Virginia liquor laws vanish at midnight amid store delays
Charleston February twenty eight by midn time the new liquor control laws take effect but Virginia stores are not yet organized to sell liquor through a state controlled system. Beers of 2 percent alcohol remain barred and only out of state purchases or drugstore sales may occur until agencies are set. The attorney general cautions the situation is unsettled and the fate of the work and relief bill rests with the president.
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Charleston
Virginia
Lquor Control Commission Commission
Midey
Blaze Sweeps Steubenville Business District
A major fire in Steubenville, Ohi o tonight gutted a three department store and damaged a theater and bank plus two other stores. Chief Edward Green said damage nears 250000 dollars as firemen from neighboring towns battled the blaze for more than four hours. The flames forced departments to flee and sparks set several smaller fires in the business district.
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Inbenville
Edward Green
Iymioke
Steubenville
Mellon relaxes between tax hearings in Pittsburgh corridor
Andrew W Mellon former treasury secretary and multi millionaire rests between sessions of his income tax hearing in a Pittsburgh federal building corridor. The witness testimony describes gifts of stock to his son and daughter diverted to a Mellon holding company Coalesced, with Mellon sole holder of its preferred stock, as the government cites over 3 million dollars in taxes.
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Pittsburgh
Andrew W. Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
Federal
Mellon
Mellon Holding Corporation
Opening Play of Season at Little Theatre Friday Night
Final polishing of stage management and setting will be completed tonight for the Little Theatre’s first 1935 production Shirt Sleeves a three act comedy by Charles Quimby Burdette to be presented tomorrow Friday night at the high school auditorium at 8 o’clock. Director Theodore Matthews has gathered 27 of the best character players in the Little Theatre to portray this modern family life comedy. The show is open to the public and both returning and new members may attend by exchange.
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Little Theatre
Charles Quimby Burdette
High School
Theodore Matthews
Tierney resumes testimony before senate probers
Charleston reports James A. Tierney state purchasing agent resumes his testimony tonight at 7 p m before a senate committee investigating his department after letters lauding the efficient service of the unit. He likely faces cross examination by Senator Spillers committee counsel after direct testimony on the conduct of the state purchasing unit.
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Charleston
James A. Tierney
Senate
Spillers
Ohio
Alabama voters narrowly reject repeal of dry laws
In Birmingham on February 28, Alabama residents approved modification of city liquor laws by a close margin. Early unofficial tallies show 89 184 in favor of modification and 95 889 against, with similar totals for hard liquor and wine legalization, amid a close southern state trend.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Parents Dash Fails To Save Child In Mountain Accident
Uniontown Pa Feb 28. A 4 year old Frederick Merryman died after his parents rushed down a mountain trail to reach a hospital. He had accidentally shot himself and died of internal hemorrhages moments after arrival.
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Uniontown
Frederick Merryman
Ickes Flayed by Al Smith in New York
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith defended Robert Moses by denouncing Secretary Ickes for using PWA authority. Smith, backing Moses as city park commissioner and Triborough Bridge Authority chair, called Ickes vindictive and narrow in demanding Moses resign.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
Roosevelt
Ickes
PWA
Smith
Robert Moses
Triborough Bridge Authority
Moses
Stream Pollution Bill Sent to Governor in West Virginia
Charleston reports the Sportsmen's League of Southern West Virginia sponsored a bill to strengthen stream protection for fish. The measure passed the legislature and was sent to the governor for approval. The article notes additional conservation efforts and state involvement.
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Kemp
Charleston
Sportsmen's League of
West Virginia
Strange substance found in ship motor sparks inquiry
Abandoned Los Angeles article notes a mysterious substance detected in a ship's motor. Officials cite laboratory analysis as to whether it is damaging seepage connected to mines. The report mentions Wiley Post's stratosphere flight and state conservation actions to protect streams.
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Los Angeles
Wiley Post
Lockheed Aircraft
Terriment
Mae
Conservation Commission
Rally raises huge sum for Bruno Hauptmann appeal
New York crowds at a Yorkville rally donate over $2,000 to the defense fund, boosting the total to more than $17,000 to appeal Bruno Hauptmann's murder conviction in the Lindbergh baby case. Mrs Hauptmann and attorney Edward J Reilly spoke urging help while police guarded the crowd and venue.
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New York
Bruno Hauptmann
Carpenter
Lindbergh
Hauptmann
Yorkville
Anna Hauptmann
Edward J. Reilly
Airmail Route Petitions Circulate in Grafton
Petitions urging aid from Sena or M. M. Neely Senator-elect Rush D. Holt and Congressman R. L. Ramsay with Andrew Edmiston seek an airmail route via the Tri county airport at Bridgeport. Signatures may be added at Grafton Drug & Chemical Co Red Cross Pharmacy sheriff’s office circuit clerk’s office Sentinel office city hall Turner's and other locations.
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Senaor M. M. Neely
Rush D. Holt
R. L. Ramsay
Andrew Edmiston
Tri-county
Bridgeport
Grafton
Grafton Drug & Chemical Company
Red Cross Pharmacy
Sheriff's
Circuit Clerk’s
Sentinel Office
Turner's
Fire claims life of 71 year old man in Pa fire
Meyersdale Pa February 28 Truman Maust 71 was burned to death in his home as his two daughters Edna 45 and Ada 50 collapsed while dragging him to the door. Edna badly burned expected not to recover according to physicians.
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Meyersdale
Truman Maust
Edna Maust
Ada
Edna
Colbert Gable Win Best Acting Award At Academy
Colbert and Gable are named best acting on screen for 1934 for It Happened One Night. The film also wins writing and production honors for Columbia as Shirley Temple receives a special award at the Academy banquet in Hollywood.
