Bethlehem Lackawanna merger denied as restraint of trade
Washington letters say Bethlehem Steel and Lackawanna Steel deny FTC authority over their proposed merger. They seek an immediate hearing date move from July 24 and offer full cooperation to explain the deal. The Lockwood committee reports on the broader steel consolidation debate.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Lackawanna Steel Company
Frestran Trae
Federal Trade Commission Today
Carl Db. de Gerndorff
Ther
Department of Justice
Dvaughority
Dageherty
DeGerrard
Bethlehem
Rh. &. McMath
Jackawanna Steel Company
Bethlehem Company
United States
New York
Midvale- Republic-Inland Steel
Consolidated Concern
United States Steel Corporation
Lockwood Legislative Committee
Thomas
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
Brier Hill Steel Company
Ohio River
Youngstown
Lake Erie
Bessemer & Lake Erie
The
Steel Corporation
Chadbourne
Brier Hill
Stolen Car Case Opens Under New Federal Law
Parkersburg West Virginia June 8 The first of three similar suits under the new federal statute making interstate transportation of a stolen automobile a felony reaches trial this term in district court before Judge W E Baker and a jury Frank Snyder of Fairmont is indicted for possessing a car said to be stolen from Charles Maderella of Braddock Pennsylvania driven into West Virginia He alleges he acquired the machine from Dominic Violetta and sold it to Elizabeth Anderson of Fairmont Two related cases from Ritchie and Clarksburg are awaiting further action or trial
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Parkersburg
W. Va
W. E. Baker
West Virginia
Frank Snyder
Fairmont
Charles Maderella
Braddock
Dominic Violetta
Elizabeth Anderson
Ritchie County
Columbus
Ohio
Elkins
Clarksburg
Charleston
United States District Court
A. M. Heleher
Borderland Coal Corporation
Richmond
George W. McClintic
Belcher
United Mine Workers
Richmond Court
MecClintle
United Mine Workers America
Gens Wu and Chang Agree Upon Armistice
Peking June 8 Wu Pei Fu and Chang Tso Lin have agreed on an armistice. Hostilities will be suspended indefinitely while the two pursue a permanent peace settlement.
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Chang
Associated Press
Peking
Wu Pei Fu
Chang Tso Lin
Murder Tentatively Charged 70 Gangsters
Powhatan Ohio June 8 The arrest of Paul Wiggins charged with robbing Powhatan grocer Wm Van Dyne last week may break up a band of Belmont County gangsters. Wiggins was caught near Woodlands West Virginia and came into Ohio without requisition papers. The murder of J F Hatfield whose body was found in the river near Woodlands yesterday is also tentatively charged to gang members. Belmont County sheriff's force and Coroner McCombs are pursuing the case.
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Powhatan
Ohio
Paul Wiggins
Wm. van Dyne
Powhatan Grocer
Belmont County
Wiggins
Woodlands
W. Va
Reamer
J. F. Hatfield
Lillian Russell Buried After Simple Service
Mrs. Alexander P. Moore once famed singer Lillian Russell was laid to rest in Allegheny cemetery Pittsburgh after a brief home service. Marines bore the casket for a church service led by Rev Dr Edward S Travers with hymns Rock of Ages and My Faith Looks Up to Thee. The procession paused at Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church and honored her WWI support for the 107th Field Artillery and American Legion post.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Allegheny Cemetery
Alexander P. Moore
Lillian Russell
Yesteryear
Edward S. Travers
Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church
Mr. Travers
Wasker
Chopin
107Th Field Artillery
Moore
American Legion
Marines
Mystery Afted From Gard Party Near White Plains
White Plains June 8 Discovery of a net on a floor in a machine washed at a garage lifts mystery of the card party held at Walter S. Ward home in New Rochelle where Clarence Peters was shot. Westchester grand jury reopens hearings with District Attorney Weeks, five New Rochelle police questioned, secrecy urged. Mrs Alfred Hook sister of Mrs Burke says guests were their own set and Ward not home.
