Mid-Winter Term Of District Court Opens January 20
Provisions for the United States court for the southern district of West Virginia outline jury summons and a docket heavy with criminal cases and prohibition matters. Judge George W. McClintic arrives January 19 to dispose of hold-over civil motions and bankruptcy hearings, with grand and petit jurors summoned January 20 for a four day criminal docket and Saturday hearings for probation.
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United States Court For
Southern District of
West Virginia
A. J. Hearn
George W. McClintic
B. H. Scott
C. W. Painter
W. M. Painter
Ray Wade Carter
Louis F. Kaufman
Willis Nichols Williams
Pearl Gibson
Henry Gibson
Pocahontas Fuel Company
J. K. McNamara
G. W. Bowling Jr
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
L. A. West
C. N. West
Virginian Railway
W. S. Sheeley
J. W. Blackwell
H. W. Dushkoff
Carl BE
Dobbins
United States of America
Carl R. Ellison
U.S. Seal
First National Bank of Pineville
Oswell Cook
Sarah Byrd
P. F. Combe
J. C. Dodson
Pinnacle Motor Company
F. E. Shannon
P. S. Buchanan
Albemarle Street
S. M. Bennett
Princeton
B. EB. Hall
Oceana
Chester Harmon
Welch
John Lowery
Buck
Summers County
I. R. Hicks
Keystone
M. W. Hinkle
Co. C. Beckwith
R. W Johnson
Willow Bend
Charles C. High
E. F. Cooper
Beckley
R. L. Page
Berwind
J. T. Hollandsworth, Sr
E. 8. Baker
Bramwell
Frank Crowley
Pineville
Ravis Thorn
J. P. Dillon
Creamery
Monroe
Fourth Street
Perry Bailey
Dewey Morgan
Woosley
Wyoming County
E. W. Womack
G. M. Farley
T. H. Wickham
William Hypes
Bluefield
E. L. Ellison
H. B. Foy
Davy
G. D. Kendrick
Princeton Avenue
W. H. Ruby
Mullens
John Wykel
Bellpoint
Harry Totz
Brief on Clark ruling filed with Supreme Court
The federal government submitted a brief to the Supreme Court challenging Judge Clark of New Jersey for ruling the eighteenth amendment invalid. Solicitor General Thacher also filed a motion to advance the case for early hearing and offered to argue at once. He said the decision has caused widespread publicity and uncertainty about prohibition laws.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Clark
New Jersey
Department of Justice
Thacher
High Court
Railroad chiefs agree to merger plan across eastern roads
Washington December 30 presidents Hoover announced rail executives from Nickel Plate New York Central Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio have agreed to consolidate eastern railroads except New England into four systems. The Interstate Commerce Commission will decide public interest. Details withheld. plan aims to boost employment and stabilize weak lines while simplifying rates and service.
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Washington
Hoover
New England
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nickel Plate
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
Atterbury
Crowley
Willard
Messrs
van Sweringen
Senator Walsh 15 Target of Lucas
Washington reports that Robert H. Lucas executive director of the Republican National Committee attacked Senator Walsh Montana a Democrat and criticized Nye for labeling RNC literature a slush fund. Lucas said Walsh had not read the materials and defended his own expenditures while RNC members backed him against Norris Nebraska independent.
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Washington
Robert H. Lucas
Republican National Committee
Senate
Senator Walsh
Montana
Thomas J. Walsh
George W. Norris
Miami Beach
Florida
Nye
Nebraska
Lucas
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Norris
Republican
J. R. Nutt
National Committee
Walsh
North Dakota
R. Creager
Texas
Democratic
Pittsburgh Plans Night of Hilarity
Pittsburgh prepares a New Year celebration with reservations strong across clubs cabarets and restaurants. Officials expect late closures with some venues extending hours past 2 a.m. Couvert charges range from 5 to 25 dollars per couple, with some dinners shows and breakfasts included.
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Pittsburgh
Tri-State
Director of Public Safety
James M. Clark
Roanoke Robbery Suspect Held in Goode Driver Case
Charles Booth, 22, of Goode Bedford County Va is held in Roanoke city jail as a suspect in the Roanoke Railway and Electric hold up on December 22 when three bandits took over 5000 from two cashiers as they left for the bank A woman led Lynchburg police to Booth who was arrested Christmas night for driving under the influence She said Booth asked her to go to Roanoke to claim his share A maroon Ford sedan used by the robbers was found abandoned in Roanoke with stolen tags from a Lynchburg car taken December 20 in Thaxton and the car had been stolen from a Lynchburg sales room.
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Charles Booth
Goode
Bedford County
Roanoke City
Roanoke Railway and Electric Company
Booth
Lynchburg
Roanoke
Thaxton
Road Contract Awarded for 2.4 Miles in Washington County
The H. W. Kaylor company of Hagerstown won a state road commission contract worth 140,199 dollars for 2.4 miles of concrete road in Washington County. The project relocates the highway to run parallel to Western Maryland railroad tracks at Park Mead.
