Writer Edwin Clapp Falls From Hotel Window
Edwin Clapp age 49 a Yale graduate and former Olympic hurdler known for The Port of Boston and economic writings fell from the 13th floor of a hotel. A suicide note read Goodbye Sue I have killed myself. He had worked as a financial writer and more recently for Durant Motors and William Randolph Hearst interests.
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New York
Edwin Clapp
William Crant
Clapp
Sue
Cragy
Yale
Boston
New York Américan
Durant
Motors
William Randolph Hurst
Million Dollar Joint Suit In West Virginia Coal Case
The Reppert Con Company operates most property holdings except Pittsvein, forming a three‑property portfolio. George Putzek et al vs Delmar Coal Company evolved into a joint suit with Stannard Supply filing a similar action. A receivership was ordered January 24, 1929, and a decree of sale followed debates over rein holders profits vs depreciation. Judge Warren B. Kittle oversaw the proceedings, drafting the sale order. The latest receivership report shows $36,881.32 cash on hand as of July 1930, with $7,095.89 in rentals for May through April unpaid while June and July rentals were anticipated.
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Reppert Con Company
Pittsvein Holdings
George Putzek
Et al
Delmar Coal Company
Stannard Supply Company
Delmar Company
Talbott
Philippi
Putzek
Warren B. Kittle
Charles Johnson
Clarksburg
Kittle
Taylor County
Carl L. Horner
Edgar 8. Phillips
Fairmont
Court considers miner payments under mine receivership
August and September will be paid if the property continues under receivership, totaling 28 000 dollars. Since the mines were declared defunct, two miners houses burned and insurance collected for that cause amounts to 2 343.42 dollars. The court suggested paying labor seniors one and a half cents per ton for 411 tons mined during operation under receivership.
Dry Advocates Cross Nation in Primary Battles
The piece notes 20 primaries spanning from Oregon to Maine and including Pennsylvania New Jersey and Illinois. It says wets failed to break prohibition majorities in Congress, suffering routs, with no lost days in either house. It cites optimism over Dwight W Morrow's nomination in New Jersey.
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Oregon
Maine
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Illinois
Congress
House
Dwight W Morrow
Huston Quits as Senate Campaign Turmoil Deepens
The report quotes Huston denying all charges and vowing to fight to finish while withdrawing from the race. Fess of Ohio and Lucas of Kentucky take provisional campaign roles as national committee leaders guide the fall effort. Deb. Kelm of Edgewater Park appointed secretary to replace Franklin Fort.
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Tam
Senator Fess
Ohio
Robert H. Lucas
Kentucky
Fess
National Committee
Lucas
Internal Revenue
Treasury
George Deb. Kelm
Edgewater Park
New Jersey
Franklin Fort
Route 56 tour routes spark regional concern
An Automobile Association official warns that travelers bypassing markers between a Virginia city and Grafton would divert to Clarksburg, risking lost tourist business for Grafton and the region as a whole. The piece notes the difficulty in properly signaling routes and guiding visitors.
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Virginia City
Grafton
Clarksburg
Taylor County Automobile Association
Columbia's Power to Reclaim an Area
Seattle reports army engineers project hydroelectric development of the Columbia River and its tributaries could yield 11 million horsepower and open a 750 mile waterway to the Canadian border. Plans for reclamation of 1,883,000 acres involve Grand Coulee dam or Clark Forks alt, with $600 million investment and a Rock Island plant already under construction.
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Seattle
Wash
Columbia River
Far West
Columbia
John 8. Butler
Rock Island
Wenatchee
Grand Coulee
Marker plan eyed for Route 56 in Blueville and Fetterman
Discussions consider placing markers on Route 56 at Blueville and Fetterman to designate the road. The idea includes possibly sending a city and county representative to Charleston to raise the issue with the state road commission.
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Blueville
Fetterman
Charleston
State Road Commission
Walnut canker discovered in West Virginia and nearby
West Virginia University plant pathologist C R Orton reports a destructive walnut canker, a new disease in science, found in 15 counties from Monongalia to Mercer and Greenbrier, with cases seen in Pennsylvania and Virginia. The fungus causes open cankers on trunks and limbs, weakens trees, and can kill them in advanced stages. It spreads via two spore types, one active in summer and one overwintering to start infection in spring.
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Morgantown
W. Va
C.R. Orton
West Virginia University
Orton
West Virginia
Monongalia
Mercer
Greendrier
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Walnut trees at Droop Mountain hit by blight survey
A summer survey of the Droop Mountain area found 88 percent of walnut trees attacked and several killed. Dean F D Fromme of the University College of Agriculture announced a study to map the disease, its origin, host range, and spread conditions of the fungal infection.
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Droop Mountain
F. D. Fromme
University College of Agriculture
Maintenance chief visits Grafton on inspection tour
Philip Petri head of the maintenance of way department for Baltimore and Ohio Railroad spent two days in West Virginia conducting inspections. John Edwards Jr division engineer accompanied him to Clarksburg and other division points as the roundhouse addition progresses toward the planned completion. J W Simpson of Simplex Jack Company California Pa is in Grafton for related work.
