Clarence Ridley Dinner Highlights City Service and Farewell
A large crowd at the West Virginia Hotel honored retiring City Manager Clarence Ridley. The program featured music, speeches, and gifts to Mrs. Ridley and Ridley, praising his four years of city service and urging continued support for the new administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Ee. Ridley
West Virginian Hotel
Isadore Cohen
Bernard McClaugherty
America
Frank Jackson
McClaugherty
Ridley
Ruth Bodell
P. S. Barrow
Old Virginy
C. S. Cheyney
Tom Wilson
H. A. Lucas
Clark Foland
Peachy Lovelace
H. S. Shott
Bluefield
Vincent Paoliello
Edith Greenspon
Henry Kendrick
City Planning Commission
Library Board
Caesar Ronconi
Counts
Cousins
Holroyd
T. O'J. Wilson
John Pennell
Cohen
Isedore Cohen
Conrad Brevick
George Dunglinson, Jr
J. P. Gills
R. B. Parrish
J. E. Corn
Gay Farr
Herbert Markle
J. T. Thornton
C. A. Lemkuhl
George Barger, Jr
Brevick
Eyeless Batrachians Found in Subterranean Dolomite Lake
Explorers report eyeless batrachians and toad-emitting creatures in a subterranean lake in the Dolphite near Innsbruck. They followed an underground tunnel about six kilometers, reaching two ice domes, with the second dome thought to extend for 44 kilometers beneath the landscape.
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Crescen
Dolphite
Innsbruck
Dentist Chief Confesses Self-Inflicted Death in Murder Trial
Los Angeles reports Dr. Thomas W. Young a 47 year old dentist died by strangling himself with a radio antenna wire in his jail cell just before retrial on charges he murdered his wife Grace Grogan Young. The 1.6 million dollar Grogan estate goes to stepson Patrick Grogan Jr as the case ends.
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Los Angeles
Thomas W. Young
Grace Grogan Young
Beverly Glen
Patrick Grogan
Olive King
Young
Patrick Grogan, Jr
Dr. Young
Paris
Beverly Glenn Cottage
Orders remove mules from Hazle Mines coal yard
Hazleton Pennsylvania August 27 orders were issued at Hazle Mines colliery to remove the mules from the mines next Monday after noon A mule yard has been erected in preparation for the suspension next Tuesday.
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Hazleton
Hazle Mines
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Vanderbilt plans huge Atlanta air base complex
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr and associates claim control of 11000 acres near Atlanta for a three field air base to serve lines west to New Orleans and south through Florida and Cuba. Development will take about five years and cost several million dollars with no passenger service planned.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Journal
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Vanderbilt
Research Council
National Air Transport Company
Sanam
New Orleans
Florida
Cuba
New York
Panama
San Antonio
Mexico City
Boston
Philadelphia
Seattle
Los Angeles
San Marcial
Three questioned in connection with death in California
Oakland Calif August 27 police questioned three people in the death of Mrs Bessie Loran whose dismembered body parts were found in the El Cirrito swamp Contra Costa county Dr J D Le Oere IL Loran Pease the dentist and Gordon Rowe the accountant were named in early reports as persons who knew her and had provided advice and financial aid police said one man Mayer refused to issue a statement and both doctors were questioned after the body parts were found
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Oakland
Calif
Chyeeten
Sancisco
Bessie Loran
el Cirrito Ewamp
Contra Costa County
J.d.ee
Loran Pease
Gordon Rowe
Pease
Mgyer
Non Suit Taken In Vaughan City Sewer Case
A non suit was taken in the Vaughan Roanoke case over sixteen miles of sewer construction. Vaughan & Co claimed $93,000 for contract items under a bond issue program. The action ends for now but may be renewed if pursued.
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J.R. Vaughan
John R. Vaughan
Roanoke
Vaughan & Co
Government Awaits Clarification of France Debt Talks
Washington officials pressed smaller debtors to present funding proposals as Italy resumes data gathering and France plans talks in late September. The London Anglo-French settlement looms, potentially limiting France's capacity to pay US debts and shaping Franco American negotiations.
