Protecting Against Modern Bandits Warns Jewelers
In Clarksburg on June 21 J W Rhodes of the Pinkerton Agency urged West Virginia retailers to study new robbery methods. He said criminals now operate in secret, avoid public crime hubs, dress well, and use improved techniques, stressing jewelers should observe faces and mannerisms to aid identification.
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Clarksburg
J. W. Rhodes
Pittsburgh
Pinkerton National Detective Agency
West Virginia Retailers Association
Wolstead
Rhodes
Alterations Begin at Painter Building for Penny Store
Workmen are altering the room once occupied by Jack's restaurant on Main street to host Glenn's barber shop moving from the Whitescarver building across the street. The old site will be razed for the new J A Penny department store as announced last week. Miller and Devine are the contractors for the project and demolition will start after the barber shop moves, with foundation work to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack's
Main Street
Glenn's
Whitescarver
J. A. Penny Department
Miller and Devine
Glenn
Wheeling Golfer Eliminated In Buffalo Match Play
Miss Fritzie Stifel of Wheeling was knocked out in the first round of the annual women’s invitation golf tournament at Buffalo Country Club by Miss Virginia Van Wie of Chicago, 4 and 3. Van Wie led the field in qualifying yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Fritzie Stifel
Wheeling
Buffalo Country Club
Virginia van Wie
Chicago
Windy City
Insured Boy's Death Sparks Murder Charge in Indiana
Marion Indiana reports a case mirroring the Snyder murder, Arthur Walser age 29 and Dorothea Walser 16 of Fairmount indicted for murdering Clifford Cox 12 to claim a $445 life insurance policy Clifford had recently been insured for. Clifford died after drinking a lemony poison allegedly prepared to lure him with his grade card marked.
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Marion
Ind
Indiana
New York
Arthur Walser
Dorothea
Fairmount
Hiram Cox
Grant County
Walser
Clifford Cox
Miners of Illinois Propose Conditions to Operators
Miners of Illinois submitted to operators their terms to end the bituminous suspension. President Harry Mishwick said the plan virtually preserves the Jacksonville agreement with minor working condition changes. Operators began talks on the miners demands and wage adjustments, which adjourned until tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Iinois
Harry Mishwick
Jacksonville
Driver Wrapped Car Around Pole in City
Flemington driver of a Studebaker touring car swerved onto Walnut street near Sidney Sommerville’s residence and struck a pole, breaking it and bending the bumper. The front end was demolished with the radiator pushed in. The driver, Davis, escaped injury. car moved to Rostergarage for repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flemington
Studebaker
Walnut Street
Sidney Sommerville
Davis
Three Start Work on Road and Moonshine Case In Vincennes
Jim Ross of Flemington faced a heavy fine and sixty day jail term after a conviction for four gallons of moonshine. State Troopers Banks and Brown arrested him Saturday night. Charlie Murphy of Arden also received sixty days in the county jail for driving while intoxicated and plans to appeal. Charles Chick Hunt, an old offender, was added to the road gang after Deputy Bolyard arrested him at Carr's boarding house on Boyd Street. Hunt has a prior felony indictment and had been at large for more than a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Ross
Flemington
Squire A. R .Weston
Ross
Banks
Brown
Charlie Murphy
Arden
Squire Weston
Charles “Chick” Hunt
A. R. Bolyard
Carr
Boyd Street
Chick
New Tent by Daughters Union Veterans Formed
Mrs. Lucile W. Strang and Mrs. Mary R. Morton, former department presidents, organized a new tent of the Daughters of Union Veterans in Philippi with twenty-five members. En route home to Wheeling, they stopped in Grafton Monday evening after visiting friends from the G A R encampment and noted further tent organizations in Grafton and Clarksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucile W. Strang
Mary R. Morton
Daughters of Union Veterans
Grafton
Wheeling
Philippi
Horton
Strang
G A. R
Clarksburg
Trial date set for West City mayor murder case
Benton Illinois June 21 tentative date for trial of Oh Birger gang leader and Art Newman and Ray Hiland, former associates, for the December 12 murder of Mayor Joe Adams of West City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton
Oh Birger
Art Newman
Ray Hiland
Joe Adams
West City
McAdam Receives First Dudley Medal at Conference
Dr. D J McAdam Jr of Annapolis Naval Academy engineering section wins the inaugural Charles B Dudley Medal from the American Society for Testing Materials at the French Lick Springs conference in Indiana. The award honors notable contributions in material testing and engineering advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J McAdam
Naval Academy Engineering
Annapolis
Charles B. Dudley
Amercan Society For
French Lick ‘Springs
Ind
Willard Testifies On Wheeling and Lake Erie Rail Link
Daniel Willard president of the Baltimore and Ohio testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission. He said four major eastern railroad systems would preserve transportation efficiency and rail competition. He cited the Wheeling line's potential transfer to Baltimore and Ohio New York Central and Nickel Plate, noting its impact on Pittsburgh and Ohio centers.