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Baltimore
H. W. Kaylor Company
Hagerstown
Washington County
State Road Commission
Maryland
Park Mead
Trike May Close Mines and Mills in Great Britain
London dispatch reports looming strikes in coal and cotton in 1931. Coal miners face a hours dispute with three rejected plans, risking 153000 idle by New Year’s, while Manchester cotton workers threaten a January 5 general strike over loom doubling. Government intervention looms as key hope to avert a wider crash.
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London
Great Britain
South Wales
Manchester
Coal Board
Police Radio Calls Absent Alderman Shocks Council
Milwaukee dispatch reports squad three of the second district used the police radio to locate an alderman for the council meeting. A quorum failed with 17 aldermen present, triggering a call of the house. police then commandeered the new radio and rounded up four more members.
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Milwaukee
Tony
Legion Leader Asked to Consider Cash For Veterans Certificates
Representative Fish of New York urged Ralph O'Neil, head of the American Legion, to study conversion proposals converting veterans compensation certificates into cash. He pressed a national executive committee meeting in Washington before January 15 to review the plans, saying the Legion cannot remain passive on this national issue.
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Washington
The
American Legion
Representative Fish
Republican
New York
Fish
Ralph O'Neil
Legion
President Green Urges Arbitration for Danville Mills
William Green of the AFL proposes that all strikers return to work and that all disputes be referred to an arbitration board with either former Governor Byrd or Admiral Byrd as umpire. He spoke tonight to strikers in Danville, where a September 9 strike by Riverside and Dan River mills continues. If management refuses, he urges a public meeting to pressure mediation.
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Danville
Harry F. Byrd
Richard E. Byrd
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Riverside
Dan River
Sash breaks neck kills boy in window accident
In Zanesville an eight year old, Donald Fuller, was killed when a sash fell while attempting to enter his home through a window. His parents, Ralph and wife, were away and had left the house locked.
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Zanesville
Donald Fuller
Ralph Fuller
Fire Chief urges removal of Yule trees after blaze
Bluefield reports its first Christmas tree fire of the season as more trees and lights are used than ever. Chief W. G. Harris warns dried indoor trees are at peak danger and urges residents to remove trees to prevent a repeat of last night's blaze.
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Bluefield
W. G. Harris
Leaders Vision Bright New Year
The Associated Press gathers hopes for 1931 from public figures. Kellogg wishes world peace and revival of business. Mary Pickford seeks film’s joyous laughter. Taft urges appreciation of beauty and talent. Manning hopes for a religious faith revival. Scott expects recovery through brains, not force. Curran backs a vote on Prohibition. Garner seeks broad prosperity and relief. Nathan cites theater and media intelligence. Joan Lowell desires honesty from critics and truth in writing. Robinson hopes for a shift from fear to courage and reduced world conflict.
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Frank B. Kellogg
Europe
Mary Pickford
America
W. T. Manning
Episcopal
New York
Walter Dill Scott
Northwestern University
Henry H. Curran
Association Against Prohibition
Congress
John N. Garner
House of Representatives
George Jean Nathan
Joan Lowell
Henry M. Robinson
Los Angeles
Dawes Reparation
Hoover
United States
Irene and Dague Affidavits In Robbery Case
New Castle Pennsylvania December 30 Mrs Irene Schroeder and W Glenn Dague condemned slavers of state highway Patrolman Brady Paul today made affidavit that they robbed the Jack Cotts service station near Moundsville in 1929 a robbery in which Frank Howell was convicted Thomas W Dickey counsel for the pair announced The affidavits were made at the request of Governor W G Conley of West Virginia Dickey said They will be sent to the executive in connection with efforts to free Howell who is in the state prison at Moundsville
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New Castle
Irene Schroeder
W. Glenn Dague
Brady Paul
Jack Cotts
Moundsville
Frank Howell
Thomas W Dickey
W. G. Conley
West Virginia
Dickey
Howell
350 Men to Join Richmond Radiator Payroll in Uniontown
Uniontown Pa Dec 30 three hundred fifty men will be added to the Richmond Radiator company payroll here January 5. One hundred of the new workers will help complete a boiler plant moved here from Norwich Connecticut this effort reflects expansion and job creation in the local manufacturing sector.
