New York Banker Nominated Mexican Ambassador by Coolidge
W Morrow of New York chosen by President Coolidge to serve as ambassador to Mexico. Born Huntington West Virginia January 11 1873 he will leave J P Morgan & Co after thirteen years as its partner. Selection eyed for swift confirmation if Senate returns this session and Mexicans sanction the move. The post has been vacant since Ambassador Sheffield’s July resignation and aims to ease Mexican land and oil disputes while maintaining U S friendship.
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Pres. Coolidge
West
Virginia
U. S
Washington
W. Morrow
New Yorker
Pres- Coolidge
Huntington
W. Vac
J.P. Morgan
Iyere
Mexico
Morrow
International Banking House
J. P
Morgan and Company
Congress
Senate
Ambassador Sheffield
Coolidge
Sheffield
Mexico City
United States
Long Hunted Robber Is Shot By Officers
A heavily pursued felon, Emmett Pryor of DeantWon Pa, was shot and likely fatally wounded by police after an attempted escape. Pryor faced charges in Ohio and Pennsylvania for robbery and auto theft linked to Monongahela three weeks earlier. He was shot in the foot during the confrontation but managed to flee. He had taunted authorities via postcards while evading capture.
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Washington
Emmett
Pryor
DeantWon
Candia
Ohio
Avanla
Monongahela
West Virginia Weather Outlook Tonight Through Wednesday
West Virginia experiences mostly cloudy skies with light local showers and cooler air tonight, especially in the north. Wednesday should bring fair skies and cooler conditions in the east portion.
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West Virginia
East
Dixie Flyer Bluefield is Passed Test Selected for License
Ruth Elder of Dixie, the "girl" aviator, earned a pilot license after three Roosevelt Field flights with a 90 percent rating. She climbed 2000 feet to show skill, then tested instrument flight with Captain George Haldeman aboard. Weather permitting, she aims for Paris, charting routes with several long legs and a heavy fuel load.
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New York
Ruth Elder
Dixie
Thomases
Department of Commerce
Miss Elder
Roosevelt Field
George Halleman
Paris
Haldeman
Bartlett Loses Bus Route Rights in State Court Ruling
Charleston dispatch reports that the West Virginia Supreme Court upheld Kanawha County circuit court findings granting priority to rail lines over independent bus routes. The decision voided certificates for several bus services on the Clarksburg Grafton Buckhannon corridor and ordered issuance to the Baltimore and Ohio subsidiary for Clarksburg to Grafton. The ruling affects Reynolds Taxi and Bartlett Brothers Bus Company cases and references routes through established rail lines.
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Busine Tran Y Chiges
Supreme Court
Woods
Kanawha County
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Monongahela West Penn Public Services Company
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State Road ‘Commission
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Brothers Bus Company
Whieha
Betwen Clarksburg
Grafton
Reynolds Taxi Company
Circuit Court
Sol
Independent Lines
Buckhannon
West Virginia Transportation Company
Baltimore and Ohio
Clarksburg
Bes
Judge Baker Opens His Court At Martinsburg
In Martinsburg on September 20 Judge W E Baker opened the September term of the United States Court for the northern district of West Virginia. The term, to last ten days, will focus largely on civil cases with only the petit jury present. Six defendants pleaded guilty to violations of the prohibition act and paid fines totaling 325 dollars. Thomas Rohrbaugh of Grant County pleaded guilty to making 40 gallons of grape wine for personal use and was fined 50 dollars plus costs.
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Martinsburg
W. E. Baker
United States Court
District
West Virginia
Thomas Rohrbaugh
Grant County
Plane with Movie Lion Aboard Found Wrecked
A movie plane piloted by Martin Jensen crashed on an Arizona mountainside after a canyon wall stopped the craft. Jensen and the lion Leo were not hurt. Jensen survived a three day hike to reach help, while Leo remained in his cage and was fed water and milk during rescue efforts.
