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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1929
Page
1
Congressmen end special session day with plans to pursue the issue. Senators renew debate over export debentures as questions arise about the administration. Right of Mellon to hold office upheld. Glass charges administration with undermining prohibition enforcement in a quiz.
Washington reports congress recessed for a vacation before resuming work on tariff revision two months hence. The house and senate rushed a resolution extending the maturity of the 400 million dollar French war supplies debt if France ratifies its war debt settlement. A joint committee on transfer of prohibition agencies was shelved, while farm relief and export debenture fights continued. The farm relief bill and tariff measures moved forward as senators faced pressure and controversy. Turn to Page Two.
Chicago reports food poisoning suspected after three children in the Edwin Markowski family died and two more survived. Coroner Dr. Herman Bundesen notes no traces of common poisons in the victims and investigations turn to micro organisms while the parents show illness.
President Hoover hopes to escape Washington for two or three days this week. With Congress recessed he aims to travel to a fishing spot on the upper Rapidan River in Virginia to seek relief from the strain of his administration.
River Forest Ill June 19 Officials of the thirty fourth tri ennial convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Missouri Synod declared the church has no sympathy for coddling criminals or blaming disease. They condemned abolitionist death penalty efforts and urged upholding penalties. Dr W T Daul of Valparaiso University warned of student sectarian revolt if fundamentalists do not yield to modernists.
Columbus Ohio June 19 blood stains were found on a car door jamb and on gloves of Dr James H Snook as investigation into Theora Hix murder progressed. Prosecutor Chester said it remains unclear if stains are human or animal and Meyers was released from jail after which OSU President Rightmire urged removal from the horticulture department for alleged moral delinquency.
In Columbus Ohio Dr James H Snook was questioned for the Hix murder case. County Prosecutor John J Chester Jr left the room to interview a secret witness believed to be a man living in the university district who may shed light on the hammer killing of Theora K Hix a 24 year old co ed.
James Thomas Heflin Jr., son of Alabama senator, arrested in Washington for operating a vehicle under narcotic influence after colliding with a truck on Pennsylvania Avenue. He was released on $1,000 bond signed by a professional bondsman. case to be called in police court tomorrow.
Madison, Wisysixty June 19. A proposal to create a state liquor business would introduce a legislative plan for a commission to sell citizens wine beer or whisky for medicinal use. Citizens would sign affidavits pledging medical use with penalties for false swearing. Ben Gelleman leads the group backing a constitutional amendment to allow state manufacture transport and sale of liquor.
West Virginia state board of education fixed a minimum tuition of 12.50 per semester for state institutions. The board heard reports on Mt Hope site relocation due to a landslide, Marshall faculty PhD hires, and West Liberty normal school expansion plans. J Frank Maresh retires as board secretary July 1 to lead Concord State Normal School.
Springfield Ohio reports heavy rain lasting an hour and a half with 1.9 inches recorded. A %-year-old boy named Billy Huffman wandered into deep water in front of his home and drowned after stepping into a rain formed hole while playing. neighbors could not save him.
Ell Watkins, a state prohibition agent, received a tip that cells at the city jail had bars cut open. Twenty eight prisoners were found in the cell when authorities rushed in. two hack saw blades were found and a bar welded back together, with an investigation ongoing into who planned the escape.
The seventh day of a severe heat wave grips the East with high temperatures across New Jersey Pennsylvania western New York and New England. New York City notes some relief later with storms and cooler conditions forecast while Newark faces water supply strains and firemen limit hose use.
Charleston weather peaked with a 100 degree reading as wind and rain were forecast to end the heat spell tonight.
In Minford, near Portsmouth, Ohio, 33-year-old William McKinley Mowrey is held on a murder charge after allegedly slashing his father Christopher Columbus Mowrey with a razor during a drinking dispute. The elder man died, and officers found the son praying in an upstairs room. Mrs. Mowrey was detained as a material witness. The family had moved from Greenup, Kentucky.
Washington action moves to shift maturity of the 400 million war supplies debt of France from August 1 to May 1. The Senate approved the measure and the House followed with a 129 to 86 vote. Speaker Longworth did not sign before adjournment.
