Lorain husband tells tale of double tragedy and suicide
Sheriff backs husband claim that Margaret Heldman killed coal dealer Vernard Fearn then shot herself after years of marital strife and an affair. Authorities confirm Fearn and Heldman met, with a wedding night dance, as relatives seek further inquiry into the deaths in Canton and Dubois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Ohio
Wilbur C. Heldman
Lorain
Vernard KB. Fearn
Ed. Gibson
Margaret Heldman
Fearn
Heldman
Mary Fearn
Mre. Heldman
Gibson
Stark County
T. C. McQuate
Joe Horner
Dubois
Matthew Horner
Roy Pierce
Mrs. Heldman
Dubole
Senate to Take Up Prison Made Goods Sale Restriction Bill
The Senate agreed to consider tomorrow a House bill to restrict the sale of prison made goods. The measure proposes limiting products produced in prisons from entering the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Cosme
American crops valued at 8.46 billion in 1928 harvest
Washington reports the 1928 American harvest at 8,456,052,000 dollars, down about one percent from 1927. Wheat production rose to 902,749,000 bushels while corn output reached 2,763,000,000, with higher yields and larger acreage across 22 crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fire Fighters Clamor For More Broken Toys
Bill Dougherty and his crew at the South Side fire station have turned the upstairs into a toy workshop repairing and beautifying wrecked toys for a Community Christmas tree. Bluefield residents are urged to donate usable pieces from broken wagons engines and dolls so the firemen can create sailable toys for children on Christmas morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Dougherty
South Side
Santa
Bluefield
President Elect Hoover Tours Capital amid Public Greetings
Five hundred people greeted Mr and Mrs Hoover in Buenos Aires as he toured the capital with Mayor Cantilo. Hoover visited the post office building Palermo Park and the U S embassy before meeting President Yrigoyen and cabinet ministers at the government house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Hoover
Slayer of Infant Is Sentenced to Asylum
Chicago judge follows jury verdict finding Catherine Zalis insane at murder of her 4 month old daughter last April. She is committed to the state hospital for the insane at Elgin for life unless cured. A 3 week old and a 1 1 2 year old child will be removed from her custody. She allegedly smothered the baby to stop crying and burned the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Catherine Zalis
State Hospital
Elgin
Pan American conference offers mediation in Bolivia Paraguay dispute
The Pan American conference on arbitration votes to keep its committee and offer mediation to Bolivia and Paraguay to avert war. Secretary Kellogg informs the two governments of the decision, despite Bolivian hints against such a step.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bolivia
Paraguay
Kelloge
Boulder Dam Bill Passes Senate In Landmark 14 to 11 Vote
The Swing Johnson measure for a large Colorado River flood control irrigation and power project was approved 64 to 11 in the Senate, setting up conference with the House. It envisions a dam at Black Canyon, irrigation for seven states, a major power plant, flood controls, and a southern California canal.
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Washington
Colorado
Senate
Boulder Canyon
House
Colorado River
Imperial Valley
Caluegoe
California
Shipstead
Minnesota
Hayden
Ashuret
Arizona
Bruce and
Neely
Goff
Tydings
Secretary of Interior
Reed
Republican
Pennsylvania
Congress
Thirteen Month Year Favored by West Virginia Hoteliers
West Virginia hoteliers at Clarksburg endorsed a thirteen month calendar, citing benefits for hotel owners and managers. Delegates discussed state tourism advertising at the convention, with Rose B Johnson urging broader outreach. Officers elected: F L Carrenbauer president, J W Woodell vice president, O L Lowe treasurer, and Morrie Bailey among trustees. Tomorrow the group will move to Fairmont to conclude the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
W. Va
West Virginia
West Virginia Hotel Association
F. L. Carrenbauer
Wheeling
Rose B. Johnson
Charleston
Statertment of Agriculture
B. Peyton
J. W. Woodell
O. L. Lowe
Morrie Bailey
Huntington
Carrenbauer
J. M. Ayers
Bluefield
W. M. Brast
Pennsylvania Farmers Hay in December Surprises Porch
Towanda Pennsylvania December 14 farmers in Bradford County cut hay in December. Veteran farmers say it is the first time they recall such December haying in Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Towanda
I.a
M Brothers
Bradford County
Prince George Visits New York Amid King George’s Declining Health
Prince George, aboard the Durban, toured New York with Sir Earne Howard while reports said King George’s condition after surgery was less favorable than hoped. In London, the king’s pulse stayed steady but overall health remained a concern, with officials noting a somewhat disturbed day.
