Complaints Over Petit Jury Selections From Knottsville Resident
A Knottsville district resident and taxpayer visited Circuit Clerk Frank Hollis to question who selects petit jurors. He claimed only a “certain” few are being called and said he would investigate why calls don’t extend to all taxpayers. The clerk explained two jury commissioners name jurors by district population, but the inquirer remained unsatisfied and sought the commissioners. He and others say Knottsville district has never been summoned for jury service despite frequent calls, a prior county office complaint yielding no remedy.
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Knottsville
Frank “Hollis
Petit
Els
the Inquirer
Vote July 7 on delegates to GOP meet
Mass meetings will be held in several county districts on July 7 at 2 o'clock to select Republican delegates to the state convention to be held August 11. Announcement by Chairman Harry C. Compton of the county Republican Executive Committee after a called meeting in the house last night. Nearly every Republican candidate and all committee members attended except Trevey Wp of Fairmont.
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Harry C. Compton
Trevey
Fairmont
Aor P
Scratch Pads 3 Ibs for 25c at Grafton Printing Co
Advertisement for scratch pads 3 pounds priced at 25 cents mentioning white and colored paper suitable for registers, phones, and memos. Produced by Grafton Printing Co located in Sentinel Building at 102 Latrobe St with phone 185-R.
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Grafton Printing Co
Bentinel
Latrobe St
Mass meeting rounds set for Republican district delegates
A state senate race discussion drew presence from several candidates as plans for an aggressive county campaign emerged. Mass meetings will choose district delegates for the state convention at Harmony Fetterman Blueville, Fleming ton High, Simpson School Court House, Park View, and other sites. The county will send 22 Republican delegates by district with distributions: Booths Creek one, Court House three, Fetterman four, Flemington two, Grafton ten, Knottsville two.
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Booths Creek
Harmony
Fetterman
Bluevilley
Flemington
Flemington High
Court House
Simpson School
Grafton
Knottsville
Park View
Borah Praises Hoover Arms Cut Plan At Geneva
Senator Borah, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, endorsed President Hoover’s Geneva disarmament proposal for a one third global arms reduction. He called the plan fair and sound and warned that failure to disarm could lead to disaster.
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Washington
Hoover
Geneva
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Speed? Earth Has It To Spare By Robert H Baker
Professor of Astronomy Robert H Baker reviews cosmic motion from Earth's rotation at 1 040 miles per hour to solar orbit at 40 000 miles per hour toward Vega and Cepheus, the Milky Way center a 50 000 light year star cloud, with distant galaxies racing away at 26 million miles per hour.
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Robert H. Baker
Univer_sity
Ilinois
Urbana
Space
New York
Earth
Vega
Cepheus
Mount Wilson Observatory
Milky Way
No-Hit Effort Fails as Danville Drops 10–0
Joe Noonan, 21, California graduate, pitched nine no hit innings for Danville but lost as Decatur won 10 to 0. He fanned seven, walked two, and surrendered errors that enabled the visitors to score.
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Decatur
Joe Noonan
California
Danville
Noonan
Pharmacists Hear Plea for Standard Prices
Professor J. Lester Hayman of West Virginia University told the Virginia and West Virginia Pharmaceutical Association in White Sulphur Springs that pharmacists are paid only for materials used and not for knowledge. He pleaded for standard prices.
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White Sulphur Springs
J. Lester Hayman
West Virginia University
Virginia and West Virginia Pharmaceutical Association
essor’Hayman
Paul Bunyan the racehorse bites himself in chase
Chicago report describes Paul Bunyan, a racehorse, being distracted by a persistent fly during a pressingly itchy moment. He apparently bites his own chest while trying to swat the insect, forcing withdrawal from a race at Washington Park.
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Chicago
Paul Bunyan
Paul
Washington Park
Former Klan Official Under Psychiatric Observation
Chicago June 22 Young Clarke of Atlanta met Kleague of the Ku Klux Klan and was placed under observation for mental condition in a psychopathic hospital after a court ordered commitment last night.
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Chicago
Young Clarke
Atlanta
Ku Klux Klan
Sharkey to defend title in Reno under $100,000 lure
Leonard Sacks business manager for Jack Dempsey expressed willingness to guarantee a $100,000 purse to lure Jack Sharkey for a heavyweight title defense in Reno Nevada. He proposed matching Sharkey against the winner of the July 4 bout between King Levinsky and Max Baer with Dempsey as referee.
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Reno
Nev
Jack Sharkey
Leonard Sacks
Jack Dempsey
Sarke
King Levinsky
Chicago
Max Baer
California
Dempsey
Wheeling Cuts Police and Firemen Pay Ten Percent
Wheeling city council orders a ten percent pay cut for police and firemen effective July 1. The reduction is expected to save about $33,000 annually.
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Wheeling
Harrison Men Freed on Bonds in False Pretenses Case
Parsons June 22 two Harrison men Smith James of Clarksburg and Robert Fortney of Shinnston are free on bonds of $500 each for appearing before Magistrate Tony Ra DePollo of Thomas. Trooper H. D. Angcell filed warrants alleging they collected deposits from local merchants as agents of a nonexistent Wheeling credit association. James arrested at Fairmont and Fortney at Shinnston. arraignment set for Thursday June 30.
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James
Fairmont
Fortney
Shinhston
Congress in Session Debates Relief Bill and Private Legislation
The Senate continues debate on the Democratic relief bill while the House weighs private bills. The Shannon committee investigates government competition with business, signaling ongoing scrutiny of policy and public spending.
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Senate
Hous
Shannon Committee
Workman Awarded $25,000 Damages for Injury
William C. South of Gladys Springs Virginia was awarded $25,000 in a suit against contractor R. A. Stutler of Charleston for injuries from a fall from a scaffold at a building under construction in Clear Creek Kentucky for the Kentucky and West Virginia Power Company.
