Flight Honolulu Mission Becomes Harrowing Yet Triumphant
Five aviators led by Commander John Rodgers completed a nine day endurance flight from San Francisco to Honolulu, arriving exhausted but in good spirits. The PN-9 No 1's crew received medical rest at Nawiliwili and Pearl Harbor, while questions about the failed non stop attempt lingered.
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Associated Press
Honolulu
Macdonough
Pn-9 No. 1
Pearl Harbor
Nawilwill
Island of Kabuki
John Rodgers
tAhoe
Island of Kauai
T. H
Navy
Cory
San Francisco
Navy Hospital
Life Insurance Set for Pittsburg Ministers
In the Pittsburg conference of the Methodist Protestant Church delegates vote to insure the life of every active minister for $1,000. Insurance will be written once arrangements are made with an insurance company and funds are arranged.
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Pittsburg
Methodist Protestant Church
Thanksgiving Word From Rodgers Home
The article notes a brief Thanksgiving message from Admiral John A. Rodgers retired, son of former commanders, as family members monitor a submarine search. Robert Rodgers reports both parents are described as well and happy in a telephone talk with Associated Press.
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John A. Rodgers
Associated Press
Rodger
Robert Rodgers
Essex board holds Dr Thompson negligent over asylum escape
Passaic grand jury accuses Dr John W Thompson senior resident at Overbrook asylum of negligent duties connected to the escape of Harrison Noel filing a murder and kidnapping case. The Essex board calling for his resignation cites parole like authority without superiors consent as a basis for negligence. Noel is indicted for the murder of Mary Daly and assault with intent to kill John Sandin.
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Passaic
Little Mary Daley
Newark
N. J
Harrison W. Noel
Overbrook Insane Asylum
John W. Thompson
Essex County Board of Freeholders
Thompson
Essex County
Mary Daly
Montclair
Raymond Pierce
Noel
D'Ajola
Common Pleas
Patterson
Harrison Noel
Pnnesaic County
Grand Jury
John Sandin
James
Miss California Wins Title of Miss America
Atlantic City New Jersey September 11 Miss California wins Miss America title tonight in a pageant where Oakland California’s Miss Fan Lanphier and Los Angeles Miss Adrienne Dore were the final contenders. Judges cast a secret ballot after judging to select the winner from the two finalists.
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Atlantic City
N. J
California
Fan Lanphier
Oakland
Calif
Tve Thousand Perggins
Miss Lenphier
Mies
Los Angeles
Adrienne
Death shocks friends of F C Blauvelt longtime Appalachian official
The death of F C Blauvelt assistant general manager of the Appalachian Power Company occurred at his Union street home after a severe attack of acute indigestion. He was 45 and a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church where he led Boy Scout Troop No 7 known as The Colonel. The funeral is at noon today at Westminster.
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Guard of Honor of
Boy Scouts
Troop No. 7
Westminster Presbyterian Church
F. C. Blauvelt
Appalachian Power Company
Blauvelt
Union Street
New York State
Schenectady
Bluefield
Westminster Church
Indictment sought for John A Bell in Carnegie Trust case
Pittsburg Sept 11 District Attorney Gardner said a grand jury will be asked to indict John A Bell former head of the Carnegie Trust for embezzling 800 648 22 from the bank. Also Sossong and son Leo to face indictments for converting 118 042 98 from two Carnegie loan associations. Bonds case against county and township officials delayed to next Thursday.
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Pittsburg
Peoce
Jm A. Bell
Carnegie Trust
Samuel H. Gardner
William F. Sossong
Leo F. Sossong
Gardner
Sossongs
Carnegie Standard Building and Loan Association
Carnegie Ten-Cent Building and Loan Association
State Banking Department
Carnegie Coal Company
Bell Bank
Bryan Memorial Officers Elected for William Jennings Bryan Memorial
A national committee headed by ex Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels elected to organize a memorial for William Jennings Bryan in Washington. Officers include H W Thompson John Skelton Williams Raymond Robbins P H Callahan and Millard F Dunlap. Plans consider a peace monument Pantheon replica or marble arch with funds raised by small donations.
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Washington
Josephus Daniels
Secretary of the Navy
William Jennings Bryan
H. W. Thompson
Illinois
John Skelton Williams
Virginia
Raymond Robbins
P. H. Callahan
Louisville
Millard F. Dunlap
Dame
Action Mnny
Rodgers Named Assistant Chief of Navy Bureau Aeronautics
Commander John Rodgers receives promotion to assistant chief of the navy bureau of aeronautics after his rescue of PN-9 No. 1 crew off Hawaii. He aided the first naval aviation unit and helped establish San Diego station, with plans to report to Washington for duties aboard the fleet flagship.
