American Girl Flight Delayed in New York Ceremony
Miss Ruth Elder's christening of the Stinson-Detroiter monoplane named American Girl was postponed as backers arrived late and ceremonies were conducted by Mrs. Gow and Dr. Compton. The plane, with Haldeman at controls, took off toward Roosevelt Field after a 66 yard run despite a gasoline leak that will be repaired in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Ruth Elder
Langinfield
New York
Louis Nennett
F. M. Gow
M. F. Compton
Haldeman
Joseph D. Holloway
Miss Elder
Paris
Holloway
Garden City
Long Island
Ruth Elder Lands at Roosevelt Field After 500 Mile Flight
Miss Ruth Elder arriving with pilot George Haldeman after a 500 mile flight from Wheeling West Virginia. She pilots the Stinson monoplane American Girl three quarters of the way and plans a non stop flight to Paris if weather cooperates. Owner J J Lannin takes control of field operations while opposing trans Atlantic flights. The take off weight is 5600 pounds with a Wright Whirlwind engine.
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Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Ruth Elder
Wheeling
W. Va
George Haldeman
Miss Elder
Stinson
Paris
Rodman Wanamaker
J. J. Lannin
Lannin
Haldeman
Legion Men Send Home for Money
Parise dispatch reports visiting American Legion members returning to the United States for financial aid as prices in Paris exceed expectations and funds for two weeks in France vanish in under a week. The Salvation Army and Knights of Columbus run refreshment headquarters while the legion auxiliary offers shopping guidance to members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parise
American Legion
Legion
France
Paris
Salvation Army
Knights of Columbus
Legion Auxiliary
United States
Mellon Favors Hughes As Next U S President
Secretary Mellon disclosed no fixed candidate support but said he personally favors Charles E. Hughes for the Republican nomination. He indicated President Coolidge is out of the running and he would not pledge support until the field clarifies ahead of the Republican convention.
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Washington
Mellon
Charles E. Hughes
Coolidge
Hughes
Fannie Brice and Jules Arnstein Divorce Headlines
Chicago reports Fannie Brice the comedienne and Jules Arnstein split after a divorce filing. Brice accuses infidelity and incompatibility. Arnstein did not contest. Brice cites marriages in 1919 and notes she will pursue alienation of affection against a New York social figure. Custody granted to Brice for their two children with no alimony.
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Chicago
Fannie Brice
Commedienne
Jules “Nicky” Arnstein
New York
Arnstein
Misa Brice
Miss Brice
Mies Brice
Telmans
Isadora Duncan Dies In Auto Accident At Nice Promenade
Isadora Duncan, American dancer, was killed at 9 40 p m when a scarf entangled in a car wheel dragged her from the vehicle on the Promenade des Anglais Nice Her companion reporter Mary Parks witnessed the tragedy and Duncan was taken to St Roch hospital The dancer, California born, had a life marked by artistic fame and personal peril including several prior automobile incidents and the drowning of her two children in 1913.
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Nicg
France
Isadora Duncan
Promenade Des Anglais
St. Roch Hospital
Beatrice
Patrick
Paris
Leningrad
Nice
California
Iles Duncas
Europe
Berlin
Russia
Moscow
United States
West Virginia University to Name New President Soon
West Virginia University board of governors announced it is considering six presidential prospects and plans to announce a successor to President Frank Butler Trotter soon. One candidate may attend the October 15 interview meeting while the board also accepted Dr H G Knight’s resignation as dean and asked President Trotter to name Knight’s successor.
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University Board of Governors
The
State University
Frank Butler Trotter
Trotter
State Board of Education
Board of Governors
C. T. Neff, Jr
D. M. Willis
H. G. Knight
College of Agriculture
Bureau of and Soils
Federal Department of Agriculture
Dean Knight
Argentina Resentment Forces Tariff Committee Shift
Washington reports the tariff commission scrapped plans to send a team to Argentina to study flaxseed and corn costs, citing Argentine resentment. The move follows delaying talks with France on a new trade treaty to ease tariff differences. The commission notes the foreign production cost clause irritates and may be repealed in the next Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Argentina
Tariff Commission
Deaths from heat sweep midwest with record highs
Torrid air blanketed the Midwest driving temperatures to new highs and causing suffering and deaths. More than a dozen fatalities were reported nationwide led by seven in Chicago and four in St. Louis.
