Tygarts Valley Traction car service restored
Alexander superintendent reports completion of restored streetcar service on Walnut to Dorsey and a B&O depot route. A new Y at Dorsey and Walnut replaces the old switch, easing turns from Maple Avenue and Beaumont routes, with schedules to resume as before and Beech Street lines extended to park area.
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Alexander
Tygarts Valley Traction
Walnut
Dorsey
Tygarta Val- Glass Company
Park
Ovenus
Maple Avenue
Beech Street
Dorsey Street
Walnut Street
Maplea
Shroyer Dies After Paralysis in Kanawha River Search
Clarence Meeks, 24, of Georgia, presumed lost after paralysis incident near the Gauley river between Cowen and Webster Springs. A 75 member search party traced his dog to the water edge as efforts continued to recover his body. Meeks had been living in Cowen two years, married to Agatha Kitts, and was employed as an automobile repairman and taxi driver.
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Webster Springs
W. Va
Dee
Clarence Ek
Ganley River
Ith
Big Ditch
Cowd Camden
Gauley
Meeks
Elmer Rose
Meeka
Georgia
Cowen
Agatha Kitts
Killer opening night shooting at Rendezvous Cafe
In Chicago two men were killed and a detective and several patrons injured when a man named John Sheeny alias George Thomas alias John Shea opened fire over a delayed ice order at the Rendezvous Cafe during a new room opening. Henry Bing and Leo Guth were among the dead. Panic spread as diners fled. A separate Fostoria Ohio incident saw a woman bandit force $1,300 from a cashier at a savings and loan.
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Chicago
John Sheeny
George Thomas
John Shea
Sheehy
Henry Bing
Leopold Guth
Stewart
Taylor County Silver Service Fund Thanks Card
Thank you note from Howard H. Holt chairman expresses gratitude for the generous response of the people of Taylor County to the state fund for purchasing a silver service for Battle Alto West Virginia. He extends appreciation for aid and resistance in the effort and signs on behalf of the committee.
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Grafton
Charman
Taylor County
Battlealto West Virginia
Howard H. Holt
Taylor County Silver Service Fund
Rum runners make another lucky trip to Atlantic City
Coast guards report a bold night landing by rum runners from Atlantic City and nearby areas, marking one of the most successful landings south of Highlands. A seaaner and four vessels from a fleet of fifty are at anchor off the seasiie resort, with smugglers pushing to beat federal agents as dusk falls. The Dutch cruiser Zeehond was seized off Fire Island by Coast Guard cutter Lexington, its captain and crew detained for violation of the prohibition law. 2,500 cases of champagne and other minors valued at over 200000 dollars found aboard.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Coast Guards
Highlands
Seasiiet
Jersey
Coast Guard
New York
Dee
Zeehond
Fire Island
Lexington
Lawyer Found Dead by Self Inflicted Wound in Philadelphia Hotel
Philadelphia December 8 Colonel Edward Theodore Kle of Scranton Pa a lawyer long associated with Hudson Coal Company and known in railroad legal circles was found dead in a Philadelphia hotel with a bullet wound and a pistol by his side He reportedly formerly resided in Albany NY
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Philadelphia
Edward Theodore Kle
Scranton
Hudson Coal Con
Albany
N.Y
Liberal and Labor Parties Decline Coalition Plan
London December 8 Exer ton Walker chief agent of the Labor party says there will be no Liberal Labor party coalition. The statement ends speculation about a joint front in forthcoming political maneuvers.
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Liberal
LABOR
London
Exerton Walker
Labor Party
Reichstag Passes the Full Power Bill by Large Majority
Berlin December 8 Reichstag votes the full power bill 313 to 18 on the third reading. The measure follows earlier government moves and mirrors strict traffic law enforcement seen elsewhere.
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Reichstag
Berlin
Baldwin Is Expected to Resign Office
London dispatch reports the British general election results with Conservatives 254, Labor 185, Liberals 148, others 10. Baldwin is likely to resign as cabinet resignations prompt a government reconstruction. Observers cite free trade support, party division over protection, and Labor funding pressures as key factors, plus strong female vote deterring price rises.
