West to become interior secretary under Coolidge
Roy O. West of Chicago was appointed by President Coolidge to the interior post, succeeding Hubert Work whose resignation was accepted. West, a longtime Republican operative and Illinois national committeeman, was at the summer White House last week and had denied prior cabinet talk. He will resign from finance and national committee posts to take the new role. Dr. Work will devote time to chairing the Republican national committee.
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Superior
Wis
Roy
West
Chicago
Coolidge
Interior
Hubert Work
Arsenal
National Committee
White House
Illinois
Finance Committee
Dr. Work
Republian
Interior Department
Boulder Dam
Weet
Republican State Central Committee
Republican National Committee
Ite
Machinery Arrives for Kraft Cheese Plant in North Tazewell
Shipments of heavy machinery arrived this week for Kraft Cheese company’s new North Tazewell branch factory. The plant is to begin Kraft production early next week with contracts in place with local dairymen to secure ample milk for a strong start.
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Kraft Cheese Company
Tazewell
Stephenson Loses New Move to Gain Freedom
Indianapolis July 20 The petition of Stephenson for a rehearing on a writ of habeas corpus seeking release from Indiana state prison was denied by the Indiana Supreme Court. The action was brought against the warden and trustees of the prison where Stephenson is serving a life sentence for murder, based on the claim that Hamilton County Circuit Court lacked jurisdiction.
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Indianapolis
Ephenson
Indiana
Indiana Supreme Court
Wes
Stephenson
Hamilton County Ciircuit Court
Death by own action Pact 5 reported in New York
New York July 20 reports say Miss Virginia Drew a 21 year old artist student writer and believer in reincarnation was found dead in the Hudson River and died by drowning Police probe seeks whether the death was suicide and what prompted it Bodenheim the novelist was last seen leaving an apartment after a call on unwell and left the day after Miss Drew vanished No charges were laid Caroline Novetny who knew Miss Drew said she told police Miss Drew had made a death pact with Bodenheim and she tried to persuade her to back out The parents doubt the pact theory and question suicide as the cause
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New York
Virginia Drew
Hudson River
Bodenheim
Forte
Bedenheim
Mise Drew
Caroline Novetny
Miss Lrew
Miss Drew
Lightning Strikes Kill Two Boys at New Jersey Beach
A lightning bolt during a brief storm at Le Vallette New Jersey fatally struck two boys, 14 year old Robert Lewis and 15 year old Christopher Hanson of New Brunswick, while a girl was critically hurt and several others were stunned. A girl was knocked into the water from a public dock and four were knocked unconscious as bathers faced the surf. two men helped keep others from drifting out to sea.
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le Vallette
N. J
Robert Lewis
Christopher Hanson
New Brunswick
Smith 10 Deal with All Issues in Speech Plan
Albany July 20 Governor Smith said no one knows his forthcoming acceptance speech. He will discuss all major issues and deny plans to downplay prohibition or farm relief. He will speak at night on the east steps of the state capitol with an expected crowd of 100000, weather permitting. Senator Pittman heads the platform committee and may preside over the nomiation desporsement.
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Albany
N. Y
Smith
Executive Mansion
Pittman
Nevada
Houston
State Capitol
Ohio Coal Operators Refuse Joint Wage Conference
The Ohio Coal Operators' Association rejected a formal invitation from the Ohio district United Mine Workers for a joint wage conference. President S. H. Robbins said operators had exhausted efforts for over a year and moved to an open shop to avoid industry ruin.
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Cleveland
Ohio Coal Operators’ Association
Ohio
United Mine Workers of America
H. Robbins
Lee Hall
Ohio Miners Union
Robbins
Padlocks Applied To Night Club Barrooms
Federal authorities raided eight New York night clubs in the white light belt and boarded up the bars with padlocks and planks. Deputy U S marshals with hammers and nails, led by Prohibition Director Maurice Campbell and a deputy U S attorney, sealed bar entrances while other areas remained untouched.
