$2,000,000 Industrial Exhibit Opens Thrill Circus Tonight
Thousands visit the Norfolk and Western freight station for the Southern Appalachian Industrial exhibit opening. Bluefield crowds grow as spectators await the Appalachian Thrill Circus at Municipal Stadium tonight. The show runs through Friday and Saturday with 145 exhibits and 500 manufacturers represented.
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Norfolk and Western
Kanawha Manufacturing Company
Charleston
C. H. Hillabold
W. Va
Norfolk and Western Railway
Bluefield
Municipal Stadium
Pully 500
Appalachian
Thrill Circus Preview Delights Bluefield Audience
A large Bluefield crowd enjoyed a preview of the Industrial exhibit acts at Municipal Stadium. Master of ceremonies Henry Cogert kept the show lively as Helen Reynolds and her world champion skaters drew the crowd with an eight‑girl routine. Fayne and Foster performed novelty music and a skit, with Osaki and Taki the Japanese acrobats adding flair.
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Bluefield
Municipal Stadium
West
Uncle Hal) Cogert
Helen Reynolds
Fayne
Foster
Jim Smith
Osaki
Taki
Bland Man Struck by Auto Near Bland Courthouse
W M Milliners aged 32 of Bland county was badly hurt when struck by an automobile near Bland courthouse yesterday afternoon. He suffered fractures to both sides of the head and was taken to St Lukes hospital in serious condition. The car was driven by Mrs Arch M Muncy of Nerrows and witnesses say the man stepped from a threshing machine onto the pavement. Dr T E Vass of St Lukes said his condition remained very serious. Dr Wagner of Bland Courthouse assisted at the scene and in the hospital.
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W. M. Milliners
Bland County
St. Lukes Hospital
Bland Courthouse
Arch M. Muncy
Nerrows
T. E. Vass
St. Lukes
Dr. Wagner
Mllinois
Roosevelt denies political insurance deals in Collier's piece
James Roosevelt, son of the president, tells Collier's that he has never written a political insurance bond or interceded for clients in government. He cites a National Distillers contract of 60 to 100 million dollars insured by his firm and says profits come from a new whiskey insurance form.
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New York
James Roosevelt
Young Roosevelt
Roosevelt and Sargent, Inc
Collier's Magane
Branc Commission
National Distillers
Roosevelt
E Underwriters Association
Japanese Stand By Order Affects One Million Recruits
Tokyo reports the war office issued a stand by order to the recruit division of the nation’s youth. No official list, but an estimated one million men would be affected across the country.
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Tokyo
Japanese War Office
Hines Trial Evidence Shows Judge Influenced by Mob
A witness in the Hines policy racket case recants a sworn statement alleging Hines sent him to Harlem in 1932 for employment at Schultz associate Weinberg. Julius Williams, 46, says he was coerced and illiterate, with Dewey aide Gelb dictating the words. He cites police and court pressure as reason for the recantation.
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New York
Tammany
Jimmy Hines
Hines
Dutch Schultz Policy Syndicate
Julius
Red) Williams
Francis J. Erwin
Thomas E. Dewey
Schultz Combine
Williams
Harlem
George
Weinberg
Schultz Henchman
Lloyd Paul Styker
Sol Gelb
Dewey
Gelb
Owey
Schultz
Deserters Describe U S Fighters in Spain Prisoner Claims
Two Lincoln Battalion deserters testified before a House committee that hundreds of American fighters in the Spanish government army wished to return home but were kept as virtual prisoners. They alleged Communist leaders controlled the forces, spied via a Russian OGPU, and threatened with machine guns for mutiny.
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Washington
Lincoln Battalion
House Committee
OGPU
Abraham Sobel
Boston
Alvin I. Halpern
Spain
Hary Bridges
West Coast
Mem
George Mde Forced to Resign Af g Post
Edgar B. Dunlap, campaign aide to Senator Walter F. George, resigns as Georgia counsel for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. He says RFC officials demanded he stop activities for the senator after a Washington trip and a telegram from Claude E. Hamilton Jr. requesting his resignation.
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Atlanta
Edgar B. Dunlap
Walter F. George
Georgia
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
George
Dunlap
Washington
Claude E. Hamilton, Jr
Hamilton
Reconstruction Finance Co
Withdrawal of Troops From Maytag Strike Area
Gov. Kraschel ordered the immediate withdrawal of 125 National Guard troopers and eight officers from Newton Iowa where a three month labor dispute between Maytag Washing Machine and its CIO union has cooled. The troops, part of 250 sent July 20, are to move out tomorrow to aid a friendly settlement.
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Newton
Nelson G. Kraschel
National Guard
CIO
Mercer county to set maximum levies for state aid
County officials led by County Clerk Lowery G. Bowling returned from Charleston after meeting with the State Tax Commissioner on keeping levies at 34 cents for classes three and four while ensuring enough funds for relief. The plan faced rejection and formal levy adoption was set for today by the county court.
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Mercer County
Department of Public Assistance
Lowery G. Bowling
Charleston
C. E. Morgan
X. G. Thomason
C. J. Johnson
General Fund
Department
Bowling
Young GOP Plans State Convention in Charleston
A Charleston headed committee of young Republicans led by John Charnock will meet to set the groundwork for the state convention on September 9 and 10. Speakers will be chosen at the session and attended by Mayor Fred T. Wilson of Fairmont along with other committee members. The group also aims to revise the constitution, and leaders from Morgan town to Wheeling discuss potential presidential candidates.
