Hampton Roads lease debate at Princeton meeting
The Princeton chamber discussed a proposed lease affecting competition and regional development. Letters from coal executives opposed the lease, urging protest to the Interstate Commerce Commission. A vote offered options to cooperate with Virginia authorities or take no action, then adjourned by a narrow margin. The meeting also addressed paving needs on Honaker Avenue as part of the Lakes-to-Florida Highway project.
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Corporation Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hampton Roads
George H. Brown
Gaston Caperton
Slabfork Coal Company
Major Tams
Virginia Corporation Commission
Tams
Chamber of Commerce
Herbert Pearis
Chamber
8. W. Gentry
Hartley Sanders
EB. DeJarnette
George Brown
Honaker Avenue
Munn Faces Lewis in Rematch For Wrestling Title
Wayne Munn, once hailed as an idol after defeating Strangler Lewis, seeks to reclaim prestige in a May 30 bout in Michigan City, Indiana. The ex University of Nebraska athlete, who battled illness and controversy after a Zbyszko upset, must win to prove his standing among top wrestlers and reopen a path toward the championship.
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Wayne
Munn
Lewis
Nebraskados
Strangler
Stanislaus Zbyszko
Poland
Tycers Struggle as Detroit Slumps Early Season
Billy Evans notes Detroit teams collapse late after a five run lead, losing 10 to 8. He cites bad breaks harming play and a team-wide slump in the first month of the season. The Tycers, though talented, face a tough path toward resurgence as they attempt to reach the .500 mark in forthcoming games.
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Detroit
Dempsey Arrives in Paris Amid Police clash
In Paris on May 19, Jack Dempsey and his bride faced a police cordon and a 3000 strong crowd as supporters clashed at the railway station. Police closed two exits to ease passage while the champ escaped to a waiting car with Georges Carpentier aiding by interpreter and elbow work.
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Paris
cuncEneiecaanes
Jack
Dempseys
Georges Carpentier
Parisians chant as police intervene with hostile cry
The scene shifts as police move in and the crowd erupts with a brutal chant translated as Death to the cattle, a phrase associated with aggressive Parisian street culture. The moment of intervention marks a sharp turn in the confrontation.
Blanket Injunction Arguments Set for June Hearing
Wheeling May 19 United States district court prepares for term openings as Judge Baker scheduled to hear arguments June 6 in Parkersburg on a coalition of sixteen coal companies seeking a new blanket injunction in the Northern Panhandle.
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Wheeling
W. Va
United States District 7
Wil
Elkins
Parkersburg
J. Wade Coffman
Parkersboro
Baker
Panhandle
Officers Re-Elected By Monongahela Valley Association
In Bellington West Virginia on May 19 the Monongahela Valley Association re elected all incumbent officers. President is R Darden first vice president Ira Akin second vice president J M N Downes and secretary G D Thelenen.
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Bellington
W. Va
Monongahela Valley Association
R. Darden
Pikins
Ira Akin
Fairmont
J. M. N. Downes
Buckhannon
G. D. Thelenen
Clarksburg
Evidence all in Davis trial in Topeka court
Topeka May 19 All evidence in the Jonathan M. Davis bribery case was completed and the court adjourned to hear final arguments tomorrow Each side has three hours for defense If convicted he faces one to five years hard labor or up to one year in jail plus a 1000 fine The case involves a 2600 bribe for parole for Walter Grundy and links to prior cases against Davis son Russell and Carl J Peterson with a possible dismissal if acquitted.
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Topeka
Kans
Jonathan M. Davis
Davis
Anthony Oswald
Walter Grundy
Hutchinson
Russell
Fred W. Pullman
Carl J. Peterson
Oswald
Evidence insufficient to hold Woodward in Vermont
Middlebury May 19 The Addison county municipal court ruled the case against Earl Woodward for kidnapping Lucille Chaterton is not strong enough for grand jury action. Bail set at 50 dollars, posted by Professor Llewellyn Perkins. Woodward released, crowd cheered as he left, girl found unharmed after a week with posse in Granville hills.