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Washington
Eastern Trunk Line
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Willard
East
Wheeling
Baltimore
Ohio
New York Central
Nickel Plate
Pittsburgh
JOE JACKS GETS NEW TRIAL IN FRAUD CASE UPDATE
Frankfort Kentucky June 21 Joe Jacks Jr who faced a Pike Circuit Court murder conviction in the W H Turner 95000 insurance plot was granted a new trial by the court of appeals today. The lower court life sentence was reversed as circumstantial evidence failed to prove his involvement in the mine explosion death.
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Frankfort
Joe Jacks, Jr
Pike Circuit
W. H. Turner
Court of Appeals
Jacks
Autostrike Accident Injures Ohio Child in Blueville
Bailey Worstell, a three year old visiting Blueville from Zanesville, narrowly escaped serious injury when his Coast er wagon left a driveway and rolled onto the road. Ralph Lemons of Bluemont Street could not avoid the collision, throwing the child aside. He received a bad head gash and a medical checkup, while his wagon was wrecked.
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Bailey Worstell
Zanesville
Ohio
Blueville
Menear Brothers Garage
Ralph Lemons
Bluemont Street
Clara Phillips
Newspapermen barred at Walter Burley trial
In Jackson Mississippi on June 21 judge W H Potter ordered all newspapermen from the Hinds county court room as Walter Burley, a confessed slayer of two white women, faced trial. The courthouse was ringed by barbed wire and guarded by 600 National Guardsmen with machine guns and tear gas to deter possible mob violence.
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Walter Burley
Jackson, Miss
Hinds County Court Room
W. H. Potter
Mysterious flares sighted again in Canada region
In Chicoutimi Quebec on June 21 observers at the Price Brothers Company tower saw a red light about 30 miles from Nempeche on the Shipsaw River between ten and 10 30 p m The light appeared once and grew in apparent size The Fairchild plane that earlier flew over the area was provisioned and refueled at the Lake St John aviation camp for another exploratory cruise tonight
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Chicoutimi, Que
Nungesser
Coll
Price ‘Brothers Company
Quebec
Nempeche
Shipsaw
Fairchild
Lake St. John
Miners Halt Parading in Adena as Sheriff Orders Breakup
In Adena Ohio on June 21, 180 workers marching toward Robeyuil were halted by United Mine Workers officials who ordered them to disperse and stay away. Sheriff William Allison planned to break up outside miners’ gatherings expected to stir trouble, leaving only district pickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adena
Ohio
Adéna
Robeyuil
United Mingo Woters
Twave
William Allison
Will Rogers Shows Improvement After Gallbladder Operation
Will Rogers, humorist, remained in hospital after surgery for gallbladder removal. A message from President Coolidge was delivered from the White House expressing wishes for a speedy and complete recovery. The actor’s condition was reported as improving and steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Will Rogers
President Coolidge
Whi House
South Dakota
Tim
Bonds Stolen From Bank Official Desk
New York report says bonds totaling $79,000 were taken from the desk of Re W Poor chairman of Garfield National Bank. The bonds were for Bridgeport Improvement Company and related entities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Garfield National Bank
Re W. Poor
Bridgeport, Conm
Improvemort Company
Actor Dies Ab Crowd At Comedy Theater Tragedy
New Castle Pennsylvania June 21 A theatre scene turned tragic when James Kincaid 47 former actor and Capitol Theatre stage manager collapsed during the second act and died backstage as the audience in front laughed at the comedy Doctors summoned from the audience failed to save him and the curtain rose on a show that continued without the crowd knowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
James Kincaid
Capitol Theatre
Kincaid
Health of Spanish Prince and Beatrice Reported Deteriorating
Reports from Spain say the Prince of Asturias, heir to the Spanish throne, has worsened and remains in bed. Princess Beatrice, sister to the crown, is also said to be ill with an infection in her army.
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Barrrets
France
Prince of Asturias
Spain
Beatrice
Slater
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Hreenoneneai
Pearl Street
T. Wells
Parkview
Balu
Maple ‘Avenue
Bath
W. A. Carpenter
Sentinel
Myrtle Westfall
Westfall
Wendel
W. Va
Bruce Hankey
Division Railroad
Washington-Irving
J. C. Peddicord
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Byor
Hang Brothers Company
Hang
Ambrose Diehl Electric Co., Distributors
Uniontown, Pa
Savage Washer & Appliance Co
K. Strand Theatre
Clifford
Cox
Exclusive Central Press
the Sentinel
Miners of
Illinois
Daughters Union Vets
Bert Acosta
Richard E. Byrd
George Neville
I. C. Commission
Joe Jacks
Canada
United States Rubber Company
United States
Thomas
E. Main Street
Warder’s
W. Main Street
Menear Bros
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