Washington to greet Lindbergh first on return
Famed aviator Charles A. Lindbergh will be welcomed in Washington as the Memphis cruiser carries his Spirit of St Louis back to the United States. President Coolidge and cabinet expected to participate, with New York and St Louis offers shaping a staged welcome.
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Washington
Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
Paris
Memphis
Spirit of
St. Louis
Coolidge
Hammond
Cabinet
District of Columbia
John Hays Ham
Lindberg
Navy Yard
Davis
War Department
Army Air Corps
President Coolidge
White House
Army
Navy
Newport News
Virginia Capes
Potomac River
America
London
Charles Lindbergh
Uncle Sam
Cherbourg
France
Southampton
Lindy
Bluefield Man Named State Bus Association President
Claude C. Sumpter of Bluefield was named president of the West Virginia Motor Transportation Association at its annual convention. The first day closed with banquet remarks by national and state bus leaders. Ralph T. Reynolds of Clarksburg named vice president, new directors include Arthur M. Hill Charleston E H. Butts Logan and Edward H. Meyers Elkins M S Aldrich Charleston re-elected secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Claude C. Sumpter
Bluefeld
West Virginia Motor Transportation Association
Ralph T. Reynolds
Clarksburg
Arthur M. Hill
E. H. Butts
Logan
Edward H. Meyers
Four Killed in Mob Attacks on Tampa Jail
Four die and many wounded as rioting rock Tampa after mobs seek to free B F Levins. National guardsmen fire on the crowd near the county jail. guards report suppressing the rampage but warn against repeats. Thirty arrested to face grand jury as violence drives officials to act.
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Tampa
Fla
B. F. Levins
Persens
Hugh Edward McRae
Fort Williame
Ont
S. L. Lowry
Windsor Opens Government Liquor Stores in Canada
Windsor Ont June 1 More than 6500 dollars worth of liquor and beer sold at two government stores on opening day. Hundreds of Americans visited with permits while lines formed and 75 people were turned away. Hours 10 am to 6 pm daily, 9 am to 1 am Saturday. Fayette Bristol of Detroit first to buy Old Crow amid light crowding and no arrests for drunkenness.
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Windsor
Ont
United States
Detroit
Archibald Gray
Ontario Liquor Control Board
bin Crow
Fayette Bristol
Beaver High School Awards 110 Diplomas and Honors
The Beaver high school commencement awarded 110 diplomas, the largest class yet, with Dr. George West Diehl of Concord College delivering a patriotic address warning against atheism. Prizes and scholarships were presented to top seniors and notable students by local officials and community leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver High School
George West Diehl
Concord College
Athens
American Association For the Advancement of Atheism
Diehl
C. W. Jackson
W. S. Hendricks
Trinity M. E. Church
South
Beaver High Girls’ Glee Club
Elizabeth Shelton
Mies Lorraine
Douthat
Harvey Gaul
C. H. Reppert
Vienna
Suppe
Katherine $Hirey
Thomas
Harriet Hyman
E. C. Wade
Frank Peters
Trixie Petere
Evelyn Thmoas
Wade
Helen Cohen
Easay
National Society of Colonial Daughters
Washington, D. C
Mise Cohen
Bluefield
Aldine Dunning
John Ward
Charlee Dick
Janet Young
Mildred Karnes
Annabel Crockett
Pearl Lester
Billy Franklin
Sam Worley
Raymond Sheete
Oakley Simpson
Evelyn Easley
Inez Jennings
Esther Gross
Billy Hancock
Rives Jones
Lillian Woolwine
Actress Irene Fuller Takes Poison After Note Urges Silence
Irene Goodall known as Irene Fuller, an actress, swallowed poison yesterday after leaving a note to a friend asking that her identity not be revealed. today she is reported to have a chance to live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Irene Goodall
Irene Fuller
Flight Pathfinder To Start Reliability Tour
The Ford reliability tour will begin its path finding trip tomorrow starting in Cleveland and proceeding to Detroit. The announcement was made tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Cleveland
Kentucky cloudburst death toll rises in eastern hills
Reports from eastern Kentucky warn of a cloudburst disaster with 33 dead, led by Letcher County's 23 victims. Hazards include the Kentucky River bridge loss in Hazard, the city hotel collapse, and the Louisville and Nashville line damage estimated at 1 million dollars. Train service halted.
