Rotary Members Hear Scout Chief in West Virginia
Members of the Bluefield Rotary club at the West Virginian hotel heard a talk on boys’ organizations by B. B. Wood regional director of Boy Scouts. F. Salisbury said the Rotary baseball team is progressing rapidly. W. O. Tracy, new superintendent of the Pocahontas division of Norfolk and Western railroad, was introduced as a new member. The meeting was presided by W. Hobson in Jennings’ absence, with W. Foland acting as vice-president.
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Bluefield
Chancellor Bruening Shows His Iron Grip
Berlin reports Chancellor Heinrich Bruening maintains firm control as discontent rises over emergency decrees. The Reichstag and budget committee avoid convoking debate, while Bruening warns his cabinet would resign if summoned. After uncertainty, the Reichstag opts to accept the economy decrees to avoid unseating the government.
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Berlin
Heinrich Bruening
Council of Elders of
Richstag
Ways and Means Committee
Bruening
Reichstag
Most Heavily Armed Nations May Be Least Secure
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, told reporters in Budapest that the most heavily armed nation is likely to become the most insecure. He warned that security cannot be achieved by isolation or armament alone and cited World War I’s costly, broad ruin beyond battlefield gains.
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Budapest
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Butler
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
War Debt Settlement Viewed by Doumer
Paris reports President Doumer reading the inaugural message to the senate and chamber of deputies. He urges frankness and good faith among nations to resolve war debt and peace treaty issues amid the world economic depression. He calls peace a pressing duty and says France must help neighbors’ ills while addressing its own financial troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Doumer
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Rumor Davis May Leave Philippines Governorship
Washington reports circulate that Dwight F. Davis might resign as governor general of the Philippines while Theodore Roosevelt could succeed in Porto Rico. Officials deny Davis and the War Department have confirmed the move, though Davis has reportedly contemplated resigning on more than one occasion.
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Washington
America
Dwight F. Davis
Philippines
Theodore Roosevelt
Vernor
Porto Rico
Hoover
Far East
Manila
Davis
War Department
Insular Affairs Bureau
Oldsmobile
Wheeling Man Arrested in Coal Mine Strike Riots
Wheeling West Virginia June 16 four others held on lesser charges amid the tri state coal mine strike. Pet Parish 22 from Pittsburgh was arrested at Costanzo mine Warwood on seditious utterances and inciting to riot and jailed in leu of 10000 bond.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Triestate
Body Believed Found in Quarry Near Lima
Lima Ohio June 16 searchers located an object under fifteen feet of water they believe might be the body of Earl Truesdale 20 who vanished after attending a dance with Thelma Woods 17 whose body was later found in the quarry The theory that he drowned there is strengthened by the discovery
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Lima
Ohio
Earl Truesdale
Here
Truesdale
Miss Thelmaoods
Five Year Plan map shows Soviet industrial push
A graphic map from the Magazine of Wall Street outlines the scope of Soviet Russia’s ambitious Five-Year Plan. It marks oil wells refineries steam power hydro power coal mines peat works iron mines and other mines chemical and steel plants textile leather building materials paper mills grain elevators fish canning sugar refineries food industries and Soviet farms with a legend explaining underway and proposed developments.
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Graprpais
Magazine of
Wall Street
Soviet Russia
Striking Miners Tage Dole March On Washington
A Carnegie Coal Company letter to Gov. Pinchot denounces his handling of striking miners. The firm claims many workers remain at work and warns that lawbreakers on highways threaten safety near mine premises. Evictions only occur when absolutely necessary for workers' welfare.
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Tage Dole
Washington
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Gifford Pinchot
McGregor
Carnegie Coal Corporation
Parliament Laughs at Crisis as Laughter Silences Vote
London June 16 The mother of parliaments erupted in laughter as a critical vote loomed and the presiding officer ruled the debate out of order. David Lloyd George and Ramsay MacDonald led the mirth while Conservatives joined, turning expectations of a break in the Liberal Labor alliance into an anti climax amid a land tax amendment dispute.
