Democrats Elect National Committee Members Amid Protest
In Clarksburg the West Virginia Democratic State Executive Committee elected Mrs. Rose Burchinal of Fairmont and Herbert Fitzpatrick of Huntington to the national committee by acclamation after a protest by Mrs. Frank Mann of Huntington. Mann claimed Houston delegates acted without authority and urged adherence to state law. The session also chose Andrew Edminston of Weston as state chairman and set August 11 for the Clarksburg judicial convention featuring keynote speaker Sen M. M. Neely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W. Va
Rose Burchinal
Fairmont
Herbert Fitzpatrick
Huntington
Democratic State Executive Committee
Houston
Frank Mann
W. Osenton
Fayetteville
Mann
Edminston
Smith
American Legion
Weston Democrat
C. D. Dotson
Harry B. Darling
Spencer
National Committee
Dunlap
Carney M. Layne
Olita Withers Hooker
Buckhannon
E. M. Welton
Petersburg
MacCorkle
John M. Hoover
Webster County
Mary McWarder
Grafton
D. E. French
Bluefield
A. Smith
New York
Ben Butcher
William Campbell
Charles Town
Resolutions Committee
Wheeling
Fitzpatrick
Validity Of Radio Ruling Challenged
Washington July 11 The constitutionality of the federal radio commission ruling denying broadcasting rights to 162 stations starting in August was challenged at the commission hearing for license retention. Nicholas Schroeder WEMS Union City New Jersey and C A Sorenson KICK Red Oak Iowa were overruled on the plea but filed exceptions for possible court recourse. Sorenson argued Congress illegally delegated license termination power to the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Radio Commission
Commission
Nicholas Schroeder
Tation Wems
Union City
N. J
C. A. Sorenson
KICK
Red Oak
Iowa
Sorenson
Congress
Pan American Airways reveals vast future air system
New York July 11 Pan American Airways announced that by January 1 the U S will have the world’s largest international passenger and mail air network. 31 tri motor planes funded by Wall Street capitalists will operate key routes from Key West to the Canal Zone and onward to Havana Santiago and Colon. Five tri motor planes already in service and six 14 passenger Fokker craft are under construction at Wheeling West Virginia with over two million dollars in aircraft equipment planned.
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New York
Pan American Airways
Post Office Department
Key West
Canal Zone
United States
Wall Street
Havana
Santiago
Miami
Post Office Patronage Quiz Ends At Atlanta
Georgia postmasters reportedly paid party percentages. Miss Esther McCollum of Conyers testified voluntarily contributing about 5 percent of salary. She stated payments totaled about $100 yearly, and she had discussed reappointment with Republican treasurer John W. Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Senate
Georgia
Esther McCollum
Conyers
John W. Martin
Miss McCollum
Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
Tobacco stock split rumors surface for two giants
Reports from New York on July 11 say R. J. Reynolds Tobacco may pursue a four for one stock split of common and B common shares at 25 par, while American Tobacco Company is said to plan a two for one split, stirring interest in the financial district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Financial
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
American To
Elks to establish charity trust fund in Miami
American Bikes today voted to establish a 20 million dollar trust fund for charitable educational and benevolent enterprises. It will be known as the Elke National Foundation. A seven member committee will have tenure power to develop and administer the foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
American Bikes Today
Elke National Foundation
Severe Storm Strikes Richlands Area Nigh
A cloudburst type storm battered Richlands and nearby areas in the Clinch valley early last night causing heavy property damage. At Finney Hill a major slide blocked Norfolk and Western railroad traffic for hours until crews cleared the site after 1 AM and restored rail movement.
