West Virginia Budget Amendment Proclaimed for 1930 Ballot
Governor William G. Conley issues a proclamation announcing a general election on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1930 to decide ratification or rejection of a constitutional budget amendment. The long text outlines budget procedures, two budgets, and legislative veto rules, plus ballot wording and designation for the amendments on the ballot including budget amendment lieutenant governor and circuit court amendments.
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Wm. G. Conley
West Virginia
Unitedates
West Virgina
Judiciary
Legislative and Judiciary Departments
Court of Appeals
Senate
Proclamation for Constitutional Amendment Election
Government proclamation by Governor T. Wm. G Conley sets a constitutional amendment election on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. The document announces the election date and references the suits to the constitution and laws.
Probate Amendment Proposal For West Virginia Constitution
The text outlines a proposed constitutional amendment adding section 31 to article eight. It transfers probate jurisdiction to the circuit court, creates probate commissioners in each county, and sets terms of office and compensation. The amendment is to be known as the Probate Amendment with separate ballots for For and Against ratification.
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Executive Department
Judiciary Department
West Virginia
Board of Ballot Commissioners
State of
Circuit Courts
Circuit Naw
Supreme Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Fox of the Ballot
Hertharice
Bey
Forest fire rages anew in Monongahela area
Kikins West Virginia Aug 2 a forest fire in the Monongahela Hutonal forest within Grant and Tucker counties, reported under control last night, raged again today sending 50 more men to lines. The firefighting force exceeds 300 with leaders from Virginia and Tennessee assisting and three large motor pumps brought in. Flames have scorched about 1000 acres in the government preserve and at least as much private timber has burned.
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Kikins
W. Va
Monongahela Hutonal
Grant
Tucker
Virginia
Tennessee
Asso
New York Central Acknowledges Reading Holdings Transfer
Reports from Wall Street say the New York Central agreed to transfer its holdings in the Reading Company to the Baltimore and Ohio. No date was given for the transfer but it is stated the Central would accept principal terms if the B and O provides certain package rights in return.
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New York
Wall Street
New York Central Railroad
Reading Co
Baltimore
Ohio
Central
West Virginia University cuts student living costs
Dean of Men Harry B. Stone at Morgantown has organized a campaign to provide low cost rooms for men students near WVU. He lists rooms for one dollar to a dollar and a half per week, with two students per room, inspected for safety and comfort. Some university boarding clubs reduced board charges, while better class rooms rent for about two dollars per student with shared occupancy. Married student housing and furnished flats also show lower prices than prior years.
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Harry Be, Stone
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Dean Stone
University Center
Bomh
Martin Hall
New.s
Uni
Eleven Boy Scouts Rescued After Capsized Boat
Eleven Canadian Boy Scouts were rescued near Aylmer after their rowboat capsized on Lake Deschenes. Two men from the Aylmer Yacht Club pulled them from the water four hours after the incident. The boys clung to each other, unbuckled belts, and strapped together as they drifted. Two scouts lost consciousness but were saved.
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Ottawa
Ont
Aylmer
Lake Deschenes
Aylmer Yacht Club
Ima
Alaska Population Near Sixty Thousand In 1930 Census
Washington reports the 1930 census will place Alaska’s population near 59,000, up from 55,036 in 1920. Of 191 districts, 57,447 were counted by July 31, with 12 remaining districts expected to add at least 1,003 and the rest likely to push the total within a few hundred of 59,009.
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Washington
Alaska
Liner President Harrison Starts Toward Departure
Jersey City August 2 A fire delayed the liner President Harrison as workers pumped water from flooded holds. The ship planned to depart at midnight after a long effort to extinguish the blaze. Howard Lewis Senger agent estimated damage under 100000 dollars.
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Jersey City
Dollar
Uner
Fon
Howard Lewis
Senger
Jurist Signs Decree Allowing Name Change
Norristown Pa Aug 2 A decree signed by Judge Carson allows Julius Leasing Rosenwald 15 son of Lessing J Rosenwald Abington Pa to change his name to Rosenwald 2nd in honor of his grandfather Julius Rosenwald Chicago. The student at Dela Salle Academy Philadelphia had used the name Julius Rosenwald 2nd for some time and the court ordered the change.
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Norristown
Carson
Julius Leasing
Rosenwald
Lessing J. Rosenwald
Abington
Yim
Sears, Roebuck Co
Julius Rosenwald
Chicago
Pel Academy
Philadelphia
Julius Dita
Senwald
Tepes Toy
Nike
Wyoming Senate race heated over liquor repeal questions
Cheyenne Aug 2 For the first time in Wyoming history liquor laws figure prominently in the August 19 primary. Six senate hopefuls split on repeal referendum and enforcement with Walls Johnson Schwartz Carey Deming Winter and others asserting varied stances. Nomination by Republicans carries heavy weight as the contest tests party unity in a pivotal year.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
W. L. Walls
Wosking
Fred W. Johnson
Rock Springs
H. H. Schwartz
Casper
Robert D. Carey
W. C. Deming
Charles B. Winter
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Carol II
Helen
Romania
Tey
Ferdinand
Propate
Sta
Tucker Counties
N. Y. Central
Reading
New York Central
Leslie A. Miller
Frank C. Emerson
W. H. Holliman
Boy Scouts
Dats
OLD Dominion
Richmond
Pollard
Alexandria Chamber of Commerce
Dan
Hollenga
Flenga
Butt
Hoover
Rapidan
Prewi Hoover
Kist
Ma Yirataa
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