Large French bank closed in Paris bankruptcy
Paris reports Neidecker and Cie, the Travelers bank, declared bankrupt by the commerce tribunal after a routine decree as the bank failed to meet payments. B Coles Neidecker, bank president, was arrested in New York as a fugitive and later freed on bail. Aubrey and George William Neidecker arrived in Norfolk amid charges tied to the bank’s closing. they deny wrongdoing and plan to return to Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Neidecker and Cie
Travelers Bank
Tribunal of Commerce
B. Coles Neidecker
New York
Quiz Brothers
Norfolk
Aubrey
George William Neidecker
Baltimore Mail Line
Newport News
Commonwealth
John M. Arnold
Charles B. Borland
Anthony Neidecker
Musgrove Appointed Jury Commissioner for Four Year Term
John Q. Musgrove was appointed as jury commissioner of the circuit court for four years by order of Judge H W Dent. He replaces N F Kendall, whose term expired. Commissioners cannot succeed themselves. Musgrove is a Democrat alongside Republican Ralph Kunst. Names for jury panels are drawn by the two commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Q. Musgrove
Circuit Court
H.W. Dent
Frank M. Hollis, Jr
Musgrove
N. F. Kendall
Ralph Kunst
Big Snyder Snider reunion planned at Jackson's Mill
The Snyder and Snider families plan a July reunion at Jackson's Mill near Weston West Virginia with a large turnout expected from Harrison Doddridge Gilmer Roane Randolph Marion Taylor plus guests from Virginia Ohio and New Jersey. E C Snyder president and historian will lead arrangements at 16 E Second St Weston and 4-H camp grounds offer shelter for rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Snider
America
Jackson's Mill
Weston
W. Va
E. C. Snyder
E. Second Street
West
Virginia
Harrison, Daddridge
Gilmer, Roane
Randolph, Marion
Taylor
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Snyders and Sniders
United States
Howard Snyder
Snyders
Staunton
Jackson's Mills
Sat- Lay
Roosevelt Opposes Clark Amendment To Social Security Plan
Washington July 24 President Roosevelt opposed the Clark amendment to exempt private security systems from the social security plan. He said all corporations should be in the same class and warned the proposal could lure old people off government funds while keeping the young. Conferees debate the measure as the House votes. The president doubtfully noted no labor pension bill would clear the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
House
Clark D.-Mo
Clark
Senate
Supreme Court
Nazi drive dissolves youth groups and Baltic fighters
Berlin reports the Baden state government ordered the dissolution and confiscation of the Deutsche Jugendkraft youth group amid broader anti Catholic and anti old free corps actions. The Reich interior decree also dissolves the Reich federation of Baltic fighters with the state praising past service but denying independent existence outside the party system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Baden
Deutsche Jug- Jendkraft
German Youth-Strength
Hans Kerrl
Upper Silesia
Hitler Youth
Franz Seldte
Reich Federation of Baltic
Reich Minister of the Interior
Union of Former Boundary Protection
Free Carps
Free Corps
Xxx
Reich
Thas
Rheumatism Relief Endorsed by Owens Resident
Mr. Joe H Baden of Owens W Va testifies he suffered rheumatism in legs and knees for years. After taking Indo-Vin his pain vanished and he can walk normally. He recommends Indo-Vin and mentions Grafton Drug & Chemical Co as a local supplier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Joe, H. Baden
Owens, W. Va
Joe
H. Baden
Grafton Drug & Chemical Co
Grafton
Washington
Local residents noted for travel and visits in Rich mond area
