England 13 Out of Senate Race Five Now in Field
Charleston July 7 five Republican candidates remain after former congressman B T England withdrew saying a vigorous primary would hurt November victory He stressed he would not back any candidate England is no longer obligated to support a rival and party success takes precedence over his ambitions Other withdrawals from the field left Hartley Sanders unopposed for the Princeton nomination and a list of candidacies filed with Secretary of State George W Sharp for state and congressional seats across several districts.
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Charleston
W. Va
B. T. England
England
George W. Sharp
Sharp
George S. Wallace
Huntington
Harry Shaw
Fairmont
United States
M. M. Neely
James Ellwood Jones
Benjamin J. Rosenbloom
Albert B. White
C. Lewis Wilson
T. H. Lilly
Hinton
W. H. Wallingford
Princeton
Hartley Sanders
Camden St
FE. L. F. Everhart
Terra Alta
Beckley youths held on manslaughter charge
Two Beckley youths Lemuel Young and Lawrence Burdette both 19 were held on $1000 bond each to await a July 14 preliminary hearing on manslaughter charges for the death of 17 year old Carlos C. Rogers from injuries in an automobile collision here last night. Rogers' car collided with Young's after hitting a stone and swerving into the other vehicle.
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Beckley
W. Va
Lemuel Young
Lawrence Burdette
Carlos C. Rogers
Here
Rogers
Young
Suburban Vigilantes Slay Piqued Husband
Two armed vigilantes in Forest Glen fired on a motorist as a woman cried for help. They mortally wounded Clarence Schultz who had just left a party after a quarrel with his wife. He died in a hospital the next day.
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Chicago
Forest Glen
Mee
Clarence Schultz
Woman must tell correct age in marriage say court
Harrisburg news reports a county court granting a divorce to Paul R. Hershey for misrepresentation of age. He stated his wife Edna M. Hershey lied about being 35 and concealed prior marriages and a son near his own age after their 1928 wedding.
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Harrisburg
Paul R. Hershey
Hershey
Edna M. Hershey
Famed Fiction Writer Doyle Dies at 71 in Crowborough
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle novelist physician and spiritualist died of heart disease at Windlesham Crowborough Sussex at age 71 with Lady Doyle and children at his bedside. He rose to fame as creator of Sherlock Holmes and later devoted himself to spiritualism and its museums and bookshops.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
England
Crowborough
Sussex
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
London
Sir Arthur
Associated Press
Doyle
Europe
Kingsley
Arthur
Victoria Street
Westminster Abbey
Hartley Sanders Clears Field in Seventh District Nomination
The Republican race for senator in the seventh district shifts as incumbent T. H. Lilly and Dr. W. H. Wallingford withdraw. Hartley Sanders secures the GOP nomination with no primary contest. Democrat Albert W. Reynolds Jr. remains unopposed for the Democratic nomination. Lilly asked secretary George W. Sharp to omit his name from the candidate list.
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T. H. Lilly
Hinton
W. H. Wallingford
Princeton
Lilly
Dr. Wallingford
Hartley Sanders
Wallingford
State Senate
Albert W. Reynolds Jr
Senate
George W. Sharp
Charleston
Mooney Pardon Petition Denied by State Board
Los Angeles July 7 The advisory state pardon board recommended to Gov. Young against pardoning Thomas J Mooney for the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing in San Francisco He is serving a life term in San Quentin Mooneys fate to be decided tomorrow after board action and prior ruling on Warren Billings is noted
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Los Angeles
State Pardon Board
C. C. Young
Thomas J. Mooney
San Francisco
Young
State Supreme Court
Warren Billings
Folcom Penitentiary
Pardon Board
Mooney
San Quentin
Customs Officers Bar Russ Lumber
Representatives of Amtorg Trading and lumber importers fought before Assistant Secretary Lowman to bar six ship loads of Russian lumber alleged to be produced with convict labor. The hearing followed refusals in Providence and Poughkeepsie with four ships still at sea awaiting ruling.
