Blast Kills Six Miners in West Virginia Coal Mine Blast Kills Six Miners in West Virginia Coal Mine
Morgantown West Virginia June 20 A blast in the National Fuel coal mine south of Morgantown claimed six lives and left six others seriously injured. Victims named include L. B. Stanley 32 Curtisa Stevenson 23 and Harry Brock 49. The night foreman William Kiernan survived but was burned. Two workers left the mine two hours after the explosion unaware of the blast. Rescue crews worked to clear debris and restore airflow as officials planned an inquest. The accident may be tied to a gas pocket igniting after a shot in a mine room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
National Fuel Company
Here
Curtisa Stevenson
Stanley
Harry Brock
W. G. Henderson
Hugh Ankrom
Winterset
Steve Herrick
Fayette City
Wee
William Kiernan
James King
Ray Batton
Delbert Murphy
Ephriam Hayheart
Haywood Flowers
Floyd Williams
Roy Batton
D. R. Carroll
Kiernan
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Amendments Carry in Virginia Vote Amid Slim Returns
Governor Byrd in Roanoke predicts a 15000 vote lead for the short ballot amendments with larger margins on other reform proposals. Early returns show districts varying from narrow to decisive, while opponents led by Congressman Deal and the Ku Klux Klan mobilize against the reform drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Harry Flood Byrd
Roanoke
Reform Dpd
Deal
Norfolk
J. J. Kelly
Virginia Edu Association
Kuo Klux Klan
Hoover Plans To Vote For Al Smith In West Virginia
Alfred Smith, 94, a retired farmer, has not decided who to vote for if Alfred Smith is nominated. Herbert Hoover, 22, a collector, says he will vote for Governor Smith if he is the nominee, in Clarksburg on June 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
W. Va
Alfred Smith
Herbert Hoover
Cox
Davis
New York
Smith
Earhart Plans Homeward Flight After London Visit
Amelia Earhart and crew plan to fly to Amsterdam and Paris for the weekend before returning to the United States. The Friendship crew will sail home by midweek after duties in London, while a torrent of fan mail and crank letters overwhelms Earhart, prompting police vigilance for her safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Friendship
Miss Earhart
Stultz
Gordon
Amsterdam
Paris
America
Dutch Air Line
Southhampton
United States
Croydon
Rotten Row
Hyde Park
Scotland Yard
Houghton
Houston Lynching Sparks Officials Action
In Houston Texas June 20 the first lynching in fifty years sends eight unnamed white men into pursuit after they abducted and hanged Robert Powell 24 a Negro slayer from a hospital cot Powell was charged with killing city detective A W Davis in a gunfight Powell was shot and the mob used revolvers to seize him and string him from a bridge as police found the body hours later Authorities voted 10000 for an investigation by a six member committee including two Negroes with Governor Moody offering 250 for each defendant and Texas rangers coordinating the case
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
Robert Powell
Dan Moody
Texas Rangers
Powell
A. W. Davia
PLIERS ESCAPE INJURY IN PLANE STALL
Montreal June 20 Canadian filer Charles A Schiller escaped injury when his plane’s motor stalled a few feet above the ground and forced a heavy skid. The aircraft was badly damaged but Schiller sustained no injuries and proceeded to continue toward Quebec.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Que
Charles A. Schiller
Schil
Quebec
Blast Rocks Trojan Powder Plant Near Allentown
A midnight explosion at the Trojan Powder plant north of Allentown, Pennsylvania, destroyed four kilns or dryer buildings and sparked multiple blasts. Fire crews were kept out as flames spread and windows shattered for over a mile. The blast was felt up to fifteen miles away with cinders raining over the area. No injuries reported, four watchmen accounted for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allentown
Trojan
Greenawalds
South Whitehall
Slatington
Coopersburg
First Smith Men Reach Houston
Houston delegates report the arrival of early Tammany supporters for Alfred E. Smith. George R. Van Namee and Norman B. Mack lead the advance guard as Smith factions set up at the Rice Hotel. They predict Smith’s nomination on an early ballot while stressing a dignified campaign and party unity. Roosevelt and Davis named for roles in the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Tammany
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Rice Hotel
Reed For President
George R. van Namee
Norman B. Mack
Empire State
Smith
van Namee
Mack
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Madison Square Garden
John W. Davis
Resolutions Committee
Firet
New York State
Nean Namee
Cordell Hull
National Committee
al A
Tennessee
Kansas City
Congress
Live Toad Found in Solid Concrete Block at Mt Morris
Mt Morris Pennsylvania June 20 seven witnesses report a live toad removed from a concrete block set over two years ago. The toad, a hop toad, looked normal an hour after extraction and hopped about despite twenty five months embedded inside the center of a 16 inch thick block placed in May 1926 when gasoline pumps were installed at a garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Morris
Heavy sentences handed in federal court drug and liquor cases
Judge George W McClintic presided over a large federal session calling 67 cases, 55 for liquor violations. Total fines reached 2401 with several 500 dollar penalties and jail terms up to seven years. Martin and Reed pleaded guilty to robbing the Dott post office and received five and six year sentences respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. McClintic
United States District Court
Yesterdey
Yall Senann
Teel Erate
Provaties
Frank Spinks
Theo Maye
Kelly Wilson
Wilson Wes
Princeton Road
Wilson
Samuel M. Couch
Samuel M. Upchurch
Bluefield
Joe Martin
Henry Reed
