Padlock Hopes In Capone Case Linger In Miami Court
June 10 Miami briefs describe a pale court session over the Capone residence raid. State Attorney Hawthorne pressed liquor allegations, witnesses testified about prior visits and no disorder, while the hearing adjourned with further testimony planned tomorrow.
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Miami
Fla
Miami Weach
Hawthorne
Frankie A
Capone
Tesus
J. H. Wendler
Miami Act
Eather
D. C. Coleman
Ghicazo
Brovelet
Robert F Kidd Buried in Glenville Memorial Library Site
Robert Franklin Kidd 77 was buried at Linn Cemetery Glenville on the hillside above the new Robert F Kidd Memorial Library at Glenville State Normal School. Masonic services were conducted by Rev J F Baxter and Rev T E Brooks. A large contingent of state officials and lawmakers served as honorary pallbearers. Kidd died Sunday night after a brief illness ending in paralysis.
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Glenville
W. Va
Robert Franklin Kidd
Linn
Glenville State Normal School
Robert F. Kidd
Kidd
State Senate
House of Delegates
J. F. Baxter
BE. A. Brast
Internal Revenue
Andrew Edminton Sr
Weston
Edward Robinson
Fairmeat
Jake Fisher
Gilmer County
Disappearance of City Records Investigated Climax in Moundsville
Investigation into the destruction of city tax records ends with the indictment of John W. Edwarde Jr., former city clerk, for fraudulent destruction of accounts. The records burned in a May fire that destroyed Edwards' automobile as he visited West Alexander, Pennsylvania. Edwards will be arraigned tomorrow.
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Moundsville
W. Va
John W. Edwarde Jr
Marshall County Grand Jury
Uncil
Edwards
West Alexander
Falwarde
Romania’s royal reshuffle ends with Crown Prince crowned king
In Bucharest the return of the former heir to the throne leads to the overthrow of Michael and the enthronement of Carol I. The move draws in Princess Helene, Prince Nicholas, and Dowager Queen Marie as officials announce the new monarchy. Mironescu and Mealy Cest form a cabinet with Iorga assisting as adviser.
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Romania
Carol
Mme
Magda Caprocue
Helene
Nicholas
Bucharest
Kag
Michael
Duke of
Alva
Marie
Oberammergau
George
Mironescu
Carol I
Julius Mealy Cest
Iorga
Lions Club Charity Dance at West Virginian Hotel
Charity dance hosted by the Lions Club at the West Virginian hotel features a widow-Bluefield Furniture fundraiser. Hammocks offered at one third off. Event runs Thursday night from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Admission is $1.50 per couple.
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Widow— Bluefield Furniture
Lions Club
West Virginian Hotel
Textile workers faces critique at Southern mills conference
At the national conference of social work in Boston the Union Textile Workers of America leader Thomas F. McMahon urged education to bridge gaps between managers and workers. Kendall of Kendall company proposed underproduction with scientific management and worker consideration. Myers of the Federal Council of Churches blamed mill conditions, urging democracy in industrial relations.
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Boston
National Conference of Social Work
Thomas F. McMahon
New York
United Textile Workers of America
Henry P. Kendall
Kendall Company
Southern Mills
Commanion
James Myers
Church and Social Service
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
McMahon
South
Secretary Davis Hosts Hoover Dinner in Washington
Four Pennsylvanians from politics industry and labor circles were guests at a dinner hosted by Secretary of Labor Davis for President Hoover. Speculation rose on succession plans as Davis nears retirement and a senate bid after his annual report. Pennsylvania invitees included F Everett Sproul John J Evans Albert H Lander and Philip Murray. Davis then headed to Allentown to deliver Muhlenberg College commencement address.