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Washington
Amtorg Trading Corporation
Lowman
Treasury
Providence
R. I
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Carmen
Aranienborg
High Seas
A. C. Dutton Lumber Company
International Paper Company
Amtorg Corporation
Russia
Philadelphia
Treasury and Commerce Departments
State Supreme Court Grants Writ in Slaver Case
The West Virginia Supreme Court granted a writ of error to G. C. Slaver, plaintiff in a Fayette County action. The case centers on a $54.60 judgment against J. P. Coleman.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Supreme Court
G. C. Slaver
Fayette County
J. P. Coleman
Shaver
Coleman
California Gov decides on Mooney pardon after Billings ruling
Governor C C Young said he reached a decision on Thomas J Mooney s pardon application for his role in the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing in San Francisco Both Mooney and Warren Billings are serving life terms as the California Supreme Court recently refused to recommend clemency for Billings The governor had tied his decision to the Billings ruling and had not committed himself yet
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Los Angeles
C. C. Young
Thomas J. Mooney
San Francisco
California Supreme Court
Warren Billings
Billings
Mooney
Supreme Court
Goodyear Finishes First In Air Races
Goodyear Zeppelin team wins the national elimination balloon race distance, with Blair and Trotter declared unofficial victors after 850 miles. Detroit Times crew Hill and Schlosser close behind, as Cleveland's United Van Service and others compete toward September’s international race.
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Houston
Tex
R. J. Blair
Navy Yard
Frank Trotter
Akron
Goodyear-Zeppelin
Blair
Brémerton
Mass
Greensburg
National Aeronautic Association
Washington
Fred S. Wilbur
Detroit Times
FE. J. Hill
A. C. Schlosser
Trotter
Hill
Kentucky
Wilbur
Cleveland
White Otare Line Marks First Day's Work on Dam Site
A vast Nevada dam project begins with stake lines toward Black Canyon to guide a 100 mile long lake plan. Secretary Wilbur cites a monumental cement structure creating a new era and desert geography with 1000 workers over five to eight years. Immediate tasks include rail and road staking, townsite streets and sewer layout, and water system surveys.
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Washington
Nevada
Black Canyon
Colorado
Interior Department
Wilbur
Great American Desert
Elephant Butte
Rio Grande
New Mexico
Imperial Valley
New Hope
Los Angeles
Arizona
California
Walker R. Young
Hoover
Boulder Dam project survey begins near Las Vegas
Denver reports that an army of workers started the final location survey for the Boulder dam project valued at 165 million dollars. Chief engineer Raymond F. Walter announced from Denver that preliminary work is under way near Las Vegas Nevada with headquarters at the reclamation service and actual construction likely to start within three months.
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Denver
Nevada
Raymond F. Walter
United States Reclamation Service
Las Vegas
Nev
Aged Philanthropist Marries Bride After Quiet Wedding
New York July 7 81 year old philanthropist Louis Heckscher wed Mrs Virginia Henry Curtiss 56 widow of Edwin Burr Curtiss after a Peeks kill license ceremony at Croton on Hudson The couple departed for a Adirondacks motor trip Heckscher noted for child welfare and slum elimination previously denied engagements with Frieda Hempel amid a $1 million suit and settlement involving the singer
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New York
Heckscher
Adirondacks
Virginia Henry Curtiss
Edwin Burr Curtiss
A. G. Spauling Sporting Goods Company
Peekskill
N. Y
Croton-on-Hudson
Frieda Hempel
Mme. Hempel
Young Man Electrocuted Erecting Aerial in Richwood
Richwood West Virginia July 7. Harry Haymond aged 24 was electrocuted while erecting a radio aerial that contacted a high tension power line. He worked for a Richwood radio dealer and is believed to have accidentally thrown the aerial across the line.
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Richwood
W. Va
Harry Haymond
Haymond
Oil Magnate Rockefeller to Turn 91 Amid Quiet Routine
John D. Rockefeller, 90 plus one, plans a measured day at Pocantico Hills for his birthday with golf, a car ride, and a family dinner. A birthday statement from Standard Oil praises his health, goodwill, and lifelong routine, including a 7 a.m. wake, dime given to each servant, and a focus on finance and benevolent work.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Westchester Hills
Mr. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
New York
Rockefeller
Ormond Beach
Fla
Lakewood
N. J
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Duncan sisters halt public dancing after Malibu incident
Hollywood dancer Vivian Duncan alleges Rex Lease punched her in the eye at Malibu Beach after she reproved his advances. Justice of the Peace John L. Webster handled the battery charge, bail set at $500, Lease to appear Thursday. Duncan says she left Charles Farrell's home with Lease and John Farrow present. Lease took her car keys, demanded a kiss, and struck her saying I love you.
