First Reunion of Lilly Family Adds to History
Sunday marked a red letter day as West Virginia and surrounding counties gathered for the Lilly family reunion. Devotional exercises and two sessions featured music and speeches by Allen C. Lilly and Congressman Hugh Ike Shott, with remarks about pioneer contributions and mountain symbolism for gathering on Flat Top.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flat Top
Lilly
West Virginia
Allen C. Lilly
California
Hendrew Lilly
Indiana
Laura Nelson
Oregon
Greenlee Lilly
North Carolina
Willie Lilly
Ohio
American Republic
Lilly Committee
Mr. Shott
Flat Top Mountain
Mt. Horeb
Moses
God
Mt. Sinai
Mt. Pisgah
Christ
Bethle
Board Allocates 1.5 Million State School Aid and Water Commission Funds
Charleston WV Aug 18 The board of public works approved 1 500 000 in state aid to schools matching last year’s allotment and 3 000 to continue the state water commission. Districts must levy 70 cents per 100 valuation for elementary teachers funds. deficits may be covered by the aid fund. The water commission seeks 5 000 for next year, 9 500 would cover immediate needs. created by the 1929 legislature, it lacked initial funding and has been supported by various department funds until now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
State Water Commission
Board of Public Works
W. C. Cook
Cook
Water Commission
EB. S. Tisdale
Commission
Health Department
Public Service Commission
Game, Fish and Forestry Commission
Ihs
Board of Public Work
Cap Hatfield Seeks Johns Hopkins Hospital Treatment
William A. Cap Hatfield, ill at his home in Logan West Virginia for several weeks, leaves to enter Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for medical treatment today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cap” Hatfield
Johns Hopkins
Ventura Rescues Tahiti Passengers Off South Pacific
The Matson liner Ventura rescued all 317 aboard the British steamer Tahiti after it sank 460 miles east of Rarotonga. The Ventura headed for Pago Pago to disembark 165 of the Tahiti's people and then proceed to San Francisco. The Tahiti loss followed propeller failure and a leak after distress calls and rescue by the Norwegian Penybryn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tutuila
Matson
Ventura
Tahiti
Rarotonga
Cook Islands
San Francisco
Wellington
N. Z
South Pacific
Pago Pago
Samoa
Welington
Cook Island
Penybryn
Federal move to prosecute Providence Ky airplane bombing
Federal Judge Charles I. Dawson ordered immediate investigation by District Attorney Sparks to pursue the case with a Justice Department investigator. Illinois authorities weigh federal vs state court for aviator Paul Montgomery as eight suspects are in custody including James Malone Carroll Waugh Angus Merritt and others from Webster County tied to the bombing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Providence
Charles I. Dawson
Thomas Sparke
Sparks
Department of Justice
Cincinnati
Dawson
Ilinois
Paul Montgomery
Murphysboro
James Malone
Montgomery
Carroll Waugh
Angus Merritt
Webster County
Malone
Essel Grant
Harvey Davie
James Harvey
Ewing Riley
Eleven Acme Drug Employees Arrested in Liquor Probe
Federal agents raided Acme Wholesale Drug Company in Los Angeles and seized a large liquor haul. Eleven company employees were arrested on secret indictments and seven others pursued. Indictments allege the firm received and sold over 100000 gallons of rubbing alcohol as intoxicating liquor. Max I. Katz and William A. Sinaberg, both missing, are named as principals who allegedly bought the alcohol from a Brooklyn firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Acme Wholesale Drug Company
United States
Max I. Katz
William A. Sinaberg
Brooklyn, N. Y
Charleston to Start Legal Proceedings Over Water Supply
Charleston W Va council adopts resolution directing city solicitor to file to force West Virginia Water Service Co to provide good clear wholesome water. Solicitor Ritchie to draft petition to Public Service Commission for pure adequate supply under franchise terms. Matheny reports the plant is antiquated while nearby areas have purer water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia Water Service Company
Charles Ritchie
Public Service Commission
M. F. Matheny
Firestone predicts better times after current slump
