Bids Called for Four Bridges and 48.7 Miles of West Virginia Roads
Charleston June 21. Bids for four bridges and 48.7 miles of highway at an estimated $800,000 were requested by the state road commission. Open on July 22, projects include Racine Crandy Creek road and Barboursville Culloden paving, guard rails, grading, and widening. Bridges in Mayaville Little Beaver creek Run Run and Den Run, with concrete arch spans, are listed.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Road Commission
Boone County
Racine- Crandy Creek
Cabell County
Barboursville-Culloden
Doeddridge
Harrison
Taylor
Greenbrier
Wilson
Lewisburg
Hancock County
Weirton
Hardy County
Moorefield
Oldfield
Jefferson County
Harpers Ferry
Bolivar
Kanawha County
St. Albanas
Coal Mountain
Kanawha City
Garnet
Logan County
Davin
Wyoming
Monroe County
Rock Camp
Peterstown
Putnam County
Redhouse
Paradise
Wayne County
Ganettes Creek
Wetzel County
Grant County
Mayaville
Raleigh County
Little Beaver Creek
Ritchie County
den Run
Tyler County
Gorrel Tun
Investigation Opens Into Grady Hospital X ray Film Fire
An official inquiry was started in Atlanta to determine the cause of yesterday’s X ray film blaze at Grady hospital. Ten people exposed to fumes from burning films were moved to another hospital for close observation, with doctors noting they may be watched two days or more.
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Atlanta
Grady Hospital
Cleveland
Body of Beckham County Sheriff Found Shot in Office
The body of T. C. Phillips Beckham County sheriff was discovered in his Sayre office tonight with six bullet wounds. Undersheriff M. L. Ingram found him and could not explain the slaying. Phillips, 45, unmarried, finishing his first term and a prohibition enforcement advocate, was likely shot at close range after being summoned to his office door.
Manhunt in Queens for killer of two in NY police case
Police sweep 1000 detectives and officers search Queens for a maniac linked to two homicides and threats to murder fourteen others. Photo shows Noel Lowley, a radio expert, shot in a parked car with a girl. another victim, Catherine May, with Joseph Marynsky, killed similarly nearby. A letter signed 3X taunts police claiming more victims.
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New York
Borough of
Queens
Noel Lowley
Catherine May
Joseph Marynsky
City and Goalfield Tems City and Goalfield Tems
Attend business college morning sessions during summer. West Virginia Business College Honaker building Bluefield. To road contractors New Republic truck very cheap. Salvation Army 606 Bales street schedules Sunday services and youth programs. Officers outline Girl Life Saving Guard and Boy Life Saving Scouts with merit badges for practical skills. Services include holiness meeting Sunday eight pm and Sunday school afternoon.
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West Virginia Business College
Honaker
Bluefield
W. Va
New Republic
Bales Street
Girl Life Saving Guard Organization
Uniit
Army
Chums
Boy Life Saving Scouts
Young People’s Legion
Salvation Service
J. J Keefer
Slemp declines to run in Ninth District race
Slemp opts not to seek the Ninth District congressional seat after retirement. he plans to visit June 28 and attend the Bristol convention as temporary chairman if chosen. He cites personal affairs and law practice in Washington. Democrats nominated John W. Flanagan of Clintwood and may delay his own opening speech until after the Republican convention on July 12.
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Slemp
Congress
Washington
Ninth
Bristol
Daily Telegraph
John W. Flanagan
Clintwood
Flanagan
Disappearance of Suspect Mystery San Francisco
In a year since radio operator William P Tallman vanished from the coastwise steamer Admiral Beacon near San Francisco harbor detectives seek him for the murder of Mrs Virginia Patty in Los Angeles. No clue has surfaced despite wide searches of ships, hotels, and ports.
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San Francisco
INS
William P. Tallman
Admiral Beacon
Virginia Patty
Los Angeles
Tallman
Oakland
Harry Tallman
Swn
Bill
Patty
W. C. Johnson
Frank E. Patty
Portland, Ore
Admiral Benson
Mexican airman makes long hop to Mexico City
Colonel Fierro completed the first nonstop flight from New York to Mexico City bettering Lindbergh’s December 1927 time by over ten hours. He flew a Lockheed-Sirius monoplane with low wings, identical to Lindbergh’s. Rufino Pierre, the colonel’s father, arrived in Mexico City to greet him after the arrival.
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Colonel Fierro
New York
Mexico City
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Washington
Lindbergh
Bollingfield
Fierro
Rufino Pierre
Chihuahua
Bermuda pair sail 15 foot boat to New York
Eric Johnson 21 of Bermuda and Florence Smith 24 of Grand Manan New Brunswick completed a sea voyage in a 15 foot sailboat from Bermuda to New York. They steered with a compass, wore simple outfits ashore, and laughed at plans for marriage while arriving tanned and healthy. Johnson built the boat himself and the crew included a University of Maine graduate.
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New York
Eric Johnson
Bermuda
Florence Smith
Grand Manan
New Brunswick
Miss Smith
Johnson
University of Maine
Amber grange wins as 40000 squirrels slain statewide
In Washington state during the spring season over 40,000 ground squirrels were killed across multiple counties to control crop pests. A large celebratory gathering was held with the Amber grange claiming victory in the killing contest after shooting 1547 squirrels.
