While London Sleeps and Modern Daughters At TE Opera House
The Opera House presents two films opening tonight. Modern Daughters stars Bryant Washburn and Edna Murphy as a jazzy era couple amid crime and nightlife. Rin Tin Tin starrer While London Sleeps follows a detective romance and a crime under London's Limehouse underworld.
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Rin-Tin-Tin
Opera House
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Walter Morasco
Binty
Helene Costello
Walter Merrill
Olio Mattiesen
George Kotsonaros
John Patrick
Peaches
Gang
President Coolidge defers lunch awaiting Mrs Coolidge
Overnight AP report notes President Coolidge postpones lunch while awaiting Mrs Coolidge returning from a 15 mile hike in Dakota foothills His move signals a possible change in policy as rumors swirl of him becoming Sioux chief amid global events from seaplane findings in the Amazon estuary to France's 1928 budget projections and domestic security actions in South Carolina and Los Angeles
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Raymond
Dorothy Mackaye
Friend
Los Angeles
National Guard
South Carolina
Richards
Merchant Fleet Corporation
France
Leon Dandet
Weird Letter To Sheriff Newton On Wills Escape
A Philadelphia friend writes Sheriff H B Newton with questions about the charges and fines against David J Wills the escapee who fled the county jail last week. The letter notes Wills is sick and asks how to contact someone to secure him.
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David J. Wills
H. B. Newton
Wills
Philadelphia
No Place for a Pearso in a Fractured Note
A fragmentary plea discusses a man named Gilbert White and a fugitive. References to a "lims" ailment and sleepless nights appear alongside a claim that Wills used sawing to escape. The sheriff expects Philadelphia police to capture the gun bearer as the fugitive remains at large.
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Gilbert White
Wills
Philadelphia
Anti-Saloon League Seen as Republican Tool
Washington report notes Senator Edwards of New Jersey calling the Anti-Saloon League a Republican tool in a statement issued today. Edwards criticized Wayne Wheeler and suggested Wheeler’s threats target wet candidates and Governor Alfred Smith if nominated, implying opposition by the League as a political weapon.
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Republican Party
Edwards
New Jersey
Wayne B. Wheeler
Wheeler
Moist
Alfred Smith
Sage and Sulphur Compound Restores Dark Hair
Popular home remedy and Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound sold at drug stores for 76 cents promises to hide gray hair. A sponge or brush applied to small strands darkens hair evenly, making it glossy and youthful with repeated use.
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Wyeth
West Virginia Brevities Chronicle Tragic Amid Local Incidents
W Va brief items report Joe Daniels 35 dead after being shot by Ballard Justice’s brother in Lindsey near Williamson. Matt Justice 20 a fugitive from Kentucky, Ballard Justice jailed but to be released, a woman detained then freed. Circus boss Ingram freed after five hour trial over assault near Buckhannon. Infant fire burns kill 11 month old Francis Harvey Santee. Jackson's Mill to erect a cabin on camp grounds. West Virginia Spanish American War veterans encampment held in Huntington with about 150 members and National organizer C Noel Markham in attendance.
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Matt Justice
Kentucky
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Ballard
Sher- Af Alex Bishop
Mingo County
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J.E. Jennings
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Regan
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Huntington
West Virginia Department of the
Oil magnate Henry C. Pierce dies at 78 in New York
Henry Clay Pierce, who rose from a bank messenger in St Louis to a leading oil magnate, died at 78 in New York. He chaired Pierce Oil and served as director of railroads and banks, retiring from active business in 192. His oil interests spanned the mid continent and Mexico where he once controlled most oil operations from 1880 to about 1896. He also held the Mexican Central Railway before its merger. He is survived by a widow and four children from a previous marriage.
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Henry Clay Pierce
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Mid-Continent
Mexico
Republic
Mexican Central Railway
National Railways of Mexico
Pay Slashing Topic of Day In Movie Colony
Hollywood confronts a 10 percent wage cut decree affecting non-contract workers as producers hold a closed meeting to enforce reductions. Prominent contracted directors and actors have not been notified of changes. Industry-wide meetings and studio employee discussions are planned this week.
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Colored Congregation to Worship In Court House
The Warren M. E. Church colored congregation will hold regular services in the courthouse during construction of a new church on Thayer Street. Special services are set for tomorrow night in the court room, with all donations to go to the Salvation Army. The old building is being razed and construction will begin at once on the new church on the same site.
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Court House
Thayer St
Court Room
Salvation Army
Ships Brave Storms to Man Lighthouses
The Amaranth and Marigold, two United States lighthouse tenders from Duluth, sail spring to harbor and fall to return, hauling buoys and lighthouse crews to keep Lake Superior safe for navigation amid storms and calm. A rattled voice asks how far to the nearest alarm box as a house fire prompts a department response.
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Minn
United States
Lake Superior
Duluth Superior
Fire Department
Radio spreads through Turkey in pre election broadcasts
Radio gains political clout across Turkey as President Kemal's pre election speech is broadcast from Angora. Radio licenses and taxes expand, with 800 sets in use, 700 in Istanbul and 100 elsewhere. Turkish Radio Company runs two stations, financed by buyer taxes. Haferiddine Bey oversees broadcasts, aiming to unite isolated regions. Public life, music tastes, and multilingual programming adapt to this new reach of radio.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Kemal
Angora
Anatolia
Haferiddine Bey
Dawes Divorce Award Paid to Mrs Dawes in Chicago
A lump sum was paid to Mrs Nancy Keenan Dawes of Parkersburg West Virginia after she won a divorce from William Mills Dawes nephew of the vice president The amount paid was not disclosed and the settlement was announced in Chicago.
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Nancy Keenan Dawes
Parkersburg
W. Va
William Mills Dawes
Anniversary celebration ends in tragedy in Miami
A tenth wedding anniversary observed in Miami Florida ends in death. The incident occurred during the June celebration, with local authorities reporting a fatal outcome and ongoing investigations into the circumstances surrounding the couple.
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Miami
Florida
Millionaire Fred Osius Drives Off Causeway In Bay Rescue
Fred Osius, inventor and beach resident, lost control of his car en route from the Osius estate to Miami. The vehicle left street tracks on the Dade county causeway and sank into Biscayne Bay. Mrs Bertha Miller and her six year old son Marvin were rescued along with Bain Miller, her husband. Bodies recovered from the overturned car, authorities report. The man in trouble: The way out is straight ahead.
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Beach
Bertha Miller
Marvin
Osius
Bain Miller
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