25 Feb 1930
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1930
Page
1
Charles Evans Hughes yesterday took the oath of office as the new chief justice. Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes administered the oath at a formal installation ceremony in Washington.
Senate judiciary committee plans to hear Hoover commission and Attorney General Mitchell on liquor enforcement two weeks from now. Transfer of prohibition duties from treasury to justice department referred to subcommittee. Norris pushes inquiry amid debate. McKellar blasts Hoover and the administration for lax enforcement and calls for stronger steps.
At a White House breakfast President Hoover pressed Mell on trimming outlays, warning extra appropriations would raise taxes. He cited bills totaling over 1.5 billion dollars and a potential 40 percent tax rise, with only 50 thousand dollars left for emergencies next year.
A late Sunday night collision near Kenosha Wisconsin killed eleven and injured eighty four as a southbound Milwaukee to Chicago train struck an automobile at a grade crossing. Investigations by Coroner A B Schmitz and North Shore Railway frame the crash as the result of the reckless driver attempting to beat trains.
In Los Angeles authorities cite poison liquor in the death of 16 year old Donald Ashworth and the illness of 17 year old Marie Bent. Two other youths, Charles Post and Paul Phelps, both 17, are critically ill as police arrest 19 year old L T Eubanks on criminal charges. Marie Bent fears permanent sight loss.
Highlights include Hughes sworn in as chief justice, a fatal trolley crash in Baltimore with multiple injuries, a murder bond release in Williamson, and a Virginia marine flyer buried with honors. Also noted are government spending cuts, a French vote of confidence, and stock market drift as other items.
Charles Evans Hughes ascended to the chief justiceship today as Justice Holmes administered the oath. The ceremony followed Taft’s resignation due to illness and marked Hughes as the eleventh chief justice since 1789.
Chicago February 24 detective John J Ryan died after exchanging shots with Joseph Fallon an ex convict under indictment for robbery Fallon fled by taxi but was tracked to a West Side apartment and died in jail hospital later that night A second fatality tied to city streets was reported with 23 year old Joseph Sarnowski.
In Havana on February 24 twelve people died during the Machado airdrome dedication. A plane crash killed two Cuban aviators, and a crowded omnibus was struck by an interurban train killing ten passengers returning to Havana.
Four roll call votes in the senate showed overwhelming majorities for high wool rates in a tariff bill to aid growers and manufacturers. Democratic attempts to repeal Hawley Smoot levies on coarse wools yarns and men youths clothing were defeated while tariff levels on all other articles remained unchanged. Senator Thomas of Idaho secured passage of an amendment to the tariff measure.
James Baker, 23, deemed sane by two doctors after examination at Tombs, faces indictment for the December murder of Henry Gaw, a Guggenheim laboratory watchman. Baker, formerly employed there, admitted seven other killings in Detroit and two more in New York, including a taxi driver slaying and robbery of cash and a watch.
The court declared that preferred A stockholders cannot demand back dividends while earnings fund improvements. It also ruled on other cases, including applying corrupt practices act to congressmen accepting contributions. Representative Harry M. Wurzbach faces trial in Texas on an indictment previously dismissed by a federal court.
Margaret Tully sues in Las Vegas for divorce from James A. Tully described as a hobo author of Hollywood. She cites extreme cruelty as the grounds in the filing dated February 24.
Philadelphia reports that starting April 1 the Pennsylvania railroad and Greyhound will operate a combined rail bus service from New York to St Louis with through service to intermediate points. Daylight travel will use motor coaches while night travel uses Pullman car service.
The U S Supreme Court agreed to consider James Howard Snook's petition challenging his murder conviction for Theora Hix. Execution is postponed to next Friday while justices decide on a potential review and further stay of execution if granted. Ohio prosecutor waived right to oppose. Washington February 24.
Rome reports Queen Victoria of Sweden gravely ill after years of pulmonary trouble. Doctors despaired of saving her life as camphor injections and oxygen were used. King Gustav and son Prince Wilhelm were at the royal bedside. the queen, born 1862, married in 1881.
Judge R Monroe Fields of Pike county circuit court announced the term will run indefinitely until all twelve slayings reported since the last term are investigated and the alleged killers brought to trial. Several cases were presented to the grand jury with arrests not yet made in all.
Dark Hollow Virginia February 24 opening of a community school sponsored by President Hoover brings twenty children and many parents to Stony hill near Hoover summer camp. Ray Burraker 12 leads the procession and hoists the school flag as Miss Christine Vest of Yosemite Kentucky prepares to teach despite the crowd’s excitement.
J. P. Morgan and company announced that liquidation of stocks purchased to steady the market during the October-November crash was completed last week. A spokesman said selling was practically over for two or three weeks, and the group came out about even on its actions. The fund used was huge, with a total never made public, estimated at several hundred million dollars.
Chicago opens a tax certificate sale as part of a $76 million Save Chicago drive to fund city county and school governments. Philip R. Clarke leads classifications and uses war loan tactics with about 200 neighborhood bankers selling warrants starting at 500 dollars with deferments. Major firms subscribe up to 1 million dollars, and funds will cover salaries as reassessment delays tax collection until July 1.
Pittsburgh on February 24 faced a violent thunderstorm, the first such February storm in three years. The blitz flooded streets and washed earth and rock onto boulevards, severely hindering traffic.
In Pocahontas Baptist church Mrs. P. J. Dillon aged 80 and Mrs. Ella Tinsley aged 67 were baptized alongside three younger converts. Mrs. Dillon is mother of Mrs. D. W. Tabor of Highland Avenue and Mrs. Tinsley is mother of John W. Haldren Bluefield police chief who attended the ceremony.
London reports a Paris vote on the Chautemps government may determine the French delegation’s return to London to press the naval talks. Britain’s MacDonald and U S official Stimson read of a sensational collapse claims, but denials follow. Technical talks proceed while Henderson hosts a grand reception at Downing Street for delegates and their spouses.
Wooster Ohio authorities quote Charles Hannah, allegedly confessing to Melvin Horet’s slaying, invoking fear of the electric chair if the burial location is disclosed. He admits being the other man with Marl Donald seen near Kidron a week after the child vanished.
Lily Ratcliff 40 is freed on 10000 bond for the May term after two days in jail amid charges of fatally shooting Mrs Mabel Atwood 28 in a Williamson theater. Her husband Clay Ratcliff faces assault and battery charges with a $100 bond set for a Wednesday hearing.
The Walton Sudduth company was awarded the contract to build about five and a half miles of the eight mile Jacob's Fork extension of the Norfolk and Western railway in McDowell and Tazewell counties. The project will open up Pocahontas seam coal properties and create jobs for hundreds during construction and in new operations, with further lines and a model mining town planned at Crockett's Cove.
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