Sid Hatfield Battle Echoes in Matewan Hero and Hunter
SIEGFRIED D. WEXER reports from New York on the Welch flare about Sid Hatfield and Ed Chambers amid the Matewan murder case. Detective C. M. Lively, a Felts agency star, reveals confessions and passion for sleuth work, while Hatfield’s defenders recall the Battle of Matewan and the wider feud with the Baldwin-Felts detectives.
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Siegfried D. Wexer
LNS
New York
Sid Hatfield
Welch
W. W
Matewan
C. M. Lively
Mingo
Lively
Ed Chambers
Hatfield
Baldwin-Felts
United States
Hatfeld
Young Chambers
Tom Felts
Nojle
Felts
Hatfelds
Miners’ Union
Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency
Albert
Lee Felts
C. B. Lively
Etima
United Mine Workers of America
Felts Agency
Canern
International
Mingo County Court House
Nononed
Tively
Rurely
Headquarters
Ender
Trainine
Chambers
W. V
McDowell
Minto
McDowell County
Auto industry on its feet again in 1920 Detroit
Detroit officials report the auto industry is recovering with Ford leading a price cut campaign. Production records are forecast as August output reaches 109,700 vehicles, recalling thousands to work and boosting unemployment relief. Other firms like Packard Dodge Paige Maxwell Cadillac Buick and Hudson note improved activity and rising employment. In Chicago, the Methodist Episcopal Church reports 1920 disbursements totaling 70,644,480 with salaries building debt and benevolences itemized.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford Company
Ford
Packard Company
Dodge Brothers
Paige Company
Harry M. Jewett
Maxwell Company
Cadillac
Studebaker and Hudson
Chicago
Methodist Escopal Church
C. M. Barton
Division of Appropriations
Methodist Committee On Conservation and Advance
Woman's Missionary Societies and
Barton
Methodist Episcopal Church
Maryland to be flagship of Pacific Fleet
The Maryland, the world s most powerful sea fighting ship, will become flagship of the Pacific Fleet. It carries sixteen inch guns in four two gun turrets, secondary five inch guns, air craft guns and torpedo tubes. Launched in 1926, it recently completed speed trials. three more Maryland class ships Colorado Washington and West Virginia are under construction.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Maryland
Armamament
Navy Department
Pacific
California
New Mexico
Colorado
Washington
West Virginia
Reparations Commission Dreaming Versailles in Offices
Paris reports the German Reparations Commission keeps Versailles in sight with framed views of the Hall of Mirrors and the June 29 1919 signing ceremony. Photos show the German delegation and French crowds, while the actual treaty remains unframed, likely in Berlin. The article notes enduring memory of Versailles in German offices and ends with a playful sports quip about a draw.
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Paris
Berlin
Blue Laws Reach Japan With Labor Reform Push
New York reports Blue Laws spreading to Japan with Tokyo Chamber of Commerce backing Sunday shop closures and a plan for weekly rest days and shorter hours. Buddhist priests expand social service efforts with sociology chairs and a social service bureau. The Zojoji temple will host social programs by 1924. In Tokyo poultry prayers are offered for the fowls’ spirits by dealers at Hachiman shrine. Also Mexico City plans a Beethoven monument for the centennial celebration. Vienna doubles taxi fares and shifts to bargaining for horse-drawn transport.
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New York
Japan
United States
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Pith Avenue
New York City
Tokyo Chamber of Commerce
Presbyterian Board
Sugamo
Setagaya
Osaka
Zojoji
Jedo
Tokyo
Hachiman Shrine
Tomikawa-sha
Fukagawaku
Opium Question Dominates Tokyo League Resolution
The Japan League of Nations Association adopted a resolution urging international cooperation to solve the opium issue. It notes Kwantung Province will suffer most from opium malcontrol and calls for decisive steps by the Japanese Empire. Another resolution urges labor laws reflecting Washington Conference accords and international cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Japan League of Nations Association
Kwantungs
Holiday stops work as Moscow marks May Day relief aid
Anna J. Haines reports a three day holiday halted distribution of 2000 cases of cottonseed oil and 4900 cases of condensed milk donated by the American Relief Administration to the American Friends Service Committee for Russian anaemic children. Festivities included theatre displays, decorated autos, streetcars, and youth concerts. Tchitcherin spoke at the Foreign Office Club as Easter and Passover enhanced cheerful mood.
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Philadelphia
Aus
Moscow
Anna J. Haines
Moorestown
N. J
American Relief Administration
American Friends Service Committee
Russia
Miss Haines
Bond
Foreign Office Club
Tchitcherin
Naval aviators training station at Kasumigaura
Tokio Aug 6 a naval aviators training station at Kasumigaura near Tokio will open under British instructors who arrived in Japan The pamphlet says to elevate Japan's infant aeronautics to foreign levels The station focuses on aerial operations for naval strategy especially seaplanes and land machines It will be supervised by Rear Admiral Tajiri with a branch at Yokosuka
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Tokio
Kasumigaura
Japan
Tajiri
Yokosuka
Complete arms collection of Harrison Graytis on display in Los Angeles
A vast exhibit at Exposition Park's museum of history science and art showcases the late Harrison Graytis arm collection of over 2000 pieces. The display includes Moorish pistols ornate weapons bowie knives horse pistols linked to Napoleon’s staff and a Custer era gun along with Chinese swords Persian axes and frontier arms.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Harrison Graytis
Los Angeles Times
West
Museum of History, Science and Art
Exposition Park
Lambert
Napoleon
Kentucky
Deaf man struck by rail train in Lancaster
In Lancaster Ohio on August 6 a 75 year old Carroll resident known as Daddy Unger was killed after being struck by a Hocking Valley passenger train. He had been saved twice in the past year when trains were able to stop in time. He previously saved himself by lying flat on the track and allowing a train to pass over him.
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Hatfield
Sid Hatfield
Poe
Hugo
Tolsto
Son
Lively
Welch
Sid
Sd“ Hatfield
Matewan Cass
Matewan
Sid Hatfeld
C. C. Testerman
Lancaster, O
Rail Road
Daddy” Unger
Carroll
Hocking Valley
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Weieh
Reparations Commission
Versailles
Beethoven
Mexico City
Mexico
Vienna
Smith=Murray Co
Fairfield Ave
Bridgeports
Net West
Bromley
Smith
Radford B. Smith
THE
Dollar Store
Bar
Boston Ferns
Naval Aviators Training Station
New London
Conn
Lower Boulevard
Ocean Beach
Joseph P. Day
Liberty St
City
P. Sproviero
Bridgeport
Main St. - Newfield
Hamilton Bros
State Bar
Lawler
and Fitzpatrick
Real Estate
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