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Middlebury
Earl Woodward
Lucille Chatterton
Granville
Addison County
Woodward
Wayne C. Bosworth
Walter Chatterton
Llewellyn BR. Perkins
Middlebury College
Lucille
Merger Discussion Planned for Two West Virginia Baptist Schools
Renova West Virginia May 19 The consolidation of Broaddus College Phillips and Alderson Academy Alderson will be discussed at the West Virginia Baptist Convention session tomorrow morning. The plan calls for a new school to be named Broaddus College and located in Charleston Addresses highlighted Baptist missions and futures by Dr W F Eddy H M Wood and Dr A W Kemper.
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Renova
W. Va
West Virginia
Broaddus College
Phillips
Alderson Academy
Alderson
West Virginia Baptist Convention
Charleston
W. 4. Eddy
First Baptist Church
Fairmont
Planning Memorial Day Observance Here
A Princeton Post 64 American Legion committee with auxiliary outlines Memorial Day events for May 30. Plans include church services and grave decorations, with a special post meeting set for May. Reorganization assigns D Mahood as dance committee chair and names Jasper Caldwell Royce Gilpin and others to the square dance committee.
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Princeton
American Legion
Legion Auxiliary
Harry Karger
H. J. Goode
H. G. Patterson
C. H. Woods
D. Mahood
Harry Barger
Jasper Caldwell
R. K. Woods
Royce Gilpin
Funeral Today for Mrs Mary Auton of Princeton
Funeral services are held today at 10 a.m. at First Methodist Church for Mrs Mary Auton fifty two wife of Tom Auton of Princeton who died at Spencer Hospital Sunday. Rev Thomas Priddy conducts the service with interment in Oakwood Cemetery. Mrs Auton a Methodist member had been ill three years and was hospitalized two years ago. Surviving are husband six children Garfield Hill Ethel Arrington Viola Mabel and Daniel of Princeton two sisters Mrs Sable Meadows and Mrs C Hickman of Princeton two brothers Floyd Saunders of Princeton and Dan Saunders of Fort Blackmore VA. body arrived yesterday on the Virginia train and was taken to the home of Mrs Charles Cnae on Ingleside road nearby.
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Mary Anton
Tom Anton
Spencer Hospital
First Methodist Church
Thomas Priddy
Oakwood Cemetery
Mary Auton
Methodist Church
County to refund $850,000 road bonds after ten years
The county court calls in bonds issued in 1913 1914 and 1915 for road purposes totaling 850000. Under a clause allowing redemption after ten years the county plans refunding at 475 percent interest saving money. The move covers the county's entire bonded indebtedness.
Means Surrenders to Start Two Year Sentence
Gaston B. Means, once a central figure in sensational postwar probes, seeks refuge in Atlanta federal penitentiary after surrendering in the District of Columbia. He begins a two year term related to illegal whiskey withdrawals, while forgery charges connected to Senator Brookhart remain pending. The Justice Department may permit him to travel to Atlanta with other prisoners, though no departure date is set.
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Washington
Gaston B. Means
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Means
District of Columbia Supreme Court
New York
Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
Daugherty
Daugherty Buiry
Atlanta
Department of Justice
Georgia
Protests Against Publication Of Jackson Story In Nashville
Nashville residents plan a public meeting to protest a Saturday Evening Post story about General Andrew Jackson and his wife Rachel. Librarian John Trotwood Moore announces resolutions call the piece inaccurate and desecrating the dead and urge countermeasures. Benton McMillan will chair the event at The Hermitage area near Nashville.
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Nashville
Tenn
Andrew Jackson
Rachel Jackson
Saturday Evening Post
John Trotwood Moore
Librafian
Meade Minnegerode
Moore
Jackson
Benton McMillan
Ten
Dividends Declared by Chesapeake and Ohio and Hocking Valley
Directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio and Hocking Valley railway companies declare regular semi annual dividends. Chesapeake and Ohio pays 2 dollars on common stock and 3.25 on preferred, payable July 10 to holders of record June 2. Hocking Valley pays 2 dollars on common stock, payable June 30 to holders of record June 2.
