Dinner dance arranged for two aviators in Berlin
Berlin officials and crowds welcome Clarence Chamberlin and Charles Levine as they plan a dinner and banquet. changes shift plans to Prague with wives meeting in Bremen. Chamberlin may visit Rome and Warsaw. Iowa celebrates him with a Day. Rasche previews flight to Berlin to greet the aviators.
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Berlin
Germany
Clarence Chamberlin
Charles Levine
Munich
Vienna
Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Aerial Club of
Chamberlin
Rome
Levine
Rathus
Lchurmann
Boess
Board of Aldermen
Symphony Orchestra
Bramen
Czecho- Slovakia
Bremen
Lufthansa Air Lines
Templehofer
Air Field
Warsaw
Street Car Men Vote to Authorize Strike in Chicago
Chicago street car workers authorize their union leaders to call a strike if wage talks fail. They seek a 15 cent an hour raise to a maximum of 90 cents. The company offered a five cent cut and said it would resist. A vote showed less than two percent opposed the authorization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Election Commission
Weather West Virginia Report Signals Cooler Weekend
A fragmentary weather note indicates cooler conditions in the western portion tonight with remaining unsettled conditions this afternoon or evening. The forecast references a falllike pattern entering Saturday, suggesting noted cooling trends and potential changes in visibility or precipitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
West Portion
Cecil Youth Wounded in Hunting Incident
Olen Mayle, 22, was shot in the head near Cecil while waiting for a groundhog. His cousin Robert Mayle fired twice from a 22 caliber rifle, the second shot inflicting a skull wound. Olen is at Grafton City Hospital in stable condition. no police action expected as both parties deem it an accident.
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Olen Mayle
Cecil
Grafton City Hospital
Robert Mayle
Olen
F. S. Suddarth
Twins Held for Oregon Train Robbery Hearings in Columbus
Steubenville, June 10. Ray and Roy De Ruthemont, twin brothers, arrested for a four year old train robbery in Oregon, await arraignment and transfer to Columbus Ohio then Jacksonville with federal officers. They waived extradition and face murder charges for the deaths of a postal clerk and three trainmen. The wife of Ray, Mia Elmer Goodwin, will return to Hanging Rock, Ohio.
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Steubenville
Ray and
Roy de Ruthemont
Oregon
Jacksonville
U. S
Columbus
Ohio
Ray
Mia
Elmer Goodwin
Hanging Rock
Nate
Twenty Persons Put To Death by Red Officials
Moscow reports that twenty persons were executed by firing squad by the state political department for terrorist or monarchist activities. The group allegedly planned to murder foreign figures George T. Chitcherin and Leonid Krashin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red
Moscow
State Political Department
George T. Chitcherin
Leonid Krashin
May Term Of Circuit Court Ends In Grafton
The Graf ton city condemnation suit against Mackin ended with a verdict awarding 2000 to Mackin who sought 2200 for his land. May term wraps up in three weeks with two weeks for civil and chancery work and one week for criminal matters. Four men received penitentiary sentences on felony indictments while twelve more felony cases were resolved. Thirteen misdemeanor cases were handled, most continued to next term. The docket lists 83 misdemeanor and 20 felony indictments still to be tried. Civil business largely complete with 20 docketed cases remaining. The motion docket holds five cases. Continued on page two.
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Grafton
M.r. Mackin
M. C. Mackin
State Penitennary
Allo
Fot Criminal Court
Kendall Asks Probe Of Weston Hospital
A demand for an investigation at Weston State Hospital followed charges of cruel treatment of a patient. The senate postponed action while the house focused on the hospital inquiry, with Delegate Kendall initiating a resolution later expunged for less grisly detail. McVicker of Grafton cited a dying patient Mrs Camden Hoffman, tied to a chair and starved for water, as proof of mistreatment.
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Charleston
Weston State Hospital
Senate
House
Capitol
N. F. Kendall
Grafton
B. F. MeVicker
MeVicker
Camden Hoffman
Fairmont
Weston Institution
McVicker
Keatley
Brewster
Weston
Mra. Hoffman
Film extra Doris Williams attacked at door in Hollywood
Hollywood police probe a strange tale by Doris Williams stage and screen extra who says a gorilla-like man carved seven Ks on her body after a farewell party in New York. Officers found little corroborating evidence and noted the room was not disturbed, with only a few drops of blood visible.
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Hollywood
Doris Williams
Aloma
South Seas
New York
Denver
Waner to wed as Pittsburgh couple to marry tonight
Paul Waner, Pirates outfielder, and Miss Corrin Moore of Ada, Ola, today obtained a marriage license and will wed tonight. Also notes bake sales by local churches with goods from 1:30 p.m. and 10 a.m. at Empire Meat Market and B and P Meat Market.
