Don Chafin Soon To Be Escorted To Atlanta Prison
Former Logan County sheriff Don Chafin faces a two year federal sentence after a 1924 conspiracy conviction and a $10,000 fine. An order for transport to the Atlanta penitentiary was issued, with W. Va. authorities awaiting notification to escort him or risk bond forfeiture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Chafin
Atlanta
Logan County
Addi
Hunts
W. Va
Donn
United States Ad
Federal
R. L. Gosling
Ira H. Mottesheard
Charleston
Siegel Workman
United States
Workman
Chafin
Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of the United States
George W. MacClintic Chafin
Jewish rabbis urge support for world court in Cincinnati
Dr. Samuel H. Goldenson of Pittsburgh pressed the Central Conference of American Rabbis to back a world court and build public opinion for international justice. He hailed Locarno treaty guarantees within the League of Nations framework as a notable step toward a more righteous and peaceful world. He argued the United States has an obligation to participate in international affairs by joining the parliament of nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
Samuel H. Goldenson
Pittsburg
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Publc
Court of International Jice
Goldenson
League of Nations
United States
Goldnson
Parliament of Nations
Johnson Estate Freed From $5000 Fine in Prohibition Case
Wheeling, Oct. 21. The estate of the late S. K. Johnson, former Wheeling city treasurer, relieved from paying a $5,000 fine in a federal prohibition case. Judge William B. Baker ruled the fine was punitive and not for estate beneficiaries. Johnson died in 1925 before appellate affirmation. Sixteen dry law cases were dismissed as defendants pleaded guilty, with fines exceeding $3,000 imposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W.a
K. Johnson
United States
William B. Baker
United States District Court
West Virginia
Johnson
Hermitage
Tenn
Circuit Court of Appeals
District Court
Baker
Crowded Federal Prisons Strain U S Sentencing
Boston reports overcrowded federal penitentiaries at Atlanta and Leavenworth. The crowding is blamed on numerous convictions in rum and narcotic cases, prompting the federal court to seek solutions for jailed individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Atlanta
Leavenworth
Two Locks and Dams To Be Out Of Commission
Huntington W V Oct 21 Two locks and dams numbers 16 and 25 on the Ohio river will be out of commission at the end of the present operating season for repairs Major Harry M Traippe head of the Huntington district of United States engineers announced today The notice outlines planned shutdowns to allow repairs and maintenance work on the facilities.
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Huntington
W. Va
Ohio River
Harry M. Traippe
Huntington District
United Statases
Gines
Country on Threshold Peace and Prosperity
Charles M Schwab predicted a great era of peace and prosperity for the nation at a joint University of Chicago and Institute of American Meat Packers event. He urged business strength noting industry would stay profitable and that steel underpins progress as production has quadrupled in 25 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Schwab
University of Chicago
Institute of American Meat Packers
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Railroad Labor Board rules mutual concessions in Western Maryland strike
The Railroad Labor Board issues a unanimous decision faulting both sides for actions leading to the dispute. It orders resumed conferences to restore peace, blocks pre strike engine removals, and notes a five cent wage demand tied to the York Central settlement. The case remains on the board calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Western Maryland Railway Management
York Central
Maryland
British Fliers Said to Have Napier Engines
The Evening Standard reports two Napier engines shipped secretly to the United States to be mounted on Gloster Napier planes in the Schneider Seaplane Cup race at Baltimore on October 24. British aviators Captain C. B. Wilson Captain Henry Biard Hubert Broad and Bert Hinckler sailed September 26 amid talk of a hidden plan. A Napier engine of 630 horsepower reached 226.752 miles per hour, while the new 700 horsepower engines promise greater speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Evening Standard
United States
Baltimore
C. B. Wilson
Henry Biard
Hubert Broad
Bert Hinckler
Greece Demands Indemnity From Bulgaria Over Frontier Clash
Athens accuses Bulgarian forces of unprovoked attack near Demirhissar and seeks 2,000,000 French gold indemnity plus apology and punishment of officers. Greece says troops did not cross border, while Bulgaria reports Greek incursions near Demirkapu. The ultimatum sets a forty eight hour deadline.
