World Flight Lands Amid Coolidge Greeting Despite Delays
Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith's army world flight arrive at Bolling Field with the Chicago and Boston l amid fog and wind delays. President Coolidge and the cabinet greeted the crews after a tense landing and a lengthy wait in rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lowell H. Smith
Army World Flight
Chicago
Bolling Field
President Coolidge
Boston II
Boston
Iceland
Wade
New Orleans
Baltimore
Leutenant Nelson
Whr
New York
Filers
Patrick
Air Service
Susquehanna River
Aberdeen
Army Proving Ground
Maryland
Smith
Nelson
Harding
Coolidge
Arlington
Boston l
Gerd
World Flight Group
Gillett Leads in Early Massachusetts Senate Race Counts
In Massachusetts primaries Speaker Frederick M. Gillett led in the Republican Senate race with 11,882 votes in 178 precincts outside Boston, ahead of Louis A. Coolidge and Frederick W. Dallinger. Fuller's gubernatorial count was 14,725 to 10,780 for Jackson. Democratic lieutenant governor candidates showed Boynton, Cummings, and O'Hearn amid party tensions over Butler and Cox backing Gillett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
United States
Frederick M. Gillett
National
House of Representatives
Gillett
Louise A. Coolidge
Congigeeman
Frederick W. Dallinger
Louis A. Coolidge
Alvan T. Fuller
James Jackson
Thomas J. Boynton
John
Cummings
William A. O’hearn
William M. Butler
J. H. Cox
Dallinger
Coolidge
Butler
Frank
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Arguments on North Street Car Line Heard
Governor Morgan convenes a September 16 meeting at 10 a m to discuss the North Street car line for the National Park at White Sulphur Springs. Major W A Welch and Col Glenn F Smith of the National Park committee will attend, with a Bluefield delegation also present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
W. A. Welch
Glenn F. Smith
National Park Committee
Bluefield
Streets to be paved next year listed in tentative plan
City Manager presents a 27-street program totaling 4.3 miles to be paved next year with 22,580 feet funded from the 1923 bond issue plan. Public underground work must proceed this fall, and petitions must be filed by October 7, 1924, to finalize the scope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence E. Ridley
Princeton Avenue
Lee Street
Bland
Jefferson
College Avenue
Col— Avenue
Augusta
East River
Walnut Grove Cemetery
North Mercer
Carroll
Welch Wan Wane State Governor of Kiwanis Clubs
West Virginia Kiwanis clubs elect district governor William Wilson of Welch to succeed W S Sugden of Sistersville. The state is divided into four zones with a lieutenant governor for each zone. Zone leaders are Charter KR West Union Zone 1 lieutenant, Rollo J Conley Zone 2, Col William M Gillee Zone 3, and William MacTaggart Zone 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch Wan
Kiwanis
West Virginia
Parksburg
W. Va
Clarksburg
West Virginia Kiwanis Clubs
William Wilson
Welch
W.S. Sugden
Sisterville
W. M. Smith
Parkersburg
Paul Lehman
Wood, Wirt
Calhoun
Roane
Jackson
Ritchie
Pleasants
Tyler
Wetzel
Marshall
Ohio
Brooks
Hancock
Monongalia
Marion
Harrison
Doddridge
Lewis, Gilmer
Braxton
Webster
Nicholas
Upshur
Randolph
Barbour
Taylor
Preston
Tucker
Grant
Hardy
Pendleton
Hampshire
Mineral
Morgan, Bersley
Jefferson
Mason, Cabell
Kanawha
Boone
Logan
Wayne Mingo
Lincoln
Fayette
Greenbrier
Pocahontas
Cummers
Monroe
McDowell
Mercer
Raleigh
Wyoming
I. KR
Charter
West Union
Rollo J. Conley
William M. Gillee
Charleston Club
William MacTaggart
Heavy rains halt fighting in China near Shanghai
Heavy rains paused weeklong clashes between Chekiang and Kiangsu armies west of Shanghai, threatening Liuho and Lake Taihu approaches. Marines protecting settlements saw streets barred to soldiers and barbed wire barriers erected, while Kiangsu forces move toward Chang Chow from the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Kiangsu
Here
China
Yangtze River
Shanghai-Nanking
Liuho
Lake Taihu
Chang Chow
Blease Leads Byrnes In South Carolina Senate Primary
Early returns from South Carolina's Democratic primary show former Governor Cole L. Blease leading Representative James F. Byrnes by about 3,000 votes as 837 of 1,354 precincts report. Blease tallies 63,877 to Byrnes 60,469 with updated totals from 130 precincts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
8. C
Cole L. Blease
James F. Byrnes
United States Senate
South Carolina
Blease
Byrnes
S. C
James F Byrnes
Bluefield Committee to Recruit Help for Oakvale Road Work
The Bluefield committee tasked with soliciting labor and trucks for Monday and Tuesday road work in Princeton and surrounding county communities will meet today to formulate plans for recruiting assistance.
