Quakes Grip Southern Europe and Mediterranean Coast
On June 28 a major earthquake sequence devastated Rhodes and nearby islands. Rhodes suffered widespread destruction, with seven thousand houses ruined and Arkangelo left with no standing structures. Casualties appeared limited but extensive damage was reported across Crete Cyclades and Calabria with shaking felt from Asia Minor to North Africa.
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Rome
Arkangelo
Rhodes
Mediterranean
Asia Minor
Italy
Africa
Lindo
Monolitho
Apalakkia
Agnita
Voleary Island
Faenya
London
Rholes
Aegean Sea
Arteaveelo
Arnima
Apolukkia
Cyclades
Crete
Santorim
Athens
Egypt
Thulestine
Jerusalem
Singapo
Singapore
Arkansas Senate Chief Denies Charges Over Primary Spending
An Arkansas Senate chief and Anser Sona deny allegations of improper spending in the Missouri Republican primary. Senator Caraway reports totals around 3,000 and 60,000 dollars, but official responses emphasize emphatic denials of any misconduct.
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Arkansas Senate
Chienge
Senate
Caraway
Four Family Members Slain by Axe in Tampa Home
In Tampa Florida four members of the Rowell family were found slain with an axe in their home. Bee Rowell 45 a carpenter and Lena Rowell 16 died after the attack. The fourth victimTra Rowell 30 was found dead. Lena died later. A nearby axe was found and police sought a motive.
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Tampa
Fla
Rowell
Lena Rowell
Bee Rowell
Tra Rowell
Amnesia victim identified as O Gorman of Virginia
Malden Massachusetts June 28 an amnesia victim who spoke Caelic French Swedish and German identified himself today as diolm O Gorman of Clifton Station Virginia He is 20 with a wife and child in Virginia He was found Thursday night on a sidewalk near Bellrock cemetery An X ray showed a skull bone plate from a past fracture Doctors say questions stimulated dormant memory and he recalls being away from home about two weeks He believes head wound from World War I led to his condition and he had operation at Johns Hopkins Hospital three years ago.
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Malden
Mass
Malden Thospital
Diolm
O'Gorman
Clifton Station
Virginia
Bellrock
Knights of Columbus
B. P. Connelly
John Hopskins Hospital
Wrecks Sunday leave drivers injured and cars damaged
James P. McLaughlin of Pittsburgh suffered severe facial and body injuries when his Chrysler left the Webster road near the D K tower crossing and struck a culvert in dense fog Saturday night. He was treated at Grafton Hospital. The car was towed to Cook Motor Service for repairs. Five additional accidents occurred Saturday night and Sunday, including a damaged Buick from Betterman when it left Philippi road and struck a ditch, its wheel torn off and front end damaged. The vehicle was moved to Standard Garage by Cook for repairs.
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James P. McLaughlin
Pittsburgh
D. K. Tower
Webster Road
Grafton Hospital
Cook Motor Service
St. Mary's Street
McLaughlin
Grafton
Philippi
Webster
G 1Tzwater
Betterman
Cook»vorane
Chevrolet
Cather and Ford Protest Gas Increase to Charleston
Mayor Thomas Cather and City Attorney Gene W. Ford left Gratton for Charleston to protest a gas rate increase sought by the Pittsburg and West Virginia Gas Company. They will represent city citizens in the protest.
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Thomas Ho Cather
Gene W. Ford
Gratton
Charleston
Pitts-berth
West Virginia
Cather
Flood relief rushes to Leon Mexico as flood devastates city
Dispatches from Leon report floodwaters from the Gomez river inundating large areas. Relief trains bring clothing medical supplies and tent hospitals while soup kitchens are set up. Muddy roads damaged rails slow relief and many bodies are found as hundreds of homes and crops are lost.
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Mexico City
Leon
Gomez
Excelsior
A Leon
Miners urged to strike in Northern West Virginia
Fairmont West Virginia June 28 A call to every miner in Northern West Virginia not under contract to strike July 5 and join United Mine Workers in a fight for independence was issued by Van A Bittner chief representative hero of the International Union. The appeal notes that many non union miners have joined the union and aims to compel operators to comply with the Baltimore and New York agreements. Strike offices have operated for over a year as most northern mines run on non union terms and the 1719 scale. The union plans an appeal from a Morgantown circuit court ruling against non union operation and marks prior strike calls from Bittner dated April 1 and October 1925.