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Charleston
Wwiliam C. South
Gladys Springs
R. A. Stutler
Clear Creek
Kentucky and
West Virginia Power Company
Bodies Found After Lightning Strike In Ben's Creek
The bodies of two young men, John Lesko aged 11 and Andrew Fetchik aged 37, were found today beneath a tree in Ben's Creek near Johnstown after a storm. Both were residents of Ben's Creek and had been struck by lightning the previous night.
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Johnstown
John Lesko
Andrew Fetchik
Ben's Creek
Judge orders probe of graft and waste in county
Pittsburgh June 22 Judge B W Marshall of the county court orders an immediate grand jury investigation into alleged mismanagement graft and waste in county departments. Details indicating the scope were not fully disclosed as the proceeding began last night.
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Pittsburgh
B. W. Marshall
Guyyter Sessions 'Court
County audit hearings reveal payroll padding and improper county spending
The inquiry starts next week based on secret hearings on the county audit. Dozens of witnesses testified about payroll padding, inflated assessments of county employees for campaigns, and private work charged to the county.
Candidate is Late for Filing Papers in Fort Scott
Fort Scott Kansas June 22 Homiie Dennis longtime schoolmarm known for promptness sought county clerk candidacy. She arrived to file papers but was three hours late, missing the filing by a narrow margin.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Homiie Dennis
Paden City Merchant Makes Hole in One
Walter Smittie, a Paden City merchant, aced the 143 yard hole at Sistersville Country Club in the second ace in the club’s 14 year history. The item notes the event as reported by The Associated Press.
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Paden
Sistersville
Walter Smittie
Paden City
Beech street bakery proprietor John L Pracht dies after stroke
John L Pracht 77 Beech street bakery shop proprietor and townsman died at City Hospital at 3 15 am after a second stroke within a week His funeral will be in Bartlett parlors McGraw avenue at 2 pm Rev E F K Roof of St Pauls Lutheran Church will preside Burial at Bluemont He was born in Ohio son of German parents and operated Beech street bakery with a doughnut specialty in Grafton He is survived by son Henry J Pracht grandson Henry Walters Pracht M D of Pittsburgh a brother August Pracht of Wheeling and sisters Mrs Roland Cook Wheeling and Mrs Nettie Flood Annapolis Md He was a member of the local Lutheran congregation.
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Beech Street
City Hospital
Bartlett
McGraw Avenue
E. F. K. Roof
St. Paul's Utheran Church
Bluemont
Pracht
Pearl Street
John L. Pracht
Ohio
John Pracht
Caroline Bingner Pracht
United States
Grafton
Henry J. Pracht
Henry Walters Pracht
M.D
Pittsburgh
City
August Pracht
Wheeling
Roland
Rubenstein Evades Weston in West Virginia Hospital
Charles Rubenstein, a sick man from City Hospital, evaded Weston state hospital after seizure illness on U S Route 50. Captain W H Arnold of the Salvation Army located the man’s handbag in Harrison county and went to Clarksburg to recover it. The man previously stayed at the Clarksburg Salvation Army home and was listed as a dope addict. authorities plan to identify papers that may confirm his identity and wartime service.
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Charles Rubenstein
City Hospital
Weston
State Hospital
W. H. Arnold
Salvation Army Forces
Rubenstein
Harrison County
Clarksburg
Salvation Army
State Institution
Local Boy Loses to Young Smalley
A Grafton boy walked to Lewellyn hill and back after wagering on the Schmeling Sharkey fight. He faced heat and temptation, endured offers to ride, and returned with a grim tale of bets on the German. Town chatter centers on the decision and support for Teuton contender.
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Young Smalley
Grafton
Smalley
Lewellyn
U S Davis Cup Players Advance In Tennis Contest
Wimbledon England June 22 J Van Ryn Prank Shields Wilmer Ett members of the U S team today joined Gregory Mangin and Sidney B Wood Jr into the third round of the Wimbledon tennis competition. The report notes cleanout victories as part of the Davis Cup advance. Also mentions Chick Berens a Cleveland Ohio wrestler who works for an oil and gasoline barrels company.
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Wimbledon
England
J. van Ryn
Prank Shields
Wilmer
Ett
U. S
Chick, Berens
Cleveland
Ohio
Én Ft Company
Nearly Loses Big Toe In Severing Sove One
In Missouri on June 22 James Gidden an 88 year old man attempted self surgery to sever a toe using nails and a knife. He held the toes apart with nails and struck the knife blade to remove the nail prone toe. The action nearly cost him the big toe but he preserved the severed toe in salt water until Dr. J W Mays provided treatment.
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Agency
James Gidden
Jim
J. W. Mays
Clarksburg Plans Plant Addition Sparking Local Growth
In Clarksburg Hartland suburb, West Penn Manufacturing Co plans a new addition to its furniture plant. Announcement came from H. B. Schum, president of the Clarksburg Chamber of Commerce. The project aims to expand capacity and create jobs.
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Clarksburg
West Penn Manufacturing Company
Hartland
H. B. Schum
Local firm to add payroll and secure eastern contract
Schum announced plans to hire additional men and add 500000 dollars yearly to the payroll. Local labor will be used to ease unemployment, aided by a long term contract from an eastern distributing house. Financing of the project, with aid from the chamber, has nearly been completed.
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Schum
Virginia Bankers to Hold Meet Thursday in Old Point
Virginia Bankers to hold their annual convention at Old Point Virginia starting Thursday and running through Saturday. Reports from committees on taxation agriculture federal and state legislation bank protection banking education and county organization will be presented at the opening session.
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Virginia
Old Point
Virginia Bankers’ Association
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