Record blast at Pounding Mill Quarry shakes region
The Pounding Mill Quarry in Tazewell County produced a massive blast using 45 thousand pounds of dynamite across 45 holes, lifting about 120 thousand pounds of limestone and keeping the crusher running at full capacity for the year. Supervisor C M Hunter oversaw safety measures and emphasized worker precautions. no accidents were reported.
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Tazewell
W. W. Boxley Company
Sam Russell
du Pont Powder Company
Wilmington
Del
Ile
C. M. Hunter
Cooler Weather Forecast Across Regions
Weather forecast notes cooler conditions for sections east of the Mississippi with some areas seeing no material change. New England and New York may experience showers and moderate temperatures Saturday. The Middle Atlantic states and Ohio Valley are expected to have cooler fair weather with a thundershower risk in the South Atlantic and east Gulf states.
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Washington
Mississippi River
New England
New York
Middle Atlantic
Ohio Valley
Lower Lake Region
Tennessee
South Atlantic
East Gulf States
Elephant blocks Bloomfield road. detour ordered near Pulaski
A carnival elephant has parked on Bloomfield road near Pulaski Iowa forcing a detour. The animal arrived five weeks ago and resisted all attempts to move it, including a trainer who left with a broken jaw after a tractor wreck. The elephant wandered eight miles earlier before stopping again.
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Pulaski
Iowa
Bloomfield Road
Shrine pageant caps Shrine convention at White House visit
Nearly 20 000 Shriners and families toured the White House on an open house day while 50 000 more passed through since Monday. A luminous pageant closing the convention featured 30 floats and 16 bands with Masons portraying historic events from Pocahontas to the Boston Tea Party and the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
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Washington
Harding
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Shrine Temple
Templar
Pocahontas
John Smith
William Penn
Boston
St. Andrew's Lodge
George Washington
Paul Revere
Joseph Warren
Bunker Hill
Benjamin Franklin
Paris Lodge
John Paul Jones
Repub
Woman union organizer Fannie Sellins killed in mob clash
At Pittsburg trial of deputies Mannison and Riley, defense witnesses say Fannie Sellins led a mob armed with clubs and bricks toward guards at Allegheny Steel Co. shots from nearby houses followed. Sellins and miner Phillip Strezelecki died. three others wounded.
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Pittsburg
Fannie Sellins
United Mine Workers
Allegheny Steel Co
Edward Mannison
D. J. Riley
R. J. Schrandt
Norfolk and Western Sets 96-Car Coal Train Record
The Norfolk and Western Railway ran a 96 car heavy train from Eckman to Williamson 75 miles in 5 hours 45 minutes carrying 11 520 tons of coal. Two mallet engines hauled the train with conductor Ward in charge and Division Train Master Jas O Keeffe riding. The run produced no delays or hot boxes and the train length exceeded one and a quarter miles.
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Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Pocahontas
Eckman
Williamson
Norfolk and Western
Stone and
Davis
Ward
Liamson Yards
Gasoline poured on railway trestle during Schenectady strike
In Schenectady New York cars ran infrequently and then stopped on the Schenectady Railway lines amid strike disorders. Police and motorcycle guards watched routes as two cars stalled, shots fired by guards, a guard was arrested, and a gasoline blaze on a trestle north of the city caused only scorched ties.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Harry B. Weatherwax
John G. Myers
Golden Jubilee of Three Pittsburgh Priests
Pittsburg June 7 Four priests marked a historic golden jubilee noting that the trio Rt Rev Martin Ryan Rev Haniel J Devlin and Rev P J Quilter were ordained at St Michaels Seminary fifty years ago today in a ceremony described as precedent setting in the American Roman Catholic Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
America
Martin Ryan
P. R
Haniel J. Devlin
P J. Quilter
St. Michael's Seminary
Government ready to grant facilities for Lady Astor's temperance bill
London June 7 Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin announced in the house of commons that the government will grant facilities to Lady Astor's bill prohibiting sale of intoxicants to under eighteens. The measure is assured for adoption in the current session.
