Watkins Dent Contest Near Gaimax Today In Philippi
Barbour county court near four o clock to rule on whether recounts uphold Judge F Merle Watkins majority or Attorney Herbert W Dent majority in Barbour County prosecuting attorney contest. Evidence centers on ballot tampering claims with vault access and locked doors as witnesses describe clerks and deputies testifying. The case may go to the state supreme court despite speculation of a special election.
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Herbert W. Dent
Dent
Forest B. Poling
Dellett Stemple
Barbour County
State Supreme Court
Grafton
Boxer
Watkins
Hewitt
Clerk Hewitt
Vote to Oust Rep McFadden as Secretary
The Pennsylvania Republican home delegation voted to oust Rep McFadden as secretary of the delegation over his attacks on President Hoover. McFadden had recently pursued impeachment efforts against the President, and the delegation urged his resignation.
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Mfadden
Washington
Rep
McFadden
Hoover
House
Pennsylvanian
Widow Supports Death Penalty For Murdering Officer
In Rock Hill South Carolina on December 21 two women face stark fates one expectant mother Mrs Beatrice Ferguson Snipes condemned to die in the electric chair for killing Rural Policeman Elliot Harris the other Mrs Eula Harris widow of the slain officer who says Snipes should die for taking her husband s life Snipes 29 expects a baby next month and is sewing clothes in the state penitentiary ward while Mrs Harris plans to support her family through stenography and shorthand training after receiving 1000 life insurance and 300 from a newspaper fund she denies elation at Snipes conviction but supports capital punishment for the deserving regardless of gender.
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Rock Hill
S. C
Beatrice Ferguson ‘Snipes
Elliot Harris
Eula Harris
Hiring Wives Bill Ruled Invalid By Attorney General
Charleston December 21 The attorney general office ruled the prohibition against employing wives in a salary reduction bill unconstitutional not mentioned in the title. Assistant Attorney General Elliott Nefflen said the constitution limits legislative power and prevents surreptitious laws. He cited Supreme Court decisions striking parts of the salary act for lack of title justification. The note references a continued page three. They Are Going Fast 50 orders more will clean them out. Cards printed same day you order. Get Your Order In NOW. Delayed shipments of Christmas Greeting Cards arrived too late for our salesmen to handle.
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Charleston
Atorney
Elliott Nefflen
James S. Lakin
Board of Control
Neffien
Nefflen
Advisory Council
State Board of Education
Printing offer for personalized greeting cards
Advertisement states a limited deal from Grafton Printing Company offering boxes of 20 24 or 25 cards with tissue lined envelopes and your name printed on the cards at the stated price. Customer can order with or without a name. Phone 185 R Sentinel Building.
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Grafton Printing Company
Sentinel Bldg
24 Years In Deaths Shadow Doomed Slayer Prickett
In Metuchen New Jersey 1908 Rev Samuel B D Prickett a former pastor vowed to jail Archibald Herron for drunken behavior. After Prickett jailed Herron the blacksmith ambushed the clergyman killing him. Herron was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in early September 1908.
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S. B. D. Prickett
Andrews Church
Herron
Herman A. Lowe
Samuel B.D. Prickett
Metuchen
N. J
Druken
Archibald Herron
Prickett
Robbers Blast And Wreck Two Safes in Ohio County Court House
Robbers blasted two safes in Columbiana county courthouse in Lisbon Ohio taking $318 from the auditor’s safe and fleeing with a submachine gun. The blast damaged the interior, halting official business. Sheep-lined coats muffled the explosions. two new machine guns and other weapons were stolen from the sheriff’s office.
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Ohio County Court House
Columbiana County
Lisbon
Robvers
Sheriff's Office
Loot Found In Wagons After Hardware Store Robbery
Philadelphia police recovered $2,500 worth of stolen cutlery and watches from two men who gave names as Stanley Martin and Elmer Sanford after a hardware store robbery. Suspicions led to a wagon search.
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Philadelphia
Stanley
Martin
Elmer Sanford
Hatfield Leaves Washington for Christmas Holidays
Senator Hatfield of West Virginia departed Washington for Huntington to spend the Christmas holidays at home, returning to duties afterward.
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Washington
Senator Hatfield
W. Va
Huntington
Postoffice Schedules Closed Over Christmas Holiday
Notice states the postoffice will be closed Sunday December 25 and Monday December 26 if no city or rural deliveries occur. Stamp windows general delivery money order registry and postal savings will be closed all day December 25 and 26. All mails dispatched as usual. mail should be deposited at street letter boxes. A Leuthardt P M
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A. Leuthardt
P, M
Naptha import tax raised to curb evasion
Washington December 21 The treasury orders the naptha import tax raised to match the two and one half cent motor fuel levy to curb evasion by importers. The higher rate takes effect in 30 days.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Stocks Try to Recupe Loss in Feeble Trade
New York stock market opened with a weak effort to recover yesterday's losses. Industrials stayed fairly firm while some core groups edged up early then drifted, with U S Steel preferred rising and then trimming gains. American Tobacco B fell, and Lorillard Reynolds sagged slightly as rails and coppers faced selling.
