The Five Jays of James J. Davis Family in Washington
Washington July 25. Jimmy 14 and sisters Jane Jean Joan and Jewel form the five famous Jays in the Davis household. They are social fixtures around the White House sessions and Easter egg rolls, often guesting with Mrs Coolidge. The four girls attend receptions with their mother while Jimmy presides at the punch bowl, and the children publish a family school paper with Jane as editor and Jewells as a subscriber.
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Mooseheart
U. S. Secretary of Labor
James J. Davis
Loyal Order of Moose
Ernest N. Rogelle
Washington
Jimmy
Jane
Jean
Joan
Jewel
Waington
White House
Mrs. Coolidge
Davis
Jewells
Mystery Charleston watchman recalls life amid metal interests
A Charleston man known only by partial names William Walter Theodore seeks his forgotten last name and memory of a large city home while working as a night watchman. He speaks German French and reads English, hoping clues surface across the US or Canada about his past and ties to the metals industry.
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Associated Press
Charleston
William Walter Theodore
United States
Canada
Railroad seeks six mile branch line from Connellsville to Donora
Washington July 25 The Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to build a six mile branch from the Connellsville extension under construction and Pig eon Creek crossing to connect with Donora Southern Railroad at Baird Pa An offer to buy Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh stock was made by L F Loree president of the Delaware and Hudson opposing the Baltimore and Ohio plan He offered cash but did not name a price The Delaware and Hudson had earlier tried to lease the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh but the commission denied the move
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Washington
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Connellsville
Pigeon Creek
Donora Southern Raillroad
Baird
Buffalo, Rochester, and Pittsburgh
Baltimore and Ohio 1S
L. F. Loree
Delaware and Hudson
Baltimore and Ohio
Buffalo
Rochester
Pittsburgh
TAX REDUCTION Continued from page one in Flemington court lands
The Court House section coal lands were valued at 50 per acre while Flemington coal was set at 250 per acre. The board kept Wilmington coal unchanged but raised Court House area to 250 per acre due to market conditions and accessibility. Witnesses included W Bruce Talbott for Simpson Creek Colliers and Prosecuting Attorney James Holt. Pastor James E Corder also serves as town plumber. The Devil's Den, once home to outlaws, is now a tourism lure in Robert Lee Texas.
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Court House
Galloway
Flemington
Ed. N. Locke
Wllmington
James E. Corder
Robert Lee
Texas
Devil's den
Oklahoma
Bomb explosion rocks Chicago Loop causing damage
In Chicago the Loop, the city’s business heart, was struck by a midnight bomb that damaged stores and windows. A garbage collector, Philip Twanski, found a package in an alley and moved it, later triggering the blast. A second explosion on 22nd Street caused minor damage. total Loop damage estimated at $100,000 with no injuries or motive known.
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Chicago
Loop
Davis Company
Philip Twanski
22Nd Street
CUT IN MILITARY Fears Split Army Efficiency Debate
The discussion argues for keeping large training units in three main divisions across the east south and far west to preserve efficiency. Senate military committee chairman Reed warns against extensive reductions while acknowledging internal rivalries among commanders who would defend their forces before the commission on capitol hill.
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Reed
Senate Military Committee
Capitol Hill
Procession Through St Peter's Square Havana? Papal Emergence
Crowds in Rome witnessed the pope and a vast array of clergy, seminarians, and church officials marching in silence from St Peter's Basilica. Cardnials led, incense bearers followed, and bells rang from 400 Rome churches while white surplices flashed amid colorful costumes.
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Holy See
St. Peter's
Basilica
Rome
Vatican
J St Peter's Square
Vatican Palace
Piazza
Rustinneel
St. Peter’s
Pope Pius XI to emerge from the Vatican after fifty years
Crowds watched solemnly as Pope Pius XI planned to leave the Vatican at seven for a benediction on the steps of St. Peter’s, marking the end of church rulers’ self-imposed imprisonment since 1870. The Lateran treaty fixed the Vatican state and affirmed papal sovereignty.