PERS NALS Simon Friedman WVRA commodity director visits Rich mond at his father’s home and will return to Graf ton on Monday. Miss Lee Bowman returns from Fairmont after a week away. Mrs Henry Preiss vacations in Newport News with her daughter Mrs J E Neal. Miss Nell Haslop returns to Grafton from Norfolk after two months with ill sister Mrs J C Sleet. Miss Sarah Jane Morgan of Fairmont visits Miss Jennie Barkins. Miss Virginia Mae Debendarfer of Pruntytown goes to hospital for minor operation. Miss Marguerite Farrell admitted to city hospital for a minor operation. Miss Edna Lee Leonard arrives from Charleston to spend two weeks with grandparents on Walnut street. Miss Virginia Foley weekends in Washington DC. Mrs Stephen Pendergast and daughters Rosemarie and Mrs Kenneth E Swisher return to Bonafede apartments after three weeks in Southern California and Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Friedman
WVRA
Richmond
Grafton
Lee Bowman
Fairmont
Henry Preiss
J. E. Neal
Newport News
Nell Haslop
East Mainstreet
Norfolk
J. C. Sleet
Sarah Jane Morgan
Jennie Barkins
Virginia Mae Debendarfer
Pruntytown
Marguerite Farrell
City
City Hospital
Edna Lee Leonard
Charleston
S. M. Leonard
Walnut Street
Virginia Foley
Washington, D. C
Stephen Pendergast
Rosemarie
Kenneth E. Swisher
Bonafede
California
Mexico
Old Mansion Auctioned Under Hammer on West Main Street
The Stacy Fisher Maxwell property on West Main Street, built at an estimated $20,000, sold for $6,000 at public sale before the courthouse. The Real Estate Improvement Company of Baltimore was the sole bidder, holding a mortgage equal to the purchase price. One-half paid in cash with the remainder due in one and two years. Lowndes Savings Bank and Trust Company lost value equal to a second mortgage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stacy Fisher Maxwell
West Main Street
Francis Warder
Te Court House
Real Estate Improvement Company of
Baltimore, Md
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Lowndes Savings Bank and’ Trust Company
Clarksburg
Kentucky Governor May Remove Harlan Sheriff
In Harlan Kentucky Governor Ruby Laffoon and county officials clashed as Sheriff Theodore Middleton faced an order to show cause why he should not be ousted. Middleton accused the governor of seeking a pretext to deploy troops over the August 3 primary. Adjutant General Denhardt then assigned 12 state policemen to observe in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan
Theodore Middleton
Ruby Laffoon
Harlan County
Middleton
Adjt
H. H. Denhardt
Hunt killers of U S marshal in Ohio double slaying
Ironton Ohio July 24 Deputy Sheriff Milt Rucker hunted three men named Willard Hamlin Thomas Nottingham and Melf Neff for the killing of U S Marshal Wilbur Boss Bias. Witness Frank Daniels described a gathering after Bias confronted the trio near a field where he was working and was shot twice as the men rode away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ironton
Proctorville
U. S
Wilbur “Boss" Bias
Milt Rucker
Willard Hamlin
Thomas Nottingham
Melf Neff
Frank Daniels
Hamlin
Rucker
Special Court Term Set for July 29 in G and B Route Case
A special term of the circuit court will convene Monday July 29 to finish condemnation suits for land along the new G and B rail line between Grafton and Berrybure Junction. No juries will be summoned. Attorney Jed W. Robinson, for Baltimore and Ohio, seeks to acquire land for the Tygart Valley flood control dam route segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Dent
Frank M. Hollis, Jr
Jed W. Robinson
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Grafton
Berrybure Junction
G. and B
Styer Announces G B Bid Opening August Ninth
Major W W D Styer of the army engineers office said bids will be opened August 9 for relocation of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks to clear space for the Tygart Valley dam project in West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Ww. D. Styer
Army Engineer's ‘Office
West Virginia
Hold Hearing In Death Case Involving Bellville
Huntington July 24 W E Bellville 26 ordered arraigned at 2 pm today charged with murder of Virgil Smith 53 whose body was found in Ohio river. Defense says Smith jumped overboard after dispute aboard Bellville s houseboat coroner says death not by drowning. Defense physician found no violence marks. Smith buried yesterday widow and ten children survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. E. Bellville
