RAIL MERGER SEEN AS ONLY PATH TO FINANCIAL HEALTH
At Interstate Commerce Commission hearings Inroclats Press says the C and O aims to gain stock control of Erie and Pere Marquette via Van Sweringen group. He warns July 1 approval is vital. delay jeopardizes the merger and the plan’s financial viability.
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Iby Anroclats
Inter- Mate Commerce Commission
Pero Marquette
Erie Systems
O. P. van Sweringen
Clevsland
Chesapeake and Ohio
von Swaringen
Ven Swerlogen
Henry W. Anderson
Erie
Pere Marquette
van Bweringen
van Sweringen
Commission
Ocom
Nickel Plate Railroad
Fero Marquette
Pere Marquatts
Epitan
Wake SR
Anderson
Eal
Nickel Flats Company
Chean~ Peake Corporation
Vanes Corporation
Special Investment Corporation
van Swearingen
Chesa- Peake Corporation
Nickel Plate
G. Sod O
Chesapeake Corporatort
Newton D. Baker
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Herbert Pitzpatrick
CG. and
Willie Willis by Robert Quillen
The fragment appears to sequence a humorous note or punchline from Robert Quillen about Willie Willis. The text is garbled, but hints at a playful mischief involving a dog and an implied prank on the narrator’s father.
Marmet Taxpayers Sue Over Gas Road Funds
Four Marmet taxpayers file a circuit suit seeking a mandatory injunction to recover 61 015 07 alleged overpayment from London district bond funds to C D Harless owner of Marmet Gas Co. The suit targets Marmet town officials and Harless for moving pipelines for the Marmet road, arguing Harless enjoyed use of the funds not a vested right, with impact on road construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marmet Gas Company
Circuit Cours
A. ©. Scarbro
R. P. Adkins
J. C. Curry
B. 8
Sait
Alexander Falconer
The
Nation Ha
Ab Lidividuals
C. D. Harless
London District
Harless
Marmet
Heerness
Heeless
Earl Carroll Ordered Sent to Atlanta Penitentiary
The government ordered Earl Carroll, theatrical producer, moved from Greenville to Atlanta to begin a one year and one day sentence for perjury tied to the Bath Tub Party case. Deputy Marshal Henry Cunningham will transport him tomorrow, as doctors reported his nervous condition since April. Carroll’s wife and brother expressed distress over the sentence.
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Greenville
Earl Carroll
Atlanta
Worg
Henry Cunningham
O Sam
Cunningham
Washington
Sargent
Carter
Carroll
Stants
Norman Carroll
Agid Re
B.C
Wis
Lambie to Probe Fatal Mine Blast Holds Inquest in Morgantown
Morgantown June 7. The inquest into the Everettesville mine disaster that claimed nearly a hundred lives on April 10 will convene tomorrow at 10 o'clock with Coroner Martin B Moore presiding. The Mansfield courtroom at the Monongalia county courthouse will host a large crowd with state and county officials arriving to witness proceedings. The coroner aims to conclude the inquest by tomorrow night. The jury includes E F Schultz, Samson Finn, S A Phillips, E W Griffith, Gay Dent, and Wayhe Cox. Meanwhile in Augusta Georgia melon carloads head north to Worth with expected shipments from Lowndes county.
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Tart
Wit- Heases
A. B. Lee
Charleston
Toroor
William French Hunt
Cesistant
Crarkcs
Dorr
Roller, Conley
Frank Amos
Fairmont
New England Fuel and Transportation
Atténdente
Lambie
Moore
E. F. Shultz
Samson Finn
A. Phillips
E. W. Griffith
Gay Dent
Wayhe Cox
Woman Tells of King Ben's Colony Rule at Trial
Mrs. Haze W. Wuerth of Hammond Indiana testifies at St Joseph Michigan hearing about Benjamin Purnell and the House of David colony. She describes deception, arranged marriages, the use of a private “incubator” dining room, and pressure to join or marry to gain money and status within Shiloh. Her narrative continues with details of her family’s arrival, hospitality, and coercive control.
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ST. Joseph
Mich
Haze
Wade Worth
Hammond
Tud
Shiloh
House of David
Parnell
Mary
Jesus
Colony
Jerumlem
Benjamin
Irving Smith
Willam Fry
Justice of the Gence
Irving
Capitol Bill Expected Report On Levy Plan To Complete Capitol
A committee report on the capitol funding bill is anticipated this afternoon. Governors favored direct levy proposals and a bond option was also discussed. Real estate and personal property valuations were reviewed to assess tax impact, while the Senate members traveled to Morgantown for West Virginia University commencement. Opposition to direct taxation lingered and fears of an unfavorable bond outcome persisted.
