Good Scores At Gun Club Shoot In Bluefield
Members of the Bluefield gun club posted strong scores on a Saturday afternoon meet. High gun was C Daily with 24 of 25. youths Pem Lincoln Charles Scott Jr and Howard Smith showed promise with notable scores. Plans for a July 6 meet were discussed including an inter club event and local shooter competitions.
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Bluefield
A” C. Daily Oon
Pem Lincoln
J. J. Lincoln
Elkhorn
Charles M. Scott
C. M. Scott
Howard Smith
A. J. Smith
Jack Lincoln
Mitchell Odittmnantinan
We. d
Eameein
Cheennecon
W. ©. Snyder
Caraway Opens Another Door in Campaign Probe
Andrew Russell McKinley campaign manager calls Caraway charge of a million dollars gross exaggeration and vows to submit books and figures to disprove the claims as the probe continues.
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Caraway
Andrew Russell
McKinley
Senate
Whippet shown at Bluefield sales event draws crowd
Overland Whippet debut draws more than 2,000 visitors to the Bluefield avenue showroom. The new model, about 2000 pounds with a 100 inch wheelbase and five foot eight inch height, impresses attendees with its foreign look and modern features. A colored orchestra entertained the crowd as roses and carnations greeted visiting ladies.
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Bluefield Avenue
Overland
Bluefield
Miller Goes On Trial For Life In New York
Dugan burst from the house as Miller and an accomplice struggled over a revolver. A misidentification led to Dugan’s killing on a porch. Miller, despite his state of employment in salt mines, faces life trial aided by a top defense due to language barriers.
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Dan Miller
LIFE
New York
Dugan
Miller
Wednea- Miller
New York State
Trade in Bluefield Week Sparks Citywide Bargains
Bluefield merchants launch Trade in Bluefield Week with daily specials across all stores offering best merchandise at unprecedented prices. Shoppers are urged to buy wisely and cheaply from large stores and exclusive shops alike, as coalfield buyers access value previously unheard of.
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Bluefield
Coalfield
Federal Reserve System
Refight Battle of Fort Witten at Pisgah Saturday
The pageant celebrates southwest Virginia with crowds expected to attend. Dr J N Hillman of Finory and Henry College will speak, noted educator and historian. Booths offer noise makers ice cream sandwiches and lemonade as attendees learn local history.
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Fort Witten
Pisgah
Virginia
J. N. Hillman
Finory and Henry College
Hillman
Bullet Joe Bush Draws Offers From Two Clubs
Bullet Joe Bush, freed by the Washington team, has received offers from the Cleveland and Pittsburgh clubs. He was to pitch today for Douglas in the Blackstone Valley League against Millbury, then return to Washington but will pitch for Douglas in Worcester on Monday night against a Worcester team.
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Worcester
Mass
Joe Bush
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Bush
Douglas
Millbury
Washington
Three Men Held in Solitary Confinement in Logan Slaying
Three men, A L Winston of Huntington Frank Lucas the pugilist of Charleston and C E Roberts of Charlotte were jailed in solitary in Logan County as a fourth suspect remains at large in the murder of 73 year old George Thompson at Mud Fork Island Creek. Deputies and state police arrested the trio at Sharples as they allegedly fled toward Charleston after Thomp son was killed by a blow to the neck with a fist or a blackjack prompting an eye witness account to Sheriff Hatfield.
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Blair
Sharples
Dennis Hatfield
Charleston
Hatfield
Thompson
Lacas
Lucas
Compensation for World War Tubercular Veterans
The Senate voted 47 to 20 to provide $50 monthly compensation for World War I tuberculous veterans with arrest records. The amendment to the veterans rehabilitation bill, proposed by Senator Ashurst, would extend eligibility for government insurance and maintain vocational rehabilitation provisions. The bill, already passed by the House with amendments, would go to conference if approved by the Senate.
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Washington
Senate
Ashurst
Arizona
House
Major General Harry Taylor Retires After 42 Years
Major General Harry Taylor is placed on the retired list after 42 years of service as assistant chief and chief of army engineers. His career included combat commands in the Philippine insurrection and command as chief of engineers of the American Army in France. He is succeeded by Maj. General Edgar Jadwin and Brigadier General Herbert Deakyne. Secretary Davis lauds Taylor for his diverse duties and trusted leadership.
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Washington
Harry Taylor
Army Engineers
France
Edgar Jadwin
Engineer Corps
Taylor
Jadwin
Herbert Deakyne
New York
Davis
Ponzi Sails for Unknown Points From Houston
Charles Ponzi, wanted in Massachusetts and Florida on swindling charges, sailed from Port Houston for unknown points. Sheriff T A Binford of Harris County said Ponzi slipped past authorities despite a nationwide search. Police believe he fled to South America to escape U.S. courts.
