High Court Ends January Term and Calls Extra Meet
Charleston West Virginia June 10 The state supreme court closed its January term after continuous session since January 14 delivering 143 written opinions. A special term is set for July 21 to hear the Cheat river water power case on appeal from Kanawha county.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Supreme Court
Cheat River Water Power
Kanawha County
Public Service Commission
West Penn
Cheat River
Preston County
Charleston Mining & Power Company
West Virginian & Northern Railroad Company
Tennessee Banker Pleads Not Guilty in Fraud Case
Nashville banker Rogers Caldwell, a financial power in Tennessee and the South before his banks collapsed last fall, pleaded not guilty to six counts of fraudulent breach of trust. Jury selection completed. indictment read and preliminaries finished as testimony set for tomorrow.
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Nashville
Tenn
Rogers Caldwell
Tennessee
South
Poseidon Submarine Sinks After Collision Off China
The Poseidon, launched in 1929, sank after colliding with a merchant ship off the Chinese coast. Thirty one crew members were saved and ten are feared dead. eight may still be alive amid the disaster.
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China
Poseidon Seamen Trapped In Sunken Submarine Hope Fades
Reports from Weihaiwei last night spoke of eight of the Poseidon crew alive and communicating with the Medway after a collision in the Yellow Sea. Admiralty officials and experts doubted the report, with ten presumed drowned and the rest attempting escape using a new apparatus as the struggle for air continued.
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London
Weihaiwei
China
Medway
Thothiode
Brian AaUraity
Admiralty
North Yellow Sea
Power site suit summons served in New River case
Five members of the federal power commission were served with summons in Lynchburg Virginia in a suit by Appalachian Electric Power Company in the Western District of Virginia to remove an encumbrance on property. Judge McDowell ordered appearance by July 10. The commission had asserted jurisdiction over the New River hydro electric site and had barred construction until a license is obtained. The commissioners noted a question of suing the agency outside the District of Columbia.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
Lynchburg
Appalachian Electric Power Company
New River
Virginia
McDowell
United States Marshall
Commission
Appalachian Company
Dismony of Columbia
Station at Kegley to Be Discontinued
The Virginian railway was authorized by the public service commission to discontinue the agency station at Kegley Mercer county under conditions. It must maintain a prepay non agency station continue current stop and keep a station house for passengers and express and freight and handle all less than carload freight. The discontinuance was protested by D P Griffith and other Mercer county residents.
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Charleston
W. Va
Virginian Railway
Public Service Commission
Kegley
Mercer County
D. P. Griffith
Bluefield Plans Major Regional Bus Terminal
G. T. Leslie announced Bluefield will host one of West Virginia’s largest bus terminals. The project, backed by Atlantic Greyhound and lines including Blue and Gray and Craft, will convert the old Masonic building into a through-block facility with waiting room, loading platform, 18 foot driveway, and a restaurant. Construction to start around July 1 with completion within ninety days. final lease discussions target ten to twenty years. Carroll R. Woods said Black Diamond Bus Lines have no part in the plan.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
G. T. Leslie
St. Louis
Washington
Columbus
Cincinnati
West Virginian Hotel
Bland
Federal
Scott Streets
Leslie
Atlantic Greyhound Bus Line Corporation
America
Blue and Gray
Camel City Line
Craft Lines
Seneca Trail
Masonic Building
Bland Street
Tabor’s Grocery
Federal Street
Charleston
A. M. Hill
The
Blue and Gray Lines
Atlantic Grayhound Corporation
Carroll R. Woods
Black Diamond Bus Lines
Logan
Mercer
McDowell
Southwest
Virginia
Black Diamond Lines
Meteoral shock and mining strike shadow Ohio and Pennsylvania
A large meteor shock near Malinta Ohio caused damage and a 300 foot hole but no injuries. In southwestern Pennsylvania three miners were wounded as deputies fired on pickets guarding the Kinloch mine, prompting Governor Pinchot to launch an inquiry into wages hours and check weighmen amid a broader strike.
