Accord Reached on Disputed Rates in Revenue Bill
Charleston May 25 The Joint conference committee on the $14,000,000 revenue bill reached an agreement on disputed rates notably for public utilities. No details of compromises were released while the Democratic caucus in the House will study the report before final votes. The session focused on multiple measures as a long list of bills was reviewed.
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Charleston
Joint Conference
House
Senate
Andyether
Henderson
Doddridge
West Virginia
Conservation Commission
Judiciary Committee
Game, Fish and Forestry Commission
Dreaming Robbery Dream Led Man to Waste $149.50
Russell Nigel, 29, assistant theatre manager, told police he dreamed robbers entered the theatre and he threw away $149.50. He cannot recall where he disposed of the money, prompting further questioning by Magistrate Leo Rothenberg.
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Pittsburgh
Russell Nigel
Leo Rothenberg
Children Die After Beating Not Fire In Framingham
Three children Irene Eugene and Chester Dyczheski aged 11 5 and 7 were autopsied as having died from beatings before an incendiary fire destroyed their home in Framingham Mass The mother Nellie Dyczheski and another child Paul 8 were injured and the mother faced arrest on a murder charge while the father Paul Dyczheski stayed with relatives in Boston awaiting news of the tragedy.
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Framingham
Mass
Irene
Eugene
Chester Dyczheski
Nellie Dyczheski
Paul
Framingham Hospital
Paul Dyczheski
Hyde Park
Boston
Pittsburgh Child Battery Case Moves to Prosecution
A county investigator reported that a three year old ward unable to pronounce the Lord's Prayer was chained in an attic until unconscious. Leo Riordan said he will bring the matter to county commissioners to pursue prosecution. A 16 year old ward in the same home noted the mistreatment on a May day.
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Pittsburgh
Leo Riordan
Riordan
Kump
Board of Public Works
James A. Meredith
Fairmont
Monongahela West
Penn Public Service Company
Carriers plan big improvement across rail system
The Northern Pacific and Great Northern railways announced plans to spend over 13 million dollars this year for tracks and maintenance. Northern Pacific budgets about 5.875 million, a slight rise from 1932, while Great Northern’s budget is about the same as last year at 7.771 million dollars.
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St.atus
Northern Pacific
Great Northern Railways
Great Northern
Anti Hitler Riot Stages In Brooklyn At Pier Arrival
A crowd of about 1000 anti Hitler demonstrators clashes with police at the North German Lloyd pier in Brooklyn during the arrival of Hans Weidemann. The mob hurled bricks and shot. tles injuring officers as the Nazi official and aide were moved to Manhattan.
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New York
Lloyd Line
Brooklyn
America
Hans Weidemann
Adolf Hitler
Chicago
Weidemann
Columbus
Manhattan
State teachers to take exams in Charleston
About 3,000 teachers will sit annual examinations in counties today and Friday. Their papers go to the state department of education for grading. All questions on the teachers tests are prepared by the department.
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Charleston
State Department of Education
Railroads Fight for Tax Valuation Cuts Across States
Charleston May 25 Railroads opened a campaign before the board of public works seeking reductions in their tax valuations. With one exception most carriers urged cuts to offset motor bus competition and lower revenues under pending legislation. The Virginia and Southern line wanted its $90,000 assessment kept, while other utilities face hearings as valuations are set. John C Dice urged a substantial reduction in Chesapeake and Ohio’s $80,000,000 valuation, arguing motor competition has been devastating to railroads and noting changes in revenue while pending bills will affect tax rates.
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Charleston
Board of Public Works
Little Central West’ Virginia and Southern Line
Kump
E. B. Arnold
Virginia Railroad
O. Arnold
West, Virginia
Chesapeake and Ohio
John C. Dice
Une
Dice
Prominent Americans Named as Morgan List Buyers
Testimony before a Senate committee reveals a list of favored customers of J. P. Morgan and Company with purchase amounts. Notable names include General John J. Pershing 500 shares George F. Baker 10 000 E H H Simmons 1 000 R B Mellon 2 000 Owen D Young 1 000 Charles A Lindbergh 500 and others from finance industry and politics. The document names executives bankers and industrial leaders with varied share totals.
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Washington
America
Ynen
J. P. Morgan and Company
Senate
John J. Pershing
George “F. Baker
New Yorker
E. H. H. Simmons
New York Stock Exchange
R. B. Mellon
Andrew Mellon
John J. Raskob
Owen D. Young
Charles A. Lindbergh
William C. McAdoo
Owen D. Roberts
Newton D. Baker
Harvey D. Gibson
New York Banker
Eugene R. Grace
Bethlehem, Steel Corporation
A. H., Wiggin
Chase, National Bank
Pepper
R. Pa
John W
Davis
Morgan Counsel
Mooney acquitted by court order in San Francisco trial
In San Francisco on May 25, a directed verdict acquitted Thomas J. Mooney in the revived Preparations Day bombing case while he remains imprisoned in San Quentin serving a life sentence on a related murder conviction. The judge directed the jury after Mooney urged for a full trial as prosecutors conceded no case. The verdict ends one charge and leaves another.