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New York
Broadway
United States
Prohibition
Maurice Campbell
World War Veteran to be Treated at Government Hospital
Martinsburg West Virginia July 20 James F Carroll 40 a World War veteran and Princess Pat regiment member was moved from a local hospital to a government hospital in Washington for treatment under the veterans bureau He had been hospitalized since Thursday after suffering heat prostration while traveling from Montreal to his home in Richmond Virginia Doctors said his condition appeared aggravated by shell exposure
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Martinsburg
W. Va
James F Carroll
Washington
Veterans Bureau
Carroll
Montreal
Richmond
Virginia Editors Visit Wytheville for Annual Meeting Banquet
The Virginia Press Association was entertained by Wytheville Chamber of Commerce at the West Virginian hotel. A delegation from Bluefield welcomed the guests, including mayors A J Stewart and H C Callaway, Sunset News’ W K McDowell, Daily Telegraph’s Jim Shott, and Virginia traffic commissioner W C Breckenridge. The group then toured Southwest Virginia after the business session.
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Virginia Press Association
Chamber of Commerce
West Virginian Hotel
Bluefields
Wytheville
Southwest Virginia
A. J. Stewart
West Virginia
H. C. Callaway
Virginia
W. K. McDowell
The
Sunset News
Jim Shott
Daily Telegraph
W. C. Breckenridge
Editors Tour Through Virginia Along Lakes-to-Florida Route
A Virginia editors group visited the Wytheville area near the state line with a group photo by renowned photographer Nunnally. They praised the scenery along the Lakes to Flor Ida highway and held a banquet in the West Virginian ballroom with fine table decor and excellent service.
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South Gate
Nunnally
Virginia
Wytheville
West
Mayor Callaway Presides at Welcome and Address
Mayor H C Callaway presided in his usual pleasing manner at a civic gathering. After music led by the Blue City Blues Boys, Rev C G Gunn gave the invocation and J A Whitman presented Paul Scarborough of Franklin who spoke for the association. W J Jones of the Southwest Virginia chamber discussed regional advantages.
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Callaway
H. C. Callaway
America
Jim Brown
Blue City Blues Boys Orchestra
C. G. Gunn
Twin Cities
Henry B. Kitte
Virginia Association
J. A. Whitman
New Virginia Press Association President Delivers Talk
W J Morgan of Warsaw became the Virginia Press Association's new president and spoke as the party was introduced. Maury Barret entertained with Irish melodies and sang Carry Me Back to Old Virginia as applause rose. Hugh Ike Shott praised Bluefield and the prospects for Virginia as a growing industrial region.
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W. J. Morgan
Warsaw
Virginia Press Association
Maury Barret
Old Virginia
Hugh Ike Shott
Bluefield
Virginia
Chamber of Commerce Tour Highlights Local Guests
Mayor A J Stewart introduced as guests arrived with W K McDowell and Frank M Archer welcomed by Chairman Callaway. Music by Blue City Blue Boys. flowers from Fallons as the group leaves at 9 for Tazewell to visit Jewell Ridge Coal mines then Bristol, praised for the event’s success and thanked the organizing committee and Mrs Luke.
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A. J. Stewart
W. K. McDowell
Sunset News
Entertainment Committee
Frank M. Archer
Chamber of Commerce
Callaway
Clinch Valley
Blue City Blue Boys
Fallon
Tazewell
Jewell Ridge
Bristol
8. B. Thompson
Herbert May
K. C. Palty
H. C. Callaway
Jim Shott
Mra. Luke
Chamber
Wheeling and Lake Erie to Use Terminal in Cleveland
The Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad directors voted to join the New York Central Nickle Plate and Big Four in a new 66 million dollar terminal plan in Cleveland. The line will run into the Erie station while the Ontario Street station is abandoned. L F Loree supported the decision and noted the plan improves passenger service from Canton and Kent.
