Lawmaker Opposes Guffey Coal Measure and its Constitutionality
Stockbridge Massachusetts July 8 Representative Allen T. Treadway ranking Republican on the house ways and means committee opposes the Guffey Snyder coal bill. He cites a letter from President Roosevelt urging passage despite doubts of constitutionality. The statement argues the president seeks to override oath and constitutional duty. In Harlan Kentucky union miner Maynard Gobbs says a county deputy seized copies of the Wagner labor disputes bill at a Chevrolet coal camp. Capt Jones notes the seizure as the case continues.
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Associated Press
Stockbridge
Mass
Allen T. Treadway
House
Roosevelt
Treadway
Presi Ient
Hill
Samuel B. Hill
D-Wash
Harlan, Ky
Maynard Gobbs
Noel S. Jones
Harlan County
Chevrolet
Jones
Saloonkeepers Join Reformers in Barroom Debate
In St Louis yesterday reformers and saloonkeepers clashed over banning women from barrooms to protect women and taverns. City official Thomas L Anderson urged a law stopping liquor sales to women, while the Saloon Keepers Secret Society claimed women patrons burden men and harm business. Civic leader Mrs Joseph T Davis supported restricting female patrons as a safeguard for sobriety.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Thomas L. Anderson
City Excise
Anderson
Girl Died Before Body Hit Water in Fort Smith
Fort Smith Ark July 8 Prosecuting Attorney Finis F Batchelor said an autopsy showed 14 year old Mary Isabel Mahar was attacked and had her neck broken before being thrown into a creek. Sheriff Fred Long held Clyde Trammell 28 for investigation with charges likely after coroner jury report.
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Associated Press
Fort Smith
Ark
Finis F. Batchelor
Mary Isabel Mahar
Fred Long
Clyde Trammell
West Virginians At G. O. P. Parley
At the Republican crusaders conference in Cleveland the Pennsylvania delegates clashed over the resolutions committee. About 600 delegates and guests attended as the committee grew from five to 12 amid debates and motions. Charles W. Carroll led the Pennsylvanian faction opposing old guard policies, and seven women were added to the committee after protests over their absence.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Resolutions Committee
Charles W. Carroll
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Old Guard
Carroll
Old Guard
Kidnaping Trial Starts Tuesday in Tacoma
Government witnesses gathered in Tacoma to testify at the trial of Margaret Waley age 19 on kidnaping and conspiracy charges tied to the George Weyerhaeuser abduction. The jury of ten men and two women was guarded at a hotel as defense and court actions faced ongoing tensions.
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Associated Press
Tacoma
Wash
Margaret Waley
George Weyerhaeuser
Jere J. Murphy
Butte
Mont
William Mahan
James Mooney
Mahan
Ed O’connor
John F. Dore
Italy Builds Up War Preparations in East Africa
Rome reports Italy has intensified troop concentration for action in East Africa. Black Shirt divisions rise from 12 000 to 15 000 with four divisions complete and another soon. Over 3 000 soldiers and officers head to Africa on three ships. Talks with Ethiopia on border issues face deadlock over witness testimony.
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Associated Press
Rome
Italy
East Africa
Ethiopia
Africa
Congress urged to enact wealth taxes to curb debt
Secretary Morgenthau told the House Ways and Means Committee that wealth distribution taxes could raise between 118 million and 901.5 million dollars annually. He warned against harming recovery yet urged using new revenue to reduce borrowings and the national debt. Republicans mocked the debt-reduction idea. He detailed potential yields from inheritance, gift, high income, corporation taxes, and dividend exemptions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Morgenthau
House
Ways and Means Committee
Jennings
Ohio
Weekend Storm Toll in New York and Pennsylvania
Nine dead and about 2 million dollars in damage were caused by violent rain and electrical storms across central and eastern New York state and western Pennsylvania over the weekend. Six drowned near Ithaca, one man struck by lightning at Pitcher New York, another killed at Clearfield Pennsylvania, and one man died from overexertion near Ithaca while aiding in a cottage rescue.
