Former Day Agent Shot Near Gurley in Alabama
Huntsville June 12. R h Craft a former prohibition agent and Madison county deputy sheriff was shot from ambush while driving from his farm near Gurley to Huntsville. His body was found slumped over the steering wheel in a wooded area. The left side of his head was badly damaged by a shotgun blast and a bullet struck him in the forehead. Footprints of two persons were found at the scene. Craft had spent years as a prohibition agent and retired from county service recently after leading moonshine crackdowns.
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Huntsville
Ala
R. H Craft
Prohibition Cnt
Madison Coin
Amah
Craft
Bluefield Bankers Attend State Convention
Left to right they are L. A. Hooper cashier and past WV Bankers president, D. E. French Bluefield National Bank president, Edwin Mann First National Bank of Bluefield president, C. C. Frazier Flat Top National Bank president, Karl B. Thomas Community Loan cashier, W. C. Pollock First National vice president, G. H. Lawhead Bluefield National Bank cashier, L. C. Fowlkes Flat Top National Bank cashier.
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L. A. Hooper
First National Bank
West Virginia Bankers Association
D. E. French
Bluefield National Bank
Edwin Mann
First National Bank of
Bluefield
C. C. Frazier
Flat Top National Bank of
Karl B. Thomas
The
Community Loan Company of
W. C. Pollock
General revision of tariff rates urged amid committee debate
The finance committee debated whether to adopt a United States value base for ad valorem duties. Witnesses urged or opposed domestic valuation, with concerns that it could cause evasion or drive importers out of business. Barbara Hunesker, 4, died after swallowing medicine in Fairmont, West Virginia.
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Frazier
North Dakota
Watson
Finance Committee
William Burgges
Trenton
N. J
Tariff Commission
United States
John G. Lerch
American Tariff Lagie
New York City
Horace B. Cheney
Silk Association of America
Manchester
Conn
J. W. Bevans
Otto Fix
Bevans
Fix
Fairmont
W. Va
Barbara Hunesker
Reverend Charles H. Phipps Resigns Princeton Pastorate
The Rev. Charles H. Phipps resigns after five and a half years as pastor of the Presbyterian church in Princeton. The board accepted the resignation, with congregants set to act on June 30 and request transfer from Bluestone to Waynesboro Virginia where his family has ties.
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Charles H. Phipps
First Presbyterian Church
Virginia
Presbyterian Church
Princeton
Phipps
Bluestone Presbytery
Waynesboro
Mexican President and Church Heads Confer in Mexico City
President Portes Gil and Roman Catholic leaders met at Chapultepec Castle to discuss the government church controversy. After the hour and a half session, Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz Y. Flores and Bishop Pasqual Diaz showed smiles as exchanges of ideas occurred. The archbishop said negotiations have commenced and praised the president’s friendly reception and consideration.
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Mexico City
Portes Gil
Leopoldo Ruiz Y. Flores
Michoacan
Pasqual Diaz
Tabasco
Chapultepec Castle
Ruiz
Yale Tops Brown and Temple in College Baseball
Yale defeated Brown 11 to 6 and Temple 9 to 0 in college baseball action. The results show strong performances by Yale hitters with a series of early runs and solid pitching to close out both games.
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Yale
Brown
Temple
Princeton
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Richmond, Virginia
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Bankers Con
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