Mercer Opens 100th Birthday Fete with Coronation Tonight
Mercer County marks its centennial with a coronation at the Municipal stadium featuring Miss Ethel Bowen as Queen Pocahontas and Bernard McClaugherty Jr. as King Coal. Governor Holt and Lt Governor Price plan to attend. events include bands, balls, and multiple receptions in Mercer and Princeton.
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Mercer
Price
Ethel Bowen
Pocahontas
Bernard McClaugherty, Jr
King Coal
Municipal Stadium
Mercer County
Norfolk and Western Band
American Legion
Municipal Auditorium
Princeton
Memorial Building
Dan Gregory
Walt Sears
Bernard McClaugherty
Orchard Way
Japanese Attacks At Nankow Pass In Major Offensive
Japanese infantry opened a major offensive at Nankow Pass northwest of Peiping under aerial escort. Domel said the assault began at 5:30 a m with heavy artillery against the 89th division of the Nanking government forces. Chinese trenches held along the Great Wall as fighting raged in the mountains.
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Tokyo
Nankow Pass
Peiping
Domel
China
Nanking
Great Wall
Tientsin
Domei
Hopeh
Barricaded Kiangwan Village Amid Shanghai Tensions
Militarized Chinese police block Kiangwan village north of Shanghai to deter possible attack from reinforced Japanese forces. U S consul general seeks to evacuate stranded Americans but cannot gain consent from Mayor O K Yui. Kiangwan, near the I R C race course, has prior Sino Japanese war significance. Japanese troops defend in Nankow mountain war as tensions rise.
Kidnaper Claims In Tacoma Case Tied to Nebraska Man
Chief Pat Jones said Floyd Hutchinson of Alliance Nebraska confessed involvement in the December Tacoma Washington kidnapping of a 10 year old boy. Hutchinson told of a companion and ransom attempt in Everett before the pair fled to Nebraska where Hutchinson was jailed on cattle rustling charges. Federal agents expressed skepticism about the tale.
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Mattson
Atchinson
Son
Everett
Wash
Nebraska
Hutchinson
Jones
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hutchison
Idahoans Awe at Sinking Farm Land in Southern Idaho
In Buhl Idaho farmers watched a portion of land collapse into a subterranean cavern creating a sinking valley. About five acres on H A Robertson’s farm dropped 125 to 150 feet in two weeks as twelve other plots cracked and the farmer warned his 180 acre property may become canyon bottom land.
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Robertson
Unions and Railways Open Wage Parley Talks
About 350 union delegates met 15 rail management negotiators in a closed session to discuss wages. H A Enochs chaired the operators committee and said few details could be shared yet. Officials estimate a 20 percent pay hike could add 106000 to major line costs based on 1936 figures.
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H. A. Enochs
Pennsylvania
David B. Robertson
French Forces Move to Quell Syria Uprising
French bombing planes and motorized infantry fought in Deir-Ez-Zor to suppress a Mohammadan Kurdish uprising in Syria. Christians were injured, villages pillaged, and authorities fired upon by Kurdish bands. Large shipments of cartridges and munitions found at Aleppo tied to the rebels were a concern.
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Deir-Ez-Zor
Syria
Aleppo
Senate Shelves Administration Plan and Anti-Lynching Debate
Senate shelved the administration’s government reorganization plan while a special committee moves hearings. Wagner introduces a motion to debate the anti-lynching bill, risking delay to adjournment as leadership struggles to control the chamber. Congress sends the lower court procedure bill to the White House for signature ending a half-year clash over judicial reorganization.
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Senate
Wagner
Washington
Brynes
D. S.C
Roosevelt
House
Congress
White House
Parade Route To Erect Parking Ban For Mercer County Centennial
Friday parking will be prohibited along the parade route in Bluefield and Princeton to ensure a smooth procession. The one mile long event features 41 floats and numerous units marching from North Street at 6 am to Lee Street by 1:30 pm in Bluefield and 3:30 pm in Princeton. Vehicles in restricted streets will be towed and fined.
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Mercer County
North Street
Bluefield
Bland Street
Postoffice
Federal Street
Post Office
Princeton Avenue
Lee Street
Princeton
UAW Campaign Keeps Ford Distribution Peaceful at Rouge
Detroit August 11 United Automobile Workers push to organize Ford Motor Companys 150000 employees held union literature at the Rouge plant gates without disorder despite a heavy rain and large crowds at shift change Observers included state police Wayne County sheriff s department and NLRB officials with no evidence of disruption reported by State Police Commissioner Oscar Golander The United Auto Workers led the effort and volunteers distributed materials to workers as crowds gathered on Miller road
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
United Automobile Workers of America
Rouge
Ford Gates
Ford
Miller Road
State Police
Wayne County Sheriff's Department
National Labor Relations Board
Duncan C. McCrea
Oscar Golander
Wage-Hour Bill Blocked by FDR Crop Loan Stand
Congress blocked the wage and hour bill as southern lawmakers pressed to secure federal crop loans before supporting labor standards. The Senate rejected a move to sidetrack the Wagner anti-lynching bill 35 to 27, complicating adjournment plans as White House aides sought votes.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
McNary
House
Wagner
D. N.Y
Pone
Roosevelt
Elec
Charles West
White Houses
Capitol Hill
O'Connor
House Rules Committee
Representative Cox
D. Ga
Empire Rail group ends probe and plans reorganization
Robert R. Young testified before the Senate Railroad Finance Committee that he would welcome government help to restructure his control of the vast system formerly led by the Van Sweringen brothers. An injunction in Baltimore seeks to block the Alleghany and Chesapeake corporations merger, with Tri-Continental and Selected Industries opposing the plan.
