ILLINOIS BANK BANDITS CAPTURED NEAR TOLEDO
Four suspects from a $30 600 Noble bank robbery were pursued after a gunfight near Toledo. Two captured men, Harry Adams and Eddy Myers, yielded five guns and most of the loot. A deputy was wounded as the bandits fled into woods. one attacker was killed in the exchange. The car they abandoned bore Indiana plates linked to a Haute business theft.
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Toledo
First National Bank
Noble
Harry Adams
Cincinnati
Eddy Myers
Cincini
Jack Dunken
Jim Ane
Ze ® Brothers Clothing Company
Haute
Ind
Terre Haute
Freight car loadings fall for week ended June 14
Revenue freight loadings reported by the American Railway Association for the week ended June 14 totaled 927,754 cars, down 7,893 from the prior week and 143,491 below the same week a year earlier. Coal loadings reached 156,780 cars, 19,451 fewer than the 1929 week.
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Washington
American Railway Association
New Concern Contracts to Use Prison Labor
Charleston W V June 24 At a state board of control conference Warden A OC Scroggion and Westvir Manufacturing officials reached a tentative contract plan. The new company will employ at least 250 men and 50 women at 90 cents daily for shirt related manufacturing under terms similar to the Gordon Boat Coast Shirt agreement. The deal awaits Governor Conley and attorney general approval and runs until the Jawes Cooper bill limits interstate prison goods shipments becomes effective August 1.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Board of Control
A. OC. Scroggion
Westvir Manufacturing Company
Huntington
Gordon Boat Coast Shirt Company
Gordon
Conley
Eral
Jawes-Cooper
West Virginia
Gordon Company
Seats Collapse Injures Three At Liberal Rally
Three persons were injured when a section of seats collapsed at a Liberal rally in Halifax Nova Scotia. Premier Mackenzie King was addressing the crowd at the new arena when about sixty people fell twenty feet to the floor. Panic threatened as attendees rushed for exits before order was restored and the meeting continued. The injured were sent home.
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Halifax
Mackenzie King
Child injured in scissors accident in Wheeling
Mary Alice Russell a 3 year old girl in Wheeling West Virginia fell onto scissors while cutting paper dolls at home. The blade pierced near her right eye raising fears for her sight.
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W. Va
Mary Alice Russell
Actress Ally Eellers Weds Cowboy Hoot Gideon in LA
Popular film star Ally Eellers and famed cowboy Hoot Gideon appear at the Los Angeles courthouse seeking a marriage license. The couple, a high profile pair in movieland, pose for photographers as their union moves toward official records.
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Ally Eellers
Hoot Gideon
Los Angeles
Sally
Movieland
Hoot
Bluefield Masonic Conclave to Escort Grand Lodge
A Bluefield commandery conclave at the Masonic temple June 26 at 3 PM will muster Bluefield knights in full uniform to act as escort to the cornerstone laying of the Mercer county courthouse. The event supports the upcoming grand lodge ceremony and marks a formal assembly for the Bluefield commandery No 19.
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Bluefield Commandery
Masonic Temple
Grand Lodge
Mercer County
Gir
Masonic
Fleeing Restaurant Owner Caught After Moonshine Chase
Prohibition officers raided a Bellaire restaurant run by Louis Passa aged 26. He fled with a jug of moonshine but was captured after a city chase, tripping across a railroad track. The arrest followed the raid and creek chase through local streets.
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Jug
Bellaire, CO
Louis Passa
Passa
Fue
Reproduction of famed art treasure found
Toronto police discovered a replica of the Madonna de Cologne in a bank vault. Will Brunk, 31, a German immigrant, was arrested and held as Berlin confirms the theft case from Hamburg. A Berlin official was to decide on dispatching an officer to seize the painting.
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Toronto
Ont
Cologne
Germany
Hamburg
Will Brunk
Canada
Berlin
Brunk
Natural gas taxes ordered for Ohio utilities
Ohio West Virginia and Pennsylvania gas interests study a district court ruling that Fast Ohio Gas must pay 959000 dollars in excise taxes on gas produced in West Virginia and Pennsylvania and consumed in Ohio. The decision implies other utilities may owe nearly a million in similar taxes. Attorney General Bettman notes interstate fuel from WV and PA into Ohio was claimed to bypass state tax authority.
