Conley Hears Arguments On Oust Removal
Governor Conley heard arguments for and against removing Lee Ott state workers compensation commissioner and J W Smiley compensation department actuarial officer The hearing followed a House committee investigation and featured counsel for both sides with Ott and Smiley defended by several speakers The session centered on whether executive action is warranted and noted disputes over the committee hearing record with continuation promised on page two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Conley
Lee Ott
State Workmen's Compensation
J. W. Smiley
Compensation Department
House of Delegates
Smiley
Ott
James M. Mason
Aixpresa
W. Dillon
Fayetteville
L. S. Echols
Select Committee
George Pottenbarger
San Diego Testimony Fight Spurs Divorce Suit
San Diego June 11 charges allege attempts to obtain false testimony for Jesse Hy Shreve in a girl market case. Mary A Siens sues E Byron Siens for divorce claiming he asked her to lie on the witness stand and abused her when she refused. John P Mills testified that he and Shreve planned to pay $200 to bring girls to a hotel party with Shreve and theater magnate Pintages in San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Cal
Jesse Hy Shreve
Mary A. Siens
E. Byron Siens
John P. Mills
Shreve
Alexander Pintages
William Jobelmann
Olive Clark
Stens
Violent Outbursts Against New Taxation Decrees
Berlin reports Communist violence against emergency taxation decrees as Mannheim sees barricades clashes with police. Riots disrupt traffic while crowds in Frankfurt and Gelsenkirchen chant anti Bruening. Police report fatalities and widespread opposition to tax measures. Demonstrations gain momentum as Bruening seeks cross party support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Heinrich Bruening
Mannheim
Kessel
Frankfort-on-Main
Gelsenkirchen
Bruening
Julius Curtus
London
Reich
Germany
Social Democrats
Reichstag
Campaign Lapel Buttons Recall Election Days of Old
Maurice Davis shows two antique lapel campaign buttons from the 1890s. One honors Alston G. Dayton for Congress in the 1894 race defeating William L. Wilson. The other bears John T. McGraw for Congress in a district race twice nominated by Democrats. Both relics are yellowed celluloid and were unearthed from family papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice
Biggy) Davis
Sentinel
Alston G. Dayton
Congress
Davis
Dayton
William L. Wilson
John
T. Mc-Graw
John T. Mc-Graw
McGraw
Col
Tom Davis
Keyser
T. J. Baker
State Christian Endeavor delegates attend annual convention
Grafton delegates join Moundeville attendees for the thirty-seventh Christian Endeavor convention. Over 150 delegates registered as sessions began Tuesday at the Moundsville First Methodist Episcopal church. Mary E. Jackson of Jane Lew serves as state president with other state and national officers in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Moundeville
Christian Endeavor
C. C. Richman
Margaret Bayley
Evelyn Summers
Margaret Richman
Mary Belle Richman
Catherine Leamon
Margaret Huffman
Irene Hinkins
Dorothy Sisler
Tusday
Moundsville
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Mary E. Jackson
Jane Lew
Christian Endeavor Union
Road Program Provides Jobs in Emergency Construction
The nation's emergency highway program is four months ahead of 1930 and has furnished employment for about 265,000 men. Federal aid projects approved total $241,200,000, including $112,450,000 regular funds, $74,500,000 emergency money from Congress, and $54,250,000 state funds. An $80,000,000 emergency allocation is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Increase Police Forces At Mine Strike Regions
State police announced six or more troopers would be placed in Washington county districts amid coal miner strike demonstrations. Three deputies wounded slightly near Kinloch mine. deputies arrested for felonious shooting. About 100 men blocked workers en route to Vesta Mine No 4 at Smallwood. Miners from Smallwood and Daisytown set to meet and urge workers to join the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Washington County
Kinloch
Valley Camp Coal Company
Westmoreland County
Smallwood
Daisytown
Vesta
Daiseytown
National Miners’ Union
Opera
Ohio miner's home blasted in Belmont strike
In Atenbenville Ohio the home of H J Malin a trimmer at Dillonvale mine No 1 of M A Hanna Coal Co was dynamited today but Malin and his wife escaped injury Striking miners were alleged by Belmont county officers to have stoned miners attempting to report for work at the Fairport mine of the Hanna company Sheriff W J Yost said the bombing and stone throwing marked the first violence in a strike affecting about 1000 men across five mines in Jefferson and Belmont counties Malin had continued work Continued on Page Two
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atenbenville
H. J. Malin
Dillonvale
M. A. Hanna Coal Company
Malin
Belmont County
Fairport
Hanna Company
W. J. Yost
Jefferson
Belmont
Osgoods Dress Sale Ad On Page 3
M. P. church notices discontinue Thursday luncheons until further notice announced by church ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osgood
