Many Organizations and Shared Duty For Community Growth
A columnist argues for broader participation in clubs and public bodies to boost business and town progress. He notes few lead and questions if a busy few can shoulder tasks, while recalling wartime teamwork and a New York group renouncing the rolling pin in a peace gesture. The column ends with a reflective anecdote about a traveler and a rose left for a lover who never returned.
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Congress
Ladies’ Aid Society
Chambers of Commerce and Trade
Vislon
Senate debate stalls on building fifteen cruisers and carrier
The senate nears a final vote on a bill to build fifteen cruisers and one aircraft carrier as Senators Fess Shortridge Sackett urge immediate time limit retention. Burton Norris oppose time clause seeking further disarmament talks while Robinson argues no global rush to disarm.
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Washington
Senate
Fess
Ohio
Coolidge
Shortridge
California
Sackett
Kentucky
Mr. Coolidge
Feen
Burton
United States
Norris
Nebraska
Great Britain
Robinson
Arkansas
Buckhannon Fire Kills Ten In Cottage Tragedy
In Buckhannon West Virginia a Friday night cottage fire killed ten people including Mr and Mrs Peter Sines their daughter and three month old grandchild and six of the couple's other children ages two to eighteen. Only Troy Gibson one survivor escaped after awaking to a powder can explosion and flames. Funeral services for the victims are set for Sunday at 2 PM in the United Brethren church of North Buckhannon.
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Buckhannon
W. Va
Peter Sines
Troy Gideon
Troy Gibson
Howse
Ames
Gibson
Mary Evelyn
United Brethren Church
North Buckbannon
Langhorne Engagement Noted in Virginia Society Circles
Emily A Langhorne of Pulaski Virginia, cousin of Lady Astor and Mrs Charles Dana Gibson, becomes engaged to Frederick Gustafson of Aurora. Gustafson, former Pittsburgh University football star and coach at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, is described as ill.
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Emily A. Langhorne
Pulaski
Lady Astor
Charles Dana Gibson
Aurora, Ill
Frederick Gustafson
Pittsburgh University
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Big Fund Drive Aims For 1929 Boy Scout Council
Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Smith discuss a $9000 fundraising goal for Bluefield area Boy Scout councils. The drive runs February 4 to 15 and covers Mercer McDowell Summers and Monroe counties with district targets including Bluefield Cromwell 3500 and Princeton Athens 1200. An official comment notes momentum from a record scouting year.
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Mercer
McDowell
Summers
Monroe
Bluefield
Cromwell
Princeton
Athens
Northfork
Keystone
Matoaka
Coalwood
Scout Council
Du Pont GM and U S Steel Found to Weave Favorable Outlet
Federal trade commission concluded the financial ties among Du Pont de Nemours General Motors and United States Steel produced an advantageous outlet for Du Pont products with minimal selling costs for a substantial portion of key items. Commissioner Humphrey issued a sharp minority view condemning the inquiry as bureaucratic overreach.
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Washington
The
J. Dupont de Nemours Company
General Motors Corporation
United States Steel Corporation
Federal Trade Commission
Jitle
Dupont Company
Humphrey
Dupont
General Motors
United States Steel Common
United States Steel
Duponts
General Motor
Steel Corporation
President-elect Hoover to confer with party heads on appointments
Hoover returns to Belle Isle Florida after fishing trips and plans meetings with party leaders. Guests include Senator Smoot of Utah Henry W Anderson Mrs A T Hert Charles Barrett and J H Hammond to discuss cabinet appointments and farm relief policy with McNary Haugen ideas noted.
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Utah
A. T. Hert
Kentucky
Chas. Barrett
Farmers Union
J. H. Hammond
Long Key
Fla
Hoover
Belle Isle
Miami Beach
Senate Finance Committee
Henry W Anderson
Richmond
Mia
Charles Barrett
Union City
Parmere' Union
John Haya Hammond
Washington
Mra
Barrett
Wil
Search for missing Elizabeth Nay widens to West Virginia towns
Newcomerstown Ohio February 2 Miss Elizabeth Nay 18 vanished after accepting a ride from a stranger Tuesday. Police traced a car with West Virginia plates seen heading south on the Newcomerstown Cambridge road toward Parkersburg and nearby towns. Her mother recalled a threatening note and fears of abduction prompted a regional police search along the Ohio River in West Virginia towns.
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Newcomerstown
Elizabeth Nay
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Poet Carl Sandburg Labels Public Eggheaded
San Francisco report notes Carl Sandburg calling the American public eggheaded in a San Francisco Call quotation. He says he will not publish another poetry volume until 1932 and perhaps 1935, suggesting a taunting or teasing remark toward readers. The author arrived from the East today.
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San Francisco
Carl Sandberg
San Francisco Call
Husband Files Cross Bill Over Wife Restrictions
Chicago man Harry Laverty answers a divorce bill with a cross bill listing restrictions imposed by his wife. He cites she would not let him smoke drink chew swear attend theatre or play cards and forced him to live with his mother-in-law.
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Chicago
Harry
Laverty
Norwegian Dagfin Towed After Sea SOS Off Virginia Capes
The Norwegian steamship Dagfin, stranded without fuel and drifting off the Virginia Capes, was safely towed by the American tanker W. E. Hutton. Dagfin radioed for help at 3:22 p.m., then coal cargoed at St. John’s, N. F. three weeks earlier, and sailed for an announced destination. The Hutton hailed from Port Arthur, Texas, on January 28 for coastwise ports.
