Largest fleet of tank ships in the world declared
New York April 17. Captain Paul Foley director of operations for the United States Shipping Board asserted the boards fleet of tank steamers is the largest under any single direction. He said the fleet totals about 600,000 flood weight tons and will reach 1,000,000 tons soon. The board plans 16,000,000 tons of shipping, with 8,000,000 tons oil burning, and expects substantial savings in operating costs this year. He warned British controls limit American fuel oil production and bunkering rights, urging equal opportunities for American nationals and possible legislative action. He also urged easing excess profits tax to encourage American oil drilling overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Shipping Board
Paul Foley
Foley
Shipping Board
United States
Britain
Woley
Great Britain
State Institutions to Be Enlarged in West Virginia
Charleston April 17 Improvements planned for state institutions were announced by James Lakin of the state board of control. Welch hospital will add a 16 bed unit for colored patients and install an electric valor. Bluefield colored institute to remodel third floor into a physical and chemical laboratory. Marshall College to complete a new building for physical education by September 1.
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Charleston
W. Va
James 8. Lakin
State Board of Control
Welch Hospital
Blueftekl Colored Institute
Marshall College
Lakinsata
Death of Venus M. Rogers Near Knottaville
Venus M. Rogers wife of Walter Rogers died at home near Knottville last night from convulsions. She was forty two, survived by husband and brothers Arthur Hall Isaac Hall and Jamon K Hall. Funeral plans not announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max
Venus M. Rogers
Walter Rogers
Knottaville
A. R. Warren
Arthur Hall
Morgantown
Isaac Hall
Biking
Jamon K. Hall
Philippi
Orlando
Pla
William K. Hall
Rogers
Sentinel
Local youths spot fish in hollow log at Martley Creek
Two local senior high students Custer and Arnold Herner waded into Martley Creek at the old fair grounds to fish. They stripped to braving the chill water and entered a large hollow log, reporting a lively scene as they worked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huh Custer
Arnold Herner
Martley Creek
Fish tales promise bigger escapades ahead
The fragment hints at ongoing adventures with optimistic tone, suggesting larger escapades to come if current narratives continue. It references fish stories and a prediction of more remarkable episodes. The tone implies growth in excitement and anticipation.
Sutherland Enters Republican Presidential Race
Senator Howard Sutherland of West Virginia announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for president. He urged West Virginia voters to support delegates who will seek the most capable nominee and favored a cabinet of the ablest party members serving as a board of directors rather than clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Howard Sutherland
West Virginia
Hie
Tam
Death of Frank McDaniel A Respected County Farmer
Frank McDaniel 61 died at his home on High Street South Side after years of ill health from throat tuberculosis. He lived in Knottsville district earlier and was a longtime farmer and civic figure. Survived by widow Olive and four children plus three brothers and two sisters. Funeral Monday at Knottsville Church with pastors Miller and A A Doline assisting.
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Frank McDaNiel
High Street
South Side
Knottsville
Cecil
Olive McDaniel
McDanie
Shinkeleton
Kirkwood
J. A. Williamson
Ernest McDaniel
Miss Pearl
Dix
George
Wiicine
Chapin McDaniel
Webster
Randolph McDaniel
Moatsville
Knottsville Effirch
Miller
A. A. Doline
Pentecostal
Progress in coal wage conference in New York
Progress in the anthracite wage negotiations as mine workers and operators completed statistics and opened verbal surmutions on the first six demands. After five hours the sub committee adjourned to reconvene tomorrow without decisive action.
Miners and Operators Clash Over Hours and Wages
Miners push for wage increases and a shorter night shift across the anthracite industry. Operators resist, citing overhead costs, while talks mediated by district officials and UMW leaders John L. Lewis and Philip Murray proceed amid threats of work stoppages.
