Saklatvala Denied U S Entry Described as British Tory Influence
Communist MP Shapurji Saklatvala is refused entry to the United States to attend the Inter-Parliamentary Union meeting in Washington. He blames British Tory influence and says he will not travel to America but may seek legal channels if invited by the U S public. The Inter-Parliamentary Union and press commentaries react to Kellogg’s visa revoke action.
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London
Shapuri Saklatvala
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Kington
United States
Kellogg
Washington
Camplaining
Saklatvala
Central Board
The
Kelloge
America
American State Department
State Department
Spapurji Sakla
Hbse of Commons
New York
F le
Forest Bailey
Trial of McCoy Delayed to January in Huntington Court
Huntington W V Sept 17 Trial of J McCoy three times convicted in Mingo county on a murder charge was continued to January term by Judge Thomas R Shephard in circuit court. The case shifted from Mingo to Cabell county on a venue move after McCoy won his third new trial from the state supreme court. Bond set at 10000 dollars pending trial.
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Huntington
W. Va
J. ©. McCoy
Mingo County
Thomas R. Shepherd
Cabell County
McCoy
State Supreme Court
John Finn Arrested for Demolishing Hats
Philadelphia police arrested John Finn at a street corner for forcibly taking hats from men on street cars. He demolished twenty five hats before officers arrived and paid a ten dollar fine saying it was worth it.
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Philadelphia
John Finn
Finn
Area of a Thousand Square Miles Flooded
A 1000 square mile flood hits 900 villages near Yuncheng in Shantung province. The Yellow River break shifts its course, threatening large loss of life. An engineer and relief commission head to the scene. victim counts are not yet available.
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Peking
Yellow River
Yunchenghslen
Yenshaw-Fu
Shantang
New Civil War Outbreak Feared In China Rivalry
Washington reports indicate warlike prep by Chinese military leaders. Wu Peifu has regrouped in Yangtze provinces after the Peking coup. Feng Yu-shiang and Chang Tso-lin press a provisional regime with Soviet supplied trucks crossing from Mongolia to Kalgan. Observers doubt an immediate clash, expecting possible spring outbreak.
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Washington
China
Moscow
M. Karakhan
Peking
Karakhan
Wu-Pei-Fu
Yangtee
Feng Yu Shiang
Chang Tso Lin
Feng
Kalgan
Mongolia
Chang
Three independents stay in Wisconsin senatorial race
Milwaukee candidates Roy Wilcox Edward Dithmar and Daniel Godward remain in the final senatorial contest after talks with anti La Follette leaders. Barry withdraws from the independent column as Wilcox refuses elimination and Godward seeks a path to entry if needed.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wis
Thut Barry
Roy P. Wilcox
Coolidge
Robert M. la Follette
Edward F. Dithmar
Baraboo
Daniel Godward
Oshkosh
Woodward
Ku Klux Klan
Octogenarian Driver Wins Trotting Race at West Alexander Fair
Bob Reynolds an 80 year old Greene County reinsman drove a main wagon horse bought for $7.50 to win the trotting race at the West Alexander fair in 2 24 1 4 earning a $200 purse.
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West Alexander
Bob Reynolds
Greene County
Questioned authenticity of prohibition report by Federal Council
Dr Clarence True Wilson of the Methodist Church questioned the authority behind a prohibition report issued in the name of the Federal Council of Churches. He said he was unaware of any ordered study and warned that if such work came from the National Association Opposed to Prohibition it would be suspect. He criticized the report as unverified and lacking official sanction.
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Molins
Ims
Clarence True Wilson
Washington
of Temperance
Methodist Church of America
Wilson
Central Illinois Methodist Conference
Federal Council of Churches
Federal Council
National Association
Dr. Wilson
F. Ernest Johnson
Research and Education Department
Golumbus
Neb
le Gentine
John P. Hill
rTig
Wets
House Representatives
Hill
William D. Upshaw
Georgia
Dty
Two Robbers Die by Death Row After Drake Hotel Hold Up
Two of the five robbers in the Drake hotel daylight hold up case were found guilty and sentenced to death in Cook County. Joe Holmes and Jack Woods joined three others on death row as State's Attorney Crowe praised the verdict as a victory for law and order. Defense lawyers filed a motion for a new trial and planned to appeal to the state supreme court if denied.
