Receivers appointed for Consolidation Coal in mid Atlantic states
Federal Judge Julian W. Mack appointed Robert G. Hill Frank R. Lyon and Howell Fisher ancillary receivers for Consolidation Coal, owner of about 300000 acres of bituminous coal fields in Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia and Kentucky. The company faces debt of 25 million and liabilities over 1 million with assets listed at 83524378. The move aims to conserve assets for bondholders and shareholders after missed June interest payments amid a drastic industry downturn.
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New York
Baltimore
Julian W. Mack
Robert G. Hill
Frank R. Lyon
Howell Fisher
Consolidation Coal Company
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
George H. Whitten
Emma V. Sweeney
Vast Holdings of Consolidation Coal in West Virginia
The Consolidation Coal company holds extensive WV properties with offices in Fairmont. Northern WV assets span the Fairmont Clarksburg Philippi area in Marion Harricon and Barbour counties, while southern CW assets cover the Pocahontas field in McDowell county. The Camden coal properties between Fairmont and Clarksburg were recently purchased outright after years of royalty operation.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Consolidation Coal Company
New York
West Virginia
Clarksburg
Philippi
Marion
Harricon
Barbour County
Pocahontas
McDowell County
Camden Coal
West Forks
Clarkeburg
Consolidation Coal Company Holdings Seen In Local Operations
The principal holdings of the Consolidation Coal company in this area are described under Local Operations with continued coverage on the next page.
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Consolidation Coal Company
Concord College Commencement Closes With 28 Degrees
The fifty sixth annual commencement week at Concord College concluded with Dr. R A Armstrong delivering Where Do We Go From Here The class earned 28 degrees and 42 standard normal certificates to teach Alumni banquet drew many alumni and officials including W C Cook R M Dodrill and J B McLaughlin The college credited record attendance and growth under President Marsh with new faculty and facilities The program featured campus concert processions violin solos Ave Maria The Nightingale and an address by Dr Armstrong followed by diploma grants
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Concord College
R. A. Armstrong
W. C. Cook
State Board of Education
R. M
Concord
Evangeline Donahue
Dorothy Donahue
Carl Hensley
Philip Lilly
Ella Holroyd
Robert A. Armstrong
West Virginia University
A. K Mc
Mystery figure Sherwood tied to Walker finances in Hofstadter probe
Russell T. Sherwood, a long-missing figure in the Hofstadter committee inquiry, is alleged as Mayor James J. Walker's Wall Street financial agent with transactions exceeding 900000 in five and a half years. Dr William H. Walker, brother of the mayor, testified before the committee.
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Hofstadter Committee
New York City
Russell T. Sherwood
Sherwood
James J. Walker
Wall Street
William H. Walker
New York
Hofstadter Legislative Committee
Senate Hearings on Coal Bill Ended in Washington
After nearly three months of hearings on the Davis-Kelly bill to regulate the bituminous coal industry, United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis urged enactment. He argued the industry is beggared and that government action is needed, while opposing operators he called unorganized and inefficient. The bill, backed by Senator Davis and Representative Kelly, would have prices set by a federal commission.
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Washington
Senate
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Hatfield
Republican
West Virginia
Lewis
Congress
United Mine Workers
Crens
Davis
Kelly
Pennsylvania
Most Decorated Doctor Found Shot To Death In Philadelphia
Philadelphia reports Dr. Orlando H. Petty age 57 a former municipal health director described as the most decorated physician in the United States was found shot to death in his home detectives said the death appears self inflicted due to poor health Petty received the congressional Medal of Honor for bravery as a World War II marine corps surgeon among other decorations include the Distinguished Service Cross Croix de Guerre with palm and the Italian War Cross
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Philadelphia
Orlando H. Petty
Munnicipal
United States
Petty
United States Marine Corps
Ban on allegiance oath advances in Irish Senate
Dublin June 2 President Eamon de Valera's bill to abolish the parliamentary oath of allegiance to the British crown won a second reading in the Irish Free State senate. A deadlock with Dail Eireann over amendments risks delaying the measure, with a general election looming. The bill would sever a major link with Great Britain if enacted, but could not pass without senate approval for 18 months absent an election.
