Coal Industry Faces Suspension amid Anthracite Talks
President Coolidge discussed coal regulation with federal and state leaders as the anthracite field faces an imminent suspension. Governor Pinchot remains silent while the West Virginia Coal Association adopts a resolve to meet public demand.
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West Virginia Coal Association
Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
White Court
Coal Commission
Hammond
Congress
Richards
Mr. Lyons
American Legion
Tidewater Oil Company fixes initial dividend on split par stock
Directors of the Tidewater Oil Company declare an initial dividend on the new par capital equal to the regular dividend of 1 dollar on the split par stock. Dividend payable September 30 to stock of record.
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York
Tidewater of! Company
Wartial Law Declared in Nicaragua Nationwide
Wartial law was declared to protect the fortress and surrounding areas as military officials move to secure the republic amid unrest in Nicaragua. The proclamation aims to prevent action against government forces and preserve order across the country.
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Managua
Nik
Nicaragua
Veterans of Foreign Wars raid at Mayo Hotel ends with arrests
Seventeen men including delegates are released after federal officers raid the Mayo Hotel in Tulesa Oklahoma. Bootlegger arrests prompt protests from VFW leaders led by Maxey and Captain Lawson. Officials say the raid targeted bootleggers staying in the hotel, not veterans.
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Tulesa
Okla
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Mayo Hotel
the Beard
United States
Maxey
OK Department
P. J. Hurley
Detroit
Ly Mas
Ce ' Saliers
Manco
Prohibition
W. L. Coffey
Chiecf
Organization Ofiers
Henry G. Lawson
Boston
Lawson
Woodside
Alleged Heretic Is Man of Wide Repute
Dr. Lynn Harold Hough faced heresy charges filed in Detroit. He was identified as a Northwestern University graduate in Evanston in 1919 and 1920 and served in the Methodist Episcopal Church with international repute. He formerly held a position in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lynn Harold Hough
Detroit
Northwestern Uniite
Evanston
Ithwestern
Mid-West
Methodist Episcopal Church
Hough
London
Gasoline Price Cut Announced by Standard Oil
The Standard Oil Company of Indiana announced a further one cent a gallon gasoline price reduction, effective tomorrow across eleven states. Chicago service stations will charge 18 cents per gallon starting tomorrow.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Norman Chapman’s 185-yard hole-in-one shocks golf crowd
Des Moines reports Norman Chapman achieved a 185-yard hole-in-one yesterday. The shot struck the hip pocket of a caddy standing at the edge of the green. Willie, the caddy, was uninjured.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Norman Chapman
Willie
Coolidge Demands Bert Haney Leave Shipping Board
President Coolidge moves to dismiss Bert E. Haney of Oregon from the Emergency Fleet Corporation board amid ongoing friction with Admiral Palmer. Haney resists and Coolidge signals displeasure with the board’s activity while backing Palmer’s plan for ship operations under merchant marine control.
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Swampscott
Mass
Shipping Board
Palmer
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Coolidge
Bert E. Haney
Oregon
Haney
Congress
Mr. Haney
Harding
George FE. Chamberlain
Kiwanis Club Plans to Send Three Boys to School
The Kiwanis Club voted to send one underprivileged Bluefield boy to each of Triangular Mountain Institute Buchanan Mountain School and the Presbyterian School at Grundy. Selections will target boys who cannot attend otherwise as part of the club’s program for underprivileged children.
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Kiwanis Club
Bliss McCrum
West Virginia Utilities Association
Triangular Mountain Institute
Buchanan Mountain School
Presbyterian School
Grundy
Court martial findings overturned in Swampscott
Captain Adolphus Andrews disapproved the court martial verdicts on the Mayflower Marines. Corporal Andrew Chantos of Cleveland was restored to duty after review of the sleeping on guard duty charges. Private Clarence Key of Centerville Texas had a 30 day confinement and $21 loss of pay upheld before retrial.