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Ariz
Leo
Martin Jensen
Ocean Flyer
San Diego
New York
Arizona
Here
Jensen
Apache Lodge
Tonto Mountain
Sullday
Camp Kearney
Two Messengers Held Up and Fortune Stolen
Two messengers of the First National Bank of Cicero were held up by six men armed with shot guns as they transported funds to another bank. The loot reportedly totals $95,1000 consisting of $20,000 in negotiable bonds and $56,000 in checks.
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Chicago
First National Bank of Cicero
Simmons Delivers Late HR As A's Top Browns 4-1
In Philadelphia on September 20 Al Simmons pinch hits in the ninth with two on and homers to break a 1-1 tie, powering the Philadelphia Athletics to a 4-1 win over the St. Louis Browns in the opener of a doubleheader.
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Philadelphia
al Simmons
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St. Louis Browns
Coolidge Rules Out Early Special Session
President Coolidge decided against convening a special session of Congress before the December regular meeting. Flood relief funds are adequate through January 1, and the Mississippi flood situation can be handled at the regular session. Engineers need time to finalize flood prevention data, and there is no necessity for a separate senate session to address Smith Ware election contests.
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Washington
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Coolidge
Senate
Smith-Ware
White House
Jones
Smith
Ilinois
Pennsylvania
Stephen Waters Near Death At Hospital
Stephen Waters a longtime popular city figure and clerk at the William Archdeacon Company store was rushed to the city hospital at noon in critical condition from a kidney obstruction. Father M J Hannon administered last rites before transport. Stevie, as friends call him, had been under constant medical care since Sunday night and underwent operation prep with two other doctors joining the team.
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Stephen Waters
William Archdeacon Company
Mani
M. J. Hannon
Stevie
Detroit Beats Boston 8 to 4 in Opening Doubleheader Victory
Timely hitting carried Detroit to an 8 4 win over Boston in the first game of a Monday doubleheader. Detroit built an early lead and held on as Boston struggled to respond through the middle innings.
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Boston
Detroit
Relief train speeds toward flood swept Clerma Valley
Mexico City reports a relief special moving to Guanajuato's Clerma Valley with clothes food and medical supplies for flood afflicted residents. Acambaro Salvaterra and Salamanca suffer widespread destruction and about 30 000 people are homeless with at least six deaths.
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Mexico City
Clerma Valley
Guanajuato
Acambaro
Salvaterra
Salamanca
Acambarov
Youth Admits Slaying Girl In Cedar Rapids Case
Lyle Messner admits killing six year old Kathleen Forrest and concealing the body in a vacant house. He faces a first degree murder charge after confessing, while his father and mother were briefly jailed then released. Authorities say two women sighted the father in a cellar during the search, raising suspicions he aided the son.
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Cedar Rapids
Mich
Kathleen Forrest
Lyle Messner
Rock Island
Messner
Four Held on Slaying of Jasper Officer in Georgia
Four men are under arrest in Georgia in connection with the slaying of W. I. Cape, a Pickens County policeman. A warrant was issued for a fifth man as investigators accuse the suspects in the decapitation killing, found roadside near Adairsville after an attempted whisky search. Confessions from two detainees name Lindsey Evans, with his brother Hoy Evans and others also in custody.
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Wil. Cape
Pickens
Cape
Adairsville
Lindsey Evans
Hoy Evans
L. Smith
Carter Wilson
Carter Jones
Plane tragedy in New Jersey ends two lives in derby
In Long Valley New Jersey Richard E Hudson of Marysville and his mechanic Jay Radike were killed when their plane crashed two miles west of town during the national air derby. Hudson died en route to hospital and Radike perished instantly. The craft aimed to gain altitude over Schooley's Mountain as witnesses say it turned over after partial recovery. Roosevelt Field dispatch notes fifteen commercial planes began Spokane races with substantial prizes.
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Here
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Butte
Pelt Field
Emil Burgin
Mineola
N. Y
Curtiss Field
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