Guards Stationed To Keep Peace In Penny Coal Town
State policemen and deputy sheriffs will guard Crescent mine after a shotgun wound two coal and iron policemen. Non union pickets were dispersing. a baying crowd led to arrests and charges for riot and resisting officers. Governor Donahey warned troops may follow if violence continues. And guards also restored order at Broughton school amid renewed mine unrest.
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Pittsburgh
Crescent
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Coal and Iron
F. P. Byrne
J. L. Buttermore
California
Lawrence Dwyer
United Mine Worker
Broughton
Adit
Crescent Mine
Joseph Angelo
United Mine Workers
M. E. Tott
George Belenick
Phitsburg
Belenick
Angelo
Lott
Justice of the Peace
Illinois Miners Wage Settlement Not Yet Reached
Information from Chicago indicates the Illinois joint wage commission will report a disagreement. Miners officials acknowledge the need for a wage cut but the Lewis and Fishwick factions refuse to sign a scale below the Jacksonville agreement. Two miners and two operators have spent months reconciling differences ahead of renewed contracts next April.
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Chicago
Illinois Joint Wage Commission
Lewis
Fishwick
Jacksonville
Illinois
Desire for a Cigarette Saves Roy Boythe's Life
In Los Angeles on February 6 police report Roy Boythe aged 48 avoided a gas suicide by craving one last cigarette. He lit no cigarette. an explosion wrecked the room and he was hauled to a cell in the psychiatric ward for evaluation.
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Los Angeles
Roy Boythe
Boythe
Pocahontas Coal Name Sparks Federal Order Against Meteor
The Federal Trade Commission ordered Meteor Coal Company of St Louis to stop advertising selling or offering for sale coal from Illinois mines under the name Pocahontas coal unless the origin state is clearly stated. The order requires a compliance report within sixty days detailing steps taken.
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Pocahontas
West Virginia
Virginia
Federal Trade Commission
Meteor Coal Company
St. Louis
Ill
Meteor Company
Illnois
Pocahontas Coal
Illinois
Congress
Percoese
Iilinois
Org
Lllinois
Brookhart Proposes Cooperative Banking System
Senator Brookhart introduces a bill to create a United States cooperative banking system independent of the commercial banks. The plan would convert intermediate credit banks into a cooperative reserve system with capital earnings capped at five percent, and distribute other earnings by returning three quarters to depositors and borrowers proportional to interest.
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Washington
United States
Brookhart
Republian
Iowa
Mexican Forces Begin Bombing Rebels in Western States
Federal troops enforce a blockade around Jalisco Michoacan Aguascalientes and Colima and start aerial bombing of rebel bands in coordination with infantry cavalry and artillery. Two Douglas airplanes bought from the United States assist in locating rebel strongholds in the mountains.
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Mexico City
Jalisco
Michoacan
Aguascalientes
Colima
United States
Hoover for President Drive Formed in Ohio
A group of about seventy five Ohio leaders formed the Ohio Hoover for President Committee in Columbus to urge Herbert Hoover to enter the April Ohio primary and oppose Senator Frank B. Willis for Ohio’s fifty one delegate votes. The petition and resolution argue Hoover’s education experience and character fit the presidency, with Taft Bolton and Mrs. Laughead as officers and William O. Thompson signing first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Herbert Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
United States
Frank B. Willie
Kansas City
Hoover
Thad H. Brown
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Cheeter C. Bolton
Cleveland
Nettle B. Laughead
Willam O. Thompson
Ohio State University
Wos
Commerce
Petitio
Willie
Republican State Central Committee
Ohio Committee
Hoover Silent on Ohio Campaign Request
Secretary Hoover remains silent on the Ohio action to enter the Republican presidential primaries. A Columbus petition to campaign for Hoover has not reached the commerce department, though supporters remain in touch with Ohio organizers. A decision from Hoover is expected within days.
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Hoover
Washington
Ohio
Columbus
Commerce Department
France and U S Sign New Arbitration Treaty
France and the United States signed a new arbitration treaty amid cameras and reporters marking a push toward outlawry of war. Paul Claudel and Robert Olds signed the pact replacing the 1908 agreement, with a preamble reportedly containing a declaration against war. Cooling transmitted the treaty to Congress for executive consideration before public terms are released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
France
Paul Claudel
Robert E. Olds
Elihu Root
Jules J. Jusserand
United States
Coolidge
Senate
Prominent Bluefield Judge J. Prank Maynard Dies
Judge J Prank Maynard a Bluefield lawyer died suddenly yesterday in a Richmond Virginia hospital. He served eighteen years on the county criminal court bench and was the youngest man in the state elected to that post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Udge J. Prank Maynard
Bluefield
Richmond
Maynard
Montgomery Puts On Tribute For French Aviators
Costes and Lebrix landed in Montgomery after a 280 mile flight from New Orleans in under three hours. Alabama officials greeted them at Maxwell Field and a dinner followed before they head to Washington. President Coolidge will meet them at the White House with escorts and ceremonies planned through Bolling Field and the French embassy dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President Coolidge
Dieudonne Costes
Joseph Lebrix
White House
Montgomery
Ala
France
New Orleans
LaFayette
Walter R. Weaver
Maxwell Field
Costes
Lebrix
Washington
Bolling Field
Washington Field
Democratic Convention Funds Near Full in Houston
R M Farrar treasurer reports the committee has about 2 000 short of the 100 000 raised in Houston for the Democratic National convention. The total drive aims at 300 000 and has not yet begun in earnest.
