Railroad bids to start Grafton Belington line work
Plans to advertise bid specifications for the Grafton and Belington branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad from this city to Kppi begin July 1. Up to 000 men will gain employment as work starts around September, with a public bid opening in Pittsburgh and a relocation project tied to flood control near City Park. Continued on page two.
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Grafton
Belington
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Kppi
Sentinel
T Rh
Ma W. D. Styer
Pittsburgh
Army’engineers
Grafton Townsle
Taylor
Igineers
Sepember
Young West Virginian Holt Wins Senate Seat
Washington June 22 A bespectacled West Virginian Holt won a Senate seat after a dramatic overnight contest. The 30 year old defeated foes of rugged individualism in a 62 to 17 vote, ending months of waiting for his turn and earning the oath from President Garner. Holt pledged to back stringent regulation and oppose public ownership or a pension bill, while his family watched as he took the oath.
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Washington
Fhaken
Senate
Holt
West Virginia Plain
West
Garner
Neely D
Long terms meted out 10 one kidnapper
In Tacoma on June 22 1935 Margaret Waley 19 faces federal trial over the $200 000 kidnapping of George Weyerhaeuser. Her husband Harmon 24 was sentenced to 45 years at McNeil Island federal penitentiary for the plot. Harmon pled guilty while Margaret initially pleaded but the judge refused leniency citing the Lindbergh law. Continued on page four.
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Associated Press
Tacoma
Wash
Margaret
Thulin Waley
George Weyerhaeuser
Olympia
Harmon
McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary
Salti
Waley
William Dainard
William Mahan
E. E. Cushman
Stephen J. O'Brien
Police Probe Mystery Fall Of Young Wife
Washington police investigate the five story fall of Lucille T. English 29 wife of Burt expedition leader as Harold W. Starr 26 Washington lawyer is questioned. Lieut Robert English back from Antarctica had recently separated from his wife and may have fallen or jumped from a kitchen window.
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Washington
Lucille T. English
Harold W. Starr
English
Robert English
Antarctica
Eng
New Coal Company Is Incorporated by State
A Logan county coal company authorized to issue 1,250,000 in capital stock was incorporated by the secretary of state. The Standard Bituminous Mines, Inc., of Logan, with its chief works at Aracama, Logan county, charter issued yesterday. Incorporators are Philip Verplanck, George L. Ehrman and J. Fred Smith, all of Akron, Ohio.
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Charleston
Logan County Coal Company
Standard Bituminous
J Mines, Inc
Logan
Aracama
Logan County
Philip Verplanck
George L. Ehrman
J. Fred Smith
Akron
Holt Congratulated By Kump on Gaining Seat
Governor H G Kump sent a telegram to Rush D Holt congratulating him on being seated in the United States senate. The governor noted the Senate action and wished him a note of encouragement for public service.
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Holt
Kump
Charleston
United States
Senate
Rush D. Holt
H. G. Kump
Yale Varsity Crew Defeats Crimson Eight in Thames Regatta
Yale's varsity crew triumphed over Harvard by a wide margin on the Thames at New London Connecticut. From the start Yale took the lead and, guided by stroke Jim Castle of Honolulu, pulled away to win by a decisive distance.
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New London
Conn
Yale
Harvard
Thames
Crimson
Jim Castle
Honolulu
Elis
Garbage Collectors Return After New Orleans Strike
New Orleans on June 22 1930 city commissioner Joseph P Skelly announced that garbage workers who walked out yesterday have agreed to return to work today while a settlement is sought. About 50 of the 300 affected workers demanded higher pay before resuming duties.
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New Orleans
Joseph P.skelly
Public Property
Commission Council
Lynching of R. D. McGee near Wiggins Mississippi
In a remote Stone county area near Wiggins a mob of 200 to 400 white men seized 25 year old R. D. McGee from his home and hanged him in a wood to punish an alleged attempted attack on an 11 year old white girl. The body was riddled with bullets as the mob dispersed after the hanging. Sheriff J. A. Simpson said the incident is continued on page 5.
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Whcgins
Miss
R. D. ifcGee
Wiggins
Stone County
McGee
J. A. Simpson
Stone
Youth Pays Penalty In Colorado Prison
In Canon City Colorado Leonard Belongia a 24 year old Wisconsin youth became the fourth inmate executed in Colorado by lethal gas. He died after holding the light for Warden Rob Best to read the death warrant. Belongia said he killed his employer Albert Osterick after being refused a loan to marry a Fort Lupton girl. Mrs Osterick was shot but recovered and the employer’s son was beaten.
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Canon City
Colo
Leonard
Lee) Belongia
Wisconsin
Colorado
Rob Best
Belongia
Albert Osterick
Fort Lupton
Life sentence commuted by pardon board in Charleston
In Charleston on June 22 the pardon attorney said Gene Visco of Brooke County had his life sentence for first degree murder reduced to 18 years on the recommendation of prison and court officials. Leon Webber, previously paroled after a breaking and entering conviction in Berkeley County in March 1931, was ordered back to prison to serve the remainder of a one to ten year term for parole violations.
