John Facemire Dies At Home In Braxton County
John Facemire aged 64 died Wednesday night at his home near Lucretia after a three week illness with flu-pneumonia. Funeral services will be held at his stepson’s home with Rev. French Boone officiating, burial in Webster Cemetery. Survivors include wife Victoria and four brothers James John Van and Frank, and four children Everet John Ruth and Tzetta. He was a farmer by occupation and had lived in the county about ten years.
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French Boone
Webster Cemetery
Bartlett Funeral Company
Andrew Facemire
Braxton County
Victoria Facemire
James
John
Van
Frank
Everet
Ruth
Tzetta
Mine Strike in Western Pennsylvania Rises in Tension
National Mine Workers delegation meets Governor Pinchot in Harrisburg as Pittsburgh district strikers plan a hunger march. UMWA talks with Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Co. officials proceed, amid early arrests in Armstrong county and scattered clashes as Kinloch miners weigh joining the walkout.
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National Mine Workers
Harrisburg
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers of America
United Mine Workers
Philip Murray
Pittsburgh
Samuel Purgrove
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Company
Bovernor
Pittsburgh Terminal Company
National Miners Union
Allegheny County
Washington County
Armstrong County
Buffalo and Susquehanna Coal Company
George W. Shatter
Kinloch
Westmoreland
Sagamore
Protests Over Proposed 15 Percent Freight Rate Hike
Washington discussions report diverse opinions on a nationwide railroad request to the Interstate Commerce Commission for a 15 percent freight rate increase. Senator Caraway warned the rise could be suicidal to railroads and the public, while Senator Copeland urged careful measures to avoid disaster.
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Caraway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Arkansan
Charleston
W. Va
Board of Trade
Washington
Arkansas
New York
State Police Nab Kidnapping Ring In Pottstown
In Pottstown Pennsylvania June 18 state police foiled a gang kidnapping Dr. J Elmer Porter six president of Security Trust Co by using disguises and a staged abduction. The plan unraveled when officers hidden in a car observed Philadelphia gangsters Edward Mitchell Harry McKay and Foster Weand guiding Porter to a secluded area.
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J. Elmer Porter
Security Trust Company
State Po
George W. Wickersham
Gage
Porter
Obeaker
Edward Xitchell
Harry McKay
Philadelphia
Dr. Porter
Foster Weand
Apparent Kidnap Plot Tails Off With Letter Evidence
In a case tied to a physician held for ransom three suspects were arrested after baggage appeared and Weand, a former Pottstown resident, was found with letters indicating a $15,000 ransom to be paid by his brother Samuel, a local druggist.
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Weand
Samuel
Pottstown
Military move in Spain to crown Jaime de Bourbon
Madrid reports a move to overthrow the Republican government with General Martinez Anido said to lead forces from Navarre to Madrid. Prince Jaime, headqu arters in Paris, is welcomed by Catholics in Pamplona as a royalist claimant. Don Jaime is 61.
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Jaime de Bourbon
Spain
Eraldo
Martinez Anido
Barcelona
Navarre
aMdrid
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Anido
Primo de Rivera
Alfonso
Jaime
Paris
Pamlona
Duke Athlete Shot Tries to Flee Arrest
Lowell Mason star Duke University quarterback and Charlotte family member was shot and wounded by Police Captain Alex West as he attempted to flee after drunkenness arrest following a car crash. Mason hospitalized with a pelvic and upper leg wound. Police said he leaped from the patrol car. West fired. Mason and two companions were taken to headquarters. Dellinger convicted of drunkenness. Wilkes to be tried for driving while intoxicated.
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N. C
Lowell Mason
Duke
Charlotte
Alex West
Mason
Ed. Pittman
Captain West
J. R. Wilkes, Jr
F. T. Dellinger
Cherryville
N. G
State College
Dellinger
City Recorder
Wilkes
Man given life for Moss murder in Raleigh county
Walter Campbell age 23 pleaded guilty to the murder of Benn Moss and was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Hugh A. Dunn in Raleigh county criminal court. He claimed no knowledge of the slaying and said he lacked witnesses for his defense. Kent Fleming already received a life term after being convicted previously.
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Flemjog
Frank Clisse
Baltimore
F. Tutterow
Greensboro
Campbell
Fleming
Weer
Norton
Doctor Thinks Medical Men Should Open Their Minds On Advertising
Chicago June 18 The retiring president of the Chicago medical society Dr James H Hutton believes medical men should open their minds about advertising He urged physicians to investigate advertising possibilities He argued advertising as a tool for medicine may be beneficial if organized medicine joins with advertising experts and adopts appropriate forms Twenty three Indiana farm workers produced more than two bushels of corn per acre last year Mrs Mary Stearnberg Grand Rapids Michigan runs a dairy farm and is cited as possibly the oldest Western woman with such duties Nearly one third of Minnesota's 900000 residents hold gainful occupations from farms in Cook County Illinois and surrounding areas mention of Chicago appears amid a collection of diverse notes
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Chicago Medical Society
James H. Hutton
Hutton
Indiana
Mary Stearnberg
Grand Rapids
Ming
Belli
Cok County
Three Die When Car Hits Truck Near Summerton S C
A car crashed into a truck near Summerton South Carolina twenty miles south of here late last night killing three men and injuring five others, four seriously. Two of the dead were identified.
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Summerton
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