A. B. Bernheim Dies of Stroke Funeral Friday
R B Bernheim 61 secretary of the Public Service Commission Charleston died after a heart attack as he entered his home. Born New York 1869 he came to Bramwell, served as clerk of McDowell county court, Hatfield secretary and PSC official. Survived by widow Ida Topham Bernheim daughter Salome Eberly son James T Bernheim and sisters. Funeral Friday Charleston home then Woodlawn Cemetery Bramwell road. Burial plans incomplete.
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R. B. Berheim
Public Service Commission
Charleston
Berheim
Bernheim
New York
Mr. Bernheim
West Virginia
Bramwell
Welch
Edgar P. Rucker
Rucker
McDowell County
Hatfield
State Senate
State Republican Executive Committee
Commission
Republican Party
Republican State Executive Committee
Ida Topham Bernheim
Salome Eberly
James T. Bernheim
John B. Perry
Rose Bernheim
Cooper
Woodlawn Cemetery
Bluefield-Bramwell Road
Radio licenses renewed for RCA subsidiaries
The radio commission voted four to two to renew 1409 licenses held by four RCA subsidiaries, ruling section 13 of the radio act not applicable to the tube contract suit. The decision drew quick criticism from Radio Protective League executive secretary Oswald Schuette, who urged Congress to demand enforcement against the six billion dollar radio trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Radio Commission
Radio Corporation of America
LaFount, Robinson and Starbuck
Saltzman
Sykes
National Broadcasting Company
Radiomarine Corporation of America
R. C. A.victor, Inc
Radio Communications, Inc
Oswald F. Schuette
Radio Protective League
Congress
Commission
Owen D. Oungy
Radio Trust
United States
Call for More Knowledge About the Consumer
New York June 24 Richard Whitney president of the New York stock exchange urges scientific study of consumer behavior to stabilize business. He notes production is controllable but consumption data are sparse and volatile, warning that consumption poses a greater risk to stability than output.
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New York
Richard Whitney
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
Whitney
Thousands return to work in Pittsburgh coal fields
About 1,000 miners resumed work at Pittsburgh Terminal Coal after an agreement recognizing the union and increased wages. Secretary Doak said the federal government would aid settlement talks. Minor disorders were reported. more miners expected to return within a day. Separate investigations continued into two fatal shootings at Wildwood and Arnold City.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation
Doak
Pittsburgh Terminal
United Mine Workerea
United Mine Workers and Company
National Miners’ Union
United Mine Workers
Campbell
Pennsylvania
Washington County
Allegheny County
Wildwood
Fayette County
Arnold City
Pickets Allowed Under Police Observation in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg governor Pinchot says Ohio residents entering Pennsylvania to picket coal mines will be watched by state police and not molested if peaceful. Violent or disruptive outsiders will be escorted out while peaceful picketing is permitted.
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Harrisburg
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Secretary Mellon to Visit in France
London reports Andrew W. Mellon secretary of the United States treasury will depart England for France with speculation about his purpose. He says the trip is for a holiday but previous visits included talks with British political and financial leaders ahead of advising Washington on European conditions.
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London
Andrew W. Mellon
United States Treasury
England
France
Great Britain
Washington
Europe
Railroads to File Freight Rate Increase Request
The Interstate Commerce Commission will receive tomorrow in Washington the railroads’ requested specific freight rate increases in their petition for a 15 percent boost. The unanimous decision was reached at a meeting of about 60 executives from across the country, with the reply prepared for all roads and to be filed at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
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Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
J. 3. Palley
Rubio Kingman Tells Jurors Of Students Deaths
Slim Salvador Cortes Rubio testified about the June 7 killings of Emilio Cortes Rubio and Manuel Garcia Gomez by W B Guess and Cecil Crosby in Ardmore Oklahoma. He described stopping beside a street, hearing shots, and finding the two youths dead as Crosby questioned him. The defense claims a weapon was found on Emilio, while Salvador said both victims had weapons. Trial of Guess and Crosby was severed by Judge John B Ogden.
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Ardmore
Okla
Slim
Salvador Cortes Rubio
Mexico
W. B
Bill) Guess
Guess
Emilio Cortes Rubio
Manuel Garcia Gomez
Salvador
Kansas
Cecil Crosby
Eaid
Crosby
John B. Ogden
Gomez
Cortes Rubio
Emilio
Medical Experts Heard in Hathaway Trial
In Newport on June 24 the defense presented two medical experts to support the claim that Verna Russell died accidentally from choking on a porcelain fragment. Dr. James Hamilton of Providence and Dr. Thomas A. Gonzales of New York testified that examination symptoms matched death by a fragment in the throat.
