Trolley line debate and highway funding fairness
The article discusses state highway funds and the inequity of using local municipal taxes to cover through routes while the state funds bypass incorporated towns. It argues for a fairer system where state money also supports roads in towns, with Taylor county and Grafton cited as examples of disproportionate funding and taxation. The notice also covers local opinions on the city street car company’s future, weighing continued trolley service against shifting to buses for efficiency and cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Grafton
A Hydroelectric Power Commission Debate in West Virginia
Letters defend Senator Hodges to create a state hydroelectric commission surveying natural water resources and resisting further power grants until a full inventory is completed. The writer warns against partisan politics and urges citizen ownership of West Virginia’s vast power potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holt
Charles E. Hodges
Public Service Commission
Circuit Court
Kanawha
West Virginia
Senator Hodges
Sam
Hydro-Electric Power Commission
Bethlehem Steel and Youngstown Sheet & Tube merger milestone
The text notes a milestone merger between Bethlehem Steel Co. and Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. as a major event in U.S. industrial consolidation. It suggests no similar development since the era of giant mergers began 25 to 30 years ago and forecasts far reaching effects on high financing and future deals aligning with a square deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlshem Steel Co
Annel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Taylor County Bar Mourns Death of Charles Preston Guard
Resolutions adopted at a special meeting in Grafton West Virginia on December 29 1930 mourn the death of Charles Preston Guard a revered Taylor County Bar member noted as an able ad vocate orator and poet The association will attend his funeral have resolutions spread on the circuit court law order book deliver copies to his sister and publish notice in the county press signed by President John L Hechmer and Secretary James C Holt
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Preston
Taylor County
Taylor County Bar Association
Grafton
West Virginia
John L. Hechmer
Taylor County Bar, Association
James C. Holt
Harrison County columnist helps in campaign effort
Wade Pepper, a Harrison county columnist formerly from Taylor, heard the call from Macedonia and came over to assist in the recent campaign. Leslie A. Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Pepper
Harrison County
Taylor
Macedonia
Leslie A. Allen
East rail giants map four trunk line plan merger
New York dispatch reports leaders of the four largest eastern railroads plan a four system network as an alternative to the ICC five system consolidation. Central would take Delaware, Lackawanna and Western. Baltimore & Ohio would take Reading and Jersey Central. Chesapeake & Ohio would take Lehigh Valley. Pennsylvania would gain Nickle Plate track rights along Lake Erie's southern shore to Buffalo.
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New York
East
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York Herald Tribune Today
A. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad
Patrick E. Crowley
New York Central
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio
O. P. and
M. J. van Sweringen
Atlantic Seaboard
Chicago
Officials Hint at Settlement After Conference
Officials in attendance refused to say whether a record was reached and said further conferences would be necessary before an announcement. The scene suggested momentum toward a formal agreement, with parties keeping details private as talks continued.
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Comv ‘Sion
Hornsby to Lead Cubs for Two Seasons in 1931 32
Chicago owner William L. Veeck announced that Rogers Hornsby will manage the Cubs for two years, beginning in 1931, with a reported salary near 40000 per season. Hornsby, who led the club to a strong finish in 1930, plans to report early to Catalina Island training camp and continue as playing manager.
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Chicago
Dee
Rogers Hornsby
Cubs
William L. Veeck
Hornsby
Veeck
Joe MecCarthy
William Wrigley, Jr
Catalina Island
Cal
Acton
Kiki Cuyler
Guy Bush
Pat Malone
Charlie Root
Gabby
Hartnett
Hack Wilson
Insurance head William J Beggs dies at 56 in Fort Scott
William J Beggs, 56, vice president of the Western Insurance Company in Fort Scott Kansas, died today of heart disease. A native of Ohio, he served as private secretary to William McKinley when he was governor and remained his personal secretary during McKinley’s presidential campaign.
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Fort Scott Kan
William J. Beggs
The
Western Insurance Company
Beggs
Ohio
William McKinley
Largest tax refunds dominated 1930 West Virginia list
Treasury report to Congress shows United Fuel Gas of Charleston received the year’s largest West Virginia tax refund at 1,016,750 for 1930. The document lists 97 refunds over 500, with multiple firms and estates across cities like Wheeling, Huntington, Charleston and Morgantown receiving sums from 1,026 to 45,549 including Kanawha City and New River Company among others.
