Glass Making Probe Begun by Federal Committee
Washington December 13. The federal monopoly committee opened a probe into the glass industry’s inter company ties and patent control. Hartford Empire claims 67.4 percent of U S glassware output under its licenses while Owens Illinois and Hazel Atlas dominate the rest, allowing license based control of product types and quantities. The hearing targets Corning and others as officials may be questioned to seek evidence of monopolistic practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal
S. F. Parham
Hartford Empire Company
William E. Lewis
Owens-Slints Glass Company
Corning
F. G. Smith
Hartford Empire
Hartford
Department of Justice
Smith
Owens-Illinois Company
Hazel-Atlas Glass Corporation
Owens-Illinois
Hart~ford Company
Unusual program by Women's Club at Elks home
About 100 members and guests attended a General Women's Club meeting at the Elks home Monday night. Mrs John Modi spoke on life in Lebanon and Syria, with musical interludes from several members, and a note on Christmas customs in the Holy Land. The evening included a costume from Bethlehem and a silver offering for club activities, followed by club business and a charitable focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Woman's Club
Elks Home
John Modi
W. E. Hardin
Paul Malone
John Hopkins
L. D. Shaffer
Mary Forcello
Bethlehem
Modi
Charles Carpenter
Woman's Club
W. J. Frey
McGraw Avenue
E. G. Kuhn
Frey
O. A. Jen
Luzader
Yrtle Matheren
Helen Louise
Rosemary Outright
Jake
Merrill Stilwell
Little Town of
Arrests Ordered in McKesson and Robbins Swindle Case
Federal authorities order the arrest of F. Donald Coster president of McKesson and Robbins on securities act violations. George S. Dietrich and George Vernard also arrested. Warranted seizures follow a report of inflated assets by as much as 18 million dollars tied to fake stock and irregularities in the crude drugs division. Manning and Co. is named in a forged check chain linked to Montreal and Brooklyn banking. The firm seeks reorganization under the Chandler Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
F. Donald Coster
Mc Kesson and Robbins, Inc
Securities and Exchange Act
George S. Dietrich
George Vernard
Montreal
W. W. Smith and Co
U. S
Irving H. Kaufman
New Haven
Coster
Dietrich
Fairfield
Sarama
Abe
Youth Arrest Sparks Hearing in Parsons
Thomas Hammond, 17, faced stabbing charges after testimony in a Parsons hearing. Ernest Bennett, 49, was reported hospitalized with five wounds in the abdomen, back, and side. Prosecutor Thomas Dewey's office, including Clinton McGee and John J. Bennett Jr., led the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AE Miyuey
Uy Attoueiwe
Thomas EH. Dewey
Parsons
Stable Clinton McGee
John J. Bennett, Jr
Thomas Hammond
Coster
Ernest
Bender
Mill Creek
Tak- Bennett
Court restraining order linked to brokerage account
John Jenkins was operated by Coster himself. Jenkins is a brother of Mrs. Carol E. Coster who is subject to a temporary court order restraining her from using a $100,000 brokerage account in her name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Jenkins
Coster
Carol E. Coster
Christmas Party and Officers Elected Noted in Local News
A large group hosting Mrs Sammie Camden's Sunday school class carded a Christmas party with gift exchange and refreshments on Knottsville road. Separate reports list officers elected for B and O Veterans Clara Fawyer Auxiliary Mountain City Council No 49 Daughters of America and Mountain City Council planning a December 23 Christmas party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sammie Camden
U. B
Knottsville Road
Lora Louise Loar
Virginia Isner
Mary Alice Burnside
Mary Jane Kirkpatrick
Mary Genevieve Losh
Elaine Knotts
Zelda Poling
Juanita Scotts
