Who Will Finance Bluefield Water Extension Plan
The West Virginia Public Service Commission on December 24 ordered the Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Company to construct six inch mains in Montvale addition with at least two fire hydrants. The order requires the city of Bluefield or a designee to deposit 400 and arrange annual hydrant payments, while estimating annual revenue and shared costs among residents. The decision notes residents’ substantial contributions and urges fair cost sharing to finance the extension and fire protection.
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Public Service Commission of
West Virginia
Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Company
Montvale Addition
Public Service Commission
Bluefield
Water Company
Ure
Montvale
Montvale Addition, Inc
Trale
de Endant Bluefield Water Works & Improvement
Twenty Two Years Longer Than a Century Noted in Charleston
In Charleston West Virginia area Mrs Jones died at 800 M Avenue after living there for many years. Born in Pittsylvania Virginia in 1808 she and her sister Jem belonged to a Virginia family that had lived more than a century. Funeral plans were set as officials noted her long life and two days of illness preceded death.
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Charleston
Meer Jones
1926 Outlook Seen Favorable Despite Caution
Secretary Hoover says both the United States and the world face a more favorable outlook at year end 1925, with rising productivity and high wages. He notes strong urban gains, abundant capital, and extensive public works, while warning against real estate and stock speculation, foreign monopolies, and lingering farmer debt.
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Washington
Hoover
United States
Great and evident as science’s spiritual role
Kansas City December 30 Dr M I Pupin president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science argues that beyond material science there is a spiritual aesthetic and intellectual service of science to humanity. He says electricity inspires the soul and education will be transformed. Dr Edwin Slosson notes no paper was read.
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Kansas City
M. I. Pupin
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Pin
Edwin ©. Slosson
Science Service
Grandmother admits planning murder of husband in Chicago area
Chicago police say Mia Eliza Nusbaum fifty eight admitted with four others to plotting and carrying out the murder of her husband Albert Nusbaum sixty five. The body was found on a prairie near city limits and the plan included using an automobile to move it. Her grandson twenty years old was exonerated.
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Chicago
Edward Gosf
Albert Nusbaum
Winn
Crown Point
Ind
Mia
Eliza Nusbaum
Martin
Stringham
Goss
Winnis
Robert Jeon
Loeb-Leopold
Nusbaum
Cardinal Mercier Remains Stable After Stomach Operation
Brussels dispatch reports Cardinal Mercier remains in satisfactory condition after yesterday's stomach lesion operation. Doctors say it is too early to judge the final results of the procedure.
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Brussels
Cardinal Mercier
Ste
Cancer is not infectious says Yale panel
Yale University researchers for the American Society of Zoologists announced that cancer is not an infectious disease and can only arise from hereditary factors or environmental irritants. They argued cancer cannot spontaneously develop in tainted individuals. nursing by cancerous mothers showed little effect on breast cancer risk, though withholding nursing raised susceptibility, based on mouse studies and clinical data.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale University
American Society of Zoologists
Halsey J. Bagg
Cornell Medical College
Bluefield Telephone Co Granted Rate Increase in Tazewell
Virginia Corporation Commission approves most proposed rate hikes for Bluefield Telephone Co in Tazewell County Va with exceptions for mileage and inter state toll charges. Effective January 1 the rise affects Bluefield Va and Falls Mills areas as public notices went to subscribers.
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Bluefield Telephone CO
Tazewell County
Virginia Corporation Body
Richmond
Virginia State Corporation Commission
Bluefield Telephone Company
Blueield
W. Va
Virginia Commission
Bluefields
Corporation Commission
Bluefield
Commonwealth
Promise of Permanent Climatic Change Seen in Alaska Volcanic Activity
Anchorage reports rising smoke from Mount McKinley and an earthquake as volcanic activity expands northward in Alaska. Observers credit Shishaldin and Pavagil eruptions with warming winds, thawing rivers and glaciers, and a possible permanent shift away from bitter winters in the Cook Inlet region.
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Alaska
Anchorage
North America
Mount McKinley
Shishaldin
Aleutians
McKinley
Cook Inlet
Sushima
Sero Mount McKinley
Pavaol
Gulf Stream
Japan
Asia
George Wolfe Resigns as Winding Gulf Secretary
Beckley West Virginia December 30 1930 George Wolfe secretary of the Winding Gulf Operators Association resigns after six years in Beckley and thirty years in southern West Virginia coal fields He will take a three month vacation and decline further coal work saying he is out of coal entirely.
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Winding Gulf Operators Association
South
Beckley
W. Va
Winding Gulf Operators’ Association
George Wolfe
Wolfe
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Mr. Wolfe
E E. White
White
Associated Press
Charleston
Wading Gulf Coal Operators’ Association
Justus Collins Properties
Youghingheny
Ohio
Bark of Davy
Shakespeare Would Not Recognize Own Plays
Professor Hazelton Cer of Washington State College told the Modern Language Association that Shakespeare would not recognize his works in modern revisions He argued that the plays have been amended deleted and remade so thoroughly that the author would be unfamiliar with them.
