Airstrike on Kentucky mines shocks Providence Webster county
An orange monoplane bombed Webster County mines near Providence Kentucky, July reopening, dropping nine bombs with four failing to explode. Guards fired twice at the plane but had no effect, authorities sought guards and rewards for suspects, plan to bolster mine security after the attack.
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Providence
Webster County
Illinois
Flem D. Sampson
C. L. Walker
Sampson
Frankfort
Harrisburg
Clay
Here
Ruckman
Parties to Name Candidates Today in Pryor County
The Democrats and Republicans hold judicial conventions at Prince ton today to nominate candidates for the criminal court. Democrats name judge George L. Dillard for another term at 1 30 p m. Republicans have no declared nominee though several may accept. Republican delegates list Beaver Pond and Fast River districts with numerous hopefuls and officials.
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Princeton
Criminal Court
George L. Dillard
Beaver Pond
J. H. Gollehon
James S. Kahle
A. F. Kingdon
J. M. B. Lewis, Jr
H. F. Porterfield
Russell S. Ritz
Joseph M. Sanders
A. G. Fox
Luther G. Scott
Thomas H. Scott
L. B. Sutherland
Fred M. Hawley
E. E. Lilly
Max Matz
J. C. Akers
M. J. Garry
Col. J. M. Thompson
Q. A. Goff
John Johnson
Harry Kleiman
W. W. Kersey
F. M. O’brien
R. C. Sproles
C. L. Borden
Cecil Lilly
Co. M. Cunningham
H. M. Tanner
H. C. Weller
A. L. Rhodes
L. D. Wilmore
P. J. Ashworth
Marvin Ferguson
Joan W. Brown
L. J
T. P. Howard
Jake Simpson
F. B. Merriman
William Gibson
President Discusses Drought Situation
President Hoover heard from a long line of callers on drought conditions amid a July crop decline of nearly 7 percent. The White House planned relief for farmers, with governors invited to a conference, and railroads offered aid through reduced rates as Red Cross notes deteriorating conditions across 18 states and escalating unemployment in drought zones.
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Washington
Hoover
Payne
American Red Cross
Department of Agriculture
Alfred P. Thom
The
Association of Railway Executives
White House
Hyde
Mr. Hoover
Weaver
Nebraska
Samuel H. Thompson
American Farm Bureau Federation
C. E. Huff
National Farmers’ Union
Louis J. Taber
National Grange
Legge
Farm Board
Agricultural Department
Middle Atlantic
Mississippi Valley
Virginia
Kentucky
Weather Bureau
Red Cross
Ludlow
Indiana
Chosen Nominees to Get Support
Senator Fess of Ohio, new Republican national committee chair, says the committee will support nominees chosen by party primaries and will not discriminate among candidates. He notes no major issues will hinge on prohibition or the World Court, with tariff and farm relief seen as priorities. Fess plans a ten day Great Lakes vacation before returning to Washington.
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Washington
Fess
Ohio
Republican National Committee
White House
National Committee
Norrig
Nebraska
Hoover
Great Lakes
Maryland Ends Heat Wave as Crops Edge Toward 50 Percent Normal
Maryland freed from daily highs above ninety as drought and wildfires persist. Farmers beg for rain to salvage crops while University of Maryland extension reports statewide yields may reach only 20 to 50 percent of normal, data to be shown to President Hoover.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Agricultural Extension Service
University of Maryland
Hoover
Pichot Will Stay In Fight To The Finish
On his 65th birthday Gifford Pinchot vows to press to finish for Pennsylvania governorship. He plans two independent party names Fair Play and Square Deal to run if the Supreme Court voids Luzerne county ballots and names Francis Shunk Brown as nominee. Pre-emption papers, signed by Luzerne voters, filed with Dauphin county court through secretary P S Stahlnecker.
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Harrisburg
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Pinchot
Luzerne County
Francis Shunk Brown
Dauphin County
P. S. Stahlnecker
Stahlnecker
Local store man held under bond after shooting incident
H C Baugh store owner was placed under six thousand dollars bail to await a hearing on charges of wounding James Crawford a 22 year old from Powell street Crawford claims he was shot as he emerged from a window at the Midway Department store Baugh said he saw the youth with stolen cigarettes in his arm A companion James Robey also 22 jumped through a window pane and was recaptured later A burglary hearing for Robey was postponed to Wednesday evening
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James Crawford
Powell Street
H. C. Baugh
Crawford
Mr. Baugh
W. W. McNeal
Midway
Baugh
James Robey
McNeal
Tacoma to Tokyo flight abandoned after landing damage
Vancouver reports Bob Wark of Seattle and Eddie Brown of Kansas City abandoned their four stop Tacoma to Tokyo voyage after their Pacific Era plane was seriously damaged on landing at Ladner airport. Wark said the flight would not continue, as the undercarriage and propeller were wrecked and the craft ran into a ditch. They had diverted from Vancouver due to insufficient takeoff distance at Lulu Island and aimed next for Whitehorse, Yukon from Ladner.
