Union Baptists Name Officers For Year
Archi e Bartlett of Pruntytown was elected president of the Union Baptist Sunday School Association serving Harrison Taylor Barbour Randolph and Tucker counties at the final session. Mary Margaret Cost of Clarksburg elected president of the Baptist Young People's Union. Richard Trickett of Elkins named vice president, Jesse Strawtherman of Philippi secretary, Beulah Stephens of Grafton treasurer. Most delegates went to Simpson.
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Mary Margaret Cost
Clarksburg
Baptist Young People’s Union
Richard Trickett
Fof Elkins
Jesse Strawtherman
Philippi
Beulah Stephans
Grafton
Simpson
Local test scores and speakers listed at closing session
The report shows Elkins 62.25 percent and Philippi 1625 percent with others like Grafton 475 percent Pruntytown 40.2 percent and Clarksburg 32 percent. Kenneth Cole presided at the closing session last night with speakers Miss Cost of Clarksburg and Beulah Meadows of Huntington.
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Elkins
Philippi
Grafton
Pruntytown
Clarksburg
Kenneth Cole
Miss Cost
Beulah Meadows
Huntington
Dawes to step aside. Reconstruction Finance draws new loan funds
Washington reports the Reconstruction Finance Corporation will soon add 250 million dollars to its loan fund by selling six month notes to the treasury. The total loans to banks railroads and key businesses reach 1 billion dollars as Dawes departs Chicago to resume banking duties and Hoover contemplates a successor.
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Washington
Reconstruction Co Corporation
C & Daw- 5
Treasury
Dawes
Chicago
Hoover
Senate
Ohio Man to Face Charges in Wheeling Robberies
Harry J. Fink 28 of Cleveland will be brought to Wheeling to face charges of robbery and holding up two state troopers. Arrest followed a daytime capture in Dayton after he allegedly robbed a downtown cigar store of 100 dollars on June 5 and escaped by tricking police and using an elevator shaft. He is said to have fired at arresting officers but was overpowered and waived extradition. The case involves Trooper Johnson and Pvt Hacker, who were suspended. A letter to a Moundsville confectioner helped trace him.
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Wheeling
Dayton
Harry J. Fink
Cleveland
Fink
Sergt
W. C. Johnson
Pvt
J. D. Hacker
Johnson
Hacker
Moundsville
Ohio farmer found guilty wife s death
Holmes county jurors convict Herbert Meeker of murder in the May 9 death of his wife Gertrude. The verdict, first degree murder with no mercy recommendation, mandates the electric chair. Meeker blamed relative Harold Young, who later died, while prosecutors said Meeker plotted to collect life insurance and staged an auto wreck.
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Millersbug
Holmes County
Herbert
Meeker
Wyne
Gertrude
Here
Harold Young
Young
Himo Estill
Bank Bandits Nabbed After Nevada Bank Robbery
Vernon county officers arrested three of five men who robbed the National Bank of Fort Loot Kas of 80000 dollars. No loot found. Suspects were parked in a car with a long range rifle sawed off shotgun and several pistols discovered nearby.
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Nevada
Vernon County
As National Bank of
Pickets Halt Mine Workers Across Three Consolidation Mines
Fairmont reports conflicting claims on the strike at Carolina Monongah and Rivesville mines of Consolidation Coal. Union officials say operations are virtually suspended after a wage cut. company officials claim some workers joined but production remains unaffected. Violent clashes and rioting occurred as pickets ejected miners and attacked a streetcar. state police and deputies dispersed the disturbance. Union committees seek intervention as wage talks continue amid a 24 1/2 cent per ton loading rate dispute.
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Fairmont
Consolidation Coal Company
United Mine Workers of America
Carolina
Monongah
Rivesville
Tha_ May
Ard
Marion County
Harrison Line
6Th Monongah
Mayor Promises Aid to Chicago Teachers
Chicago teachers marching to Mayor A J Cermak's office demanded summer pay relief. The mayor faced boos when saying they were "in the wrong church" before promising aid. Board members bankers and business leaders conferred with Cermak as bankers argued the reconstruction finance corporation cannot loan funds for teachers' salaries.
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Chicago
A. J. Cermak
Board of Education
Cermak
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Wagner Faces Opposition
The Times reports Governor Roosevelt deferred to Tamanny Hall head John F. Curry that someone other than Senator Robert F. Wagner be chosen to nominate the governor at the Democratic national convention. Curry and John H. McCooey met Roosevelt at Saratoga. Roosevelt proposed Wagner but yielded to Curry’s request.
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New York
the Times
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Curry
Tammany Hall
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
Tammany
Samuel Seabury
Jimmy Walker
Roosevelt
Curry
John H. McCooey
Brooklyn
Saratoga
Elkins Flier Dies of Injury in Navy Mishap
Harl O. Sell 23 Elkins naval aviation pilot died in Norfolk Virginia from injuries in a Wednesday air crash with Lieut. Com. H. C. Rodd of Cleveland killed. Survived by wife Rachel Gochenour Sell, parents F D Sell, brothers Kenneth and Bertie Sponangle, a friend at bedside. body to be brought home for burial. Sell enlisted four years ago and was a chief aviation pilot. Tom Estell, now with Fort Worth, is the only spitball hurler in the Texas circuit.
