Reserve board tied to senate outburst over stock speculation
Overnight AP dispatch reports the Federal reserve board involved in a Senate outburst on stock speculation. Other items include a first degree murder charge in Indiana, political shifts in Washington, and international notes from Mexico to Bulgaria.
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Ind
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Shington
Los Angeles
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Provincetown
Mass
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Eva Rablen
James Dalton Found Guilty in Farm Theft Case
James Dalton, of West Hill, found guilty by a Taylor county jury of breaking and entering and stealing chickens from Herschel Bartlett’s Bridgeport area farm about a year earlier. Trial noted Dalton’s wound from a shotgun blast and his testimony denying involvement. sentencing deferred by Judge Warren B. Kittle.
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Herschel Bartlett
Bridgeport
Taylor County
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Bartlett
W. Bruce Talbott
Philippi
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Warren B. Kittle
Mistaken Identity Triggers Car Attack Near Middletown
Hamilton D June 5 Mistaken identity cited as reason for last night’s attack near here. Sumger Fess New York son of Senator Simeon D. Fess was fired upon while driving from Middletown but unhurt. Police theorize bootleggers mistook Fess car for a rival gangster’s. Several recent gang killings noted in the area. Fess was alone. two shots fired and car fled.
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New York
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Middletown
Fess
Poli
Steamboat Kittaning Capsizes on Ohio River
The steamer Kittaning, a U S engineering boat, capsized in the Ohio river while pushing a barge near Dead Man's Island during dam work. Ten men and a woman were rescued as the cofferdam failed and the vessel sank. salvage operations were ordered on the George S. Nutt.
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Kittaning
United States
Ohio River
Dead Man's Island
U. S. Engineers
George S. Nutt
Christian Endeavor Union Ready for State Delegates
R R Redinger, president of the Grafton Christian Endeavor Union, says all is in readiness for the West Virginia Christian Endeavor Union thirtieth-fifth annual convention set for June 10 through 13 in Grafton. He chairs the general committee in charge of arrangements with Virginia Madera, A D Hovatter, C C Riehman and others among the organizing team. Delegates from across the state are expected and plans for entertainment are nearing completion.
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Grafton Christian Endeavor Union
West Virginia Christian Endeavor Union
Redinger
Virginia Madera
A. D. Hovatter
C. C. Riehman
Catherine Leamon
W. A
Forts and blockhouses of early West Virginia history
State history looks at Fort Nutter on Elk Creek in Clarksburg Harrison county built by the Nutter brothers in 1772 West's Fort on Hacker's Creek Lewis county named for Wests land erected 1770s Indians burned it in 1780 Prickett's Fort at Pricketts Creek Marion county stockade fort erected 1774 Powers fort on Simpson's Creek Hi county 1771 Jack Fort on Coon's Run near Kilstrom Marion county Fort Buckhannon near Buckhannon Upshur county erected before 1781 Fort Bush on Buckhannon river above Turkey Run Upshur county first settler John Hacker 1769 Fort Butler mouth of Roaring Creek Cheat river Preston county erected about 1774 Fort Clark Pleasant Hill Marshall County small stockade four cabins palisade wall ten feet high builder Henry Clark 1771 Fort Edwards five miles south of Keontsville Booth's Creek Taylor county known 1786 Fort Martin on Crooked Run Monongalia county erected about 175 Fort Morgan Morgantown site small stockade Fort Morrison Hog Run Preston county built 1774 stockade of cabins on one acre.
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Turkey Run
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Butler
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Cheat River
Portland
Preston County
Henry Clark
Fort Edwards
Keothsville
Booth's Creek
Taylor County
George T. Martin
Boothsville
Fort Martin
Forts of the region and their early names
The text lists Fort Pawpaw on Pawpaw Creek in Marion county where Capt. John Evans stayed before a transfer to Fort Henry in Wheeling. It notes Fort Pierpoint in Union district Monongalia county near Easton built 1769 by John Pierpoint, Fort Harbert a two mile distant blockhouse from Lumberport, and Fort Henry on a Wheeling Main street bluff initially named Fort Fincastle in honor of Lord Dinmore, later renamed Fort Henry in 1777 for Patrick Henry.
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Patrick Henry
Pleasure Lifs and Wealth Shared Across Society
An American Magazine piece argues that owning the richest treasures serves little purpose if not shared with others, urging generosity and social responsibility. It emphasizes communal value over individual hoarding and calls for equitable distribution of wealth.
Hoover Aides Miss Vacations Amid Heat and Plans
Washington June 5 cabinet members and the foreign diplomatic corps expect a vacationless summer. Secretary Wilbur will be away briefly for an inspection tour in the west and Colorado Springs conservation conference. Others including Stimson Good Lamont Mellon Hyde and Brown plan to stay at duties with no extended leave. Mellon may make a Europe trip if possible, while Adams keeps his yacht trips to Boston.
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Boston
World Girdling Floating University Students Return to Paris
One hundred American students who sailed from New York eight months ago on the Floating University expedition are in Paris on the final leg of their journey. They encountered Chinese gunboat escort, a night in a mountain monastery, and royal hospitality in Siam with examinations in the royal gardens. They toured Tutankhamen’s tomb and the Abu Serag Christian church in the world. The 1929 1930 class will total 150 students, evenly split by gender, with BA MA and the Floating University’s own BWA degrees offered.
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Laurence B. Wallis
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New York City
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Uniteralty
Diplomatic corps stay in capital as president visits
Nearly all cabinet wives will be out of the city to escape the summer heat. Foreign diplomats will remain in the capital while Hoover is here. If the president leaves later, diplomats may follow. This summer marks an unusual, WWI era first for the corps remaining in Washington.
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Washington
Changes in census bill prompt leaders to adjourn
Washington June 5 A demand by several members to reconsider changes in the census bill dealing with aliens and disfranchised citizens led house leaders to adjourn to consider the parliamentary question A leaders meeting was called Representative Tilson Connecticut majority leader said two amendments created a situation to be ironed out before final passage Voters in France receive identification cards required at the polls
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Tilson
Connecticut
Escape of Hiles from Pruntytown Stirs West Virginia
James Hiles escaped from the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys at Pruntytown and is at large after allegedly attempting to assault a 12 year old girl near Hancock Maryland. Authorities, aided by Morgan County officials, conduct extensive searches with towns nearby alerted. Hiles had a prior conviction for criminal assault and reportedly fled from a barn after school.
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Hancock
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H. E. Flesher
Cigar Makers Wrangle and Mount Vesuvius Eruption
Naples reports Molten lava from Vesuvius threatens villages Barre and Terzigno and vineyards across the Neapolitan countryside. Evacuations underway as lava and volcanic debris scale into the air. tourists flee and residents await updates while experts forecast gradual progression. A New York note adds a separate cigar leaf tobacco tariff protest against a 40 cent rise in imported wrap tobacco.
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Vésuvius
Valley of Hell
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Terzigno
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Leva
Pagani
Veraigno
Jnides
Explosion at ammonia plant injures eleven in New Orleans
At the annual convention of the association a resolution was adopted and sent to the senate finance committee. An explosion at the ammonia plant wrecked the building and injured eleven persons. The incident affected tariff discussions and production costs as the Hawley bill moved through the house.
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Bartlet Heads Law Men's Lagup
Arthur A Say ot Mae hichedd as administrative president and eecretary of Unitarian Lawinet's Least lexecutive charge of the or tson's work in the United and Canada announced here today. He will supervise mission activities and travel through this country and Canada.
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