Heat wave, rain endures. injuries and deaths marked June record
Charleston reports 104 degree heat as Mrs. Ma Smith, 66, collapses at stairs, breaking an arm and ribs. A sudden rain floods streets. thefts of electric phone lines occur at city hall. In Moundville, Ernest Hurley, 17, dies from heat after working in a factory and drinking excessive water. Chicago storms leave two dead, damage trees and power lines. a 12 year old boy, Donald Keller, slain by lightning while swimming.
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Charleston
W. Fa
M A. Smith
Victne Moundaville
W. Va
Ernest Hurley
Glandale
Hurley
Chicago
Illinois
Hall
Donald Keller
Jeannie Shaldon
Waemgod
Caork County
Union Bus Terminal Incorporation Granted in Bluefield
A certificate of incorporation was granted for Union Bus Terminal Station of Bluefield by Georges W. Sharp. The company capitalized at 6000 dollars was formed by Claude Sumpter D R Patrick and W F Bond all of Bluefield to operate motor buses and terminals in Bluefield. The terminal will stay on Princeton avenue for now with relocation under consideration to multiple future terminals serving Tennessee Coach Seneca Trail Pocahontas Transit Athens Princeton and other lines. One terminal project at Blavd and Federal Street near the Anaotte Greyhound lines is in initial setup. another terminal name was not disclosed.
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Union Bus Terminal
Bluefield
Georges W. Sharp
Claude Sumpter
D. R. Patrick
W. F. Bond
Army men develop huge motor truck in test
Baltimore June 22. A motor truck claimed to reach 06 miles per hour and climb 65 percent slopes with a full ton load has been built at Camp Holabird quartermaster depot. Two trucks are assigned to the coast artillery and two to the air corps for tests. A 10 mile road test to Fort Bragg was scheduled but delayed.
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Baltimore
Camp Holabird
Quartermaster Depot
Fort Brage
N. C
Coast Artillery
Air Corps
Fort Bragg
Actress Evelyn Knapp Injured in Fall Near Hollywood
Actress Evelyn Knapp, 23, suffered a wrenched spine and three fractures after tumbling down a 15 foot embankment while hiking with her brother Stanley Knapp near Hollywood California. Initial reports said her back was broken.
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Hollywood
Cal
Evelyn Knapp
Mice Knapp
Stanley Knapp
Unusual labor war at New Lafferty mine in Ohio
Armed guards guard a trikera as EFYING machine-gate demonstrators urge workers to quit. At New Lafferty mine, St. Clairaville arrests occurred during disorders, and 2,000 people stormed the local jail seeking releases. Rival unions fight for control of the field in this rare labor conflict.
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Ohio
New Lafferty
St. Clairaville
France and Italy back Hoover debt relief move
Premier Laval and French officials hailed President Hoover’s one year moratorium on inter-governmental debts amid caution that Germany must use relief for economy rather than politics. Italy accepts the gesture but demands that relief aid euro debt be used for economic rehabilitation. London and Berlin discuss details as Britain welcomes the proposal and Germany’s press reacts guardedly while France awaits further word. Patchogue rider Charles “Broncho” Bly Miller begins a Pony Express trek from Patchogue to St Joseph and then to San Francisco.
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Laval
Briand
France
Flandin
Doumer
Foreign Office
Hoover
United States
Eas
World Ag
Rome
Italy
America
Germany
Adi Austro-Germain Womon
Dlain
Britain
London
Rameau MacDonald
House of Commons
Great Britain
Stanley Baldwin
Conservative
Davi Lloyd George
MacDonald
Nn Pelident
Pony Express
Patchogue
N. Y
Charles
Bly Miller
Pay Express
St. Joseph
San Francisco
Shannondale Pool Closed This Summer for Private Rentals
Shannondale swimming pool and grounds will be closed to the public this summer. The area has been rented by private families, and the public is asked to stay away. Also notices for Bluefeld Lodge No. 35 A F and A M state a communications tonight at 7:30 at the Masonic temple with officer elections.