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Newport
R. I
Elliott R. Hathaway
Massachusetts
Verna Russell
James Hamilton
Providence
Thomas A. Gonzales
City of New York
Normal Vision Restored to Lad in Romney Program
Woodrow Hawse, 14, of Augusta, Hampshire county, regained normal eyesight after surgery by Dr. J. E. Blaydes at the state school for the deaf and blind in Romney. The treatment, funded for transportation and hospitalization, enabled Hawse to return to public school after his right eye operation followed June 12.
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Woodrow Hawse
Augusta
Hampshire County
Young Hawse
State School For Deaf and Blind
Romney
J. E. Blaydes
Hawse
Band of students invades cafés in Vienna beating patrons
The Transatlantic Radio agency reports that a band of students attacked three Vienna cafes and beat patrons they identified as Jewish. The same group reportedly attacked an automobile carrying several delegates to the Rotary International convention.
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Vienna
Transatlantic Radio Agency
Rotary International
Starrs Letters Puzzles Experts In Death Probe
New York June 24 letters of Starr Faithfull to Dr G Jameson Carr physician of the liner Franconia are opened in the Nassau county grand jury inquiry into the Greenwich Village girls death by drowning on June 8. Handwriting experts sought to determine if the suicide letters are genuine or forged and the motives behind the tragedy.
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New York
Starr Faithfull
G. Jameson Carr
Franconia
Greenwich Village
Naasau County
Grand
Stanley E Faithful
Dr. Carr
Regional trade body to elect directors in annual session
Southwestern Virginia Inc directors meet in Bluefield for luncheon at the West Virginian hotel and a business session to elect new officers and set next year’s program. Ballots by mail select county representatives and directors at large from a list including Markle Woods Hoge St Clair and others.
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Southwestern Virginia, Inc
Bluefield Produce and Provision Company
Bluefield
George W. St. Clair
Tazewell
A. L. Newberry
W. B. Moore
Lee
Morrie C. Miller
R. B. H. Begg
Montgomery
Harry H. Roberts
John Draper
Pulaski
H. A. Oakey
Chan
J. Smith
Roanoke
Harry C. Stuart
D. C. Buck
Russell
C. W. Kels
E. H. McConnell
Scott
J. D. Tate
B. F. Buchanan
Smyth
C. C. Hyatt
L. A. Tynes
Roby C. Thompson
J. N. Hillman
Washington
J. Lincoln Kiser
John W. Chalkley
Wise
W. G. Shores
M. L. Harrison
Wythe
W. N. McAnge I Jr
H. B. Jones
Bristol
Herbert Markle
J. H. Hoge
W. Va
J. P. McConnell
W. T. Baldwin
Radford
H. Powell Chapman
E. Lee Trinkle
Lee Long
Dante
A. T. M. Rust
Christiansburg
P. D. Woods
KE. A. Hults
Saltville
T. Gilbert Wood
W. N. Neff
Abingdon
Taylor G. Vaughan
Galax
Henry C. Gilmer
Norton
J. L. Addington
Coeburn
Peter Arno Sues for Divorce from Lola Long Peters
Cartoonist Peter Arno filed for divorce from author Lola Long Peters in Reno under his real name Curtis Peters Jr. alleging cruelty, with Mrs Peters’ answer and cross complaint also filed. Trial set for next Monday morning as deposition hints at Arno’s professional focus harming their marriage.
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Reno
Peter Arno
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr
Lola Long Peters
Curtis Peters Jr
Criticizes Warrant Failure in Atlantic Highlands Rum Ring Case
Federal Judge J Lyles Glenn questioned prohibition officers failure to obtain a search warrant before the October 16 1929 raid on the ring s radio station linked to Malcom MacMasters. The government says the station was central to rum fleet activities off Montauk Point.
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Newark
N. J
J. Lyles Glenn
South Carolina
Atlantic Highlands
Prohibition
Malcom MacMasters
Montauk Point
MacMasters
Treely Bell Acquitted In Self Defense Trial
A Raleigh county jury acquitted Treely Bell of Lego in a case arising from a March confrontation with Maitland Farley. Bell testified Farley threatened him and he shot in self defense.
