Collar Verdict Upheld in West Virginia Boy Scout Case
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals denied a writ of error in the Collar vs McMullin and Croy case. The prior $8,000 verdict and judgment for the plaintiff were affirmed for the widow and son of Roland Collar, Boy Scouts of America executive, who died from injuries after a collision near Bluefield.
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West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Collar
McMullin
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Howell M. Tanner
Circuit Court
State Supreme Court
Roland Collar
West Virginia
Cumberland Road
Meillen
Cray
Roy Scout
Gang War Tied to Bogus Bills and Theft Rings
In Philadelphia the home of Harry Reger in Alden Park manor, five of six men seized last week were indicted for grand larceny, importing stolen property, and receiving stolen property. William J. O Connor and Jack Rosen faced arraignment on the indictment. Others were jailed. Cole and Watson held without bail on murder and robbery suspicions from Hot Springs Arkansas. Robert Nelson, tied to $500000 in jewelry held in safety boxes, is free on bail. In Chicago Margaret Hamilton alias Mary Collins, linked to a New York jewel theft ring, identified as the Death Lily, faces theft charges after defrauding Cincinnati stores of thousands in silk. Extradition talks proceed as police probe further into the New York jewel theft case connected to Frank Brown and Robert Nelson.
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Harry Reger
Alden Park Manor
Philadelphia
Nadel
Hey
William J. O'Connor
Buffalo
Jack Rosen
Fifth Avenue
Hilda Carter
George Cole
James W. Watson
O'Connor
Rosen
Carter
Cole
Watson
Hot Springs
Ark
Robert Nelson
Chicago
Margaret Hamilton
Mary Collins
New York
Cincinnati
Dion O'Branion
North Side
Irving
Sonny) Schlie
Dandy
John Sheey
Johnny Phillips
Jen” Bates
Underworld
Ganester Bullete
Lily
Dresed
Stege
Frank Brown
Skyscrapers Pushed by Casablanca Boom
Cascablanca Morocco June 4 The skyscraper committee forms within the city council to address rapid growth. Officials say the protectorate plans for a European town are obsolete as the area proves too small. Lucien Saint urges American methods as growth doubles building lot prices since the armistice.
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Cascablanca
Morocco
Bordeaux
Lucien Saint
France
Tanlac Promise Ends Sour Stomach Distress
An advertisement promotes Tanlac as a remedy for sour stomach and gas, claiming daily tablespoonful use before meals and at bedtime will prevent acids, with a money-back guarantee if not helped.
Marshall Commencement Attracts Many Distinguished Guests
Fire destroyed the home of Ernest Asbury in North Richlands Virginia yesterday afternoon. The eight room frame dwelling owned by Robert Dye near Tazewell was saved from total loss by Richlands fire department. The Asbury family had just left moments before the blaze was discovered. A large number of distinguished visitors attended Marshall College commencement exercises, with Vice President Curtis among those pictured at events and luncheons.
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Ernest Asbury
North Richlands
Robert Dye
Tazewell
Richlands
Asbury
Pounding Mill
Aga
Norfolk and Western Railway
Marshall College
Curtis
Morris P. Shawkey
Boyd Jarrell
The
Herald- Dispatch
Dave Gideon
Herald-Dispatch Center
Lenna Lowe Yost
Cannon Refuses 1928 Virginia Campaign Questions
Bishop James Cannon, questioned by the Senate lobby committee over his 1928 anti Smith activities, defies inquiry and is recalled for possible action. He asserts rights of an individual and denounces the probing as an infringement on political liberty.
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Washington
Senate
James Cannon
Walsh
Montana
Southern Methodist Church
Cannon
Caraway
Blaine
Wisconsin
Alfred E. Smith
Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Sinclair
Bishop Cannon
Heflin
Alabama
Waleh
Bishop Cannon Defies Questions on 1928 Campaign Financing
Senate inquiry into pro prohibition and political activity raises questions about funds to Bishop Cannon. Cannon refuses to disclose details of a $5000 contribution from the Methodist church board and a $65,300 from EB C Jameson for anti Smith efforts. He states he will not answer about the safety deposit box or other expenditures.
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Blaine
Wisconsin
Cannon
Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Methodist Episcopal Church
Bishop Cannon
EB. C. Jameson
New Yor
Jameson
Lake Shawnee Grand Opening Dance Promises Seasonal Fun
Raleigh Hotel offers a chicken supper and desserts for 50c with coffee or tea as Lake Shawnee hosts a grand opening dance Friday June 6 from 9 to 1 30. About 150 couples attended a pre opening dance with Harry Price and his Troubadours. Admission 1.50. Dances every Tuesday and Friday this season. Mercer Lodge No 160 A F and A M meets June 5 at 7 30 pm in Masonic temple. visitors welcome. Chandler Sedan car for sale or trade. phone 35.
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Harry Price
Mercer Lodge No
A. F
Masonic Temple
Norman McDowell
Americans Urged to Quit War Zone
Shanghai dispatches report heavy fighting in Henan and Shantung as Nationalist forces fall back before northern alliance rebels. About four hundred thousand troops engage to shape China’s future government while Yangtse valley bandit armies cut telegraph lines and threaten Changchow, Changsha, and surrounding areas.
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Shanghai
Henan
Shantung
Northern Alliance
China
Yangtse
Changchowe
Changsha
Hunan
Americans urged to leave danger zone in Anhwei region
Despite a depleted treasury crop failure and demoralized business Americans in Anhwei province north of Pukow were warned by consular staff at Nanking to evacuate the danger zone behind the Nationalist lines where government troops retreat and contending forces move in.
