Tragedy in Christiansburg Nurse Dies in Auto Wreck
Miss Virginia Lucas, 22, nurse at Altamont hospital in Christiansburg Virginia, was killed when a car driven by William Gillespie flipped on the highway east of Christiansburg. Gillespie escaped with minor injuries as bystanders helped rescue Lucas, who died at Altamont hospital from chest and head injuries.
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Virginia Lucas
Allamont Hospital
Christians- Warg
Christiansburg
William G. Gillespie
Roanoke
Mie Lucas
Christiansburg High School
Gillespie
C. W. Brush
Commonwealth
Miss Lucas
Wnether
Altamont Hospital
W. J. Lucas
Cambria
British king shows signs of improvement amid election interest
Windsor May 31 British monarchGeorge is reported improving after an abscess formed from an old scar on his chest. Doctors, who returned to London, said the king remains in bed but can conduct public business. The Prince of Wales visited as optimism grows about his recovery and possible postponement of a Thanksgiving service.
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Windsor
Ireland
George
London
Castle
Prince of Wales
Westminister
Victoria Tower
Publisher Van Lear Black Arrives in Sof Bulgaria
Baltimore publisher Van Lear Black arrived in Sof Bulgaria after fourteen hours of travel from Croydon England. He will continue to Aleppo tomorrow en route to Japan via India. All members of his party were reported well.
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Sof
Bulgaria
van Lear Black
Baltimore
Aleppo
Japan
India
Croydon
England
Detained widow linked to $75,000 bank holdup in Oklahoma
Minnie Rays of Hutchinson Kansas, a socialite widow, is detained in Oklahoma over the $75,000 bank messenger robbery. Police say she drove into Hutchinson with over $10,000 of the stolen money in her car. C. W. Doc Thompson, reportedly identified as a robber, is her brother. Mrs. R. B. Thompson, wife of Thompson's stepson, is also under arrest.
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Minnie Rays
Hutchinson
Kas
Oklahoma
Homa City
C. W. “Doc” Thompson
Rays
R. B. Thompson
Thompson
Pocaontas County Man Appeals Death Sentence
The West Virginia Supreme Court in special session received Theodore P. Carr of Pocaontas County for an appeal from a death sentence for the slayings of his wife and Lock Sharp. Carr is scheduled for hanging on June 14 and claimed insanity at the time. The court also refused to docket an Ohio County will case involving Aaron Bloch's estate and related matters.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Supreme Court
Theodore PD
Carr
Pocahontas County
Ohio County
Lock Sharp
Warwick
Anita Elen Fraeer
Samuel 8. Bloch
Aaron Bloch
Jennie Bloch Felsenheld
Samuel Bloch
End of Church Trouble in Mexico Foreseen
Washington May 31 The Mexican bishops conference head De Ruiz says he has been appointed apostolic delegate in Mexico by the holy see signaling possible settlement talks with the Mexican government. President Portes Gil is prepared to receive church overtures toward reestablishment of the Catholic church and has invited negotiations with the archbishop.
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Washington
de Ruiz
Mexican Bishops Conference
Holy See
Mexico
Portes Gillia
Catholic Ecclesiastical Organization
Gil
United Electric Coal reports quarterly net income
The United Electric Coal companies earned 251 712 for the quarter ended April 30, up from 199 915 in the prior quarter and 210 258 in the first quarter of the year.
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Ser Dscomi
New York
United Electric Coal Companies
Two Men Battle Over Pretty Girl in Minn.
In St Paul on May 31 a triangle involving Lieut Walter Miller a young army officer Dr William H Hirst and Miss Nan Elizabeth Ferguson ended in gunfire. Miller was shot in both legs and hospitalized while Hirst faces assault with a dangerous weapon charges. Miss Ferguson, a witness, was released. Police credited a witness and said Hirst denied firing first. An army board was named to investigate Hirsts role.
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St. Paul
Minn
Walter A. Miller
William H. Hirst
Nan Elizabeth Ferguson
Miller
Virginia
Mise Ferguson
Dr. Hiret
Hiret
Election May Aid Disarmament Move
Washington officials say a Labour victory under Ramsay McDonald could boost the US naval reduction program. They also warn Britain recognizing the Soviet government could pressure the United States to follow suit, potentially altering U S foreign policy and Senate action led by Senator Borah.
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Washington
Labor Party
Ramsay McDonald
United States
England
Great Britain
Russia
Senate
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Rumors of Liquor in Morgan Baggage Denied
Treasury denies rumors that liquor was seen in the baggage of Ohio Representative William M. Morgan on return from Panama. An inquiry into the Morgan case led to expectations of new customs orders speeding baggage handling and port freedoms. Seymour Lowman said no inspector saw liquor in or with Morgan or his family baggage.
