President Hoover Vetoes Oregon Suit Bill
President Hoover vetoed a house bill allowing the United States to join Oregon in a federal suit over lands beneath Malheur and Harney lakes. Attorney General Mitchell's opinion says the Supreme Court and federal courts lack jurisdiction for such a dispute and that litigation should be pursued by the United States in proper tribunals.
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Washington
Mitchell
Hoover
House
United States
Oregon
Malheur
Harney Lakes
Senate
Supreme Court
District Court
Two Former Officers Facing City Property Destruction Charges
Martinsburg West Virginia June 6 warrants charging destruction of city property and drunkenness issued against Stanley Mathias a railroad worker and former policeman Jack Minor and Harry Files. Authorities say the trio were involved in wrecking the interior of the police headquarters after officials failed to reappoint them to the force.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Stanley Mathias
Jack Minor
Harry Files
Thomas Grove
Chris Dailey
Severa
Former Senator Gore Seeks Democratic Nomination
Oklahoma City June 6 T P Gore former Oklahoma U S senator for fourteen years announced his candidacy for the senatorial nomination on the Democratic ticket My hat s in the ring my heart s in the race his platform calls for less taxes more trade no trusts and says the saloon is dead as human slavery while noting he has a boy and shares parental anxiety over current conditions and tendencies
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Oklahoma City
T. P. Gore
Oklahoma
United States Senate
Druggist Unveils New Headache Relief Formula
A North Carolina druggist develops a combination of several ingredients that work together to provide immediate, complete and safe relief for headaches neuralgic or rheumatic pain. The product named B-C promises three minute relief and claims to calm nerves with no after effects. It is available at drug stores and soda fountains for 10 or 25 cents.
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North Carolina
Commandery 13 Elects Officers in Bluefield
Bluefield commandery No 19 Knights Templar elects officers led by Eminent Commander T Frank Mastin. With 800 plus members the group is the largest in West Virginia. Installation followed by Eminent Sir A E Knee.
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T. Frank Mastin
Knights Templar
Bluefield Commandery
West Virginia
M. B. Lockhart
J. 11. Evans
J. W. Perkins
FE. L. Peters
T. J. Phelps
Templar Quartet
C. V. Foland
T. O'J. Wilson
J. F. Saulsbury
W. O. Bivens
John M. Avers
A. E. Knee
Grand Commandery
Fifteen Guests to Accompany Hoover to Rapidan Camp
President Hoover will take fifteen guests to his Virginia mountain camp where Mrs. Hoover is recovering from an injury. The party includes high officials such as Hanford MacNider, Ogden Mills, Walter Hope, Charles Sieson, Thad Brown, Ira Bennett, John Richardson, Ashmun Brown, Robert Taft, and Lawrence Richey among others with Captain Joel Boone as White House physician.
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Washington
Hoover
Virginia Mountain
Treasury
Walter Hope
The
Charles P. Sieson
Seth W. Richardson
Theodore Roosevelt
Porto Rico
Robert Lucas
Internal Revenue
Thad Brown
Radio Commission
Ira T. Bennett
Washington Post
Mr. Macnider
John Richardson
Boston
Ashmun Brown
Ashington
Providence Journal and Bulletin
Robert A. Taft
Lawrence Richey
Joel T. Boone
White House
Hail Storm Damages Crops in Morgantown Area
A hail storm in Morgantown West Virginia today caused notable crop damage and sent temperatures down, according to local weather reports. The storm brought downpours and high winds, disrupting farming activities in the region.
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Morgantown
W. Va
City and Goalfield Loans at 5 1 2 Interest
City and Goalfield items advertise mortgage loans at five and a half percent from American Finance Co for Bluefield homes and business buildings with five year terms and variable payments. Also notes West Virginia Business College starting next Monday with accredited courses and contact info 1071. Hankla Grocery advertises seasonal produce and meat offerings.