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Columbus. O
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
United States District Court
Fast Ohio Gas Company
Bettman
East Ohio
Judge Hughes exits senatorial race in West Virginia
Kingwood West Virginia June 24 Judge A G Hughes Preston county circuit court says he will not seek the United States senate citing life is too short and many good men are already entered. the Republican had been viewed as a likely candidate in the forthcoming race.
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Kingwood
W. Va
A. G. Hughes
Preston County
United States Senate
Two Sentenced on Rum Charges by Judge Baker
In Elkins West Virginia on June 24 AP reports Paul Phillips and Marty Hunter were convicted of transporting liquor and sentenced by Judge W E Baker to one year and a day in Atlanta and six months in Monongalia County jail. Roy Garrison and Oswald Keenan received jail terms after pleading guilty.
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Elkins
W. Va
Paul Phillips
Marty Hunter
Wendell
Taylor County
W. E. Baker
Atlanta
Monongalia
Roy Garrison
Oswald Keenan
Littleton
Ohio County
Clarence Springton
Clarksburg
Ira Bennett
Beverly
Randolph County
Royal Currey
Salem
Court Grants Appeal to Construction Man
Charleston W V June 24 An appeal was granted by the state supreme court to G F Hibner plaintiff in an action in Cabell county against Charles Ebersbach and his construction company Southern Surety Company and Huntington Engineering Company. The suit claimed Hibner was owed for work on a state road project in 1927.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Supreme Court
G. F. Hibner
Cabell County
Charles Ebersbach
Ebersbach Construction Company
Southern Surety Company
Eams
Hibner
Huntington Engineering Company
West Virginia education board nears budget and program finish
Charleston WV June 24 state board of education winds up hearings with presidents from Marshall College New River State School Shepherd College State Normal School West Virginia State College and Bluefield Institute. Curricula changes and routine matters to be taken up tomorrow as coalition committee July 25 prepares recommendations.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Board of Education
W. C. Cook
Board of Education
West Virginia
M. P Shawkey
Marehall College
C. H. Martin
New River State School
W. H. 8. White
Shepherd College State Normal School
John W. Davis
West Virginia State College
At Institute
R. P. Sims
Bluefield Institute
Man 72 to Direct Big Boulder Dam Project
Washington June 24 A 72 year old man will supervise the building of Boulder dam. Dr. Wilwood Mead commissioner of reclamation will sail in a blimp over the Colorado river chasm in August making final notations for the power project. He has a long career in water rights and irrigation development.
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Washington
Boulder Dam
Wilwood Mead
Reclamation
Colorado River
Mead
Arizona
Nevada
Confederate Vet George Mathena Dies at Ada
George Mathena 81, Confederate veteran, died at his Ada home Tuesday morning from infirmities. A Virginia native born December 28, 1848, he served in the last year of the war. Survived by widow and nine children. Funeral at his Ada home at 2 this afternoon with interment in Belcher cemetery. A Mercer County resident and retired farmer.
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George Mathena
Ada
Mathena
Virginia
Belcher Cemetery
Mercer County
Kingsford Smith’s bold Atlantic flight route detailed
A historical recap recalls Charles Kingsford Smith and crew aiming to fly the Southern Cross from California to Australia then land in New York. It notes goals, co pilots, and past feats including Pacific crossing, Tasman Sea flights, and a 1929 Australia to England record, ending with a dramatic return voyage.
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Europe
New York
Baron von Hunefield
Kohl
Commandant Fitzmaurice
Ireland
Labrador
Bremen
Australia
Melbourne
Mary Powell
Southern Cross
America
Fokker
Wright
Kingsford-Smith
Evert Vandyk
John P. Saul
John Stannage
Vandyk
London
Amsterdam
Sweden
Tasman Sea
England
Atlantic
Globe
Brisbane
Royal Air Force of
Gallipoli
France
Royal Air Force
Charles Ulm
Oakland
Cal
Pacific
California
Honolulu
Suva
Fiji Islands
Kingford- Smith
Kingsford-Smith and
Ulm
Perth
Kingsford- Smith and
Sydney
Christchurch
New Zealand
Air Force
Tasman
H. A. Latchfield
W. C. Williams
Croyden
Eueland
Dutch East Indies
Singapore
India
Constantinople
Rome
Radio Program Schedule Highlights by Station
A dense listing of daily radio programs across multiple stations including WEAF WBC WJAR W jambs across NY and other markets. Highlights feature music concerts drama humor news and orchestral programs with specific time slots and simulcast notes for various affiliates.