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Clinch Valley
Richlands
Finney Hill
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Raskob to Lead Smith Campaign for Presidency
John J. Raskob of General Motors and DuPont will direct Governor Smiths bid for the presidency. He succeeds Clem Shaver as Democratic national committee chairman and names Herbert Lehman as finance director with Gerry of Rhode Island chairing an advisory panel. Disputes over Oregon and West Virginia representation will be studied by a five member committee. Raskob warns Democrats against mudslinging and promises leadership on liquor regulation if Smith is elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John J. Raskob
General Motors Corporation
E. I. Dupont de Nemours
Smith
Raskob
Clem Shaver
Democratic National Committee
Claymont
Del
Centreville
National Committee
Herbert Lehman
Jesse H. Jones
Houston
Gerry
Rhode Island
Gane Heavnes
Rees
Hoover Plans West Swing Before Nomination
Herbert Hoover moves toward formal nomination with plans for a Palo Alto visit, Evanston layover, and farewell as commerce secretary. He met Otis Glenn and New Jersey reps Bacharach and Lebbach, with Dawes inviting him to the Navy home in Evanston during transit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Palo Alto
California
Commerce
Otis F. Glenn
Illinois
Bacharach and
Lebbach
New Jersey
Bacharach
Hoover
Dawes
Neval
Evanston
White House
Wiscon
General Dawes
Frank C. Lowden
Glenn
Lowden
San Francisco
Young
Rolph
Leland Stanford University
Hope For Long Missing Arctic Explorers Grows
The Russian ship Krassin under tow through a broken ice field races at four miles an hour to reach Dr. Finn Malmgren and two companions stranded 42 days after their disappearance. A Russian aviator spotted dots on the ice and circled to offer aid, signaling one man waving flags while another lay ill or dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lice Braker Krassin
Arctic
Finn Malmgren
Malmgren
Chukhnovsky
Alberto Mariano
Filippo Zappi
Vir
Tually
Italia
Krassin
Coolidge Enjoys Better Health Amid Lake Superior Visit
Superior Wis July 11 reports from the summer White House indicate President Coolidge’s rose fever has largely faded since leaving Washington. Doctors note improved energy and a refreshed appearance as the head of the lakes region air aids his recovery. Hoover arrival plans for Monday remain uncertain, with civic groups awaiting schedule details.
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Superior
Wis
Coolidge
Washington
White House
Lakes
Mr. Coolidge
President Coolidge
Hoover
Dinger Daugherty Lands After Thunderstorm Flight
Greensburg reports aviator M R Dinger Daugherty who is one armed and legless landed eight miles east of town after a thunderstorm while en route from Mount Pleasant to Roosevelt Field New York He plans to continue to Rome and hoped to fly again tomorrow morning A large crowd greeted his return after starting from Moundsville West Virginia last Saturday This was his third forced landing since departure with a wing torn at Mount Pleasant Saturday night
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Greensburg
M.R. “Dinger
Daugherty
Mt. Pleasant
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Here
Rome
Mount Pleasant
Moundsville
W. Va
Mounteasant
Negro man is sentenced to 99 years in state pen
Essex Martin, a Black man, found guilty of first degree murder in Mingo county circuit court and sentenced by Judge R D Bailey to 99 years in the state penitentiary for shooting Arthur Reed in Chattaray in September 1927. Arguments over jury composition were overruled. the judge defended white juries as satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mingo County
Martin
State Supreme Court
Batley
Dartmouth full back Harold Hamm killed by lightning
Harold Hamm of Arlington Massachusetts, full back for Dartmouth college football last year, was instantly killed today by a bolt of lightning while fishing on Lake Winnepesaukee during a severe electrical storm in Wolfeboro New Hampshire.
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Wolfeboro
N. H
Harold Hamm
Arlington
Mass
Dartmouth
Lake Winnepesaukee
Rival factions clash at House of David colony in Michigan
Tensions erupt at the House of David in Renton Harbor Michigan as about sixty colonists clash over orchard cherries. Deputies quell the riot and arrest a faction leader after a fight between Mary Purnell's followers and W H Dewhirst supporters over permission to take fruit.