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Bluefield
American Finance Company
Room Hop
Law and Commerce
W. Va
West Virginian Business College
Honaker
Police to Confer With Tong Chiefs Over Murders
A Brooklyn laundryman Lui Sing was shot dead in bed as gang violence tied to tong feuds broadens. Police report a latest victim and note a $5 weekly protection offer rejected by Lui Sing, while a new pistol was left at the scene.
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Lui Sing
Brooklyn
Everett Chinese laundry owner shot dead in attack
Wong Sing Wong 40 was killed by three gunshots while working in his Everett laundry. A neighbor saw a man flee through an alley. Police believed another Chinese entered the shop and fired without warning. Boston officials warned against any rising warfare after seven shots hit Hip Sing tong HQ.
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Everett
Mass
Wong
Pauline Trowbridge
Eugene Hultman
Boston
Hip Sing Tong
Senate blocks poison in industrial alcohol proposal
Washington June 6 The Senate rejected a bid to bar poisons in industrial alcohol by 45 to 16 Senator Tydings Democrat Maryland argued against the Howell measure saying it would criminalize drinking in Washington He pledged to refile the proposal when another conservation measure is before the chamber
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Washington
Senate
Tydings
Maryland
Howell
District of Columbia
Baltimore
POKER AXE VICTIM MAY SURVIVE IN WIFE ATTACK
Russell county authorities have not acted against David Walls Honaker VA. held under observation in the Russell county jail at Lebanon after a brutal attack on his wife Mrs Maggie Walls Beaten with an axe and iron poker she remains alive and may recover unless complications arise Doctors initially doubted her survival due to age
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Russell County
David Walls
Honaker
Lebanon
Maggie Walls
Hoover Refuses to Deliver State Papers to Borah in Debate
Advocates expect a strong majority for the treaty in committee while timing for regular or special session remains unsettled. Secretary Stimson calls talk of withholding confidential papers nonsense and urges keeping such discussions private to protect future negotiations.
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Stimson
Borah
London
Washington
Slick Thief in Ypsilanti Sells Own Geese Back to Buyer
In Ypsilanti Michigan Jacob Blum bought two geese for 1 25. He found the geese stolen from his pen and later released the pair returning to the nest. Further check showed he had bought his own geese back from the thief.
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Ypsilanti, Mich
Jaccob Blum
Student Killed in Truck-Car Crash Near Blacksburg
Charles Key of Buena Vista, a Washington and Lee student, died when his car collided with a truck on Newport Road near Blacksburg. Four VPI students were injured, with J B Hawkins and H M Tully Jr hospitalized. others treated at the infirmary. The accident marred the campus for the fifty-eighth commencement preparations.
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Charles Key
Beuna Vista
Washington and Lee University
Blacksburg
Newport Road
J. 8
Hawkins
Marion
H. M. Tully Jr
Oak Hill
W. Va
Jefferson Hospital
Roanoke
C. R. Woolwine
Robert R. Musgrove
Douglas Hughes
Buena Vista
J. T. L. Dickinson
Keys
V. P. I. Boys
Brush Mountain
William Kennen
A. M. Showalter
Christiansburg
Woolwine
Hawking
Tully
Mas
Hughes
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
W. H. Brubeck
Laurel Hill
Dartmouth Undergrads Bathing Nude Amid Scandal
Hanover June 6. Dart-mouth undergraduates continue nude swimming in lakes and streams despite warnings. Paleopitus posts placards urging discontinuation while hot weather draws hundreds to water during exams. Students enjoy freedom in shorts but expect no wider spread beyond Hanover hills.
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Hanover
N. H
Dartmouth
Paleopitus
Hanover Hills
Court declares sweet chocolate not candy in major ruling
The United States circuit court of appeals ruled that sweet chocolate is not candy. The decision requires the government to refund about 7 million dollars to four chocolate firms, Hershey, Wilbur Suchard, Klein, and York, for taxes paid 1919 to 1921, with interest on nearly 2 million dollars.
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Philadelphia
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Kirkpatrick
Hershey Chocolate Company
Wilbur-Suchard Chocolate Company
Klein Chocolate Company
York Chocolate Company
Transportation chief Mohler dies in Chicago
A. L. Mohler 80 a former president of Union Pacific and other railroads died in St. Anthony hospital Chicago after a heart attack and paralytic stroke en route to a fishing camp. He began with Chicago and Northwestern in 1868 rising quickly from warehouse clerk at Galt to major railroad executive.
