Republicans Elect Princeton Mayor in tight race
Republican RB. H. Witten defeated Democrat incumbent George H. Brown for Princeton mayor by 1,139 votes in a high turnout. Witten carried all wards, first GOP mayor in Mercer county seat in six years, with 70 percent turnout. Council seat won by H. J. Thompson. five of six council members to be Democrats. Municipal elections also held at Matoaka Bramwell and Oakvale with mixed results.
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RB. H. Witten
aRepublican
Witten
George H. Brown
Mercer County
H. J Tempson
A. B. R. Harris
Matoaka
Bramwell
Oakvale
Oavale
Princeton
A. Johnson
A. J. Schuyler
Meyor
E. H. Witten
Geo. H. Brown
F. Walker
George Hall
Ben Arrington
E. K. Johnston
William Bailey
A. S. Fortune
H. J. Thompson
A. B. Harris
French deputies topple Bouisson cabinet in crisis
Paris June 4 deputies vote 264 to 262 to overthrow Fernand Bouisson's four day old save the franc ministry. Laval and Bouisson refuse Lebrun calls to form a new cabinet as France faces a major political crisis amid international talks and security concerns. Edward Herriot eyed as possible next premier as police bolster the chamber.
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Associated Press
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Fernand Bouisson
Laval
Boisson
Lebrun
France
Bouisson
Edward Herriot
America
Radical Socialist Party
Herriot
West Virginia city elections bring women candidates to forefront
Governing bodies for about 120 WV towns were chosen Tuesday as thousands voted for mayors and councilmen. Wheeling and Morgantown led with large turnouts amid warm weather. Rainelle saw a straight women ticket, while Glenville rejected a mayoral bid by Mrs Amanda Thompson. One Glasgow Kanawha county election was halted by court action. North Fork and Clarkin in McDowell county held elections after six years with one mayor noting apathy.
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West Virginia
Wheeling
Morgantown
Cincinnati
Rainelle
Elizabeth Simpson
Linnie L. White
Progressive
Lester
Raleigh
Mre
John High
Nutter Fort
Clarksburg
Supreme Court
Glasgow
Kanawha County
R. L. Bannister
Twin Cities
Northfork
Clark
McDowell County
Mabscott Elects Hill for Third Term as Mayor
Mabscott West Virginia voters chose Dr. D L Hill as mayor for a third term and named A Roy Fish as recorder for the third term both on the People ticket. Pax West Virginia elected H E Woolwine as mayor without opposition and T H Williams as recorder.
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Mabscott
W. Va
D. L. Hill
A. Roy Fish
People
Pax Pax
H. E. Woolwine
Pax
T. H. Williams
Thurmond Elects Mayors and Recorders Without Opposition
In Thurmond E R Daniels was named mayor and C W Wills recorder. Sophia chose J K Tosh as mayor with James B Deck as recorder. Lester elected J Winebremer mayor and Pierce Brown recorder, all on Citizens and Town tickets.
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Thurmond Thurmond
W. Va
Thurmond
E. R. Daniels
C. W. Wills
Sophia Sophia
Sophia
J. K. Tosh
James B. Deck
Lester Lester
J., Winebremer
Lester Today
Pierce Brown
A. M. Stewart Wins Flemington Mayor Seat in West Virginia
In Flemington W V on June 4 independent A M Stewart won 97 votes to Citizens party Byron Ross 51. Stanley Fleming was unopposed elected recorder. The council elected three members per party: W J B Newhouse Howard Hawkins York Marks John A Springer D L Freeze Arthur Whitehair. Jane Lew reelected Roy Brown mayor as only party contested the posts. Maude Beeghley also reelected recorder.
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Matoaka
Citizens
J. Lee Bailey
J. M. Davis
W. W. Harlowe
R. F. Orton
Roger Brown
W. Murphy
J. R. Powell
L. A. Wright
John M. Patterson
Dr. T. C. Luger
C. I. Butte
W. M. Ferrell
Bramwell
New Deal
Flemington Flemington
W. Va
A. M. Stewart
Byron Ross
Citizens Party
Stanley Fleming
J. B. Newhouse
Howard, Hawkins
York Marks
John A. Springer
D. L. Freeze
Arthur Whitehair
Jane Lew
Roy Brown
Brown
One Party
Maude Beeghley
Wirt Swis
Action this week on revised coal bill 15
Washington June 4 senate action on the Guffey Snyder coal stabilization bill was predicted as supporters cited a revised draft introduced by Senator Neely to substitute the original. The measure includes expanded marketing provisions and a new clause tying bituminous coal production to interstate commerce while aiming to avoid NRA code failures.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Neely
West Virginia
Barkley
Kentucky
Couzens
Michigan
Guffey
NRA
Floods Continue to Batter Rich Regions Across Midwest and West
Western states and Mexico endure deadly floods now reaching Kansas Missouri and California. Crests in the Missouri and Kaw rivers threaten Kansas City with 1908 scale flooding. National guardsmen and police aid evacuation as death toll nears six hundred with damage around 20 million in Kansas Nebraska and Missouri.
