Coffman Defends Public Service Board Over Cheat River Case
I Wade Coffman chair of the commission replies to West Virginia Bankers Association criticism of the Cheat river hydro electric license. He urges the association to seek court review if they deem the action “failing” and defends six months of testimony and 1 360 pages of records underpinning the decision. The letter questions the bankers’ evidence and states the law aimed at power development, not revenue.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia Bankers’ Association
Public Service Commission
Cheat River
I. Wade Coffman
Commission
Bankers’ Committee
Coffman
Joseph §. Hill
Bankers’ Association
Bambers’ Committee
Coffmann
Bankers
West Virginia
Bluefields City Board Names Water Commission to Study Supply
Bluefield's city board appoints a seven member water study commission headed by George Dunglinson Jr to examine present and future water needs. Ex officio members include city solicitor D M Easley mayor C E Lilley and city manager Elmer C Barton. The panel will assess options for a municipally owned plant, current rights and contracts with West Virginia Water Service, and possible new water rights before making recommendations to the public.
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Bluefield
George Dunglinson Jr
The
Commercial Bank
Norfolk and Western Car
D. E B. French
Bluefield National Bank
John T. Wilson
FE. C. Stone
Frank S. Easley
Dunglinson
Water Commission
D. M. Easley
C. E. Lilly
Elmer C. Barton
Lilley
Burkes Garden
West Virginia Water Service Company
Public service commission approves hydro electric plan for Cheat and Blackwater
I Wade Coffman states the West Virginia Power and Transmission Company will develop hydro electric projects on the Cheat and Blackwater rivers under a formal order to be entered by the commission tomorrow. The order reflects concessions from a conference with E A Bowers and J W Gibson and follows a prior report approving eight main stream projects while withholding five additional developments.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia Power and Transmission Company
Cheat
Blackwater
I. Wade Coffman
Public Service Commission
E. A. Bowers
Elkins
Western Maryland Railway
J. W
Wreckage of Air Mail Pilot’s Plane Found
Two sheep herders report finding wreckage of a mail plane and a folded parachute bearing the name Maurice in rocky country eight miles south of Cedar City Utah. They believe it may be Maurice Graham the airmail pilot missing since January 10 en route Los Angeles to Salt Lake City. Wreckage described as badly damaged, with the parachute found outside the craft suggesting the pilot may have escaped the crash.
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Cedar City
Utah
Maurice
Here
Maurice Graham
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Ward Mortenson
Elburn Orton
Pope Pius XI Reported Ill With Acute Bladder Trouble
Vatican City June 24 Pope Pius XI aged 73 who has held Saint Peter throne since 1922 was reported ill with acute bladder trouble and possible uremic poisoning. Officials and social circles show consternation though early reports minimized severity after his Sunday canonization ceremony. He appeared vigorous at Saint Peter's but had recent health strains, with doctors called in for consultation.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Saint Peter
Saint Peter's
President Hoover vetoes veterans relief bill as bad legislation
President Hoover declares the World War veterans relief measure bad legislation. A Republican caucus in Washington votes to sustain his veto and seeks a substitute bill, with Strong predicting 200 Republicans may back Hoover. The action follows a formal veto warning and signals a veto waiting if the bill returns in its current form.
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Brands
Washington
House
Representative Strong
Kansas
Hoover
Congress
Senate
Capitol
Pennsylvania Avenue
House Republicans
Rioters Run Amok as Seville Enforces Martial Law
Seville teeters under martial law after two days of fierce rioting that left one boy dead and 250 injured. Civil guards patrol with pistols and rifles while 300 riot leaders are detained in the crackdown.
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Seville
Spain
Jose Arevalo
Antonia Vargas
Pennsylvania Lad Dies in Civil War Casualty
Bedford June 24 Russell Lybarger 18, a member of the Lybarger family, died in a Civil War era incident. A bomb crafted for Civil War use exploded as the youth tried to chisel dirt from the device, shattering his left hand and necessitating amputation.
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Bedford
Russell Lybarger
Lybarger
Southern Cross Log From the Associated Press
A sequence of daily wireless updates tracks the Southern Cross flying from Port Marnock to a distant Atlantic position. Reports include positions off Galway and near Grand Banks with several pings from 800 to 990 miles from the Irish coast. The log notes weather shifts and crew safety as the journey proceeds.
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Port Marnock
Irish Free State
Galway
Atlantic
Irish
Baldonnel
Volendam
Ingoma
Cape Race
N. F
Grand Banks
North State Struck By Severe Storm Across WV and PA
An almost ciclonIc storm brewed in Ohio crossed West Virginia causing heavy crop damage and shattered wires and highways. A. J. Colburn narrowly escaped as a chimney fell onto his desk in Fairmont. Morgantown, Grafton, Wheeling, and nearby districts faced power and telegraph outages plus widespread tree damage.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
A. J. Colburn
Fairmont
Colburn
Watson Hotel
Fairmont Theatre
Marion County
West Alexander
Wheeling
Marshall
Grafton
Morgantown
Mercury
Parkershoro
Ohio Storm Devastates Central Ohio. Two Hurt
A severe windstorm swept across Ohio smashing barns, felling trees and damaging homes in Circleville Athens county and broader regions near Waverly Piketon and Columbus. Injuries included Charles Lorenzo near Athens and two prostrations reported, one a Cincinnati woman, 86, and a Gallic county farmer, 67. More details continued on page four.
