Happy Hamp and a world of quiet riches
An elderly Kentucky hillman named Happy Hamp travels with a young grandson along Tug river toward a mountain store. He smiles through poverty, facing life with faith rather than despair, while pondering the contrast between happiness and wealth in a world full of violence and greed. The piece contrasts Hamp’s contentment with financial giants and touches on social changes among young women and the efficiency brought by typewriters.
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Kentucky
Tug River
Mountain Store
Happy Hamp
Kentucky Hills
President-elect Hoover travels Florida coast to Fort Myers
President-elect Hoover sails the Florida coast aboard the houseboat Saunterer en route to Fort Myers to attend Edison’s birthday luncheon and plan the completion of his inaugural address. He will return to Belle Isle for preinaugural duties and resume duties in Washington by month end.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Hoover
Florida
Saunterer
Fort Myers
Thomas A. Edison
Mre
Edgar Ricard
New York City
Jeremiah Milbank
Republican National
Marco
Naples
Washington
Lindbergh Invited to Hoover Inaugural Festivities
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh was invited to participate in inaugural festivities. The inaugural committee mailed the invitation, with details to be continued on page two.
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Lindbergh
Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Winter Weather Shifts East After Severe Cold Wave
The Associated Press reports winter weather moving eastward from the western states after record low temperatures. The cold outbreak caused multiple deaths, train delays, and widespread damage as blizzard conditions eased Tuesday night and temperatures plunged in Texas Gulf Coast and Southern California citrus crops faced risk from unusual cold.
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Associated Press
Mississippi Valley
Miesouri Valley
Wyoming
Gulf States
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Louisiana
Bellevue
Holton Kans
Lana
Texas Gulf Coast
California
Cold Wave Grips Deep South States
Moving in from the West, a sharp cold front will lower temperatures across Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Louisiana. Forecaster Von Hermann says the lowest winter readings are likely as the system sweeps through the region this weekend, with the border area along Mississippi and Tennessee bearing the brunt.
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Atlanta
Gulf States
von Hermann
Tony
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Louisiana
Mississippi-Tennessee
Would-Be death by own action Mixes His Poisons And Recovers
Martin J. Wahnen, 23, despondent over a love affair, mixed two poisons and drank them. One poison counteracted the other, leaving him sick but alive. He was fined $25 or ten days in jail after a police court appearance. He expressed relief at surviving.
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Pittsburgh
Martin J. Wahnen
Wahnon
Keyes Would Be Prison Problem At San Quentin
San Quentin California February 9 Former Los Angeles district attorney Asa Keyes convicted of accepting bribes may be sent to San Quentin. Warden Holohan said the bitter inmate sentiment could force placement in the condemned row or a solitary cell to protect him from other prisoners.
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San Quentin
Cal
Asa Keyes
Los Angeles
James B. Holohan
Keyes Ie
Keyes
Holohan
Keyes and two associates plan appeals after bribery verdict
Former District Attorney Asa Keyes and two aides conferred with lawyers in their jail cells to discuss appeals from yesterday's superior court bribery conviction. Ben Getzoff and Ed H. Rosenerg were found guilty of bribery tied to the Julian Petroleum case and face a sentence of one to fourteen years Monday. Each prisoner remains in a separate cell. Keyes occupies a former Beitzel cell.
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Los Angeles
Asa Keyes
Keyes
Ben Getzoff
Ed H. Rosenerg
Julian Petroleum Corporation
Russell Beitzel
Three Capital City Banks Unite in Charleston West Virginia
Three Charleston banks merge to form Charleston National Bank with 1 million capital and 2 million in surplus and profits. The new institution will occupy the existing quarters and be effective April 1 subject to stockholder ratification. Presidents Isaac Loewenstein William A Mac Corkle and W C Abney comment on strengthening the local financial base.
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Charleston
W. Va
Citizens’ National Bank
Union Trust Company
Charleston National Bank
Charleston and
Vicinity
Isaac Loewenstein
Charleston National
William A. MacCorkle
Citizens’ National
Wd W. C
Judge Miller Dies Former Ninth Circuit Judge of West Virginia
James H. Miller aged 72 of Bellepoint died at home after a long career in Democratic politics in West Virginia He once ran for Congress in the old third district and served 16 years on the circuit court bench He was president of the National Bank of Summers at his death and had been a longtime Democratic state figure.
Monitor Radio Station Proposed to Check Broadcast Frequencies
Washington reports the establishment of a monitor radio station to ensure broadcasters observe assigned frequencies as outlined in a bill sent to the house with Senate approval. The move aims to enforce frequency compliance across stations.
