Orders to Appoint Auxiliary Receivers For Companies
Judge Arthur P. Trudgon in Kanawha county circuit court signed orders appointing A H Jackson and R B Thonas as auxiliary receivers for Midland Natural Gas Company and Twin City Natural Gas Company. Both are Delaware chartered. Receivership followed suits against the Twin City and Midland group including Home Gas Companies, Bridgeport Naturals and Oil, Municipal Gas Co of West Virginia, Greene County Gas Co, and others to protect subsidiaries and stockholders and delay railroad construction of about 41 miles tapping coal fields in Kentucky and West Virginia.
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Charleston
W. Va
A. H Jackson
R. B. Thonas
Midland Natural Gas Company
Twin City Natural Gas Company
Arthur P. Trudgon
Kanawha County
Delaware
Twin City Company
Midland Company
Home Gas Conpains Bridgeport Naturals and Oil Company
Municipal Gas Company
Kentucky
West Virginia
Millard
Pike County
Kenteky
Marsh Park
Cabin Creek
Prosecutor Attacks Cowardice of Pair In Shooting Youths
Anta Oklahoma June 26 jurors trying W E Guess former deputy sheriff for the slaying of Emilio Cortes Rubia and Manuel Garcia Gomez were told by assistant attorney general Frank Dudley to consider if officers are too cowardly to take a chance. Dudley challenged the defendants plea that they shot the students when they drew pistols as Guess and Cecil Crosby sought to question them on a residential street late at night after stopping their automobile on the way to Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anta Okla
W. E. Guess
Emilio Cortes Rubia
Manuel Garcia Gomez
Frank Dudley
Dudley
Guess
Cecil Crosby
Mexico
Low mood cited to delay railroad construction request
Washington June 26 The general business low mood was cited by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad today as the reason for applying to the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to delay construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chesapeake and ‘Ohio Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Clergy May Refuse to Divulge Information
The Supreme Court today upheld a clergyman’s right to refuse confidential information. It reversed the contempt conviction of Rev. Emil Swenson, a Lutheran pastor of Minneapolis, who had refused to disclose a parishioner’s conversation about a divorce case. Swenson faced a $100 fine or 30 days in jail, a sentence challenged by the Minneapolis Ministers Federation on appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Supreme Court
High Court
Emil Swenson
Minneapolis
Swenson
Steamer Collision Off Bahamas Leaves Three Lost
The steamer Robert Luckenbach arriving from Seattle reported on June 19 a collision with the British schooner Arrawak near Castle Island and Imagua in the Bahamas. One crew member and two Arrawak passengers were lost, while Arrawak’s master George Lockiard and eight crew members were landed at Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Robert Luckenbach
Seattle
George Lockiard
Castle Isline
Imagua
Bahamas
Ragged Island
Inagua
Submarine Nautilus Arrives in Plymouth for Pole Crossing
The Nautilus submarine, part of Sir Hubert Wilkins planned Arctic crossing, arrived in Plymouth from Cobh Ireland on June 26. The voyage aims to traverse the polar regions atop the world under the North Pole and proceed this summer.
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Plymouth
Eng
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Cobh
Ireland
Posse Tracks Negro Sought for Slaying at Cleo Springs
Watonga Oklahoma June 26 National guardsmen stood on alert as a large posse closed in on the hiding place of Fillmore Davis a former convict accused in the slaying of deputy sheriff Guy Jarvis and wounding of deputy George Ginder. Davis fled in an officers car abandoning it near Cleo Springs after Jarvis and Ginder approached a barricaded house where Davis hid. Police were seeking Davis for questioning about gasoline theft.
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Fillmore Davis
Fle
Cleo Springs
Jarvis
George Gender
Davis
Opportunity Cash Sale at Clark's Plumbing & Haw Store
A bold notice announces an opportunity cash sale offering savings of one-fourth to one-half on all merchandise at Clark's Plumbing and Hardware Store located next door to the Post Office. Phone 124-R is listed for inquiries.
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Clark's Plumbing & Haw
Wroth Elected Head of Bibliographical Society
Lawrence C. Wroth of Providence was elected president of the Bibliographical Society of America at Yale during the American Library Association session. The ALA training class section chose Miss Mary L. Titcomb of Hagerstown to chair its group.
