Bryant Buys Timber Tract For 1022 Dollars
County records show B. B. Bryant bought a marketable timber tract on the late John Kpotts farm via Special Commissioner John Hech mer. Price listed at 10,223 with three years to harvest. Other transfers include Rosen sh ine property sale to A. J. Rosenshine and bankruptcy trustee sale for 1,950, plus several Irondale and Fetterman district transfers.
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Frank Bennett
John Kpotts
Knotteville
B. B. Bryant
Secial
John Hechmer
Mr. Nicotts
William Rosenshine
East Main Street
A. J. Rosenshine
Clarksburg
Harry Friedman
J. F. Hall
Corbrah Hall
Irondale
Preston County
D. B. Hall
Pinchot Hopes for President Being Sounded
Washington reports that Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania may seek the Republican presidential nomination next year. Western Senators have been sounded by Pinchot’s friends, but many refusals to discuss or name names leave the matter uncertain. Brookhart promotes possible candidacies amid GOP divisions and indecision among Borah, Johnson, Norris, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Peter
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Capitol
Hoover
France
Maryland
Brookhart
Iowa
Borah
Idaho
Johnson
California
Norris
Nebraska
City Elections Held Throughout West Va Today
Charleston June 2 municipal elections were held across towns under general law for towns of 2000 population. Larger cities use special charters with fixed dates. Officials of Puller municipalities will serve two years, taking office July 1 at the start of the fiscal year.
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Charleston
Puller
Fog Saves Vegetation In Wheeling Frost Pause
A 33 degree temperature was logged in Wheeling West Virginia today as heavy fog prevented frost damage to vegetation, aiding crops and greenery for the region this morning.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Jobless Hit by New Edict on Game Law
Cornellsville Pa June 2 District Attorney J B Adams said he cannot permit violations of game and fish laws by those hunting or fishing out of season to feed families. He later suggested possible misquotation was involved and indicated leniency could be weighed against the program for outdoor life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornellsville
J. B. Adams
Uniontown
Harold D. Carroll
Fayette County Fish and Game Protective Association
Adams
Payette County
American Legion
W. Wisniewski
Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church
New Haven
Hallowe'en
Bronze Powder Works Damaged by Blast at Logan's Ferry
A blast severely damaged the Bronze Powder Works of the Aluminum Company of America at Logan's Ferry near Pittsburgh. Part of the roof collapsed and machinery was crippled. No injuries reported, damage estimate unavailable. Seven workers died in a 1929 explosion at the same plant.
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Pittsburgh
Bronze
Aluminum Company of America
Logan's Ferry
Here
Concrete Pouring on High Street Progress Report
City workmen pour concrete on the unfinished High Street section as two blocks are shaved this noon. The project aims to complete by Thursday barring bad weather with base and top dressing to follow near the stone wall. Commissioner Hinkle oversees efforts to speed work.
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High Street
Hinkle
Charleston Tennis Club Opens Entries for WV Closed Tennis
W B Harris president of the Charleston Tennis Club announced that entry blanks for the annual West Virginia closed tennis tournament to be held in Charleston from June 11 to June 14 have been mailed to 500 amateur tennis players across West Virginia. Entries close June 10.
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Charleston
W. B. Harris
West Virginia
Frey Trial Details in Grafton Cottage Shooting
Endorfer and Lawrence Proud led an investigation and arrested Leck and Robert Frey. Leck Frey testified calmly about the fatal night, denying certain proximity claims while detailing the single barreled shotgun used. Prosecutor Holt pressed the cross examination, noting the elder Frey and son tracked Dayton during a snowstorm and questioned whether police were called first. Frey claimed self defense as Dayton held a pistol near his chest in the cottage kitchen. The court anticipated a late Wednesday jury submission as defense expected to finish testimony before noon.
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Dayton
Grafton Park
Holt
Frey
Robert
Kipfer eyes 100000 foot high balloon flight
Berlin report: Charles Kipfer, companion to Prof. August Piccard on a stratosphere balloon journey, advocates a multi chamber gas balloon with staged deflation to reach 100000 feet. He cites the 62500 foot height achieved and notes safe descent as key to successful flights. Dr Wels invites Kipfer to a 24 hour flight in a standard balloon.
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Berlin
Charles Kipfer
August Piccard
Prof
Piccard
Kipter
Wels
Kipfer
Taylor Court Act Reversed by State Supreme Court
In Charleston on June 2, the state supreme court reversed the Taylor county circuit court decree fixing receivers and attorney fees in consolidated cases involving George Putzek and others vs Delmar Coal Company and Stannard Supply Co vs Delmar Coal. The lower order allowed receivers $10,000 and fees to C. J. Johnson $7,500, B. Wayne Talbott $6,500, and Frank R. Amos $4,000. The Waddell Fuel Company, holder of a lease from Pilsein Coal, led the appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Circuit Court of
Taylor County
Teir Services
George Putzek
Delmar Coal Company
Stannard Supply Company
State Supreme Court
C. J. Johnson
B. Wayne Talbott
Frank R. Amos
Appellate Cay
Waddell Fuel Company
Pil/@ein Coal Company
Lea
Bridges to be bought and run by commission
At today’s mission meeting the commission discussed purchasing and operating the bridges until receipts retire bonds issued to raise purchase money. Commission secretary C. Kimpel said it was impossible to say when negotiations for the purchases would be completed.
