Virginia side man 13 held in Switchback robbery case
Marvin Neal 22 of Bluefield Virginia was arrested after trying to rob Mill Creek Coal and Coke store at Coopers. He is being held in Bluefield jail and to be moved to Welch with three others awaiting trial. The Switchback robbery netted money scrip and merchandise from the Poca hontas coal company store.
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Marvin Neal
Bluefield
Pocahontas el Company
Switchback
McDowell County
Neal
Mill Creek Coal and Coke Com
Coopers
J. M. Harrison
Tee
Bramwell
Welch
Baldwin Felts
Tazewell County
Tennessee
Nenad
Mill Creek Coal and Coke Company
Morrison
Harrison
Peel Chestnut Mountain
Reparations Report Signed After Four Months of Talks
Paris experts at the reparations conference finalized the draft conclusions on German reparations after nearly four months of talks. They work day and night to prepare the conference report for signature. The ceremony is set for 5 p.m. tomorrow in the Hotel George V tea room with press photographers present. A short summary may be published tomorrow while the full text is released Sunday.
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Paris
George V
Vatican City Becomes Political Unit Today
Rome June 6 Vatican City will gain formal recognition as a political entity with ratifications of the Lateran accords between Italy and the Holy See. The exchange occurs in the hall of congregations with Cardinal Gasparri presiding as papal secretary of state. The Swiss guards will open the gates signaling the pope’s liberation from temporal power.
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Rome
Vatican City
Cardinal Gasparri
Vatican
Caviar Salad A Maine Dish With Eggs and Caviar
A Maine salad features devilled eggs split and spread with caviar and served with a tart French dressing. The combination emphasizes a creamy egg base accented by salty caviar for a refined flavor.
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Maine
Chicago gangland peace pact Involves Aiello and Big Four
The pact ends gang warfare and divvies up an estimated eighteen million dollars in vice gambling and liquor. The Big Four Al Capone John Torrio Joe Aiello and Bugs Moran are named as principals in the new syndicate according to United Press disclosure.
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Hicago
Joe Aiello
United Press
Chicago
al Capone
John Torrio
Bugs Moran
City And Goalfield Items And Local Notices
Time notes, school info, sales and lodge notices from Bluefield West Virginia era. Summer session starts June 10 at West Virginia Business College Honaker Building. Car and paint ads, K T conclave June 7, 1929 7:30 pm. Knights of Pythias and Pythian notices. Millinery sale with hats from 1.50 to 7.50.
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Echoo For
West Virginia Business College
Honaker
Bluefield
Knights Templar
Bluefield Commandery
K. T
Thien
H. P. Dodd
Bluefield Lodge
Knights of Pythias
C. H. Moore
Rita
Poland pushes direct import of U.S. cotton to Lodz mills
The Polish government urges direct American cotton imports for Lodz textile mills. Previously shipments arrived via Bremen, with American dealers often unaware they were selling to Poland. Freight rates to Danzig and Gdynia match those to Bremen, officials say.
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Lodz
Poland
Bremen
Danzig
Gdynia
Tobacco Merger Under Way Links Duke and Ryan Interests
A multibillion dollar tobacco merger involving Duke and Thomas Fortune Ryan interests is reported to be forming Tobacco and Drug Inc. Delaware holding company with United Cigar Stores Union Tobacco and Tobacco Products Corp. valued at 250 million dollars. American and Canadian financiers organize this exchange of stock to consolidate producers and retailers amid two years of price wars and retail cut rates.
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New York
Duke and
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Wall Street
United Cigar Stores Company of America
Union Tobacco Company
Tobacco Products Corporation
Toacco and Drug, Inc
Tobacco and Drug, Inc
Delaware
Aetore
United and Schulte
Treasury Plans June Financing With 518 Percent Certificates
The Treasury announced a June offering of about 4000000 treasury certificates bearing 5 18 percent interest dated June 15 and maturing in nine months. The rate marks the highest paid since 1921. Robbers Take $5000 In Connecticut Bank Heist Near Philadelphia.
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Washington
The
Treasury Today
Treasury
Prisoners Recaptured After Gilmer Road Camp Escape
Three inmates escaped from Gilmer county road camp and were brought back to Moundsville by J. W. Stalnaker who received a 150 reward. The captives were Norman Ellis Herman Chambers and Lewis Campbell all from down state counties.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Gilmer County Road
J. W. Stalnaker
Grantsville
Tia Home
Stalnaker
Norman Ellis
Herman Chambers
Lewis Campbell
Down State
Habit big problem for traffic engineers
Boston, June 6. Maxwell Halsey of the Massachusetts department of public works says habit drives drivers to use main routes, clogging busy streets while shorter byways stay underused. He urges clearer signs to steer motorists toward less congested paths.
