Judge Criticises Doctors and Nurses in Charge at Grand Jury
Judge George W. McClintic opened the summer term of the U S district court for the southern district of West Virginia by criticising doctors and nurses for alleged connivance with narcotic addicts. He urged strict enforcement of federal narcotic laws and warned that opium abuse corrupts moral and physical health. He reiterated that state authorities bear primary responsibility for liquor laws and noted a Charleston case where a teller stole $15 000 to gamble on race tracks. The grand jury was convened with R F Beasley of Hinton as foreman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. McClintic
United States Court For
Southern District of
West Virginia
McClintic
Virginia
Charleston
Judge MecClintic
R. F. Beasley
Hinton
Stephen Wood
Killarney
Kirk Tabor
McComas
F. C. Harris
Kyle
Gus Shrader
Newhall
Matthew Harvey
Bluefield
Luther Raines
Greenville
Noah Cooper
Havace
Carl Payne
Switchback
R. E. L. Douglas
Welch
J. H. Lilly
Princeton
Grover Cook
Cyclone
W. O. Ballard
Japanese Orders Move Against Chinese Forces on Jehol Chahar Border
Tokyo dispatch says Japanese military leaders ordered immediate action to clear the Jehol Chahar border dispute. A Manchoukuo detachment was to attack offended Chinese forces after Chinese fire on border patrols. Jehol City garrison stood ready to advance into Chahar province once authorized by Hsinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Jehol- Chahar
Manchoukuo
Rengo
Jehol
China
Chahar Province
Hsinking
Inquest into River Death Continued in Charleston
An inquest into the death of Chester E. Dixon, found in the Kanawha River, was continued until tomorrow. Dixon, a 39 year old automobile salesman, showed head marks police say could be blows, though two witnesses testified he apparently drowned after jumping or falling in the river early Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Chester E. Dixon
Kanawha River
Detachment Of State Police To Open In Bluefield
Bluefield will host a new state police detachment with at least one sergeant and three privates. The post will be on a heavily trafficked site chosen by committees. Officers will focus on traffic duty but respond to all emergencies. They will join recruits at Point Pleasant, West Virginia, when ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
State Department of Public Safety
Point Pleasant
W. Va
House will get utility measure in bitter floor fight
Washington June 25 A new House rebuff to President Roosevelt on the utilities bill foretold a bitter floor struggle and possible defeat for the White House position. The rules committee granted eight hours for debate and rejected a bid to allow name-voting on abolishing holding companies by 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Roosevelt
White House
Rules Committee
Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Rayburn
Interstate Commerce Group
Eicher
Iowa
Pettenbill
Indiana
Leaders clash over extension of bank deposit insurance
Washington reports show House and Senate banking leaders at odds over extending the temporary bank deposit insurance. Senator Glass asserts administration banking bill won’t be delayed, while House chairman Steagall returns from a Roosevelt conference signaling resistance to the Senate resolution and possible shorter extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Glass
Virginia
Swift Senate
Steagall
Alabama
House Banking Committee
Roosevelt
Man from Bloomington WV Found Dead Beside Car
A Bloomington West Virginia man named J. W. Barrett was found dead with a broken neck beside his overturned automobile in Fairfax Texas. Identification was made through papers and his car number. The body will be transported back to Bloomington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfax, Tex
J. W. Barrett
Bloomington
W. Va
Coroners Jury Finds Bland CCC Worker Edward Fewell Slain
A coroner's jury ruled 19 year old Civilian Conservation Corps worker Edward Fewell of Round Hill Virginia was slain by an unknown assailant. His body was found near the Bastian camp with a heart wound. Fewell often walked alone at night and was last seen leaving Bastain with two companions Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Fewell
Civilian Conservation Corps
Round Hill
Joseph Hetherington
Camp
Wyatt
Fewell
Bastian
8. E. McCrary
Ashby B. Land
Bastain
Bland
Sponsors Shape New Bonus Plan in Capitol Bill
Washington report notes a new cash bonus proposal shaping to ride on the house tax bill. Rep Patman and committee consider attaching the plan to tax legislation. It would issue 2100000000 in adjusted service certificates and retire the debt at 4 to 5 percent annually. Senator Thomas plans to bring the measure to the senate when ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patman
Washington
Capitol
Texas
Thomas
Oklahoma
Senate
Roosevelt
Woman Sentenced for Narcotics Charge in Pittsburgh