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Fairmont
W. Va
West Virginia
United Mine Workers
van A. Bittner
International Union
Baltimore
New York
Antown
Morgantown
Bittner
Slush Funds Probe In Pennsylvania Dry Law Case
Senate campaign funds committee questioned the $130 000 dry law enforcement fund of the Pennsylvania Women's Christian Temperance Association. Deputy attorney general William B. Wright testified that George W. Woodruff could not be located as he had just returned from the Harvard Yale boat race and a reunion.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Women’s Christian Temperance Association
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
William B. Wright
Keystone State
Steed
George W. Woodruff
Wright
Harrisburg
Reed
Woodrut
Haltimore
Pennsylvania
Fear Two Brooke County Girls Kidnapped In Automobile
Wellsburg West Virginia June 28 Brooke county officials appeal to two men who promised day to carry the two daughters home. Hudson age 16 and Reeves 17, prominent Wellsburg families, were taken to the state 4 H camp at Jacksons Mills by authorities. Police asked all towns in the district to aid as a statewide search began. Reeves girl red hair weighs 75 pounds while Hudson girl dark bobbed hair weighs 100 pounds and both had been homesick.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
Brooke County
Wheeling
Virginia Hudson
Teen Ives
Robert Tins
Lowe
Lewis County
Weston
Jackson's Mills
W. C. Gist
WP. G
Rooves
Brookeream
Inquiry into Wright salary and expenses in Prohibition era
Testimony described Wright drawing a $6 000 annual salary with a $3 000 raise and limited allowable expenses. Details noted salary funded by state appropriations then shifted to the W C T U fund. Assistant John N English served Aug to Dec 1923, paid from a special dry fund. Witnesses described vouchers and an investigator’s $75 tab at Paradise and Martinique cabarets. senators questioned whether law enforcement was served by such actions. The committee adjourned to resume tomorrow at 10 a m.
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Pinchot
Wright
John N. English
Walter F. Miller
Department of Justice
Reed
Paradise Cabaret
Martinique
Philadelphia
Senator Goff
West Virginia
Go Getters G Club Outing At Wickwire Grounds
Hazel Atlas Glass plant G Club held its annual jamboree at Brown's Grove Wickwire. Initiation with an apple contest tug of war and gauntlet run followed by a big meal. New officers elected Wallace Henderson president and Ray Hawkins vice president with 73 members returning home.
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G Club
Hazel Atlas Glass Factory
Brown's Grove
Wickwire
Fetterman
Cats
James Reddick
W. L. Seddick
East Side Gang
Biggs
Wallace Henderson
Ray Hawkins
Cliff Wells
Roy Kiger
Jack Biggs
Buddy Rodgers
Charles Morgan
C .W. Knight
Date Of Easter Fixed By League Of Nations
Geneva June 28 The league of nations committee of experts on reform of the calendar decided to recommend that the second Sunday in April be the used date for Easter. The decision is subject to an agreement with the Holy See not represented at the meeting. Benjamin Rosier, young son of Mr and Mrs June Rosier of Barrett street, is very ill at their home. Dick Kinney, Kermit Parkbill and others motored to Clarksburg yesterday.
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Geneva
League of Nations Committee of Experts On
Hea
Holy See
Commission
Benjamin Rosier
June Rosier
Barrett Street
Woman Pastor Pins Devil for McPherson Troubles
Los Angeles dispatch reports Aimee Semple McPherson, pastor of Angelus Temple, telling a 7000 strong congregation that Satan planned her destruction due to her moral stance. She rebutted kidnapping theories, recounting desert ordeal from Agua Prieta to Douglas and noting clues about two men and a woman linked to her disappearance.
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Los Angeles
Call
Aimee Semple McPherson
Angelus Temple
McPherson
E. B. Lacey
W L Deering Dies in Keyser After Heart Trouble
W L Deering, longtime engineer on the third division, collapsed and died at his Keyser home on Grant Street. Employed by the B&O for about two years, he was about 45, survived by his widow and four daughters. Funeral plans awaited further arrangements.
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W. L. Deering
Mig City
Keyser
Trani Derring
P. & O. Lines
Derring
Grant Street
W. Va
Blames Chief for Failure in Farm Relief Promise
Des Moines Iowa June 28 President Charles E Hurst of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation says President Coolidge and the Republican party are responsible for failing to keep their 1926 pledge to secure economic relief for agriculture. He describes farm relief proposals as half measures and insufficient to meet national agricultural needs.