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Ohio
Columbus
Circleville
Athens County
Waverly-Piketon
Portsmouth
Charles Lorenzo
Athens
Margaret H. Peters
Cincinnati
William R. Smith
Gallic County
New License Tax Ordinance Passed By City Directors
The 1930 city license tax ordinance was approved on final reading Tuesday, with removal of the hawker peddler huckster and itinerant merchant registration and licensing provisions. The measure largely follows state law but adjusts theater and automobile dealer taxes, repeals conflicting ordinances, and sets a $100 combined tax for garage operations when multiple auto-related trades operate under one firm. Mayor C E Lilley notes no license for hawkers and a restoration of the preexisting theater fee after the closure of one competitor. Petitions opposing the huckster registration were filed and will be kept on record.
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C. E. Lilley
Lilley
Bluefield
J. B. Belcher
Belcher Lumber Company
Wayne Street
Lost Scout Uses Training To Find Way Out Of Hills
Harold Johnson a 12 year old boy scout used his training to navigate down Mount San Jacinto in Riverside California after four days of wandering. He entered Snow Creek fish hatchery at the mountain base to obtain food and water while 150 searchers failed to locate him. He remained calm slept under rocks and followed streams before reaching help and reuniting with his postmaster father and mother.
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Snow Creek
Mount San Jacinto
Pals
Riverside
Calif
Harold Johnson
R. J. Johnson
Banning
Southern Cross Lands Near Roosevelt Field Awaited Arrival
Captain Charles Kingsford Smith speeds shoreward in the plane Southern Cross ringed with flames. He nears the end of his Ireland to America flight and expects to land at Roosevelt Field, New York, today.
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Aptain Charles Kingsford-Smith
Ireland
America
Roosevelt Field
New York
Council Abandons Police Probe And Weighs Gulf Station
Chicago June 24 amid cries of whitewash the city council committee on police shelved its probe and moved to a hands off stance as acting police commissioner Alcock rebuilds the force. In a separate session Gulf Refining filed plans for a filling station at Bluefield avenue and Mercer street with talks to widen the street and take land for a right of way continuing in the next few days.
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Chicago
City Council Committee On Police
John H. Alcock
Arthur F. Albert
Harry Olson
Mercer Street
Bluefield Avenue
Gulf Refining Company
G. L. Taylor
Theie
EB. L. Bailey
Taylor
Flat Top Grocery Company
Congress OKs largest rivers and harbors bill to 170 projects
The House and Senate approved the Dempsey bill finalizing $144.9 million for more than 170 harbors and river projects over up to 15 years. Hoover expected to sign soon. Funds include $30 million of the War Department’s $60 million annual bill for July 1 use, with remaining for Mississippi flood control. Projects cover Mississippi basin channels and upper Missouri works, plus a Tennessee river plan with nine foot channels.
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Washington
House
Senate
Hoover
Congress
Mississippi Basin
War Department
Mississippi
Illinois River
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Missouri
Kansas City
Sioux City
Iowa
Knoxville
Warders Battle Prison Mutineers in Rangoon Jail
In Rangoon central jail fifty six killed and seventy one wounded after a two hour uprising. Police and warders fired volley after volley mowing down mutineers in a suspected organized jail delivery plot. Indignation over the Simon Commission findings cited as a possible cause.
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Rangoon Central
Rangoon
Burma
India
Law
Kingsford Smith Battles Headwinds to Newfoundland
The Southern Cross struggles near Newfoundland as headwinds and fog hinder long range transmission. A radio link near Cape Race reports signals heard but bearings at Halifax could not be fixed, with the plane Sable Island station noting reception out of adjustment.
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Newfoundland
Sable Island
Cape Race
Halifax
Southern Cross Nearing New York After Atlantic Crossing
The Southern Cross piloted by Captain Charles Kingsford Smith nears New York on its transatlantic crossing from Port Marnock Ireland. The crew J P Saul radioed from 160 miles from Cape Race as headwinds and fog challenge the final 1,251 miles to Roosevelt Field while a refueling plane stands by in Portland Maine.
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Atlantic
Southern Cross
Charles Kingsford-Smith
New York
EB. S. T
Cape Race
Dickens
Port Marnock
Irish Free State
Roosevelt Field
Tony
Kingsford-Smith
Ireland
Plame
Newfoundland
Tts
J. P. Saul
J. W. Stannage
M. E. van Dyk
Port Mavenock
E.S.T
United States
Portland
Kingsford Smith Set for Pacific Ocean Leg of World Flight
Friends disclose Captain Kingsford Smith planned a nonstop New York to the Pacific coast leg next week if he reaches New York on his Atlantic Ocean flight. Completing this hop would finish the circumnavigation begun two years ago from the West Coast to Australia then to England.
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New York
Kingsford-Smith
Pacific Coast
New York City
West
Australia
England
Here
Blue Pacific
Globe
Kingsford Smith Ends Adventure Or Not Flight Likely Final
London reports Captain Charles Kingsford Smith plans a final flight if his east-west Atlantic crossing from Baldonnell near Dublin to New York succeeds. Awaiting weather conditions, the famed pilot contemplates retirement from risky exploration and marriage to bachelor life.
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London
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Ireland
New York City
Baldonnell Airdrome
Dublin
Mecmtaian
Atlantic
Kingsford-Smith
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Pope Pius 19 III
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Associated Press
Gulf
Dempsey
Kingsford - Smith
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