18 Aug 1928
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1928
Page
1
Miss Sarah Butler succeeds the late G K Morris as G O P chief and Mrs Daniel O Day chairs the Democratic Committee amid death and illness shaping feminine leadership in New York politics.
In New York this week with male leaders sidelined by death and illness two women assume major party chair roles. Miss Sarah Schuyler Butler leads the Republican committee and Mrs. Daniel O Day heads the Democratic committee amid a presidential campaign. Both are depicted as capable and calm figures unswayed by prior gendered warnings.
London reports that the British submarine L-55, missing since 1919, has been raised in the Baltic. Russian accounts say naval action by destroyers Azard and Gavril preceded the sinking, with a three torpedo salvo missing, and mines in Kaporsk Bay delaying recovery until spring.
Miss Sarah Schuyler Butler, daughter of Nicholas Murray Butler, becomes chair of the New York Republican state committee after the death of George K Morrie. She has served as vice chairman for four years.
Governor Smith juggles state business and campaign duties in Albany as he meets with Senators Walsh and George and prepares his acceptance speech. He orders park development, a Buffalo office building, and a gambling complaint forwarded to Suffolk County officials while briefing reporters. He shares views on prohibition with visitors before Houston convention rollout.
Bert Hassel and Parker Cramer of Rockford Illinois were held on the ground in Cochrane Ontario by stormy weather delaying the first leg of their 100 mile flight toward Mt Evans Greenland and on toward Stockholm. They were guests of Cochrane and drew admiring crowds.
Roy Chapman Andrews and Walter Granger return from the Gobi desert with 150,000 year old relics and signs of early stone age culture. Severe sand storms, brigand threats, and a leg injury plagued the expedition as they explored dunes north of Kalgan and Erhien.
Detectives search for Roy C. Toombs a finance head linked to International Life Insurance Co of St. Louis and Toombs and Dally brokers as investigators allege misused assets totaling over 3 million dollars. Charges include larceny 85 000 dollars plus misappropriation of securities amid receivership and federal probes.
Chicago authorities worked to identify a young woman whose charred body was found on a highway near Crown Point Indiana. A postmortem showed she had two children while earlier clues tied her to bank robbery suspect's missing sweetheart. Investigators sought a car and crew seen near the scene as officers pursued leads.
John Daniel Gorecki, former husband of dancer Gilda Gray, defends her in Milwaukee as Gaillard T. Boag seeks annulment on alleged pre nuptial fraud. Gorecki says Boag cannot produce the sensational evidence claimed and reiterates Gray’s Milwaukee identity as Mary Michalek.
The joint sub committee of mine union officials and coal operators negotiating a wage scale to reopen Ohio mines after 15 months of idleness had not reached an agreement. Lee Hall, president of the Ohio union, said they hoped to report to the full session tomorrow but sub committee talks may continue.
In Topeka heavy rain threatens outdoor ceremonies as Curtis prepares for formal notification of his Republican vice presidential nomination. Curtis will urge party unity at a 5 p.m. CST program with Governor Paulen introducing Feas, who will notify Curtis officially. Curtis plans to accept the nomination and outline campaign aims.
Lonnie Mahaffey 37 a Grafton glass factory clerk died from revolver wounds alleged to have been inflicted last Monday midnight by Clyde Bradford railroad conductor. Bradford rearrested on murder charge after Mahaffey and Mrs Bradford were in an automobile. Both families prominent in Grafton.
Charleston W Va August 17 The state board of control awarded the mill work contract for the first unit of the Rutherford Tuberculosis Sanitarium Beckley to Minter Homes Corp Huntington for 17496 dollars.
The Tulane university expedition returning from Central America and Mexico describes surviving seventy days with scarce food. Monkey meat boiled with spices, hearts of palm, berries, nuts, and armadillos sustained the group under jury rigged conditions. Dr. Frans Blom led the trek through impenetrable jungles with limited progress while discovering ancient palm heart and squash-like game evidence.
Dr John Roach Straton issues a public rebuke to Governor Alfred E Smith and demands a joint debate on his charges against Smith. He warns that failure to meet will brand Smith as a bluffer a Tammany trickster and a coward in front of the world. Straton insists on choosing the debate venue to avoid sectarian bitterness.
Herbert Hoover toured California as a Republican candidate gathering large crowds in Los Angeles and other towns. He spoke from City Hall promising the Boulder Canyon project and received enthusiastic support amid cheers and flower offerings as he headed toward Long Beach and Washington.
Pittsburgh August 17 final plans for affiliation with a new miners union and a convention in Pittsburgh on September 9 to organize the union were discussed by District No 2 representatives. Similar meetings will be held across the coalfield. District No 3 meets next week. Anthracite tri-district conferences follow August 22 with West Virginia locals to confer August 24.
Private Carl Ellis of Rockwell Field California confessed a plan to rob the Fort Sam Houston bank and steal a military plane to flee to Mexico. He was arrested after stepping from an army plane at Dodd Field and will be returned to Rockwell Field to face a California grocery store robbery charge.
Brigands in Grevena demand half a million drachmae about 62000 dollars for the release of the wife of the Dutch vice consul who was captured there. The vice consul was released, but the wife remains hostage.
Mrs Haser and her husband seek 1500 dollars in a lawsuit filed in Pittsburgh on August 17 alleging Max Blumenthal, the alleged hugger, embraced Mr Haser on Sharpsburg principal street. The claim centers on the unwanted contact between the man and the couple.
Residents of Narrows Va denied reports that the wagon and foot bridge over the New River at Narrows had washed out yesterday despite widespread chatter. The river reportedly ran high but officials said no serious damage occurred and fifteen feet would be its gauge. Tourists arriving in Bluefield reported mud and poor east road conditions while routes through Virginia to Bristol and Abingdon were passable except Bland Court House road.
Eleven lives were lost and millions in damage reported as floods swelled toward the sea. Counties in Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida faced ruined crops, washed highways, and disrupted rail service with isolated towns gradually reconnected. Georgia estimate puts highway repairs at about 300000 dollars. Florida officials similar. Savannah River ran higher than any prior record as Hamburg and Augusta areas flooded.
In the aftermath of recent storms, rivers in the Northern South Carolina region and the Broad River through the Lockhart dam showed falling water levels, easing fears of major inundations. Residents along affected streams monitored the reduced flood threat as reports indicated gradual drainage.
Burlingame Calif August 17 Charlie A Lindbergh returning from a Continental Airways business trip in San Francisco to Mastland Maryland home after a busy day. Persistent rumors of his death were denied by Eastland who said Lindbergh had stepped out of the house within ten minutes after returning. The aviator is reported safe and in good health despite widespread false reports.
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