Water company plans large new Bluefield dam
The West Virginia Water Service company will build a 90ft high concrete arch dam in Horton Bailey hollow east of Ada dam to store 125 to 135 million gallons. Construction starts soon and finishes within ten months at an estimated cost of 175 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Water Service Company
A. L. Rhoads
Bluefield
Horton-Bailey Hollow
Ada Dam
Public Works Engineering Company of
New York
E L. Wilson
East River Mountain
Rhoads
Ada
Bailey- Beaver Pond
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Bailey-Beaver Pond
Mr. Rhoads
City Board of Directors
Rece
Water Company
Oer
Abouie Service Commission
Dinger Daugherty Heads Home in Faulty Plane
Curtise Field New York September 10 Dinger Daugherty a legless one armed aviator from New Martinsville West Virginia took off for home against field officials guidance in a plane pilots called badly in need of repairs He rose safely circled the field and headed south with Philadelphia as his first planned stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtise Field
N. Y
Dinger
Daugherty
New Martinsville
W. Va
Philadelphia
Hoover Sees Campaign Momentum in Three States
Herbert Hoover analyzed political conditions in Montana Massachusetts and Wisconsin before finalizing his Newark speech. Local Republicans report gains in Massachusetts and heavy Democratic crossover in Oklahoma, with James Harris claiming thousands joining Hoover. Hoover plans to depart Washington September 17 for Newark and return the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Ragsdale
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Newark
Montana
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
Irvine J. Lennott
Walter Koehler
Louis K. Liggett
Francis Prescott
John Richardson
Boston
Hoover-Curtis Committee
Hoover
Liggett
Joseph Dixon
John W. Schnitzier
National Committee
Dixon
K. Wheeler
Senate
Prescott
Oklahoma
James Harris
Hoover Camp
Stanton Hopes to Debate Smith in Oklahoma City
Dr. John Roach Straton announced plans to debate Alfred E. Smith in Oklahoma City on September 21, stating he will attend Smith’s September 20 talk in the same hall. Straton, Calvary Baptist Church pastor, tours the South under the Anti-Saloon League’s sponsorship, calling for a face to face confrontation on contrasts between their views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Palm Beach
Fla
John Roach Straton
Oklahoma City
Alfred E. Smith
Straton
Calva Baptist Church
New York
West
Smith
Anti-Saloon League
Earl Rowland Unofficial Victor in Transcontinental Air Race
Earl Rowland of Wichita, Kansas, in a Cecena monoplane, was proclaimed unofficial winner as the first national air race finished at Minesfield. Rob ert Dake of Pittsburgh and Tex Rankin of Portland followed in second and third, with 21 of 37 starters completing the course from New York to Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Minesfield
Earl Rowland
Wichita
Kan
New York
Robert Dake
Pittsburgh
Tex Rankin
Portland
Ore
W. N. Emery Jr
Brandford
Theodore W. Kenyon
Boston
Yuma
Ariz
San Diego
Cal
Rowland
Folke
Columbus
Ohio
Spokane
Wash
Eugene Detmer
Tarrytown
N. Y
Travelair
Louie Derryberry
Abilene
Teaxe
George Zinn
Trenton
N. J
Challenger
James Charles
Richmond
Eagle Rock
George Hopkins
Detroit
Stinson
L. Wittman
Byron
Vic
Pheasant
A. K. Owen
Reading
Pitcairn
A. J. Killip
Chicago
Waco
Alexandria
Berliner
E. S. Phillipe
Seattle
el Paso
Texas
Jay Hodowsky
Parkersburg
W. Va
J. E. Carberry
Tucson
KK. E. Ballough
Charles Dickenson
Bullough
Oklahoma City
Atlantic Coast
John H. Livingston
Aurora
Irs
John H. Wood
Wausau
Wis
Co. W. Mayse
Fort Worth
Oklahoma
Ic. W. Wallace
Stuart F. Auer
Milwaukee
Fenneyivenia
McKeesport
Cracks In Earth Threaten Moundsville Homes
Moundsville West Virginia September 10 big crevasses have opened in the earth threatening more than twenty homes in eastern suburbs. Mayor Sullivan said abandoned coal mine workings caused the ground disturbance and water mains were broken leaving over a dozen houses without water. City council moves to prevent further damage at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundsville
W. Va
J. D. H. Sullivan
Minister Levels Prohibition Charge at Senator Neely
The Rev. Dr. Leonard J. Priestley accuses Senator M. M. Neely of deserting the prohibition cause in a public letter. He compares Neely’s praise of Al Smith to shouting “Hurrah for the devil” and warns Neely would impede prohibition if Smith were elected president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
M. M. Neely
Leonard J. Priestley
McCorkle
Neely
Lincoln
Priestley
Senator Neely
Smith
Prohibition
Houston
Smith Neely
Dr. Priestley
al Smith
United States
Friends of Prohibition
Coolidge
Mr. Hoover
Mellon
New York
Fatal Quarrel Ends In Slaying Of Floyd Farmer
Floyd Farmer, 41, a father of eleven, died after his throat was cut at his home near Black Oak Mountain. Preston Farmer, 42, his cousin, surrendered in Princeton jail following the dawn fight at the gate of Preston’s property. The incident stemmed from a quarrel between their families and involved children, with both sides giving conflicting accounts. Funeral services will be at the home. burial in Johnson Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton Bureau Daily Telegraph
