Taxpayers to Decide on Beaver District School Improvements
Beaver district educators seek public input on a proposed $400000 plus program to add buildings and facilities. The Thursday 3 pm meeting at Beaver High School invites taxpayers, unions, and civic groups to discuss bond funding and future school welfare.
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Beaver Pond
Board of Education
Beaver High School
McClaugherty
M. P. Shawkey
Rameey Street
Shawkey
Binefield
Ramsey Street
Body of Ray Besse Found in Detroit River
The body of Ray Besse who vanished two months ago with his two sons was found in the Detroit river. No trace of the boys, ages six and eight, was recovered. Police and Mrs. Besse had dismissed suicide with the children and suspected he was hiding them in or near the city.
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Detroit
Ray Besse
Detroit River
Besse
River Front
Ten Days Extension for Winding Gulf Injunction Hearing
In Charleston W Va on April 17 1933 Judge George W McClintic extended a temporary restraining order to ten days in the Winding Gulf coal field case. Petitions from New River Mine Owners McKell Interests and other Kanawha field mines set for April 24 hearings.
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New River
McKell Interests
Kanawha Field
Charleston
W. Va
United Mine Workers
Winding Gulf Coal
George W. McClintic
Winding Gulf
United States District Court
Harold W. Houston
District 29
8. B. Avis
A. M. Belcher
West Virginia
Houston
Circuit Court
Chicago
Borderland Coal Company
McClintle
McKell
Kanawha
Detroit Authorized to Purchase Urban Lines
Detroit officials voted to buy the urban lines of the Detroit United Railway to merge with the city owned street railway system. The sale price is 19,860,000 dollars, with four million paid up front and the rest funded from line earnings over eleven years.
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Detroit
Detroit United Railway
Four Boys Accused of Dynamite Attacks in West Virginia
Four boys are under arrest in Webster Springs charged with setting off three cases of dynamite across Elk River from the city Saturday night. The blasts shattered hundreds of windows in the business district, with damage estimated at $3,000. Bloodhounds traced the suspects to their homes.
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Webster Springs
W. Va
Elk River
Clarksburg
Tornado Kills Indiana Farmer. Several Hurt and Homes Destroyed
Terre Haute Ind April 17 Lewis Ortman farmer was instantly killed as a tornado hit the northern Jasper county area destroying his home. Charles Cook nearby is buried in debris and believed fatally injured. Mrs Flint severely hurt. Seven other farm houses destroyed with no injuries. Property loss about 50000 dollars and livestock loss about 35000 dollars. Path of storm described as a mile wide and more than five miles long.
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Terre Hatte
Ind
Lewis Ortman
Jasper County
Charles Cook
Flint
Chicago
Central West
Illinois
Indiana
Arkansas
Ohio
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Missouri
Iowa
Denver
Irvington
Plainfield
Ill
Hedrick
Fort Smith
Ark
Alexandria
Here
Madison County
Orestes
Summitville
Charles Ludlow
David Hughes
Centralia
Pershing on long ride from Warrenton to Fort Royal
General Pershing rode on horseback from Warrenton to the army remount station at Fort Royal accompanied by an aide. The seventy mile journey follows a recent illness and shows he is fully recovered.
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Pershing
Warrenton
General Pershing
Fort Royal
Tornado Toll Mounts Across Midwest as Storm Rages
Twelve killed and over a hundred injured as tornadoes and floods sweep Illinois Indiana Arkansas and Missouri. Destruction hits towns from Irvington to Plainfield and Madison County with homes demolished crops damaged and widespread homelessness.
Two Officers and a Private Killed in Plane Collision
At Quantico Virginia two marine officers and a marine private were killed when two training planes collided during battle practice at about 4000 feet. First Lieutenant Earl M Randall from Winchester Massachusetts and Second Lieutenant Duncan W Lewis from Memphis Tennessee died, with Private Jos J Chooghe of Chicago Illinois acting as observer. Each aircraft wings locked causing both planes to crash near the flying field and railroad track.
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Washington
Quantico
Earl M. Randall
Winchester
Mass
Duncan W. Lewis
Memphis
Tenn
Jos. J. Chooghe
Chicago
Ill
Randall
Lewis
Chooghe
Fokker
Fire at Sheridan hotel quickly extinguished
Cincinnati April 17 A fire started in a cellar near waste paper at the Sheridan hotel, causing guests to flee. The blaze, believed to have originated from a mysterious source, was promptly put out and no injuries were reported.
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Sheridan
Cincinnati
Thomas Buchanan Reade
Sheridan Hotel
Battle Over 1923 Naval Budget Reaches New Stage
Washington reports indicate a renewed fight in the House over the 1923 naval budget. Proponents push for an enlistment rise to 86,000 while opponents seek budget limits and record votes on amendments. Leaders warn that treasury pressure could undermine arms limitation goodwill.
