Dedication of the New Sacred Heart Church in Bluefield
The Catholic community celebrated the dedication of Sacred Heart Church in Bluefield with Bishop Swint leading pontifical high mass. The sermon praised Father Olivier as a pioneer and large crowds attended the ceremony, viewing the new stone church and its ornate interior.
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Biuefield
Daily Telegraph
Swint
John J. Swint
Diocese of
Wheeling
Sacred Heart
Father Olivier
James J. Kennedy
McMechan
Gates on Escort For Shenandoah Victims Sparks Protest
Navy officials said inadequate undertakers’ facilities in the Ohio mining district hindered sending escorts with the bodies from the Shenandoah disaster. Howard Spratley protested to Secretary Wilbur as his son William H. Spratley was among the victims. Officials promise reimbursement to families upon receipt of expense accounts.
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Washingon
D. C
Ohio
Shenandoah
Navy Department
Howard W. Spratley
Venice
William H. Spratley
Wilbur
Iniand
Collec
Department
Schempp Wins 100 Mile Auto Race at Monongahela Speedway
Louis Schempp of Pittsboro won the 100 mile race at the Monongahela speedway completing 206 laps in 1 hour 56 minutes. Joe Sperak of Bruceton suffered two broken ribs when his car veered on a curve.
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Monongahela
Louis Schempp
Pittsboro
Joe Sperak
Bruceton
Caressai
German Tribute Ribbon Missing From Tomb of Unknown Soldier
Paris authorities report a ribbon bearing German colors and inscription found on a wreath at the Arc de Triomphe tomb of France’s Unknown Soldier disappeared after a group of French veterans lit the remembrance flame. Police removed the wreath and ribbon following the discovery.
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Paris
France
Rene Viviani obituary marks his France US roles
Paris reports the death of Rene Viviani former French premier and longtime envoy to the United States. He died at Mal Maison Sanatorium after two years ill health following Washington 1921 and a 1922 bereavement. Tributes praise his oratory guiding Franco American relations and his words over action.
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Paris
Rene Viviani
France
United States
Malmaison Sanatorium
Viviani
Marshal Joffre
Washington
M. Viviani
Ranktephen Lausanne
Levi
M. Lausanne
Chance to Become a Future Admiral
A competitive examination in the fifth congressional district will be held on September 12 at the Bluefield schools office to select one appointment and three alternates to the U S Naval Academy. Candidates must be US citizens, 16 to 20 years old on April 1, 1926, and meet eligibility. Congressman James French Strother will appoint from the finalists.
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United States
Law and Commerce
Congressman Strother
Joseph Adado Dies From Assassin’s Bullet
Chicago dispatch reports Joseph Adado died from an assassin’s bullet believed to be linked to the Genna gang feuds. Adado told police he did not know who shot him, the shooting seen as reprisal for Angelo Genna’s killing months earlier.
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Chicago
Joseph Adado
Angelo Genna
Genna
Photographs Sought of Shenandoah Control Cabin Wreckage
Caldwell Ohio September reports Commander Klein seeking copies of photographs showing the Shenandoah control cabin after the disaster. He notes the cabin vanished and suggests intact post crash images could clinch the investigation. Thousands gathered at wreck sites while Navy prepares for junking.
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Caldwell
Ohio
Jacob H. Klein
Lake Furest Naval Air Station
Here
Klein
Charles Davis
Andrew Gemary
Navy
Columbia Hotel
Air Service
Ava
Sharon
Cambridge
Noble
Guernsey
Shenandoah
Noble County
Sumiay
Labor Day
Water conservation aids Bluefield amid mains repairs
The Bluefield water situation improves due to strict economy and public cooperation. Health officials report crews fixed breaks on Monroe, Third, Pine, Wheel ing, Ridge and Fern dale while private leaks are addressed. Public use of radiator water and free Jefferson street supply continues, with police patrolling to deter vending and waste. Authorities warn arrests may follow continued waste.
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Bluefield
Monroe
Third
Pine
Wheeling
Ridge
Ferndale
Jefferson Street
Oakhurst
Justice Court
Dawes Attacks Senate Rules in Portland Address
Vice President Charles G. Dawes criticised Senate rules in Portland Oregon arguing that limiting debate would raise more laws. He cited 1910-1915 figures showing Senate passage of 3 113 bills and resolutions vs 2 930 in the House and urged unity behind his reform.
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Portland
Ore
United States Senate
Charles G. Dawes
Senate
Mr. Dawes
House of Representatives
House
Stabilizing role of checkoff praised by UMW leaders
In Wilkes-Barre on Labor Day Thomas Kennedy of the United Mine Workers hailed the checkoff as the coal industry’s greatest stabilizer. He said the system has existed for 25 years in bituminous coal and is a legal voluntary agreement ensuring dues are remitted to unions and protecting miners, operators, and the public.
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Senate
Senate of
United States
Henry Clay
Oscar Unce
Wilkesbarre
Thomas Kennedy
United Mine Workers
Kennedy
Big parade staged by Klan in Fairmont on Labor Day
Fairmont West Virginia marked Labor Day with a Marion county Klan outing at a local resort. The event featured speeches, a Geoge parade with 800 in line including klanswomen, and fireworks. Morgantown degree team led initiatory exercises as visiting klansmen from northern West Virginia attended.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Marion County
Morgantown
West Virginia
Grafton
Five Thousand Carriers Parade to Open Convention
Detroit Sept 7 five thousand letter carriers marched in the annual parade to open the twenty fifth convention of the National Association of Letter Carriers. A business session preceded the parade.