Taylor Picked by Governor as Delegate to National Education Conf
W B Taylor, Brooke County Republican candidate for Congress, was appointed by Governor Cornwell to attend the National Educational Conference in Washington May 19 to 31. The event, approved by J Barton Payne, aims to address teachers' needs and other school issues. It is unclear if Taylor can attend due to May primaries. He favors centralized educational control and a presidentially appointed Secretary of Education as a cabinet member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Taylor
Brooke County
Washinton
Cornwell
Commissioner of Education
J. Barton Payne
Secreof Interior
Taylor
Congress
United States
Palmer Denied by Morrison on Outlaw Railway Strike
Washington April 17 The Attorney General Palmer’s claim that the railway strike stemmed from radicals was challenged by Frank Morrison secretary of the American Federation of Labor. He said an independent inquiry found the strike simply a demand for higher pay and warned that there is no revolutionary power behind it. The railways labor board met with seven of nine members and began a broader effort to address the disruption where employer and worker talks paused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Palmer
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
United States
Morrison
Department of Juatica
Railwaysiabor Board
Striker verdicts view strike as economic demand
A Morrison briefing argues the strike is not a revolutionary movement but a wage protest. Investigators from New York to New England find sympathy strongest among intelligent conservatives, with most strikers long-serving railroad workers. Despite claims of extremism, reports say the outbreak is not revolutionary and bolshevik influence is absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrison
Palmer
New York
New England
Distressing accident sidelights Senti nel hustling street man Hubert Miller
Hubert Miller, a Senti nel street vendor, suffered a serious accident after falling from a high wall near the new high school. He previously lost a leg in an earlier accident and broke the arm used with his crutch, delaying work. His condition has improved and he may return to his demanding duties soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Miller
Sentinel
Hubert
Bulding
Tubert
McGraw property sale ends years long legal tangle
The first sale of John T McGraws West Main Street and Teech Street holdings, halted by injunctions and appeals, concluded with trustee William Morgan selling both parcels. The Main Street property brought 25000 dollars and the West Side residence 7600 dollars. both were bought by Lawson Starcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. McGraw
Wm Morgan
Supreme Court
Appalizte Court
Hiram Gaines
Main Street
Lawson Starcher
Anthracite miners press wage demand in New York
In New York on April 17 the United Mine Workers pressed for a sixty percent wage increase at a wage conference with anthracite operators. The sub committee adjourned without action after discussing earnings data and profits claims, while the operators refused to engage on company specific figures. John L. Lewis blamed the miners official press for misreporting data presented to the conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated ‘Press
Associated Cress
United Mine Workers Journal
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
James Gorman
Lewis
Students pledge to boycott Morgantown drinks at dispensaries
More than 1,000 West Virginia University students held a mass meeting and signed a pledge not to buy soda fountain drinks at Morgantown dispensaries After a recent price hike from five to ten cents the students accused local soft drink merchants of unlawful restraint of trade A manifesto had been prepared and signed by students alleging profiteering and cartel-like behavior by vendors
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University
Katile Brews in Mex Mix Ur Nogales
Troops commanded by Abelardo Rodrigue z reach Nogales Sonora today and push toward Agua Prieta to reinforce massed units. Most soldiers are Yaqui Indians recently granted surrender, well armed and provisioned for a prolonged siege. General Juin Tok Mow and staff remain in support roles.
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Nogales
Aris
Abelardo Roderiguez
Sonora
Agua Prieta
Douglas
Arizona
Roderigues
Jota
Juin Toke
Food Prices Rise in Clarksburg Amid Rail Strike
Clarksburg, April 17. Foodstuff prices surged due to railroad strike shortages. Potatoes jumped from 4.80 to 6 and 7 per bushel, pork loins moved to 40-45 cents a pound, and carcass price fell from 18 to 2 cents. Dr Archibald Moore, former Andrews Mt church pastor, arrives to preach at Morgantown district guest of Rev Cynig. Public urged to attend service at 40:40 time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
W. Va
Archibald Moore
Owlland
Morgantown
Methodist Episcopal Church
A. D. Cynig
Mer Graw Avenue
Moore
Andrew's
Mt. 1
Mrs Joseph Powell Dies In Fairmont
The obituary notes the death of Mrs Joseph Powell at her Fairmont home from tuberculosis at age twenty eight. She leaves a husband and two children and was a daughter of C P Bartjolt, formerly of this city. The remains will be brought here on train 56 and funeral services will be held at United Brethren church on the durbyal of thy ine fase.