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Vancouver
B. C
Ladner
Bob Wark
Seattle
Eddie Brown
Kansas City
Tacoma
Wash
Tokyo
Wark
Lulu Island
Whitehorse
Yukon
Major General Menoher Dies of Pneumonia
Major General Charles T. Menoher retired and former Rainbow division commander and ex chief of the army air corps died in St Elizabeths Hospital after pneumonia. He led in France during World War I and later became a central figure in the air corps controversy with Colonel William Mitchell, retiring in 1926 at age 64.
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Washington
Charles T. Menoher
Rainbow
France
Army Air Corps
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Menoher
Air Corps
William Mitchell
Five States Name Primary Candidates Across Nation
Nebraska and Alabama vote to choose nominees with Senator Norris awaiting results in Nebraska. In Alabama Democrats select a successor to Heflin while Ohio focuses on a Prohibition issue shaping the day’s primaries.
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Norris
Nebraska
Alabama
Heflin
Ohio
Primary Senatorial Races Stir Voters Across Five States
In five states voters faced primaries with issues inclining toward Prohibition and party clashes. Nebraska Alabama Arkansas Oklahoma and Ohio saw incumbents and challengers vying for nomination as they prepare for the November election. Key figures include Norris Stebbins Heflin Bankhead Thompson Bulkley Myers and Gore as the dry wet and modified positions shape the contests.
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Alfred E. Smith
Nebraska
Alabama
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Prohibition
Ohio
Norris
W. M. Stebbins
Heflin
John H. Bankhead
Jasper
Frederick I. Thompson
Mobile
Robinson
Tom W. Campbell
Litt Rock
C. J. Wrightsman
Tulsa
Thomas P. Gore
Pine
Frank Buttram
Oklahoma City
William Henry Murray
Robert J. Bulkley
Cleveland
George S. Meyers
Columbus
George S. Myers
Amarillo Attorney Faces Trial in Wife Murder Plot
D Payne of Amarillo Texas, an attorney, faces trial on charges of killing his wife by dynamite placed in her car to pursue a romance with Verona Thompson. Payne confessed to police and asked to be sent quickly to the electric chair.
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Payne
Amarillo
Tex
Verona Thompson
Airmen Near New Endurance Record in St Louis
Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine push toward surpassing the 554 hour endurance mark set by the Hunter brothers. The Greater St Louis plane is aloft about 513 hours with hopes of a new record around 750 hours. Financial backing and broadcasting rights are lining up as celebrations loom at Lambert field.
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St. Louis
Dale Jackson
Forest O'Brine
Hunter Brothers
Sparta
Chicago
Greater St. Louis
Jackson and
O'Brine
Lambert
Jackson-O'Brine
Harry Perkins
O’brine
Jackson
Flying Field
Lovers' Quarrel Blamed for Death of Young Woman
Memphis officers ruled a lovers quarrel caused the death of a young woman whose decomposed body was found on a rural road. Officials hunted a male suspect from last month’s quarrel while fingerprint experts denied the victim was Clara Patterson of Little Rock.
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Lonely Road
Memphis
Tenn
Will Knight
Charles Garibali
Clara Patterson
Little Rock
Ark
Paul Waggener
Waggener
Mise Patterson
Finis EB. Wilson
Prohibition
Water Pollution Board Faces Funds Shortfall in West Virginia
West Virginia state water commission head warned at a meeting that the board may suspend activities without about 5000 dollars for another year. Preliminary reports cited sewage issues in Beckley Bluefield Princeton and other towns along with tannery waste controls and interstate cooperation with Virginia on the Bluefield pollution.
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Beckley
Charleston
W. Va
State Water Commission
Board of Public Works
Tisdale
Commission
Water Commission
State Health Commissioner
Public Service Commission
State Game, Fish and Forestry Commission
L. K. Herndon
Parsons
Elkins
Durbin
Marlington
Buckhannon
Herndon
Marlinton
Clarksburg
West Fork River
Elk Creek
Harrisville
Weston
Salem
Youths Held in Death of Pals in Beech Bottom
Wellsburg W Va Aug 11 Two boys are jailed in Brooke County while another is sought as investigators probe the death of Harold McCamb eight drowned in the Ohio River near Beech Bottom last Thursday. The suspects deny involvement claiming the boy fell in while swimming and they tried to help. Sheriff J W Charnock said the youths also confessed to starting two forest fires near Beach Bottom burning hundreds of acres and threatening farmhouses.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
Brooke County
Harold McCamb
Ohio River
Beech Bottom
J. W. Charnock
M'Namie
Charnock
Beach Bottom
Boy Named in Warrant Over River Drowning
Huntington West Virginia August 11 a 9 year old boy was named in a warrant in the death of Russell Orwig aged 6 who drowned in the Ohio River on August 6. The warrant comes from Howard E Orwig the father who says the boy named in the document pushed his son into the river.