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Houston
Texas
Charles Ponzi
Massachusetts
Florida
Port Houston
T. A. Binford
Harris County
Ponzi
South America
United States
Binford
Knight chosen dean of West Virginia University College of Agriculture
Charleston June 26 H G Knight director of the agricultural experiment station Morgantown was chosen by the state board of education as dean of the college of agriculture at West Virginia University to succeed the late G R Lyman. The board then adjourned after naming faculty members including A I P Wagoner as Latin professor and Dr O Fenton as medical school professor.
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Charleston
W. Va
H. G. Kngiht
Agricultural Experiment Statement
Morgantown
State Board of Education
College of Agriculture
West Virginia University
G. R. Lyman
A. I P. Wagoner
Roanoke College
C. B. Cannaday
O. Fenton
New York City
W. A. Smith
C. G. Brousas
Daugherty Renamed Labor Commissioner in West Virginia
Charleston June 26 Governor Gore announced the re appointment of G F Daugherty of Mercer county as state labor commissioner and Clifford K Myers of Mason county as state historian and archivist for four year terms Daughertys runs to February 28 1929 and Myers to October 1 1929 Myers served in the war losing his right leg in action Daugherty was formerly a railroad engineer Myers a former teacher with distinguished wartime service
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Charleston
W. Va
G. F. Daugherty
Mercer County
Clifford K. Myers
Mason County
Gore
Daugherty
Myers
Severe Earthquake Report From Cairo Telegraph
A Cairo despatch to the Exchange Telegraph reports a severe earthquake in London lasting over a minute. The first shock struck at 9 30 o clock tonight.
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London
Cairo
Exchange Telegraph
Forty Drowned Refugees Reported From Varna Trip
Forty Russian refugees including women and children were drowned when their boat sank in a storm while traveling from Varna to Odessa. Reports received today confirm the tragedy.
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Sofia
Varna
Odessa
Caillaux ousts head of the Bank of France
Paris June 26. Caillaux orders the removal of Georgesideau as governor of the Bank of France amid a cabinet reshuffle. Robineau, a long time inflation opponent, clashed with the ministry over gold reserves and stabilization policy. Several bank regents reportedly threatened resignations if Robineau were ousted.
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Paris
Josehp Caillaux
Briand Fee
Bank of France
Bank
Caillaux
Robineau
Phipps Opens Fight for a Republican Congress
Senator Phipps launches the campaign for Republican Senate reelection from Washington in the White House breakfast review. He cites tariff act tax cut war debt funding and government economy as party achievements and argues good times follow bad ones.
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Washington
Senate
Phipps
Colorado
Republican Senatorial Committee
Senatorial Committee
White House
Europe
Labor leaders dine with Cincinnati union bloc
In Cincinnati, June 2, members of the AFL executive committee led by president William Green attended a dinner for James Wilson, head of the Pattern Makers League of America, hosted by the Cincinnati Teamsters Union. Dan Tobin from Indianapolis, after a Europe survey, said the general strike harmed English workers and opposed a general strike here.
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Cincinnati
American Federation of Labor Executive Committee
William Green
Federation
James Wilson
Pattern Makers League of America
Cincinnati Teamsters Union
Danial J. Tobin
Indianapolis
International Teamsters Union
Europe
Armstrong Named County Republican Committee Chairman
Pittsburg June 26 County Commissioner Armstrong was elected chairman of the Allegheny county Republican committee by acclamation amid noted harmony. State Senator James B. Coyne was also chosen as city committee chairman, with speculation about Armstrong’s stance eased by the show of unity.
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Pittsburg
Armstrong
Senate
la Follette
Pepper
Pennsylvania
Alleghany County
Republican Committee
James B. Coyne
Grand jury to probe reports of collusion
Baltimore June 2 1940 federal judge Morris A Spicer orders a special grand jury session to investigate reports of collusion between bootleggers and prohibition enforcement agents. United States District Attorney Atwood W Woodcock leads the inquiry with DOJ agents assisting.
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Baltimore
Morris A. Spicer
Federal
Grand Jury
United States
Atwood W. Woodcock
Department of Justice
German bonds sold in public offering of 30 million
New York June 26 prompt over subscription of 30 million sinking fund 6 percent bonds of the United Steel Works of Germany was announced by Dillon Read and Company. Bonds priced at 96 to yield 6.83 percent. Subscription books closed in about 15 minutes.
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New York
United Steel Orks
Germany
Dillon, Read and Company
Richmond Player Dies During Amateur Baseball Game
Floyd B. Chewning of Richmond collapsed from heart failure during an amateur game as the bases were loaded. He pitched through the inning before sagging and dying likely from the strain of the moment.