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London
Stanley Baldwin
House of Commons
Lady Astor
Marriage and Home Making Only Secondary Goals
Des Moines reports a 1930s survey of 309 Des Moines high school seniors showing marriage and home making nearly vanish as goals. Most respondents name careers such as actress interpreter farmer lawyer doctor writer teacher missionary and nurse with only one indicating marriage and home life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Des Moines High School
Excursion Boat Collides With Wharf During Tide
About one hundred passengers aboard the Keansburg excursion boat scrambled for safety when an ebb tide pushed it against an Ellis Island ferry wharf projection in New York. Portions of both vessels were torn away but all aboard were landed safely and the Keansburg continued to Keansburg, N. J.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Keansburg
Ellis Island
Caterpillars Delay Albany Newport Train
Caterpillars delayed the Albany Newport train by one hour and 25 minutes last night as a caterpillar army over an inch deep covered the tracks. Trainmen could not run through the line while feeds were said to be devastating the coast mountain region between Eddyville and Brodgeton. One man was driven from his Eddyville home by the insects.
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Albany
Ore
Albany-Newport
Eddyville
Brodgeton
Albany-Newport Road
Fort Worth Oil Promoters Plead Guilty in Mail Fraud Case
In Fort Worth Texas on June 7 J W Hog Creek Caruth and L F Reynolds Jr pleaded guilty to using the mails to defraud in the promotion of the Hog Creek Caruth Oil Companies and were sentenced to one year and a day in Leavenworth plus a $5000 fine. The trial began yesterday and next trial is set for June 25 with the government seeking light sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas
J. W
Hog Creek
Caruth
L. F. Reynolds, Jr
Federal
Leavenworth
Reynolds
J. W. Caruth
Hog Creek Caruth
United States
Noile Prasse
Pilgrim Oil Company
Four-Stop Transcontinental Flight Planned by Lieut Maugham
Lieut Russell L Maugham from McCook Field Ohio flew from Washington to Mitchell Field New York in ninety seven minutes and announced a four stop flight to San Francisco next week. The route includes Dayton Ohio J Joseph Missouri Cheyenne Wyoming and Salduro Utah with Cheyenne and Salduro using established air mail paths.
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Mitchell Field
New York
Russell L. Maugham
McCook Field
Washington
San Francisco
Dayton
Joseph
Cheyer
Wyo
Salduro
Utah
Cheyenne
Lieut. Maugham
What a Life! Infant Care in Summer Series
A newspaper notes the summer hardships on babies and parents and announces a series of articles offering care tips for infants to ease the season’s heat and calm worried mothers.
Public Health Service Series Opens Today
Daily Telegraph announces a new set of health service articles prepared for readers. The introductory note invites readers to begin studying the material as the series starts today.
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U. S. Public Health Service
Four main flaws flagged in new German reparations note
Paris and Brussels report the German note on reparations as unacceptable to France. It omits abandoning passive Ruhr resistance, offers no definite total sum, and proposes an impartial international commission that would bypass the Versailles Reparations Commission. Premier Poincare briefed President Millerand after talks with Belgian leaders. Paris awaits a reply.
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Brussels
Paris
France
Germany
Ruhr
Reparations Commission
Poincare
Millerand
New York Repeal Law Condemned By Conference Delegates
Delegates at the West Virginia Sunday School Council convention condemned New York state for repealing its prohibition enforcement act and denounced bootlegging ships off the coast. They endorsed the eighteenth amendment and Volstead act, praised temperance officials, and adopted a 1923 24 budget of 32 195. Ohio county led in delegates with 400 of 756 attending. A banquet honored Hugh S Magill and Rev and Mrs BE Halpenny.
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Wheeling
New York
West Virginia
Sunday School Council of Religious Education
W. G. Brown
West Virginiaso
Hugh 8. Magill
Chicago
International Sunday School Council of Religious Education
BE. W. Halpenny
Charleston
Scottish Rite
Memorial Building Fund Created by Alumni
Huntington leaders and alumni gathered at the Marahan College Alumni Association banquet to authorize a $150,000 fund to build a memorial building for college leaders over fourteen years. H Clay Worth and Dr. Frederic R. Hamilton will oversee the fund and project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Marahan College Alumni Association
H. Clay Worth
Frederic R. Hamilton
Matication
Panhandle farmers hear national farm leaders in Martinsburg
C E Bradfute of Chicago president of the American Farm Bureau Federation and former Governor R A Cooper of South Carolina now on the federal farm loan board addressed Panhandle counties farmers at their annual meeting in Martinsburg West Virginia this afternoon.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
C. E. Bradfute
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
R. A. Cooper
South Carolina
Federal Farm Loan Board
Panhandle
Lightning Routs Substation. Wellsburg in Darkness
A severe storm struck Wellsburg late tonight as lightning hit the transmission line of American Gas & Electric Co. destroying the substation building and equipment. Estimated damage runs to $40,000 and power cannot be restored before Friday afternoon. Beech Bottom to Wheeling lines remain unaffected.
