Larew and Bride Still Detained in Bland County
Larew age 32 and his wife remain in Bland county jail awaiting federal agents. They face charges of converting a $1 money order to $100 at Beckley. A watch seized on Larew belongs to a Bland county resident and the car found with him is reported stolen. The couple, married in Bluefield on August 28, include a 15 year old Covington Ky girl. Federal officers are expected to arrive.
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M. L. Larew
Bland County
Larew
Sherra Dunn
Commonwealth
Laren
Beckley
Daily Telegraph
Covington
Dunn
Bluefield
Bland
Officials To Greet Frenchmen On Capital Visit
French aviators Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte arrived in New York after a six and a half hour flight from Louisville. They planned rest before a Washington welcome from President Hoover and a goodwill tour.
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New York
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Long Island
Dallas
Texas
Valley Stream
Louisville
Park Avenue
Washington
Hoover
Hudson
Statue of Liberty
New York Harbor
Militar Academy
West Poin
Creen
Curtisé Field
Paris
United States
Coste
West Point
Hudson River
Storm Ravages Santo Domingo Region Bridges Carried Away
Reporter chronicles destructive flood from a Caribbean storm as two bridges collapse and rivers swell beyond measure. He treks five miles inland with guides, enduring freezing temperatures and heavy currents, noting cattle and furniture adrift and bridges twisted by floodwaters. He travels for 18 hours in the saddle, detailing inundated countryside and the perilous journey.
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Nizao River
Queen of Rivers
Dani
Mississippi
Columbus
Pen Sean
Community ads list services from Bluefield area
Bluefield area notices promote kindergarten and continuation school on Bland Street opposite St Luke's hospital, with phone numbers 34 and 1071 for admissions. Also marketing concrete blocks, limestone products, Pocahontan coal, and coal prices, plus a music studio reopening, a reward notice for a bicycle, and Bailey Lumber Co and Yellow Front Stores offers with free kiddie treats for purchases.
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Blanche Miller
So. Bland St
St. Luke’s Hospital
Argentina’s government falls as Irigoyen is replaced by Uriburu
Reports describe heavy casualties and a military takeover in Buenos Aires. President Irigoyen is reported a prisoner of the junta, with Cabinet resignations after General Jose Evaristo Uriburu demands power. Martial law expands as crowds surge toward government house.
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Irigoyen
Caballito
Capitol
Avenida de Mayo
Government House
San Martin Cadets
Jose Evaristo Uriburu
Buenos Aires
Mendoza
San Juan
Four Gonfidence Operators Defraud Sanctioned Cash
Four confidence game operators received $1,500 in cash after meeting at 5 PM with an insurance firm manager. The manager, overwhelmed by a quick thousand dollars, forgot her pocketbook around 2 PM and alerted officers after realizing the loss post 5 PM, but the suspects had already fled. Authorities said they would be given preliminary hearings early next week.
Andree Relics for Steamer Shipment From Ose Norway
Relics from the Andree expedition found on White Island are prepared for shipment to the Swedish warship Svenskund arriving soon. Items include a ball of thread with fishhooks, a spring balance scale, a camera with film, a dish with food scraps, and two sledges with a canvas boat.
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Ose
Norway
Andree
White Island
Svenskund
Prospects for Home Television Inventions and Tests
By E C Butterfield New York scientists in RCA labs Camden N J explore scanning disks drums and kinescope tubes for TV. They note many tests and the Moore crater lamp but say no system yet passes all tests. They expect progress toward five years with home receivers possible for amateurs and experimenters.
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RCA Laboratories
Camden
N. J
Vladimir Zworykin
Moore Crater
Schenectady
EB. F. W. Alexanderson
National Service of Sound Radio
Nipkow
20 Month Old Child Shot by Speed Officer in Hazard
Hazard Kentucky September 6 a 20 month old girl daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Maggard of Hard Burley died in a hospital tonight from a bullet wound suffered while riding with her parents in an automobile B E Hill Hazard fire chief with a speed enforcement duty was charged with the shooting Deputy Luther Combs said Hill claimed to frighten the Maggards to stop and had no intention to hit anyone in the car after the shooting the Maggards returned home Hill surrendered to Perry county officers a crowd gathered at the hospital and police barred interviews Hill shot the child who was riding on her mother s lap the bullet entered the back under the left shoulder blade the Maggards deny speeding
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Hazard
Charles Maggard
Hard Burley
B. E. Hill
Hazard Fire Department
Luther Combs
Hill
Maggards
Perry County
Local hunter fined for hunting without license
Jess Underwood was fined 27.80 in Magister McNeal’s court after being arraigned on a hunting without a license charge. Deputy Belcher arrested him while allegedly hunting on Stony Ridge. Belcher warned that squirrel season opens September 16 and unlicensed hunting will be prosecuted. The woods are in good shape and squirrels plentiful this season.