Judge John P. Egan sentenced Mrs. Ada Scott alias Estelle Wiley to six to 12 months in the Allegheny county workhouse after she pleaded guilty to forging physicians names on narcotic prescriptions and defrauding a hotel keeper. Officers linked her arrest to Punxsutawney for her dog’s involvement. she said she lived in Williamson West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
John P. Egan
Ada Scott
Estelle Wiley
Allegheny County
Bru- Nette
Punxsutawney
Grocer and Wife Seek Refuge From Angry Mob
An elderly couple Willis Jenkins and Lilly Jenkins fled to a Urbana hotel fleeing a mob after a coroner's inquest into John Brelsford's death. Brelsford died after a fight over a $2.50 grocery bill. Jenkins admitted striking him but inquest found no death link. Deputies guarded the couple as residents demanded lynching and the crowd attacked their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Merchant
Urbana
Willis Jenkins
Lilly
Christiansburg
Beaton
Jenkins
John Brelsford
Brelsford
David H. Moore
Sheriffa of
Miami
Champaign County
B. B. Fleming
Beemler to Stay Relief Chief Amid West Virginia Feud
In Washington and Chicago reports, West Virginia factions Kump Neely and Holt clash over relief leadership. Beehler remains as relief administrator as rivals fail to unite on a successor while McCullough gains a state works post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William N. Beehler
West Virginia
Kump
Neely
Beehler
B. Witcher McCullough
Works Progress
West Virginia Democracy
McCullough
Holt
Young Democrats of
Charleston
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Young Democrats
Aegus
Britain to discuss naval issues with France Italy and Russia
London reports Prime Minister Baldwin says Britain invites delegations from France Italy and Russia to London to discuss naval questions. Admiral Eyres-Mansell notes Germany pledges to follow Washington treaty submarine warfare rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
Germany
France
Italy
Russia
Stanley Baldwin
House of Commons
Bolton Eyres-Mansell
Admiralty
Reich
Kump Sees No Reason For Special Session
Governor Kump said state affairs do not require a special session and that inquiries followed Speaker Pelter's suggestion. He added he sees no impetus for extraordinary action and noted federal relations will clarify needs once pending measures move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Kump
John J. Pelter
Logan
Pilot Likely Committed Death by Own Action in Plane Crash
Medellin June 25 reports say investigators found a pistol in the hand of a charred German pilot skeleton after two transport planes crashed, killing 15. The event mourns Carlos Gardel and Ernesto Samper, with 13 remaining victims including three Americans Henry Schwartz and Lester W. Strauss among the dead. Alfonso Azaff also died of injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medellin
Colombia
Carlos Gardel
Argentina
Ernesto Samper
Henry Schwartz
Philadelphia
Universal Pictures
Lester W. Strauss
Alfonso Azaff
Gardel
Holt backs utilities measure amid reports of split with Roosevelt
Washington June 25 Senator Holt Democrat West Virginia said he remains strongly supportive of both the Roosevelt administration and the Wheeler Rayburn bill. He dismissed reports of opposition and affirmed his support for the bill as recommended by the president. Representative Randolph Democrat West Virginia said he will lead the house effort to strike out the death clause abolishing utilities holding companies. Senator Neely Democrat West Virginia voted against the death clause and the bill after the senate's rejection to modify it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Holt
Democrat
West Virginia
Tam
Senate
Randolph
House
Neely
Condition Grave in CCC Truck Crash Near Wallace
Ernest Sprague a 19 year old CCC worker from Charleston West Virginia remained unconscious in grave condition two days after a truck crash near Wallace Idaho. Seven other CCC workers suffered fractures and other injuries and were listed as improving. Creath Cupp 19 of Huntington West Virginia was killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Idaho
Ernest Sprague
Civilian Conservation Corps
Charleston
W. Va
CCC
Creath Cupp
Huntington
Mine union fights Guffey bill as lawmakers push coal controls
National Association of Manufacturers and Progressive Miners of America oppose the Guffey coal stabilization bill calling it unconstitutional and costly. They warn it would raise coal prices through taxes and marketing rules and create a labor monopoly. Progressives argue the measures harm 35 000 Illinois miners and threaten jobs. Meanwhile Appalachian Producers and United Mine Workers seek new wage and hour deals with a 30 hour week and 4 10 percent pay raise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee of Appalachian Producers and
United Mine Workers
Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