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Chicago
Drake Hotel
Frank B. Rodkey
Cook County
Joe Holmes
Jack Woods
Crowe
Law and Order
Ameuners
As Gemiii
State Supreme Court
Atlanta Wins Southern League Pennant in 4–0 Victory
Atlanta clinched the Southern Association baseball championship by defeating Birmingham 4 to 0. The win leaves Atlanta with 101 wins and New Orleans three behind, earning Atlanta its first pennant since 1919 as results elsewhere could not lift New Orleans.
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Atlanta
Birmingham
New Orleans
Mass ignorance cited in students’ news knowledge survey
A nationwide test of 1650 high school and college students shows wide gaps in current affairs knowledge. Only 11 percent could recognize Coolidge, 42 percent named the inventor of wireless telegraphy, and the average score was 43 percent with variances by school.
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New York
Ma Ferguson
Texas
Mexico
Washington
Mussolini
Siki
al Jolson
Billy
Iene
Coolidge
Italy
Pacific Ocean
United States
Japan
Akiy
Smokeless Coal Producers Meet at White Sulphur Springs
About 300 members of the Smokeless Coal Operators Association of West Virginia are at their annual meeting in White Sulphur Springs. They discuss introducing domestic smokeless coal into New England after October 15 and review work by the Holly Stover statistical bureau. A golf tournament and dinner close the event with notable guests including railroad executives and past presidents.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
B. BE. White
Isaac _ iam
Somatensver
W. C. Ord
Joan Laing
P. M. Sn
C. Ht. Mead
G. H. Caperton
BE. C. Lather
O. M
Holly Stover Statistical Bureau
Chicago
Stover
Virginian Railroad
Chesapeake and Ohio
Norfolk and Western
E. B. White
Association
Robert H. Gross
Boston
Federal court recess in Huntington as judge heads to injunction hearing
About 300 criminal cases were disposed as Judge G W McClintic recessed the September term until Monday to allow him to attend an injunction hearing in Richmond with two other judges involving the Virginian Railway and the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Huntington
W. Va
G. W. McClintic
McClintic
Richmond
Virginian Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Edwin F. Lark
Loyal Order of Stags
Isaac Burchette
Henry Orrick
Herman Ray Harlow
Flora Summerfield
Lincoln County
Peaceful development of China now assured
Dr Sao Ke Alfred Sze Chinese ambassador told the opening session of an unofficial conference on Chinese American relations that peaceful development of China is an absolute certainty. He said foreign influence could channel growth toward militarism but Chinese culture rests on moral force and expressed gratification that a three day conference signals American interest and desire for informed facts.
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Baltimore
Sao Ke Alfred Sze
United States
China
Sze
Mother and babes released from jail in Kentucky
CatlettsburgKy Sept 17 Mrs Blanche Moore remanded to jail for liquor offense but freed today by Judge H Woods in circuit court on a writ of habeas corpus. She was released on her own recognizance with two children a 16 month nursing babe and a 4 year old boy. They have been in jail since yesterday.
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Cattlettsburg
Blanche Moore
Catlettsburg
Boyd County
H. Woods
Glad Larue Arrested As Murder Suspect
Pittsburg reporters say county detectives went to Frostburg Maryland to arrest Glad Larue twenty four for questioning in the killing of Mrs Mollie Mc Ginnis who was beaten to death at her Penn township home. Larue was taken from a farmhouse after being identified by local residents and he denied involvement.
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Pittsburg
Frogsberg
Glad Larue
Mollie McGinnis
Penn Townshi
Larne
Frostburg
Talk of Independent Ticket Dims in New York Politics
In New York on September 17, political chatter about an independent ticket led by Mayor John F. Hylan faded. The mayor signaled a return to private life, while Democratic leaders held peace meetings signaling unity. The day’s developments centered on the anticipated vote for Senator James J. Walker against Republican Frank D. Waterman and Socialist Norman Thomas.
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New York
Clity
John F. Hylan
Runyer
James J. Walker
Frank D. Waterman
Norman Thomas
Mitchell Figures in Open Hearings of Army Air Controversy
The president’s aircraft board at the White House announced public hearings begin soon with Colonel William M. Mitchell summoned to testify. The board will call officers from the army navy and postal air services to explain current conditions and relations among services.
