Earhart and crew complete first transatlantic flight by a woman
Amelia Earhart Pilot Bill Stultz and mechanic Slip Gordon finished a 22 hour 43 minute Atlantic crossing aboard the Friendship landing at Barry Port and then London. They received a grand welcome at Southampton and head toward further tributes in Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Amelia Earhart
Bill” Stultz
Slip” Gordon
Friendship
Barry Port
Wales
Southampton
Britain
America
Miss Earhart
Atlantic
Stultz
Gordon
Trepassey Bay
Lisdbeech
Winchester
Earhart
Frederick Guest
L. M. Welsh
Europe
Slim
Open Season Declared on Wet Higher-Ups in Prohibition
Waynesburg Pennsylvania June 19 John D. Pennington Pittsburgh prohibition administrator told Green County Sunday schools annual convention that open season is declared on higher ups protecting liquor violators. He outlined three classes of violators the converter, the rum runner and the individual distiller and said the latter two have been reduced while the distiller is active. Pennington cited political influence aiding liquor law offenders with cases in Homestead Monesen and West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesburg
John D. Pennington
Pittsburgh
Green County
Pennington
Homestead
Monesen
West Virginia
Transatlantic fliers land at Barry Inlet awaiting royal welcome
The arrow marks Barry Inlet in South Wales where Amelia Earhart Wilmer Stultz and Lou Gordon landed in the Friendship. They departed for Southampton yesterday and then traveled by train to London where they await a royal welcome after the Pilgrims set forth years ago.
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Barry Inlet
South Wales
Amelia Earhart
Wilmer Stultz
Lou Gordon
Friendship
Southampton
London
Proposed school bond levy loses in Tazewell County
The proposed school bond levy was defeated yesterday with a broad majority in major precincts while Bluefield Virginia backed the levy. Totals show 411 for the levy across towns and 561 against with several communities recording small majorities in favor. Ballots were light overall and rural areas opposed the measure.
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Tazewell County
Levy
Virginia
Tazewell
North Tazewell
Bluefield
Parent-Teacher Association
Richlands
Pocahontas
Cedar Bluff
Cove Creek
Falls Mills
Tip Top
Raven
Benbow
Pounding Mill
Asbury
Hoover Curtis meet on campaign plans in Washington
Secretary Hoover and Senator Curtis discussed Republican campaign plans after their nomination. A national chairman may be chosen soon with Work of the Interior mentioned as a possible candidate and visitors from the national committee in attendance.
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Washington
Hoover
Curtis
Curtin
Senate
Republican National Committee
Work
Boy dies from rabies after hound attack in Tazewell County
Paul Brown Rasnake, 11, of Thompson Valley, died after midnight following a rabies infection from a stray hound that attacked him twelve days earlier. The dog, licensed Smyth county, was killed. A calf later tested rabies positive. Mrs. Scott, bitten by the calf, receives Pasteur treatment. Funeral held at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Police seek dog origin and possible quarantine measures.
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Paul Brown Rasnake
Stafford Rasnake
Thompson Valley
Tazewell
Leroy Gibson
Rasnake Farm
Scott
Pasteur
Smyth County
Marion
Rasnake
Pleasant Hill
Thorn Valley
West Virginia Birthday Declared State Holiday
West Virginia will observe June 20 as a legal holiday for the first time since state formation. The 1927 act established West Virginia Day as a holiday, with officials noting the 65th birthday of the state formed in 1863. A memorial funeral in Clarke County for Dr. Truman Gore affects governor’s office hours.
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West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
Clarkshoro
Truman Gore
Gore
Miss Boll Cancels Transatlantic Flight Plan
Harbor Grace N F June 19 Miss Mabel Bell announced she cancelled her proposed transatlantic flight in the monoplane Columbia and would return to New York on Thursday where further plans would be made
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harbor Grace
N. F
Mabel Bell
Columbia
New York
Four Men Killed by Lightning Near Indiana University
Four men were struck and killed by lightning while seeking shelter under a tree at Indiana University water works grounds in Bloomington on June 19. A fifth man, Harry Hobbs, was badly shocked. the victims named Otto Hacker, 48, Thomas Holt, James Holt, and Kenneth Deickard, all residents of Bloomington or nearby Sullivan.
