Motive Behind Bern Death Remains Unclear
Los Angeles film producer Paul Bern shot himself after an insurance inquiry found him in good health. Police seek motive as they watch for Dorothy Millette, once known as Mrs Paul Bern, whose possible link to Bern’s death centers on a pensionless trunk containing papers and a diary left on a river steamer in Sacramento.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Paul Bern
Harry M. Brandel
Prudential
Bern
San Francisco
Sacramento
Dorothy Millette
New York
Hollywood
Jean-Harrow
Eas Dy
John Carmichael
Henry Bern
New Rochelle
William Marcus
Carmichael Reports Emphasis On Reading Circles And Health Work
The council discussed Carmichael’s report on reading circles in schools and health work. Participants included W. J. B. Gormany, E. D. Curry, Jess Cunningham, C. G. Peregoy, W. R. Fugilt and others. The group backed 100 percent teacher enrollment in state and national organizations and supported teachers attending a two day state meeting.
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Carmichael
W. J. B. Gormany
Mark Twain High School
E. D. Curry
Jess Cunningham
Health Department
C. G. Peregoy
Shady Spring
W. R. Fugilt
Woodrow Wilson Fligh School
Boards of Education
Beatrice T. Miller
Marie Wson
Vella D. Lilly
L. V. Harvey
J. Will
Notable Names in Local Bios Listed for Honor Roll
Lively G M Parker W J Bi S Germany W Re Fugitt H B Care Michael Susanne Laing QO S Rhody Bernard W Cook F A Freeman Cecil J Miller C G Peregoy G L Wilson Randolph Norton Dewey Bone George B Chambers E J Wauhop and W C Reid are named in a local biographical roll call. The item enumerates numerous individuals without additional events or context.
Army Plans Baby Clinic at Salvation Army HQ
The Salvation Army will host a free baby clinic run by Pr W W Keiner at the Prince Street headquarters each Friday from 1 to 4 hours. The first clinic is set for Friday September 16 with advance applications through Captain Moss. Eligible are children age 12 and under.
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Pr. W. W. Keiner
Salvation Army
Prince Street
K. E. Moss
Captain Moss
Moss
Prince Street Hall
Army
Young People's Legion
Miss Beckley Island Vacation Memories on the Franconia
A first person reminiscence describes an Atlantic voyage from New York to Hamilton aboard the Franconia. The narrator praises English stewards and hotel staff, contrasts British manners with Southern dialect, and notes fellow travelers from Newport News Towanda Cumberland and Allentown. The trip ends with a late return and plans to stay in touch.
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Hamilton
Newport News
Towanda
Cumberland
Allentown
New York
Franconia
Brewer Goes Continued from Poisoned Incident
Brewer recounts killings that left two officers dead and a third wounded, with Sherrerd dying nearby at the White Church. The suspects abandoned a murder scene, fled by car, and traveled to Eccles, Ohio, Michigan, then to western wheat harvest work before splitting paths near Laurel, Montana. Officers recovered submachine guns and pistols as the chase continued. A Georgia Methodist camp meeting marked its 100th year at Lawrenceville.
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Ohio
Michigan
Brewer
McGinley
Laurel
Billings
Montana
Linois
Beckley
Love exposes Townsend fees as tax drain in WV address
Special from The Register Charleston attorney Charles M. Love cites a total Townsend fee of 72,437.59 paid by United Mine Workers for 1922 to 1929. He argues the amount would require vast coal loads and long trains to earn, asserting the payments come from state taxes and criticize Townsend for tax-system raids.
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Register
Charleston
W. Va
Logan
Ghas. M. Love
T. C. Townsend
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Townsend
Love
Fairmont
C. H. Gadd
Amnesia Case Continues With Chicago Identifications
Robins, advocate of peace and prohibition, has been missing since Saturday. New York agents traced a letter he mailed from the central post office, while Illinois reports note possible Chicago sightings by two friends. Police investigations in New York and Chicago broaden the search for the missing leader.
