West Virginia War Justice Hearings And Local News
Disloyal utterances case against John Hoerner in Germany era referenced as warrant issued by State's Attorney Maxwell with hearing set for Friday. Lenwood and Wheel district policemen Ira Down and Henry Davis held on whiskey theft charges by federal grand jury. State finances show May balance at 7.44 million with school and workers compensation fund investments. Also reports of a local shooting attempt, post office inspector sessions, and a drowning at Camp Comfort with Mayoral area coverage.
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John Joseph Hoertha
Germany
United States
James
EB. L. Maxwell
Woerner
Elkins Box
Ira Down
Lenwood
Henry Davis
Wheel
Federal Grand Y
Elkins
Bo G. Ek,yd
Benawood
Wharleston
West Virginia
Federal court opens June term in Charleston West Virginia
The southern district of West Virginia began its June term in Charleston with Judge B F Keller presiding. The espionage act instruction was read to jurors as indictments were prepared. The first case involves William Harris a post office employee who pleaded guilty to defrauding the Railway Mail Mutual Benefit Association of 2000 with forged correspondence and was sentenced to two years in a federal prison. Harris claimed blindness to gain the payout and forged affidavits and certificates in a 1910 scheme with a woman posing as his wife Carrie Harris.
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Charleston
Federal Court For
Southern District of West Virginia
Federal
B. F. Keller
William Harriss
Huntingon
Booneville
N.C
Harris
Railway Mail Mutual Benefit Association
Atlanta
Carrie Harris
Conway Tearle Stars In The World for Sale at Colonial
Conway Tearle, leading man in The World for Sale, appears with top English and American actresses including Emily Stevens and Billie Burke. He plays Max Ingely, a strong brained hero in a Parker style role, in a Paramount picture shown today at the Colonial with Polly Moran in a two reel comedy.
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Conway Tearle
Gilbert Parker
Mr. Tearle
Colonial Theatre
Polly Moran
Garden plots in Mountain View add may need cultivation
Some neglected plots in Mountain View addition require immediate cultivation. Land company expected proper care. Assistant county agent to oversee grounds in south Gladfeld Mondays and Tuesdays, and at the Commerce Chamber office Wednesdays. Thursdays dedicated to city garden work. F. P. Summers.
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Mountain View
Gladfeld
Chamber of Commerce
F. P
Ban dit stronghold to be added to Yellowstone Park
Plan by Representative Mondell would add about 60000 acres of Wyoming land south of Yellowstone to the reservation. The proposal focuses on Jackson Hole and Grand Teton and Mount Moran areas, with hotels and lodges to replace former hideouts as a safer tourist region.
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Livingstone
Mont
Yellowstone National Park
Jackson Hole
Jackson's Hole
Mondell
Wyoming
Park
Yellowstone Reservation
Yellowstone
Yellowstone Park
Americans Defend Chateau Thierry Line Amid Severe Fighting
Allied forces, including Americans and French, repel German attempts near Chateau Thierry and Villers Cotterets. Casualties for Americans are described as slight while German losses are unknown. British and French units cooperate to push back enemy forces and retake ground near Faverolles. A cavalry corps conducts a 160 mile march then joins near Choisy hill to blunt German assaults.
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Ancerviller
Luneville
France
Associated Press
Villers- Coterets
Chateau Thierry
Aisne
Oilse
Choisy Hill
Cats
Troestes
Vernuil
Dormans
Marne
Chauplal
Geran
Oufey
Oise
Viliers-Cotterets
Faverolles
Choisy-au-Bac
High School Boys Urged to Continue Education
Washington June 4 Dr P P Claxton federal education commissioner urges graduating high school boys to pursue college education with military training. Colleges enrolling 100+ students for army instruction will have officers as instructors and all training corps members join the U S army, though not called to active service until age. The move aims to meet wartime needs and build leadership for postwar years.
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Washington
P. P. Claxton
Federal Commissioner of Education
Avery Educational Institution
Army
Training Corps
United States Army
War Department
Dr. Claxton
Black Walnut Census Urges Scout Help For War Effort
Henry Graves of the U S Forest Service appeals to Boy Scouts to map black walnut supplies nationwide. He notes walnut wood is vital for airplane propellers and gunstocks and urges farmers to conserve forests and propagate the tree, calling it the Liberty Tree in support of the war.
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Wilson
Henry 3. Graves
United States Forest Service
United States
Colonel Graves
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