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Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University Water Works
Harry Hobbs
Otto Hacker
Thomas
James Holt
Kenneth Deickard
Sulivan
Indiana University
Old Telegram Recalls Days of Confederacy
A faded May 6 1864 telegram from Petersburg Virginia tied to Col William L Graham recalls Civil War events. Maj Gen George E Pickett sent to Gen G T Beauregard about Graham’s forces at Port Walthall Junction repelling an enemy attack with possible reinforcements expected next day.
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Confederacy
W. R. Graham
William L. Graham
Mercer
Tazewell
Russell
Wayhe
Southern Telegraph Company
George E. Pickett
Petersburg
G. T. Beauregard
R. B. Johnson
Port Walthal Junction
Graham
John Gilbert
Philadelphia
Slaying of Dardey brothers sparks manhunt in McDowell
Deputy sheriffs Harry Chafin and Harry Franklin scour the Hensley area chasing Bill Atwell on a murder charge after a 38 caliber shooting at a Fordson Coal Co scene. Ernest Dardey 24 and Sherman Dardey 26 were killed, wife present, long quarrel over children cited. five shots fired near coal cars. bodies moved to Hunter Davy morgue. Officers expect arrest before morning.
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Harry Chafin
Harry Franklin
Hensley
McDowell County
Bill Atwell
Ernest Dardey
Sherman Dardey
Fordson Coal Company
Twin Branch
Ile
Hunter Davy
Radio Monopoly Charges Denied In FTC Hearing
Washington reports that the Federal Trade Commission heard motions to dismiss the Radio Corporation of America monopoly complaint. Counsel for RCA and partners argued cross licensing and joint patents with Western Electric, Westinghouse, ITT, and others were essential to modern radio. FTC counsel claimed unfair practices and a government overreach.
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Washington
Radio Corporation of America
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
J. P. Cotton
New York
The
Radio Corporation
John W. Davis
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
T. Harry Covington
United Fruit Company
Thurlow M. Gordon
Western Electric Company, Inc
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Auto crash near Kyle leaves family injured
Thomas Callahan, his wife Leona, and their two children were in a car that plunged fifteen feet down an embankment near Dr. L. H. Clark’s home at Kyle. The daughter, about ten, is believed fatally injured. Callahan and his son were hospitalized and Leona Callahan was taken to Welch Hospital No. 1 with head and facial lacerations.
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Bluefield
Inmary
Thomas Callahan
Leona
Kyle
L. H. Clark
Callahan
Kimball Hospital
Welch Hospital No. 1
Leonaallahan
Bride Held in Los Angeles in Slaying of Wealthy Husband
Mrs. Hazel Glab a 29 year old bride held by Los Angeles police on suspicion of killing her husband John L Glab retired Chicago druggist Also charged is niece Ethel C Kaser material witness M A Wilson caretaker of Glab estate was held as witness Glab previously wounded a Hollywood officer in 1927 and faced robbery charges in 1926 The couple wed five months ago after Glab’s divorce from his prior wife was finalized
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Los Angeles
Hazel Glab
Hollywood
John L Glab
Chicago
Glab
Ethel C. Kaseer
Oklahoma City
M. A. Wilson
van Nuys
San Fernando Valley
Hazel Belford
Kaser
Wilson E
Wilson
Amendments to Carry Fifteen Belief in Virginia Election
Storm damage disrupted telegraph and telephone lines across Virginia delaying official results from the constitutional amendments vote. scattered returns suggested a favorable trend with majorities in areas like Narrows and Tazewell, while Giles county reported light voting.
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Virginia
Associated Press
Richmond
Narrows
Giles County
Tazewell County
Wan Committed To Nnl Bond Set At 15000 In Charleston Case
J. Swan of New Jersey remained in Bluefield city jail after a bond of 15000 was set for his release until next November in the U S district court at Charleston. Swan faces an old indictment for using the mails to defraud tied to a timber and ore lands sale. Co-defendants Viquesney and Moore faced prior convictions and stiff penalties. Judge McClintic charged the grand jury on offenses including election postal Mann Act counterfeiting and prohibition laws as 86 liquor cases were heard with many fines and probation.
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P. Q. Swan
New Jersey
Bluefield City
Yeste
George W. McClintic
United States District Court
Charleston
Swan
United States Supreme Court
United States District Court For
West Virginia
James F. X. O'Brien
West Viginia
A. Moore
Viquesney Moore
Viquesney
Atlanta
Moore
Grand Jury
Lacey Sentenced Year And Day In Plane Theft Case
A. J. Lacey, 24, of Lomax Illinois, believed to be the first under the Dyer act for transporting a stolen plane across state lines, receives one year and one day in Chillicothe Ohio reformatory after pleading guilty. He admitted stealing a plane in Richmond Indiana and flying it to Galena Illinois. His employer William McBoyle blamed Walter Anderson for the theft and plot.