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New York
King George
Queen Mary
England
Prince George
Durban
Bermuda
Shchtseeing
Eerne Howard
Prince
Sir Elame
London
George
Buckingham Palace
Hugh Rigby
Stanley Hewett
Lord Dawson of
Penn
Government to Seek Fraud Proceeds on Salt Creek Lease
William J. Donovan told the Senate Lands Committee that the government will pursue fraud proceedings to recover profits from the Sinclair Salt Creek oil contract in Wyoming. The contract, awarded in 1922 under Secretary Fall and renewed in 1927, involved millions in profits and over 20 million barrels of oil. The hearing, also involving Senator Walsh, was continued to next Tuesday.
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Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
Salt Creek
Wyoming
Senate Lands Committee
William J. Donovan
Albert B. Fall
Interior
Donovan
Sinclair Crude OU
Sinclair Pipe Line Company
Mam Olpany
Sinclair
Department of Justice
Walsh
Democrat
Montana
Department
Work
Interior Department
Senator Walsh
New York World
Cme
Wold
Scholz addresses final Coal Institute session
The forty second annual Coal Mining Institute of America meeting closed in Pittsburgh with a tour of the Pittsburgh Coal Company’s Champion plant. Delegates from 46 states and 11 foreign countries, totaling more than 4900 coal mining men, heard Carl Scholz discuss coal washing and quality standardization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Coal Mining Institute of America
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Champion
Here
Carl Scholz
Charleston
W. Va
Radio Corporation and Victor Link in Near Merger
New York reports a near completion of a unified manufacturing and distribution group linking the Radio Corporation of America and the Victor Talking Machine Co. Officials and bankers held talks, with a general comment anticipated once minor details settle. Stocks rallied on the news, RCA common rising to 350 and Victor common at 142.50 after touching 150.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Radio
Talking Machine
Radio Corporation of America
Victor Talking Machine Co
Bankere
New York Stock Exchange
Nadia Corporation Common
Victor Common
Mrs Frances Kirkwood Acquitted of Manslaughter
In Queens County New York a jury acquitted Frances Kirkwood of first degree manslaughter in the death of her husband Dr Glen Kirkwood a longtime veterinarian. The trial followed a kitchen struggle at their Sunny side Long Island home with the defendant claiming she seized the knife in self defense and the wounds were accidental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frances Kirkwood
Glen Kirkwood
Queens County Court
Kirkwood
Sunnyaide
Longleland
Coal Industry's Ills Enumerated By Lewis, Davis
The article lists multiple federal actions and statements: the senate passes the Boulder Dam bill, the interior department supply measure worth 285 million dollars advances in the house, the Pan American conference proposes mediation in the Bolivian Paraguayan dispute, and influenza prevention rules are laid out by Surgeon General Cumming. It notes a 143 million agriculture department supply, a Wright brothers flying cross proposal to the president, an 8.456 billion dollar estimated value for this year’s American harvest, Moses of New Hampshire proposing a four point declaration for Kellogg treaty ratification, and charges to be pressed against Legend Company on Salt Creek oil fields.