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Washington, D. C
Davis
Hoover
United States
Washington
Senate
Pennsylvania
F. Everett Sproul
Chester
William S. Sproul
Pennnsylvania
John J Evans
Lancester
Albert H. Lander
Philadelphia
Oval Order of Moose
Philip Murray
Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers of America
Allentown
Muhlenberg College
Prestes to visit U S after Brazil election
President elect Julio Prestes of Brazil arrives in New York on June 10 for a week of official engagements in New York Washington West Point and Philadelphia. He will be welcomed aboard the Macom under escort and receive a presidential salute before meeting Mayor James J Walker.
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New York
Julio Prestes
Brazil
Hoover
Washington
West Point
Philadelphia
Almirante Jaceway
United States
Macom
Prestes
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Rnsing
Tariff Bill Vote Scheduled for Friday by Consent Move
The article notes a Friday vote on the tariff bill by consent, with details on proposed creased duties and an agriculture benefit tied to the increased duties, amounting to 68 percent of the total rise. Brossard states his remarks reflect the commission’s report and are not a political stance.
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Brossard
Three Suspects Sought in Messenger Robbery
In Pittsburgh on June 10, a red automobile carried away three men after they held up two East End Peoples Pittsburgh Trust messengers at the Baur Baking plant. The bandits fled with a black satchel containing 2939 dollars while a bakery cashier Phillip McFarland fired at them. gunfire did not injure anyone.
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Pittsburgh
East End
Peoples Pittsburgh Trust Company
Baur Baking Company
John Wennogle
Arthur Dilman
Baur
Phillip McFarland
Mount Eielson Named For Arctic Aviator Carl Ben Eielson
A senate resolution adopted by the house and sent to the president would name Copper Mountain in Mount McKinley national park Alaska Mount Eielson to honor Carl Ben Eielson for pioneering Arctic flight. Lieutenant Eielson died in Siberia last fall while on a reconnaissance mission.
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Washington
Copper Mountain
Mount McKinley National Park
Alaska
Mount
Simon Commission report stirs mixed Indian response
London reports on Sir John Simon's Indian government volume show Hindu leaders denouncing the analysis while Congress spokesmen shift stance. Indian press calls the commission insulting as mobs clash near Ghatal. In Peshawar, British forces curb Afridi tribesmen amid the Hajj of Tuvangzai.
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London
Sir John Simon
Congress
India
Mail and Telegraph
Earre
Laborite
Daily Herald
Liberal News and Chronicle
Commission
Ghatal
all-India Congress Working Committee
Unon Indians
Lord Irwin
Peshawar
Officers of Virginia Forestry Group Named
The Virginia Forestry association formed after a meeting at Hotel Roanoke. Officers elected to serve until the first annual convention include W. D. Tyler Dante president and three vice presidents EF. Lee Trinkle Roanoke P Ryland Camp Franklin and M B K Marcuse Richmond. Chapin Jones University of Virginia named temporary secretary. Board of Directors includes J. C. Phillips Tappahannock Thomas J. Wright Norfolk Elis Olsson West Point Thomas W. Ozlin Kenbridge A N Carroll Rocky Mount Va D H Barger Shawsville H S Hodges Charlottesville Max Fleischer Gordonsville A G Russell Jr Tazewell and T M Gathright Covington.
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Virginia Forestry Association
Roanoke
State Chamber of Commerce
Thomas J. Wright
Norfolk
Thomas W. Ozlin
Kenbridge
D. H. Barger
Shawsville
Chapin Jones
State Forester
P. Ryland Camp
Franklin
President Hoover to stay in park hotels during August tour
President Hoover will tour national parks in August staying at park hotels renowned for comfort and service. He will likely rest at Yosemite’s Ahwahnee and Yellowstone’s Old Faithful Inn, both noted for luxury amenities and scenic settings.
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Washington
Hoover
Nations Parks
Yosemite
Yellowstone Park
Merced River
Glacier National Park
Montana
Yellowstone
Michigan State Considers Night Meets and Starting Blocks
East Lansing, Mich. June 10. Ralph H. Young director of athletics and head track coach outlines reforms for 1931 including use of starting blocks in all events and the possibility of night meets. Night meets would follow decisions on football game times and may extend to nighttime gridiron games.