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Uniontown
Richmond
Norwich
Conn
Board of Trade Uproar Prompts Talk of Closing Market
Chicago. A vice president Peter B Carey warns further federal grain speculation could force the Chicago Board of Trade to close its doors. Traders denounce farm relief policies as government overreach while urging unrestricted trading to benefit farmers and traders alike. Carey criticizes Legge and Farm Board actions and questions Canadian wheat embargo proposals and tariff walls. Page Five.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Peter B. Carey
Board of Directors
Carey
Board of Trade
Farm Board
Hyde
Legge
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Boards of Trade
Chicago Board
Sflent
Secretary of Agriculture
Stabilization Corporation
Supreme Court to Review Gas Rates in West Virginia
The United Fuel Gas rate case moves to the state supreme court after a petition for review and a suspension of increases was filed. Hearings are set for January 6, with signatures from eleven southern West Virginia towns including Huntington Charleston Williamson Kenova Logan Ceredo Spencer Ravenswood Sandyville Silverton and Ripley. The petition argues the public service commission erred multiple times and that rates will yield excess revenue beyond what the order of August 16, 1930, deemed necessary.
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Charleston
W. Va
United Fuel Gas
Supreme Court
Public Service Commission
United Fuel Gas Company
Appellate Court
West Virginia
Huntington
Williamson
Kenova
Logan
Ceredo
Spencer
Ravenswood
Sandyville
Silverton
Ripley
Charleston, Huntington and
Subterranean Stream Discovered Under Brooklyn Fort Greene Park
A hidden river 550 feet below Fort Greene park was released during Catskill water project work. A 100 pound dynamite blast sent muddy floodwaters through a 4000 foot section, forcing fifty laborers to flee. Engineers plan to divert the stream within a month using catch basins and concrete barriers.
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New York
Brooklyn
Fort Greene Park
Catskill
West Virginia Sees Snowy Roads Slow Traffic Across State
Charleston reports widespread snow and ice slowing motor travel as temperatures drop. One fatal crash near Oceana in Wyoming County leaves 18 year old Wannie Scott dead. Grafton Clarksburg area sees ice beneath new snow while Beckley and Bluefield endure three inch depths and icy streets. State road commission notes heavy snow in Rainelle and Oak Hill with most depths modest nationwide.
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Charleston
W. Va
King Winter
West Virginia
Wyoming County
Wannie Scott
Jesse
Oceana
Grafton
Clarksburg
Parkersburg
Huntington
Beckley
Bluefield
State Road Commission
Rainelle
Oak Hill
Capone Henchman Guzik Sentenced To Five Years
Chicago December 30. Jack Guzik Capone business manager received the steepest tax evasion penalty so far in the government drive on gangsters. He was sentenced to five years in Leavenworth and fined 17500 for evading income tax on about 1 million dollars during 1927 28 and 29.
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Jack Guzik
Leavenworth
Chicago
Capone
Guzik
Capone Liquor and Gambling
Ralph Capone
Scarface al
Frank Nitti
Charles BE. Woodward
City Council Creates 150 New Jobs in 1981 Budget Action
Pittsburgh city council approved roughly 150 new city positions including fifty police jobs as part of closing a 28.5 million dollar budget for 1981. Pay raises were authorized for 140 city employees in the same session.
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Pittsburgh
Heart of Joffre Growing Weaker As Death Looms
Paris dispatch reports Marshall Joffre’s condition worsening with the heart giving way. Dr Fontaine said the general’s strength declined since dawn and death could come within hours. Staff, officials, and family remained at his bedside as General Isally was summoned.
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Paris
Marshall Joffre
Fontaine
Isally
Marshal Joffre Lingers Near Death In Paris Hospital
In heavy rain a crowd outside St. Jean de Dieu gathers as news of Marshal Joffre's frail strength spreads. Doctors warn the end remains near despite a sound pulse and stubborn vitality. General Gouraud visits, Madame Joffre briefly leaves his side, and Vatican benediction telegram arrives as night falls.
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Paris
Hospital of
St. Jean de Dieu
Papa” Joffre
Gouraud
Timbuctoo
Madame Joffre
Maglione
Holy See
Vatican
Joffre
Holy Father
Cardinal Pacelli
Messenger robbed in Equitable Trust building in Manhattan
A broker messenger Armando Mendoza 24 was knocked insensible and robbed of between 30000 and 40000 dollars in securities on a midday staircase between the sixth and seventh floors of the Equitable Trust building in lower Manhattan. Two men attacked him and he identified one as a suspect. The crime occurred in the financial district amid a high security deadline.
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New York
Financial District
Armando Mendoza
Ernest and Company
Equitable Trust
Crooks
West Virginia crop values fall sharply in 1930
Charleston reports a 42.3 percent drop in the value of West Virginia’s fifteen major crops in 1930, totaling 35,264,000 dollars versus 61,151,000 in 1929. The decline stems from a nationwide farm price slump and a marked price drop for farm production.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Commissioner of Agriculture
John W. Smith
Thomas McDonough
Federal Agricultural Statistician
State Department
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Wabash
Coal Arbitration Board
Board OF Arbitration
Sash
Leaders Vision
Kellogg
Associated Press
Irene
Dague
Ichigego Mart
Charges Board
Famous Mart
Upreme Court
Public Service Body
U. S
St. Louis
Seattle
Senna
Little Rock
Elkins
Heart OF
Marvel
Marne
Gourand
Messenger
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