City Board Adopts Nine Ordinance Amendments
The Bluefield city board of directors adopted nine amendments to city ordinances to align with state code and modern needs. Key changes include weighing coal and coke sold in city limits, building code updates, creation of an identification bureau for crime control, stricter gun and weapon rules, a milk ordinance, a prohibition clause with a $100 maximum fine, revised license taxes, and a gambling search warrant provision. The measures were approved on second reading amid a protest over alley obstruction by a citizen.
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City Board of Directors
Bluefield
Hawker
C. W. Ferrell
Bluefield Avenue
Elmer C. Barton
Atten
Believed Victims Still In St Philibert Wreck
At St Nazaire France on June 16 rescuers plan to search at sunrise for the wreck of the sunken excursion boat St Philibert with small craft and grappling hooks. Authorities believe the cabins may still hold about 200 bodies of victims from the disaster.
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St. Nazaire
France
St. Philibert
Sinking of St Philibert claims seventy seven victims
In Nantes on June 16 the tally rose to seventy seven recovered from the excursion boat St Philibert disaster with many still unidentified. Two male bodies washed ashore at Pormichet where three others were found earlier. one was Captain Ollive age 52. Coffins rushed to the shore as coast guards and police aid the search along the beach.
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Nantes
France
St. Philibert
Pormichet
Ollive
Actiive
Capone Enters Plea Of Guilty
Alphonse Capone, Chicago gang monarch, pleaded guilty to three federal indictments in a brief hearing. He faced possible sentences up to thirty years and a $90,000 fine, with sentencing deferred to June 30. Crowds outside watched as Capone was escorted away.
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Capone
Chicago
U. S. Agenta
Alphonse Capone
James H. Wilkerson
Federal Building
Delinquent Land Sale Date Change in 1931 WV
West Virginia revisions alter delinquent real estate sales to occur on the second Monday of December 1931. Previously the wait period before sale was two years. Edgar C. Lawson, state auditor, notes lists may be certified to sheriff and auditor, with conditions for certification by September 1 each year and parallel certification to the county clerk. The 1929 list will be sold with the 1930 list, per the auditor’s guidance.
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West Virginia
Edgar C. Lawson
Lawson
Tryst With Hathaway Disclosed By Witness
Newport Illinois June 15 A young man testified he arranged with Elliott R Hathaway the tryst that led to Verna Russell a student nurse's death in the trial of the Massachusetts legislator's son. Nine prosecution witnesses described Hathaway's alleged plan and intake of liquor for the slain nurse while showing the details of the fatal meeting.
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Newport
R. IL
Elliott R. Hathaway
Verna Russell
Massachusetts
Hathaway
Joseph Mayes
Fall River
Joseph Eugene Roy
Truesdale Hospital
Will Seek Vaudeville Act for Mrs Nirdlinger
Edger Allen former manager of Peaches Browning says he will promote Mrs Charlotte Nixon Nirdlinger into vaudeville. He plans to write a skit and arrange bookings at once though she is away in St Louis with her mother and two children and had previously said she would not perform. Allen notes his long acquaintance with Mrs Nixon Nirdlinger through her husband Fred Nixon Nirdlinger, the Philadelphia theatrical magnate whom she shot and killed in Nice, France months earlier.
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Philadelphia
Edger Allen
Peaches” Browning
Charlotte Nixon-Nirdlinger
Hoover Tax Revision Talk Divides Senate
Washington reports June 16 on President Hoover's proposal to revise taxes and banks. Senator Bingham backs repealing the capital gains tax to spur business and broaden revenue sources, while Senator Caraway criticizes the plan for lacking specifics. Bingham also suggests taxing beer to raise funds if needed. Caraway says changes may be advisable but offers no concrete remedy, noting uncertainty about a clear path forward.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Indianapolis
Bingham
Connecticut
Caraway
Arkansas
Treasury
Marion Honors Harding Memorial In Simple Ceremony
President Hoover denounces betrayers of Harding’s trust during a modest ceremony at the Warren G. Harding memorial in Marion Ohio. Calvin Coolidge accepts on behalf of the nation as wreaths are laid and hymn ends the service.
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Calvin Coolidge
Marion
Ohio
Warren G. Harding
Hoover
Warren Harding
Mr. Coolidge
Mr. Harding
Mra. Coolidge
Harry S. New
Indiana
Harding
Attorneys Plea for Pantages Acquittal in Girl Market Case
Defense lawyers urged the jury to acquit Alexander Pantages and three co defendants in the girl market case. They accused District Attorney Baron Fitts of Los Angeles County of mishandling the case and contended the San Diego prosecutor failed to secure true justice, suggesting charges against Byron Fitts and John Mills for perjured testimony.
