Supreme Court of Appeals Grants Writ in Potts v Mathieson Case
Wytheville Virginia case involves Virginia Banner Coal and Mathieson Alkali works over coal supply contract. Third review by high court after lower court dismissed bill. lower court favored Mathieson and allowed $158,582.49 plus interest and $9,467.76. Local creditors hold about $75,000. Attorneys for complainant A F Kingdon W H Rouse. Mathieson represented by White Penn Stuart Rushmore Stern.
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Supreme Court of Appeals
Wytheville
BE. W. Potts
Virginia Banner Coal Corporation
Mathieson Alkali Works
Circuit Court
Russell County
Mathieson Company
Supreme Court
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Mathieson Alkali
A. F. Kingdon
Bluefield
W. H. Rouse
Bristol
Arms Parley Sets Up Study Group
Geneva report on the disarmament conference notes a created European security committee to study regional and global arms issues. President Arthur Henderson warned governments to bring Germany back to the talks or the committee will act. Maxim Litvinov pressed for wider regional pacts affecting other continents. Nicholas Politis of Greece to chair the committee.
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Geneva
Germany
Arthur Henderson
Conference Committee
European Committee
Maxim Litvinoff
Security Committee
Nicholas Politis
Greece
Rman
Ex Kaiser Hints at Monarchy Return from Doorn
From Doorn the ex Kaiser Wilhelm 75 says Hitler’s work could be crowned by restoring the Hohenzollern monarchy. He declined to state if he seeks reinstatement but believes the German people would fetch him if they want him back. He trusts his family would fulfill their duty if a constitutional return is warranted.
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London
Doorn
Kaiser Wilhelm
Hitler
London Day Mail
Hohenzollern
Wilhelm
Kaiser
Merit of Nazi Probe Stirs House Debate
The House debated the Nazi investigation with sarcasm as it appropriated $20,000 more for study by a special committee. Chairman McCormack of Massachusetts urged $40,000 more on top of $10,000 already allotted, but the House approved $20,000 by a 170 to 37 vote.
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Washington
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
Knife Wielder Feared as Susanville Crowd Gathers
In Susanville California a crowd of lumberjacks and ranchers gathered as Sheriff deputies questioned Peter Alesi 45 in the knife slaying of five people. The victims include grocer Joe Fazio his wife Sadie daughter 22 and son 26 and neighbor Lena Amistani 42. District Attorney Grocer C Julian said a murder charge was expected tomorrow.
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Susanville
Calif
Peter Alesi
Sierra Nevada
Honey Valley
J. B. Leavitt
Joe Fazio
Sadie
John
Lena Amistani
Alesi
C. Julian
Fazio
Louisiana Women Sell Heirlooms to Battle Huey Long
Louisiana women’s committee heads a five day public auction in New Orleans to raise funds for “the fight” against Huey Long. Colonial era treasures and valuable keepsakes are being donated by families to support political cleanup efforts in the state.
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Huey
Long
Louisiana
Louisiana Women's Committee
Senator Long
Hilda Phelps Hammond
United States Senate Brobhers
New Orleans
City and Coalfield Items
Printed organdic 46 inch fabric special today 19 cents at Fretwell's phone 334. Stated communication Bluefield Lodge No. 85 A F and A M tonight at 7 30 Deputy Grand Master present election of officers visitors welcome L M Carper secretary.
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Bluefield Lodge No
A. F
A. M
L. M. Carper
Call for bids on road projects continue page one
Circleville road grading draining and shale surfacing. Clay nine point eight six miles. Ivydale road surface treatment. Fayette eleven point five miles. Clifftop-Land road surface treatment. Kanawha county one mile. Chel yan-Cabin Creek road paving concrete. Mason zero point four one six mile Buffalo creek bridge approaches grading surface treated gravel. Marion and Monongalia counties four point eighty nine miles. Fairmont-Morgantown Taylor four point zero nine miles. Grafton-Philippi.
