Coal Men Of North Seek Rate Change
The Interstate Commerce Commission heard closing briefs from all sides in the Lake Cargo coal rate dispute. West Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee mines want 50 cents per ton higher differential. Ohio operators seek about 25 cents more. southern coal interests and railroads defend current rates while West Virginia opposes any change. Northern consumers urge not to raise net freight costs in the northwest.
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Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Erie
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
A. G. Gutheim
Ernest Ballard
General Committee
Southern Coal Operators
West Virginia and
Associated Producers
Commonwealth
Northern States Power Company
Commission
Northwest
Browning dies at Hillsboro after long illness
W A Browning aged about 55, longtime Raleigh Hardware associate, died at his Hillsboro home at 10 30 pm last night from heart trouble. Born in Washington DC, he lived in Pocahontas County, where he married Miss McNicol. Survived by widow and three children Lina Boots Browning Josephine Browning and W A Browning Jr funeral at the Browning home tomorrow at 2 pm burial in family plot
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W. A. Browning
Raleigh Hardware Company
Hillsboro
Pocahontas County
Browning
Washington, D. C
McNicol
Lina
Boots”) Browning
Josephine Browning
W. A. Browning, Jr
Face Infection From Bottle Blow Seeks Treatment
Jack Cook, 15, of McAlpin, is being treated at Beckley hospital for an infection from a blow to the face by another boy wielding a pop bottle. The strike was not severely injurious, but the cut allowed the infection to develop.
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Jack Cook
McAlpin
Beckley Hospital
General Butler Faces Court Martial in Philadelphia
Secretary Adams set February 16 for the start of the court martial in Philadelphia where Smedley D. Butler, the fiery Marine leader against crime, will be the defendant. The case centers on a 1931 Mussolini remark, with open sessions possible, while Italian officials decline representation.
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Butler
Philadelphia
Adams
Associated Press
Washington
Smedley D. Butler
Mussolini
Buller
Italy
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Phoenix
Ariz
General Butler
Smith Seeks Farmer Aid Details for Seed Loan Program
Congressman Joe L. Smith announces completion of loan details for the forty five million dollar seed fertilizer and fuel oil program. Local county committees across his Sixth District will supervise loans with applications limited by county and state area and loans capped at six hundred dollars.
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Register
Washington, D. C
Joe L. Smith
West Virginia
Smith
Department of Agriculture
Sixth Congressional District
Boone County
N. G. Shaffer
Madison
Robert Ferrell
Danville
M. A. Burnside
Fayette County
I. S. Tincher
Bellwood
Guy Douglas
Corliss
Bb. H. Myles
Clifftop
Frank Ramsey
Leander
Archie FE. Nuwens
Fayetteville
L. E. Gaines
G. A. Stickler
Sanger
Greenbrier
Ross
Death Takes Lewis Pine, Princeton Resident
Lewis A. Pine, 74, longtime Princeton resident and former Mercer county justice of the peace, died at home after long illness with pneumonia. A Beckley merchant and early proponent of well drilling, he later ran a Princeton menswear store. Funeral Thursday at his Princeton home. survived by his widow and seven daughters, two sons having died earlier.
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Lewis A. Pine
Princeton
Pine
Mercer County
Beckley
Beckley National Bank
Raleigh
Lyda Tallifferio
Miami, Fla
Beckie Shumate
Anna Pine
Christiansburg
O’rouke
Baltimore
Jack Pine
Charleston
Rose
Gypsey Lee Pine
Frea Pine
Luke Vine
Fourth Wheeling Fire Destroys Home Builders Supply Plant
A major blaze in South Wheeling wiped out the Home Builders Supply plant and storage yards and damaged four nearby houses. Two garages and four B and O railroad box cars burned on a nearby siding. Six families fled their homes as losses were pegged at about 75000 dollars, with the firm manufacturing house materials and miniature golf courses.