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Wheeling
American Gas & Electric Co
Wellsburg
Beech Bottom
West Virginia
Ohio
Renewed Conference Efforts Move on House Senate Talks
Charleston June 7 Renewed efforts for conferences on the differences between the state senate and the house of delegates began with the house adopting a Zimmerman resolution to recall the budget bill from committee. The house named conferees George Oldham D H Stephenson and John Smith and sent word to the senate to appoint its conferees. A dash to strike capitol cost limits failed by a narrow margin as votes tied at 45 45. The day opened with debate on indefinitely postponing the Zimmerman resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
State Senate
House of Delegates
House
S. Zimmerman
Senate
W. E. KR. Byrne
George W. Oldham
Ohio County
D. H. Stephenson
Clay County
John W. Smith
Lewis County
Oldham
Shaffer
Zimmerman
Board of Control
W. F. Bruns
Wayne County
Kanawha County
Bruns
James P. Duval
Wood County
F. Guy Ash
Monongalia County
Zimmer
Page
Howat Held in Pittsburg Jail Amid Morals Court Hearing
Alexander Howat former leader of the United Mine Workers of Kansas was jailed in Pittsburg after arraignment on a charge by Mrs. Inga Sorensen of Chicago. He declared innocence from his cell claiming a frame up and awaited a jury trial.
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Pittsburg
Alexander Howat
United Mine Workers of
Kansas
Canada
Inga Sorensen
Chicago
Howat
American Legion to Stage Fourth of July Celebration
Bluefield Post No. 9 plans a major Independence Day event at the fair grounds with a national speaker, baseball teams, two bands, and stunts including horse races and auto polo. A large committee outlines roles for coordination and publicity to maintain the legion’s celebrated past efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Post No. 9
American Legion
Bluefield Fair Grounds
Legion
Hal B. Melrose
Herbert D. D. May
Ralph A. Millar
John B. Hoffman
W. C. Snyder
Fred Ireson
Douglas Seay
E. R. Yost
W. D. Cunningham
H. D. Philips
A. W. McThenna
R. A. Sheffey
W. PF. Baume
Frank Hunter
A. A. Tredway
Wm. Wagner
Harry L. Moore
Bob McCue
Howard D. Clark
Lewis M. Poff
F. C. van Dusen
W. E. Brooks
M. E. Sohnson
Lightning Strikes Street Car injuring ten in Cleveland
A Cleveland thunderstorm struck a street car, injuring ten people, five women, as passengers rushed to exit and flames erupted from the motorman’s vestibule. The storm caused widespread damage and a live wire killed sixteen year old Edward Paul nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Edward Paul
Texas campaign for Ford for president announced in Waco
Clyde Essex of the Farm and Labor Journal announces a Texas campaign for Henry Ford. He will open campaign headquarters in Waco and Fort Worth within two months and says he helped form the American party in Texas years ago with a capital of 86 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Texas
Henry Ford
Clyde Essex
Farm and Labor Journal
Essex
Ft. Worth
American Party
Holland Re elected President of Advertising Clubs World
Lou E. Holland of Kansas City Mo was re elected president of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World. Jesse H Neal of New York was re elected secretary treasurer. The convention chose London for the 1925 gathering and rejected a resolution condemning the Ruhr occupation as too controversial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Lou E. Holland
Kansas City
Associated Advertising Clubs of the World
London
England
Jesse H. Neal
New York
Ruhr
Williamson elects Republican mayor in West Virginia
Wirt Hatfield a Republican today was elected mayor of Williamson. Commissioners named are Mayor Farrar who trailed Hatfield by 479 votes M Z White and Pearl Scott. Under Williamson government the top vote getter becomes mayor and Williamson is typically Democratic by about 400 votes.
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Williamson
W. Va
Wirt Hatfield
Farrar
Hatfield
M. Z White
Pearl Scott
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Mannison
Riley
Newport
Daily Telegraph
Berlin
Miller
West Virginia Sunday School Council
Capitol
Ford
Holland
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