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Huntington
W. Va
Russing Orwig
Ohio River
Howard E. Orwig
Russell
Chemist Shop Explosion Kills One in New York
A chemist experiment exploded destroying a five story building and injuring twelve others in downtown New York. One man, Erke Malino, 19, was killed and Marcus Cohen the chemist was blamed for attempting a new vanilla formula. A second building collapsed trapping occupants on two floors in the basement.
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New York
Erke Malino
Lillian Leff
Dominick Signorelli
Marcus Cohen
B. Geberer Chemical Company
David Kroeger Company
Mercer County Competes for U S Soldiers Hospital Sites
Mercer County remains in contention for a Veterans Administration hospital as the federal hospitalization board reopens site reviews in Southern West Virginia. Two Mercer sites Bratton farm near Prince ton and the former Mercer Country club are favored for their assured water supply amid broader scrutiny of water availability at Charleston and nearby locations.
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Board
Mercer County
Veterans’s Hospital
Hugh Ike Shott
Congress
Veterans’ Bureau
Washington
Bratton Farm
Princeston
Mercer Country Club
Mercer
Greenbrier County
Lewisburg
Summers County
Peace Spring
Becksley
Federal
Salt Lake Valley Flood Damages Bingham and Surrounding Areas
A heavy downpour unleashed floods in canyons around Salt Lake Valley washing away more than 20 homes in Bingham and causing an estimated half a million dollars in damages. Dozens of families escaped harm as a 50 000 ton copper dump collapsed into Markham’s Gulch. Farmington and Parley’s Canyon also faced road closures and flooding. No injuries reported.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Salt Lake Valley
David Smith
Centerville
Smith
Bingram
Utah Copper Company
Parley’s Canyon
Denver
Bingham
River improvements to start this month
Huntington W Va Aug 11 Col E D Ardery United States district engineer said the Kanawha river project from the rivers and harbor bill will begin this month. Bids will be opened August 19 for core borings near two proposed dam sites to replace four obsolete dams. The first dam will be near Marmet and the second near London both in Kanawha county. Location depends on borings to determine rock types and positions. Plans are being worked out at the St Louis division offices.
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Huntington
W. Va
E. D. Ardery
United States
Kanawha River
Congress
Archery
Marmet
Kanawha County
London
Ardery
St. Louis
Donohue Sets World Parachute Altitude Record
Jimmy Donohue jumped from an estimated 28 000 feet and claimed a new world record. A sealed barograph was used and will be sent to Washington for calibration. The previous mark was 26 000 feet held by an army flier.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Jimmy Donohue
Washington
Donohue
Evans asks recount after close Liberty school board race
R W Evans, who appeared to lose by one vote to Jason Gray for the Republican nomination as Liberty township school director, petitioned for a recount. The request was granted and the recount is set for Thursday in Moundsville West Virginia.
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Moundsville
W. Va
R. W. Evans
Liberty Township
Jason Gray
Slates Set for Maryland State Elections in November
Annapolis August 11 Slates for state officials to be elected in November are set with no September primary needed. Governor Ritchie seeks a fourth term, Mayor Broening heads the Republican slate, and Elizabeth Gilman runs for governor on the Socialist ballot.
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Annapolis
Ritchie
Broening
Elizabeth Gilman
Capone gang raid ordered on North Side vice empire
Chicago reports say Judge John H Live ordered raids on Ted Newberry s cabaret and Capone s North Side operation following Zuta s murder and Lingle s assassination. The hearing on Zuta s killing continued in Omro Wisconsin as gunmen shot him in a resort dance hall.
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Chicago
North Side
al Capone
Bugs Moran
John H. Live
Lyle
Capone
Ted Newberry
Northside
Newberry
Jack Zuta
Wisconsin
Jake Lingle
Tribune
Moran
Lingle
Zuta
Oconomowoe
Wis
Baltimore Man Duped by Gypsy Over Fake Cure
In Baltimore on August 11 a man named Henry Benson, driven by a stomach ache, paid a gypsy woman $4,000 to make a plaster he believed would cure him. The woman vanished after he withdrew the cash. a plaster was made and later removed, with nine one dollar bills found on the floor as Benson searched for her. Police spread the alert while Benson returned home.
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Baltimore
Henry Benson
Benson
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Fast River
Hugh G. Woods
H. E. DeJarnette
W. Cody Fletcher
Ajax T. Smith
W. H. Malcolm
W. W. Rogers
E. W. Hale
A. M. Sutton
Alex Mahood
Charles D. Mahood
J. H. Gadd
Hartley Sanders
J. R. Rich
Mary Sowers
Dayton Meadows
Pichot
Pal
Associated Press
A. Lows
Mark
Wilson
Miss Patterson
Evening Appeal
Bluefield
Pals
U. S. Soldiers
Jimmie Donohue
Gapone
Gypsy
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