Daring Soviet Flyers Arrive in Oakland on Polar Route
Soviet flyers who completed a Moscow to Vancouver leg 5,500 miles via the North Pole arrived in Oakland welcomed by Soviet Ambassador Alexander Troyanovsky. The group plans a U S tour, a Washington meeting with President Roosevelt, and then a homeward return. Pictured left to right are Ambassador Troyanovsky, Valeri Chkolov, Georgi Baidakov, and Alexander Belaikov.
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Vancouver
Wash
North Pole
Oakland
Cal
Alexander Troyanovsky
U. S
Roosevelt
Washington
Ambassador Troyanovsky
Valeri Chkolov
Georgi Baidokov
Alexander Belaikov
Union 10 Be Completed At Next Meeting
Louigi Gugliotta organizer for the United Mine Workers and the CIO announces a successful Oak Hill salespeople meeting. A temporary leadership was chosen and over 100 cards signed with more expected before next Thursday's designated meeting. Initiation fees and dues to follow, with aim to form one large union.
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Louigi Gugliotta
United Mine Workers
Committee For Industrial Organization
Oak Hill
K. of P. Hall
Gugliotta
Beckley
Roy Durrett
G. Payne
E. D. Hudson
United Mine Workers District
Hudson
The
Guglietta
Sunshine Lengths In Mount McKinley Park
In Mount McKinley National Park Alaska daylight extends for over 18 hours daily through the summer months, creating near continuous sunshine and extended daylight for visitors and wildlife observers alike.
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Mount McKinley National Park
Alaska
Personal Mention Continued From Page Five
Walker of Richmond Kentucky and guests of Mr. and Mrs. Caperton left for Richmond Virginia where Rev. and Mrs. Walker will visit Dr. Mann before returning home. Mr. and Mrs. Austin Caperton and children left for Rocky Mount North Carolina en route to Myrtle Beach South Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lee of Alpca were visitors to Beckley yesterday. Dr. and Mrs. S. S. Sutphin Jr. of Scottsville Virginia are guests of his mother on Wilson street. Mrs. Oppie Lee Hedrick left recently for an extended tour in Canada.
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Frank Lee
Alpeca
Beckley
Mr. Lee
S. S. Sutphin, Jr
Scottsville
S. S. Sutphin
Wilson Street
Oppie Lee Hedrick
Canada
No Commercials On This Station In Lapeer Michigan
WMPC in Lapeer operates as a noncommercial station under Rev. Frank S. Hemingway pastor of the Methodist church. The 1926 debut with 30 watts has grown to 250 watts on 1200 kilocycles. The program director avoids dances and ads and even church carnivals. A funeral was once broadcast for a mother unable to attend her daughter's service.
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Associated Press
Lapeer
Mich
WMPC
Frank S. Hemingway
Hemingway
City Truck Joy Riders Plead Guilty and Fined
Mason Stover and Ted Bair pleaded guilty to trespassing on city property in criminal court. They were fined $1 and costs after taking a city truck from a garage on February 1 during a drinking spree. Police found them near Crab Orchard at 10 p.m. with the wrecked vehicle. Both had prior minor offenses and were linked to a jail break attempt on May 4 involving two other men.
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Mason Stover
Ted Bair
Stover
Bair
Barr
Crab Orchard
Jury Stirs Over Ball Murder Trial Arguments
In closing statements Prosecutor Thornhill accused Alvin Ball of jealousy and murder by provoked rage, while Dunn claimed police and newspapers colluded to smear him. Thornhill argued Ball’s lapse in life insurance and jealousy of his wife with her former husband undercut his defense as Ball’s claims remained the sole defense.
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Dunn
Ball
Thornhill
Mr. Ball
Alvin Brown
New York Too Big And Noisy Albanese Returns
Frank Albanese, a long-time Virginia resident, returned from a trip to New York with the same verdict he’s given before. He said the city is too big too noisy and too hurried noting narrow streets busy pushcart merchants and a dirty Bowery area. He praised cathedral architecture and liners but plans to visit Rome again soon.
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New York
Albanese
Frank Albanese
Heber Street
Fredericka de Gross
Pocahontas
John
Sheffield
Frank
Italy
Bowery
St. John’s
St. Patrick’s
Europa
America
Doctor solves Tulip Mystery in Washington
Government scientist Dr. Frank P. McWhorter reports five years of experiments in the Department of Agriculture achieving tulip breaking by injecting a mixture of two virus infections into healthy bulbs. The discovery explains color and markings changes that have puzzled growers for centuries.
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Associated Press
Washington
Frank P. McWhorter
Department of Agriculture
Basil Dodd Buys Akers Residence In Coal City Deal
Ralph Akers of Winding Gulf sold a lot near Coal City to Basil Dodd after Akers had purchased the property weeks earlier. Akers recently bought a home and the transaction concludes the双方 transfer of the real estate.
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Basil Dodd
Akers
Register
Coal City
Ralph Akers
Winding Gulf
Tourists to Spend Over 325 Million in Canada This Year
The Maxwell Heights Beckley note cites an estimate by the director of the Canadian Travel Bureau projecting tourists will spend at least 325 million dollars in Canada this year. This surpasses the 309 million dollar peak reached in 1929.
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Canada
Canadian Travel Bureau
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