Merchants Testify in Cleveland Labor Racketeering Probe
Seven national chain store executives testified before a grand jury investigating extortion and intimidation linked to Cleveland labor leaders and unions. Safety Director Eliot Ness outlined a four month probe and secret court procedures. Don A. Campbell dismissed the case as newspaper propaganda.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
National
Grand
Eliot Ness
Grand Jury
Ness
Criminal Courts
Charles J. McNamee
Cleveland Federation of Labor
Don A. Campbell
Rubber Lung is Made For Snite
NEW YORK A rubber lung to replace the iron lung in which Fred Snite Jr an infantile paralysis victim has lived for 19 months was air expressed to him in Miami today Snite who was stricken in China traveled back to the United States and then to his father's home in Miami encased in the iron lung The new device by Scanlan ONeill and rubber experts adapts principles from Dr Sahlin and Dr Meade It partly encloses the body rests over the chest and alternates air pressure with partial vacuum to expand and contract the paralyzed chest A sponge rubber pad was added to protect Snites supersensitive skin
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Associated Press
New York
Fred Snite, Jr
Miami
Snite
China
Dennis R. Scanlan
Stockholm Surgical Instrument Company
William O'Neill
Akron Rubber Company
Bo Sahlin
Sweden
Newton Meade
Rubber Company
Berlin lost keys bureau tests by mass giveaway
In Germany a lost keys bureau in Berlin handed out 100 keys to motorists and asked them to discard them anywhere. Within four days 97 keys were returned, illustrating public response and the program’s reach.
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Germany
Berlin
Thefts Costly To Logan Hotel
Logans hotels suffer losses from thefts of towels ink wells bed spreads sheets and other items. A well to do traveler and a basketball team are cited as examples. One guest even sent a dollar to repay towels he took claiming repentance.
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Logan
Phil Hill Named National Housing Committee Chairman
Washington Phil Hill city solicitor of Charleston West Virginia was appointed chairman of the housing committee of the Institute of Municipal Legal Representatives at the national conference of mayors. Mayor D Boone Dawson of Charleston attended and said Hill's post would help speed Charleston housing development action.
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Associated Press
Washington
Phil Hill
Charleston
W. Va
Institute of Municipal Legal Representatives
National Conference of Mayors
D. Boone Dawson
Dawson
Hill
Miner Palmieri Found Guilty in Steubenville Mine Shooting
A Steubenville jury convicts Amato Palmieri of shooting Mine Superintendent William Whalen with intent to kill. Palmieri argued insanity. judge imposes one to twenty years. State presented eight witnesses including Whalen, Rush, Dorf, Berger, and the Costellos. Palmieri had armed himself with a shotgun and a .32 Savage when he was confronted by engineers.
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Steubenville
Common Pleas Court
Amato Palmieri
Palmieri
William Whalen
Whalen
Paul Weinman
Palieri
Hugo Alexander
Frank Rush
Wilson Dorf
Martins Ferry
Steve Berger
Moundsville
Nick Costello
Pelmieri
Piney Fork
Alex Black
Corwin Young
Dillonvale
Costello
Palmeiri
Five Magazines Barred by City Raid Seizes 700 Copies
Police in Quebec seized about 700 copies of five magazines Pic Foto Photograph Look and Coronet in raids on a distributing agency and several news stands. The action followed an order by the administrative committee after Alderman Philemon Garneau argued the magazine was harmful to youth.
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Quebec
Canadian Press
Pic
Foto
Philemon Garneau
Scouts to Aid In Need Drive In Raleigh County
Scouts plan a house-to-house clothes drive for the needy through the Raleigh County public assistance office and the American Red Cross. They will canvass Wednesday asking housewives to gather garments, then return Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving to collect. If clothing is available at first visit it will be gathered then. The plan, unanimously approved, notes public assistance funds are cut this year and all clothes will be cleaned and turned over to WPA sewing project workers. Each troop will cover specific areas and drop garments at accessible stations the following week. Beckley Merchants Board invited all.
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Raleigh County
Public Assistance Office
American Red Cross
Robert R. V. Twohig
WPA
Twohig
Beckley Mercantile Board
Giant Flying Boat Ready for Air Route to London
A 63,000-pound giant flying boat, 92 feet long with a 157-foot wingspan, seats 46 passengers by day and 26 by night. Engineers say it carries 4,200 gallons of fuel for non stop New York to London and 1,000 miles beyond, cruising at 140 to 170 mph with a 30,000 pound payload. It can lift 10,000 pounds Alameda to Honolulu versus 3,500 for the China Clipper, with a total gross weight 11,000 pounds higher.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Skyways
Chesapeake Bay
New York
London
Alameda
Calif
Honolulu
Cops Trapped as Patrol Wagon Door Snaps Shut
INDIANAPOLIS Patrolman John O'Brien and Driver Ray Johnson were trapped in a patrol wagon for 90 minutes after a gust closed the door and snapped the outside lock during an attempt to subdue an drunk prisoner. They yelled for help until a pedestrian phoned headquarters and a squad car freed them.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
John O’brien
Ray Johnson
Johnson
O’brien
O'Brien
Scouts to Help Reforest Pinecrest Area During Parade
Scouts will participate in the Christ mas parade on November 26. H A Murphy supervisor of reforestation at Camp Raleigh an Eagle Scout and former scoutmaster urged each troop to claim a land plot near Pinecrest Sanitarium for upkeep of trees. He said eight boys working three days a year could handle the task and that horticulture knowledge gained would be valuable. The two hour leaders session also set judges for the December 14 district rally and appointed counselors to review all scouts on merit badges.
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H. A. Murphy
Camp Raleigh
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Murphy
Engineers to elect WV Society officers at Bluefield convention
Lauren A Gates of Beckley and L A Osborne of Welch seek the vice presidency of the West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers. Presidential candidates are H W Saunders of Coopers, James M Goodwin of Bluefield, and George C Barnes Jr of Williamson. Elmer C Smith of Bluefield is the secretary treasurer nominee. The election occurs tomorrow at the West Virginian hotel in Bluefield.
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Lauren A. Gates
Beckley
L. A. Osborne
Welch
West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
H. W. Saunders
Coopers
James M. Goodwin
Bluefield
George C. Barnes Jr
Williamson
Elmer C. Smith
West Virginian
Ansted Woman Named For Office Postmasters Nominated
Washington Representative Andrew Edmiston recommended Dassielee Kester of Meadowbridge and Mrs Marian Taylor of Ansted as postmasters. Representative John Kee named Mrs Rachel Pennington for Powhatan postmaster in West Virginia.
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Associated Press
Washington
Andrew Edmiston
Weston
W Va
Dassielee Kester
Meadowbridge
Marian Taylor
Ansted
John Kee
Bluefield
W. Va
Rachel L. Pennington
Powhatan
Invitation Found 1911 Banquet Card in Court Records
Deputy Circuit Clerk John Ward discovered a 1911 banquet invitation tucked in old court records. The card invites attendance at a Christian church Anchor class banquet at Beckley Institute on September 15, 1911, with the Anchor class still active today under President Mrs. Lee Porter, noting the class hosted 97 attendees at this year’s annual banquet on September 30.
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John Ward
C. ¥. M. of the Christian Church
Beckley Institute
Lee Porter
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