Court Upheld County Unit School Law in Suit
Judge A P Hudson of the Kanawha circuit court ruled the county unit school law constitutional. The suit, filed by Rev R A Merrill and others, challenged abolishing the Charleston Independent district. an appeal is planned. The decision states legislature is the sole judge of the expediency of such dissolutions.
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A P. Hudson
Kanawha Circuit Court
R. A. Merrill, DD
Charleston Independent District Board of Education
H. B. Las
R. A. Blessing
Frank Lively
Homer Bost
State Superintendent of Schools
W. W. Trent
Hudson
Tollown
Charleston Independent
Chrleston
Court Studies Bond Petition
The state supreme court yesterday took under advisement the petition of John L Dickinson suing 45 s taxpayer for an injunction to prevent the state from issuing 5000 900 in bond. Arguments of Lon H Kelly for the petitioner and Homer A Holt for the state were heard. The case was appealed from Kanawha county circuit court where the injunction was denied.
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State Supreme Court
John L. Dickinson
Friendly Aas
Lon H. Kelly
Homer A Holt
Kanawha County
Kelly
Willie Willis By Robert Quillen
Willie Willis describes a lighthearted effort to play a game of dots with Mary, noting the presence of Riley and a casual attempt to fit in a social moment despite distractions.
Any Old Job Will Do Hits Federal Post Rush
At Senator Neelys office a flood of applications arrived from job seekers demanding any federal position. The surge follows the designation of W V Ross as state manager of the federal home loan bank and Homer Stephenison as state administrator of the industrial recovery act. No specific jobs were disclosed, and applicants were told to apply under the officials they hope to serve.
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Fmrmont
M. M. Neghy
Elfy
Wenchor
Neety
W. V
Recovery Plan To Start Amid Debated Textile Code
Washington papers report General Hugh S. Johnson will begin Roosevelt's industrial recovery efforts with public hearings on the cotton textile code. A preliminary conference addressed the stretch out system, as Johnson and cabinet members surveyed problems before putting millions to work.
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Washington
Hugh F. Jonson
Roosevelt
Johnson
Textue
Grains and Cotton Soar to High Mark After Stampede
New York June 26 farm belt day in the nations financial markets saw grains and cotton reach multi year highs amid a buyers stampede reminiscent of wartime demand. Wheat in Chicago neared 1 per bushel while Fort Worth TX prices crossed that level. Cotton surged over 4 and gasped higher as corn oats rye and barley also climbed. Stock quotes rose 81 to 87 with farm implement and mail order shares drawing speculative enthusiasm. crop curtailment and supply factors fueled the advance.
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New York
Fort Worth
Texas
Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Control Board Bans Building And Vacations
State Board of Control limits vacations for members and staff and ends institutions building programs funded by special funds. With minimal state budget appropriations for construction, the move effectively blocks new building at state institutions and cites serious deficiencies.
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Control Board
State Board of Control
Kump
Yesatergay
Plesse
Plot to Ruin Ford Alleged Scheme Ties Banks Closing
Detroit witnesses allege a Wall Street plan aimed to cripple Henry Ford by freezing deposits and closing Guardian Merchant Bank of Commerce and First National Bank, with $4 million withdrawn before the Michigan banking holiday. Wilkin cites withdrawals by Mrs. James Gouzens and the Second National Bank of Houston among factors.
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Detroit
Wall Street
Henry Ford
Two Nations
Herbert R. Wilkin
Guardian
Bank of Commerce
First National Bank
Michigan
Ford
Wilkin
James Gouzens
Madoral Bank
Houston
Tex
Borah Rebounds After Major Johns Hopkins Operation
The Idaho statesman William E. Borah underwent surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore and is reported to be recovering well. An aide praised the operation and surgeon Dr. Hugh H. Young calling it a textbook case and noting a successful procedure.
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Baltimore
Idaho
William £. Borah
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Hugh H. Young
Parliaments Doomed, Hitler Says Self-Led Germany
An exclusive United Press interview with Adolf Hitler in Berlin claims government by parliaments is doomed and will be supplanted by personal leadership. Hitler argues parliaments express lobby interests, lack responsibility, and that dictatorship mirrors successful business leadership. He notes strong German support and outlines a shift to individual accountability.
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United Press
Berlin
Adolph Hitler
Germany
B Ding
United States
Garmin
Missing Spanish Fliers Found Dead in Mexico
Federal ministery of interior announced the bodies of Captain Matisno Barberan and Lieutenant Joaquin Calar, Spanish airmen, found in a lagoon in Tabasco state. They intended to fly from Havana to Mexico and were part of the Vientos crash discovery, with wreckage near Alacran lagoon. They will be brought to Puerto Mexico aboard tug Cofosos.