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Swampscott
Mass
Adolphus Andrews
Andrew Chantos
Cleveland
Andrews
Marine Detachment
Clarence Key
Centerville
Texas
Grand Rapids Hosts 59th G A R Encampment Amid Rivalries
In Grand Rapids Michigan thousands of Civil War veterans gather for the fifty ninth annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment. Attendance may reach 50000 with families and auxiliary groups. Business opens Wednesday as Illinois and Kansas camps vie for commander in chief, backing John B Inman and Rev Bernard Kelley respectively.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Grand Army of the Republic
Ik Aras
Illinois
Kaggas
L. F. Arensberg
Pittsburg
John B. Inman
Ngfield
Lil
Kansas
Bernard Kelley
Pocahontas Bramwell Baseball Team Quits Season
Pocahontas Bramwell announced they would play no more baseball this year, forfeiting two key Mercer county games against Bluefield. The move comes after Bluefield’s strong comeback and leaves Bluefield financially burdened while aiming for the Coalfield League title and a Gary championship bid.
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Pocahontas- Bramwell
J. N. Fix
Pocahontas-Bramwell
Fix
Bluefield
Blue Iaya
Coalfield
Gary
A. G. Fox
Recount Tightens Iowa Senate Vote Between Brookhart and Steck
Washington August 31 supervisors for both Brookhart and Democratic challenger Steck claimed victory after the Iowa senate recount. Final results depend on the 8,557 challenged ballots and the official canvass by the senate committee with Brookhart holding a slim lead of 184 if all challenges are upheld.
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Washington
Senate
Iowa
Bookhart
Daniel F. Steck
Senate Committee
Brookhart
Permanent tomb for late T. R. Marshall
New York August 31 leaders of the Hip Sing and On Leong tongs, who recently revived deadly warfare, promised permanent peace today in conference with District Attorney Banton. They called for a nationwide meeting of tong leaders in New York soon to ratify a new treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Banton
United States
Two Navy Seaplanes Begin Nonstop Hawaii Flight
Two PN-9 seaplanes from San Francisco departed San Pablo Bay bound for Hawaii. The crews of five per aircraft aboard 19 200 pounds of fuel and a 72 foot wingspan pressed toward the target 2 100 nautical miles away with radio contact and escort planes in pursuit. The PB-1 aircraft could not start due to mechanical issues and did not join the flight.
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San Francisco
San Pablo Bay
San Francisco Bay
Pacific Ocean
Hawaii
Naval Headquarters
Ice
Seattle
Army Air Field
Crissy Field
Triat Fight
Col Mitchells Plane Wrecked Near New Flying Field
Col Wm Mitchell eighth corps air officer and former air service chief escaped death after a forced landing near a new flying field in San Antonio. Passenger Harry Short, civilian aeronautical expert, survived as the plane overturned in a ditch but both men crawled free before officers reached them.
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San Antonio
Tex
Wm. Mitchell
Eighth Corps
The
Air Service
Second Division
Col. Mitchell
Harry Short
New Flying Field
Detroit
Brother Attators
Mitchell
Short
Mrs. Imogene Remus Files Divorce Suit in Cincinnati
Mrs. Imogene Remus sues for divorce and alimony from George Remus. He is to be released from Atlanta penitentiary Wednesday after a two year term for prohibition law violations and will be re arrested to serve a Dayton jail sentence. A St. Louis indictment accuses Remus and others of conspiring to violate prohibition in whiskey removal.
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Cincinnati
Imogene Remus
George Remus
Atlanta Penitentiary
Remus
Robert Leblond
Dater
Dear
New Dry Law Enforcement Machine Ready for Launch
Treasury officials unveil a reorganized prohibition enforcement system led by Assistant Secretary Andrews ready to assume duties tomorrow. He rejects retirement rumors, vows to stay on the job, and stresses rapid replacement of weak personnel and broader authorization for divisional administrators to select subordinates.
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Washington
Treasury
Andrews
Andrews Ankly
Unofficial Seamen Strike Raises UK Port Worries
London Aug 31 The unofficial seamen strike across British ports harms Trans Atlantic liner operations. The Majestic at Southampton may sail for New York but crew withdrawal notice is due by 11 am tomorrow. Arlanza and Glamorgan shire crews refused to sign, while Hull seamen formed a strike commission but reported few members.