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Washington
Robert R. Young
America
Senate
Tion
Senate Railroad Finance Committee
van Sweringen
In Commerce Commission
Young
Federal District Court
Baltimore
Alleghany and
Chesapeake Corporations
New York
Tri-Continental
Selected Industries, Inc
Chesapeake Corporation
Max Lowenthal
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reconstruction Corporation
Chestapeake and
Ohio Railway
Cincinnati Woman Held In Series Of Strange Deaths
Cincinnati police and Colorado authorities probe a string of deaths and illnesses linked to Anna Hahn 31 a Cincinnati telegrapher's wife. Warrants for murder and larceny were filed. four elderly victims named George Cverfer 67 Jacob Wagner 83 Albert Palmer 72 and Ernst Kohler among others. An autopsy was mentioned and poisoning suspected though details remained unrevealed.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Anna Hahn
Walter Hart
Colorado
Hart
I. B. Bruce
Colorado Sp’ S
Colorado Springs
George Cverfer
Hahn
Jacob Wagner
Albert Palmer
Ernst
Kohler
George Hess
Patrick Hayes
Hehn
Hayes
Hess
Obendoerfer
Ene T. Weatherly
Ben
Colorado Sp S
Tygart men to return to 10 jobs at valley homesteads
Elkins West Virginia August 11 hammers and saws will break the silence over the Tygart valley homesteads as work resumes after a two week strike. Washington ordered resumption and leaders say hatchet buried. 24 new houses under construction and a mix of strikers and non strikers debate leadership and investigation.
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Elkins
W. Va
Tygart Valley
H. Eubank
Washington
Robert Z. Willison
L. O. Baker
C. I. Heckert
Centennial three day celebration invites all to events
The committee announces a free three day centennial celebration with most events open to the public admission free except for coronation balls and pageant seats. A 2:30 feature begins on time with a tight schedule. Today includes Princeton at 2:30 opening, 3:30 spinning contest, 3:30 museum opening, Athens 4:30 monument dedication, Bluefield 8:00 coronation, Princeton 10:00 coronation and coronation ball.
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Princeton
Athens
Bluefield
Spinning Championship to Be Decided at Centennial Event
The 1937 United States spinning champion title will be decided in an open contest following the centennial opening. Sixteen entries include Mrs A B Shrewsberry and other Athens Princeton Beckley contestants. wind or indoors dictates venue. admission is free.
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United States
Jon Spinner
U. S
Holt
Price
A. B. Shrewsberry
Athens Road
C. W. J. Walker
Princeton
J. W. Rye
Nemours
J. C. Hall
Tip Top
Margaret Shufflebarger
Bastian
J. C. Martin
Clarkson Phipps
Beckley
John J. Wegner
Everett Bailey
Sarah Morgan
Athens
Holdren
J. L. Hambrick
Mattie Atwell McCoy
William J. Barton
Associated Press
Virginia Spinnners
Minnie Reeve
New York
Missouri
Ozarks
Appalachians
WPA
Tennial Association
Two Way Streets Upped in Morgantown Downtown
Morgantown officials debated reversing the current one way downtown traffic plan. They considered two way operation to ease congestion after trying one way rules.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Centenary Festivities Stir Mercer County with Royal Processions
Crowds gather for Mercer centennial celebrations as Governor Holt and Lt. Gov. Price plan addresses in Princeton and Athens. A open monument to Gen. Hugh Mercer will be unveiled amid revels, with relics of Captain French and pioneer tools on display in the Centennial Museum.
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Homer A. Holt
Virginia
James H. Price
Princeton
Centennial
Centennial Association
John R. Pendleton
Mercer
Hugh Mercer
Edw. Cooper, Jr
Bramwell
T. J. Little
Athens
Pay Hike Demand Halts Silk Strike Progress
Paterson N J August 11 The C I O and employers signed accords lifting some workers back to work in parts of Pennsylvania silk and rayon mills while wage demands blocked a broad settlement In Allentown 8000 workers in about 35 mills returned under new contracts Sidney Hillman said 5000 affected in New York area raised total under contract in eastern textile region to about 20000 Hillman estimated 30000 to 40000 still on strike and talks to be held in New York tomorrow
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Paterson
N. J
Pennsylvania
Passaic Valley
New York
Sidney Hillman
Textile Workers Organizing Committee
Allentown
Reuben Bloch
TWOC
Hillman
Paterson Silk Commission Manufacturer's Association
Smal Mills
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