West Virginia House Overrides Gore On Kanawha County Probation Bill
The West Virginia legislature won its first clash with Governor Gore during the 1929 session as the house passed the Kanawha county probation bill over Gore’s veto by 59 to 30. The senate had overridden the veto earlier, prompting parliamentary maneuvering and a record vote to finalize passage.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Gore
House of Delegates
Kanawha County
Senate
Canvo
House of the
Walter 8. Hallanan
Harold Mathews
Kanawha
House
Hogg
Harvey W. Harmer
Harrison County
Harmer
Wright Hugus
Wheeling
Hindus and Moslem Riots Erupt in Bombay Pathans Storm City
Bombay reports its fifth day of Hindu Muslim clashes with Pathans. Reinforcements arrive as crowds gather to support authorities. Casualties exceed eighty, many Hindu, with Pathans using knives. A Pathan kills a Hindu merchant and his son. looting and terror spread as pursuit continues.
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Bombay
India
Boy Who Killed Father Is Held in Jail
A 16-year-old boy in Rochester Minnesota is held in jail after telling police he killed his father to stop him from beating his mother. The coroner's inquest previously heard that William Glasby testified Austin Glasby killed himself January 3 in the family home after an alcohol fueled assault on Mrs Glasby. The youth went to the county attorney’s office yesterday and said he wished to tell the truth.
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Rochester
Minn
William Glasby
Austin Glasby
Mra.lasby
Battle Over Right To Bury Father Ends In Court
Seven siblings sue to decide who may bury Albert Noffiz 85 a Civil War veteran and wealthy farmer who died in Champaign. The family had planned separate funeral arrangements with Urbana and Toronto undertakers prompting an injunction to halt others. Frank Noffiz claims a written agreement with their father governs the burial.
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Champaign
Ill
Albert Noffiz
Frank Noffiz
Toronto
Urbana
Frank
Italy and Holy See Reach Treaty Terms
The Holy See and Italy announce a formal agreement shaping future church state relations after the fall of the Papal states. Canon law will apply to Italy, religion taught in schools, and the Pope will govern church territory as chosen. Cardinal Gasparri and Premier Mussolini sign at Vatican.
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Holy See
Italy
Papal States
Gasparri
Vatican
Muescrint
Pius XI
St. Peter
Milan
Muesolini
Fascist Party
Convicts Capture Ends Prison Escape in West Virginia
Two of three inmates who scaled the walls of the state prison in Moundsville West Virginia were captured near the Ohilo river bank. Samuel Blevins 24 Wheeling life term for a play count escaped November 11 last. Blevins fled last night after guards spotted him atop the wall.
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Moundaville
W. V
Samuel Blevins
Wheeling
L. M. Robinson
Blevines
Hamilton
Cabell County
Marlin Thompson
Logan County
Ohblo
Blevins
Market Reaction Drops Stocks as Billions Move
Market reaction shows a drop of 35 points in one stock as blocks of 20 000 shares are dumped. Bank of England raises rediscount rate to curb shipments of gold, impacting liquidity and market sentiment.
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Bank of England
Wall Street Plummets in Fed Tightening Shock
The New York stock market suffered heavy losses as the Federal Reserve Board urged restricting speculative credit and the Bank of England raised its discount rate to 5 1 2 percent. Large blocks traded, with declines up to 35 a share and total volume around 5.2 million. Chicago also saw a steep crash led by radio stocks as prices fell over 20 points.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Federal Reserve Board
Bank of England
London
Chicago
Chicago Exchange
Calmed awaiting execution for Bakersfield murder
Morrison Randolph, 27, confessed strangler of Mrs Pearl Hennicutt, waited calmly in Folsom prison death cell as his hanging was scheduled for 10 a m the next day He had confessed to killing the woman who had fed him in Bakersfield
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Sacramento
Cal
Morrison Randolph
Folsom Prison
Randolph
Pearl Hennicutt
Bakersfield
Grogan Prays as 43 Life Nears End in West Virginia
In Monndeville West Virginia on February 7 Henry Crogan a 20 year old Raleigh county man convicted of assault on a white woman faces execution at the state prison tomorrow night. Governor Gore will not intervene and Grogan bids farewell by telephone to relatives after a last visit with the prison chaplain and a brief talk with his sister.
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Monndeville
W. Va
Gore
Henry Crogan
Raleigh County
Grogan
Beckley
L. M. Robinson
Further Realignment Of Senatorial Districts Urged
Charleston W V Feb 7 A measure by Senator John Q Hutchinson Raleigh proposes realigning state senatorial districts. It would redraw districts two through eleven, listing new groupings like Marshall Wetzel Tyler Pleasants as district two and Mercer Wyoming as district eight, replacing current lines.
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Charleston
W. Va
Senate
John Q. Hutchinson
Raleigh
Hancock
Brooke
Ohio
Marshall
Wetzel
Tyler
Pleasants
Maerehall
Etzel
Wood
Ritchie
Doddridge
Gilmer
Calhoun
Wirt
Ritche
Jack
West Virginia Pushes Plan for Summer White House
West Virginia white house commission arrived in Washington to pursue a permanent summer White House. The group cites climate, history, and accessibility as reasons for selection and aims to finalize plans by tomorrow. They expect Congress to pass Bowman’s bill enabling a West Virginia summer White House.
