Atlantic Fliers Reach Moscow and Bremen in World Flight Push
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty began the Moscow to Irkutsk leg after a 4,985 mile trek from Roosevelt Field, aiming to circle the globe in ten days. Otto Hillig and Holger Harriss, exhausted, landed at Bremen near Copenhagen after 32 hours aloft, failing to reach their Danish goal.
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Associated Press
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Moscow
Irkutsk
Siberia
Bremen
Germany
New York Area
Post
Gatty
October
E.s.t
Berlin
Novosibirsk
Roosevelt Field
N.Y
Globe
Otto Hillig
Holger Harriss
Copenhagen
Hoblis
Hillig
Denmark
Keystone Man Io Killed By Train At Eckman Yards
The decapitated body of James J. Lacy, 60, of Keystone, was found near the west end of Norfolk and Western yards at Eckman after a westbound train passed. An inquest was held. the death is believed due to the train strike. Lacy had worked for Carswell/Koppers and belonged to Keystone Knights of Pythias and Moose. His widow resides in Keystone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Lacy
Keystone
Norfolk and Western
Eckman
J. £. Brown
McDowell County
Patton Undertaking Company
Lacy
Carswell
Koppers Company
Keystone Knights of Pythias
Loyal Order of Moose
Perryopolis
Penn
War Without Quarter On New York Gangdom
Mayor James J. Walker declares war on gang leaders and offers free protection to clothing and allied industries. He pledges full police support to defend lives and property in a conference at City Hall.
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New York
James J. Walker
Mulrooney
State Officials Believe Starrs Letters Genuine
Nassau county District Attorney Elvin Edwards says letters to the grand jury by Dr. G Jameson Carr appear genuine though he cannot reconcile them with evidence of the body found at Long Island Beach. He cites bruises, missing clothing, and a drug in the organs as possible foul play while still pursuing whether Starr Faithfull was murdered or caused to drown herself.
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New York
Starr Faithfull
Elvin Edwards
Nassau County
G. Jameson Carr
Cunard
Long Island Beach
Pennsylvania Miners Return to Work After Strikes
Pittsburgh June 25. National Miners union interference lessening as about 85 percent of 2400 miners return to work at Pittsburgh Terminal Coal facilities under United Mine Workers agreement. State police guard mines. minor disturbances reported.
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Pittsburgh
National Miners’ Union
United Mine Workers of America
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation
United Mine Workers
Terminal Corporation
Uniqne
Buffalo
Chartiers Creek Coal Company
Cannonsburg
Wildwood
Uniontown
No Exemptions Sought in Rate Boost Petition
Washington June 25 rail lines tell the Interstate Commerce Commission they will seek a fifteen percent rate increase for all freight including steam and water lines. They asked two weeks to answer a commission inquiry on exemptions and submitted a Chicago resolution by air mail. The petition filed June 17 cites an emergency financial situation.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Chicago
C. C. Lincoln Jr
Marion
Maurice Hale
Bowen
Taylor Vaughn
Galax
Craig Healing Springs
William C. Sheppard
United States Chamber of Commerce
Sheppard
National Chamber
Trader Horn dies in Whitstable hospital at 78
London reports Alfred Aloysius Trader Horn co author of the book Trader Horn died after a brief illness in a Whitstable hospital. He rose from a Johannesburg pedlar to a renowned literary figure famed for jungle tales and spent his later years in England with his sister after returning from Africa.
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London
Alfred Aloysius
Trader” Horn
Trader Horn
Whitstable
Johannesburg
South Africa
Ethelrea Lewis
America
Africa
England
Two Carter brothers sentenced in district court gun battle noted
William and John Carter of Bluefield were sentenced to five and four years respectively in federal prisons at Atlanta and Chillicothe for violating federal prohibition laws. William Carter, wounded in the gun battle, changed his plea to guilty. Dr William E Fahrney of Harrisonburg and nurse Miss Francis Hickman faced narcotics charges with Fahrney getting one year and one day in Leavenworth and Hickman placed on three years probation.