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Mexico
Kansas
Missouri
California
Nebraska
Kansas City
Kansas City Livestock Exchange
Colorado
Wyoming
Sperry Named Postmaster at Hemphill West Virginia
Washington June 4 The post office department announced the appointment of W. I. Sperry Jr as postmaster at Hemphill West Virginia.
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Washington
Post Office Department
W. I. Sperry Jr
Hemphill
W. Va
Trail of Western Kidnapers Warms Ransom Bill Found
Tacoma dispatch reports first ransom bill in eastern Oregon related to the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping. A Justice Department spokesman says the case will break wide open in 48 hours and hints a Seattle Tacoma local gang may be involved. Investigators focus on the Huntington Oregon ransom note and seek further information.
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Associated Press
Tacoma
Waeh
George Weyerhaeuser
Oregon
Justice Department
Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Huntington
Ore
Goal Sales Unit Plans to Expand In Appalachian Coal Field
Cincinnati June 4 Expansion of Appalachian Coals incorporated a huge sales cooperative to include two score more producers of the Appalachian bituminous coal region. More than 200 coal operators across Virginia southern West Virginia eastern Kentucky and eastern Tennessee backed the plan to hold prices after the NRA's downfall. Stockholders of Appalachian Coals 148 in number discussed enlarging the cooperative to cover other coal divisions and possibly other industries. The meeting also touched on retail field invasion by mine trucks selling directly to consumers.
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Cincinnati
Appalachian Coals Incorporated
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
NRA
Appalachian
Appalachian Coals
Fear for crew as dredger Chernishevsky wrecked
Archangel June 4 Fear that the entire 47 man crew of the dredger Chernishevsky perished when the vessel was wrecked off the White Sea port of Soroka. Fifteen bodies were recovered with no word on the others. A tug found bodies on the shore of uninhabitable Zuzmui island after the captain of the steamer Karelia reported seeing the ship amid a storm near rocks. The Chernishevsky was commended by Captain Nemchinoff.
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Archangel
Chernishevsky
White Sea
Soroka
Zuzmui
Nemchinoff
Lions District 29 Annual Message Opens Convention
About 200 delegates registered for the Lions District 29 convention as Governor Mader praised district growth. Vincent Crascall, president of Lions International, spoke at the dinner while officers to be named today. New clubs are ready for charters at Shinnston Mannington Pennsboro and Gauley Bridge, bringing the total to 46 and membership to about 1375, the highest among 61 districts.
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Vincent C. Hascall
International Association of Lions Clubs
Twenty-Ninth District of Lions Clubs
William H. Mader
Wheeling
Vincent Crascall
Omaha
Edwin L. Kingsley
Parkersburg
International Association
Mader
Shinnston
Mannington
Pennsboro
Gauley Bridge
Lindbergh to Retire from Commercial Lines
Wilmington Del June 4 Colonel Charles A Lindbergh retires from active connection with Transcontinental and Western Air as technical adviser after four years of service. Henry B Dupont TWA board chairman confirms the move saying it reflects a lack of board colonel Lindbergh differences, personal affairs and his wish to be away from New York and avoid publicity.
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Wilmington
Del
Charles A. Lindbergh
Transcontinental
Western Air
Henry B. Dupont
TWA
Dupont
Lindbergh
Transport Company
New York
Penalties of heavy noon lunch found in study
Philadelphia June 4 The penalties of a heavy noon lunch on the first hour's work in the afternoon were given to the National Office Management Association today by Dr Donald L Laird professor of psychology Colgate University The losses included a 6 percent drop in mental speed 25 percent in mental accuracy and 70 percent more lapses in attention Eight young men were tested over 24 days half heavy lunches half light lunches The cause is mental anemia after a heavy meal Suggestions include planning cafe menus and possibly offices alike to avoid cerebral anemia in the senate restaurant too
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Philadelphia
National Office Management Association
Donald L. Laird
Colgate University
Laird
Prison guard killed during escape incident in Kentucky
Carl McCall, 30, already serving 25 years for attempted murder in Pineville West Virginia, was held for removal after an escape attempt from a train in 1930. A guard leapt after him through a window during the pursuit and died from a broken neck shortly after.
