Robber Holds Up Bank Near Renick West Virginia
A masked bandit entered the Bank of Renick in Renick near Lewisburg and forced three employees into a vault. He obtained 513 dollars from the counter, then fled into the mountains as a state police posse pursued him. The cashier helped block the vault as the robber entered.
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Lewisburg
W. Va
Bank of
Renick
Greenbrier
J. W. Baxter
Baxter
T. W. Henry
Mary Rapp
Miss Rapp
Bank Robber Gets 20 Year Pen Term
Sam H. Snyder, a native of Oklahoma, was sentenced to 25 years for robbing the Union Bank of Benwood. He had been returned from Hollywood to face the charge in Marshall county circuit court. Other defendants from Cabell county faced indictments and pleas, with several convicts receiving escape-related sentences and murder trials set for March 3 and February 24.
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Manndeville
Sam H. Snyder
Oklahoma
Union Bank
Benwood
Snyder
Hollywood
Cal
Marshall County
Dana Bias
Adron Bias
Basil Childers
Cabell County
Georgia
Wesley Glenn
Freeland Shortridge
Riley Cook
Norman Ellis
Clarence Tyree
Harry Durbin
Cameron Automobile
August Kerschka
Sam King
West Wheeling
Glendale Gas Coal Company
U S Liner Republic Fog Bound Near Port
The United States lines steamship Republic with 350 passengers aboard was fog bound in the Delaware River twenty three miles below Philadelphia. A submerged wreck cable fouled a propeller near the Manhattan dredge buoy, causing the mishap. a lighthouse tender helped free the vessel and the captain anchored until the fog lifted.
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Philadelphia
United States Lines
Republic
Delaware River
United States
Manhattan
Chicago Valentine’s Day Massacre suspects linked to Burke
Investigators point to Fred Burke as a participant in the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre as Calvin Goddard and Dr. Herman Bundesen reveal evidence while the killers remain at large.
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Chicago
St. Valentine's Day
Calvin Goddard
Herman N. Bundesen
Fred Burke
Chicago's Valentine Massacre Still Sparks Theories
Chicago marks the first anniversary of the St Valentine’s Day massacre as investigators edge closer to identifying the killers. Coroner’s jury implicates Fred Burke and notes gunfire linked to other mob violence. Ballistics expert Calvin Goddard ties Burke’s bullets to the victims, with Capone named but jailed. Two men arrested. Jack McGurn and Jack Scalisi died before trial.
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Chicago
Bugs” Moran
Clark Street
Fred Burke
St. Joseph
Mich
Burke
Bert Massee
Walter E. Olson
Calvin Goddard
Goddard
Frankie Yale
Brooklyn
Jack McGurn
Jack Scalisi
President Hoover Fails to Draw Sailfish in Florida
Long Key Florida February 13 The White House fish rivalry with the Supreme Court continues Mrs Hoover catches a 38 pound sailfish her first of the season Justice Stone has no catch Mrs Stone fared no better while the president spends the day sunning and napping aboard the Orca secretary Lawrence Richey says Hoover bagged nothing but sunburn for eight hours Vernon Kellogg of the national research bureau notes the big catch goes to page seven.
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Long Key
Fla
White House
Supreme Court
Hoover
Harlan F. Stone
United States Supreme Court
Lawrence Richey
Vernon Kellogg
National Research Bureau
Organization formed to push Lakes Canal plan
A Sandusky to Waterways association was formed by 125 people from Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky to promote a canal route from Portsmouth to Sandusky linking coal fields with the Great Lakes. The plan envisions an Ohio river segment to the Scioto Sandusky system with a nine mile canal near Marion connecting those rivers.
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Portsmouth
Sanduskyjoto Waterways Association
Sandusky
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Great Lakes
Ohio River
Seleto River
Marion
Scioto
Sandusky River
Goal Men Start New Rate Moves
Pittsburgh coal operators from Western Pennsylvania and Eastern and Southern Ohio plan a fourth bid to restore a 45 cent lake cargo coal differential before the Interstate Commerce Commission. They contend prior commissions and railroads reduced rates from 1.64 to 1.46 per ton, narrowing the gap with Southern fields and deeming previous appeals moot. J D A Morrow of Pittsburgh Coal Co leads the renewed effort as they prepare a new suit to secure the original differential.
