Youth prisoner Uhl gets five year term for forgery
Gilbert Uhl of Barbour County entered a guilty plea to four indictments charging forgery. Circuit Judge Jarrén By Kitule sentenced him to five years in the state penitentiary after a faster plea. The case traced back to checks dating December 1925 drawn on the National Bank. Investigators linked the fraud to several forged checks signed by different individuals. He will be moved from Clarksburg to Moundsville with other state prisoners this afternoon.
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Gilbert Uhl
Barbour
Thieve
Jarrén
Kitule
W. Taylor Corre
Philippt
Kittler
Robert DB
Gall
Troy G. Fleming
All
Beers
Clarksburg
Moundsville
Marn
McCartney Fate To Be Decided By Judge In Circuit Court
In circuit court this morning Judge Warren weighed contempt charges against Hobart McCartney for missing alimony and attorney fees in his divorce from Fannie McCartney. Attorneys Sommer Wille and Talbott argued intermittent railroad work prevented payment, while Wyckoff for Mrs McCartney accused him of negligence and boasting defiance of the court order. Evidence from Monongah railroad clerks and time sheets was presented.
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Warren JB. Kittle
Circuit Court
Hobart McCartney
Fannie McCartney
Sidney H. Sommer- Wille
Grafton
D. Bruce Talbott
Philippi
McCartney
C. E. Wyckoff
MéeCartney
Meitney
Monongah
Partial employment report prompts Friday opinion ruling
Judge Kittle said he would consider the opinion by Friday after revealing only part-time employment details. The hearing highlighted ongoing questions about employment status and potential implications for the case.
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Jen
Kittle
Staff Meeting Of B and C at Monongah Division
A staff meeting of department and operating heads of the Monongah division of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad was held in the offices of Superintendent T. K. Faherty. Attendees from out of town included J Pay and others from Clarksburg Fairmont Belington Waverersburg. Today is the company's semi monthly pay day and employees received checks totaling several thousand dollars in Grafton and vicinity.
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Monongah Division
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
T. K. Faherty
J. Pay
E. VanHorn
J. B. Gatrell
S. H. Wells
Clarksburg
H. R. Harper
C. C. Hinkle
J. J
Aged Couple Arrested For Moonshine Operation
Charles Boorrsin and Susanne Boorrsin both of Bear Mountain were arrested by Fleming ton state police in the act of operating a moonshine still. A 25 gallon mash container and a fully equipped still were seized along with two pints of moonshine. They were held for federal grand jury action and lodged in the local jail after a night in custody.
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Charles Boorrsin
Susanne Boorrsin
Bear Mountain
Flemington
Clarksburg
U.S
Harry Gordon
Federal Grand Jury
Final adoption granted in circuit court for Doris Jones to Thorn family
In circuit court today a final adoption was granted for Doris J. Jones by Roy M. and Minnie A. Thorn. The child will be Doris Thorn with all rights of a blood heir. The record also mentions Leonard's Grocery vs A. A. Mesgenger et al. as part of routine orders.
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Doris J. Jones
Roy M
Minnie A. Thorn
Doris Thorn
Leonard's Grocery
A. A. Mesgenger Et Als
Unusual Glimpses of Gil Girl Flyer Court Rulings
Court records reveal a judgment of 295.26 for the plaintiff. Various cases include jury trial requests, continuations to October term, and orders for payment with interest. Decrees in real estate partitions and sales were entered with properties trading at several thousand dollars.
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Gil Girl
Valuable Property Sold In Court By Chancery Action
A sale of valuable Wilford Street property owned by George Maislip in the chancery suit Brown vs Haislip was conducted by the court. The proceedings identified the parcel and the involved parties, with the sale governed by court order and criteria for bids.
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J. Leevan
Haislip
Knotts Avenue
Mr. Evans
WP. Samples
Wilford Street
Central School
George Maislip
Brown
Allen Seeks Presidency In Democratic Convention Play
Washington June 11 Major General Henry T Allen commander of the army of occupation on the Rhine announced he had given permission for friends to present his name for the presidential nomination at the Houston Democratic convention. The Kentuckian said a committee of associates would inform the campaign. He is a temperance advocate who supports strict enforcement of the eighteenth amendment and previously led the Philippine constabulary and the Oklahoma Texas 0th division during World War I.
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Washington
Henry T. Allen
Army of Occupation
The
Rhine
Houston
Allen
Kentucky
Philippine Constabulary
Taft
Islands
Caney
Cuba
Oklahoma
Texas
Foreign Troops Warned by Chinese Nationalists
The Nanking government official news agency issues a manifesto demanding immediate withdrawal of foreign troops from China and calls for treaty revision. It argues foreign forces breed suspicion and hinder reconstruction despite nationalist efforts to advance the revolution. An Alabama arrest note about a man unfamiliar with prohibition is also mentioned.
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Shanghai
Nanking
China
Reed Stands For Coolidge at Republican Caucus
St Louis June 11 Secretary Andrew W Mellon visiting Kansas City as a key Republican figure. Senator David A Reed of Pennsylvania says Coolidge if we can and Hoover if not. Reed notes Pennsylvania loyal to Coolidge but may back Hoover if Coolidge is not available.