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Washington
Hoover
Coolidge
White House
West Virginia White House
Congress
Bowman
Levy for State Capitol Urged by West Virginia Legislature
Charleston Feb 7 A five cent per hundred dollar levy for five years was urged to raise 5000 for completing the state capitol. The house taxation and finance committee backed the measure and the bill was set for first reading. Other actions included a free transportation bill for religious workers and a plan to direct all state institution funds to the treasury. The assembly also invited members of the crew of the Question Mark to visit Charleston to receive thanks for the endurance flight. Bills on road bonds duplicates and a Taylor county bridge project moved forward and Wheeling charter changes proposed a city traffic commission. Monongalia county seeks a general hospital by bill.
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Charleston
W. Va
House of Delegates
House Taxation and Finance Committee
House
Judic
Senate
Cae
Roy W. Hoe
Charlestown
Jefferson County
Taylor County
Wright Hugus
Ohio County
Wheeling
Monongalia County
H. 8. Vandervort
Paroled Youth Admits Theft From Camp Home
Edward Teesdale, 20, of Mounceville was paroled for one year in Marshall county court after admitting he took pennthies and furnishings valued at about $1 from a summer home on the Mounceville camp grounds.
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Mounceville
W. Va
Edward Teesdale
Marshall County
West Virginia teachers face uniform exam battle in House
Charleston, Feb 7 A clash looms over public school teachers qualifications as the education committee files majority and minority reports on the Radabaugh bill. The measure would require a state uniform exam for all teachers with a first class certificate for 90 percent scorers and elementary certificate recognition.
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Charleston
W. Va
Public Schoola of
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Education Committee
Radabaugh Wil
B. C. Radabaugh
Upshur County
Radabaugh
Stewart remains unworried amid Rockefeller 51 percent claim
New York Feb 7 Colonel Robert W Stewart said Rockefeller interests claiming to hold 51 percent of voting proxies for Standard Oil Indiana gave him no concern. He noted a March 7 stockholders meeting and said Rosenwald’s push for Rockefeller shows a lack of information.
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New York
Robert W. Stewart
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Stewart
George K. Bowden
Rockefeller
Camcos
Standard O] Company
Julian Rosenwald
Sears Rosebucker
Chicago
Dartmouth proxies sent to Rockefeller in Stand Oil campaign
Hanover N H Feb 7 proxies for 2360 shares of Standard Oil of Indiana were forwarded to John D Rockefeller Jr to use in his bid to oust Colonel Robert W Stewart from control of the company.
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College
Atds Rockefeller
Hanover
N. H
Dartmouth College
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Robert W. Stewart
Battle over Standard Oil Indiana rages in Senate
In Washington on February 7 Senator Norris of Nebraska pressed Robert W. Stewart to explain profits from Continental Trading. Norris praised Rockefeller for challenging Stewart yet urged stronger denouncement of extortionate oil profits, noting Stewart’s perjury indictment and calling a hundred million dollars a large sum.
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Washington
Robert W. Stewart
John D .Rockefeller, Jr
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Senate
Norrin
Nebraska
Stewart
Continental Trading Company
Rockefeller
Norris
Dismissing Testimony in McPherson Impeachment Inquiry
Los Angeles February 7. A state legislative committee will hear Kenneth Ormiston as the first witness in its continued probe into a $2,500 check paid to Superior Judge Carlos Hardy by evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. Ormiston, once a radio operator at Angelus Temple, faced grand jury questions about a Carmel trip amid the Hidalgo kidnap claim. McPherson travels in Canada for revival meetings as the inquiry weighs possible impeachment for Hardy over a fee received in office.
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Los Angeles
State Legislative Committee
Carlos
Hardy
Aimee Semple McPherson
Kenneth Ormiston
Ormiston
McPherson
Angelus Temple
Carmel
Calif
Mexico
Canada
Bill to build St. Marys postoffice site in West Virginia
Senator Goff of West Virginia introduced a bill in Washington to acquire a site and construct a postoffice building at St. Marys West Virginia with a total cost not exceeding 190000 dollars. The measure targets federal funding for the site purchase and erection of the facility.
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Washington
Postoffice
St. Marys
W. Va
Senator Goff
West Virginia
Northcott Jury Returns First Degree Murder Verdict
A Riverside jury found Gordon Stewart Northcott guilty of murder in the first degree for the killings of three youths at the Wineville ranch. He faces the death penalty with sentencing set for Monday at 4 p.m. Northcott appeared calm as he thanked the jury and indicated plans to appeal.
