LeMans Trial Enters Second Day Of Hearing In West Virginia
Leroy Clemans former legislative printing clerk faces continued testimony over alleged irregular items inserted into a biennial appropriation bill. Key witnesses Reed and Rock testified the disputed entries were not in the bill when passed and were not in their copies. The trial unfolds with separate room testimony and ongoing prosecution questions about a $1400 item and the bill’s final handling.
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Charleston
W. Va
Leroy Clemins
Clemans
MV. Reed
House of Delegates
A. A. Lilly
Reed
Henry K. Black
Lilly
Mathews Storage Company
EB. V. Rock
Fayetteville
Journal
House
Rock
A. M. Belcher
M. S. Hodges
Senate
Black
Lilly Rock
House Journal
Wilmot Stands by Trial Story in Murder Case
Moundville reports Millard Morrison and Walter Wilmot, two New Jersey youths found guilty of killing a filling station proprietor near Charleston to steal his car, face possible execution after a September Friday the thirteenth. Morrison remains quiet. Wilmot maintains he was coerced and he clings to his trial testimony.
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Moundaville
Morrison
Wilmot
State Penitentiary
Charleston
Immediate action urged on county delinquency problem
Miss Margaret E. McKinney district agent arrived to study Taylor County delinquency and dependency as lawmakers and guardians plan a county welfare board. Prosecuting Attorney James C. Holt and Norman F Kendall push state cooperation seeking a full-time secretary and probation officer. Local hosts Mr and Mrs M L Abbott welcomed guests from St Louis, Mo.
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Taylor County
Margaret E. McKinney
James C. Holt
Norman F.kendall
State Board of Children’s Guardian
Miss McKinney
State Board of Guardians
Tary
Warren Kittle
Condit
Charleston
Sue Staunton
Harry Snyder
Hervey Carter
M. L. Abbott
Mrs
Fred Abbott
Jane Ann
St. Louis, Mo
Reunions and Local Meetings Highlight Town News
Community notices recount the Matthews and Rogers family reunion at Oak Grove church on August 4 with singers from Fairmont. Robison Association holds its second annual reunion at the Dave Robison orchard on Wickwire road. Grafton Taylor County Hospital Association meets at 7 20 PM. Mrs H B Flesher hosts a WCTU event in Pruntytown with a long name contest and a 1929 program. The Shaffer family plans its annual reunion at Alinder grove Knottsville.
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Matthews-Rogers Renson
Matthews
Rogers
Oak Grove
Fairmont
Robison
The
Robison Association
Dave Robison
Dick Coburn
Wickwire Road
Saucy Sue Eorgianna Bennett
Evelyn
Moya Arnett
Betty Games Flesher
Georgianna Bennett
Reading
Martha Glenn Flesher
Margaret Ganthrope
Ruth Morgan
Madeline Cover
Viola Utsinger
M. B
Pruntytown
Shaffer
Allender Grove
Knottsville
Shaffer Family Invites All To Sunday Gathering
The Shaffer family and relatives invite friends to a gathering at a Pike near Grafton on Sunday August 11. Attendees are asked to bring well filled baskets for the event.
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Pike
Grafton
Shaffer
Sovereignty of Turtle Islands May Be Decided
Washington reports that a treaty between the United States and Great Britain may settle sovereignty over insular possessions in the Pacific. The Turtle Islands and the southern Philippines boundary are to be defined, with a unique arrangement granting American sovereignty while Britain administers the islands. The seven tiny Turtle Islands near British Borneo have 220 people and have been British-administered since 1885 under a Spanish German British protocol.
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Washington
Pacific
Unitedates
Great Britain
Turtle Islands
Philippines
State Department
British Borneo
Philippine Archipelago
United States
Spain
Eight Thousand Dollar Gym Planned at Belington
Belington July 20 The old store building owned by J C Harvey is removed on the site bought by the board of education to make way for a high school gymnasium. Floyd Ware of the city has won the contract for a wood constructed building costing a little over eight thousand dollars. Excavation starts soon and construction will move rapidly to completion.
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Belington
J. C. Harvey
Board of Education
Floyd Ware
School items discussed at board meeting in Grafton
Grafton school board announces the resolution of alleged discrepancies and resumes control. The secretary reports new staffing: Lynn Faulkner hired in manual arts and as general service instructor, Elizabeth Hoffman added to grade schools, Thelma Dawson reappointed with course changes under consideration. Interim plans include an extra teacher, fence between properties, and a new seating room. School opens September 9. penmanship appointment discussed but not approved.