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Fairmont
Joseph Powell
C. P. Bart Jolt
Hved
Finarkgerview
United Brethren Church
Three cremations at loat house plant in Ohio
Three men burned to death and two others seriously burned in a fire at Matthews Boat Company plant in Port Clinton Ohio. The victims were yachtmen visiting the boat house where they slept when the blaze started. A separate report tells of a Washington Pa train fire where a former serviceman tired locomotive duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Clinton
Ohio
Matthews Boat ‘Company
Kidnapped Boy Returns Home With Skull Fracture
Willie H. Trimble seven years old was abducted from Park Place suburb and found at 6 this morning with a fractured skull. He was taken to a hospital in serious condition after describing his abduction by a negro and a white man who struck him with a hammer in a corn field and left him in an old barn near his home.
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Danville
Willie H. ‘Trimble
Park Place
Widow Seeks Protection From Rumors On Husband's Death
The Sentinel received a statement from George Shields widow alleging gossip in Flemington about her husband’s death in Montana. She claims their neighbor’s rumors claim foul play, seeks physicians’ statements to prove the death was due to paralysis, and fears harming her children.
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the Sentinel
George Shields
Dgeport
Montana
Flemington
Thewidow
Shields
Strike Fever in the West Eases After Rail Labor Decision
Chicago dispatch reports thirty thousand railway clerks and eight thousand freight handlers in the Chicago district agreed to hearings on wage demands by the railroad labor board in Washington. An unauthorized strike to enforce pay raises was suppressed last night. Freight movement improved and conditions in the Midwest and West were returning to normal. Mrs Delia A Corder of Meuillant Wisconsin and Mr S W Thompson of Pittacurch are noted visitors in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
Washington
Middle West
Far
Jamison Coal Sale Expands Fairmont Mines to Penn Mary
In Faymont West Virginia on April 20, Jamison Coal and Coke sells mines Z and LO to Penn-Mary Coal, a Bethlehem Steel subsidiary. The deal includes seven thousand acres of Pittsburgh coal, two mining towns, and related properties. No price disclosed. Mines No 7 and Dakota remain operational. Penn-Mary plans modernization and new mining town at Reedsville with Lorin M. Meredith overseeing work.
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Fayrmont
W. Va
Jamison Coal & Coke Company
Penn-Mary Coal Company
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Barrackville
Dakota
Pittsburgh
Fomison Coal & Coke Company
Larrackville Coal Company
Marrhant
Shein J
Jamison Ceat & Coke Company
Court House
Tthe Dakota Coal Company
No. 7
Fairmont
Morgantown
Kingwood
Davis Coal & Coke com _pany
Layit Land
Reedsville
Lorin M. Meredith
Fairmont Engineering Company
Bandits Attack Royal Train Near Seville
Bandits attacked a royal train traveling from Madrid to Seville. Queen Victoria and her party were aboard when raiders opened fire, wounding two railroad men, one possibly mortally. The robbers fled in a two horse vehicle, leaving investigators to chase their identities.
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Seville
Spain
Victoria
Madrid
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Captain Foley
Sutherland
Nomi
Hon Kon Pro
NC State
Frank M’daniel
Boar
Shamon
Fia
John L. Lew
McGraw
Ries
Katile
Pkr
Rasy
GOR
Washington, Pa
Corliss
Boy
Wilod
Delia
Thompson
Pittacurch
McCrory's
STEL
Suco Inneetion J
Btert Corporation
Jamison Coat Company
Farmington
York
Shlnct
IW York
James Larkin
Tech
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