West Virginia Teachers Meet in Charleston for Ideals
Thousands of educators from across West Virginia gathered in Charleston to conclude a three day state educational meeting. The convention aimed to formulate ideals for state education while discussing student life and the role of teachers in shaping the future.
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West Virginia Educational Association
D. W. Faron
Charleston
Ta Educational Association
West Virginia
Besson
Semin
Ted
Offhers
Aeronaut Kills Self While Aiming for Altitude Record
A balloonist Captain Hawthorn C. Gray died after a severed oxygen line stopped flow during an altitude attempt near Sparta Tennessee. Pursuit planes, wreckage, and a farmer’s discovery outlined the fatal chain of events as officials prepared official reports on the unprecedented high flight.
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Voy Associated Press
Sparta
Tenn
Hawthorn C. Gray
Army Aeronaut
Soria Bitltude
Gray
Btronauts
Beast Field
Belleville
Lgher
Washington
Ashe Jey
Aim
ORL
Tax Bill House Advances Tax Revision Hearings
The committee wrapped a week of hearings on tax proposals with calls for broader reform. Treasury urged keeping sales taxes and excises, while lawmakers push for cuts, including corporate rates, and contest revisions to the revenue law amid a flood of witnesses and 16,000 tax appeals.
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Associated Props
Washington
WEYS
Doard
Steup
The
Treasury
Congress
Local Man Injured in Auto Accident
A local man sustained serious injuries after an automobile plunged off Blue Creek road. He remained unconscious at the hospital with possible skull fractures. Authorities and bystanders reported two other persons involved, but details were unclear due to fragmented OCR text.
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Pound
Blue Creek Road
Ferrell
Fayette Street
Lou
Ronchising
Itt
Colorado Strike Declared Illegal
Colorado officials declared the coal strike illegal after clashes between 400 to 500 miners and state police at Baldwin Canon units of Colorado Fuel and Iron. Authorities urged strikers to return to work and warned of prosecutions for intimidation. disturbances disrupted operations at two mines as officers used riot gear and firearms to disperse crowds.
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Associated
Denver
Colo
Colorado
Beldwin Canon
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Atria
Awung Pick
Peggy Marsh in Divorce Suit With Captain Fenwick
New Round Lost By Peggy Marsh outlines Peggy Marsh famed as a social figure seeking a share in the Marshall Field estate. It notes a 1926 marriage to Captain Robert George Fenwick, later filed for divorce, with prior marriage to Captain Johnson and a linked legal battle over Henry Field’s will and an adopted son.
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Robert
Lordon
Bertha Johnson Fenwick
Peggy Marsh
Pepere
Robert George Fenwick
Royal Horses Guards
J . Pegey
Nelig
Marylebone
Peggy
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Captain Johnson
Henry Anethony Marsh
Henry Field
Marshall Field
Captain Fenwick
Beggy
Green- Wick. Cent
Fen- Wick
Sls
Dunnert Ritnels
Pleld
Henry Pleld
Milas Nancy Perkins
Free Langhorne Sisters
Virginia
An~tor
Bourse of Commons
Illnois Supreme Court
Pepey
Peg&f
Famous Burlesque Clown Ends Life in Despondency
Orbes Marceling a 55 year old burlesque performer with Barnum and Bailey and Ringling Brothers backgrounds, shot himself at a hotel. Police say despondency and career troubles likely prompted the suicide, with little on his fortune or estate found among his effects.
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Orbes Marceling
Barnum and Bailey
Cireusos
Marine Witness May Shape Sinclair Jury Case
A newly enlisted US marine who served in Haiti may become a material witness in the grand jury probe of jury tampering involving Harry Sinclair and associates. The case centers on Burns Detective Agency operatives shadowing jurors, with witnesses including high school student Josephine Hopkins and others tied to the Sinclair conspiracy. The grand jury session focused on testimony amid anonymous tips and police-sourced leads.
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Pineay
Washington
United States
Marino
Harry BP
Sinclair
Henry Meron Day
Douglas Catchim
Iin
Burns Detestive Agency
Uber Surveianve
Sinclair Olronspiracy
Catchim
Activitien
Borfol
Morse
Gordon
Cutchim
Charles Grainberry
Burns
Grand Jury
Nfl
Ball
Attica
William J. Burns Aimaell
Burra Hag
Opera
Josephine Hopkins
High Schoel
Sharie Holt
Lawrences G. Hoes
Ming Hopkins
Ehelton Clark
Miss Hopkins
St. Louis
Hoes
Albert B. Fall
Department’ of Justice
Death sentence handed to Earl Nelson in Winnipeg
Winnipeg dispatch reports Earl Nelson sentenced to hang on January 13 for the murder of Mrs Emily Patterson. Police say the verdict closes a terror trail that left 18 women and an infant dead, with the jury taking a brief time to deliberate and Nelson making a single statement before the sentence.