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Circleville
Ivydale
Fayette
Kanawha County
Chelyan-Cabin Creek
Mason
Buffalo Creek
Marion
Monongalia
Fairmont
Morgantown
Taylor
Grafton-Philippi
Jimmy Walker Refutes Return To Political Playboy Life
London reports Square Jimmy Walker of Dorking says he has no plan to return to the gay life of politician and playboy. He watches wife Betty Compton begin a film career as he likens himself to a shell shock victim after 28 years in the metropolis. He adds I am just learning to live.
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London
Jimmy Walker
Dorking
England
Betty Compton
New York
Jimmy
Dionne Quintuplets Lose Some Weight
Corbeil Ontario June 11 five Dionne quintuplets lost weight since Sunday all except Marie smallest. Dr A R Dafoe said their condition was good and Yvonne the heaviest improved. Total weight 10 pounds 8 1 2 ounces down from 10 11 4 yesterday.
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Corbeil
Ont
Marie
A. R. Dafoe
Yvonne
Annette
Cecile
Emilie
Chance for vote on debt and bank pay-off bills unlikely
Washington reports no expected House vote this session on the Frazier-Lemke farm debt refinancing and McLeod bank pay-off measures. Democratic leaders used a rule to limit adjournments, delaying seven required legislative days and postponing any voting date beyond today. The next discharge petition vote could be June 29, but congressional session prospects are unclear.
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Washington
House
Frazier-Lemke
McLeod Bank
Congress
Simple Adlerika Remedy Clears Headaches
Constipation linked headaches disappear after one Adlerika dose. Product claims to cleanse poisons from both upper and lower bowels, resolving sleep issues and nervousness. Distributed by Goodykoontz Drug Stores in Princeton via E. B. Spangler & Co., Druggists.
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Goodykoontz Drug Stores, Inc
Princeton
E. B. Spangler & Co
Mercer fugitive shot by Bland County officer during escape
Federal marshal J. Q. Stover and Sheriff J. C. Fanning visited the hospital after Mullins and four others escaped from the county jail while awaiting removal to Atlanta. Mullins and Bill Albert had prior sentences in federal court. Albert surrendered last October and received further terms for jail escape. Mullins denied posting several postcards and claimed to have stayed in Bland county most of the time.
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Mullins
J. Q. Stover
United States Marshall
Beckley
Bluefield
J. C. Fanning
Bill Albert
Atlanta
Albert
George W. McClintic
Mulling
Princeton
Miss Shannon
Bland County
Sheriff Fanning
Toronto
Detroit
Bill
American Folk Song Festival Held at Ashland Cabin
The fourth annual American folk song festival directed by Jean Thomas drew 5 000 music lovers from Kentucky West Virginia and Ohio to a log cabin near Ashland. Governor Ruby Laffoon attended as a bronze tablet dedicating the site was unveiled. The program featured songs from Elizabethan times and Kentucky settlement with choruses and soloists. A separate note mentions a new gummed stamp to prevent forgeries showing portraits of signers.
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Ashland
Jean Thomas
Kentucky
West Virginia
Ohio
Ruby Laffoon
Kentucky Mountains
Clinic to Be Held Here on June 21
A crippled children clinic is planned for Bluefield on Thursday June 21 under the state department of public welfare. Mrs Nellie Poff County welfare secretary will help, with support from the Woman's club Rotary Kiwanis Lions and Quota clubs. The clinic at the city health department will be run by two orthopedic clinicians with names to be announced. It will serve Mercer and McDowell counties children up to age eighteen and may arrange hospitalization or home care as needed. The West Virginian hotel hosted the conference attended by officials from Charleston including Mrs Blanche Hockingberry Mrs M Day Norsworthy and Mrs Mary Fenton Hardway.
