Injured Bishop Guerry in Critical Condition After Shooting
In Charleston South Carolina Bishop William A Guerry is unconscious in a hospital after being shot in his office by Rev J H Woodward who then killed himself The incident may stem from a dispute over retirement age and finances Woodward a retired clergyman had a history of erratic behavior and a prior shooting of a burglar The bishop born 1861 in Clarendon County is not yet conscious and his recovery is in doubt
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
William A. Guerry
South Carolina
Protestant Episcopal Church
J. H. Woodward
Woodward
Guerry
Henrietta P. Jervey
Bishop Guerry
Miss Jervey
Clarendon County
Pseudo Artist Attacks Model in Lake Forest Wood
Mrs. Margaret Smith, 26, a model, was lured to a wooded area near Lake Forest by a man posing as an artist. He bound her to a tree and threatened her with a hatchet before she freed herself and fled to the nearby estate of A. D. Lasker to report the assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Forest
Ill
Margaret Smith
Liens Filed Against Henry M. Blackmer in Tax Case
New York June 4. Notice of lien totaling 6 442 455 62 on Henry M. Blackmer who fled abroad to avoid testifying in Sinclair oil cases filed by Hugh McQuillan IRS intelligence chief. Liens against all securities in Blackmer name sent to 22 financial institutions. He allegedly owed 3 296 336 in unpaid taxes plus penalties and interest. Blackmer formerly directed Midwest Refining. Treasury began tax probe June 21 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry M. Blackmer
Sinclair Oil
Hugh McQuillan
Internal Revenue Service
Blackmer
Midwest Refining Company
Europe
Treasury
Chicago Girl Is Chosen As U S Queen of Beauty
Mise Ella Van Huesen of Chicago was selected as the Beauty Queen of the United States from thirty two contestants at the third annual international pageant of pulchritude in Galveston Texas She will compete tomorrow night with ten foreign entrants for the title Miss Universe.
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Galveston
Tex
Mise Ella van Huesen
Chicago
United States
Miss van Huesen
Official count to settle tangle in West Virginia primary
West Virginia postprimary count edges toward official tally as missing counties hold back final results. In Democratic race Smith leads, with delegates at large split. in the second district anti Smith gains ground, while Republican contest in the second district remains tight with 177 votes between rivals.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Smith
Samuel T. Spears
Cleveland M. Seibert
Harry H. Byrer
Martinsburg
New York
Janes A. Reed
Missouri
Logan County
Don Chafin
Logan
Calhoun
Clay
Charleton C. Pierce
Kingwood
Troy ©. Hardman
Elkins
Vernon E. Johnson
Houston G. Young
Hoover
George W. Sharp
Kansas City
Sharp
Repu
Lilly
Sutherland
Bradley
White
Gaines
Jarrell
Marshall
Young
Morgan
Silver
Coniff
Johnson
anti-Smith
Sawyers
Sale
McWhorter
Anti- Smith
Trent
Eet
Chitwood
anti--Smith
Byrd
Mann
Barnes
McClintie
Lambert
Price Fant
Prohibition Party Urged Unity At West Virginia Meeting
Dr Lehigh Colvin national chairman of the Prohibition party spoke at a public mass meeting in Fairmont to close the state convention urging a united party across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
W. Va
Prohibition Party
Lehigh Colvin
New York
Delegates Gather for West Virginia Christian Endeavor Convention
Delegates arrive for the thirty fourth annual West Virginia Christian Endeavor convention in Bluefield. About 150 expected, with Monroe county contributing nearly forty delegates, and sessions at First Presbyterian Church continuing through Thursday evening.
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West Virginia
Christian Endeavor
Monroe County
Grafton
Weston
Lost Creek
Bluefield
First Presbyterian Church
Tazewell Street
McCulloch Avenue
H. C. van Horn
State Association
Westminster Presbyterian Church
First Christian Church of
Edwin C. Wade
Beaver Pond
Chamber of
Bomb kills Chinese official in Peking bombing report
Unconfirmed Mukden report says Wu Chun-Sheng governor of Heilunkiang province died after a morning bombing on Marshall Chang Tso-Lin’s train. Mo Teh-Hui, Phing cabinet secretary, reported injured. Chang’s injuries undetermined. Bodyguards killed. two cars of the train destroyed amid anti Japanese sentiment and rumors.