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Philip Petri
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Grafton
West Virginia
John Edwards, Jr
Ménongah
Petri
Clarksburg
Simplex
J. W. Simpson
Vacation Plans Announced by Mononga Division Clerk
H Peppers chief clerk to the division engineer of the Mononga Division will leave for Akron Ohio today for a two week vacation. He will be accompanied by Mrs Peppers and they will visit with relatives while attending to business matters with the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
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The
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
H. Peppers
Akron
Ohio
Peppers
Apple Embargo Unmodified By British Note
Washington reports the British government declined to modify its embargo on certain American apple classes due to apple fruit fly infection. Secretary Stimson representations led to a note expressing regret the embargo cannot be eased. Britain cites import risk and seasonal inspection disparities, noting higher grades are admitted and inspections are more thorough.
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Washington
Bi Ameriten
Stimson
Great Britain
Department of Agriculture
State Department
Aizo
Argentina imposes new container rule for apples
A discussion notes that shippers protested a government move in Argentina mandating a switch from barrels to a new standard box for imported apples. The issue centers on insufficient notice of the change and the involvement of an Argentine bank only for shipping method matters.
Plane Found. Two Missing After Baltic Flight
A light mail plane en route from Stockholm to Stalsund was found sinking today at Askeo in Valdemarsvik Bay with its pilot and mechanic missing. Stockholm dispatches suggest the two may have perished while attempting a sea landing. the plane carried no passengers and was overdue hours after its first leg.
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Berlin
Stockholm
Sines
Askoe
Valdemarsvik Bay
Stalsund
Prussia
Local Plan Continues Amid Aerial Mishap No Injuries
An aircraft veered off course and struck a tree smashing the left wing. No injuries reported as Decausa and Covey, veterans of six years in the air, express chagrin over the incident.
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Decausa
Covey
Wife follows Navy husband around world in four years
Mrs Elizabeth Crosley, once a Chicago socialite, remains devoted to Lieut Paul Cunningham Crossey of the U S Navy as he zigzags from China to the Philippines to the Panama Canal and beyond. Her journeys total over 25 000 miles by ship and rail as she accompanies his maritime career.
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Baltimore
Elizabeth Crosley
Paul Cunningham Crossey
United States Navy
Crosley
Washington
China
Shanghai
Elizabeth Ae
Pilot Covey to resume flights from Knotteville field
An aviation pilot, Covey, plans repairs in Clarksburg after a damaged wing incident. He intends to resume flights from Knotteville field either Saturday or Sunday and expects to stay for several weeks. This weekend he will drop bills from the air over Grafton and nearby areas to advertise his flights.
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Clarksburg
Covey
Knotteville
Grafton
U S Influence Threatened by Underbuilding Navy
Williamstown Mass Aug 7 Rear Admiral Arthur J Hepburn warned that if the United States agrees to underbuild tonnage allowed by the London treaty the 1935 arms limitation conference will find America with less influence than ever. He spoke at the Institute of Politics urging parity and ratios London sought to secure at London. He argued nations do not share America's view on collective security and European policy.
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Williamstown
Mass
America
Arthur J. Hepburn
Hepburn
United States
Institute of Politics
League of Nations
London
Ress
Richard White Rites Held In Pensacola Florida
Funeral services for Richard White former Grafton jeweler for G W Loar Co were held in Pensacola Florida last Saturday. His mother and his son and daughter Graham and Miss Sarah accompanied the body from Charleston where the end came to the Florida city.
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Richard White
Grafton
G. W. Loar & Co
Pensacola
Fla
Graham
Sarah
Charleston
Florida City
Mahaffie Appointed to Interstate Commerce Board Resigns
Charles Mahaffie, longtime member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, is named to a new position while Thomas F. Woodlock resigns. Formerly a finance director, Mahaffie brings experience to the commission as changes unfold.
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Associated Prose
Charles Mahaffie
Appell
Interstate Merce Commission
Thomas F. Woodlock
Commission
U S Reports 9773 Licensed Planes and 19041 Pilots
United States records show 9 773 aircraft and 19 041 licensed pilots across all classes and 6 843 qualified mechanics as of June 30. There are 261 women holding ratings including twenty classed as transport pilots and six as flight engineers. The information comes from the aeronautics branch of the commerce department.
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Washington
United States
Tal
Meree Department
Believed Burns Fata in Wheeling Slipping into Scalding Vat
In Wheeling West Virginia Richard Gersman aged 27 died today after slipping into a vat containing scalding water while aiding at a slaughtering operation. Brokers and dealers held at the Washington federal reserve banks for the week ending were announced by the reserve board indicating a large sum in money and a comparison to the preceding period.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Richard Gertsman
Watt
Gersman
Dip
Washington
York Federal Reserve
The
Reserve Board Today
Com
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