Officer Killed By His Associate in Maryland Slaying
H Walters, 36, a prohibition enforcement officer from Keyser West Virginia, confessed to killing Hunter Stotler after a night drive. Stotler, Walters's associate and housemate, was shot multiple times as Walters claimed an ambush by moonshiners. Walters, held in jail after a coroner’s inquest, described firing a dozen shots to simulate a roadside assault.
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H. Walters
Hunter Ry If
Keyser
W. Va
Maryland
Mra
Walters
Bootley
Bruce Murray
Pittsburgh
Stotler
Stotlér
Hiteshaw On Stand Calls Romine Lab
Elkins July 28 United States Court continued cross examination of C T Hiteshaw who denies taking a 30000 loan fee from John W Romine while he led First National Bank of Parkersburg He says Romine lied and details his role in negotiating the United States Lumber Company timber sale The defense plans six or seven more witnesses and the trial may not end before Friday
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United States Lumber Company
Romine
Brazilian lepers attempt town infection near San Pablo
Two lepers living in a settlement near the town of San Pablo invaded the town with the apparent aim of contaminating residents. Police aided by protecting the populace and sending them back to their settlement.
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Rio Janeiro
San Pablo
State Road Commission urges immediate title certificate filing
A 1928 message warns automobile owners to promptly submit replacement title certificates or risk their vehicles and local commerce being immobilized on January 1 1928. The commission cites burned records and disclaims responsibility for the loss, urging owners to visit an Automobile Club Notary Public Justice of the Peace or garage to complete a pink replacement blank without fee.
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4 Commission
Great Combine of Interests In Prospect
New York July 28 A giant community of interest linking United States Steel General Motors and E I Dupont De Nemours with over four billion in capitalization is seen as Dupont announces it has purchased 114000 shares of U S Steel. Dupont may place a representative on Steel’s board while Pierre Dupont could succeed Albert H Gary as chairman. Gary ill at home but expected back soon.
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New York
United States Steel
General Motors
E. I. Dupont de Nemours and Company
Wall Street
Theupont Company
Steel Corporation
Dupont Company
Piere Dupont
Dupont
Steel
Pierré Dupont
Europe
Albert H. Gary
Steel Board
Gary
Liits Otfe
Duponts
House of Morgan
Morgan Bank
Federal Trade Commission
Ford
Fords
Detroit
Chevrolet
Governor Fuller Probes Sacco Vanzetti Case
Boston reports Gov Alvan Fuller personally surveyed the crime scene at South Braintree near the Slater Morrill Shoe Factory paymaster case. He aims to present recommendations after reviewing witness testimony and the condemned pair Sacco and Vanzetti as the governor and a special committee reexamine the affair before August execution stay.
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Boston
Puller
Sacco-Vangetti
State House
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard
Samuel Starron
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Robert Grant
Sacco
Vanzotti
Alvan
T. Pullet
South Braintree
Slater and Morrill
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Turks May Eat Pig Under Kemal Liberal Push
Angora July 28. Pigs, long forbidden to Muslims in Turkey, may be promoted to the Mohammedan bill of state as Kemal Pasha pursues liberal reforms. While the president has not voiced policy, discussion grows that pork could aid Turkey’s food supply and reflect shifting religious restrictions.
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Angora
Turkey
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Mustapha Kemal
Anatolia
Tax reducing program gains wide approval in Rapid City
Administration leaders in Rapid City expect a major tax reduction package. A one to two percent cut in the corporate tax is seen as the keystone, with conferences held with President Coolidge. Repeal of war nuisances taxes is expected, but automobile passenger tax repeal hinges on consensus. No final program until talks with House Ways and Means chairman Green. Total cut estimated at 300 to 350 million dollars.
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Rapid City
Coolidge
Green
House
Ways and Means Committee
Corruption Charge Against Crowe Stoked by Opponents
Louisville July 28. Charges that the Kentucky Jockey Club is spending 200000 to aid Democrat Robert C. Crowe’s gubernatorial bid were denied by Crowe’s campaign manager. Circuit Judge Thurman claimed the funds were used to buy votes and influence the election, which Crowe’s camp rejects.
