Budler Sees End for Marine Corps Soon
General Smedley D. Butler, commanding at Quantico, told the Beverly of Commerce group last night he believes the Marine Corps may be abolished as a unit of the armed forces. He spoke briefly and declined to elaborate. Funeral services for an officer retire within days, while Butler suggested observers think well of his viewpoint.
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Budler
Marine Corps
Mass
Smedley D. Butler
United States
Jafine
Quan*Va
Jec
Beverly of Commerce
Hoover Trusted to Form Dollar Stabilizing Commission
Washington June 9 news indicates Hoover may appoint a commission with broad power to stabilize the American dollar. In the past three years efforts to stabilize the currency have faced varied results and political debate.
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Ington
Hoover
Call for Stable Money Commission to Stabilize Prices
The American farm bureau federation urged Mr. Hoover to appoint a commission to study price level fluctuations and propose remedies. Federation officials argued unstable purchasing power drives price swings more than supply and demand. Owen D Young, a founder of the stable money association, said money stability underpins life and affects moral questions and obligations.
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American Farm Bureau Federation
Hoover
Federation
Owen D. Young
Stable Money Association
Kirkland's Sentence Stands In Gary Case
Valparaiso Ind June 8 Judge Grant Crumpacker upheld VIRGIL Kirkland's one to ten year sentence for the death of Arlene Drayes noting Indiana law limits and that prior rules tied to youth. State argued five to 21 years, but judge said 1927 1897 statutes constrain options and kept the record as assault and battery with intent to commit rape.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Grant Crumpacker
Virgil Kirkland
Gary
Indiana
Kirkland
Arlene Drayes
B. B. Walker
Lake County
Walker
Reformatory
Crumpacker
Owever
Canadian Runs Amuck Stabbing Four Persons
Montreal on June 9 reports John Momastyrsky ran amuck with a butcher knife in a south end rooming house, stabbing four persons before being shot by police and seriously wounded. Basil Stor was involved in the altercation.
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Montreal
John Momastyrsky
Basil Stor
Moment of Violence Ends in Arrest like Turmoil
In a heated confrontation Tana and Mrs. Stortana provoked Mom Astrysky into rage. He knifed them and then turned his blade on Constables Beaucage and Liberian as they attempted to arrest him.
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Tana
Mrs. Stortana
Momastrysky
Beaucage
Hijackers, operators clash in Denver area shootout
Denver dispatch reports a gun battle east of the city between hijackers and operators of a liquor still. Two men identified as hijackers Lawrence Jackson and Vinnie Dicker were killed. Two others, John Snyder and James Smith, were wounded with Dicker and Snyder later found near the attackers’ home. James Smith’s wife alerted police. Snyder had a bullet in the hip, Dicker found dead in a car, and Jackson’s body remained at the ranch.
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Denver
Lawrence Jackson
Vinnie Dicker
John Snyder
James Smith
Jackson
Dicker
Smith
Snyder
William Cline of Grafton Dies in Wilmington at 70
Friends report the death of William Cline, 70, formerly of Grafton, who died last Thursday in Wilmington North Carolina and was buried there Saturday. A former Grafton telegrapher, he later became chief telegrapher for the Atlantic Coast Line. He is survived by his wife Adella and daughter Della Rose of Wilmington, with several half relatives living in Cumberland Akron and Washington.
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Grafton
William Cline
Wilmington
N. C
Cline
Atlantic Coast Line
Adella Cline
Della Rose
Thomas Cline
Lulu Cline
Thos. Cline
William
Gratton
Ernest Cline
Cumberland
May Cline Goff
Akron
Nellie Cline
Washington
Public Utility Rates Increase Across Sectors
Financial report shows broad hikes in utility costs with water, electric, gas, oil, and pipeline firms posting large increases. Telecommunication and interstate bus lines also filed higher charges, reflecting a wide scope of adjusted tariffs and public service pricing.
Rail and utility assessments show varied gains and cuts
The report lists changes across interstate and intrastate rail lines, street railways, gas and electric firms, and water companies. Major shifts include Norfolk and Western at 65 million, Chesapeake and Ohio up 1.5 million, Monongahela West Penn Public Service up 1.2 million, and several electric and telephone firms adjusting assessments by hundreds of thousands.
West Virginia water and bus lines see varied assessments
State records show increases and decreases across water utilities and interstate bus lines. Glendale Water Company gains 15000 while Huntington Water Corporation adds 5000. Kanawha Valley Water Company 10000. Monongah Service 65000 with 5000 rise. Morgantown Water 650000 up 50000. Pocahontas Light and Water 30000 up 10000. West Virginia Water Service 3250000 up 100000. Monongahela Transport drops 10000 to 150000. Greyhound Lines doubles to 15000. In intrastate Blue and Gray Transit increases 100000 to 559000. Seneca Trails Lines 75000, plus 15000 increase.
