Senate Disagreement Over Chiropractors Stirs West Virginia Senate
In Charleston on March 26 the state senate debated licensing chiropractors with votes on education and examination, while proposals to broaden medical subject requirements failed. The house of delegates also tackled deposit of state funds, licensing of midwives, and control of Berkeley Springs property, with amendments to depository laws and a safeguard measure for emergencies in the midwives bill.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Senate
Senate
Herold
West Virginia University
Kee
R. F. Kidd
Johnson
Kanawha
Baker
House of Delegates
Berkeley Springs
H. H. Andrews
Boone County
House
Actre
Board of Finance
Board of Public Works
State Health Department
Harriett B. Jones
Marshall County
Belknap
No One Has Panacea For Agricultural Relief
Washington March 2 Secretary Jardine says there is no panacea for agricultural relief and warns against overloading discussion with many proposed remedies. He notes the worst readjustment period is over and farmers can face the future with confidence while acknowledging ongoing agricultural challenges. He urges cooperative marketing and standardization to cut waste and narrow price gaps between producers and consumers.
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Washington
Mar
Jardine
Patent recovery suit is dismIssed
The United States circuit court of appeals affirmed the Delaware district court dismissal of the government suit to recover seized German dye patents from the Chemical Foundation Inc. The court found no evidence of conspiracy by foundation or government officials in the sale, and the case may go to the Supreme Court.
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Philadelphia
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal District Court of Delaware
The
Chemical Foundation, Inc
Wilson
Harding
Hugh M. Morriss
Supreme Court
Buffington
Woolley
Davis
Harlan F. Stone
Inquest Held To Determine Bethlehem Mine Disaster Cause
Fairmont West Virginia March 26 The inquest into the Bethlehem mine explosion that killed thirty three on March 17 will be held tomorrow at the courthouse Coroner L C Fitzhugh will preside Investigators from the West Virginia department of mines and the United States bureau of mines will present individual opinions on the disaster with no joint conclusion planned
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Fairmont
W. Va
Bethlehem
Court House
L. C. Fitzhugh
Robert Lambie
West Virginia Department of Mines
James Paul
George Rice
United States Bureau of Mines
Lambie
West Virginia Music Clubs End Convention Plans Huntington Meeting
The West Virginia Federation of Music Clubs adjourned in Martinsburg after voting to meet next year in Huntington. George M. Ford, state schools superintendent, discussed two federation measures in the legislature: creating a state supervisor of music and making music teaching in schools mandatory. He would support the proposals if funds for salaries are appropriated.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
West Virginia Federation of Music Clubs
Huntington
George M. Ford
Ford
Four Witnesses Take Stand in Gerald Chapman Case
Hartford reporters describe the first day of trial as four witnesses testified on technical points for the Chapman murder case involving Patrolman James Skelly. The jury was seated after extensive panel selection amid Chapman's calm demeanor.
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Gerald Chapman
Hartford
Conn
Hartford County
James Skelly
New Britain
Chapman
Hugh M. Alcorn
Max D. Unkelbach
Unkelbach
Davidson and Leventhal
Samuel M. Davidson
Shelley
Davidson
Norman B. Hurd
Hurd
Edith Larsen
Pittsburg Coal Co Begins Dismantling 16 Mines
Pittsburg March 26 The Pittsburg Coal Company announced it has started dismantling sixteen of its fifty four mines in the Pittsburg coal fields. The mines have been idle since early 1924 and machinery pit cars and tipples are being removed at mines within thirty miles of Pittsburg.
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Pittsburg
Mar
Major Sea Medical Surgeries Save Two Passengers
Reports from steamships arriving in New York describe two life saving operations at sea. Mrs Clara Yeaman of Columbus Ohio and Herbert A Stoddart purser of the Uraguaya were treated after emergency cases aboard their vessels. Surgeons from Chicago St Luke's Hospital and Baltimore performed the operations at night as the ships battled rough seas near San Juan Porto Rico and Bermuda.
