Havana Prepares For Graf Zeppelin Stop Amid Storm Delays
Havana weighs plans to greet the Graf Zeppelin with a ground crew of 350 Cuban soldiers and airport staff prepared to guard and guide the airship. Weather and flight path changes threaten a daytime landing and may shift the stop to a night arrival or skip Havana entirely for Lakehurst.
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Havana
Cuba
Louis Classing
Hugo Eckener
Graf
Lakehurst
New York
Pernambuco
Brazil
South Atlantic
Cape Orange
Eckener
General Machado
War Department
Vernon Ackerman Guilty of Murder in Arizona Case
A Maricopa County jury found Vernon Ackerman alias Joe F. Wells guilty of murder in the death of deputy Lee Wright. Wright died January 29 after a fight in Chandler involving Ackerman Irene Schroeder and W Glenn Dague who had earlier kidnapped another deputy. Schroeder and Dague were later convicted and sentenced to death.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Vernon Ackerman
Joe F. Wells
Lee Wright
Maricopa County
Ackerman
Irene Schroeder
W. Glenn Dague
Chandler
Tfe
Wright
Joseph Chapman
Pinal County
Florence
Cemetery caretaker kills giant vulture in California desert
Reno Nevada May 29 A condor ten feet from wing tip to wing tip attacked cemetery caretaker E H Stein at Truckee California. Stein warded off the first strike with a rake and then shot the bird after it swooped in at high speed.
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Reno, Nev
Truckee
Calif
E. H. Stein
Stein
Bluefield Bluefield N and W Club Hears Noted Speakers
More than 700 gathered at the Norfolk and Western freight station auditorium for the May meeting of the Bluefield Terminal Better Service Club. W J Jenks of Roanoke and W E E Koepler spoke on cooperation between railroad and coal industries, with music from Beaver High School and a guitar solo by Billy Bailey.
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Norfolk & Western
Bluefield Terminal
Better Service Club
W. J. Jenks
Roanoke
Norfolk & Western Railway
W. E. E. Koepler
Pocahontas Operators’ Association
Bluefield Better Service Club
Henry (. Callaway
Bluefield
George W. Collins
Beaver High School Orchestra
Cr. H. Reppert
Lee Ganano
Pocahontas
Callaway
Koepler
Billy Bailey
Glenwood Park
Mystery Deepens In Gem Robberies
New York police press on in a large jewel theft roundup with five men and a woman arrested. Authorities report $1.3 million in jewels recovered and a Chicago safe deposit box containing $200,000 seized. Robert Nelson is named as a key prisoner with $1 million in jewels found in his boxes.
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New York
Chicago
Noel C. Scatfa
Insurance Company
Buffalo Evening News
Scaffaé
John L. Carson, Jr
Scaffa
New York Daily News
Edward Mulrooney
Robert Nelson
Cashier Held In Deposit Vault Robbery Case
Gifford J. Herbert, cashier of the Grand National Bank, was arrested on a possible charge related to a vault burglary that yielded about 663000 in bonds jewelry and cash. Investigations tied to the heist include bank officials and custodian William Britton, with bond discussions ongoing.
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St. Louis
Gifford J. Herbert
Grand National Bank
Kaiser
Herbert
Ed Mays
W. §. Covington
Tireat
William Britton
Circuit
Lennon
Six Ohio convicts thrown in the hole
Ohio penitentiary warden Preston E. Thomas said six convicts were placed in the hole on bread and water after disturbances in the white city cell block. The clash began when William Whiteley attacked Guard Albert Rose. Rose defended himself and others with a night stick as nine guards used tear gas and weapons to subdue four more inmates.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
White City
Preston E. Thomas
William Whiteley
Albert Rose
Whiteley
Rose
Leo Black
Indians to renew salt depot raids in Bombay
Gandhi led campaign against salt laws continues despite his confinement. Nationalist volunteers are arrested as they rush salt works at Wadala and Dharasana. Riots flare in Madras Rangoon and Sholapur with martial law invoked and ships halted.
