Regional meetings to explain drought credit schedule
A West Virginia drought committee announced regional meetings to explain credit facilities for drought sufferers. The panel urged farmers avoid debt except for essentials and sought simpler regulations for reduced freight rates. An August Charleston session noted cooperation from the State Road Commission and banking officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
State Road Commission
State Banking Department
Jackson’s Mill
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Huntington
Lewisburg
Howard M. Gore
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Baltimore
Woodcock rejects Hoover plea for budget cuts in prohibition unit
Prohibition Director Woodcock says no relief in enforcement costs and expects full $15,000,000 for the current year with a larger budget next year. He notes split of agencies raised overhead and plans to add 500 agents. A new school for agents will train 24 officers next Tuesday to spread enforcement techniques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Prohibition
Woodcock
Hoover
Enforcement
Treasury
Justice Department
Bureau of Industrial Alcohol
Labor federation urges repeal of Volstead Act
Buffalo leaders say modification to the Volstead Act should be drafted for the 1931 legislative program to provide employment for about two million people. The state federation of labor motion was approved by the convention council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo, N. Y
State Federation of Labor Today
Convention Council
Peruvian political turmoil erupts as U S demands hostage release
The State Department demands the immediate release of Harold B. Grow a U S Navy reserve lieutenant commander captured by rebels in Camana Peru during the ouster of former President Augusto B Leguia who is reported near death Leguia faces court martial by the Peruvian junta as the crisis unfolds
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Harold B. Grow
Leutenant
United States Naval Reserve
Camana
Peru
Augusto B. Lecula
Leguia
Cerro Takes Oath as Junta Leader in Peru
Lima reports Peru returning to normal as Sanchez Cerro is sworn president of the new junta without portfolio. His cabinet includes War Secretary Mayor Alejandro Barco and Foreign Affairs Secretary Col Ernesto Montagne. The administration moves to oust former president adherents and Cerro solidifies control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Peru
Sanchez Cerro
Alejandro Barco
Ernesto Montagne
Gustavo Jibenez
Ricardo Llena
Armando Sologuren
Eulogio Castillo
Carlos Rotalde
Cerro
Attorneys Grill Capone's Lawyer
Jacksonville August 28. Preliminary hearing for three men charged with conspiracy to procure the assassination of Governor Doyle E. Carlton enters its second day as state and defense spar over Capone's connections. Witness Giblin denies Capone interest in Florida clubs or liquor and rejects claims of bribe payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Doyle FE
Carlton
Vincent O. Giblin
Miami
Alphonse Capone
Capone
Giblin
Frank Ralls
R. A. Gray
W. V. Knotts
Clem Dowling
Ralls
Dowling
Embassy Club
Deauville Club
Villa Venice
Florida
Bugs Moran
W. I. Evans
Zuta
Moran Gang
Lingle
Four Michigan Girls Confess to Starting 40 Fires
Four girls aged 8 to 15 in Michigan confessed to starting nearly 40 fires over more than a month. The oldest, Dorothy, said she began the blaze to implicate a neighbor, aided by Evelyn, Helen, and Frances. Parents say they knew nothing of the acts. the family moved from Battle Creek to Athens, losing their home, job, and possessions. The three older sisters were taken to Battle Creek for charges.
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Pontiac
Mich
Floyd Croster
Battle Creek
Dorothy
Evelyn
Helen
Frances
Athens
Oakland County
Crozser
Colorado farmer heads G. A. R. as 64th encampment closes
James Be. Jewel, born 1847 on an Ohio farm, now a Ft. Morgan Colo. lawyer and farmer, is elected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at the 64th encampment in Cincinnati. Edwin J. Foster of Worcester, Mass., steps down. Other officers include Jacob Secrist, Ohio department leader, senior vice commander in chief, and Charles H. Lewis of Pawtucket as junior vice commander.
