Gorman Defeats Stifel in fifth straight WV Golf Final
Kathleen Gorman of Bluefield beats Fritzi Stifel of Wheeling three up with two to play to win the Women's West Virginia Golf Association final for the fifth year running. Otolay and Melihany reach finals in other flights as 10 o clock matches set today.
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West Virginia Golf Association
Bluefield
Kathleen Gorman
Parkersburg
Miss Stifel
Ot Rolay
HL Melihany
McIihany
Nesday
W. D. Everett
Charleston
Leibold
Miss Gorman
Angus MacDonald
Pauline Prichard
Huntington
MacDonald
Dawley
Mary Hart
Clarksburg
A. L. Roberts
W. O. Tracey
Edwin Robinson
Fairmont
Tracey
Robinson
Harry Curtin
D. W. Frierson
J. M. Herndon
Robert Morris
Hart
Curtin
Herndon
Hunter McClintic
L. P. Lewis
McClintic
Lewis
W. H. St. Clair
Wallis
J. H. Hardy
W. EB. Gilkerson
R. C. Berry
J. T. Thornton
Berry
Hardy
N. Hufford
Hufford
Robert Jeffords
H. D. Everett
Vengeance Falls On Informer in Muncie Shootings
Gerald Chapman ally, the mail bandit, aided by George One-Arm Wolfe, is captured in Muncie after the Hance killings. Wolfe arrested at his mother in law’s home. car matching Chapman’s crime steed found. Police plan further arrests as Anderson remains at large.
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Muncie
Ind
Charles
Wolfe
Anderson
Gerald Chapman
Ben Hance
Geo
Newark
Atlanta
Pman
Hance
New York
Chapman
the Hance
Boy Scout Leader Drowns During Turkey Creek Camp
Francis Ingram thirty years old of Eckman drowned in Turkey Creek while on a Boy Scouts encampment with twelve Eckman and Landgraff scouts. His body was recovered about an hour later by O B Roberts and Dr W A Carr after a rock and creek misstep left him in a fifteen foot hole. Ingram a World War I veteran and car repairer for Pulaski Coal and Coke Co is survived by his wife and two children with funeral plans unfinished.
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Francis Ingram
Eckman
Turkey Creek
County
Boy Scouts of America
Ingram
O. B. Roberts
McDowell County
W. A. Carr
Mesers
Roberts
Carr
Mr. Ingram
Boy Scout
Boy Scouts
C. B. Stafford
Eckman and
Landgraff
Mr. Stafford
Stafford
Messrs
Roberto and
Mr. Roberts
Welch
O. J. Douglass
Eekman
Pulaski Coal & Coke Co
Ridley Accepts Syracuse University Teaching Post
Ridley, Bluefield city manager since 1921, announced his acceptance as instructor at Syracuse University New York. He will teach city management while pursuing a graduate course in public law toward a doctor’s degree, capping four years of progressive leadership in Bluefield.
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Bluefield
Syracuse
Ridley
Will
New School of Famed University
Electric beacons to light air mail route
Omaha news reports the air mail service will install electric beacons immediately from Rock Springs Wyoming to Salt City over the Wasatch range, a 155 mile leg. Carl F. Egge says this lights a corridor from New York to Salt Lake about 1950 miles, leaving Salt Lake to San Francisco unlit.
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Omahs
Nebr
Rock Springs
Wyoming
Salt City
Wasatch Range
Rockies
Carl F. Egge
Air Mail
New York
Salt Lake
San Francisco
Pinkey Mitchell Fights Willie Harmon to Draw at State Fair Park
Milwaukee report: Pinkey Mitchell, junior welterweight champion, fights Willie Harmon of New York to a ten round draw at State Fair Park.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Pinkey Mitchell
Willie Harmon
New York
State Fair Park
Society scandal in Chicago hotel involving Lawrence and Gruner
Wealthy St. Louis businessman Thomas Fisher Lawrence and Mrs. Julia Gruner, a Chicago society widow, were trapped in a Lake Shore Drive hotel room. Police examined them and imposed bonds while lawyers sought continuances, with blood tests ordered and a possible divorce suit hinted in St. Louis.
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Herman N. Bundesen
Lawrence
Gruner
Auust
Chicago
St. Louis
Jimmy Goodrich Draws Pep OBrien In Scranton Bout
Referee Grimshaw scores a ten round draw between lightweight world champion Jimmy Goodrich and Pep OBrien of Old Forge in Scranton Pennsylvania claiming a close non stoppage verdict tonight.
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Scranton
Jimmy Goodrich
Pep O'Brien
Old Forge
Grimshaw
Wills Dempsey Fight Terms Reached for Midwestern Bout
Promoter Floyd Fitzsimmons says an agreement with Paddy Mullins for a Wills versus Dempsey heavyweight bout is arranged in Michigan City Indiana with a 40 000 seated venue and plans for a larger arena. Mullins confirms signed a preliminary pact while final articles await Chicago signing around September.
