Miners Union Seeks Next Step After West Virginia Strike
Pittsburgh, June 18. Samuel Pursglove, president of Pittsburgh Terminal Coal, says wage talks with United Mine Workers have failed. He states the company offered a wage of about 4.20 dollars per day with steady work, but the union rejected it. The firm plans to continue open shop operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitsburgh
Pennsylvania
Samuel Puregrove
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation
United Mine Workers of America
Pursglove
Harrisburg
Gifford Pinchot
Philip Murray
United Mine Workers
United Mine Workers Union
National Miners Union
West Virginia
National Miners
Ohio
A&a
Coal Company
Charleston
Coal strike ballot spreads as unions mobilize in three states
Labor unrest widens in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia as strike ballots go out in Southern West Virginia and Pennsylvania. West Virginia Mine Workers urge locals to decide on a statewide strike while rival unions press for wage hikes and direct negotiations with operators.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
400 Mile Per Hour Stratosphere Flight Predicted
Brussels June 18 Prof August Piccard predicts 400 miles an hour in the stratosphere for commercial passenger freight airliners within the near future. King Albert Queen Elizabeth attend. Mme Piccard weeps as royal box hears his remarks. He notes high altitude travel with equipped planes can be safe without danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Belgium
August Piccard
Albert
Elizabeth
Mme Piccard
Piccard
Deficit totals drop from previous high in June
Washington reports the federal deficit remaining in red ink at over a billion dollars with a sharp drop from yesterday. June receipts on income taxes and foreign debt payments narrowed the gap toward Hoover’s $950 million estimate as quarter two installments approach final totals.
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Washington
Hoover
Treasury
Mitchell says gangs doomed by honest work and purpose
Attorney General Mitchell, in Washington, asserted the government's success against Al Capone shows gang leaders can be eliminated if honest men on the job pursue a real purpose. He said the department will strike against gangster activity where it is most obnoxious but not plan a nationwide drive. He noted ongoing federal work in New York and suggested such actions should inspire local authorities in other cities.
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Washington
Mitchell
al Capone
Justice Department
New York
Philadelphia
Detroit
Cleveland
St. Louis
Chicago
Ruth Nichols Flight Delayed By Aircraft Damage
New York reports Ruth Nichols 26 postponed her solo trans Atlantic attempt after a hard landing at Floyd Bennett field. She had planned to fly from Portland Maine to Harbor Grace Newfoundland then onward to Paris. The streamlined aircraft struck ground on its right wheel damaging tail skid fuse bulkhead and landing gear. Repairs likely take two days delaying a Monday departure.
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New York
Atlantic
Ruth Nichols
Floyd Bennett Field
Portland
Harbor Grace
N. F
North Atlantic
Paris
Jersey City
Floyd Bennett Airport
Barren Island
Brooklyn
Nicholas
Braves Launch Tribal War Amid Wedding Feasts
In Pietermaritzburg, native Amabomoyu girls reported unwelcome attention from Hlongwa Braves at a wedding, sparking a savage tribal conflict. Ambomvu supporters raided the Hlongwa camp, killing 17 and wounding 17 others as 2,000 guests danced nearby. Two arrests were made and police were sent to capture more suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pietermaritzburg
Union of South Africa
Masked men hang Texas preacher in church abuse incident
Four masked assailants abducted B P Brown in Dallas stripping him and hanging him from a chandelier in the North Dallas Baptist Church. Brown said the attackers tied him and stretched a rope until his feet touched a chair. He escaped after about three hours. Federal investigators will probe threatening letters tied to Rev H P Marler, a former deacon.
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Dallas
Tex
B. P. Brown
Enka
North Dallas Baptist Church
H. P. Marler
Brown
Mr. Marler
Dynamite Cache Rumor Tangles Canon City Prison Officials
Canon City Colorado guards searched the state penitentiary after rumors of a dynamite cache intended to blow up the prison. Governor Adams said prison officials should find it if it exists, while the warden called the tale political. Police sources claimed smuggled dynamite inside the facility but would not reveal sources or location.
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Canon City
Colo
State Penitentiary
Denver
William H. Adams
Roy Best
Denver Post Today
Albert T. Clark
Clark
Carl §S. Milliken
Norfolk and Western indicted on newsprint rebating charges
A federal grand jury in Atlanta returned a twenty count indictment against the Norfolk and Western railroad. The charges allege rebating on newsprint shipments from Norfolk Virginia to Atlanta, accusing the carrier of improper price rebates carried out to gain business.
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Atlanta
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Norfolk, Va
British aviatrix Cecily O'Brien and companion killed in crash
Hatfield England June 18. Miss Cecily O'Brien and Mrs Gordon Gallien died when their light plane crashed near the De Havilland flying school after taking off from Brough. They reached about 100 feet altitude before the craft nosedived and burned. Both bodies were burned beyond recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatfield
England
Cecily O'Brien
Gordon Gallien
de Haviland
Miss O' Brien
Lady Heath
Miss O'Brien
Timothy Carew O’brien
Brough
Yorkshire
Virginia Court Rules On Collection Of Fees
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled that a commonwealths attorney may collect a $25 statutory fee only when actual services are rendered. The Norfolk case involved Edwin J. Smith suing Virginia Beach for $1,675 in fees from cases before a police judge. the circuit court ruling denying recovery was upheld. The decision clarifies police judges may tax fees only if services were provided.