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Shannondale
Shannnondale
A. G. Fox
B. Thompson
Joggora
Bluefeld Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Mansonic Temple
Vickers
L. M. Carner
Miners and officers clash in north during strike flare
In North, miners and police clash as more than 10 shots echo a disorder sparked by stones hurled at workers. The National Miners Union says authorities persecute strikers, while a common pleas court restrains interference with operations amidst ongoing unrest.
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Menn
National Waners Union
Pilots Wiley Post and Harold Gatty Prepare Round-The-World Flight
Weather warnings describe cloudy conditions and rain over mid Ocean to the British Isles while Newfoundland and Grand Banks show clearer skies. At Roosevelt field the pair announce a 3 am takeoff to Harbor Grace for the first leg, with possible postponement if visibility worsens.
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Trandéat- Tantroflers
Newfoundland
Grand Banks
British Isles
Europe
Roosevelt Field
Wiley Post
Oklahoma City
Harold Gatty
Los Angeles
Harbor Grace
N. F
Ukelele Ike Wins Suit for Divorce
In Los Angeles on June 22 the actor Cuttan A. Edwyards known as Uitolale Ika won a divorce suit from Mra Icetia L. Edwards in Superior Court. He failed to win a property settlement. the court upheld a roughly $100,000 property transfer and an agreement to pay his wife one third of his income for life, finding the agreements valid despite his cruelty claim.
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Los Angeles
Cuttan A. Edwyards
Uitolale Ika
Mra
Icetia L. Edwards
Folllos Irl
Edwards
Inventor of Rubber Heels Dies in Lowell at 77
Humphrey O'Sullivan, 77, died in Lowell after pioneering the rubber heel. An Irish immigrant who settled in New York, he conceived the cushioned heel in 1899 and, with his brother James, built the O'Sullivan Rubber Company in Massachusetts. His invention became world famous and the business expanded through patenting and marketing efforts.
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Lowell
Humphrey O'Sullivan
New York
Ireland
James
Mageachusetts
McCullough Reappointed to State Board of Control
Charleston West Virginia June 22 Frank Witcher McCullough of Cabell county is reelected Democratic member of the state board of control by Governor Connley for a six year term ending June 30 1937. He serves as board treasurer and was first named in 1926. Republican members Bradley of Jefferson and Lakin of Preston hold terms expiring 1933 and 1935 respectively.
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State Board of Control
Charleston
W. Va
Frank Witcher McCullough
Cabell County
Conley
McCullough Flrat
Board of Control
Geore
McCullough
James 5. Lakin
Preston County
H. N. Bradlay
Jefferson County
Bradley
Lakin
Ex convict shot and killed on East Side New York
Charles Sattler 28 released from Bing Sing less than a month ago was shot and killed by four men on a street corner on the lower East Side. Ida Gold 28 was wounded in the right leg as she walked home with bundles. Four assailants fled into nearby tenement hallways and were not located.
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New York
Charles Sattler
Hant
Aldo
Ida Gold
Former State Fire Marshal Clarence Topping Dies in Charleston
Clarence Lamont Topping, 3, former West Virginia state fire marshal from 1921 to 1927, died at his daughter's home after months of illness. He suffered a heart attack while climbing Polat Mountain in Webster County and never fully recovered from injuries from a prior automobile accident. A Republican, he served as clerk of the house of delegates in 1907 1909 and 1918. Funeral services are planned Wednesday with burial in Spring Hill Cemetery near Charleston.
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Charleston
W. Va
Clarence Lamont Topping
Harold
Stone
Topping
Game, Fish and Forestry Commission
Polat Mountain
Webster County
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Spring Hill Cemetery
Charenton
Menace of the Reds Spreads in China
Hongkong report says White General Chen Ming Shu with the nineteenth army of 7,000 troops defeats a Kiang province division. A Red ambush overran a unit of Chiang Kai Shek’s forces and captured 20,000 men.