Floyd Farmer
King’s Siding
Black Oak Mountain
Preston Farmer
P.P. Huff
C. E. Hawkes
Princeton
Huff
Hawkes
Farmer
L. Fielder
Kinga Siding
Preston
G. W. Tolbert
Johnson
Radio reallocation improves national reception plan
The Federal Radio Commission completed a nationwide radio facility reallocation to raise reception quality. About 629 stations will change wavelength on November 11, licenses extended to November 11, and most may be renewed for 90 days. Large stations on cleared channels must share or limit power and schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Radio Commission
Ooe
West Virginia
WOBU
Charleston
WSAZ
Huntington
Clarksburg
A. Whestley
WHAS
Louisville
Weirton
Prisoners Stage Bloody Escape Attempt at Louisiana Prison
A prisoner breakout in Baton Rouge led to a deadly gun battle with guards along the river. At least two inmates were killed and several wounded as the group tried to commandeer a steam boat and cross the Mississippi River before surrendering or fleeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Mississippi River
Cleveland Owen
Wotth
New Orleans
Stephen J. Beck
Jim Heard
Assumption Parish
Owen
Beck
Arnold David
Arthur Kitchens
C. Higginbotham
Frank Peoples
Shields
Earl Swanson
Lawrence Collier
William Edenborn
Archie Walters
J. B. Broom
Owens
Broom
John Singleton
Singleton
Stanley Proctor
Jack Martin
St. Landry
Smith Answers Mills Charges in New York Fiscal Row
Governor Smith accused Ogden Mills, under secretary of the treasury, of misstating New York fiscal affairs in a public statement to reporters. Smith cited a state debt drop from 1927 to 1928, real estate tax cuts from 1923 to 1928, and income tax relief from 1924 to 1926, arguing broader tax relief for homeowners and farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Ogden L. Mills
The
Treasury
Smith
New York State
Mills
New York
Insurgent miners press conference adjourns in Pittsburgh
The insurgent miners convention in Pittsburgh adjourned after completing business. Officers of the National Miners Wilaments committee were to be announced tomorrow. The session was disbanded by deputies at East Pittsburgh after police refused further meetings. Three disturbances linked to Sunday meetings led to one hundred ten arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Inera
Coolidge Leaves for Washington After Superior Visit
President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge bid farewell to Superior Minnesota after a summer stay at Cedar Island lodge. Crowds of about two thousand cheered as the president spoke from the high school steps amid rain and whistles. He thanked residents, noted a possible return next year, and departed by train with the party and Rob Roy the collie barking along the tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior
Wic
Mr. Coolidge
Head of the Lakes
Fred A. Baxter
F .S. Snively
Duluth
Secret Service
Coolidge
Rob Roy
Permission Granted to Cut Rail Rates for Cement Shipments
The Public Service Commission granted the Baltimore and Ohio railroad permission to reduce rates on car load shipments of cement and concrete blocks from Wheeling to Elm Grove Moundsville and Glendale. The new rates apply on one day notice for carloads of at least 60,000 pounds with pricing set at 1.05 dollars per 2000 pounds to Moundsville and 0.90 dollars per 2000 pounds to Glendale and Finn Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Wheeling
Elm Grove
Moundsville
Glendale
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Public Service Commission
Finn Grove
Republicans sweep Maine as Gardiner wins governor race
Returns from over two thirds of Maine’s 633 precincts show Republican William T. Gardiner elected governor and the GOP ticket dominant for treasurer and US senator. Hale tops Holmes for senate while Brewster defeats Pattangall. City results vary with some declines vs 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine
William T. Gardiner
United States
Gardiner
Morane
Hale
Holmes
Brewater
Pattangall
Bangor
Augusta
Biddeford
Public Schools of Bluefield Report Record Opening Enrollment
Bluefield schools opened for 1925 1929 session with a record 4152 pupils on opening day, up 163 from last year. Superintendent Wade said enrollment could near 4500 by week’s end with gains at all levels including Beaver senior high 442 and Wade junior high 344.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Edwin C. Wade
Heaver
Wade
Beaver
Major High
Pairview
Ramee
North Side
End
Memorial
Midway
Genoa and Junior High
Jones
Lawson Street
East
Condemned Man Sentenced in West Virginia Slaying
George Saunders, a Black man, was conveyed to the state penitentiary in Moundlyville West Virginia in September for the murder of a boy in Logan County.
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Moundlyville
W. Va
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Dinger” Daugherty
Stanton
Robert Lake
C. W. Mayse
Weely
Solon
Tammany
L. J. Priestley
Baby
Self
Commission
Trusty
By Paul FP. Haupert
United Mine Workers
Head of the Lakes Region
G.O.P
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