French Aviators land in Syria set new nonstop distance record
French aviators Maurice Rossi and Paul Codos landed the Joseph Lebrix at Rayak airfield near Damascus after 57 hours in the air from New York. They crossed the Atlantic and Europe to beat the world distance record by about 560 miles, stopping due to gasoline use and heat. They reported normal landing conditions, sent messages to Pierre Cot and their families, and were greeted by a French squadron.
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Damascus
Syria
Joseph Lebrix
India
Rossi
Codos
Latakia
Rayak
New York
Beirut
France
French Mandate
London
Daily Mail
Maurice Rossi
Paul Codes
Pierre Cot
Damascue
Miners Claim 100 Discharged at Gary Cite Union Foes
United Mine Workers officials charged United States Coal and Coke of Gary, a subsidiary of United States Steel, discharged 100 miners for union activity. Company officers denied it, saying only infractions and not union membership caused layoffs.
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United States Coal and Coke Company
Gary
Bittner
Charleston
W. Va
United Mine Workers
van A. Bittner
Hugh 8. Johnson
National Recovery
United States Steel Corporation
Alabama
United States Coal and Coker Y
Governor denies commutation for Joe Corey to be hanged
Charleston West Virginia August 7 Governor Kump refused to commute Joe Coreys death sentence for the murder of Mrs Katherine Ghiz of Logan The decision follows examinations by four physicians who concluded Corey is not insane and upholds the Kanawha County court ruling that a death sentence is mandatory Corey had received two reprieves while his mental condition was reviewed and had argued insanity at the time of the killings
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Charleston
W. Va
Kump
Joe Corey
Katherine Ghiz
Logan
Corey
Ada Ghiz Corey
Ghiz
Ment
Intermediate Court
Kanawha
Arizona to Vote Army Takes Over on Repeal Today
Arizona prohibition leaders plan to vote to ratify the twenty first amendment. Prohibitionists nominated no anti repeal delegates and voters must write choices on ballots. The election also selects a successor to Lewis W. Douglas as congressman.
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Arizona
Havana
Phoenix
Ariz
Union
Missouri
Texas
Washington
Lewis W. Douglas
Isabella Greenway
National Committee
Roosevelt
Harlow Akers
Carl Hayden
William Coxon
Arizona Corporation Commission
Douglas
Supreme Court
Camp Life Undisturbed by Threat of Kidnaping
More than 100 girls from Philadelphia and nearby areas enjoyed camp life at North Sutton New Hampshire under watchful guards. Betty Downes 15 daughter of James Downes of Philadelphia a Pennsylvanian railroad official was the target of the extortion threat. State and federal authorities probed the letter demanding 60000 dollars while guards patrolled and monitored Lake Kezar and surrounding area.
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North Sutton
N. H
Philadelphia
Betty Downes
James Downes
Pennsylvania Railroad
New Hampshire
Lake Kezar
Downes
Four Train Riders Die In Pennsylvania Freight Wreck
Johnstown Pa Aug 7 Four train riders were killed and two injured in a wreck of a fast westbound Pennsylvania freight at N tower west of Portege. The tender derailed on a switch and the first twenty cars piled up blocking the main line. Traffic resumed after a track was cleared. The 97 car merchandise train was moving between tracks across a crossover. Rail officials said identification of victims would take time.
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Johnstown
Pennsylvania
N ¥ Tower
Portege
Stephenson resigns from West Virginia public works board
Charleston August 7 Former Kanawha County sheriff H Stephenson announced his resignation from the three member public works advisory board for West Virginia He sent a telegram to President Roosevelt requesting release from the committee citing business conditions limiting his time The board includes Van A Bittner William P Wilson and others prior to state director selections Stephenson notified Senator Neely yesterday of the move
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Charleston
W. Va
PD. H. Stephenson
Kanawha
Public Works Advisory Board
West Virginia
Roosevelt
National Recovery Act
van A. Bittner
William P. Wilson
Wheelng
Public Works Progrash
M. M. Neely
Stephenson
Neely
Forest Fires Forcing Evacuations Near Crandon Wisconsin
Residents of Alvin and Neelma in Forest county evacuated their homes as advancing fires threatened the villages. Reports from Iron River Michigan indicated little chance of saving the area as smoke and flames closed in.
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Crandon
Wis
Alvin
Neélma
Forest County
Ilron River
Mich
Churches Urge Support of Bluefield Recovery Drive
Bluefield churches unite to back the NR A recovery campaign urging churches and preachers to join the drive to put people back to work. The appeal cites Beattitudes and the bearth of brotherhood, with ministers and the Harold Porterfield committee organizing radio and public events.
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Bluefield
Ben §. Johnson
First Christian Church
Bluefield Ministerial Association
Johnson
Paul
Church
Sweepings probe into wheat price crash announced
The Chicago Tribune reports a sweeping agriculture department investigation will cover Chicago Minneapolis Duluth and Kansas City exchanges. It will examine all phases of the June 15 to July 18 advance and the 30 3 4 cent drop to 93 3 4 cents for December delivery by July 20.
