Preparatory Disarmament Commission Adjourns After Incident
Geneva May 6 The preparatory disarmament commission adjourned with next moves toward disarmament delayed until the Big Five naval powers show progress. A fire broke out when a delegate lit a match on a lighter provoking a raucous interruption as Soviet Litvinoff pressed for an international conference. The body adopted a Japanese proposal to postpone further action.
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Geneva
N Ofan” International Rege
Maxim Litvinoff
Roéguin
Litvinoff
Commission
City Clean-Up Week Declared In Grafton
The Civic Club announces a May 6 week as city clean-up. Residents should place waste in city containers for truck transport to the crematory. containers not returned. Ordinance prohibits dumping filth on streets or property. residents urged to comply and report unsightly properties.
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Grafton
Thorand
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Hoover Faces Severe Tests of Influence
Washington reports President Hoover faces a tight Senate vote this week over the farm relief debenture plan. The climax would be a Wednesday vote to eliminate the debenture provision, with administration leaders claiming 47 votes for elimination to 46 against. Two proponents are ill and another is doubtful, creating a narrow margin and possible paired voting.
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Hoover
Senate
Caraway
Arkansas
Bussey Free in Torch Death Case
White Plains New Jersey May 6 Eugene Bussey Johns Hopkins student freed by Supreme Court Justice Arthur W Tompkins as material witness in the slaying of Mrs Dorothy Peacox. Her husband is charged with first degree murder. Bussey to appear if needed by prosecution or defense. case linked to Buss ey friendly ties with Mrs Peacox and jealousy of Earl Peacox. (Continued on page six)
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White Plains
N. J
Eugene Bussey
Johns Hopkins
Dorothy Peacox
Supreme Court
Arthur
Tompkins
Bussey
Naval Officer Faces Charge in Fatal Car Crash
Charleston May 6 Lieutenant Angus M. Cohan of the U S naval ordinance plant at South Charleston drives from Ferry Branch road and crashes into a hillside after knocking down a telephone pole trees and guard rail fatally injuring Fred A Hoelscher 38 an insurance agent. Charges of manslaughter in connection with the accident were continued on page five.
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Charleston
Fred A. Hoelscher
Angus M. Cohan
United States Naval Ordinance Plant
South Charleston
Ferry Branch
A Knottsville Farmer Fined On Game Law Count
J O Rosier an elderly Knottsville farmer was fined 10 dollars and costs by Magistrate J O Jace after pleading guilty to killing a ring necked pheasant on April 2 a Sunday and for hunting on Sunday The bird was said to be the surviving member of a stock released in Knottsville by the state game commission two years ago The case was heard Saturday afternoon and results referenced a continuation on page seven
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J. O. Rosier
Knottsville
J. O. Jace
State Game Commission
Local parts theft ring probed by Grafton police
Investigations by the Grafton police into spare auto parts thefts reveal youths questioned and potential involvement of out of town buyers. Chief Homer Selvey says authorities seek higher-ups and expect fresh information by midweek leading to possible arrests. extensive canvassing of garages and local firms has yielded no success yet.
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Homer Selvey
Grafton
Selvey
Sleeping Sickness Suspected In Infant Patient At Charleston
In Charleston on May 6 a three month old girl named Betty Catherine Duff, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Duff, entered the tenth day of unbroken slumber with coma. Dr James Roberts reported en cephalitis, a brain inflammation bordering on sleeping sickness, with doubtful chances of recovery as the child is nourished by medicine dropper and growing weaker.
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Charleston
Betty Catherine Duff
William Duff
James Roberts
THREE SLAYINGS MUST DO TIME IS SOLICITOR GENERAL
Washington reports Harry Sinclair will not appear for the Supreme Court mandate ordering his jail time for contempt of the Senate. The order follows his 1927 conviction in the Teapot Dome leasing inquiry. Also surfaced is news that Albert B. Fall’s ranch may be sold at Alamogordo to satisfy a loan, with Doheny planning to bid. Charles Evans Hughes Jr was named solicitor general, a surprise choice praised for legal heft. Police pursue the Big Korney gang amid three slayings and a string of robberies spanning Buffalo and beyond.
