Pair Heads Toward Copenhagen on Ocean Hop Flight
A Canadian pair, Helger Hollins and Otto Hulig, launched from Teterboro Airport bound for Copenhagen for adventure. The Bellanca four-passenger craft, carrying 329 gallons of gasoline, departed with hopes to reach St. John and Harbor Grace Newfoundland before a transatlantic leg. The crew plans favorable weather waits, aiming for Copenhagen with a cruising speed around 115 mph and a 6700 pound loaded weight.
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Hasbrouck Heights
Helger Hollins
Otto Hulig
Teterboro
Copenhagen
Bellanca
St. John
Ben Brunraik
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Holtes
Hillig
Liberty
N.Y
Manhattan Taland
St. Joan
Hotrise
Hotrine
Bust
Otr
New York City
Holriss Jrs
Gourse
Instrumenta Wy
Atlantic City
Holriss
Aarhts
Denmark
Pauline Harriss
Elleabeth
Ee ‘Hung
Coumer
CIA
Berlin
Mares
New York
Lindbergh
Byrd
Chambevlin
United States
Europe
Oil Marketers Close Meeting in Charleston 1832
The West Virginia Oil Marketers association adjourned its eighth annual convention at the Daniel Boone hotel in Charleston. An address by W J Baumgartner on The Tank Truck on West Virginia Highways and another by Herland H Rugie on When a Sole Is Not a Bale highlighted the gathering. A golf tournament at Canawha Country Club was won by Spencer, with trophy presented by Jonnn A Fricker of Standard Oil. The discussion covered the growth of tank wagon transport, state delivery, and highway conditions.
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Charleston
Weat
Virginia
Daniel Boone Hotel
W. J. Baumgartner
Lima
Relay Motors Corporation
West Virginia
Herland H. Rugie
Michigan Ol! Men's Association
Jackson Micb
Canawha Country Club
Eee
Rodex Gt Spencer
Oee
Sori
Jonnn A. Fricker
Standardon Company of
New Jermey
West Virginia Oil Marketery Association
Hammgertner
Spring Hill Boy Killed In Auto Crash
Spring Hill boy Bris Christian, 13, died and Earl Eastwood, 14, was injured when run down by an automobile on the approach to Davia Creek Dodge. Roy Woodell, driver of the car with Ohio plates, was also injured and placed under arrest after the collision near South Charleston. State police investigated and transported both boys to Dunn's hospital in Boat Charleston.
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Bris Christian
Earl Fastwood
South Charleston
Duth
Rowe
Col Melon
Eastwood
Woodell
Dunn's Hospital
Charleston
H.C. Myera
J. H. Skeen
H. A. Masters
West Virginia Day Marked By State Anniversary
West Virginia celebrates the sixty eighth anniversary of statehood with June twentieth as West Virginia Day. Offices close for the holiday though formal celebrations are not noted. The article traces the struggle for a separate western Virginia government from colonial attempts through the Revolutionary era to 1863 admission to the Union.
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Union
Capitol Building
West Virginia
Allegheny Mountains
Ohio River
Virginia
Obie Company
George
England
No Progress In Mine Labor Talks To Pittsburgh Pact
In Pittsburgh a conference with Governor Pinchot failed to yield a settlement between the United Mine Workers and Pittsburgh Terminal, with Samuel Pursglove and P T Fagan reporting no progress yet hopeful. The strike spread with arrests for inciting to riot at Creighton mine and renewed efforts across northern West Virginia, as 780 workers pressed for an accord amid injunctions and mine idle conditions.
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Fagan
Creletton
Creigh[ton Fur] Company
National Miners' Union
Coverdale
Pittsburgh Gant, Company
Panhandle
West Virginia
Paisley
Elm Grove
Costanza Company
Warwood
United Mine Workers
Elm Grove-Trigdelphia
Wheeling
Palsley
Haitians Demand End to U S Occupation in Haiti
Haitian legislative chamber unanimously urged President Stenio Vincent to end the United States military occupation, deeming the 1916 treaty non-existent after May 1946. The report rebukes continued U S control, notes past commissions, and urges live through regular channels to suspend effects of the occupation as unrest grows.
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Port AU Prince
Haltu
Leislative Chamber
Stenio ‘Vincent Cz
United States
Haiti
Wee
Clannella
Halden
Republic
Jmantba
Aires
United Brater Marine
Haltihaa
Hoover
Commission
W. Cameron Forbes
Qupetvif Lon Ag
Therat
Eskimos Arrive in Miami After Long Canoe Trek
Four Eskimos arrived in Florida by canoe saying they were sad to be in the tropics after a journey from the Arctic Circle. They left March 21, 1930, traveling via the Great Lakes, the Mississippi, New Orleans, and the Gulf of Mexico to Hatnm, Cuba, with two children and two huskies accompanying.
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Atgam
Fla
Tone Tatthy
Florida
Anal
Arcite Circle
Ouarter Planinsheck
Frank o'Crady
Nex
Tony
Arctic Circle
Hatnm
Cuba
Tropics
Arul
Great Lakes
Mississippi
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Mgmt
Blood curdling screams heard near Starr Faithfull home
Mrs. Ballard Valentine living behind Starr Faithfull’s family at 12 St Luke’s Place said she heard the most unearthly screams Friday afternoon the day Faithfull vanished. Investigators led by Inspector King pressed for a breakthrough as grand jury testimony neared, while relatives denied hearing screams and a roof visit was briefly noted.