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Peking
China
Mukden
Muken
Hatfield Anticipates Victory in November
Huntington West Virginia June 4 Dr Henry D Hatfield Republican senatorial candidate pledged his best efforts to secure complete party success in the November general election He thanked loyal supporters and congratulated Republicans of West Virginia for the primary results He said he bears no reproach for those who backed other candidates and sees the outcome as a sign of good prospects for November
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Huntington
W. Va
West Virginia
Henry D. Hatfield
Hatfield
Dr. Hatfield
Amelia Earhart Plans Transatlantic Flight Today
Amelia Earhart and two airmen prepare to depart from Boston in the tri-motor Fokker monoplane Friendship, aiming for Europe with 100 gallons of fuel. Wilmer Stultz and Lew Gordon pilot and mechanic, George Palmer Putnam represents the project, and two radio sets back up sea landings as the craft heads toward Southampton. Expected duration 20 to 24 hours at about 100 mph with pontoons for safety.
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Trepasecy
N. F
Europe
Amelia Earhart
Wilmer Stultz
Lew Gordon
Miss Earhart
England
Southampton
Fiest
Frances W. Grayeau
Aso
George Palmer Putnam
New York
Mechanical Science Corporation
Richard E. Byrd
Putnam
Friends
Stultz
West Virginia University Creates Physical Education Department
Morgantown June 4 The West Virginia University board of governors established a new division of physical education and appointed Dr. Carl P. Schott of Western State Teachers College Kalamazoo Mich as head. The department will be independent from intercollegiate athletics and focus on intramural sports and professional training for degrees. Dr Schott a 1922 Springfield Y M C A training graduate also earned a degree from Columbia and previously led Pomona College PE for six years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University
Carl P. Schott
Western State Teachers’ College
Kalamazoo
Mich
H. A. Sianabaryin
Hoover wins eleven disputed votes at GOP credential hearings
Herbert Hoover gains eleven votes as the national committee opens credential hearings on nearly seventy Southern delegates. The Florida slate supports Hoover while Bean faces dethronement, with Glen B. Skipper advancing as Florida’s new national committeeman. Debate highlights tension between pro Hoover and pro Bean factions in the Florida and Kentucky contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Herbert Hoover
National Committee
Hoover
Florida
Kentucky
George W. Bean
Bean
Glen B. Skipper
Miami
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Bluegrass
Butler
Massachusetts
Coolidge
Charlee D. Hilles
New York
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Grand Jury Will Probe Bombings in Chicago
A special grand jury was chosen to investigate Chicago election frauds and violence, including murders and bombings. Foreman F. Edson White of Armour and Company leads with Frank J. Loesch as special prosecutor. the inquiry, directed by Attorney General Oscar Carlstrom, covers crimes dating back to 1926 and may include the slayings tied to the primary race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
F. Edson White
Armour and Company
Frank J. Loesch
Chicago Crime Commission
Oscar Carlstrom
Octavius Granady
Explosion Kills Worker After Laying Fuse in Bed
In Logan West Virginia on June 4 Harry Yankvitch placed twelve sticks of dynamite in or under his bed and lit the fuse. The blast blew his body to another bed and damaged fifteen other rooms on the clubhouse third floor of the West Virginia Coal and Coke company at Stirratt. Yankvitch, unmarried, had relatives in Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
W. Va
Harry Yankvitch
West Virginia Coal and Coke Company
Stirratt
Yankvitch
Cleveand
Supreme Court Allows Wire Tapping Evidence in Prohibition Cases
Washington reports a 5 to 4 ruling upholding use of telephone wire tapping as legal evidence in criminal prosecutions connected to a large scale prohibition operation. Justices Taft and the majority say Fourth Amendment protections do not extend to intercepted communications outside the home, while dissenters condemn the decision.