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London
Orkney and Shetland Islands
House of Commons
Labor Party
Baldwin
Conservative
David Lloyd George
Woman's body found with head missing in Milwaukee case
Milwaukee December report states E Ray Tompkins a former Milwaukee Normal School instructor and real estate man was charged with first degree murder in the death of his wife whose nude headless body was discovered near Donges Bay. The wife disappeared Thursday morning and investigators searched quietly. a farmer reported seeing an automobile stop nearby. The husband had been questioned and accompanied the search party to the scene.
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Milwaukee
E. Ray Tompkins
Milwaukee Normal School
Donges Bay
G. W. Shaughnessy
Polce
Henry Schmidt
Marjory
Robert
Ang
Mexico poised for potential new revolution movement
Reported on the wires that forces are mobilizing in support of Adolfo de la Huerta as Mexico stands a good chance of staging another revolution for the benefit of the world.
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Mexico
Adolfo de la Huerta
Mexico City Fight Hots Up as Calles Quits Candidacy
General Calles renounces his presidential bid and offers to join President Obregon against Vera Cruz rebels. Obregon names Calles head of federal opposition as 28,000 federal troops converge on the Vera Cruz revolutionary zone under Generals Amato, Alamaza n, and Topeto. Estrada leads thousands in Jalisco revolt, while rebels now head by Generals Sameehoa and Adolfo de la Huerta. The move intensifies the rebellion against the Obregon government.
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Mexico City
Dic
Cailes
Obigon
Vera Crux
Juli
General Calles
de la Huerta
Sanche
Vera Cru
Pnder
Same Ehoa
Adolfo de la Huera
Old Home Town and World News Mix in December Dispatch
From New Orleans dated December 8. Mexican consul general says the Zaragosse is the only naval asset aiding Huerta, docked in Vera Cruz harbor with two gunboats on the west coast. Navy commander de la Llave operates from Mexico City with federal government support. In U S policy news President Coolidge expresses no current need for charity to Germany and discusses Lenroot’s proposed 20 million dollar aid for food rations, noting official info suggests no urgency for government aid.
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New Orleans
Arthur Elias
Vera Cruz
Bravo
Tuxpan
Mexico
Orrom
Elias
Hiram Toledo
de la Llave
Mexico City
Germany
United States
Army of Oecupation
Costa
Coolidge
Black bandits kill grocer in two store robberies
County detectives chase three Black bandits who fatally wounded John Citolet, a grocer in Herbert near Here, after they demanded money. Moments later the trio robbed another grocery store at Republic and fled.
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Uniontown
John
Citolet
Herbert
Republic
Seven Miners Die In Dust Explosion At Hazand
Seven miners died and six were injured in a gas and dust explosion at a Black Hawk Coat coal mine on Carr's Fork near Hazand Kentucky. Officials say faulty shot ignition triggered hydrogen and coal dust ignition about 3000 feet from the entrance, wrecking the foreman's office at the mine mouth.
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Hazand
Black Hawk Coat Co
Carr's Fork
Joh Lewis
Coolidge backs bas ic aid to Germany over charity
President Coolidge said aid to Germany should be based on a basis rather than charity. The remark followed a White House conference with German Ambassador Wiedfeldt and suggested he would not support current relief legislation or appropriations for Germany.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Coolidge
White House
Wiedfeldt
Prohibition Director Reports Smuggling and Market Hmm
Prohibition director J. H. Gadd says in Washington that good liquor enters the state, often diluted, with smugglers from Maryland active and enforcement tightening as authorities battle illicit trade. He notes liquor flows from Virginia and Maryland into the market, affecting local compliance and enforcement efforts.
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Washington
Virginia
J. H. Gadd
Hayne
Gadd
West
Maryland
Shouts of Tragedy End in Family Deaths in Mercer
In Mercer Pennsylvania Mrs Oliver Swooker, 60, died after a quarrel over cattle sale. Her son Charles Swoger, 40, killed himself, his body found hanging in the Swooker barn at Lockawammock townsite. Police report a rope and haymow method used in the suicide.
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Mercer
Pas
Oliver Swogker
Charles Swogeer
Lockawammock
Uién
Butler seeks leave to take Philadelphia safety post
President Coolidge will consult with Navy and Denby over Brigadier General Butler of Marine Corps taking extended leave to become director of public safety in Philadelphia. Government reluctant to compromise federal duties. sparing Butler could affect Corps and congressional deadlock.
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Washington
Coolidge
Denby
Navy Department
Butler
Marine Eqprs
Publi Safety
Philadelphia
White House
Yiett
Mation
The
I Corps
Navy
Dienicae
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