McClintic Rules For American Coal Cleaning Suit
Judge George W. McClintic upheld the American Coal Cleaning corporation patent as valid and found infringement by Roberto and Schaffer in Chicago. Damages not fixed. appeal expected. The decision follows a high profile, long trial with extensive plant visits and evidence in McDowell County. The same court also scheduled Rosa B. Tambone v Mutual Life Insurance for a fifth trial over a $5,000 policy with a one year ownership clause. The docket noted seven probation violators receiving sentences including prison terms and probation. Audina of McComas received final naturalization papers after initial delays.
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United States Court For
Southern District of
West Virginia
American Coal Cleaning Corporation
Roberto and Schaffer
Chicago
LIL
George W. McClintic
McDowell County
Rosa B. Taborne
Mutual Life Insurance Company
New York
United States District Court
McClintic
Dexter Goade
National Reformatory
Chillicothe
Ohio
Charles C. Mallory
Atlanta
Calvin H. Blore
Do. V. Munsey
Mike Crusie
Mercer County
W. M. Devore
Audina
Mrs Akers Death Ruled Natural After Inquest
Beckley West Virginia June 25 An inquest into the death of Mrs Earl Akers 27, shot during a personal safety incident last April, found natural causes after discharge from a hospital Prosecuting Attorney BE Clyde Scott announced the inquest was unnecessary Mrs Akers funeral plans were set for Raleigh County Odd Fellows services in the morning Harry Grogas the Negro youth convicted of assaulting Mrs Akers was sentenced to be hanged August 16.
Ku Klux Klan Opens Up Convention Headquarters
Ku Klux Klan establishes a convention headquarters at the Milby hotel in Houston across from the Rice hotel. Imperial Wizard Hiram Bvana is on the ground but not active in proceedings as Evang is in conference and unavailable for comment.
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Houston
Texas
Ku Klux Klan
Milby
Rice Hotel
Alden
Hiram Bvana
Evang
Guards Patrol Lebanon Jail After Mob Rumors Surround Robins Slaying
Five youths held in Russell county jail in Lebanon Va after the fatal shooting of H. T. Robins of Vianette. Sheriff Callaway Honaker and deputies guard the jail amid mob threats. Robins died at St Ann’s hospital after being shot three times. A grand jury will investigate the case.
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Russell County
Lebanon
H. T. Robi
Vianette
N. C. Cross
Russell
Daily Telegraph
Callaway Honaker
Roy Reid
Everett Jesse
Victor
Alfred Ennett
Wise County
Robins
St. Ann's Hospital
Russell Circuit
Dingus
Vainette
Virginia
Daugh
Thompson withdraws from Ohio senatorial race
Carmi A. Thompson, who helped manage the Willis campaign, withdraws from the Republican nomination contest to fill the late Frank B. Willis term. His move aims to heal party rifts after the April presidential primary and prevent a August primary clash with Theodore E. Burton.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Carmi A. Thompson
United States
Frank B. Willis
Thompson
Ohio Party
Herbert Hoover
Willie
Theodore E. Burton
Burton
Hoover
Stewart Indicted on Perjury Charges in Senate Inquiry
Washington June 25 Robert W Stewart head of the Standards company of Indiana was indicted by a federal grand jury on three counts of perjury connected to his testimony before the Senate oil committee in the Continental Trading company investigation less than two weeks after his acquittal on refusing to answer questions.
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Washington
Senate Oil Committee
Continental Trading Company
Robert W. Stewart
Standards Company of
Indiana
Miss Elia Bowen Heroically Shields Children From Falling Partition
Miss Elia Bowen 53, a prominent Tazewell woman, saved two children as a partition collapsed at the Tazewell Presbyterian church vacation Bible school. She suffered two vertebrae fractures, was hospitalized at Bluefield sanitarium, but doctors reported no paralysis and favorable prospects for recovery. Two girls who braced the partition helped avert greater tragedy.