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Cleveland, O
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
New York Central
Nickle Plate
Big Four
Nhew
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Erie
Ontario Street
L. F. Loree
Delaware & Hudson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Loree
Wheeling and
Lake Erie
Gow Cer
Canton
Kent
Dynamite Suspected in Rockford Bombing Death
In Rockford Illinois a bombing killed radio expert Vernon Plager as he stepped from his car. Police say dynamite was used and suspect Paul Reed and Mrs Iva Plager, widow of the victim, are in custody denying involvement. Reed surrendered in Oregon Illinois. Assistant state's attorney Karl Williams seeks more time before action.
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Rockford, II
Vernon Plager
Rockford
Paul ‘Reed
Iva
Plager
Reed
Unmasked bandit robs Oakland bank for 3432 dollars
An unmasked man, likely narcotic influenced, robbed the Broadway branch of the American Trust Company in Oakland today and fled in a car with 3432 dollars. Bank manager G F Wilson pursued in another auto but was outdistanced. A passerby signaled a second car as the robber’s escape, causing misidentification of a kidnapping report.
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Oakland
Cal
Broadway
American Trust Company
G. F. Wilson
Wilson
Prostrations From Heat Reported In Baltimore
Baltimore records a new high for the year as the temperature rises to 97 after 4 p.m. and a 78 degree low. Two people are reported prostrated by the heat while crowds seek relief and sleep in the heat-wave conditions. Rains forecast for tonight offer relief per the weather bureau.
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Baltimore
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Former Sheriff IO Found Guilty in West Virginia Shooting
Former Preston County Sheriff Arthur R. Williams was found guilty of feloniously shooting Gordon B. Kameey of Philippi and was sentenced to eight years in the state penitentiary at Moundsville. Judge Harry Shaw presided as the crowded Preston County circuit court delivered the verdict amid motion for new trial. The shooting stemmed from an alleged intimate relation between Williams and his wife.
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Kingwood
W. Va
Arthur R. Williams
Preston County
Gordon B. Kameey
Philippi
Moundsville
Harry Shaw
Fairmont
U Williams
Ramsey
Williams
Venezuelan Doctor Confesses Murder of Husband and Companion
Dr Virginia Alvarez Hussey, daughter of a former Venezuelan official, surrendered a loaded revolver at Norristown police and admitted she killed her husband Lindley M Hussey and a female companion near Parker Ford. She claimed she shot them in the back then reloaded, and said she intended to kill herself.
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Norristown
Virginia Alvarez Hussey
Lindley M. Hussey
West Philadelphia Hospital For Women
Parker Ford
Pottstown
Hussey
Mongomery County
Ter
H. Metz Miller
State Hospital For the
Lindley
Philadelphia
Hoover Homecoming Quiet After California Welcome
Herbert Hoover returns to California to receive formal notification as the Republican presidential candidate. His wife attends funeral services for her father C D Henry at Stanford chapel before the couple returns to their Palo Alto home with son Allen. A restrained homecoming follows amid public decor suspended by the family.
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Stanford University
Cal
Herbert Hoover
California
University
Henry
Hoover
Allen
Oakland
Large
Palo Alto
Welcome Home
Monticello Man Kills Wife and Sons in Farm Tragedy
W R Wright, 55, shot and killed his wife and two sons on his farm near Monticello Kentucky after a dispute over timber cutting. A daughter escaped with slight wounds after Wright fired at her. The incident occurred today as authorities investigated the motive and details.
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Monticello
W. R. Wright
Gang Passed To Jail On Poles
New York reports two bamboo poles passed to John F. McCabe through his window to aid an escape from the Bronx jail. McCabe killed himself when a steel door blocked the break. Authorities found torn window netting and a desolate office with poles nearby. a woman friend and brother Edward McCabe are being sought.
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New York
John F. McCabe
Bronx
McCabe
Edward McCabe
Mystery Leviathan mail robbery solved arrest of crewman
Postal inspectors claim to have solved the Leviathan mail robbery from the liner a month earlier with the arrest of Archibald Chapman 32 of London assistant linen keeper. The stolen mail valued at 10 was noted as Chapman’s access near the mail room with a set of twenty keys one altered to fit the mail compartment lock.