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Cincinnati
James BE. Jewel
Ohio
Ft. Morgan
Colo
Ulysses S. Grant
Grand Army of the Republic
Jewel
Edwin J. Foster
Worcester
Mass
Germantown
Jacob Secrist
Charles H. Lewis
Pawtucket
R. L
Margaret Grandle
Pittsburg
Kansas
Cora M. Rowling
Ella Berkemeier
Akron
Eea Schweitzer
Wisconsin Department
Daughters Union Veterans
Zella Robinson
Michigan
Vivian Duncan's Brother Gives Lease A Black Eye
Rex Lease, motion picture actor, will not face a camera for four days after a cafe brawl with Hal Duncan, Vivian Duncan's brother. Duncan said he punched Lease after Lease blocked both of her eyes weeks earlier when she refused to join him at a Malibu Beach cottage. Lease was fined $50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Cal
Rex Lease
Hal Duncan
Vivian Duncan
Duncan
Lease
Miss Duncan
Malibu
Lindberghs View Big Circus of Air at Chicago Races
Col and Mrs Lindbergh attend the national air races in Chicago as Lloyd O Donnell wins a 25 mile race in a Waco 10 T open ship. May Haizlip wins the first women closed course race at 121.08 mph with Vera Dawn Walker and Laura Ingalls placing second and third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtiss-Reynolds
Chicago
Charles A. Lindbergh
Columbus
Ohio
Indianapolis
Lindbergh
Jimmie Doolittle
Lindberghs
R. W. Scroeder
Contests
Detroit
Lloyd O'Donnell
Long Beach
Cal
O'Donnell
Gladys O'Donnell
A. J. Davis
East Lansing
Mich
A. W. Killips
Lagrange
Ill
May Haizlip
Kansas City
Met
Vera Dawn Walker
Los Angeles
Laura Ingalls
St. Louis
Betty Lund
Troy
E. B. Heath
Delbert Koerner
Kankakee
Charity Langdon
Norfolk
Star Witness Held on Mann Act Charge in Donahoe Case
Helen Hess of Uniontown, a key witness in the slaying of former Fayette County constable Jack Donahoe, is jailed in default of 2000 bond awaiting a hearing on a Mann Act charge involving transportation for immoral purposes. She accuses Fayette officers of intimidation and says she endured pressure to testify, including alleged truth tester tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Helen Hess
Uniontown
Jack Donahoe
Fayette County
Allegheny County
Awsit
Zelmo Koll
Morgantown
W. Va
Masontown
Tony Bell
Glen Alm
Walnut Hills
United States
Marshall J. G. Lowers
Donahoe
Chicago
Miss Hess
James Crockett
Washington, Pa
di Lillo
Crockett
Koll
Mason
Hess
Monongahela River Falls to Record Low Level in 22 Years
Morgantown West Virginia reports the Monongahela river at 4.2 feet the lowest in 22 years. Officials note the prior low was 44 feet recorded November 29 1908. A river steamer could not dock at the city wharf.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Monongahela River
City
Funeral Marked By Theme Song For Actor Lon Chaney
Lon Chaney famed for The Man Of A Thousand Faces was buried at Forest Lawn Glendale. Marine chaplain Lieut Col H S Dyar led services as Laugh Clown Laugh played, Chaney’s favored mood music from The Hunchback Of Notre Dame. The widow Hazel Chaney fainted, pallbearers included John Jeske, and Serst Frank McClouskey received honors for war service and Chaney’s aid helped his Catalina Island medical operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Lon Chaney
Forest Lawn
Glendale
H. S. Dyar
United States Marine Corps
Chaney
Sam and
Jack Feinberg
Notre Dame
Hazel Chaney
Marine Corps
John Jeske
Marine Corps Guard of Honor
Serst
Frank McClouskey
McClouskey
Catalina Island
McCloskey
Lass Brings Moment Of Joy To Sing Sing
Inside Sing Sing prison the nine year old Cherie Lawes daughter of Warden Lewis E B Lawes returns from Hollywood where she played the warden's daughter in Up the River. On the sunny prison lawn she greets inmates in white uniforms, trusties, pets Beauty Teddy and Bouncer the St Bernard. She recalls a fall and enjoys gifts and greetings from her father and others.
