Regular North Carolina Goodwill trip Motorcade Plan
The North Carolina Goodwill trip organizers urged 52 cars and 140 people to assemble at Bland Court House tomorrow morning for a formal start at 6. A detailed itinerary lists stops at Wytheville Hillesville Mt Airy Winston-Salem and Charlotte with meals meetings and a banquet, plus a return plan via Statesville and Elkin.
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North Caroline
Bland Court House
West
Wytheville
R. P. Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
Jackson
Perry
Austinville
Washington Street
Bluefield
Abshire’s Gap
Bastian
A T. Thornton
Bland
Hillesville
Yadkin Hotel
Concord
Charlotte
Charlotte Chamber of Commerce
Statesville
Elkin
Red Cross Set for West Virginia Reconference
Fairmont West Virginia September 23 delegates from Washington will join the West Virginia reconference of the American Red Cross. Principal speaker James L Fieser will outline domestic operations along with Robert Bondy Elizabeth Fox and United Senator M M of Fairmont as other speakers.
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Fairmont
W. Va
American Cross
West Virginia
National Organization
Washington
James L. Fieser
Red Cross
Robert ©. Bondy
Elizabeth Fox
Public Health Service
United
M. M
Ot Fairmou
Princess Mafalda Wed Gift from Rome Telephone Girls
In Rome the capital’s telephone girls presented Princess Mafalda with a large bouquet as a wedding gift from their savings. The gesture frames Mafalda as an ordinary Italian girl about to wed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess Mafalda
Racconigi
Italy
Mafalda
Telephone Girls of
Rome
Second Day Presbytery Delivers Insightful Session
The Montgomery Presbytery met with a full agenda and steady pace on day two. Rev L G Whiteley opened with devotion and Rev L H Paul led a Sabbath and family religion report, followed by Dr W C Campbell’s strong plea for Sabbath observance and home religion. The communion sermon by Dr Thomas K Young emphasized the Deity of Christ, with Miss Marian Smith’s contralto singing. Lunch featured a First Church dinner, then a stewardship report by Rev Norman Johnson and a talk by Rev W E Davis on Mary Baldwin College. A Men of the Church conference and various reports concluded the afternoon before a city tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery Presbytery
L. G. Whiteley
Roanoke
L. H. Paul
D. D
Clifton Forge
W. C. Campbell
Emritus
First Presbyterian Church of
Campbell
Thomas K. Young
First Presbyterian Church
Christ
God
Earth
Miss Marian Smith
P. C. Clark
Norman Johnson
Blacksburg
W. E. Davis
Mary Baldwin College
Staunton
Woman's College
Synod of Virginia
Harry Whitmore
Graham Gilmer
C. H. Vans
Rivermont Avenue
Lynchburg
C. J. Hollandsworth
J. W. Stull
Buchanan
Y. P. Scruggs
Piedmont
Nine Royal Houses Attend Mafalda Marriage at Racconigi
Princess Mafalda of Italy wed Prince Philip of Hesse in a medieval style ceremony at Racconigi attended by rulers and nobles from Italy Germany Denmark Greece Romania Yugoslavia Belgium Austria Montenegro with representatives from England and Spain. The mass led by royal clergy marked a rare Catholic Protestant alliance and a grand castle display drew about 200 guests and crowds beyond.
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Racconigi
Italy
Mafalda
Neen
Philip
Hesse
Kaiser
Germany
George V
England
Piedmontes Alps
Denmark
Greece
Romania
Jugo-Slavia
Belgium
Austria
Montenegro
Spain
Europe
Martin Luther
St. Maurice
St. Lazarus
Savoy
Monsignor
Palatinate
Victor Emmanuel
Umbert
Prince of
French Debt Talks Begin With U S Delegation
Washington on September 23 French Finance Minister Joseph Caillaux and ten colleagues arrived to open negotiations with the American debt commission over France four billion dollar indebtedness to the United States. The talks start at 10 am tomorrow with Caillaux meeting Kellogg and Mellon as delegates plan a brief confrontation and possible October 3 departure. The accord aims to settle a loan made in 1917 1918 for war supplies totaling about 4.21 billion dollars including 400 million for surplus war materiel. Interest at five percent has accrued since 1920 and experts expect a similar settlement approach as other debtors.
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Joseph Caillaux
Washington
United States
New York
American Debt Commission
M. Caillaux
Kellogg
State Department
Mellon
Treagury
American Commission
American Pole
M. Calliaux
Treasury
Jusserand
Joseph Simon
France
West Virginia Governor Named Arbiter in Highway Dispute
Governor Gore designated arbiter over a dispute among Kanawha county the Chesapeake and Ohio and the Charleston Interurban Railroad over a highway segment between Kanawha City and Marmet. Construction to proceed pending cost data on walls and track removal, with counties’ outlets to Charleston at stake.
