Gretna Greens Bill Seeks Ban On Ministers Fees
West Virginia Senate considers a bill to prohibit ministers from soliciting the right to marry and to share fees in Gretna Green style elopements. The House met briefly, approving a five percent cap on non intoxicating beer and extending tax-related deadlines.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Senate
Paul
Brooke
Gretna Green
Wellsburg
Paull
House
Poison Liquor Toll Spurs Federal Probe in Utica
In Utica New York authorities report 16 deaths from poisoned liquor since Thursday with three more dying today. Federal agents rush to trace the source as wood alcohol poisoning spreads among victims including Mable Rose 42 John Hollerman 52 and Victor Peterson 43. One man is charged with manslaughter and six held for investigation while Jack Callahan 53 faces illicit sale charges. A suspect said he drank his own product and collapsed during questioning.
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Utica
N. Y
Mable Rose
John Hollerman
Victor Peterson
Jack Callahan
Peterson
Earle ©. Bastow
Virginia revenue jumps in first half of fiscal year
Richmond reports July to December 1934 revenues totaling 29,783,741, up 11,646,773 from 1933, with expenditures at 27,773,756, a net gain of 2,009,985. Liquor control sales accounted for over half the gain as ABC operations yielded 6,395,528 in receipts and 4,980,844 in disbursements, leaving 1,486,684.
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Richmond
BE. R. Combs
ABC Board
Treasury
Floods Threaten New Territory as Mississippi River Recedes
Bright sun aids rehabilitation as Red Cross launches survey on acreage, medical needs, and housing for flood victims. About 25,000 people affected as waters recede in Marks area while lowlands around Crowder Sumner and Webb remain at risk.
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Marks
Misc
Mississippi
George K. Meyer
Red Cross
Washington
William Dekleine
Crowder
Sumner and
Webb
Clinton Woman Dies After Burning From Cold Snap Death
Mrs. Anna Westwood Harris aged 91 died in a Wheeling hospital from burns after her clothing caught fire near an open stove at her Clinton home Sunday. This was the first local fatality attributed to the ongoing cold snap.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Anna Westwood Harris
Clinton
Messenger Loses Fortune in Bonds Theft
A callous loss reports $1,456,000 in government bonds on consignment from the Bank of Manhattan. A messenger and two guards were detained for questioning after the theft occurred at Devine and Company while the messenger waited for receipts. logs and identities withheld.
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New York
Bank of Manhattan
Wee
O. G. Alexander
Devine and Company
Alexander
Francie J. Kear
Manhattan
John J Ryan
Auditor's report to house scores acts of justices
West Virginia auditor condemns magistrates as modern Shylocks in a report to the house of delegates. He lists $102,108.42 in delinquencies across 165 justices, cites improper fee practices, bond failures, blank warrants, and inflated costs. He notes many funds in counties and cities with routine irregularities, urging reform.
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Charleston
W. Va
Justices of the Peace
House of Delegates
Edgar B. Sims
Supreme Court
Sims
Simms
Ee Jan
Kanawha
Virginian Leads and Plan Revolt in Work Relief Fight
Carter Glass of Virginia leads a Democratic revolt against President Roosevelts 4.88 billion work relief bill. Glass criticizes broad executive powers, joined by Senator McCarran, with open executive hearings promised and possible changes anticipated to curb presidential authority.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Carter Glass
Virginia
Appropriations Committee
House
Glass
McCarran
Nevada
Congress
Christian J. Peoples
Public Works
Daniel
Judge Halts Hiking Sentence For Young Robber
Anderson Ind Jan 28 Judge Charles E Smith halted sixteen year old Edward Fosters daily hikes from Anderson to Alexandria a twenty four mile walk each day for sixty days as punishment for robbing a grocery in Alexandria After he complied the judge reported him to his parish priest Father Leo Scheetz and released him to the care of the priest The boy had chosen the walks over a reformatory sentence and attended church at Alexandria on the weekend
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Anderson
Ind
Charles E. Smith
Edward Foster
Alexandria
Smith
Reformatory
Edward
Leo Scheetz
Misunas Sentenced 35 Years for Huband Killing
In Richmond Virginia Arthur Dutch Misunas received 35 years in the penitentiary for his role in the murder of E M Huband a federal reserve mail truck driver. Walter Legenza and Robert Mais still face execution as a final bid to save Mais' life is planned with Governor Peery to consider a commutation. Howard Sutton admitted supplying pistols to Mais and Legenza during the jail escape.
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Richmond
Arthur “Dutch” Misunas
E. M. Huband
Federal Reserve
Walter Legenza
Robert Mais
John L. Ingram
Mais and
Legenza
Sutton
Notb
West Virginia eyes private liquor licenses and drink sales
A group of West Virginia House members proposes private manufacture sale and distribution of liquors under state licenses and allows sales of spirits by the drink in hotels and clubs. A Bi partisan alcoholic beverage control commission would issue licenses with fees from 100 to 3500 dollars and taxes per wine gallon.