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Washington
House
Kelly
Ordance
McArthur
Oregon
Madden
Appropriations Committee
Byrnes
South Carolina
Keily
Harding
Idle men rise in Fayette coke region as strike widens
Pittsburg report says United Mine Workers officials announced more idle workers and extra mines closed in Fayette county coke area. Washington Coal and Coke Co at Star Junction shut one mine with 700 workers. Indian Creek mines also closed. Easter Monday absences noted as workers stay away. Deputy sheriff Peter Lilokick beaten. warrants issued for two striking miners. Frick Co seeks to replace guards with uniformed deputies. Scottdale officers deny a wide plan.
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Pittsburg
United Mine Workers Tonight
Fayette County
Washington Coal and Coke Co
Star Junction
Indian Creek County
Peter Lilokick
Lessenring No. 2
H. C. Frick Coke Co
I. I. Shaw
Uniontown
Lilokick
Supreme Court invalidates tying clauses in United Shoe leases
The Supreme Court ruled the tying clauses in leases of United Shoe Machinery Corp and related firms invalid under the Clayton act. Justice Day delivered the opinion with dissents by McKenna and Brandeis not participating. The court held such provisions restrain competition and create monopoly risks, noting patent rights do not shield anti competitive contracts.
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Washington
United Shoe Machinery Corporation
Supreme Court
Justice Day
McKenna
Justice Brandeis
Clayton Ag
United Company
Congress
Grafton Presbytery elects moderator and clerk at Mannington meeting
The Grafton Presbytery opened its annual meeting in Mannington W Va with Rev James Ferguson of Buckhannon chosen moderator and Rev J W Koontz of Mannington elected state clerk The session will conclude on Tuesday.
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Grafton Presbytery
Fairmont
W. Va
James Ferguson
Buckhannon
Grafton
Mannington
J W. Koontz
Fleeing Families Bore Brunt of Illinois Flood News
Chicago reports say aid for storm and flood victims in Illinois and Indiana is being rushed by the Red Cross central division. Naples residents have evacuated to hilltop tents while Carrolltown and Cairo report widespread displacement. Two men from Beardstown perished after their boat capsized and others were rescued. Groundhogs are blamed for levee breaches as relief work continues.
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Indiana
Illinois
Chicago
Central Division
Red Cross
Naples
Carrolltown
Mississippi
Cairo
Beardstown
Til
Grover Dodds
J. L. Lower, Jr
Myers Surrenders to District Attorney in Larceny Case
Jerome A. Myers national director of the Constitutional League of America surrendered to the district attorney in New York. He was arraigned before Judge Rosalsky and held on $5,000 bail on a grand larceny in the first degree indictment connected to an allegedly missing $5,000 check from Joan D Rockefeller.
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New York
Jerome A. Myers
Constitutional League of America
Joan D. Rockefeller
District Attorney's
Rosalsky
Myers
Canada
John Cunniff
Astonishment over Rapallo treaty shocks Genoa conference
Genoa April 17 reports a Germany Russia treaty that cancels Brest-Litovsk and reopens full diplomatic contacts on equal terms. Allied ministers form a expert committee to review conflicts with Cannes or Versailles and prepare to consult Poland Czecho Slovakia Romania and Yugoslavia.
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Ministers of Powers
Genoa
Cannes
Versailles
Associated Press
Germany
Russia
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Rumania
Jugo-Slavia
Rapallo
Lloyd George
Barthou
Schanzer
Theunys
M Barthou
Parise
M. Colrat
Mellon seeks evidence from Plate Printer on counterfeit flood claim
Secretary Mellon asked the Plate Printer to provide any evidence for its report of a flood of counterfeit bank notes bonds war savings stamps and other stamps. He said any evidence would be investigated promptly. The Plate Printer tied the counterfeits to the bureau's recent reorganization and the removal of Director James L Wilmeth and others.
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Washington
Mellon
Plate Printer
Plate Printers Union
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Harding
James L Wilmeth
Ingleside Tragedy Ends in Family Shooting
Fifteen year old Bruce Mullins is jailed in Princeton after allegedly shooting his father Frank Mullins a Ingleside merchant around 11 50 Saturday night. Sheriff J B Hunt led the investigation amid doubts over the full facts.
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Bruce Mullins
Frankie
Mullins
Princeton
Squire Opie Karnes
Young Mullins
J. B. Hunt
Hunt
Sheriff Hunt
Bluefield
Dayton Mullins
Frank Mullins
Sheriff Munt
Frank
Ingleside
Taylor and Watkins
Forks of
New Road
R. L. Taylor
Hardy School
Taylor
Watkins
Hardy School House
Akers
Officer Taylor
Creep
Messrs
Watkins and
Watking
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Beaver
Boy Besse
GULF
McClintic
Farmer
Kelley
Frick Coal Works Beaton
Justice M’kenna
Green Kels
J. A. Myers
Oas
Uncle
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