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Mexico
F. C
Ie Federal Ministey of Interior
Matisno Barberan
Joaquin Calar
Transatlanae Fiiers
Havana
Cates Vientos
Tabasco
Agla
Puerto Mexico
Tram
Yazques Cerin
Alacran
Madona
Puerto Mexco
Cofosos
Seville
Spain
Crmaguey
Cuba
Tansey
Senur Salcazar
OM Cominy
Chut
More Tourists Is Clubs Aims to Advertise West Virginia
West Virginia automobile and civic clubs unite to promote tourism. The American Automobile Association will devote resources to drawing visitors, led by Charles P. Clark and other officials at a Daniel Boone hotel meeting. A campaign to enlist members runs July 17 to 24. Delegates emphasized tourism as a key revenue source and a boost for the state’s scenic beauty and historic spots.
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West Virginia
American Automobile Association
Charles P. Clark
Washington
Taan~ager
Daniel Boone Hotel
Clark
BD. T. Walker
Bar G. Smith
A. A
R. P. DeVan
Pil
Conley
DeVan
Southern West Virginia Auto Club
W. T. Slicer
Spaniard Held After Vatican St Peter's Blast
In Vatican City an explosion at St. Peter's Portico injured four. A Spaniard, Demetris Salamon, arrested after arriving from Spain hours earlier, charged with planting the explosive. Authorities link the attack to Spain Vatican tensions and papal encyclical fallout. He fled, threw his passport in a fountain, and was later captured. trial to occur in Italy under treaty terms.
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Vatican City
Spain
Vatican
St. Peter's
Demetris Salamon
Rome
Polica
Valtican
Solomon
Italy
Debtor Relief and Prices Rise at World Economic Talks
Senator James Couzens and Nevill Chamberlain urged debtors creditors talks at the world economic conference. Progress toward wheat and silver stabilization showed hints of cooperation as Australia Canada and Argentina aligned with an American plan for wheat acreage limits and broader economic reforms.
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London
James Couzens
Michigan
Neville Chamberlain
Canada
Argentina
Henry L. Morgenthau
Dismissal Of Suit Is Asked Against Mellon Officials
Washington June 25 A District of Columbia judge took under advisement a motion to dismiss a 220 million suit against Andrew W Mellon and former treasury officials who were accused of helping foreign steamship companies defraud the government as income taxes. The suit was filed by David A Olson, ex investigator for the Senate committee on banking and the stock market. The defendants named include Gigden L Mute, Arthur A Ballantine, Alexander W Gregg, David H Blair, and Harry Covington. The defense claims the complaint rests on malice and would be fanciful if in court and argues the action is based on a Civil War statute enabling double damages against the government.
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Washington
Columblar
Andrew W Mellon
Treasury
David A. Olson
Senarate Committee
Mellon
Gigden L. ‘Mute
Arthur A. Ballantine
Alexander W. Gregg
David H. Blair
Harry Covington
Oleon
Ojser
Melon
Col. Ag Ae Wall
Dairy Industry Asks Secretary to Invoke Licensing Power
In Washington on June 28 representatives of the dairy industry voted to ask Secretary Wallace to use his licensing powers to enforce dairy trade agreements. Over 200 producers processors and distributors attended the meeting amid calls for minimum weekly butter prices and comprehensive trade rules across dairy sectors.
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Dairy Industry
Washington
Wallace
Election Results Tonight From The Gazette
The Gazette will publish an extra edition around eight o clock tonight with early returns from the prohibition repeal vote. Readers can watch minute by minute results on a lighted screen outside the Hale street newspaper office as precincts report trends.
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Gazette
Nation Eyes State Repeal Vote And Prohibition Shifts
The Associated Press reports eyes turn to California and West Virginia as they vote today on repeal while Indiana and Massachusetts have already ratified the eighteenth amendment. New York prepares for a May 23 convention to ratify the repeal. Analysts cite potential benefits to grape production if the twenty first amendment passes, but the ballot is tangled by issues like horse racing and taxation. Postmaster General Farley predicts prohibition’s end by Christmas with Alabama Arkansas and Tennessee likely to vote wet. Fourteen states have ratified repeal or moved to do so.