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Renton Harbor
Mich
House of David
Benjamin Purnell
Benjamin
Mary Purnell
W. H. Dewhirst
Purnell
Mary
Dewhirst
GOAL MINE WAGE SCALES STUDIED
The United Mine Workers policy committee adjourned without action on the strike in bituminous fields. President John L. Lewis said tomorrow’s session may last all day as they review soft coal developments. Illinois, Ohio, and Pennsylvania mines are cited as problematic with efforts to keep unions from spreading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
Illinois
Harry Fishwick
Ilinoia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Fishwick
Venezuela oil properties merge with Standard Oil group
New York July 11 a consolidation of Venezuela holdings of Standard Oil of New Jersey and Creole Petroleum Corp becomes a direct subsidiary of Standard Oil. Standard acquires 3,025,000 Creole shares of 6,000,000, valuing Creole assets near 100 million dollars. Creole held about 3 million acres in Venezuela, with Standard adding roughly 3 million more. About 10 million dollars in cash paid for working capital. B J Sadler director of Standard Oil elected president of Creole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Venezuela
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Creole Petroleum Corporation
Standard Company
Standard Oil
Creole Corporation
Creole
Standard
New Jersey
B. J. Sadler
Standard Oil Company
Grattan Bars Wins $25,000 Stake at Fort Miami Park
Grattan Bars owned by Fred Thrower of Kerwood Ontario and driven by Vic Fleming won the Fort Miami Park class eight pace stake before 10,000 spectators. The bay horse finished in straight heats securing a $15,625 prize with a track record 1 59 1 2 in the first heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grattan Bars
Toledo
Fred Thrower
Kerwood
Ont
Vic Fleming
Cleveland
Fort Miami Park
Toree
Prohibition and Farmer-Labor Leaders Eye Third Party
On July 11, Gifford Pinchot and William H. Sweet were asked to head a merger of Prohibition and Farmers-Labor factions. A six person committee urged fusion this year, but both men delayed and Sweet signaled he would likely not support leading such a coalition. Hoover’s indorsement debate splits the Prohibition camp.
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Drys
Farmer- Labor
Pinchot
Chicago
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
William H. Sweet
Colorado
Sweet
Herbert Hoover
National Committee
The
Prohibition Party
Denver
Associated Press
Prohibition
Farmer-Labor
Mellon and Morgan Bound for Europe on Ma jestic
New York reports Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon and financier JP Morgan sailed aboard the Ma jestic for Southham England. Mellon travels with his brother W L Mellon to meet his son and stay two months in Europe. Morgan heads to Cowes Isle of Wight for yachting season with plans to visit Scotland for shooting in August.
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New York
Andrew W. Mellon
the Treasury
JP =Morgan
Majestic
Southham
England
Mellon
W. L. Mellon
Europe
Mr. Morgan
Cowes
Isle of Wight
Scotland
Woman Dies As Boat Burns Off Murray Isle
A boat named Joel Brown II of the Millard Brown Boat Company caught fire and sank off Murray Isle in the St Lawrence. One woman died and 13 others were injured, four seriously, when an explosion of the gasoline engine sparked the blaze. Mrs Smith of Kingston Ontario perished after leaping into the river. The motor craft carried 35 passengers on a Clayton to Alexandria Bay trip.