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Chicago
Washington
Associated Press
Col
Raymond Hobins
W. C. McNanl
Palmer House
Robins
New York
Roosevelt to fill mayor vacancy this year
Roosevelt to return by October 8 ahead of the presidential election and the vacancy in the mayor’s office. Democratic chiefs refuse to decide on nominating Walker, delaying the formal endorsement for a week after his return. Joseph V. McKee, seen as a non-Tammany Democrat, continues a week of public activity and ignores reports of a mayoralty push.
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Democratic Organization
Walker
Curry
Joseph V. McKee
Legion Vote Big Parade Marks Portland Convention Day
Thousands of marching legion men will parade Portland's downtown streets Tuesday in what is billed as the big parade day of the convention. No business session will be held.
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Portland
Legion
Mrs Woodrow Wilson Sails For The Orient
Mrs Woodrow Wilson widow of the wartime president sailed today for the Orient aboard the Empress of Russia. She is joined by Mr and Mrs Benjamin Hodges Smith of Richmond Virginia and plans to attend her cousin Virginia Tuesters wedding to Eric Crowe attache of the British Embassy in Tokyo and to the opening of St Luke s hospital.
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Vancouver
B. C
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Russia
Benjamin Hodges Smith
Richmond
Coolidge Faces Railway Inquiry Plan Heads for Commission
Reports say banking and insurance interests seek a railway inquiry led by a nonpartisan commission. Possible members include Alfred E. Smith. The plan envisions hearings with railroad officials unions bus lines and pipeline executives testifying on transportation issues.
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Savings Banks Association
Coolidge
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Company B Wins State Police Pistol Meet Championship
The Associated Press Charleston dispatch reports Company B won the state police pistol championship with 1,368 of 1,500. Captain Thomas Barton of Williamson led individuals with 278, followed by Walter Hampton 277 Hawks 274 Leadman 272 and Satterfield 267. Corporal Paul Thomas topped overall scoring with 292. E. Stout 290 and William Beckett 286 were next.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Thomas Barton
Williamson
Walter Hampton
Logan
Coy E. Hawks
Welch
B. H. Leadman
Coy E. Satterfield
Paul F. Thomas
Ripley
E. Stout
Parkersburg
William Beckett
Beckley
Secretary to Officials' Wives Drowning Victim
New York reports the body of 50 year old Margaret W Browne a secretary to the wives of two federal officials in Washington was identified. She disappeared on Labor Day during a harborfront watch and may have fallen into the lower New York Bay. Frances Belknap a cousin identified the body at Kins county morgue noting Browne enjoyed walking along the waterfront watching boats.
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Associated Press
New York
New York Bay
Margaret W. Browne
Washington
Miss Brown
Frances Belknap
Kins County
Two Men Held on Robbery Charges in Pikeville Slayings
Two men identified as Woodson Parks of Charleston and Charles E. Foster of Charlotte were ordered held for grand jury action on highway robbery charges after an attempted holdup Monday night left an unidentified man dead. Oscar Sewards, owner of the combination filling station and restaurant, was freed of a staying charge. Parks and Foster did not testify at the preliminary hearing. Registration headquarters in Pikeville were taxed to cope with a flood of veterans entering the city.
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Associated Press
Pikeville
Woodson Parks
Charleston
W. Va
Charles E. Foster
Charlotte
N. C
Oscar Sewards
Ther Combination
Parks
Foster
3600 More Workmen Return To Jobs In West Virginia
West Virginia employers rehired over 2,600 workers in the past week after idleness. Homer Laughlin in New Cumberland recalls 750 workers. C and O shops at Huntington bring back 1,500. Wyco China restarts with 200. Globe Brick at Newell reopens with 100. Union Tanning plants in Petersburg and Moorefield resume full time operations, with 100+ employed.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Howard
Jarrett
Homer Laughlin Chioa Company
New Cumberland
Huntington
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Wylie China Company
Globe Brick Company
Newell
Union Tanning Company
Petersburg
Moorefield
Dayton Champion of Central League Playoff
Dayton defeated Fort Wayne 8 to 4 to win the Central baseball league playoff series, securing the championship after defeating Fort Wayne for the fourth straight time. The game was played in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on September 10.
