08 Aug 1928
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1928
Page
1
Voters view Hoover as better qualified and expect him to win Smith in his birthplace state. The Republican nominee plans to vote today and address farm questions in a talk focused on rural issues.
Stanford August reports Hoover splitting time between recreation and political outreach. Visitors include John Knight of New York Senate, Harry Culver of the National Real Estate Boards, and rural newspaper representative. Culver warns of overconfidence in California while expecting a big national contest. Hoover plans August 21 speech at West Branch on agriculture and prepares for August 15 notification events.
President Coolidge aims to curb spending and veto unnecessary appropriations while trusting tax cuts will not shrink treasury revenues. Budget chief Brig. Gen. Lord notes a potential $100 million deficit, guiding cautious fiscal stance as nation enjoys improving business conditions.
Weston W Va Aug 7 A farm accident near Hover Loria Smith 14 son of Luther Smith was killed while assisting harvest hands with a scythe. He stepped backward on earth causing the blade to pierce his body near the heart as he fell face downward on its point. The accident occurred yesterday.
New York dispatch reports Glen Kirkwood a Woodside veterinary and radio lecturer was stabbed to death with a bread knife. His wife 32-year-old reportedly confessed to the district attorney she caused the wounds unintentionally while fighting for the knife during a quarrel over alleged infidelity.
Captain Frank T. Courtney and three companions, after trans Atlantic seaplane Whale flight, win waived entry rules and spend their first full day as guests of New York. Immigrant officials say they arrived as temporary visitors planning to return to England soon.
Emory Arbaugh of Ansted was seriously wounded in a quarrel at their home. His wife, Mrs Arbaugh, was arrested and charged with shooting him after she claimed he threatened her with a revolver during a drinking dispute.
Rome reports the Italian submarine F-14 with a 31 man crew perished from poisonous gasses after a collision sank it 34 hours earlier in the Adriatic. Salvage divers raised the craft, bearing the toll of the worst disaster for Italian submarine forces since 1925.
Charleston reports the death of Judge William N. Miller, 73, president of the state supreme court of appeals. He had been ill for months and is survived by his widow, a daughter, and three grandchildren. Funeral services are planned in Charleston and Parkersburg, with interment in Parkersburg. The West Virginia Bar Association mourns his loss, noting his push for higher educational qualifications for admission to the bar and his impact on statewide standards.
London reports Oscar Slater, freed after years jailed for murder, has accepted the government offer of 6000 pounds as compensation for his wrongful conviction. The settlement follows his conviction being quashed.
Rev. Dr John Roach Stratton agrees to face Gov Alfred E Smith in a public debate after calling Smith the deadliest foe in America of the forces of moral progress and political wisdom. Stratton proposes Madison Square Garden as a venue and a southern tour for the discussion.
Acting District Attorney Pecora said he would present evidence this week in a case involving purchase on approval and resale of more than 400000 dollars worth of jewels by Maria J. Leslie, former housekeeper for the Emersons of Baltimore. The grand jury likely to indict for grand larceny. Leslie held at a Greenwich, Connecticut sanatorium.
The Interstate Commerce Commission allowed a ten cent per ton increase in lake cargo coal rates from Kentucky Tennessee West Virginia and Virginia to Lake Erie ports to take effect August 15, despite earlier opposition. A refund provision lets shippers reclaim part of payments after January 1. Northerns cut rates to compete, and a New York conference led to a southern carrier pledge to restore higher rates under the agreement now approved.
The ICC accepted a compromise raising northern rates to $1.46 while southern rates rise to $1.81, narrowing the lake cargo coal differential from 45 to 35 cents. The decision preserves current northern and southern rates until January 1 1929 and allows August 15 implementation with a refund option for post January 1 payments. Local operators expect actions from the Pittsburgh district lake rate committee once key members return.
Washington reports that resources of national banks in the continental United States Alaska and Hawaii totaling 28 508 239 000 were a record high as of June 30. Comptroller of the Currency MeInweb announced the milestone.
The Mal lory line steamship Algonquin with 300 passengers lost bearings in a hurricane off Jupiter. Honduran steamer Lempira crippled and unable to head to port. Nastilla stood by to aid. Algonquin en route from Galveston to New York. Lempira left New York July 28 for Porto Cortez.
Senator elect William Ware of Pennsylvania, stricken with paralysis at his Chelsea summer home, is "practically out of danger" and showing a strong recovery. Dr Elwood Kirby says Ware hopes to move about tonight but will be confined for several weeks. His temperature hovered around 99 to 99.5 and blood pressure reached its lowest point since the illness.
George E. Brennan Democratic national committeeman for Illinois fell ill from septic poisoning. His kidneys ceased to function and his condition worsened. family and physicians withdrew hope as he lost consciousness. Last rites of the Catholic church were given and he was not expected to recover.
In Cuernavaca Mexico on August 7 federal troops hunted the bandit gang after Sunday raids on 680 automobile tourists looting the town and wrecking a railroad train. casualties reported on both sides as raiders fled from Puente de Ixtla while messages said thousands of dollars and valuables were taken.
West Indian hurricane laces a 60 mile wind across Palm Beach and Jupiter areas as power outages, torn signs, and washed coastal roads mark a dismal night. Officials warn the storm could strike the mainland between Jupiter and Daytona Beach with hurricane force while Nassau experiences similar gusts. One injury reported from a downed line. barometer near 29.62.
Atlanta August 7 The American Telephone and Telegraph company reported all its lines out of commission by the storm between Daytona Beach and West Palm Beach shortly after 9 pm. The West Palm Beach operator said the force of the gate was so intense that it was hard to stand or drive an automobile as the city remained dark and heavy rains fell.
The Western Union telegraph office reports a wire to West Palm Beach remains active while main lines are down. A tropical disturbance off Florida is forecast to bring destructive winds, with hurricane warnings extending from Jupiter to Daytona Beach and a second disturbance west of the Leeward Islands.
Buffalo August 7 stockholders of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car company approved a reorganization that will place the Studebaker corporation as a participant. The move links two of America’s oldest vehicle makers and signals a new partnership between Pierce Arrow and Studebaker.
Delegates across Mercer and neighboring Wyom ing counties selected delegates and alternates for Ninth Circuit and state judicial conventions. Beaver Pond Republicans backed H M Tanner and Pendleton led East River Democrats for judge. many names listed for the convention, with Tanner urged as Republican nominee and Pendleton as Democrat nominee.
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