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White Plains
N. Y
New Rochelle
Walter S. Ward
Clarence Peters
Westchester County Grand Jury
Benjamin Kendall
Charles Dubois
Atlantic Highlands
N. J
J. Franklin Burke
Scarsdale
New York
Alfred H. Hook
Burke
Ward
Peters
Soldiers bonus bill formally presented to Senate
Washington June 8 the soldiers bonus bill was formally presented to the senate after an initial attempt to report it at the session opening was blocked by Senator Williams. Senator McCumber spoke of possibly delaying the tariff bill to consider the compensation measure. Underwood urged consent and argued timing matters, while Williams opposed moving the bill to the calendar.
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Washington
Senate
McCumber
Nance Committee
Williams
Mississippi
Underwood
Alabama
Ashurat
Royal Wedding Marks Pomp in Belgrade Belgrade
King Alexander of Jugo-Slavia and Princess Marie of Romania wed amid pageantry in Belgrade. Attendees included European representatives and Major Charles E Pratt of New York. Three hundred thousand Croats Serbs and Slovenes witnessed rainbow costumes and lavish horse processions in the streets.
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Associated Press
Belgrade
Jugo-Slavia
Alexander
Marie
Romania
Europe
Charles E. Pratt
New York
Bucharest
Alleged Radical Mansevich Spirited Out Of Detroit
Nicolai Mansevich an alleged radical whose expulsion from the United States sparked protests was spirited out of Detroit today. He traveled in a special car via Windsor toward Grodno Poland with ten other deportees. His wife and three children accompanied him to Windsor and then returned home. Mrs Mansevich declined friends offers to fund the trip fearing they would starve there.
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Detroit
Mich
Nicolai Mansevich
United States
New York
Windsor
Grodno
Poland
Maasevich
Rail workers to appeal to Harding over wage cuts
About 1,200,000 railway workers plan to appeal to President Harding after wage reductions ordered by the railroad labor board take effect July 1. A letter outlining arguments for higher wages or at least no further cuts will be drafted by a committee led by B. M. Jewell. The cuts will total roughly 110 million dollars, with rates dropping 23 to 70 cents per hour across craft and maintenance ranks.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Harding
Railroad Labor Board
B. M. Jewell
American Federation of Labor
Chilton May Run for Senate in Democratic Primary
Fairmont West Virginia June 8 Former United States Senator William E Chilton of Charleston may seek the Democratic nomination for the Senate on August 1 He has been ill but is recovering and says he will canvass the situation and decide in a few days whether to announce his candidacy Close friends expect an announcement by early next week.
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Fairmont
W. Va
United States
Wm. E. Chilton
Charleston
Senate
TO FORCE SETTLEMENT OF CHECK-OFF ISSUE
Officials of mine locals north of Terre Haute Indiana announced plans to force settlement of the check-off dispute over dues of engineers and firemen left on duty to keep mines from flooding. Mine owners reportedly refuse to continue checking off dues without a contract. Union officials said enginemen and caretakers will be ordered to cease work at shafts where the check-off is not observed, allowing mines to flood.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Here
West Liberty grants 82 diplomas in historic class
West Liberty West Virginia June 8 eighty two graduates received diplomas from the West Liberty State Normal school in the largest class to date. Dr Waltman T Barbe of West Virginia University delivered the commencement address using an oral final exam style posing seven questions urging graduates to live and not merely give answers.
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West Liberty
W. Va
West Liberty State Normal School
Waltman T. Barbe
West Virginia University
Barbe
Governor names Hiner to state road commission
Governor Morgan announces C. B. Hiner of Buckhannon as a member of the West Virginia road commission to replace N. P. Whitaker who resigned. Hiner will assume office shortly.
Miners Urged to Support Strike by Montgomer y Family Aid
Miss Margaret Montgomery of the State Labor League calls on miners families to back the strike. West Virginia union leader C Frank Keeney urges miners to vote against past policies and stresses loyalty to union and law. Wellington Rowan of Elkins supports prolonging the strike as labor leaders address Scott's Run crowd. Davis of the allied Scott's Run locals presides over a long session with 4000 miners in attendance.