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Washington
House
Senate
Three Missing After West Virginia Mine Explosion
In Ungertaw West Virginia a No 3 mine of the West Virginia Coal and Coke Co. exploded trapping three men who were inside when the blast occurred. Rescue crews moved deeper into the mine as inspectors planned to visit Bower.
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West Virginia Coal and Coke Company
Bower
W. Va
Prison official denies revelation of Babe Ruth daughter
Arden Jennings of Auburn prison states Dorothy Helen Ruth is not the prison born child of Mrs. Pearl Beaver Odell. Odell is serving twenty years in Auburn after the Supreme Court refused to issue a writ forcing him as guardian to disclose the child's guardians. The warden says no force will reveal the Odell child's name or whereabouts.
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Arden Jennings
Auburn
Dorothy Helen Ruth
Babe Ruth
Pearl Beaver Odell
Supreme Court
Odell
European reparations commission sets five week limit
Paris February 9 five weeks were set as the limit for considering the German reparations problem by a new expert commission. The group, chaired temporarily by Emile Moreau, urged speed and agreed if no basis for final settlement exists within the period the chances of agreement fade. United States delegates Owen D. Young J P Morgan and Thomas W Lamont examined Dawes plan payments while praising Bank of France hospitality.
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Paris
Commission of Experts
Emile Moreau
Bank of France
Germany
Owen Dpd. Young
United States
Mr. Young
Coolidge
Washington
Young
Eldes
Mr Young
J. P. Morgan
Thomas W. Lamont
Dawes
Parker Gilbert
Dwight F. Davis launches as first pulverized coal burner on Kanawa River
In Charleston West Virginia on February 9 the Dwight F. Davis the first vessel designed to burn pulverized coal slid down the ways into the Kana river after a christening by Miss Alice Davie daughter of the secretary of war. Officials from the war department and Inland Waterways Corporation attended along with Mrs Davis and Brigadier General T J Asburn. The 1000 horsepower craft built by Charles Ward Engineering will run on the Warrior river between Mobile and Birmingham Alabama with a 400 hour cruising time on 150 tons of coal. The secretary of war and his party departed for Washington after the ceremony.
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Charleston
W. Va
Dwight FP. Davis
Kanawha River
Misa Alice Davie
Secretary of War
War Department
State
Davis
T. J. Asburn
Inland Waterways Corporation
Mra. Asburn
Mies Davis
Charlee Ward
Charles Ward Engineering Works
Dwight F. Davis
Inland Waterwaye Corporation
Warrior River
Mobile
Birmingham
Ala
Dwight F. Davia
Wyoming Senate bars women from jury service
The Wyoming senate defeated a measure allowing women to serve on juries. Debate cited Wyoming’s pioneer suffrage history and a precedent from years ago. Senator Preston said it placed a hardship on husbands and fathers summoned home to care for babies and household duties.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming Senate
Wyoming
Dd. Preston
Extra Session Hinted In April For Tariff Reform
Senator Smoot of Utah, returning from Florida with Herbert Hoover, said an extra session of the new Congress could be called in early April to address tariff revision and farm relief. He urged limiting tariff changes to agricultural products and select commodities while supporting a general cabinet revision. He noted little new gossip on Hoover’s cabinet lineup.
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Smoot
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Pilorida
Utah
Congress
Senate
Hoover
Man Returns $21,000 in Negotiable Securities
Chicago February 9 a man identified as a Negro citizen handed $21,000 worth of negotiable securities to an officer of Stein Aletria and company brokers and said he found them on a street car last Tuesday He had waited for public notice in a newspaper before turning them in a messenger for the company reported the loss Tuesday but it was not public knowledge until yesterday.
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Chicago
P.L. N. Brown
Stein, Aletria and Company
Ban of Silence Enforced by Spanish Government Decree
Madrid February 9 officials publish a royal decree to curb unrest. Government agents may arrest anyone in public foretelling disorder or criticizing authorities. Social clubs facing political talk must close and ministries must record employee political conduct. boards risk dissolution for obstruction or defaming the crown.
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Madrid
Promendo Rivera
Council of Ministers
Toral Obregon Slayer A Brave at Hour of Death
Catholic priest held following execution rushed forward and administered extreme unction as man slumped to ground, dipped his handkerchief in blood and kept it.
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Toral
Obregon
Execution of Jose de Leon Toral Ends Obregon Assassination Echo
In Mexico City on February 9 Jose de Leon Toral, the assassin of General Alvaro Obregon and Mexico's president-elect, was executed by firing squad after a brief walk from his cell. Priest Rafael Ruiz Soto administered last rites just after Toral stepped to the courtyard. the shots felled him at 12 35 p m eastern time.