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Jockey Club
Louisville
Kentucky Jockey Club
Robert C. Crowe
Crowe
H. 8. Thurman
Li. K. Wood
Derailment Dents Capitol Limited Near Pittsburgh
Baltimore and Ohio train No. 6 the Capitol Limited derailed near Allison Park as an eastbound extra freight car broke its flange. The engine and two cars including a club car and sleeper left the tracks. the engineer and fireman were slightly hurt, passengers shaken but uninjured. The limited was rerouted via Pittsburgh and Lake Erie after the collision investigation.
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Pittsburgh
Baltimore and Ohio
Capitol Limited
Chicago
Washington
Allison Park
Pasengers
New Castle
Lake Erie
National Education Association seeks federal aid for flood schools
Washington July 28 22 The National Education Association urged Congress to grant federal aid for reconstruction of schools destroyed by the Mississippi flood It said local and state funding is insufficient and noted 24 school houses were destroyed and damage to others exceeds 166 500 J W Crabtree secretary called it a national emergency and appealed to affiliated state organizations
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Washington
National ‘Educational Association
Congress
Association
J. W. Crabtree
Penn R R Plans New Line Through Virginia
Paris and Richmond reports deny claims that the Pennsylvania Railroad plans a Virginia extension and southward route to the Carolinas and Georgia. Andre Tarbieu, high commissioner to the United States, rejected interviews attributing such plans and debt settlement pressures.
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Paris
Andre Tardieu
United States
Oyer
Richmond
Met
Virginia
Pennsylvan
Lhn
Javas
Carolinas
Georgia
Worltomo
Ides
M.tarbieu
France
1000 Drown In India From Reservoir Break
An unconfirmed report from Ahmeda bad in Bombay presidency says 1,000 people died in Baroda when a reservoir fifteen square miles in area broke its banks, flooding surrounding villages. Communications between Bombay and Baroda are cut off.
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London
Ahmedabad
Bombay Presidency
Baroda
Bombay
Birth Announcement for Mary Jo Manear
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Manear of Warder Avenue announce the birth of their eight pound daughter Mary Jo on Sunday July 4. Mother and infant are doing nicely.
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Lawrence Manear
Warder Avenue
Mary Jo
Grafton voters approve waterworks improvements
Voters approve a $93,000 filtration plant and extra mains by a 3 to 1 margin. Total 1722 votes with 464 against. West Grafton led with 606 for and 87 against, while Second Ward favored 269 to 70. Plans to begin construction follow, engineer John M. Rice to return soon to discuss details. The project ends typhoid and related pollutions, lifting the city from civic disgrace.
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Grafton
Fetterman
West Grafton
John M. Rice
Gratton Park
Cather
Setacin
British Hopeful Of Settlement At Naval Conference
Geneva July 28 British and American delegates failed to agree on 8 inch gun cruiser proposals at the tri partite naval conference. The Japanese spokesman warned differences would be hard to reconcile and the rupture threatened. Bridgeman and Cecil expressed hope to settle issues within one to two weeks and planned further contact with American and Japanese delegates.
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Geneva
Tripartite Naval Conference
Associated Press
Reuters
W. ©. Bridgeman
Viscount Coch
London
W. C. Bridgeman
Admiralty
Viscount Cecil
Ine
Bridgeman
Hugh
Gibson
Admiral Pounds
Great Britain
United States
Plenipo
Crisis Near for Aimee in Battle Over Church Finances
In Los Angeles on July 28, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, mother of Aimee Sample McPherson, warns a crisis is near as a dispute over church finances widens. Kennedy, recently named business head, rejects a peace committee's terms and says she may leave the church if tensions continue.
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Ton Angeles
Minnienedy
Aimee Sample McPherson
Kennedy
McPherson
West Virginia Weather Forecast For Friday
Fair and slightly warmer tonight then Friday brings local thunder showers. Cooler Friday afternoon mainly in northern portions. Brisk winds and seasonal temperatures expected to follow with no extended warm spell.
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West Virginia
Ternoon
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