Loyalists Press Aragon Front in Drive Toward Belchite
Government forces tightened siege around Belchite and captured six villages as they aimed to sever insurgent lines between Valencia and Madrid. Franco diverted troops from Santander as the Aragon front poised for decisive action likely to influence the 13 month old war.
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Madrid
Belchite
Zaragoza
Teruel
Aragon
Valencia
Aie Ts Tee
Francisco Franco
Santander
Legless swimmer completes vast Hudson swim to New York
Charley Zimmy 43-year-old man with no legs swam 145 miles from Albany to New York in about 148 hours. He uses a roller platform on land and suffered six days in salt water, prompting hospital concern for possible pneumonia after his exhausting feat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charley Zimmy
Hudson River
Albany
Harlem
Zimmy
Key West
Havana
Sim
Supreme Court opens short special session in Charleston
The Supreme Court began a ten day special term to clear its docket of drug cases. Judge John H. Hatcher presided as President Judge Jo N. Kenna recovers from a car crash near Warrenton, Virginia. The court upheld a Kanawha circuit order directing the disbarment of Charles attorney S. P. Mitchell on malpractice charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court
J.udge
John H. Hatcher
Jo N. Kenna
Warrenton
Kanawha Circuit
P. Mitchell
Charges Against Slain Man Stand In Wheeling Case
Federal judge declines to dismiss the indictment against slain Mike Russell as jurors and alternates hear evidence in a conspiracy case tied to a 1931 income tax evasion scheme. Defendants seek venue changes. most requests denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Russell
Clarksburg
W. Va
Harry E. Watkins
Wheeling
Russell
Eugene Meacham
Washington
Theodore Russell
George W. Oldham
George H. Seibert
Michael Gould
U. 8S
Homer Cummings
Howard L. Robinson
Seibert
William “Bill
Seibei
Veterans Hear Pleas for Peace at 38th Encampment
Buffalo N Y August 46 veterans of foreign wars opened their 38th annual encampment as Senator Arthur H Vandenberg urged immediate legislation to remove profits from future wars. National Commander Bernard W Kearney endorsed an eight point program including federalizing arms industry. Governor Harold G Hoffman warned against entering other nations conflicts and vowed to stay out unless vital American interests are at stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Bernard W. Kearney
Gloversville
Rain floods Bluefield streets as storm sewers fail
More than two inches of rain fell in Bluefield and surrounding areas from 5 a.m. to 1 30 p m causing storm sewers to overflow and lift manhole covers. Maple Acres Mercer County club and Glenwood Park were heavily affected while Roanoke recorded near two inches of rain. Local observer O C Keeney logged 1 51 inches by 12 30 p m with more rain after noon and August total near 7 45 inches, about double July’s.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
Virginia
Roanoke
College Avenue
Maple Acres
Mercer Country Club
Glenwood Park
O. C. Keeney
Keeney
Loyal unions clash as AFL council nears end in Atlantic City
Atlantic City N J August 30 two fights between loyal unions kept the AFL executive council busy during the seashore meeting The Hotel and Restaurant Employees International Alliance and the Bartenders International save of America charged the Building Service Employees International Union with stealing workers The International Association of Machinists accused the Glass Bottle Blowers of invading machinists jurisdiction at Owens Illinois Glass Toledo plant The council heard arguments from all four parties but took no decision Expulsion of ten C I O unions suspended last September 5 was not recommended informally report says and could wait until the October Denver convention
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
Owens-Illinois Glass Company
Toledo, O
Green
Federation
Denver
Wheeling Man Dead From Auto's Fumes
Wheeling West Virginia August 30 Louis Thoms Smith 41 was found dead in his car on a hill. Coroner Dr B S Bobes said a hose from the exhaust pipe led into the interior and the motor was running. Two notes were found in the car indicating Payne had been worrying over
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Wheeling
W. Va
Louis Thoms Smith
8. S. Bobes
Bobes
Ogee
Payne
Prominent mob figurelinked arrests in tri state vice raids
Gmen moved to make two important arrests while Harry Roth linked to Luciano faced Mann act charges. Roth, 42, and two others fled bail as 137 suspects were held after dawn vice raids across Atlantic City Philadelphia and Wilmington. FBI promised swift federal prosecutions and Hoover said non federal evidence would go to state juries.