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Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Free State
Great Britain
Senate
Building Defies Efforts to Enter Hidden Structure
Woburn Massachusetts June 2 officials seek to uncover illegal activity in a windowless concrete and steel building on New England Refining property. Federal agents labored eight hours to breach a concrete wall only to find another steel wall, prompting a waiting game. Mayor Alfred W. Peterson accuses the site of illicit operations and identifies Charles D. Weathers as owner to assist in the probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woburn
Mass
New England Refining Company
Alfred W. Peterson
Charles D. Weathers
Boston
Pet Green
Weather
Opera
Peterson
British coal control bill near passage granted third reading
London June 2 The House of Commons approved the coal bill on third reading by a 291 to 52 vote. The measure would regulate production supply and sale of coal in Britain for five years.
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London
House of Commons
Premier outlines: Japan Soviet policy and League debate
Tokyo reports Viscount Makoto Saito, new prime minister and foreign minister, says there is no danger of war with the Soviet Union and Japan will honor League pledges while seeking to ease tensions over Manchuria and Shanghai. He notes critics in American and European circles and hints Japan may leave the League if circumstances justify it. The premier urges informed view on Japanese actions and urges Moscow to show more trust.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Japan
Soviet Russia
Makoto Saito
Soviet Union
Foreign Office
Manchuria
Shanghai
League of Nations
League
Tammany backs Walker amid inquiry and rival plans
Tammany Hall stands behind Mayor Walker after his two day Hofstadter committee appearance with no planned repudiation. Seabury questions Roosevelt transcript requests while Walker faces possible ouster and potential replacement by Joseph V. McKee. Farley seeks sheriff vindication as Tammany debates fate of its leaders and policy on third terms.
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New York
Tammany Hall
Samuel Seabury
Walker
Tammany
Hofstadter Legislative Committee
Inquiry Board
Joseph V. McKee
Board of Aldermen
John F. Hylan
Seabury
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Planes Join In Hunt For Missing Airmen
Aircraft from Montreal and Boston converge on Newfoundland to search for Arthur Sullivan the missing aviator and Dr Karl A Kuehnert Grenfell mission dentist after they disappeared on a pleasure flight from St Anthony. Mrs Sullivan joins the search hampered by fog rain and easterly winds.
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St. John’s N.F
Montreal
Boston
Newfoundland
Arthur Sullivan
Karl A. Kuehnert
Grenfell Mission
St. Anthony
M. S. Sullivan
Charlie Hubbard
Harvard
Beston
Mass
Harold Crowley
Edward T. O'Toole
Winthrop
Dr. Forbes
Alexander Gould
Wilfred Grenfell
Hubbard
New Foundland
A. D. Wardle
Longueuil
Great
Pocahontas Tug District Coal Declines Week Ended May 28
Coal production in the Pocahontas Tug River district for the week ending May 28 totaled 238,341 tons, down 36,359 tons from the prior week. Calendar year to date output runs 6,209,473 tons with a weekly average of 295,700. National Coal Association estimates U S bituminous production at about 4,230,000 net tons for that week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas-Tug River
National Coal Association
United States
Bureau of Mines
Government eyes acts of radicals during veterans march
Washington reports government scrutiny as thousands of veterans march toward the capital to press for the Patman bonus bill. Police coordinate with federal agencies while leaders deny communist influence. Veterans lodge in rental cities across multiple states. more groups form nationwide seeking to reach Washington. Secretary Hurley criticizes government subsidies for transport and lodging, urging restraint.
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Washington
Texas
Illinois
Michigan
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Ohio
Louisiana
Florida
Oklahoma
Congress
Patman
Pelham D. Glaseford
Emanuel Levin
Levin
New York
Workers’ Exservice Men's League
Glaseford
Camden
Wilmington
Del
Pittsburgh
Ragon
Democrat
Arkansas
Hurley
United States
District of Columbia
W L Student Wins Oratorical Contest
Radford Va June 20 J R Moore Washington and Lee University student tonight was declared eastern central region winner of the Washington bi centennial oratorical contest held at old State Teachers college He will enter the national contest in Washington J R Gillespie of Asbury College Ky won second place Others were Joseph Wearly East Tennessee Teachers College and Noel Cook West Virginia University Three other state winners were slated to contest but did not appear Moore whose home is in Somerset is a junior at Washington and Lee
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Radford
J. R. Moore
Washington and Lee University
Washington
Old State
Teachers College
J. R. Gillespie
Asbury College
Joseph Wearly
East Tennessee Teachers College
Noel Cook
West Virginia University
Moore
Somerset
New York Lawyer Killed by Subway Train
George E. Holmes, prominent lawyer and income tax authority, died at 34th Street and Broadway after apparently stepping in front of a subway train. Motorman Michael Lynch stated Holmes leaped into the path, while associates called it an accident. Holmes recently handled the Blackmer Teapot Dome-related case, involving $3.7 million in back taxes and fines and a $170,772 refund.