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Associated Press
New York State
Pennsylvania
Ithaca
Pitcher
N. Y
Clearfield
Pirates Board Gambling Barge Monte Carlo Loot Estimated at 32000
Five pirates boarded the Monte Carlo luxury gambling barge at 4 a m in Long Beach California under fog, chained the crew and escaped with about 32000 dollars in cash and jewelry left by patrons. Owner Ed Turner blamed the attackers for the theft and disruption.
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Associated Press
Long Beach
Cal
Monte Carlo
Ed Turner
Turner
Former Beckley Hotel Man Dies
William Evans about 60 died last night at his home in Portsmouth Ohio. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 PM at the Christian church in Portsmouth. Evans formerly worked in Beckley as a hotel clerk and later managed the New River hotel in Mount Hope before returning to Portsmouth to manage the Turner hotel. He had been ill briefly and is survived only by his wife.
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Beckley Hotel
William Evans
Portsmouth
Ohio
Christian Church
Evans
Beckley
Mount Hope
New River
Mountainair
Turner Hotel
Steels And Mail Order Issues Show Strength
Wall Street reports renewed strength in steels industrial specialties mail order and farm implement stocks boosting the market. Steel shares moved from uncertainty to gains while Southern Railway listed stock and bonds remained under pressure as experts offered no clear selling reason.
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Associated Press
Wall Street
N. Y
Southern Railway
Commission House
Scouts Head Toward Washington Jamboree Plan
More Scouts will go to Washington for the national jamboree August 21 31 with three troops of 32 members each forming from Charleston area. The Scout Leaders Training School in Sophia begins at 7 30 this evening emphasizing the play way method and proper troop record keeping. Robert R W Twohig says a five hour outdoor meeting will be held in late July at a location yet to be chosen to complete the course and two new scouters may join the delegation.
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Scout Leaders Training School
Sophia
Charleston
Washington
Robert R. W. Twohig
Twohig
Girl Shoots And Kills Peeping Tom In Los Angeles
A 17yearold girl, Catherine Parks, a dancing student, admitted shooting a 15yearold, Glenn Drewyer, who she said stood outside her bathroom window in the early hours. Police report the victim identified and named by officials.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Glenn Drewyer
Harold Atkinson
Catherine Parks
City to Cut Taxes August 6 and Refinance Debt
Beckley officials released a financial statement showing possible tax reductions on rented and business properties to about 1. The 1910 bond issue will be paid on August 1 from a state sinking fund with bonds recorded at Kanawha Valley Bank or the sinking fund commission. Refinancing of the 1921 bonds at four percent will replace the original six percent rate. City hall payments have been completed and no levy for that item will be made next year. Current indebtedness dropped after a $6,300 payment to Beckley Water and WV Water Service. City council will levy municipal taxes at a meeting on Tuesday, August 6.
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Beckley
John T. Hollandsworth
Hollandsworth
Kanawha Valley Bank
Charleston
State Sinking Fund Commission
Beckley Water Company
West Virginia Water Service Company
Fails To Escape And Kills Self In Alabama Jail Break
In Birmingham on July 8 two condemned youths tried to break from Jefferson county jail described as escape proof. Richard Carrason 24 of Stockton California and Wesley Vincent 19 of Shelton Washington sought freedom during morning clean up after Deputy Warden J D Russum opened their cell. Carrason shot himself as guards and alarms sounded while Vincent fainted. They faced death in the electric chair for the murder of Patrolman E J Harris.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Alabama
Jefferson County
Richard Carrason
Stockton Calif
Wesley Vincent
Shelton
Wash
E. J. Harris
J. D. Russum
Russum
Writer Dies After illness in Louisville at 88
Benja min La Bree, 88, prolific Civil War author, died in Louisville yesterday after several months of illness. A native of Philadelphia, he moved to Kentucky in 1886.