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Mexico City
Alvaro Obregon
Jose de Leon Toral
Mexico
Tara
Federal Penitentiary
Toral
Rodriguez Rabiela
General Obregon
Rafael Ruiz Soto
Federal Reserve Probe Presses Bank Link to Norman Visit
Lawmakers press whether the Bank of England governor met with the Federal Reserve Board amid its warning against broker loans for speculation. The same day the BoE raised its rediscount rate as stock prices wavered. President Coolidge met Mellon at the Treasury for a model building tour.
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Washington
Montagu Norman
Bank of England
Federal Reserve Board
New York
Sir Montagu
The
Treasury
Reserve Board
Melton
Senate
Coolidge
Treasury Department
Mellon
White House
Mr. Coolidge
Firemen Dampen Crowd at Toral Family Home
Mexico City February 9 Firemen used hoses to disperse a unruly crowd of women trying to reach the house of Jose de Leon Toral's parents to view the body Toral who killed President-elect Obregon was executed at the penitentiary Earlier hundreds of women from all walks of life gathered but order was restored after the water blast The burial is planned for tomorrow
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Mexico City
Jose de Leon Toral
Toral
Obregon
Clashes Continue Amid Cautions In Bombay Riots
In Bombay on February 9 fatal clashes between Hindus and Mohammedans escalated then quieted under police and military control. Troops dispersed groups at Kalbadevi after four rioters were shot, while authorities barred gatherings and loitering to prevent further violence.
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Kalbadevi II
Bombay
India
Kalbadevi
Smashing of Giant Booze Ring Reported
Trenton New Jersey February 9 revenue agents report a large liquor ring extending from Boston to Washington with headquarters in Trenton. Eight men arrested in a surprise raid, five warrants issued, and more arrests expected over the weekend. Thibodeau indicated a major New Jersey manufacturing plant would be raided later.
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Trenton
N. J
Boston
Washington
Treasury Departments
Thibodeau
New Jersey
Soviets Agree to Peace Protocol Signed by Four Neighbors
In Macow four neighboring governments signed a protocol implementing the Kellogg pact for renumeration of war. Litvinel for Russia Patek for Poland Ovrotsk for Latvia Belyia for Batonia and Deville for Romania signed. Litvinov said the act is an unprecedented international pledge to peace among a limited group and to outlaw war in defined sectors. Estonia and Latvia were empowered to sign today as well. A separate item reports a Memphis fire incident where Mr. and Mrs. K Lee Sanders escaped a second floor blaze with fatalities and $15,000 in damages.
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Macow
Estonia
Latvia
Memphis
Teen
K. Lee Sanders
Pocahontas Coal Field Sets Near Record Weekly High
Norfolk and Western reports its third largest weekly coal production. Pocahontas, Tug River, Clinch Valley, Thacker and Kenova districts loaded 19,231 50 ton cars totaling about 961,550 tons. Virginian and Interstate Railroads shifted coal to the system to avert shortages. cars leased from other lines to meet demand.
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Norfolk and Western Railway
Norfolk and Western
Pocahontas
Tue River
Clinch Valley
Thacker
Kenova
West
Tug River
Pocahontas Field
Filocahontas
Williamson
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western Territory
Virginian
Matoaka
Interstate Railroad
Norton
Consolidation Coal Company
Coalwood
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Pennsylvania and New York Central
Tag River
Poison liquor claims two lives in Elmira hotel
An autopsy revealed poison liquor as the cause of death for Katherine Stickler widow 49 and Albert L. Masterman 40 night clerk at the Hotel Lankwell. Their bodies were found in Mrs. Stickler's hotel room by her son Rudolph Allen after he returned from a dance. Masterman was a Baltimore native and was claimed by his sister Mrs. Henry J. Seick of Bronxville New York.
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Elmira
Katherine Stickler
Albert L. Masterman
Henry J. Seick
Bronxville, XN. Y
Nyack Justice Appointed Chief Justice of Grand Forum
Arthur 8. Tompkins of Nyack has been named chief justice of the grand forum replacing Col. Walter F. Andrews of Atlanta. The appointment was learned today and Tompkins will preside at the first Fike court session on February 15.
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Nyack
N.Y
Arthur 8. Tompkins
Supreme Court
Grand Forum
Walter F. Andrews
Atlanta
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Styx
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Hinton
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Alice Davis
Christens Craft
Spain
Christ the King
Clarence Dubose
Federal Reserve Query
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Rumania
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