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Chicago
Middle West
Mercury
St. Louis
Kankakee
Ill
Cincinnati
Decatur
Western
Canada
Manitoba
Alberta
Weather Bureau
West Virginia Elks Reunion Draws Rave Reviews in Bluefield
The 1927 West Virginia State Elks convention in Bluefield closed with praise for the town and attendees. Visitors enjoyed picnics at Burkes Garden, boating, swimming, and meals while police reported no disturbances. The event highlighted Bluefield’s Elk home and lasting memories of a well-run reunion.
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West Virginia
Bluefield
Bill
Burkes Garden
Argonne
Goda Country
Poison found in dead girl's body in Enid Oklahoma
Mary Jane Bailey an 18 year old daughter of Rev Charles Bailey Episcopal pastor died under mysterious circumstances. Poison in viscera confirmed by pathologist W H Bailey. Nurse Mary Atkinson 26 jailed on murder charges. Autopsy also found narcotic in a hypodermic key near hospital room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enid
Okla
Mary Jane
Bailey
Charles Bailey
W. H. Bailey
Oklahoma City
Mary Atkinson
Dan Mitchell
Miss Atkinson
Miss Bailey
Colorado
Gainesville
Tex
E. Cecil Seaman
North Texas
Oklahoma
West Virginia Elks hold nineteenth annual convention in Bluefield
More than 600 Elks and families attended the three day event ending with a Burke’s Garden outing in Tazewell county. Walter C. Breckenridge led a 150 car motorcade to the festival as bands played and a barbecue fed guests. Leo J. LaFlam praised the reunion as the most successful in ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burke's Garden
Tazewell County
West Virginia Elke Association
Bluefield
Walter C. Breckenridge
Fuller Lockhart
P. M. Gravely
Virginia
C. N. Wilson
W. Va
Burkes Garden
Peery Place
Tazewell
Thomas Dunn English
Peery
Alice
Ben Bolt
Norfolk and Western
West Virginia Elks Association
Elks
Leo J. LaFlam
Wheeling Lodge
Elka
LaFlam
GOAL COMPANIES SIGN CONTRACTS
Three coal companies Hughes and Son Logan's Ferry Peckerwood Coal Plum Township and McJunkin Coal Saltsburg Pike signed a Jacksonville agreement with the United Mine Workers to run their mines during the strike. About 40 men are normally employed. Minhard Fuel Rural Ridge plans a non union reopening next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Kensington
United Mine Workers
Jacksonville
John Hasson
Comies
Hughes and Son
Logan'serry
Peckerwood Coal Company
Plum Township
McJunkin Coal Company
Saltsburg Pike
Minhard Fuel Company
Rural Ridge
Raleigh County Girl Identifies Her Assailants
Miss Cordie Harvey of Rhodell West Virginia identified Paul Jeffries and Edward Kelley as the men who trapped her in a hotel Martinique room in New York. They chloro formed her and robbed her of cash and jewels totaling 1600 dollars. Police said Kelley posed as Mr Bentley and both men were arrested after confessing.
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New York
Cordie Harvey
Rhodell
W. Va
Paul Jeffries
Edward Kelley
Democrats Study Smith as Potential Presidential Candidate
Prominent Democrats from twelve western states plan a conference in Ogden Utah September 23 24 to discuss the two thirds rule the most available candidate and western regional interests with Governor Al Smith of New York as a possible nominee not to boost Smith but to identify the most available candidate and unite inter mountain Democrats.
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Ogden
Utah
al Smith
New York
Tony
Joseph Chez
Fred W. Johnson
Rock Springs
Wyo
Democratic National Committee
Smith
Chez
Pride of Detroit trans-Pacific flight canceled by pilots
Tokyo dispatch reports co-pilots Ward F. Schlee and Walter B. Brock halted the Pride of Detroit expedition after consultations with aviation experts and widespread messages urging caution. They plan to return home by boat, shunning the perilous 2,480 mile ocean crossing to the Midway Islands.
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Tokyo
Detroit
Pacific
Ward F. Schlee
Walter
America
Brock
Schlee
United States
Howard F. Schlee
Midway Islands
Kasumigaura
Midways
Schiee
Damage details still pour in after distant hurricane
Nogales Arizona reports describe vast destruction along the Mexican west coast with two steamships lost and thousands homeless. Refugees flee inland while life loss remains uncertain. vessels from the canal zone to San Pedro California are in the dangerous zone amid large wreckage and fear.