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Associated Pross
Louisville
Benjamin la Bree
Philadelphia
la Bree
Kentucky
Lightning kills nurse in Virginia storm near Bluefield
The AP reports Mrs. Nora Hellman dollar, 20, died in Tazewell county Virginia when lightning struck during a storm that caused $50,000 plus in damage to a Appalachian Electric Power plant in Giles county. Plant operations paused until tomorrow while the infant she nursed remained unconscious but expected to recover. Road and rail travel in the region were halted for several hours after the storm last night.
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Associated Press
Bluefield
Nora Hellman Dollar
Tazewell County
Virginia
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Herbert Markle
Bluefield Division
Giles County
Administration Fees Criticized in Congress News
Representative Rankin of Mississippi accused certain members of the house military committee of colluding with power lobbyists at their hotel headquarters. The Senate moved toward action on regulating utility holding companies as Roosevelt favors. hearings on lobbying are set to begin, with Rankin calling the investigation an idle gesture.
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Associated Press
Washington
Rankin
Mississippi
House Military Committee
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Tennessee Valley Authority
O’connor
House Rules Committee
O'Connor
Tobacco magnate Bowman Gray dies at sea aboard S S Kungsholm
Bowman Gray sixty one, chairman of the board of the Reynolds Tobacco Company, died aboard the S S Kungsholm yesterday after a heart attack. He was a leading figure in the tobacco industry and a prominent figure in business circles.
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Bowman Gray
Associated Press
S. S. Kungsholm
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Traffic Over C. & O. Resumes After Washout at Howard's Creek
White Sulphur Springs July 8 Traffic on the Chesapeake and Ohio main line was resumed early today after several hours of blockage due to a washout at Howard's Creek a mile east of here. The creek rose over its banks during a heavy midnight rain. State police Sergeant M. M. Rairdon reported no damage to nearby homes.
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Associated Press
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Howard’s Creek
Here
M. M. Rairdon
State Police
Distressed Canadian ketch Casarco found near Nina Del Rio
The Cuban navy located the missing Casarco after nine days at sea with five aboard including an ill mother and two children. Found near Corriente Point off Nina Del Rio province, aboard were M C Rice of Toronto, his seriously ill wife, their two children, and American Albert Jones. Distress signals were received by an Miami radio operator, prompting four Cuban vessels to search.
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Associated Press
Havana
Corriente Point
Nina del Rio
M. C. Rice
Toronto
Canada
Albert Jones
Miami
Beckley Miners franchise fate hangs on last bid
J T Lynch reported the Beckley Miners’ relief effort failed to win three extra hours from the executive committee, risking turnover of Beckley’s franchise to Elmer Daily after tonight’s game. Civic leaders had underwritten over half of 2000 dollars and targeted 1300 more from 30 top prospects as business leaders were away. Rumors said club officials planned to disband and send players to other teams once the half schedule ends tonight.
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J. T. Lynch
Miners Club
Beckley
Elmer Daily
Civic Club
Beckley Miners
Lynch
Bishop
Canterbury
J. A. Cunningham
Ball Club
Haveing
Former Officials Now Being Tried in Prison Camp Abuse Case
Five former convict camp officials faced trial in Charlotte, charged with abusing two young negro prisoners. Prosecutors claim the men were deprived heat and proper care. feet allegedly froze leading to amputations. Survivor Woodrow Shropshire testified about a dark cell and lack of fire.
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Associated Press
Charlotte
N. C
Woodrow Shropshire
Robert Barns
Rockefeller Jr. Turns 96 Amid Quiet Family Birthday
Rockefeller Jr. in Lakewood New Jersey marks his 96th birthday with routine at Golf House. He enjoys robust health. 25 servants remain on duty as son John D. Rockefeller III visits and notes he has not felt better in years.
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Associated Press
Lakewood
N. J
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
John D. Rockefeller
Weather forecast predicts showers this afternoon and night
Local thunder showers are forecast this afternoon or tonight with cooler temperatures in the west. Tuesday should be generally fair though the extreme east may see showers. Sunday’s high reached 84 with a drop to 59 overnight, per official observer L A Mauck.
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L. A. Mauck
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