Heaberlin challenges Ott's compensation post in West Virginia
C L Heaberlin files quo warranto in Kanawha circuit court to test the legality of Governor Conley's May 31 appointment of Lee Ott as compensation commissioner for a six year term Heaberlin had been named by Governor Gore in 1927 for a six year term and seeks to oust Ott arguing the legislature's act is void and unconstitutional Ott was served to show by what authority he holds the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Gore
Conley
Charleston
W. Va
Lee Ott
Kanawha County
C. L. Heaberlin
Ott
Heaberlin
Change in Electric Rates Authorized
The West Virginia Public Service Commission authorized West Virginia Light Heat and Power to implement new lighting rates on three days notice, pending a further hearing. Domestic charges: 75 cent service fee monthly, 6 cents per kWh for first 25 kWh, 3.5 cents for excess, minimum 75 cents. Commercial: 75 cent monthly service charge, 6 cents per kWh for first 100 kWh, 3.5 cents for excess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Public Service Commission
West Virginia Light, Heat and Power Company
Sieternville
Paden City
Bourne
Friendly
Brooklyn
Tyler
Wetzel
MacDonald names cabinet as first Labour government forms
London reports Prime Minister Ramsey MacDonald has completed the ministerial list. Nineteen cabinet ministers and eight outside the cabinet will take seats at Windsor Castle tomorrow. Notable changes include the first woman in the cabinet, Margaret Bondfield as minister of Labor, and two new Labour peers, Sankey and Sydney Webb.
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London
Ramsey MacDonald
King George
Windsor Castle
Labor
Perha
Duchess of Atholl
Margaret Bondfield
Justice Sankey
House of Lords
Sydney Webb
Dominions
Bernard Shaw
MacDonald
Firet
Treasor
Philip Snowden
Snowden
Britain
France
Arthur Henderson
House of Commons
Ind
Wedgwood
Bean
Marshall college student trains dogs to fund tuition
ISS Lucille Porter a co ed at Marshall College Huntington earns funds by breeding and showing Boston terriers at Hogcett West Virginia. She maintains forty to sixty dogs with prize winnings and occasional sales to cover tuition. Some dogs valued as high as six thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iss Lucille Porter
Marshall College
Huntington
Hogcett
W. Va
Hoover commission to study crime via statistics
Washington June 7 The Hoover commission will base its inquiry on crime statistics from federal and state authorities. After a two day session the commission adjourned to June 18 to assemble and correlate data and examine conditions of crime, courts and police delays. Grace Abbott spoke on juvenile crime and Wickersham stressed focus beyond prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover Law Enforcement Commission
Wickersham
Grace Abbott
Federal Children’s Bureau
Prohibition
Leonard V. Harrison
Commission
Presient Hoover
Dean Roscoe Pound
Harvard Law School
Kenneth KR Mackintosh
Washington State
Erskine Prediction Pushes Grain Higher Then Pulls Back
Chicago June 7 Albert R Erskine auto magnate aided an uplift in the grain market with optimistic talk of a government stabilization plan lifting wheat prices to 1 75 and possibly 2 00 a bushel. Unfavorable weather and Liverpool strength supported buys while an unofficial Kansas bumper wheat crop rumor cooled gains as July and September futures finished higher but off intraday peaks.
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Chicago
Albert R Erskine
Erskine
Government Stabilization Corporation
Liverpool
Board of Trade
Kansas
Three Drownings in Montana Flood Sweep Beaver Creek
A wall of water rushed down Beaver Creek in Wibaux Montana drowning three residents. The flood forced locals to higher ground and caused about half a million dollars in property damage.
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Montana
Wibaux
Mont
Beavers Creek
Republicans Visit Birthplace of Party at Ripon
In Ripon Wisconsin a 75 year old schoolhouse hosts a celebration with 20 000 expected as Secretary of War James W Good speaks. The event marks the birth of the Republican party born from a protest against a congressional slavery measure and led by Alvan Earle Bovay.
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Ripon
Wis
United States
Republican Party
James W. Good
Congress
Nebraska
Kanas
Alvan Earle Bovay
Wisconsin
Walter J. Kohler
Good
Kohler
Ripon College
Nomination confirmed without record vote for under-secretary of state
Washington reports the Senate confirmed Joseph P. Cotton, a New York attorney, to be under-secretary of state without a record vote. The nomination, advanced earlier without debate or roll call, was reconsidered by Senator Wheeler in a closed executive session today.
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Washington
Joseph P. Cotton
New York
Senate
Wheeler
Mont
Four held in death probe near Mishawka roadhouse
South Bend police detained three Elkhart attorneys and an automobile salesman after a fatal shooting of Edward Blankett, 41, Mishawka politician. Burke and Sievers injured, Kramer knocked unconscious, coroner questioned proprietor Ethel Boyer.