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Kanawha City
Marmet
Conference
Charleston
W. Va
Kanahwa County
Chesapeake and Ohio
Charleston Interurban Railroad Company
Kannaha City
Gore
Mingo
Wyoming
McDowell
Boone
Logan
Lincoln
Tyre
President Coolidge Trails By Bicycle Policeman
Washington reports a uniformed bicycle policeman trailed President Coolidge during a stroll in the business district. The scene followed last Sunday's incident when an automobilist nearly struck the president, and White House officials confirmed reinforcements were requested for the Secret Service guard.
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Washington
President Coolidge
White House
Secret Service
Leach Given Ten Year Sentence In Bank Embezzlement Case
William B. Leach, former cashier of the Bank of Benwood, is sentenced to ten years in the state prison in Marshall county circuit court after pleading guilty to multiple indictments including falsification of accounts. His co-defendant Joseph Ward faces trial October 8 as the bank collapse and embezzlement case unfolds before a sparse audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Leach
Bank of Benwood
Moundaville
W. Va
P. D. Morris
Marshall County
William 8. Leach
Morris
Leach
Joseph Ward
J. H. Handian
California
Ward
Packard Motor declares five percent dividend rise
Detroit September 23 The Packard Motor Car Company today declared the regular dividend on common stock payable October 31 to stockholders of record October 16 The dividend is five percent an increase of two percent over the last quarterly payment.
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Detroit
Packard Motor Car Company
Patience of New England strained breaking point
Boston reports the New England governors fuel committee pressed coal producers in Pennsylvania Maryland and West Virginia for figures on low volatile bituminous coal supply price and transportation costs for this winter The move follows a coal mining suspension and aims to protect households from potential anthracite shortages. A list of associations was contacted and a meeting of Central Pennsylvania Coal Operators Association directors was set in Altoona to discuss New England requests.
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Boston
New England
John Hammond
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Hammond
State Fuel Committee
Central Pennsylvania Coal Producers Association
Altoona
Somerset County Coal Operators Association
Somerset
Broad Top Coal Operators Association
Philadelphia
Coal Operators Association of
Georges Creek
Pocahontas Coal Operators Association
Bluefield
W. Va
Tug River Coal Operators Association
Welch
Winding Gulf Coal Operators Association
Beckley
New River Coalators Association
Mount Hope
Central Pennsylvania Coal Operators Association
Charles O'Neill
The
Association
Air board hearing inclines toward civil aviation bureau
Secretary Hoover urges creation of a federal bureau of civil aeronautics and self supporting air service for commercial aviation. He favors extending government aid similar to navigation and expanding the air mail, while Mitchell is set to testify on military policy.
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Washington
President's Air Board
New
Hoover
War and Navy Departments
Col
William Mitchell
Army Air Service
Army
Navy
Mr. New
Davis
Wilbur
Bureau of Civil Aeronautics
United States
Municipalitties
Department of Commerce
Europe
United
Telephone Operator Choked To Death In City
Mrs. Mary McKee, a night telephone operator, was found slain this morning and officials say she was choked to death. Dom Cominsky, 30, a farmer and former fiancé of the victim, is held on bonds after a prior peace order and an attempted entry into the telephone office two months earlier.
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Falcon
Mary MekKee
Dom Cominsky
Mra. McKee
Lansdowne backs later date for Shenandoah voyage
Naval court records reveal Commander Lansdowne objected to an early western flight of the Shenandoah and urged postponement to September for weather and repair time. The Navy pressed a Detroit mast test and planned visits to state fairs in Columbus Des Moines and Milwaukee before Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakehurst
N. J
Lansdowne
Tember
Navy Department
Columbus
Des Moines
Nossapette
Milwaukee
Detroit
Department
Naval Court of Inquiry
George W. Steele
Lakehurst Naval Air Station
Shenandoah
Scottfield
Ill
Shena
Steele Haw
Steele
Aire Ehipe
Bureau of Operations
E. W.ete
Chief of Operations
Chief of Naval Operations
Middle West
Tees Som Oet
Poe
Public Schools Open in Bluefield With Record Enrollment
Bluefield public schools start Monday September 28 with the largest enrollment in history. White schools open first. colored schools begin October 12 after a major building program. Beaver High and Ramsey Street duplicates use Bailey building on Bland Street with 550 high school students expected.
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Bluefield
Board of Education
Edwin C. Wade
Jones, Young and Lawson Streets
Beaver High School
Ramsey Street
Bailey
Bland Street
Board For Education
Bailey Building
High Street
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China
Philip of Hess
Mitchell
AIR Board
Gen. New
Sec. Hoover
Scottfield, Ill
Wade
Baileys
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