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Chicago
A. L. Mohler
New York
Union Pacific Railroad
St. Anthony Hospital
Wisconsin
Mohler
Mountain
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Galt, Til
US approves part of German reparations loan flotation
Washington announces no objection to a portion of the $300 million Young Plan reparations loan being floated in the United States. The New York issue, led by J. P. Morgan, is valued around $84.5 million and will fund Germany’s loan and reparation bonds commercialization. Details remain unsettled as technical delays slow final agreement and market specifics.
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Washington
State Department
United States
New York
J. P. Morgan and Company
Paris
Germany
Stimson
Cotton
Department
McFadden Attacks State Dept Reparation Bond Flotation
Representative Louis T. McFadden of Pennsylvania denounces the Washington announcement that the U S government has no objection to floating German and reparation bonds in the United States The remark accuses the administration of aiding J P Morgan and company and warns of far reaching foreign policy consequences and a reversal of republican principles. He says American investors will buy German reparation bonds previously held by allied governments with government approval.
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New York
Louis T. McFadden
Pennsylvania
State Department
Washington
United States
J. P. Morgan and Company
Coolidge
Peters Seeks Democratic Support for Mercer County Commission Bid
F. M. Peters announces a long term candidacy for Mercer County commissioner and asks for Democratic primary backing.
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Mercer County
Radox Footbath Promises Easy Corn Removal
An advertisement extols Radox footbath to soften hard corns without cutting. Soak feet 15 minutes nightly for 3 to 4 days to loosen corn roots and lift callouses, then remove them. claims continued use hardens skin and foot health. Distributed via Goody Koontz Drug Stores and others.
Einstein unveils new relativity idea in England
Nottingham June 6 Professor Albert Einstein lectured at University College England and described a new thought on space. He said space is primary and matter is derived, with space “eating up matter” as it turns. Colleagues, including Dr Winstein, differed and some thought him crazy.
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Nottingham
England
Albert Einstein
University College
Winstein
President Elect Olaya Herrerra Tours West
Dr. Enrique Olaya Herrerra president elect of Colombia visited Chicago to study midwest conditions and pledged a high level business administration. He announced an American financial commission headed by Prof. K W Kemmerer to assess loans, following a 1923 visit that helped establish a national bank and fiscal system.
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Chicago
Enrique Olaya Herrerra
Colombia
American Financial Commission
K. W. Kemmerer
Princeton University
Kemmerer
Olaya
Washington
Danville Food Striker to Be Committed for Observation
Frank W. Davis a 60 year old Danville man who fasted for twenty six days was slated to be viewed at Western State Hospital in Stanton by Dr J S Dejarnette superintendent for possible commitment for observation after State's Attorney Posey J Hundley sought psychiatric help. Physicians had earlier said Davis appeared sane despite the planned death by starvation.
City to widen and repave Raleigh Monroe Ramsey streets
City Manager Elmer C. Barton clarified a report claiming only widening this year. The three projects will be built as planned with widening and repaving on Raleigh Street from Monroe to Scott and the Ramsey and Monroe streets widening sections.
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Elmer C. Barton
Barton
Raleigh Street
Monroe
Scott
Ramsey and
Monroe Streets
Rum Vessel Permitted to Depart After Seizure Incident
Boston June 6 Firelight a British oil screw vessel was allowed to depart after a Nantucket seizure on suspicion of rum running. Customs and coast guard found no liquor on board. vessel bound from St Pierre Miquelon to Nassau with a varied cargo. Captain Bellman claimed no Nassau voyage and noted a high seas cargo transfer. A coast guard shot across the bow preceded the release. The vessel sails to Halifax under escort.
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Boston
Firelight
Nantucket
Customs
Coast Guard
United States District Court
Halifax
N. S.S
United States
St. Pierre
Miquelon
Nassau
James Bellman
Bellman
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