Anti Smith Democrats Nominate Brown For Governor
Roanoke June 18 Dr William Moseley Brown 35 year old Washington and Lee University professor was chosen by Virginia anti Smith Democrats to lead their bid to win state offices and repudiate Democratic leaders who backed Alfred E Smith Brown promised a vigorous campaign under the anti Smith banner Captain C C Berkeley Newport News was named anti Smith candidate for attorney general The convention also called for resignation of Democratic National Committee chair John J Raskob and condemned the state Democratic leadership as dangerous despotism The meeting supported racial integrity and strict enforcement of prohibition with a note on deaths and injuries in enforcement actions.
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Roanoke
William Moseley Brown
Washington and Lee University
Virginia
Alfred E. Smith
Brown
Dr. Brown
C. C. Berkeley
Newport Newe
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
I. C. Trotman
Suffolk
Trotman
Herbert Hoover
White House
Richmond
Peace advocated by Dawes and MacDonald at Pilgrim's Dinner
London and Lossiemouth leaders pressed for world peace and naval arms reduction. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald spoke in Lossiemouth. US Ambassador Dawes addressed London dinner urging no military alliance, mutual goodwill, and a framework for assessing fighting strength of ships.
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London
MacDonald
Lossiemouth
Scotland
Great Britain
United States
Ramsay MacDonald
Charles G. Dawes
Wife of Deposed Educator Quizzed In Hammer Murder Case
Mrs. Helen M. Snook wife of deposed Ohio State University professor Dr James H Snook was grilled for four and a half hours by County Prosecutor John J Chester Jr as federal agents probe narcotics involvement in the hammer murder of Theora Hix 24 co ed Details emerged of Snook and Miss Hix sharing a North Side apartment and their rooming as man and wife Prosecutor said she could not supply new information and Miss Hix was killed by someone seeking drugs
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Columbus
Ohio
Helen M. Snook
Ohio State University
James H. Snook
Theora Hix
John J. Chester Jr
Dr. Snook
Marion T. Myers
Snook
Colnope
John F. Seidel
Miss Hix
Johns Hopkins Names Berry as New Dean and Provost
Dward Wilber Berry a former traveling salesman and newspaper man is selected to succeed Dr. J. H. Ames as dean and provost of Johns Hopkins University though he has never earned a college degree. Berry is noted as one of the world’s leading paleontologists despite lacking formal degrees.
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Dward Wilber Berry
Johns Hopkins University
J. H. Ames
Berry
Tariff revision moves debated in Senate and House
Washington reports a flurry of tariff activity with many amendments to the House bill. Four Senate finance subcommittees heard change pleas while the tariff commission issued a study showing agriculture and sugar benefit most. Senator Brookhart warned of a debenture rider as a farmer aid option amid broader duties and new tax ideas.
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Washington
Senate
Tariff Commission
Tilson
Brookhart
Iowa
Wheeler
Montana
United States
Stock Exchange
Senate Advances 5 Percent Tax on Certain Stock Trades
Proposals by Senator Glass and Senator Brookhart to tax stock market transactions were advanced as amendments to the tariff bill and sent to the finance committee. The banking panel will study the house measure after revision next month. Glass framed the amendment to curb what he called a rising gambling influence on legitimate business.
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Washington
Senate
Glass
Virginia
Brookhart
Banking Committee
Finance Committee
King
Utah
Treasury
Eastern States Swelter as Thermometer Climbs
New York and surrounding states faced a blistering heat wave on June 18 with record highs and multiple heat-related deaths and prostrations. New York City logged another oppressive day, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania hit 105, Pittsburgh 92, Reading 95, Providence 94, all marks for June 18.
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New York
New York City
Bloomsburg
Pittsburgh
Providence
R. I
Hoover Appeals for Border Cooperation on Prohibition
President Hoover urged Americans especially along the Canadian border to cooperate with the Treasury Department to fight bootlegging and firearm misuse. Treasury officials report increased bootlegger activity, border patrols strengthened, and talks with regional officials continue. The Senate seeks names of foreign diplomats or representatives arrested or warned for drunk driving.
