Newburg Board Sets levy for coming school term
The Newburg board of education, led by Dr. F D Fortney, approved a 1.84 levy to meet next year’s needs as district valuation drops by 10 192 since 1928. Bids were opened for coal supply for district schools and Edward Horchler won the contract for multiple schools. new bids will be sought for Scotch Hill Sand Ridge and Canaan schools due to repeated issues.
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Newburg
Board of Education
F. D. Fortney
Edward Horchler
Newburg High School
Independence
Erwin
Engleside
Harmony
Hierra
Austen
Birdscreek
Lakeview
Chestnut Ridge
Gladesville
Scotch Hill
Sand Ridge
Canaan
Teacher Growth and Planning in State Education
General news page notes emphasize efficient supervision through summer schools and teachers reading circles. It highlights teacher growth in service, planning scientifically to align with the state course of study, weekly schedules, daily programs and test plans, plus systematic checks of school activities.
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State Educational Association
West Virginia
Taylor County
Phil Conley
West Virginia Review
Iveway
Grafton
L. ‘T. Tustin
Cora Wilson Stewart
Moonlight Schools
Kentucky
Germanys Hope Thea Rasche in California air derby mishap
Germanys Hope Thea Rasche, a German woman flier, was in Holtville California for the women’s air derby when a clogged carburetor stopped her engine and damaged landing gear. She plans to repair and continue the race. Also notes educational reforms and literacy drive in West Virginia led by Cora Wilson Stewart with Taylor and Grafton counties cited. Freda E Longfield, a 17 year old Kansas City violinist, unveils an instrument made in Italy 367 years ago.
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Thea Rasche
Holtville
Cal
Freda E. Longfield
Kansas City
Italy
Elkins Votes for Second Bond Election on Power Plant
Elkins city council approved on first reading a special bond election set for November 6 to re submit a plan for a municipal power plant. The vote on the second election was five to three with Timmy, McDowney and McDaniels opposed. The issue faces prior legal questions and potential court action, while the new bond is capped at 135000 dollars with annual retirements scheduled over twenty years.
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Elkins
B. Timmany
B. L. McDowney
B. McDaniels
Spears
State Supreme Court
West Penn
Swiss Aviators Continue Westward Crossing
Swiss aviators successfully negotiated the perilous westward crossing. Two months after a prior report, rumors or beliefs circulated about ocean victims and missing crews as investigations continued.
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Nungessor
Smoot committee aims to finish bill revision by September 4
The Republican committee planned to finalize the bill revision today but will not bring it to the Senate until September 4 to allow all members time to study the measure. La Raza notes Chicago hosts 185,000 Mexicans and Spanish speakers.
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Smoot
Senate
la Raza
Chicago
Party Ends in Boy's Death at Blue Ribbon Farm
In Somerville New Jersey on August 21 a 12 year old boy was shot to death and another boy was fatally wounded while a girl was shot in both legs during a corn stealing incident at the Blue Ribbon Farm. Grover and Craig Hoffman were detained by state police though no charges were filed. John Kolesar died from a shotgun blast. Helen Klementovich 14 and her brother Joseph were hospitalized with serious injuries. The youths, parents and troopers traced the shooting to a wooded area near the corn field.
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Somerville
N. J
Blue Ribbon
Grover
Craig Hoffman
John Kolesar
Helen Klementovich
Joseph
Kolesar
Coste Plans Pacific Flight With Pontooned Monoplane
French flyer Coste adapts pontoons at Kasumigaura to cross the Pacific to the American coast. He aims to depart Japan by 1 5 a m Sunday with eight hours for sleep and installation, stop at the Hawaiian Islands, reach Honolulu by Tuesday morning, then jump to San Francisco or Los Angeles. He hopes to beat Graf Zeppelin to New York and Le Bourget, aided by Maurice Bellonte as wireless operator.
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Pacific
Japan
Coste
Hawaiian Islands
Honolulu
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Lakehurst
Graf
California
New York
le Bourget
Old Orchard
Hugo Eckener
Maurice Bellonte
Graf Zeppelins fuel and reception charts voyage to Seattle
Graf Zeppelin's crew faced refueling challenges with 950000 cubic feet of a new 65 35 pyrofax hydrogen fuel mixed as a replacement for Blaugas. Japanese weather surveys reported no disturbances as Dr Eckener and staff enjoyed lavish Tokyo hospitality and thousands visited the Kasumigaura hangar. The Japanese government has contracted a mail service to the United States and Friedrichshafen aboard the Graf.
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Seattle
Aleutian Islands
California
Western Pacific
Meteorological Service
Dr. Eekener
Kasumigaura
Eekener
Tokyo
Germany
Eckener
United States
Friedrichshafen
Boats Racing Scene Hinders Two Vessels In Texas Oil Boom
The Viv ing G. arriving in Vidalia after six hours delay due to motor and steering gear trouble is joined by the Baby Lee crew from St. Louis. Baton Rouge skippers J Glanellont Jr and B E Spencer navigated the voyage. More than 2,500 new oil wells were drilled in Texas in the first six months of the year.
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Texas
Unpreceded Industrial Future Faces Grafton Says Bartlett
Grafton and Taylor county board of trade president G T Bartlett said industrial prospects look bright as the committee rejects several bids and weighs other serious offers from going concerns. Secretary Karl Nurum noted growing inquiries as the organization works to attract permanent industry, leveraging rail facilities, local labor, coal and gas resources, and farmer cooperation to boost Taylor county. An upcoming directors meeting will discuss a Taylor county road project at the First National Bank building.
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Grafton
G. T. Bartlett
Grafton and Taylor County
Board of Trade
Bartlett
Taylor County
Bartlett Stady
Tygarts’ VaHew Credit Bureau
First National Bank
Spokane Plane Committee Acknowledges Wright Motor Performance
A Spokane based committee of the National Air Derby Association reports the 300 horsepower Wright engine on a competing plane is performing well. The pilots express hope to persevere through delays or penalties, aiming to reach the recast stage or the Cleveland air derby.
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Mittee
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