Santa Barbara Welcomes Naval Fleet for Five Day Festivities
Santa Barbara prepares for a five day visit by sixteen Atlantic fleet battleships. Elaborate decorations including triumphal arches and large Welcome signs, funded by local subscriptions, accompany a Civic League led entertainment program featuring parades, sports, garden parties, dances, and a floral parade. The schedule spans arrivals, ship visits, tournaments, receptions, a banquet, and a grand flowers parade before the fleet departs Thursday morning.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Atlantic Stadron
Ventura
San Luis Oblispo
Santa Barabara
Civic League
McCall
William Graham
Plazes del Mar
Voters urged to register for Bluefield May election
Registration notice directs voters to register by May 5 with registrars City hall G A Reid South Bluefield P J Ashworth West End R L Morris North Side W H Whitworth East End R L Melcher by order registrar W W Kersey City of Bluefield dated 4 21 61
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City Hall
G. A. Reid
South Bluefield
P. J. Ashworth
West End
R. L. Morris
North Side
W. H. Whitworth
East End
R. L. Melcher
W. W. Kersey
City of Bluefield
British Shipyard Lockout Threat Endangers Quarter Million
London April 24 A repeat of the 1890s shipbuilding strike looms as the Shipbuilding Employers' Association threatens to close all north east coast yards if strikers do not return by tomorrow. About 7,000 workers already quit, with broad industry impact expected. The dispute follows wage-cut proposals across engineering trades and a separate shipbuilding coalition of Tyne Wear and Tees yards against nineteen unions.
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London
Shipbuilding Employers’ Association
Agenst
Northeast Coast Engineering Trades Employers Association
Amalgamated Society of Engineers
Employers’ Association
Twentwo
Tyne
Wear and the Tee
Italian car wins Briarcliffe trophy in tough 259 mile race
Twenty two cars started from Briarcliffe New York in a 259 mile speed contest along a hazardous course. Louis Strang won in an Italian car finishing at 11 44 with a time of 4 hours 14 minutes 13 15 seconds Cedriore finished second also in an Italian car Vaughan took third in an American car. The course traversed the northern Westchester countryside for about thirty two miles.
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Briarcliffe
N. Y
Louis Strang
Cedriore
Vaughan
Record crowds gather for early race start on dangerous course
Spectators filled the course ahead of the event with estimates of at least 11,000 parked cars and thousands lining vantage points. The danger of the course heightened interest as the first racer departed at 5 07 a m amid a packed, watchful crowd along the entire route.
Duc de Chaulnes Found Dead in Paris Hotel
The Duc de Chaulnes, newly married in New York to Miss Theodora Shonts, was found dead in his Hotel Langham suite in Rue Boccador. Officials say embolism caused death after his wife could not awaken him and a doctor confirmed it. The coroner and police opened an inquest. Theodore P. Shonts received notice of his son in law’s death via cable.
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Paris
Duc de Chaulnes
New York
Theodora Shonts
Theodore Shonts
Interborough Metropolitan Railway Company
Theodore P. Shonts
Election results fill DAR vice presidents general posts
Washington April 24 The election to fill ten vacancies in the Daughters of the American Revolution vice presidents general was announced today. Winners include Mrs. Truman H. Newberry Michigan Mrs. Theodore C. Battes Massachusetts Mrs. Egbert Jones Mississippi Mrs. W. J. Stanley Kansas Mrs. S. M. Heedy Kentucky Mrs. D. W. Bushner Iowa Mrs. William A. Scott Virginia Mrs. K Gaylord Putnam New Jersey Mrs. Ira Yale Sage Georgia and Mrs John L. Sterling Connecticut
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Washington
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Truman H. Newberry
Michigan
Theodore C. Battes
Massachusetts
Egbert Jones
Mississippi
W. J. Stanley
Kansas
S. M. Heedy
Kentucky
D. W. Bushner
Iowa
William A. Scott
Suspension of T. J. McIntyre & Co. announced in New York
The New York stock exchange announced the suspension of T. J. McIntyre & Co. brokers and members of the stock cotton and produce exchange. The firm, with branches in Chicago Baltimore Boston Hartford Birmingham Syracuse and Rochester, had a bear position and the price advance triggered the suspension. it had no effect on the stock market.