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China
Hongkong
Chen Ming-Shu
Kiangs
Reda
Chiang Kai- Shek
Chiang heads to command forces as civil war deepens
Dispatches report Chiang Kai-shek moving to direct operations against the Red menace with at least 200000 troops. In southern China conflicts between Nationalists and the new Canton government are overshadowed by a nationwide Communist drive. Red activity spills into Fukein province with refugees claiming plans to reestablish a Soviet state.
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Nationallsts
Canton Govarnmenta
All Nation
China
Chiang
Fukein
Akron man captured in patrolman slaying case
Police said Forest L. Good 26 admitted he was one of two auto theft suspects who shot Patrolman Pa tang? in a pistol battle late last night. Good was captured early today hiding in a basement near the scene. He gave the name Gust Tango pousis 36, an ex convict from Walla Walla Washington. He was wounded by a bullet from Good's pistol and refused to name his accomplice.
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Akron
O.P
Forest L. Good
Gust Tangopousis
Walla Walla
Wash
Good
Hammer murderess eligible for parole
Clara Philips, the so called hammer murderess, at San Quentin, was given a 30 year term by the state parole board and denied parole today. She entered the prison June 2 1923 under a sentence of 10 years to life for the slaying of Alberta Meadows whom she accused of being intimate with her husband. Under the 30 year term, credits for good behavior may allow parole by July 1932 when the board will reconsider.
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San Qentin
Cal
Clara Phillips
Los Angeles
Hammer
San Quentin Prizon
Atate
Armand Fallieres of France Dies at 90
Former French president Armand Fallieres died suddenly at age 90. He led the third republic from 1906 to 1918 and previously held posts as president of the Senate and as a minister. A confidante to European royalty, he counted King Edward VII, the Prince of Wales, and King Haakon of Norway among his associates.
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Bezin
Franca
Armand Faliieres
Faltieres
Sensls
Edward
England
Prince of Wales
George V
Ifankom
Norway
Europe
Pennsylvania Aviator Dies After Plane Crash
Ellwood City resident Ray Latimer died from injuries after his plane plunged about 300 feet near Ellwood City Country Club during a wind storm Saturday. Clarance Shafer of Hillwood City suffered a broken arm in the same incident.
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Ellwood City
Ray Latimer
Ellwood City Country Club
Clarance Shafer
Hillwood City
Two Men Electrocuted at Rockview Prison
Bellefonte Pa July report states Clarence Williams aged 20 and Cleo Peterson aged 23, both Allegheny County Black men, were electrocuted at Rockview penitentiary.
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Rockview
Trio convicted in Braum murder at West Elizabeth market
Robert Smith died in Allegheny county prison after being found guilty of the same crime. The trio was convicted of slaying August F. Braum in his West Elizabeth meat market October 4 during an attempted holdup, according to local records.
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Burgess August F. Braum
Robert Smith
Allegheny County
Braum
West Elizabeth
Curtis Sister Accepts Speech Making Bids
Mrs Edward Gann widow of Curtiss vice president seeks 1932 campaign role quietly at home in Washington. She has spoken to Republican groups and college crowds and supports the party's effort, noting a woman should speak when asked to show support for good government. The Ganns recently moved to Cleveland Park and enjoy quiet summers with friends visiting.
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Washington
Edward
Dolly
Gann
Curtis’ Elster
Astate
Topeka
Sha
Repubean
Mayors Welcome From France Sparks Atlanta Protests
Atlanta protests greeted Mayor James L Kee returning from France where a reception planned for his arrival drew swift objections from Methodist and Presbyterian ministers who said the events signaled a wet sentiment. Meanwhile Detroit reports pilot Robert Langham died when his plane crashed at Wayne County airport during a Megaplane test.
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Atlanta
Plana
James L. Kee
France
Methodiet Ministers’ Association
Georgia
Presbyterian Ministers' Association
Detroit
Robert Langham
Qaim Aircraft Corporation
Wayne County
Langhan
Departments of Commerce
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