Betty Joan Kirkpatrick
Joanne Kasner
Sammie Gail DeMoss
Bertha Moats
Mountain City
Daughters of America
Wehn Hall
Maxine Robinson
Rhea Comp
Alberta Comp
Permelia Robinson
Rozella McDaniel
Mary Nicoremus
Helen Comp
Selah Gillispie
Emma Krepps
Martha Held
Freda Moats
Ella McVicker
Inside Sentinel
Rachel Griffith
Outside Sentinel
Sentinel
Local social and travel notes from Clarksburg and area
Personal announcements show Mrs. Harry Tucker Miss Nellie Tucker Mrs. G V Wolfe of Graf ton and sister Mrs. Harry Mason of Philippi calling in Clarksburg on Monday. George Norris Hayward Norris and Charles Rogers return home to Blueville after attending an oyster festival in Baltimore Sunday. Carl Rauscher is ill at home on McGraw avenue with influenza. Mr and Mrs James Melville Jarvis have moved back to Clarksburg after six months here, where Jarvis a contractor, built several houses for government officials tied to the Tygart dam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Tucker
Nellie Tucker
G. V. Wolfe
Grafton
Harry Mason
Philippi
Clarksburg
George Norris
Hayward Norris
Charles Rogers
Blueville
Baltimore
Carl Rauscher
McGraw Avenue
James Melville Jarvis
Jarvis
Tygart Dam
Birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Grimm of McKeesport
Mr and Mrs Dewey Grimm of McKeesport Pennsylvania welcomed a daughter weighing nine pounds two and three fourths ounces. Marjorie Helen is the name chosen. Mrs Grimm formerly Hazel kman of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Blackman
Dewey Grimm
McKeesport, Pa
Marjorie Helen
Grimm
Hazel Kman
State Police Resume Kidnap Clue Search Near Oxon Hill
Maryland state police renewed their search of shacks near Oxon Hill after 18 year old Mary Brown and her father, William Brown, reviewed photos at Washington police headquarters. She identified one photo as a man she said abducted her and indicated she was held for about 30 hours after being seized on her way from school and kept blindfolded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maryland
Oxon Hill
Mary Brown
William Brown
Mary
Telephone Official Opposes Profit Sharing Plan
C P Cooper vice president of American Telephone and Telegraph told a senate committee that profit sharing would exaggerate booms and busts in industry and that incentive taxation to promote it is unsound as national policy. He argued profit sharing hardly applies to a regulated telephone business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
C. P. Cooper
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Senate
Cooper
Lothair Teeter
Perfect Circle Company
Hagerstown
Ind
J. A. Gibson
Simplex Wire and Caple Company
Cambridge
Mass
Fimple Given Contract For Preston Co. Road
Charleston December bids opened by the State Road commission on four highway projects with unofficial low bidders. Preston-Gravel and macadam base and bituminous surface on 4.033 miles 37,111.30 by R W Fimple. Boone County grade gravel surface 7.234 miles 85,639.69 by Keeley Construction Co Clarkesburg. Lincoln macadam gravel 5.492 miles 49,113 by Carl Morris Charleston. Mason grade drain cement and asphalt 4.58 miles 103,181.90 by R W Fimple Fairmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
State Road Commission
Preston
Macomber
Tucker County
R. W
Yawkey-Alum Creek
Carl Morris
Gallipolis Ferry
Ben Lomond
R. W. Fimple
Fairmont
Slayer of Cousin Is Tried In Raleigh Co
Posey Hendrix, 27, faced a jury in Raleigh County for the shotgun slaying of his 39 year old cousin Berkley Hendrix during a family quarrel at Pine Knob last September. He contends the shooting was in self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Posey Hendrix
Berkley Hendrix
Pine Knob
Lee Fayette Street Bridge bids approved in Charleston