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Ballard Valentine
Starr Faithfull
St. Luke's Place
Starr Falthrylt
King
Nas Sau
Faltwiui
Mineola
Mm. Vienting
Mrs. Valentine
Westchester County
Provincetown
Mr. Valentine
Greenwich ;Village
Morton Street
Stanley Paithfull
Palthfull
Two Men Killed In Bridge Crash Near Carthage
A collapsed 40 foot span on a Caney Park river bridge under construction near Carthage Tennessee killed at least two workers and injured six. Forty men were on site as emergency crews and onlookers watched rescue efforts amid concrete and steel debris. Authorities opened an investigation into the accident.
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Carthage
Tent
Uinder
Canay Park
Here
Npan
Hubert Vaden
Bill Dageerstine
Nashville
O. C. Stapley
Tom Staples
John Overstreet
Jeux Bullocks
Dewey Griffiths
Ovid McThenes
Prann
Wiver
Hyer Hanged For Slaying Wife In Durbin
Frank Hyer, 58, of Pocahontas County, was hanged at the state prison in Moundsville for killing his wife in a Durbin restaurant on December 29, 1930. He spent his final day reading the Bible and blamed liquor for causing the crime. Hyer died instantly when the trap dropped at 9 01 Standard Time, and witnesses noted his decapitation. He remained unrepentant, saying liquor clouded his mind and he did not remember the murder.
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Moundsville
Dunt
Frank Hyer
Pockhoutas County
Stats
Wea
Hyer
Musevier Weck
West Virginia
Spring Hyer
Roore
Tam
Msreh & Prison Quartet
Durbin
Dubois
Ryer
Feane Sylvania
Hyer Wee
Local Woman 104 Dies After Lifelong Missionary Work
Mrs. J. Cleveland of Charleston fame dies at 104 in Columbus near her niece Miss Vinnie Chambien. Born in Charleston a century ago she founded the Old Ladies Home there and spent 50 years in national missionary work. Her body to be taken to Charleston for burial at Payton Cemetery. She married EF J Cleveland a first cousin of Grover Cleveland.
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J. Cleveland
Charleston
Cleveland
Vinnie Chambien
Columbus
Sirs
Charles Payton
South Hilla
Payton Cemetery
Old Ladies’ Home
Tharleston
Trent
EF. J. Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
United States
Machine Age Gets a Knock
Harrisburg report on labor legislation during a conference of ten states discusses technological unemployment, production overhang, and recommendations. Key points include state funding for employment offices, child labor age rules, eight hour workday, 40 minute lunch, and restricted hours for minors, with continued discussion to governors.
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Harrisburg
Ethelbert Stewart
Bureau of Jtebor Statistics
United States Department of Favor
Conference of Labor
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
New York
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
It Was Only a Joke at Lions Club Initiation
A Lions Club luncheon featuring Judge Dawson and Police Chief Britton devolves into a prank over parking tags. Lion Ramsey staged a gag offering immunity from traffic violations, prompting Dawson to pocket the tags and Britton to denounce the stunt as an insult to law enforcement.
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Lions Club
John Britton
Daniel Boone Dawson
Lion Club
Charleston
Lion Wood Ramsey
Chief Britton
Lion Ramsey
Judge Dawson
Yool
Dawson
Britton
Lion Thomas Robvertzon
Hamsey Raad
Lione Club
Ramsey
Hoover Plans Relief Actions To Boost World Economy
President Hoover, at the White House, said the administration is weighing steps to aid economic recovery at home and abroad. He noted talks with leaders of both parties. no concrete plan exists yet. Speculation centered on debt relief and German reparations, with focus on Britain’s war debt and potential moves toward easing payments.
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Washington
Upj
Hoover
White House
Germany
Leskiera
Great Britain
Britain
Kenny Lo Stimaon
Mousine
Glagorge
Stimson
State Department
Treasury
Ogden Mills
Ant
Commerce
Klein
Hvors Reed
King
Bingham
Walsh
Glass
Harris
Tilson
Bacharach
Mills
Andrew W. Mellon
Smoot
Finance
Tag
Mellon
Europe
England
Ae Han
Montagu Nox
Bank of Suxland
Poor Hoover, Says Rogers
Beverly Hills reader Roger robs a chuckle at President Hoover in a cartoonish letter, noting a speech overrunning its time and spoiling Amos and Andy’s airtime. The letter blames the Wickersham report for political heat and mocks radio fans’ reaction.
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Beverly Bills
Calif
Dune
Mr. Hoovert
Amos
Andy
Berm
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Otto Hillis
Holger Hotras
Tetereboro
N. J
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Billig
Knord
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Herber Grace
Huth Nichols
Atlantic
Willie Willis
Robert Quillen
Heemosa Beach
Board of Strategy
Strategy Board
Daniel A. Poling
Christian Endeavor
Oliver W. Stewart
Flying Squadron Foundation
Une
Scott McBride
Anti- Baloon League
Clarence True Wilson
Board of Temperance
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mro
A. Hoole
Sid
Ernest H. Cherington
Page
Ol. Fh
Spring Hill
Pany
George II
Dunmore
Govs
Lord Dunmore
Lewin
Rhawnes Indiana
Cornntall
Point Pleasant
Nonpress
Wentsylvania
Furn
Piney Fork
ST. Clairsville
Jefferson County
Provinent
Belmont County
William Yost
Steubenville
Mr A. Hatina Company
Depu
Island
Miami
Starr
Death
St. Claireville
Lto Thompson
Pittsburgh
Machine Age
Rogers
Hie Raper
Old West
Reno
Gus
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