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Charleston
Gene Visco
Brooke County
Leon Webber
Berkeley County
Edenreaches Accord With French Chief
Paris reports Premier Pierre Laval and Capt. Anthony Eden Britain’s envoy appeared to heal the Anglo French breach over a German naval accord. They agreed France and England should work together for Europe’s peace through increased collective security. The talks were expected to resume when Eden returns from Rome. Continued on page five.
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Paris
Pierre Laval
Anthonysen
Britain
Germany
M. Laval
France
England
Europe
Davis Section Storm Kills 86-Year-Old Man in West Virginia
Howling winds and hail ripped through Davis West Virginia killing 86 year old James Barrington after his burn collapsed from the gale. Mary Katherine Godwin, a telephone exchange operator, was knocked from her chair by lightning as lines and barns were torn down and crops ruined in the storm path nearby Parsons lay untouched across the mountain.
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Davis
W. Va
James Barrington
Mary Katherine Godwin
Parsons
Irish Free State and Britain to be reconciled in talks
Dublin reports that Irish Free State and British leaders plan a formal reconciliation in London soon. They will discuss political and commercial terms with a list of possible pact questions under review by high government quarters.
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Irish Free State
Britain
Associated Press
Dublin
London
Bihari
Roane County Considers Liquor Prohibition Election
Roane County Court weighs a petition to hold a vote on liquor prohibition with August 17 tentatively set as the election date. The court was expected to act later today to decide on calling the election.
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Roane County
Spencer
W. Va
Roane
Senate panel calls graft claims by Mitchell thin air
Washington reports Chairman Copeland of the Senate commerce committee dismissed Mitchells graft charges against the commerce department as thin air. Senator Vandenberg said testimony placed the Leviathan deal in the presidents lap while Mitchell alleged penalties relieved by the United States lines and the influence of Roosevelt associates. Secretary Roper denied the charges and described Mitchell as suspicious and over-imaginative.
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Washington
Copeland
D-N
Senate Commerce Committee
Ewing
Mitchell
Commerce Department
New Yorker
Vandenberg
R-Mich
United States
Roosevelt
Vincent Ashtor
Kermit Roosevelt
Roper
Festined
Terday
Dr James E Allen to Head Marshall College
Veteran instructor Dr James E Allen named president of Marshall College, effective July 1, succeeding Dr M P Shawkey. Allen, head of Davis and Elkins College for 25 of its 31 years, will lead from the Presbyterian school he has run since age 29. He holds A B from Hampden-Sidney and LL D from Hampden-Sidney in 1923, studied at Virginia, Johns Hopkins Latin post grad work, is married with four sons.
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Charleston
Davis and Elkins College
Marshall College
James E. Allen
Marshall
State Board of Education
Presbyterian
St Elkins
Shawkey
Allen
M. P. Shawkey
Huntington
Davis and Elkins
Davis and Elkkins
Virginia
Deichman Preparatory School
Baltimore
Notre Dame College of Maryland
Hampden-Sidney
University of Virginia
John Hopkins University
Commission Refuses To Suspend Increase
Charleston dispatch says the Public Service Commission refused Island Creek Coal Company's petition to suspend an increased coal freight rate from Logan to Huntington for river trans shipment after the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington declined action. The decision leaves the higher rate in effect.
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Charleston
Public Service Commission
Island Creek Coal Company
Logan
Huntington
Coal Company
State Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Clipper Ship Skims Pacific Homeward From Alameda
Alameda California June 22 Pan American’s flying clipper continued its trans Pacific voyage toward California. Before dawn the vessel passed the halfway point of the 2410 mile route. At 4 a m 7 a m EST she was 1440 miles from Honolulu traveling 140 miles an hour into a 12 mile headwind.
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Alameda
Calif
Pan American
Hawaii
California
trans-Pacific Air Service
Honolulu
Questions on how far he will go in wealth redistribution
Senator Long sent President Roosevelt a 2000 word letter offering full support if a wealth distribution program is pushed. He urged rapid action, warned of political ruin for the president if he opposes the plan, and questioned how far the administration would go on share the wealth.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Long
Saphol Il
Pees
White House
Louisiana
BN Ed
Truck Driver Aart at Dam Bulletin
Boyd Curry, 30, hurt at the dam yesterday, was reported doing nicely at Gratton City hospital this afternoon. Attendants said his condition was not as serious as first thought.
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Boyd Curry
Gratton City Hospital
Firemen's School Planned in Morgantown
Morgantown announces the fifth annual firemen training period from July 29 to August 3 at West Virginia University. Instructors from Siemens and other experts will teach fire prevention control methods and hydraulic pump inspection to all parts of the state.
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Boyd Curry
Gratton
Rederick Snare Corporation
Tédersl
Grafton City Hospital
Curry
Tygart Valley
Morgantown
West
Oe Gee
of Mall
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