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West Virginia
Washington
United Fuel Gas Company
Charleston
Treasury Department
Congress
American Securities Corporation
Sistersville
Amherst Coal Company
Amherstdale
Beechwood Coal and Coke Company
Estella E. Behrens
Wheeling
Boone County Coal Corporation
Botlum Creek Coal and
Central Trust Company
Eastern Carbon Company
East Lynn Coal Company
East Lynn
Mary By Fair
Gauley Mountain Coal Company
New York
General Woodworking Company
Morgantown
Guarranty Investment, Company
Gulf, Smokeless Coal Company
Tams
Walter C. Hardy
Hooper Mankin Fuel Company
Huntington
Alma R. Hubbard
William P. Hubbard
Nelson C. Hubbard
Wheelime
Huntington Development and Gas Company
Hunttington
Kanawha City Company
Kanawha
Glen Jean
Bantern
Railroad Company
Kanawha Mortgage and Discount Company
Kelly Axe and Tool Company
Key Jewelry Company
Charles N. Kimball
W. Va
Lowenstein Realty Co
Market Auditorium Company
Porter Maxwell
S. R. Harrison, Jr
Franklin P. Maxwell
J. A. Mendenhall
Holidays Cove
Midland Stores Company
Mohawk Coal and Goke Company
Bluefield
Monarch Carbon Company
Boston
Monongahela Supply Company
Morgantown Theatre Company
New River Company
Pardee and
Curtin
Amber Company
Clarksburg
Penn Mold and Manufacturing Company
Cancer research effort attracts noted scientists to Pasadena
War on cancer coverage lists Dr. Charles Packard of Columbia University and a Pasadena assignment to study high voltage powers. The report cites numerous payments and entities from Washington to Huntington including Long Creek Coal, Bud Duth Fuel, Tygart Valley Glass, and West Virginia Florida Company, with varied sums in dollars.
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Associated Press
Charles Packard
Columbia University
Pasadena
Caly
Long Creek Coal Company
Beckley
Budduth Fuel Company
Charleston
B. B. Templeman
Clarks-burg
Tygart Valley Glass Company
Grafton
Waats Vaco Chlorine Products
New York City
West Virginia-Florida Company
Huntington
Calvin Wilson
Clarksburg
John T. Wilson
Bluefield
Machines in Operation in Clewiston Sugar Harvest
Clewiston Florida December 30 machinery for harvesting sugar cane began operations. Officials of the Southern Sugar Company predicted the new machines would revolutionize the industry much as the combine transformed wheat farming in the Midwest.
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Clewiston, Fla
Southern Sugar Company
Combine
Middle West
HUNT BRINGS SKINS FROM AFRICAN EXPEDITION
A shipment of about 150 animal skins ranging from an elephant to a dikdik arrived aboard the Mner Saturnia today. Collected over five months in the Kenya Colony of Africa by Josua Green and John W. Eddy, Seattle merchants, the skins are to be presented to the University of Washington.
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New York
Kanya
Africa
Joshua Green
John W. Eddy
Seattle
Wash
University of Washington
Weavers threaten Strake over loom increase dispute
Manchester workers demand no more loom per weaver and threaten a general strike if mill owners do not back down. Separately, over 1,500 glider flights were logged within a year by UC Los Angeles student members of the Glider Club.
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Manchester
Eng
Glider Club
The
University of California At
Los Angeles
Pershing Memorial Park Planned in Laclede Missouri
Laclede Missouri plans a Pershing Memorial Park on 2000 to 3000 acres along Locust creek where John J. Pershing played as a boy. The town expects the general to attend the dedication and seeks unity of effort from nearby counties to fund the project. The park would honor the hometown hero with historic sites and Indian mounds note nearby.
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Laclede
John J. Pershing
New York
Missouri
Pershing
Linn County
State
National ‘Park Association
Locust Creek
John
the Gang
General
Post Office Schedule Change for New Year’s Day 1931
The Pagt office will close Thursday January 1 1931 New Year’s Day with no city or rural deliveries and no collections. Money order registry stamp and general delivery windows closed all day. Deposit important mails for prompt dispatch. Postmaster A Leuthardt.
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Pagt
A. Leuthardt
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Grafton Daily Sentinel
Graftox Sentinel Publishing Company
Howard H. Holt
Ee Ie Btreet
Postoffice
Republic
Neca
A Hydro Electric Power Commission
Flemington, W. Va
Phone 166
B. F. Poe
West Main
Chicago Cubs
Rajah
Cincinnati
Reds
White Sox
Wmn. J. Beggs
Hunt
Strake
Pershings
Memorial Park
Sabalerrbagep
Bond
Ed Allen
Gratton
Tygart Valley Glass Co
Adi
Washington ‘St
Washington St
I B. Bailey
Bath
Pearl Street
Sentinel Office
Call
Sentinel
Workers League
Naperville
South Grafton
Jaco's
TOST
Karnes Jewelry Store
Baltimore and Ohio
Seytinel
Wilford St
Emil Kennedy
Webster
M. Moats
Risel Goff
A. N. Bigby
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