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Army
Navy
Postal Air Services
Washington
Special Aircraft Board
White House
William M. Mitchell
Army Air Chief
Michell
War Department
Navy Air Services
Navy Department
Special Court of Inquiry
Shenandoah
Mitchell
Tal Air Services
Dwight W. Morrow
New York
Commerce
Alr
Post Office
Palmer Overruled in Ship Sales Matter
Washington September 17 The Shipping Board again overruled Fleet Corporation President Palmer on selling four Munson Steamship Company ships for 3 080 000 The three to three vote left the sale unapproved Commissioner Benson absent Commissioner Haney opposed the sale Chairman O Connor and Commissioner Thompson reportedly sided with Palmer.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Palmer
Fleet Corporation
Munson Steamship Company
Pan-American Line
Benson
Haney
Mr. Palmer
Coolidge
O'Conner
Thompson Mae
Buffalo Chosen as Next Meeting City for Scottish Rite Masons
Pittsburg September 17. Buffalo New York was selected as the meeting site for the 1926 Supreme Council Forty-Third Degree Scottish Rite Masons of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of North America at the closing session of the 113th annual conclave. The meeting will be held in the second week of September. The Bible was reaffirmed as the document guiding members and their acts.
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Pittsburg
Buffalo N. Y
Supreme Council
North America
Ely
Heat Wave Recedes After Record Septembers Across Midwest
Chicago sweltered at 87 degrees the latest September record since 1591 as Des Moines Milwaukee and Omaha also posted high readings. Milwaukee scored in the nineties while Omaha reached 98 as the heat finally began to ease.
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Chicago
Des Moines
Milwaukee
Omaha
Jail Breaker Leaves A Note for the Jailer
James Wilford of Charleston escaped from Marshall county jail in Moundsville West Virginia by picking three doors with a spoon handle. He took Joseph Walsh a liquor law violator. A note to Jailor Sihert apologized for skipping board and warned to improve locks.
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Moundsville
W. Va
James Wilford
Charleston
Marshall County
Joseph Walsh
Wilford
Jaller Sihert
Bette
Divine Healer Fails To Answer Houdini Challenge
The Rev. Alice Dooley, Pittsburg Church of Divine Healing pastor, failed to answer three sealed-envelope questions tested by Harry Houdini on stage. She offered to private test via Scientific American, with Houdini paying expenses for a New York test.
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Pittsburg
Alice &. Dooley
Pittsburg Church
Houdini
Negro admits murder of Edna Boswell in Addyston
Jim Henry Lewis, 38, confessed to killing 14 year old Edna Boswell, daughter of an Addyston farmer, after robbing and assaulting her. He described the attack to County Prosecutor Bell in the county jail, stating he beat her fatally. The arrest followed a tip from another Black man.
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Cincinnat
Jim Henry Lewis
Charles
Bell
Edna Boswell
Addyston
Lewis
Cincinnati
D. C. Handley
Hamilton County
David Evans Jr. Gored to Death by Bull in Farm Stall
David Evans Jr. was gored to death by a bull in a barn stall at his father's farm near Zanesville this afternoon. A farm hand heard his cries but arrived too late to help.
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David Evans, JR
Zanesville
Mdavid Evans, Jr
Bluefield Chamber Plans Big North Carolina Goodwill Trip
Registration for a Bluefield goodwill trip to North Carolina nears 100 and room for at least fifty more. Cars will bear signs and hats say Bluefield while a brass band from the American Legion travels with participants.
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Chamber of Commerce
North Carolina
Bluefield
Hast River Mountain
Mne
Summit City
Ame Legion
Appalachian Highway routed through Bluefield area
West Virginia seeks the Appalachian Scenic Highway route through Bluefield Hinton and White Sulphur Springs. Delegates argue the route will bring regional publicity, tourism and economic benefits from Atlanta to Montreal with emphasis on Bluefield Princeton Hinton and Lewisburg.
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Atlanta
Montreal
Canada
Bluefield
Hinton
Asheville
North Carolina
Highway Association
Ata
J. P. Gills
Conrad Brevick
William H. Sawyers
C. A. Templeton
J. W. Rowe
J. H. Hickman
L. P. Welfrey
West Virginia
Wrst Virginia
Mountain State
Judge Sawyers
Routes Committee
Convention
West
Abingdon
Mineral Springs
Pan Mountains
Pocahontas Fields
Tazewell
Russell Counties
White Sulphur
Staunton
Sulphur Springs
Lewisburg
Lewherm
Herbert Markle
Chamber of Commerce
White Sulphur Springs
Lebanon
Pocahontas
Southwest
Virginia
Ten Round Draw in Velodrome Feature Bout
New York lightweight Vincent of Chile boxed Sally Seaman in a ten round draw at the New York Velodrome. Vincetini weighed 134 pounds and Seaman 133 1/2 pounds in the main event.
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New York
Vincent
Chile
Sally Seaman
Vicentini
Seae Moan
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