Henry Abel, 46, a former mill worker, was found guilty of first degree murder for slain wife Julia in 1916 at their Wheeling home. The jury recommended mercy, sentencing him to life. A motion for a new trial was filed and arguments set for July 13.
Los Angeles June 19 May McAvoy film actress applied for a permit to wed Maurice G Cleary an investment broker. The couple planned the wedding for next Wednesday at a Beverly Hills church. McAvoy age 25 Cleary 21.
A lightning bolt killed Lester A. Rockhill 21 and Charles Williams 40 on the Rockhill farm near Newton Pennsylvania as they pitched hay in a barn. Brother Thomas Rockhill was stunned but not seriously hurt.
Lake Roger Maryland flooded areas after a 15 foot dam failed near Rouzerville. Water swept farms and villages, waking residents who fled to higher ground. Fifty families sheltered in the mountains as the flood receded leaving mud and dead fish.
A sixth avenue elevated train rear ended a ninth avenue train on the Interborough Rapid Transit line between West 112th and West 113th streets. Guard Edward Brennan, 25, was killed and several passengers were seriously injured as two cars buckled and platforms were smashed.
Los Angeles June 19 Louie B Mayer announced contracts signed affiliating Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer with William Hearst motion picture interests. International News Reel to be discontinued as a separate unit after August 1.
Charleston announced today by state labor commissioner Howard B Jarrett appoints LD Kimmell of Shinnston as factory inspector for the third district. The district covers Harrison Marion Taylor Barbour Praxton Gilmer Lewis Calhoun Webster and Upshur counties.
The Welch city chief of police, Charlie C. Hutton, is suspended pending a preliminary murder inquiry into J. H. Mitchell's fatal shooting. Mayor John W. Blakely announced the action, with W. M. Thompson named acting chief as investigations continue. Mitchell died after the on‑site shooting at the city administration building.
The New York Herald Tribune reports that Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South was a modest market participant for Kable and Company. From August 14 1927 to April 20 1928 he turned 2500 into 11356.43, with his peak day April 10 1928 selling 75078 worth and buying 58253. No claim has been made against the bankrupt firm or filed with U.S. Attorney Charlies Hougsle.
Captain Louis Johnson of the Laurel tells how he refused rescue for 50 hours while aboard the wrecked freighter after it broke in two near Astoria Oregon. He hoisted a white flag for aid only when he believed salvage might be possible and feared losing instruments and papers as the vessel drifted ashore.
Baltimore June 19 A suit filed by Mrs. Ida B Wiltshire against John K Mellon seeks 20000 for negligence claiming Mellon was an inexperienced and unc skilled golfer who hit an errant drive striking her son William Wiltshire In addition the complaint accuses Mellon of failing to give proper warning before driving the ball.
London reports praise for Ambassador Dawes and Prime Minister MacDonald after their disarmament speeches at the Pilgrims dinner. The public expects clearer policy on naval yardstick and Anglo American relations as Parliament reconvenes and the new administration returns to active work.
Washington reports growing international support for disarmament sentiments expressed in London. The United States plans to deposit a yardstick based formula after other powers submit theirs, to be evaluated by the league preparatory commission. All interested navies would then attend the ensuing conference under established machinery.
Streets in the central and eastern Huntington areas were temporarily flooded today after a sudden storm dumped 1.43 inches of rain. The western section of the city received no rainfall.
In Windsor on June 19 rum runners from the East Windsor sector fired on a United States customs patrol cutter on the Detroit River near Joseph Campan avenue Detroit. The US boat returned fire as the raiders crossed into Canadian waters and pursued until the line was crossed. Ottawa was awaiting a complete report from its external affairs department.
Judge McClintic delivers the heaviest penalty to Lloyd Williams of near Charleston for violating prohibition laws. Williams receives a $5,000 fine and a five year term in Atlanta federal prison. The session also includes postal and motor vehicle theft act cases with multiple sentences.
Mitchell Field New York June 19 Colonel and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh end three week honeymoon by attending a $150000 Guggenheim aeronautics contest. Lindbergh tests a safety aircraft with Harry Guggenheim as passenger then flies with his wife in an army biplane before a press注意 brief. Flight postponed due to oil pump defect.
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