Noted Lawyer to Represent Teapot Dome Probe
Washington February 6. Former attorney general George W. Wickersham will represent the Senate Teapot Dome committee in Robert W. Stewart’s habeas corpus bid to avoid contempt charges. Jesse Adkins will assist, with L. L. Stephens and John Burnett also on Stewart’s side. Grand jury action for Stewart’s refusal to answer questions may follow. West Virginia weather forecast and church meeting notice appear in brief.
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George W. Wickersham
Senate
Wickersham
Stewart
R. F. Sinclair
Gordon
Pan American Conference at Havana Dominates Foreign News
The sixth Pan American Conference in Havana brings together delegates from 21 American republics to foster mutual interests and good will while debating issues like intervention in state affairs. The piece notes U S policy in the western hemisphere remains noninterventionist except where appropriate, with continued coverage expected on page two.
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Rhineland
France
Germany
Havana
United States
Doctors Assert Hickman Not Crazy In Sanity Trial
In William Edward Hickman’s ongoing sanity trial over the Marian Walker case, doctors testified that skin markings used in the test did not prove dementia praecox. Defense and alienist experts debated the significance of the red marks and questioned pay arrangements with Dr. Bowers.
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William Edward Hickman W
Marian Walker
Aetuentia Pracrox
Pant Lowers
Mate Allenist
Hickman
Towers
Jerome Walsh
Bowers
Herman Schorr
Los Ao
Broughton School Reopened Under Guard
Mittsburgh February 6. The Broughton school reopened today in a mining town under the watch of two state troopers and a deputy sheriff. The building was struck by bullets fired by non union miners last week while pupils were inside. Teachers entered with police escort. pupils gathered in the yard and then entered at nine. Plans for a machine gun guard were not carried out. troopers stated the weapon was not needed.
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Mittsburgh
Three Miami Banks Close Temporarily
Three Miami banks failed to open today led by the Southern Bank and Trust Company along with Citizens Bank and Bank of Aiapattah. Comptroller Amos assumed charge of Southern Bank affairs after heavy withdrawals following anonymous letters signed Hiram with a Masonic emblem. institutions were ordered not to open. Deposits in open accounts and trust funds are protected. Southern Bank will not reopen before March 15.
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Pla
Southern Bank and ‘Trust Company
Citizens Bank
Bank of Aliapattah
Southern Bank’ and Trust Company
Amos
Southern Bank and Trust Company
J. E. Lemmus
Hiram
Olice
Lummus
Marines mass for new drive in Nicaragua mountains
American marines massed about 40 miles south of the Honduran border at Matagalpa in a push to capture rebel General Augusto Sandino. Reinforcements were rushed by truck after reports Sandino was near the area. Sandino, missing since an air raid on El Chipote, appears to have moved further south into Nicaragua with a mounted, well armed force. Local residents fear an attack on Matagalpa as troops are withdrawn to reinforce Nueva Segovia. Mrs F R Gall visited Glarksburg Saturday and returned to Grafiton in the evening.
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Augustino Sandino
Matagalpa
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el Chipote
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Nicaragua
Nueva Segovia
The Love Drug Company H. & Potts Mer Offers Prescriptions
Owed you are sick call your doctor. If you want good pure medicine bring your prescriptions to us. The Love Drug Company H. & Potts Mer.
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Love Drug Company
H. & Potts
Mer
Hoover to Run in Ohio Primary Against Willis
Ohio Republicans move to back Herbert Hoover for the presidential nomination while opposing Senator Frank B. Willis. Thad H. Brown and Robert A. Taft call a meeting to prepare a Hoover address urging entry into the state primary, signaling an open clash with Willis for Ohio’s delegation.
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Herbert Hoover
Ohio
Frank B. Willis
Thad H. Brown
Robert A. Taft
Ohio House of Representatives
Hoover
Republican State Central Committee
Willis
Washington
Theodore E. Burton
Cleveland
Manufacturer Starts Brideless Honeymoon
Chicago reports Frank S Hardinge a 61 year old furnace manufacturer who planned to wed Ann Livingston 30. After their abrupt break a week earlier he began a brideless honeymoon, sailing from New York to the West Indies on a trip arranged before the wedding collapse. His lawyer Ronard De Bolt said the trip would proceed despite the break.
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Chicago
Franklin S. Hardinge
Ann Livingston
Hardinge
Ronard de Bolt
New York
West Indies
Cold Snap Lowers Mercury Across New York
New York on February 6 shivered as a sudden cold snap cut temperatures to 14 degrees following a milder spell that drew 160000 visitors to Coney Island and other resorts. In Washington the Senate passed a bill by Sen Sackett to authorize Lonaville to build a highway bridge over the Ohio River, sending the measure to the House.