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East Lansing
Mich
Michigan State College
Ralph H. Young
Michigan State
Young
State
Slemp Seen Likely To Accept Ninth Virginia Nomination
National Republican leader C B Slemp former secretary to President Coolidge and Virginia committeeman is expected to accept the Ninth District congressional nomination. A notification committee will meet June 21 at Big Stone Gap for Slemp to announce his decision after March 29 nomination. Washington reporters cite Slemp as likely candidate against Democrat John W Flanagan.
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C. B. Slemp
Calvin Coolidge
Virginia
Congress
Washington
Slemp
Big Stone Gan
Annual Virginia Elections Run Yearly Across Local and Federal Races
Virginia holds elections annually with city and town votes plus a Democratic senatorial primary in August. Congress nominees vary by district as Democrats use primaries in most districts but rely on conventions in the ninth. The fall general congressional election follows.
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Virginia
Congress
Foxes Raid Mud Fork Farms Endangers Poultry
Farmers in the Mud Fork neighborhood report losses of chicks and turkeys to foxes. Hunters from Blue Field brought dogs and sighted three gray foxes by midday, with one believed to have seized the most birds before being captured.
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Mud Fork
Bluefield
Virginia Side Personal News Highlights Local Visits
Mr and Mrs Witten Horton of Owensville Kentucky arrive to visit Mrs and Mrs P O Barksdale on Virginia Avenue with their young daughter. Mann Litz of Charleston vacationing. Ruth Painter returns from Radford State Teachers College for break. K C Patty heads to Halifax county to bring home Mrs Patty and their daughter from Scottsburg and Chase City. Robert Williamson of Illinois visits grandmother Mrs R B Williamson in Beckley. Genieve Giesen of Graham High School to head Roanoke parks activities this summer. Mrs Everette Callaway visits Tazewell to spend a week and reunite with sister Miss Reba Johnson from Houston Texas.
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Scottsburg
Chase City
Robert Williamson
Beckley
R. B. Willamson
Genieve Giesen
Graham High School
Roanoke Parks
Everette Callaway
Tazewell
Reba Johnson
Houston
Texas
Metcalfe Authorized to Handle Bluestone Pumping Station Hire
Virginia council session assigns O A Metcalfe to manage employment at the Bluestone pumping station with anticipated changes planned by Metcalfe.
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O. A. Metcalfe
Bluestone
Falls Mills Road center line set for road project
State highway engineers reported on Falls Mills road Tuesday setting the center line for contracting work. A rock crusher will be located in the Walton quarries to supply stone for hard surfacing. The contract was awarded to Tazewell Construction Company.
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Falls Mills
Walton
Tazewell Construction Company
Frost Overnight in Bluefield and Nearby Areas
Squire B. M. Norman reported a 32 degree frost in Bluefield Virginia at 5 am Tuesday. A 5 to 6 am fog caused the frost to vanish while several residents noted light frost on fences and rooftops. Furnaces were lit again and residents felt comforted with predictions of more wintry weather to come.
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Squire B. M. Norman
Bluefield
Local election twists leave apparent winners uneasy
The text notes that those who seemed defeated in yesterday’s local vote may see themselves as winners in time while elected officials will find it hard to please everyone. The remark hints at shifting perceptions and future political adjustments.
Weeks to Move Into Walnut Street Brick Home After Improvements
Co. L. Weeks, the wet wash laundry man, is renovating his new brick house on Walnut Street and plans to move in soon after completion.
Mount Hermon Y P A closes study course in Nemours WV
Mount Hermon B Y P A study course ended Friday with seventeen students enrolled. Nine earned gold seals and diplomas were awarded. A social and modern feast followed. Local residents and visitors spent Sunday with relatives and attended events in nearby towns.
