Plan to Organize for Better Health of Mothers
Local groups plan a education campaign to improve maternal and infant health under the Shepherd-Towner bill. West Virginia agencies urge Bluefield and Mercer County to form a local organization to administer funds, promote prenatal centers, clinics, and public health education with no local cost to secure federal and state support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Labor
Children’s Bureau
Shepherd-Towner
New Zealand
United States
West Virginia
State Department of Health
N. EB. Hooper
Bluefield
Mercer County
Churches urged to use newspaper publicity nationwide
Atlantic City June 1 Rev J T Bradbner Smith of the Chicago Church Federation urged churches to adopt systematic newspaper publicity at the interdenominational secretaries conference. He called for journalism training for pastors, journalism courses in theological schools, and church funds to buy space in daily papers to announce services and church activities. He urged pulpit press cooperation and criticized ministers who attack the press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
J. T. Bradbner-Smith
Chicago Church Federation
Interdenominational Secretaries of Ministerial Relief and Pensions
Earth shock rattles Spokane with chimney damage report
An earth shock lasting three minutes was felt by many in Spokane Washington on June 1. Reports describe heavy rumbling as dishes rattled and a chimney was damaged in at least one home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Wu Pei Fu advances on Chang Tso Lin forces
General Wu Pei Fu uses the Chinese eastern railway to push toward Shanhaikwan at Manchuria's southern coast. He recently drove Chang Tso Lin from Peking into Manchuria and reportedly controls the eastern railway line amid growing discontent with Chang in Manchuria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tientsin
Wu Pei Fu
Chinese Eastern Railway
Chang Tso Lin
Peking
Manchuria
Belfast Gun Battle Rages Amid City of Horrors
In Belfast the fiercest clash yet between military forces and Sinn Fein gunmen rocked the Falls and Grosvenor Road areas. Ambulances were called thirteen times as houses burned and civilians, including women, were found dead or carried from the ruins. Bayonet charges and machine gun fire drove families from their homes as crown forces struggled to quell the riot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sinn Fein
Belfast
Grosvenor Road
Falls Road
Star
Evening Standard
Ie Interse
Leeson Street
Norfolk Street
Grosvenor Place
McDonnel Street
Crown
Ater
Diplomas Awarded to 107 Graduates in Fairmont
Dr William Mather Lewis of the National Chamber of Commerce addressed Fairmont high school graduates. Otis G Wilson superintendent presented the diplomas to 107 seniors. W E Buckey principal gave a short address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
W. Va
William Mather Lewis
National Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Fairmont High School
Otis G. Wilson
Buckey
Permanent group formed to abolish child labor nationwide
Washington on June 1 a permanent organization to achieve absolute abolition of child labor in the United States was formed by national associations convened by Samuel Gompers. The group aims to push a constitutional amendment and draft laws to end child labor in mines and factories nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
United States Supreme Court
House Judiciary Committee
Chandler
Republican
New York
Supreme Court
Permanent Conference For the
Gompers
Midvale Steel Buys Inland and Republic Iron and Steel
Merger plan announced uniting Midvale Steel, Inland Steel, and Republic Iron and Steel under Midvale. The prospective North American Steel Corporation may absorb other properties. Lockwood committee pressed for details, noting Brier Hill Steel and Steel and Tube Company remaining in the picture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas L. Chadbourne
Midvale Stee and Ordnance Company
Republic Tron and Steel Company
Inland Steel Company
Midvale
Sie North American Steel Corporation
Chadbourne
Republic
Inland Companies
Republic Iron and Steel Comny
Birmingam
Ala
Youngstown
Ohio
Muneile
Ind
Davenport
Iowa
Chi
Alabama
Pennsylvania
Lake Country
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Coatesville
Johnstown
Lake
Chicago
Illinois
Lockwood Committee
Inland
Brier Hill Steel Company
Steel and Tube Company of America
C. Dinkey
Untermyer
J. P. Morgan and Company
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
United States Steel
J. P. Morgan
Hours Knew of No Law Against Making Booze
Petersburg West Virginia June 1. Henry Hours a veteran of the Smoke Hole district invites state police into his home and humorously claims lack of law against whiskey making. Corporal Briner arrests him as part of a wider educational campaign in Grant and Pendleton counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
W. Va
Henry Hours
Smoke Hole
Grant
Pendleton
Briner
West Virginia
Olice
Diaz ally to lead Mexican revolution returns to Mexico
In New Orleans on June 1 a statement printed in the Times Picayune claims General Felix Maz Diaz nephew of Porfirio Diaz will return to Mexico to assume personal leadership of a revolution. Guilero Romasca, Diaz's confidential secretary, provided the statement to newspapers tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Felix[Maz
Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
Limes- Picayune
Guillero Romasca
Diaz
Senate Ends Grueling Night Session Over Dye Tariffs
After a five hour fight the Senate approved a committee amendment to the tariff bill imposing a fifty percent ad valorem duty and seven cents a pound on crude coal tar dye products. A near clash between Senators McCumber Robinson and Poindexter was halted by King's intervening stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