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Hollywood
Cal
Claudette Colbert
Clark Gable
Movie World Today
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Shirley Temple
Academy
Alt Rirl
Oth
Ers
Miss Colbert
Gable
Robert Riskin
Frank Capra
Columbia Studios
Capra
New York
Irvin S. Cobb
Cobb
Despite Weather Delays Work on Dam Progressing
Honolulu endures heavy rains as guards patrol flooded areas after a cloudburst on Oahu. Four residents drowned and four remain missing as streets become rivers and traffic stalls while two days of rain culminate in four inches in an hour.
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Honolulu
Oahu
Excavation Work on Road Up Hillside Progressing
A Sentinel report notes routine progress at the haze Typart Valley flood control dam site above Grafton City Park. Light blasting begins using a wagon drill while the U S headquarters move. weather conditions resemble Mark Twain's New England sketches.
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Pike
U. S
Grafton City Park
Sentinel
Mark Twain
New England
U S Motor Cruiser Afloat Fire Sparks Crew Escape
A United States navy motor cruiser at Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco Bay caught fire at 7 40 am today. Twenty sailors from the receiving ship jumped overboard and were rescued by the Key System ferry San Leandro.
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San Francisco
United States Navy
Yerba Buena Island
San Francisco Bay
Key System
San Leandro
Flood of New Bills In Legislative Hopper
Charleston reports a flood of bills in the legislature as a two thirds rule governs new introductions. Lawmakers press ahead to clear the path for the biennial budget and revenue measure amid intensive scrutiny of a fifty million dollar budget bill by finance committees in the house and senate with a report expected soon.
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Charleston
House
Senate
Huey Long Declares Run for 1936 Louisiana Governor
Huey P. Long announced he would run for governor in 1936. He spoke in Baton Rouge amid a tense special session, saying it would be fine to govern Louisiana and noting the state has about 1.5 million dollars in the bank.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Long
House of
Federal, Income Taxation Change Urged by West Virginia Delegation
A West Virginia legislative delegation urged abolishing the state income tax and substituting a combined federal state tax. They advocated a single revenue collection by the federal government with rebates to states as a solution to overlapping taxation at the Interstate Assembly of the American Legislators Association in Washington.
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Washington
West Virginia
Interstate Assembly
Extra Session Seen By Kump Says Possibility
Charleston February 26 The possibility of an extended session of the legislature was seen today in Governor H G Kump s assertion that action on cooperation with federal programs must await completion of those programs The regular session will end March 9 unless the budget bill is adopted If the revenue measure is still pending three days before sine die adjournment the governor may extend the session.
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Charleston
H. G. Kump
Pees
Street Named Unfair to High Pupils Faces Change
Fifty Sidney Lanier Junior High students appeared before Houston city council on February 28 to petition renaming the street where their school sits. Betty Trickett, 12, urged "Woodhead" as the new name. The council promised to consider the request.
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Houston
Tex
Sidney Lanier Junior High School
Betty Trickett
Woodhead
Betty
Delmar Coal receivership returns to higher court
The Delmar Coal company receivership case moves again to the state supreme court after a Taylor county jury verdict of 3207 dollars for the state in the Sun Indemnity Company bond action tied to Edgar Phillips and Carl Horner as receivers. The 1927 case has lingered through 1930 with decrees and appeals, including a master in chancery report.
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State Supreme Court
Delmar Coal Company
Taylor County
West Virginia
W. Taylor George
Sun Indemnity Company of
New York
Sun
Edgar 8. Phillips
Fairmont
Carl L. Horner
Clarksburg
Del
Mellon Ride Is Quizzed Again at Tax Inquiry
Pittsburgh February twenty eighth government attorneys grilled Howard M Johnson on his seventh day of cross examination at Andrew W Mellons income tax hearing. The government contends a family company aided tax dodging by Mellons group and that securities were sold to his daughters personal holding entity with a claimed loss in the 1931 tax report.
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Pittsburgh
Andrew W. Mellon
Howard M. Johnson
Mellon
Innards Mixed Up but Small Boy Survives Odd Anatomy
Six year old Wallace Rossall was found to have a heart on the wrong side, a missing lung, and abdominal organs occupying a chest cavity. Despite the unusual internal arrangement, doctors report he is bright, active, and has a healthy appetite.
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Los Angeles
Wallace Rossall
Wallace
Food Prices Rise Forecast Despite Drought Outlook
Washington predicts food prices may jump about 11 percent in the first half of 1935 even without a repeat of drought. Secretary Wallace cited Agriculture Department projections as the Weather Bureau notes continued dry conditions affecting five states from last summer’s drought. Economic adviser Mordecai Ezekiel echoed concerns about price drivers.
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Washington
Wallace
Agriculture Department
Tate
Weather Bureau
Mordecai, Ezekial
Roosevelt to supply key to untangle bill
Washington on February 28 Roosevelt faces a stalled 4 880 000 000 relief work bill in a Senate committee room as leaders await a White House decision. Talks swirl of possible compromises on wages while unions and chambers push for bigger relief funding and city participation amid political maneuvering.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Hyde Paris
White House
Congress
Henry J. Harriman
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Roosevelt Dor
National Economy League
Wagner
McCarran
Number Game Under Attack Echoes of Racket Fear
New York reports intensified public pressure to curb the numbers racket as estimates claim the gambling ring racks up about 10 million dollars weekly from city residents. J Richard Davis, involved with bankers in the racket and tied to Dutch Schultz, testifies in a municipal inquiry into bail bond fraud, noting multi year growth and urging mayor La Guardia to act.
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New York
J. Richard Davis
Iawyer
Dutch Schultz
Davis
The
Society For the Prevention of Crime
Ln Piorello H. la Guardia
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