Bodies of four of crew found in Martin bomber crash
Four crew members of government Martin bomber No. 5 from Langley Field were found dead in the Nicholas County wreck near Summersville. Corporal Hazleton survived, rushing to aid and was hospitalized in serious condition with multiple injuries. The crash occurred during a flight returning to Langley from Charleston amid a Logan-Boone border incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Langley Field
Twenty Mile Creek
Summersville
Nicholas
Davenport Johnson
Army Air Forces
Summereville
Harry L. Speck
Medford
Oregon
W. 8S. Fitzpatrick
Peageant
Arthur R. Brown
Kentucky
Walter B. Howard
San Francisco
Alexander C. Hazleton
Wilmington
Delaware
Hazleton
Ben Tughes
Nicholas County
Johnson
Hughes
Hagieton
Army
War Department
Logan
Boone County
Colorado Miners Stand Firm Against Wage-Reduction Ruling
John L. McLennan president of district 16 UMWA announced that Colorado miners would not accept any wage cuts from the state industrial commission. He said Humboldt county workers backed a resolution urging Colorado Fuel and Iron mines in Fremont and Gunnison counties to halt work until the dispute is resolved. The mines employ about 975 men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walsenburg
Colo
John L. McLennan
United Mine Workers of America
United Ace of Colorado
Colorado State Industrial Commission
Hulerfano County
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Fremont
Gunnison
Downey Wins Middleweight Bout Amid Crowd Protests
In Jersey City this afternoon Bryan Downey of Cleveland challenged Johnny Wilson of Boston for the world middleweight title. No official decision possible under New Jersey law but Wilson retains the belt while most observers favor Downey on points. Promoter Tex Rickard faced a hearing as the New Jersey boxing commission faulted Wilson's performance. Continuous boos greeted Wilson. Downey received applause.
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Jersey City
N. J
Bryan Downey
Cleveland
Johnny Wilson
Boston
New Jersey
Wilson
Downey
New Jersey Boxing Commission
Tex Rickard
Methodist Episcopal assignments announced for West Virginia
Bishop Collins Denny released the annual conference assignments from Williams for the West Virginia Conference of the Methodist Church South. Clergy and circuits listed include Ashland, Catlettsburg, Greenup, Inez, Louisa, Pikeville, Charleston and Beckley with presiding elders and supplies noted.
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Huntington
W. Va
Collins Denny
West Virginia
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Williams
W. S. Carter
Clarksburg
Ashland
A. Slaughter
Centenary
I. N. Fannin
First Church
Paul S. Powell
Oakview
J. A. Wright
Auxier
P. F. Stout
Catlettsburg
A. P. Keyser
Dwale
F. W. Allen
Fallsburg
J. S&s. McClung
Fort Gay
W. J. Blankenship
Grassland
J. Campbell
Garrett
W. R. Thomas
Grayson
F.E. Lambert
Greenup
E. H. Ritchie
Hopewell
B. B. Lambert
Beaver Circuit
R. A. Fraley
Supply
Beckley
W. H. Foglesong
Cedar
Responsibility Charged to 10 Mine Workers Officials
A statement by Harry Olmsted accuses United Mine Workers officials of planning invasions of Logan and Mingo counties by armed miners. He denounces Samuel Gompers and defends absence of mine guards, detailing historical UMW actions and wage board disputes, and claims unions pushed violence to compel non-union operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Mine Workers of America
Logan County
Mingo County
Harry Olmsted
Operators’ Association
Williamson Field
Smual Gompera
American Federation of Labor
Olmsted
Gompers
Operatrs
United States
Williamson
United Mine Workers’ Organization
Kanawha
Mr. Gompers
West
United Mine Workers
Logan
Mingo
West Virginia
Pike County
Kentucky
Baldwin-Felts
Restaurant plan for stranded U-boat abandoned near Copenhagen
Plans to turn the stranded German submarine T-20 into a tourist restaurant north of Borkbjerg have been dropped as the costs of converting the deadly boat into an inn proved too high.
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Copenhagen
Borkbjerg
Mail Bandit Escapes Federal Penitentiary
Tacoma Wash Sept 5 Roy Gardner California mail bandit escaped from MecNeil Island federal penitentiary during a jail break. Everett Impyn a federal life prisoner was shot and killed Lawardus Bogart another life prisoner was shot and possibly fatally wounded.
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Tacoma
Wash
Roy Gardner
California
MecNeil Island Federal Penitentiary
Everett Impyn
Lawardus Bogart
Arnold Shot On Street Near Adams Street Intersection
C H Arnold a line foreman was shot five times by an unknown man on south Bland Street near Adams Street just after 8 pm. Police found two shell caps and .38 caliber cartridges as witnesses described a car fleeing the scene. Arnold, taken to St Luke's Hospital, lay between life and death while contradicting early accounts of an automobile exit.