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New York
Dagfin
Virginia Capes
W. B. Hutton
Naval Radio
Norfolk
W E. Hutton
EB. W. Johnson
St. John’s
Radio Concern Has New Method
Washington reports Lieut. Commander J A Craven testified before the House Merchant Marine Committee that Universal Wireless of Buffalo can technically use the forty short wavelengths granted by the Federal Radio Commission. Craven noted the firm has developed a method for close separation of radio channels, increasing frequencies and facilities for point to point radio service. The committee waived close examination and prepared to conclude hearings on the bill to extend the radio commission’s life.
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Washington
Universal Wireless Company of
Buffalo
Federal Radio Commission
Commission
House Merchant Marine Committee
7. A. M. Craven
Navy Department
Radio Commission
Condition Of Henry Grogan To Be Probed
Moundsville West Virginia February 2 Formal examination to establish the mental condition of Henry Grogan a young Raleigh county Negro condemned to hang next Friday at the state prison was made today by Dr J G Petit state alienist who will report to Governor Howard M Gore Grogan was observed about two hours in the death house the alienist would make no comment on his finding He was convicted over a year ago of criminal assault near Beckley
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Moundsville
W. Va
Henry Grogan
Raleigh County
J. G. Petit
Howard M. Gore
Petit
Grogan
Beckley
Hunger strikes of wolves terrorize Balkan villages
Reports from Sarajevo and Bucharest describe packs of starving wolves invading mountain villages in Bosnia Moldavia and surrounding areas. Two children were snatched from cradles and devoured in Bosnia while heavy snow and extreme cold disrupt communications and travel across the region.
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Sarajevo
Jugoslavia
Bihatch
Bosnia
Bucharest
Romania
Moldavia
Buckley Convicted on All Counts in Prohibition Conspiracy
Ohio treasurer Bert Buckley is found guilty by a federal jury on ten counts including conspiracy to violate prohibition laws and attempted bribery. The 13 hour verdict leaves Buckley and his family silent as Judge Houghton defers sentencing. maximum penalty 28 years and $27,000 fine.
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Bert Kh. Buckley
Ohio
Kenneth Blackmer
Houghton
Buckley
Federal Penitentiary
Blackmer
Huckley
Big Wife
Hough
Wellmore B. Turner
Hareth KE
Mau
United States District Attorney
Fess
Cooper
Tara
Coolidge Returns From Florida Trip to Washington
President Coolidge arrived in Washington after a stop in Florida for the Mountain Lake sanctuary dedication. He spent about twenty minutes in his private car watching a Western film as aides greeted him at Union Station. A portable projection set aboard his train and John Johnson the Mayflower navigator handled the film equipment.
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Washington
Coolidge
Kelloge
Davis
Labor Department
Union Station
Johnson
President Coolidge Heads to Washington After Florida Trip
President Coolidge returns from a Florida lake sanctuary and singing tower trip in a private car. He joins Mrs. Coolidge and guests in reading and conversation while small crowds form at stops but he does not appear publicly. The journey began Thursday afternoon and will leave him away from Washington for more than two days.
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Coolidge
Washington
Florida
Mountain Lake Sanctuary
Singing Tower
National Capital
Colidge
Mountain Lake
Fla
Edward W. Bok
Drs. Coolidge
Hypnotist Tricks Victims Out Of Savings In Nice
Riviera police search for an unidentified hypnotist who lured victims to banks and coerced them into withdrawing savings. A prominent case involves an Italian named Poladari who described being unable to resist handing over funds after a cafe meeting and bank visit. Banks confirm Poladari appeared dazed while withdrawing money.
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Nice
France
Riviera
Poladari
Polardar
Denver nurse pleads temporary insanity in hospital slaying
Parole King, a nurse accused of killing Evans, seeks a temporary insanity defense after a hospital shooting at Denver General. The case follows their renewed romance amid patient care. King faces ten days of psychiatric observation, but judge says it will not change the trial’s outcome.
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Denver
Cote
Parnce King
John C. Bobrtine
K. Hoane
Mias King
Lewis D. Mowry
Mise King
Denver General Monpitel
Colorado General Hospital
Charles CC. Buckmann
Evans
Mixx King
Miss King
Doomed couple proclaimed innocence in death row letters
Franklin La February 2 A farewell message from Dr Thomas E Dreher awaiting execution was released detailing his and Ada Bonner Lebouef innocence in her husband James Lebouef's murder. Dreher says they seek peace with God and call for an end to capital punishment. The two bodies were buried separately in Clinton Louisiana and Morgan City.
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Franklin
Thomas E. Dreher
Ada Bonner Lebouef
Eugene Dreher
Mra. Lebouef
Dr. Dreher
Clinton
Mia
Lebouef
Mrs. Lebouef
Jesus
Hurta
Morgan City
James J. Lebouef
Paddington Freighter Missing After Uboat Search
Flamborough England February 24 reports no trace of the British freighter Paddington despite a U boat search lasting hours through heavy rain. The vessel was said to be in poor condition and northwest of Flamborough before a trawler reached port for the day.
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Flamborough England
Paddington
Here
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