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Toledo
Ohio
Malinta
Charles Babcock
Indiana
Findlay
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Pinchot
Harrisburg
Kinloch
Valley Camp Coal Company
New Kensington
Greensburg
Frank Roy
Donald Stewart
Westmoreland County
Martin Savo
Walter Dombroski
Vincent Kemeovich
National Miners’ Union
Irene Kaufmann
Coal and
Unwise for Governor's Envoy to Enter Mexico
Oklahoma City June 10 Governor Murray said Washington advised against allowing his personal representative to escort Mexican students bodies into Mexico. Colonel Charles Clowe Ardmore left the bodies on a southbound train. The governor said the state department instructed him by phone and he fears Oklahoma citizens should not visit Mexico until the matter quiets.
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Oklahoma City
W. H. Murray
Washington
Mexico
Emilio Cortes Rubio
Manuel Garcia Gomez
Charles Clowe
Ardmore
Murray
State Department
Oklahoma
Steubenville Deputies to Enforce Order Tonight
Jefferson and Belmont counties sheriffs, aided by extra deputies, move to keep peace in Steubenville as tensions rise amid events reported June 10. Page Two indicates continuing coverage.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Jefferson
Belmont Counties
Chinese Reds Form Human Shield To Protect Advance
Dispatches from Nanchang describe a wholesale slaughter of non combatant farmers by red forces in Kiangsi province as they shielded an advance on government troops. About 10 000 killed while 40 000 more Reds moved from Kiangsi toward Yenping in Fukien. Changsha and Funchow reported affected. refugees fled. bribery alleged involving Chen Ming Shu.
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Nanking
Kiangsi
Nanchang
Kiangfu
Rede
Yenping
Fukien
Funchow
Changsha
South China
Canton
Chen Ming-Shu
Slay or Mystery in Faithfull Case Draws Boston Hunt
Nassau County D A Alvin E Edwards travels to Boston to pursue the slayer of Starr Faithfull. He says two men are involved one politically prominent and the other a medical professional. Faithfull’s stepfather Stanley Faithfull admits mixing four drinks for Starr and a friend before she was found dead amid assertions of homicide.
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New York
Alvin E. B Edwards
Nassau County
Boston
Miss Starr Faithfull
Hie
Miss Faithfull
Long Beach
Long Island
Howards
New York City
Slong Beach
Edwardes
Francis Peabody Hamlin
Steamship Company
Stanley FE. Faithfull
Starr
Bellevue Hospital
Faithfull
Collins
Tennessee House Okays Monkey Law Rejects Repeal
The Tennessee House of Representatives approved the evolution teaching ban in state funded schools by defeating a repeal bill. Rep Murray defended his repeal measure while lawmakers argued over science and faith with quotes from Uncle Billy Matthews and Rep Brown about creation and human origins.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee House of Representatives
Robert M. Murray
Staysight
Rejecon
Murray
Tennessee
Billy” Matthews
Robert P. Brown
Hickman
Demonstrations in Mannheim Fire on Police and Barricades
Police fired on by demonstrators in Mannheim as communists protest Bruening emergency tax decrees. Barricades, smashed lights, and rioters using stones and boards disrupted streets before order was restored late tonight.
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Mannheim
Germany
Heinrich Bruening
Dr. Osborne Named State Police Leader
Chicago reports state police leadership change as Dr. Osborne is named head. City finances face delays in tax collection from 1929 1920 reassessment issues. Unpaid public employees exceed 19 500 with past due salaries totaling 5 195 000. J L Jacobs advances a broad city department reorganization plan. All 25 000 city workers except police and fire receive questionnaires on duties qualifications education and auto use compensation.
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Chicago
J. L. Jacobs
Gouvernor considers removal of two WV officials in Custer request
Charleston June 10 A formal removal request for state workers compensation commissioner Lee Ott and department actuary J W Smiley was presented to Governor Conley during house of delegates arguments. The committee claims they are unfitted for office while opponents argue the file lacks basis for executive action.