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Vatican
Papal State
Pius XI
United Kingdom of Italy
Pope Pius
D. m
E. S
Charlesmagne
Holy See
St. Peter's
Vatican State
Illinois Geologists Conduct Sangamon River Fish Census
Two University of Illinois geologists W. M. Luce and W. F. Stanley conducted a fish census of the Sangamon River this summer.
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University of
Charges law of anti trust not enforced
Washington July 25 Senator Connally Democrat Texas said anti trust laws have not been enforced and Congress must address mergers and consolidations from a new angle. He warned monopolies in necessities of life menace industrial freedom and urged far reaching amendments or a new method of regulating interstate activities of monopolies and trusts.
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Washington
Connally
Texas
Congress
Steel company reports higher second quarter net income
The firm announced a record net income for the second quarter totaling 11,786,473 after charges and preferred dividends, versus 9,045,590 in the prior quarter and 4,529,328 a year earlier. Earnings per share stood at 5.23, up from 4.05 in the prior quarter and 1.57 in Q2 1928.
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New York
Beth- Boy
Lohem Steel Corporation
Iire
Fatal harm ties to wife and self in Augusta incident
The report from Augusta on July 3 notes Burnett, 54, fatally harmed his wife after a failed attempt to harm himself in a bath. The text mentions Edward, 14, and another family member injured, with a razor as the weapon. A separate Ohio report cites Ellis McCoy charged with murder after police action.
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Augusta
Burnett
Ison
Edward
Negro
Logan
W. Va
Bradley
Ohio
Ellis McCoy
Sims
Man Found Dead In Meridian Freight Car
A 45 year old unidentified man was found dead in a Meridian freight car with a battered head and pockets turned inside out. Sheriff Stone reports two boys seen near the railroad yards are being held in Center ville for questioning.
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Meridian Miss
Stone
Centerville
Boy Kills Father After Abuse Allegation in Farrell
Mathew Latinchich, 19, surrendered after shooting and killing his father Peter Latinchich, 45, in Farrell Pennsylvania. Authorities say the son was called to his mother’s side from a movie when he intervened in an intoxicated father’s attack on his wife. The youth fired four times, and was jailed pending investigation.
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Farrell, Pa
Mathew Latinchich
Peter
Surplus Lumber Claims Awarded Over Two Billion Dollars
Judgments totaling more than 2.0 billion dollars were awarded to the government in the District of Columbia supreme court. The cases arose from the sale of surplus lumber from army cantons.
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Washington
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Plea of guilty in 15 year sentence case in Arkansas
Piggott Arkansas July 25 A plea of guilty to second degree murder by a 15 year old approached a close in circuit court today as part of the murder trial against the youth for killing his father.
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Piggott, Ark
Baltic rescue sought for shipwrecked party
The Indian steamer Baltic bound for the Arctic with Royal Canadian supplies was asked to rescue Rockwell Ken and his party from a shipwreck in Greenland after a loss near Toronto on July 25.
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Toronto
Arctic
Royal Canadian
Mr Police
Rockwell Ken
United States
Greenland
Purchase gas lands in Charleston announced by officials
Officials announced a direct purchase option for a tract of 48 000 acres of gas lands in Wayne and Cabell counties. The deal involves Owens Illinois Glass Co and Libbey Owens Sheet Co and was disclosed at Charleston on July 25.
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Charleston
Tien
Gale
Wayne and
Cabell
Owens Illinois Glass Con
Libbey-Owens Sheet Company
Paroled Financier Freed After Six Years in Bank Crash Case
Pittsburgh July 25 A Bell 75 once wealthy banker paroled after six year term for crime tied to Carnegie bank collapse. Judge Ambrose Reid granted the parole on Oliver K Eaton’s petition. Bell, frail and recovering from strokes, said he was too happy to speak.
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Pittsburgh
A. Bell
Carnegie Bank
Bell
Grant
Ambrose B. Reid
Oliver K. Eaton
Ney
Snr
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