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Houston
Texas
R. M. Farrar
Edwards Wins Right to Divorce Appeal
In Charleston West Virginia on February 6, the state supreme court granted C Fred Edwards appeal of a Cabell County circuit court decree that granted Mrs May McCormick Edwards a bed and board divorce and ordered him to pay $15,000 and $760 monthly alimony. The high court limited superseders to the portion awarding the $15,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
C. Fred Edwards
Huntington Mattress
State Supreme Court
Cabell County Circuit Court
May McCormick Edwards
Supreme Court
Judge Rules on Ford Action in Lincoln Stock Suit
Pontiac Michigan February 6 Judge Frank L Covert heard a motion to dismiss the 6 million suit by Henry M and Wil fred C Leland against Henry Ford and Edsel Ford over Lincoln Motor Car stock sales. The Fords seek dismissal citing the federal statute of frauds while the Lelands allege an oral reimbursement agreement. Briefs due by February 13 and replies a week later.
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Pontiac
Mich
Henry M
Wilfred C. Leland
Henry Ford
Edeel Ford
Lincoln Motor Car Company
Frank L. Covert
Joe Fords
Lincoln Blast
Leards
Covert
Ford
Leland
Wife goes back with mate to seek divorce in Madisonville
Walter P. Stein and his wife, alleged to have eloped with Keith Estelle of Chicago, telephoned Madisonville and were detained by police on statutory charges until Stein’s arrival. Estelle continued to Florida as Mrs Stein agreed to return for divorce proceedings.
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Madisonville
Chicago
Medisonville
Walter P. Stein
Keith Estelle
Southern West Virginia Has Gas as Reger Reports
Morgantown February 6. A report by acting state geologist David B. Reger says the Southern West Virginia and nearby Kentucky gas area could develop a valuable industry. Since 1924 the Childers sand gas discovery in Cabell County has spurred drilling, with fifty wells and steady daily production across Cabell and nearby counties, including Ashland Kentucky.
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Morgantown
West Virginia
Kentucky
David B. Reger
Thomas Childers
Cabell County
Childers
Huntington
Ashland
Wayne
Boone
Riger
Sudden Death of Judge J Frank Maynard Shocks Bluefield
Judge J Frank Maynard 53 of Bluefield died suddenly at Tucker Sanitarium in Richmond after a brief treatment for a nervous breakdown. He left Bluefield for Richmond last Saturday night and entered the sanitarium Sunday morning after a period of improvement. His death leaves a void in local legal circles and Republican politics in Southern West Virginia.
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Judge J. Frank Maynard
Tucker Sanitarium
Richmond
Judge Maynard
Bluefield
W. C. Slusher
Beverly R. Tucker
Dr. Tucker
Slusher
Judge Ma
Virginia
Beck Upholds Right to Seat in House Elections Test
Washington, Feb. 6. Rep James M Beck Republican defends his PA seat before a House elections committee arguing a successful ejection would prompt a broader House purge. He says Democrats lack proof he was not Philadelphia resident at election and that owning a Washington home does not disqualify him. Committee adjourns for executive session. Fellow Democrat Kent accuses Beck of using his Philadelphia apartment merely as a residence site.
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Washington
James M. Beck
House Elections Committee
Pennsylvania
Congress
United States
Philadelphia
Senate
House
Kent
Beck
William 8. Vare
Ware
Wind reroutes locust swarm saving Palestine
A sudden wind shift redirected vast locust swarms from Wady near Petra away from Palestine. The government mobilized flame guns for defense, but the locusts blew southeast into a barren desert where they are expected to starve.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Wady
Petra
Kansas City poised for GOP convention amid hotel crunch
Washington reports that Kansas City plans for the Republican national convention include 4,000 available hotel rooms and expanded utilities. The arrangements committee will review hotels and the auditorium, while discussions link Charles E. Hughes as a potential temporary chairman, a party favorite from 12 years ago.
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Washington
Kansas City
National Committee
Ths
Charles E. Hughes
Greece and U S Agree on War Debt Payment
President Coolidge sent the Greek war debt settlement to Congress for ratification after months of talks. The deal stems from $45,236,629 in credits to Greece, with the United States already advancing $15,000,000 in 1919 and 1920 and an additional $12,167,074 proposed.
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Washington
Congress
Coolidge
Financial Commission
United States
Greece
Great Britain
Ira P. Hager Enters the Race for Congress
Logan West Virginia February 6 Ira P Hager a prominent attorney and U S commissioner announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Congress in the Fifth district to succeed James French Strother who declines reelection Hager is a Lincoln County native who once represented the county in the state house and now resides in the Sixth district in Congress
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Logan
W Va
Ira P. Hager
U. S
Congress
James French Strother
Hager
Lincoln County
Baliwick
Letters Predict Bank Failure Triggers Cash Rescue Effort
In Miami letters predicting a bank failure sparked a run, closing the Southern Bank and Trust and two others temporarily. Ernest Amos ordered the First National Bank and Citizens Bank to close, while the Bank of Allapattah also faced closures as customers withdrew funds. Jacksonville Federal Reserve agreed to send seven million dollars in cash to bolster reserves by train and plane plans were adjusted.
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Miami
Fla
Federal Reserve Bank
Jacksonville
First National Bank
Ernest Amos
Southern Bank and Trust Company
Citizens Bank
Bank of Allapattah
E. C. Romsh
First National
Senate to Hear Of Bread Case
Washington Feb 6 The Senate Judiciary Committee receives majority and minority reports on the dismissal of the antitrust case against Continental Baking Corp by DOJ and the Federal Trade Commission. The Ward Food Products pact led to a consent decree dissolving Continental, long labeled a bread trust.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Federal Trade Commission
Continental Baking Corporation
Senate Judiciary Committee
Walsh
Jana
Borah
Dineen
Illinois
Continental Corporation
Federal District Court
Baltimore
Ward Food Products Corporation
Continental
Senate
Bread Trust
Ward Corporation
Deneen
Eee
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Lelands
Lincoln Motor Co
Sale
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Mercer County
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