Weirton Steel Labor Election Plan Adjourned
National Labor Board adjourned without finalizing an election plan for labor representatives at Weirton steel mills West Virginia under a December election mandate from a prior agreement. Wagner urged both company and union committees to accept board supervision and abide by law amid claims of intimidation and recent layoffs.
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Washington
National Labor Board
Weirton Steel Mills
W. Va
Wagner
Labor Board
E. T. Weir
Steel Company
William J. Long
Company Plan Committee
John Larkin
Plan Committe
Larkin
E. W. Miller
Tron, Steel and Tin Workers Union
Weirton
J. Madden
Company
Pennsylvania
Burglary at Samuel Gerard’s store in Wen del
Samuel Gerard’s Wen del shop was burglarized after midnight. Loot valued around 300 dollars included coins, rifles and shells, silk and cotton goods, shoes, clothing, and grocery items. State Trooper Wamsley and Deputy Batson investigated, with no clues yet found.
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Samuel Gerard
Wendel
Gerard
W. G. Wamsley
Harry Batson
B. and O Veterans and Ladies Auxiliary Meet Tuesday
The B O Veterans and Ladies Auxiliary will hold a joint meeting at 7 p m at Modern Woodman Hall with election of officers. At 8 p m the groups will move to the Elks Club for a B O meeting and all veterans and auxiliary members are urged to attend.
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B. & O. Veterans and Ladies Auxiliary
Woodman Hall
Elks Club
Ladies Auxiliary
Birthday Greetings to Attorney John L Hechmer
The Sentinel extends felicitations to Attorney John L Hechmer of East Main Street who is celebrating his 79th birthday today and has labored many years in the community.
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the Sentinel
John L. Hechmer
East Main Street
Clarence Click Convicted in Mary McElroy Kidnapping Case
Kansas City December 8 Clarence Click was found guilty by a jury of participating in the kidnapping of Miss Mary McElroy daughter of City Manager Henry F. McElroy and was sentenced to eight years in prison. He is the third person convicted in the McElroy kidnapping with Walter McGee awaiting execution and George McGee already sentenced to life. Click testified he was a dupe of Lucille Gates and denied foreknowledge, claiming McGee and Clarence Stevens forced him into the crime. Walter McGee testified as a defense witness that Click was unwilling to participate.
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Kansas City
Clarence Click
Mary McElroy
Henry F. McElroy
Click
McElroy
Walter McGee
George
Shawnee
Kan
Miss McElroy
Lucille Gates
McGee
Clarence Stevens
Blair asserts cash paid as protection in liquor plot
Blair testified in a Fairmont liquor conspiracy trial that he took sixty dollars weekly from a federal agent posing as head of a liquor ring to “trap” the would be plotters. He named Walter R. Haggerty and said protection money went to Sheriff Toothman and his deputy, D. B. Lowery, while denying receiving any funds himself.
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Ewdins
Jackson V. Blair
Fairmont
Blair
Walter R. Haggerty
Marion County
Wiliam Bennett
Sheri Homer C. Toothman
Bennett
Sheri
Sheri Toothman
D. B. Lowery
Harry F. Hall
Constabe
W. E. Baker
Toothman
Joseph Lesson
Lesson
Church council urges peace secretary for president's cabinet
Chicago dispatch reports a church council urging action regarding a peace secretary in the president's cabinet. The brief note mentions ongoing discussions within government circles and the need for steady leadership as officials seek pacific policy direction.
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Church Council
Secretary of War and Peace Cabinet Proposal
The commission on Christian Citizenship of the Chicago area council of the Methodist Episcopal Church asks why there isn't a secretary of peace and recommends the council advocate such a post. It notes a 1911 record of 1,720 hours of sunshine at Kew near London, with potential to be broken given limited sunshine over November and December.
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Chicago Area
Kew
London
Miniature Manuscript 18 Sells in London
A tiny 1567 Petrarch manuscript, measuring 15 16 by 11 16 inches, fetched 225 dollars at a London auction. Some scholars call it the world's oldest miniature book. In Amarillo Texas the real estate tax was cut by 22 percent this year.
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London
Amarillo, Tex
Fletcher Enamel plant resumes operations after shutdown
Charleston reports the Fletcher Enamel Company plant at Dunbar resumed work after a 24 hour shutdown while arbitration over employer charges that the management refused recognition of the local Machinists Union proceeds. Thirty seven state and federal highway projects have provided jobs for 2,855 men in Alabama.
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Charleston
Fletcher Enamel Company
Dunbar
Mator Workmen of America
Alabama
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Lea
A.A. Shields
CIGAR
Grafton Fruit Market
West Main Street
Sunkist
Grocery Department
Maxwell House Coffee
Pillsbury
Fifi D'Orzay
Maurice Hill
Fifi
Associated Press
Melroy
Chicago
Wim. Archdeacon Co
Dorothy Perkin
Dorothy Perkins
Janas
Bill EZ
Old Fair Grounds
Buy
Chambray
Klein & Co
Grafton Drug & Chemical CO
Rexall
Grhone
MEL Company
Maric
Dressler Wellaca Beer Y
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Morgantown Avenue
E. H
Jack
Davis
Christmas Gift Baker Coal CO
Trisler
CASH
Central Drug Store
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