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Margaret Montgomery
State Labor League
Morgantown
W. Va
C. Frank Keeney
West Virginia
Scott's Run
Sam MorgoWhery
Montgomery
Mr. Keeney
Wellington Rowan
Elkins
Cenapeee Mnet
Vane Monckomecy
Wther League
Mners
Vhcio
National League of Women Voters
Davis
Scott
Loan Committee Again to Meet on German Loan
The international bankers' loan committee, in Paris, met over two hours to discuss the reparations commission reply and will reconvene tomorrow to decide on continuing the same subject. Reported shifts suggest potential easing of work pace, with possible ways to pursue a loan while maintaining Premier Poincare's policy.
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Associated Press
Paris
International Bankers’ Committee
Germany
Reparations Commission
Yee Govent Mig
Poincare
Job for Max Oser at Satisfactory Salary
Helena Mont June Max Oser fiance of Mathilde McCormick granddaughter of John D Rockefeller is unemployed for the summer a job awaits him in the Yellowstone Park at a satisfactory salary A transportation company from its Helena headquarters cabled an offer of employment to him If unemployed will offer you position in charge of saddle horse tours of the Yellowstone Park with satisfactory salary Answer
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Helena
Mont
Max Oser
Mathilde McCormick
John D. Rockefeller
Yellowstone Park
River search for two suicides yields no bodies
Point Pleasant West Virginia June 8 officials and volunteers dragged the Ohio river between here and Hartford for the bodies of Carrie Bunn sixteen and Tom Hartley thirty. Letters found at relatives' homes indicated plans to drown themselves. Hartley is married with children. Bunn lived with her grandmother. Neighbors saw them in a boat last night at about 10 o'clock. The boat contained Hartley's coat and a garment belonging to Bunn's grandmother was later reported missing.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Ohio River
Here
Hartford
Carrie Bunn
Tom Hartley
Hartley
Miss Bunn
Rtley
Runaway coal markets halted by Hoover in Senate debate
Washington June 8 Secretary Hoover said the runaway market for bituminous coal has been stopped amid a Senate clash sparked by Senator Walsh. He argued prices receded from May 15 levels and the public is protected against 1920s conditions, except for a few noncooperating producers.
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Washington
Ovd
Senate
Hoover
Walsh
Massachusetts
Lee
Homer D. Jones
National Retail Coal Merchants Association
Senator Walsh
Page Wight
Mexican exile general Blanco killed near Laredo
Gen Lucio Blanco once of the Mexican army and a companion named Martinez were captured at Bayito crossing on the Rio Grande and executed by Mexican guards as they attempted to enter Mexico from Texas. The bodies were said to have been dragged and rolled into the river after the shooting.
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Bayito
Rio Grande
Laredo
Texas
Lucio Blanco
Martinez
Blanco
Mexico
Asl
John Ramsey Dies in Wellsburg Mine Service
John Ramsey longtime superintendent of mines in Wellsburg West Virginia died at 9 this morning at his Holliday's Cove home. He was 66, born in Durham England and immigrated as a youth. A widow and six children survive.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
John Ramsey
Durham
England
America
Holliday’s Cove
Tent colonies in Mungo County allowed to stand case remanded for trial
The United States circuit court of appeals upheld a lower court injunction allowing tent colonies in West Virginia set up by striking United Mine Workers miners to stand. The ruling remands for trial in Charleston while restraining union activities that interfere with employers and employment.
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Richmond
Jane
West Virginia
United Mine Workers of America
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Borderland Coal Cors
District Court
Charleston
W. Va
Miners’ Union
No More Fighting Expected After Belleek Occupation
London reports British forces have completed operations to clear the Pettigoe Belleek triangle in Ulster with Belleek occupied. An official colonial office communication says there is no reason for further fighting unless troops are attacked. The move is described as bloodless and proportionate to the threat posed.
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Associated Press
London
Pettigoe-Belleek
Ulster
Belleek
Colonial Office
Kidnapping Reported In Anderson Tonight
Robert W. Sullivan a young businessman of Anderson and Miss Ruby Floyd were kidnapped by masked men from an automobile in front of the young woman's home Ada Floyd mother of the... reports indicate the incident occurred tonight with details from local witnesses and authorities seeking suspects.
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Ming
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Rowan
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Sutherland
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Circuit Court of Appeals
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