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Winnipeg
Mon
Earle Nelson
Keleon
Mra
Emily Patterson
Youth wounded in Chesapeake auto shooting near Manor swing
Deputy sheriffs and state police investigated a cold bain attack in Kanawha county area near Chesapeake. A youth, William Markham, 18, was shot from an unknown car while talking with friends. he was taken to Mountain State hospital in critical condition. Authorities tracked a fleeing vehicle to Montgomery with minor damage to both cars.
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Kanawha
Oteieiais
Winifreds Junction
Atrest
William Markham
Affetdls
Markham
Sheriff's Office
E. 2 Hicks
State Police Dry Branch
Schaffer
Kanawtia
Charleston
Mountain State Hospital
Taches
George Willams
Ory Branch
J. Jamecti
Chesapeake
B. CG. Hicks
Montgomery
Fears rise over Germany's economic future in new memorandum
A memorandum submitted to German officials criticizes the government for expanding welfare programs and borrowing. It warns that continued public spending could worsen economic relations, while the German reply argues conditions have improved since the mark stabilized and sees no need for alarm.
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Ne Lin
Nav
Rmkiy
Parker Ilbert
Eeberal
T. Tanct
Koehler
Guibert
Latimer Named Replacing Magruder at Navy Yard
Rear Admirals Latimer and Magruder exchanged formalities at Philadelphia Navy Yard as Latimer assumed command from Thoming P. Magruder who was removed due to Washington’s displeasure with a magazine article on Federal economy. Magruder departed for Washington to report to Secretary of the Navy within four days. The ceremony included a royal salute of eighteen guns and a ceremonial transfer of duty. Also, in England Duke of York, while hunting with the Prince of Wales, was thrown from his horse but unhurt and remounted to continue the hunt.
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Philadelphia Navy Yard
White
Julian &. Latimer
Mary Yard
Thoming P. Magruder
Washington
Deva
Magruder
Wabur
Navy Department
Duke OF York
England
Prince of Wales
Vivid Flood Picture From Aerial Survey By Cameraman
M G A News cameraman reports a vast flood in Southern New England with towns deserted as rail lines and telegraphs fail and waters rise. He describes Becket and Pittsfield, Windsor, and surrounding areas swallowed by floodwaters, planes struggling through gale winds to map the disaster. Captain Hawthorne Gray to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
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Albers
New England
Long
Merry
Merrill
Fairchild
Aimee
Midley
Preas
Becket
Connecticut
Oyinasor
Vii
Winsor
Glendale
Afass
Canaan
Niagara
Pitzafield
Manny
Pittsfield
Sheffield
Mass
Curtfield
Gray
Arlington Washington
Captain Hawthorne Gray
Arlington National Cemetery
Captain Gray
Washington
New England flood toll rises as waters surge
Vast floods sweep through Vermont and Massachusetts with towns erased or submerged. Vermont reports deaths in Barre and Montpelier while Waterbury and Barre endure extensive damage. Vermont officials and Red Cross mobilize relief as Boston confirms nationwide dispatches.
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New England
Coolidge
Forthit
Diane
Bob Jackson
Vermont
di Montpelier
Tom
Red Cross
New York
New Brie Land
Hilla
Eport Scien
Nayri
Boston
Canada
North
England
Laurence
Poison Candy Hoax Reported At County Jail
Cincinnati dated November five a guard at the county jail became ill after biting candy sent to George Remuz who claimed the sweets were poisoned. Chemists have not yet reported examination results and the incident was treated with laughter by jail staff.
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Cincinnati
George Remuz
Remus
Ruth Elder Returns to Port After Atlantic Flight
Ruth Elder and co pilot George W. Halvorson reach Cherbourg aboard the Aquitania after a near round trip from New York. They receive a quiet greeting from dignitaries and explore the Cherbourg air field while awaiting the voyage home.
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Ceerboug
France
Ruth el- Ger
Ameriman Nyisteix
George W. Halerson
New York
Paris
Cherbourg
Cme
Chaimpagna R
Ruth
Elder
Sonsul
Samuel H. Wiley
Marine
Jeck
Gomez Executed Official Report of Rebel Leader's Death
Mexico City November 5. General Anulfo Gomez has died in execution after capture by federal troops near Teocelo in Vera Cruz. The government says Gomez and several other rebel generals were to be executed. Serrendo and others were captured or killed as the revolutionary movement was crushed. In a separate incident near Doin, Herschel Braggerty and Clarence Cross died when their roadster left the road and plunged down a bank. Braggerty died en route to hospital. Cross died of a skull fracture and injuries at 3:30 p.m.
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Tas Ear
Ely Tatx
Mito
Frank Ms
Mexico City
Arnulfo Gomez
Pranegeco Serrend
Gomes
Mver Teocelo
Vera Cruz
Bermao
Caltes
Serrano
Gomez
Wil
Herschel
Bnggerty
Gumberport
Clarence Cross
Lumberport High School
Pro-British War Pause Extended to Nov 14 in Chicago
Chicago records a resumed period for the school superintendent William Eto Andrew amid pro and anti America tensions. Officials note a half day pace of action since his layoff with a tentative return set for November 14 or 15 as Mayor Thompson navigates political friction and governance during the dispute.
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Chicago
William Eto
Andrew
Schoola
Cone
William Eate Thompson
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