Record 77 000 Tons of Tal Last Week Sets New High
Last week West Virginia coal shipments totaled 121, 18 450 tons more than the prior week, with Cumberland Division and B and O lines reporting the largest gains. Monongahela and Charleston divisions followed, while non union mines remained active. Loading by division showed varied activity and 464 empties were ordered for upcoming work. Continued on Page Four.
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West
Witueharlestop
B. & Ther
Semmes
Monongah
Connellsville
Morgantown
Monongahela
Maryland
Bellington
Einia
B &O
Charles
Fecars
Arland
Mononga
Western Marylandton & Weaver
Fea
Grthern
West Virginia
Bes & O
Esharleston
Connellavile
Slumberland
Parriott to Speak on Thursday at County Rally
J. D. Parriott, congressional candidate from Moandsville, will headline a Thursday rally at the Railroad and Old Normal School grounds. Eden, a senatorial candidate, will also speak.
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J. D. Parriott
J. D Parriott
Moandsville
Charlanaue
Modern Intake Plant Planned for Fairmont Water System
A new modern intake well, costing about 15000 dollars, will be built this fall to serve Fairmont’s water system. The Board of Affairs approved the project in a morning session at City Hall, while bids on a Center Street paving project were opened later. The intake structure will rise about twelve feet above ground, with underwater sections concrete and above water brick, slate roof, and water intake through gates and screens.
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Fairmont
Board of Atfairs
West Virginian
Milk ordinance fines levied on city restaurant and drug stores
Five restaurant and drug store proprietors were summoned before Acting Mayor Arnett for selling milk not in original bottles as required by the milk ordinance. Fines ranged from the minimum five dollars to costs, with owners planning to seek an amendment to section 18. The health officer noted sanitary fountains but criticized bottle handling.
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W. B. Arnett
Edward Slack
Slack
Glen Hamilton
Earl L. Fortney
Fortney Drug Co
Charles Martin
Martin Bros. Drug Co
Maurice Joe
McAlphin Restaurant
Arnett
Jamison
Quota Club Luncheon Features Music Dance and Eats
Quota Club members at the Fairmont Hotel enjoyed a lively luncheon with jazz by the Melody Lane Syncopaters from McKeesport, Pa. Twenty six Quotarians attended, with Miss Isane Anawalt performing gypsy and highland dances. Mrs Kathleen Courtney was absent. Miss Margaret J Leatham presided and Miss Lucie Ford led grace.
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Fairmont Hotel
Melody’ Lane
McKeesport
Robert H. Fatts
Isane Anawalt
Robert McCoy
Kathleen Courtney
Margaret J. Leatham
Grace
Lucie Ford
YWCG
Anawalt
Louise Bosum
Avawalt
Rod=t.B
McCoy Hn
Anawalty
Fifty eight students enrolled in WVU coal mining course
Fifty eight students were enrolled in the short course in coal mining at West Virginia University in Morgantown up to noon today. It is expected the total will rise significantly in the coming days.
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West Virginia University
Morgantown
Wanted salesman covers northern West Virginia on road
Wanted salesman to cover northern West Virginia calling on road contractors and county courts. Road machinery and equipment experience preferred. Must present well. Apply Box 147 Fairmont West Virginia.
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West Virginia
Fairmont
W. Vae
Utellums By J A L
Poem questions a friend about a day spent outdoors and travel by car and rainstorm shadowed by danger then ends with contentment at home. The speaker recalls nature, fresh air, and the urge to pray or stay home. The verse contrasts longing for adventure with safety in staying in.
Col Waitman Conaway Aims At Neely In Senate Rumor
The Watchman reports a circulating political rumor in Fairmont that Col Waitman H. Conaway Democrat once called St Pauls Friend wrote a letter to the Times alleging Marion County Democrats favor Ned Smith for Congress and John J. Cornwell for Senate with Izetta Jewell Brown as second choice. The piece notes disbelief that Conaway supports a woman in the Senate and adds context about Neely's announcement and local party reactions while hinting at ongoing political maneuvering.
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Fairmont
Col
Waitman H. Conaway
Maj M. Neely
United States
Colonel Conaway
St. Paul
Senate
W. H. Conaway
Times
Neely
Ned
Congress
Marion County
Chilton
Sback
Watson
Charles
Brooks
Smith
Economy plan watchword of Kato cabinet
Tokyo dispatch reports that the new Japanese premier Admiral Baron Tomosaburo Kato took office with an economy oriented program and a factional press tone judging his non party government as possibly reactionary. The cabinet enjoys Diet support via the Sieyukai and several peers, with Kato having held navy posts in prior administrations. A San Francisco Tokyo cable note says ex Premier Takahashi pledged support to Kato’s succession.
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Tokio
Associated Press
Takahashi
Baron Tomosaburo Kato
Sieyukai
Tomassaburo Kato
Korskiyo Takabas
Li Yuan-Hung
China
Admiral Kato
Hiroshima Prefecture
Okumwa
Kato
Navy
Teratchi
Hara Ang Takabishi
San Francisco
Japanese Americary
Tokyo
Three Licensed to Carry Arms Today at Circuit Court
The June term of Circuit Court opened this morning with several decrees. Docket will be called this afternoon and multiple cases set for trial. H. Connor, superintendent and paymaster, along with H. D. Kelly and John H. Taylor, watchmen at the Betty mine of the Stone-Scott Coal Co., were granted permits to carry a revolver in Circuit Court this afternoon. A decree confirming sale was entered in Thomas Hawker executor v Hawkins administrator et al this morning. A final decree confirming disbursements of special examiner in Ogden v Smith et al was also entered.
