Mystery Blast Kills Four in Raleigh Area Home
An explosion in Beckley West Virginia killed four people and seriously injured a fifth after curiosity led to opening an sealed metal container believed to hold nitroglycerin. The device was unearthed by two men digging a grave near Parker's home in Stanford before it detonated.
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Beckley
W. Va
Lloyd Parer
Emory Thurman
Parker
Stanford
Thurman
Vivian
Wilmer
Ash Bailey
Winding Gulf
Peachie Parker
Frank Gibson
Stanaford
Koppers Company
Lanark Coal Company
Citizens Called to Meet Monday in Bluefield
The Bluefield chamber of commerce will sponsor a public mass meeting at 8 o clock Monday in the municipal auditorium. James Mann president says the gathering aims to discuss present day problems and foster a cooperative effort to improve commercial and civic conditions for Greater Bluefield. The event is for taxpayers and interested citizens, not a chamber event, and no membership or funds will be solicited.
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Bluefield
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Greater
Mann
Greater Bluefield
Cmic
Bluefielda
Mountains Hold Fate Of 14 Air Voyageurs
A frigid western storm caused multiple air incidents. Pilot John W. Sharpnack died near Rio Vieta, while Albert Devore perished in Laredo after a 200 foot dive. A Century Pacific airliner with eight aboard vanished in a San Francisco to Los Angeles flight. George T. Douglas, Ed Greer, and Jack O'Brien were involved in missions, with O'Brien spotting a damaged plane at Locomotive Field. An Army flight from Crissy Field vanished. Lieutenant Cocke Jr. parachuted to safety in Sequoia National Park. A Bimini Airways craft bound for the Bahamas disappeared. Francis H. Rust was injured. Five planes were lost in last week’s storm, nine others unaccounted for, with a large search continuing.
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Associated Press
John W. Sharpnack
Oakland
Century-Pacific Company
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Army
George T. Douglas
Greer
Boise
Salt Lake City
Jack O’brien
United Air Lines
Locomotive Field
William A. Cocke Jr
Edward D. Hoffman
Crissy Field
Hoffman
Cocke
Sequoia National Park Rangers
Bimini Airways
Bimini
Bahamas
Mi‘ami
Fla
Francis H. Rust
Kalamaz00
Mich
Chicago
Far West
Townsend Enters Governor's Race for GOP Nomination
Charleston report notes Tax Commissioner T. C. Townsend declared for the Republican gubernatorial nomination at the May 10 primary. He outlined four main issues including a constitutional amendment to cap levies tied to property classifications, equalize public utility assessments, empower the Public Service Commission, and enact a water power act with fair compensation for power disposition.
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Charleston
W. Va
T. C. Townsend
Townsend
Tate
Public Service Commission
West Virginia
J. W. Hartigan
Morgantown
Meredith H. Ryan
H. G. Kump
Elkins
J. Alfred Taylor
Fayetteville
A. J. Wilkinson
Huntington
Charles B. Hodges
Twensends
Body of farmer Hubert Hurst found on Rich Knob hill
The 52 year old Mercer County farmer Hubert Hurst was found dead near Rich Knob in Egeria by James Robertson. An inquest led Magistrate John E Bailey to rule death from unknown causes with ten wounds noted. He left for Windling Gulf to be with his wife last Friday night. Funeral service held Tuesday.
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Hubert Hurst
Rich Knob
Egeria
Mercer
James Robertson
John E. Bailey
Matoaka
Hurst
Thomas Hurst
Lashmeet
Winding Gulf
Robertson
Eistern
Athletic field plan discussed in Bluefield offers relief project
A Bluefield chamber of commerce delegation led by Herbert Markle presented to the city board a plan to build an athletic field on city park grounds. The project aims to employ unemployed labor and would be funded by public subscription with partial street paving compensation. The city would cover the park street portions while the chamber backs construction costs and fundraising proceeds. The board assigned Moffet McCue and Elmer C. Barton to work with chamber representatives to advance the plan, with meetings slated today or Thursday.
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City Park
Bluefield
Chamber
Markle
Chamber of Commerce
Ferndale Avenue
Augusta Street
Frederick Street
Ferndale
Bluefield Airport
Vigilantes Strike Back At Iowa Bank Bandits
Stanwood Iowa February 2 vigilantes returned fire after two men robbed Union Trust and Savings ta re. The pair fled with 575 dollars, attempted to block a highway with a parked truck eight miles away and were met by vigilantes behind the barricade. One bandit was killed and the other wounded surrendered Marshall Walter Paul was wounded in the leg. The captured man refused to identify himself or his partner.
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Stanwood
Iowa
Union Trust and Savings
Marchal Walter Paul
Two Hikers Die In New Hampshire Hills In Freeze Frost
A 23 year old Donald Higgs of Winchester Mass. reached Mount Washington base station severely frozen after a trek with Ernest McAdams of Stoneham and Joseph Chadwick of Woburn. McAdams and Chadwick died two thirds up the mountain amid high winds and sub zero cold. Higgs recounted the trek and his escape alone as rescuers recovered the bodies.
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Twin Mountain
N. H
Mount Washington Railroad
Donald Higgs
Winchester
Mass
Ernest McAdams
Stoneham
Tufts College
Joseph Chadwick
Woburn
McAdams
Chadwick
Higgins
Chaarles Buckner
Whitefield
United States Forest Service
L. G. Spillings
Jacobs Ladder
McAdam
GARNERS HONORED AT WHITE HOUSE RECEPTION
President Hoover and Mrs. Hoover hosted a White House East Room reception honoring Speaker John N Garner and Mrs. Garner. Guests included Henry Ford Walter Chrysler Rainey Snell and notable Democratic and Republican leaders from finance industry and politics.