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New York
George E. Holmes
Able
Income Tax Authority
34Th Street
Broadway
Michael Lynch
Holmes
Henry M. Blackmer
Teapot Dome
Conferees Approve Revenue Bill to Balance Budget
Congressional conferees reached a complete agreement on a billion dollar revenue bill to balance the 1933 budget. The measure includes higher income taxes and retained levies, with a target of White House approval by early next week. The Virginia Hardwood Lumber plant in Bastion, Va., plans to resume operations, bringing about 125 jobs back.
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Bastian
Washington
Capitol
Senate
House
Watson
Indiana
Harrison
Mississippi
Ballantine
Treasury
White House
Hoover
Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company
Bastion
Rejected Suitor Died in Volcanic Firepit Tragedy
Hilo Hawaii June 2 William Nunes a rejected suitor of Margaret Enos a high school student leapt with her into Halemaumau firepit of Kilauea volcano. Rangers found their bodies 800 feet below the brink after Nunes reportedly killed Enos then forced her to leave with him. A pistol note and blood spatter on a rented car marked the crime scene.
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Hilo
Hawaii
William Nunes
Margaret Enos
Halemaumau
Kilauea
Nunes
Hawaiian National Park Rangers
Mies Enos
Margaret
Manuel Furtado
Park Rangers
Pele
Judge Rem PMP Mitchell Removed From Office in Ohio County
Judge J Harold Brennan of Ohio county circuit court removed John A Mitchell Richland district school commissioner from office citing a statute that bars commissioners from pecuniary interest in school board contracts. Mitchell had pleaded guilty to a charge that buses were repaired in his garage.
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Wheeling
W. Va
J. Harold Brennan
Ohio County Circuit Court
John A. Mitchell
Richland
Mitchell
Bluefield Day 16 Trading Success Draws Crowds
Hundreds of out of town shoppers flooded Bluefield for Bluefield Day 16 as merchants offered hundreds of bargains. Downtown streets were crowded from morning to evening and sales exceeded expectations amid heavy promotions. Hotels offered free rooms and transport discounts to accommodate visitors. No accidents were reported during the event.
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Bluefield
Two-Gun Bandit Tries to Rob N W Office in Roanoke
A young man about 5 feet 6 inches tall, 130 pounds, with a thin face, attempted to rob the Norfolk and Western Railway treasury department in Roanoke at 11:30 a.m. He fired two pistols through a window at Thrasher, fled via Shenandoah avenue, and vanished as police swept the area. He was reportedly drinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Treasury Department
B. Thrasher
Thrasher
Shenandoah Avenue
High Street
Federal Judge Upholds Virginia Motor Chief
Federal Judge Luther Way denied Southern Coach a permanent injunction to block T McCall Frazier, Virginia motor vehicle director, from interfering with its Bristol Tennessee to Washington DC intercity bus route. The ruling upholds state licensing actions and dismisses the case.
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Norfolk
Luther Way
Southern Coach Corporation
T. McCall Vazier
State Division of Motor Vehicles
Bristol Tonn
Washington D. C
Coach Corporation
Sonny
Judge Way
Attorneyea
State Corporation Commission
Relief plans clash in Congress over unemployment aid
Two Republican bills propose a 300 million loan fund to states and 1.5 billion borrowing power for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to spur jobs. Mills and Hurley criticize Democratic public works schemes as wasteful, offering limited employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Hawley
Oregon
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Mills
Hurley
Senate
House
Germany's Policy to Be Unchanged Declared by Von Papen
Berlin June 2 Chancellor Frantz Von Papen announced there would be no change in Germany's foreign policy. He and his ministers took the oath before President Hindenburg and convened to draft a policy declaration for the Reichstag, which may be dissolved after reading to thwart a non confidence vote. The cabinet pledged to safeguard Nazi interests and pursue international cooperation to restore prosperity.
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Berlin
Frantz von Papen
Germany
Paul von Hindenburg
Laus
von Papa
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McDowell
Tazewell
Coalwood
Caretta
Mine Workers
Tammany Girgles
Judge Seabury
Seabury Strategy
Thomas J. Farley
Farley
House Today
Volgang
Girl
Body
Virginia Motor
VAIT
Senate Banking Committee
Robinson
Ways and Means Committee
Finance Corporation
Franz von Papen
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