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Detroit
National Association of Letter Carriers
Labor Day Address Attacks Autocracy and Communism in Industry
William Green of the AFL denounces employer dictatorship and communism as allied threats to organized labor. He cites Detroit as a center where bosses fix wages hours and living conditions, urging workers to unite and resist while vowing to purge communism from the labor movement.
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Detroit
Lbor
America
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Organized Labor
Trade Union Movement of America
Organized Labor Movement
Carry Nickel Plate Contest to Decision
Participants in the intercity merger dispute before the interstate commerce commission gathered in Washington to resume evidence after a three week recess. No compromise was indicated, and counsel for the Nickel Plate Railroad urged the case proceed to a decision settling stockholder differences.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
van Swerigen
W. A. Colston
Nickel Plate Railroad
O. P
M. J. van Sweringen
Four Die in Auto Train Crash at Grade Crossing
Four Buffalo residents died when a westbound New York Central passenger train struck their automobile at a grade crossing near Batavia New York on September seventh. The victims were Charles H. Simpson the driver Mrs Floria Simpson his wife Mrs Catherine Myles and Mrs Duncan Campbell mother of Mrs Simpson.
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Batavia
N. Y
New York Central
Here
Charles H. Simpson
Floria Simpson
Catherine Myles
Duncan Campbell
Simpson
Buffalo
Nashville woman dies in Dixie Highway crash near Tullahoma
Mrs. Evelyn Burnette of Nashville Tenn. was killed when an automobile driven by her uncle J A G Sloan president of the Nashville Club of the Southern Association overturned on a curve on the Dixie Highway near Tullahoma Tenn. Mrs. Thomas Patten was bruised.
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Tullahoma
Tenn
Evelyn Burnette
Nashville Tenn
J. A. G. Sloan
Nashville Club of the Southern Association
Dixie Highway
Here
Thomas Patten
Coolidge to Return to Washington Thursday
President Coolidge plans to resume duties in Washington on Thursday after a Labor Day quiet at White Court Swampscott Massachusetts with Mrs. Coolidge and son John marking his nineteenth birthday. He will travel by train overnight from Salem and holds first cabinet meeting in nearly three months. Key issues include funding for another naval dirigible and handling Colonel William Mitchell over aviation policy criticism.
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Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
Washington
Thursda
William Mitchell
Action Mitchell Case Undecided
Washington reports a decision on how the War Department will handle Colonel William Mitchells charges against the Air Service Administration remains undecided. Officials delay action awaiting an official record and recommendations from Major General John L Hines and the Eighth Corps commander while Acting Secretary Davis is away. The matter hinges on Weeks policy and potential disciplinary action.
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Washington
War Department
Illiam Mitchell
Army Air Service
Air Service Administration
War and Navy Departments
Dwight F
Department
Mitchell
Air Power
Ernest Hinds
Eighth Corps
San Antonio
Texas
Inds
Davis
John L. Hines
Weeks
New Hampshire
Prosperous farmer dies after vehicle collision near Cameron
Jacob Bowers sixty five prosperous Marshall County farmer died en route to a Moundsville hospital after being struck by an automobile on a road near Cameron West Virginia The driver Dr Harry Howard Cameron druggist was not arrested.
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Moundsville
Jacob Bowers
Marshall County
Cameron
W. Va
Harry Howard
Secretary Davis urges industrial consolidation to cut waste
Secretary of Labor Davis on Labor Day argues consolidating industries can reduce costs and cure overdevelopment, urging changes to laws conflicting with current industrial trends. He cites boot and shoe, bituminous mining, milling and transportation as sectors where economies could be unlocked with steady 300 day work. He warns against anti immigration measures and notes unions must adjust jurisdictional disputes.
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Secretary of Labor
Davis
Mooseheart
Ims
Moose
WJJD
Friends of
Ilinois
Shenandoah disaster blamed on false security and valve tests
Lakehurst reports a Navy dirigible disaster stemmed from a false sense of security due to incomplete safety valve tests. Captain Anton Heinen warned that tests lacking full time-element data could mislead and jeopardize crew lives, while affirming airship travel as still the safest future transport when properly handled.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Shenandoah
Anton Heinen
Naval Air Stations
Ohio
Heinen
Helnen
Hetnen
Senate
Passenger Plane Crashes Into Buck Mountain Near Hazleton
A passenger plane piloted by O Yost of Palmyra and carrying H V Veale, a local auto dealer, crashed into Buck Mountain shortly after takeoff from a flight to Altoona. Fog reduced visibility at 800 feet. Veale trapped in wreckage with severe bruises and cuts, pilot unharmed. Wreckage scattered as crowds collected at the scene.
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Hazleton Pa
O. Yost
Palmyra
H. V
Peat Senger
Buck Mountain
Altoona
Veale
Climber Myers Sets Pike's Peak Auto Record
Charles Myers of Colorado Springs drove from Pike's Peak base to the summit in 17 minutes 48.25 seconds, breaking the ascent record by more than a minute. Glen Schultz finished second as Myers won the Penrose silver trophy and 1500 dollars amid a cheering crowd of about six thousand along the mountain. Otto Loesch previously held the record at 18 minutes 15 seconds.
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Colorado Springs
Charles Myers
Pike's Peak
Rocky Mountains
Myers
Glen Shultz
Penrose
Old Mountain
Otto Loesch
No-Hit Game by Hamiton Pitcher Jimmy Ryan
In Hamilton Ontario on September 7, Jimmy Ryan pitched a no hit no run game for the Hamilton club of the Michigan Ontario League against Saginaw. The home team won 4 to 0 as three men reached first base on two walks and one error.
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Hamilton
Jimmy Ryan
Hamiton Club
Saginaw
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Sacred Heart Church
Dawa Renewo
OAS
United States Steel Corporation
Pike’s Peak
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