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Washington
Navy
Bureau of Aeronautics
John Rodgers
Hawaii
Wilbur
Rodgers
Alfred W. Johnson
Moffet
Johnson
Pacific Coast
PB-1
Eiaei
Stanford FE. Moses
San Francisco
Wright Brothers
Naval Aviation
San Diego
Young Folk Not Bad as Painted at Conference
Rev. H L Elderdice of Westminster Theological Seminary told the West Virginia Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church that today’s short skirts and bobbed hair are more decent than past styles. He urged not viewing youth as a problem but as a promise, blaming older generations for lax training and citing parents leaving children with unfit caretakers as misrule.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
H. L. Elderdice
Westminster Theological Seminary
Westminster Md
West Virgin Conference
Methodist Protestant Church
Egypt
Elderdice
World War Veterans Miss Pope Audience in Rome
Delegates from the international World War veterans’ group Fidae were barred from a Vatican audience after a misunderstanding. The pontiff believed 50 Americans were to be admitted via the American College, not a larger allied delegation. About 100 delegates representing allied nations left without entry.
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Rome
Congress
Fidae
International World War Veterans’ Organization
Vatican
American College
Veterans’ Organization
Thomas W. Miller
Editor Magee Pleads Not Guilty in Murder Case
Carl C. Magee Albuquerque editor pleaded not guilty before a justice of the peace on a murder charge tied to the killing of John B. Lasseter in Las Vegas New Mexico on August 21. He was bound over to the grand jury on $10,000 bond. Lasseter died at the Meadows Hotel during an altercation involving the former District Judge Leheay.
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Las Vegas
N. M
Carl C. Magee
Albuquerque
Justice of the Peace
John B. Lasseter
Laster
Meadows Hotel
Leheay
Magee
Perces
State Insane Asylum Board
Clerk Foils Millville Bank Robbery in Bloomsburg
In Bloomsburg Pa on September 11 two masked men robbed the First National Bank of Millville but were foiled when a young clerk named Derr dropped to the floor and pulled the burglar alarm. The pair fled by car, threatening bystanders with pistols as they escaped.
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Bloomsburg
First National Bank of
Millville
Here
Jay Tr
Derr
Husband of slain woman watched by plainclothes man
Winton Iowa Sept 11 Coroner Modlin adjourned his inquest into the death of Mrs Myrtle Cook Benton county W C T U president witness B C Cook husband of the deceased was under surveillance but not under arrest He said he spent the murder night at a Grundy Center hotel and later learned of his wife s death from their adopted daughter Gertrude He claimed to be a Ku Klux Klan member and testified he did not know of the killing until told by Gertrude.
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Winton
Iowa
B. Cook
Myrtle Cook
Benton County
C. L. Modlin
Cook
Whitfield Ruhl
Associated Press
George W. Atkins
Ku Klux Klan
How
Grundy Center
Gertrude
Atkins
Super power and giant power catch words in talk
Bedford Springs Pa Sept 11. J E B Davidson president of the National Electrical Light Association told the Pennsylvania Electric Association that super power and inter connection are catch words for a gradual interconnection effort not an instant result. He said inter connection has long been pursued by joining companies under management and investment plans and requires financial union and financing of high transmission lines.
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Bedford Springs
J. EB. Davidson
Omaha
Neb
National Electrical Light Association
Pennsylvania Electric Association
Navy Air Service Defended as Mitchell Charges Stir War Dept
Rear Admiral William A. Moffett defended the Navy's air service administration against Colonel William Mitchell's criticisms. General Eriest Hinds forwarded a report to Washington as Nugent's Texas trip was halted pending the inquiry. Mitchell said he had not discussed his case with Hinds and stood by his charges as official proceedings continued.
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Washington
Navy
Air Service Administration
William A. Moffett
Bureau of Aeronautics
War Department
Eriest Hinds
Eighth Corps
San Antonio
William Mitchell
Mitchell
Army Air Service
Moffett
Naval Air Service
Coolge
Hinds
Texas
George A. Nugent
San Basenie
Pt. 1
Army
Isiam Mitchell
Associated Press
Thinks Disarmament Essential to Peace at Geneva
Paul Boncour of the French delegation urged immediate preparations for a disarmament conference. He said the conference should be summoned once security negotiations with Germany conclude. His fiery appeal drew a standing ovation from the assembly.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Paul Boncour
Germany
M. Boncour
Public Service Hearing on Short Haul Coal Rates
Charleston observers report the public service commission held a hearing on the Dikins guai shippers rate revision dispute in the Pikins territory. Complainants seek equal treatment with coal shippers from Fairmont and Clarksburg.