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William E. Fahrney
Harrisonburg
Leavenworth
Miss Hickman
William
John Carter
Bluefield
Atlanta
Chillicothe
William Carter
George W. McClintic
Carter Brothers
BK. L. Roach
Stonyridge
Francis Hickman
Fahrney
Kas
Hickman
Charles A. Hammer
Dr J P McConnell Named President of Trade Group
R J P M Connell founder of Southwestern Virginia Inc was renamed president of the regional chamber of commerce yesterday. He has served six years as chief executive of the organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. P. M'Connell
Southwestern Virginia, Inc
Regional Chamber of Commerce
Governor Conley Urges Bankers to Lead in Restoring Confidence
White Sulphur Springs W Va June 25 Governor Conley addressed the West Virginia Bankers association banquet urging bankers to lead by broadcasting reasons for faith in America and look forward with hope to raise confidence amid a nationwide business lull praising WV bankers and state support for stability and progress.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Conley
West Virginia Bankers’ Association
America
Association
West Virginia
State Banking Department
Finance Board
Guess Testifies in Murder Trial at Ardmore
William E. Guess, a 36 year old deputy sheriff, testified he shot because he feared being killed after seeing pistols held by Emilio Cortes Rubio and Manuel Garcia Gomez during a homeward trip the night of June 7. He argued hijackers forced the encounter as Cecil Crosby, another former deputy, testified he heard three shots and saw muzzle flashes from the car. The trial adjourned with both sides resting and Judge Ogden to instruct tomorrow.
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Ardmore
Okla
William E
Bill) Guess
Emilio Cortes Rubio
Manuel Garcia Gomez
Guess
Cecil Crosby
John B. Ogden
Crosby
Rescuer Fatally Gassed In Old Mine Near Delmont
In Greensburg Pennsylvania on June 25 Amelio Galluci 28 died after being gassed while seven men and boys were overcome trying to rescue others at the abandoned White Valley mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company near Delmont. Joseph Cappa 16 and Telio Galluct 0 were involved in the initial rescue attempt and several rescuers were overcome though gas masks limited injuries. A passerby J J Smith aided in rescue and brought out three victims while four others were saved by firefighters.
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Greensburg
Amelio Galluci
White Valley
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Delmont
Joseph Cappa
Martin Vanovich
Cappa
Vanovich
Amelio
Telio Galluct
Vanovich Boy
William King
John Kudray
Tony Garlotta
Elesio Nota
Co. J. Smith
Pittsburgh
Smith
Galluct Brothers
Cappa Boy
Bowman Gang Members Sentenced for Higginsport Bank Robbery
Three youths identified as Bowman gang members, Howard Bowman 24, Neil Bowman 22, and Lyle Cornell 22, entered Ohio Penitentiary to begin life terms for robbing Higginsport Citizens Bank in Brown County, a $26 000 heist, after years of pursuit across Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky.
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Columbus
Bowman
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio Penitentiary
Higginsport Citizens Bank
Brown County
Howard Bowman
Neil
Portland
Lyle Cornell
Texas
Congregationalists and Christian Church Unite
Seattle June 25 formal action merged two major US church bodies the Congregationalists and the Christian church with a combined membership over a million A new constitution creating the union was approved and the initial leadership will be a co moderator arrangement Trustees expect other denominations to join to form the United Church of Christ in America
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
United States
Congregationalists
Christian Church
United Church of Christ In America
Progress 15 Made In War Debt Plan Otinison To Sail
Dr. John Preston McConnell of Radford Virginia and regional chamber Southwestern Virginia Inc officers were reelected. The group adopted a program to oppose freight tax increases and promote advertising and tourist travel. New officers listed and a luncheon followed with speeches by local leaders and Senator Chalkley. The annual report showed a bank balance of 824.22 and no debt. The program prioritized freight rate investigation advertising tourism dairy promotion and road-improvement talks continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otinison
John Preston McConnell
Radford
Wytheville
Southwestern Virene, Inc
Dr. McConnell
J. N. Hillman
Emory and Henry College
Herbert Markle
Bluefield
J. L. Addington
Coeburn
H. Powell Chapman
Roanoke
W. M. Pence
Pennington Gap
K. BE. Harman
Pulaski
H .K. Bowen
Lee Long
Dante
A. T. M. Rust
Christiansburg
P. D. Woods
KB. A. Hults
Saltville
T. Gilbert Wood
George W. St. Clair
Tazewell
W. N. Neff
Abingdon
Taylor G. Vaughan
Galax
J. L. Adgington
K. E B. Harman
Directora-At
McConnell
Harry H. Roberts
Bowen
Mellon on Ground in Paris for Hoover Debt Talks
Andrew W. Mellon arrived in Paris to mediate between French and American views on Hoover’s moratorium plan. He will confer with Premier Laval at a luncheon and gather French positions ahead of parliamentary interpellations on the war debt issue.