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Senate
Boulder Dam
House
Interior Department
International Aeronautics Con
Department of Agriculture
Moses
New Hampshire
William J. Donovan
Legend Company
Salt Creek Oilie
Prominent City Official Dies After Heart Attack
The city’s leading lawyer and official John Roberts, 53, died suddenly at his home on 2021 Washington Street after suffering a heart attack. He was born in 1875 in Smyth county Virginia and educated at Emory and Henry College and the University of Virginia. He practiced law in Pocahontas before moving to Bluefield and joining McClaugherty and Meeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Roberts
Roberts
Washington Street
Mr. Roberts
Sue Sexton Roberts
Southwestern Virginia
Emory and Henry College
Emory
University of Virginia
Roberta
Pocahontas
W. L. Sexton
Bluefield
McClaugherty and Me
Five Acquitted in Patronage Conspiracy Case
Perry W. Howard and four other Republican leaders in Mississippi were acquitted by a federal jury in Jackson. Acquitted with Howard were H D Redmond A M Redmond Ed L Patton and J Scott Hubbard white deputy marshal in the Southern Mississippi district. The jury deliberated about twenty hours before the verdict. The special assistant attorney general said the outcome would not affect other similar prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Perry W. Howard
Mississippi
Howard
D. Redmond
A. M. Redmond
Ed L. Patton
J. Scott Hubbard
Marshall J
Fawin R. Holmes
Miller McGilchrist
United States
Three Men Sentenced to Die in Illinois Electric Chair
Joliet Ill Dec 14 The state board and governor remain silent as Domenic Bressitti John Brown Claud Clark all Negroes are moved to death cells to await execution for the Lake county farmer Will Becks murder last May.
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Joliet
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Domenic Bressitti
John Brown
Claud Clark
State
Illinois
Will Beck
Lake County
Voluntary Coal Consolidation Urged By Senate Panel
John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers and Secretary Davis pressed opposite views on stabilizing the ailing bituminous coal industry before a Senate Interstate Commerce sub committee. Lewis urged complete government regulation while Davis favored voluntary consolidation enabled by changes to anti trust laws as a path to reduced competition and improved efficiency.
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Senate
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Davis
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Lewis
Lewie
Mountains to Get Goat of Flier Richard James
Richard E. James the 17 year old aviator who has been attempting a transcontinental flight made a third forced landing at Sunbury Pennsylvania municipal airport after departing Bellefonte He plans to resume toward Philadelphia if weather allows then New York for the 1000 prize for the youngest flyer completing a cross country journey
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Sunbury
Pennsylvania
Richard E. James
James
Bellefonte
Philadelphia
New York
Pole Confirmed Again as Comptroller of the Currency
The Senate confirmed John W. Pole of Ohio as comptroller of the currency, succeeding resigning Joseph W. Melptosh. This marks Pole’s second confirmation after the first was reconsidered to forward his nomination to the banking and currency committee rather than the finance committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John W. Pole
Ohio
Joseph W. Melptosh
Senate
Pole
Banking and Currency Committee
Mayer and his mother found guilty of grand larceny
A Seattle jury convicted D. E. Mayer and his mother Mrs. Mary E. Smith of grand larceny after less than three hours of deliberation. They were found in possession of Bassett Maryland’s car and other items days after his disappearance three months earlier.
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Seattle
Wash
D. E. Mayer
Mary E. Smith
James E. Bassett
Maryland
State Training School Advocated in West Virginia
Charleston dispatch reports the state budget commission weighing a proposal to ask the 1921 legislature for 200000 to establish a state training school for mental defectives and feeble minded. Welfare workers from across the state urged approval, citing prior legislative failure to fund the project. Morgan Owen of the county common pleas and courts supported the recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
State Budget Commission
Morgan Owen
County Common Pleas
Ile Courts
Flu Epidemic Forces Bluefield College Closure in 1918
The first influenza death in the Bluefield area is reported as miner Burley Cawley, 22, dies after pneumonia. Bluefield College closes until January 3 as a precaution with six students ill. Officials note case counts vary, many mild, physicians treating scores of cases, and reports differ between health officers and doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Welch Bureau
Daily Telegraph
Burley Cawley
New One
New Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company
Bluefield College
Albert H. Hoge
Winefield
South Bluefield
Surgeon General Cumming issues simple influenza directions
Washington reports Surgeon General Cumming issued eleven simple directions for influenza control after board recommendations. A radiogram from the League of Nations notes European press reports of a widespread outbreak. Public health officials say no steps will be taken beyond warnings if conditions do not match 1918.
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Cumming
Washington
Board of Strategy
League of Nations
Public Service
University outlines budget needs before West Virginia commission
Charleston reports how West Virginia University president Dr John Joseqr Turner outlined the universitys budget needs for the next biennium to the state budget commission. He urged a considerable increase in appropriations and presented about half of the universitys recommendations for inclusion in the state budget.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia University
State Budget Commission
John Joseqr Turner
University
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Scholz
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