West Penn Gas Rate Hearing Opens in West Virginia
Public Service Commission hearings in Charleston address West Penn Service’s request to raise rates in Morgantown and nearby areas. Hart outlines gas consumption in Fairmont and Morgantown district as protestants seek a 90 day delay for objections. G W Harr testifies on district consumption and planned improvements, including wells and compressor stations, while protestants file exceptions.
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West Penn
Morgantown
Hart
Fairmont
Charleston
W. Va
Public Service Commission
West Penn Service
Dor
T i
William B. Glasscock
Morgentown
Harr
G. W. Harr
Glasscock
Hold Two in Land Fraud Scheme Involving Boulder Dam
Chicago news reports two men, W. L. Irwin and L. C. Connor, jailed on $20,000 bonds each for defrauding Fort Wayne physician M. F. Schick of about 176000 amid a California desert land scheme tied to Boulder Dam irrigation claims. Schick alleged promoters misled him with inflated future benefits.
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Chicago
Fort Wayne
Ind
California
Boulder Dam
W. L. Irwin
L. C. Connor
M. F. Schick
Doulder
Schick
Former Grafton Woman Murdered In Philippines
Esther Louise Klein 36, nurse at U S Naval Hospital Cavite, found dead Aug 5 in a house near Manila. Navy officials ordered an investigation amid unofficial reports of strangulation. Born Grafton West Virginia Oct 21 1898, Klein joined the nurse corps in 1921 after army nurse service.
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Grafton
Philippines
Manila
Esther Louise Klein
United States Naval Hospital
Cavite
Miss Klein
W. Va
St. Mary’ Hospital
Clarksburg
Navy Nurse Corps
Army Nurse Corps
Naval Hospital
Canacao
P. 1
Washington
Charles E. Riggs
Navy
Wedding bells to ring after sixty five years delay
Jacob Schwartz 91 returns from Germany to marry his long promised bride Fred Schmidt 90 the woman he left 65 years ago in Kan Germany. He sent a cable urging Miss Schmidt to prepare for their wedding confirming a long awaited reunion and vows kept.
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Los Angeles
Jacob Schwartz
Fred Schmidt
Kan
Germany
Walt
Chwartz
Miss Schmidt
Rates Problem Being Studied in Senate Finance Committee
Washington August 1 The 11 Republicans of the senate finance committee revising the house tariff bill face deciding rates to protect hides leather and shoes These commodities now free will likely spark controversy when the bill reaches the senate in September The committee seeks more farm viewpoint information before final recommendations Tentatively they agree to a 10 percent impost on hides voted by the house Continued on page six
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Justice Agent Found In Arizona Canal Mystery Deepens
A death in an Arizona irrigation canal is under renewed inquiry as officials seek to lift the veil on the circumstances. Investigators and forensic teams examine the scene for clues while authorities promise full disclosure as the case unfolds. The incident draws attention from local agencies and the public awaiting answers.
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Arizona
Lost in Blizzard Trapper Fatality Near Bathurst Inlet
Edmonton dispatch reports Bathurst inlet trapper Ivan McKay Christie perished in a June blizzard after getting lost and his furth ees dog survived. In Phoenix, a federal inquiry begins into the death of Paul F. Reynolds, 21, a special tax agent, whose body was recovered from an irrigation canal with a bullet wound.
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Edmonton
Alto
Ivan McKay Christie
Bathurat Inlet
Furthees
Phoenix
Ariz
Paul F. Reynolds
Department of Justice
Reynolds
Here
Murder Trial Nears End for Dr Snook in Coed Death
Columbus Aug 13 state overruled defense motion for direct verdict in the trial of Dr James H Snook for the killing of Theora Hix The defense argued the state failed to prove means of death and that only coroner Joseph Murphy testified to severance of the jugular vein The state closed rebuttal and jurors ready as Chief Harry French disputed Snook admissions during pre confession examination Continued on page six.
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Columbus
Eudge
Henry L. Scarlett
James H. Snook
Allingheora Hix
Theora Hix
E. C. Ricketts
Ricketts
Joseph Murphy
Harry French
Snook
Hoover Won't Visit Mexico Soon in December
President Hoover announced at the White House that he has no plans to visit Mexico in December though he hopes to go there at some future date. He is slated to visit Cincinnati in mid October for the Ohio river waterway opening celebration, then Louisville on a river steamer, with Memphis and New Orleans and Texas uncertain.
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Washington
Hoover
Mexico
White House
Memphis
New Orleans
Texas
Amusement Park Tragedy Kills Teen and Man on Roller Coaster
In St Louis a 15 year old girl and a 28 year old man died after being thrown from a roller coaster car during a turn 40 feet high. Two ride employees were arrested as authorities investigated the accident. The girl, Helen Brockmeyer, landed on a lower track inside the ride, while the man suffered a broken neck after being thrown to the outside. Continued on page.
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St. Louis
Helen Brockmeyer
Robbers Prise Cash From Imperial Ice Cream Plant
Robbers pried into the Imperial Ice Cream company plant on West Side, cracked the safe, and fled with about 150 dollars in cash between midnight and five this morning. State Trooper H K Debendorfer investigated, photographing finger prints near the cafe area for clues toward identifying the thieves.