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WJZ
Wtic Hartford
WRAF
WMAF
Merry Madea
WOR
Newark
Uncle Don
Orch
Quebec
Don Juan
WCAU
Philadelphia
WABC
Gems
DKA Pittsburgh
Little Symphony Orchestra
Fingers of
Wham Rochester
Cowboy
WGY Schenectady
WEAF
WBZ Springfield
Oracle
Beckley Man Convicted of First Degree Murder
Kent Fleming, 25, of Beckley was convicted of first degree murder with mercy in the slaying of Benjamin Moss, a Beckley miner. Moss was found on a hill near Beckley with a battered head and a tightly tied necktie around the throat. Fleming was arrested in Evansville, Indiana, after Moss’s body was found and brought back. Police seek Walter Campbell, said to be Fleming’s companion the night of the killing. A defense motion to set aside the verdict will be argued Saturday.
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Beckley
W. Va
Kent Fleming
Benjamin Moss
Moss
Fleming
Evaneville
Ind
Walter Campbell
London Programs On Todays Bill
New York June 24 Two London rebroadcasts and a Byrd luncheon are planned by NBC. A thanksgiving service from St Pauls will be carried nationwide from morning into evening with the king and queen in attendance. An address by Sir Joan Simon on the India report follows late afternoon. Byrd luncheon ceremonies feature a gold medal and notable speakers. A Rotary celebration program from Chicago closes the lineup. Senator McKellar will discuss the London naval pact in a WEAF address.
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New York
London
Richard E. Byrd
National Broadcasting Company
St. Paul’s Cathedral
WJZ
England
America
Joan Simon
WEAF
W4jz
WOR
WBZ
WHET
WJAR
WCSH
WLIT
WFI
WRC
WGR
WCAF
WTAM
WFJC
CKGW
WRVA
WPTF
WGY
WJAZ
KOA
WBAL
American Abritration Association
Admiral Byrd
Byrd
James H. Perkins
WSM
WHAS
WSMB
WJAX
KTHS
KVOO
KPRC
WOAI
WKY
Chicago
Grand Hall
Sunset Rail
Richardson Growing Weaker at St Luke’s Hospital
W M Richardson a Norfolk and Western railway telegraph operator is reported to be dying at St Luke’s hospital early this morning. He has been a patient for several weeks with little hope of recovery.
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W. M. Richardson
Norfolk and Western Railway
St. Luke's Hospital
Richardson
Federal Court Civil Cases Set for Thursday
Judge George W. McClintic in the Southern District of West Virginia directed a verdict for the defendants in Ballou versus Blakely et al, Welch. Damron, called away by his mother's death, returns to Bluefield as criminal docket work resumes. Civil cases are set for trial Thursday.
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George W. McClintic
United States Court For
Southern District of
West Virginia
C. EE. Ballou
John W. Blakely
Welch
United States
James Damron
Bluefield
Damron
Francis Family Father Buried in Tennessee
Funeral services were held in London Tennessee for IL Miller father of Mrs Charles B Francia Jr who died in Chattanooga Tennessee Mrs Francis was at her father’s bedside when he passed away Mr Francis left Bluefield Sunday night to join his wife.
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London
Tenn
IL. Miller
Charles B. Francia Jr
Chattanooga
Francis
Bluefield
Rum and Rowing Don't Mix Two Men Drown
Two rowboats with six men capsized on Lake Erie in Cleveland as drinking led to a capsize. Four men were rescued by coast guardsmen. two drowned. One identified as Pearl Divans, 18, the other unnamed.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
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George O'Brien
Helen Chandler
Antonio Moreno
Noel Francis
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