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New Haven
Conn
Lawrence C. Wroth
Providence
R. L
Bibliographical Society of America
Yale University
American Library Association
American Library Associaton
Mary L. Titcomb
Higerstown
Mine closure at Valley Camp No 1 in Elm Grove
R M Lamble, chief of the West Virginia state department of mines, left for Wheeling to oversee the closing of Valley Camp Mining Companys No 1 mine at Elm Grove after district inspector A E Lafferty reported a sudden gaseous condition. About 119 men were employed there.
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Charleston
W. Va
R. M. Lamble
State Department of Mines
Wheeling
Valley Camp Mining Company
Elm Grove
A. E. Lafferty
Lambie
Lafferty
Man Admits Reckless Driving in Giles Curve Crash
P S N Markovits of Clarksburg admitted guilt in Grafton area court after being charged by Harry Phillips of Grafton with reckless driving. He arranged to pay a 216.60 fine and costs. The incident began when Markovits forced Phillips off the Webster road to avoid a collision at Giles curve, then crashed into a tree.
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S. N. Markovits
Clarksburg
Harry Phillips
Grafton
John L. Wittman
Markovitz
Phillips
Giles
Webster Road
Markovits
Sunday Marriage License To George Marquis Sunday
George Marquis Sunday 36 son of Billy Sunday obtained a license yesterday to marry Mauryne Reichard of Los Angeles Friends here said they believe Mauryne Reichard to be Mauryne La Salle a Hollywood mannequin named as the other woman when Sunday and his first wife were divorced a year ago
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San Francisco
Sune
George Marquis Sunday
Billy Sunday
Mauryne Reichard
Los Angeles
Reichard
Mauryne la Salle
Hollywood
Sunday
Lindbergh Applies For Radio Transmitter License
Charles A. Lindbergh applied to the radio commission for a license to operate the transmitter and receiver aboard his airplane on the Orient flight. The request seeks frequencies 383,500 3,130 615 8,450 and 13,240 kilocycles with 12 watts power. He did not state a start date.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Radio Commission
Orient
Bles
Lindvergh
Einstein Warns Universe Could Shrink Like 1929 Crash
Berlin reports that Prof. Albert Einstein warned in a late night speech that while the universe is expanding today it may soon contract, drawing a parallel to the 1929 stock market crash and signaling a possible cosmic reversal.
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Berlin
Albert Einstein
Cosmology remark at Berlin lecture hints universe’s eventual halt
In Berlin the speaker Einstein described the cosmos as a vast bubble that will stop expanding and enter a long period of shrinking or stagnation, presenting a provocative view of the universe’s fate in a genial mood.
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Umyygrsky
Berlin
Einstein
Plan to Remove Rock From Falls Is Not Favored
Niagara Falls officials and engineers reacted to an anonymous plan to remove rock in front of the American Falls. They said no advantage would be gained and the removal might lessen the falls’ rugged beauty, noting the broken crestline is more attractive.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Chamber of Commerce
Niagara Falls Power Company
Ralph D. House
Geld House
Hope War Debt Talks Continue in Europe
The United States seeks a moratorium on reparations as Secretary Stimson and Secretary Mellon, visiting Paris and London, press for a suspension to aid world economies. France reportedly stands firm against unconditional payments while diplomats note possible reconciliation of divergent views.
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Europ
Mellon
Paris
England
Lonsdon
Stimson
France
State Department
United States
Brew Raid Leads to Fine for Mrs Smith
Police recovered thirty one quarts and twenty pints of home brew from Mrs Tillie Smith on Boyd Street during a raid by Henderson DeMoss and Goodwin. She was fined $25 in police court this morning and the brew was poured out after the trial.
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Henderson, DeMoss and Goodwin
Tillie Smith
Boyd Street
Monster gin long snake spotted in downtown St Louis street
A 20 inch creature described as a hot spet gin monster was seen sat along a street in the heart of downtown St Louis, drawing curious onlookers and local attention. The report notes the unusual sighting occurred in the city center, with residents and authorities assessing the event.
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St. Louis
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