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London
House of Commons
David Lloyd George
Ramsay MacDonald
Laborites
Liberal and
Labor Alliance
Great Britain
Philip Snowden
Pittsburgh cab strike winds down with 84 cabs downtown
On the fourth day of the Pittsburgh taxicab drivers strike limited service operated with little disorder and one arrest. Company officials reported eighty four cabs downtown while union officials said their ranks held. The dispute centered on wagon and union demands for reemployment of several score discharged drivers.
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Pittsburgh
Cabe
Corsets And Brassieres At Fretwell's And More
Corsets $2.00 and up and brassieres advertised. Fretwell's showcases a nine piece Maple Bedroom Suite at $95. Warlick Furniture promotes the Royal Arch Masons notice and Masonic activities. Also notes a six o clock dinner and weekly meal specials by Mrs. William Alley with picnic lunches and home prepared meals.
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Fretwell's
Warlick Furniture Company
William Alley
Widow of Jake Hamon Lives in Small Hotel
New York a long section front page feature profiles Georgia Hamon Bohrer widow of Oklahoma oil magnate and Harding ally once heir to 15 million now living in a Times Square area hotel room with only her daughter Loma Worth actress for support. She recounts her husband’s 11 year death after Clara Smith shot him and her fall from wealth detailing a life of debt and a personal philosophy urging women to follow men and seek work or service when money dries up.
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New York
Georgia Hamon Bohrer
Jake Hamon
Oklahoma
Warren G. Harding
Times Square
Loma Worth
Broadway
Clara Smith
Hamon
Hamon Bohrer
Millonaire
Osborn's Successor Named City Health Officer
Dr. J. E. Stephenson of Clarksburg was elected city health officer by the Clarksburg council tonight. He succeeds Dr. R. L. Osborn who resigned to become superintendent of the state department of public safety.
Hoover to Dedicate Lincoln Tomb in Springfield
President Herbert Hoover arrives in Springfield Illinois to dedicate the tomb of Abraham Lincoln tomorrow. A joint session of the Illinois General Assembly will honor him while Mrs Hoover reviews 500 Girl Scouts to present a wreath.
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Springfield
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Herbert Hoover
General Assembly
Hoover
Lincoln
White House
Hoover moved to tears during Ohio Grand Army parade
President Hoover, in Columbus, Ohio, is said to have been moved to tears as aging veterans known as the Boys in Blue passed before him during a Grand Army of the Republic parade. He dabbed his eyes with a handkerchief as the ceremony concluded.
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Columbus
Ohio
Hoover
Ohio Grand Army of the Republic
Death Ride killer to die in electric chair
William Moore Frazer of Rahway was convicted of first degree murder in the death ride killing of Mrs. Phoebe Stader on February 18. The jury rejected mercy after five hours and fifty minutes of deliberation. Judge Alfred A. Stein sentenced Frazer to die in the electric chair in the week of July 27.
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Elizabeth
N. J
William Moore Frazer
Rahway
Phoebe Stader
Alfred A. Stein
Frazer
Nautilus Crew Busy at Repairs Aboard Wyoming Tow
Sir Hubert Wilkins and his Nautilus crew work on repairing engines and charging batteries as Wyoming tows the disabled sub toward Queenstown Ireland. The ship reports eight knots and 180 nautical miles since pickup, with Nautilus engines still being fixed and both engines previously disabled.
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Washington
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Wyoming
Queenstown
Ireland
Navy Department
Claude C. Bloch
Arkansas
Department
Bloch
Lady Wilkins Arrives In Southampton Amid Arctic Expedition Talk
Lady Wilkins, wife of explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins, landed in Southampton aboard the Maurentania and said nothing about changes to his Arctic expedition. She reported no word from the Nautilus since it reportedly broke down at sea, but she remained confident. The liner did not sight the submarine, and she plans to stay until Sir Hubert's arrival.
