Bluefield Chamber of Commerce Banquet Honors Watkins Address
Charlies E. Watkins of Nanek Indiana spoke at Bluefield's annual Chamber meeting before about 160 attendees. He urged civic unity, praised community spirit, and urged building future manhood and service while noting local beauty and progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Chamber of Commerce
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
George Dunglinson, Jr
J.f. Hoge
W. J. Cole
F. C. Blauvelt
J. L. Alexander
W. A. Bodell
Beaver High School
Jim Brown
John Mastin
Love
Watkins
Ths
Seven Hundred Autos of Union Men Counted
Russellville Arkansas June 26 Thousands of miners and families from four northwestern counties gathered for one of Arkansas coal region history’s largest union labor demonstrations. A line of 700 autos at London eight miles west grew by 300 more as the procession, started at Ozark sixty miles away, moved toward Russellville.
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Russellville
Ark
Arkansas
London
Ozark
Timeline of William McClintock murder case 1924 25
Chronology lists key events from the typhoid death of William Nelson McClintock on December 4 1924 through his death related legal actions in 1925 1926. It notes will bequests to William Darling Shepherd court actions arrests and inquests including the exhumation and mercury finding tied to the case.
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William Nelson McClintock
William Darling Shepherd
Shepherd
Harry Olson
Chicago
McClintock
Olson
William McClintock
Charles ©. Farman
National University of Sciences
South Side
Robert E. Crowe
Asman
Farman
Cook County
Grand Jury
Young McClintock
Hopkins
Criminal Court
William D. McNally
Emma Nelson McClintock
Wiliam Nelson McClintock
Oleon
Illinois Supreme Court
Julia
William D. Shepherd
Bankers Name Bluefield Man President at Wheeling Meet
West Virginia bankers elected G. C. Givn of the Commercial Bank as president to succeed J. Howard McDonald of Wheeling at the association’s final session. M. A. Fletcher was named vice president J. S. Hill secretary and Louis J. Yeager treasurer Huntington was picked for the 1926 convention. Senator Willis urged restraint on federal powers and predicted a $360 million tax cut next year while stressing states rights.
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Wheeling
W. Va
United States
Frank B. Willis
Ohio
West Virginia Bankers’ Association
Willis
Bankers’ Group
G. C. Givn
Commercial Bank
J. Howard McDonald
M. A. Fletcher
Fairmont Trust Company
J. S. Hill
Disabled Eagle boat picked up by Tug Carrabassett
The Eagle boat with fifty nine Virginia reservists aboard, disabled at sea since Sunday, was picked up by Coast Guard tug Carrabassett and towed toward Norfolk. A radio intercept confirmed the rescue after search efforts by Nitro and Owl.
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Norolk
Eagle Boat
Virginia
Coast Guard
Carrabassett
Norfolk
Naval Base
Nitro
Owl
Eagie
Olympia Macri Ordered Back For Second Trial
New Haven Conn June 26 Olympia Macri charged with the murder of John Bagnano father of her child will face a second trial in Litchfield county this fall. Pending retrial she will not be admitted to bail as ordered by Judge John K Hoath of Superior Court after two hours of argument. The first jury in the case disagreed.
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New Haven
Conn
Olympia Macri
John Bagnano
A.eged
Litchfield County
John Ik. Hoath
Superior Court
Macri
Shepherd
Julie Shepherd
Rial
J. Henry Shepherd
Little Rock Ark
Robert Stoll
William Burnett
Lynch
William Scott Stewart
W. W. O'Brien
Olson
Harry Olson
Billy McClintock
George B. Gorman
Joseph Savage
Stewart
Crowe
O'Brien
Farman
Marchand
Bodies of two uncovered in Gillis theatre ruins
Kansas City lawmakers report two more bodies found among the Gillis theatre debris after an explosion and fire. Fireman John Hogan died from injuries when a fire truck overturned en route to the scene. Officials fear few victims remain unaccounted for as searchlights aid crews through the night.
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Kansas City
Gillis Theatre
John Hogan
Henderson
Giegery
Harry Likely
Pred Warner
Aged Cripple Acquitted of a Homicide Charge
New York June 26 An indictment charging homicide against Mrs Nora Prendergast seventy four years old and a cripple in connection with the death of Mrs Mary McGerris was dismissed today in general sessions court. Mrs Prendergast was charged with beating Mrs McGerris to death with her crutch.
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New York
Nora Prendergast
Mary McGerris
General Sessions
Coolidge Spends Day Outdoors at White House Grounds
President Coolidge enjoys fine weather in Swampscott Mass with motor drives and coast strolls at the summer White House. Vice President Dawes calls, talks briefly, and views the president’s new home before leaving for Boston.
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Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
White Con
Dawes
White House
Maine
Boston
Mr. Dawes
Shepherd Acquitted in Murder Case Amid Bedlam Outside Jail
William Darling Shepherd, attorney, was found not guilty of murdering William Nelson McClintock, the millionaire foster son. The jury deliberated five hours and forty minutes, and Shepherd walked free after signing his own bond for another murder charge still pending.