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Charles E. Hughes, Jr
Washington
Harry. Sinclair
Supreme Court
Senate
William Hitz
District of Columbia Supreme Court
District Court
Leo A. Rover
Frank B. Cunningham
Justice Hitz
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Sinclair
Fall
Beverley Hills
Cal
Three Rivers
N. M
Albert B. Fall
Interior
Alamogordo
Edward L. Doheny
Robert Sands
Sands
Naval Oil Reserve
M. D. Thatcher
Pueblo
Colo
Doheny
Elk Hills
Calif
Doheny Company
Harry F. Sinclair
Charles Evans i Hughes, Jr
White House
Hughes
William D. Mitchell
New York
Taft
John W. Davisville
Great Britain
Guy D. Goff
James M. Beck
House
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Buffalo
Chicago
John Kwiatowski
Big Korney
Anthony Kalkiewicz
Icz
Depew
Victor Chojnicki
Depew House
Kalkiewicz
Art Metal Works
Ward J. Pierce
Max Bauer Dies in Shanghai Chinese report
Shanghai reports the death of Col onel Max Bauer a German military adviser to the Chinese government and former right hand man of Erich Ludendorff during the world war He died today of smallpox in Shanghai marking a notable end for a prominent World War I figure.
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Shanghai
Max Bauer
Erich Ludendorff
Asylum Fire Forcibly Evacuates Inmates at Greystone
Morristown New Jersey May 6 Four thousand patients at the New Jersey State Hospital for the Insane at Greystone near Morris Plains faced a major fire that damaged the main building s right wing. about 1 400 men were moved to safety as plans were made to relocate 1 000 women from the adjoining wing. The fire started in the cupola and burned to the fifth story before it was discovered. Immediate action by the hospital fire department attendants doctors and nurses prevented injuries though many inmates were moved with difficulty. Guards and staff worked to contain the blaze as the page eight continuation notes.
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Morristown
N. J
New Jersey State Hospital For the Insane
Greystone
Morris Plains
Mellon Okeh With Senate Mellon Okeh With Senate
A majority of the senate judiciary committee backed the Steiner report declaring Andrew W. Mellon legally holds the post of secretary of treasury. Senator Stephens absent telegraphed his vote for the report as the final tally stood 9 to 7 with Senator Ashurst not voting. Continued on Page Eight.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Steiner
Repubiscan
Oregon
Andrew W. Mellon
Textile plants end strikes in Elizabethton Tennessee
Five guards companies with machine guns on plant roofs restored work at American Berg and American Glanzstoff in Elizabethton on May 6 after a strike that began April 15. About 6,500 idle workers to resume as mechanical and chemical departments reopen gradually. clashes occurred but no major disorders. Peaceful picketing reported by Rayon workers with 5,000 on strike. 800 guards and police on duty.
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Elizabethton
Enn
National
Rayon Company
Queen Marie Returns From Spain Visit
Queen Marie and her daughter Princess Tieana arrived back in Bucharest from Spain today. In Berlin official tallies report 24 deaths during last week's May Day disorders, including five women. twenty three were shot and one man was run over by a police car.
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Bucharest
Marie
Princess Tieana
Spain
Berlin
Grafton Churches Honor Founder of Mothers Day
The Grafton Ministerial Association plans a large observance for the twenty first anniversary of Mothers Day honoring Anne Jarvis born in Taylor County and former Grafton resident who originated the event. The ceremony to be held Sunday aims to be the most elaborate Mothers Day observance yet in Grafton with a special program reflecting local interest.
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Grafton
Anne Jarvis
Taylor County
Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church
Sdme
Tle
Mies Jarvis
Weather notes and civic water ordinance in Grafton
A weather brief calls for rain tonight and Tuesday morning with cooler temperatures in the south. An upcoming municipal notice explains quarterly water rent payments due January April July and October. Delinquent April rent triggers water shutoffs after April 20 with official notification by the City Collector.
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Rr Irdanance
City OF Grafton
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