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Elia Bowen
Tazewell
Tazewell Presbyterian Church
Miss Bowen
Bluefield Sanitarium
Mise Bowen
Bible School
Sht
Niles Bowen
Bowen
Reese Twen
Locust Street
Norfolk and Western Railroad
New Favorite Son Crop Emerges Ahead of Convention
Houston dispatch reports a new crop of favorite son candidates forming on eve of the national convention. The Texas delegation will give its forty votes to Jesse H. Jones on the first ballot, while Mississippi backs Senator Pat Harrison. South Carolina plans a complimentary vote for Chief Justice Watts, Kansas backs Ayers, Tennessee supports Cordell Hull, and Indiana teams with Woollen in the early roll.
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Houston
Texas
Jesse H. Jones
Mississippi
Pat Harrison
South Carolina
Watts
Kansas
Ayers
Tennessee
Cordel Hull
Indiana
Six in Critical Shape Following Rail Crash
A broken rail near Durand Kansas derailed the Southerner passenger train from New Orleans to Kansas City. One car plunged into Owl Creek, two Pullman cars overturned, and track was damaged. Sixty three injured, six in critical condition. twenty six taken to St. John's Hospital.
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Lowa
Kas
Durand
Here
Missouri Ifie
Reed supporters rally as Missouri senator seeks nomination
In Houston Senator Jim Reed’s backers man a push before the convention. Mrs Genevieve Clark Thompson daughter of Champ Clark and a Missouri delegate helps. Ed E Villmoore of Kansas City runs Reed’s Houston headquarters. James M Thompson of New Orleans publishers is noted as a supporter.
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Reed
Jim Reed
Houston
Missouri
Genevieve Clark Thompson
Champ Clark
Villmoore
Kansas City
Sweet
James M. Thompson
New Orleans
Second rescue advances as Arctic crew marooned
A second member of the crew was saved by planes near Kings Bay Spitzbergen. Four others remain marooned on an ice floe with the Italia survivors. Amundsen and several rescuers are still missing. Ceccioni is reported rescued and taken to the base ship Citta di Milano. In Washington, Smith instructed Canal Zone delegates were placed on the temporary roll amid Louisiana controver sies over seating and credentials.
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Lief Dietricheen
Umberto Nobile
Foyn Island
Italia
Natale Ceccioni
Citta di Milano
Virgo Bay
Here
Nobile
Ceccion
Lundborg
Krasein
Bergen
Kings Bay
Roald Amundsen
Moscow
Amundsen
Tromsoe
Norway
Houston
Smith
Canal Zone
Democratic National Committee
Louisiana
Credentiala Committee
Cees Virsiais
Virginia
Long
Broussard
Ranedell
Glass
State Central Committee
Mis. L. O. Keen
Reed
Frank T. Hamlin
District of
Goolidg es Enjoy Warmer Weather at Cedar Island Lodge
President Coolidge opened his summer office on the Brule River bank with the sky as a roof and grass for a carpet at Cedar Island lodge in Superior. White House aides said today’s mail held only routine matters. Mrs Coolidge visited Duluth for a hairdresser, breaking a longstanding precedent.
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Superior
Wic
President Coolidge
Brule
Cedar Island Lodge
Coolidge
White House
Houston
Itbe Lotge
West Virginia Four-H Members Broadcast On Radio
Two boy and two girl Four-H members spoke about club activities on the radio. Robert Armstrong Newcastle county Delaware Victor Myera Rockingham county Virginia Mildred Meriner Marshall county West Virginia and Sarah Robinson Hanford county Maryland attended the national camp events and laid a wreath at the Unknown Soldier tomb tribute.
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Washington
Four-H Agricultural Extension Clubs
Robert Armstrong
Newcastle County
Delaware
Victor Myera
Rockingham County
Mildred Meriner
Marshall County
West Va
Sarah Robinson
Hanford County
New York Delegation Hears Guesses on Committee Posts
Houston dated report notes George R. Van Namee predicting possible appointments for the New York delegation. He suggested Senator Robert F. Wagner on the resolutions committee, Mayor James J. Walker on the rules committee, and John J. Fitzgerald on credentials, but later revisions contradicted these guesses. Roosevelt was floated as Smith's floor manager.
