McDowell Officer Fatally Injured In Arrest Attempt
McDowell County officer Alex Day, 35, son of the late prohibition crusader Mack Day, was fatally injured when he was knocked from a running board during a drunken driving arrest near Premier. He died en route to Grace hospital in Welch. a mountain search was launched led by Mack Day Jr. Day was a native of McDowell County and had been at Premier about two months.
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Alex Day
McDowell County
Mack Day
Premier
Day
Grace Hospital
Welch
Brown's Creek District
Indiana Miners Seek Authorization for Strike
Terre Haute Indiana Frank Barnhart president of district 11 United Mine Workers asked John L Lewis to authorize a strike of 15000 Indiana soft coal miners next Wednesday after wage talks between miners and operators deadlocked. Workers demand a six dollar daily basic wage while operators offer five fifty. talks ongoing since mid summer.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Frank Barnhart
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
International
Washington
Indiana
Barnhart
Canadian steam trawler Lemberg aground near Sable Island
The Canadian steam trawler Lemberg reported aground off the east bar of Sable Island Nova Scotia at 11 44 p m EST. Radiomarine and Mackay radio stations heard the SOS as a gale raged off Cape Sable with rough seas. The Bull Line steamer De Lisle was en route to aid the vessel based on radio messages.
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Lemberg
East
Sable Island
Nova Scotia
Radiomarine
Mackay Radio
Cape Sable
Bull Line
de Lisle
Pennsylvania freight train derailment near Flora causes fires
Logansport Ind Sept 11 A Pennsylvania freight train of 15 cars derailed at Flora south of here. Several cars caught fire blocking communications between Flora and Logansport. It was not learned immediately if anyone was injured.
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Logansport
Ind
Pennsylvania
Flora
Here
Phil Conley Announces Legion Post Candidacy
Phil Conley of Charleston West Virginia announced his candidacy for national vice commander of the American Legion. Ralph S Mohr of Rhode Island also entered the race endorsed by state officials for one of five posts to be filled at the national convention in New York City on September 23.
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Ind
Phil Conley
Charleston
W. Va
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Ralph S. Mohr
R. I
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New York City
Sudbury Boy Dies as Storm Knocks Out Iron Lung Power
Sudbury Ontario September 11 infantile paralysis victim Roy Bacon aged 14 died when a storm cut power to the iron lung keeping him alive for a week. The outage lasted 45 minutes.
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Sudbury
Ontario
Roy Bacon
Puppy Love Slayer Gets Life in Prison
Hollys Sagester, a Richmond High School sophomore, pleaded guilty to first degree murder in the slaying of 15 year old Martha Markey. He admitted shooting her with a .22 rifle on August 26 after she said she would date another boy.
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Richmond
Ind
Hollys Sagester
Martha Markey
G H. Hoetscher
Sagester
Markey
GOP Women Meet In Capital Oct 22
Mrs. Cara L. Ebert announced the third biennial convention of the West Virginia Federation of Republican Women’s clubs will be in Charleston on October 22. Delegates from 48 state clubs will attend with speakers including John Hamilton J R McCarl Mrs Worthington Stanton and Mrs Robert L Bacon.
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Charleston
W. Va
Cara L. Ebert
Parkersburg
West Virginia Federation of Republican Women's Clubs
Ebert
John S. Walker
Huntington
John Hamilton
National Republican Committee
J. R. McCarl
Worthington, Stanton
Scranton
Robert L. Bacon
New York
New York State Republican Committee
10 Year Old Neville J Slain in New Hampshire
Neville J a 10 year old boy was found murdered near a wood road in Gilford New Hampshire. Officials called it one of the state’s most brutal murders as police hunted suspects including sex offenders and traced tire tracks to identify a car.
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N. H
New Hampshire
Neville J
Simon Lacey
Mgster
Arry Jenson
Laconia
Frederick D. Elliott
Neville
L. I. Brown
Lice
Typhoon hits Japanese coasts leaving many dead
Tokyo reports at least 60 dead after a 75 mile per hour typhoon scourged western and southern Japan. The storm from the Loochoo Islands struck Shikoku with torrential rain, high tides, and widespread destruction.
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Japan
Loochoo Islands
Shikoku
Tokyo-Yokohama
Takahatsu
Wheeling Pair Acquitted in Tax Conspiracy Case
A federal jury in Clarksburg acquitted George H. Seibert and George W. Oldham of con spiracy to evade income taxes tied to a Wheeling numbers syndicate. Theodore Russell pleaded guilty. Mike Russell and others faced trial, with sentencing to follow.
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Oldham
Clarksburg
W. Va
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Wheeling
George W. Oldham
Ohio County
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Siebert
Harry E. Watkins
William
Big Bill) Lais
Lias
Mike
Theodore Russell
Numbers
Watkins
Mike Russell
Theodore
Parkersburg
Wallis
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Grm
Washington
Russell
Liquor Store Robbed as Fire Destroys Building
Richwood witnesses a bold heist as a masked bandit robs the liquor store while a warehouse fire razes an oil facility. Clerks Wetzel Snyder and Paul O'Dell reported the gun threat and cash taken from a rear drawer as firefighters battled the blaze. Authorities suspect a possible link between the fire and the robbery.
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Richwood
Wetzel Snyder
Paul O'Dell
A. B. Campbell
Snyder
O'Dell
Virginia Side Schools Opening Delayed Again
Another week of delay in the opening of white schools at Bluefield Virginia due to an unfinished building program. Authorities had planned to open Monday but now set September 20 as the new opening date.
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Bluefield
Franco forces press on Gijon amid storm and sea bombardment
In a Bay of Biscay action, Franco’s insurgents advance on Gijon aided by rain while Asturian miners resist on the Cuera ridge. Prisoners report 500 guardsmen from Gijon reinforcing defense. gunboats pound coastal targets and Belchite falls to government troops after days of heavy fighting with thousands killed or wounded on both sides.