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Washington
Hoover
Treasury Department
Hoovere
Department
Treasury
United States
Lowman
Prohibition
Doran
Palmer Canfield
New York
Executive
Senate
Caraway
Senator Caraway
Virginia
Kemnel Djenahy Bey
Federal Court Under Way Opens June Term
Excerpts from Herbert Hoover inaugural address on law enforcement were read by Judge George W. McClintic to the grand jury at the opening of the June term. Indictments in liquor cases are emphasized due to changed procedures. Several defendants faced sentences or probation for violations of bankruptcy, embezzlement, interstate commerce, and prohibition laws with varied penalties in the Atlanta federal prison system.
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Herbert Hoover
United States District Court
George W. McClintic
Grand Jury
McClintic
B. C. Galimore
McDowell County
Atlanta
P. D. Sullivan
First National Bank of
James H. Blankenship
Mattiol Pasquali
Daniel A. Knapp
Gladys Smith
Jack L. Lindamood
Nick Vyaklyn
J. B. True
Leo True
Walter Trail
Congress Grants Recess Ends Senate Debates Tariff and Nominations
Congress adjourns for recess with the House unable to muster a quorum. The Senate allowed open sessions for executive nominations and approved a pay increase for members of Congress. The tariff bill remains under study while the July40 debt issues with France hover over the schedule.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Hoover
Jones
Hoover Prohibition Committee
France
Mellon
Emil 8
Helburn
Louiseville
White House
Watson
Indiana
McKellar
Tennessee
Telephone contracts signed for airplanes radio telephones
New York June 18 Contracts signed by Boeing Air Transport and Western Electric will install radio telephones in Boeing planes and equip ground stations. The first radiofied path is Chicago to Oakland about 2300 miles with 40 planes. Extensions include Seattle to San Francisco Chicago to Cleveland and routes toward Mexico and Alaska.
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New York
Alaska
Mexico
Boeing Air Transport
Western Electric Company
Boeing
Boeing Air Lines
Chicago
Oakland
Cal
Boeing Company
Seattle
San Francisco
Cleveland
West
Indictments Charge Massive Prohibition Whisky Ring
A Brooklyn federal grand jury indicted 140 individuals and firms for a highly organized bonded whiskey ring. Indictments name bottling companies glass bottle makers printers and other related firms involved in illegal distilling and distribution of alcohol in brown bottles.
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New York
Brooklyn
Municipal budget carries 1.10 tax rate for year
The Bluefield city board approves a temporary budget with a 1.10 tax rate and 336 014.57 expected receipts. Expenditures total 328 410, with 102 750 for bond retirement. Election officials for the July 2 municipal election are named, and ordinances to abolish vending machines and adjust hotel and theatre licenses are introduced. The water service company outlines improvements as part of the meeting.
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D. M. Easley
Board of Directors
West Virginia
Easley
Bennett
George Thomas
New England Lunch Room
R. A. Sisson
North Side
Bluefield
Thomas and S!sson
Annie West
City of
Davidson Street
West Virginia Water Service
Peace Pact Basis Sent To Pope For Approval
Mexico City reports a settlement basis for the Mexican religious controversy approved by President Portes Gil and church officials Archbishop Ruiz y Flores and Bishop Pascual Diaz. The Vatican’s reply, possibly by Wednesday, will determine whether clergy who left Mexico in 1926 may return and services resume. Ambassador Morrow mediated between the president and bishops.
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Mexico City
Rome
Portes Gill
Ruiz Y Flores
Pascual Diaz
Vatican
Churches of
Mexico
Morrow
Welch Police Chief Held In Mitchell Death
C C Hutton Welch Police Chief is held in connection with the Mitchell death as officials investigate the incident. Congressional recess is set for tomorrow while Hoover urges border cooperation against rum runners. Tariff amendments are discussed in the Senate and subcommittees.
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C. C. Hutton
Welch
Mitchell
Congress
Hoover
Senate
Threats Against Witness Surface in Stone Family Murder Case
Haver de Grace Md June 18 Fear of Mia May Baker that she would be harmed if she told police all she later testified in the George Stone death case. State's attorney W Worthington Hopkins said new testimony links to other Stone family deaths and that James Aberts is sought for questioning. Coroner Foley also reported a warning call the night before the inquest.