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Houston
Texas
New York
George R. van Namee
Smith
Robert F. Wagner
James J. Walker
John J. Fitzgerald
Congress
van Namee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Two Killed as Mexican Train Wrecks Near Queretaro
Mexico City report states a passenger train from Laredo to Mexico City derailed near Vivarillas close to Queretaro. The engineer and fireman died. several passengers were injured. The line commonly carries Americans en route to the capital with U.S. travelers typically in rear cars.
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Mexico City
Laredo
Vivarillas
Eder
Queretaro
United States
West Virginia Delegation Backs Smith At Democratic Caucus
The West Virginia delegation to the Democratic national convention elected an all Smith aligned slate. Herbert Fitzpatrick was chosen national committeeman and Rose Buchnal national committeewoman amid a heated fight led by anti Smith leader Clyde B Johnson. Other officers include C B Smith chairman and L J Corbley secretary with committees named to permanent organization rules platform and to notify the presidential candidate.
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R. Pp. Cronin JR
Houston
Texas
West Virginia
al Smith
Clyde B. Johnson
Charleston
Herbert Fitzpatrick
Huntington
Rose Buchnal
Fairmont
Harry H. Byer
Martinsburg
C. BE. Smith
L. J. Corbley
Angus MacDonald
William H. Sawyers
Hinton
J. L. Bawmgardner
Beckley
John L. Contif
Wheeling
Gray Silver
Corbley
Percy Byrd
Albany Governor Smith Portrays Political Warrior Image
Governor Alfred E. Smith pictured himself as a battle ready political fighter on the eve of the Democratic convention. He spoke at the Cathedral Academy graduation where his son Waller received a diploma, joked about degrees, and recounted a Fulton fish market quip amid applause.
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W. W. Chaplin
Albany
N. Y
Alfred KE. Smith
Academy of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Waller
Bishop Gibbons
Kixa
Fulton Fish Market
Today's Democratic Convention Schedule Houston Session
The schedule outlines the first convention session with music from 11 a.m. to noon for arrivals, invocation by Bishop Hay, reading of the convention call by Charles Greathouse, and a nomination of temporary officers led by Clem Shaver. A welcome address by Mayor Holcombe is listed followed by election of committees and a 7 p.m. keynote by Claude Gowers as temporary chairman.
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Houston
Clem Shaver
Democratic National Committee
R. Hay
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Charles A. Greathouse
National Committee
Holcombe
Recesa
Bowers
Virginia Democrats Hear Prohibition and Farm Aid Puzzle
John W. Davis, former presidential candidate, was slated for the resolutions committee at the Virginia Democrats event but was replaced by Senator R. F. Wagner. The gathering focused on dry laws and farm aid, reflecting party opposing stances and internal shifts.
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John W. Davis
Resolutions Committee
R. F. Wagner
Democratic Convention Faces Prohibition and Farm Relief Planks
Houston reports a wave of platform proposals on prohibition and farm relief as Democratic leaders seek to avoid floor fights. Texas Governor Moody and other Southern figures push for a dry plank endorsing the Eighteenth Amendment while others favor strong enforcement without naming the amendment.
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Houston
Tex
Resolutions Committee
New York State
Maryland
Ovents
Carter Glass
Virginia
Caraway
Arkansas
Josephus Daniels
North Carolina
Daniel Roper
South Carolina
Wilson Administratioon
Dan Moody
Texas
Glass
Roosevelt Aims Tammany Nomination in Keynote Address
Disorganized dry forces continue their opposition as they seek to avoid harming favorite sons. Roosevelt plans to place a Tammany man in nomination while a Methodist bishop opens the organization meet with a keynote address tonight.
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Roosevelt
Tammany Man
Methodist
Nomination Fight Gathers Steam for Smith at Convention
In Houston June 26 Democratic leaders rally behind Gov Alfred E Smith of New York as the 1928 convention nears with more delegates pledged to Smith than since 1916. Anti Smith forces push for a prohibition plank while seeking to block first ballot nomination. Roosevelt slated for nomination and Moody of Texas eyed as floor leader for dry delegates.
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James L. Williams
Houston
Texas
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Woodrow Wilson
Itacry
Smith
Hull
George
Reed
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Moody
Aleady
G. Bowers
New York Evening World
Notor Lous Lee
K. Hay
Methodist Pal Church
South
Clem Shaver
Yermig
Rmig
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