Oklahoma woman to be served with contributing to delinquency charge
Mrs Flossie Streck of Oklahoma faced a warrant in Taylor county for contributing to the delinquency of a minor after her niece Bertha Lee Bolliger 16 was taken toward Oklahoma by Streck. Prosecutor Holt noted no kidnapping. Bertha went of her own accord amid hopes of a southwestern journey. Arraignment to follow after Streck’s return from Clarksburg with Bertha Lee.
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Flossie Streck
Oklahoma
Clarksburg
Taylor County
Fred Bolliger
Grafton
Bertha Lee Boliger
Bolliger
James C. Holt
W.E. Rightmire
Sheriif Harry Batson
Car Loadings Slow Up On Monongah Division November
Report shows car loadings on the Monongah division of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for November declined slightly. No significant shifts in volume were reported and operations proceeded under normal schedules across terminals.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Soci Matinatm Worth
Hilt Mene
Ellsworth Missing in Antarctic Flight Search Planned
Reports say Lincoln Ellsworth and pilot Herbert Hollick-Kenyon took off from Dundee Island to cross Antarctica. After last wireless contact Ellsworth was 400 miles from Hearst Land near Stefansson Strait, prompting rescue parties to search the Antarctic wastes.
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Lincoln Ellsworth
Antarctica
Antarctic
Dundee Island
Herbert Hollick-Kenyon
Explorer
Hearst Land
Stefansson Strait
Livermore Teen Trader Gains Noted in Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara Calif Dec 1 Jesse Livermore Jr 16 Meteast trader gains strong start as a young investor in a CP report from the West Coast market scene.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Jesse Livermore, Jr
Gains
Arm Dealers Warned Over War Material Registration
Secretary Hull warned firms and individuals handling arms and implements of war to register under the neutrality act or face criminal prosecution. He also released a list of 86 names who registered within the 90 day period and outlined penalties of up to five years in prison or a $10,000 fine for noncompliance.
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Washington
Hull
Secretary of State
Ickes
Italy
Ethiopia
National Munitions Control Board
Power Company Worker Falls From Pole Dies
Roy Baker, power company worker for West Virginia Light Heat and Power, fell 20 feet from a pole and died. Officials say he apparently thought his safety belt was fastened. He is survived by his widow and two children in Sistersville West Virginia.
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Sistersville
W. Va
Roy Baker
Baker
West Virginia Light, Heat and Power Company
Bankhead Act Under Attack Before Supreme Court
Texas planter Lee Moor argued before the Supreme Court that the Bankhead cotton production control act seeks to nullify constitutional limits by expanding federal power. He said sustained act would place vast power in Congress, transforming production regulation into a federal tax. Moor contended the law misuses taxation to regulate cotton production, threatening dual federalism.
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Washington
Lee Moor
Texas
Supreme Court
Congress
Moor
Court challenge to Bankhead act cited as unconstitutional
Moor contends the Bankhead act is a state power issue and violates the tenth amendment. He argues the act oversteps federal authority by regulating cotton production without a public purpose or general welfare justification for the United States.
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Moore
United States
Birth Control League Meets for Relief Mothers
The American Birth Control League held its first public meeting in seven years in New York at Carnegie Hall drawing about 2,500 attendees. Speakers including Canon H Adyce prichard and Mrs. Hepburn urged birth control and early marriage as a path to intelligent morality, with a resolution noting 250000 children born annually to relief mothers.
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New York
American Birth Control League
Carnegie Hall
H. Adyce Prichard
St. John the Divine
Canon Prichard
Protestant Episcopal Church
Hepburn
Thomas Hepburn
Katharine Hepburn
League
Charles H. Strong
New York City
Arrests fall on Monongah division patrols report
Baltimore and Ohio patrolmen report the Monongah division had the fewest arrests in nine years with 15 in November. Captain Morehead cites fingerprinting and closed transient camps as key factors, noting an 75 percent ten year robbery loss decline and stronger railroad protection since government control ended.
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Baltimore and
Oio
Monongah
C. T. Morehead
Decrease in Robberies Attributed to Curb in Losses
The report cites the main reason for fewer robberies as the drop in monthly losses, noting that at no time this year has any month seen losses exceeding 60 dollars. This finding was learned through the year’s crime data review.
Parkersburg Building Permits Show December Decline
Parkersburg building permits issued in November totalled 24 425 dollars, far below September 83 093 dollars, Building Commissioner Leland Merrill said a winter dip is normal. Sutton saw Cyrus Scott, governor Kump s father in law, escape an automobile skid and strike roadside steps.
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Parkersburg
Leland Merrill
Sutton
Cyrus Scott
Kump
State Policeman Orders Marble Machines Out
State Trooper Harry Burke warned storekeepers to remove marble machines punch boards and similar devices immediately. He pledged to banish all gambling devices within 24 hours in Point Pleasant West Virginia.
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Harry Burke
Parrish Named President of Jeffersonian Club
Head of welfare bureau George F. Parrish at Heads Club Charleston was elected president of the Jeffersonian club, a group of state house employees, on December 3.
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Charleston
George F. Parrish
Welter
The
Rosdeession
Jeffersonian Club
State House
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Seurs
AERA
Arctic
South Pole
Bankhead
High Court
Birth Control League
Morehead
Point Pleasant, W. Vad
Heads Club
Satterfield School
West Main
Jenning
St. John and Main Streets
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