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Indianapolis
Ind
A. J. Lacey
Lomax
Robert C. Baltgell
Chillicothe
Ohio
Lacey
Richmond
Galena
William McBoyle
Walter Anderson
Anderson
Ths
Democrats Press Farm Relief At National Convention
Houston June 19 Democrats focus on farm relief and prohibition as convention nears. W A Julian urges affirmation of the McNary Haugen bill, while Clem Shaver and Jesse H Jones back inviting farmers denied entry to Kansas City. Other topics include potential chairmen and a platform limited to six paragraphs.
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W. A. Julian
Ohio
Julian
Clem Shaver
National Democratic Executive Committee
Jesse H. Jones
Texas
Kansas City
Louis A. Cuvillier
National Constitutional Liberty League of America
Shaver
I. Robinson
Arkansas
Glasa
Virginia
Caraway
Pittman
Naa
Alfred E. Smith
New York
James A. Reed
Missouri
Villmoore
Reed For President
Smith
Reed
Grand Jury May Be Discarded in Illinois Felony Cases
A Chicago report by the Illinois Association for Criminal Justice and the Chicago Crime Commission urges abolishing the grand jury in all felony cases except when summoned by the court. It also recommends information by prosecutors and judge crafted jury instructions and other reforms to reduce wrongful or unnecessary juror waivers and dismissals.
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Chicago
Illinois Association For Criminal Justice
Chicago Crime Commission
Judicial Administration
Ilinois
Cook County
Illinois
Trias
Safety Day planned in Bluefield huge multi event
West Virginia mine safety day set for Saturday September 22 in Bluefield. Chief Lambie and partners outline plans for 150 rescue teams from across the state plus a mine explosion reproduction, vaudeville acts and 15 or more brass bands. Colored and white teams compete separate ends of the field with about 900 men, guided by out of state judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Lambie
Chart Cehief
State Department
Robert Lilly
Percy Gillie
W. E. E. Koepler
Pocahontas Operators Association
Bluefield
Bluefield College
Lambie
J. B. Sutherland
Lilly
Koepler
West Virginia
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions and Chamber of Commerce
State Department of Mines and Pocahontas Operators Association
Morgantown
Blue
Rescuers Fail to Spot Nobile in Arctic Search
Kings Bay Spitsbergen June 19 Three Italian aircraft failed to locate General Umberto Nobile and the Italia crew despite signals from the stranded group. Major Maddalena returned with the Savoia Marchetti 64 reporting a near miss as planes passed within two kilometers. The flyer plans another attempt with smoke signals to aid signaling.
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Kings Bay
Spitsbergen
Umberto Nobile
Italia
Tce
Nobile
Maddalena
K Bay
General Nobile
Dalena
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Sherman Dartley
Trade Commission
Wan
NNL
M’clintic
Tucker Jefferson
Cartle Harbor
Minnie Lee
Lucy Griffith
Alex Plumby
Amanda Armentrout
Frank Cox
Jime Walker
John C. Carter
Melvin James
Raymond C. Lawson
Paul Anderson
J. B. Batley
John Dillon
Robert Epperson
Luther James
W. D. Killum
Bill McNew
W. M. Newberry
George M. Griffith
Bruno Varano
Mace Green
Lawrence Hall
F. W. Hylton
R. C. Hornbrook
John L. Garten
N. A. Neal
K. R. Lucas
Henry Mann
George Milam
B. J. Kunnell
Samuel C. Peery
Elva Qugenberry
Scott Smith
Paul Tincher
A. G. Hallaway
Tilden Kinecald
Laura Goosby
Cora Robinson
Corbitt Gible
Opal Cook
John Labontz
W. A. Hoover
Wm. M. Day
George Day
Arleen Altizer
Wess Martin
Arthur Martin
Bettie Martin
Bob Powell
Everett Crookehank
D. C. Dillon
C. H. Edwards
Aldy Brown
Freddie Adkins
Ord Adkins
Claude Cook
John Smith
Gray Vaught
Herbert Starkey
Senator Glass
Houston
Tex
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Prohibition
Minors Association For Criminal Justice
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