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Clyde H. Bast
Atate
House of Delegates
Fwnance Contunutes
Gare
A. Dover
Senate
Senate Aiministee
Morgantown
West Virgins University
Capitol
Dino Fevy
Lee
Flood Dangers Feared As New Floods Hit Central States
June 7 reports from weather bulletins warn Missouri Arkansas Illinois floods prolonging danger in Louisiana into late July. New disasters threaten crops in the sugar bowl and rich bottomlands of central Louisiana. Red Cross field workers report fresh flood impacts tied to April overflow, while the Mississippi River recedes from Vicksburg toward the gulf.
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New Orleans
Arkansas
Missouri
Illinois
Louisiana
Special Weather Bureau
Sugay Bowl
Corth
St. Prancis
Vicksburg
Gulf
Bankers Arrested on Fraud Charges in Toledg
Toledg June 7. Six men led by Guy Huston president of the Ciingo Joint Stock and Bank and seven associates including three bank presidents were indicted by a federal grand jury on 17 counts. The scheme allegedly used dummy companies to acquire real estate and assets, transferring securities to evade losses to banks and investors, causing millions in losses to farm and banking interests.
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Toledg
Guy Huston
Ciingo Joint Stock
Cand Bank
Federal Grand Jury
Companien
Ruston Group
Street Car Bandits Sentenced In New Orleans
New Orleans convicts V-Ahteed Bailey and Charles Nicholson were sentenced to eight to fourteen years for terrorizing the Carrollton car barn January robbery that harmed 97 conductors and motormen and stole over a thousand dollars. Manuel Othlus, linked to the case, received a fine of 4500 and three months in jail. Reports say the smugglers were Russians from Havana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Ahteed Bailey
Charles Nicholson
Carrollton
Manuel Othlus
Seeamsung
Fitzpatrick
Havana
Rogers predicts Coolidge vetos films relief bill then summers in Hollywood
Commentator Will Rogers jokes that if President Coolidge vetoes a film relief bill he would spend summers in Hollywood. The quip critiques Mississippi politics and mentions Beverly and Pola’s new husband in a clipped, satirical news brief.
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HH Coolidge
Hollywood
Winslow
Artz
Coolidge
Mississippi Valley
Rogers
Beverley
Pola
Till
McAdoo Urges Open Prohibition Debate From Leadership
In Greenville, June 7, William G. McAdoo, 1944 Democratic hopeful, urged political leaders to take clear stands on prohibition. He warned that organized forces seek to overturn Prohibition and called for courageous, enlightened leadership and open discussion of vital issues affecting the nation. In Bluefield a girl injured when two cars collided, one with McAdoo aboard, prompted medical updates on injuries and hospital care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ye Universal Service
Greenville
Fenn
William G. McAdoo
UN Atecesatur
Tusculum College
McAdoo
Coolidge to Consider Early Congress Session in Fall
President Coolidge weighing appeals for a special fall congressional session. He will meet tomorrow with Senator Smoot to discuss an early start, tax measures, and food program needs. The White House notes an aim to tackle a heavy winter agenda and potential mood control legislation.
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Washington
Congress
Coolidge
Senstar Smoot
Utah
Missisippi Valley
White House
Mrr
House
Senate
Smoot
Ae Deairn
Girl Heroine Drowns Saving Brother at Lake Michigan
In Chicago on June 7 a girl identified as Fearsal Jumped into Lake Michigan to save her younger brother George from drowning. She reached him but both she and George disappeared under the surface within minutes. Police recovered their bodies from the lake, but resuscitation attempts at a hospital failed.
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Chicago
Thyrne
Conklin
Mattie
Lake Michigan
George
Fred
Pred
Inter
Howe
Woman Fatally Injured in Car Collision at Crossing
Huntington dispatch reports Mrs. George G. Mckaughtin of Washington was struck by a vehicle while crossing a street intersection in broad daylight. She suffered skull fracture brain concussion and probable internal injuries. Hospital condition described as serious. Mrs. C. Hi MacMurmy of Washington sustained minor cuts and bruises.