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Washington
Panama
William M. Morgan
Ohio
Treasury
Morgan
Seymour Lowman
Customs Service
School Child Auto Fatalities Rise in May Report
Pittsburgh May 31 A coroner's May report shows school child automobile deaths this year up 200 percent from the first six months of 1928. In the first half of 1928 ten children died in Allegheny County. so far this year thirty deaths are recorded.
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Pittsburgh
W. J. McGregor
Allegheny County
Nervous headaches relief with Cardus remedy
Roanoke resident Mrs. W. B Caldwell testifies to relief from nervous headaches after using Cardus. She describes neck pain and dread of touch, noting improvement after one bottle and continued use to prevent future headaches. She emphasizes Cardus as a purely vegetable remedy safe for women of all ages.
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Roanoke
Cardus
Goodyear Zeppelin Hangar Arch Installed at Akron
Engineers complete an intricate lift at the Akron airfield as a 360 ton arch sits 200 feet above ground. Goodyear Zeppelin officials and American Bridge crews confirm the milestone in the hangar where two Navy dirigibles will be constructed.
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Goodyear-Zeppelin
Akron
Ohio
Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation
American Bridge Company
United States Navy
Diplomas Awarded at Beaver High School Graduation
Beav er High School honored graduates in a ceremony full of awards and scholarships. Charles Gibberson won the top $25 senior prize for scholarship and character, with Elizabeth Cornett and Minnie Reardon close contenders. The event featured performances by Charles Spencer and a display of a peace pact frieze, as students in summer attire received diplomas and bouquets amid hearty applause.
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Bluefield
Reppert
Charles Spencer
Ella Holroyd
Lulu Allen
Spencer
W. H. Thomas
Charles Gibberson
Elizabeth Cornett
Minnie Reardon
Gibberson
Gerard Ro
John Chapman
Daughters of the American Revolution
Princilla Club
Gladys Udy
Gladys Thompson
National Society of Colonial Daughters
Washington, D. C
Margaret Johnson
Robert Clifton
Virginia Thornhill
Hazel Pearman
Bluefield College
Bluefield Lodge of Elks
Elks’ Educational Committee
Henry Rodgin
D. BE. French
G. T. Thornhill
R. Moore Dodril
L. J. Stump
Pocahontas
Lindsey Alley
C. W Jackson
Young Alley
Beaver High School
England
France
Moore
Catherine Adkins
Garnet Akers
Mary Austin
June Basham
Marguerite Belcher
Lena Belton
Edith Boggs
Eva Brooks
Allene Caldwell
Caldwell
Evelyn Caffee
Marion Callahan
Iona Carter
Marguerite Cooke
Elnora Cheyney
Gaye Crockett
Louise Dowell
Virginia Dudley
Margaret Fortune
Elizabeth Francis
Vernie Geordon
Pether Gibberson
Prelyn Gibson
Marie Gilmore
Virginia Graham
Nina Hambrick
Mary Ellen Harris
Fontaine
Ruby Horne
Anna Jarrett
Violet Lawrence
Mary Lazenby
Grace Leedy
Elizabeth McCue
Edith McNeer
Fay Mitchell
Virginia Neel
Ruth Painter
Hazel Grace Pearman
Ken Poff
Lolk Porterfield
Cathleen
Parents lose claim in suit for child's death
Atlanta May 31 In a Supreme Court decision parents cannot recover damages for the loss of services of a two and a half year old child killed by a motor truck. They had sued for 10 000 dollars.
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Atlanta
INS
Supreme Court
Cincinnati Church to Erect Large 22-Story Building
The First Presbyterian Church of Cincinnati votes to construct a 22 story office and church building at 142 East Fourth Street with a total cost of 2.5 million dollars. The project will rise on the church’s East Fourth Street site.
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Cincinnati Church
Cincinnati
First Presbyterian Church
East Fourth Street
Georgia peach crop to be small this year
The Georgia peach crop will be the shortest in years, according to a warning from the state department of agriculture after the first carload of fruit was shipped from the state.
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Georgia
State Department of Agriculture
Sublette Declares Candidacy For City Board
S J Sublette of 918 Highland Avenue becomes a candidate for the city board of directors. His petition and acceptance certificate were filed with the city clerk after a prior withdrawal for corrections. There are now seventeen candidates. no new filings after June 1.
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S. J. Sublette
Highland Avenue
City Board of Directors
U.S. District Court Hears Klan Argument
Philadelphia May 31 The United States district court of appeals heard argument today in Ku Klux Klan suits filed in federal district court Pittsburgh a year ago. Decision was reversed. In Pittsburgh Judge W H Thomson threw out the suits for unclean hands. One action barred thirty five Pennsylvania Klan chapters from using the Ku Klux Klan name. The counter suit sought a receiver for the Pennsylvania Klan and questioned dues usage by the national organization.
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Philadelphia
United States District Court of Appeals
Federal District Court
Pittsburgh
Thomson
National
Ku Klux Klan
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Klan
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