Audit and Embezzlement Case In County
Audit of the circuit clerk books not finished yet. Tax commission report will be handed to county officials. Losses attributed to state funds, but county money may be recovered through a bond tied to Sheriff Conaway and a separate bond on George. Extradition pending. officials note no direct evidence George took funds yet.
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Shériff’s Office
George
Conaway
Sheriffs ‘Office
State Sinking Fund Commission
J. W. Blair
Ford Dealers Speak On Service And Principles
Henry Ford describes Ford Dealers as embodying character and duty to the public. He recalls early days, the need to train mechanics, and delivering reliable vehicles from Detroit to customers. He emphasizes lasting standards, customer trust, and the eight cylinder, economical Ford car as the culmination of 30 years of experience.
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Ohio
Ford
Ford Dealers
Ford Car
Indiana
Michigan
Detroit
Justic
High School Exhibit Showcases Craft and Cotton Apparel
Mechanical drawing from Mr. Faulkner’s class highlights two standout projects by a promising freshman and a senior with complete house plans. Miss Dorsey’s home economics display features cotton outfits made by students, plus children's clothes. Machinery and equipment used in Practical studies will also be shown, with the exhibit moved to the school building for better public access.
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Faulkner
Dorsey
Kuhn
County Unit Fight Prompts Tax Bill Debate
The House and Senate clash over a $14,000,000 tax bill and reporting utility rates to delegates. Governor Kump denies patronage in action and pledges repudiation of any threats. The House delays a broad license fee bill as redistricting and school consolidation provisions spark further contention.
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House
Holt
Senate
Kump
Hodges
Monongalia
House of Delegate
Degruyter
Kanawha
Joint Efficiency and Economy Committee
Congress
State Senate
House of Delegates
Pelter
Logan
Ross
Rairden
Mason
Conference Committee
Repeal Stand Leads Moral Questions Debate
An old newspaper fragment outlines Dr. Barton’s moral questions and resolutions. It calls Baptist people to boycott establishments selling intoxicating beverages and urges patronage of merchants who avoid such trade, signaling a broader protest wave from decades past.
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Barton
Copper Revival Brightens Industry Outlook Across Regions
Reports from Youngstown Morgantown and Hammond indicate a copper and steel revival. Republic Steel opened another open hearth furnace boosting week productivity to 43 percent, while copper fabrication nears 40 percent capacity. Charles Greenberg shirt plant restores half of a 10 percent salary cut affecting 350 workers. Lake County adds 2,203 families to indigent rolls relief.
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Youngstown
Republic Steel Corporation
Morgantown
Charles Greenberg
H. B. Schwebel
Hammond
Ind
Calumet Steel
Lake’ County
Bridgeport Man Receives Stamps For Stolen Fruit
Thomas McKinley of Bridgeport received a fifteen cent stamp payment from a former Bridgeport resident for apples stolen from McKinley’s orchard when the sender was a boy. The accompanying note asks pardon and notes the need to make right past wrongs to meet Jesus in peace.
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Bridgeport
Thomas McKinley
Jesus
Man Found Guilty In Extortion Plot
In Baltimore on May 23, Harry Surasky was found guilty of conspiring with two others to extort money from L Manuel Hendler, a Baltimore ice cream manufacturer. Judge Robert F. Stanton, ruling without a jury, deferred sentence until after Hyman Goldfinger’s trial, the third accused in the plot to threaten Hendler’s 17 year old son Albert unless money was paid. The other trial is scheduled for today.
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Baltimore
Harry Surasky
L. Manuel__ Hendler
Robert F. Stanton
Hyman Goldfinger
Henderler
Albert
New Bankruptcy Law Called Useless by Judge
Charleston May 23 Federal Judge George W McClintic dismissed the insolvent petition of Lacy Thomas Cole of Coal City Raleigh County. The petition cited a new federal bankruptcy statute enacted March 3 permitting debt payment extensions upon creditor agreement. Cole moved for dismissal after bankruptcy referee L S Echols called the law utterly useless because creditors would not agree to indefinite extensions.
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Charleston
George W. McClintic
Lacy Thomas Cole
Coal City
Raleigh County
Cole
L.S. Echols
Charles Town Concern Asks Racing Permit
Charles Town seeks an early racing permit under West Virginia's new law. The Charles Town Horse Show Association filed the first authority application with Agriculture Commissioner J B Mc Laughlin. Dates for a Charles Town race meeting will be set soon and likely authorized early summer. Senator Smith D Marion notes statewide interest and more track organizations forming with upcoming meetings.
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Charles Town
West Virginia
J. B. McLaughlin
Charles Town Horse Show Association
Jefferson County
McLaughlin
Smith
Marion
Stock Market Rally Extends Gains Amid Broad Firmness
In New York on May 23 stocks rallied with renewed vigor, opening fractional gains extending to one to over six points. Rails showed strength, while utilities rose modestly. Allied Chemical and National Distillers gained over six points as turnover reached about 3.2 million shares. several issues including Cor, AT&T, Dupont, Case, American Can, and Owens-Illinois Glass advanced three to five points. United States Steel, General Motors and Chrysler rose about two points.
