State drives aim to curb license plate thefts
The West Virginia state road commission led by Leighton Henry launches a campaign to enforce auto license and driver license laws. He cites an estimated $700,000 yearly loss and plans to warn 10,000 dealers. arrests may follow. The report also notes expansion of the Parkersburg state poultry plant, a May enrollment census, and local notices.
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Charleston
State Road Commission
Leighton Henry
Henry
Germans Deny and World War Echoes on Anniversary Day
Reported Berlin unrest over Versailles treaty protests while voters fend off a pro longation bill with 268 for and 166 against. Commemorations mark the Sarajevo assassination anniversary as President von Hindenberg’s fate looms in the German debate. Separate dispatches note police clashes with students, memorials in Sarajevo, and war history reflections.
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Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Kaiser William
Germany
Berlin
Berlin University
Tide Water Hi-test TYDOL Gasoline Breaks Records
Tide Water Oil Sales Corp promotes Hi-test TYDOL as a high performance gasoline claiming instant starting, faster acceleration, and quiet power. A test climb by Martin Jensen reaches 26,600 feet, touted as a world altitude record for motor car fuel, certified by National Aeronautical Association officials.
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Tide Water Oil Sales Corp
Broadway
New York
N. Y
National Aeronautical Association
Martin Jensen
Letters Sent Up For Three Musketeers Cabin At Grand Theatre
A hand drill wood screws and a countersink are sent up to the upper level of the Three Musketeers cabin at the Grand Theatre. The correspondence is addressed generically to whom this letter may be presented rather than to any specific official of the socialist union.
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Soprigt Union
Eight Dead Many Hurt In Chile Mine Blast
Antofagasta Chile June 28 eight persons are known to have been killed and 17 injured in an explosion in the thuquigamata mine of the Chile Exploration Co. today. The explosion occurred while the mining crew was getting ready for a blast. Five of those injured are in a serious condition.
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Antofagasta
Chile
Thuquigamata
Chile Exploration Co
Midnight ride tale spooks Grafton crowd in Philippi drive
M L Trout and American Legion members recalled a night ride story after returning from Phil pippi. A man on the Philippi Pike wearing only a night shirt asked for a ride claiming his horses had disappeared. His eerie muttering and behavior frightened the party as officers decided whether to search for a supposed crazy man.
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Icabod Crane
M. L. Trout
American Legion
Philippi
Philippi Pike
Grafton
Trout
Pike
Borah Letters Win Favor With Soviet Travelers
Washington reports that letters signed by Senator William Borah, Idaho, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, are highly valued by Americans on business or scientific missions in Russia. Travelers call them magic wands, easing access to Soviet territory and securing privileges tied to Russian passports, with Borah’s signature widely sought for various requests.
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J. L. West
Washington
Russia
William, B. Borah
Idaho
Senate
Soviet Union
Paris
Berlin
European
Celyés
Spanish Government Ends Search for Franco Expedition
Madrid June 28 The Spanish government says it has done everything to locate Major Ramon Franco and three companions who vanished last Saturday on a trans Atlantic flight venture. A public statement from the ministry of marine says further search is practically useless and abandoned.
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Madrid
Ramon Franco
Ministry of Marine
Young reparations plan to be discussed at Berlin conference
The cabinet today unanimously approved a program for the coming political conference to implement the Young reparations plan. In Wellsburg, fifty workers at the Braking Glass Factory fled in panic as a tan molten glass exploded, causing about $3,000 in damage.
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Berlin
Wellsburg
Murray Dead in Fall From High Tension Wire
Joseph Murray aged 30 an electrician for Weirton Steel Company died last night from burns after falling across a high tension wire in New Cumberland. He lived in the city and his death was reported this morning by local authorities.
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New Cumberland
Joseph Murray
City
Weirton Steel Company
Takes Over Bank In New Cumberland Misread Transfer
Philip A Holman of Charleston today assumed the receivership of the defunct First National Bank New Cumberland succeeding J W Pole of Steubenville who has accepted the receivership of the Adena National Bank recently closed The dry crankcase method of cooling and filtering motor oil in automobiles is being watched by the automotive world
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New Cumberland
Philip A. Holman
Charleston
First National Bank
J. W. Pole
Steubenville
Automotive World
Public Auction Of Grafton Property Under 1929 Trust
By authority of a 1929 deed of trust Carroll A Lowe and wife secured debt owed to O E B Wychomty trustee. The property in Grafton West Virginia at Maple avenue corner lot 50 by 120 feet will be sold to the highest bidder July 22 1929 at 2 PM at the county courthouse. Terms: cash or one third in six months or one third in twelve months with interest bearing notes and title retained as security. Dated June 27 1939.
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Taylor County
West Virginia
Carroll al Lowe
Court House of County
Ashbag
Grafton
We Grafton
Joseph Korte Om
Maple Avenue
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Earl M. McCloblin
Ravenswood
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New River State School
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Bluefield Colored Institute
Hinton
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O. J. Hale
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Jefferson County Court
Marietta Manufacturing Company
Point Pleasant
Public Service Commission
Williamson
Kiwanis Club
Huntington
Herald-Dispatch
Board of Control and Architects
University of West Virginia
United Fuel Gas Company
State Supreme Court
Maine
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St. Louis
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Fresno Vineyard Company
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Colony Vintages Company
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Interior
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Serbia
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