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Jess Underwood
W. W. McNeal
E R. Belcher
Stony Ridge
Belcher
Father Kills Son and Daughter Then Ends His Own Life
Carmen de Felice a village character at Plum Run Ohio shot his son Jacob 33 of Penowa Pennsylvania and fatally wounded his divorced daughter Mrs James Maretta 31. He then killed himself by a bullet to the head in front of a mirror. Maretta died in hospital. Officials say the act appeared deliberate and driven by mental imbalance. The son left a widow and three children.
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Martina Ferry
Carmen de Felice
Plum Run
Jacob
Penowa
James Maretta
de Felice
Two More Women Claim Explorer's Estate
Pittsburgh reporters say two more district women claim Salomon Andree estate. Mrs. Joseph T. Smith of Oakmont and Mrs. Thomas Kirk of Mt. Pleasant assert they are Andree nieces. Mrs. Clara Andree, who married a brother of the explorer, led initial claims. Smith and Kirk, sisters, cite grandfather buried in Pittsburgh who allegedly said Andree was his son. They have hired a lawyer to pursue their claims.
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Pittsburgh
Salomon Andree
Joseph T. Smith
Oakmont
Thomas Kirk
Mt. Pleasant
Andree
Clara Andree
Mexican Students Hurl Verbal Threats at U S Navy Officer
Several hundred National University students in Mexico City jeered Rear Admiral Edward H. Campbell of the U S Navy and General José Millán Astray. They marched to Plaza Santo Domingo where orators criticized American troops in Nicaragua and Millán Astray for Moroccan campaigns, accusing American imperialism.
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Mexico City
National University
Edward H. Campbell
United States Navy
José Millan Astray
Spanish Foreign Legion
Plaza Santo Domingo
Campbell
Nicaragua
Millan Astray
Moroccco
Jersey Senator Weds Recent Divorcée in Reno
New Jersey state senator J Dryden Kuser married Vieva Marie Fisher Banks in Virginia City Nevada after his divorce from Brooke Russell Kuser. The couple reportedly traveled from Reno to avoid publicity and the ceremony was performed by a Reno minister.
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Reno
Nev
J. Dryden Kuser
New Jersey
Brooke Russell Kuser
Russell
Virginia City
Vieva Marie Fisher Banks
James Lenox Banks
New York
State Day League Backs Mrs O Neill in Senate Race
The State Day League endorses Mrs O Neill for the Illinois Senate contest amid predictions she could split the vote against the Democratic candidate. An Anti-Saloon League statement supports her, urging citizens to back her and influence others, signed by executives including F Scott McBride.
Communists Nominate Senatorial Candidate in West Virginia
In Wheeling on September 6, the Communist party of West Virginia nominated Manuel Jacovides of Wheeling for United States Senate and Andrew Mytyzik of Wheeling for Congress in the first district. Delegates from fourteen organizations attended. no other congressional nominees were named. The platform calls for employment insurance and old age pensions.
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West Virginia
Kiwanis International
Bluefield
Switzerland
Raymond M. Crossman
James K. Fecher
United States Army Air Service
Albert Snedeker
Wheeling
International
George West Diehl
Chicago University
Franklin Kean
Chicago
International Service
W. H. S. White
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Communist Party of
Manuel Jacovides
United States
Andrew Mytyzik
Congress
Walsh hints at retirement after fourth U.S. term
United States Senator Thomas J. Walsh told the Montana Democratic state convention he might retire from public life at the end of his current term. He is seeking re election to a fourth term in Helena.
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Walsh
Helena
Mont
United States
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Fountain Pens at Low Prices from ALCO Waterman
Affordable Waterman ALCO fountain pens priced at 1.50 2.00 and 2.50 with full guarantee. Free gold name engraving on any pen or pencil bought at either store. Community Spirit Checks offered. Complete line of school tablets pencils inks notebook fillers and accessories also available.
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ALCO
Waterman
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David S. Ingalls
Secretary of the Navy
Dieidonne Coste
Cc. L. Mitchell
Weather Bureau
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Azores
Mitchell
Lindbergh
Gould
J. S. Compton
Santo Domingo
Juna
Via
Azua
Grace
Business College
West Virginia Business College
Honaker Bldg
Limestone Products Co
Custard Coal Co
Citizens Coal & Supply Co
James Elmer Brown
Bland Street Methodist Church
Columbus Moise, Co
Harry M. Waugh
Spring Grove Avenue
Bailey Lumber Co
Bluefield Normal Business College
Bailey Block
W. H. Cunningham
Epoca
Hipolito Irigoyen
Enrique V. Martinez
Garibaldi
el Palomar
Liniers
Alvarez
State Department
Argentina
E. C. Butterfield
Albert W. Reynolds Jr
RCA Radiola
The
Chicago House FurNiture Co
Virginia
NAVY
Jersey
State Day League
O'Neill
Parker
Bluefield Pharmacy
Bland Street
Warlick Furniture Co
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