West Virginia code debate ends day with four chapters open
Charleston March 28 The joint legislative group adjourned with only four of sixty three code chapters open for amendments on elections taxation eminent domain and repeal of statutes The House approved a flat mileage payment of 73 to eighty eight members while Kanawha county delegates were excluded The senate adopted a resolution to seek 800000 more for the veterans hospital and both houses adjourned until Tuesday afternoon
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Charleston
W. Va
Joint Legislative Committee
House
Senate
W. S. Johnnson
H. B. Lee
Kanawha County
Congress
West Virginia Veterans’ Hospital
Attorney General
Day's News Highlights Across Nations and Local Scenes
A collage of brief notices reports a youth train rider killed at Fekman yard, a Bristol delegates meeting for a congressional nominee, Duffield escape, and a New York autoist death. Also notes Jamaica ginger fears, Cosgrave resignation, AFL stance on Parker, and Beaver placing in a Princeton literary contest.
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Robert Hutchinson
Tack Branch
Fekman Yard
Page Eight
City
Beaver
Page One
Jimmy McLarnin
California
Hatchet Murderers Of Key Man In Duffield Va At Large
James Draper a 50 year old Southern railway telegraph operator was hacked to death in the Duffield Virginia telegraph office early yesterday. Investigators said robbery motive and found Draper’s watch missing. no money over fifteen dollars. Bloodhounds used, one suspect known to authorities with statement expected today.
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James Draper
Southern Railway
Duffield
Bluefield
Draper
Appalachia
Bristol
Kingsford Smith Proposes Atlantic Crossing to Complete World Flight
Capt Charles Kingsford Smith announced tentative plans to fly the Southern Cross from Europe to the United States across the Atlantic. The proposed leg would then continue to Oakland to finish his around the world trip, marking a sentimental goal.
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Honolulu
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Oakland
Calif
Sydney
Australia
Atlantic
Europe
United States
Kingsford-Smith
Roanoke Dynami te Blast Targets Rum Ring Cars
Roanoke police and federal officers search for bombers after a dynamite charge detonates under a confiscated Buick used by Samuel O White a federal prohibition agent. The blast damages the garage and car injuring no one while prompting a large manhunt toward liquor-ring suspects.
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Ghent
Roanoke
Samuel O. White
Otterview Avenue
White
Prohibition
Sam Adkin
Wilson Street
Morningside Heights
H. R. King
Luck Avenue
Alonside
Samaritan Dies From Shot Wound Near Christiansburg
Charles Latham a 39 year old New York man died at Altamont hospital Christiansburg after being shot by hitchhiker James Evans 21 who confessed to the shooting during a suspected robbery. Evans was captured near Radford Virginia by Radford officers following suspicion in the city. Herman Latham and a sister Mrs Davis New York are noted as relatives.
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Charles Latham
New York
Christiansburg
Knoxville
Tenn
Altamont
Latham
Wanderer
James Evans
Montgomery County
Evans
Radford
Herman Latham
Davis
Tariff Randling Puzzles Leaders of House Republicans
Washington March 28 Republican leaders and Speaker Longworth press for a rule to allow separate votes on sugar lumber cement and shingles as the steering committee weighs a path to conference. Western and Northwestern GOP voices push for individual votes while administration allies urge immediate conference.
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Washington
House
Longworth
Senate
Snell
Rules Committee
Missouri Penitentiary Revolt Backed by Iron Rule
Jefferson City Mo March 28 75 convicts injured as guards used clubs in two days of disorder at the Missouri penitentiary Warden Leslie Rudolph imposes hard rules and 22 ring leaders placed in solitary confinement Walter Dipley named among instigators former world boxing champion Stanley Kitchell killer is mentioned in connection with the case
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Leslie Rudolph
Strick
Walter Dipley
Stanley Kitchell
Springfield
Auburn Convict Convicted in Keeper Murder
Anthony Mortelito, an Auburn convict, was found guilty of stabbing Principal Keeper Edward B. Beckwith at Auburn Prison on March 5. The jury returned the verdict with death to be imposed March 31. Mortelito, 31, already has a 20 year sentence for a 1922 murder in White Plains.
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Auburn
N. Y
Anthony Mortelito
Edward B. Beckwith
Mortelito
Beckwith
White Plains
Two Firemen Die In Fire Truck Crash In Omaha
Two Omaha firemen died and three were injured when two fire trucks collided at a fraternity house fire call. Killed were Thomas G. Hastings and Charles Baarman both pipe men. Injured were Joseph B. Jankowski Captain John F. Engel and Julius Larsen.
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Omaha
Thomas G. Hastings
Charles Baarman
Joseph B. Jankowski
John F. Engel
Julius Larsen
Enraged husband kills wife wounding in laws in Nashville
Raymond Stone 27 killed his mother in law 44 and wounded his wife 23 and her father 50 before being shot by 14 year old brother in law Dave Poindexter. Stone survived and confessed to police.
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Nashville
Raymond Stone
Jeff Poindexter
Roxie
Dave Poindexter
Will Start Campaign to Nominate Candidates
Philadelphia March 28 factions in the Pennsylvania Republican organization prep for May primary campaigns to nominate candidates. Labor Secretary James J. Davis, backed by Philadelphia, said he refused to retire to aid Senator Joseph R. Grundy. Grundy himself declared he remained a candidate after Lewis withdrew in hopes of harmony.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Republican
James J. Davis
United States Senate
Washington
Joseph R. Grundy
Samuel S. Lewis
Senator Grundy
Grundy
W. M'Garragh Leaves Reichsbank for New Post
Former Fed official W. M'Garragh exits the Reichsbank in Berlin after a recent appointment as president of the new International Bank of War Debt Settlements, signaling a major shift in wartime financial diplomacy.