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Washington
United States
American Debt Commission
Treasury
London
Paris
France
Assumed Trial Will Take Regular Course
Washington August 27 The navy department has no official word on two marines charged with sleeping on guard duty at the summer White House in Swampscott but a court martial trial is expected to proceed in regular course. No action was contemplated pending an official report or developments in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
White House
Swampscott
Marine Guard
Kid Kaplan Breaks Right Hand in Bout with Babe Herman
Waterbury Connecticut reports Louis Kid Kaplan fractured his right hand in the eighth round of a fifteen round match with Babe Herman. An in‑room exam found a broken bone just below the knuckle of his big finger. Kaplan could only guard after the eighth round. Herman also injured a hand but no fracture seen on quick check.
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Waterbury
Conn
Louis
Kid) Kaplan
Babe Herman
California
Herman
Roanoke Boosters Tour Southwest Virginia Inc Boosts Region
The Roanoke Boosters about 125 strong arrived in Bluefield on their three day eighth annual tour this time supporting Southwestern Virginia Inc. They traveled from Roanoke Tuesday via Radford line to Galax Big Stone Gap and Clinch Valley stopping for dinners and speeches at Bluefield Federal Street bandstand. Congressman Clifton A. Woodrum presided with Henry Kendrick Ben Moomaw D. Dillard Lew Spear and others stressing regional cooperation and growth. The group wore white trousers dark coats and blue band hats as they visited Narrows Pearisburg and Pembroke before returning to Roanoke.
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Roanoke
Bluefield
Southwestern Virginia, Inc
Magic City
Southwest
West Virginia
Radford
Galax
Big Stone Gap
Clinch Valley
Tazewell
Boosters
Princeton Avenue
Federal Street
West Virginian
Henry Kendrick
Ben Moomaw
Roanoke Chamber of Ae
D. Dillard
Roann
Lew Spear
The
Narrows
Pearsburg
Pembroke
Southwestern Virginia
Belgian King and Queen Reach Paris Incognito
King Albert of Belgium and Queen Elizabeth arrive in Paris with a detour toward Marseilles. A crowd of more than 100 newspaper men greet the king at North Station while Caillaux attracts the attention as the man of the hour. The monarch admits anonymity to reporters amid blushes and timidity.
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Paris
Albert
Elizabeth
Brussels
Marseilles
Joseph Caillaux
Finance Eee
France
M. Caillaux
GE tests boost broadcasting range with 7 watt power
Washington reports General Electric tests at Schenectady show 7 watt broadcasting increased signal range and intensity without major interference to smaller stations. Hoover noted more weeks needed to finalize results, with initial conclusions based on listener letters received.
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Washington
General Electric Company
Schenectady, N. Y
Saemtens Hoover
Funeral service for Edgar Bancroft held in Chicago
The simple Presbyterian funeral for Edgar A. Bancroft, ambassador to Japan, was attended by Charles Dawes and other officials. A prayer by Dr. James G. K. McClure asked divine guidance for President Coolidge and the Japanese mikado to strengthen ties between the two nations. Bancroft’s body rests at 7th Presbyterian. burial planned in Galesburg after Washington events.
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Chicago
Presbyterian Church
Edgar A. Bancroft
Tokyo
Japan
Charles G. Dawes
Tsunso Matsudaira
United States
McClure
Bancroft
Canonbury
7Th Presbyterian Church
San Francisco
Galesburg
Washington
President Coolidge
Ambassador Bancroft
Officials Indicted in Large Rum Ring Conspiracy
New Orleans August 27 federal grand jury indicted Walter L. Cohen Negro comptroller of the customs for the New Orleans district Dr L A Meraux sheriff of St. Bernard parish and thirty two others including Alonzo Patterson and Arthur Battistella leaders of a rum ring for conspiring to violate the national prohibition act The indictment cites a scheme to move 4250 cases of liquor from Havana Cuba to New Orleans between June 1 and August 10.
