19 Feb 1929
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1929
Page
1
Yor Reed continues attack on drys. Borah answers Urichsville, Ohio. Frank Ripley, 65, a farmer, was struck on the chin and broke his nose while bending a tree to cut it. He was helping a neighbor clear a woodland plot near Blizzard Ridge.
West Virginia delegates advance a bill allowing rural communities to tax themselves to fund education for physicians, a move debated in the House with 42 in favor and 28 against. Other measures seek to consolidate state education functions and revamp workers compensation while a tax exemption amendment for industries awaits action.
Charleston report notes Senator Walter S. Hallanan urged a constitutional amendment empowering municipalities to grant tax exemptions to attract new industries for up to five years. The proposal would set intangible tax at up to fifty cents per hundred dollars and total rates at up to 1.50 outside cities and 200 per hundred inside. local units could raise levies by sixty percent vote. The measure would allow classifying property for taxation while keeping uniform rates within classes.
Paul W. Chapman, banker of New York and Chicago, has an accepted Shipping Board bid exceeding $16,000,000 for eleven vessels of the United States and American Merchant lines. His company plans two new super liners to join the S. S. Leviathan as the world's fastest ships.
Los Angeles February 18 death certificates declare T Hugh Plunkett killed Edward L Doheny Jr and then killed himself. Coroner reports Plunkett acted from a nervous illness after being confronted by the Doheny family physician and Mrs Doheny Jr in the death room. The widow and father remained with relatives as the ruling described the tragedy as the product of an insane mind.
Martinsburg West Virginia February 18 Dakota White thirty five daughter of G R White questioned by the prosecuting attorney this afternoon but not held in connection with the shooting death of constable Earl Widmyer found shot to death in his bed beside his revolver An inquest is scheduled for Wednesday Widmyer leaves a widow and five children and had been attentive to Dakota White
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh told House leaders that legislation is needed to provide United States air mail service to Latin American nations as the House passed the Kelly bill. He said Central and South American air transport lines could boost commercial development. Lindbergh, returning from the Panama Canal flight, left for New York in his Curtis biplane after conferring with lawmakers.
President elect Herbert Hoover returns from Miami Beach aboard a special train headed to Washington for his January 20 inauguration after logging over 30 000 miles by train boat and car since his nomination. He plans further nationwide and international trips as chief executive with West Indies and Mexico visits in mind. Crowds along Florida’s eastern coast catch fleeting glimpses at stops in Fort Pierce Melbourne New Smyrna and Palm Beach while a radio broadcast plan is announced by NBC for a five hour inauguration program beginning March 11.
Funeral services were held in New York for Melville B. E. Stone, longtime general manager of the Associated Press, with thousands of blossoms brightening a gray stone church. Notables connected with the AP attended as pallbearers and church leaders offered prayers praising his influence and achievements.
Martin Littleton, attorney for Harry F. Sinclair, contends the senate public lands committee exceeded its power by questions to Sinclair about Teapot Dome leases. He cites a Supreme Court ruling that witnesses may refuse questions beyond bounds or not pertinent. Littleton says the conviction for a statutory crime was invalid if the committee’s informants sought nonlegislative information.
The Day In Washington notes Senator Borah answered Senator Reed of Missouri in the senate regarding their prohibition criticism. The house blocked a senate bill for another Columbia river basin survey needing a two thirds vote. Leather industry reps urged tariffs on their goods. Representative Garrett of Tennessee was confirmed to a judgeship on the customs court of appeals. The House judiciary committee formed a sub committee to probe Judge Winslow of New York. Lindbergh left for New York and urged extending air mail to South America in a letter. the measure passed the house.
Immigration officials in the Buffalo district from Rochester to Cleveland exempted temporarily from a rule requiring oliens to pay an additional head tax and undergo a second inspection on return after brief visits to Canada. Hotel and transportation interests and chamber groups opposed the enforcement and appealed to Secretary of Labor Davis. An order suspending the ruling was issued by Commissioner Hall.
New Orleans political rift widens as Democratic national committeeman Robert Ewing and Governor Huey P. Long trade accusations. Ewing offers to retire if Long quits the governorship while Long accuses Ewing of teaming with gamblers and controlling state affairs.
Victims of the St Valentine’s Day massacre were buried as authorities admitted no definite clue to the slayers. The Moran gang members were listed as killed by persons unknown with a coroner’s verdict likely after next Friday’s inquest. Police pursued theories without solid evidence amid a crackdown on bootleggers and speakeasies.
In Albany New York on February 18 Hazel Waleb 32 mother of two and Edward Greizely were found dead in Greizelys apartment. Police say the incident involved murder and death by own action. The bodies were discovered by the woman's 10 year old son Ralph who went to the apartment after he could not find his mother. Mrs Walsh and her husband Thomas had been living apart for about three years.
Buffalo N Y Feb 18 The Federated Radio Trades association opened a two day convention where resolutions to rearrange radio zones extend licenses beyond ninety days curb rebroadcasting and amend the 1927 radio act to allow appeals from federal radio commission decisions. The group urges a nationwide zone division review before Congress adjourns. Broadcasters say ninety days is too short for licensing investors. The association also seeks a meeting prior to the extra session to discuss new radio measures.
In Mechanicsburg area, the body of Mies Verna Klink, 31, was recovered from the Susquehanna river. Harry B. Bowman faces murder and related charges. Coroner cites drowning with injuries. Bowman held without bail for a Wednesday inquest. Mrs. Miller also faces charges. Funeral set for Klink at her mother's Mechanicsburg home. Also, Rev. James Jefferson, descendant of Thomas Jefferson, dies at 79 in Clarkeburg W Va.
Secretary of State Kellogg told a Georgetown audience that universal peace cannot be achieved by maintaining armies to punish aggressors. He said the Kellogg anti war treaty would hinder war declaration and that enforcement relies on public opinion, urging arbitration, cooperation, and a change in international conduct.
J H Miles, former Bluefielder, is found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in a Mercer Wyoming circuit court trial for the slaying of Ed Compton at a Mallens area commissary. Judge Howell M Tanner presided in the first murder case. Miles faces up to 500 dollars in fines or a year in jail or both, with possible probation.
Charles Bland a 57 year old Sutton West Virginia attorney and former Braxton County circuit clerk was found dead in his home Sunday night. Authorities said he died from inhaling gas and no inquest will be held. A jet tube was found in his mouth. No motive given.
In Charleston on February 18 Senator E Bunker Reynolds introduces a bill to abolish the state school board Virginia university and to create a state administrative school board. The four member panel would include the state superintendent as chairman and three governor appointed members serving six year terms with salaries set by the board of public works. The new board would control state industrial schools and consolidate powers from the current boards.
In a three and a half hour senate debate on prohibition, Jim Reed of Missouri and William E Borah of Idaho argued over enforcement and state control. Reed denounced the law as a crime while Borah urged strict enforcement and constitution observance. Reed retires March 4, Borah praised him as a man of industry and genius.
Mexico City reports the attorney general will seize and nationalize property of all persons convicted of aiding insurgents, following a statement by Bishop Miguel de La Mora denying church involvement in disturbances. The church says priests may inform authorities of residences but will not register under repressive laws.
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