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Pittsburgh
Wesgern
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
West Virginia
Kentucky
Virginia
Tennessee
Supreme Court
Western Pennsylvania Coal Traffic Bureau
J. D. A. Morrow
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Lake Cargo
Commission
Seven Children Die in Medical Mistake in Spain
Granada reports seven children dead and twelve critically ill in an orphanage after authorities allegedly administered the wrong serum or an overdose while trying to treat a scalp ringworm outbreak. Autopsy results point to possible misadministration or excessive dosing as the cause.
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Granada
Spain
Explosion injures fifty Brooklyn schoolchildren
In Brooklyn two brick houses were destroyed by a gas fueled blast across from Public School No. 83 injuring fifty children with twelve hospitalized. Police found a still linked to a gas main but said the operators were not responsible. Two men hit by the blast were arrested though cleared by the attorney general.
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New York
Brooklyn
Barclay
Brooks
Father risks poison to save child in Oklahoma case
In Oklahoma City on February 13, Clarence C. Jeldy, a young father, took poison to learn an antidote after his 5 month old daughter was given poison by mistake. He then used the same antidote on the child. both were treated at a hospital with the baby in serious condition while the father was not seriously harmed.
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Oklahoma
City
Okla
Clarence C. Jeldy
Jeldy
Chicago borrows cash from two city funds
Chicago authorities borrowed nearly 2 million dollars from the vehicle tax and corporate funds to meet a salary payroll of about 1.85 million for the first half of February. About 20 000 city workers including police and firefighters will receive checks, while remaining teachers and county education staff have not been paid since just after Christmas.
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Chicago
Charles S. Peterson
Mexico City
Ortiz Rubio
Board of Education
Young Rivera Declined Duel With Spanish Officer
Madrid report says Miguel Primo de Rivera minor and enlisted in the Spanish army cannot duel General Quiepo de Llano to avenge his father’s honor. He previously boxed the general and joined a free-for-all in a Madrid cafe, now facing possible disciplinary action for age and rank disparities.
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Madrid
Miguel Primo de Rivera
Quiepo de Llano
Miguel
France Outlines OEA Force Needs at 724,479 Tons by 1986
London reports Premier Andre Tardieu set a fleet target of 724,479 tons by December 31, 1986, outlining policy steps including halting capital ship construction until 1936 and cutting battleship tonnage to 25,000 tons and gun calibers to fourteen inches. Italian delegates, disappointed by the high French figure, warn parity would require Italy to double its fleet. American naval circles see a tilt toward building rather than limiting.
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London
Tttee
Andre Tardieu
Uled
Dino Grandi
France
Italy
United States
Japan
Great Britain
Women Tell Stories Against Prohibition at Hearing
Four women testified before the House Judiciary Committee denouncing the eighteenth amendment as fueling crime and debauchery. Former Senator Bruce of Maryland supported this view as witnesses claimed the era produced the greatest crime wave in history.
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Maryland
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Bruce
Graham
Mary T. Norton
New Jersey
Charles H. Sabin
Republican National
New York
Woman's Organization For National Prohibition Reform
Davis Holmes Morton
Brooklyn
N. Y
Women's Committee For
M. Louise Gross
York
Women's Moderation League
Bituminous Coal Production Estimates Released
The National Coal Association reports US bituminous coal production for the week ended February 8 at about 11.35 million metric tons. Bureau of Mines data show 11.70 million tons for the week ended January 25 and 11.62 million tons for the week ended February 1.
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United States
National Coal Association
United States Bureau of Mines
State Road Commission Calls For Highway Bids
Charleston West Virginia February 13 bids on the first list of highway projects for the 1930 season were called for March 18 by the state road commission. The 23.7 miles paved 53.05 graded and drained 5.2 retread surfacing 4.6 grading stone base and retread and 4.7 grading and gravel. Total estimated cost about 2 500 000 with 10 000 000 in road bonds and federal aid to total about 1 533 750. Projects include Mount Hope Ghent old road and long sections to be eliminated and two long paving projects Welch Maybeury Kanawha Clendenin toward Clay and Belington Junior and Perry mine un Turn to Page Four.