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Los Angeles
Duncan Sisters
Light Fantastic
Vivian
Malibu Beach
Hollywood Film Colony
Rex Lease
Justice of Peace
John L. Webster
Miss Duncan
Lease
Charles Farrell
John Farrow
Farrow
Doug Fairbanks Gets Tax Credit
Washington announces a tax credit of 109,768 dollars to actor Douglas Fairbanks of Los Angeles for over assessment of income taxes in 1924 25 and 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Douglas Fairbanks
Los Angeles
Internal Revenue Bureau
Nebraska co ed believed death by own action
Miss Alberta Brinkerhoff a 21 year old University of Nebraska senior fell or jumped from an airplane near Lincoln while aboard with pilot Pete Orr. Coroner said suicide believed. She climbed onto the wing twice as Orr tried to land, plunging at about 1200 feet.
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Lincoln
Nebr
Alberta Brinkerhoff
University of Nebraska
C. A. Hughart
Mount Clare
Pete Orr
Lincoln Flying School
Orr
Brinkerhoff
Charles Brinkerhoff
Coln
Max G. Towle
Maree K. McQuistan
Miss Brinkerhoff
Hughart
Miss McQuistan
Francis Smith
Milton Perry
Fess Divorce Decree Granted in Ohio Cruelty Case
Dayton Ohio July 7 a divorce decree on grounds of cruelty was granted today to Mildred Fess from Charles Fess of Yellow Springs son of United States Senator Simon D Fess of Ohio.
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Dayton
Ohio
Mildred Fess
Charles Fess
Yellow Springs
United States
Simon D. Fess
Grand Jury Probes Lingle Murder and Reporter Alliances
Chicago July 7 A new grand jury begins inquiry into the month old assassination of Tribune reporter Alfred Jake Lingle and rumors of ties between reporters, crime figures, and police. State's Attorney Swanson says he will summon Harry H. Brundige to amplify charges about alliances with gangsters. Daily News crime writer Leland Reese asserts he was named in a St Louis article and recounts a earlier car crash he says was an attempt on his life.
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Chicago
Alfred “Jake” Lingle
Tribune
John A. Swanson
Harry H. Brundige
St. Louis
Lingle
Leland H. Reese
Daily News
DeKalb, Ill
News Today
Reese
Don Chafin and Son Hurt When Car Is Forced Off Road
In Charleston on July 7 Don Chafin former Logan county sheriff and his son Rath were injured when their auto left the road near Market. Chafin suffered a broken knee cap and Rath a broken nose after a rival racer vehicle allegedly failed to stop.
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Charleston
W. Va
Don Chafin
Logan County
Rathburn
Chafin
Veteran pilots chase world endurance air record on beach
George Haldeman and Stewart Chadwick launch from Jacksonville Beach Florida aiming to beat the 67 hours 15 minutes nonrefueling endurance mark. They start with 13 hundred and fifty gallons, fly a single engine monoplane named Thirteen, and plan to reach 70 to 75 hours aloft to claim the world record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonille Beach
Fla
George Haldeman
Stewart Chadwick
Pirote
Haldeman
Chadwick
Williams
Brock
Edward F. Schlee
California
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Huston Faces Pressure as Hoover Weighs Republican Leadership
Washington July 7 Claudius Huston remains head of the Republican committee though agitation grows. President Hoover met Huston at the White House for about ninety minutes amid calls for his resignation. Huston plans Thursday’s officers meeting and denies a resignation, while Hoover or party forces weigh a successor and dispute over Muscle Shoals funding looms in Congress.
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Washington
Claudius Huston
Republican Committee
Hoover
White House
Huston
House
Senate
Union Carbide Company
Muscle Shoals
Tennessee River Improvement Association
Macle Shoals
Congress
Fess
Ohio
Rapidan
London naval treaty session opens as Hoover asks ratification
President Hoover opens a special Senate session with a 2400 word push for ratification of the London naval pact. Senator McKellar seeks documents on the conference while Senator Reed offers them in confidence to any senator. The debate could delay or hasten approval as leaders warn of weeks of discussion and possible opposition.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
McKellar
Tennessee
Hooer
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Reed
Republican
Pennsylvania
Johnson
Republcan
California
United States Senate
Swanson
Virginia
United States
Dawes
State Department
London
America
Moses
New Hampshire
Great Britain
Japan
Great Lakes
Beca
Hell
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Hartley Canders
Customs
Russ Lumber
Amtorg
Goodyear
Greensburg, Ky
Boulder Dam
Construction
Army OF Workers
John D. Rockefeller, Sr
Duncan
Doug
Nebraska
Hart
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