Pocket veto controversy shadows Norris bill over Muscle Shoals
President Coolidge used a pocket veto on the Muscle Shoals government operation bill amid Norris challenge to the ten day limit. Norris argues Congress not adjourned, while the Supreme Court has not ruled on such vetoes. A related Indian affairs case may guide the Muscle Shoals ruling. The bill would create a federal three member corporation to run fertilizer and nitrate projects, fund dam construction, and support agricultural use.
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Washington
Coolidge
Norris
Muscle Shoals
White House and Suatics Department
Nebraska
Congress
Supreme Court
Court of Claims
Yaunber 2
Cove Creek
Oolidge
Weather outlook for Virginia shows showers and storms
Forecast calls for showers and thunderstorms tonight with warmer conditions. Saturday will bring cooler air, with unsettled weather continuing into the weekend across portions of the state.
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Virginia
Attempted Murder Frustrated Against Japanese Premier
Tokyo June 8 Py Alert! bodyguards stopped a laborer in gown attempting to stab premier Aaron Giichi Tanaka as he arrived at Ugeno station en route to Utsunomiya for a Seiyukai meeting. Tanaka unharmed. An abortive Shanghai 1953 plot killed an American woman. four wounded.
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Tokyo
Aaron Giichi Tanaka
Mier
Japan
Ugeno Station
Tarani Tanaka
Utsunomiya
The
Seiyukai
Aaron Tanaka
Shanghai
China
Biuron
Manila
W. J Snyder
Brazil
Indiana
Human Fly Missing From Bailiffs Pole Stunt in Chicago
Chicago reports reveal Ben Fox the human fly fled his flagpole perch at the Magnetic Temple, prompting creditors and a bailiff to watch below. Promoters claim high strawberry prices and rent costs fueled the spectacle while Fox reportedly wed a nurse to dodge a hospital bill. Continued on page four.
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Chicago
Ben Fox
Ajax
Pax
Fox
Radio signals from Italia mystery fade in Arctic
Kings Bay Spitsbergen June 8 The Citta Di Milang sent incessant calls for the missing airship Italia but no answer was obtained Weak signals yesterday were not confirmed as coming from Italia Radio operator relayed to base ship Gitta Di Milano to try again at 10 pm as darkness would aid transmission Captain Hjalmar Rilser Larsen Norwegian Arctic pilot arrived with his plane to aid the search and salvage efforts continued on page four
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Kings Bay
Spitbergen
Citta di Milang
Italia
Gitta di Milano
Magi
Talla
Talla, Earty
Bister
Hjalmar Rilser- Larsen
Federal judge opens ten day term in McKinley estate case
In Wheeling West Virginia on June 8 1914 Federal Judge W B Baker opened a ten day special term to hear arguments on several cases including a half million dollar claim in the J C McKinley coal operator estate and a dispute over a $750 000 estate of William Tallman steel magnate with George Ladd versus Caroline Tallman as administrator to be heard tomorrow.
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Wheeling
W. Vn
W. B. Baker
J.C. McKinley
George Ladd
Caroline Tallman
William Tallman
Steel
TWO MEN ARE HELD GUILTY INFAIRMONT
Fairmont June 8 James Toney and George Cole were found guilty of attempted murder in a coal mine conspiracy case. The jury deliberated briefly and the trial featured star witness Querino who described placing nitroglycerin and dynamite in a main mine airway.
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Fairmont
James Toney
George Cole
Consolidation Coal Company
Toney
Cole
Clotti Querino
Frank Mangino
John Bostle
Lawrenc
Querino
Baptists Hold Large Rally at Pruntytown Church
Overcast skies failed to dampen a large Baptist rally at Pruntytown Baptist Church marking its 75th anniversary. Rev John W Brown recalled early letters of dismissal that formed the congregation in 1858 while Dr A S Kelley of Parkersburg articulated historical ties with nearby Baptist groups. Beals R Gall led an enthusiastic service as a trio performed Long Long Ago with residents in period dress featured in the pageantry. Continued on Page Three.
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Pruntytown
Haston
Oue
Prentytown
A. S. Kelley
Parkersburg
Prantytown Church
Buplisgg
Beoos R. Gall
George Lowther
W. C. Byers
William Sloan
Fog Prevents Hopoff Today From Friendship Flight
Mog and a tight southeast wind blocked an early attempt to lift the monoplane Friendship from Trepassey harbor for Europe. Flyers Wilbur Stultz, Louis Gordon, and Amelia Earhart slept late as Gordon inspected repaired oil tanks. Winds shifted light east-northeast with little hope of a hopoff before evening. Continued on page eight.
Arthur Welch Makes Good College Grades
West Virginia University issued diplomas to Grafton graduates in Morgantown. Arthur Welch, son of Mrs Ella Welch of East Wilford Street, earned a chemistry degree with an enviable four year record and served as a student laboratory assistant during junior and senior years. He plans to consider several positions while remaining at his mother’s home in this city.
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Grafton
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Arthur Welch
Ella, Welch
East Wilford Street
Welch
State University
Y Ir. Welch
Radium Paint Inventor Warns Of Illness In Latest Report
New York June 8 The New York Times reports Dr S A Von Sosnocky inventor of the radium paint said to have harmed five New Jersey women shows visible illness signs His front teeth are gone and his fingers are black from radium necrosis White blood cells count sits at 4000 per cubic millimeter far below the normal 7500 to 10000 He has suffered since 1920 and has endured recovery at high altitudes He remains an official of the United States Radium Corporation which employed the women in question who settled for 10000 each plus 600 yearly and life insurance for their kin
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New York
New York Times
S. A. von Sosnocky
von Soshocky
Von
United States Radium Corporation
New Jersey
Plan to stem Hoover boom in Kansas City race
June 8. In Kansas City the Republican race hardened as Herbert Hoover faced a united opposition bloc led by Lowden Curtis Watson Goi and Willis remnants. They aim to block Hoover on an early ballot by keeping their candidates votes intact while wooing Hoover delegates to keep the contest in doubt. Some discuss Coolidge as a potential magnet. Continued on Page Eight.