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Chicago
William Darling Shepherd
William Nelson McClintock
Shepherd
Cook County
Thomas J. Lynch Forees
Billy McClintock
Emma Nelson McClintock
Billy
Shepherd Acquitted, Freed After Six Weeks Murder Trial
D. Shepherd was acquitted last night after a six weeks murder trial and released from jail at 10 45 p m after signing his own bond in the case involving the death of Mrs Emma Nelson Mc Clintock, mother of the boy linked to the alleged murder.
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D. Shepherd
Emma Nelson McClintock
Entire Crew of Nine In Tug Boat Drowned
In Quebec on June 26 the nine crewmen of the tug Ocean King were drowned when rammed amidships by the Canadian liner Marioch as it neared its pier. The collision nearly split the tug in two and doomed the crew.
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Quebec
Malone Calls Liberty Issue Central in Scopes Case
Dudley Field Malone of New York told Chattanooga Civilian Club the Scopes trial raises a great issue of personal liberty. He urged teaching all theories to the present generation and said Tennessee should not feel ashamed but the nation grateful for the debate shaping public thought.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Dudley Field Malone
New York
John T. Scopes
Tennessee
Ten-nessee
Malone
Ong
Ita
Thousands of union coal miners march in Arkansas protest
More than 1,000 miners marched from Ozark to Russellville Arkansas to protest mine operations except under the 1924 wage agreement. Four Spadra field mines now operate on an open shop basis. Genaro defeats Williams in twelve rounds to retain the flyweight title in Baltimore.
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Coal Hi
Testimony Reveals Illigitimate Child Claim in Symington Case
Mrs. Margaret Pinkham testified in New York that in 1924 Thomas H. Symington claimed Ida May Symington admitted to being the mother of an illegitimate son when she was sixteen. He said his family would not get a penny and urged her to sign a paper on the birth details.
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New York
Margaret Pinkham
Ida May Symington
Thomas H. Symington
Supreme Court
Symington
Ida
Centenarian Policeman Patrick Kennedy Dies in Pittsburgh
Patrick J. Kennedy aged 100 former Pittsburg police officer died today in Pittsburgh. Born in Ireland he served four years on the force.
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Pittsburg
Patrick J. Kennedy
Ireland
Moonshiners feud hides two missing men in Tennessee mountains
In Chattanooga on June 26 Dr. W. D. Mason and Luther Bowman, linked to federal prohibition raids, vanish on mountain terrain. Authorities suspect a gang of moonshiners and feuding clans killed them. Mason’s bloodstained car and nearby hats raise the alarm amid a Godsey versus woman clan clash.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
W. D. Mason
Luther Bowman
Prohibition
Godsey
Bowmans
W. BH. Grubb
John Grubb
Chatmatoneems
Sam Godsey
Grubb
Luther Aula
Luther, Bowman
Greek premier forms hastily assembled cabinet
General Pangalos takes oath as Greece's new premier and forms a rapid cabinet including Admiral Hadjikirakos as minister of marine ad interim and foreign affairs. New ministers include Hadjikirlakos education Boutsoulis economy Stamoulis finance Kaphinas interior Pangyotopoulos and Tavoularis with Livothynopoulos listed as education in London dispatch.
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Marine
Hadjikirakos
Michalakopoulos
Pangalos
M. Papanastasiou
Averof
M. Hadjikirlakos
Saloniki
M. Boutsoulis
M. Stamoulis
M. Kaphinas
M. Pangyotopoulos
M. Tavoularis
Michalakopounlos
London
Exchange
Athens
M. Rendis
Hadjikiriakos
M. Kopsinas
M. Otopoulos
M. Moulia
M. Livothynopoulos
Benjamin Granted Three-Year Sentence In Pennsylvan
Benjamin, 40, of Philadelphia, convicted of obtaining 10000 by false pretenses in promoting The American Fuel Company. Judge sentences him to three years in county prison. He claimed his actions were lawful and blamed his former attorney John W. McClintock Jr. for failures to transfer coal acreage titles. McClintock and others are under indictment in Staunton, WA, over the company promotion and coal sands sale.
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Philadeltte
William Anjamin
Forty Mine
Philadelphia
American Fuel Company
Webster
Braxton
West Virginia
Benjamin
John W. McClintock, Jr
McClintock
Staunton
Parents of kidnapped boy badly injured in crash
In New York on June 26 Mr and Mrs Raymond Von Maluski were injured when a motor truck hit the motorcycle and sidecar they rode home from general sessions court. Their son Raymond the kidnapped child remains hospitalized with a spine fracture. Robert Von Matsuki, brother of Raymond, was also badly hurt.Mrs Jones was sentenced to twenty five to forty years for kidnapping their son.
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New York
Raymond von Maluski
General Sessions Court
Sing Sing
Mary Jones
Raymond
Robert von Matsuki
Embezzlement Charge Against Former Cashier
Jackson Tenn June 26 Thomas B Carroll former cashier of the Peoples Savings Bank of Jackson now in hands of the state banking department tonight stood charge with embezzlement of a total of 375000 as result of two additional warrants issued late today to supplement a prior warrant charging embezzlement.
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Jackson, Tenn
Thomas B. Carroll
The
Peoples Savings Bank of
Jackson
State Banking Department
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Bedlam
Genaro
Williams
Baltimore
Rankie Genaro
Chamion
Id Williams
Greece
Coundouriotia
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