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Charleston
W. Va
Public Service Commisson Today
Dikins Guai
Pikins Territry
Fairmont
Clarksburg
Former Representative Patrick Kelley Dead
Former Representative Patrick Kelley of Michigan died today after a lingering illness with heart disease. He was en route to Lansing accompanied by a party from the Nehoe A public was agreed upon before it entrained for Michigan around eight o clock. Funeral arrangements were not stated.
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Poners
H. Kelley
Michigan
Kelley
Lansing
Mob Fights for Entrance to Doyle Lecture at Spiritualist Congress
Paris Sept 11 The International Spiritualist Congress faced clashes as a 1600 strong mob fought for entry to hear Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The hall overflowed with over 4000 spectators while police struggled and lights were restored. Doyle resumed speaking amid continued uproar and accusations of persecution of mediums amid a Franco British American dispute over conduct of the congress. The body backed a plan to erect a monument to Fox sisters founders of spiritualism in Rochester New York.
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Paris
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur
Lady Doyle
Sir Arthur Resumted
Congress Today
Harry Houdini
M. D. Cadwallader
Chicago
Deleg
M. Guyonnot Duperat
Congress
Calls for Payment of Double Liability on Bank Stock
Deputy Banking Commissioner Hays Picklesimer as receiver for the Bank of Benwood issued letters to stockholders demanding double liability payments. The move aims to add about $25,000 in assets to cover a $600,000 loss alleged by indictments for defamations by Will S. Leach and Joseph F. Ward, who held 30 shares worth $3,000. The bank’s stock is held by Benwood and Wheeling residents.
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Henwood
W. Va
Hays Picklesimer
Bank of Benwood
Will S. Leach
Joseph F. Ward
Bank
Benwood and
Wheeling Persons
Leach
Ward
Miners and Operators to Confer With Gov Pinchot
Governor Pinchot invites anthracite miners leader John L. Lewis and operators' chairman W. W. Inglis to Milford home for direct briefing on wage talks. Lewis will meet the governor Monday afternoon as talks seek to avert broader escalation amid a national coal strike context.
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GOV. Pinchot
Philadelphia
Pinchot
Milford
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
W. W. Inglis
Lewis
Oystem Meeting Attracts Hundreds In Bluefield
The annual dinner and convention features drew more than 600 people to Bluefield. An automobile sightseeing trip preceded the event, highlighting the busy schedule of the gathering.
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Oystem
Bluefield
Program For Today Assemble at Mon Auditorium
The program lists a 9 190 o'clock start at Mon Auditorium with reports of general business, adjournment for lunch at 2, and afternoon sessions. A 1 30 o'clock meeting resumes in Manici Auditorium with continued reports and discussion, then a 5 o'clock session and a departure from Bluefield at 120 p.m.
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Mon
Manici Auditorium
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western Efficiency Meeting Opens in City
The Norfolk and Western system holds a two day efficiency meeting in the city with about 900 delegates. Leaders including Col W M Jr and Rev Samuel W Moore address the assembly at Municipal Auditorium after a welcome by Hon A J Grew. Seminar highlights include improved freights handling, locomotive repairs up 20 percent quicker, fuel savings of 16 percent totaling $800,000 yearly, and a comparison showing C and O ahead in gross by 18 percent but N and W matching improvements.
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Norfolk and Western
Ginefield
Westginion Hotel
Municipal Auditorium
Col. W. 8. Jr
Samuel W. Moore
Norfolk & Western
Z. H. Vickery, Jr
Anr
Eugene Y Jas
Elmer Brown
A. J. Grew
Bluefield
Battle
Needles
Jenks
Joseph M. Sanders
H. I. Shott
Henry Kenedrick
Kiwanis
United States
J. ©. Crawford
Geo. E. Cassell
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Fatigo
Island
Kauai
DR. Thompson
Essex Board Free
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F.C. Blauvelt
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Appalachian Power Co
John A. Bell
Bryan Memorial
Navy Bureau Aeronautics
Pope
Mr. Cook
Waverly
Vinton
Hindson Mitchell
Nugent
Patrick Kelley
Hall
Spiritualist Congress
Battle Spirit
Tion
Stewart
Baskerville
Hagerstown
Clvb
Louis Pilcher
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