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New York
Clara Yeamans
Columbus
Ohio
Saint Luke's Hospital
Tuscania
Herbert A. Stoddart
Royal Mail
Hamilae
Bermuda
Kellogg Speed
Chicago
James Reed
Warner Bishop
St. Luke's Hospital
Hugh Young
Baltimore
Forty Said to Perish as Lift Drops in Mine
Rescue workers reported fears that forty men were killed when a lift plunged into the Marlehach mine in Metz Lorraine this afternoon. Crews battled dust and smoke as they searched for survivors and awaited news from the surface.
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Metz
Lorraine
Marlehach
Prairie Fires Ravage Rosebud Reservation Areas In Nebraska and Dakotas
Fires across the Rosebud Indian reservation burn three villages and threaten ranches. Reports say a woman and two children may have died at Tuthill, while 100 square miles blaze north of Valentine. No confirmation of a Walker death. over 100000 acres burned.
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Wakpala
Walker
Nebraska
Valentine
Neb
Rosebud
Indiana
Tuthill
O'Neill
Gregory
South Dakota
Wakapala
Parsley guilty of second degree murder in wife slaying
Wayne West Virginia March 26 Melvin Parsley twenty four found guilty of second degree murder in the killing of his wife May Dingess Parsley in Kenova September 1 The verdict carries a possible eighteen year maximum and five year minimum in the penitentiary Parsley claimed he acted while temporarily crazed and under unwritten law The jury of Wayne county farmers delivered the verdict in twenty five minutes Parsley faces a separate trial for the murder of Baldwin at the next Wayne county term and a defense motion to set aside the verdict was to be argued Saturday morning Three witnesses were arrested briefly on warrants charging perjury but released on bond pending hearings
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Wayne
W. Va
Melvin Parsley
Wayne County
May Dingess Parsley
Kenova
Parsley
Jake Baldwin
Baldwin
John 5
Marcum
Huntington
Robert Bland
James Ilson
Nettie Hodge
Mingo County
William
Thomas Baisden
Boyd Adina
Leonard Scholl Drops Dead in Lewisburg Street
Leonard Scholl of Thurmond West Virginia visiting his aunt Mrs J H Dempsey in Lewisburg dropped dead on the street en route to Dr H L Beard’s office He was sixty five a tool carpenter Survived by his wife and daughter Miss Freda Scholl services will be held at Alderson Presbyterian church at 3 o clock Sunday afternoon
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Lewisburg
W. Va
Leonard Scholl
Thurmond
J. H. Dempsey
H. L. Beard
Aldersen
Presbyterian
Freda Scholl
Two graves opened in McClintock murder case probe
Exhumations ordered for Mrs Emma McClintock mother of William McClintock and Dr Oscar Olson brother of Chief Justice Harry Olson as part of the William D Shepherd murder indictment. Bodies lie in Oakwood and Graceland cemeteries in Chicago with state probes expanding to examine manner of deaths.
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Chicago
Emma Nelson McClintock
William N. MccClintock
William D. Shepherd
C. C. Farman
Oscar Olson
Harry Olson
Municipal Court
Oscar Wolff
Olson
Shepherd
Justice Olson
Young McClintock
Hopkins
Criminal Court
McClintock
Isabelle Pope
Farman
School of
Bacteriology
Paiman Shepherd
Mra. McClintock
Oakwood
Graceland Cemetery
Mayoralty Election at Spencer Was Close
Spencer West Virginia March 26 by a secand majority of thirty votes M K Hershman Republican was reelected mayor over Democrat A E Kenney in a 492 to 462 result Five city councilmen were chosen from ten candidates C C Rowe H D Lowe A B Gainer W T Price E M Sinnett Other offices to be filled by appointment next month party lines ignored and results split between parties
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H. D. Lowe
A. B. Gainer
W. T. Price
E. M. Sinnett
Girls Strut Gaily by Puffing on Cigarettes
In Bluefield on a Wednesday alevioun watchers saw two young women walk the curb market area in bright caments and puff on cigarettes while a drug store keeper boasted of selling more cigarettes to them than to locals. Crowds and loafers watched the scene as traders discussed the fashion and the era’s influence on the younger generation in the stock market district near Federal and Raleigh.
