French Pair Not Located
Ottawa June 28 An apparent rumor claimed the French aviators Nungesser and Coli were alive. A message said to be from Frank James of Seattle to the Canadian interior minister suggested the missing fliers might be near the north shore east of Calquet in northeastern Quebec, but no confirmation followed.
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Ottawa
Nungesser
Coli
Frank James
Seattle
Washington
Charles Stewart
North Shore
Calquet
Que
Rumor of Missing Flyers Suppressed by Quebec Mills Manager
In Chicoutimi Quebec on June 28 22 rumors spread that missing air men Nungesser and Coli were seen in northern Quebec. JM Kane Price Brothers paper mills manager denied the tale stating Ottawa officials had no record of such identities or towns. An interior department probe into the message began with no confirmation of the claims.
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Bec
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Frank James
Chicoutini
Quebec
Nungesser and Coli
JM. Kane
Price Brothers Paper Mills
Former Superintendent Visits Grafton To Review Rail Affairs
M. S. Kopp, former superintendent of the Monongah division, spent the day in Grafton renewing old friendships and inspecting the local field. He met with Superintendent T. K. Faherty to discuss railroad matters. Kopp now works in Pittsburgh in a similar role.
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M. S. Kopp
Monongah
Grafton
Kopp
T. K. Faherty
Pittsburgh
Portuguese Flier Returns Home After Atlantic Flight
Major Sarmiento Beires, who last March crossed the Atlantic from West Africa to Brazil and on to the mainland, arrived in Portugal by steamer with three companions. A planned air return to Spain was halted after a mishap following a June 7 departure from Para to Georgetown. The plane was wrecked by a wave and the crew were rescued by a fisherman.
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Libson
Major Sarmiento Beires
Major Reires
Spain
Para
Brazil
Georgetown
British Guiana
Beires
Osteopathic Society Elects Leaders In Clarksburg
Dr. T Y Sullivan of Wheeling is elected president and Wheeling selected as next convention city for the West Virginia Osteopathic Society. Dr. A P Meador of Hinton is named vice president and Dr. G E Morris of Clarksburg re elected secretary treasurer. Dr J J Henderson of Charleston remains on trustees. Dr Preston B Gandy urges more physicians to locate in the state. Lectures by Dr L M Bell Dr I M Austin Dr W B Montgomery and Dr J H Robinet follow. Final event a Johns town Clarksburg baseball game visit.
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Clarksburg
T. Y. Sullivan
Wheeling
West Virginia Osteopathic Society
Waldo Hotel
A. P. Meador
Hinton
G. E. Morris
J. J. Henderson
Charleston
Preston B. Gandy
Society
West Virginia
L. M. Bell
Marietta
Ohio
I. M. Austin
Morgantown
W. BE. Montgomery
Weston
J. H. Robinett
Huntington
Johnstown-Clarksburg
Landslides Reported In Parts of Poland
Landslides in Polish districts follow Sundays quake felt across Crimea from Sebastopol dispatches. Fifty homes damaged with injuries reported. a rock named The Monk near Yalta slid into a valley and part of the seashore was submerged.
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Poland
Moscow
Crimea
Sebastopol
Penisula
Monk
Yalta
General Wood Plans to Return to Philippines
Major General Leonard Wood announced to newspaper men that he would return to the Philippines as governor general, despite contrary reports. He said he would stay in New York until the Fourth of July before going to Washington after visiting the President at the summer White House.
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New York
Leonard Wood
Philippines
B and O Officials Pass Through City Monday
A large Baltimore and Ohio delegation toured through the city in private cars en route to Newark Ohio for terminal improvements review. The party included George H. Emerson and several senior officers from Baltimore Wheeling Pittsburg Cumberland and Monongahela divisions accompanied by secretaries and staff.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
Newark
Ohio
George H. Emerson
W. Galloway
Edward W. Scheer
J. M. Scott
Wheeling
R. W. Brown
Pittsburgh
P. Petri
H.R. Laughlin
Cumberland
T. K. Faherty
G. B. Farlow
Monongah
Fairmont
Benwood Junction
Nicaraguans To Be Trained By Typical Marine Officer
Washington reports Col. E. R. Beadle will organize and train a Nicaraguan constabulary with the aim of restoring order in Nicaragua. Beadle, famed for his hard boiled leadership in the Philippines and Haiti, previously earned a 1920 War Department citation for exemplary service in troop training for duty with the American Expeditionary Forces. He learned Spanish in Manila during 1903 1909 service and his experience with limited communications will aid his Nicarguan mission.
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Washington
E. R. Beadle
Col. Beadle
Philippines
Haiti
Secretary of War
Conacion
J Diuty
Beadle
Nicaragua
Bids Opened for New Camp Construction Near Point Pleasant
Charleston on June 28 bids for War department improvements at the new national guard camp near Point Pleasant were opened by Major C A Wood and Adjutant General H B Cornwell. Contracts valued at 89500 are expected to be let for work to be completed by August 7 including a supply house administration building 20 kitchens bath houses latrines and utility systems along the Ohio river highway. Twenty one firms from Charleston Huntington Point Pleasant and Clarkburg submitted bids for whole or partial work.
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Charleston
National Guard
Point Pleasant
Army
Military Bureau
Washington
Huntington
Clarksburg
Point
Pleasant
Ohio River
C. A. Wood
West Virginia
H.B. Cornwell
Severe Storms Wreak Heavy Loss Across Oregon
Severe storms caused extensive damage across Oregon with crops ruined, stores wrecked, and homes damaged in Weston and Arlington while the Walla Walla valley suffered in the same event. Cloudbursts drenched the Blue Mountains and hailstorm near Cottonwood Idaho ruined over 20 000 acres of fall wheat.