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Tay Associated Press
Bluefield
Listle
Charlotte Blyers
Lato
Williams Gibbs McAdoo
Collider Mear
M@s
Cal Hospitat
O. R. Carter
Huntington
George G. Mckaughtin
Whetlagton
Guy
Bigetty
Aor
Mrz
Hi MacMurmy
Washington
Berlin Welcomes U S Fliers After Delay
Berlin crowds of about 160 000 cheered Charles A Levine and Clarence D Chamberlin as they landed the Columbia at Tempelhofer field amid a carnival atmosphere. German officials and the American ambassador lauded the flight, while Berlin police held strict crowd control during the historic arrival.
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Berlin
Tempelhofer Airdrome
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
Hovlin
Columbia
Lufthansa
Tempelhofer
Americas
Bellanca
Cress
Sheelty
Thors
Calumbia
Uqr
Jacob Gould Schurman
Herr Cuts
Engomaster Scholz
Sehurman
Wleesengers
Soviet Minister to Poland Assassinated Shocks World
Soviet minister to Poland Volkoff is shot at a Warsaw station, collapsing on the platform. He dies shortly after in a hospital as Soviet officials condemn the assassination and warn of strained East West relations. Moscow vows further action and holds Poland responsible for curbing anti Soviet violence.
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Vyolkorr
Borla Rowgeds
Zotingsian
Volkofy
Rosengolz
London
Moscow
Kowcada
Revolver
Volkoft
Ole
Warsaw
Poland
Gore
Boriet Union
Busia
M. Volkatt
Missar
Tate
Anita
Goylet
Ebroad
Cresting
Pende
Shanghai
Great Epstein
iBy Univeral Beryl
Pune
Tony Harp
Devia
Peking
Groupoharles
Siete Wolkoff
Ss Yiges
Colnet Trapedanney 2 Sertoriat
Organizat
Polizh
Provdestiye Rhce
Foreign Office
Britain
Sydmatt
Bishop Darlington resigns Vega presidency to a new leader
June 7 in Barboursville Bishop A. S. Darlington of Huntington resigned as President of Vega Institute. Dr. Robert H. Ruth of Nashville was elected to succeed him. Trustees accepted the resignation and noted Darlington will pursue work in Europe, with a committee to seek a lasting successor.
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Barboursville
A. S. Dartington
Huntington
Methodist Episcopal’ Church
Touth
Zurope
Europe
Ruth
Reo
Blakop Darlington
Coast Guard Cutter Gunfire Incidents Near Fairport
A drunken on leave Coast Guard crewman aboard a cutter near Fairport Barbor in Painesville Ohio opened fire, injuring none among the crowd though the port area was startled. Sheriff Rasmussen said the man returned to duty intoxicated and began firing amid rushing guardsmen and bystanders.
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Painesville
Ohio
Abo Fairport Barbor
Guettleman
Coast Guard
Edward Rasmussen
Arbor
Lindbergh Halfway Home to Receive Honor on Memphis
Captain Lindbergh nears home aboard the cruiser Memphis after a sea voyage at twenty three knots. He tours the ship and its planes, enjoys a haircut, and is photographed with officers before a expected Hubbard Medal from the National Geographic Society for pioneering feats in air and sea exploration.
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Lindbergh
Waltam Bilan
Memphis
Charlie Lindbergh
Lindy
Tabor
Lindbergly
Kangayne
America
Hero
Burrago
Bagley
Larkey
Lind
Mike Aullatte
Camden
W. J
Mike Wre
Nice
Littibergh
Mike
Libby
J. Kesler
Associated Preish
Washington
Cherney A. Lindbergh
Hubbard
National Geographic Society
Richard #. Byrd
Coolidge
Wieepacha
North Pole
Lindberg
Szepechsl
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An-sheng
Laurent
Kentucky
Holland
Union Church
Willie Willis
Robert Quillen
Publishers Byndtoatey
Farl Carroll
New York
Gheatricet
Sirgent
Stxle
Everettsville
Augusta
Ben
Finance Body of Household
Dover
M’adoo
Tsaue
Cal
U. S
Chamberlin and Levine
Russia
Mader
Young
Dent
Volkotta
Om Felat
Aeel
Italy
Panin
Giornale D
Juguslavian
Lstor
VU. V. Darlington Avesaent Or
Moeris-Sarver Wno
Morris Harvey
Darlington
Barboursville Institution
Atlantic
Destroyer
Tage Two
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