08 Aug 1930
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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1930
Page
1
Chinese forces press the advance toward the Yangtze River raising grave fears for American safety as tensions mount and civilians seek evacuation or protection amid the conflict.
Claudius H. Huston of Tennessee formally resigns as chairman of the Republican National Committee. Senator Fess of Ohio and Robert H. Lucas of Kentucky are named to lead the party into the fall campaign. George A. Keim succeeds as secretary, with Ernest Lee Jahncke and Sern B. Whitla chosen as new national committeemen. Huston says he faced persistent opposition and sought to put party interests above personal considerations.
Sipest Merrill, president of the Sorgta River Improvement Association, expects Col George Spaulding of the St. Louis division engineers to map locations for two dams and locks on the Kangwha river shore near Charleston and near London. The plan aims to allow coal barges to pass a single channel, combining with the four existing dams at Charleston.
Four marine corps officers will be decorated with the Navy Cross tomorrow for distinguished service in Nicaragua. Col. Senese T. Buttrick, Maj. Miles R. Thacker, Capt. William E. McWulty, and Lt. Edwin v. Makald are named, with Lt. Col. Zia F. Bendis to receive later while away. Buttrick commanded the fifth regiment in the northeastern Nicaragua theater. Thacker praised for careful study of insurgent tactics and patrol against bandits. McWulty commended for rescuing a patrol after a long night mission. Makald honored for leadership of the company amid difficult terrain. Bendis noted for preparation of the National Protection Army unit.
Bond of 10000 for W K Johnston Jr and others charged with killing Ray Hodgeth on July 28 was approved today by Brews. Johnston immediately resigned his duties as prohibition agent.
Ottawa reports Bennett sworn in as prime minister of Canada with cabinet. He took the oath with most ministers present. two cabinet members to be sworn in later. The Liberal government of former Premier Mackenzie King resigned after defeat in the recent election.
Manuel Merrick a former Oklahoma congressman arrested near a moonshine operation in St. Marys County Maryland faces a federal grand jury bond and an ongoing probe of his claim to act as a prohibition informer for the government. Authorities describe a large still, 37,000 gallons seized, and several men detained while Merrick alleges government work but officials doubt the tale.
A court order sought by Mrs. Newell Vaughn appeared today in Los Angeles to halt Frank Hawks from starting an air dash to Newark. Hawks, who yesterday set a transcontinental speed record, was ordered to appear next Monday to show why he has not paid a judgment of 610,636.89 to Mrs. Vaughn, his former wife.
MONTREAL August 7 UP Science may soon prolong human life indefinitely by grafting healthy young monkey glands into the body. Dr Berge Voronoff, famed surgeon, says life might extend from 120 to 140 years via gland grafts though not make people young again. He notes interstitial glands could renew individual energy and delay old age, but cautions it may not surpass nature’s limits. He says many seeking grafts do so for vitality, not vanity, and that operation costs are not necessarily high, yet practical success remains uncertain.
Detroit police hold a suspect tied to the Buckley killing. The man, linked to radio station figures, is described as a central figure in the investigation into the Detroit murder amid a web of gang connections and eluding officers.
Milwaukee reports witnesses identify Ted Newberry as a member of the gun squad that killed Zuta in a Delafield Wisconsin dance hall. Witnesses withheld by the district attorney say Newberry poured gum into Zuta’s body as part of the assault. Chicago and Wisconsin officials continue the hunt for the Miller gang suspects and others in the related case.
A. D. Paynes an Amarillo attorney confessed to killing his wife by planting dynamite in the family car to marry his former secretary. The wife died and their child was seriously wounded in the incident in Amarillo on a Sunday. Payne provided a 40 page confession detailing his affair with Verona Thompson and the plan to kill his wife with dynamite and a gun trap. He confessed after 24 hours of interrogation and expressed desire to clear his conscience.
Rainstorms lash Nogales Sonora and Nogales Arizona causing floods that swept two border towns. Five dead include two women and three men, with many missing and thousands homeless. Mexican soldiers and officers helped clear debris as relief trains from Tucson brought supplies. officials seek further aid from San Francisco and Washington.
Unidentified women’s bodies were swept away in a cloudburst that flooded a Mexican town near Nogales. Two houses collapsed and around 100 people were left homeless as authorities ordered residents to evacuate homes. American and Mexican aid appeals were sent to relief agencies in Nogales and Mexico City. Searchers fear bodies may be carried down an artificial channel beneath concrete covers toward the Santa Cruz river, about 12 miles away.
Washington reports the administration approves measures to ease drought suffering. Rain may ease outages as surveys determine how many families need livestock feed and essential supplies. Officials discuss financial and other actions to guard farmers, with a meeting planned by Wayne County farmers in Hunt.
The DuPont Ammonia company coke plant at Belle is complete and operating with an average output near 600 tons daily. The 48 ovens replace older designs and will also process by products from bituminous coal. Barges have supplied 1,200 tons of coal this week as the plant ramps up to full capacity.
Macon Ga August 1 Lincoln M i manager of the Macon chamber of commerce reports President Hoover received a message from landowners in the Macon area offering free pastures for cattle from drought stricken regions in the Midwest and elsewhere. The offer targets stock raisers in Kentucky Ohio and Arkansas and envisions grazing several thousand head for 11 months of the year.
In New York on August 7 the performance by Dunninger featured a cabinet seance with apparitions of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The medium claimed to summon a ghostly Doyle while critics challengingly noted the tricks and the host’s defense of his expertise.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a historical letter or notice from Meverly Hills and Hoover era phrasing. It hints at calamity or repression tied to republican times, with stray names and places readable amid oblique references. The readable material is sparse and uncertain yet suggests a political or civic note from a past era.
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