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Associated Press
Indiana
Massachusetts
California
West Virginia
Texas
Lone Star
New York
James Roosevelt
Hoe
Alabama
Arkansse
Tennessee
Jesse Turn
Great Western Seaboards
West Virgainte
Ise
New Oil System Offered to All by 60 Dealers
Chicago June 26 A new system for gasoline and oil business proposed by 60 marketing association delegates would set price limits and govern deals to recover through a code. The plan seeks federal authority over producers refiners jobbers and shippers and faces disputes over how big companies may control filling stations.
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Chigago
Marketing Association
Prohibition Claim Ties Liquor Rise to Policy
Wheeling reports Rep L B Ramsay of Follansbee argues prohibition has increased rather than reduced hard liquor use. He claims it pushes youths and young women toward intoxicants, causes unemployment, and erodes respect for law while speaking for the United Repeal council of Ohio county. He notes his opposition to the dry amendment adopted in 1912.
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Wheeling
Lst
Vamypatga
Panhandle
L. Bausay
Follansbee
United Repeal Council of
Ohio County
Ramsay
Repeal Vital To 28 000 In State
West Virginia faces a June 27 vote on repealing the eighteenth amendment the election will affect about 28 000 income taxpayers in the state who would pay up to 10 per capita to support the recovery program if repeal fails the finance and revenue notes. Postmaster General Farley cites 28 196 tax filers in 1930 and projects a $10 per capita levy.
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Washington
Iune
West Virginia
James J. Parley
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Senate Finance Committees
Internal Revenue Bureau
Genera Farley
Extradition Papers Signed For Fairmont Clerk
Governor James Rolph signed extradition papers for Cather former circuit clerk of Marion county West Virginia to answer 10 indictments accusing embezzlement of about 16000 public funds while in office. Los Angeles attorney Lloyd Nix planned habeas corpus action over timing of crime. Cather held in Fayette county jail with $50000 bond.
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Sacramento
Osilf
Dans
James Rolph
Cather
Marion County
W. Va
Los Angeles
West Virginia
Lloyd Nix
Mix
Loufayette County
Neely Accuses Witness as Harriman Bank Probe Delayed
Senator Neely clashed with former assistant attorney general Nugent Dodds during a senate committee hearing on Harriman National Bank and Trust Co. prosecutions. Dodds defended handling as standard while Neely pressed for delays and warned of a potential banking crisis. The exchange grew heated as accusations of whitewashing and false statements surfaced amid the investigation.
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New York
Joseph W. Harrimen
Harriman National Bank and ‘Trust Co
U. S
Senate
Tony
M. M. Neely
West Virginia
D. 3
Nugent Dodds
Mateher
Neely
Dodda
Harrieman
Dodds
Heren
West Virginia Seen as Open Sesame to South In March Toward Ratification
West Virginia is expected to become the first border state to vote on repealing the eighteenth amendment, with a strong prediction that the state will ratify the twenty first amendment. California also votes, while drys push turnout, and leaders foresee a large margin either way. The outcome is pivotal, the nation watching as West Virginia may influence the March ratification path.
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West Virginia
Ratification
Woman Is Found Guilty of Murder in Winfield
Mrs. Kathe leen Brown was found guilty by a circuit court jury of murdering Edmunds 36 of Black Beier. Judge Shepherd deferred sentence. State witnesses included Richard Anderson Buck Harvey and the defendant’s husband. Norman zamunds was killed at a party at Hicherd Anderson’s home. Charles Barber was initially charged but released. Carman testified Brown confessed to cutting Edmunds throat while drunk after he teased her.
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Winfield
Katheleen Brown
Noreman Edmunds
Black Beier
Thomas R. Shepherd
T. Clayton
Charleston
Norman Zamunds
Hicherd Anderson
Black Betty
Charles Barber
Charier W. Carman
Brown
Carman
Edmunds
Rogers Says Johnson Is On Right Track
In Santa Monica on June 26 the writer quotes Hugh Johnson advocating worker equity and retained factories over expanding big corporations. He praises Johnson’s ideas and mentions Barney Baruch and opposition among “big industrialists” as the nation’s recovery debate unfolds. The letter reflects populist sentiment toward economic reform and corporate power.
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Rogers
Johnson
Santa Monica
Hugh Johnson
Barney Baruch
Menyust
T Sen
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Couzens
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the Gazette
Hale Street
Eyes of Nation
Pacific State
Albany
Fairmont
Rolph
Clinton N. Howard
United Commit
Ion’ Saioccenany
Kathleen Brown
Norman Edmunds
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