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Louieville
Kentucky
Letcher County
Lexington
Hazard
Kentucky River
Loulaville and Nashville Railroad
McRoberts
Mercer county acts to land tuberculosis sanatorium
Edwin Mann will lead the Mercer county committee chosen by the Bluefield Chamber to present the county as a potential site for the newly authorized tuberculosis sanatorium. The group includes J C Pack Conrad Brevick and others and will meet soon to discuss sites and proposals to Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Mann
Mercer County
Bluefield
J.C. Pack
Bramwell
M. N. Mastin
Mercer County Medical Society
Goodwill
W. D. Shuff
Princeton
Nellie Poff
Conrad Brevick
Coun
State Board of Control
Charleston
Jamess. Laskin
Board of Control
Athens
Spanishburg
State Board
Chamber of Commerce
West Virginian Hotel
Earth Tremors Shock New Jersey Coast
Three distinct tremors rocked fifty miles of the North Jersey coast from Asbury Park to Highlands with panicked residents in the streets. The Western Union tower at Highlands swung for twenty seconds and a marble slab shifted at West Long Branch as chimneys rattled. Georgetown's Director Tondorf linked the event to beach sand movement, saying the disturbance was not unusual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Park
N. J
North Jersey
Long Branch
Western Union
Highlands
West Long Branch
Tondorf
Georgetown University
Washington
Kellogg Resignation Report Shakes Mexican Policy
Washington reports say James R. Sheffield has resigned as American ambassador to Mexico. Officials declined to comment while widespread circulation of the claim continues. Sheffield, appointed September 1924, had ongoing policy disputes with Washington over Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
James R. Sheffield
Mexico
Department
Sheffield
Seven Kisses Yearly Declared Not Reasonable Love
Los Angeles June 1 Judge J W Summerfield grants Lawrence Wilson an uncontested divorce ruling that seven kisses a year do not prove reasonable love by the wife. The judge reviewed the law and solicited public opinion, receiving hundreds of letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Lawrence Wilson
J. W. Summerfield
Wilson
Marines Are Sent to Tientsin from Shanghai and Philippines
Washington reports the movement of between four thousand and five thousand U S marines from Shanghai and the Philippines to Tientsin to meet possible emergencies after the northern Chinese army collapsed south of the Yellow River. Brigadier General Smedley Butler has kept about three thousand five hundred marines at Shanghai and about seventeen hundred are en route from the Philippines. A small guard mechanism at Peking may be moved if needed to secure the legation in the north. Officials expect no widespread trouble like the Nanking incident, as few Americans remain in northern China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Shanghai
Philippines
Tientsin
Yellow River
Smedley Butler
China
Peking
Honan
Anhwed
New Floods Hit Cairo Region as Mississippi Rises
Reports from New Orleans describe the Mississippi valley flood covering about 10 000 square miles and spilling into the Gulf of Mexico. The weather bureau warned Calro lll near 47 feet by Sunday as dykes rise at New Madrid. Thousands of acres across 20 parishes in Louisiana submerged, with a major exodus of residents and plans to return to farms as waters recede.
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New Orleans
Mississippi Valley
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River
Calro Lll
Weather Bureau
New Madrid
Miselesippil
Atchafalaya River
Louisiana
John C. Gotwall
Army Engineering Corps
Gulf Coast
Ouachita Parish
Bayou Des Glaises
Wood's Friends to Urge Him to Resign
Personal friends of Governor General Leonard Wood may press him not to return to the Philippines after his US vacation. If resignation occurs, three men are named as possible successors: Fred Fisher former Philippines Supreme Court member Carmi Thompson of Ohio and Henry L. Stimson former secretary of war.
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Washington
Leonard Wood
Philippines
United States
General Wood
Fred Fisher
Supreme Court of the Philippines
Carmi Thompson
Ohio
Henry L. Stimson
College leaders reshuffle bluefield campus picks Sams for new role
Dr O E Sams, president of Carson and Newman College in Jefferson City Tennessee, will become president of Bluefield College succeeding Rev J Taylor Stinson. Stinson resigns after 18 months as temporary president to devote full time to ministry. Burnett shifts to Southern Baptist lay leadership and moves toward Knoxville. Sams is a longtime educator with a strong record at Carson and Newman and Wake Forest Crozer training.
