Little change on second ballot for U. S. senator
In Charleston West Virginia February 5 1930 the legislature reports little shift in U S senator ballots with Edwards gaining four votes and others adjusting. Democratic and Republican caucuses show varied supports while several reform bills move forward including sterilization of insane and criminal persons and a blue sky law for securities.
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Charleston
W. Va
Joint Assembly
Bofrong
SAEED
Hubbard
AsOn
Dawson
Awe
Ain
Edwards
Fou
Elias
Mann
White
Warren Miller
Charles
Dice
Watson
Bland
Hamilton
Arbenz, Bloch, Faris
Porter
Scott
Hearne and Marshall
Walsh
Goff
Brohard and Swiger
Mason
Duty and Smith
Tyler
Nesbitt
Hinerman and Wilson
Glasscock
Yost
Harmon
Showalter
Parrish
Bannister and Gray
Wilson
Congress
House of Delegates
House
Senate
Slemaker
Kansas
Justice Ages and Court Ranks Highlight Supreme Trio
Justice Van Devanter is only a few months younger than Justice Pitney, but Justice Hughes is his junior by several years. The brief notes compare ages and seniority among Supreme Court justices.
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Tice van Devanter
Justice Pitney
Justice Hughes
Beach to Take Stand In Own Defense In Assault Trial
In Aiken South Carolina Frederick O Beach plans to testify in his defense tomorrow after the state rested its case. The defense may call Mrs Beach as a witness. Witnesses discussed a bloodied jewelled knife and footprints at the Beach cottage as prosecutors pressed the plausibility of Beachs story.
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Aiken
Frederick O. Beach
Beach
Hasting Wyman, Jr
Giles
Sheriff Howard
Howard
Holly
A. K. Lorenz
Justice Pitney Celebrates Fiftieth Birthday
Washington February 5 Associate Justice Pitney of the Supreme Court marked his fiftieth birthday today. He will soon begin his first year of service on the high bench and is among the youngest members, with only Justices Van Devanter and Hughes younger.
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Justice Pitney
Washington
Supreme Court of United States
Pitney
Justice Vananter
Justice Hughes
Hired gangsters accused in Jersey City beating case
Ernest Wildhaber, held as a material witness, claims Peter T. Murphy of the hoisting engineers union hired three New York gangsters to beat John W. Burke. Burke was attacked in a saloon. labor leader Thomas Conroy was shot and may die. Murphy’s bail was raised to 25000 after the confession. two alleged shooters, Big Slim and Kid Dynamiter, remain at large.
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Jersey City
N. J
Ernest Wildhaber
Peter T. Murphy
Hoisting Engineers’ Union
New York East Side
John W. Burke
Wilhaber
Burke
Thomas Conroy
Conroy
Wildhaber
Murphy
Big Slim
Kid Dynamiter
National Banks In South Violate Law
Sol Wexler of New Orleans told the Glass currency committee that national banks across the south openly violate the national banking law by loaning on real estate mortgages. He urged amending the law to permit such loans up to twenty percent of each bank’s loanable funds to aid southern farmers.
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Washington
South
Sol Wexler
New Orleans
Glass Currency Committee Today
Wexler
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Turks Sell Crown Jewels to Aid War Fund
Reports from Constantinople and Sofia indicate Turkey contemplates selling crown jewels to bolster the imperial treasury as Bulgarian and Serbian forces press in the Gallipoli and Adrianople sectors. Bombardment at Adrianople temporarily halts with a 24 hour armistice offer.
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Turkey
Adrianople
Constantinople
Tchatalja
Black Sea
Kavakli
Gallipoli
London
Sofia
Grand Vizier and War Minister Leave for Front
The grand vizier and war minister departed for the front today signaling the army’s forward action at Tehatalja. Their advance aims to support operations and bolster military momentum in the region.
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Tehatalja
Congress daily actions and hearings outline
The record notes diverse congressional items including a noon convening, a February 4 hearing date for a horse bill on railroad valuations, intraparty charges denial, concurrent resolution for Mexico damages claims, a bill on military officer appointments, a book and nursery stock amendment, a February 11 river dam agreement, adjournment times, Alaska resource protest hearing, Jeffe memorial delegation bill, banking and currency reform moves, and debates over district legislation with district battleship funding pending.
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Noom
Interstate Commerce
Joint Congressional Committee
Senate
Chilton
Watson
Mexico
Smith
Mit
Orton
Territories Committee
Expositions Committee
Jeffe
St. Louis
Reoneen Ena National
Currency Reform Committee
District of Columbia
Charges Not Likely To Be Investigated Now
Washington reports that Senator Chilton asked the senate to refer a memorial on election charges to the privileges and elections committee. It is believed the committee will report there is nothing in the charges to justify an investigation. The filing included signatures of Governor Glasscock and others.
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London
Adrianople
Gallipoli
Constantinople
Sofia
Bulgaria
Tchatalja
Gulf of
Faro
Dardenelles
Monastir
Koritza
M. Venizelos
Washington
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Watson
Chilton
Senate
Glasscock
William S. Edwards
H. C. Ogden
Associated Press
West Virginia
Williams
Edwards
Official Program for Inauguration Complete
Washington reports the complete official program for the inauguration with plans modeled on Taft and Sherman. Major General Leonard Woods appoints Brigadier General James E. Stuart as marshal of veterans and patriotic divisions. The rough rider and wild west features return on March 4 with Arizona’s Maricopa County sending an Indian band and 200 cowboy riders to the parade. Applications for march positions are pouring in.
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Washington
Taft
Sherman
Leonard Woods
James E. Stuart
Chicago
Maricopa County
Arizona
Weather forecast for West Virginia and Virginia
The forecast calls for fair skies on Thursday and Friday across West Virginia and Virginia. No precipitation expected with mild daytime temperatures and light winds.