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St. Louis
Andrew W. Mellon
Kansas City
David A. Reed
Pennsylvania
Coolidge
Hoover
Reed
Mellon
Eastman Plans Drive For 13 Month Calendar
New York June 11 George Eastman of Rochester announced on his return from abroad that a nationwide inquiry will begin immediately to learn if people prefer thirteen equal months to twelve uneven ones. Eastman chairs the National Committee on Calendar Simplification formed at the League of Nations invitation to study calendar reform for the United States and other countries.
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New York
George Eastman
Rochester
N. Y
Eostman
United States
Leagne of Nations
Former Congressman Seeks Nomination For Senate Bid
Columbus June 11 George White of Marietta longtime congressman and former chairman of the Democratic national committee in 1920 filed his declaration with the secretary of state as a candidate for the Democratic senatorial long term nomination Herman F R Witter of Canton filed his declaration for the gubernatorial nomination on the Democratic ticket in the same filing period.
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Columbus
George White
Marietta
Democratic National Committee
Herman FR. Witter
Canton
Department of Industrial Relations
Former Klan Leader Must Go On Stand
Indianapolis June 11 Judge Garvin denies change of venue for Paul Klinek of Evansville Ind to stand trial for procuring a false affidavit repudiating testimony given by William Rogers before the Reed senatorial campaign investigating committee at St. Louis. Rogers testified of an imperial Klan passport bearing Senator James E Watson names. affidavit allegedly paid to embarrass Watson.
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Indianapolis
Paul Klinek
Evansville
Ind
William Rogers
Reed Senatorial Campaign
St. Louis
Thomas EB. Garvin
Klinek
Hogers
Reed Committee
Ku Klux Klan
U. S
James E. Watson
Rogers
Watson
Friendship To Take Off Early For Europe
Trepassey Newfoundland June 11. Plans to take off for Europe in the Monoplane Friendship between 9 and 10 tomorrow morning local time 7 30 to 8 30 eastern daylight if weather is favorable were announced today by Wilmer Stultz Louis Gerv a and Miss Amelia Earhart. Fog and rain which prevented a start today gave way to clearing weather and reports of conditions over the Atlantic indicated an improved outlook for a hop off tomorrow.
Three Workers Perish In Norfolk Navy Yard
In Norfolk Virginia on June 11 three civilian employees were scalded to death in the No 1 boiler room of the destroyer Bruce. The dead are machinists B. YH Munden and Charles H. Bryan of Norfolk and machinists helper Joe Jogge of Portsmouth. Two crew members were scalded while attempting rescue but did not need hospital care. Officials opened an inquiry into the accident.
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Norfolk
Norfolk Navy Yard
Bruce
B. Yh, Munden
Charles H. Bryan
Joe Jogge
Helper
Portsmouth
Negro On Trial As Troops Stand Guard
In Pittsboro North Carolina Larry Newsome a 24 year old black man faces a second superior court trial for the attack and murder of a white girl as three National Guard companies guard the courthouse. At the first trial threats against the death of the Negro prompted firearms from Judge Henry A Grady and the sheriff. The state supreme court ordered a retrial due to error in the judge’s charge.
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Pittsboro
N. C
Juman
Larry Newsome
National Guard
Henry A. Grady
State Supreme Court
Burton and Sitters Quit City Store
Announcement that Burton and Sitters, a progressive men's furnishing store, will quit business. Jack Sitter stated the firm ends after a goodwill sale. W. J. Burton continues in Cumberland, with Sitter's plans unclear. The Cumberland store remains open for now, but the city shop will suspend operations after six years locally.
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Burton and Sitters
Jack Sitter
W. J. Burton
Cumberland
Sittter
Burton
Sitter
Toggery
Pahl family mass murder ends in arson suicide in Marquette
In Marquette Wisconsin August Pahl killed his wife and two daughters Eleanor nine and Betty May five weeks then shot himself. A pistol lay near his body as kerosene fueled the fire observers said. Neighbor August Fredricks aided by others fought the blaze and found the bodies. Sheriff McGee noted barred doors and windows and that the family had been torched after the killings.
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Marquette
Wis
August Pahl
Eleanor
Betty May
Pahl
McGee
Green Lake County
Lost Negro Delegates Reunited After Kidnap Plot in Kansas City
Clark Greer of Georgia custodian for Hoover negro delegation locates six kidnapped delegates last night hidden across the river in Kansas. Rival custodian Miller Carnes and shifting loyalties sparked the feud as Greer planned to bring the delegates in two batches. Noon reveals the six huddled far from convention.
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Kansas City
Clark Greer
Georgia
South
Kansas
Miller Carnes
Greer
Kan
Carnes Intercepts Delegates With Old Trick
Greer claims Carnes duped him by a ruse dating back fifteen years. Carnes avoided Chicago, instead slipping to East St. Louis and stealing Greer’s delegates, hiding them across the river.
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Carne
Chicago
Greer
Carnes
East St. Louis
Express wreck at Nuremburg leaves many dead
A Frankfurt express derailed on a curved track near Nuremburg, plunging the locomotive down an embankment and bursting its boiler. About twenty persons were killed and many others injured as the first coach fell onto the locomotive. fourteen died instantly and eight more succumbed to wounds later.
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Nuremburg
Germany
Frankfort
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