Pair Fights Over Honey in Martinsville Shootout
In Martinsville Virginia Murray Carter 54 of Bassett is jailed on a murder charge after a late Sunday altercation over a tree containing wild honey. Oscar Manning 25 also of Bassett was killed when witnesses say Manning struck Carter with a rock as both men sought the honey then Carter fired a shotgun.
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Associated Press
Martinsville
Murray Carter
Bassett
Oscar Manning
Carter
Manning
Armtorg Rights Challenged in U S Court
In New York on June 30 Charles D. Lawrence of the U S attorney general for customs litigations moved to dismiss a suit by Armtorg Trading Corp seeking to recover over 1 million dollars in dumping duties on safety matches. Lawrence argued Armtorg is an integral part of the Soviet government and lacks standing. Judge Charles P. McClelland took the motion under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Amtorg Trading Corporation
United States
Charles D. Lawrence
United States Attorney General
Charles P. McClelland
Former Cop Denies Deal In Whiskey
William J. Flood former Bridgeville Pa police chief Frank Cereno and John Delango plus Boyd Irving of Fairmont were indicted on conspiracy to violate prohibition laws. Arraigned in federal court they pleaded not guilty. bond increases set while eight others await indictments. Sixteen named defendants face liquor transportation charges from Bridgeville to Fairmont district. some detainees remain jailed or on bond as hearings proceed. Angelo Attina found guilty on two sale counts, receiving five months and 29 days per count. Mike Deak charged with possession appeals federal judge rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Elkins
W. Va
William J. Flood
Bridgeville
Frank Cereno
John Delango
Boyd Irving
Fairmont
Flood
Cereno
Delango
W. E. Baker
Irving
Sam Miller
George Dudley
Joe Martin
Ohio County
Wheeling
Corene Hill
Pittsburgh
Tony MecKenzey
Charles Banks
Willie Jones
Hughie Terrant
Russell Furby
Angelo Attina
Marion County
Mike Deak
Colored Man Shot as Police Seek Wife
C. B. Keaton, 23, was hospitalized with chest and leg wounds after an early morning shooting at East Beckley’s Neely’s dance hall. State police sought his wife Mary Keaton with a warrant for the shooting, which occurred after midnight as a colored dance event continued. One bullet passed through his right lung, leaving his condition doubtful.
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C. B. Keaton
Beckley Hospital
Mary Keaton
East Beckley
Keaton
Neely’s
Police Drive on Automobile Lighting Rules Update
Local state police announced a lighting inspection drive for motorists. Troopers will summon drivers with faulty tail lights or single headlights to police headquarters for vehicle inspections. Twenty-five motorists were ordered to report yesterday under threat of prosecution.
Prince Road Accident Kills Lewis and Injures Mrs Osborne
J P Lewis president of Beckley Lewis Motor Co. was killed when his car plunged 100 feet down a mountain on Beckley Prince road. Mrs Blanche Osborne was injured seriously. Both occupants were thrown from the vehicle. Body recovered and funeral plans announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Lewis
Beckley Lewis Motor Company
Blanche Osborne
Croft Street
Lewis
Beckley- Prince Road
Osborne
Beckley Hospital
Sam Thompson
Beckley
Rose Funeral Home
McCreery
Harry Woods
Gabor Given Two Year Term In Fraud Case
George Robert Gabor, an immigrant who used the names Baron Von Krupp and Thaft Thew, was sentenced to two years imprisonment by Federal Judge John C. Knox. He had earlier passed a worthless check on a Wilmington society girl, was deported to Hungary, returned on a fraudulent passport, and the sentence was suspended on his promise to leave the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
George Robert Gabor
Baron von Krupp
Thaft Thew
John C. Knox
Gabor
Wilmington
Del
Hungary
Stein And Greenburg Jury Weigh Murder Verdict
In New York on June 30 a supreme court jury, after over two weeks of testimony, retired to decide whether Harry Stein and Samuel Greenburg killed Vivian Gordon, a once prominent Broadway figure with a shady reputation.
