Apache Mystery Deepens Over Miss Schmerter Killing
White River Apache Reservation Arizona July 27 The Apache woman Miss Henrietta Schmerter a 23 year old Columbia University anthropology student was found slain in a cemetery ravine after a stabbing police say occurred about July 18 The APaches described as lawless were questioned and released along with a white man while authorities retain little solid information as officers and natives both seek the killer.
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White River Apache Reservation
Ariz
Columbia University
Henrietta Schmerter
William Dounsr
Plyasleiana
New York
Misa Sehmerter
Father Fatally Wounds Son Amid Family Feud
Odle and three sons were arrested after a 32 caliber pistol fatally wounded Qdis Odle in the head. Sheriff Bowling said long-standing enmity and a dispute over a younger sister’s marriage license fueled the Sunday clash on the mountain near Matoaka.
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Cecile
Qdis
Jtsolf
Odle
Bto- Comas
Lato
Alex Cecil
Matoaka
J. Otis Bowling
Oalp
Mercer County
Harry Odle
Princeton
Bacall
Bowling
Man Accused Of Killing Hands Crank Blow To Victim
The accused spoke to a county officer after an afternoon confrontation over Nearhood family tensions. As Nearhood and his father confronted Crockett Cole and Moseley, a fistfight erupted with Mrs. Nearhood joining. Witnesses say Cole handed Crockett a crank during the heated moment, delivering a death blow that embedded the tool two inches into Nearhood's skull at Richlands hospital.
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Nearhood
Fiather
Crockett
Cole
Moseley
Richlands Eal
Runaway 13-Year-Old Charles Sought by Blusfield Police
Blusfield police ask other cities to watch for Charles Taylor aged 13, son of Mr and Mrs R L Taylor, who vanished from his Jefferson Street home early Sunday. Parents think he may be headed to visit an uncle in Courtland New York.
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Blusfield
Charles
R. L.taylor
Jefferson Street
Courtland
N.Y
Five Suffer Minor Injuries In City Collision
Five people received slight injuries in a Sunday afternoon crash at the Princeton avenue and Federal street intersection. G W Francisco of Brush Fork and four others in his car were upset when Roy Mc Daniela's vehicle on Federal street collided with theirs at the intersection.
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G W. Francisco
Brush Fork
Hhe Automobile
Princeton Avenue
Federal Street
Roy McDaniela
Conjuror Delights Crowd with Hat Trick of Eggs
A conjuror produced eggs from a hat and spoke to a child in the front row about hens and ducks. The boy Peter replied that his mother cannot get eggs without hens, and the conjuror noted she keeps ducks.
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Peter
Where You Can See Into Six States And A Foreign Country
Cartoon explanation recounts Gavrilo Princip’s 1914 assassination triggering World War I and Austria’s declaration of war, noting the teenager died before learning the war’s outcome. Also mentions Dikki Dikki, a pygmy king from Mindong region, famed for voraciousness.
Marble shaft marks Perry victory dedication at Put-In-Bay
Put-In-Bay Ohio officials plan an official dedication July 31 for a 362 foot marble shaft memorializing Commodore Perry's Lake Erie triumph. Attendees include US and Canada representatives, governors of seven states, and Governor George White will lead the dedication voyage aboard the USS Wilmington from Sandusky.
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Put-In-Bay
Ohio
Commanodore Perry
Ponce
Perry
Lake Orle
Wiliam Henry Harrison
United States
Great Britain
Canada
National Perty's Victory Memorial Commission
Olin
Enatt
Kentucky
Rhode Island
New York
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Mitneis
Wisconsin
George White
Sandusky
U. S. S. Wilmington
Beelitz to become world’s wireless receiving center
Beelitz Germany near Borow 30 miles from Nauen is planned as Germanys new wireless service hub under Transradio plans. The town will concentrate postal wireless operations and host receiving sets linking to New York Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro as it grows into a major radio center.
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Nauen
Germany
Boelitz
Transradio Corporation
Roelez Wil
Ave
Beelitz
New York
Duenos Aires
Rio de Janeiro
Masonic Notice Bluefield Lodge No. 85 meets July 23
Bluefield VA area Masonic Bluefield lodge holds a stated communication at 7:30 PM Tuesday July 23 at the Masonic temple. Visitors welcome. Secretary L. M. Carper. Liberal Howard Q. Williams Daily Telegraph note.
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Bluefield Lodge No
WL & A
Masonic Temple
L. M. Carper
Bluefeld
Bluefield
W. Va
Howard
Q. H. Williama
Daily Telegraph
Wireless service expands with 17 antenna stations planned
Work starts on erecting 17 directional antennas for service from New York to Buenos Aires Cairo Manila Japan and Java. Each will carry four receiving sets for wireless telegraphy telephony and television as existing links to Buenos Aires Rio Java and Sian grow. An aerial called unitlrex will reduce factoring effects on New York Java and Cairo. A Berlin to Berlin network line is funded with a new cable vent. A program envisions 40 stations with latest superation and multi band receivers plus short wave sets and antennas.
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New York
Buenos Aires
Cairo
Manila
Japan
Java
Rio
Sian
Berlitz
Berlin
Nanon
Governor Murray Uses Martial Law to Guard Toll Bridge
Oklahoma City July 27 The governor of Oklahoma William H Murray orders guards to establish a second martial law zone from the Texas side toward the Red River to protect the Durant Denison toll bridge. Sentries are placed before the free span as Murray criticizes a Muskogee federal court order delaying toll bridge travel. He warns a upheld order could abolish state governments and create centralized depot authority.