Progressive Miners of America
James A. Emery
Waye Any Means
NRA
Ita
William Keck
George W. Dowell
Tlinois
Dowell
Appalachian Producers
Emery
Guffey
Appalachian Coals, Inc
Johnson to Pilot New York Relief
General Hugh S. Johnson accepted the post as New York City works progress administrator, reporting to Harry Hopkins. He will work four days a week without pay, earning $25 per diem, with termination set for October 1 unless extended. LaGuardia backed the move, and John McKenzie will liaison between Johnson and the city, while Oswald W. Kanuth remains in charge of emergency relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hugh S. Johnson
New York City
NRA
Washington
Works Progress
Harry L. Hopkins
Federal Works Fund
Fiorello LaGuardia
Johnson
Roosevelt
Daddy
Blue Eagle
LaGuardia
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
John McKenzie
Oswald W.kanuth
Emergency Relief Bureau
Paroled prisoner acts as his own counsel in acquittal
Walter Spurlock, 31, paroled from the West Virginia state penitentiary eight months ago after seven years of a 25 year sentence for highway robbery, defended himself and won acquittal on a new highway robbery charge. He argued the confession was obtained under duress and the jury deliberated two hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
State
Walter Spurlock
Spurlock
Senate Committee To Start Hearings On Tax Rich Plan
Pittsburgh June 25 Charles F. Tillman 70 of Mare Pa reported missing after leaving home Friday to cash an $18 000 endowment policy. Relatives say he planned to go to Baltimore to cash it and have heard nothing since. Police investigate a report a man matching Tillman’s description visited a Northside market house claiming he had been robbed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Charles F. Tillman
Mare
Baltimore
Tillman
Mussolini Eden discuss Ethiopia peace plans in Rome
Premier Mussolini and Capt. Anthony Eden conferred in Rome for an hour on Ethiopia with no clear agreement. Officials noted the Ethiopian question was discussed, while Italy prepared for possible actions in Africa including call for volunteer doctors to Red Sea colonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Rome
East Africa
An _Italo
Addis Ababa
Belatengueta Herony
Ethiopia
Sultanate of
Jimma
Africa
Red Sea
League of Nations
Two Flying Cadets Die in Selfridge Field Collision
Flying Cadets Willis M. Darnell and Robert C. Streater were killed at Selfridge Field Michigan when their formation crashed during a training flight. The 96th pursuit squadron crew of sixteen others survived after a midair collision. ignition appears cut, no fire. Darnell was from Little Rock Arkansas Streater from Minneapolis Minnesota. Rudy Vallee and his orchestra were visiting and witnessed the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selfridge Field
Mich
Willis M. Darnell
Robert C. Streater
96Th Pursuit Squadron
Army Air Corps
Darnell
Little Rock
Ark
Streater
Minneapolis
Rudy Vallee
Clay County Clan War Question Reaches Kentucky Chief Justice
London Kentucky June 26 officials urged a special term of Clay circuit court to quell clan warfare in Clay county. Chief Justice William Rogers Clay replied only Judge Begley can act, noting two killings in a week and possibly alive Earl Porter contrary to reports of his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kentucky
Willian Rogers Clay
Clay County
W. B. Begley
Clay
Begley
Judge Begley
Earl Porter
Porter
Roosevelt tax plan passes first committee test in Senate
Senate Finance Committee votes to begin open hearings on Roosevelt’s plan to tax fortunes, inheritance and corporate income, aiming for quick action by Saturday night. Chairman Harrison notes mixed support as debate may occur on the floor while other provisions stay in committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Finance Committee
Harrison
Mississippi
Treasury
Clark
Democrat
Missouri
G man Addresses Rookie Officers in West Virginia
In Point Pleasant on June 25 H H Clegg assistant director of the justice department recalled Hoover era G men to a class of about 100 rookie candidates for state police posts. He stressed law enforcement as an art and science and warned against politics jealousy and personal elements harming duty and efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
W. Va
H. H Clegg
Department of Justice
G-men
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Criminal Investigation
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Jehol-Chahar
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City of
GGG
Round Hill, VA
Bland County
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Blackstone
McCrary
Hageate
Commonwealth
W. S. Dunn
Grocer
Beemler
Louis P. Piquett
Dillinger
Chicago
Homer van Meter
Philip L. Sullivan
Piquett
United States
Brien McMahon
Britain
City
Pennsylvania
Muscolini
Eden
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