M. P. Church
World leaders face great issues in postwar reparations
Washington focus on Hoover era suggests America may aid a new drive to solve reparations and allied war debts. Europe seeks international collaboration after Anglo-German talks at Chequers, with Germany and England at the center and France watching closely. The United States, after four presidents, has not demanded reparations from Germany or debts from allies, yet financial expertise via the Dawes and Young commissions hints at possible U S help to ease the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
Germany
England
France
Hoover
America
Chequers
MacDonald
United States
Wilson
Harding
Coolidge
Dawes and Young
Drowning Case Of Starr Faithfull Deepens Inquest Findings
New York June 11 A city inquiry into the death of Starr Faithfull the 26 year old Greenwich Village beauty offered a new twist as evidence showed she had been treated for acute alcoholism at Bellevue Hospital. District Attorney Elvin N Edwards maintained the slain theory and announced two men would be sought. Police studied a diary and examined Cunard liner crew regarding May 29 events when Miss Faithfull reportedly appeared intoxicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Starr Faithfull
Greenwich
Village
Bellevue Hospital
Bellevue
Marie Collins
Elvin N. Edwards
Nassau County
Edwards
Boston
Authful
Long Bewth
Long Island
Mauretania
Franconia
G. Jameson Carr
Miss Faithfull
Cunard
Ae Maurétania
Migs Faithfull
Stanley E. Faithfull
Starr
San Diego
Cal
Moss B. Garrison
Hazel Bradshaw
Justice of the Peace
Eugene Daney, Jr
Garrison
Samuel Bristow
Miss Bradshaw
Balboa Park
Bristow
Baliffs
Cloud of Insects Harms Island Vegetation
A cloud of insects from a southeast wind damaged vegetation on Wrangell Island, Alaska last Thursday. Fox farmer J. G. Smith reported the insects formed dense masses in the air and described the creatures with red legs and a head and mouth like a rat. The report notes the wind carried the pests to the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrangell
Alaska
Wank Island
J. G. Smith
Fess Keynote at Young Republicans Meeting
In Washington the Young Republicans opened a two day meeting with Fess as keynote speaker. Leaders praised President Hoover as the embodiment of capable leadership while calling for his re election. Other speakers included Postmaster General Brown and Mrs Edward Everett Gann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fess
National Committee
Hobyer
Robert H. Luews
Republican National Committee
Brown
Edward Everett Gann
Curtis
Representative Pree
California
Peter F. Snyder
Secretary of
Labor
Hoover
Snyder
Correction notice for Jolliffe's bleached muslin ad
The advertisement corrects a price quote for Hope Bleached Muslin. It should read ten yards for one dollar instead of one yard for one dollar as previously printed. The correction is issued to clarify the pricing in the theatre ads page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jollife’s
Jolliffe’s
Tokyo Earthquake Interrupts Royal Homecoming
An earthquake shook Tokyo and surrounding Yokohama area as Prince Takamatsu and Princess returned from a world honeymoon tour aboard a Yokohama to Tokyo train. The quake lasted about a minute, affected a 70 mile zone, but caused no damage. The royal couple, unharmed, were driven to a new home and later met the emperor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Yokohama- Tokyo
Takamatsu
Japan
Yokohama
Ess
Imperial Palace
City to Start Use of New Tank Within Two Days
Workmen install booster near hilltop reservoir as city begins pumping from a new one million gallon concrete tank. Old tank remains for high altitude residents while the booster can push about a third of daily water to the higher tank if needed. City daily consumption exceeds one million gallons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Moat Cemetery
SRA
Beater
Sygil
Two Ardmore Deputies Free on Bonds After Fatal Shooting
Two Ardmore deputy sheriffs W E Cecil Crosby and a colleague were bound over on bonds under 25 000 each after a fatal Monday shooting of two Mexican students Emilio Cortes Ortiz Rubio and Gomez. Judge Asa Walden set trial dates amid international attention and diplomatic interest from Mexico. The bodies were shipped to Mexico for burial as authorities investigate the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emilio Cortes Rubio
Ortiz Rubio
Mexico
Manuel Gomez
Ardmore
Okla
Lfe
Bill Guess
Cecil Crosby
Asa Walden
W. E. Oe
Areignm
Fore
Alain
Emilio Cortes
Bio
Counsin
Gomez
Charles Chave
Star
Gorray
Mountaineer Council Notice Parade Tenet June 12
Notice from Mountaineer Council No. 44 of Mountain City advising all members to assemble at Hall for a parade at 6 pm on Friday June 12. Includes acknowledgment of Jr. O. U. A. Moana D of AX and Rec. Sec. 44.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Justing
Christian Endeavor Convention
Ohio
Elizabeth Wardell
Addison Wardell
Watertown, N. Y
Reveal Starr Faithfull
Pope
Rome
Vatican
Pius XI
Young Republicans’ Meeting
Workmen
Booster
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