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Associated Press
Wheeling
W. Va
Home Builders Supply Company
South Wheeling
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Herman IL. Bischof
Home Builders Supply
Actress Mary Hampton Dies After Broadway Career
New York reports actress Mary Hampton died yesterday at nearly fifty. Her stage career spanned more than two decades with Broadway credits including Aristocracy Sowing and Wind Long Stride and Two Girls Wanted.
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The
Associated Press
New York
Mary Hampton
Broadway
Logan county shift in police districts questioned
Charleston Feb 3. Logan county was moved from one state police captain’s jurisdiction to another and then back, as described by Captain J R Brockus before the house investigating committee. Brockus said Logan county was removed during Superintendent Harry L Brooks’ administration, then placed in the Company B area after his transfer to Parkersburg. He did not know the reason for the removal and related summer 1929 events.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Logan County
House
J. R. Brockus
Parkersburg
Williamson
W. E. BR. Byrne
Harry L. Brooks
Brookus
Brockus
Public Utilities Valuation Hearing In Charleston
The house taxation and finance committee in Charleston held a hearing on a bill to require public hearings by the board of public works when utility assessments are fixed and to limit rate making valuations to the taxation valuation. Attorney General Lee questioned constitutionality. officials from the public service commission expressed doubts about conflicting with Supreme Court decisions. Critics called the bill unfair by targeting a class of property. supporters argued it ensures utilities pay taxes on the same valuation as their rates.
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Associated Press
Charleston
House Taxation and Finance Committee
Board of Public Works
Public Service Commission
Howard B. Lee
I. Wade Coffman
C. E. Nethken
United States Supreme Court
A. Bliss McCrum
Public Utility Association of West Virginia
Thomas C. B. Flynn
Wheeling News and Intelligencer
McCrum
Flynn
Ohio And Virginia Legion Adjutants May Lose Pants
Clarksburg West Virginia February 3 Adjutants for the Ohio and Virginia departments of the American Legion face losing their trousers if they fail to top the mountain state in the current national membership drive. West Virginia stands third in the “big ten” with 7224 members as of January 1, while Virginia and Ohio rank fourth and fifth. Ed McGrail of Parkersburg urges ex soldiers to help reach the state goal of 9012 by February 13 when national commander Ralph T. ONeill visits Clarksburg and Morgantown, then Wheeling and Beckley the next day.
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Associated Press
Clarksburg
W. Va
Ohio
Virginia
American Legion
Legion
G. Stanley Hamric
West Virginia
Mountain State Department
Louis A. Johnson
Indianapolis
Ed McGrail
Parkersburg
McGrail
Ralph T. O'Neil
Morgantown
Wheeling
Bechley
New Zealand Hit Hard By Earthquake
A massive earthquake struck the Hawke Bay region around Napier and Hastings in North Island causing widespread fires and heavy destruction. Cities including Napier and Hastings suffered major damage with many deaths feared and rescue efforts underway as communication collapsed.
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New Zealand
Associated Press
Wellington
North Island
N. Z
Hastings
Napier
Roach
Slawke's Bay
Hawke Bay
Red Cross fundraiser reaches one-eighth of goal in Raleigh county
Contributions totaling 240 dollars have been received by Rt. M. French, treasurer of the Raleigh county chapter of the American Red Cross, toward a 2,000 dollar local quota in the national famine relief drive. The 240 dollars represents about one eighth of the goal, with 318 letters mailed by H. E. Carmichael. The campaign stresses voluntary giving without pressure and urges all who can to contribute. A Red Cross representative notes severe need nationwide, including drought-affected Oklahoma schools where meals are scarce and scarce supplies persist.
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Rt. M. French
Raleigh County
American Red Cross
H. E. Carmichael
Carmichael
Red Cross
R. M. French
Bank of Raleigh
Beckley
W. Va
United States
Oklahoma
Glen White Woman Held For Grand Jury
Dora Miller a colored woman was held for grand jury action on a charge of killing her husband Charles F. Miller in Glen White. The preliminary hearing was held yesterday before Magistrate C V Cottle. Miller died in a local hospital Sunday evening after being shot at his home. The woman was taken into custody Saturday and jailed.