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Ates W. M'Garrah
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Reichsbank
Berlin
New International Bank of War Debt Settlements
Swanson Denounces Pact as Snare and Delusion
Senator Swanson of Virginia, ranking Democrat on the foreign relations committee, denounces the London consultative pact as a snare and delusion. He notes concerns over European obligation and warns against entering any agreement as a price for naval accord. Swanson has long opposed American adherence to the League of Nations and the world court, influencing Senate views on ratification.
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Washington
Senate
London
Senator Swanson
Virginia
Foreign Relations Committee
Capitol
Hoover
Swanson
America
United States
Europe
League of Nations
World Court
London Naval Conference Aims At Security Pact Formulas
American delegation presses for a consultative treaty while British and French experts seek a security formula to satisfy France without enlarging Britain’s European obligations. Stimson Gibson and MacDonald met at No 10. Briand conferred with Henderson. MacDonald then rested at Chequers, Stimson at Stanmore with Arthur Wilson Page.
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London
France
Great Britain
Stimson
Gibson
MacDonald
No. 10
Downing Street
Briand
Foreign Office
Arthur Henderson
House of Lords
Wall Street Rampage Breaks 1930 Records
New York March 28 report shows wholesale speculation driving the New York stock exchange to new 1930 highs. The 90 issue price index rose over 21 points as utilities rails amusement and specialty stocks surged in blocks. Total trading reached 5,056,240 shares, the largest since December, amid a late surge of buying into the final hour.
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New York
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Federal Reserve
Labor unions oppose Parker Supreme Court nomination
The American Federation of Labor announced it will oppose Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina for the Supreme Court, citing a Fourth Circuit record including the Red Jacket injunction that favored mine operators over miners. Senator Overman will hold a hearing likely next Tuesday or Wednesday after the Senate reconvenes.
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Washington
Green
American Federation of Labor
John J. Parker
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Parker
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Red Jacket
West Virginia
Overman
Senate
American Federation of
Mine Workers’ Organization
Mine Workers’ Union
Supreme Court of the United States
Labor
Senate Judiciary Committee
United States Senate
Prohibition Agency Traces Jamaica Ginger Paralyzing Drink
Washington March 28 Prohibition Commissioner Doran said Jamaica ginger a crude carbolic acid creosote and alcohol mix flavored with ginger caused hundreds of paralysis cases in the South and Southwest. Chemists tested over a hundred samples and traced the source to three focal points in Cincinnati and St. Louis as bootleggers distributed the deadly beverage widely.
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Washington
Jamaica
Prohibition
Doran
Prohibition Bureau
Quick
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Strother in Unconscious State After Illness
James French Strother, 60, former congressman from West Virginia and ex judge of McDowell county criminal court, remains unconscious at home after weeks of illness. Doctors ended treatment, noting he has been unconscious for three days in Welch.
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Welch
W. Va
James French Strother
Fifth
West Virginia
McDowell County Criminal Court
Strother
Marines to Leave Haiti as Policy Shift Outlined
President Hoover endorses Forbes Commission plan for gradual U S withdrawal from Haiti replacing military with diplomacy. A minister will succeed Maj. Gen. Russell as high commissioner, four year terms for naval and marine officers, and continued American advisory support including doctors and engineers. Legation building at Port au Prince to be constructed.
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Washington
Hoover
United States
Haiti
Forbes Commission
Garde
John H. Russell
Russell
Cayuga Indian Testifies in Buffalo Slay Trial
Buffalo March 28 Old Ann Snow Cayauga Indian testifies that artist Henri Marchand spoke of not caring whether his wife lived or died. The wife Clothilde Marchand was killed. Lila Jimerson stands trial as an alleged accomplice with Nancy Bowen confessing to the crime. The state alleges Lila claimed Mrs. Marchand was a white witch harming Nancy.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Ann Snow
Henri Marchand
Lila Jimerson
Clothilde Marchand
Nancy Bowen
Lila
Nancy
Dague Testifies In Fatal Shooting Case At New Castle
W Glenn Dague told jurors he fired at Officer Paul but did not hit him during a December roadside stop near New Castle Pennsylvania. Defense plans to call character witnesses from Wheeling West Virginia as trial proceeds.
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New Castle
W. Glenn Dague
Mra
Irene Schroeder
Hrady Paul
Paul
Here
Commonwealth
Dague
Charles J. Margiotti
Margiotti
Wheeling
W. Va
Theresa Dague
Viola
Uncertain Cause for Yukon Mine Explosion Kills Twelve
In Arnellsville West Virginia Crown Coal Yukon mine, twelve miners were killed when an explosion occurred on Wednesday. Mining experts led a two day investigation and said the cause and point of origin remained undetermined and would continue the next day.
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Arnellsville
W. Va
Yukon
Crown Coal Company
Two ships run aground near San Francisco harbor
The steam schooner Claremont grounded inside the harbor entrance while the tanker Rhino Maru piled up at Point Sur about 100 miles south.
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San Francisco
Claremont
Point Sur
Here
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William Cosgrave
Princeton
Rum Ring
Samaritan
Tariff Randling
Rudolph
Penitentiary
Ring
Hubby
Organized Labor
Subcommittee
American Federation
Oseph R. Nutt
Republican National Committee
Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
Mr. Nutt
Union Trust Bank
Ioland Republic
Wizene
Marchand
Pal
Acter
Mrs. Schroeder
A. L. Dague
Dallas
Louis Marr
Mre. Schroeder
Schroeder
Butler Road
Brady Paul
Marigiotti
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