McCumber
North Dakota
Robinson
Arkansas
Senator King
Utah
Poindexter
Curtis
Kansas
Keyes
la Follette
Norris
Kendrick
New Diocusion Basis Necessary for Chile Peru Talks
The Chilean Peruvi an conference halted in Washington on June 1 awaiting fresh instructions from South America. No date for resumption was set.双方 see no deadlock and still hope for agreement while Chilean stance on arbitration prompts new basis for discussion requiring consultations with home governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
South America
Chile
Hoover Sets Spot Coal Price For Strike Areas
Secretary Hoover announced a maximum $5.50 per ton price for spot coal in eighty percent of mining fields during the strike, with Western Kentucky operators seeking higher rates. He urged consumers to verify freight costs and contract terms and said complaints could trigger Commerce Department inquiries. some Virginia West Virginia and Kentucky operators would accept $3.50 per ton, while Western Kentucky faced $4.25. Indianapolis reports note mine prices before the strike were $1.75 to $2.25, with uncertainty if nonunion mines would comply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Western Kentucky
Commerce Department
Virginia
West Virginia
West Tennessee
Eastern Kentucky
Alabama
Pennsylvania
Koover
Airlie
Ublic
Beery
Garfield Eoules
Indianapolis
Kentucky
Herbert Hoover
Commerce
John J. Lewin
United Mine Workers of America
Mr. Lewis
New High Record in Coal Output for Norfolk and Western Fields
May closed as the biggest month in the Norfolk and Western territory with a 3 519 300 ton coal load across 27 working days including Memorial Day. Pocahontas division led with 2 008 800 tons. Tug River 600 900 tons. Kenova-Thacker 781 300 tons. Clinch Valley 227 300 tons. Output rose despite manpower shortages and June began with strong demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk and Western
Norfolk and Western Territory
Pocahontas
Tug River
Williamson
Clinch Valley
Bluefield
Thacker
Kenova
Kenova-Thacker
Morgantown Hero Rescues Drowning Student on Cold Monongahela
Hershel L. Shriver of Morgantown saved Adair Dailey, a university student, from drowning in the Monongahela River on April 19 despite cramps from freezing water. A Carnegie hero fund nomination has been filed by local residents. Shriver is a World War I veteran with two years in the aviation corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Hershel L. Shriver
Adair Dailey
Monongahela River
Shriver
Aviation Corps
War Frauds Fight Breaks in House with Fury
Washington June 1 war frauds fight erupts in the house after a rules reversal on an investigation of alleged war profiteers. Chairman Campbell accuses Democrats of defending war crooks while Republicans cheer. a single Democrat hisses as leaders trade charges about grand jury actions and justice department investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Rules Committee
Campbell
Daugherty
Representative Garrett
Tennessee
Department of Justice
Garrett
A. Mitchell Palmer
Congress
Mondell
Wyoming
Chicago
San Francisco
Grand Jury
Congress resumes Muscle Shoals study plans and Ford proposals
Two congressional committees reopened examination of Muscle Shoals development with the aim of finalizing proposals for House and Senate. Henry Ford's latest offer and his letter to Chairman Kahn prompt swift action, as Mayo and Worthington join to resolve differences and potentially include the Gorgas steam plant. Secretary Weeks cautions that rapid action remains unlikely while Congress pursues divergent approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Muscle Shoals
House
Senate
Henry Ford
Kahn
Ford
Weeks
Trial of Spinosa Opens Over Mine War Ties
Parkersburg West Virginia June 1 The Spinosa trial for violating a federal injunction continued with government witnesses identifying Spinosa as leader of a gang that attacked Deputy Sheriff Dan Allaman and nonunion men during a February 1922 incident at the LaHelle No 4 mine. John Moore of United Mine Workers attended as observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W. Va
Ramon Spinosa
United States District Court
United Mine Workers
John Moore
United Mine Workers of America
Washington, D.C
Ohio
Panhandle
West Virginia
Columbus
Dan Allaman
Brooke County
LaHelle
West Virginia- Pittsburg Coal Co
Wellsburg
Bethany Pike
Pennsylvania
Alla
Spinosa
Young Brewery case sent to jail with fines
Thomas Kelly of Wheeling pleaded guilty to two informations admitting 200 gallons of home brew eight sixteen gallon kegs of beer thirty five bottles of halt and a lot of brewery equipment Judge W E Baker called the gear a young brewery and fined 500 dollars in each case plus costs Ben Markovich of Sistersville was arraigned on possession of two quarts of whiskey bond set at 500 dollars for trial after Wednesday’s arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W. Va
Thomas Kelly
Wheeling
W. E. Baker
Ohio County
Ben Markovich
Sistersville
Verdict for Defendant in Ejectment Suit
A Wheeling circuit court jury returned a verdict for the defendant in the ejectment suit of O H and J L Garvie against Edward Kellough and six other tenants of an Island apartment house. The seven defendants refused a five dollar monthly rent increase after new owners took possession. The plaintiffs sought eviction.
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Wheeling
W. Va
O. H
J. L. Garvie
Edward Kellough
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BILL
United States of America
America
Gen. WU
Chang
Midvale Steel
Republic Gos
North American Steel Corporation
Cago
Felix Diaz
Kentucky Balkk
KELLY
Young Brewery
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