Dott
W. Va
Martin Wes
National Training School
Washington, D. C
Reed
Industrial Reformatory
Chillicothe
Ohio
William Lenz
William J. Bartureck
Stanley Skawran
Leo Craft, Jr
Charleston
Everett Bierfield
Summers County
Clifford Waters
Allen Ylor
Norman Gray
Claude Dalton
Rose Gaing
Reva McMillian
J. E. Perkins
Leonard Vanover
Atlanta
Roy Harlow
Mary Harlow
Ship Wiles
Braxton County
Bill Pritchard
Logan County
Grace Cecil
Mercer County
Will Ray
Carl Bryant
Rufue Mead
Cabell County
Thad Preston
Addie Lykens
Bank Lykens
Rd Johnson
Clarence Crawford
W. H. Broyles
George Finney
Ruby Henson
Annie Wingfield
Bill McNew
Sam Hicks
Clarence J. Caldwell
Arten
Virginia Democrats Ready for Houston Convention Parley
Roanoke June 20 Virginia Democrats prepare for the Houston convention with ten district meetings to name two delegates each and four at large. Delegation rules and unit voting are unsettled as leaders anticipate an uninstructed slate. George C. Peery to give the keynote and Thomas W. Ozlin slated as permanent chairman. Governor Byrd to return to Richmond before leaving for Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Virginia
Houston
Carter Glass
Resolutions Committee
Glass
George C. Peery
Thomas W. Ozlin
Virginia House of Delegates
Byrd
Richmond
Texas City
Beverly B. Munford
J. M. Murray Hooker
Richard Crane
J. Fulmer Bright
Mre
EB. Bolton
Morgan R. Mills
Peery
Virginia Democrate
Armed robbers plunder $125000 from railway mail
In Toronto six men robbed unarmed railway mail clerks at Union depot. They seized $125,000 in registered mail from bags including consignments for Western Ontario banks. Four attackers covered clerks with revolvers and sawed off shotguns before fleeing in a sedan. Police pursued but the bandits escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Union
Western Ontario
Rescue Efforts Focus On Nobile Group In Arctic
Rescuers reach King Bay with 650 pounds of provisions for General Nobile and crew aboard the Italia. Amundsen and Guilbaud remain missing after leaving Tromsø for Spitzbergen, with wireless signals fading and no confirmed sighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King’s Bay
Spitzbergen
Arctic
Umberto Nobile
Italia
Roald Amundsen
Rene Guilbaud
Tromsoe
Norway
Rilser-Larsen
Luetzow Holm
Majorena
Savoia
Radiute
King's
Maddalena
Amundsen
Guilbaud
Advent Bay
Svalbard
Nobile
Lincoln Ellsworth
Norge
Point Barrow
Pole
Uniens
Governor Smith Favors Temperance Says Mack
Norman E. Mack, national committee member, predicts Alfred E. Smith will win the nomination and election. He notes Smith stands for personal liberty and states rights, opposes prohibition, and supports temperance. He says states should decide alcohol content and whether to be dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
Norman E. Mack
National
New York
Alfred E. Smith
Mack
Smith
Remus Wins Long Judicial Battle for Freedom
Victor in a landmark case, George Remus, former bootleg king, is cleared of insanity and ordered released after the Ohio Supreme Court upholds appeals court. His return to Cincinnati is delayed until official verdicts arrive. Remus proclaims it wonderful and plans to establish residence there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remus
Columbus
Lima State Hospital
George Remus
Cincinnati
Supreme Court
Third District Court of Appeals
Edward C. Turner
United States Supreme Court
Remna
Lima
Court of Appeals
State Supreme Court
One Dead and Two Wounded in Boarding House Shooting
In Charleston West Virginia on June 20 Ephriam George killed himself after shooting his wife Mrs George and boarder L C McKim. He then shot boarder Clyde White near his wife's home and later died at a local hospital. Mrs George and White were not expected to survive.
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Charleston
W. Va
Ephriam George
George
L. C. McKim
Clyde White
White
Man Found Guilty in Elm Grove Bomb Conspiracy Case
Frank Prbot, 40, convicted by a Wheeling jury in an Elm Grove bombing conspiracy case. The trial referenced a May 15 miner’s home bombing and involved an unidentified co-conspirator to destroy property. Sentence was suspended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Frank Prbot
Elm Grove
Prbot
Robert Chester
Save the Union
Major coal merger advances in the Poca hontas region
Private meeting of Southern West Virginia and Virginia coal firms reports 235 million tons annual output and engineers estimate capitalization over 200 million dollars for a planned merger. Aim is to eliminate wasteful competition and cut costs with tentative mining property transfers and price arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
West Virginia
Virginia
Howard Eavenson
Samuel Taylor
Pittsburgh
Pocahontas
Hoover a Busy Day With Campaign Plans
Washington June 20 The Republican campaign organization dominated Secretary Hoover’s day as a full slate of Republican National Committee officials and a partial pre convention program were readied for a committee meeting tomorrow. Hoover and Senator Curtis of Kansas discussed plans with many callers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Republican
Secreta Hoover
Republican National Committee
Hoover
Curtis
Kansas
Interior Department
Republican Na
National Committee
Edge
New Jersey
Franklin Fort
Batter KE
Pomeroy
Englewood
Claudius Huston
Constable Killed. Suspect Held Without Bond
Hinton West Virginia June 26 Johna H Bradberry 52 was shot and killed by constable KR Lilly 59 who came to serve a warrant. Lilly was wounded and Bradberry died at the scene. Lilly is held in jail without bond.
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National Fuel Co
Davis-Elkins Interests
Harry F. Byrd
al Smith
Martin
Democrat
Old Dominion
Frank H. Fuller
Harmony Marks
Noble
Guilband
Lima State Insane Asylum
OUME
National Organization Post
R. L. Lilly
J. H. Bradberry
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