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Treely Bell
Buckley
W. Va
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Lego
Maitland Farley
Bell
Farley
Two Face Drug Mail Trial Fails To Reach Verdict
Dr William Fahrney and Miss Frances Hickman of Harrisonburg Va face federal narcotic charges over morphine mailed to Mrs Quesenberry who later died in Greensboro NC jail. Jury unable to agree in Ferguson Va case. other prosecutions include Prohibition law pleas and civil docket prep through July 9.
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William ©. Fahrney
Frances Hickman
Harriasonburg
United States District Court
United States
Fehrney
Hickman
Quesenberry
Greenaboro
N. C
Fahrney
Harrisonburg
Bluefield
Miss Hickman
Charles A. Hammer
Russell 8. Ritz
Ailford Ferguson
Coolridge
W. Va
Ferguson
Charleston
Ida F. Darbey
Logan County
Alderson
Roy McLaughlin
Pocahontas County
Reputed Rum Dealer Shot Dead in Perryville Area
Morrie Curran, reputed dealer in bootlegger supplies, was shot and killed today in front of a new home he was building on Perryville avenue near Pittsburgh. The killing marks Allegheny county’s eighty sixth gang fatality in five years, following past attempts including a Penn avenue store bombing tied to illicit liquor gear.
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Pittsburgh
Morrie Curran
Perryville Avenue
Allegheny County
Curran
Penn Avenue
Clergyman condemns interference with social caste lines in India
Rev. H. M. Zorn of Indianapolis urged the Walther league to refrain from meddling in India’s caste system. He warned against forcing Brahmins to eat untouchables’ food and said India suffers from deep unrest and an economic downturn. He called for brave missionaries to answer the foreign field.
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Pocono Pines
India
H. M. Zorn
Indianapolis
Mr. Zorn
United States
Rotary International Votes to Hold 1932 Seattle Meeting
The Rotary International convention in Vienna today voted to hold next year's annual meeting in Seattle Washington on June 24 1932. Delegates also backed a resolution urging worldwide support for the forthcoming general disarmament conference to secure substantial world armament reductions.
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Vienna
Rotary International
Seattle
Wash
Workman Injured in Capitol Dome Fall at Charleston
Casper Schrimp aged 40, a Wheeling steel worker on the final unit of the West Virginia state capitol, fell 80 feet from a scaffold into the dome landing. Physicians say he sustained internal injuries.
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Charleston
W. Va
Casper Schrimp
Wheeling
State Capitol
Transatlantic flight crews poised for world tour advances
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty in the Winnie Mae near Berlin prepare for a 925 mile leg to Moscow as plans for Europe and the Atlantic crossing unfold. Other pairs in Berlin and New York await weather and motor fixes for dawn or soon takeoffs toward Copenhagen Budapest and around the globe.
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Roosevelt Field
New York
George Endresz
Sandor Magyar
Budapest
Hungary
American Legion
Russell Boardman
Boston
Clyde Pangburn
Hugh Herndon
Wiley Post and Gatty
Two Immigrant Flyers Leave Harbor Grace for Copenhagen
Two steerage passengers Otto Hillig from Germany and Holger Holma from Denmark depart Harbor Grace at 3 24 a m for Copenhagen on a joy ride across the Atlantic. They expect 28 hours to reach Copenhagen and plan to fly to Hillig’s birthplace in Germany after arrival. If on schedule they will reach Copenhagen just before 7 30 a m tomorrow morning. Ireland may see them at dawn before they cross the North Sea.
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Berlin
Moscow
Atlantic
Ireland
New York
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Winnie Mae
Otto Hillig
Holger Hoims
Liberty
Copenhagen
Harbor Grace
E.S.T
N. F
America
United States
Ellis Island
Atlantic Ocean
Germany
Holger Holma
Denmark
Hillig
North Sea
Houghton Urges Pause in German Reparation Siphoning
Former ambassador Alanson B. Houghton said Germany must have a complete halt to reparations siphoning until recovery, warning that continued wealth withdrawals could exhaust Germany. He spoke in South Dartmouth, Mass., as president of the American Academy of Political Science.
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St. Louis
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Today
Alanson B. Houghton
Germany
Great Britain
Houghton
American Academy of Political Science
South Dartmouth
Mass
Charles G. Ross
Washington
The
Post Dispatch
Bes
Bertrand Defender of Liege Dies in Theatre
Brussels reports General Bertrand famed for Liege defense and the Yser campaign collapsed suddenly in a theatre. The Belgian hero, 74, delayed German advance by ten days as Joffre rebuilt French lines. Albert raised him to full general in August 1914 after early service as a 20 year old lieutenant.