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Ansas
Herbert Hoover
Lowden
Curtis
Watson
Goi
Willis
Hoover
Coolidge
Columbia to Start Saturday Transatlantic Attempt
The monoplane Columbia with Miss Mabel Bell aboard plans a dawn flight from Curtiss Field New York to Old Orchard Maine as part of a trans Atlantic attempt. Co pilot Arthur Argles will inspect the motor. takeoff not before dawn tomorrow.
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Curtiss Field
N.Y
Columbia
Mabel Bell
Old Orchard
Arthur Argles
Miss Bell
Roosevelt Field
Fox
Oliver le Boutilier
Miss Toll
Lieut B. Clark
Fanatic sought for slaying in Nicaragua derailment
Managua June 8 a man hunt is under way for a political fanatic blamed for killing an American by derailing a railroad motor car. James Wedgewood an auditor with the Pacific railroad of Nicaragua aboard the car was killed while General Carmen Diaz and others suffered injuries. Rainy season slows Sandino campaign. some Sandinistas weary after long struggle.
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Managua
James
Wedgewood
Pacific Railroad
Nicaragua
J.G. White Engineering Company
New York
Carmen Diaz
Niacaraga
Marine Brigade
Augustino Sandino
Burton to run for U S Senate in Ohio
Representative Theodore Burton of Ohio declares candidacy for the Senate seat to replace the late Willis. A former senator from 1909 to 1911 and longtime House member since 1921, Burton represents the 22nd district and has backed Herbert Hoover for the Republican nomination.
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Washington
Theodore Burton
Ohio
Senate
Willis
Burton
House
Herbert Hoover
Delores Del Rio Granted Divorce
Delores Del Rio, film star, was granted a divorce by a Mexican court in Nogales. The suit, filed April 21 on incompatibility, followed a four month trial separation after Jaime Martinez Del Rio left Hollywood for New York to pursue writing. Del Rio said her ex-husband likely sailed for Europe as the divorce was granted. She denied plans to wed Edwin Carewe, who has filed a Mexican divorce suit from Mary Akin.
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Los Angeles
The
Times
Nogales
Sonora
Delores del Rio
Jaime Martinez del Rio
Hollywood
New York
Dolores del Rio
Miss del Rio
Europe
Edwin Carewe
Mary Akin
Carewe
Mazatlan
Sinaloa
Mexico
Log Reveals Hard Battle of Monoplane Southern Cross
AP reports the Souther Cross on its Suva to Brisbane leg logs a time shift from Suva, midflight compass trouble, rough weather, and steadily changing position estimates. Entries show latitudes around 19.25S to 20.43S, longitudes near 175.24E to 172.30E, altitudes from 2 000 to 5 000 feet, with speeds about 76 knots as crews press on through poor conditions.
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Associated Press
Southern Cross
Suva
Brisbane
Pacific Coast
Naselal Beach
Naselal
Ite
Park Avenue valet captures suspected thief in Nash garb
William J. Mackay valet to Colonel H. H. Stogers, Standard Oil magnate, halted an intruder in the Rogers home, seizing a man posing as a window washer. The suspect, Haywood Edwards, 28, linked to Mrs Harriman, carried pawn tickets and jewelry, with a long police record and three prior penitentiary terms. Colonel Rogers was away at Southampton.
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New York
William J. Mackay
Colon
H. H. Stogers
Standard Oil
Park Avenue
Mackay
Snx
Rogers
Haywood Edwards
E. H . Harriman
Harriman
Jamaica
Long Island
Everal
Colonel Rogers
Southampton
Arthuro Ramos
Southern Cross Near Brisbane on Longest Ocean Flight
The Southern Cross battled brutal tropical storms over 1762 miles of sea on its coast to Brisbane after leaving Suva. Pilot Charles Ulm said the ship would arrive about 8 30 a m Brisbane time the next day. The flight marks the trans Pacific leg from Oakland to Sydney on the world’s longest sea journey.
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Suva
Pifi
Southern Cross
Brisbane
Australia
Oakland
Hawaiian Islands
Naselai Beach
Viti Levu
Charles Ulm
Cal
Sydney
Fyerss
Charles Kingsford
Smith
New South Wales
Ameri
Will
Harry W. Lyot
Hawaii
James Warner
Kingsford Warner
Two Automobiles To Be Sold At Auction
Two automobiles, a Chevrolet sedan and Pontiac coach, will be offered at public sale in front of the courthouse tomorrow afternoon. One is on a court execution, the other by constable's sale. Parker Selway has levied on the Chevrolet coach of Joe Allen. sale at 1 30 by Constable Joe Bolmer. An order from last court terms directs sale of the Pontiac coach of CF Burke and Carl Wamsley of Elking to satisfy a judgment by Brooks F. Martin. The ante will be at 2 o'clock, conducted by Sheriff H B Newlon. Virginia Hanway of Male avenue leaves for Hagerstown to visit her uncle S B Riley, plans to motor to Canada and New York state.
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Parker Selway
Joe Allen
Joe Bolmer
Pontiac
CF. Burke
Carl Wamsley
Elking
Brooks F. Martin
H. B. New
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Pruntytown Church
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St. Joseph
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Niles
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