Injunction Halt Charges Against Mayor in Keyser
Keyser WV December 9 A temporary injunction was issued by the circuit clerk's office restraining R A Welch local attorney and 26 others from prosecuting 13 charges filed against Mayor W J Koelz De berg at a December 3 council meeting. The charges allege misconduct in office and use of powers not granted by the city charter and interference with council members in their duties.
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Keyser
Circuit Clerk’s Office
R. A. Welch
W.J. Koelz Deberg
Trial of the mayor set for tomorrow in city case
Contentions claim the temporary injunction pill grants no legal basis for removal and allege a conspiracy among city council members R A Welch and 26 complainants. It also asserts councilmen George Waggoner and W W Long publicly agreed on November 12 to a municipal hostilities armistice, violated by filing charges.
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R. A. Welch
George Waggoner
W. W. Long
Girl 11 in Denver Inherits Million Dollar Fortune
An 11 year old Denver girl becomes sole heir to a large fortune after a court ruled against her aunt and uncle who challenged the grandmother's will. The inheritance is held in trust until she turns 30, linked to the late Josephine Barth, granddaughter of Georgia A Barth. The will traced to a Colorado shoe shop founding, with James B Rhodus of Denver involved in the background.
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Denver
Colorado
Josephine Barth
Georgia A. Barth
Allan Barth
Clyde A. Cole to Begin 9-Year Term in Atlanta Prison
Wheeling dispatch reports deputy marshals and six guards will escort twenty prisoners to the federal prison in Atlanta. Among them is Clyde A. Cole, Shinnston banker, sentenced to nine years for irregularities in his accounts. Also aboard is Frank Harbruck of Wheeling, who pled guilty to falsifying bank records and received one year and a day. Others are jailed for Jones law violations.
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Wheeling
Elkins
Atlanta
U. S
Harry A. Weiss
Clyde A. Cole
Shinnston
Frank Harbruck
Mrs Frank Reed Shows Improvement After Emergency Operation
Mrs Frank Reed of Walnut street underwent a major operation at the city hospital Sunday morning. Hospital attaches reported she showed improvement this afternoon. Sweet potatoes averaged 110 bushels to the acre in Alabama this year.
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Frank Reed
Walnut Street
City Hospital
Alabama
May Succeed Ware Grand Theater at 38 West Main Street
Plans reveal expansion across Taylor Marion and Tucker counties with new stores at strategic points in Randolph and Barbour counties. Local stores will be run by local businessmen. Fred Carter to resume management of the fifth store.
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Grand Theater
West Main Street
Taylor
Marion
Tucker
Stratetic
Randolph
Barbour
Fred Carter
Fifth Of Bluebird Opens In Grand Grafton Building
The fifth Bluebird Stores location in Grafton will open Wednesday December 11 in a grand building. The announcement notes the new establishment is part of The Bluebird Stores Company chain expanding in the city.
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Bluebird
Grafton
Grand Building
Bluebird Stores Company
Knottsville Woman Injured by Accidental Rifle Discharge
Mrs John McDonald of Knottsville district Cecil road was injured when a .22 caliber rifle discharged and the bullet struck her right foot. The accident occurred late Friday and she received medical care at Dr F B Suddarth's home around noon yesterday.
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John McDonald
Knottsville
Cecil Road
F. 8. Suddarth
Heavy Freight Loadings Over B and O Post Week Totals
A weekly report from the local office shows 13,279 freight loads routed over the Baltimore and Ohio lines via Grafton and the Monongah division. Loads moved to points east and west, reflecting continued heavy traffic levels across the system.
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Imore and Ohio
Grafton
Monongah
Railroad Detective Held For Manslaughter After Shooting Boy
Detroit December 9 UP George A Jones 42 New York Central railroad detective was held on manslaughter charge after the shooting of Walter Dziedziala 16 on a Michigan Central platform Jones said he warned the boy to halt then fired into the air and at him when he did not heed the warning The assistant prosecuting attorney said the detective might have captured the boy without firing.
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Detroit
George A. Jones
New York Central Railroad
Walter Dziedziala
Jones
Michigan Central
Stephen A. Davidow
Coal and Coke Car Loads From the Past Week Data
The report shows total coal loads 5738 and coke loads 98 for the past week with eastbound loads totaling 5903. Daily loading figures: Monday 1048, Tuesday 11168, Wednesday 922, Thursday 1067, Friday 861, Saturday 672.
Burial services for Clarksburg woman at Bluemont
Hattie Warthen 72 of 201 Walnut street died after a lengthy illness. She operated a rooming house sixteen years and was active in First Methodist Episcopal Church. Survived by brother Charles Warthen of Pittsburgh and several nieces. Funeral plans uncertain but likely Hamilton funeral home Monday at 7 pm with interment in Bluemont Cemetery. Rev W E Craig to conduct final rites.
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Clarksburg
Hattie Warthen
Walnut Stret
Miss Warthen
Arnettsville
Preston County
Reuben
Nancy Hill Warthen
Charles A. Warthen
Pittsburgh
Taylor County
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Hamilton
Washington Avenue
Gratton
W. E. Craig
Noted Spanish Dons Member Herminia Peralta Dargie Dies
Death notices for Herminia Peralta Dargie of San Francisco, 72, a member of the Peralta family. Also announced George F. Turn Bull of Oil City, 99, longtime managing editor of the Oil City Betrick. In New York William Hamilton, 64, editor of the Wall Street Journal and financial writer.
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San Francisco
Herminia Peralta Dargie
Peralta
Oil City, Pa
George F. Turnbull
Oil City Betrick
New York
Williameter Hamilton
The
Wall Street Journal
Nine Michigan students cleared in disorderly conduct raid
In Ann Arbor charges against nine University of Michigan students for disorderly conduct after a raid on a liquor resort were withdrawn after a conference with police. Prosecutor Carl H. Stuhrburg said they might call William Morgan, 60, operator of the place, as a witness. Also reported, Harper's Ferry man John W. Cooper, 65, killed himself with a shotgun in his home bedroom amid ill health.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Carl H. Stuhrburg
William Morgan
Harper's Ferry
John W. Cooper
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Associated Press
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Parker Pens and Pencils
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Bluemont
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Rio Grandi
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