Harvey S. Firestone told the Cambridge industrial association that prosperity would return beyond America’s ten year slump. He urged hard work and business readjustments, predicted full employment, and cited price and overhead reductions. He noted editing Edison questionnaire results and recalled the desert survival choice with humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Masc
Harvey S. Firestone
Henry Ford
Thomas A. Edison
Cambridge Industrial Association
America
Edison
Firestone
Joyce Appears in Coroner's Inquiry Over Senator Joyce Death
Chicago August 18. Mrs J T Joyce testified before a coroner's jury about phone calls alleging her husband State Senator John T Joyce was shot. The coroner postponed the inquest pending analysis of Joyce's vital organs for poison and an anticipated grand jury appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
J. T. Joyce
John T. Joyce
Joyce
Gold Coast
Eddie Schneider Sets New Junior Hop Record
Eddie Schneider an 18 year old from Jersey City completes a transcontinental flight landing at 7 13 pm at Los Angeles municipal airport to set a junior record of 29 hours 41 minutes flying time. He left Westfield New Jersey August 14 and flew only in daylight stopping for fuel. He surpassed Frank Goldsborough of New York whose East West record was 34 hours 3 minutes and was later killed in a Vermont mountain crash. Jeff Albuquerque New Mexico was en route stopping at Holbrook Arizona at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Eddie Schneider
Jersey City
N. J
Municipal
P.S.T
Westfield
Frank Goldsborough
New York
Woodford Mountains
Vermont
Goldsborough
Jeff Albuquerque
N. M
Holbrook
Ariz
Prohibition Director Orders Scrutiny of Enforcement Staff
Washington, Aug 18. Director Woodcock announced strict scrutiny of enforcement personnel after two agents faced five day suspensions for traffic quarrels with motorists. Robert F. Myrtle drew a gun during an arrest attempt, while Basil N. Quinn struck a motorist and exceeded authority. Woodcock warned harsher penalties could follow if conduct does not improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Woodcock
Enforcement Service
Robert F. Myrtle
Milwaukee
William A. French
Basil N. Quinn
Washington, D. C
Prohibition
Prohibition Service
Prohibition Aide George Gokiing Suspended in Albany
Washington reports Prohibition Director Woodcock announces Albany administrator George Gokiing has been suspended on charges involving misconduct with several stenographers. The charges cover a period of about a year and have been filed with the Civil Service Commission, which could lead to action if sustained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Prohibition
Woodcock
George Gokiing
Albany
New York
Civil Service Commission
Condemned slayer recaptured near Smoot. three escapees remain
Roosevelt Darnell, condemned for Holbrook slaying, and Silas Brown were seized by state and county officers in woods near Smoot, about twenty miles from Lewisburg. Three of eight jailbreak fugitives still at large include Roy White, Howard Crawford, and "Red" Dillon as authorities bolster jail security after the breakout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewisburg
W. Va
Roosevelt Darnell
Slayer
Greenbrier
Smoot
Silas Brown
Brown
Darnell
Clarence Holbrook
John H. Bowling
Liberty
Roy White
Pennsylvania
Howard Crawford
William Tabscott
Mullens
Wyoming County
Prison Fire Inquiry Stalled in Ohio Penitentiary Case
Ohio officials report the four month old penitentiary fire probe remains at a standstill with Fire Marshal Ray R. Gill saying no new developments. Two convicts still in city jail deny plots of arson and rioting while publicity headaches threaten further evidence collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Ray R. Gill
Preston E. Thomas
Marshall Gill
New York Bans Police Traffic Whistles
After a week trial, Commissioner Mulrooney ruled traffic cops may no longer toot their whistles. Signal with hands except in Times Square as New York aims for a quieter city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mulrooney
Times Square
Keeps Death Bed Vow, is Held For Bigamy
Kansas City Aug 18 George W Hancock 24 is under arrest on bigamy charges after marrying Alice Lorine Hecke in Bethel Kansas while Hecke’s mother Mrs Alice V Hecke lay dying He had left his wife and four year old daughter last Thursday to visit the Hecke family Authorities say the death bed vow prompted the marriage and that his first wife described him as kind and affectionate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
George W. Hancock
