05 May 1930
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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1930
Page
1
About 1,000 Rotarians gathered in the city for a two day conference. Sessions begin at 9 45 this morning with speeches by prominent members and entertainment. Registration runs from 8 30 to 6 30 in the Scottiah Eiten temgoverner's nD lobby.
Maksima Gandhi, noted nationalist leader, was arrested at Velalpi and smuggled to Borivi and Poona for detention. The arrest follows a week of relative calm after riots in Calcutta Narschi and Peabewar. He will be held without trial at Terroda as authorities seek to quell violence linked to civil disobedience.
Mas Both daughter of J Betuy Pieeuing, member of the Fines familias of Pairmont, perishes as Will be bahd Tuesday. Both employed by the Vi gine railroad at the Zimore yards. Wit peenss maid Powell driving swerves the car into a ditch to avoid others. Vehicle strikes culvert and overturns, rolling down an embankment.
A weary bid to defeat the tariff bill opens this week as opponents warn of steep consumer price hikes. The conference report moves to the Senate amid denunciations and slogans as critics tag the bill the billion-dollar Grusby bundle and predict adverse effects on unemployment, exports, and farmers.
The pamphlet notes divorce, dress, low wages, delayed marriages, and entertainment as crime drivers. Pastor Frank Donaldson argues crime rises with unprotected, irreligious behavior and calls for treatment through progressive mentalities and scientific approaches. He cites 1910 penal losses totaling 1.085 billion and overall crime losses near 1.035 billion, urging community attention.
Oakwood Beach on Staten Island was hit by a major blaze destroying more than 100 cottages and a two story hotel. Fire officials from Manhattan and Brooklyn aided as flames spread across a ten mile front toward Melville and Parmingdale with 18 communities threatened.
New York May 4 Tentative arrangements for a radio speech by Colonel Charles A Lindbergh fell through after he said he knew nothing about the plans The broadcast was to be from Stadia on Bgosre Garden during the New York air show Attempts to reach him failed He said he would visit the show but preferred not to speak
Protestants seek more time as West Virginia Power and Transmission faces a $100 million hydro electric program on the Cheat river watershed. Hearings before Governor Conley and the Public Service Commission resume Monday after a delay to allow opposing groups to marshal arguments.
Fire destroyed a repair boat at Matfield Campbell Creek Coal Company property at St Wharf ap Dene. Superintendent Rensford reported losses at least 85000 and suspects Tnetodiarinta. Charles Town Gre company aided volunteers as crews fought the blaze after 3 80 pm yesterday. No one aboard. Authorities notified.
Washington May 4 The White House and supporters push for one or two more Senate votes to confirm John J Parker as a supreme court justice amid a heated behind the scenes campaign. Opponents deny patronage offers while some wavering senators shift, though party leaders insist Parker has broad backing. A telegram from United Mine Workers chief Lewis signals renewed partisan resistance.
A May 4 United Press report discusses temperance leaders urging clean conduct from both wet and dry congressmen. It notes belief many lawmakers abstain but some drink, and argues a legislator who drinks betrays loyalty and oath, harming public trust while the press shields no one. The piece cites the Senate lobby committee and historical references to Capitol bar temptations.
Personal property totaling 1 108 487 from the estate of Roland Gerry linked to Jones and Laughlin Steel was distributed yesterday by an orphans court decree among Gerry’s three nieces Elizabeth B. Chalfant, Helen B Nobel, and Margaret B Bunn.
John Brisben Walker, 83, the Cosmopolitan publisher, urges converting New York City’s elevated rail into a rapid transit system using silent motor buses. He envisions replacing elevated tracks with a roadbed sheathed in iron, enabling express routes every twenty minutes with outside runways for two-way traffic. The idea mirrors his earlier World pitch from decades ago.
Fragmentary lines mention possible names and terms like Kedruaedia and Zoran law but lack coherent facts or identifiable entities for a proper summary.
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