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Haver de Grace
Mia
May Baker
Ehe
George Stone
Hattie Stone
W. Worthington Hopkins
Hopkins
Stone
Baker
James Aberts
Martin J. Foley
George
Edward Stone
Girl falls from high window in heat illness incident
In Perryeville at Perry High School a 15 year old girl, Kiva Werner, collapsed from a third story window and, after being taken to a hospital, was reported in serious condition. The heat is cited as a contributing factor to the incident.
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Pittsburgh
Kiva Werner
Perry High School
Perryeville
Captain 15 Still Aboard Wreckage
Cape Lookout Oregon June 1844 storms drive Laurel wreck as Captain Laula Johnson remains aboard to guard salvage. Crew removed after one man drowned and several injured. Laurel split in two with bow drifting seaward. Johnson insists on staying only for operators’ agents separation.
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Cape Lookout
Ore
Laurel
Columbia River
Laula Johnson
Johnson
Sqiman
Textile union officials remanded to jail in Gastonia murder case
Fourteen National Textile Workers Union officials and a member were remanded to Mecklenburg jail without bail by Judge W F Harding after a habeas corpus hearing. They face murder charges relating to the June 7 shooting of Gastonia police chief C P Aderholt at the Loray Mill strike scene. Eight other prisoners accused of assault with intent to kill were released on bonds of 750 dollars each.
Welch Chief of Police In Shootout Fatal to Former Marshal
J Henderson Mitchell a 59 year old former U S deputy marshal and Welch police chief 25 years ago was mortally wounded at the Welch fire station by Chief C C Hutton. Hutton was arrested while en route to surrender claims self defense Mitchell was struck by multiple bullets and died en route to a Welch hospital. The victim a native of McDowell county left a widow four children and several siblings. Funeral arrangements were not announced last night.
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J. Henderson Mitchell
United States
Welch
C. C. Hutton
Hutton
John W. Blakely
Mitchell
Hatton
BE. N. Wilkinson
McGinnis Hatfield
Luther Undertaking Company
McDowell County
M. Burgess
Henderson Mitchell
West Virginia
Ashworth Motor Company
G. D. Mitchell
Fred O Mitchell
Charleston
Paul C. Mitchell
Mahoney City
Charles Suthers
Albert Mitchell
Oregon
Joe Mitchell
Huntington
Richard Mitchell
Fayette County
W. Va
Eli Mitchell
Williamson
Pierce Mitchell
Ballard Mitchell
Texas
Henry Bowling
Buchanan
Princeton
J. W. Mitchell
Fayetteville
State hospitals cited for safety violations in WV x ray film storage
E V King of Charleston said inspections of eighteen West Virginia hospitals found unsafe storage of x ray films. The West Virginia inspection bureau, funded by insurers, announced the violations at a banquet of the West Virginia Association of Insurance Agents in Huntington. R P Devan of Charleston spoke on a proposed national supervisor for underwriting as about seventy five delegates attended the convention.
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Huntington
W. Va
West Virginia
West Virginia Association of Insurance Agents
E. V. King
Charleston
King
West Virginia Inspection Bureau
R. P. Devan
National Association
State Education Board Studies Pay Schedule
Charleston West Virginia June 18 Conferences with heads of state educational institutions about faculties and salaries for next year occupied the board. Heads of West Liberty Shepherd Potomac State Glenville State West Virginia State Bluefield Institute and other schools appeared before the board. Plans to re establish a military training course at West Virginia State College for the Colored Institute were approved by the guard.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Board of Education
John 8. Bonar
West Liberty Normal
W. H. 8. White
Shepherd College
J. W. Stayman
Potomac State School
E. G. Robrbaugh
Glenville State Normal
John W. Davis
West Virginia State College
R. P. Sims
Bluefield Colored Institute
James L Hil
Colored Deaf and Blind
Gordon
Industrial School For
Colored Boys
Lakin
Senate approves transparency for executive nominations
The Senate voted 69 to 5 to modify secrecy rules for executive nominations, allowing open sessions by majority vote and permitting Senators to reveal their votes. Couzens opposed secrecy standards, Norris advocated full vote publication, and La Follette warned open sessions could alter nominations.
Postmaster Generals Appointed in Post Office Reorganization
Washington announces the completion of the post office department staff reorganization with Arch Coleman of Minneapolis named assistant postmaster general and John W. Philp of Dallas named fourth assistant postmaster general. Both are former officials.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Arch Coleman
Minneapolis
John W. Philp
Dallas
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