Hancock
Alice V. Hecke
Bethel
Kan
AOSIGN ENGINEERS TO FIVE DISTRICTS
Charleston West Virginia August 28 assignment of five engineers to highway district headquarters statewide announced by the road commission as final step in reorganization. Engineers take over August 20 reporting to chief engineer H J Spelman. Districts Charleston Huntington Parkersburg Clarksburg Keyser with named engineers and shifts in maintenance and construction oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Road Commission
H. J. Spelman
G. H. Davis
Huntington
A. W. Paine
Parkersburg
J. M. McKinney
Clarksburg
W. K. Knauff
Keyser
J. R. McDermott
Spelman
E. G. Etchison
E. G. Middleton
Cleo Swecker
Morgantown
P. W. Bennett
A. K. Erb
G. H. Hill Jr
Commission
The
State University
Detroit Grand Jury List Shrinks to Ten
Detroit Aug. 18 The pool of twenty three jurors drawn for a Detroit grand jury investigation dwindled to ten in circuit court. Judge Lester S Mall ordered thirteen more names drawn for tomorrow morning after a four hour examination. Two of the three women and six men were excused for various reasons including Edgar A Guest the newspaper poet. Five of the original twenty three were not served with summons due to illness or being out of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Lester S. Mall
Mall
Edgar A. Guest
Cement Charge Halts Flow Of Oil From Wild Gusher
Oklahoma City August 18. Cement pumped into the C C Julian Oil and Royalty companys number 2 houseer halted a 25 hour gusher that had saturated south Oklahoma City with oil and gas. The flow was about 200 barrels per hour and daily gas output was near 50 million feet. Residents fled as a fire guard watched the area while nearby wells were shut in and a highway was closed. The owner, C C Pulian, resisted conservation efforts and faced possible receivership or legal action to enforce a curtailment agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Petrleum
C. C. Julian Oil and Royalty Company
C. C. Pulian
Attorney General's Office
State Corporation Commission
Old Gable Ferry Sinks in River Tragedy Drowns Four
Four people including a baby drown when a hand-pulled old fashioned ferry on the Connecticut River from East Putney Vermont to Westmoreland New Hampshire capsizes after carrying two cars. Victims are Ray and Mrs. Austin and their one year old, all of Putney, and William Clark age 60.
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Westmoreland
N. H
Connecticut River
East Putney
Ray Austin
William Clark
Putney
Austin
Clark
Thomas Carpenter
Harry Pierce
A. M. Cushing
Charles Frederick
Frederick
New Hampshire
Tear bomb bombardment routs barricaded man
In Chicago on August 18 a barricaded gunman, identified as George Hoffman, shot Issac Protkin in a cafe on West Madison Street. Police used tear bombs and heavy fire to force Hoffman from a rear room, finally subduing him after a prolonged exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
West Madison Street
George Hoffman
Issac Protin
Hoffman
Protkin
Endurers 10 Tour Fairs With Plane Endurants
Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine, holders of the world endurance record, prepare refueling demonstrations at state fairs with contracts totaling 30 500 for five appearances including Missouri Sedalia next Saturday. They earned about 42 000 overall from flights and subscriptions amid doubts about endurance flying profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louise
Dale Jackson
Forest O'Brine
Jackson
O'Brine
William Pickens
Flyers
Missouri
St Loui S
O’brine
Chamber of Commerce
Greater St. Louis
Curtise-Robertson Manufacturing Company
J. B. Livingston
Livingston
Returning Vacationists Find Unusual Conditions
Hammond Indiana August 18. Mr and Mrs Steve Brooks return from vacation in southern Illinois under unusual circumstances. The couple report their house was ransacked the radio stolen a neighbor s cat ate the canary Mrs Brooks fur coat and seven dresses missing and basement lights left burning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond, Ind
Hammond
Steve Brooks
Illinois
Brooke
Woman aviator forced to land in Arizona corn field
Ruth Barron of Hollywood entered in the national women’s air derby forced a landing near Heber Arizona forty miles south of Holbrook after a clogged gasoline line. She was uninjured and the plane slightly damaged as the watch stopped an hour after leaving Calexico on the third lap bound for Phoenix.