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South Bend
Ind
Elkhart
Edward Blankett
Mishawka
Hawley C. Burke
Alex Sievers
Martin M. Kramer
Orrin H. Markel
Markel
Kramer
Ethel Boyer
Burke
Sievers
Blankert
Elkhart Follo
Milhawke
Confederate veteran and slave at civil war reunion
A Memphis pair, Capt Hugo Hughey now 84 and Bill Harrison 90, lifelong companion and former slave bodyguard, sit together at the United Confederate Veterans gathering in Charlotte North Carolina after the war. Their bond endures as they recall their wartime loyalty and lifelong friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Harrison
A. Hughey
34Th
Mississippi Regiment
Harrison
Hughey
Memphis
Tenn
United Confederate Veterans
Charlotte
N. C
Coal Rate Dispute Keeps 35 Cent Gap in Lake Shipments
Western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio bituminous producers fail to reopen a long-running case before the Interstate Commerce Commission. A 35 cent rate differential will apply on coal shipments to lake ports between Pittsburgh district origin and southern West Virginia Kentucky Virginia and Tennessee. The compromise rate was set Jan 1 to bridge northern and southern railroad interests.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Washington
Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pittsburgh
Southern
Northern
Southern Railroad
Dawes committee ends its work on German reparations plan
Paris June 7 report proposes moving Germany’s reparations into a non political bank for international settlements. The plan shifts payments from Versailles machinery and the Dawes plan to a bank run by financiers and clerks. Emile Moreau and J Hjalmar Schacht witness the moment as Owen D Young leads the committee amid broad, if imperfect, consensus.
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Paris
Dawes Committee
J. Hjalmar Schacht
Emile Moreau
Owen D. Young
Germany
Bank For International Settlements
M. Moreau
Bank of France
Young
First Aid Training Target in West Virginia Schools
Robert M. Lambie head of the West Virginia department of mines urged making first aid training a standard part of the state secondary school curriculum. Morgantown High School leads in a program with nearly 100 students earning first aid certificates. He cited more than 20 000 workers trained in two years and plans to extend mine safety instruction to all industry workers and students. He met operators and the university school of mines, then planned trips to Pittsburgh and Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
Robert M. Lambie
West Virginia Department of Mines
West Virginia
Lambie
University School of Mines
Pittsburgh
Charleston
Professor Jumps or Falls to His Death in New York
Professor Russell Gordon Smith a 36 year old sociology tutor from Columbia University died after an apparent fall or jump from a thirteenth floor window in a Park Avenue apartment where he was visiting. Police report the death as self inflicted based on footprints on radiator covering near the window. He had recently undergone lung surgery and had visited a family friend Mrs Ethel Clyde before feeling unwell and leaving the room. The butler discovered him missing and then saw his body on the pavement below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rusell Gordon Smith
Columbia University
Park Avenue
Professor Smith
Mra
Ethel Clyde
Dance Hall Romance Blamed For New York Wedding
New York reports that power magnate A. R. Graustein confirms his March 14 wedding to Claire Patton, born from a Roseland dance hall romance. Ceremony reportedly in El Paso, Texas with an airplane honeymoon. bride once danced at Roseland.
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A. R. Graustein
New York
A. R. Cravstein
Claire Patton
el Paso
Texas
Graustein
Northern coal operators weigh action after ICc decision
In Pittsburgh on June 7 northern coal operators declined to comment on possible moves after the Interstate Commerce Commission refused to reopen lake cargo cases. A conference was planned before any action is announced through the Western Pennsylvania coal traffic bureau. Last summer northern railroads cut lake cargo rates by 20 cents, restoring a 45 cent differential, and some operators hope for a similar move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Interstate Commerce Commission
Western Pennsylvania Coal Traffic Bureau
Northern
Edison competition date set for June 21
Charleston June 7 William C Cook state superintendent of schools announced June 21 as the examination date for entrants in a state contest to select a representative in the Thomas A Edison scholarship contest The date was set after a meeting of the scholarship committee including Dr Frank A Gilbert of Marshall college T C McKinley Libby Owens Sheet Glass Owens and F J Kaufman Westvaco Chlorine Products Company South Charleston
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
William C. Cook
Thomas A. Edison
Frank A. Gilbert
Marehall College
T. C. McKinley
Libby-Owens Sheet Glase Company
Owens
F. J. Kaufman
Westvaco Chlorine Producta Company
South Charleston
Death of Student at Haverford Sparks Officers Debate
William Brenwell Linn a 21 year old honor student at Haverford college was found shot dead in his dorm room on the eve of graduation. Officials differ on whether it was suicide or murder with autopsy and room inquiry fueling the dispute.