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Monongahela
West Penn Public Service Company
Appalachian Electric ‘Power Company
Northern Virginia Power Company
Electric
Wheeling Electric Company
Virginia Public Service Company
West Virginia Light, Heat ,and Power Company
River Counties Power Company
Beckley Water Company
Edgewood Water Company
Follawsbee Water and Light Company
Glendale Water Company
Huntington Water Coroporation
Kanawha Valley Water Company
Milton Water Company
Monongah Service Company
Morgantown Water Company
Pocahontas Light and Water Company
West Virginia Water Service Company
Monongahela Transport Company
Greyhound Lines, Inc
Intrastate Bus
Une Group
Blus and Gray Transit Company
Seneca Trails Lines
Former West Virginia Lawyer Faces Life Sentence
Clarence C. Mason, once Harrisville lawyer, goes on trial in general sessions court on a possible life term for a fourth forgery conviction. Prosecutors show prior forgery convictions in Ohio, Wisconsin, and Texas, plus a 1930 New York charge forging a Harrisville lawyer's name to send $1,000 by telegraph.
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New York
Clarence C. Mason
Harrisville
W. Va
General Sessions Court
Pilatsky
Mason
Washington County
Ohio
Milwaukee
Wis
Tarrant County
Texas
Thos. J. Davis
Peoples’ Bank of
State Tribunal Hands Down Five Decisions
The State supreme court today handed down five decisions. W. R B. Cabell vs. Standard OU Company of New Jersey, Nicholas county, affirmed. Dewey Smith, administrator P. B. Gould, Upshur county, affirmed. State of West Virginia vs. Elzie Erwin, Cabell county, judgment reversed, verdict set aside, new trial awarded. James McClung vs. Sewell Val-
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Charleston
State Supreme Court
W. R B. Cabell
Standard OU Company of New Jersey
Nicholas
Dewey Smith
P. B. Gould
Upshur County
State of West Virginia
Elzie Erwin
Cabell County
James McClung
Sewell
Val
Legal Decisions Affirmed in Greenbrier and Wayne Counties
Court rulings affirm the actions of the Ley Railroad Company in Greenbrier County and Herbert C. Heller and Company in Wayne County. The cases involve P. O. Duncan and co defendants, with the decisions sustaining the prior judgments.
Aged Lady Falls at McCaffertys Home in Basement
Mrs. A. Shackelford, widow of S. A. Shackelford and mother in law to John W. McCafferty, fell in basement steps yesterday at 5:00 pm. She suffered four fractures including an ankle, left wrist, and a shattered shoulder with two breaks. She rested well today after treatment and was moved to her son Lloyd Shackelford’s Maple Avenue home for recovery.
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John W. McCafferty
A. Shackelford
Mr. McCafferty
Shackelford
Woman Fatally Shot in Camden Home
In Camden New Jersey this June a 60 year old woman, Nellie Wood, was found shot dead in her home. Her 21 year old daughter Ruth Day was found unconscious with a chest wound. Police, alerted by neighbors, transported both to a hospital where Mrs Wood was pronounced dead. Day remained seriously wounded. A man was seen entering the house hours earlier but no witness saw him leave.
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Camden
N.v
Nellie Wood
Ruth Day
Hduge
Edme
Jewelry Shop Robbed on Madison Avenue in New York
Two men bound and gagged proprietor Morris Levine at Lidle Jewels Inc on Madison Avenue. They escaped with thirty thousand dollars worth of jewelry. Authorities pursued leads but no arrests announced.
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New York
Lidle Jewels, Inc
Madison Avenue
Morris Levine
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Richard Arlen
Paramount
Petre
Mary Brian
Eugene Pallette
William Boyd
Morence H. Wilkinson
Bluemont St
Liberty Shoe Shop
IDONI
Grand Theatre
C. V. Miller
Reliable Footwear
Still Battle
Water and
Telephone
Interstate
Intrastate
Gillette Blades
VALET
Durham-Duplex Pee
Vrovan
Enders
Rosemede
Rosemede Poultry Farms
Elyria
Lindberghs
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Interstate Steam Railroad Group
Chesapeake and Ohio
Virginian
Western Maryland
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad Company
Wheeling Terminal Railway Company
Intrastate Steam Railroad
Virginian and Western Railroad Company
Buffalo Creek and Gauley Railroad Company
Interstate Street Railroad
Wheeling Traction Company
Kanawha Traction and Electric Company
Newel Bridge and Railway Company
Ohio Valley Electric Railway Company
Steubenville, East Liverpool and
Beaver Valley Traction Company
Steubenville, Wellsburg and Weirton Railway Company
Tri-City Traction Company
Monongahela West Penn Public Service Company
Gas, Oil and Pipeline Company Group
United Fuel Gas Company
Hope Natural Gas Company
Huntington Development and Gas Company
Martinsburg Heat and Light Company
Eureka Pipe Line Company
Godfrey L. Cabot, Inc
Chesa Lake
Potomac
Telephone and Telegraph
Butch Harbor
Pacific
Charles A. Lindbergh
North Pacific
Far East
Wette
PTT 8
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