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London
Greece
Bulgaria
Demirhissar
Athens
Bulgarian Telegraph Agency
Balkan
Demirkapu
Macedonia
France
Demirshissar
Pangalos
Third Army
Salon
West Virginia Hosts First Water Purification School
Morgantown opens the first state school and conference on water purification at West Virginia University. Nearly fifty water plant superintendents and filtration operators from across the state attend the three day program featuring lectures by university faculties and health officials. Dean Clement Ross Jones says the event aims to improve water treatment and supply and may become an annual affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University
Clement Ross Jones
College of Engineering
L. F. Warrick
Sanitary Engineering Division
State Department of Health
Dean Jones
Radio Corporation Expands Probe Into European Holdings
New York Oct 21 The Federal Trade Commission broadened its inquiry into Radio Corporation of America and related firms to Europe examining a vanished electrical firm in Soviet Russia. Percy M Haight testified International General Electric held 16.66 percent of the Russian company. He said his firm owns stock in European electrical businesses and that RCA holds 12 416 preferred and 75 075 common shares. Tomorrow the FTC will study the Weestinghouse Company case and its affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Radio Corporation of America
Associated Companies
Federal Trade Commission
Russia
Russian
General Electric Company
Percy M. Haight
International General Ehlec*ntric Company
Commission
Haight
Weestinghouse Company
France Prepar es Counter Proposal on US Debt Settlement
Paris officials report Premier Painiere and M Caillaux discussed a counter proposal to settle France debt to the United States. The plan centers on a sinking fund to renew finances and may raise the Washington figures, contingent on safeguarding France from crippling payments if restoration delays occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Painleve
Caillaux
Paris
Minance Min
American Debt Funding Commission
Chamber of Deputies
Washington
France
America
Chamber
Senate
M. Caillax
M. Caillaux
American Debt Commission
National Congregational Council weighs church plan in Washington
The National Council of Congregational Churches meets in Washington on October 21 to decide on a $1.0 million First Congregational Church here to symbolize the denomination. The proposal follows sessions marking the American Missionary Association anniversary and may receive broad funding support from Congregational churches nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Council of Congregational Churches of the
United States
First Congregational Church
Mod- Harwood
Jason Noble Merce
American Congregational Churches
Wife testifies of being pushed downstairs in alienation suit
Mrs. Katherine Frey told a supreme court jury that Charles Frey dragged her down stairs after she heard a woman's voice she believed to be Miss Wilda Bennett. She said the incidence occurred in July 1923 after Frey ejected her from his New York apartment. She recounted seeing Frey with Miss Bennett a month later and claimed he ordered her to go home when she protested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineola
N. Y
Katherine Frey
Supreme Court
Wilda Bennett
Charles ©. Frey
New York
Miss Bennett
Louisville
Errey
Frey
Newark
Saratoga
Proposed limit sugar drop sparks talk in Cuba
Havana reports planters in Camaguey and Pinar Del Rio discussed cutting the 1925 26 sugar drop to seventy five percent of cane grown. A minority proposal to leave twenty five percent uncut drew debate but no definite action at the two meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Camaguey
Pinar del Rio
Women gain weddings vow change at Episcopal convention
In New Orleans the general convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church debated women’s roles. The bishops and deputies approved removing the word obey from marriage vows, while ruling women cannot yet become general convention members or licensed lay readers. A law order resolution urged strict enforcement of prohibition and narcotics laws. Debates also approved omitting thirty nine articles and the title page from the prayer book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Protestant Episcopal Church
House of Bishops
John C. Ward
Erie
United States
G. F. Dudley
D. C
Washington
Congress
District of Columbia
No changes in engines for the British entries
Captain Henry C Biard senior pilot of the British team called reports of secretly shipped Hapier engines for the Schneider trophy "all rubbish." He said no engine changes have been made since arrival and the proximity of the race makes changes impossible. Captain Biard denied plans for new engines and noted the Supernony Napier 8 4 raced at Southampton. Captain C B Wilson echoed the denial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Henry C. Biard
London
Evening Standard
United States
Biard
England
Fliers Ete
Prosperity and Peace Across the Horizon
Charles M. Schwab, chair of Bethlehem Steel, spoke at the Meat Packers Institute conference in Chicago about optimism for postwar prosperity. He urged advancing human engineering, reducing costs, and expanding production for peace while noting Bethlehem shifted 99 percent to peaceful munition-to-implements output.
New Indiana Senator Robinson Strengthens Prohibition Camp
Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel of the Anti-Saloon League, hailed Arthur G. Robinson's appointment to succeed the late Senator Ralston. Wheeler said Robinson led Indiana's state senate to enact prohibition and will greatly bolster the national anti alcohol forces in the U S Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League Tonight
Senate
Arthur G. Robinson
Indiana
Senator Ralston
Robinson
United States Senate
Tablet Unveiled on Frigate Constitution
The 128 year old frigate Constitution marked its launch anniversary with a tablet unveiling aboard the ship in Boston’s navy yard. Mayor James M. Curley led exercises joined by school children, and descendants of Commodore Banbridge revealed the commemorative tablet.