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Philadelphia
William Brenwell Linn
Wiliam B. Linn
Pennsylvania Superior Court
Haverford College
William J. McCarter
Delaware County
McGovern
Samuel Siegie
Haverford Township
Young Linn
George Frankinfield
Linn
Amnesty Bill Ends Exile for Former Bulgarian King
An amnesty measure ending 11 years of exile for former King Ferdinand of Bulgaria will be signed soon allowing his return to Bulgaria. Ferdinand abdicated in 1918 and has lived in Coburg, Germany, since.
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Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Coburg
Germany
House Enacts Farm Aid Bill
The House approved the conference farm bill eliminating the debenture plan without a roll call or debate. Senate action remains the final hurdle before sending the measure to President Hoover as administration allies seek enough votes to back the bill, following a close prior vote.
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Washington
Senate
House
Joint Conference Committee
Hoover
McNary
Oregon
Jane Lew Students Win Prizes in State Chemistry Essay Contest
Prize winners in six essay classes announced by George Hubbe of the West Virginia Department of Education. First prizes include $20 each and national center entry. winners include KB Buszare and Clarence M. Wilkerson, Edwin Kerd and FP L Burdette, John Dawson and Regina Kelley, Gladys Devers and Hazel Howrey, J K Pickens and Enae Join Brannon, Ot Jennings and Minter G. Wateron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
American Chemical Society
George Hubbe
State Department of Education
National Center
C. Buszaré
Huntersville
Clarence M. Wilkerson
Brannon, Weeton
Industry
Ot. Jennings
Jane Lew
Minter G. Wateon
Officers Shot at Loray Mill Strikers Meeting
Gastonia North Carolina June 7 The Gastonia police chief two city policemen a deputy sheriff and a civilian were shot and wounded during a mass meeting of Loray mill strikers Witnesses said guns in the hands of strikers and supporters fired without warning from inside striker headquarters and nearby tents Chief O F Adderholt was shot in the back and lung punctured and was not expected to live Deputy James Roach was in very serious condition with the others less seriously hurt
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gastonia
N. C
Loray Mill
O. F. Adderholt
James Roach
Hoover to Spend Summer in Capital
President Hoover announces no extended vacation during congressional recess and says he will remain in Washington for most of the summer to continue working. He frames the stay as a duty and duty bound to oversee national affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Capital
Washington
Taft Hospitalized for Gall Bladder Trouble in Washington
Chief Justice William Howard Taft was moved to Garfield Hospital in Washington on June 7 for observation due to gall trouble. He underwent no surgery and is kept under medical watch as doctors assess his condition. The move follows reports of discomfort and ongoing medical review.
Senate approves long-session proposal for constitutional amendment
The Senate, by 64 to 9, approves Norris proposal to require one continuous yearly Congress starting January 2 and to shift presidential term start to January 15. If the House agrees, the measure goes to the states for ratification. past House votes have fallen short of two thirds.
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Washington
Senate
Norris
Nebraska
Congress
Bingham
Connecticut
Dale and Greene
Veremont
Hastings
Delaware
Metcal
Rhodes Island
Patterson
Missouri
Waterman
Colorado
King
Utah
Brease
South Carolina
Democrata
House
Missing oil man suffers heart attack in Cannes
James E K. O Neil former president of Prairie Oil company long sought by U S authorities over the Teapot Dome case is recovering from a recent heart attack in Cannes France He has resided with his wife and daughter at Villa San Antonio on the Riviera while the attacks recurred.
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Cannes
France
James EK. O'Neil
Prairie Oil Company
United States
Teapot Dome
Villa San Antonio
The
Riviera
Pope Declared Temporal Ruler as Latran Treaty Ends Strike
Vatican City reports Pope Pius XI affirmed temporal sovereignty after ratifications of the Latran treaty with Italy. Milanese and Rome bells rang as Mussolini and Cardinal Gasparri signed, with a 70 million lire first payment and a benediction promised to the king. The king replied with a hopeful telegram seeking a new era in church relations.
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Vatican City
Pius
Rome
Mussolini
Cardinal Gasparri
Holy See
Kingdom of Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Pius XI
Italy
Moscon
Gasparri
Papal
Betas
Ttorlo Emmanuele
Vatican
St. Peter's
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Association Against Prohibition
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Allen L. Dalrymple
Press of World
Morgantown High Schoool
Roseland Dance Hall
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the Roseland
Edison
William Linn
Hy Raymond
Henle
Solons
Pope
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