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New York
Allied Chemical
National Distillers
Pene Cork
American Telephone
Dupont
Case
American Can
Owens-Illinois Glass
United States Steel
General Motors
Chrysler
Two Baptist Bodies Meet For First Time Since Civil War Split
Washington May 23. Northern and southern Baptist leaders greeted each other warmly in a historic reunion signaling progress toward healing the long standing division sparked by the Civil War.
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Washington
Baptists reunite after 86 years at Washington meeting
In the Washington auditorium Dr. M E Dodd president of the Southern Baptist Convention clasped hands with Dr C Oscar Johnson head of the northern group across an imaginary Mason Dixon line. They united earlier to dedicate the Baptist Memorial church with prayer sermon and song drawing hundreds who were turned away.
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Washington Auditorium
M. E. Dodd
Southern Baptist Convention
C. Oscar Johnson
Dr. Dodd
Mason-Dixon Line
New Baptist Memorial Church
Treatment blamed for Mrs Jelke’s illness in divorce trial
Dr Sidney R Miller of Baltimore testified at the Eugenia Woodward Jelke divorce trial that he believed the treatment she received from her husband caused her potential serious physical and mental condition in 1931, stating the illness arose from the care.
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Newport, R. L
Sidney R. Miller
Baltimore
Eugenia Woodward Jelke
All Deserving Veterans Will Get Benefits
Washington reports that all honorably discharged wartime veterans with service connected disabilities will continue to receive benefits. Veterans with a 10 percent or greater disability incurred during wartime service and not due to misconduct may be assured of a pension, unless clearly unwarranted, per Veterans Administration official Hines.
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Washington
Democrats to Take Up Public Works Tax Bill Thursday
Washington May 23 House Democratic leaders decided to bring the administration public works industrial taxation bill up for consideration Thursday with a vote Friday Six hours of debate is to be allowed One motion to substitute a general manufacturers sales tax will be permitted to let the house go on record on this form of taxation and against the increases in income taxes and excise levies in the measure
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Washington
House
Administration Public Works
Clarksburg Artist's Plans Are Accepted
Washington May 23 The G G Roccisano Studios of Clarksburg West Virginia is named low bidder for constructing ten plaster models of the proposed Weston West Virginia post office building. The bid stands at 350 dollars with Washington Ornamental Company 477 dollars and Fischer and Jirouch Company 990 dollars also submitted.
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Washington
G G. Roccisano
Clarksburg
W. Va
Treasury Department
Weston
Washington Ornamental Company
Washington, D. C
Fischer and Jirouch Company
Cleveland
Mooney Petition Denied May 23 in San Francisco
The state supreme court denied John O Gara's petition for a writ of mandate to force Judge Louis Ward to dismiss the remaining indictment against Thomas J. Mooney the preparedness day bomber. The ruling means Mooney will go on trial today.
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San Francisco
State Supreme Court
John O’gara
Louis Ward
Thomas J. Mooney
Preparedness Day
Starade
Mooney
Viola Currey Dies At 56 In Harmony Grove Church Area
Miss Viola Currey 56 died at her Crafton Fairmont Pike home after a fourteen month carcinoma illness. Survived by five brothers and two sisters, she was a devout Harmony Grove Baptist member. Funeral Thursday at 2 30 PM from Harmony Grove Baptist Church with church cemetery interment. Bartlett Funeral to announce minister.
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Viola Currey
Crafton-Fairmont Pike
Sand Hill
Miss Currey
Nathan
Susan Provance Currey
Nathan Currey
E. J. Currey
Shinnston
A. L. Currey
Nevada
W. ©. Currey
Arkansas
J. B
Sidney Currey
Myrtle Klepfelt
Hammond
Diora
Harmony Grove Baptist Church
Ministe
Bartlett
Texas AG condemns 3.2 percent beer policy
Austin attorney general James V. Allred condemned the federal plan to issue permits for selling 3.2 percent beer in Texas which maintains a constitutional prohibition on intoxicating liquors.
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Austin
Texas
James V. Allred
Ohio Sues to Block ICC Coal Freight Rate Hike
The states of Ohio and the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad filed suit in U S District Court to enjoin the Interstate Commerce Commission from implementing higher intrastate shipment rates on Ohio coal.
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Columbus
Interstate Commerce, Commission
Ohio
United States District Court
States of Ohio
Wheeling & Lakewrre Railroad
Bishop O'Hern Dies in Rochester at 58
Bishop John Francis O'Hern of the Catholic diocese of Rochester died suddenly at the episcopal residence in Rochester on May 23. He was 58 years old.
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O'Hern
Rochester
John Francis O'Hern
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