Post Gatty at Novo Sibirsk Irkutsk next leg
Danish fliers Hillig and Hoirs reached the capital of Denmark while Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, American circumnavigators, landed at Novo Sibirsk Sibirsk from Moscow after a 2000 mile leg. They planned to resume toward Irkutsk at midnight. The flight covered about 7,000 miles so far with a possible eight day circumnavigation if speed holds.
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Irkutsk
Siberia
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Novo Sibirsk
Moscow
Irutsk
Novo
Globe
Postandy
Ural Mountains
Europe
Asia
Pest
Gaitty
Omsk
Milk War Breaks Out In Alabama
Montgomery reports a dairy truck war with federal guards guarding shipments with machine guns. Detective E P Davis said guards were told to shoot to kill anyone trying to molest them or the vehicles. Two bombing attempts on trucks en route to Birmingham were reported. W H Barber of a major dairy blamed gangsters seeking tribute.
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Montgomery
Ala
E. P. Davis
Davis
Birmingham
W. H. Barber
Dairies
Trader Horn author A A Smith dies at 82
Alfred Aloysius Smith known as Trader Horn died in Tankerton England after a brief illness. The Whitstable resident described himself as a young man of 82 and his final days carried his breezy, adventurous spirit. He rose from Africa’s jungles to become a noted writer and entertainer in literary centers.
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Whitstable
Kent
England
Alfred Aloysius Smith
Trader Horn
Tankerton
Ethelreda Lewig
America
Special Notice to Lutherans Sunday Communion Service at St. Pauls
Notice announces a quarterly communion at St Pauls Lutheran during this Sunday service on June 28. Absence of the pastor at a Young Lutherans convention caused miss of usual notices. communicant and visiting members urged to attend the service per Church Council.
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St. Paul's Lutheran
Prohibition Leaders Plan 1932 Campaign Strategy
More than twenty prohibition leaders form a board of strategy to coordinate 1932 campaign actions ahead of party conventions. Dr. Daniel A. Poling of New York says fresh support is needed to tilt the balance toward victory, with a kickoff in Columbus on September 8 and a multi-city speaking tour through Indianapolis and St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel A. Poling
New York
Allied Forces For Prohibition
Columbus
Ohio
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Nye elected recording secretary at Huntington convention
Miss Dorothy Nye of Grafton was elected recording secretary at the West Virginia Synodical Lather League convention in Huntington. Other officers named include Maybelle Theiling as president, William Whiteman Jr. as vice president, Bertha Moeser as corresponding secretary, W. B. Moore as treasurer, and John W. Bloom on the executive committee. A delegates picnic and the banquet at St Paul’s Luther Church were planned with installation by the Rev. Q. B. Butler.
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Huntington
W. Va
Maybelle Theiling
Charleston
Waere
West Virginia Synodical Lather League
Robert Shafferman
Grafton
William Whiteman, Jr
Dorothy Nye
Bertha Moeser
W. B. Moore
Morgantown
John W. Bloom
Fairmont
St. Paul's
Luther‘pal Church
Q. B. Butler
Police hunt bandit pair in two states
West Virginia and Virginia officers hunted two men after a Winsome National Bank branch robbery near Fayetteville. A woman employee, Nell Walker, said one suspect was Raymond Rodgers, once a gasoline operator, who fled with about $1,000.
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Fayetteville
W. Va
West Virginia
Virginia
Winona National Bank
Winona
Nell Walker
Raymond Rodgers
Grafton Fruit Market Saturday Specials
Home grown cabbage and carrots plus beets and peas form a selection of fruits and vegetables including extra fancy stringless beans cauliflower tomatoes grapes watermelons and more. Orders of one dollar and up delivered. Phone 499.
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Grafton
Hope holiday debt pause aims to end war conflicts
Washington reports hope that a holiday from war debt and reparations payments will gain acceptance among powers. President Hoover urged Secretary Stimson to tour Europe to discuss international questions including disarmament. Stimson plans a summer trip with talks amid evolving moratorium plans, leaving New York to meet Italian leaders around July 7 and Paris around July 15 or 16.
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Washington
Hoover
Stimson
Europe
New York
Paris
Ohio storm toll rises in rain and wind disaster
A 52 mile per hour wind and rainstorm struck Cleveland and northern Ohio killing two men, George Gordonson and Donald McGraw, injuring several others as high tension wires fell. Widespread damage followed from Sandusky to Cleveland with flooded basements, shattered windows, and traffic disruption.
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Cleveland
Ohio
George Cordon
Donald McGraw
Lake Erie
Sandusky
First American Combat Troops Landed in France
Washington notes the first American combat troops landed in France on June 26, 1917, at St Nazaire. The nucleus of the American army grew to about 2,000,000 by war’s end. The First Division of roughly 15,000 men under Major General William L. Sibert trained in France and entered front lines on October 21 to reinforce a French division. General Pershing and an advance guard had arrived in May.