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Nemours
W. Va
Mount Hermon B. Y. P
William Turner
of. Cooper
G. L. Smith
J. M. Riley
Mis
Martha Riley
Ernest Sparks
Rock
Charles Damron
Mount Hermon
Walter Wimmer
Maybeury
D. H. Neel
F. H. Jones
Bluefield
The
Moose
Henry Goosby
Yards
Kinney Sluss
Bartley
T. E. Liddle
Bramwell
Ernest Liddle
Pocahontas
Fred Page
Juanita Riley
William Shrader
Agnes Tate
Falls Mills
R. E. Butt
Bramwell Road
Arthur Tate
Junior Riley
J. W. Morris
Misa Irene Bryant
E. Bryant
Paris Barrett
Cooper
Council Acts on School Matters in Virginia Town
The Virginia Side council discussed Tazewell county Graham high school improvements including a new roof and furnace addition and a watchman during work. A motion to hire an accountant for town finances was debated and later tabled for the next council. The administration changes take effect September 1 with two more regular meetings scheduled.
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Virginia Side
Tazewell County
Graham High School
S. N. Huffard
Burglar Leaves Big Footprint Seen At Harman Store
Local finger print expert George Sarver lifted prints from the burglar who robbed the R. P. Harman and company store Sunday night. The thief, who slipped in through the rear after removing his shoes and climbing an electric pole, left a large footprint. Suits hats shoes and ties were stolen valued at more than $100.
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R. P. Harman and Company
George Sarver
Sarver
Indiana Democrats Select 11 State Office Candidates
Indiana Democrats chose 11 candidates for state offices at their state convention in Indianapolis. The platform emphasized taxation reform with an income tax favored and open to other measures. Paul V. McNutt delivered the keynote attacking the Harding Coolidge Hoover record and urging reform amid party cheers.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Paul V. McNutt
Bloomington
American Legion
MacNutt
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Contractor gets institute work in Bluefield and WV colleges
W. J. Hendricks, colored building contractor, wins the bid to construct the president's residence at Bluefield Colored Institute for 11 495 dollars. The state board of control awarded other contracts for a steam tunnel at West Virginia University and underground wiring at Marshall College.
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W. J. Hendricks
Bluefield Colored Institute
State Board of Control
Garry and Sheffey
West Virginia University
Marshall College
Huntington
University
C. A. Mosee Construction Company
Chicago
Charles E. Mumford
Fairmont
Edward M. Coll
Clarksburg
Edison Says He Will Urge Hoover To Seek Second Term
Fort Myers Florida June 10 Thomas A Edison told interviewers he would urge President Hoover to run again for a second term. The aged inventor paused from packing for West Orange New Jersey tomorrow to comment on government efficiency noting he did not blame the president.
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Fort Myers
Fla
Thomas A. Edison
Hoover
West Orange
N. J
United States
Waa Reapon S.die
Young Girl Killed in Pittsburgh Wreck
In Pittsburgh district a 12 year old girl, Helen Leech, died after being struck by a truck as she ran into the street. Seven men were injured when a car skidded on slick pavement on Washington boulevard, fell down a 65 foot embankment, and caught fire. Four men were hurt in a collision between an ambulance from the United States veterans hospital at Aspinwall and a taxi. none seriously.
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United States Veterans’ Hearital
Aspinwall
Cooper to lecture at West Virginia University
Dr. William Cooper United States commissioner of education spoke to West Virginia educators at the university summer term outlining three educational problems. He urged adapting a system to address leisure linked unemployment urbanization and the development of wiser more comprehensive citizenship. Summer school enrollment exceeded 1100 students matching last year.
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Morgantown
W. Va
William Cooper
United States Commissioner of Education
West Virginia University
West Virginia
Cooper
Baltimore and Ohio Official Dies in Severna Park
Archibald Fries vice president of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad died at his Severna Park home. Funeral services will be held there and at the First Presbyterian church in Baltimore before burial. Fries rose from clerk to traffic and commercial development head over a fifty year career.
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Baltimore
Archibald Fries
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Severna Park
First Presbyterian Church
Fries
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