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Cleveland
Chesapeake and Ohio and
Hocking Valley Railway
Chesapeake and Ohio
Hocking Valley
Mercer county bonds buoy tax free appeal in Des Moines
Des Moines Iowa May 19 Senator Albert B Cummins fights bronchitis and laryngitis a physician says no alarming symptoms. Mercer county shows strong credit as 8500000 in bonds will be retired in July and tax free status attracts investors. Road projects funded by 460000 bond issued in past compare current rebuilding costs at nearly two million dollars.
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Des Moines
Albert B. Cummins
Mercer County
Mercer
Four Men Matoaka Section Are Jailed
Four men arrested over the weekend faced hearings before Justice of the Peace W. P. Haller in Matoaka and were jailed yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Bill Reynolds. Joe Brodas, a Mexican, is held for the grand jury on felonious assault with intent to kill after beating Louis Bell at the Arista operation. Bell suffered head lacerations and a deep forehead gash. Tyler Williams, colored, is held on grand larceny for stealing a watch chain and locket from Alec Webster. James Harmon, colored, beaten Frank Douglas with a big stick, held on a malicious assault charge. Jesse McKinney, colored, jailed for liquor selling, given a sixty day sentence and fined 100 dollars plus costs. additional warrants for non support issued.
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Justice of the Peace
W. P. Haller
Matoaka
Bill Reynolds
Joe Brodas
Louis Bell
Arista
Grand
Squire Haller
Bell
Tyler Wiliams
Alec Webster
James Harmon
Frank Douglas
Jesse McKinney
Jesse
Important Step Forward Law Enforcement
The attorney general announced a significant move in West Virginia law enforcement after advising the circuit court for the Fourth District. The statement followed the recall of Don Chaft, former sheriff of a Virginia county, and signals progress in addressing local law enforcement concerns.
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Washington
Don Chaft
Rome
Sarward
West Virginia
Circuit Court
Fourth District
Conglethon
French Await Next Move in Morocco Rift
Paris May 19 French forces in four groups occupy positions in Morocco as commanded by General Count de Chambrun and wait for Abd el Krim to move. A column under General Billotte watches Riffian concentrations near Xauen while other lines span 125 miles. Domestic pressure in France grows for a political settlement as attacks on Lyautev’s plans intensify.
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Paris
Morocco
Count de Chambrun
Abd-el- Krim
Africa
Billotte
Sheshuan
Xauen
France
Marshal Lyautev
Abd-el-Krim
Chamber of Deputies
Herriot
Abd-«l-Krim
Boy of Eight Killed by Train in Wheeling
Eight year old Bernard Spirot died after being struck by a Pennsylvania passenger train at Forty seventh street in Wheeling while returning from a swim in the Ohio river. He was instantly killed and both legs were severed near the hips.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Bernard Spirot
Forty-seventh Street
Marshall College Summer Session Enrollment Forecast
Huntington W Va May 19 Enrollment at Marshall College for the summer session which opens June 11 will exceed 1000. Dr J B Shouse dean of the smaller school said today advance registrations indicate the largest attendance in the history of the college.
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Huntington
W. Va
Marshall College
J. B. Shouse
Debt situation begins to clarify in talks on funding
Washington reports officials say funding negotiations with foreign debtors are advancing. Mellon and Kellogg expect inquiries from governments beyond France, Belgium and Bolivia while Paris officials announce real negotiations on inter allied debts and plan to present proposals to the United States government this week.
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Washington
Mellon
Treasury
Land Kellogg
State Department
France
Belgium
Bethonia
Coolidge
American Debt Commission
Paris
Painleve
M. Briand
M. Caillaux
Quai D'Orsay
Elevenyearold boy drowns saving two friends
Erle Pa May 19 Gilbert Conn eleven of Pittsboro died in an effort to save two companions Craig Myrtle ten of Ridgway and Russel Haughton eleven of Meadville on a raft in Lake Erie near the Elmwood Home for Boys. A squall carried the raft away and Conn swam after them. All three drowned. Haughton’s body was found yesterday. The other two remain missing.
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Erle
Gilbert Conn
Pittsboro
Craig Myrtle
Ridgway
Russel Haughton
Meadville
Lake Erie
Elmwood
Bove
Conn
Haulghton
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the Reliable Jewelers
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Bluefield, W. Va
Gaston B
Atlanta Penitentiary
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Cummins
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Cohen's
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