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Charleston
W. Va
Lee Ott
J. W. Smiley
Department
Conley
House of Delegates
Ott
Smiley
Compensation Department
Thease
James M. Mason
Co. W. Dillon
Fayetteville
Echols
Select Committee
Hehels
Nettie Lucan
Lucas
Buffalo-Thacker Coal Company
Illini Coal Company
New River Pocahontas Smokeless Coal Company
State lets road bridge contracts in six counties
Charleston West Virginia June 10 These road commission awards contracts for 35.2 miles of highway improvement three slab bridges and widening of four culverts All contracts go to low bidders Mercer county 245 miles Bramwell Dolph road grading and stone base Hill Company Inc Oak Hill 69802 10 Mineral county 02 mile grading and draining approaches New Creek bridge Gilbert Construction company Glen Hedrick 14613 28 Mingo county 2055 miles Williamson Island Creek road surface treatment Southern Ohio Quarries company Chillicothe Ohio 38392 74 Morgan county 678 miles Rock Gap Virginia state line road grading draining and shale surfacing Parker Construction company Morgantown 48287 87 Raleigh county Three elab bridges and widening of four culverts Davis and Reynolds Morgantown 10553 75 Wayne county Six miles Lavalette Wayne road paving with cement Hunt Forbes Construction company Huntington 112529 50
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Charleston
W. Va
Road Commission
Mercer County
Bramwell-Dolph
Hill Company, Inc
Oak Hill
Mineral County
New Creek
Gilbert Construction Company
Glen Hedrick
Mingo County
Williamson Island Creek
Southern Ohio Quarries Company
Chillicothe, C
Morgan County
Rock Gap
Virginia State Line
Parker Construction Company
Morgantown
Calvert L Estill Named Director of Public Welfare
Governor Conley appoints Dr Robert Linn Osborn to lead the new Public Welfare Department and Calvert L Hatill as director with Osborn to serve the unexpired state police term through 1932. Osborn, Clarksburg physician and former city manager, is 55 this month and a Spanish American and World War veteran.
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Charleston
W. Va
Conley
Robert Linn Osborn
Clarksburg
Calvert L. Hatill
Oeborn
Harry L. Brooks
Betill
Osborn
Brooks
Tate
State Police
Kalill
Department of Public Welfare
Board of Children's Guardians
Crippled Children's Council
State Veterans’ Office
Vincent Lege
Superintendent of Public Safety
Blacksburg
Washington and Jefferson College
West Virginia University
College of Medicine
Richmond
Firat
West Virginia Volunteer Infantry
Coney
No Comment Clarkabure W Vio June 10
Dr R L Osborn named today by Supreme Court as head of the estate. Turn to Nine shows the decisive change as the appointment comes after a court decision. The report notes the selection of Osborn with no further comment from officials.
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Clarkabure
W. Vio
R.L. Osborn
Soeernee Conley
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Cheat River Power
Tunnelton
Kingwood
Pierce
National Transportation Act
Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wetzel
Charles W. Wetzel
Huntington
Old Jackson Building & Loan Association
Baltimore
Building and Loan Association
Mary B. McWhorter
Hardy County
BE. W. Whitsel
John C. Harman
Whiteel
Harman
Harrison County
Nathan G. McWorter
McWorter
West Fork River
West Milford
Cambridge Gas Company
Lincoln County
Enos Scragg
Frances Scragg
John N. Thompson
Brooke County
H. B. Warren
Thompson
Warren
U. S
Yuta
Poseidon
Charles Butler McVay Jr
Appalachian
Frank Spangler Jr
Wolf Creek
Ak Spangler Jr
Narrows
Spangler
Shumate
Frank
Mr. Spangler
BE. S. Carr
M. C. Newton
Fairview
Welch
William Lee
Lester
J. R. Spangler
Peterstown
Leonard Candler
Baptist Church
Oid
Slayer
LAS
Believe Girl
Dr. Osborne
Gonley
Custer
Compensation Bureau
Bramwell-Dolph Road
Hill Company Inc
Calvert L. Estill
Clarkshire
Board of Police Commissioners
W. F. R. Byrne
Byrne
Brooke
Frank A. O’brien
Wheeling
Estill
Salisbury
South Carolina
Palatka
Florida
Wheeling Intelligencer
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