West Virginia University Graduates 560 in 64th Commencement
Five hundred sixty students graduated today at West Virginia University in the 64th annual commencement exercises. President William Mather Lewis of Lafayette College spoke on university purpose and state investment. Prizes awarded included the Cummins prize to Floyd Burdette, the Waitman Bar prize to Virginia Stapard, and the Simms prize for taxation to Philip Simms, with other honors noted for cadet writing and constitutional ideals.
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University
William Mather Lewis
Lafayette College
West Virginia
Law School
John Roscoe Turner
J. William Cummins
Floyd Burdette
Walder
Huntington
Waitman T. Bar
Virginia Stapard
Weston
Board of Governor's
Gerald B. Fortney
Reedsville
State Tax Commission
Philip Simms
Charleston
James F. Brown
Verdict affirms $3000 damages in fatal accident case
In Charleston on June 9 the Upshur county circuit court verdict awarding Dewey Smith 3000 damages for Rebecca Smith’s death after being struck by a car driven by P B Gould was affirmed by the State supreme court. The collision occurred March 18 1929 on a highway between Buckhannon and Weston after she exited a bus.
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Charleston
W. Va
Upshur County
Dewey Smith
Rebecca Smith
P. B. Gould
Buckhannon
Weston
Scout Court of Honor to Convene in Grafton Thursday
The Graf ton Council Boy Scouts of America Troops 2 and 4 hold a tri monthly Court of Honor and business meeting Thursday evening at Blen Avon headquarters. Norman F. Kendall leads the business session while James C. Holt chairs the Court of Honor. Attending are Dr J J Kaufman Kiwanis president Arthur G Yates scout leader Frank Collins camping chair. Camp Brave in Clarksburg will host the annual Scout outing, directed by Clarksburg and Grafton Kiwanis clubs with directors M Hemeyer Arthur Torrey and Samuel Charles.
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Grafton Council
Boy Scouts of America
Blen Avon
Norman F. Kendall
James C. Holt
J. J. Kaufman
Kiwanis Club
Arthur G. Yates
the Scots
Frank Collins
Taylor County
Samuel Charles Jones
Brave
Clarksburg
Scouts of
Grafton
Oakland
Deep Creek
Tri-State
Guam Capture Recalled In Marine Officer’s Tale
Brigadier General John T. Myers recalled the 1898 capture of Guam during the Spanish American War. Marines aboard the Charleston opened fire on an undefended harbor fort, met by a Spanish governor's rep apologizing for not saluting. Fifty two Spanish soldiers surrendered, and an American elevator operator was left in charge as news reached the island only monthly by packet boat from Manila.
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Washington
Guam
John T. Myers
Marines
Little Pacific Island
Manila
Myers
San Francisco
Southern Railroad Executives Back Coordinated Rate Raise Debate
Washington June 9 More than a score of traffic executives from southern railroads voted to urge presidents of eastern and western carriers to cooperate on revenue-raising measures. They discussed a proposed blanket freight rate hike of about 15 percent and planned to thresh out the idea at a New York meeting Thursday. The group noted 1929 net operating income at over 122 million dollars versus an expected around 50 million for the current year, as they weighed steps to boost revenue.
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Washington
Southern Railroads
Eastern and Western
J. B. Tilford
Southern Freight Association
R. N. Collyer
Trunk Line Association
Eastern
Tilford
Southern
Eastern and Western Railroad
New York
Tiford
Southern Group
Christian Endeavor to Hold Four Day Meeting
West Virginia Christian Endeavor Union opens a four day convention in Moundsville with over five hundred delegates expected. Mayor Paul Ruble to welcome attendees and speakers from about six states to address the program. A 500 member Endeavor club will be formed to advance work in the state next year.
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Moundsville
W. Va
West Virginia
Chris ‘Tian
Bethany College Grants Degrees At 88th Commencement
Sixty five students received degrees at Bethany College during the 88th annual commencement. Rev W H McKinney of Uniontown Pa, class of 1922, gave the invocation and Dr R L Lyman of the University of Chicago delivered the commencement address.
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Bethany
W. Vadine
Bethany College
W. H. McKinney
Uniontown
R. L. Lyman
University of Chicago
Defendant to be Heard at Murder Trial in San Diego
San Diego June 9 Moss EB 37 charged with the murder of Hazel Bradshaw 22 at a preliminary hearing. Defense contends Miss Bradshaw slain in a car by another person and body moved to Balboa Park papier-mache village. Witnesses report a large sedan near her home and late-night car activity.
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San Diego
Moss EB
Hazel Bradshaw
A. Fairchild
Garrison
Miss Bradshaw
Balboa Park
Garrigan
Italy Replies to Vatican Protest Notes
Rome reports a conciliatory Italian reply to Pope Pius notes over Catholic youth clubs and anti-Catholic demonstrations. Count De Vecchi delivered the response to Cardinal Pacelli and Archbishop Borgongini Duca after talks at the Vatican. Observers foresee decisive steps soon, with about four million youths awaiting a reopening and the Vatican seeking apologies for alleged insults.