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Red River Bridge
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Durant-Denison
William H. Murray
National Guard
Texas
Redriver
Oklahoma Bank
Murray
Muskogee
United States
New York City Gets Its Third Television Transmitter
New York launches a new television service with WEXAL on 750 kilocycles at 500 watts. The Columbia Broadcasting System operates the station, joining W2XCR and WGBS in experimental tests. Studios feature a flying spot device, photoelectric gear, and a rooftop antenna, with most programming planned as television only from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. EST daily.
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New York
Jared
Columbia Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Ayelem N
Edgar Wale Jace
Whilliam Schudt, Jr
Stoppies Aid Engineers in Studying Propeller Motion
New York engineers use stoppies and a atraboscope with a flicker light to create a stroboscopic effect. Synchronizing light pulses with moving parts yields apparent stationary images, enabling slow motion analysis of propellers and engine valves.
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New York
Society of Automotive Engineers
Pot Burning Beans Triggers City Fire Alarm
A pot of beans left on a stove in Central apartments at Federal street and MecCulloca avenue prompted a fire alarm. Firemen were en route when a second alarm from box 47 at College and East Wiver avenues was reported amid confusion from a widow in the building.
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Central Apartments
Federal Street
MecCulloca Avenue
Slaman
Ancke
Central Station
Box 47
College and
East Wiver Avenues
West Virginia Elks Gather In Eighth Annual Meeting
West Virginia Elks convene for the eighth annual gathering at Scott Street Baptist church Bluefield opening memorials for departed members. The two groups meet in Bluefield with speeches by congressman Huey Shott and local officials, plus musical renditions and a parade planned for the day.
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West Virginia
Elks
RY S. Re Anderson
Carter
Login
Association of Diks of
Scott Street Baptist Church
Bluefield
Brothers and Daudiers
Billa
Independent Colored People Club Officers Meet
News notes from the Independent club list officers Henry B Evans at 304 Marshal Street for a Wednesday evening meeting. Edward Buster Glenn, supervisor, Henry Byana and George Cisco named officers. Tristan da Cunha is noted as a lonely island with 700 sheep 300 cattle 60 donkeys about 300 fowls and no pigs.
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Independent Club
Henry B. Evans
Marshal Street
Edward Buster Glenn
Henry 2. Byana
George Cisco
Tristan da Cunha
Non Inflamable Zasaline Proven by French Chemists
French chemists test a new aviation fuel named Zasaline as non inflammable. M Bardel, technical director for Air Union, demonstrates at Croydon airdrome near London, with saturated hand to prove the fuel’s flame resistance.
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M. Bardel
Air Union
Croydon
London
Uel
Mitchell Backs Honest Men to Beat Gangsters
Washington defender William DeWitt Mitchell, a St. Paul lawyer and Spanish War veteran, backs strong, honest enforcement against gangsters. As attorney general his method is steady, precise, and judicial, with decades in public service and a reputation for dispassionate, point-focused arguments before the Supreme Court.
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Washington
al Capone
William DeWitt Mitchell
St. Paul
Aeya Mitchell
Mitchell
United States
Supreme Court
High Court
Michell
Hugher
Coolidge
Hoover
Prohibition Enforcement
Ha Tg
Imitle Siren
Compass of Death Plane Placed in Museum
A ceremonial relic, the compass from the burning Nieuport of Major Raoul Lufbery, a famed American French hero, is now housed at the Smithsonian. The object, recovered after his death near Tours, France on May 19, 1918, passed through several hands before reaching the federal museum. Lufbery, born in France and raised in Connecticut, served with the Lafayette Escadrille and later the 94th and 95th Pursuit Squadrons, credited with 17 confirmed aerial victories.
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Washington
Raoul Luthery
Smithsonian Institution
Maron
Tours
France
F Cautin
Laufbery
Cautin
Codman
Phil W. Place
South Lincoln
Maas
Lufber
Federal Museum
Luffery
Soljdier
Wallingford
Conn
Calcutta
Marc Pourpe
Pourpe
Air Service
Lufbery
Amour Lafayette Escadrile
United States
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Daby's
Ripley
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Thii
Gavrila Princip
Franz Ferdinand
Austria
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Dikki Dikki
Mindong
Wahilippine
Shaft
Bealitz
Boro
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Airsiup
Tanary
Hnacfendals
Edwin BH. Frost
Yerkes Observatory
Willama Day
Wis
Frost
Prof
Murray Cwitches
New York City
Freckles
Oscar
Hector
BY Blosser
Atoff DA Seavici
W. H.thomas
Gladys Purcell
Jane Mutney
Lodge
Jones Streat Masonic Temple
Golden Rtrne Hall
Bland Street
W. C. Moore
John Stewart M. B
Jones Street
T. Z. Reeves
J. S. Carter
Elmer C. Barton
Barton
T. P. Howard
Gate City Lodge
Hueh Ike Shott
Shott
Great Wilks Fraternity
A. Conner
Mabel Robinson
Lawyer Thompson
Charleston
State Auditor’s Department
Wwelcones
G. H. Sinkford
Sidney Few
Annette Whitehead
Arthur Holt
Herb Jones
Tively
James E. Kelly
Birmingham
Alanna
Uss Mary Sinkford
Stovall Bell
Wilson Street
Cay
Grand Marshall
H. Wade
Vba
Storcerl Waves
W. A
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Richmonn
Inn
Aourney John Lave
Montgomery
A. Carter Dogan
T. BE. Kelly Birmingham, Ain
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West Viretule
J. S. Compton
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