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New Orleans
Walter L. Cohen
L. A. Meraux
St. Bernard Parish
Alonzo Patterson
Arthur Battistella
Cohen
Mereaux
Havana
Cuba
Steel merger rumor linked Otis Midland Trumbull firms
Reports from August 27 indicate a planned merger of Otis Steel Midland Steel Products and Trumbull Steel into a 100 million dollar corporation. The move is reportedly backed by Cleveland interests and led by E. J. Kulas, president of Otis Steel and Midland.
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Otis Steel
Midland Steel Producta
Trumbull Steel Companies
Cleveland
E. J. Kulas
Otis Steel and Midland Companies
Preparing To Protest New Rates on Coal
Operators in the central Pennsylvania bituminous district plan protests to the government over an Interstate Commerce Commission ruling that creates joint rail from the West Virginia field to New England. The Pennsylvania Coal Producers' Association notes 100 million tons of low volatile coal in PA and MD could meet domestic needs during any anthracite shortage, while a 300 to 400 mile haul to the seaboard would strain cars and worsen fuel shortages.
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Altoona
Pennsylvania
Interstate Commerce Commission
West Virginia
New England
Pennsylvania Coal Producers’ Association
Maryland
Baltimore and Ohio
New York Central
Seaboard
Half a Hundred Taken in Raids Huntington Drive
Fifty six men and women were arrested in Huntington on a two day federal drive to end bootlegging. Most released on bonds ranging from 1000 to 12000 dollars. Three cars were seized as agents, led by Abe Cohen under H M Luckett, intensified a city wide crackdown with plans to add twenty more prohibition officers. Melville Hall of Catlettsburg, linked to a past moonshine raid, was among those sought tonight.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythians
Grand Temple
Pythian
Morgantown
Clarpare
Piedmont Organization
Piedmont
Grand Temple Pythian Sisters
Mountain City
N. Neely
Grand Domain
West Virginia Knights of Pythias
F. Rife
Senator Neely
F. Ees
Pythians
Huntington
Prohibition
Abe Cohen
H. M. Luckett
Fourth Prohibition Division
Cohen
Boyd County
Kentucky
Hall
Steel firms to report smaller Q3 earnings
New York reports indicate steel companies will show slightly lower third quarter earnings than in the second. July activity was weak with U S Steel at 61 percent capacity, while prices for shipments remained low. U S Steel is running about 78 percent capacity with potential output above 75 percent next month.
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New York
U. S. Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
Newspaper man is sentenced for manslaughter
Walter E. Roderick, a Washington newspaper man, was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary after pleading guilty to manslaughter for a fatal crash that killed a man when he drove over a street car loading platform several months earlier.
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Washington
Walter E. Roderick
Two Army Planes Crash Killing Two Aviators in Maywood
Two United States airplanes collided while 500 feet above Maywood Air Field killing aviator Lieutenant Talcott P. Smith and passenger William L. Heptig. Lieutenant W. R. Douglas landed safely as his plane was wrecked. The crash followed an exhibition flight from Camp Grant where aircraft gathered for a tournament.
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Chicago
United States
Maywood Air Field
Camp Grant
Army Air Fields
de Haviland
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Tils
Talcott P
Happy) Smith
William L. Heptig
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago CIA
National Aeronauticals
Smith
Heptig
W. R. Douglas
First Pursuit
Selfridge Field
Mount Cleemus
Mich
Douglas
William Page
Page
Miners Suspend Work In Anthracite Field Strike Set For Sept 1
The United Mine Workers call a September 1 suspension in the hard coal fields after failed wage and work condition talks. About 158000 miners affected, with 10000 kept for maintenance. Board of conciliation to meet tomorrow as operators and miners seek a settlement.
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Philadelphia
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Eng
Dear Sire and Brothers
Rinaldo Cappellini
Andrew Mattey
C. J. Golden
Philip Murray
International
Thomas Kennedy
Lewis
Iiiiers
Anthracite Board of Conciliation
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Lal
Clarence Ridley
Dr. Young Garrets
Tate
Atlanta Center Commercial Air Lines
John R. Ee
Aericuit Court
Tharedan
Cime
Kid Kaplan
Roanoke Boosters
Dornies
New State Home
Deavige
Edgar Bancroft
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Conciliation Board
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