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Romes
Vatican City
Pope Pius
Count de Vecchi
Pacelli
Borgongini Duca
Rome
Vatican
Court Awards New Trial In Dressed Poultry Theft Case
The West Virginia Supreme Court granted Erwin a new trial after he was convicted in Cabell County for stealing dressed poultry and sentenced to seven years. The appeal centered on allowing the jury to see an indictment bearing a prior co defendant’s guilty verdict and a second co defendant’s withdrawal and five year sentence, deemed reversible error by the appellate court for joint felonies.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Supreme Court
Erwin
Cabell County
Arthur Holley
Herbert Holley
Appelate
Colby Accused of Misrepresenting Facts in Fee Suit
Washington reports former secretary of state Bainbridge Colby faces charges of misrepresentation in a suit by The Inter Ocean Oil Company to recover a 333 333 fee from a 1926 German damages case. The case, in the District of Columbia Supreme Court, argues Colby and partner Brown inflated services while hides that the mixed claims commission did most work.
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Colby
Washington
Bainbridge Colby
Interocean Oil Company, Inc
New York
District of Columbia
D. Jacobs
Walter M. Bastian
Interocean Oil Company
Chandler Anderson
Mixed Claims Commission
Sae
Tennessee House Defeats Move to Impeach Horton
Nashville June 9 The Tennessee house of representatives defeated all impeachment articles against Governor Henry H. Horton. The vote on the articles was 40 for and 56 against. After nullifying one article earlier, lawmakers rejected seven charges at once and then formally rejected them for all time by 53 to 45.
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Nashville
Tenn
Henry H. Horton
Tennessee House of Representatives
House of Representatives
George Chamleer
Hamilton
Miners Walkout Halts Several Jefferson County Mines
More than 800 miners in Jefferson county coal mines walk out in a National Miners Union action seeking higher wage schedules in Jefferson Belmont and Harrison districts. A 25 man committee to meet with M A Hanna Co officials was not received. Hanna mine Nos 1 and 2 at Dillonvale Hanna mine No 1 at Prey Fork P R Nicholson mine at Dillonvale and Joseph Bainbridge mine at Mt Pleasant were idle.
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Steubenville
Jefferson County
National Miners Union
Jefferson
Belmont
Harrison County
Robert Ireland
Cleveland
M. A. Hanna Company
R. D. Clay
Hanna Company
Hanna
Dillonvale
Prey Fork
P. R. Nicholson
Joseph Bainbridge
Mt. Pleasant
Mine strike continues as union wage talks stall
After day one of a general mine strike in the Rosemont Bear Mountain region, operators and workers remain divided over wages and union terms. Several mines remain closed while Galloway, Wendel, Greer Gas, and Brookly-Pittsburgh mines operate, with Brookly-Pittsburgh signing the union plan. Pickets persist at Rosemont and Bear Mountain as state police report no disturbances.
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Rosemont-Flemingtons-Bear
Mountain Region
Brown
Cambria
Atlas
Rosemont
Tressler
Galloway and Wendel
Greer Gas Coal Company
Brookly-Pittsburgh Coal Company
Bear Mountain
Love murder case heard as jury nears verdict
Maude Lowther, 23, of Ashtabula testified she killed Mrs Clara Smith, wife of her lover Tilby Smith, claiming Smith urged the act. She said she acted after a ten day romance and that Smith bought her the revolver and told her what to do. Smith awaits electrocution in Ohio. The trial neared a jury decision on whether Lowther should face the death penalty.
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Jefferson
Ashtabula
Clara Smith
Assessments Made In Fixing Valuations For Taxation Purposes
Charleston reports West Virginia public utility properties totaling 571,981,400 assessed by the State Board of Public Works for 1931, a gain of 7,230.60 over 1930. Interstate steam railroads rise to 299,675,000 while intrastate street railroads drop to 5,790,000. intrastate railroads rise to 8,265,000 and street railroads fall to 2,500,000, with express, car companies, toll bridges, and water works also showing changes as announced by State Tax Commissioner T. C. Townsend. details continue on the next page.
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Charleston
West Virinia
State Board of Public Works
West Virginia
Inter State
T. C. Townsend
Process Server punched serving Lindbergh in test flight
New York June 9 A process server was punched after delivering a summons to Colonel Charles A Lindbergh aboard the Lockheed plane at North Beach Queens The Lindberghs had joined the flight to Liberty statue and back and covered about 400 miles The incident was linked to a clipping bureau which had sent a check to the pilot for clippings during his Atlantic flight
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Lockheed
North Beach
Queens
Lindberghs
Uberty
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North Pole
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Christian Endeavor
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Duca
Cardinal Pacelli
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Tennessee House
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Sues Tinkham
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Company
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Marvin Shilling
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Okhama
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Goi
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