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J. Taylor Stinson
Bluefield College
Sams 10
W. C. Snyder
O. EK. Sams
Carson and Newman College
Jefferson Cty
Tenn
First Baptist Church of
Bluefield
George J. Burnett
Theuthern Baptist Convention
Southern Baptist Convention
Louisville
Dr. Sams
Board of Trustees
Dean Burnett
Dr. Sama
Stinson
Sams
Burnett
Bennett
Knoxville
First Baptist Church
Careen and Newman College
Jefferson City
Maris Hill
N. C
Wake Forest College
Crozer Theological Seminary
Starrisonburg
State Normal
Lynchburg
Johnson City
Tennessee
Carson and Newman
Same
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Detective Plot Tied to Gunman in Alleged Conspiracy
Washington report states Anna Apollonia aged 42 charged with plotting to murder her husband Joseph was freed on bond. Co conspirator Dr Lee Hammer 42 remained jailed while police say they planned to hire Robert F Langdon, believed to be a Buffalo gunman but was a detective. Adllonia claimed innocence and said she is with her husband. The case centers on an alleged plot to hire the killer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Anna Apollonia
Joseph
Lee Hammer
Robert F. Langdon
Buffalo
Adllonia
Van Orman Wins Fourth Balloon Flight Classic
Akron flyer Ward T Van Orman and aide W W Morton won the national elimination race from Akron to Bar Harbor Maine covering 715 miles. Second place went to Eydbidl K Schlosser Detroit No 3 with 665 miles, while Captain Kepner and Lieut Kareckson logged 610 miles for the U S Army entry. The top three will represent America in the international event starting in Denver in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ward T van Orman
W. W. Morton
Bar Harbor
Maine
van Orman
Old Mort
Denver
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Kepner
Morton
Eydbidl K. Schlosser
Detroit
Skowhegan
United States Army
Scott Field
William E. Kepner
William C Kareckson
America
National Aeronautic Association
Washington
Page Bieht
Merger Finances Bared in Erie and Pere Marquette Probe
Washington June 1 details of the C and O and Erie and Pere Marquette merger were entered at interstate commerce commission hearings. Bank balances about 700000 with J P Morgan and company and 1400000 with Union Trust were cited for bond interest and a West Virginia line purchase. Officials outlined operating expenses and reconstruction costs Cincinnati to Chicago as minority counsels pressed for correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Erie
Pere Marquette
Interstate Commerce Commission
FE. M. Thomay
J. P Morgan and Company
Union Trust Company
Cleveland
Thomas
Greenbrier and Keysatern
West Virginia
Morgan
Co. D. Mahaffie
Commission
Greenbrier
J. K. Thompson
J. L. Pyle
Theesapeake
Ohio
Cincinnati
Chicago
H. W. Anderson
Fight to change lake cargo rate to start Friday
A national coal conference is called for Friday at the New Willard in Washington to plan a policy against the interstate lake cargo rate decision. W. E. Koepler says southern coal operators will seek relief, with many Pocahontas region men attending from West Virginia and neighboring states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lake Cargo
W. E. K. Koepler
Pocahontas Operators’ Association
Washington
Commission
Pittsburgh
Pocahontas
New Willard Hotel
National Hotel
John J. Lincoln
C. Deverle
W. A. Richards
John T. Wilson
C. Henry Harman
H. B. Harman
L. Greever
W. KE. E. Koepler
Lamar Epperly
Isaac T. Mann
James Elwood Jones
L. E. Woods
R. D. Patterson
W. P. Slaughter
Cincinnati
Wm. C. At
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Southern Coal
Kent
M. KE. Kent
Logan Coal Operators’ Association
Sion
Koepler
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Levins
Dean George Burnett
W. M. Keister Pre
Beaver High Services
New Jersey
Kellogg
Capital
Cairo
Wood
O. E. Sams
Carson
Eastern
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