Adams Has A Whack At Peace Body
Secretary Adams attacked the World Peace Foundation for statements he called insidiously inimical to the United States. He did not reference the Navy League or Hoover administration differences, and White House plans to appoint committee members to hear testimony for an apology. He cited U S naval spending contrasts with Britain.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy Deparment
Adams
World Peace Foundation
United States
Hoover
Navy League
White House
League
William H. Gardiner
Friends Church
Bragg Trial in Raleigh Court Progressing Today
Indicted for maiming Elmer Goodson, Charles and W H Bragg face trial in Raleigh criminal court as prosecutors await full evidence. Wagstaff, earlier confessing to possession of liquor, receives $100 fine and 90 days jail. Hix, guilty of unlawful wounding, gets $25 fine and six months. Lilly dismissed on assault charge and bonded for January grand jury. Charges against Charlton, Miller, and Sauls are dismissed.
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Charles
W. H. Bragg
Elmer Goodson
Raleigh Criminal Court
James Wagstaff
Hugh A. Dunn
Madison Hix
Okey Lilly
Harold Charleston
Elmer Miller
Robert Sauls
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Reports From Manchuria Create Japan Tension
Conflicting dispatches from Changchun describe Japanese troop movements in northern Manchuria as Russia is said to mass troops near the border. Tokyo officials doubt a Harbin shift and reference possible reinforcement of Taonan. Rumors of Russian arms to Manchanshan face denials from Moscow.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Manchuria
Rengo
Changchun
Harbin
Russia
Foreign Office
Taonan
Taonan-Ssupingkai
Kirin
Tainan
Man Chanshan
Tsitsihar
L. M. Karahan
Moscow
Koki Hirota
Baron Shidehara
Japan
Manchurian
Mukden
Chang-Hai-Peng
Chinese Eastern Railway
Manchuk
Amur
Hailar
Mongolia
Hirota
Karakhan
Inured to Fall Fatalities: Huff Dies in Washington
Carl Huff, 32, died after falling three stories from a window ledge at his sister’s Washington home. He briefly regained consciousness Friday night to tell his mother of Beckley how the accident occurred. Huff, who helped locals here before the war, was last in Beckley in January.
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Carl Huff
Josie Zimmerman
Washington
Mary Huff
Beckley
Huff
Zimmerman
Ernest
Charles Webb
Position Of Naval Truce Not Certain
Geneva November 2 The start of a one year armament building truce remains uncertain as many governments have replied with provisos and reservations The League of Nations secretariat says the legal status is unclear and a diplomatic conference or talks may be needed to harmonize conditions Italian foreign minister Dino Grandi may assume the lead once he discusses the issue with President Hoover and Secretary Stimson
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Associated Press
Geneva
League of Nations
United States
Russia
Japan
Washington
Great Britain
Germany
France
League
Dino Grandi
Hoover
Stimson
Girl Tries Death by Own Action Off San Francisco Ferry
A troubled unnamed blonde woman, claiming to be the wife of a New York attorney, attempted suicide by jumping from a ferry as it sailed from a San Francisco pier. She was rescued by second mate C. E. Kelly, held in hospital, and said she would try again once released.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
New York Corporation
Piedmont
Wroth
C. E. Kelly
Sheriff Keeps Close Watch On Mrs Judd
Phoenix reports Winnie Ruth Judd faces murder trial within 60 days as Sheriff J R McFadden says he is keeping a close watch over the prisoner to prevent any suicide attempt.
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Mrs. Judd
Associated Press
Phoenix
Arizona
Winnie Ruth Judd
J. R. McFadden
Aging Wheeling couple found dead in home
George Emory Hopkins 73 a Wheeling automobile dealer and art collector and his wife Nellie Deane Hopkins 69 were found shot dead in their exclusive Wheeling residence. Police say Hopkins killed his wife then himself leaving a note and funeral preparations nearby. A pistol lay beside Hopkins, and cards and jewelry were arranged as if they had been playing before the deaths.
