Columbia Seeks Favorable Market
Washington June 21 The counsel for Columbia Gas and Electric corp urged the securities commission that the company may dispose of certain securities but not at current market prices. Edward S. Pinney, attorney for the $700 million holding company, spoke during arguments on its plan to simplify under the holding company act. He argued Columbia is an integrated system with gas heavy holdings in West Virginia Ohio Pennsylvania Kentucky and New York and that interdependent natural gas supplies support larger markets.
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Olive Tablets Claim Constipation Relief and Liver Support
An old advertisement urges correcting living habits and drinking water to prevent constipation. It promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy that stimulates bile, aids digestion of fatty foods, and promises gentle bowel movements. Prices are listed as 80¢ and 60¢.
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Acidophilus Milk Aids Constipation In Children
Parents face common childhood constipation as Dr. Clendening discusses acidophilus milk. He notes over 90 percent of treated children showed regular bowel movements, with 6 percent nonresponsive. A typical case describes a nine year old achieving daily evacuations after six weeks, continuing dairy benefits after stopping milk. The article favors acidophilus milk for its digestibility and intestinal flora effects and lists pamphlets offered by Dr. Clendening.
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Logan Clendening
Negro Editor Whittaco Dies at 72 in Bluefield
Mat thew Thomas Whittaco, 72, editor and publisher of the McDowell Times in Keystone for 39 years, died in a Bluefield hospital from a kidney ailment after two weeks there. A Ridgeway Virginia native, he was a prominent West Virginia Black leader and once a political power in McDowell County. He was a Republican.
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War Mayor Brown Faces Mann Act Indictment in War
Federal grand jury in Bluefield indicted War Mayor Charles F. Brown for transporting a girl for immoral purposes and conspiring to transport women interstate in violation of the Mann Act. Brown bonded $3,000 and awaits court. U S Atty Hereford reported. Sam Stanley previously pleaded guilty to related charges and is serving a five year term.
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John W. Hereford
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McDowell County
George McClintic
Hereford
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Coburn
Sam Stanley
Stanley
Richlands
Atlanta Penitentiary
Hale Wins Logan Country Club Clubhouse Contract
Logan contractor Robert Hale won the $20,000 bid for constructing a new clubhouse at the Logan Country Club. The June 21 decision awards Hale the project stake and marks a milestone for local development.
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Robert Hale
Logan Country Club
Birth of Daughter for Mr and Mrs Noah Wents
Mr and Mrs Noah Wents announce the birth of a daughter at their home in Malden yesterday.
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Noah Wents
Malden
Foes Defeat neutrality act moves face House opposition
Senate foreign relations committee approved moving ahead with neutrality legislation next week while House opposition to the administration backed Bloom bill grows. Critics from the west south and New England doubt passage this session as Sen. Borah predicts no bill.
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Anglo-French Soviet Pact Partly Settled
Paris June 21 Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet said Britain and Soviet Russia agreed on several points in the anti aggression pact with France and Britain hopeful of quick accord. The arrival of British emissary William Strang in Moscow fueled rumors that signatures could come this week on a triple entente.
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Davy Man Killed by Auto Near Big Creek
Logan dispatch reports 22 year old David Holcomb of Davy was struck by a car near Big Creek and died three hours later at a Logan hospital. Earl Reynolds of Huntington, a salesman and sand company employee, said Holcomb stepped into the car's path, according to State Trooper R G Norman.
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Baptist Pastor Resigns After Eight Years in Martinsburg
Officials of the Second Baptist church announce the resignation of Rev. R. Fulton Hopkins as of June 7. Hopkins, a former newspaper man, served as pastor for eight years and will enter evangelistic work.
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Morgan County 4-H Girl Named Healthiest Winner
Virginia Michael, 16, is named Morgan County's healthiest 4-H girl scoring nearly all points in the contest. She earns a scholarship to the state camp at Jackson's Mill opening June 29.
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Miss Sheetz, 90, Dies in Shepherdstown
Miss Mary Elizabeth Sheetz age 90 died in Shepherdstown on June 21, thirty two months after a fall that caused injuries.
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Mary Elizabeth Sheetz
Teacher Conference Set at Glenville College
One of six teachers' professionalization conferences planned for the state will be held at Glenville College on July 13, announced Dean H. Laban White. Other July conferences will be at Fairmont Marshall Shepherd Concord and West Virginia University.
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Glenville College
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Republicans to Rally July 4 at Grafton Park
GRAFTON June 21 Re publicans will rally at Grafton Park July 4 to hear state and national leaders including Rep. A C Andy Schiffer of Wheeling and committeemen Walter S Hallanan of Charleston and another committeeman.
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Andy” Schiffer
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Charleston
Republican state committee leaders to appear in Parkersburg
Mrs Cara S Ebert of Parkersburg along with Robert H Kay and Mrs Chauncey Hinerman of Charleston chaired the Republican state committee and will also appear at the event.
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Parkersburg
Robert H. Kay
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Charleston
Republican State Committee
Contractor Dies in Huntington at 65
Huntington June 21. H H Scites a 65 year old Branchland contractor died today from a heart ailment.
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Lions to Hear Mayor Dawson at Noon Luncheon
Mayor Dawson will address Charleston Lions at their noon luncheon in the Daniel Boone hotel. Northern Ireland trains volunteers for air raid defense. North Manchuria sees many plants under construction. France’s summer runs from April 15 to October 7.
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