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Anhwei Province
Pukow
Nanking
Bulgarian Pomaks strike for daily prayer time in Bulgaria
In southern Bulgaria 90000 Pomak Muslim workers stopped work after mine owners refused five half hour daily prayer breaks. Pomaks, a disciplined lineage with fez and veil, insist on five daily prayers and ritual cleansing, citing religious duty and resistance to Kemalist reforms.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Mustapha Kemal
Hartley Sander Files for State Senate Nomination
Hartley Sanders of Princeton a Mercer County Bar Association member filed as a Republican candidate for state senate from the seventh district with Secretary of State George W. Sharp. T. H. Lilly of Hinton also filed to seek re election and succeed himself.
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Hartley Sanders
Princeton
Mercer County Bar Association
George W. Sharp
T. H. Lilly
Hinton
State Senate
Sanders
Mercer County
Pennsylvania Produces 2,000,000 Tons More Coal Than WV
Pittsburgh June 4 The Pennsylvania coal industry produced 42,302,000 tons in the first four months, nearly 2,000,000 tons more than West Virginia 19,620,000 tons. Figures from Frank Shaffer of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce cite mine bureau data. Other states totals included Illinois 19,685,000 and Kentucky 17,950,000.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Frank Shaffer
Natural Resources Division
Pittsburgh, Chamber of Commerce
Shaffer
Bureau of Mines
United States Department of Commerce
Illinois
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Alabama
Murder Suspect Held After Kentucky Slaying
Williamson West Virginia June 4 One Negro jailed at Pikeville Kentucky and another man dead after the slaying of William Tipton 35 foreman for J W Boxley Construction on the Kentucky side near Devon West Virginia James Smith 26 of Alabama confessed to the killing and W M Brown laborer wanted for liquor sales was shot by a posse while fleeing after the tipton murder investigation
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W. M. Brown
Tipton
Bunny Leads World Fur Producers as Rabbit Tops Output
Leipsie June 4 Bunny leads all animals in fur production with 200,000,000 pelts annually. Sheep come next with 26,000,000. males 20,000,000. muskrats 16,500,000. Cats and foxes culled for trimming match at 1,750,000. chinchillas worldwide total only 500 skins yearly.
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Leipsie
Alcohol Drives Train At 52 Miles An Hour
In Sao Paulo an experimental train between this city and Rio de Janeiro used alcohol as fuel. The forward section of a passenger coach housed a four speed forward and three in reverse engine, reaching 52 miles per hour. The Pernambuco produced alcohol is also used as auto fuel due to lower cost.
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Sao Paulo
Rio de Janeiro
Pernambuco
Timurlane’s Giant Bronze Cauldron On Display In Angora
Visitors to the Turkish state museum in Angora report a bronze cauldron four feet two inches in diameter and five feet deep with a six foot spoon, claimed as the largest cooking utensil of antiquity and linked to Tamerlane.
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Angora
Tamerlane
Homeliest Woman Dies in New York Apartment
Rose Bari nicknamed the homeliest woman in the world, known from circuses and sideshows, was found dead in her lower East Side apartment. Heart disease listed as the cause, death occurring three or four days earlier.
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New York
Rose Barinick
Lower East Side
Biloxi veterans meet to mark United Confederate Veterans reunion
In Biloxi Mississippi on June 4 veterans gathered to celebrate the fortieth United Confederate Veterans reunion. They heard General R A Sneed praise the Confederate soldiers while Boy Scouts maintained order and guided tents as talks and film viewing occurred.
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Biloxi
Mise
United Confederate Veterans
Montgomery
Houston
R. A. Sneed
Manassas
Shiloh
Gettysburg
Wilderness
Dixie Land
Chateau Thierry
Argonne
Belleau Woods
Lee
Grant
Jackson
Thomas
Gift Bomb Victim Marriage Aired in Trial
In Rockville Maryland on June 4 the secrecy of Naomi Hail Brady’s marriage to Herman Brady emerges during Leroy Brady’s murder trial. Leroy allegedly made a Christmas gift seat used in the killing of Naomi and two relatives at Seat Pleasant near Washington. Herman faces a separate trial. Esther Jones testifies the bride was married to Herman before Leroy learned of the union.
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Rockville
Naomi Hail Brady
Herman Brady
Leroy Brady
Herman
Leroy
Esther Jones
Esther
Angora Adopts 65 MPH Speed Limit on Main Avenue
Angora to convert Pennsylvania avenue from the city center to Than-Kaya White House into a park lined speedway with a 65 mile per hour limit for automobiles. Back streets will be reserved for pedestrians and nags under the new urban plan designed by German expert Herr Janssen.
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Angora
Turkey
Herr Janssen
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mustapha Kemal
White House
Than-Kaya
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Casablanca
Marshall Commencement
N. & W. Conductor
Board of Control
Federal Institution For Women
Alderson
W. Va
James Ellwood Jones
Switchback
W. E. E. Koepler
Pocahontas Operators’ Association
Bluefield
Colonel Jones
Huntington Herald-Dispatch
Virginia
Virginia State Democratic Committee
J. S. Compton
Raleigh
Lake Shawnee
Chandler
Sharp
Hartley Sander
STATE
Pike
Boxley Foreman
Chase
Bunny
Timberlane
Gary
Oxford
Lemkuhl-Shepherd Co
Federal Street
America
Premier Malt Sales Co
Michigan Ave
Ite
Blue Ribbon Malt Extract
Bluefield Produce & Provision CO
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