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Dora Miller
Glen White
C. V. Cottle
Charles F. Miller
Fall Appeals Over Oil Scandal Conviction
Albert B. Fall, lone conviction linked to Harding era oil leases, appeals on grounds of lacking congressional authority for leases. His counsel argues no authority means no bribe offense. government counters that any act to influence a decision suffices. Awaiting continuation of arguments. court also to hear Harry M. Blackmer appeal for contempt fines.
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Associated Press
Washington
Albert B. Fall
Harding
Congress
Frank Hogan
Interior
Edward L. Doheny
Fall
Elk Hills
California
Doheny
Hogan
Atlee Pemerene
Pomerene
Harry M. Blackmer
Denver
Fall-Sinclair
Stocks Irregular As Market Opens
New York February 3 The share market opened irregularly with Union Carbide and Columbian Carbon down three quarters while Case fell five eighths and l S Steel Woolworth Allegheny Corp Kennecott slipped quarter each Auburn rose one and a quarter and gains centered on North American Columbian Gas Stone and Webster Fox and Chesapeake and Ohio
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Associated Press
New York
Union Carbide
Columbian Carbon
Case
L. S. Steel
Woolworth
Allegheny Corporation
Kennecott
Auburn
North American
Columbian Gas
Stone and Webster
Fox
Chesapeake and Ohio
Ask Additional Sums for Federal Prisons
The Justice department sought extra funds from the House to bolster the federal penitentiary system. Proposals include 150,100 for Leavenworth maintenance, 183,900 for construction, 2,150,000 for a new northwestern penitentiary in Pennsylvania, 7,090 for Alderson women’s prison, 104,550 for Chillicothe industrial reform, and 1,500,000 for a new hospital for defective delinquents.
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The
Associated Press
Washington
Justice Department
House
Federal Penitentiary System
Leavenworth
Kansas
Northwestern
Pennsylvana
Womens
Alderson
W. Va
Industrial Reformatory
Chillicothe
Ohio
Spain Seeks Life Term for Franco Aviator
Madrid reports the government plans to seek life imprisonment for Ramon Franco, aviator and exiled figure, for his role in the failed December uprising.
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Spain
Franco
Associated Press
Madrid
Ramo Franco
France
Charleston Lawmakers Send Five Bills Across Street
Five bills progress as house and senate exchange measures. Capital punishment debated with electrocution proposed. Bills include five day notice before filing circuit actions, transfer of 15 cent levy in Jackson County to drought relief, airport levy extension to 1934, and Wheeling charter change allowing Oglebay Park residents to vote and pay city taxes in installments.
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Associated Press
Charleston
House
Senate
House of Delegates
Kanawha County
Jackson County
County Road Fund
General County Fund
Wheeling
Ogleby Park
Ten Years In Pen For Man Clarence Lewis and Partner
Clarence Lewis 19, employed at Madeline, was jailed for ten years in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to breaking into W T Sizemore storeroom at Rhodell last December and stealing a safe with money and papers. His partner Ben Maiden also pleaded guilty and received the same sentence. Maiden had previously disputed Lewis’s involvement and testified under lighter terms if truth emerged. Witnesses testified Lewis admitted his part after arrest.
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Clarence Lewis
Madeline
Hugh A. Dunn
Lewis
W. T. Sizemore
Rhodell
Ben Maiden
Dunn
Maiden
Miner Injured in Fall at Helen Coal Loader Site
R. D. Miller, 56, a colored Helen coal loader, suffered a right ankle injury in a fall at 11:30 yesterday morning. He is hospitalized at Beckley hospital.
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R. D. Miller
Helen
Beckley Hospital
Weather forecast fair and warmer tonight and Wednesday
The outlook calls for fair skies and warmer conditions tonight with a rise in temperatures. Wednesday will be partly cloudy with warmer temperatures mainly in the southeast portion.
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