Virgil Smith
Ohio River
Smith
Bellville
H. E. Beard
Funeral Held for Ira Lee Poling 71 at Camp Valley UB Church
Funeral services were held at 11 o'clock this morning at Camp Valley United Brethren church in Nestorville Barbour county for Ira Lee Poling 71 farmer of Nestorville who died Monday night after months of illness. Interment was in Nestorville cemetery. He leaves his widow three children Coy M Poling Cletis Poling and Mrs Wesley Nestor along with four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Valley
Nestorville
Coy M. Poling
Moatsville
Route
Cletis Poling
Philippi
Wesley Nestor
Grafton
Two Men Killed in Ky Auto Crash
Mt Vernon July 24 two men from Corbin Ky died in a motor collision that also seriously injured Miss Artie Crider a girl in the other car. Victims were J E Fowler 40 fire chief of Corbin and J B Strong 30. George Davis of Berea the other driver escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Corbin
Artie Crider
J. E. Fowler
J. B. Strong
George Davis
Berea
Harrison Court Buys Bridgeport Property for Airport Site
In Clarksburg West Virginia on July 24 the Harrison county court purchased 112 acres near Bridgeport for a tri county airport. The sale price was 11205 dollars. the land had been leased prior to the purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Court
Bridgeport
Clarksburg
W. Va
Harrison
Special Panel Ordered In Detroit Death Trial
Detroit judge orders a 50 member special panel for the murder trial of William Lee Ferris and three women in the slaying of New York attorney Howard Carter Dickinson. Ferris, also called William Schweitzer, and Loretta Jackson, Florence Jackson, and Jean Miller are charged with murder after confessing to robbery and killing Dickinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Christopher E. Stein
William Lee Ferris
Howard Carter Dickinson
New York
Ferris
William Schweitzer
Loretta
Florence Jackson
Jean Miller
Dickinson
Beautiful Women Rarely Die From Skin Cancer
Dr. Joseph Colt Bloodgood of Johns Hopkins told a Chautauqua audience that a beautiful woman rarely dies of cancer of the skin. He cited early treatment of blemishes and emphasis on cleanliness as key factors, arguing many cancers are preventable with prompt care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua, N
Joseph Colt Bloodgood
Johns Hopkins University
Chautauqua Institution
Approval of 221 State Projects Is Awaited
Washington reports F Witcher McCullough Works Progress administrator for West Virginia awaiting President Roosevelt's approval of 211 projects recommended by the work allotment board for the state. The action, expected soon, would authorize state works program progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
F. Witcher McCullough
Works Progress
West Virginia
Roosevelt
Board OKs WV school building program plan
The board endorsed projects totaling 6,794,793 from a 15,000,000 list submitted by McCullough. He was to confer with Administrator Harry L. Hopkins and deputies Lawrence Westbrook and Aubrey Williams to discuss details of a proposed school building program for West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCullough
Harry L. Hopkins
Lawrence Westbrook
Aubrey Willams
West Virginia
Railroad Veterans Picnic At Corinth West Virginia
Railroad veterans associations and auxiliaries from Fairmont Cumberland Keyser and Grafton plan a joint picnic at the Pines resort Corinth West Virginia next Wednesday July 31 The event features round and square dancing for adults and playgrounds for children A special train will depart Fairmont at 7 am arriving in Grafton at 7 50 am to pick up picnickers The return train will leave the grounds at 7 pm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio Veterans Associations
Fairmont
Cumberland
Keyser
Grafton
Pines Resort
Corinth
W. Va
Mother Arrested For Kidnapping Own Daughter