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Commission
C. Kimpel
No Kissing At Academy Marks Diploma Day
Annapolis announces a kissless week at the Naval Academy as 441 graduates receive diplomas and many are commissioned as ensigns. Miss Eloise Hanford will present colors to Midshipman Norman Hall, with no kiss as customary, and the ring dance will feature no kissing for the first time under orders issued last year by Rear Admiral Robison.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Navy
Eloise Hanford
Syracuse
N. Y
Norman Hall
D. B. Beary
3. S. Robison
Hope of Americans for Renewed Prosperity
Senator James J. Davis says renewed American prosperity hinges on protective tariff safeguards fair wages and high living standards. Speaking at the Pennsylvania Odd Fellows state convention in Harrisburg he warned that world acceptance of fraternalism in policy is needed for lasting universal peace to become real.
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Harrisburg
James J. Davie
Odd Fellows
Davis
Resignation of State Trooper McCarty Shocks Chapmanville Detachment
Charleston June 2 22 The resignation of State Trooper Grant McCarty of the Chapmanville detachment state police was announced today at department of public safety headquarters Upon McCartys resignation submitted Corporal J D Hacker reinstated in the department by the state police board of commissioners was returned to service
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Charleston
Grant McCarty
Chapmanville
Department of Public Safety
McCarty
J. D. Hacker
State Police Board of Commissioners
Bate Sets Hearing on West Fork Pollution Complaints
Charleston June 2 The West Virginia State Water Commission fixed June 24 for a hearing on pollution complaints against the West Fork river near Clarksburg and streams around Middlebourne Industrial plants and the city of Clarksburg will be required to appear Officials said sewage from Clarksburg and salt saline wastes from Middlebourne oil-well drains are the alleged polluters Melville Davisson Post and others against Charity Fork of Gnatty Creek were dismissed after evidence showed mining drainage from Peck’s Run Coal Co would not contaminate the stream The commission also ordered an inquiry into possible pollution from a coal cleaning plant at M and K Junction Monongalia County at the request of the State Wildlife League
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West Fork
Middlebourne
Melville Davisson Post
Charity Fork
Gnatty Creek
Redstone
Pecks Run
State Wild Life League
M. and K. Junction
Monongalia County
Captain Washer of Secret Service Dies at Cleveland
Cleveland June 2 Captain John E Washer a longtime Secret Service officer noted for twenty years as a leading operatic figure died. The longtime agent and public servant was recognized for his service and prominence in the force.
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J. E. Washer
Secret Service
Cleveland
John E. Washer
Toll Bridge Purchase Details Spark Berlin Officials Talk
Charleston reports secret service veteran Washer, longtime guard to Presidents Roosevelt Taft and Harding, died at home. Authorities say counterfeit money tied to the 26 toll bridges purchase on the state bridge commission is under review.
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United States Secret Service
Roosevelt
Taft
Hardingwell
Charleston
State Bridge Commission
Chicago youth who slew a policeman replays killing
In Chicago on June 2 a 16 year old boy Warner Corry who killed Patrolman Boward Smith then re enacted the crime with his brother and a friend. Judges weigh whether to try him criminally or in juvenile court as authorities note no under seventeen had been executed in Cook County cases.
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Chicago
Warner Corry
Adeline
Boward Smith
Smith
Carl
Schuyler Pearson
John Marshall High School
Mary Bartelme
Cook County
Corry
John Marshall
See ks Order To Return Boy In Pendleton Case
Valparaiso Indiana June 2 Sheriff Burney Maxwell traveled to Indianapolis to seek a gubernatorial order for Virgil Kirkland’s return from the Pendleton state reformatory. Judge Grant Crumpacker said he would vacate and reopen the sentence to hear whether it should be increased beyond one to ten years for second conviction in the death of Arlene Draves, while the attorney general argued for a 5 to 21 year range for assault and battery with intent to commit rape. The hearing was delayed due to Crumpacker’s docket.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Burney Maxwell
Indianapolis
Harry Leslie
Virgil Kirkland
State Reformatory
Pendleton
Grant Crumpacker
Kirkland
Reformatory
Arlene Draves
Crumpacker
Spring Reunion in Wheeling Sees 200 Masons Attend
In Wheeling West Virginia two hundred Masons attended the spring union of the Valley of Wheeling. The event hosted a class of 24 for degrees from the 16th to the 19th inclusive. The reunion closes Thursday with a banquet and a planned Shriner reunion Friday. More than 600 are expected to participate in a parade and banquet.
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Wheeling
W. Va
West Virginia
Valley of
Shriners
Sixth Husband Added in Summer’s Poisoning Case
Chicago June 2. The matrimonialist of Mrs Margaret Summers has been added as a suspect in poisoning four people. Police identify him as Wat Merret, a former taxi driver and night watchman. Summers’s sixth husband followed the death of her son and wed her foster daughter aged 16.
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Chicago
Garet Summers
Wat Merret
Marrie
Trustees Re-Elected At Davis and Elkins College
Elkins June 2 Trustees of Davis and Elkins College were reelected during the 27th commencement exercises. The Rev S H Barron Charles is president of the board and Rev James M Potter Wheeling is vice president. A second story window jump at Altenheim Home for Women in Wheeling resulted in a fatal injury.
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Elkins
Davis and Elkins College
S. H. Barron
Charles
James M. Potter
Wheeling
Beesle Hargraves
Altenheim
Windowsth
Ufa
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Bryant
West Va
Grafton
Shady Grove Park
America
Taylor Court Act
Jisvalle, R
N. B.C
Academy
Cloubs
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