Arbuckle Hearing Details Arduckle Room Party
Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle and co defendant were in court as Alfred Semnacher testified about a party in Arbuckle suite following which Virginia Rappe died. Witness described drinking, dancing, and mislaid garments before Rappe illness and the hearing adjourned to resume tomorrow.
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San Francisco
Roscoe
Fatty) Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Alfred Semnacher
Arbuckle
Miss Rappe
Semnacher
Fred Fishbach
Lowell Sherman
Ira Fortlouss
B. Delmont
Zeb Prevost
Alice Blake
Mae Taube
Sherman
Mrs. Delmont
Misa Blake
Miss Prevost
Fishbach
Ira Fortiouls
Harvey Church Indicted for Murder in Chicago
Chicago sept 23 grand jury returns two true bills charging murder against Harvey Church in deaths of automobile salesmen Bernard J Daugherty and Carl Ausmus. No action taken against Leon Parks who is also under arrest in the case.
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Chicago
Harvey Church
Bernard J. Daugherty
Carl Ausmus
Leon Parks
London Dispatches Attract Attention To Armament Talks
Washington reports that Britain seeks to raise its delegation to six for the armament conference, up from four, attracting official interest. Since negotiations began, it was expected each nation would send equal delegation sizes, with the United States opting for four.
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Washington
London
Great Britain
United States
Anti Beer Bill Faces Weeks of Senate Deliberation
Washington reports the senate adjourned after a nearly eight hour session with anti beer bill consideration set to extend for several weeks. Senator Sterling led the push while Senator Stanley urged warrants for search and seizure under prohibition enforcement.
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Washington
Senate
Sterling
South Dakota
Stanley
Kentucky
Reed Democrat
Missouri
Republic
Franklin
Patrick Henry
Boston
Watson
Georgia
Congress
Auburn
Aged Man Given Light Sentence For Home Brew Possession
Martinsburg West Virginia September 23 1939 George T Parsons aged eighty three received the minimum sentence from Judge Baker for possessing home made brew. Owing to age he serves one month in Tucker county jail and pays a 200 dollar fine. Three foreigners John Perkovic Tom Perkovic and Mike Menich of Wendell West Virginia face trial on counterfeit note charges from a Clarksburg hotel last April.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
George T. Parsons
W. &. Baker
John
Tom Perkovic
Mike Menich
Wendell
Horey Sets World Mark in Dirt Track Time Trial
Fred Horey drove to a new world record for three miles on a half mile dirt track at Reuters States Exposition track in Springfield Mass on September 23. His time 3 09 broke the previous record of 8 09 5 set by Leon Duray.
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Springfield
Mass
Fred Horey
Reuters States Exposition Track
Leon Duray
Suit to bar union interference in Indiana miners contracts
A federal suit filed in Indianapolis seeks an injunction against the United Mine Workers of America to stop organizing in non-union coal fields in Mingo county West Virginia and Pike county Kentucky. The case names Borderland Coal Corporation and several Indiana firms, alleges unlawful conspiracy under antitrust law and asks to bar the union from suppressing non-union labor and from enforcing the check-off system.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Mingo County
West Virginia
Pike County
Kentucky
United States District Court For
Indiana
Thacker and Williamson
Borderland Coal Corporation
Virginia
Jackson Hill Coal and Coke Company
Rowland Power Consolidated Colliery Company
Lower Vein Coal Company
A. B. Anderson
District Court
Miners Union
Grayton
Lewis Supported by Mine Workers at Convention Clash
Delegates of the United Mine Workers of America hear President John J. Lewis press for action on two Kansas strike cases and confront clashes between Lewis supporters and antiadministration figures led by Frank Farrington and Alexander Howat. The convention votes for an itemized $27,000 accounting for an unauthorized strike and considers Howat being ordered to comply with international directives to Kansas strikers.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
John J. Lewis
Kansas
Lewin
Borderland Coal Company
Mingo County
West Virginia
Lewis
Frank Farrington
Thelinois
Alexander Howat
Illinois
Howat
Oppau Blast Toll Reaches Over Five Hundred Dead
The Oppau plant explosion in Mayence, Germany, leaves more than 500 bodies recovered and about 300 still missing. About 2000 wounded, 400 seriously, occupy temporary hospitals across miles around the scene. A military cordon surrounds Oppau as engineers assess the catastrophe.
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Associated Press
Mayence
Germany
Badische
Oppau
Nation to Pause for Armistice Day Honor Unknown Dead
Plans announced by the War Department call for a two minute national pause at noon on Armistice Day to prayer and remembrance. The body returned from France on the cruiser Olympia will lie in state in the Capitol until morning then proceed to Arlington Cemetery. A mourning party will include Medal of Honor holders, veterans, and representatives from veterans groups. Minute guns will sound from sunrise until burial is complete.