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York
Harry Wills
Dempsey
Michigan Cty
Ind
Floyd Fitzsimanons
Paddy Mullins
Fitzsimmons
Wills
Chicago
Seemioes
Middle West
Michigan City
Mulins
Sues for Million in Alleged Slander Case
Chicago Aug 14 A suit for 1 000 000 for slander was filed against the Marquise de Jannelli widow of a former Italian ambassador to Tokyo and a resident of Ohio since last February The plaintiff P J Brennan a 25 a week grocery clerk claims she accused him of stealing jewels a hat a lace collar a handkerchief a cigarette case and a cigarette holder valued at 2 500 He says his reputation was damaged by the slander and he was forced to sign a repayment agreement under police presence to pay 10 weekly until 1 110 is done
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Chicago
Marquise de Jannelli
Tokyo
Ohio
P. J. Brennan
Brennan
Marquise
Mexico City
SUCCESS AWAITS ARCTIC EXPLORERS
Washington reports the Byrd Antarctic or Arctic expedition ahead of schedule with provisional flights from Axel Heiberg Island set for September 1. Admiral Eberle notes early assembly allowed flights from Etah Greenland to begin ahead of August 15.
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Washington
Encoun- Macmillan Nea
Admiral le
Naval Operations
Axel Helberg
Toda
Byrd
Navy
National Georaphic Society
Lenwiston
Fjord
Etah
Ellemere Island
Cape Thomas Hubbard
Alex Heiberg Island
Admiral Eberle
Polar Sea
Feu
Irregularity claims stain Smith Hylan campaign clash
In New York on August 14 the fight between Tammany Hall and Mayor Hylan intensified with attacks on Gov. Al Smith. Smith backs State Senator James J. Walker and may aid in defeating Hylan, drawing charges of irregularity from Hylan allies. Campaign managers framed regular vs irregular lines amid Brooklyn party tensions. In Ohio City, two bandits robbed the Farmers Bank of about $5,000.
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New York
Smith
Hylan
Tammany Hall
James J. Walker
John P. Cohalan
Tammany
Senator Walker
Brooklyn
Walker
Benamin Schreiber
Ohio City
Ohio
Farmers Bank
Coolidge Back in Vermont for Family Visit
President Calvin Coolidge and his father arrived in Plymouth Vermont for a brief stay. They visited the Rockingham meeting house cemetery to honor ancestors and stopped at Proctorsville to see Mrs. Pollard before continuing through rain to relax at his birthplace hills.
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Plymouth
Coolidge
Vermont
White House
Swampscott
Camp Devens
John
Citizens
Rockingham Meeting House
Bellowsks
Proctorsville
Sarah Pollard
Calvin
Mellon
Smoot
Utah
Ayer
Mass
Barnum
Mr. Lidge
Commission demands $25,000 check for Dempsey Wills match
New York state athletic commission requires a certified $25,000 good-faith check from Jack Kearns before recognizing any contract binding Jack Dempsey to a title bout with Harry Wills. Kearns, under ineligibility ban for not accepting a challenge for Dempsey, has until next Tuesday to sign and post the forfeit. Walker’s status remains suspended until Kearns lifts the ban and signs Walker to a Shades match by midnight tomorrow.
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New York
New York State Athletic Commission
Jack Kearns
Jack Dempsey
Harry Wills
Kearns
Dempsey
Commission
Mickey Walker
Walker
Dave
Thirteen Couples Wed Amid Superstition on Ship Sue
At 1 13 a clock on a Friday the British convict ship Sue heard a unique wedding with thirteen guests and thirteen black cats. Three couples won prizes including coins and rings while sixteen non superstitious pairs advertised for partners. The marrying pairs included Albin Bemish and Elsie May Merry, Arthur Ryan and Chesbro, and Charles H Williams and Victorie Christie.
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Apt Toda
Nielsen
Sue
Albin Bemish
Chicago
Elsie-May Merry
Sioux City
Iowa
Arthur Ryan
Michesbro
Charles H. Williams
Victorie Christie
Mrs. J. P. Morgan Dies After Sleeping Sickness
Mrs. J. P. Morgan died at noon in Glen Cove after a two month battle with sleeping sickness and heart disease. J. P. Morgan rushed from Wall Street to East Island. guards surrounded the estate as specialists battled to revive her. Son Junius and Henry Morgan were informed by wireless and returned from a yacht cruise.
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Glen Cove
N. Y
J. P. Morgan
International Banker
Long Island
Morgan
Cock Int
East Island
J. J. Tierney
Covepals Deece
New London
Wall Street
Bytra
Mr. Morgan
Mrs. Morgan
League of Nations policy weakened by interpretations
Dr William Rappard of Geneva told an Institute of Politics audience in Williamstown that two mandates for outlawing war have been undermined by varying readings. He warned that no responsible statesman would risk national security on the league’s potential to act in a crisis.
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Williamstown
Mass
Wm. BE. Rappard
Geneva
Permanent Mandates Commission
The
League of Nations
Institute of Politics Tonight
League
City Manager Ridley to Leave Bluefield Sept 1
Clarence E. Ridley, Bluefield city manager for four years, will resign and join Syracuse University as an instructor in public administration. He plans to leave Bluefield September 1 and report by September 15, pursuing studies in law and public affairs. Ridley holds a Columbia master’s in political science and was honored by the National Institute of Public Administration.
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Clarence E. Ridley
Bluefield
New City Board of Directors
Syracuse University
Syracuse
N. Y
Ridley
Sten
School of Citizenship and Bie
Sonoma
Ridl
Columbia University
New York
Rigsley
Dubeque
Iowa
Ctty
United States
National Institute of Public Administration
Ciy
Thar
Chattanooga
Tenn
Idley
Mich
University of Michigan
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Carl Leibold
Squealer
Indianapolis
Eddietown
Hances
Hartford
Conn
H. K. W. Scott
State Prison
James J. Skelly
New Britain
Wolf
Warenop
Syracuse, N.Y
Navy Department
AL Smith
Goolidge
Hills
Father
Colonel Coolidge
Calvin, Jr
Delle
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