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Charleston
W. Va
House
Wysong
Webster County
Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission
West Virginia Retail Liquor Dealers Association
State Board of Public Works
Hotels seek liquor by the drink to recoup losses in prohibition era
Charleston West Virginia Hotels association pressed a legislative liquor control committee for permission to sell liquor by the drink to offset losses from prohibition. John Meek Huntington counsel said hotels suffered in-room drinking and urged interpretation of the repeal amendment to bar sale by the drink in saloons or similar public places.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia Hotels Association
Legislative Liquor Control Committee
John Meek
Huntington
Meek
Hotels Association
Continuation of Coal Code Urged by Industry Group
Washington reports the National Coal association legislative committee urged extending the preset soft coal code for two more years with stricter enforcement. The move follows miners calls to remove coal from NRA and create a federal board to supervise the industry. Wage conferences are set for February 18 to begin new contracts covering about a million workers.
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National Association
Washington
NRA
National Coal Association
United Mine Workers
Jeeilation
Guffey
Penneyslvania
Snyder
Democat
Pennsylvania
C. W. Watson
John L. Lewis
Long charges oil company plotted his assassination
In Baton Rouge amid martial law seven National Guard companies encamped on the state house grounds as Senator Huey P. Long accused Standard Oil of Louisiana of plotting his death. He said higher ups within the company planned against his administration while uprisings in parishes stirred fear and authorities kept a tight grip on the capital.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Standard Oil Company of
Louisiana
Ernest Bourgeois
Square Deal Association
Long
Washington
United States Senate
Fred C. O'Rourke
O'Rourke
Standard Oil
Iberville
West Baton Rouge
East
West Feliciana
National
East Baton Rouge Parish
L. €. Cave
New Orleans
Ree
Senate
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oi! Company
Square
Baton Rouse
House Starts Probe of Washington Crime
Washington opened a congressional inquiry into crime with a proposal to legalize gambling to curb violence. Indiana Democrat Schulte and district commissioner Hazen urged regulation as a remedy, citing murders tied to outside interests and the complexity added by the city’s large visitor population.
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HOUSE
Washington
National
Representative Schulte
Indiana
Melvin C. Hazen
Indianan
Philadelphia
Chicago
Randolph
West Virginia
Ernest W. Brown
Investigation of State Purchasing Department Under Way
Charleston West Virginia January 28 the senate investigates the state purchasing department with committee chair C Frank Millender Democrat Wayne to convene Tuesday at 10 oclock The probe targets alleged abuses and irregularities under state purchases director James A Tierney with members Sematora Jones Boone Mathews Calhoun Elbin and Senator G O Young Democrat and Republican allies involved in the inquiry
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Charleston
W. Va
Senate
C. Frank Millender
Wayne
Millender
James A. Tierney
Sematora Jones
Boone
Mathews
Calhoun
Elbin
Marshall
G. O. Young
Upshur
State seeks death penalty in Be ckl ey deputy murder case
In Beckley West Virginia January 28 the state opened the trial of Ermal Taylor 23 charged with murdering Deputy Sheriff Leamon Martin by beating him to death in his car after taking the jury to a remote Raleigh County site. The defense countered with claims that Taylor was ill and that his companion Vernon Lilly 22 killed the officer. Four state witnesses including three hunters testified about finding Martins body and the severe blows. The jury viewed the crime scene and the blood stained auto as evidence was presented.
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East Beckley
Taylor
Martin
Lilly
Bland County
Virginia
Beckley
Martig
Ghent
Raleigh County
Joe Holmes
Ernest Griffith
Sprague
J. H. McKinney
Gus NeSmith
W. H. McGinnis Jr
Hauptmann wilt under cross examination in Lindbergh trial
Bruno Hauptmann faced a grueling session as Attorney General Wilentz pressed him on ransom money, lies, and notes while Hauptmann insisted he is innocent of kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby. He admitted lying to police about the ransom funds and sketches, and denied timing details of the ransom and phone numbers on a closet board.
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Lindy
Flemington
N. J
Bruno Hauptmann
Wilting
Lindbergh
David T. Wilentz
New York
Wilentz
Heuptman
Samuel Poley
Bronx
Jassie
John F. Condon
Hauptmann
Ieader Fisch
Anna
Baby Lindbergh
New Jersey
Mink Coata
Foley
Winter Weather Grips East as Flood Toll Rises
Bitter cold lingers over the northeast with record lows in New York and New England while the Mississippi Coldwater flood, now subsiding, claims millions in damage and at least 20 deaths. Fires erupt in multiple states as Hauptmann case moves to another court day.
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Washington
New England
Mississippi
British Columbia
Vancouver
New York
Flemington
N. J
Hauptmann Rial
Mercury
Pittsfield
Mass
Rochester
N. Y
New York City
Lake Greenwood
Goshen
Perley Free School
Georgetown
Milwaukee
St. John’s
Grafton
N. C
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Lafon
Monroe
Judiciary Committee
Beacom
Cabell
Ohio-Pennsylvania
Lois M. McBride
Pittsburgh
McBride
Webster
McDowell
Mingo County
Eighth Judicial District
Mingo
Phillips
New Territory
Messeger
Messenger
Justice of the Peace
Virginian
PEERY
Elizabeth Mais
Bruno
Alien
Long Charges Oil Company
Kingfish
State House
City
Parish
Hauptmann Wilts
The
Associated Press
East States
Haumann
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