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Charleston
W. Va
Young Republicans
John Charnock
Charnock
Fred T. Wilson
Fairmont
P. G. Meador
Madeline Basil
Berkeley Springs
Harold Peterfield
Bluefield
William T. Largent
Morgantown
Orren L. Jones
Middlebourne
House of Delegates
Sargent
Donald Vancamp
Jones
Russell Nesbitt
Wheeling
British Mediator Talks With Sudeten Leader At Castle
Viscount Runciman and Konrad Henlein met for their first face to face talks in the Sudeten region at Castle Rothenhaus near Komotau. Officials kept progress private but believed Runciman urged the Sudeten leader to soften demands toward a settlement with Prague. The Sudeten faction demands full self government for 3,520,000 Germans in Czechoslovakia amid rising tensions.
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London
Komotau
Czechoslovakia
Viscount Runciman
Konrad Henlein
Runciman
Heinlein
Praha
Mussolini Inspects Pantelleria Mountain Fortress by Air
Premier Mussolini flew 700 miles round trip to Pantelleria island in his bombing plane at 180 miles per hour. The trip, kept secret until completion, aimed to impress Britain and France and bolster Italian Mediterranean influence as tensions with democratic nations rise. Meanwhile, Mussolini’s wife Rachele sailed an Adriatic cruise, first departure ashore in years.
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Rome
Mussolini
Italy
Mediterranean
Pantelleria Island
Britain
France
Il Duce
Spain
Pantelleria
Sicily
Tunisia
Malta
la Tribuna
1St
Rachele
O Connors Speech Alleges Purge Drives Dictatorship Threat
New York Aug 18 AP Representative John J O Connor D N Y labels the presidents purge of foes a move toward monocracy and urges public judgment on democracy versus dictatorship in a radio address prepared for CBS He vows to respond firmly to what he calls administration attacks while defending his duties as a elected representative
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New York
John J. O'Connor
N. Y
Congress
Daneavalt
CBS
United States
America
O'Connor
West Virginia bar association president race draws names
Three prominent WV attorneys were named as potential state bar president candidates at the Greenbrier convention. Ashton File of Beckley William G. Stathers of Clarksburg and George Richardson of Bluefield were among those discussed as successors to Thomas B. Jackson of Charleston as roughly 200 lawyers gather for the annual meeting in White Sulphur Springs.
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State Bar Association
George Richardson
Richardson
Mercer
Greenbrier
W. Va
West Virginia
State Bar
Gathaa
Thomas B. Jackson
Charleston
Ashton File
Beckley
William G. Stathers
Clarksburg
Johnson Simpson In Alaska On Plane Trip
An army amphibian plane arrived in Juneau at 2 30 p m after a nonstop flight from Seattle carrying Louis Johnson assistant secretary of war J M Monroe Johnson assistant secretary of commerce and Burr M Simpson of Charleston West Virginia. The party studied weather reports as they planned to extend their official inspection trip to Fairbanks anchorage and return south via the route.
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Juneau
Alaska
Seattle
Louis Johnson
J. M. Monroe Johnson
Burr M. Simpson
Charleston
W. Va
Fairbanks
Ancherage
Four Miners Rescued From Shawnee Pit in Scranton
Four miners entombed in the Shawnee Coal mine were rescued after about five hours. They were rushed to a hospital suffering only from shock. A runaway mine car caused the collapse, and a steam shovel aided the digging. Communication with the trapped men came an hour before surface retrieval.
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Scranton
Shawnee Coal Company
Pledges Aid Against Invaders Receives Honorary Degree
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Mackenzie King hail US Canada friendship during ceremony for a Thousand Islands Bridge dedication. They pledge mutual defense of borders and shared heritage while stressing open, frank diplomacy and neighborly relations.
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Canada
United States
Mackenzie King
Thousand Island Bridge
Lnk Mink Ivy Lea
Ont
Ing. N. Y
AFL CHIEF WILL FILE CHARGES IN WELCH ROW
Pro labor factions clash as charges planned against three men over an assault outside a Welch magistrate court. Barney Flaherty of the Progressives says C I O rivals attacked AFL officials. A Rodrigues vows to press charges against unnamed assailants. No arrests or investigations concluded as disputes over investigation timing continue.
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Labor Department
Bridges
Sobel
Welvern
Halpern
Spain
Russia
AFL
Welch Row
Charleston
W. Va
Progressive Mine Workers
Welch
APF
O. L
Barney Flaherty
Progressives
American Federation of Labor
Hugh Butler Amo
Um Iger
C. O
United Mine Workers
Flaherty
Onto Ss. A
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West Virginian
Pocahontas Mechanical and Electrical Institute
B. B. Houseman
Coal Operators Association
Pocahontas Operators Association
Stanley Higgins
New River Association
J. J. Ardigo
Williamson Association
Pat Graney
Winding Gulf Association
Harry G. Kennedy
Kanawha Association
Jesse Sullivan
West Virginia Coal Association
H. A. McAllister
Logan Operators 'Association
Thrill Circus
Bland
AUTO
Pittsburgh
U .S. Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Chicago
Denver
Pitsburgh
St. Low
Columbus
Los Angeles
Parkersburg
Pains Eee
FDA
Jimmy
Fdr
U.S
Opain
George Mde
AFG
Lindberg Heist Trent
Ohio Penitentiary
Trent
Shirley Ann Woodburn
Cincinnati
James
Young Gop
Conrad Henlein
Henlein
Castle Rothenhaus
See
Sudeten Mountains
Breux
Duce
New Sea Fortress
O’connor
Pennsylvania
U. S
Dominion
Ontario
Thousand Islands
U. S.-Canada
A. S
King
Albert Mathews
Queens Unmy
Canone
Amercas
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