction, marking a solemn annual tribute to departed Elks.
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Colonial Theatre
Bluefield Lodge No
PP. O. Elle
Howard Matthews
Wheeling B. P. O.E. Lodge
Bluefield Lodge of
Pikes
Bluefield Lodge
John F. Land
Bluefeld Lodge
Vt. Elks
W. F. Stocker
CO. H. Bradley
R. D. Finnegan
Wm McCarthy
B. H. Lovely
W. F. Hull
H. E. Gook
J. K. Turner
G. W. Fizer
O. J. Woods
BE. W. Pearman
L. A. Dunn
Helen Mitche
W. R. Shriner
Mitchell
Matthews
William H
Thomas
Mr. Matthews
Keister
Henry B. Kitts
Lodge of Sorrow
Benevolent, Protective Order of Elks
Varney Must Serve His Time at Moundsville
The West Virginia Supreme Court denied Varney of Williamson a writ of error in his second degree murder conviction for the killing of Henry Crigner in Mingo County. He must serve eighteen years in the Moundsville penitentiary. The court also denied writs of error in three petitions by Herbert F. Dawson against Dean Coal Mining Company, arising from a tramroad accident in Mineral County.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Supreme Court
W. R. Varney
Williamson
Mingo County
Henry Crigner
Varney
Moundaville
Herbert F. Dawson
Dean Coal Mining Company
Mineral County
Dawson
Keyser
Army Court Rested Gage in Mitchell Trial
Navy witnesses completed testimony in the Mitchell case as the army phase prepared to begin. Four naval experts testified on air defense and aircraft policy while officers, including Fechet and Druin, were listed among expected defense witnesses for the war department.
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Army Court Hs
Gage
Mitchell
Washington
William Mitchell
Navy
Army
War Department
James F. Fechet
Air Service
Hugh Druin
HH. Frost
Charlies P. Purgess
Merc A. Mitascher
W. H. Standley
Frost
United States
Asia
Bering Strait
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Pacific
Burgess
Navy Department
Bluefield and Welch Protest Phone Rate Increase
Protests from Bluefield Welch and Keystone against Bluefield Telephone Company rate increase heard by the Public Service Commission. Princet on and Northfork sent wires but were not represented. Hearing postponed for commission statisticians to review accounts. Ravenswood municipal electric light and water plant seeks higher electric rates with proposed eight cents per kilowatt inc場luding one cent discount.
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Charleston
W. Va
Bluefield
Welch
Keystone
Bluefield Telephone Company
Public Service Commission
Princeton
Northfork
Municipal Electric Lght
Ravenswood
Large suit filed by stockholders over attorney failure
Fifty nine stockholders of the National Equitable Investment Company of Virginia sue Foster La Guardia and Cutler in New York supreme court for damages of 54 360 alleging the firm failed to protect clients in litigations to recover 62 887 paid for stock.
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New York
Supreme Court
National Equitable Investment Company of Virginia
Foster, la Guardia and Cutler
Mrs. Coolidge Visits Chicago Farm Wives Reception
An article notes Mrs. Calvin Coolidge visiting Chicago with President Coolidge. Graceful praise from attendees highlights her sincerity. The Georgian House reception featured 68 farm women from across the United States, with Coolidge roses and amber jewelry to complement her ashes of roses attire.
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Chicago
American Farm Borenu Federation Committee
Coolidge
Georgia House
Hotel
Sherman
A. Cheney
William Dever
United States
Texas highway funds probe expands to state offices
Travis county grand jury begins wide inquiry into Texas highway expenditures with orders to indict if evidence supports it. Attorney General Moody may testify if summoned. Witnesses include Frank Lanham and Joe Burkett, former highway commission members, while Ferguson aides discuss possible special sessions.
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Austin
Texas
Travia County Grand Jury
Justice of the Peace
J. R. Hamilton
Dan Moody
Highway Department
Moody
Travis County
Frank Lanham
Joe Burkett
Highway Commission
James E. Ferguson
Miriam A. Ferguson
T. K. Irwin
Dallas
Bankers in Florida Hold First Day of 14th Annual Convention
Secret committee sessions opened the fourteenth annual convention of the Investment Bankers Association of America in St Petersburg Florida. Open business sessions begin tomorrow with Roy Morrin of Brown Brothers and Company expected to be elected president.
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Florida
St. Petersburg
Fla
Investment Bankers Association of America
Roy Morrin
Brown Brothers and Company
Pinchot to Meet Coal Region Business Men Over Suspension
Governor Pinchot prepares for a closed meeting with six or so civic and business leaders from the anthracite region in Harrisburg tomorrow as part of his bid to end the mining suspension. He says the discussion will not alter the November 28 plan and will focus on public interests. Also, Senator Pepper says he will wait for the president’s administration policy before acting on the anthracite issue.
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Pinchot
Coal Region
Harrisburg
Coolidge
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Washington
Genator Pepper
Republican
Pennsylvania
President Coolidge Hits Farm Bureau Convention At Chicago
President Coolidge spoke five hours in Chicago to the American Farm Bureau Federation urging support for independent farm marketing and opposing government price fixing. He recalled boyhood on a New England farm and urged welfare through cooperation while warning against paternalistic relief plans. The visit coincided with Congress opening and drew applause though some regions viewed it unfavorably.
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Chicago
Federation
New England
Coolidge
Middle West
American Farm Bureau Federation
Washington
Congress
Sherman Hotel
J. P. Reed
Minnesota Federation Bureau
The
American Farm
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Sutle
Bob Lafollette
Municipal Auditorium
Prohibition
Philly
Wheeling
Moundsville
William
Commander Mitzscher
Roosevelt
Patrick Cor
Bluefield and
Calvin Coolidge
Ma Ferguson
High Courts
American Farm Bureau
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