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Bluefield
Federal
Raleigh
Rrs
Million in stolen goods recovered in New York raid
Two men Patrick Mitchell and Max Price were arrested as part of a band of robbers and bootleggers after police uncovered a mock warehouse on South Street. Authorities recovered fabrics, leathers, dyes, cigarettes, cigars, alcohol, and a fleet of stolen trucks along with an alarm system and a secret safe. Investigators press to trace mail order buyers through letters found at the site.
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New York
Mar
South Street
Enepedy
Patrick Mitchell
Max Price
Pincus, Sachs & Company
Woman Charged With Hatchet Attack On Truant Officer
In Ceredo West Virginia Mrs Vernon Carver was charged with attacking truant officer W V Hensley with a hatchet after her son fled home The officer suffered a broken arm and other injuries Hensley questioned the boy about truancy at the Carver residence and the mother allegedly struck him with a hatchet facing a Wayne county grand jury bond set at 500
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Ceredo
W. Va
W. V. Hensley
Vernon Carver
Wayne County Grand Jury
A. G Brown
Hensley
Representatives Trade Bodies Outline Program
Representatives of the Chambers of Commerce from Frostburg Hagerstown Oakland Frederick and Cumberland met in Cumberland on March 26. The Western Maryland Chamber of Commerce outlined a tentative program for the coming year after reviewing the past year's work. Hagerstown was represented by Dr. W. D. Campbell Roy Leiter J S Wilmott Mark Mellor and J F Philips with Colonel D John Markley representing Frederick.
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Cumberland
Chambers of Commerce
Frostburg
Hagerstown
Oakland
Frederick
Maryland
Chaip of Commerce
W. D. Campbell
Roy Leiter
J. 5. Wilmott
Mark Mellor
J. F. Phillips
D. John Markley
Congressman McLeod Injured In Airplane Crash Near Uniontown
Congressman Clarence J. McLeod of Detroit was seriously hurt when the aircraft he rode in struck a tree on takeoff from an emergency field near Uniontown Pennsylvania. Pilot R J Mintz escaped with minor injuries. McLeod suffered a broken rib a broken shoulder and severe cuts and bruises. he was hospitalized.
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Uniontown
Clarence J. McLeod
Detroit
Mich
R. J. Mintz
Washington
C. J. Ritz
Charter Change to Cure Oversight in Bluefield Draft
The Bluefield Senate bill clarifies city charter provisions for electing city executive committees. It amends section six to allow the board of directors to appoint election officers and to elect city party committees in a June primary with terms beginning June 20 and lasting four years.
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Senate
John Kee
Bluefield
Kee
Bennett Case May Go to Jury by Night
In Chattanooga Tennessee on March 26 the Bennett murder trial nears verdict. Seven hours and forty minutes of closing argument and the judge's charge remain before the jury begins deliberations on the case of W H Bennett and wife Mae Bennett charged with murdering Miss Athrusta Hoffman.
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Bennett
Chattanooga
Tenn
Mar
W. H. Bennett
Mae Bennett
Athrusta Hoffman
W. W. Draper
Woman and Brother Held in Robbery Case
Huntington West Virginia March 26 Mrs Lillian Addison twenty three and her brother Pate Seamonds twenty were held on robbery charges linked to the McMahon Diehl Department store robbery They were arrested for violating dry laws with police seizing fourteen pints of moonshine whiskey at their home Mrs Addison was the fiancee of confessed robber John Williams Hopkins who faces related charges
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Lewisburg Street
Mclintock
Murderers Row
Guardian
Ward
Spencer
Band of Robbers
West Virginia
Board of Directors
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