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Bombay
India
Mahatma Gandhi
War Council
Dungari
Dharagana
Madras
Rangoon
Sholapur
Hoover to visit Bluefield for Memorial Day tribute
President Hoover will visit Gettysburg and Bluefield to honor war dead. He will lay a wreath at Gettysburg National Cemetery and attend ceremonies with veterans from Spanish and Civil wars. Bluefield honors local fallen with Maple Park cemetery services led by American Legion Post 9 and a marching regimental band.
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America
Washington
Hoover
White House
Gettysburg National Cemetery
Arlington Cemetery
Edward S. Younger
Chicago
Chalone- Sur-Marne
France
Gettysburg
Lawrence Richey
Catoctin Furnace
Abraham Lincoln
Jay Cooke III
Williamsport
Allegheny Mountains
Hurley, Richey
George Akerson
Campbell Hodges
Allen Buchanan
Joel T. Boone
Governor Fisher
Pennsylvania
Henry P. Fletcher
Italy
Bluefield Post No. 9
American Legion
Biueee
Maple Pa
Bland Street
Bluefield Garden Club
Legionnaires
Auxiliary
Bluefield Howitzer Company
Toy Nelson
National Guard
Richard Ramage
Boy Scouts
Maple Park Cemetery
Maple Park
West Virginia Memorial Day Observance Set at National Cemetery
West Virginia's soldier dead will be honored at Memorial Day exercises at the national cemetery in Grafton with Governor Conley delivering the address. The governor arrives tomorrow from Clarksburg after a breakfast honoring him. A parade of American Legion posts and Grand Army Veterans will proceed.
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Grafton
W. Va
West Virginia
National Cemetery
Conley
Clarksburg
Muscle Shoals bills sent to conference for adjustment
Conflicting senate and house measures on Muscle Shoals property were sent to a joint conference in Washington. Senate conferees include Senator McNary, Norris, and Smith. the house backed a substitute proposing a lease negotiation with private interests. Adjournment timing unlikely to end the dispute before December.
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Washington
Senate
House
Muscle Shoals
Ala
McNary
Oregon
Norris
Nebraska
Smith
South Carolina
Gangster Held as Hostage as Police Hunt Victim
Chicago May 29 A gangster linked to an execution squad was seized by police while officers hunted for a dead or wounded gang victim. Sam Hunt reputed Capone follower was pulled from a fleeing car as shotgun blasts injured the man inside. Detectives suspect the killers abducted the victim after shooting his car. An alley car showed shotgun damage and a forged license under Harry Greenfield. Assistant state's attorney Harry S. Michburne said Hunt would be held until the victim is found.
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Chicago
Sam Hunt
Capone
Assassins
Harry Greenflield
Hunt
Harry S. Imichburne
Revised flexible clause broadens Hoover's powers
Senate debate centers on a revised flexible clause granting the president up to 50 percent rate changes with 30 days to proclaim. Senator Watson says Hoover may sign the tariff bill. Senator Harrison attacks expanded powers while Senator Smoot notes broader presidential control. The measure removes a 60 day approval window and aims for a nonpartisan tariff commission with rate-setting power.
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Washington
Watson
Indiana
Hoover
Senate
Robinson
Arkansas
Smoot
Utah
Indianan
Tariff Commission
Crace
Barkley
Kentucky
Curtis
House
Mr. Hoover
Senate Moves to Override Hoover on Pensions Bill
Washington May 29 An agreement set Monday vote in the Senate on overriding Hoover veto of a pension liberalization bill for Spanish war veterans Connally a Spanish War veteran urged quick action but agreed to postponement at McNary's request The plan seeks two thirds in both houses and a House bill may be introduced Monday before recess as a recast measure faces presidential objections McNary argued delay is to allot time for absent senators and to avoid changing votes
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Washington
Senate
Hoover
Connally
Texas
McNary
Oregon
Connaly
Representative Knutsen
Minnesota
House Pensions Committee
House
Hackel Sentenced Fifteen Years for Murder in Delbarton
Herschel Hackel, a Black man, was found guilty of second degree murder for shooting Willard Hoyle in Delbarton last February. In Mingo county circuit court Judge B F Howard gave a fifteen year term after Hackel pleaded self defense.
Senate Moves Key Bills Through Conference
The senate sent the Muncle Shoals bill to conference. The London naval pact awaits a coming senate special session. A veto override vote on a pension bill is postponed to Monday. Conferees on the tariff bill agree on a new flexible provision.