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Holbrook
Ariz
Ruth Barron
Hollywood
Cal
Heber
Here
Miss Barron
Calexico
Phoenix
Arizona
Molbrook
Oscape
Women aviators duel for lead in air derby third leg finish
In Phoenix the third lap from Calexico to Chicago ends with Gladys O'Donnell of Long Beach and Margery Doig of Danbury separated by under five minutes. Doig lands 20 seconds later after O'Donnell, who led the segment. Jean Le Rene of Kansas City follows, then Mildred Morgan of Beverly Hills a minute later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Gladys O'Donnell
Long Beach
Calif
Margery Doig
Danbury
Conn
Chicago
Mrs. O'Donnell
Jean le Rene
Kansas City
Mildred Morgan
Beverly Hills
Miss la Rene
National women’s air derby starts from Calexico toward Phoenix
Six entrants began from Calexico at 2 01 p m with Gladys O Donnell of Long Beach leading. Margery Doig of Danbury Mildret Morgan of Beverly Hills Jean La Fene of Kansas City and Ruth Stewart of St Louis followed at one minute intervals Ruth Barron of Hollywood was delayed five minutes by moor trouble The fliers expect to reach Phoenix in about two hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calexico
Calif
Phoenix
Ariz
Gladys O'Donnell
Long Beach
Margery Doig
Danbury
Conn
Mildret Morgan
Beverly Hills
Jean la Fene
Kansas City Mo
Ruth Stewart
St. Louis
Ruth Barron
Hollywood
Weather Rules Non-Stop Air Derby From Los Angeles to Chicago
Weather will decide the August 27 air derby start date as a 10th annual national race faces openings on August 23 at Curtiss airport. Dudley A. Steele chairs a meteorologist panel and a five-pilot jury to set the race day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Los Angeles
Curtiss Airport
Dudley A. Steele
Long Beach
Calif
Curtiss
Arthur Goebel
Hawaii
George T. Burrell
la Grange
Miami
Arthur J. Davis
Lansing
Mich
Arthur W. Killips
England plans regular transatlantic air service soon
An air ministry memorandum in London on August 18 notes England intends to establish a regular all year air service linking Cardington, Montreal and New York once sufficient experience with airships R-100 and R-101 is gained. The move reflects the shift of transatlantic flights into routine routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Cardington
Montreal
New York
Air Ministry
Menorandu
Virginia relief plan presented to federal government
Virginia leaders including former Governor Byrd and ex-Governor Stuart met about drought relief. They proposed using 75,000,000 bushels of National Grain Corp wheat for livestock feed and sought wholesale hay and feed shipments at low rates to distressed areas. Loans, credit, and crop or livestock liens were to back temporary farm aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd
State Relief Committee
Henry C. Stuart
Elk Gareden
Stuart
Byrd
State Relief
National Grain Corporation
Time limits void action by state in gangster case
In Chicago and Evanston, prosecutors say the Jack Zuta strong box records face collapse under a three year statute of limitations. State’s Attorney Swanson notes most papers are from 1927 or earlier and no action can be taken on that evidence. Former Judge Emanuel Eller discusses a $250 1922 campaign check found among the Zuta papers. Charles F. Rathburn says Evanston Chief William C. Freeman admitted writing and delivering a $400 request letter to Zuta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jack Zuta
Swanson
Emanuel Eller
Morris
Delafield
Wis
Charles F. Rathburn
William C. Freeman
Evanston
Rathbun
Freeman
Zuta
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Aosign
Old Gable
Endurers
Derbyigt
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O'Donnell
Viginia Chase
Old Dominion
Eyrd
Elk Garden
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