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Boston
Constitution
United States
Navy Yard
James M. Curley
Theodore Frothingham
Eleanor Frothingham
William Banbridge
Traffic policemen may be lit up at night
England's traffic officers may become illuminated semaphores at night. A Manchester engineer has invented a phosphorescent arrow for traffic directors at street corners. The shaft is strapped to the wearer's wrist. It contains one vivid green and another ruby red.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Eng
England
Captain Clews of Melita Shot and Killed in Antwerp
Captain A H Clews commander of the Canadian Pacific liner Melita was shot in his cabin and killed while asleep. First officer Thomas Towers is held on murder charges after police say he admitted the act. Two officers were wounded in the ensuing struggle and Towers was to be handed to British authorities at Southampton.
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Antwerp
Belgium
A. H. Clews
Thomas Towers
Flest
Southampton
Clews
Henry Clews
Walla Street
America
David K. Gilmour
Glasgow
John Holliday
Bottle
England
Holliday
Towers
Gilmour
Birkenhead
Waters Reverberate With Hum Flying Craft
On October 21 at Bay Shore Park Chesapeake waters echoed with the hum of specialized racing seaplanes for the Jacques Schneider trophy course. Italy’s Ricardo Marselli briefly piloted a big Macchi as the seven craft prepare for the Saturday contest while Britain and the U S Navy tested grounds without lifting aircraft.
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Baltimore
Jacques Schneider
Bluefielders Sign Up for Pocahontas Goodwill Trip
In three days eighty four Bluefielders joined the Pocahontas Coalfield Goodwill trip set for November 12. The attendance committee led by J. S. Shepherd reports strong early response and aims for 125 to 150 travelers. The trip emphasizes mutual aid over business and will include the American Legion band and planned itinerary from Bluefield through Northfork, Welch, Gary, Point Pleasant, and Bramwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
Chamber of Commerce
J. S. Shepherd
North Carolina
Shepherd
Walter Perkins
J. E McMullin
Jess Walters
Bluefield
Henry Kendrick
Capt. L. Bailey
Harry Greenspon
J. S. Dudley
P.D. Woods
J. F. Salisbury
American Legion Municipal Band
T. ‘O'J. Wilson
James Elmer ‘Brown
Substantial Cut in Income Surtax Rates Promised
Washington notes on the third day of congressional hearings show the House Ways and Means Committee considering a substantial reduction in income surtax rates. The Iowa Tax Club urged cutting the maximum rate from forty to twenty percent and other repeal proposals included estate and gift taxes and tax exemptions for municipal employees and Americans abroad. Treasury estimates project total receipts with present rates reaching 1.88 billion dollars from income taxes and further sums from miscellaneous taxes and customs.
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Washington
Green
House
Ways and Means
Iowa Tax Club
Mellon
Ponaesenenes
Congress
American Medical Association
Treasury
Iowa Tax Club Delegat
Henry L. Adams
Des Moines
Iowa
Williams. Baird
M. B. Pitt
Frank Shame
Clem Kimball
Chicago Stock Exchange
Williams. Bennett
American Bankers’ Association
W. H. Baden
C. W. Richardson
William C. Woodward
Chicago
C. K. Davis
New York
National Foreign Trade Council
Boy Lost in Blizzard Dead Found Near Diorite Camp
Negaunee Michigan October 21 Waimo Maki fourteen of Diorite was found dead Tuesday after a storm that began Sunday. Aino Johnson seventeen wandered into a Clarksburg farmhouse with frozen feet and a swollen face. The youths were returning from a camp when the blizzard trapped them two miles from home. County wide isolation disrupted communications as sleet and heavy snow wrecked wires and cars were stranded.
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Negaunee
Mich
Waimo Maki
Aino Johnson
Clarksburg
Johnson
Maki
Marquette
Nagaunee
Ishing
Quette
Upper Peninsula
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World Court
Railroad Labor Board
Radio Corporation
Europe
C. B. Willson
Bethlehem Company
The
Meat Packers’ Institute
Bethlehem Steel Company
Institute of America Meat Packers
Blehem
South America
Africa
Asia
Schwarb
Costa
Mr. Schwab
Glews
Melita
Waters
George T. Cuddihy
Navy
Curtiss
St. Louis
Pocahontas Coal Field
Good Will
House Ways and Means
MR. Mellon
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