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Commonwealth
Virginia
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Wythville
Norfolk Circuit Court
Edwin J. Smith
Princess Anne County
Virginia Beach
Circuit Court
Norfolk
Supreme Court
Officials Ground Columbus Pilots Over Memorial Flight
Four Columbus aviators Harold Dislehorst John Corrodi Joseph Nackey and Grant Melvin had their licenses suspended temporarily by Department of Commerce Aeronautics Inspector H F Rough following a Marion Ohio Harding memorial dedication event last Tuesday. The pilots of Curtiss Wright Flying Service carried news pictures and the incident prompted Washington orders and a department inquiry ordered by President Hoover.
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Columbus
Department of Commerce
H. F. Rough
Detroit
Marion
Ohio
Harold Dislehorst
John Corrodi
Joseph Nackey
Curtiss-Wright Flying Service
Grant Melvin
Curtiss-Wright
Washington
Flying Service
Bough
Ver
Praident Hoover
Lamont to rule on aviation branch action after Hoover’s protest
Secretary Lamont will decide tomorrow the department of commerce stance toward aviators tied to President Hoover’s complaint at the Harding memorial dedication in Marion Ohio. A Detroit aviation branch report indicates possible disciplinary measures against some flyers as Hoover sought an example. Hoover was also disturbed during his Valley Forge Memorial Day address.
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Washington
Lamont
Commerce Department
Hoover
Harding
Marion
Ohio
Detroit
Aviation Branch
Coolidge
Valley Forge
Pantages Jury Fails to Reach Verdict in San Diego Trial
In San Diego on June 18 the Alexander Pantages case ended without a verdict after 24 hours of juror deliberation. Co-defendant Jesse H. Shreve stood accused in a conspiracy and morals case involving Olive Clarke Day and William Jobelmann over Lydia Nitto. A retrial was tentatively set for July 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Cal
Alexander Pantages
Pantages
Jesse H. Shreve
Hollywood
Olive Clarke Day
William Jobelmann
Lydia Nitto
Los Angeles
Vanderbilt martial ties weakening amid gun incident
Reno November report foresees formal separation of Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. and wife Mary Davidson Weir after a Monday incident in which Vanderbilt allegedly chased New York artist Peter Arno with a gun. Attorneys for both sides anticipate divorce. Arno denounces the claim as Vanderbilt’s fabrication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr
Mary Davidson Weir
Chicago
Vanderbilt
Peter Arno
New York
William Woodburn
Samuel Platt
Arno
Officials Protest Rail Rate Hike Across Sectors
Washington reports opposition to a proposed fifteen percent freight rate increase. Merchants stockmen farmers and private citizens send letters to President Hoover and the Interstate Commerce Commission. Leaders including Rep Evans Sen Shipstead and Carl Williams warn higher farm-rate costs harm shippers and the economy and urge the railroads to absorb losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Interstate Commerce Commission
Evans
Montana
Senator Shipstead
Farmer-Labor
Minnesota
Carl Williams
Federal Farm Board
North Dakota Railroad Commission
Wyoming Stock Dealers Association
Commission
Williams
Commerce
119 Year Old Uncle Tommy Kemp Admits Feeling Puny
Popular Bluff, Missouri reports Uncle Tommy Kemp, aged 118, says age is catching up as he admits feeling puny for the first time in roughly a century. He expects to turn 119 on September 20, noting farming is impossible this spring. Neighor Ben Hodge also nears 119, due December 23.
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Tommy Kemp
Ben Hodge
Communists Increase Activities in Kiangsi
Shanghai reports Kiangsi province sees intensified Communist operations as forces move north toward Nanchang amid Nationalist reinforcements. Chiang Kai-shek delays departure to assume command for a major drive against Reds and corruption.
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Shanghai
Kiangsi
Nanchang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking
Hunan
Chiang
Ford Demands Welfare Investigation From Ford Company
Detroit June 18 Ford Motor company faces a welfare audit demand over 3,200 former workers now on municipal relief The welfare superintendent Thomas E Dolan asks Edsel Ford for guidance in directing cases Ford replies suggesting workers know where to apply Harry Bennett accuses the welfare department of negligence and political influence involving Mayor Frank Murphy
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Ford Company
Edsel Ford
Thomas E. Dolan
Harry H. Bennett
Dolan
Government unearths radical plot to disrupt elections
The government announced it uncovered a radical syndicalist plan to disrupt the upcoming elections and the work of the constituent assembly. It said necessary precautions were taken to quash the plot, which allegedly included plans for strikes and riots nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Constituent Assembly
Duke star quarterback shot while fleeing police
Duke University quarterback Lowell Mason was shot four times after a car wreck in Charlotte. He was hospitalized with a serious wound that could end his football career. Captain Alex West said he fired to frighten the fugitive. authorities pursue the incident with full publicity. Mason had been detained for drunkenness earlier.