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Floyd B. Chewning
Richmond
Floyd B. Chawning
West Virginia moonshine raid erupts in deadly clash
In Richwood near Cherry River seven miles south, state troopers clash with alleged moonshiners. Trooper James Lowe dies, George Spence and Charles Dick among the wounded, a 11-year-old helper Seybart Cunningham gravely hurt, dozens of officers and citizens swarm the area as authorities pursue the body and suspects.
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Richwood
W. Va
James Lowe
Scarbro
Ter House
Cherry Ver
Here
George Spence
Warty Waneres
Hile Seybart Cunningham
Norton
Charleston
Lowe
Cunningham Boy
Charles G. Dick
Beverly
Randolph County
Rennie Cox
Prohibition
Roy Spence
Jack Spence
Spence Brothers
Roy
Jack
Spencers
Henry Wayne
Geo Spence
Charles Dick
Spence
Pacific Islands Before Man Came A Dismal Landscape
Dr Herbert K E Gregory director of Bishop Museum reports Pacific Islands were largely treeless and barren before human settlement. He notes early visitors to Hawaii faced food scarcity and hard journeys across seas in outrigger canoes, later bringing fruits and vegetables that now flourish in the region.
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Honolulu
Iin
Pacific Islands
Herbert KE. Gregory
Bishop Polynesium Museum
Hawaiian Islands
Gregory
Columbus
Vespucius
Viking
South Seas
Hawaiia
Three Rail Employes Die In Train Wreck
Three railroad employes were killed when the boiler of a locomotive hauling sixty cars exploded near Kinston North Carolina. The wreck blocked passenger tracks and shortly after the New York New Haven and Hartford Cape Codder collided with the wreckage. The passenger locomotive was thrown off the rails and the first car dove into a swamp. several passengers were slightly injured.
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Kinston
R. L
New York
New Haven
Hartford
Fourteen Hurt In Wreck Near Willow Springs
A southbound electric car carrying Chicago Board of Education employees bound for a picnic jumped the tracks at Willow Springs and sideswiped a northbound car, injuring fourteen people, two seriously.
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Chicago
Chicago and Joliet Railway
Chicago Board of Education
Willow Springs
Fess Tincher Bill Faces Push for Senate Vote
Washington June 26 The fate of the President's farm relief plan hung in the balance as the Senate deferred debate until next week to allow party leaders to reassess positions. Senator Watson Indiana withdrew a bid to table farm legislation, complicating passage. Senator Fess Republican of Ohio announced he would press for a vote early next week in defense of the measure.
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Washington
Senate
Watson
Indiana
Fess
Ohio
Samuel C Jones Chosen West Virginia Religious Education Superintendent
The Board of trustees announced in Fairmont West Virginia that Dr Samuel Charles Jones of Cameron was unanimously selected as general superintendent for the state He is a longtime Methodist Episcopal church leader and former secretary of the West Virginia council of religious education He will base his headquarters in Charleston and devote full time to the role.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Board of Trustees
West Virginia
Power Projects Sought Along Shenandoah and Roanoke Rivers
Shenandoah River Power Co seeks license for a dam in Shenandoah National Forest Rockingham and Page counties Va to develop hydro power. South Side Power Co applies for a preliminary permit for a dam near Tallys Falls on Roanoke River Mecklenburg Charlotte Halifax counties Va to raise river level about 40 feet with a 20000 horsepower facility for public utility use.
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Washington
Shenandoah
Mexico City Flood Devastates Leon Area. Thousands Homeless
June 26 dispatches report trains carrying refugees to safety as the flood toll remains uncertain, likely in the hundreds. Many shelters host families in public buildings while debris and mud fill a third of the city. Six thousand homes destroyed with looting ordered to end. Priests and Bishop Valverde Tellez aid the injured as the national bank allocates five million pesos to farmers.
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Mexico City
Leon
Santiago
Valverde Tellez
National Agricultural Credit Bank
Eucharistic Congress Pilgrims on Way Home
Chicago report notes most of the one million pilgrims have departed. Many cardinals and church dignitaries traveled by special trains, with Cardinal Bonzano and others heading to St. Louis, Toledo, Cleveland, Montreal, and various eastern destinations.
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Chicago
Cardinal Bonzano
St. Louis
Cardinal O'Donnell
Cleveland
Cardinal Hays
New York
Cardinal Pitti
Austria
Cardinal von Faulhaber
Germany
Cardinal Czernoch
Toledo
Dubois and
Charostic
Montreal
Reig Y. Casanova
Spain
Cardinals Dougherty Ph and OConnell Boston Return Home
Cardinals players Dougherty and O’Connell have returned home after their assignments in Boston.
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Cardinals
Dougherty
O'Connell
Boston
Scribner Rites Held for Veteran Engineer in Vermont
Chas Be Scribner longtime chief electrical engineer of the Western Electric Company died at his Jericho Vermont home aged 68 from complications. He had served as chief engineer for many years and died yesterday with relatives and colleagues notified today.
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New York
Scribner
Jericho
Vermont
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