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Bluefield
State Department of Public Welfare
Woman’s Club
Nellie Poff
County Welfare
Plana
Woman's Club
Rotary
Kiwanis
Lions
Quota Clubs
City Health Department
Mercer
McDowell
West Virginian
Blanche Hockingberry
Division of Crippled Children
M. Day Norsworthy
Mary Fenton Hardway
State Department of Health
Charleston
Mediators to view sawmill walkout in West Virginia
Federal labor mediators were named to avert a threatened sawmill and timber workers strike as ballots from lumber camps roll in. John B. Easton reports 1,105 votes for strike and 17 against, noting many workers are in remote camps and that no strike will occur until government efforts are exhausted.
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Charleston
W. Va
John B. Easton
West Virginia Federation of Labor
Timber workers seek wage rise at Meadow River plant
Workers with the Sawmill and Timber Workers union demand higher wages and recognition. John Conners and Rush Hold will mediate with Meadow River Lumber officials in Rainelle. Company denies changing classifications to reduce pay while workers seek 50 cents hourly scale.
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Sawmill and
Timber Workers
Boston
John Conners
National Labor Board
Rush D. Hold
NRA
Rainelle
Meadow River Lumber Company
Lumber Company
Metcalfe to receive gold watch for Drake Relays feat
Ralph Metcalfe of Marquette University, the only sprinter to win his specialty three consecutive Drake Relays, will be presented with a gold watch by Des Moines officials. He captured the Drake 100-yard dash in 1932 33 and 34. A London note mentions a wedding between Miss East and Mr feat.
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Metcalfe Drake
Milwaukee
Ralph Metcalfe
Marquette University
Des Moines
Ralph
Bland Man Hurt In Road Accident And Strike Violence
W C Havens of Bland Virginia is hospitalized with a badly mangled left arm after a two vehicle collision on Bramwell road near Bland. Robert Neece of the city is free on $250 bail after being charged with drunken driving leaving the scene and failing to render aid. Eyewitnesses describe Neece overtaking a vehicle and meeting Havens head on as both cars veered. Witness EB Thompson of Bland sustained minor head injuries while aiding. Also reported: two Yellow Cab drivers burned during a strike. eight men arrested. two alleged New York operatives linked to the strike. the May 3 strike began when Yellow Cab refused union recognition.
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W. C. Havens
Bland
St. Luke’s Hospital
Robert Neece
Liberty
Bramwell Road
Havens
Neece
H. B. Kitts
Bluefield
EB. H. Thompson
New York
Cleveland
Yellow Cab Company
Zone Cab Company
Thugs Hunt Cleveland Taxi Strike in Fifth Week
Cleveland police pursue suspects as taxi strike wrecks seven cab burnings and injures two drivers. The city endures a fifth week of stoppage with drivers and authorities seeking resolution.
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Cleveland
Two Ocean Flyers Land In Rome Italy
The Trans Atlantic airplane Leonard Da Vinci with Capt. George Pond and Cesare Sabelli landed in Rome at 8 12 p m after a flight from Lympne England. General Valle under secretary of aviation and a committee of high generals welcomed the fliers and the travelers will be entertained by the government.
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Rome
Leonard da Vinci
George Pond
Cesare Sabelli
Lympne
England
Valle
Air Corps
Aircraftman Shaw Builds Ship for Aquarius Defense Network
Singapore reports Aircraftman Shaw, also known as Lawrence of Arabia, supervising the building of the air craft supply ship Aquarius in England. The oil burner vessel, connected with air defense of what is called an Oriental Gibraltar, has a cruising radius of 1,500.
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Singapore
Oriental
Gibraltar
England
Shaw
Home Drug Co. Liver Gall Ladders Treatment Claim
An advertisement from Home Drug Co claims a home treatment for liver and gall bladder trouble supported by a recognized specialist. It promotes literature and treatment with a money back guarantee and urges clipping the ad.
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Write Home Drug Co
No. Fourth St
Minneapolis
Minn
Adv
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