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Lady Wilkins
Southampton
England
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Sir Hubert
Atlantic
Wilkina
Sir Hurt
Democratic attack on tariff wounds Hoover era policy
Washington reports mark the Smoot Hawley tariff anniversary with renewed Democratic critique. Jouett Shouse, head of the Democratic National Committee, argues the tariff damaged foreign trade and payrolls, sidelining factory activity abroad and reducing jobs. The statement recalls Hoover’s hope that flexible provisions could later fix inequalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Jouett Shouse
Democratic National Executive Committee
United States
Shot Fatally in Accident at Home
Worthington Davis a 34 year old stock exchange broker died from a self-inflicted rifle wound. He was a first cousin of Ralph Pulitzer the former publisher, who was at his bedside at Flower Hospital when he passed away.
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New York
Worthington Davis
Stock Exchange
David
Ralph Pulitzer
Flower Hospital
Mud blocks waters in Leitrim flood spillway
A massive slide of black malodorous mud cascaded from Shevanenakilla mountain in Galway near Leitrim blocking the Shannon headwaters. Torrential rain loosened earth, hundreds of tons plunged down, damming the river and flooding the district with damage reported.
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Galway
Ireland
Shevanenakilla Mountain
County
Leitrim
Shannon
Radio Program Schedule Highlights Hoover Speech Dedication
June 16 report lists Hoover to speak from Springfield Illinois tomorrow during Lincoln tomb dedication. NBC and CBS networks share a 3:30 to 4:30 p m slot with extensive listings across stations WEAF WABC and many affiliates. The guide also details hourly programs from 12:30 to 12:00 with varied music, talk, and sports features across networks NBC CBS and local stations.
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Lincoln
WEAF
NBC
WABC
CBS
Advertising Federation of America
Woman's Radio Review
James J. Montague
Bill Schudt
Earl Sparling
New York World-Telegram
Oarpeaker
Kate Smith
Nathaniel Shilkret
Gladys Rice
Goldman
Ruth Roland
Grantland Rice
Count von Luckner
Germany
Scrappy Lambert
Dick Robertson
Sam Lanin
West Virginia Studio Broadcast Schedule Tonight
A regional radio schedule lists 6:00 Recordings Announcements 6:30 Base Ball Scores 6:31 Studio 0 6:45 Charles Koch 7:00 Weather Forecast 7:01 Studio 8:00 Oft. The guide maps a sequence of studio segments and local weather with brief program notes.
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Charles Koch
Radio Schedule Highlights With Station Alliances Tonight
A listing of broadcast times and chain affiliations for WHAM KDKA WLW and other stations. Programs include Amos n' Andy, The Caravan, Robert L Ripley, Monuments of Adventure, and orchestral fare. Multiple outlets carry repeats and cross-station marks.
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WHAM
KDKA
WLW
WGAR
Amos ‘N
WBZ
WIOD
CKGW
WPTF
WJAX
WFLA
WCKY
WRVA
CFCF
WRC
WHAS
WSM
WSB
The
Caravan
W8sb
Robert L. Ripley
Monuments of Adventure
Wgar Ckgw
Lew White
WRAL
Wilson Orch
Donohue
Amelia Earhart takes off in relief autogiro in Abilene
Amelia Earhart Putnam demonstrated a proper take-off in a relief autogiro in Abilene Texas after last week’s crash damaged her windmill. She returned from Oklahoma City in a new autogiro replacing the wrecked aircraft, landed at 5 30 p m in Dallas eventually continuing eastward transcontinental flight.
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Abilene
Texas
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Oklahoma City
Dallas
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Myron Marsh
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R. D. Payne
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Mercer Lodge No. 160
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Raleigh St
Tome OF Lincoln
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Humanette—Cartoon and News
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C. TE. Butterfield
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Roy Atwell
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WXYZ
WDOD
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WTOC
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WDAB
Pryor
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WDRO
WDAE
Rudolph, Pratt and Sherman
Sarhereee
WKBW
WXYC
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WPG_ WIP
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CFRF
WKGW
Ann I
W Wean
Ferdinando Orchestra
Sar Orchestra
WIZ
WBAL
Wee — van Sieden
Gloria Day
Amelia Earhart
David Manners
Paul Lukas
Happy” Lawson
Keith Albee
Huntington
Jack Oakie
Lory
Gillespie-Crockett Motor Co
Bluefield, VA
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