Mine Leader Dashes Hope Of Settlement
Samuel Pursgrove president of the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corp says wage talks with the United Mine Workers have failed. He notes the company offered about 4.20 dollars per day with steady work, but UMWA representatives refused. The firm will continue operations, employing about 3,900 in Pittsburgh and Ohio areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Samuel Pursgrove
Pittsburgh Terminal Coil
United Mine Workérs of America
Pursgrove
Harrisburg
Gifford Pinchot
Philip Murray
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvanis
West Virginia
Tore
Permayivania
Charlaston
W. Va
Charleston
Ines
May deaths rise as 14 infants among 72 city toll
City health department report for May shows 72 total deaths including 14 infants under one year and eight mothers in childbirth. Diseases of circulatory and digestive systems lead the fatalities. 95 births recorded and tuberculous clinics report 32 new cases with 92 contacts examined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Health Department
Hugh
Robins
Ware
Pourtoun
Parsons
J. Greene
Mysterious Letter Fragments Surface in Local Archive
A fragmented note mentions names and a kitchen knife in a cryptic line. The readable portion ties Willie Willis to a puzzling scene, with references to a mother and an operatic line, suggesting an archival clue rather than a clear event. Further context is needed to resolve the fragment.
Tough New Yorker Schultz Falls in Clash With Police
Federal crackdown on New York gangsters leads to a confrontation as mob leader Schultz and eight followers face Detectives Solke and Di Rosa. Gunfire, a wounded comrade, a taxi chase, and Schultz’s nervous collapse mark a dramatic arrest scene amid a Bronx racketeering probe.
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Fulluy Solke
Stephen di Rosa
Schultz
Daniel Amacio
di Rosa
Amacio
Downs
Mr. Amacio
Mr. Schultz
Zi Rose
Balke
Jax
Mr. Schulte
Mount Blanc
Centenarian admits he's becoming puny
In Poplar Bluff on June 13, Uncle Tommy Kemp, 118, says age is catching up and he feels puny for the first time in years. He expects to be 119 on September 20. Neighbor Ben Hodge, 129, notes another birthday coming in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poplar Bluff
Tommy Kemp
Kerbo
Ben Hodge
Police Seek Slayer After Starr Faithfull Case Unfolds
New York authorities continued their pursuit of two women who may have attacked Starr Faithfull amid jealousy claims. A body washed ashore on Long Beach is believed murdered by others, while Dr. G T Carr faces scrutiny as Faithfull’s letters referenced threats.
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New York
Btarr Paithtuhi
Long Beach
Worman
Starr
G. Tuenenon Carr
Pranconia
Garr
Dus Sunday
Botton
Mongey
Tars
Carr
Starr Faithfull
Po- Mee
Loretta
Blac
Stanley Faithfull
Car
Htarr
Atarr
Hac
Faithfull
Mineola
Elvin Edwards
Machine Saves Girl in Hospital Respirator Trial
A machine in New York helped Louise Hohne, an infant paralyzed victim, endure a perilous illness. After worsening breathing and near death, she was placed on a respirator. doctors reported her body regained color and she spoke a few words.
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New York
Louise Hohne
Dallas Preacher Survives Hanging Plot at Church
Rev. B. F. Brown a 30 year old Baptist preacher described his near death moments after being hanged in his North Baptist church pulpit. He was cut down alive and taken to his home as police arrested a former deacon tied to threatening letters to him and Pastor Homer Marley. Brown recalled four masked men bound his hands tied his feet and dragged him to the pulpit where rope and a chandelier were used to strangle him before he escaped.
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Dallas
Tex
B. F. Brown
Big Own
Tonighé
North Baptist Church
Big Home
Homer Marley
Marley
Rev
Brown
Adolphus Hotel
Joya
Huge New X-Ray Tube Stuns Scientists in Paradena
In Paradena California on June 28, German professors Lange and Brasch presented a 2 600 000 volt X-ray tube built from paper rubber and aluminum. The device claims to eliminate electron glide with a layered tube and uses a gel to guide electrons to a straight outlet. It measures three feet long and reportedly yields gamma rays equivalent to 100 000 grams of radium, surpassing existing sources.