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New York
United States
Archibald Chapman
London
England
Olympic Chapman
Mall
Plane Mechanics Race Against Midnight Sun
Hil Roeckford reports mechanics race to flight the Greater Rockford monoplane to Stockhorn with Hert Hassell aiming for an August 7 takeoff. A leaky gas tank in the left wing delays progress as Parker D. Cramer arrives from New York to join the crew. takeoff cannot begin before Tuesday.
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Roeckford
Hil
Texin
Greater Rockford
Stockhorn
Hert Hassell
Arctic
Parker D. Cramer
New York
Hassel
Insurgent Calls National Meeting as UMWA Fight Deepens
Pittsburgh scene grows tense as John J. Watt of the insurgent miners denounces the Jacksonville wage scale change by the UMWA. He pledges a September convention to promote a new union, with Bertha Consumers showing cautious interest amid receivership.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers of America
Jacksonville
John J. Watt
Watt
United Mine Workers’ International Poliy Committee
John L. Lewis
International Policy Committee
National Miners Convention
United Mine Workers
John H. Jones
Bertha Consumers Company
Sai
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Jones
Hertha Consumers Company
Students Pay Tribute to Amelia Earhart at Hyde Park Event
Hyde Park high school students and alumni honored Amelia Earhart, honoring the famed aviator as Chicago marks the Friendship crew celebrations. Earhart and Wilmer Stultz, Mrs. Stultz, and Gordon were to depart by air for Toledo after a day of festivities and a planned wedding rehearsal at the Trianon ballroom.
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Chicago
Hyde Park High School
Amelia Earhart
Atlantic
Friendship
Rayhart
Wilmer Stultz
Stultz
Lincoln Celdc
Gordon
Mies
Ann Bruce
Trianon Ballroom
Indiana Day Leader Reaffirms Contempt Conviction
The Indiana Supreme Court today reaffirmed the contempt of court conviction against Dr Edwards Shumaker superintendent of the Indiana Anti Saloon League. The court did not increase his sentence as requested by Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliom in a motion filed July 20.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Supreme Court
Edwards&. Shumaker
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
Arthur L. Gilliom
Obregon Slayer to Face Civil Court Trial in Mexico
Mexico City reports that Jose de Leon Toral, killer of General Alvaro Obregon, will be tried in civil court after a district court barred immediate action for 72 hours. The decision signals a public civil proceeding and delays summary execution, with further arrests anticipated as the investigation continues.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Jose de Leon Torras
Alvaro Obregon
Obregon
de Leon Toral
District Court
Antonio Rios Zertuche
Obregon to be interred in Mexico after assassination
The former president Alvaro Obregon lies dead as Mexican officials prepare a simple burial in Sonora. Crowds gather in Navajoa while a funeral train may arrive tomorrow. A porcelain diadem may crown the earth as Obregon lies in state, with Senora Obregon and seven children among mourners. Plane arrivals bring press and photographers to the rustic village as Mexico reflects on its fallen leader.
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Alvaro Obregon
Siemare
Navajoa
Mexico
Obregon
Senora Obregon
Sonora
Death 16 Blamed on Still Raider in West Virginia
Charleston report notes Bernard Cottrell, 25, killed fleeing a moonshine raid near Little Blue Creek. Jurors name federal agent T. L. Cox as responder blamed for the death. other raiders included W. t. Skeen Pera Zirkle and L. W. Wall. Hersbarger jailed for operating the still. Cox, Skeen, Zirkle, Wall charged or sought.
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Charleston
W. Va
Bernard Cottrell
Little Blue Creek
W. P. Black
Kanawha County
T. L. Cox
Cottrell
Gunn
W. T. Skeen
Pera Zirkle
Prohibition
L. W. Wall
Cleudenia
Ople Hersbarger
Hersbarger
Kanawha
Triat
Cox
Cotrell
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U.M.W
Porcelain Crown
Kanawa
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