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San Diego
Cal
Baron Fitts
Los Angeles County
Alexander Pantages
Edgar A. Luce
L. H. McKinney
Jesse H. Shreve
Lorrin Andrews
Olive Clark Day
William Jobelmann
Luce
Tom Whelan
Los Angeles
Andrews
Byron Fitts
John P. Mills
Pantages
Painter killed retrieving 25 cent piece in shaft
Pittsburgh reporter John O'Toole a 26 year old painter was killed when an elevator counterweight weighing nearly a ton dropped on his head after he crawled into the shaft to recover a 25 cent piece. He dropped the coin into the shaft on the first floor and the elevator rose to the eighteenth floor before the fatal accident.
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Pittsburgh
John O'Toole
O'Toole
Hoover Tours Ohio Before Lincoln Tomb Rededication
President Hoover traveled through Ohio on a day-long campaign of dedications and parades. He dedicated the Harding memorial tomb in Marion, reviewed a parade of the Ohio Grand Army of the Republic in Columbus, and arrived in the capital by five in the evening before the rededication of Abraham Lincoln's tomb in Springfield, Illinois, is planned for tomorrow.
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Ohio Grand Army of the Republic
Columbus
Lincoln
Newness
Ohio
Herbert Hoover
Illinois
Hoover
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
Buckeye
Harding
Marion
Hoover in Columbus state visit parade in Ohio
President Hoover arrived in Columbus at five p m from Marion where he dedicated the Harding memorial tomb. He reviewed a forty minute parade from a state house reviewing stand, saluting Civil War Spanish American and World War veterans and countless patriotic groups amid cheering crowds.
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Fort Hayes
Ohio
National Guard
Hoover
Grand Army
American Legion
Daughters and Sons of Union Veterans
Women’s Relief Corps
The
Sons of Veterans
State House
Insurgents Muster Armies in Kwangtung
Hongkong June 16. Insurgent government at Canton marshals its forces in Kwangtung and Kwangsi to blunt a predicted offensive by 200000 Nationalist troops and Reds Chiang Kai-Shek vows to drive from Kiangsi and Hunan. General Chen Ming-Shu, Canton’s former governor, returns from Japan demanding offices and arms for his regiments and may switch sides if denied.
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Honkong
Canton
Kwangtung
Kwangsi
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kiangsi
Hunan
Chiang
Iast
Chen Ming-Shu
Japan
Chen
Babson Forecasts Bottom Reached, Prospects Improve
Economists at the Advertising Federation of America meeting in New York report cautious optimism as Roger Babson and Dr. Lewis H. Haney recall hope that the business recession has bottomed. Babson pledges his reputation to a future of gradual recovery and prosperity, while Haney cites seven reasons for near-term improvement. Bruce Barton adds that radio and TV will not replace print, noting most impressions come through sight rather than hearing.
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New York
Advertising Federation of America Today
Roger Babson
Lewis H. Haney
Bureau of Business Research
New York University
Businens
Bruce Barton
Batten, Barton, Durstine, and Osborn, Inc
Barton
Gover Nor Ritchie Warns Business On Unemployment Remedy
New York June 16 Gover nor Albert C Ritchie told the Advertising Federation of America that if business fails to find a remedy for unemployment the government will act. He said profits seekers must not ship labor to citizens relief for food and necessities when times are hard and urged business to take responsibility and show statesmanship to address the crisis.
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New York
Albert C. Ritchie
American Business
Maryland
Advertising Federation of America
New Trails Trodd in Death of Girl
New York June 16 authorities pursued clues to the mysterious death of Starr Faithfull, a Greenwich Village girl, as investigators questioned her mother, sister, and stepfather at Mineola. Prosecutor Elvin Edwards named two men, Jack Greenway and Bruce Winston, as persons of interest, while evidence from Dr Gettler suggested the drowning followed a sleeping potion. Detectives checked a Long Beach drugstore as the case widens.
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New York
Starr Faithfull
Greenwich Village
Mineola
Elvin Edwards
Starr
Edwards
Jack Greenway
Bruce Winston
Miss Faithfull
Harry Stoner
Stoner
Alexander O. Gettler
Bellevue Hospital
Long Beach
Stanley E. Faithfull
Tucker Faithfull
Tucker
Faithfull
Hoover orders action on aviators who flew over Marion
President Hoover in Illinois directs Secretary Lamont to act under federal law against aviators who disturbed the Harding memorial dedication at Marion. Three planes, including an autogyro, flew over the outdoor gathering, risking crowd safety and interrupting the program.