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Chicago
William Shakespeare
Hazeltoncer
State College of Washington
Modern Language Association of America
Shakespeare
Mussolini and Chamberlain discuss Russo Turkish ties at Rapallo
Fascist and British officials met in Rapallo amid skeptical editorials on disarmament and Locarno. Italian papers warn of rising danger in Europe, accusing Germany of gaining by Locarno while praising its internal political gains.
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Rome
Mussolini
Austen Chamberlain
Rapallo
League
L'Impero
Germany
Corriere O'halla
Assur
Ion
Usten
Locarno
Corriere D
Europe
Il Tevere
France
Use American Ways to Right American Wrongs
New York reports William Green of the American Federation of Labor outlined how labor reforms improve workers lives. He cited 33 labor banks with 94 million dollars in resources, a labor life insurance company, and wartime compensation measures as steps toward unemployment relief and social betterment.
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New York
William Green
American Federation of Labor
American Association For Labor
Green
Arbitration Bone of Contention in Hard Goal Strike
The New York coal strike talks stretched into another long session with little progress as miners and operators clash over arbitration. Alvan Markle urged a plan including three impartial citizens to break deadlocks while both sides debated checkoff and contract terms. Secretary James A. Gorman presided in Markle’s absence, with Hazleton noted as a return point for Markle during the marathon talks.
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New York
Alvan Markle
Hazleton
James A. Gorman
Dec. W
Markle
Int
Atantic City
Pershing Continues Daily Exercise in Chile
Arica Chile AP General Pershing continues daily exercise as he remains in Chile recovering from dental treatment. He follows physician guidance to avoid overwork while monitoring Taena plebiscitary commission developments. Officials regret any impact on negotiations and emphasize health remains paramount.
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Arica
Chile
John J
Tated
Pershing
Oess
Coal River Collieries to market entire production in new firm
A new sales organization will market the full output of Coal River Collieries plus other fields. The venture aims for nearly two million tons initially and up to three million tons weekly, with headquarters in Cleveland and a Huntington branch. J T Denigan will head the merged sales unit, with KR BE Edgington as traffic chief and Mr McParland leading Huntington operations. The project projects annual business over five million dollars and involves the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers connections.
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Huntington
W Va
Fuel Tributors, Inc
J. T Denigan
Colleries Company
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Pew Concern
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers’ Bank
Cleveland
Coal River Colleries Company
Pocahontas
Elkhorn
Edgington
Coal River Colleries Comy
Merged Sales Corporation
McParland
Chilean Ambassador Beltran Mathieu Bids Farewell
Senor Beltran Mathieu, retiring Chilean ambassador to the United States, told a Chile-American Association luncheon that matters had been settled in accordance with Chile's claims. He compared the disputed points to a passing cloud and a tempest in a teapot, and praised General Pershing for his plebiscite commission work.
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New York
Senor Beltran Mathieu
United States
Chile-American Association
Chile
General Pershing
Pershing Ordered to Return Home for Health Reasons
General John J. Pershing must leave Africa and return to the United States for treatment or risk permanent health impairment. President Coolidge may authorize the move, amid plebiscite tensions, with the exact date awaiting state department action. Nearby, northern France endures warm rains and rising rivers threatening Paris suburbs and major streams.
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Washington
Dec
John J. Pershing
Africa
United States
Pershing
Coolidge
State Department
Paris
France
Argument Over Nickel Plate Merger At Charpent Stage
Washington dispatch reports the Interstate Commerce Commission hearing the Nickel Plate merger with Erie Pere Marquette Hocking Valley and Chesapeake and Ohio lines in sharp conflict. Attorney for minority stockholders accuses Van Sweringen brothers of seeking $86 million in profits and urges rejection. backers defend the plan as fair and lawful.
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Washington
Nickel Plate Railroad
Interstate Cometerw Commission
H. W. Anderson
Chesapeake and Ohie
Nickel Plate
Erie
Pere Marquette
Hocking Valley
Chesapeake and Ohio
Newton D. Baker
Baker
van Sweringen
van Sweringens
Interstate Commerce Commission
van Swereingen
Daniel Lash Marsh Named President of Boston University
Boston December 30 Dr Daniel Lash Marsh of Pittsburgh has been appointed president of Boston University announced tonight He succeeds the former president and takes office in the new year amid university expansion plans and academic growth.
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Boston University Boston
Daniel Lash Marsh
Pitteburag
Boston Universely
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West Virgina Commerce Commission
Big Sales Corporation
Fuel Distributors, Inc
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Bank Bldg
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Seine
Rhine
Saone
Aisne
Marne
Oise
Lofre
Cher
Yonne
Vienne
Moselle
Metz
N. D. Baker
Anderson
C. P
M. J. van Swertigen
Commieelan
Council Chamber
New York Central
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