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New York
American Telephone
U. S. Steel
American Tobacco B
Lorillard and
Reynolds
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Olls
U.S. Steel
Owens Bottle
Reduction of coal rates across state lines recommended
Washington today urged lowering coal freight rates from Pennsylvania Maryland and West Virginia to New England and to a Bethlehem Pa to Trenton N J range. The Interstate Commerce Commission examiner C H Peck proposed caps of 2.84 dollars to Bethlehem and 3.09 dollars to Trenton with the West Virginia and Westmoreland PA district rail shipments.
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Washington
Pennyania
Maryland
West Virto New
England
C. H. Peck
Interstate Commerce Commission
West Virginia
Westmoreland
Pennsylvania
Bethlehem
Trenton
N. J
Strong Western Earthquake Shakes Region Hitting Nevada Hard
A powerful quake lasting from 10:10 to 11:15 p.m. Pacific time rattled the western United States, centered in Nevada. Windows shattered, clocks stopped, chandeliers swayed, and crockery broke from Salt Lake City to Fresno as seismographs recorded shocks across Spokane Berkeley and Santa Clara. No major damage reported, the strongest since 1995.
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San Francisco
United States
Nevada
Salt Lake City
Utah
Fresno
California
Pacific Coast
Spokane
Wash
Berkeley
Calif
University of Santa Clara
San Jose
Hoover Starts Debt Review Group Amid Roosevelt Rift
Washington reports Hoover pushes to form a debt commission to review war debts after Roosevelt declined participation. Stimson and Mills discussed cabinet roles. disarmament and economic talks aim to aid European debt relief. Swanson backs Roosevelt’s stance on negotiating debts via normal channels.
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Washinton
Hoover
Roosevelt
Leathy
Stimson
Mills
Americar
Arma
Albany
Hoovers
Debt Commission
White House
Congress
Swanson
Virginia
Harrison
Missis
Sipps
House fights to limit beer content and tax amid repeal talk
Washington reports the 3.2 percent beer bill advances toward passage in the House with a 2.32 margin. Amendments to cut alcoholic content to 2.75 percent and to lower the tax were rejected. A Senate committee negotiates repeal terms while leaders forecast a close vote and possible constitutional issues.
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Washington
House
Senate
Michener
Mich
Palmisano
Rep. O'Connor
N.Y
Capitol
Congress
Rep. Shott
Bluefield
W. Va
Shott
One Shoplifting Case Casts Pall Over Xmas Trade
A lone shoplifting incident at a J C Penney store yesterday with a hat theft and a boy taking a gum toy at a five and ten cent shop were the only cases reported so far this holiday season. Restitution was made, no prosecutions pursued, and managers termed it square as crowds fill stores ahead of Christmas.
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J. C. Penny Company
City Hall
Virginia
Pot Office
Express Company
Foil Plot to Extort Money From Magnate
Pittsburgh December 21 A extortion plot targeted A A Adams retiree utilities magnate and his family. A decoy package of morcy was left under a tree at a golf range in Aspinall with demand for 25000 dollars. Six state policemen waited as a man seized the decoy package and was chased across the golf range before police nabbed Fred S Day a neighbor of Adams.
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Pittsburgh
A. A. Adams
Adams
Aspinall
Man
Sonn
Fred
AOR
Fireman and Tenants Hurt in Big Blaze
Chicago reports a blast at a two story building injuring a fire department lieutenant and at least five tenants. Officials suspect gas as the cause after initial checks. Hyman Greenberg and his wife Betty saved their nine month old Morton by tossing him to a sheet held by bystanders. Morton was unharmed but the couple suffered fractures and injuries.
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Chicago
Hyman Reenberg
Betty
Morton
Hyman
Fikins Judge Holds Court In Barbour Contest
Circuit court in Elkins will reconvene tomorrow with Judge John Brown presiding to sign orders and enter records from prior sessions. The November term work should finish and adjournment set for February term. The Barbour race between W Merley Watkins and Herbert W Dent draws close with a pivotal contest today influencing February term presiding judge.
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Circuit Court
John Brown
Elkins
Barbour
W. Merley Watkins
Herbert W. Dent
Watkins
Conley
Warren B. Kittle
Dent
John Proctor Returns Home From Savannah
John Proctor comes home from Savannah, Georgia after a six week cruise in a roaster with a special built trailer attached. He sold the trailer there and plans to work as a specialty salesman in West Virginia after the new year. He has toured North and South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia, with his trailer car drawing attention wherever he went. He plans to build another larger trailer.
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John Proctor
Savannah
Gai
West
Virginia
Bachmann Debates Beer Bill In House
Rep. Bachmann of West Virginia participated in the house debate on the beer bill. He pressed Rep. Estep of Pennsylvania on whether the measure would legalize home brew. Estep, member of the Ways and Means Committee, said it would not legalize it any more than current law already does.
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Washington
Rep
Bachmann
W. Va
House
Estep
R. Pa
Aliens Kept Out of U S Under Emergency Immigration Bars
Secretary Stimson announced President Hoover imposed emergency immigration bars that prevented over 600,000 aliens from entering the United States during the economic downturn. A farmer from Mississippi built a rat proof crib from discarded auto license plates.
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Washingon
Stimson Today
Hoover
United States
A. A. Dillaney
Hinds
Cotch' Miss
Armer
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Hatfield
I. C.C
Doorn, Holland
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Doorn Castle
Venezuela
Fikins
Savannah, Ga
Parker, Conklin and Belmont Fountain
Grafton Drug & Chemical Company
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