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Pittsburgh
Paul Waner
Corrin’ Moore
Ada, Ola
Ada
St. Matthias Episcopal Church
Empire Meat Market
Ladies Aid of the
First Brethren Church
Capitol Railway Tax Rise Proposal Reported
Charleston June 10 A capitol building bill seeks a five cent levy to raise up to 5 million dollars and a separate bill to raise public utility taxes so the general levy can be cut by five cents. The finance committee projects about 820 thousand dollars annually, with railroad rates increasing to two percent and telegraph and telephone firms to four percent. Roadside, light, power and water rates would rise. other utilities and transport services also see higher charges. The capitol project would cost up to 5 million and the governor and capitol commission are urged to proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Capitol
House of Delegates
Governor and Capitol Commission
Board of Public
Former Suffragist Victoria Woodhull Martin Dies in England
Victoria Claflin Woodhull Martin, renowned suffragist and author who once ran for U.S. president, died in Cheltenham England. Born 1838 in Homer Ohio she lived in England after marrying John Biddulph Martin of Overbury Court who died in 1897. She was nominated for the presidency in 1872 by the Equal Rights Party.
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Cheltenham
England
Victoria Claflin Woodhull Martin
United States
Homer
Ohio
John Biddulph Martin
Oversbury Court
Equal Rights Party
Pittsburgh flier McKee dies in seaplane crash
James Dalzell McKee of Pittsburgh, a noted aviation supporter and seaplane record holder, drowned at Lac Peche in the Laurentians when his plane broke apart on water touchdown during a Montreal test flight. Lieutenant Hogan of the U S Army rescued, McKee’s body recovered.
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Montreal
James Dalsell McKee
Pittsburgh
Lac Peche
Laurentian Mountains
McKee
Hogan
U. S.’Army Flying Corps
Mcee
Alaska
James Dalzell McKee
Canada
America
Dominion of
Two Aviators Unhurt As Plane Is Wrecked
Rocky Mount North Carolina report shows a two seat airvertess airplane with pilots W. W. Clark and Howard Crawford both of Enfield North Carolina fell 1500 feet and crashed in a plowed field near here. The two pilots escaped unharmed though the craft was badly damaged.
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Rocky Mount
N. C
Airvertess
W. W. Clark
Howard Crawford
Enfield N. C
Salvation Army delegates attend Elkins revival meeting
A large delegation from the local corps of the Salvation Army traveled to Elkins last evening for a revival meeting. Envoy Garthwaite assisted with the session led by Commandant A J Tilly as local followers contributed many fine numbers to the program.
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The
Salvation Army
Elkins
Garthwaite
A. J. Tilly
Four Hundred Guests Of City Go To Homes
The four hundred delegates to the forty-fifth annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic have left Gr ton after three days of hospitality. Delegates packed trains yesterday while many stayed with friends overnight. Local merchants lowered flags and hosted dinners as Graf ton citizens opened homes to visitors. Next year the encampment will be at Philippi.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Phillippi
Grafton
Philipp
Lindbergh Set For Washington Welcome Parade
Washington prepares for a historic reception as Charles A Lindbergh arrives after his Europe voyage. Air force and navy aircraft escort the cruiser Memphis toward the capital with hundreds of thousands awaiting at the capitol. President Coolidge will confer the Distinguished Flying Cross, while Mrs Lindbergh travels to join him in Washington.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Washington
Navy Yard
Memphis
France
Eighth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
B Street
Capitol Grounds
Peace Monument
Navy
Fifteenth Street
Washington Monument
President Goolidge
Mall
United States
New York
Paris
Capes
Evangeline Lindbergh
Detroit
Lindbergh
Colonel Lindbergh
Ateama
Chesapeake Bay
Pomac
Army, Navy, Commerce and Post Office Department
Washington Navyard Dock
Coolidge
Virginia
Byrd
Missouri Unitio al Guard
Los Angeles
A Net
War
Davis
Wilbur
Capitol
Wasington Monument
Cololidge
Birdman
LDC
Notice on housing committee encampment and dance event
City residents offered homes for the housing committee during the encampment. Appreciation expressed for responses. Additionally a round dance at Ruthland Pavilion on Grafton Philipp Road is advertised for Saturday from 8 to 12 with admittance of 1 dollar for gentlemen and a ladies special music program available to the public.
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the. A. R
M. Zinn
Crairms
Ruthland Pavilion
Grafton-Philipp Road
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Bremen Dock
Des Moines
Clarence
Hamburg
Histo
Thea Rasche
Pres. Coowoge
Zanps Ar
Kendall
Weston Hospital
U.S
Canadian Lake
Hale Many
Capital
Chy
U.S. S. Memphis
Potomac River
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