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Elkins
Harl O. Sell
Naval Aviation
Norfolk
H. C. Rodd
Cleveland
Ohio
Sell
F. D. Sell
Kenneth
Bertie Sponangle
Rachel Gochenour Sell
Navy
Moratorium to Continue at Lausanne Conference
Lausanne dispatches report a stopgap continuation of the Hoover Moratorium as Britain initiates and France accepts a pause in reparations payments through mid July. Germany and wartime allies face about 48 million dollars in total payments if the pause persists. Churchill is quoted. Herriot cautions cancellation is not a complete fix.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Japan
Germany
Europe
Franz von Papen
Neville Chamberlain
Edouard Herriot-of
von Papen
World Bank Committee
Basel
France Seeks Common Good In Allied Peace Bid
A German audience heard that France is not callous to others' hardships but works for the common peace. The speaker warned against abrupt debt cancellations and urged economic security as essential to lasting political peace, stressing harmony between tariffs, quotas, and trade restrictions.
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France
Powell elected head of West Virginia Veterans group
Fairmont notices report R H Powell named commander of the West Virginia department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars to succeed Wy Smith of Masontown. C H Connelly Fairmont chosen senior vice commander B D Ward Masontown junior vice commander. Others include J B Keller Morgantown chaplain B S Rankin Spencer department sergeant Capt G T Whitmore Martinsburg judge advocate Paul Amos Fairmont department council member four years. A Pershing for President resolution adopted. Five new posts organized in WV in the year with 236 members gained. Morgantown led with 91. Meetings include parade and banquet with Ira L Smith speaker.
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Fairmont
R. H. Powell
West
Wy Smith
Masontown
C. H. Connelly
B.D. Ward
J. B. Keller
Morgantown
B. S. Rankin
Spencer
G. T. Whitmore
Martinsburg
Paul Amos
Department Council
John J. Pershing
United States
Pershing
Veterans of Foreign Wars
West Virginia
Warren W. Smith
Tunnelton
Wheeling
Clarksburg
Edward McGrail
Veterans Service
G. A. R. Department
Fairmont Hotel
Ira L. Smith
Jackson.v. Blair, Jr
Hoover again pushes furlough plan for federal payroll cuts
Washington June 18 Hoover urged acceptance of a furlough plan that mirrors a five day government work week. Conferees failed to reconcile the plan with an 11 percent salary cut in the Senate and House bills as Congress debated the economy measure and other actions.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Capitol
Senate
House
Somers
McFadden
McDuffie
Senate Debates Two Billion Dollar Relief Bill
Washington reports the Senate opened debate on a two billion dollar Democratic unemployment relief measure replacing the Garner plan. The bill includes a five hundred million dollar public works bond issue opposed by President Hoover, but sponsors are confident of passage in the chamber.
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Washington
Senate
House
Hoover
Senate confirms Ashworth and Weiss for West Virginia posts
The senate agreed to set aside rules and notify President Hoover it confirmed David Ashworth as U S attorney for southern West Virginia and Harry A Weiss as U S marshal for northern West Virginia.
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Washington
Senate Today
Neely
Dem. W.va
Hoover
David Ashworth
U. S
West Virginia
Harry A. Weiss
Robbery gang fatally shoots man at Waukegan roadhouse
John Nine, believed tied to an organized gang supplying beer to Waukegan speakeasies, was shot to death in front of his wife when several intruders forced entry to his Crooked Lake roadhouse and hotel, west of town.
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Waukegan, MI
John Nine
Waukegan
Crooked Lake
Here
Farm House Robbery Reported Near Sago Buckhannon
Charles Cutright of Sago reported to Sheriff H A Zick that his residence at Locbed Farm House near Sago, twelve miles south of Buckhannon, was robbed last night. The sheriff went to investigate this morning.
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Buckhannon
Charles, Cutright
Sago
H. A. Zick
Rose scent in air ends with $5 fine for flirting
Charleroi Pennsylvania on June 17 reports Nick Nestor 22 flirting near Grace Parkas. A tomato can struck him in the eye during the encounter. The magistrate fined him five dollars.
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Charleroi, Pa
Nick
Nestor
Grace Parkas
Elso
Leadership School Set for July 12 at Jackson's Mill
The leadership training school of the Methodist Protestant Conference will open July 12 at Jackson's Mill. Announcement came at the close of the Clarksburg subdistrict conference in Lost Creek.
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Lost Creek
Methodist Protestant Conference
Jackson's Mill
Clarksburg
Alpine taxi driver to be released after court action
Ernest Brinkert a White Plains taximan held since the suicide of Violet Sharpe a Morrow waitress will be released today Colonel H Norman Schwarzkopf said.
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Alpine
N. J
Ernest Brinkert
Plains
Castoday
Violet Sharpe
Morrow
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
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F, Friedman & Son
NAB Bank Bandits
Tom Estell
Fort Worth
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Rhl Powell
WW. Group
the Associated Press
Wets
Thes
Illinois
Wm. Archdeacon Co
W.va
Freshgoods Wright & Ditson
Pennsylvania
Wilson’s
Ashworth
Weiss
Upshur County
DR. Glenn Optometrist
W. Va
Vandergrift
Coal Baker Coal CO
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