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Bay of Biscay
Francisco Franco
Gijon
Mazucha
Cuera
Franco
Ribadesella
France
Aragon
Belchite
Aged 'Father of the Hills' Near Death in Weston
Dr John E Corkrean visiting Monsignor Thomas Aquinas Quirk reports the aged figure dubbed the father of the hills cannot live much longer. The update comes as Corkrean returns to Weston from Loveberry. The 92 year old Quirk is under care and the local community watches for further word.
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Weston
W. Va
John E. Corkrean
Loveberry
Thomas Aquinas Quirk
Japanese Drive Toward Yanghang Near Shanghai Fails
Japanese forces backed by navy guns push two miles into Chinese lines north of Shanghai aiming for Yanghang four miles from Woosung forts. After 24 hours, Japan claims one third control of Yanghang, but Chinese counterattacks reclaim ground as heavy casualties mount.
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Yanghang
Woosung
Shanghai
Japan
Yangtze Estuary
Liuho
Lotien
Nantao
Chapei
Lunghua
Yangtze
Whangpoo
Kiangwan
Miss Bertrand Island N J Wins Miss America Title
Miss Bertrand Island N J won Miss America 1937 at Atlantic City beating 48 rivals. Miss Bette Cooper Hackettstown N J was runner up with Miss Texas Alice Emerick Fort Worth second and Miss North Carolina Ruth Carrington Charlotte third. Seven thousand spectators watched the final over the Atlantic.
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N. J
Bertrand Island
Bette Cooper
Hackettstown
Texas
Alice Emerick
Fort Worth
North Carolina
Ruth Carrington
Charlotte
Irmgard Dietel
California
Phyllis Randall
Atlantic Ocean
Veronica Coyle
Philadelphia
FDR Pledges Effort To Keep U S Out Of War
President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull push a global peace plan amid flareups in the Far East and tensions in the Mediterranean. Hull presents the July 16 peace statement with endorsements from 60 nations to the League of Nations to rally international backing for restraint and treaty sanctity. The Nyon conference outlines a Mediterranean anti piracy patrol led by Britain and France with possible Italian cooperation, while Soviet Russia supports the plan though limits its role to the Black Sea.
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Hull
League of Nations
Fce
Far East
Mediterranean
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Hyde Park
Switzerland
The
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League Assembly
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China
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Rome
Italy
Germany
Nyon
Soviet
Russia
Black Sea
Maxim Litvinoff
Moscow
Litvinoff
Britain
France
Depositors to be paid by FDIC for closed Charles Town bank
The FDIC announces it will begin paying depositors of Farmers Bank and Trust up to 5000 dollars each. The bank closed after a shortage of 250000 to 500000 was found in the books of J Richard Russell. Russell is jailed in Randolph County on federal and state embezzlement warrants. Banking Commissioner George Ward said he urged quick discharge of the FDIC obligation.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Farmer’s Bank and Trust Company
J. Richard Russell
Russell
Randolph County
George Ward
FDIC
Nazi plan to retain control of Germany outlined by Hitler
Germany's Sept 11 dispatch reports Adolf Hitler describing himself as the first German Fuehrer to 42,000 youth movement members at the Nazi party congress. Speculation arose on whether Hermann Goering could be elevated or if a future leader would replace Hitler, signaling a succession plan for continued Nazi domination.
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Germany
Hitler
Nazi Party
Hermann Goering
Dems Report Sale of $129,287 in Books
The Democratic national committee reported to the House clerk that for the three months ending August 31 it sold $129,287 worth of 1936 campaign books. Commissions for book sales paid to George Sweeny totaled $95,843. The third quarter 1937 report also shows receipts of $415,695, expenditures $388,910, and a cash balance of $26,785 as of August 31.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
House of Representatives
George Sweeny
John Gallagher Company
New York City
Escape delays Bradley's execution in West Virginia
Woodrow Benson Bradley, a 22 year old Boone County resident, escaped from the death house in Moundsville after his death sentence for ambushing Clifford Suthpin was commuted by Governor Holt on Judge Ward's recommendation. Bradley, who challenged a hanging next Tuesday, commented he would rather hang and nodded at the prospect of being returned to the gallows, while officials prepared to resume his confinement.
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Woodrow Benson Bradley
Moundsville
W. Va
Holt
Charleston
Boone County
Bradley
C. M. Ward
Dell White
Ben
C. M. Stone
Hanes
Mervin Brown
Roosevelt pledges to keep U S out of war at Hyde Park meeting
President Roosevelt told a Roosevelt Home Club audience that the United States would do everything possible to keep out of war, describing world conditions as very serious and nervous. Bernard Baruch warned Europe is a tinder box as Sino European tensions worry the public. He urged national planning and conservation for Dutchess County resources and discussed rail nationalization only as a last resort.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Cheir
Roosevelt Home Club
United States
Moss Smith
Bernard M. Baruch
New York
Europe
Home Club
Caroline O'Day
D. N.Y
Hull
Dutchess County
China
Mediterranean
Big Stone House
France
Carroll Miller
Interstate Commerce Commission
West
Congress
Wash
Andy Weds In Glendale With Notables In Attendance
In Glendale on September 11 a wedding drew about 100 friends including film and radio figures. Charles Correll, the radio comedian known for Amos and Andy, and Alyce Mercedes danced. Freeman Correll’s partner Cosden also attended as did Correll's partner in Amos and Andy.
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Glendale
Calif
Charles Correll
Alyce Mercedes Dance
Irs
Freeman Correll
Amos Andy
Cosden
Amos
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