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W. Va
State Road Commission
Congress
Mount Hope
Ghent
Raleigh County
Fayette Line
Welch
Maybeury
McDowell County
Clendenin
Kanawha County
Clay
Clay County
Barbour County
Belington
Junior
Harrison County
Perry Mine
Buyer's Test Case Blocked in Court
Washington reports that prosecutors failed to test Prohibition law by proving a buyer guilty. A man from a speakeasy carried half pints of gin. detectives sought a seller or admission, then charged Carley with possessing liquor. Officials said they will try again with a seller next time to prove Volstead Act enforcement.
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Washington
Joseph Patrick Carley
Carley
Lowman
Treasury Department
Sheppard
Texas
District of Columbia
Court Hurries Case So Bo Can Catch Freight
Washington court schedules were rearranged to help William Digges a Black man who wished to have his case called so he could catch a freight train south. Clerk Charles Driscoll alerted Judge Ralph Given as Digges testified and prepared to leave for his train, waving his hat.
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Washington
Mistah
Wiliam Digges
Charles Driscoll
Ralph Given
Digges
Hughes Approved by Senate After Four Day Debate
Senate confirmed Charles Evans Hughes as chief justice after a four day debate. A Senate lobby committee heard that Hughes secured a contract for American Dynamid with a proposed Muscle Shoals lease. The House judiciary committee postponed more anti prohibition testimony until next Wednesday after opposition from four women.
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Senate
Charles Evans Hughes
Senate Lobby Committee
House Judiciary Committee
Wabash Refuses to Withdraw Rail Merged Plans
William H. Williams of the Wabash directs continued negotiations and amending its trunk-system application to align with the Interstate Commerce Commission consolidation plan. The commission released its plan. Delaware and Hudson says further investigation needed before taking a position on the suggestions.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
William H. Williams
Wabash Railroad
Charles D. Mahaffie
Commission
Mahaffie
Baltimore and Ohio
Chesapeake and Ohio
Wabash Railroads
Delaware and Hudson Company
Williams
Wabash
Commission Today
Henry Ford to devote life to education plans
Henry Ford announced he would dedicate the rest of his life to education and possibly invest 100 million dollars. He outlined building several schools centered on the Edison Institute of Technology in Dearborn, Michigan, to prepare young men for the world, with no set number or locations yet.
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Fort Myers
Fla
Henry Ford
Detroit Motor Car Manufacturer
Edison Institute of Technology
Dearborn
Mich
Taxicab Strike Disorders Grow in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh police used tear gas bombs to disperse large crowds as a five week strike by 1,400 taxicab drivers continued. Rioters assaulted pedestrians, drivers and guards. one car overturned, another burned. East Liberty saw clashes with cabs, guards in steel helmets, and injuries reported.
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Pittsburgh
East Liberty
Page Four
Hughes Confirmed Chief Justice After Senate Battle
Charles Evans Hughes was elevated to chief justice by a 52 to 26 Senate vote after four days of debate. Norris and Borah led opposition, but the nomination succeeded with 14 Democrats and 38 Republicans voting for assent and 11 Republicans and 15 Democrats opposing. Taft resigned last week as Hughes prepared to assume the post.
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Washington
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Senate
Hoover
William Howard Taft
Taft
Hughes
Supreme Court
Norris
Nebraska
Borah
Idaho
Norrie
Judiciary Committee
Two Policemen Slain by Bandits in Western Union Robbery
In Detroit two private policemen John Scott aged 46 and Shel Catlin aged 30 were killed after a five man gang attempted a Western Union Telegraph office robbery. Robbers fled in a car. one was wounded. Wounded officers include George Legary and Patrolman Joseph Raals. Captain Bailey and J L Miller were driving past. Bailey’s car was later found abandoned.
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Detroit
Western Union Telegraph Company
John Scott
Shel Catlin
Receiving
George Legary
Joseph Raals
Ash Blues
John R. Bailey
J. L. Miller
Bailey
Miller
Western Union
Captain Bailey
Taft Shows Continued Improvement in Washington
Taft's condition was described as showing ongoing improvement by his physicians in Washington. No visitors were allowed in his room as doctors monitor his recovery from the illness that led him to resign as head of the Supreme Court a week earlier.
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Washington
William Howard Taft
Supreme Court
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