Police Chief Killed and Four Wounded in Clash at Strike Camp
In Gastonia North Carolina on June 3 a battle between guards at a Loray cotton mill strike camp and city police left Police Chief C L Aderholt severely wounded and four others hospitalized. Five National Textile Union members were in custody charged with assault with intent to kill as the city faced a brief turmoil before detectives restored order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gastonia
WN. C
C. L. Aderholt
N. CG
National Textile Union
Roops
Gardner Mel
O. J. Aderholt
Aderholt
Inatralmen
Honor Student Found Dead on College Campus
Branwell Linn, 21, an honor student at Waverford College, was found dead in his Lloyd Hall room with a .23 caliber rifle nearby. Authorities debate suicide versus homicide, as a note references prohibitionists and life’s end. Linn was the son of Judge William B. Linn of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and was soon to graduate with special prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phitadelphta
Branwell Linn
Jndgee Linn
George Trankenfield
Delaware County
Tam
Lloyd Fall
Robert Doughty, Jr
Linn
Uartman
Six Indicted of Conspiracy in Leadville Convicted
Six of twenty six Leadville residents indicted by a federal grand jury on conspiracy to violate prohibition were found guilty at a Denver court trial. Two town officials, Gapthin Yammiele and City Councilman William J Tapin, were among the convicted. Seventeen defendants were dismissed for lack of evidence and three died before trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Leadville
Gapthin Yammiele
William J. Tapin
W M Earnings Forge Ahead at Western Maryland
Western Maryland reports higher projected gross for the month at 1 010 51 dollars, with coal receipts down 42 44. Five month earnings total 7 475 888 dollars, a 247 955 decline, while five month coal revenue shrinkage reaches 312 809.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Pulchritude Pageant Opens With Beauties In Galveston
Galveston Texas June 8. The International Pageant of Pulchritude opens this afternoon with 44 contestants from the United States and abroad competing for honors. Foreign entrants attract attention as they vie for the title Miss Universe while American entrants seek top recognition. A pre pageant schedule includes a luncheon and a gala show before the evening attire event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
Iile Tong
Galveston Serwall
Munich
Eelock
Famous check artist makes big haul here
Described by Burns operatives as the cleverest bank flim flammer in the country, elderly BR G. Jamison visited Hagerstown last week causing local banks to lose about 725. A two day search suggests he fled to another town, having hit Martinsburg, Gettysburg, Emmitsburg, Chambersburg and Shippensburg, netting 65 to 125 per bank with 56 aliases.
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Burns
BR G. Jamison
Hagerstown
Jamison
Martinsburg
Gettysburg
Emmitsburg
Chambersburg
Shippensburg
American Bankers’ Association
Can't reship fruit from fly region under quarantine
Secretary Hyde announced that fruits and vegetables from zones near the Mediterranean fruit fly quarantine in Thurnda cannot be reshipped outside the state. Oranges and citrus shipped from zones near the quarantine area are restricted. vegetables from Florida also fall under the ban and reshipments are barred to many states and territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurnda
Ma Ail
Hyde
VU. S. Department of Agriculture
Florida
Alahama
Arizona
Arks
California
Georgia
Idaho
Louisiana
Mississippi
Nevada
New Mexico
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Washington
Porto Rico
County Poultry Pens Lead in National Reserve Contest
The three Washington county poultry farms ranked among leaders in the National Reserve Laying Contest. Tianes Poultry Farm Weverton led with 59 eggs while Northside Poultry Yard Mauganaville second with 52 and Waldhof Farm Clear Spring third with 50 eggs. The Northside pen leads total eggs at 1171. Also reported: a 14 year old boy from Strickler farm near Leitersburg injured after a horse throw and a bicycle theft at 205 Hillcrest Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Tianes Poultry Farm
Weverton
Northside Poultry Yard
Teteery
Mauganaville
Waldhof
Clear’ Spring
Northside
Weekly Weather Outlook For Werther Beginning Monday
The forecast covers North and Middle Atlantic States with fair weather early in the week then showers midweek and again later. Temperatures start slightly below normal and trend toward near normal the rest of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Werther
North and
Middle Atlantic States
Baptists Lose Many Members in Nationwide Survey
Denver report shows about 400000 Baptists left the church over 15 years. Five clergymen compiling the survey for the Northern Baptist convention meeting in Denver next week note ongoing salary gains but ministers remain among the lowest paid in the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Gols
Forthern Baptist Convention
Gloucester City Police Chief Van Meter Commits Suicide
Charles J. Van Meter, 60, longtime chief of police in Gloucester City New Jersey, shot himself to death fearing a grand jury indictment in a bootlegging and vice investigation. Mayor David Anderson and Justice of the Peace Oliver J. Stetser described him as an honest official and said he could not endure the disgrace of the probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester City
N. J
Charles J. van Meter
David Anderson
Justice of the Peace
Oliver J. Stetser
van Meter
Anderson
Wisconsin Prohibition Law Sought by Anti-Saloon League
Wisconsin anti saloon league officers announced a new prohibition law stricter than the Severson act will be submitted to the next legislature in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Anti-Saloon League
Mrs Thaw in Critical Illness at Home
Mary Copley Thaw, 85, is in a precarious condition at her Pittsburgh home, believed to be due to pneumonia. Attending physicians report the émigré socialite has been ill for years since a fall on church steps, and all Thaw children including Mrs Alice Copley and Countess Margaret Carmesel de Perigner are rushing to her bedside.