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San Francisco
Thomas J. Mooney
Mooney
James Rolph, Jr
San Quentin Prison
Moonney
Louis H. Ward
Ward
William Murphy
Calving Coolidge Named Client of Morgan Firms For Below Market Sales
Senate records reveal that prominent figures including William Gibbs McAdoo Charles Adams and John Nutt were listed as Morgan and Company clients who bought stock at preferred prices. J P Morgan testified he paid British taxes for 1931 and 1932 while noting losses could be deducted differently in the U S. The inquiry also shows 80 bank officers secured Morgan loans some unpaid or under collateralized and Morgan partners paid about 11 million in 1929 with limited payments since 1930.
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Ington
Senate
J. P., Morgar, and Company
Song
Willam
H. Wogdin
William Gibbs McAtoo
Charles Francis Adams
Owen
J. Roberts
John R. Nutt
John J. Raskob
Newton
Dy Bake
Morgan Company
Pe Ag
Javecards
J. P.morgan
England
Great Britain
Morgan
George Whitney
Whitney
McAdoo
Washington
Dem. Calif
J.P. Morgan and Company
Morgans House
Alleghany
Will Ba ‘Woodin
the Treasury
George
Matwan
Timecot Pth
Jra
Repealists to Meet at Court House
The Taylor County Council for Prohibition Repeal will host a meeting at the courthouse tomorrow night. Hon A E Hoon of the West Virginia Prohibition Repeal Council will discuss the 18th amendment and a county-wide organization to aid the June 27 special election. Mrs L M McGraw and Dr Dorsey C Pecks lead local repeal efforts. strong attendance expected.
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Forte
Taylor County Council For Prohibition
A. E. Hoon
West Virginia Council For Prohibition Repeal
Charleston
American Legion
L. M. McGraw
Wians Organization For Prohibition Reform
Dorsey C. Pecks
Organization For Repeal
Stabilization of World Currency Main Objective of France at Conference
France plans to press two core aims at the London world economic meeting opening June 12. First, stabilize the dollar and sterling. second, promote general use of gold as the monetary standard. The Paris dispatch notes France hopes to regain gold ties with Britain and the United States to lift franc disadvantages in global trade.
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France
London
M. E. Whiteleather
Paris
Trench
England
United States
Ottier
Liquor Taxes for Building Draws Rebuke
Washington May 25 Two women prohibition leaders sent an open letter to Lewis W Douglas director of the budget questioning the proposal to fund the projected public works program with liquor taxes if the 18th amendment is repealed The letter posed four questions accusing such revenue of debauching the people fueling crime poverty and broken homes and questioned the party of vision in backing tax revenue from beer and whiskey.
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Washington
Lewis W. Douglas
Party of Vision
Grafton to Build New $100000 Municipal Hospital
Plans for a modern three story steel brick concrete hospital in Grafton advance with an estimated cost of 100000. Mayor Charles C. King says bids are likely and reconstruction finance funds may be borrowed. Architects have drafted a 45 by 200 foot layout near the city reservoir. If loan approval comes, construction would begin soon and be ready in nine to ten months with home labor.
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Charles C. King
West Virginia
House of Delegates
F. 5
Suddarth
Taylor County
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate
Carl Reger
Morgantowns
Tente
Tive
Joan
King
Washington
City Reservoir
North
Grafton
Wilford Street
Northwestern Turnpike
Rails report traffic rise on weekly car loadings
New York May 25. The New York Central and Pennsylvania Railroad systems with western lines show higher car loadings for the week ended May 20 compared with both the prior week and the same week last year. St Louis terminal 31 000. Missouri Pacific 18 648. St Louis San Francisco 11 306. International Great Northern 6 143. Missouri Kansas Texas 6 140. Gulf Coast Lines 3 472. Burlington 16 419.
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New York
New York Central
Pennsylvania Railroad
St. Louis
Missouri - Pacific
St. Louis-San Francisco
International Great Northern
Missourri-Kansas-Texas
Gulf Coast Lines
Burlington
Poultry dealer beaten and robbed of $700 near Wheeling
A. V. Smith of Bellsville, a poultry dealer, was attacked by three masked men early today fifteen miles south of Wheeling. Returning from Pittsburgh with a large sale, he was stopped when a rock was hurled through his truck windshield, nearly tipping the vehicle over a steep embankment.
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Wheeling
A. V. Smith
Bellsville
Smith
Pittsburgh
Privileged Purchases Tie Coolidge to Morgan Cases
Washington reports evidence from the senate inquiry shows Calvin Coolidge as a privileged purchaser of $3,000 shares of standard brand stocks via J. P. Morgan & Co in mid 1929. Also named were William H. Woodin, Norman H. Davis, John W. Davis, and General John J. Pershing, with various share totals. McAdoo denies being a preferred client while detailing gains and losses from invited purchases.
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Washington
Calvin Coolidge
Senate
J. B. Morgan and Company
Morgan
George Whitney
William ‘H. Woodin
The
Treasury
Norman
H. Davis
Europe
John “W. Davis
Mota
Woodin
Alleg Ee
Aother
John J. Pershing
Standard
Lst
Alleghany
Charles Chillis
New York
Welling girl earns valedictorian honor at Burns vil high
Burnsville May 25 Miss Zella Franklin of Gilmer achieved top honors in Burns vil high school's graduation. She served as valedictorian with a 92.5 percent average for four years. She walked five miles each day to attend classes, overcoming long commutes.
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Burnsville
Hill
Zella Franklin
Neat Gilmer
Burnsvil High School
Mise Franklin
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