West Virginia considers new taxes and gun bill
A special joint committee report outlines higher gross sales tax through 1.3 million more revenue, a 30 percent rise in auto licenses, taxes on out-of-state mortgage and finance firms, and higher outside insurer taxes. Proposals also include road funds, capitol building spending, and a firearms carry bill amended for citizenship, residency, and license scope.
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Charleston
W. Va
Senate
House of Delegates
West Virginia
State Capitol
Board of Control
State Bar Association
House
Executive Council
Wright Hugus
Judiciary Committee
Hugus
Cannon
Joint Committee
Hardman
Dean
Ford
Vanes
Who Is President Query Impacts Umnak School Teachers
The May 26 note from the Bureau of Education and the separate departments asks Umnak School teachers about the president question. It references the November elections and a letter regarding the vice presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Umnak
Supreme Court orders trial on Sherman act links to coal strikes
The Corona do Coal case is sent back to the western Arkansas district court to determine if district No. 21 United Mine Workers and affiliated unions and certain individuals violated the Sherman antitrust law and caused treble damages from 1914 strike disorders. The international union is cleared as a defendant. The court cites evidence showing district No. 21 and leaders coordinated two 1914 attacks, unlike the international union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coronado
Arkansas District Court
Supreme Court
District No. 21
United Mine Workers of America
International Union
Arkansas
District Court
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Taft
Slow recovery from cold forecast for eastern states
Washington, May 25. The eastern half of the country was promised only a slow recovery from the cold wave in the weather bureau forecast tonight. It warned of heavy to killing frost during the night in a strip from western New York to West Virginia. After that the unsettled weather would yield to a gradual warm up brief period of relief coming as the northwest air mass moves in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Weather Bureau
New York
West Virginia
Presbyterians Move Toward Union with Congregationalists
In Columbus the General Assembly adopted a report proposing closer cooperation and potential union between the Presbyterian Church in the United States and the Congregational Church. Reformers cite mission cooperation while ultra-fundamentalists warn the move surrenders creeds.
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Columbus
Presbyterian General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
Congregational Church
Clarence Edward Macartney
Philadelphia
Department of Church Co-Operation
Ie Ross Stevenson
Princeton
Joel M. Hayden
Cleveland
Henry B. Kirkland
Germantown
Macartney
Canada
J. Duncan Harley
White Fish
Mont
New York
Harry Emerson Fosdick
First
Dust Clouds Blame Death Of SixYearOld In West Virginia
In Hinton West Virginia May 25 dust clouds on a dirt road are blamed for the death of Josephine Harper six year old daughter of Lee Harper former county school superintendent. She died after being struck by a car driven by Cecil Miller near Lees Branch while returning from Sunday school. The dust obscured her view and hindered the driver from stopping in time. She died at Hinton hospital from chest injuries.
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Cecil Miller
Asher
Hinton
Miller
Hearings Resume on Nickel Plate Merger Plan
Hearings before the Interstate Commerce Commission resumed Monday on the Van Sweringen Nickel Plate Railroad merger. Minority stockholders disputed traffic projections while EB M Thomas and H A Osgood testified on 1923 1924 expenditures and forecasted traffic volumes amid the tentative unification with Erie Pere Marquette Chesapeake and Ohio and Ohio Valley systems. O P Van Sweringen is to be called in support before week’s end.
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Nickel Plate Railroad
Washington
van Sweringen
Interstate Commerce Commission
EB. M.thomas
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
H. A. Osgood
St. Louis
Thomas
Osgood
O. P. VanSweringen
Erie
Pere Marquette
Chesapeake and Ohio
Oe Valley
Armed Ram-Chasers To Ply Great Lakes
The Chicago Daily News reports armed ram-chasers under Commander T Brereton have completed training. They will patrol miles of coast near boats to catch bootleggers on the Great Lakes.
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Great Lakes
Chicago
Cago Daily News
Explosions At Glendale Mines Prompt Mass Arrests
State police in Moundsville W Va arrest Asa Gibby Glendale local UMW president and sixteen others on intimidation charges after two bombs exploded under Glendale miners homes. Three Poloski children escaped injury. deputies track suspect Chesman amid moonshine finds.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Asa Gibby
Glendale
United Mine Workers
Marshall County
Gibby
Justice of the Peace
W. E. Clayton
John Poloski
Harry Snehara
Brockus
Poloski
Fred MacNinth
Alex Chesman
Chesman
Charles Dargis
Annie Dargis
Menes George
Leo Voydok
Joe Smith
Theodore Viniczich
Frank Corich
Jim Miller
Charles Rodaleki
John Fisher
Tony Urban
Andy Garvenich
John Garvenich
Tony Sonblak
John Incrich
Joe Kibert
Frank Ledvinka
Bridgeport
United Mine Workers of America
P. D. Morris
Robert Crowe
Crow
Jack Samochiw
Samochow
Non-Union Coal Loading Breaks Record in West Virginia
In Fairmont on May 25, 169 non union mines loaded 1151 cars, setting a regional record. Ten union mines loaded 209 cars. The Monongah division of the Baltimore and Ohio reported 609 non union cars, another local high. Association official George Brackett said non union output is rising and the daily average has topped 1000 cars recently.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Northern West Virginia Coal Operators’ Association
Baltimore and Ohio
George S. Brackett
Ford Interest Reported in Coal Field Negotiations
Reports say Henry Ford may buy Houston coal interests in southern West Virginia and Kentucky for millions. T B Houston and A Lunsford visited Pocahontas and discussions revived amid denial from Houston interests.