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Associated Press
Wheeling
W. Va
George Emory Hopkins
Nellie Deane Hopkins
Hopkins
Utica
N. Y
Chicago
Kansas City
Armour and Company
Peoria
Ill
Col. E. B. Hopkins
Far East
Friends Seek Kin After Death By Own Hand Of Dimic
Authorities report Nikola Dimic aged 35 died by his own action, the body found with a razor throat slashing at Lester Saturday afternoon. The Foster undertakers in Mabscott are arranging disposition and have sent telegrams to the Croatian Fraternal Union of America in Pittsburgh and to Mile Dimic in Pueblo, Colo. Papers show Dimic took out citizenship papers last year in Chicago, listing his age as 34.
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Nikola Dimic
Lester
Foster Undertakers
Mabscott
Foster
Four WV Legion Auxiliary officers injured in Gallipolis crash
Four state officers of the West Virginia American Legion auxiliary were injured, none seriously, when their car left the road near Gallipolis after a parking lot collision. Mrs. Paul Amos, state president, and Mrs. O. C. Ankrum, state secretary, were treated at a hospital and later released. Mrs. Roy E. Hale of Parkersburg and Mrs. C. C. Robison of Morgantown sustained injuries and were also treated.
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Associated Press
Gallipolis
West Virginia American Legion Auxiliary
Irs
Paul Amos
Fairmont
O. C. Ankrum
Roy E. Hale
Parkersburg
C. C. Robison
Morgantown
Laval Lands at Havre on Return from U S Visit
Premier Pierre Laval arrived in Havre France today aboard the liner France from a Washington trip where he conferred with President Hoover. German ambassador Von Hoesch hurried from Berlin to Paris for talks with Laval about war debts reparations and German credits as Laval signaled discussions with Britain on the next steps.
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Associated Press
Havre
France
Pierre Laval
United States
Hoover
Washington
Leopold von Hoesch
Paris
Berlin
Bruening
Laval
Cannon To Claim Law Is Unconstitutional
Washington, Nov. 2. Bishop Cannon Jr. will open his defense by attacking the constitutionality of the Federal corrupt practices law. He faces charges of willful violation during the 1928 campaign and will be arraigned in the District of Columbia court today. Robert H. McNeill, his chief counsel, announced the plan and will be joined by Harry W. Nice. A demurrer will challenge the act as it regulates presidential electors, whom the defense says are state officials.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bishop Cannon
Robert H. McNeill
Southern Methodist
District of Columbia
McNeill
Harry W. Nice
Baltimore
Youth Stab Wound In Quarrel Near Company Store
Preston Lester, 16, of Tommy Creek, is hospitalized with a stab wound between the shoulders, allegedly inflicted by Walter Cook, 17, also of Tommy Creek. Lester says the altercation began over notes about him as they, with witnesses including James Carter and Basil Perdew, confronted the issue behind the company store yesterday afternoon. Cook is jailed. Lester expects to recover. the case awaits authorities action.
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Preston Lester
Tommy Creek
Beckley Hospital
Walter Cook
Lester
Raleigh County
Cook
James Carter
Jack Richmond
Halstead Case Is Dismissed In Charleston Court
The two year‑old Halstead case charging him with slaying Walter Mynes by a milk bottle was dismissed in intermediate court today for lack of witnesses. Mynes died from a head injury after Halstead allegedly struck him with a milk bottle during eviction attempts at a rooming house. The case had been continued through multiple terms as the state sought witnesses.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Dan Halstead
Walter Mynes
Mynes
Halstead
DeBoard Escapes Charleston Jail After Parole Violation
Kanawha county officers hunted Paul Deboard after he escaped from Charleston jail shortly after sentencing to two years in the state penitentiary for parole violation. He reportedly pried from the jail hospital and used bed sheets to descend from a jailer’s sleeping room to the street.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Kanawha County
Paul Deboard
Deboard
Milwaukee manufacturer Philip Koehring found dead near Manston
Philip Koehring a 55 year old Milwaukee manufacturer was found shot in the head in his car after it left the highway and crashed into a fence near Manston Wisconsin investigators said evidence supported either a self inflicted death or homicide as the cause of the fatal scene discovered Saturday while he was driving home from St Paul
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Associated Press
Manston
Wis
Philip Koehring
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Koehring
Man Slays His Wife Then Kills Himself
Dayton Ohio, Nov 2 Floyd A Gilbert 45 and wife Emma 43 were found dead in their home partially burned in a incident coroner Cooper labeled murder and death by own action Gilbert reportedly struck Emma five times with a hatchet then shot himself through the head after setting the house ablaze police found empty beer bottles nearby.