Charleston city council approved low bids totaling 236600 for the Lee Fayette street bridge over the Elk river, a PWA project. Final setting awaits PWA approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Lee-Fayette Street
Elk River
PWA
Trooper Injured In Backbone Mountain Collision
State Trooper Roy G. Coen suffered a head cut when the car he rode in struck a truck in fog on icy Backbone mountain. The December 13 crash involved a fog bound highway on Backbone mountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Roy G. Coen
Backbone Mountain
Aged man killed in Parkersburg by truck strike
An 83 year old, Charles Mullenax, was fatally injured when a truck struck him while he crossed a street in Parkersburg. No charges were filed against the truck driver. A second item notes the death of Mrs Georgia Evans Smith of Baltimore who was an aunt of federal judge Harry B Watkins after being struck by an automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Smith
Salt Lake City
Utah
Parkersburg
Charles Mullenax
Fairmont
Georgia Evans Smith
Baltimore
Barracksville
Marion County
Harry B. Wat ‘Kins
Jury Debates Slaying Case In Michigan Trial
A circuit court jury in Clare Michigan debated murder charges against Carl Livingston for the May 14 fatal shooting of Isaiah Leehove a wealthy oil operator. Judge Ray Hart limited verdict options to second degree murder manslaughter innocence and insanity. Livingston’s defense argued mind disease from drinking and fear of Leehove’s power. A bystander was wounded. Livingston formerly worked for Leehove. Two jurors were excused before deliberations began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Mid
Carl
Jack) Livingston
Isaiah Leehove
Ray Hart
Livingston
Leebove
Clare, Mich
Livingstone
Leelove
Romney man held on auto theft charge
H W Shingleton 21 of Romney was held by U S Commissioner Luding on a charge of stealing an automobile. The case will be taken up at the Clarksburg term of court in January.
Supreme Court bars recount in seven Indiana counties
The Indiana Supreme Court permanently prohibits action by seven circuit judges on recount petitions in seven counties filed by Raymond E. Willis, a defeated Republican U S senator candidate. Frederick Van Nuys, Democrat, argued the U S senate is the sole judge of membership and recounts belong there. Democrats winning minor offices said no legal basis for a county recount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana Supreme Court
Raymond E. Willis
U. S
Frederick van Nuys
U. S. Senate
Also Mentioned on This Page
Woman's Missionary Society of the First Church of Christ
P.m
Francis Wolfe
Moose Home
M. P
Walter Stevens
Durward Brown
St. Paul's M. E. Church
Eastern Star Woman's Club
John Bickford
Washington Street
Woman’s Club
Charles Thayer
Dewey Avenue
Ladies’ Aid Society
Mission Circle
First Baptist Church
Bailey Wyckoff
Ubers
B. Church
P. P. Cutright
Biald Hance West Main Street
Yale
Issues Club
J. M. Riffee
Hamilton, Elgin, Benrus Watches
Skaggs & CO
West Virginia
State Health Department
Wyoming
Calhoun
A. M. Price
Division of
Berkeley
Donald Coster
M’kesson
Robbins
B. Isner
Sherman Reed
C. T. Bolyard
Charles Warder
Goldie Martin
Zora Zinn
Myrtle Matherew
Mary Isner
Mary Hoffman
Margaret Crall
Loren Hoffman
E. 8. Duckworth
Marguerite Duckworth
Rosemary Cutright
Mattie Jace
Ida Dorsey
Warren Cutright
David Cutright
B. and O. Veterans
Clara Fawyer
Ada Gall
E. M. Reed
C. D. Powell
T. C. Gough
Leo Crane
Roy Thorn
Charles Nicodemus
Isa Bickford
Robert Wittman
A. H. Carroll
Roy Thom
Delbert Lough
EB. M. Reed
William Graham
H. W. Fawyer
RED Cross Pharmacy
Paris
AMITY
Betsy Wetsy
West Side
Walnut Street
Fimple
Preston Co
Raleigh Co
LOW
Greyhound
Santa Claus
Columbus
New Creel
St. Louis
Winchester
Romney
Cincinnati
Greyhound Terminal
Love Drug Co
Indiana
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