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Greenup
Carl McCall
Pineville
W. Va
West Virginia
Congress Pilots For Long Summer Boosted Coal Industry Bills
Washington June 4 Congressional chiefs prepared for a lengthy session into summer as leaders indicated the president would extend his must program. Additions aimed at regulating the bituminous coal industry and guaranteeing collective bargaining rights were discussed, with NRA extension, utility regulation, social security, banking, and TVA powers among items likely to survive. Leaders expect enactment of these principles before adjournment, while adjustments and title changes were possible. Labor leaders called the administration boost to Wagner and Guffey-Snyder bills pleasing as the push continued into a busy session.
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Washington
Congressional
Guffey-Snyder
Wagner
Congress
NRA
Tennessee Valley Authority
Labor
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Richberg decides to stay with NRA amid Johnson clash
Washington reports Donald Richberg will remain with the NRA amid internal turmoil and delays his mid June resignation. Johnson attacked Richberg for choosing a "bad case" for the Supreme Court, while Richberg avoids comment and focuses on NRA developments and a possible return to private life.
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Washington
NRA
Donald R. Richberg
Hugh
Johnson
Borah
Idaho
Richberg
Supreme Court
National Press Club
Joseph P. Kennedy
The
Securities Commission
Schechter
State invites bids on road and bridge projects
Charleston West Virginia June 4 bids for construction of two road and one bridge projects will be requested by the road commission. Projects include Wheeling S bridge approaches in Ohio county with grading drainage slag base and cement paving, Moundsville Roundottom road guard rail, and Armstrong Creek Deepwater road 3.2 miles with stabilized base.
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Charleston
W. Va
Road Commission
Ohio County
Wheeling
Mershall County
Moundsville-Roundottom
Fayette
Armstrong Creek
City Directors Open 25 Cent Revenue Levy Plan
City directors moved to introduce a 25 cent tax on every electric gas water and telephone meter to fund police fire protection street lighting sewerage garbage collection and street cleaning. The ordinance, called for second reading next Tuesday, would take effect July 1 and is projected to yield about $38 000 annually though officials say more revenue is still needed. A Rotary resolution urged citizen involvement with a municipal revenue committee, which had previously dissolved. The board then authorized the city treasurer to proceed with publication of the ordinance.
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Bluefield Rotary Club
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Chamber of Commerce, Wholesale Grocers Association
Bluefield Business Men's Association
Rotary Club
Kyle Bruce
Citizens Committee
Government counsel questioned in Simpkins case
In Asheville on June 4 government lawyers faced close scrutiny from two circuit judges. They questioned the government’s trial strategy in the Simpkins case involving concealing non tax paid liquor. Simpkins faced a three year sentence and a 5000 dollar fine for allegedly taking liquor and selling five gallons.
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Asheville
N. C
United States
Circuit Court
Justice of the Peace
Robert L. Simpkins
War
W. Va
Simpkins
Petersburg
Morris A. Soper
Baltimore
U. S
George Neal
Huntington
Soper
John J. Parker
Calvin Chestnut
Bluefield
Roosevelt proposes fragmentary NRA extension amid code questions
President Roosevelt seeks a stop gap NRA skeleton organization to keep basic wage and hour standards and statistics in place while avoiding full code enforcement. He notes Congress must decide business control issues raised by the Supreme Court and signals support for the Wagner labor disputes bill. A $600000 appropriation would sustain mediation functions after the 7 A labor section lapse.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
NRA
Senate
House
Troosevelt
National Labor Relations Board
Secretary of Labor
Lad Rider Burned Seriously In Tunnel Accident
Joe Stout an 11 year old West Graham lad was severely burned when his clothing contacted the Norfolk and Western electrification system while riding atop a box car through Coaldale tunnel. About seventy percent of his body bore first and second degree burns and he remained in critical condition at Bluefield sanitarium. Details of how he left the train remain unclear as officials report the youths were seen atop the car entering Bluefield yards and a companion, possibly his brother, may have accompanied him.
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Joe Stout
West Graham
Norfolk and Western
Coaldale Tunnel
Bluefield Sanitarium
Bluefield Yards
West Yards
Bluefield Avenue
Coaldale
Tun Nel
Bluestone Tower
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Wheeling, Morgantown
Pierre Laval
Cummings
Cumru
Selictor
Stanley Eed
Coal Operators’ Committee
Goal Sales
Appalachian Coals, Inc
U. S. Supreme Court
ACI
Lions Delwerd
Meet
Jennings Randolph
Elkins
Loring van Camp
Herbert D. May
Mexico City
Convention Group
Paul Summers
Perkersburg
Lions Organization
Beckley
Lions Club
Donald A. Laird
Naa
Organization
Aeep Otatiotigs
Mr. Roosevelt
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