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Brussels
Bertrand
Liege
Ysaer
Belgium
Joffre
Paria
Albert
World markets rally on France debt accord news
June 24 New York London Paris stocks rise on bullish outlook after France accepts Hoover war debt proposal. Wall Street climbs with equity shares up to 12 dollars, total market value increasing significantly. Wheat corn futures rise at Chicago. New York cotton gains 5 to 7 cents per bale. Nonferrous metals rubber sugar advance.
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New York
World Financial Markets
France
Hoover
London
Paris
Wale Street
Stock Exchange
Chicago
Chase Harris Forbes Corporation Formed In Merger
New York announces consolidation of Chase Securities and Harris Forbes into Chase Harris Forbes corporation. The new firm will operate nationwide with offices in 52 U S cities, two in Canada, and several abroad.
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New York
Chase Securities Corporation
Harris, Forbes and Company
Chase Harris Forbes Corporation
Canada
Refuse Appeal Of Ousted Policeman In Huntington
Huntington civil service board refuses to consider appeals of E. V. Perry and three other appointees to the police department. They were dismissed by Mayor Floyd S. Chapman after the old administration left office. Perry and former Mayor J. B. Taylor had appointed themselves with a stipulation they could not draw salary while holding another post. Taylor was also dismissed.
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Huntington
W. Va
Huntington Civil Service Board
E. V. Perry
Floyd S. Chapman
Old City
Perry
J. B. Taylor
Taylor
Short Circuit Sparks Fire on Los Angeles Dirigible
A short circuit in an auxiliary radio antenna set fire to the naval dirigible Los Angeles in its Hangar at Lakehurst New Jersey but caused only minor damage. Quick discovery and use of hand extinguishers likely saved the airship. Naval officers called it the first major blaze in the dirigible’s long service.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Los Angeles
Lindbergh Praises Gatty and Post Flight Feat
In Englewood New Jersey on June 24 Colonel Charles Lindbergh hailed Harold Gatty and Wiley Post for their Berlin flight as a remarkable achievement. He praised Gatty as one of the best navigators and declined to comment on the around the world aspect until completion of their globe flight plan.
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Englewood
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh
Harold Gatty
Wiley Post
Berlin
Gatty
Lindbergh
Counter Plan From France Seeks New Moratorium Terms
Ambassador Claudel delivered France’s counter proposal to Washington as Hoover officials met at the White House to reconcile views on the moratorium plan. Claudel asked secrecy until Friday’s parliamentary submission while Britain and Italy signaled unqualified acceptance of the French stance.
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Washington
France
Hoover
Claudel
State Department
Stimson
Mills
Treasury
White House
Great Britain
Italy
United States Presses German Debt Moratorium Plan
Washington reports ongoing diplomacy to turn Hoover era debt moratorium ideas into action. Officials say no change to core principles while negotiations with Germany and reactions from Mussolini and France influence prospects. Secretary Stimson notes substantial headway as Rome signals cordial acceptance in principle and Paris mulls French counter-proposal.
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Washington
Germany
Board
Hoover
Mussolini
Rome
State Department
Stimeon
France seeks compromise on German reparations with US
Paris reports France urged a compromise to Hoover’s war debt idea. Paris seeks continued annual reparations payments to the Bank for International Settlements, totaling about 100 million dollars, arguing for normal annual transfers rather than a one year abeyance.
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Paris
France
Hoover
United States
Associated Press
Germany
Bank For International Settlements
Route 816 Listed as U S Highway
Route No 8 known as Tug River highway has been designated United States route No 62 by the American Association of State Highway Officials. The action follows a movement by the Williamson chamber of commerce with local support and will extend to Bluefield, Roanoke, Richmond, and Norfolk as federal aid and highway markers are arranged.
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Tug River Highway
M. Z. White
Williamson
C. P. Fortney
State Road Commission
American Association of State Highway Officials
Indianapolis
Ind
Huntington
Chamber of Commerce
Gauley Bridge
Tallabeseee
Fia
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Rubio Kingman
Oklahoma
Hathaway
Lad
State School For
Starr
World Financial Markets Active
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Chase Securities
Harris Forbes
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