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Des Moines
Towa
Charles £. Hurst
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Coolidge
Midwest
Republian
Hearst
Hearst Attacks McNary-Haugen Plan on Farm Relief
Hearst charged defeat in the McNary-Haugen principle to a group unwilling to extend protection to agriculture. He said plans were under way for a renewal of farm relief and indicated a defense of the protective system would be pursued.
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Hearst
Monkey gland hokum mocked by Dr Kern at homeopathy meet
Dr Maximilian Kern of Chicago told the American Institute of Homeopathy convention that gland transplantation offers no true rejuvenation beyond restoring bodily function through health practices. He criticized patent tonics and thyroid misuse, urged moderation to avoid obesity treatments, and advised against self medicating with iodine for goitre, stressing rest, diet, and medical guidance.
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Philadelphia
Maximilian Kern
Chicago
American Institute of Homeopathy
Kern
Bells Toll Here As Liberty Bell Rings
City readers observed bells tolling in response to Philadelphia Mayor Thomas H. Cather's proclamation. At eleven minutes past eleven, school and church bells joined in echo of the Liberty Bell rung for Sesqui-Centennial Exposition events marking the 150th anniversary of Jefferson presenting the Declaration to the Continental Congress.
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Thomas H. Cather
Graftop Sentinel
Philadelphia
Thomas Jefferson
Continental Congress
Filipino Leaders Rally Against Bills in Manila Demonstration
Filipino politicians plan mass meetings across provinces to protest the Baton and Kiets bills debated in Washington. A Manila opera house demonstration was held last night while the Bacon bill aims to set up a separate Moslem Moros territorial government and the Kieas bill expands insular auditor powers and creates a governor-general discretionary contingency fund.
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Manila
Manila Opera House
Governor-General
Four Men Die in Quebec Car Collision Near Shawinigan
Four men died when an automobile collided with a 'oni' to revue near Shawinigan Pally, Quebec, yesterday. Investigators report a fatal crash resulting from the collision in the rural area, with emergency services responding promptly to the scene. The victims’ identities and further details are pending official release.
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Shawinigan Pally
Quebec
British Admiral TU Underwent Postoperative Appendix Surgery
London June 28 British Admiral TU, commander of the fleet, underwent an operation for appendicitis yesterday. Officials later reported he was progressing satisfactorily and doing well after the procedure.
Moonshine Slack Attack Leaves Officer Dead In W Va
Private James Lowe of the state police died at McClung hospital after wounds from a raid on moonshiners. Corporal Charles Dick and prohibition officer Kenny Cox were wounded in the ambush. Four others injured as officers and volunteers scoured the rugged South Fork area six miles from Richwood for fugitives, with two Spence brothers sought after earlier arrests.
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Richwood
W. Va
James Lowe
State Police
McClung
Rabert Cunningham
T Troopers
Gaturd
Charles Dick
Kenny Cox
Prohibition
Pirate Lowe
Roy
Jack Spence
T. W. Norton
South Fork
Tom
Bob Spence
Ous
Nepton
Parking Plan Passes Today
A city council meeting approved an ordinance banning parallel parking on Beech and St Mary streets except for loading or unloading. The rule applies to Beech Street from the end of the bridge to Vernata Street and to St Mary Street to the bridge. Mayor Thomas H. Catherny presided with Commissioners Thomas Vapiee and J. R. Morgan. session adjourned after routine business.
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Beech and Mary's
Rekiylar
Coun
St. Mary's Street
Beech Street
Thomas H. Catherny Jausent
Weshel
Thomas “Vapiee
J. R. Morgan
Miorn
Zionist Group Reports Large Membership Increase
The Zionist Organization of America says its membership rose to 171,228, up about 7,900 from the prior year, per annual report by Samuel Blitz at the convention. Samuel J. Brower, executive chairman of Young Judea, notes growth in Zionist youth and Jewish boy scout movements and efforts in helping reforestation in the Holy Land.
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Buffalo
Zionist Organization of America
Samuel Blitz
Ree
Samuel J. Browoak
Young Judea
Zionisht
Developm
Holy Land
Beout
Yi Judea
Hay
Pal
Ling
Retired Inventor And ELIS se
Joseph Henry Foater 73 a retired inventor and noted biate historian died today at Pawtucket TT He was long affiliated with the tool and machine business and credited with multiple inventions including a plug and twisting device and other mechanical aids
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Pawtucket
Joseph Henry Foater
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