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Senate
Muncle Shoals
Hoover
War Mothers Are Homeward Bound
The first group of American Gold Star mothers and wives who visited France sails home aboard the President Harding from Cherbourg. One hundred twenty seven travel with four left behind for illness and for Europe tours. The second group remains in France to hold Memorial day services and the third leaves Belgium for French cemeteries. Mrs Ada C. Verges and Mrs C A If are among those touring Europe. Mrs Mary Reynolide remains in an army hospital with peritonitis but may rejoin in four to five days.
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Paris
France
Ilness
Europe
Belgium
Columbia Gas and Electric buys Amere Gas Utilities
Formal announcement in Charleston shows Columbia Gas and Electric of New York purchasing Amere Gas Utilities of Beckley. Amere will operate under its name with Columbia officers supervising. Amere serves Beckley Mabscott Sophia Lester and holds franchises for Welch Kimball Keystone Matoaka Mercer Mullens.
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Charleston
W. Va
United Fuel Gas Company
Amere Gas Utilities Company of
Beckley
Columbia Gas and Electric Corporation of New York
Amere
Columbia Gas and Electric
Amere Gas Utilities
Mabscott
Sophia
Lester
Raleigh
Welch, Kimball and Keystone
McDowell County
Matoaka
Mercer County
Mullens
Wyoming County
Ravenacliff Gas Development Company
Wyoming
Joseph Greenspon
Lone, Inc
St. Louis
Amere Company
Columbia
Johnson Praises Navy Chiefs Amid Treaty Debate
Washington May 29 Senator Johnson Republican California defended navy leaders against press attacks after hearings on London naval treaty. He praised their truth telling and high traditions while noting political pressure behind the pact. Rear Admiral S S Robinson defended Annapolis leadership as reservations to the pact were hinted at but not disclosed.
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Washington
Navy Admiralty
Senate
Johnson
California
Adm
S. S. Robinson
Annapolis Naval Academy
Naval Committee
Foreign Relations Committee
Oddie
Nevada
Publisher urges state ownership of power plants in West Virginia
Morgantown publisher Charles B Hodges filed with the public service commission a brief opposing a Cheat river water power permit to West Virginia Power and Transmission. He advocates state title to plants, a water power commission, and bonds repaid from revenues to end after fifty years. He argues the 1929 act is unfair and suggests the state become wholesaler while the developer retains control.
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Charleston
W. Va
Water Power Commission
Charles KB. Hodges
Morgantown
Public Service Commission
Cheat River
West Virginia Power and Transmission Company
Come Mission
Hodges
State Bridge Commission
Beaver Hole
West Penn
West Penn Group
Lake Lynn
Pool room proprietor shot during prohibition raid
Yorkville Ohio May 29 John Caeizkis pool room proprietor was shot through the neck by town marshal Caleb Harris during a prohibition raid he resisted at his establishment. He was reported in serious condition at Martin's Ferry hospital.
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Yorkville
John Caeizkis
Caleb Harris
Martin's Ferry
Flood Refugees in Makeshift Camps Struggle for Food
In Alexandria Louisiana on May 29 floods drive refugees into makeshift camps in Bossier Red River and Natchitoches parishes. Red Cross reports $12000 in relief funds and efforts to deliver provisions amid hunger. Shick Gardner of Bossier says fifteen families near Plain Dealing face starvation without rations. Guards patrol for sand boils as floodwaters recede in some parishes while cresting elsewhere.
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Alexandria
Bossier
Red River
Natchitoches
Red River Valley
Red Cross
Shick Gardner
Bossier Parish
Alexandria Zone
Niga
Caddo
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von Wiegand
New York American
Karl von Wiegand
N. J
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Atlantic
Indies
Barbados
South American
Trinidad
Vernon Ackermian
Glenn Dague
Bluefield Terminal Better Service Club
Gifford Herbert
Institution
OHIO
Dharasana
IDAY
Dea Quo
Harrison
Mississippi
U.S. A
Cherbourg
President Harding
NAVY
Charlies E. Hodges
Cheat River Development
Water Power Bureau
Delta
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