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Associated Press
Fort, Wayne
Ind
Dayton
Fort Wayne
Motor Executives Form Reciprocal State Agreement
West Virginia and neighboring states agreed on reciprocal relations allowing WV privately owned cars full-year operation in Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania and Ohio with WV licenses. AMLWV motorists will receive all privileges as soon as the agreements are signed.
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Associated Press
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
West Virginia
American Automobile Association
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Ohio
AML
Mrs Depew Acquitted In Donnelly Kidnaping
Mrs Ethel Depew is acquitted in the Nell Donnelly kidnapping case and freed after about nine months in county jail. She returned from Pennsylvania without extradition under promises from officers that were not fulfilled. She said detectives told her she would meet Prosecutor James R Page and Mrs Donnelly but never allowed an audience.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Nell Donnelly
Ethel Depew
Pennsylvania
Bloomsburg
James R. Page
Donnelly
General McArthur Decorated By Poles
Warsaw reports General Douglas MacArthur US army chief of staff arrived from Polish maneuvers at Rovno and received the grand ribbon of Polonia Restitua. He visited the tomb of Poland's unknown soldier after a luncheon with General Rydz Smigly and called on President Moscicky and Marshal Pilsudski before planning a trip to Prague.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Douglas MacArthur
United States Army
Rovno
Polonia
Rydz Smigly
Poland
Moscicky
Joseph Pilsudski
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Mt Hope W Va Honors Mrs Tissue Bride
Mt Hope West Virginia residents honor Mrs. William Tissue at her Main Street home with a Saturday luncheon and calls. Other brief social notes include Kathleen Craver visiting Clifton Forge and Jimmie Fracy planning to enroll at Greenbrier Military School in Lewisburg.
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Tissue
N. P. Rhinehart
Main Street
William Tissue
Earl O. Snider
Willia Thompson
James
William Laird
Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
Huntington
William Hunter
Merriam Circle
The
Baptist Church
Holroyd Light
Kathleen Craver
Clifton Forge
Tom’ Twaddle
Bruce Petit
Norfolk
T. J. Hopson
4. E. Church
South
Barboursville
Kathleen Coleman
Logan
Horace L. Erskine
Old Sweet Springs
Jimmie“Fracy
Lewisburg
Greenbrier Military School
John Odell
Bob Tully
North Carolina
Davidson College
Fritz Moore
Evelyn Moore
Montgomery Enrolls as Students in New River State College
Montgomery will enroll as a student at New River State College, joining a cohort of scholars for the upcoming term. The move situates Montgomery among an expanding class of applicants seeking higher education opportunities at the state institution.
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Montgomery
New River
State College
Methodists Select 15 Conference Trustees
Fifteen trustees of the Western Virginia conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South were elected at the annual meeting in Barboursville West Virginia. Named trustees include Reverends Williams Clay Thornburg Woods Ferguson Thomas McDonald Brady Brown Cox Conley James Slaughter and others. The meeting will close tomorrow with minister assignments following ordination services for deacons and elders.
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Barboursville
W.va
Western Virginia
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
C. F. Williams
Huntington
H. L. Clay
Ashland
C. W
Thornburg
Three Republicans In Speeches For Hoover
Washington dispatch reports three top Republicans Secretary Mills Treasury Assistant Secretary Jahncke Navy and Solicitor General Thacher spoke in three eastern cities urging President Hoover and opposing Governor Roosevelt the Democratic nominee for the presidency.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
Mills
The
Treasury
Jahncke
Navy
Thomas PD. Thacher
Roosevelt
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Lawrenceville, Ga
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James Rolph
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General McArthur
Summersville
Kessler’s Cross Lanes
Here
P. D. Koontz
H. G. Kump
Mt. Hope, W.va
Methodists
Tim’s Hat Cleaner and Shoe Shine
Heber Street
Beckley Jewelry
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