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Grafton
Board of Education
Meit
Friedman
Lynn Faulkner
Huntington
City Hospital
Fetterman
Jamboree Opens As Scouts Gather At Arrowe Park
Arrowe Park England July 30 Four hundred fifty acres hold fifty thousand scouts from forty two nations including 1300 American boys awaiting the world jamboree opening tomorrow The Duke of Connaught will formally open the camp with a speech by Sir Robert Baden-Powell The Prince of Wales will visit Thursday and attend Friday’s grand rally The jamboree ends August 18.
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Arrowe Park
Eng
Mersey River
Liverpool
Prince
Rib Caren
Duke of Connaught
Robert Baden-Powell
Scout Movement
Prince of Wales
Scouts of All Nations
Patrol to Enforce Potomac Game Laws by Boat
Maryland and West Virginia game wardens announce a joint patrol along the Potomac River using power boats to enforce state game and fish laws. Officials include E Lee LeCompte Harold Kolmer H B Cornwell and Richard Browning with county wardens from Garrett and Alleghany counties.
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Baltimore
Potomac River
Maryland
West Virginia
E. Lee LeCompte
le Compte
Harold
Alleghany
Haughland and Crichton Die In Endurance Flight Crash
Minneapolis July 30 Two pilots Owen Haugland of Buffalo Minnesota and Captain P L Crichton of Minneapolis die after the sixth attempt to set a refueling endurance record ends when the plane The Minnesota crashes at Wold Chamberlain airport. Crichton reportedly sent a note saying OK and asking for gasoline before the ship pancaked on a concrete road and both men, married, are killed.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Owen Haugland
Buffalo
Minnesota
P. L. Crichton
Wold Chamberlain
Haugland
Crichton
St. Louis
Dale
Red) Jackson
Forest O'Brine
William B. Robertson
Custins-Robertson Aairplane Manufacturing Company
Robertson
C. Ray Wassell
O'Brine
Jackson
Extra Session Seem Remote for Senate Aug 19 Return
Washington reports prospects of a mid August senate quorum to resume the extra session appear remote unless the finance committee finishes rewriting the house tariff bill. If ready by August 19 hearings on the sugar duty sliding scale proposal may reopen August 7 for one day, as chairman Smoot prepares a substitute.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Smoot
Separate Cars For Races Is Planned
Atlanta July 30 In a bill reported favorably by a house committee a plan to separate street cars and buses for white and negro passengers is outlined. Street railway companies warned the measure would raise costs, leading to higher fares and possible service cuts.
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Atlanta
Three Victims In Boat Crash At Lake Okoboji
Arnolds Park Iowa July 20 three missing after speed boat collision involving the Miss Thriller and the Zipper left nine dead and others accounted for. Rescue crews plan raising the wreck 90 feet below the surface as names of the missing remain unknown.
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Arnolds Park
Lake Okoboji
Courthouse Renovation Reaches Modern Bright Facade
County officials announced the Old Hall of Justice renovation is nearing completion at an estimated cost around 1000. The project includes a modern artistic paint job, revarnished stairs, exterior surfaces, and woodwork to create a cleaner, friendlier atmosphere for the next court session.
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Hall of Justice
Paul Welch Injured In Car Accident Near Grafton
Four year old Paul Welch was seriously bruised and cut on the left side of his face when thrown against the windshield in a car crash near Grafton at about six Monday morning. Dr. A R Warden said the child showed some improvement after treatment.
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Paul Welch
Grafton
A. R. Warden
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U.S
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Aral Construction
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Secretary Stimson
Exme Howard
Hugh Gibson
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Elizabeth
N. J
U. S
Scouts
England
Haughland
Scions
Lake Okojo
Towa
Forest O' Brine
Arthur Nutt
Nutt
Snd
Red
Sally
Holmes Wyckoff
Misa
Doris Wyckoff
Vance Wyckoff
Mistes Charlotte
Carolyn Rendle
George L. Blaney
Parsons
Morgan Keller
Philipp
Stanley Preston
Bridgeport
Luther Hodges
Hodges
Arizona
William B. Stuck
Union Drug Company
Samuel A. Shackleford
Map S Avenue
John Wood
Charles Lewis
Walter A. Wood
Margaret Sommerville
Gertrude Suddarthsyr
Glenn Suddarth
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