Concert Pianist Files Breach of Promise Suit
Leo Techtonius, a Paris based concert pianist, sues Mrs. Robert Galloway widow of Colonel Galloway for 512.00 claiming an engagement announced in Paris last November and cabled to American papers, ended by her two children causing embarrassment after a three year courtship. Galloway, described as a wealthy widow linked to southern mining, traction and transportation interests.
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Racine, Wis
Leo Tecktotius
Paris
France
Robert Galloway
Memphis
Tenn
Fecktonius
Galloway
South
Visit With The Family Up A Fact Comedy at High School
An event titled Visit With The Family Up A Fact Comedy sponsored by the Bester Star Woman's Club will be held in the High School Auditorium on Epiday May Sth at 2 o'clock. The notice lists the venue and sponsor, inviting community attendance.
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The
Bester Star Woman
Bishop Cannon Faces Charges At Convention
Dallas Texas May 7 A reported contemplated attack on Bishop James Cannon Jr of Virginia stirred talk at the opening of the quadrennial Methodist Episcopal Church South conference. Charges expected to be brought by a Georgia delegate would focus on Cannon's politics. Cannon refused to discuss charges or testify about Washington testimony by E C Jameson on alleged fund discrepancies. If charged, they go to the episcopacy committee for recommendation. The day centered on bishops address urging legislation for the general church.
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Dallas
Texas
James Cannon, Jr
Virginia
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Georgia
Cannon
Washington
Congressional Lobby Committee
E. C. Jameson
New York
Bishop Cannon
Alfred B. Smith
Committee On
Ely and Walker Dry Goods announces large scale merger
In St Louis on May 7 the Ely and Walker Dry Goods Company disclosed its acquisition of the Watts Ritter Company of Huntington West Virginia and the Walton N Moore Dry Goods Company of San Francisco. The combined units will eclipse 357 million in annual sales and signal a move toward a national wholesale and manufacturing system with annual turnover over 10 million. Assets of Walton N Moore and Watts Ritter are being transferred to Ely and Walker.
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Louis
Ely and Walker Dry Goods Company
Watts-Ritter Company
Huntington
West Virginia
Walton N. Moore Dry Goods Company
San Francisco
Walton N. Moore
Watts-Ritter
Merger plans for Walton Moore Ely and Watts Ritter firms
Three wholesale dry goods companies announce a merger creating a holding company with a $100 million capital structure. The Walton Moore San Francisco Ely Walker St Louis Watts Ritter Huntington group will continue operating separately under current management and trade names. The merger is asset based, with an $18.695 million current structure, and aims to complete by June 1.
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Walker
Funsten
Earthquake Toll Rises in Burma With Hundreds Dead
Reports from Rangoon and Pegu on May 7 place casualties around 400 killed in Pegu and about 200 killed or injured in Rangoon. Figures vary as communications recovered, amid postquake unrest and riots targeting Indians following Gandh i arrest. Authorities say Rangoon death toll but five hundred in Rangoon? No, 204 injured referenced.
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Ragoon
Burma
India
Pegu
Mahatma Gandhi
Rangoon
Halt hearings until May 14 adjourned on protest
West Virginia Power and Transmission Company hearings were adjourned to May 14 at the request of protestants. The session focused on denials of accusations of surreptitious action in passage of the war emergency power act and a changed Public Service Commission license fee. In Pittsburgh a man died and another was injured when a car fell over a six foot embankment in Turtle Creek.
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West Virgina Power and ‘Transmission
Legisla
Charleston
Public Service Commission
Cheat River
Pittsburgh
Ralph E. Kit ‘Eaid
Turtle Creek
Thomas
Story
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Haymonds
Hanway
J. J. Remlinger
Methodist Church
Tam
John Quincy Adams
Watts-Ritt , Company of
America
S. R. Funsten
Walton
Moore Dry Goods Company
Moore Company
Ely, and Walker Company
St. Louis
Watts
Ritter, Company
W. Va
Ash Guvin
Red Cross Pharmacy
West Side
Court” Pharmacy
Tobias Bldg
Grafton Trail & Metal Co
Latrobe Street
Trimble Electric Company
Ruby C. Bonafield
Walnut Street
White Co
Frtior
RCA
Cunningham
Enna Jettick
WEAF
Association
WYG
WJZ
Associated
C. V. Miller
Grafton, W. Va
As Las
Webster’s
Grafton Drug & Chemical Co
International Shoe Company
Grafton, W.va
the International Shoe CO
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