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Mellon
Paris
Washington
Stimson
Claudel
Europe
Hoover
Great Britain
France
Germany
Italy
State Department
United States
Naples
London
Laval
Chamber of Deputies
M. Flandin
Aristide Briand
New York Woman Official Ousted From Bench
New York June 25 magistrate Jean Norris, the first woman on New York’s bench, was removed by the appellate division after five justices found malfeasance in office. Samuel Seabury testified that Norris altered records to cast her conduct in a favorable light and benefited from stock in a bond firm, while also endorsing a commercial product. Her defense claimed customary record alterations and prior stock disposal. Norris had led professional women’s groups and was once a national leader among women lawyers.
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New York
Jean Norris
Samuel Seabury
Magistrates’ Court
Cerain
United States
Seabury
National Women Lawyer's Association
New York State Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Queen Helen of Romania Said Poisoned by Medicine
Dispatches from Vienna report Queen Helen wife of Carol of Romania suffers from an overdose of poison. Officials say illness linked to a mistaken medicine from a dressing table bottle. Court would not comment amid ongoing royal marital tensions and exile rumors.
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London
Vienna
Daily Express Today
Helen
Carol of
Aid
Carol
Romania
Kin and family linked to alleged mistreatment case near Welch
Ermmett Harman 30 of Junior Pocahontas Coal Camp near Welch is held in McDowell county jail after accusations that he and his wife mistreated stepson James Crouse 8 1/2. Crouse reportedly climbed a tree rope near Big Four hollow and was released by his mother after Harman hung him for a time. The Crouse boy’s bruises and account prompted investigation by probation officer W T Farley. no witnesses are named and prosecutors await the attorney’s return before action.
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Ermmett Harman
Pocahontas
Welch
McDowell County
M. Burgess
James Crouse
Harman
Farley
Garfield Mitchell
Big Four Mountain
Crouse
Big Four Hollow
Bey
Mitchell
Tear gas mixed with anti-freeze to curb poisoning
Washington reports that tear gas will be blended with methyl alcohol based anti-freeze solutions and colored violet to deter ingestion. Surgeons General and the public health service pledge marking after July 1, while the Alcohol Bureau notes denaturant changes after July 15 to curb bootleg alcohol use despite odor objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
General Cumming
Public Health Service
Industrial Alcohol Bureau
Bureau
Hunter 9-year-old Drowns in Guyandotte River
Harold Huffman aged 9 drowned in the Guyandotte river at Huntington West Virginia while playing tag with other boys. The drowning was the eighth in Huntington this summer.
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Huntington
Hutington
W. Va
Harold Huffman
Guyandotte River
Robbers Loot Winona National Bank in West Virginia
Two armed men entered the Winona National Bank at Winona forced assistant cashier Nell Walker into a rear room and took between 900 and 1000 dollars. The pair fled east toward the Virginia state line with a blue sedan later linked to Roy Hoke. One man was identified as Raymond Rodgers. the other matched a description telephoned to Covington police. West Virginia and Fayette county authorities launched a manhunt with plans to watch for the suspects in nearby areas.
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Fayetteville
W. Va
Winona National Bank
Winona
Nell Walker
T. A. Myles
Fayette County
Covington
Mies Walker
Myles
Rodgers
John R. Hiser
Walker
Hiser
Virginia State Line
Virginia
West Virginia
Steel Link Peace Pact Near In Billion Dollar Merger Case
Wall Street reports a peaceful settlement of the Bethlehem Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube merger litigation. A peace pact would end the injunctions blocking the deal and may herald a steel industry consolidation larger than planned. Officials could not confirm. announcements may follow later in the week.
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New York
Wall Street
Bethlehem Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
New York Evening Post
George T. Bishop
Continental Shares
Investment Trust
Youngstown
William G. Mather
Cleveland
Beaton
Cyrus Easton
Youngstown Company
Eaton
Bethlehem Youngstown
Bethlehem Steel Chairman Says No Comment on Merger Suit
Charles M. Schwab reached at his home in Loretto Pa tonight declined to comment on Wall Street reports that a peaceful settlement of the Bethlehem Youngstown Sheet and Tube merger litigation had been reached. The Bethlehem Steel chairman made the remark after arriving here.
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Loretto
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Wall Street
Bethlehem-Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Schwab
Ben Baal
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Atlantic
Hoiriss
Krefeld
Eckman Yard
Starr
Pennsylvania
William and
J. P. McConnell
Gonley
Bankers Meet
Bowman Gang
West Virginian
J. H. Hoge
Bluefield Produce and Provision Company
Thomas 8. Harrlton
Trinity Methodist Church
Hamilton
Jennings W. Hobson
Christ Episcopal Church
John W. Chalkley
Big Stone Gap
Ray Evans
Miller Brothers
Conrad Brevick
W. F B. McDougle
Charles Spencer
Marion Smith
Rumania
Overlook Coal Company
Bethlehem
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