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Chicago
the Tribune
Department of Agriculture
Minneapolis
Duluth
Kansas City
West Virginia Motor Truck Association Set Meeting
Charleston August 7 A meeting of the West Virginia Motor Truck association will be held in Clarkeburg on August 14 to discuss a code of fair competition. Executive secretary Cal F Young announced a committee had been formed a week earlier to draft a tentative code for approval.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia Motor Truck Association
Clarkeburg
Cal F. Young
Three NRA blue eagle methods outlined by Hammond
Washington reports Thomas Hammond outlines three ways employers can obtain the NRAs blue eagle. First sign and mail the re employment agreement and comply. Second sign and follow substitutes if codes are approved or endorsed by NRA. Third file a petition for relief via industry or chamber, then postmaster grants the eagle. Also report: ferry capsizes near Ramgati island. 100 Indians drowned in Meghna river.
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Washington
National Recovery Administrator
Blue Eagle
Thomas
Hammond
Roosevelt
Department of Commerce
NRA
NEA
Chamber of Commerce
Four Men Confess Part In Gun Running Venture
Athens Georgia August 7 four men under arrest confessed involvement in a gun running plot. They admitted stealing arms from the University of Georgia military arsenal and selling some to Cuban rebels. The scheme centered on Browning machine guns and automatics taken during raids June 13 and 27.
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University of Georgia Military Department
Athens
W. G. Hawkins
United States
John Fuller
Paul Sorrow
George Kinard
Hawking
Otis Gooch
John Davis Short
University
Hawkins
Fuller
Sorrow
Florida
Fred Elmore
Cuba
Plans to Bring All Industries Into NRA Renewed
Washington August 7 Renewed pressure to end the bituminous coal strike in Pennsylvania was voted by Hugh S Johnson recovery administrator He ordered Edward F McGrady to Uniontown to urge miners to accept terms and return to work Then he will travel to Springfield and Lynn to press boot and shoe workers for peace The drive aims to bring all industry into NRA membership while approving wage hour provisions for several industries and denouncing rackets tied to NRA branding.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Hughs. Johnson
Johnson
Edward F. McGrady
Hig
American Federation of Labor
Uniontown
McGrady
Springfield
Lynn
Massachusetts
National Councillation Board
Roosevelt
Wagner
Europe
New York
Gerard Swope
Leo Walman
The
Recovery Administration
Labor Advisory Board
Hollywood
National Recovery Administration
Blue Eagle
Hatfield Criticizes Recovery Plan In Speech
Wilbur West Virginia Senator Hatfield assailed the administration's recovery program stating workers face higher living costs and reduced hours while wages lag. He warned collective bargaining would be nullified under a coded labor regime and urged removal of government restraints to restore recovery through American vigor.
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Wilbur
W. Va
Hatfield
West Virginia
America
The
Recovery Administration
Mines Load Record 2,930 Cars in Norfolk and Western Fields
Mines in the Norfolk and Western coalfields loaded 2,930 cars on Monday, one of the era’s biggest days. Railroad officials note Sunday halt and weekend clean up left Monday light, with heavy delivery expected today. Intersecting lines from interstate rail routes add to the high tonnage being moved.
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Norfolk and Western
Monay
Interstate Railway
Jury finds bill against gunmen in deputy slayings
Jackson county grand jury returns indictments charging Leo Frazier Charles Harper and Henry Cano with the slayings of Deputy Roy Shamblin and prisoner Ralph Harper plus wounding Deputy George Dudley. Louise Frazier and Elizabeth Maire named accessories before the fact. Trials likely by August 15 in Kanawha Jackson counties.
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Ripley
W. Va
Jackson County
Leo Frazier
Charleston
Charles Harper
Huntington
Henry Cano
Roy Shamblin
Kanawha County
Kenna
Ralph Harper
Harper
George Dudley
Frazier
Louise Frazier
Elizabeth Maire
Lewis H. Miller
New Rochelle
N. Y
Cano
Peery to Confer With Gov Pollard on Education
Democratic gubernatorial nominee George C. Peery announced a focus on aiding children in impoverished Virginia counties. He will meet Governor Pollard at White Sulphur Springs ahead of the next gubernatorial term to discuss the coming special session and education funding. He urged at least an eight month school term and proposed using beer revenue for schooling without diverting the full amount to the general fund.
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Richmond
George C. Peery
Virginia
Pollard
White Sulphur Springs
Tazewell
Labor Officials Face Uniontown Plea Amid Miner Strikes
In Brownsville Pa two labor leaders clash as Edward McGrady heads to Uniontown to urge striking miners to return to work under the Roosevelt truce. The move follows accusations of Communist agitation and divisions within the United Mine Workers and United Mine Brokers of America as 60 000 miners remain out.
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Brownsville
United Mine Brokers of America
William Feeney
Martin Ryan
Feeney
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Fayette County
Edward F. McGrady
Recovery Administration
Union
Roosevelt
Ryan
U. S
Lloyd W. Bryan
United Mine Workers of America
P. T. Fagan
National Miners Union
Trade Union Unity League
Lewis
Fagan
Agreement to Withdraw Marines from Haiti Reached
The United States and Haiti signed an accord through Norman Armour to remove U S Marines from Haiti. Local constabulary to Haitian officers by October 1 1254 with a possible small training mission for two months after, and actions on island bonds.
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Washington
United Sates
Haiti
State Department
Norman Armour
Republic
Hait
RooseveltUrges Banks Assist Homeowners in Foreclosure Relief
President Roosevelt calls realty banks and financing associations to aid the campaign to save homeowners from foreclosure. He asks exchanges of mortgages for Home Owners Loan Corporation bonds and urges banks to fund distressed owners, building long term credit to relieve the HOLC.
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Home Owners Loan Corporation
Washington
William Stevenson
Home Loan Bank Board
Home Loan
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