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Tittsburgh
Mary Copley Thaw
Thaw
Alice Copley
Yarmouth
Margaret Carmesel de
Mail Order Monoplane Hits Market In Chicago
A Chicago mail order house offers a kit to assemble a monoplane for under 400 dollars. Complete model weighs 260 pounds empty with a 36 foot wingspan and a top speed of 70 miles per hour. The maker, a Chicago company, claims about 44 miles per gallon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ciicago
Ikis
Chicago
AM Necessary Partis
Reading Firm Seeks Site for Mill Here
The Ells Hosiery Company of Reading, Pennsylvania plans a plant in this city to employ over 100 people. A modern factory along the Middleburg pike would knit pure silk hosiery with about 40 dollars weekly wages. A Chamber of Commerce committee has been preparing the proposition and seeks citizen cooperation to meet factory requirements. Official plans to be announced soon.
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Ells Hosiery Company
Reading
Fim
Middleburg Pike
Chamber of Commerce
Pennsylvania buys bus system and routes announced
Tyaburation of a five trips a day bus service between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh was announced in connection with the purchase of the Greyhound Lines by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Fare set at 8 dollars, higher than prior price. Tickets will be sold at PRR ticket offices. Route will pass Waynhor e and Chambersburg on the William Penn highway route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Greyhound Lines, Inc
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad Ticket Axxents
Waynhore
Chambersburg
Ball Is Off Because Negroes Want To Go Ball Is Off
Evanston Illinois June G M The annual Junior prom at Evanston High School will not be held this year as 14 Negro students insist on attending as class members The prom scheduled for June 14 was abandoned after Evanston County Club refused use of its clubhouse to the Negroes Faculty officers and prom committee could not persuade the group to abstain from participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston, Ill
Evanston High School
Hvanston County Club
B and O seeks control of Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh RR
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad applied to the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to acquire control of the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad by buying a majority of its stock. The move aims to connect B and O lines with Pittsburgh, Buffalo, and Rochester. A prior merger filing positioned Rutalo Rochester and Pittsburgh for possible control if the merger stalled. AUTO DRIVER FINED. Mills was fined $10 and costs by Justice Eitner for failing to yield to another vehicle at Potomac and Church streets. the collision involved Mrs Yeater's auto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh
B. and O
Buffalo ,Rochester
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Rochester
Eastern
H. P. Mills
J. HY. Eitner
Mills
Hr. A. Yeater
Potomac
Ford's Road Indicted in Elkins Act Case
A U S grand jury indicted the Detroit Toledo and Ironton railway known as Henry Ford's railroad for receiving discriminatory rates on coal shipments from Kentucky to Ohio. A separate item notes Ethel N. Jones filed a divorce suit against Alvyey B. Jones in Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus. C
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railway
Henry Ford
Kentucky
Ohio
Ethel N. Jones
Alvyey B. Jones
Cleveland Union Terminals Project Clears Legal Hurdle
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals ordered immediate effect of a ruling allowing Van Sweringen to resume construction of the Cleveland Union Terminals project. The decision maintains the injunction against Wheeling and Lake Erie and Cleveland Union Terminals Company actions pending ICC rule on the sale of Wheeling and Lake Erie property. June 8 Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Cleveland
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad Company
Paul Jones
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
Cleveland Union Terminals Company
Wheeling and Lake Erie
The
Terminal Company
Burns
Court of Appeals
Federal Court of Appeals
Taplin
van Sweringena
Union Terminals
Taplins
Wheeling and Lal Erie
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Two Killed in Auto Collision Near Carlstadt New Jersey
Frederick W. Haneke of Rutherford and an unidentified man believed from Washington D C died in a head on crash with a truck near Carlstadt New Jersey early today. Steven F Bush of Brooklin driver of the truck was held on a technical manslaughter charge after telling police Haneke was driving over sixty miles an hour.
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Carlstadt
NL Z
Frederick W. Haneke
Rutherford
Washington, D. C
Steven F. Bush
Brooklin
Haneke
Athletics Manager at Penn Dies Suddenly
Ernest J. Cozens graduate manager of athletics at the University of Pennsylvania died suddenly of an acute heart attack in his Weightman Hall office on campus. Janet Kreps reported the theft of a ladies wrist watch from her home at 260 South Potomac Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Ernest J. Cozens
University of Pennsylvania
Weightman Hall
University
Janet Kreps
South Potomac Street
Death sentence for surgeon spooks a Chicago theologian
In Chicago June, Dr Ozora Davis, 62, renowned theologian and former moderator of the Congregational church, faces an incurable illness as surgeons pass final judgment. He remains unafraid, enjoying retirement as president emeritus of Chicago Theological Seminary and planning to write books and lecture.
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Chicago
Dr. Ozora
Davis
Congregational Church
Chicago Theological Seminary
Bulding
Irpia
Ife
Dr. Davis
Ape
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Tho
HaWford College
Maxence de Polignac
New York
Atlantic
W. M
John W. Minnich
Strickler Farm
Dleitersburg
Howard EB. Ngentritz
Hillcrest Road
Baptists
Harry K. Thaw
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Englewood
York Harbor
Reading Firm
Hosiery Company
Pennsy
B. R. & P. System
Ford’s
van Sweringens
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