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Washington
White House
Hoover
John N. Garner
National
Henry Ford
Garner
Walter P. Chrysler
House
Rainey
Illinoia
Snell
New York
Tragic Freight Train Fatality Near Micco West Virginia
Seven year old Marjorie Lee Ellis was killed instantly when struck by a Chesapeake and Ohio freight train near her Micco home in Logan County on February 2. The child had been playing on the tracks.
Peace Move Rejected as Shanghai Attacks Continue
Americans flee Shanghai as peace proposal for China is rejected. Washington reports 36 U S citizens evacuated from Nanking on a merchant vessel while U S officials pursue a peaceful settlement. Admiral Nomura spearheads Japan's naval leadership amid tense Far East crisis.
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Shanghai
Charles
Smith
Associated Press
Washington
China
Navy Department
Nanking
P. W. Rutledge
Simpson
United States
Japan
Rutledge
Kichisaburo Nomura
Admiral Nomura
M. M. Taylor
Houston
Pratt
Far East
Hoover
Tokyo
Battles in Shanghai and Yangtze River Struggle
Reports from Shanghai and Nanking on February 3 describe Japanese and Chinese forces exchanging artillery along the Whangpoo river and near the Bund as martial law is declared in Nanking. Japanese naval units and air activity intensify while observers note shifting front lines east toward the Wayside district.
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Nanking
Yangtze River
Shanghai
Whangpoo River
Bund
Chapel North
Nations pledge to end conflict in Far East talks
In Geneva the great powers proposed a diplomatic plan to end hostilities between China and Japan by creating a neutral zone between forces and stationing international troops there. The plan, announced by J H Thomas, urges both sides to withdraw from Shanghai and begin negotiations under the League of Nations framework.
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Europe
United States
Far East
Council of the
League of Nations
J. H. Thomas
Dominions
Great Britain
Washington
MacDonald
Naotake Sato
Japan
Tokyo
W. W. Yen
China
Thomas
Nanking
Shanghai
League Council
Manchuria
France
Italy
Lad coughs up briar cures mystery illness
Morgantown West Virginia February 2 Albert Sims a 17 year old farm boy coughed to a raspberry briar and thereby diagnosed and cured an illness physicians had failed to solve. Sims had been in failing health for years and tuberculus was suspected but examinations did not reveal the disease. Parents recalled he swallowed the substances while drinking water when eight years old. Physicians said it had lodged in the tracheal tubes.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Albert Sims
Sims
Metal expert Bragg dies at 41 in Pittsburgh home
Gilbert Albion Bragg 41 general manager of the Koppera Research Corporation and a noted authority on nyosrocisteere? died at his home in Pittsburgh on February 2 according to A4 report.
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Pittsburgh
Gilbert Albion Bragg
Koppera Research Corporation
Tragic poisoning shocks New Jersey town
In High Bridge New Jersey Dr Frederick Low 64 killed his wife 38 and daughter 11 and himself by injecting poison then attempted to kill his 15 year old son Frederick Low Jr who survived after a long three day ordeal the boy later revived and called for help from a telephone operator and a garage next door for medical aid. The son reported the father claimed the injections were typhoid vaccine. The bodies lay in the home as the son crawled for help with the dramatic rescue unfolding. The case is investigated by local authorities.
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High Bridge
N. J
Frederick Low
Frederick Low Jr
Harvey Hoffman
Low
Franklin and Marshall Academy
Lancaster
Frederick
Somerville
Barclay Fuhrmann
Hunterdon County
Fall Loses Last Hope for Freedom in Parole Denial
Washington reports Albert B. Fall, aged 70, lost his bid for early release after the federal parole board rejected shortening his 6,991 day sentence for taking a $100,000 bribe linked to the oil leases scandal. He remains imprisoned in New Mexico until May 8, with possible 30 day extra if fines remain unpaid.
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Washington
Albert B. Fall
Edward L. Eee
Interior
Arthur D. Wood
Irvin B. Tucker
Amy N. Stannard
Warships Shell Chinese Troops Near Shanghai Battle Heats Up
A Japanese Chinese clash intensified with shells landing near Shanghai and Woosung as foreign forces prepare for a major engagement. Japan rejects a four power peace plan sourcing from the Kellogg pact while urging neutral mediation. Reinforcements include British troops and US Marines, with ships patrolling the international settlement.
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Whangpoo River
Shanghai
Woosung
United States
Houston
J. H. Thomas
Great Britain
League of Nations Council
Geneva
Council
Mr. Thomas
Defense rests in Ruth Judd trial
Court House Phoenix Ariz Feb 1 defense rests after insanity testimony from two California psychiatrists Dr Clifford Wright and Edward Huntington Williams of the Los Angeles county lunacy commission who say Winnie Ruth Judd was insane and unable to distinguish right from wrong on the day of the killings Her alleged glandular insufficiency and early life disorders are cited as causes with delusions and persecution fears noted including a belief that authorities or associates would shoot her and that she faced a conspiratorial league against her
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Wilmer Bailey
Walla
Bailey Brothers
Air Voyageurs
Mercer County
New Hampshire
Forest Rangers
Wanking
U. S
State Department
America
To and
Nanae
Bulletins
Wetnester
Jateng
Lad
Parole Board
The
Ruth Judd
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