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West Virginia
Chinks of New York Adhere 10 Old-Time Customs for New Year
Chinatown in New York goes through a double New Year celebration with both the Western calendar and the old Chinese year. Young Chinese defend adopting the Western year while elders keep the traditional practices. Red banners, nuts, candies, imported wines, and ceremonial rooms fill Chinatown as crowds gather for the oncoming festivities.
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Chinks OF
New York
Chuck Connors
Chinatown
Republic of China
America
Pell, Mott and
Dover Streets
New Republic
China
Hamburg American extends Pacific service to Tacoma and Vancouver
The Sidonia sails from Hamburg via Suez marking the expansion of Hamburg American line east to the Far East and then across the Pacific to Tacoma Seattle and Vancouver. The system will run two regular services with terminals at Tacoma and Hamburg, completing a full circumnavigation. The Kosmos line already links Hamburg to Tacoma via South America and Magellan. After Panama Canal opens, that service continues.
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Trans-Pacific
Berlin
Sidonia
Hamburg
Far East
Suez Canal
East Asiatic
Pacific
Tacoma
Seattle
Vancouver
Hamburg-American Company
Globe
Kosmos
American Tobacco declares 15 percent extra dividend
New York February 5. Over six million dollars will be distributed to holders of the common stock of the American Tobacco Company from a fifteen per cent dividend declared today. The extra dividend comes from the sale of treasury securities under the supreme court dissolution decree in the tobacco case. Dividends have been received by American Tobacco stockholders since the company was dissolved.
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Big Tobacco
New York
American Tobacco Company
Treasury Securities
Supreme Court
American Tobacco
Wilson Will Delay Cabinet Announce Before Inauguration
In Trenton on February 5 Wilson indicated he would not announce his cabinet before the inauguration, though he hoped to decide on cabinet selections prior to the event.
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Trenton
Wilson
Thirty Patients Saved From Flames Report
Thirty patients were carried from a burning hospital into the streets in Big River Saskatchewan as firefighters battled the blaze. The dramatic escape occurred in frigid air with patients in scanty attire.
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Big River
Sask
Rescue After Cold Shelter Collapse
Injured people were rescued as walls collapsed during a freezing blast. Survivors faced exposure as rescuers pulled them from the wreckage and rushed them to safety.
Mystery of the Deep Strikes Port as Roumania Rescues Abandoned Remittent
The British tramp Roumania tows the Norwegian bark Remittent after finding it adrift with no crew aboard near Azores. Despite intact provisions and gear, no trace of the master or crew is found, matching the baffling Marie Celeste legend. The Roumania later loses the Remittent in a gale while trying to reach safety.
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Newport News
Port Arthur
Azores
Cape Henry
Roumania
Fate of the schooner saga remains unknown at sea
The revenue cutter Onondago reported the schooner was not near the last sighting location, two hundred forty miles east of Hatteras. After burning coal in a weeklong search, the Onondago returned to replenish. The Blackburn was dismasted by gales. Tiverton rescued nine men who jumped overboard, leaving two unable to swim aboard the Blackburn.
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Ashington
Saga
Onondago
Hatteras
Blackburn
Tiverton
Wilson to Attend Dedication in St Louis
President elect Wilson wrote to former Governor Francis that he would attend the memorial dedication in St Louis on April 6. The note confirms Wilson's participation amid recent political preparations for the event.
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Wilson
Trenton
Francis
St. Louis
Young Girl Killed in Rochester Strike Violence
In Rochester New York Valentine Sauter a pro motor fired a shotgun into a crowd of garment workers outside his shop. One seventeen year old girl Ida Breeman was killed and two women were wounded as 700 strikers gathered to urge walkouts. Sauter arrested charged with murder in the first degree as police plan four more riot charges.
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Rochester
N. Y
New York
Boston
Valentine Sauter
Ida Breeman
Sauter
Miss Breeman
Kanawha Sheriff Seeks Militia for Cabin Creek Zone
Kanawha County Sheriff Bonner Hill asked Governor Glasscock to send militia to the Cabin Creek strike area to investigate conditions, saying he could not handle potential trouble without military help. No new outbreaks were reported.
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Charleston
W. Va
Bonner Hill
Kanawha County
Glasscock
Cabin Creek
Southern Tier Fails to Name Likely Federal Appointees
The southern portion of the state is seen as unlikely to secure federal posts under the coming Democratic administration. Rumors suggest northern men currently hold most offices, with southern contenders like Herbert Sanders of Wyoming and Charles W. Osenton discussed, while debate grows over future appointments and party support. Delegation from Athens seeks $100,000 for Concord Normal to finish buildings and a new girls’ dormitory, arguing the school’s value to the southern region and its graduates.
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Charleston
W. Va
Uplstate
Chesapeake and Ohio Line
Down State
Chilton
Herbert Sanders
Wyoming
Judge Sanders
Bluefield
Graham “Sale
Welch
Upstate
Wilson
Charles W. Osenton
George S. Neal
D. KE. French
Athens
Concord Normal
James A. Strother
McDowell
Isaac T. Mann
Senate
W. H. Cook
Mann
House of Delegates
United States
Huntington
Mingo
Mercer
West Virginia
Mrs Pankhurst Sentenced in Bow Street Court
Sylvia Pankhurst, the suffragette, was sentenced at Bow Street police court to two weeks imprisonment or a ten dollar fine for participating in a raid on the House of Commons. Nineteen other women received similar punishments for the same incident aimed at meeting Lloyd George.
Mexico's Day to Celebrate
All Mexico marked the anniversary of the federal constitution with free theatre performances for the poor and military bands in major plazas. Crowds filled the capital and other leading cities, all orderly in celebration.
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Mexico
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