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Associated Press
Dayton
Floyd A. Gilbert
Emma
Cooper
Gilbert
Nurses to Take West Virginia Exam in Huntington
Graduates from Raleigh General hospital nursing school will travel to Huntington tomorrow for the 49th West Virginia State board examinations, to be held Wednesday and Thursday. They plan to return to Beckley by week’s end. The class, the hospital’s first after renaming, attended baccalaureate services where Dr. Ritche Ware spoke on The Ministry of Healing. Results are not yet known as the board’s policy delays result announcements.
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Nurses’ School
Raleigh General Hospital
Huntington
West Virginia
Board of Examiners
Ware
Dr. Ware
Mrs. Amanda Young Dies at 80 in Coal City Area
Amanda Young native of Newport Virginia died early this morning at the home of her nephew J L Vaught in Pemberton Raleigh County. Born March 2 1851 she was 80 years eight months old She had no living children and is survived by one brother Wade McCroskey of Pulaski Virginia Funeral arrangements pending burial expected tomorrow afternoon at Coal City with Foster Undertaking Company in charge.
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Amanda Young
Newport
J. L Vaught
Pemberton
Wade McCroskey
Pulaski
Coal City
Foster Undertaking Company
Sister of Beckley Woman Dies in Beaumont Texas
Mrs. Lucille Lamb, 26, sister to Mrs. Clay S. Crouse of Beckley, died in Beaumont Texas. She passed away Saturday evening about 9 o clock following an appendicitis operation. Surviving are her husband Ira Lamb, a Beaumont businessman, a two months old daughter, four sisters and a brother.
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Lucille’ Lamb
Clay S. Crouse
Beckley
Beaumont
Texas
Crouse
Ira Lamb
St Louis Woman's Confession Ties Man to Slaying
Clara Fish a 19 year old domestic signed a fourth confession claiming Walter Maddux slashed his wife to death in a Kirkwood wood after luring her there. Maddux says Fish lied. Police report she helped plan a cover story and supplied ether and a razor.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Clara Fish
Walter Maddux
Kirkwood
St. Louis County
Maddux
Poelice
Missouri
Miss Fish
City Fire Department Praised by Rotary Club
At a Rotary Club meeting Thomas A. Chapman demonstrated fire alarm apparatus and praised Beckley Fire Department as highly efficient. Beckley Fire Chief J. L. Guthrie assisted in the demonstration, noting the department’s effectiveness within a 150 mile radius of Beckley.
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Rotary Club
Thomas A. Chapman
Beckley
J. L. Guthrie
Becksley
Mr. Chapman
Urge cleanup on Elk River
Charleston November 2. L K Herndon chemist urged the state water commission to launch an extensive Elk River watershed cleanup program. He planned to ask officials from Clendenin Clay Gasaway and Webster Springs to outline the plan at today’s meeting. The commission also heard West Virginia Water Service Company’s complaint that Miner Edgar plant waste polluted Elk River water at Gasaway.
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Associated Press
Charleston
State Water Commission
Elk River
L. K. Herndon
Commission
Clendenin
Clay, Gasaway
Webster Springs
West Virginia Water Service Company
Miner-Edgar
Water Company
Gasaway
Weather outlook fair tonight and Tuesday
The forecast calls for fair skies tonight with a slight cool down in the northeast portion, followed by warmer conditions on Tuesday. No precipitation is expected and temperatures should remain mild after sunset.
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Huron
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Elmer J. Palliser
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Cal
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Ministry of Healing
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