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Clayton
N. Y
Mai
Joel Brown I
Millard Brown Boat Company
Murray Isle
St. Lawrence
Smith
Kingston
Ontario
Lsnes
Cleyton
Alexandria Bay
Best Bid Selected for State Road Bonds in Baltimore Offer
Governor Gore announced the Merchantile Trust and Deposit Co of Baltimore won the $1,000,000 road bonds sale. The group bid at par with specific divisions of $255,000 at 4.5 percent and $645,000 at 4 percent, tied to low interest and state savings. Lehman Brothers of New York placed the second bid at 100.04 plus accrued interest for $250,000 at 4 percent and $750,000 at 4.25 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Gore
Merchantile Trust and Deposit Company of
Baltimore
Merchantile Trust and Deposit Company
Baker Watts End Company
Kldredge and Company
New York
Rf. M. Moulton and Company
Lehman Brothers
Coal Production May Set Mark For Present Year
If the current Norfolk and Western coal output continues, July could top the calendar year. In the first three days of the week mines loaded over 3,000 cars daily with 3,026 on Monday 3,125 on Tuesday and 3,119 on Wednesday. Peak normal was about 3,300 cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk and Western
Bear Move Tops Stock Markets In Wall Street Selloff
Streams of selling orders driven by higher money rates swept across U S securities markets. On the New York Exchange active stocks fell three to eighteen dollars a share as major issues dropped, led by General Motors, General Electric and US Steel. Radio suffered a steep decline as market value vanished about 158 million dollars amid tightened credit and a Fed rate hike to 5 percent.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
San Francisco
General Motors
General Electric
S. Steel Common
Chicago Federal Reserve
New York Federal Reserve
Central Institutes
Chi
Wall Street
Wheeling Suffered Major Storm Damage
Wheeling West Virginia endured a severe thunderstorm that struck the district causing several thousand dollars in damage. Lightning hit two buildings and bricks fell from a 10 story National Bank of West Virginia facade. Fifteen autos damaged, a suburban greenhouse struck, and a Chicago jeweler narrowly escaped injury as bricks rained down. Theatres closed with refunds issued and crops were damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
National Bank of West Virginia
Bank
Nehming John Berling
Chicago
Postmasters Praised at West Virginia Postmasters Meeting
Clarksburg leaders lauded U S post office service before the West Virginia branch of the National Association of District Postmasters. Speakers included Dandridge Spotswood Frank L Bowman and Ronald Moyst. Reports of committees and elections were on the agenda for tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
W. Va
Post Office Department
United States
West Virginia
National Association of District
Dandridge Spotswood
Death sentence for Victor Dingus in Russell County murder case
Victor Dingus, 21, of Coeburn Virginia, was sentenced to death by Judge William E Burns after being found guilty of first degree murder in the slaying of H T Robins. Three co-defendants received penitentiary terms and a fifth was exonerated. Indictments of Roy Reid and Alfred Bennett were resolved with Reid's indictment quashed and Bennett accepting five years.
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Victor Dingus
Coeburn
William E. Burns
Russell County
Cou
H. T. Robins
Dingus
Everett Jease
Virginia Penitentary
Calloway Honaker
Jesse
Commonwealth
Roy Reid
Alfred Bennett
Bennett
Reid
Burns
Honaker
Jesse Caves
D. W. Kennedy
Wise
Lss
Robert Dingus
Circuit Court of Appeals
Virgina
West Virginia
Wise County
Dickinson County
Clintwood
Russell Circuit Plunt
John Hopkins Placed in Murderers Row at State Penitentiary
John Hopkins, alleged jail breaker and escaped convict, arrived at Moundaville West Virginia state penitentiary to serve a ten year sentence. He is under heavy guard and assigned to murderers row to prevent further escape attempts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundaville
W. Va
John Hopkins
Hopkins
Scranton
Ohio State Penitentiary
L. M. Robinson
Hopkines
Two Die as Plane Crashes Near Pottsville
Pottsville, Pa July 1 two persons die when small airplane crashes in a field near Snyders during a storm. Victims identified as Morris M. Titterington 35 of Brooklyn vice president of Pioneer Instrument Co and Patricia Perry Andrews Williamsport.
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Potteville
Fate & Field
Snyders
Morris M. Titterington
Pioneer Instrument Company
Brooklyn
Patricia Perry Andrews
Williamsport
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Mrs. Mann
D. E
Weston Man
U. S
Exgel
ELKS
Arokob
Shaver
Dupont
Oregon
Commerce Partment
Ations
Capa Ilien
William ™. Butler
Republican Naional Committee
Dwight Morroe
Mealeo
Dinger Daugherty
Cherry
United Mine Workers
Venezuela Oil Properties Merge
Pinghot 15
May
Prohibitionists
Morgan
Coeourn
Albert Bennett
Russell Merchant
Selif
Neir
Robins
Orat
Barnett
Lebanon
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