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Associated Press
New York
Supreme Court
Harry Stein
Samuel Greenburg
Vivian Gordon
Broadway
Glen White Mine Gets New Tipple
The C. C. B. Smokeless Coal company builds a new tipple and coal cleaning plant at Glen White costing over 100000 dollars with a 3000 ton daily capacity. Expected ready by October 1, a 30 percent operating projection. Contracts awarded to Fairmont Mining Machine and Kopperss Coal. tracks built by the C. C. B. themselves. The plant promises to be a leading installation in the local field. The company also recently finished a new tipple at its Helen operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. B. Smokeless Coal Company
Glen White
P. M. Snyder
Fairmont Mining Machine
Kopperss Coal Company
C. B. Smokeless Coal Company
Gulf
Helen
Educators of Nation Meet at National Education Assn
At the fifty sixth national convention 20000 educators gathered in Los Angeles to attack illiteracy. Six young speakers from across the country offered views on college leadership curricula and life preparation noting the school system should extend beyond mere preparation for commencement to living well before graduation.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
National Education — Association
Herschel G. Langdon
University of Iowa
Virginia Poller
Goucher College
Baltimore
Lawrence Horton Central High School
Memphis, Tenn
Hunger march gathers in Pittsburgh crowd from mining towns
Crowds of men women and children from Allegheny and Monongahela valleys travel by foot and vehicle to Pittsburgh for a hunger march protesting miner conditions. Police set posts as National Miners Union plans a permitted parade with an estimated 50 000 participants and minimal disorder along the approved route.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Allegheny
Monongahela River
Asc*oriated
National Miners’ Union
Graf Zeppelin Leaves On a Practice Cruise
Graf Zeppelin departed from Friedrichshafen on a practice cruise to Iceland as preparation for a scientific Arctic excursion next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graf Zeppelin
Associated Press
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Iceland
Arctic
Wind Breaks Up Hot Wave in Louisville Damage Mounts
A 60 to 65 mph wind shattered the heat wave in Louisville Kentucky damaging about 200 buildings injuring scores, some seriously. Damage runs to hundreds of thousands of dollars. One house wrecked roofs torn off, boats untied on the Ohio river, trees uprooted, fires started by lightning. Rain of .63 inches drenched damaged homes. Communications and transit disrupted as the wind lasted 15 minutes and the storm appeared local.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Ohio River
Textile workers take summer vacation slashing mill operations
Charlotte June 30 between 50,000 and 75,000 textile workers began a summer vacation as many cotton mills in the southeast suspended operations. W N McLaurine secretary of the American Cotton Manufacturers association announced the suspension. the move ment was promoted by the Cotton Textile Institute of New York City.
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Associated Press
Charlotte
Southeast
W. N. McLaurine
American Cotton Manufacturers Association
Cotton Textile Institute of
New York City
Miners Vote for a Strike in Kanawha Field
West Virginia Mine Workers' union executive board authorized a July 6 strike in the Kanawha field unless a conference with the Kanawha Coal Operators association is arranged. Ballots from 67 locals approved the plan to press for negotiations with individual operators. The strike call was agreed by officers Keeney, Scott, and Scherer.
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Associated Press
Charleston
A. B. Scott
West Virginia
C. F. Keeney
Beckley
Scott
Keeney
George Scherer
Stocks Open Heavy On Market Slide From Yesterday
New York June 30 Stocks opened heavy today as yesterday's selling carried over with losses ranging from one to one and a half points in several leading issues. Steel, Standard Oil of New Jersey, Dupont, Allied Chemical, Eastman Kodak, International Telephone, Bethlehem Steel, and Nash Motors led the decline.
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iBy
Associated Press
New York
Steel
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Dupont
Allied Chemical
Eastman Kodak
International Telephone
Bethlehem Steel
Nash Motors
Paris and Washington clash over Hoover moratorium terms
In Paris Premier Laval insists on limited concessions while Washington demands no compromise on Hoover's one year debt moratorium. Berlin watches for and awaits outcomes from Mellon and French leaders as Ambassador Sackett reassures Germany of American resolve.
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Associated Press
Paris
Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
Pierre Laval
Hoover
Excelsior
Congress
Laval
Chamber of Deputies
Washington
France
State Department
United States
Castle
Berlin
Treasury
Mellon
Frederick M. Sackett
Curtius
Germany
America
Heat Wave Grimly Persists Across Nation
An eight day heat wave grips the United States with June record highs and over 500 deaths attributed to the sun. Central states face the worst conditions while the Pacific and Atlantic coasts stay milder. Livestock perish in fields in Illinois Iowa and Indiana as the extreme heat continues.
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Irby
Central States
East
Pacific
Atlantic
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Flyers Plan to Start World Tour Tomorrow
New York June 30 Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon announced that if weather was favorable they would depart tomorrow on a world flight aiming to shave two days from the time of Wiley Post and Harold Gatty.