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Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
France
War Department
Harding
Olympia
Capitol
Arlington Cemetery
Ite
Army
Navy
American Legion
Major Harbord
Weeks
General Pershing
Harbord
Charleston unit wins federal recognition as first Charleston machine gun company
Charleston West Virginia September 23 Company D 160th infantry West Virginia National Guard, formed entirely of Charleston youths, was approved by the federal government. Inspected for recognition at the YMCA Col F B Shaw US Army spoke on the high character of the unit. Captain A Palmer commands the 65 man company sworn in by Major T C Davis National Guard and Adjutant General John Hook. General Charnock emphasized the oath’s seriousness and described the period as epochal.
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Charleston
160Th Infantry
West Virginia National Guard
National Guard
F. B. Shaw
United States Army
8. A. Palmer
T. C. Davis
John Hook
Shaw
Charnock
Night sessions push ratification effort in Senate
The foreign relations committee approved peace treaties with Germany Austria and Hungary with two reservations one aligning with a Lodge condition requiring congressional action before American representation in foreign meetings and a second protecting property rights. Senate leaders plan night sessions next week to speed ratification.
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Washington
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Senate
Harding
Borah
Idaho
Democratic Committee
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Lodge
Ameri
Fate of J C McCoy rests with jury in Staton slaying case
In Williamson West Virginia the jury in J C McCoy's trial over the Sprigg May slaying of Harry Staton remained undecided after arguments and McCoy defense testimony. McCoy and companions said they did not fire. Staton son and niece testified Staton was struck while standing. Jurors were still deliberating at 10 40 p m.
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McCoy
Dave Phillips
William Parsley
Staton
Kentucky
Tug River
MceiCoy
Harry Staton, Jr
Maud Hanna
Bank deposits fall nationwide in past fiscal year
Funds on deposit with the national banks of the country decreased by more than 2 billion dollars during the past fiscal year. Total resources excluding rediscounts declined by over 2.6 billion dollars, per an abstract of reports on bank conditions as of June 30 issued by Comptroller of the Currency Orissinger.
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Washington
Orissinger
Nineteenth Regiment To Leave October 3
Charleston news: Orders direct the Nineteenth Infantry to depart the coal fields region on October 3 and sail from Norfolk three days later via the Panama Canal for California. Colonel C A Martin remains in Charleston. Major C T Smart to command. The move reduces coal field troops to about 500 after recent disturbances.
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Charleston
C. A. Martin
West Virginia
Nineteenth Infantry
Coal Fields
Norfolk
Panama Canal
California
Col. Martin
C. T. Smart
Coal Fielda
Tragic Love Triangle Ends in Double Tragedy
Miss Mildred F. Hanan was shot three times by her former friend Mrs. Grace Lawes who then killed herself. Investigators traced links to John S. Borland and Dorothy Gottschalk as key players in the high life circles connected to the incident in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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New York
Mildred F. Hanan
Alfred P. Hanan
Brooklyn
Miss Hanan
John S. Borland
San Francisco
M. Dittmar
Darling
Land
Dartmouth
Dorothy Gottschalk
Hanan
Borland
Manhattan
Miss Gottschalk
Schermerhorn Street
Colored detective and alleged convict shot in Charleston
Robert Simpson an escaped inmate and L B Berry a detective were shot in a Charleston hospital after Berry and Vic Hildreth tried to arrest Simpson at a pharmacy. Both men were wounded but expected to recover. Hildreth says Simpson grabbed a gun and shot first. Simpson faces a Kanawha County court charge for robbing a local store.
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Charleston
W. Va
Robert Simpson
State Penitentiary
L. L. Berry
Berry
Vic Hildreth
Hildreth
Simpson
A. Bu Teau
Betty
Jie
Kaniawha
Bluefield Receives Two National Guard Companies
Bluefield will host two National Guard companies replacing a single unit. Hicks and Taylor will command one company each as Colonel Eubanks announces two Bluefield detachments ready for mustering soon. Local business leaders pledge support and plan to secure an armory space.
Episcopal convocation elevates rector to deanship in West Virginia
The Rev. Dudley Bougher of Martin becomes dean of the eastern division of the West Virginia Episcopal diocese after a convocation meeting in Shepherdstown. Rev. A. B. Mitchell is named secretary and Rev. Conrad H. Goodwin treasurer. Next session will be at Hedgesville.
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Shepherdstown
W. Va
Dudley Bougher
Episcopal Church
Martin
Episcopal Diocese of
West Virginia
A. B. Mitchell
Town
Conrad H. Goodwin
C Town
Hedgesville
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Grace Hawes
Mildred Hanan
Latter
Bluefield
Spiller Hicks and
R. L. Taylor
Col. Eubanks
West Virginia Guard
Hicks
RB. Taylor
Priday
William Eubanks
J. B. Kirk
Eubank
Dr. Kirk
Paradise
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Spiller Hicks
Eubanks
Welch
Williamson
Taylor
Herbert Markle
Appalachian Power Co
J. A. Hoge
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