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Washington
Amber Grange
Local Coal and Building Suppliers Advertise Services
Bluefield Iee and Co offers high grade coal at reasonable prices with a winter supply reminder. A business college organized in 1900 invites day or evening courses at Bailey block opposite Bluefield post office. Limestone Products Co lists concrete blocks for garages foundations and walls and notes ongoing manufacturing. Special Monday hats priced at $1.00 from Athel's Hat Shoppe.
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Bluefield Iee and Co. 8. Co
Bailey Block
Bluefield Poat
W. Cunningham
Limestone Products Co
New Jersey Senator David Baird Jr Marries in Toledo
United States Senator David Baird Jr. of New Jersey wed Frances H. Smith in Toledo at 6 p.m. The ceremony took place in Mrs. Smith's niece's home with family present. Mrs. Willer served as matron of honor and the Willys-Overland company president acted as best man. The couple will travel east by private car Sunday and then depart for Europe.
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Toledo
United States
David Baird Jr
New Jersey
Frances H. Smith
Elizabeth Hutchins Returns Home as Gold Star Mother
Elizabeth Hutchins, 92, of Oakland California, the nation’s oldest gold star mother, travels back to the United States waving a cheery greeting after her visit with President Roosevelt.
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Elizabeth Hutchins
Oakland
Cal
U. S
Roosevelt
United States
Secretary Lamont Defends New Tariff
Secretary Lamont issued a commerce department study defending the tariff bill and challenging claims it will harm American business. He outlined the measure’s international trade effects, noted foreign protests already addressed by Congress, and cited a decade of rising U S exports. He argued Americans will continue to buy and sell large quantities abroad under the new tariff.
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Washington
Lamont
Commerce Department
United States
Tariff Commission
England’s Nomination for U S Senate Calls for Party Unity
In a statement from West Virginia, England urges Republican unity for the United States Senate race. He argues the winner should receive wholehearted support from all party members, free from factional influence, and he cites his record as a state senator, attorney general, and congressman as proof of qualifications. England notes two past election contests in the sixth district, including a 1926 loss and a later recount dispute that the state supreme court rejected.
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Republican Party
West Viriiia
Congress
England
Sixth
J. Alfred Taylor
Congreseman
Joel L. Smith
State Supreme Court
Kanawha County
Former Governor White to decide on U.S. Senate bid
Parkersburg West Virginia June 21 Former Governor A B White in response to reports that he may run for the Republican nomination for United States senator said I will know what I intend to do and will make a definite statement within the next 24 hours White had previously announced he would not seek re election to the state senate from the third district comprising Pleasant Wirt and Wood counties
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White
Parkersburg
W. Va
A. B. White
United States
Pleasant
Wirt
Wood
Byrd Expedition Men Seek Jobs After Voyage
New York June 21 Some members of the Byrd Antarctic expedition are seeking employment. An employment bureau opened at a midtown hotel lists aviation mechanics machinists carpenters and surveyors among those looking for work. Many served voluntarily or at low pay while others filled their prior posts.
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New York
Bridesmaids' School trains wedding party crafts in London
London schools for brides and bridesmaids teach every movement from handling the bride's train to choosing the bridegroom's supporting arm after the ceremony.
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London
Long Island Killer Ends Death Mission After Ringing Murders
A man resembling the killer is held on a disorderly conduct charge in Queens. Three other suspects were arrested. two released and one sent to King's Park asylum. Betty Ring and Catherine May, with Noel Lowley and Joseph Mozyneski of College Point, could not ID a photo of the man who vanished from his parish two months earlier after signs of mental disorder. The pastor noted a link between the killings and letters sent to reporters, signed by a man claiming to be from Russia and the Red Diamond secret order. The killer said his mission ended with documents recovered and vowed to kill no more. He praised police, commended American women, and expressed regret for the murders.
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Queens
King’s Park Asylum
Betty Ring
Catherine May
Noel Lowley
Joseph Mozyneski
College Point
Russia
Music publisher Leo Feist dies in New York at 60
Leo Feist longtime music publisher and magnate died at his Mt. Vernon New York home at age sixty after years of arthritis. Once a corset salesman he built a world distributing business bearing his name and directed it from his home in later years. Survived by wife Bessie Meyer Feist and three sons Mason Milton and Leonard. Feist was born in New York to Alsatian parents.
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Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Leo Feist
Mr. Feist
Africa
Feist
Bessie Meyer Feist
Mason
Milton
Leonard
New York
Enter Guilty Pleas In Court In Session Here
People facing prohibition law violations enter guilty pleas. Names include Wilburn Workman and George Christian with multi year sentences, plus fines and months in jails and probation. Several defendants from N P A and others, plus James Crawford case continued with bail set at 2000 dollars.
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Atlanta
Harry Kissenger
Paul Nixon
Lewis Wagstaff
Raleigh
Virgie Davia
J. W. Blankenship
J. A. Crawford
Jarvis Call
Mary Neely
Cliford Wallace
Chililcothe
Carrie Harbor
Alderson
John Hampton
McDowell County
John H. Crawford
Never Too Old at 63 Starts Painting Career
London. Mrs. Hannah Brown, long tied to the Foundling Hospital childhood home, has begun a new life as an artist at age 63. She recently painted her first picture from memory and it was accepted for exhibition by the Royal Academy, signaling a bright future.
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London
Hannah Brown
Foundling Hospital
Royal Academy
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