Mary Green of Spanishburg Dies at 65
Mrs. Mary Ann Green, 65, wife of Tom Green of Spanishburg, died at 10 yesterday morning at her son Boyd Green’s home in Herndon. Funeral services are today at 2 in Herndon, with interment in Lusk's cemetery. Born in Mullens, she lived in Spanishburg twelve years and is survived by her husband and seven children: W. H. Green, Boyd, Thomas, Alvis, Elvy, Hobart, and Sarah Green, all of Herndon.
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Mary Ann Green
Tom Green
Spanishburg
Boyd Green
Herndon
Lusk’s
Rescuers Reach Nobile With Food Amid Missing Castaways
Rescue efforts near the Nobile group deliver supplies by air and dog teams. Major Maddalena circled the drift site twice, dropping gear and urging the castaways toward potential land via rubber boats. Braganza ice breaker and dog teams may return them to safety, while Amundsen remains unseen.
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Maddelena
Hobby
Nobile
Maddalena
Amundsen
Miss Mobile beauty queen acquitted of arson charge
Vivian McDowell Page known as Miss Mobile in the 1926 Atlantic City pageant was found not guilty of arson after a trial in Media Pennsylvania. The jury deliberated over five hours. A separate larceny charge remained pending as she was sent back to jail with a bail hearing expected tomorrow. Frank Morganthal, driver from New York, was acquitted after the verdict.
Sues Without Cause Alleged Confession in Ferry Death Claim
Oakland authorities report Bernice Huffmann confessed to filing a $50,000 suit against Key Route System ferry operators for her daughter Rathel Robertson’s death in the February 17 Peralta ferry disaster. The girl, a former beauty parlor operator and road house entertainer, joined in the confession. Twenty passengers were swept overboard. five were missing.
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Oakland
Calif
Bernice Huffmann
Key Route System
Rathel Robertson
San Francisco
J. Paul Bt
Alameeda County
Peraltan
Ladies' Night at Elks Club Features Music and Dining
City and Coalfield Items announce Ladies' Night at the Elks Club Thursday June 21 with music by High Hatters. Admission is by invitation only for members. dancing ends at midnight. Eat at the New Commercial Cafe and Busy Bee lunch specials promise good food and moderate prices.
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Elks Club
High Hatters
Busy Bee
Coolidge Enjoys Western Storms Luck At Fishing
President Coolidge spends hours fishing on the Brule River near Superior. six trout, largest 1.75 pounds, caught and kept for breakfast. He and Mrs. Coolidge face unsettled weather, while storms rage in the Southwest with three more deaths and extensive damage.
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Coolidge
Superior
Wis
President Coolidge
Lodge
E. W. Starling
Secret Service
Mr. Coolidge
Cedar Island Jodge
Chamber of Commerce annual meeting reservations surge
Reservations for the chamber of commerce dinner are rapidly filling set for tomorrow night. T L Felts reports strong advance bookings to avoid delays at the door. Dan A Reed will speak, an orchestra will perform, and tickets are priced to cover meal costs. Telephone reservations are available today at phone 84.
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Chamber of Commerce
T. L. Felts
Mr. Felta
Dan A. Reed
James Elmer Brown
Mine Blast Kills Six At Davie Elkins Owned Pit
A gas ignition from a blasting machine or discharge caused a blast in a Davie Elkins owned coal mine opened in 1918. Six men died and others were injured. officials expect limited damage and a quick resumption of operations. Manager Carroll noted only minimal spread of the explosion within the workings and no widespread destruction.
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Davie- Elkins
Carroll
Thirty-One Bodies Found After Mexico City Blast
Thirty one bodies removed from debris of five buildings in the outskirts of Mexico City after a boiler explosion in a bathhouse. An intoxicated fireman, returning from lunch, reportedly turned cold water into the boiler, triggering the blast.
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Mexico City
Hammond theatre owner found guilty in bombing case
William Kliehege, Hammond theatre owner, found guilty on charges tied to a bombing plot against the State Theatre. A jury sentenced him to ten to twenty years. Prosecutors said he hired Joseph Million to carry out the bombing after the theatre loss under a lease. Million and two accomplices confessed and implicated Kliehege, who owned two other Hammond venues. The bombing occurred last winter, targeting a premier Northern Indiana theatre.
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Hammond
Ind
William Klethege
Kliehege
Joseph Million
Million
Kleihege
State
Indiana
Rotarians Elect Chief Officers
Rotary International nominated directors for the United States Canada and the British Isles after electing two principal officers by acclamation J B Sutton Tampico Mexico a native of Saginaw Michigan was elected president Rufus F Chapin Chicago treasurer for 2½ years was reelected Directors for the United States include David Clark Charlotte N C A R Parshley Lancaster N H W Marr Raleigh N C S M Brooks Little Rock Ark R L Hill Columbia Mo J S Carlson Kansas City Kans Frank Britton Kansas City Mo W H Campbell Rochester N Y
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Rotary International Today
United States
Canada
British Isles
J. B. Sutton
N. H
W. Marr
Raleigh
N. C
M. Brooks
Little Rock
Ark
R. L. Hill
Columbia
City Reaches $1.732 Million Repayment Over Thompson Era Experts’ Fees
Chicago Circuit Judge Hugo Friend orders repaid to the city more than $1.5 million in experts’ fees diverted to the Thompson campaign during 1920 and 1921. The verdict targets Mayor William Hale Thompson and associates, including Faherty Harding Coffin and three real estate men, with $1,732,279 owed and $138,972 already remitted by discharged defendants.