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Washington
France
St. Nazaire
William L. Sibert
Pershing
Heat Drives Nation as Summer Sees High Temps Past Century
Across the United States temperatures soared above 100 degrees in numerous states, with Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin, and California reporting multiple deaths. Drownings rose as beach crowds surged while cities from Detroit to Kansas City set heat records. In contrast, Washington cooled with a 67 degree morning after a stretch of hot weather.
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Alleghenies
Pacific Coast
America
Associated Press
Tllinois
Chicago
Peoria
East St. Louis
Ohio
Wisconsin
Inciang
Town
Mercury
Detroit
Kansas City
St. Louis
Sey Nation
Far West
Neodesha
Kan
San Diego
Los Angeles
Las Legas
Nev
Boulder Dam
Rites for Dominico A Bonafede Held Saturday
Funeral services for Dominico A. Bonafede 61, who died Tuesday at St Marys Hospital Clarksburg after lobar pneumonia will be held Saturday at 9 am from St Augustine Catholic Church. Interment at Mt Calvary Cemetery. Rev M J Hannon will preside assisted by Rev P B Helassy and Rev C E Hamlin. Pallbearers listed and many friends traveled from out of town for the services.
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Dominico A. Bonafede
St. Mary's Hospital
Clarksburg
Lobar
St. Augustine's Catholic Church
Mt. Calvary Catholic
M. J. Hannon
St. Augustine
General Relief for Striking Miners
A notice from General Relief announces weekly merchant calls in Grafton to collect funds and food for striking miners. It requests no donations to unidentified individuals and asks for cooperation in soliciting items, with pickups arranged once weekly. Signed by L. A. Allen, Chairman General Relief.
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Grafton
West Virginia Quota clubs host lavish Washington luncheon
In Washington on June 26 a grand luncheon marked the convention of Guard International. West Virginia Quota club members in formal attire hosted the Mayflower Hotel event with blue and gold programs and Rhododendron decorations. Notables included Isamee of Clarksburg as toastmaster, Mrs Nettle Vans Steel of Bluefield, Judge Ira E. Robinson, Mrs Lenna Lowe Yost, Judge Barton Payne, Senator M. M. Neely, Congressman Lynn S. Horner, Ruth Wood of Morgantown, and other West Virginia officials, continuing on page three.
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Washington
Guard International
West Virginia
Quota Clubs
Mayflower Hotel
Louise Dedlay
Clarksburg
West
Ira E. Robinson
The
Radio Commission
Grafton
Lenna Lowe Yost
National Republican
Mine Strike Ends as Wendel Mine Closes in Maryland Field
The Wendel mines of the Maryland Coal Company shut down after a three day UMWA picket and demonstration campaign. Guards fired in the air to avert violence as strikers swarmed the pit mouth. About 1,000 pickets gathered from Taylor, Barbour and Harrison counties. overall field workers reach roughly 1,500 with 1,100 already out in other districts. Prosector Holt ordered no work today to ease tensions.
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Wendel
Maryland Coal Company
United Mine Workers of America
J. C. Holt
Tri-County
Taylor
Barbour
Harrison
Galloway
Flemington
Rosemont
Heavy Storm Sweeps Over Pitt Region
A severe storm battered the Pittsburgh area on June 26, flooding streets, washing silt into traffic, and causing heavy lightning. Rain began around 4 a.m. with torrents sweeping the Allegheny valley and water reaching inches deep downtown. A National Transit Company steel stack near Nixon, seven miles from Butler, was struck by lightning and ignited 9,000 gallons.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny River Valley
National Transit Company
Nixon
Butler
Miner Charged With Attempting To Hang His 9 Year Old Stepson
Welch West Virginia June 26 Charged with mistreating his 9 year old stepson Ernest Harman 30 of the Junior Poca mining camp near here was in McDowell county jail awaiting hearing The attempted hanging followed the fatal wounding of Harmans younger brother Floyd 13 by the boy during a quarrel Harman and his wifes mother had taken the child to a secluded spot tied a rope around his neck and suspended him from a tree The boy said Harman tied a rope around his neck and tied the other end to a limb The rope suspended the boy about 18 inches off the ground but the limb gave way and he was freed by his mother Continued on Page Four
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Welch
W. Va
Ernest Harman
Poca
McDowell County
Harman
Floyd Harman
Hartman
Parley
Farley
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Gatty
Novosibirsk
Hillig
Hoirs
Denmark
Alabama
Atlantic
Jcean
Associated Presa
Flig
Holger Holms
Liberty
Enay Tne
W.va
Synodical Luther League
A. A. Smith
Africa
U. S
Edmonton
York
Clevel
Capital
D. A
Father Hannon
L. A. Allen
Genl, Relief
Mansfield M. Neely
Congressman Horner
Pitt Region
Miner
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