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Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing Prison
Joan
Cherie
Lewis EB. Lawes
Hollywood
Beauty
Teddy
St. Bernard
Bouncer
Polar party bodies found after 33 years in Arctic
Sealer Bratvaag carries the bodies of Solomon August Andree and his polar flight companions toward Norway after their disappearance. Scandinavian radios repeat calls to ensure reception as Dr. Gunnar Horn plans further eastward work and a Tromsoe return about September 10.
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Oslo
Norway
Bratvaag
Solomon August Andree
Arctic
Andree
Hieman
Associated Press
Aftenposten
Tromaoe Harbor
Adolph Hoel
Svalbard Research Station
Aalesund
NID Chairmen to Confer with Ryde on Relief Efforts
Secretary Hyde announced a meeting of state drought relief chairmen in Washington to coordinate relief. He said bankers abroad and in each state would form agriculture credit corporations as intermediaries with federal credit systems to meet distress, with Red Cross support for unmet needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hyde
National Drought Relief Committee
Secreary
Chicago
Bankers Committee
Red Cross
Republican Club Plans Important Meeting August 29
The Bluefield Republican Club will hold an important meeting Friday evening August 29 at the club headquarters in the Matz hotel. Plans for the November election will be discussed. Visitors are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Republican Club
Federal enforcement of prohibition urged for state aid
Assistant Attorney General Youngquist called federal enforcement utterly inadequate and urged state and municipal cooperation. He noted 1,750 federal agents against 175,000 local officers and said broader enforcement of crime laws depends on stronger local support. He praised improvements and warned against corrupt or unfit agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Youngquist
Columbia
Washington Star
Mitchell
Prohibition
Woodcock
Wickersham
Law Enforcement Commission
Prohibition Bureau
Mather to testify in Youngstown merger case
William G Mather of Cleveland will appear in court in Youngstown to answer questions about the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Bethlehem Steel merger. Judge Jenkins scheduled the session amid ongoing testimony by auditors about depreciation and merger terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenkins
Youngstown, O
David Jenkins
William G. Mather
Cleveland
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Bethlehem Steel
Mather
George B. Young
Andrews and Belden
William G
E. Livingston Mather
Livingston Mather
Young
Cyrus S. Eaton
George C. May
Price Waterhouse and Company
May
Bethlehem
Youngstown
Ernst and Ernst
Eaton
Cliffs Corporation
Livingston
Samuel Mather
Pickands, Mather and Company
Sheet and Tube
Messrs. Mather
Tons Family Reunion Marks 35th Annual Gathering
In Chicago on August 28 1856 or 1837 origins noted the Tons family descendants of John Ton who emigrated from Holland in 1837 held their 35th annual reunion today. The Tons are incorporated under Illinois laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Ton
Holland
Illinois
Revolt Fears Loom in Argentina Under Yrigoyen
Buenos Aires reports rising unrest as military units are kept in barracks and the presidential palace is guarded. Dr. Juan de la Campa warns of political leaders involved and the president vows to convene an extraordinary session of Congress on September 8 amid party conferences at his residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Hipolito Yrigoyen
Lacrifica
Juan de la Campa
de la Campa
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State Road
Nat T. Frame
Agriculture Extension Division
West Virginia University
Gore
Colorado Farmer
G. A. A. Ets
James E. Jewel
Curtiss Port
Lloyd O’donnell
Gladys
May Hairlip
Pennsylvania
Anel
Lawes
Big House
Cfaser
Brattvag
Republican National Committee
Herbert Hoover
NID
RYDE
Republican Club
William Mather
South Republic
Yrigoyen
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