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OY Ford
Logal Coal Field
Houston
West Virginia
Kentucky
Henry Ford
Detroit Motor King
Ford
T. B. Houston
Pocahontas Field
A. Lunsford
Fordson Coal Company
Cincinnati
Lunsford
Kentucky By-Product Coal Company
Houston Coal and Coke Company
Elkhorn
Keystone Coal and Coke Company
Keystone
Tidwater Coal and Coke Company
Vivian
King Coal and Coke Company
Kimball
Well
Houston Colleries
Mateland
Pocahontas Coal Company
Welch
Kiin Coal Company
Thacker Coal and Coke Company
Thacker
Thacker Field
Eastern
Four Men Held After Ambush Shooting Near Mine
Four men, William Nemis Louis Hill Will Austin and Jesse Willis, were jailed in Fairmont after a morning ambush at Jamison Coal No 8 mine injuring two non union workers Davis and Keller. Witness Will Lewis said a gunman emerged from bushes fired a shotgun and a later shot from a .45 revolver caused the injuries.
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Fairmont
W. Va
William Nemis
Louis Hill
Will Austin
Jesse Willis
Davis
Keller
Jamison Coal and Coke Company
Will Lewis
Farmington
Park & Tilford Buys 1.8 Million Gallons Whiskey
New York May 25 Purchase of 1 800 000 gallons of whiskey from Old Overholt Distilling of Pittsburg announced by Park Tilford president David A Schulte The liquor will be lawfully disposed to physicians hospitals and similar institutions In addition Park Tilford acquired twenty acres of land and fourteen buildings on the Pittsburg outskirts The deal totaled 5 000 000 and the distillery has stood for over a century.
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New York
Pittsburg
David A. Schulte
Park & Tilford
Schulte
Three Death Sentences Confirmed by King Boris
Sofia reports King Boris of Bulgaria confirmed the death sentences of three men for their role in the Sveti Kral Cathedral bombing that killed 160. It marks the first time the monarch approved such sentences after a court martial ruling.
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Sofia
Bori
Bulgaria
Sveti Kral
Boris
Anxious Norwegians Await Amundsen Fate Uncertain
Reports from Oslo and New York relay cautious optimism about Roald Amundsen’s North Pole flight. Commander Donald B. MacMillan says Amundsen may be delayed by weather, with storms and sun position affecting navigation. Relief plans include a possible second expedition and air dash from Switzerland if needed.
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Copenhagen
Ekstradiadet Today
Fridtjof Nansen
Norway
Amundeen
Lse
New York
North American
Alliance
Associated Press
Kings Bank
Spitzbergen
Portland
Roald Amundsen
Donald B. MacMillan
Amund
MacMillan
North Pole
Amundsen
Oslo
Shipping Gazette
Arctic
Los Angeles
Cal
Haakon H. Hammer
Hollywood
Hans Hansen
San Diego
Hammer
W. H. Moffett
Naval Bureau of Aeronautics
Washington, D. C
Ralph Davison
United States Navy
Davison
Langley
Hawaiian
Switzerland
Van Bittner Summoned to Appear Before Court
Fairmont West Virginia May 26 Van A Bittner chief international representative of the United Mine Workers of America for northern West Virginia was served with sanctions tonight summoning him to appear before Judge I Grant Lastelle in Morgantown to show cause why he should not be adjudged in contempt of court for an alleged violation of an injunction Deputy Sheriff James Bartholow served the papers in the lobby of the Fairmont Hotel at about 930 this evening
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Fairmont
W. Va
van A. Bittner
United Mine Workers of America
West Virginia
Sancrs
I. Grant Lastelle
Morgantown
James
Bartholow
Mr. Bittner
Fairmont Hotel
Newspapers May Publish Any Official Information
Washington May 26 The Supreme Court ruled that newspapers may publish official information disclosed by Congress without government hindrance. The decision, by Justice Sutherland, avoided ruling on press freedom and involved income tax lists opened for public inspection. The ruling prompted plans for nationwide release of current records, though July 1 date was set by the Internal Revenue Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
Internal Revenue
Sutherland
Kansas City Journal-Post
Baltimore Post
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Blair
Bluefield Wins Move to Dismiss Fee Traffic Officers
Bluefield leads West Virginia state in ending fee or commission based traffic officers. G B Buchanan will surrender badge and commission as state police replace with salaried officers in uniform. Governor Gore supports salaried traffic enforcement to aid motorists and promote “the friendly town” image.
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Chamber of Commerce
Bluefield
G. B. Buchanan
Mr. Buchanan
West Virginia
Rong
Buchanan
Cy B. Hiner
State Road Commission
Hiner
Howard M. Gore
Johnson City Tenn
Johnson City
Gore
City Limita
West Via
Mingo Grand Jury Votes No Indictments In Election Violence
In Williamson West Virginia on May 25 the Mingo grand jury hearing the Kermit election violence case announced no indictments after hearing testimony from more than one hundred subpoenas. The proceedings follow a deadly clash in Kermit last Tuesday that left two dead and three wounded.
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Washin
Ea — Bureau of Educaor
Beterler
International Mine Workers NO
Western Arkansas District Court
Northern Presbyterian
Congregational Churches
Fosdick
T. E. Houston
Fordson Co
Explorer
Donald B. McMillan
van Bittner
Mingo Grand Jury
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