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Boston
Maxwell Halsey
Massachusetts Department of Public Works
Tremont Street
Haleey
Young English girls adopt hatless styles in London
London fashion notes show English women moving toward hatless looks. Even on warm days Hyde Park and the Strand see well dressed women carrying hats tucked under their arms, a bold shift observed by fashion experts.
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London
Hyde Park
Bonde Street
Strand
Radio Manufacturers Form Billion Dollar Patent Pool
The Radio Manufacturers Association representing 285 firms in the United States Canada and Hawaii authorized a contract creating a billion dollar patent pool. Members will exchange patents relinquishing restrictive rights and form the pool this year per A. D. Richmond the newly elected president who called it the industry’s most important step.
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Radio Manufacturers’ Associations
United States
Canada
Hawaiian Lands
A. D. Richmond
Cambridge
Maes
Modern Swains Court Is Planned
In St Louis on June 6 the article describes flying field gatherings as modern courtship spots with moonlight flights over the city. A 12 passenger plane is used for aerial trips with lights turned out to aid terrain viewing, drawing large Sunday crowds, about 10 000 last summer.
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St. Loui
Fight On Increased Duty On Manganese To Continue
The steel industry plans to lobby the senate finance committee to oppose any rise in manganese ore duty and to seek a reclassification of ferromanganese. Through the American Iron and Steel Institute, manufacturers urge a 25 percent duty on metallic manganese content instead of 17 8 cents. The House bill leaves rates unchanged. Southern and Western manganese interests failed in a bid for a 50 percent increase.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
United States
American Iron and Steel Institute
Theft of Hudson Car Reported by F E Killey
E F Killey reports his Hudson sedan stolen from in front of his 1717 Jefferson street residence around 10 am yesterday. He delayed notifying police until evening after thinking a brother borrowed the car, and learned none of his brothers had used it.
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FE. F. Killey
Jefferson Street
Mr. Killey
Changes in dry law enforcement being considered
A plan proposes a working group uniting customs internal revenue coast guard and immigration agents now under treasury and labor. Administrators discuss moving enforcement oversight to a new Justice Department division. Consideration also covers shifting the legal division and alcohol permit system to Justice or Commerce departments.
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Torest
Customs, Internal Revenue, Coast Guard
Immigration
Treasury and
Labor Departments
Justice Department
Justice Division
Commerce Department
International Federation validates air altitude record
The International Aeronautic Federation confirmed Willy Neunhofer's May 26 altitude of 12,739 metres 42,125 feet as the world record. It also homologated Lt. A Soucek's May 8 Washington mark of 11,930 metres 39,144 feet, surpassing Lt. C. C. Champion's 1927 11,710 metre record.
Alleged Liquor Syndicate Leaders Nabbed in New York Raids
New York June 6 four dozen men including French count Maxence de Polignac were arrested as operators of a syndicate accused of importing millions of dollars in liquor. Raids spanned Savoy Plaza Hotel and multiple offices with over two truckloads seized. Bail set at 25000 for the count. hearing scheduled for June 26.
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New York
Maxence de Polignac
Prohibition Enforcement Department
William Calhoun
Savoy Plaza Hotel
Fifth Avenue
France
Pommers-Grenoi
Oaiy
Canada
Liquor Commission
Explosion damages kitchen at Allied Mines home
An explosion wrecked the kitchen at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Semenuk at Allied Mines east of Shinnston West Virginia. No one was injured and Semenuk's store had been destroyed by fire earlier. State police cannot determine the blast source.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Alexander Semenuk
Allied Mines
Shinnston
Semenuk
Bishop Batdorf to Head Orphanage Home
The Rev G D Batdorf newly elected bishop of the Eastern District United Brethren church in Harrisburg was chosen president of the board of trustees for the United Brethren orphanage and home at Quincy near Waynesboro Pa He succeeds Bishop William M Bell retired F H Capod of Clarksburg W Va also named to the board
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Waynesboro
United Brethren Church
G. D. Batdorf
Harrisburg
United Brethren Orphanage
Quincey
Here
William M. Bell
Warner Brothers to Buy Twelve Theatres in Three States
Warner Brothers Inc announced the purchase of twelve theatres in Pennsylvania Ohio and Maryland. The list includes the Capitol and Colonial in Pittsburgh and other venues such as the Apple and Hagerstown locations.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Maryland
Warner Brothers, Inc
Pple
Colonial
Hagerstown
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