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Nogales
Ariz
Seaport
Eaid
San Pedro
Calif
Canal Zone
Man and Wife Charged in Daughter-In-Law Poisoning
Blakely Georgia verdicts cite Mr. and Mrs. Harris Hayes as poisons in the Detroit bound daughter-in-law Mrs. A Hayes death here ten days ago. They face murder charges as authorities probe the deaths of the couple’s two sons Ames and James with similar symptoms.
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Blakely
Harris Hayes
A Hayes
Detroit
Ames
James
Madigan family murder and assault near Winchester
Robert Madigan aged 25 was shot and killed at the family farm 10 miles south of Winchester Virginia. His father John was badly beaten with a shotgun butt after a quarrel over a will. Authorities seek Leo Madigan the brother, who fled after barricading at their mother's home.
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Luther Bannett
Madigan
Robert
Leo
County Court Objects to Lake's New Name
Morgantown West Virginia September 14 The Monongalia county court today filed a formal order protesting against renaming Cheat lake by West Penn electric company to Lynn lake and sent the order to the United States geographic board The court noted Cheat river was named by Indian tribes long before white settlement and accused the company of usurping authority and insensitivity by changing the lake name.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Monongalia
Cheat Lake
West Penn Electric Company
Lynn Lake
United States Geographic Board
Cheat River
West Penn Company
Each
Methodist Conference to Seek Pay Increases and Celebrate Centenary
Parsons WV Sept 14 The opening session of the seventh annual Methodist Protestant conference featured a $7500 donation for a centenary celebration and creation of an advisory committee for new church construction. Reports showed $75000 in new WV church buildings last year and a Morgantown church adding 300 members. The conference urged higher salaries where needed. President Rev Rey L Bell preached on The Fuller Surrendered Life.
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Parsons
W. Va
West Virginia
Methodist Protestant Church
B. M. Mitchell
Weston
Glen Oldaher
Culpepper
C. R. Bright
St. Mary's
Morgantown
J. H. Straugha
Washington, D. C
Cnn S. Ae
Chas. Bani
Clty
Ma, Merrill
Parsons Union
Mitchell Rey. L. Bell
Shinaston
the Fuller
Navy starts new action against Doheny concerns
The navy department announced a new suit against Edward J. Doheny's oil firms over three strip leases in Naval Reserve No. 1 California. Prosecution by Hogeet and Owen J. Roberts aids the attorney general. The government seeks to reclaim 661 acres and notes a $13,013,151 Elk Hills settlement, lifting total Doheny recoveries to over $33,000,000 and reclaiming 30,000 acres of oil land.
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Washington
Edward JL. Doheny
California
Navy Department
Aa Hogeet
Owen J. Roberta
Elkville
Doheny
Naval Reserve No. 1
Spencer Spends 10 Stop Infantile Paralysis Regulations
Spencer W Va council adopts a regulation barring any car from infected areas or carrying children under sixteen from stopping in the city to prevent infantile paralysis. A sworn corps enforces the rule. penalties fall on parents for infractions. No local cases. only one in Roane near Reedy ten miles away. Schools will open next Monday after quarantine delays. Ohio county paralyssis is under control per Dr McLain.
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Spencer
W. Va
Roane
Reedy
Wheeling
W. H. McLain
Ohio County
Taylor Named as Dillon Successor In Prohibition Row
RK L Taylor of Washington Street is named temporary successor to the late N Don Dillon in the Bluefield unit of the federal prohibition department. Assistant Deputy Administrator Bonney announced the move after an inquest into Dillon's death prompted by John D Penington of Pittsburgh seeking results.
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RK. L. Taylor
Washington Street
N. Don Dillon
Bluefield
Prohibition Department
Bonney
Charleston
John D. Pennington
Pittsburgh
Jor
Prohibition
Dillon
Fr. F
Hinton
Vplt
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U. S
Beto Dworge
W. V. U. Board of Governors
Agricultural College
Nogales Herald
Nayarit
Formaet
Theetre
Old Glory
Nurse
Bishop
Burke
Pennsylvania
Raleigh
WORLD
Leo Madigan
NAVY
Pomerene and
Roberts
Spencer Forbits
Taylor
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