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Trenton
N. J
Charles “Lucky” Luciano
Harry Roth
Luciano
J. Edgar Hoover
A of
New York
Roth
Teddy Jaine
Atlantic City
Blaine
Martin Tin Block
Hudson County
Jersey City
Mercer
FBI
Philadelphia
Wilmington
United States
William F. Smith
U. S
Smith
Hoover
Atlantic
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West Virginia labor federation refuses to stand trial
President John B. Easton of the State Federation of Labor says he will not appear for trial over failure to oust CIO unions. The convention, led by John L. Lewis supporters, voted to retain CIO locals while pledging to maintain a powerful state federation and uphold current affiliations amid AFL rules concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor
Wires Green
Charleston
W. Va
John B. Easton
State Federation of Labor
William Green
Co. I. O
Convicted Slayer Appeals Death Sentence to State Supreme Court
William B Read asked West Virginia's Supreme Court to review the death sentence for the torch slaying of W Earle Dollman. The appeal would stay the execution scheduled for September 7. Read claims he was in Richmond Virginia the night the body was found in a burning car near Sutton. Governor Holt had granted a 60 day stay earlier to allow review of the Richmond claim and other case aspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
William B. Read
Supreme Court
W. Earle Dollman
Read
Richmond
Sutton
Four Corners
Holt
Quality of imagination separates clerk and executive
The study by Dr. F L Wells reports imagination as the sole differentiator between 100 men earning $5000 yearly and 100 earning under $35 weekly. Four tests showed similar intelligence, but spontaneous imagination predicted wealth and the ability to describe possibilities, unlike multiple choice tests.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
American Association of Applied and Professional Psychology
F. L. Wells
Psychology Laboratory
Boston
Denmark
Atlantic
Wells
State Dept protests China over Liner President Hoover bombing
Secretary Hull announced a vigorous protest to China and Japan over the bombing of the President Hoover near Shanghai. He said the U S reserves rights for damages and Americans may be evacuated by naval craft, not merchant ships, as tensions rise in the war zone.
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Washington, On
State Department
China
Hoover
United States
Hull
Japan
Nelson T. Johnson
Nanking
Arry E. Yarnell
Kobe
Shanghai
Yarnell
Augusta
Asiatic
Chinese
President Hoover
Haskell
Foreign Office
Washington
Esman
Nanki
Cumberland
Ary E. Yarnell
United States Asiatic Fleet
Dollar
Yanktze
Stim
Woosung
Wooree
Seward
Yarley
Four-County Goodwill Trek Broadcast Plans Announced
Plans for WHIS to broadcast the Goodwill motorcade features tomorrow across Bland Wythe Pulaski Giles counties to aid Bluefield readers unable to attend. Schedule lists stops at Bluefield area towns with entertainment by Ann Sue and Lynn Mason and Lynn Davis. Tickets at 1.50 include dinner hat cane decorations and pro rata drum corps expenses.
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WHIS
Virginia
Chamber of Commerce
Buia
Praritourt
Telee
Bland Wythe
Pulaski
Giles
Bland
Dublin
Narrows
Glen Lyn
Pearisburg
Barnes Nash
Ann
Sue
Lynn
Sue Mason
Lynn Davis
J. P. Gills
Gilles
Bland County
Wytheville
Lee Highway
Pearlsburg
New River
Bluefield
Chamber
Law and Commerce
Conrad Brevick
Brevick
New State Theatre On Commerce
China accuses Japan of aggression in China protest
China charges Japan with precipitating the Far Eastern conflict and warns the world that the fighting has only begun. The note to the League of Nations advisory committee on China accuses Japan of rejecting negotiations and confirms a policy of conquest and expansion in Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
China
Japan
League of Nations Advisory Committee
United States
League
Central
North
Weather extremes hit across regions with storms and cold
Frosty autumn weather lashed the west while a tropical storm pounded Florida coast. East and midcontinent states saw sultry heat and showers. Central Idaho dipped to 22 degrees but experts saw no serious crop damage. A severe storm spawned a six foot flood wall on the Arkansas river, blocking transport. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Florida
West Virginia
East
Idaho
Pike Peak
Utahs
Arkansas
Georgia
Atlantic
Chicago
Nebraska
Anon
Navy May Be Used For Evacuations From Shanghai
Bombing of the President Hoover by Chinese planes threatens new action as U S civilians face evacuation. The Hoover was struck off Shanghai coast wounding crew and passengers. Diplomatic protests and joint U S Japan naval responses followed as China and Japan clash near Shanghai and Kobe.
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U. S
Yarnell
S. S
Hoover
Kobe
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Seige
Princeton
Mercer Golf Course
Telegraph
Sen. Vandenburg
Promise
Lucky’ Luciano
Eagton
Easton
Parkersburg
Williamstown
State Supreme Court
By Howard W. Blakeslee
Cape
League of Nations Committee
South West Virginia
NAVY
China Sea
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