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Hoover
Springefield
Ill
Lamont
Marion
Secretary of Commerce
Columbus
Congress
Coolidge
Mr. Hoover
Striking Miners Parade Demands In Dole March
About 10 000 strikers and supporters rallied from Western Pennsylvania to Washington Pennsylvania to press for a dole for unemployed miners. They asked for 10 dollars per miner with five per dependent plus free utilities and food, and called for police and UMWA officers to withdraw from the strike area. An injunction by Judge Harry H Rowland bars picketing near the Wildwood mine and prohibits threatening or harassing company workers or their families.
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Pittsburgh
Washington
National Miners’ Union
Wildwood
Butler
United Mine Workers of America
Common Pleas
Harry H. Rowaland
Butler Company
West Virginia
Panhandle
Anti-Divorce Petitions Ruled Insufficient in Arkansas
Little Rock June 16 Secretary of State Ed McDonald ruled petitions for a referendum on Arkansas divorce law were insufficient. Proponents said the state supreme court would review. Attorneys disagreed on whether the law is currently in effect and whether the stay was lifted. Hot Springs protest alleges invalid signatures and forged or ineligible signatures, with issues about Sunday filings and handwriting.
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Little Rock
Secretary of State
Ed McDonald
Arkansas
State Supreme Court
Secretary
Hot Springs
Campaign to discourage Mexican students abroad
In Mexico City on June 16 the majority bloc in the chamber of deputies opened a campaign to deter Mexican students from entering United States and other foreign colleges. Deputy Jose Maria Davila of Baja California stated Mexicans faced inferiority in American colleges and urged spending education funds domestically.
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Mexico City
Chamber of Deputies
United States
Jose Maria Davila
California
Mercer county board halves real estate valuation for tax relief
The Mercer County board of equalization and review voted a twenty five percent blanket reduction in assessed real estate values for tax purposes, lowering last year's 30,004,990 to about 7.6 million less in total valuation. Personal property and public utility values remain unchanged, hearings will be held before June 25, and adjournment is set for that date with board member changes underway.
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Mercer County
Mercer County Board of Equalization and Review
L. KE. White
Princeton
J. B. Farley
Spanishburg
B. W. Dillon
Bluefield
Mr. White
T. K. Massie
Real estate valuations and looming tax cuts hit 1950 figures
The 1950 valuations list Bluefield and Princeton among many towns with large totals and sub districts. Tax levies come in August from the country court boards and municipalities. A valuation drop will shrink municipal incomes and force boards of education to cut appropriations. If rates do not rise, real estate owners face smaller tax tickets next November.
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Bluefield
Beaver Pond
Fast River
Princeton
Oakvale
Jumping Branch
Plymouth
Athens
Rock District
Bramwell
Matoaka
Country Court
Boards of Education
Loadings Increase Week Ending June 6
Revenue freight loadings for the week ending June 6 reached 769,890 cars, up 49,956 from the prior week but down 176,692 from the same week last year. Coal loadings were 107,698 cars, down 28,189. ore 30,746, down 32,704. coke 5,959, down 786.
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Washington
American Railway Association
Ohio Syndicalism Law Invoked Over MinerStrike Disorders
In St Clairsville Ohio on June 16 the Ohio criminal syndicalism law was invoked over disorders from a miners strike involving more than 3000 workers across Belmont Jefferson and Harrigan counties. Leon Thompson Pittsburgh strike leader faced charges after a jail assault attempt. Two co indicteds Frank Kascich and Henry Wald plead not guilty. Thompson linked to National Miners Union. authorities label him a Communist agitator. The strike spread to Powhatan district and into three Ohio mines and about a dozen shafts in the tri state area with intent to disrupt Eastern Ohio field operations.
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St. Clairsville
Ohio
Belmont
Jefferson
Harrigan
Leon Thompson
Pittsburgh
Belmont County
Thompson
Frank Kascich
Henry Wald
Ay Thompson
National Minera Union
Powhatan
Panehandle
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Johnny Torrio
Tyrst
Will
Mrs. Nirdlinger
Alaska
Dawes
Charles G. Dawes
Great Britain
President Hoover
State of Illinois
Babson
Advertising Federation
State
Washington, Pa
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