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Coney Island
Washington
Senate
Tor Sackett
Kentucky
Lon Aville
Ohio River
House
National Guard Considered For Belmont Mine Unrest
Ohio Governor Donahey warned law must hold and troops may be sent if violence continues at the Florence mine near St Clairsville. About 200 men, led by four unknowns, terrorized non union homes, stones and clubs broken windows, a miner fired on the crowd and was jailed. Deputy marshals on duty as tensions rise.
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National Guard
Belmont County
Florence
St. Clairsville
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Donahey
Benson W. ‘Hough
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Tiege
Flovence
Don L. Caldwell
Caldwell
Adjutant General
Col. Caldwell
Himj
Hough
Two Officers Shot In Mine Strike Riot At Phillipsburg
In Phillipsburg near California Pa two coal and iron policemen J D Buttermore and F P Byrne were wounded by buckshot while guarding Crescent mine as hundreds of union pickets sought to deter non union miners. A woman spectator suffered a crushed foot when a trooper's horse stepped on her as state troopers arrived to restore order.
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Phillipsburg
California
J. D. Buttermore
F. P. Byrne
Crescent Mine
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Coal and Iron
Daisytown
Vesta Coal Company
Lawrence Dwyer
International
United Mine Workers
Three Perish By Drowning Near Lake Messalonskee
Four women and one man were in an enclosed car that crossed a sand bar into 18 feet of water on Lake Messalonskee near Oakland. Three of the occupants died, including Mrs. Eugene W. Strong and Natalie Cole. Brett Morse survived after escaping as the car sank. Harry Ware, husband of one victim, helped pull the car to surface. The party had been en route to a summer camp for Sunday dinner amid unusually thin ice and a spring keeping water open. Rescue efforts recovered bodies after cutting a hole through the car roof.
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Lake Messalonskee
Brett Morse
Waterville
Morse
Harry Ware
Eugene W. Strong
Natalie Cole
Watervile
Ware
Giant Saratoga Passes Through Panama Locks
The aircraft carrier Saratoga, 106 feet wide, required five hours to traverse six miles from Colon to Gatun Lake, passing through three Gatun locks with minor concrete damage to a wall. Three thousand spectators watched as it neared the Pacific, with two more lock chambers remaining.
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Atlantic Ocean
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Gatun Lake
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Pedro Miguel
Veraflores
Strike Settlement Pact II Prepared for Conference
A report by the joint commission of coal operators and the miners union outlines a suggested settlement to be submitted at today’s conference. The commission has met since January 1 and failed to reach a firm agreement. If no new agreement is signed by April 1 another strike looms in Illinois as non union mines in West Virginia and Kentucky threaten industry. Operators demand wages cut from the $7.50 daily scale to regain competitiveness.
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Illinois
Hoth
West Virginia
Kentucky
White Rose Grocery One Day Sale at 6 East Main St
White Rose Grocery will open one day only on Tuesday February 7 at 6 East Main Street to sell remaining groceries at reduced prices before closing. Local shoppers urged to arrive early for bargains during the sale.
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White Rose Grocery
East Main St
Pact with France ratification pact signed in Washington
A new arbitration treaty between the United States and France was signed by Under Secretary Rob ert E. Olds and Ambassador Paul Claudel. The pact supersedes the Root treaty and binds the two nations to arbitrate disputes not domestic or third-party affecting Monroe doctrine interests, while remaining subject to ratification by both legislatures and official copies.
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Washington
France
Robert EB. Olds
United States
Paul Claudel
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Paris
Cincinnati Man Kills Himself With Poison
Huntington West Virginia February six a doctors certificate of death by own action was filed today in the case of Wallace Gray of Cincinnati who died in a hospital yesterday after swallowing poison at his brother Willie Gray s home where he was visiting relatives say Gray seemed under mental strain after returning from a drug store and when questioned he swallowed the bottle s contents he died shortly after the act no reason was given for the act by the relatives
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W. Va
Wallace Gray
Cincinnati
Willie Gray
Gray
Lindbergh Arrives in PortauPrince En Route Santo Domingo
Port au Prince Haiti February 6 193 - Colonel Charles A Lindbergh landed in Port au Prince traveling from Santo Domingo. The report notes visits by local individuals and mentions Shlarksburg contact as part of the day’s movements.
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
Charles A. Lindbergh
Santo Domingo
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