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Bluefield
Princeton
Oakvale Mountain Road
Great International Armament Conference May Be Held Within a Year
Geneva plans under League of Nations guidance push for a major international gathering to reduce armaments within a year. The council will form a sub committee after the assembly’s word and invitations may follow. US participation is debated, with hope for naval limits but possible reluctance on land armament talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
General Pershing
Government Club
Hotel Astor
Robert Lee Bullard
Pershing
Geneva
League of Nations
League Council
United States
League
Council of the League
League Commission
President Alessandri Firm on Resignation After Senate Rejection
The Chilean senate refused to accept President Alessandri 16 to 11, despite cabinet pressure and a proposal to let him resign and depart with family to become ambassador. He remained at the American embassy while General Altamirano assumed interim duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Santiago
Chile
Arthur Alessandri
Altamirana
Alessandri
Luis Altamirano
Republic
Two Special Officers Shot Dead by Strikers in Hawaii
In Lihue on the Kauai Islands, two special policemen were killed and Deputy Sheriff Crowell was seriously wounded during a clash between police and Filipino strikers at the McBride plantation in Manapepe. Reported striker fatalities range around fifteen but lack confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opelousas
Landry Parish
John Childs
Thomas and
Getty
Joseph Cormier
Arville
Baptiste Richard
Thomas Childs
Cormier
Saint Landry
Childs
Richard Boys
Public Service Hearing On Streetcar, Gas Rates, Rail Service
Public Service Commission heard the Princeton Power Company request to discontinue some Bluefield streetcar lines with A D Fox for the company and DP M Easley for protesters. The Dunbar Gas Company sought higher rates and tomorrow Commissioner Lewis will hear West Virginia Northern Railroad’s petition to discontinue passenger service at Kingwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Public Service Commission
Peinceton Power Company
Bluefield
A. D. Fox
DP. M. Easley
Dunbar Gas Company
Lewis
Kingwood
West Virginia Northern Railroad
Precautions Tighten for Leopold and Loeb Court Appearance
Chicago September 9 Armed guards surround the criminal courts building as Nathan Leopold Jr and Richard Loeb await Judge John Caverly s sentence for the murder of Robert Franks. The duo will be escorted from the county jail to the courthouse and back, facing possible transfer to Joliet penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nathan F Leopold, Jr
Richard A. Loel
John R. Caverly
Rober Franks
Criminal Courts
Joliet Penitentiary
Caverly
Peter M. Moffman
Loeb
Leopol
Joliet
Clarences. Darrow
Benjamin Bachrach
Leopold
Sunday Automobiling and Bobbed Hair Scorned
Charlester West Virginia September 9 Sunday automobiling and bobbed hair were cited as detriments to religion by W H Fields pastor of First Christian Church Wheeling at the Christian church missionary conference. Dr Clyde Goodnight Bethany College president urged higher trained ministry and recruiting methods to encourage youth toward theology. A women missionary workers conference and ministers round table followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlester
W. Va
W. H. Fields
First Christian Church of
Wheeling
Missionary Conference of the Christian Church
Our Fathers
Fields
Clyd Goodnight
Bethany College
Pennsylvania Buys Shenandoah Grottoes in Virginia
The Shenandoah Grottoes, famed underground wonders in Augusta County, near Harrisonburg, have been sold to the Pennsylvania Railroad system. The buyers plan extensive resort development after taking possession January 1. The 136 acre tract includes Weyer's Cave Madison's Cave and the Cave of the Fountains along the Shenandoah River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
Shenandoah
Valley of Virginia
Pennsylvania Railroad System
J. M
J. S. Pickey
Augusta County
Shenandoah River
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Thayer House Sold for 2000 in Charleston West Virginia
The board of public works sold the Thayer house on the Virginia Street side of the new executive mansion lot to B J Pettigrew for 2000. The sale required Pettigrew to cover all moving expenses from the state land.
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Thayer House
Charleston
W. Va
Board of Public Works Today
Thayer
Virginia Street
Executive Mansion
B J. Pettigrew
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Goolidge
Head of Engineers
Coal River Collieries Company
West Virgin
Kentucky
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
4Gs
United Mine Workers of America
Warren 8. Stone
Coal Company
Stone
John L. Lewis
Miners Union
Engineers Brotherhood
Jacksonville
Fla
Mr. Stone
Mr. Lewis
Coal River Company
Kanawha Coal River Collieries Company
Miners’ Union
Kanaw Coal Operators’ Association
Fuller
Massachusetts
North Street
Jon Childs
Jos
Bowman
Franklin
Ellis
Beaver Pond
Fairfax
Roanoke
Craig
Gilmer
Earl
Hanover
Henry
Madison
Roncevert
Lake
Spring Grove
Wayne
York
Altamont
Bath
Norfolk
Highland
Carolina
Pearis
Third
Powell
Allen
Park
Clark
Rose
Fairmont
Country
Sussex
Pen Mar
Knox
Th Childs
Walter S. Sugden
Cole Blease
the Slayers
Eopold
Penny
Pennsylvania
Shenandoah Grottoes
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