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Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Hugo Friend
Thompson
Eix
Michael J. Faherty
Board of Local Improvements
George F. Harding
Percival B. Coffin
The
Chicago Tribune
Hit and Run Driver Sought After Virginia Teen Hurt
Police hunt for the driver of a Ford who struck 18 year old Mrs Majola Woods near Brush Fork on the Bluefield Bramwell road. She was knocked down and taken to Bluefield Sanitarium in a semi conscious state then returned home after treatment. No other injuries reported. This marks a second accident for Woods in the past month.
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Majola Woods
Virginia
Brush Fork
Bluefield-Bramwell
Bluefield Sanitarium
Mra. Woods
Bluefield
Woods
Wood
81. Lukes Hospital
Harris
Princess Helen to Get Divorce Tomorrow
Bucharest June 20 Rosenthal attorney for Princess Helen wife of Prince Carol and mother of King Michael said it was a foregone conclusion the court will grant Princess Helen an absolute divorce from Carol tomorrow.
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Bucharest
Rosenthal
Princess Helen
Prince Carol
King Michael
Helen
Carol
Baptists Urge Dry Platform For Democratic Convention
A resolution by the Northern Baptist convention committee on law enforcement urges the Democratic national convention to adopt a strict dry plank and nominate only dry candidates. The church body would back the Anti-Saloon League, W C T U and other dry groups in opposing any modification of liquor laws.
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Detroit
Democratic National Convention
Committee On Law Enforcement
Northern Baptist Convention
Anti- Saloon League
Bus Plunge Injures Eight in Triadelphia Creek Crash
A Wheeling to Washington bus plunged over a 12 foot wall into Wheel ing creek at Triadelphia late today injuring eight people, two of them seriously.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Washington
Wheeling Creek
Triadelphia
Bluefield to Host One Day Fire Hazard Inspections
A major fire prevention effort led by state and local officials will inspect about 355 buildings in Bluefield. Charles W. Nolte and deputies arrive to oversee teams from fire insurers and the West Virginia Fire Underwriters association with city help from the chamber of commerce and Boy Scouts.
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West Virginia Fire Underwriters Association
Boyd A. Bennett
Parkersburg
West Virginia
W. G. Harrie
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Underwriters
Boy Scouts
Douglass
City Fire Department
Douglas
West Virginian Inspection Bureau
Mississippi
Harrie
New Obstacle Delays Miss Thea Rasche Transatlantic Flight
Thea Rasche faces a supreme court injunction blocking use of a Bellanca monoplane owned by Mrs. James Stillman for a planned flight from Old Orchard Maine to Berlin. Rasche and banker A A Martine must appear Friday to plead why the order should not be permanent, amid claims of altered terms with Hollis Corporation backers.
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New York
Thea Rasche
James A. Stillman
Supreme Court
Miss Rasche
A. A. Martine
Berlin
Mrs. Stillman
Curtiss Field
Old Orchard
Martine
Harry Heckheimer
Hollis Corporation
Aviation Enterprises
Berlin honors Irish and German fliers
Berlin the capital honored today the three aviators who first crossed the Atlantic westward Captain Koehl Major Fitzmaurice and Baron von Huenefeld. Thousands lined the streets from Tempelhof to the palace of Chancellor Marx as the trio rode sightseeing from the airfield to the palace.
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Berlin
Germany
Tempelhof
Marx
Chamberlain
Levine
Koehl
Fitzmaurice
Baron von Huenefeld
Two St Albans Boys Drown In Coal River
In St Albans West Virginia on June 20 Harold Thomas 14 and Vincent Clendennin 12 both of St Albans drowned while wading in Coal river They stepped from shallow water into a thirty foot deep hole during a Sunday school picnic near Alum Creek station Thomas was recovered but died and rescuers searched for Clendennin’s body as night fell
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W. Va
Harold Thomas
Vincent Clendennin
St. Albana
Coal River
Alum Creek Station
Thomas
Clendennin
Heavy sentences handed in federal court
A federal court proceedings list shows multiple defendants receiving prison terms or probation. Names include Dichterenko, Theo Maye, Tom Armentrout, and Charles Dickereon with sentences ranging from probation to several years in federal prison in Atlanta or Chillicothe Ohio.
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Mercer County
Sterling Hunt
National Reformatory
Chillicothe
Ohio
George Meadows
W. B. Maye
J. E. Crews
Theo Maye
Atlanta
Freeland White
Huntington
Andy Combs
Myrtle Bentley
W. C. Hoover
George E. Worley
James H. Blankenship
Garfield G. Pointer
Joshua Day
George Mosby
Tom Tucker
W. T. Helm
Frank Spinks
Charles Dickereon
Tom Armentrout
Henry A. Dahl
Ed Collins
George F. Hogan
Charles Bragg
Earl Bragg
W. H. Tucker
Sterling Helm
W. C. Quesenberry
Verdict for coal contract suit awarded to Moffett Sterling
A federal court jury in Pittsburgh awarded the Moffett Sterling Gas Coal Company of Charleroi 27087 for losses after 100000 tons of coal contracted in 1924 were not shipped by W A Marshall and Company. The plaintiff claimed it sold the coal at a loss of 30157.
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Pittsburgh
Moffett Sterling Gas Coal Company
Charleroi
W. A. Marshall and Company
Johnstown
Morgantown
W. Va
Moffett Company
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