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Charlotte
N. C
Lowell Mason
Duke University
John G. Carpenter
Alex West
Mason
Captain Weet
West
J. R. Wilkes
F. T. Dellinger
Cherryville
State College
Mother, wife testify against Hathaway
A mother and his young wife testified against Elliott R. Hathaway, a Massachusetts legislator, on trial for strangling Verna Russell, a 20 year old student nurse. They described Hathaway arriving at Vernon Galvin’s Tall River home after 11 p.m. March 23 and saying he believed she was dead and that holdup men had taken her. The three witnesses largely agreed, while the defense sought to cast doubt on the younger woman’s account.
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Newport
R. L
Elliott R. Hathaway
Massachusetts
Verna Russell
Vernon Wil Galvin
Julia Galvin
Laura
Hathaway
Tall River
Masa
George Hurley
Hendersons Tales Of Hidden Gems In $12,000 Robbery
Clarence Henderson a 17 year old colored youth confessed May 14 to robbing Turk Small Loan of jewels valued at $12,000 and told several hiding places for the diamonds and watches. Police report no trace found. Fingerprint expert George H. Sarver of Bluefield was brought in by Turk and identified Henderson. R S Stanley another expert joined to verify deductions for the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Henderson
Turk Small Loan Company
Henderson
George H. Sarver
Bluefield
Samuel Turk
J. W. Haldren
Stanley
Sarver
Nautilus Crawls Under Own Power
Washington reports the Polar submarine Nautilus struggles under its own power in a rough sea without lights or a periscope. Rear Admiral Bloch says the craft is piloted blind as Wyoming radiolinks its course while Sir Hubert Wilkins seeks a North Pole reach. The ship is 250 miles off Queenstown Ireland heading for its first destination.
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Washington
Claude C. Bloch
Wyoming and
Arkansas
Navy Department
Sir Hubert Wilkins
North Pole
Wyoming
Bloch
Queenstown
Ireland
Frank Hyer Calm As Zero Hour Approaches
Manndeville West Virginia June 18 Frank Hyer 64 year old restaurant owner Durbin sat calmly in his cell at West Virginia penitentiary as the execution time nears set for 9 p m tomorrow He spent his last evening reading the bible listening to prison quartet and mandolin selections Hyer knew no hope for clemency and was told by Dr W D McClung alienist that he was sane He was convicted in Pocahontas County of murdering his wife Emma last December
Dutch Schultz Arrested In Beer Racket Case
New York reports Arthur Fiegenheimer known as Dutch Schultz was arrested outside his Fifth Avenue apartment after a chase with detectives. Bail set at 150000, he faces charges of felonious assault and violating the Sullivan firearms law. Amacio, shot during the confrontation, is hospitalized with abdomen and arm wounds. Schultz claims mistaken identity led to the incident.
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New York
Arthur Fiegenheimer
Dutch Schultz
Schultz
Fifth Avenue
West Side
Burke
Daniel Amacio
Amacio
President Hoover Returns to Desk After Central States Tour
President Hoover came back to the White House cheerful and optimistic about bumper crop prospects observed during a four day tour of the central states. He arrived from Springfield Illinois at 3 25 p m and resumed work at his desk with mail to address after a conference with Secretary Stimeon, reaffirming no plans for further trips. Republican leaders accompanying the train discussed politics and hoped for favorable reaction to his Middle West speeches, while the president stressed he serves all the people, not just Republicans.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Central States
Springfield
Illinois
Stimeon
Middle West
Lottery Ticket Sellers Face Fines and Jail Terms
The Ses sion municipal court heard mine cases charging operation of baseball lotteries. Judge L B Sutherland imposed a $100 fine and 30 days in jail on five defendants. Appeals noted. bonds posted. One defendant found not guilty. Two warrants dismissed. one case continued due to late hour.
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L. B. Sutherland
D. M. Hasley
McClintic Flats Baseball Lottery Injury Charge Opens
The Southern District of West Virginia opened its summer term with Judge George W. McClintic presiding before a record crowd. Opening day saw prison and jail sentences totaling 50 years and six months, $150 in fines, and probation for many defendants, most for federal prohibition violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. MccClintic
United States Court For
Southern District of
West Virginia
McClintic
Jamison P. Cook
Jose Marshall
Paul Byrd
Senator Davis urges mine consolidation east of Mississippi
Butler Pa June 18 United States Senator James J Davis urged consolidating all coal mining properties east of the Mississippi to revive the industry. He warned current wages fail to support workers and cited bankers concerns over frozen assets as a consequence of disjointed ownership.
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Butler
United States
James J. Davis
Mississippi River
Davis
United States Secretary of Labor
Mississippi East
United States Steel Corporation
Kentucky
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McLintic Flats Baseball Lottery
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U. S. Court
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Mississippi
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