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John H.taylor
Betty
Stone-Scott. Coal.Co
Thomas Hawker
John R. Hawkins
William C. Ogden
Clyde W. Smith
Bricklayers Strike Hits Wheeling Construction
June 12: local bricklayers walked out after failing to win a $10 daily wage rise, leaving more than half a million dollars in construction stalled. They earned $8.50 daily while wage demands and an injunction against bricklayers by Judge Summersville were in dispute. George Lilly, arrested on home-brew charges, posted $500 bond after arraignment before Magistrate J. Blocher and was set for trial on July 5.
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Wheeling
Summersville
Cillygives
George Lilly
Ogden
Lilly
J.il.blocher
Naturalization Court to Convene at Circuit Clerks Office
Naturalization court will be held at the office of Circuit Clerk at 9 oclock Thursday morning. A representative of the Department of Labor will be present to examine the applicants. Approximately thirty two applicants are expected to apply for naturalization papers.
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Naturalization Court
Naturalization
Circuit Clerkeslia
Minister on Trial for Murder in Blair Mountain March
Charles Town June 12 The Rev J B Wilburn faces murder charges linked to the Blair Mountain miners march. Witness absence delays arraignment as prosecutors seek a jury. about twenty five witnesses expected and voir dire focuses on views of the defendant and Logan County.
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Charles Town
Wilburn
Charles’ Town
Associated Press
J.B. Wilburn
John C. Gore
Logan County
Judee Woods
Wiburn
John
Frank
Gore
John Cafargo
George Muney
Blair Mountain
Woods
Logan
William Phillips
William Blizzard
Lozan
Supreme Court Denies Appeal in West Virginia Probate Case
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals sustains Judge Ny S Meredith’s ruling that the Children’s Home Society of West Virginia should receive the bulk of the estate of the late M L Prickett in a long contested probate case against Marshall J Prickett and others. The decision ends years of litigation following the Marion County Circuit Court verdict. Also recorded: Guy Morgan and wife sell land to Fred T Allen in Edgemont Addition, Fairmont for 900 dollars.
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S. Meredith
Marion County Circuit Court
Supreme Court of Appeals of
West Virginia
Meredith Prickett
Marshall
Meredith
Guy Morgan
Fred T. Allen
Edgemont
Fairmont
Actress to Be Miss Folly Blaine Drops Stage Career
Folly Blaine and Damrosch, granddaughters of Blaine, forsake society for an onstage career. The misread text hints at a dramatic career move with public appearances anticipated.
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Miss
Folly Blaine
Damrosch
G.eBlaine
Shas’ Forsaken Society
Ovstage
Death of Stuart Race in Cincinnati Hospital
Stuart Race, 26, eldest son of Mr and Mrs L G Race former residents of this city, died Sunday night at General Hospital in Cincinnati after weeks of illness from a complication of diseases. He had worked with Central Fuel Co for over a year and was seriously ill two weeks prior, with multiple specialists unable to determine the exact cause. He was beloved in his hometown during his residence here.
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Stuart Race
L. G. Race
General Hospital
Cincinnati
Ohio
Stuart
Central Fuel Co
B and O Officials Tour Fairmont After Memorial Service
B and O officials visited Fairmont yesterday for a railroad men's memorial service and took an auto tour of the city. Ernest Bartlett organized the ride with four cars conveying C. G. Reck, EW Scheer, J. M. Scott, B Z Holverston, J F Shafferman, E B Lane, A B Stealey, C B Gureuch, AS Woerner, W H Higginbotham, EC Parks, A R Watkins, and other B and O staff through Fairmont avenues to Country Club Edgemont Locust Barracksville Hillcrest and Rivesville before returning.
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Fairmont
Ernest Bartlett
CC2
Hinkle
George
W.J. Sturmer
A T. Freywang
Grafton
Eng Neer
Shearleft Pairmonton
Pittsburgh
Scott Teftithe
Search Extended for Victims After Island Tornado Toll
In New York, a late yesterday tornado swept through Hunters Island and Travers Island causing multiple deaths and many missing. Rescue teams hunted wreckage along Buckeye Lake as shore crowds gathered. Officials reported three dead by noon with ongoing searches for more victims and several homes and cottages destroyed.
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New York
Associated Press
Hunters Island
Island
Strackstmeat Park
Myron
Hill
Willams M
Seigler
Ollie Dean
Newar
Thelbi
Somerset ward assigns master to B and O terminal train duties
A garbled report notes a Somerset ward designation for a master of the B and O terminal duties with a name like W. F Boot and a seal by Gi Schear. It references Fairmonters in Pittsburgh and a Monela Railway excursion yesterday.
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Ward
Somerset
Gi Schear
Pittsburgh
Yesterda
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Reantown & Kingwood
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Perro
Sefferson Street
JI. D. Parriott
Bethlehem
Jefferson St
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Col. E. B. Carskadon
Charleston
J.A. L
Col “Wait
Pal ‘Ned
Conaway
Supreme Court
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