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Washington
Supreme Court
State of Washington
Roy Olmsted
Holmes
Brandeis
Butler
Stone
Taft
Scotland
Seattle
Stewart Plea In DC Bond Probe Highlights Day
Washington June 4 The government nears finishing its case against Robert W Stewart chairman of Standard Oil Indiana in a DC supreme court trial over his refusal to answer a Senate committee about liberty bonds held by Continental Trading Co Defense chief Frank Hogan says Stewart will likely lead the defense witness group once the case resumes A writ of habeas corpus petition entered records showing Stewart was served a Senate subpoena and sworn before the committee with two questions declined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Senate
Liberty Bonds
Continental Trading Company
Leo A. Rover
Frank J. Hogan
Stewart
of Man
Hogan
Senate Committee
Rover
Neil Burkinshaw
Southern Cross lands after 34 hour Pacific hop to Suva
The trans pacific monoplane Southern Cross reached Suva Fiji from Kauai Hawaii 3 138 miles north after 34 hours 33 minutes Captain Charles Kingsford Smith and crew completed 5538 miles of overseas flight from Oakland to Sydney with 7800 miles total yet losing twenty hours crossing the International Date Line The crew faced storm clouds yet endured to await another 1700 mile leg to Brisbane and mark the longest ocean flight yet.
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Suva
Southern Cross
Kauai Island
Hawaii
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Oakland
Cal
Sydney
Australia
Kingsford-Smith
Charles Unn
Harry W. Lyon
James Warner
Brisbane
California
Australians and Americans greet the Flying Cross crew in Fiji
Thousands gather in Albert Park Fiji to honor the Australian American crew after their 235 hour Hawaii flight. British Fiji government aid cleared a 450 yard aviation field as the airship neared Canton and Akatea reefs, with radio operator James Warner sending a final greeting before reeling antenna.
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Hawaii
South Seas
Filera
Albert Park
James Warner
Fiji Islanda
Coral Atolla
Canton
Aderbury
Phoenix Group
Barking Sands
Kauai Island
Southern Cross Flight Begins from Oakland Toward Hawaii
The Southern Cross started its air journey from Oakland at 8 51 a m on Thursday after months of prep and endurance flights. The radio kept listeners informed as the seven ton plane battled clouds and currents, with a tense hour of silence during a downward air draft before landing near Wheeler Field and continuing toward the South Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Cross
Oakland
Calif
Pacific
Hawaii
Wheeler Field
Tonolulu
Barking Sands
Khe Teland
Beas
West Virginia campaign costs in Smith bid exposed
The Senate committee details West Virginia primary expenditures for Governor Smith and rivals. Witnesses include Harry Woodyard and A. Herrold with totals around 22 522 spent or obligated. Claude Johnson and Edward Dunford discuss anti Smith and anti dry funding. Lowell Mellett identified as a key source with a $6,000 alleged offer.
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Washington
William Sulzer
New York
Governee Smith
Sulzer
Olaf R. Miller
Albany
Smith
Smith Delegates Inn
Sage Brush
State
Miller
Senston Barkley
Kentucky
House of Representatives
Sena
Barkley
West Virginia
Harry. Woodyard
A. ©. Herrold
Reed
Osenton
Anti-Saloon League
Edward B. Dunford
National Organization of the League
Missouri
of the
League
Republica
National Organization
Dunford
Lowell Mellett
Washington Daily News
Heflin
Sones
Mellett
Seri
Banh
Baltimore Man Arrested Near Supreme Court
Washington June 4 P L F Vance of Baltimore was arrested today near the Supreme Court room and held for hours on charges of evading Justice Taft. He was ejected from the court two weeks earlier after being refused to pursue certain cases. He promised to stay away from the chief justice.
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Washington
L. F. Vance
Baltimore
Taft
Eupreme
Vance
Supreme Court
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International Society of Christian Endeavor
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West Virginia Christian Endeavor Union
Ethel R. Poyner
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Wilbur M. Smith
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