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New York
T. J. McIntyre & Co
New York Stock Cotton and Produce Exchange
The
Stock Exchange
Chicago
Baltimore
Boston
Hartford
Birmingham
Syracuse
Rochester
Secretary Root Addresses Humane World Governing Opinion
Washington April 24 The second annual meeting of the American Society of International Law opened with an address by Secretary Root president of the society. He argued that public opinion is shaping world governance and growing more humane and less warlike.
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Washington
American Society of International Law
Root
Blue Ribbon Vanilla Tops Housekeeper Picks for a Decade
Ten years of use by house keepers secures Blue Ribbon Vanilla as the economical best buy. Household buyers trust the brand for value and consistency.
Company offers five percent discount on light and power bills
At a board meeting the company approved a five percent discount for light and power accounts paid on or before the 10th of each month at the company office No 28 Bluefield Avenue Positively not allowed after the 10th BLUESTONE TRACTION CO Pr M Walker Mgr. Dr Mayer the dentist has returned to his office on Princeton Avenue Greenspan building with hours from 8 am to 5 pm
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Bluefield
Bluestone Traction CO
Pr. M. Walker
Mgr
Tornado Toll Hits Mississippi Louisiana and Alabama Towns
A string of tornadoes ripped Mississippi Louisiana and Alabama on Friday killing many and injuring hundreds. Amite City and Concordia Parish bore heavy losses while Bergen and Albertville reported multiple fatalities.
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Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Amite City
Bergen
Ala
Thomas
Adams
Miss
McLain
Albertville
Richland and
Lamour
Concordia Parish
New Orleans
Missssippi
Lamourie
Richlands
Vida Ua
Walls
Haxter
Bergen and
Shreveport
Richland
Rapides Parish
Ephriam Pearce
House Gets Busy With Pension Bills and Navy Flight
Washington April 24 The house moved swiftly with six roll calls as Democrats pushed through over 1000 pension bills the largest seamen batch to date A measure protecting life on navigable waters during regattas and marine parades was approved and a resolution demanding a corps of corporations report on cotton fluctuations was debated with a vote set for tomorrow no opposition to the resolution delaying adjournment until 11 50 tomorrow morning
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Washington
House
Jeryth the Burles
Commission On Corporations
Desperate surgery bids hope for Attorney General May
Huntington physicians amputated Attorney General Clark W. May's injured leg as a last effort to save him. He rallied briefly but with only the slightest chance of recovery. In Butte two armed robbers halted a Northern Pacific express, but fled after flagging desperadoes failed to intervene.
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May
Huntington, W. Va
Clark W. May
Butte
North Coast Line Limited
Northern Pacific Railroad
Rudolph Wenk
Paul Filenius
Albert Teasdale
Wenk
Filenius
Virginia jurist Judge Boykin dies after long illness
Norfolk April 24 Judge R B Boykin a prominent Virginia jurist died after a long illness. Born and raised in Isle of Wight county he served as prosecuting attorney there and his jurisdiction covered the 28th Virginia circuit including Isle of Wight Princess Anne counties and the city of Portsmouth.
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Norfolk
R. BE. Boykin
Virginia
J. W. Crockett Dies Suddenl y Bank President and Sheriff
J W Crockett president of the Bank of Clinch Valley and longtime sheriff of Tazewell county died suddenly at his home in Tazewell around 2 PM from heart disease. He had been ill with Brights disease and recently sought relief in West Baden Indiana. He was 57 and survived by wife and four children. Funeral arrangements pending.
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John W. Crockett
Bank of
Clinch Valley
Tazewell
Mr. Crockett
Bright
West Baden
Ind
Tazewell County
Virginia
West Virginia
Republican Party
Cavatt's Creek
Tazewell Courthouse
John J. Crockett
Grace Hopkins
R. O. Crockett
W. Groggan Crockett
W. J. Gillespie
R. 8. Gillespie
Welch
McDowell County Bank
Zack W
Geo. P. Crockett
Kemp Crockett
Bank of Graham
Vane Crockett
Graham
Joseph M. Sanders
Archbishop Messmer Heads to Rome for Ad Limina Visit
The Most Rev. Sebastian G. Messmer archbishop of Milwaukee departed Milwaukee by train for Rome to perform his ad limina visit to the pope. He plans to attend the New York diocese centennial early next week and sail Tuesday aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Sebastian G. Messmer
Rome
New York
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