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Goetz
Quarry Worker Dies After Boulder Roll Injury
Martinsburg March 16 Jurte Snyder 30 died from injuries after a boulder rolled onto him at the quarry where he worked. His skull and back were fractured. The body was taken to his home in Ghepherda town for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
Jurte
Walter Snyder
Ghepherda Town
Ford Co Asks Jury Probe Of Welfare Dept
Detroit request that Ford Motor Co take care of 3200 families of former employees on municipal relief prompts Ford to seek a grand jury investigation of Detroit's welfare department. Bennett accuses welfare officials of negligence and hints at political influence in the mayor's actions.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Ford Company
Edel Ford
Thomes
Dolen
Dolan
Bennett
Wallura
Frank Shurphy
Condemned Man Awaits Execution in West Virginia Penitentiary
Frank Hyer an 84 year old Durbin West Virginia restaurant proprietor sits in his cell awaiting execution at 9 pm tomorrow at the state penitentiary. He remains calm and has shown no sign of clemency hope. A doctor’s report confirmed he is sane and aware of right from wrong. Hyer was convicted of the murder of his wife Emma in Poehnantas County in December.
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Mgundsville
Frank Hyer
Durbin
W. Va
West Virgin
Ayer
W. J. Me
Clune
Slerist
Hyer
Poenhantas
Fmma
Senator Bingham Attacked by Dry Group Leader
Mrs Ella A Hoole president of the Women's Christian Temperance union denounces Senator Hiram Bingham for backing a senate inquiry into restoring four percent beer profits. She accuses prohibition foes of seeking to pull federal taxes from beer and calls his stance foolish.
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Chigago
Ella A. Hoole
National
Women’s Christian Terocratics Union
Hiram Bingham
Boole
Bingham
Senate
Huntington Teachers Approve Cooperative Economy Plan
Huntington teachers adopt a resolution offering cooperation with the board of education in an economy program. The plan includes wage reductions and encourages other Cabell county and Huntington city employees to follow with similar salary cuts as discussed by the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Board of Education
Cabell County
Huntington City
Mente Dag
Opposition Arises To Rail Rate Plan Faces Broad Protests
Opposition to the proposed fifteen percent freight rate increase grew as letters to President Hoover and the Interstate Commerce Commission urged quick favorable action. Lawmakers and public figures from Montana Minnesota North Dakota Wyoming and other states warned higher rates would harm business and farm sectors and worsen national distress.
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Washington
Hoover
Interstate Commerce Commission
Evans
Montana
Gbipetead
Farmer~ Labor
Minnesota
Carl Williams
Federal Farm ‘Board
North Dakota Railroad Commission
Wyoming Stock Dealers
Also- Maton
Rome
Commission
Williams
Evabs
Commerce and Agriculture
Shinstead
Graduate Nurse Shot at Summer Resort in Bristol
Miss Mary Virginia Turner a 23 year old graduate nurse from Cumberland Maryland was found today shot through the chest and unconscious in a house at Haunted Jane a summer resort near Bristol Pennsylvania. Police examined the scene and reported she had been shot but not yet recovered. The incident occurred during the holiday season attracting local police and medical staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Mary Virginia Turner
Cumberland
Philadelphia
Jane
Here
Libbey-Owens Secures Major GM Glass Contract
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass will use its Charleston West Virginia plant to meet rising output after finalizing a seven year supply deal with General Motors. The contract, valued at more than fifty million dollars at minimum, is described as the largest order in the glass industry. The Pittsburgh/Gazette special reports the purchase of GM facilities and talks of continued work for Libbey-Owens-Ford and other clients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N. Y
Libbey-Owens-Ford = Glass company
Charleston
W. Va
General Motors Corporation
Libbey-Owens-Ford Company
General Motors
Giana
General Motore
Linbey-Owens-Ford
Miller Death Found Accidentally Caused by Shotgun Wound
Clarence Miller 29 of Kanawha Two Mile released after coroner’s jury ruled Wilbur Miller 47 died accidentally. Family testified the shotgun discharged during a rage over noon meal, wounding Wilbur in the thigh. Clarence reportedly fled to the garden and later vanished. Services set at Kanawha Two Mile Cemetery with a nine o’clock service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Miller
Kanawha Two-Mile
W. F. Work
Wilbur Miller
Taesider Miller
Miler
Miller
Clarence
Miller FI
Kanawha Two Mile Cemetery
Dynamite Cache Found Inside Canon City State Prison
The Yergey Post quotes police Chief Albert T. Clargan that dynamite sufficient to blow up the institution has been smuggled into Canon City state penitentiary. Prison officials reportedly were unaware of the cache.