Dayton Ohio July 24 Mrs Vinnie Thomas Stonerock 32 is jailed on kidnapping charges for allegedly taking her daughter Betty Jo Richards 8 from Jesse Richards of Rossville TI custody had been with Richards in a 5 year-old divorce. Stonerock waived extradition but attorney Richard L Withrow will fight removal from the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Vinnie Thomas Stonerock
Betty Jo Richards
Jesse Richards
Rossville
Richards
Stonerock
Richard L. Withrow
Thompson on Trial May Not Testify in Hallmark Slaying Case
Ben Thurman, attorney for Gerald Thompson, said the young defendant might not testify in his trial for the slaying of Mildred Hallmark, 19. Jury selection moved slowly as Thurman altered questioning to gauge jurors' views if Thompson did not take the stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Ben Thurman
Gerald Thompson
Mildred ‘Hallmark
Thurman
Thompson
Race Riot Inside Walls Of Prison Is Controlled
Six white inmates from Southern Michigan prison were hospitalized after a dining hall fight between white and black convicts. Warden Charles Shean said the clash began when black inmates accused white staff of favoritism. Nine black prisoners were put in punishment cells following the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Mich
Southern Michigan
Charles Shean
Inquiry Into Lawyer's Death Ordered Dropped
Parkersburg July 24 Wood county authorities dropped their investigation of Barnett Veon a 26 year old lawyer and said they were convinced he shot himself accidentally His wife said he left their houseboat Friday saying he was going to shoot a cat bird Later he was found mortally wounded on the Little Kanawha river bank A doctor speaking for investigators said the revolver was not held to the head nor was he despondent and they are firmly convinced the death was an accidental self inflicted wound
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
Wood County
Barnett Veon
Fleas About Take Over Jersey County In Illinois
Fleas are invading Jersey County Illinois farms with pests so numerous farm hands quit work rather than labor in barns. A worker said dogs and cats claw themselves and the hired girls scratch the waves from their hair amid the pest invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerseyville
Jersey County
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Brothers of
Gall-Myers
W. Bradard Gall
Belington
Virginia Elizabeth
Junior W. Myers
Oakland
Myers
Belington High School
Fairmont State Teachers’ College
Barbour County
Mers
Lennie C. Myers
J. W. Myers
Myers’ Hospital
Philippi High School
Alderson-Broaddus College
University of Tennessee
Memphis
Tennessee
Helena Connelly Pendergast
Marcella Agnes Connelly
Kenneth Edward Swisher
Annette Frey
St. Paul's M. E. Church
the Park
Joe Mallory
Moose Home
Swisher
A. R. Swisher
Grafton High School
FERA
Dick Kinney
Harold Trimble
Kenneth Trimble
Jack Sanders
Everett McWilliams
Natal
Susan Kester
Alfred Zumbro
George Mover
Garland Gawthrop
Isaac Hart
Dennis Cochran
T. N. Sellers
Calvin Parkhill
Walter Kester
Murry Goodwin
Katherine
Maynard Goodwin
Ralph
Ruth
Helen
Dortha
Edna Kester
Eva
Alice Jean
Joan
Robert Lee
Gawthrop
Lola
Denzil Cumey
Bernard
Trene Moyer
Sarah
Ada Katharine
Mary Grace
Kenneth
Myrtle
Josephine
Keener
Junior Parkhill
Leona Zumbro
Gail
Elizabeth Sellers
Beulah
Milliard
Wayne Cochran
Carson Kester
Donley Bennett
Lena Kester
Georgia Kester
Martin Kester
W. F. B. Club
J. R. Jones
Maple Ave
Bertie Thompson
Minnie Ware
Ada Powell
Roxanna Smith
Selah Skidmore
Lloyd Shackleford
Daisy Poling
Delbert Lough
Bessie Campbell
Ella Kinney
Jones
Fidelis Club
First Presbyterian Church
Harold Kramer
Blueville
Florence Wilkinson
Lown
Kramer
Henry Kramer
Watkins
John Donnachie
Phil Campbell
Rena Goodwin
A. A. Miller
Rhea Fisher
James Mantz
George Brinkman
Emma Morgan
F. J. Tutvander
Nell Haslup
Mary Hines
Paoli
Fd.r
Borah
Steve” Early
Germany
Thor
Sidrow
General Radio
Hammer
Strader
Kentucky
U.S
Styer
LBC
SCC
Paul E. Malone
Young Thompson
Gossard
Graduate
Corsetiere
Franz & Burka
W. Main St
Illinois
Levans
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