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Imperial Ice Cream Company
West Side
H. K. Debendorfer
Fire rages in Primrose vein at Sherman Coal mine
At Pottsville Pennsylvania on August 13 a mine fire flared after four explosions. About 25 miners were working when the blasts started and four rescue party members were severely burned. Despite 100 plus workers and city crews fighting the blaze, the fire spread through the coal seam and into timbering, hampering efforts to reach the seat of the blaze.
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Pottsville
Primrose
Sherman Coal Company
Minersville
Pullman Cars Overturned Near Pueblo
Three Pullman cars overturned and three derailed when a baggage car trucks broke on Santa Fe train number 5 bound for Chicago. The high speed crash occurred about 20 miles east of Pueblo Colorado. Passengers were bruised and shaken but no serious injuries were reported by the attending doctor.
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Pueblo
Colo
Santa Fe
Chicago
Here
Cae
Graf Zeppelin Tokyo flight delayed to Thursday
Friedrichshafen Germany Aug 13 Dr Hugo Eckener postponed the start of the Graf Zeppelin Tokyo leg to Thursday citing a Siberian low pressure system. Weather and routes remain under review with crew of 40 aboard and permits secured from Poland and Baltic states for potential passage.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Hugo Eckener
Tokyo
Siberia
Eckener
Bohemian Mountains
Koenigaberg
Russia
Danube
von Schiller
Poland
Esthonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Finland
Moscow
Great Circle
Ludwig Mark
Lost flier located near Banker Lake
Anxiety over Canadian air pilot Charles A. Duke Schiller and party eased as word arrived of their arrival at Banker Lake. Schiller with prospector Thomas Creighton and mechanic Jack Humble had been missing after a two week prospecting flight along Hudson Bay shores.
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Pas
Man
Charles A. “Duke” Schiller
Reat
Banker Lake
Schiller
Thomas Creighton
Jack Humble
Hudson Bay
Ae~erial Minerals Exploration Company
Burl Lambert Believed Victim Of Foul Play
Burl Lambert who is unconscious with a fractured skull and serious body wounds after a suspected fight at the Crow's Nest on Kelly Hill near Clarksburg was taken to City Hospital. Sheriff Mays and officers traced the incident through A. M. Campbell and a Mason car, with Carl Mason to be questioned. Lambert last spoke of meeting his employer and a Curry's roadhouse visit was suggested. continued on page six.
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Miss Klein
Ephram
Eph) Klein
Burl
Barry’? Lambert
Crow's Nest
Kelly Hill
Clarksburg
F. S. Suddarth
Carl Mason
Grafton
Mason
James C. Holt
Lambert
A. M. Campbell
Campbell
Suddarth
Lamberts
Mays
West Main Street
Limbert
Warden
Shaffer
Grafston
Singer
Curry
Kyle Mason
Curry's
Racket Power Grows in Chicago Merchants Face Increase
Chicago dispatch reports racketeering and bomb threats rising this year, with the Employers' Association calculating rackets cost the city 186 million dollars in 1928 and expecting higher totals for 1929. The bomb threat has grown deadlier, averaging 1,214 dollars in damage per incident in 1928, and the 71st bomb of 1929 arrived earlier than last year. Mrs. Rena Goodwin departs on the National Linked for Philadelphia and New York for a month.
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Chicago
Employers’ Association
Joseph Neilsen
Rena Goodwin
Philadelphia
New York
New York Society Girl Returns After European Adventures
Miss Mary Van Rensselaer Cogswell of New York arrives in Moscow penniless and in borrowed clothes following adventures with European officials and red tape, accompanied by Mabel Ingalls. London reports King George making progress from Buckingham Palace after a scent operation, likely to visit Sandringham soon, with improved health from outdoor walks.
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New York
Moscow
U. S
London
George
Buckingham Palace
Sandingham
Sandringham
Winds and Forest Fires Aggressive Across Northwest
High winds and low humidity fuel renewed forest fires across Washington and Oregon, with new blazes reported in Idaho Montana and British Columbia. Conflicts consume thousands of acres as fires spread rapidly in Canada and U S regions, threatening communities and timberlands.
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Spokanie
Wash
Northwest
Canada
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
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Meredith
T. D. Stewart
W. K. Moore
Hale J. Posten
Frank M. Brand
Indiana
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Okla
Santa Monica
Cal
Cleveland
Ohio
Esther, Louise Klein
Ephrim Klein
U.S. Naval Hospital
Yong
Lima
Peru
Ail Activitie
Ladies’ Aid Society
First Brethren Church
St. Charles Street
Madrid
Sidney Pranklin
Brooklyn
N. Y
Lisbon
DR. Snook
State
Thomas E. Mitten
Pueblo, Col
GRAF
Duke” Schiller
Burl Lambert
Crow’s Nest
Blaze Air Route
Associated Press
Bert Hassell
Europe
Greenlands
Windy City
Turner
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