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London
Majestic
Southhampton
New York
Royal Mail
Arlanza
Glamorganshire
Southampton
Hull
Tckets
Permanent Peace Is Promise Tong Leaders
Washington August 31. A movement to build a permanent tomb at Indianapolis for the late Thomas R Marshall was discussed by close friends of the former vice president. Meredith Nicholson of Indianapolis was asked to head the movement and he disclosed that Marshall often expressed horror of being buried in the ground. Marshall's body rests in Crown Hill cemetery chapel in Indianapolis.
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Washington
Indianapolis
Thomas R. Marshall
Meredith Nicholson
Marshall
Mr. Marshall
Crown Hill Cemetery
Tries Hold-up to Add to Stamp Collection
New York August 31 A fifteen year old stamp collector Harry Strubing attempted a holdup to obtain rare stamps. His intended victim Arthur Murkacsy proprietor of a starry store was not harmed as the revolver was unloaded and the youth was detained for juvenile delinquency.
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New York
Harry Strubing
Arthur Murkacsy
Henas
Merger clash delays Trumbull Otis Midland bond loan
New York reports for tomorrow expect a merger of Trumbull Steel Otis Steel and Midland Steel Products facing a hold on proceeds of a 17.5 million Trumbull bond as National City Bank withholds funds amid stockholder and director discord. Cleveland attorney John A Elden plans an audit suit to probe Trumbull books in Warren Ohio as the combo merger faces scrutiny.
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New York
The
New York Times
Trumbull Steel Company
Otis Steel Company
Midland Steel Products Company
National City
Colny
Trumbull Company
H. J. Kulas
Otis and Midland
Wall Street
Youngstown
Ohio
J. A. Campbell
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Trumbull
National City Company
Turnbull
Jonathan Warner
Warner
Cleveland
John A. Elden
Trumbull County
Warren
Elden
Soviet Funeral In New York Monday
New York held its first soviet funeral for George Sklansky and Isaiah Hoorgin, drowned last week in Long Lake. About 500 friends attended as the organ played the Russian revolution funeral march and both coffins were laid in bright red flowers before cremation and shipment to Moscow under guard.
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New York
George Sklansky
Moscow Textile Company
Isaiah Hoorgin
Amtorg Trading
Long Lake
Paul J. Zieb
Mr. Hoorgin
Amtorg Company
I. Kraesky
Mr. Sklansky
Moscow
Judge Rules Sid Terris Beats Jack Bernstein in 12 Rounds
In New York on August 31 a judge awarded Sid Terris of New York a twelve round decision over Jack Bernstein of Yonkers at the Queensboro stadium. Terris weighed 132 1/2 pounds with Bernstein at 1.
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New York
Sid Terris
Jack Bernstein
Yonkers
Queensboro Stadium
Bernstein
Open Tax Lists for Public Inspection in September
Parkersburg W Va August 31 Collector Edwin A Brast announces tax lists for 1925 showing assessments based on 1924 filings may be inspected in September in his office from 9 am to 4 pm daily. Lists close September 30 and only named taxpayers may request details. blanket or anonymous inquiries will be disregarded.
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United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Ecc
Parkersburg
W. Va
Internal Revenue
Edwin A. Brast
V. Ve
Brast
sTurm
Anthracite Strike Deepens as Coal Miners Suspend Work
The 168,000 member hard coal walkout began at midnight with minimal disruption and no picketing. John L. Lewis condemned operators for exploiting public fear and vowed unified, peaceful union actions as 120 injured workers are noted and a $100,000 monthly union relief levy is planned.
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Philadelphia
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
Blc
Scranton
Or OY
Christ J. Golden
District 9
Shamokin
Mr. Clase
Shameoiio
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Gov. Pinchot
Penn
Guv. Pinchot
Charleston
Pully
Republic of Nicaragua
Hatel
Marshal
Goolidge
Bert Haney
White House
Bramwell
Blue-Grays
Indians
Senator Brookhart
Daniel F. Stock
T. R. Marshall
John Rodgers
Golden Gate
PN-9
Mulding
Meco
Col. Mitchells
Army Air Service
Gen. Andrews
Promise Tong
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