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Dick) Arnold
South Bland Street
Adams Street
R. F. Baker
Arnold
St. Luke's Hospital
Fair Grounds
Bland Street
Adams
Bluefield
Appalachian Power Company
Bluefield Telephone Company
Roanoke
Virginian
Baker
Jefferson Street
Quiet Zone Reported as Bandholtz Recommends Troop Reduction
Brigadier General H H Bandholtz said the Logan and Boone border area is quiet after federal troops dispersed armed groups. He advised removing some troops while retaining others indefinitely to maintain order until peace settles across Kanawha Boone Logan and Mingo counties.
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Kanawha, Boone, Logan
Mingo Counties
Charleston
W. Va
Logan
Boone
H. H. Bandholtz
War Department
Boone-Logan County
Blair
Handholtz
St. Albans
Coal River
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Madison and Clothier
Kanawha
Mingo
Bandholts
Washington
Madison
West Virginia
H. H
H. H. Bandholtg Today Journeyed By Special Train Up the Valley of the Coal River
Clothier
Jeffery
Bandholtz
CC. A. Martin
Coal River Valley
Martin
Hewett Creek
Jeffrey
Spruce Fork Ridge
Negroes Warned to Pick Cotton in Blooming Grove
A notice signed K K K in the Negro section of Blooming Grove near Corsicana urges Black residents to pick cotton. The community responded with most workers reporting to nearby fields. Reported rates rose from fifty to seventy five cents per hundred pounds.
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Corsicana
Texas
Blooming Grove
Warns Against Efforts to Nullify Prohibition
Dr. Wilbur F. Crafts of Washington head of the International Reform Bureau spoke at a Labor Day mass meeting in Milwaukee under the W T U. He warned that forty eight new House members, many from wet cities, could renew efforts to permit beer and light wine use and doctor prescribed unlimited liquor quantities.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wilbur F. Crafts
Washington, D. C
International Reform Bureau
May gall Keeney and money for trial this term
Williamson West Virginia Sept 5 The Wingo county circuit court opens its September term with many cases from the Tug River industrial strife to be heard For the first time fifty veniremen from Pocahontas were called for jury service under a new state law Keeney and Mooney UMW leaders indicted are expected to face trial though not yet arrested Prosecuting Attorney Stokes seeks to stay court until docket clears The Matewan battle indictments and related deaths may bring fourteen more trials including Sid Hatfield and Ed Chambers who were killed at Welch on August 1
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson
W. Va
Wingo County
Pocahontas
West Virginia
C.F. Keeney
Fred Mooney
District 17
United Mine Workers of America
Tug River
D. Stokes
Matewan
Sid Hatfield
Ed Chambers
Welch
Reese Chambers
Hallie Chambers
Arch Williams
Fred Burgraff
Doug
Ben Mounts
Williamser Coleman
William Bowman
James Overstreet
Clare Overstreet
Logan Guards Quiet After Armored Clash Near Spruce Fork
Colonel W Eubanks led national guard units to resist armed encroachment west of Spruce Fork ridge. He left Welch as units were disbanded. Federal troops patrolled the area and reported no shots fired. Volunteers disappeared from streets while coal loading stations ramped back to near full operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
W. Va
Olonel W
Eubanks
National Guard
Spruce Fork Ridge
Welch
Shuttleworth
Bluefield Men Helped Hold Blair Mountain Line
Fourteen enemy soldiers were reported killed during two attacks as Bluefield and Huntington troops aided by Logan County defenders held Blair Mountain. The detachment returned to Bluefield after days of watchful defense under constant fire and sniping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Pinefield
Logan County Battle-Line
Provisional Infantry Company
Bluefield
Morgan
Charnock
Eubanks
West Virginia National Guard
Mercer County
Huntington
Blair Mountain
Welch
Guyan Valley
Logan
Bluefield Company
Georges Creek
Inveaers
Ae Cate
Red Necks
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Logan-Boone
Border
Alexander OC. Hazleton
Colorado
John L. McLellan
W. VA. Goferengne
Methodist Church
Responsibility
Coal Operators Association
Samuel Gompers
Federation
Federal
C.H. Arnold
St. Paul
Minn
White Pine
Salona
McGrath
W. F. Rhinow
Logan and
Wilbur Crafts
May Gall Keeney
Veniremen
Pocahontas County
Circuit Court
Bluefield Boys
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