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Walla, Wash
Blue Mountains
Weston
Arlington
Ore
Walla Walla Valley
Cottonwood
Idaho
Dry Issue Before Electors of Manitoba
Manitoba voters head to polls to choose the eighteenth legislature and decide a liquor law referendum allowing sale of beer by the glass or a cash and carry system. Current policy confines liquor sales to government vendors.
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Wnipeg
Manitoba
Nationalists Beaten by Shantung Force at Suchonfu
A Shanghai dispatch says Chinese Nationalists suffered their heaviest reverse of the war at Suchonfu in Kiangsu. General Sun Chuan Fang's Shantungese attacked for four days, the Nationalists evacuated Suchonfu, losing about 30,000 men and retreating 30 miles to Pengtu.
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London
Shanghai
Exchange Telegraph
Suchonfu
Kiangsu Province
Sun Chuan Fang
Pengtu
How Now Biggins Better Look To Laurels
A Chicago roadster driven by Samuel Klein aims to beat the rail record from Chicago to Los Angeles. He plans to shave seven hours by averaging a mile a minute over half the 2,440 mile trip, hoping to reach Los Angeles before breakfast Thursday morning. The current rail time is 63 hours for under 2,300 miles.
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Chicago
Los Angeles
Samuel Klein
Parkersburg Hosts Third annual Ladies Invitation Golf Meet
The Parkersburg Country Club opens its third annual ladies invitation tournament with 22 top players from Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia. Players contest an 18 hole preliminary round to determine proper flights and then proceed to match play across three days with a consolation event for slower pairs. Prizes go to winner runner up consolation winner and drill and putting contest victor.
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Parkersburg
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Vieter
Five murderers denied clemency in Kerrick case
In Los Angeles on June 28, five men and women convicted of manslaughter in Tom Kerrick’s death at a liquor party last April were denied probation by Judge Carlos Hardy. They were sentenced to San Quentin for one to ten years. Buffalo reports the second leg of the 1927 national air tour began with 14 contestants departing for Geneva, New York after 11 a.m. eastern daylight time.
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L0s Angeles
Tim Cowboy
Tom Kerrick
Carlos Hardy
San Quentin
Buffalo
Geneva
N. Y
Old War Vet Leader Elected in West Virginia
Huntington June 28 R R Hale of Weston was elected commander of the West Virginia department United Spanish War Veterans to succeed John A Thayer of Charleston at the fourth annual encampment. Hale will be installed by Lt G N Marsham of Portsmouth Va National senior vice commander. Officers elected include W E Conner Wheeling C A Boyles Piedmont Lewis Black Parkersburg Frank MacPherson Parkersburg A Boyles Piedmont William Hawkins Charleston and W P Sympson Huntington as delegates to the Detroit encampment in August. The assisting staff includes William Hawkins Charleston chief of staff William Ebert Wheeling and Lee Shaffer Parkersburg aides de camp Major Lyons Huntington department judge advocate Dr E B Caldwell Piedmont department surgeon H D McLintock Huntington patriotic instructor Guy R Lynn Fairmont department marshal Ralph Wilson Charleston color sergeant Harry Chapin Charleston department musician Colonel George S Wallace Huntington department historian Dwight Day Fairmont officer of the day H E B Price Buckhannon officer of the guard. The fifth encampment site not yet chosen. commander authorized to reconvene.
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Huntington
R. R. Hale
Weston
West Virginia
United Spanish War Veterans of
John A. Thayer
Charleston
G N. Marksham
Bortsmouth
W. E. Conner
Wheeling
C. A. Boyles
Piedmont
Lewis Black
Parkersburg
Frank —MacPherson
A. Boyles
William Hawkins
W. P. Sympson
Detroit
Norris Bruce
Hood
Keyser
J. O. Summers
Hale
William Ebert
Lee Shaffer
Major Lyons
T. Caldwell
H. D. McLintock
Guy R. Lynn
Fairmont
Ralph Wilson
Harry Chapin
Cline Declines Plea Change in Murder Trial
Rockville Conn June 28 Leonard Cline novelist and newspaper writer indicted June 18 for murder in the killing of his friend Wilfred P Irwin elected to be tried in September by the court rather than by jury He refused to alter his plea of not guilty to the indictment An aged American millionaire recently married his housekeeper She was evidently too well trained a servant to ignore her master's ring
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Rockville, Conn
Leonard Cline
Wilfred P. Irwin
Cline
Hhis
Chicago National Amateur Athletic meet announced in June
Chicago officials reveal a national amateur athletic event prepared for late August. Maj. John Lefith, commissioner of athletics for the Big Ten, chairs the organizing committee. The meet will be open to armed services Y M C A national collegiate athletic association American Legion and affiliated organizations.
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Chicago
John le Fith
Big Ten
Tank State
Army
Navy
Natio
American Legion
R. Ya
Nebraska Teams Owa 5 Nickname Editor Tongola Neb
A June 28 AP item notes Charles Sherman, longtime Lincoln Star sports editor, helped popularize Nebraska teams as Cornhuskers and the state nickname. The piece recalls his push against odd epithets and the evolution of the state nickname over decades. It also includes a humor anecdote about a smoker.
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Tongola
Neb
Charlea Sherman
University of Nel
Antelopes
Sherman
Lincoln Star
Nebraska
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