Norfolk and Western to lease Virginian Railway in 999 year deal
Stockholders approve the Virginia Railway lease by 76 percent at Roanoke. Norfolk and Western directors will seek Interstate Commerce Commission approval for the merger of railroad properties. Virginian stockholders have not yet approved terms. Opposition from Virginia regulators and Norfolk-Tidewater interests is anticipated as the fight moves to the ICC. Separate report from Williamson, West Virginia notes pending criminal cases from the Kermit election battle continued for a May hearing. Wilcoxon and Ken Kirk recover from wounds. special grand jury to investigate.
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W. M. Bronson
Robert Bailey
Pineville
Lafe Chafin
Huntington
Ken Chapman
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Ken Kirk
J. Buck Kirk
Grace Field Denied Decree of Annulment in Marriage Case
New York report says concert singer Grace Field failed to obtain an annulment from R Lee Field of Atlanta. She testified she was frightened into marriage in 1921 after a disputed train scene and a promised fraud exposure, and she later wed the Rev. Dr. Wallace Rodgers before continuing her studies in Macon.
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R. Lee Field
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Jackie Coogan to Be Trained for Hamlet Role
New York May 23 The Morning Telegraph reports Jackie Coogan will be trained by David Belasco for three years to play Hamlet on the speaking stage. Coogan, eleven, could be fourteen or fifteen when training ends, with Belasco citing earlier Shakespearean apprenticeship as precedent.
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The
Morning Telegraph
Jackie Coogan
David Belasco
Belasco
Hamlet
Jackie
Moion Picture Studios
Uie
Gady
Mr. Belasco
Hemelt
Aspiranta
President Coolidge Heads Sunday Potomac Cruise Aboard Mayflower
President Calvin Coolidge, recovering from indigestion, left the White House for a Sunday cruise down the Potomac on the Mayflower. He traveled with Mrs. Coolidge and guests including Attorney General and Mrs. Sargent, Senator Butler of Massachusetts, and Mr. P Butler, with two White House physicians aboard. The voyage is expected to return to Washington early Monday.
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Coolidge
Potomac
Sargent
Senator Butler
Massachusetts
P Butler
White House
Joel T Boone
James F. Coupal
Sanders
Colidae
Navy Yard
Haven for Birds Is Provided for in Will
May 24 Pittsburg A wooded tract along the Allegheny river is bequeathed by Mary O Hara Darlington for a bird sanctuary to be named Darlington Bird Sanctuary A trust fund will maintain the area and protect birds animals flowers and trees The Pittsburgh and Allegheny council of the Boy Scouts gains use as a camping ground Preservation is to be under the state forestry department A large estate portion valued at 600000 goes to the University of Pittsburg for a general library building.
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Allegheny River
Darlington
Mary O'Hara Darlington
Pittsburgh and Allegheny Council
Boy Scouts
State Department of Forestry
University of Pittsburg
Uniontown High Wins 29th Interscholastic Track Meet
Uniontown high school won the 29th interscholastic track meet in Washington earning 50 points. Beaver High totaled 34, Triadelphia 24, Washington 16 1 2, Morgantown 16. O Connell of St Francis set a high school record with a shot put 46 feet 2 inches.
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Morgantown
O'Conne
St. Francis
Fire Alarm Stations Listed for Cyane Bluefield Department
The document lists Fire Station locations in Cyane and Bluefield with multiple street pairs and cross streets. It notes alarm systems and alarmment from several stations, including Southside Northside and various avenues in Bluefield and Princeton areas, with several numbered and lettered addresses.
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Southside
Northside
City Hall
Princeton Ave
Russell St
Bluefield Ave
Mercer St
la Yns Ave
Boges & Good
Thomas St
Chestnut St
Spruce St
Federal
Raleigh
Raleigh and Stewart Sia
Wyoming
Monroe
Giles St
Lee
Franklin
Talbert St
Reese
Marshall
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Powell
Pulaski and
Park
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Jones
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Williams
Bland and Sills
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Penn-Mar Ave
Frederick St
East River
College Ave
Walton Ave
Roanoke and
Clarke
Hardy and
Orange Sts
Midway
North Midway
Henpee Greenbrier
Greenbrier and
Logan
Upper Jones
Cottage Ham Breakfast and Asparagus Rolls Recipe Tale
A jumble of home style menus and kitchen instructions includes breakfast with grapefruit ham eggs and muffins, a lunch of asparagus and cottage cheese sandwiches, and a chicken dinner with herbed rice and beans. Also notes on ham thickness and buttered rolls filled with asparagus custard, plus a brief aside on U S visa inspections and a student joke about math.
Gale claims twenty seven lives off Brittany coast
A fierce Brittany gale off Quimper Brittany today yields at least twenty seven dead. Two small sailing vessels distress off Kerity and Penmarch. Lifeboats rescue attempt ends with both lifeboats smashed on Penmarch rocks and fifteen rescuers dead. Twelve crewmen die as vessels and boats are swept ashore.
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Quimper
France
Brittany
Kerity
Penmarch
Judge Sets No Death Date for Chapman Case
Hartford, May 23 The State's Attorney says he will seek a governor's reprieve for Gerald Chapman, delaying execution for the condemned bandit sentenced to death for killing a policeman at Wethersfield. The reprieve timing is viewed as procedural and means Chapman's June 25 hanging will not occur as scheduled.
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Conn
Gerald Chapine
Supreme Court of Errors
Hugh M. Alcorn
Trumbull
Chapman
Wethersfield
Newell Jennings
Presbyterian Church Aims Two National Projects At Assembly
Columbus Ohio May 23 The Presbyterian Church through its general assembly pledges to push two major national projects. A pension plan for ministers and dependents with a $15 million goal and a Washington center to house the general assembly. Will Hays announces Mellon accepts laymen’s treasurership. The assembly clears routine matters as it prepares to rule on whether ministers must affirm the faith.
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Ohio
Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Washington
Will H. Hays
Andrew W. Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
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Grand Rapids
Presbytery of
New York
Emancipation of Women Not Rapid in France
Paris reports slow progress for women's rights in France. While suffrage bills linger and activists protest, many women prefer traditional roles. A historic Charlemagne land dispute faces centuries of litigation in Andorra, and Dawes is misattributed with the Davis Cup amid broad European tennis commentary.
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Paris
France
United Tes
England
Carrie Nation
Swlvia Pankhurst
Suffrage Party
Lay Plans for Immigration Inspection Sails to Europe
Officials from state treasury and labor depart sail on the Leviathan to lay plans for intending American immigrants. The system aims to operate first in American consulates in the Irish Free State and could abolish Ellin Island as an immigration station.
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Court Du‘bois
State Department
Robe Carl White
Labor
J. W. Kerr
Public
Irish Free State
Davis
Washington
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Europe
Immigration Service
Public Health Service
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Gore program to be recommended as policy
A committee discussed the Gore program and concluded it would amount to about thirty percent over current rates. They did not approve a tax on luxuries and non-essentials and disapproved a further gasoline tax increase. The panel’s work was kept secret, with members sworn to secrecy.
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