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Denver
Yergey Post
Albert T. Clarg
State Penitentiary
Canon City
Post
Hoover Sees Need of New Industry to Use Labor Surplus
President Hoover signals a push for a broad new industry to absorb displaced workers as machine age growth expands automobile, movie and radio sectors. Officials discuss cheap, adaptable artificial cooling and home heating devices to spark a nationwide market, while Hoover cancels a White House cooling order as too costly.
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Hoover
Washington
Ft Boride Automotive
Ride and Mechanics
White House
Howe
Henry L. Stimson
Stimeon
Huerope
Harding
Lincoln
Indianapolis
Conductor Bernie Named Defendant in $5000 Suit
Monroe Michigan June 28 Accused of striking Clarence Kirk a dance hall owner with a music rack Ben Bernie dance orchestra conductor was named defendant in a $5000 storage suit Kirk says Bernie stopped playing early when he objected and punched him in the jaw with his fist after refusing to pay him his guaranteed fee.
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Monroe, Mich
Clarence Kirk
Ben Bernie
Kirk
Heme
Bernie
Oil Men Elect Lowe President at West Virginia Association Meet
Lowe, head of Bik Refining in Charleston, was reelected president of the West Virginia Oil Marketers Association at a two day convention opening at the Daniel Boone hotel. A. W. Newman was elected vice president and Maude L. Fling reelected secretary.
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Jean Flournoy
BR. D. Lowe
Charleston
Alutant
Bik Refining Company
West Virginia
Ol Marketers Association
Daniel Boone Hotel
A. W. Newman
Huntington
Miss. Maude L. Fling
Directera
A, Meek
Don Chefin
Logan
G. Bish
Clarksburg
Moundaville
R. E. Spears
Wheeling
W. A. Jackley
Parkersburg
Ww. R. Reile
St. Marys
W. Krodeil
Point Present
Don Harper
Elkins
D. E. Phereon
Buckley
RB. P. DeVan
Hoover
Hanawha Valley
Fricker
Frensiin Fricker
Ethyl Ga
Woman Said to Enlist in French Foreign Legion
French authorities search for a woman allegedly masquerading as a legionnaire amid past cases. The crowding inspections target possible concealment among desert troops, as several reports note a sister of a German recruit lived as a man to join the Legion and served six months at the Sahara post before being discovered.
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Sid Bel Abbes
Algeria
Foreign Legion
France
Larmy
Legion
Moors
Sahara
DO X Lands in Brazil After Natal Hop
The transatlantic flying boat DO X arrived in Bahia after an 800 mile coastal flight from Natal. It landed in the harbor at 1 05 pm after a fuel stop at Marcelo and plans to head north to New York via Rio de Janeiro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baria
Brazil
Natal
Africa
Macelo
New York
Rio de Janeiro
Four Columbus Aviators Suspended Over Memorial Flight
The Department of Commerce suspended four Columbus aviators Harold Distatori John Corrodi Joseph Nackey and Grant Melvin of Curtiss Wright for flying during the Harding Memorial dedication at Marion Ohio The action followed an investigation ordered by President Hoover after officials initially said no rule violations occurred during the memorial addresses and news planes were being flown from Marion to Ohio points.
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Columbus
Department of Commigue Aeronautica
H. FH. Rough
Dexroll
Harding
Curtin-Wright
Washington
Dough
Hoover
Memorial
Mying Service
Marion
Ohio
Department of Commerce
Capone to Face Two Year Jail Term Plans
Government negotiates with Al Capone for a two year jail term. Capone to be moved to Leavenworth where his lieutenants will handle business receipts and the government will feed clothe and protect him during confinement.
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Beverly Hiels
Callt
Bernate
Armlatic
al Capone
Reson
Leavenworth
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Pennsylvania
New Angles
Willie Willis
Robert Quill
Itz
Eastern Front
Dune Ie
Bronx
Ford & Cravat
Tor
Heratofore
Machine Saves
Girl
Hana
Beauty Supreme
Miss
Belgium
Nella Dochateow
Miss Linked
Anne Lee Patterson
Ludlow
Galveston
Miss Lalverse
Han Tong
Ford Co
Dole
Labor
United States
Estern
Pinchot
Ethelpert Stewart
Labor Statistics
Charles F. Sharkey
Agnes L. Peterson
Tara
Clara Beyer
Children's Bureau
United States Department of Labor
Rode Island
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Maryland
Delaware
Connecticut
Howard Jarrett
Lee Ott
Fife
Stain
Libbey-Owens
Trainiig
Lowe
Daniel Boone
Alec
Jong
Ture
Bahia
Will
Capone
Thie. Roper
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