Hearings Opened On Public Utility Valuation Assessments
Hearings began in Charleston as the Board of Public Works heard railroad representatives argue over West Virginia valuation for taxation. Railroads pushed for reductions. Western Maryland asked 10 percent cut citing losses. Chesapeake and Ohio urged a $53.3 million average as fair, citing high tax rates and past assessments.
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West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
Board of Public ‘Works
EES
CEG
Monongahela Railway Company
Tamrnmanum
Western Maryland Railway Company
Western Maryland
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
John Rice
Dice
Bliss McCrum
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Sun's Eclipse Snapped As Path Crosses California
Scientists prepared to record a solar eclipse starting about 300 miles at sea and sweeping north of San Francisco toward the Sierra. Totality near Camptonville at 11 a.m. Pacific Time lasting 1.3 seconds amid fears fog or clouds could disrupt months of work by Lick Observatory and other groups.
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San Francisco
Sierra Mountains
Lick Observatory
University of California
Camptonville
California
Rew
Inmates Attack Matron at Auburn Prison in Escape Bid
Two women inmates at Auburn State Prison assaulted Matron Mrs Mamie Benjamin with an iron bar during a botched escape attempt. Sally Joyce Richards of Buffalo and Amelia Bascom secreted a bar, pried a cell door, knocked the matron unconscious, and fled to the basement before being recaptured in the prison yard.
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Auburn, N. Yq
Auburn State Prison
Sally Joyce Richards
Buffalo
Amelia Bascom
New York
Mamie Benjamin
Benjamin
Liberty
Grafton Loses 802 Residents in Census Count
Preliminary figures from the district census director show Grafton’s population down by 802 since 1920. The fifth ward is largest with 2,301 residents and the first ward has 1,532. The total city population is 7,715, with notes on possible undercount and a mail-in form for residents to be counted before final checks.
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Grafton
W. B. Reetnr
Tvs
Sentinel
Fairmont
Plane Crash at Fayetteville Exhibition Kills Seven
Seven spectators from farming communities watching a Sunday air show near Fayetteville Tennessee died when a sightseeing plane plunged into an embankment. More than a dozen were injured and pilot Milton P. Covert, 23, was briefly jailed on a murder charge before being moved for safety. Victims include Boone Beard 14 Kelley Towery 23 Lawrence Smith 22 Monroe Marbury 47 Marvin Ashby 30 Hurley Spray 26 and Rufus Wade Bonner 9. The plane reportedly struck a downward air current while approaching a 10 foot elevation.
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Fayetteville
Tenn
Milton P. Covert
Columbia
Covert
M. W. Rhea
Boone Beard
Kelley Towery
Lawrence Smith
Monroe Marbury
Marvin Ashby
Hurley Spray
Rufus Wade Bonner
al Gombert
American Legion Post
Massacre Reported by Chinese Bandits Near Kiangsu Provinces
Shanghai reports say 1,000 villagers were killed and 1,000 captured when brigands looted and burned Kingsuchen on the Kiangsu Anhwei border. Bandits deployed 100 horsemen with thirty machine guns, mowing streets as captives carried loot, about 100 miles north of Nanking.
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Shanghai
Kingsuchen
Kiangsu
Anhwei
China
Nanking
Hoover urges Congress to act on enforcement reforms
President Hoover urges Congress to adopt his five recommendations for stronger federal criminal law enforcement. Transfers of prohibition enforcement, court congestion relief, extended federal prisons with parole, border patrol reorganization, and a stricter D C prohibition law are urged, noting improvements but calling for more action. Continued on page two.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Prohibition Enforcement Branch
Treasury
Justice Department
Border Patrol
District
Warden Uses Psychology To Guard Illinois Prison
Warden Henry C Hill of the Illinois state penitentiary employs radio distributed psychology to quell unrest and prevent prison rebellions. Backed by a forceful guard corps, Hill oversees 4 283 convicts as the second largest state penal institution, with Stateville nearby. Continued on page six.
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Joliet
Henry C. Hill
Ilinois State Penitentiary
Hill
Iinois
Stateville
Building For T B Incurables At Hopemont Sanitarium Is Favored By Captain Arnold
A mass meeting at the Opera House, hosted by the Taylor County Anti Tuberculosis Association, urged support for the Hopemont Sanitarium and a national anti tuberculosis campaign. Dr Warden and Dr Peck spoke on prevention and schools work, with Captain W H Arnold and Edna Mason also addressing the gathering.
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T. B
Hopemont Sanitarium
Arnold
George K. Egbert
Opera House
Taylor County
Senate Passes Wagner Bill to Help Labor
The Senate approved Wagner's plan to fund federal public works with 150 million dollars and to set up a national employment system. The measure, described as one of three steps toward stabilized prosperity, includes a labor data system and a stabilization board to coordinate long term public construction and government conditions.
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Washington
Senate
Federal Public Works Planning Board
Wagoner
New York
New Yorker
Labor Department
Wagner
Court Refuses Consideration On Amendment
Washington April 28 The Supreme Court refused to pass on the constitutionality of the Prohibition amendment in a case by Paul Jebbia and Owen Palmer of West Virginia claiming two thirds of the House did not approve submission for ratification They argued 282 votes fell short of the two thirds required The government contended two thirds of those present sufficed New York April 28 Clearing House reports large clearings 616 million balance 42 million 000 009
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Washington
Supreme Court
Paul Jebbia
Qwen Palmer
Northern District
West Virginia
House of Representatives
Jebbia
Palmer
Rhode Island
Congress
Prisoners Refuse Orders as Ohio Pen Mutiny Reignites
Unruly inmates at Ohio penitentiary renew their passive resistance after 150 Columbus police reserves intervene in the yard. Warden Thomas and officials plan action with the Ohio National Guard as leaders are centered in the idle house and a priest warns of bloodshed.
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Columbus
Iun
Ohio Penitentiary
J. C. Woodard
White Idle House
Preston Thomas
Coonel
Haubrich
Ohio National Guard
Albert O’brien
Father O'Brien
Britton
Thomas
Woodward
Preston B. Thomas
Ohio National Guardsmen
National Guard
Charles
Chuck) Quinlan
Murray A. Wolfe
R- 8
Havbrieh Ant
Report on Tax Collection Shows Modest Growth
Washington April 28 A government report cites a moderate surplus for the current fiscal year with tax receipts for the first three quarters totaling 2 277 453 096, up 140 million from the year before. Income taxes contributed 1 812 682 396 and miscellaneous taxes 464 770 009, while corporate taxes reached 948 888 504 and individual taxes 865 793 891. The piece also notes a January–March decline offset by gains in the latter half of 1929.
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Washington
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Ohio
Public Service
Valley River Railroad
Randolph County
N. Hoover
Uroy Allebach
Waports
Univer Continued
Matro
Auburn
Tennessee
Illinois State Prison
Warden
Peck
L. Fortney
Hopenont
Karl J. Nuzum
LABOR
Preston ‘B. Thomas
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