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Associated Press
New York
Clyde Pangborn
Hugh Herndon
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Grass Hopper Plague Strikes Nebraska and South Dakota
Lincoln Neb June 30 A grass hopper plague intensified by heat covers northern Nebraska and parts of South Dakota. They block rail progress and invade wheat corn and potato fields. Nebraska budgets 1600 for two counties to buy poison while South Dakota counties assist farmers. A carload of poison costs about 1200 dollars. Three tenths of a dollar per acre is used.
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Associated Press
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
South Dakota
Woman Shot by Hubby at Glen White
Irene Stokes 27 a Lester colored woman was shot to death at Glen White last night. Her husband Charley Stokes fled and is to be charged with murder. State police searched the area, with witnesses saying three shots were fired, two hit her mouth and a third struck a wall. The weapon, likely a 38 revolver, was found elsewhere. Attaches at Beckley prepared burial in East Beckley Cemetery. Two versions of the quarrel circulated, one alleging theft of a pistol, the other that Stokes demanded a kiss before firing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Stokes
Lester
Glen White
Charley Stokes
Joe Cooper
Stokes
Armstead Undertaking
Beckley
East Beckley
Charles Lively
Mullens
Cooper House
Rinny Boy the Dog to Perform at Beckley Hotel
The Lions Club hosts a 30 minute entertainment this afternoon at the Beckley Hotel. Rinny Boy, a star dog owned and trained by Fred C. Sheatz, will perform a two part act with ten minutes of gestural cues and twenty minutes of spoken commands. The dog is said to understand over two thousand commands and has appeared in movies.
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Lions Club
Beckley Hotel
Fred C. Sheatz
No Jail Visitors On Saturday July Fourth
Jailer A M Godbey in charge of the Raleigh county jail announced that visitors will not be permitted to call on prisoners next Saturday July 4. Tuesdays and Saturdays are the regular visiting days when relatives and friends are admitted. In view of the holiday Saturday Godbey decided to curtail visits.
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A. M. Godbey
Raleigh County
Godhbey
Post Gatty Start Aircraft Flight From Fairbanks To Edmonton
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty began a non stop flight from Fairbanks Alaska at 3 24 a m eastern standard time bound for Edmonton Alberta a distance of 1450 miles The Winnie Mae struggled to lift off on the first try due to heavy fuel load but Post fired the engine and rose just clear of a woodpile Then he circled to gain altitude and headed south while eight mechanics worked through the night to tune the ship.
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Associated Press
Fairbanks
Alaska
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Edmonton
Alberta
Post
Famed fliers Post and Gatty near Fairbanks on world dash
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty sped toward Fairbanks after riding the Winnie Mae across the Pacific from Khabarovsk to Solomon near Nome and then 500 miles to Alaska. The pair started from Khabarovsk Monday at 5 p m and landed near Nome at 2 45 p m the same day, or 2 hours 15 minutes before they left, due to crossing the international date line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Fairbanks
Alaska
Pacific
Atlantic
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Post
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Nome
Bering Sea
Gatty
Money Recovered After Bank Robbery in New Orleans
Four bandits raided the Ewing Market branch of Canal Bank and Trust yesterday in New Orleans. Two suspects, James Norman and William Kelley, were captured after police pursuit. Loot worth 3297 dollars was recovered. the other two fled in a car and are at large.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Ewing Market
Canal Bank and Trust Company
James Norman
William Kelley
Three Held for Robbery in Virginia Bank Hold-Up
Fayetteville reports three men Raymond Rodgers C L Payne and Roye Hoke were to be arraigned before Magistrate R E Kelly on charges of robbing the Winona National bank last Thursday with $1836 taken. Rodgers from Lookout Payne from near Roanoke Virginia and Hoke from near Hokesville Virginia were arrested near Roanoke by West Virginia and Virginia officers who recovered the suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Fayetteville
Virginia
R. E. Kelly
Winona National Bank
Raymond Rodgers
Lookout
Here
C. L. Payne
Roanoke
Nell Walker
Roye Hoke
Hokesville
West Virginia
Weather outlook for tonight and Wednesday stays warm
Generally fair skies continue as warm conditions persist tonight and into Wednesday. No rain is expected, and temperatures remain elevated across the region with light winds offering little relief.
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Armtorg Trading Corp
Pennsylvania
Prince Road
Cumberland
Harrison W. Lewis
Rachel White
Lula Lewis
Big Stone Gap
H. W. Lewis
Stein and Greenburg Jury
Glen White Mine
Educators OF Nation
Kanawha
West States
Hubby
Canada
Winona Bank
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