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Riverside
Cal
Gordon Stewart Northcott
Wineville
Northcott
Nelson Winslow
Lewis Winsoe
George R. Freeman
Freeman
Sanford Clark
Clark
Sarah Loulea Northcott
Canada
Collins
JURY ACQUITS MAN IN SLAYING CASE AT FAIRMONT
A Fairmont West Virginia jury acquitted Arthur W Melver of Hundred of murder in the shooting death of Clarence Holbert of near Mannington. Holbert was killed at the home of his uncle J A Holbert.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Arthur W. Melver
Hundred
Clarence Holbert
Mannington
Holbert
J. A. Holbert
Hoover Focuses on Inaugural Speech in Miami
President-elect Hoover spent time in Miami Beach refining his inaugural address and met with Senator Smoot to discuss legislative plans for the coming seventy first Congress. He indicated no general tariff revision, favoring targeted amendments affecting agricultural and other schedules tied to current industry conditions.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Hoover
Smoot
Utah
Senate Finance Committee
Washington
Seventy-First Congress
Congressional
Senate
House
Reputed Cousin Of Oil King Is Dead Of Burns
Mrs. Anna Inman an 81 year old claimed cousin of John D Rockefeller died from burns after sparks from a grate ignited her bed clothing in Denver. She attempted to escape but perished before help arrived. her daughter Anna Miller disclosed her family ties to Groton Averys and relation to Rockefeller's father.
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Denver
Anna Inman
John D. Rockefeller
Anna Miller
Armstrong
Colorado
Inman
Groton Averys
Rockefeller
House Approves Cruiser Program Amid Coolidge Controversy
The House, without a recorded vote, accepted Senate amendments to a naval construction bill and sent it to the White House. It calls for building fifteen cruisers and one aircraft carrier with work starting by July 1, 1981. President Coolidge dislikes the start-date requirement and may veto or sign the measure.
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Washington
House
Senate
White House
Coolidge
Howe
Britten
Navy Department
Farmers Week Closes At State University
West Virginia University wrapped up Farmers Week with a banquet where Dr John Roscoe Turner pledged university support to farmers and called the industry the backbone of the state despite lower monetary priority Five women received master farm house maker tithes during the event: Mrs KE McClung Mrs KD Darnall Mrs M W Fulton Mere G E Watson and Mrs Ray Ward All were named by Miss Bess Rowe of the Farmers Wire Magazine. TO CARRY MAIL ON RETURN FLIGHT Washington Feb 7 The assistant postmaster general announced that Colonel Charles Kergh would carry mail on a return flight from Tanama to the United States meat Sunday.
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University
John Roscoe Turner
KE. McClung
Greenbrier
KD. Darnall
Lewis County
Washington
W. Irving Glover
Senemment
Charles Kergh
Tanama
United States
Photo Electric Eyes Guard Guests At Scientific Dinner
New York February 5 photo electric eyes watched dinner guests at the American Institute of New York annual meeting. John V Breisky of Westinghouse demonstrated a photo eye system that detects flames and triggers a fire extinguisher, counts attendees, and sorts packages by color and label as guests passed through an illuminated beam.
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New York
American Institute of New York
Breisky
Virginian Railway Increases Wages For Mechanical Workers
The Virginian railway announced a voluntary five cent per hour raise for machinists helpers apprentices carmen and related shop craft workers effective February 1. The increase, coordinated by shop craft chairmen, follows a similar raise at the Norfolk and Western and applies to most mechanical department staff.
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Carmen
Virginian Railway
Princeton
Virginian Railway Mechanical Department
Mechanical Department
Norfolk and Western Railroad
The
Mechanical Association
Norfolk and Western
International Trades Unions
Callopade
Internatoteshoperafte
Asseeciations
International Uintens
Four Transportation Brother
Howls
Mitroads
Reitroad T Management
Defeated Candidate Granted Alternative Writ in Sheriff Race
Charleston West Virginia February 7 the state supreme court allowed an alternative writ of mandamus returnable February 20 directing Nicholas county court to correct its December 3 order on votes for sheriff at the general election or show cause why not Ray Lambert Republican candidate is named in the writ with Willem E K Merton Democrat listed as the apparent winner.
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Charleston
W. Va
Nicholas County
Supreme Court
Ray Lambert
Willem EK Merton
Probe into Treasury undercover raid at Kay Berns restaurant
New York February 7 federal order calls for a public investigation after charges allege undercover treasury agents raided the Kay Berns restaurant on West Forty-Ninth Street last November. Proprietor Charles Berns says agents searched all four floors, broke doors and trunks, and seized coins cash and jewelry while guests were subjected to indignities. An agent claims the premises sold and twenty five hostesses employed there.
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New York
Agaital
Treasury Department
West Forty-Ninth Street
Bondy
United States
O'Neil
Charles Berns
J. Liam Calhoun
Edward Carret*l
Britain to Expand Naval Shipbuilding Programs
London reports W C Bridgeman first lord of the admiralty denied that naval construction was delayed as a disarmament gesture toward the United States. He stated arrangements for two cruisers were laid down, one in February and the other in March, with ongoing plans.
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W. C. Bridgeman
Admiralty
United States
House of Commons
Muarch
Ing
Catenin
Renee Sree
Severa
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