12 Aug 1930
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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1930
Page
1
A Kentucky bombing of nine bombs dropped from a plane prompted a silent response from the governor. No injuries were reported as authorities investigated the aerial attack and searched for suspects.
The Associated Press reports voters in Nebraska Alabama Arkansas Oklahoma and Ohio face a crowded ballot of issues and candidates. Senate races feature Norris in Nebraska Heflin replacement in Alabama and Robinson backing prohibition in a Jenkins sense. Governor hopefuls Buttram and Murray contend in Oklahoma while Ohio voters decide party nominees with prohibition a central theme.
St Louis pilots Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine pushed toward the 554 hour endurance mark set by the Hunter brothers of Sparta Illinois. If aloft at 0 54 am CST Wednesday they would exceed the record by one hour as spectators gather at Lambert Field. The flight costs reportedly total $100000 in contracts and sponsors offer payment per hour after the break. A fireworks event and radio coverage are planned to honor the feat.
Colonel D. Rdery announced that Rivers and Harbors funds will start the Kanawha river improvement. Bids for core borings near Marmet and Kanswhe gus will be received August 10 to locate sites for two new dams replacing four obsolete ones. Field work aims to determine rock formations and dam placements, with plans developed in St Louis offices.
Aug 11 St Louis report says newspapers including The Advertiser of Huntington and others are named in a $200,000 damage suit filed by Gus O Nations. The suit alleges false and malicious statements about Nations and officials in a series on Prohibition, naming Mabel Willebrandt and others. The action seeks damages in the District of Columbia Supreme Court.
Vancouver, August 12. A four stop flight from Tacoma to Toklo was abandoned after a crash landing at Ladner airport near Vancouver. Pilot Bob Wark of Seattle and Eddie Brown of Kansas City escaped with minor injuries as their plane Pacific Era struck a ditch and sustained a smashed propeller and damaged undercarriage. They moved to Ladner seeking a longer runway and planned to resume toward Whitehorse, Yukon.
New York August reports that Tammany Hall faces graft allegations as Mayor James J. Walker is subpoenaed in the George F. Ewald case. Crain questions Walker and Olvany while Healy discusses a $10,000 loan tied to Ewald’s wife, Bertha Eckert.
A murder warrant was issued in Huntington for a 9 year old boy accused in the death of Russell Orvit a 3 year old drowned in the Ohio River on August 6. Howard E Orwig, father of the victim, alleged the boy named in the warrant pushed the child into the river and the youth was later released to parental custody pending juvenile court.
In Memphis on August 11 a decomposed young woman’s body was found near a road. Sheriff Will Knight and deputies pursued a man tied to a quarrel on the road while bootlegger theories were abandoned. Identifying the deceased as Clara Patterson of Little Rock remained uncertain.
The water commission warned its current year funds are exhausted and asked the Board of Public Works for about 2500 to continue regulation of water pollution for another year. The body, formed by the 1929 legislature, met to discuss sewage problems in six towns and review reports on factory waste disposal plants.
Mrs Hugh Miller of Schenectady New York widow of late Representative William G Brown has been nominated by the Democratic party for the United States House seat in the thirtieth district. The conservative profile recalls her stage career and public service in West Virginia politics, with Dr Freak Crowther as the Republican incumbent seeking a twelfth term.
Widespread warnings followed a Charleston hearing on city water quality. Officials urged testing certificates for private wells and springs, while the water company promised immediate steps to remove odor and taste. Authorities discussed system improvements and the potential for rate changes after upgrades are completed.
State government departments debated drought impacts across West Virginia as Governor Conley’s office surveys conditions ahead of Hoover drought conference. Officials warned against a four month term and discussed farm credit, foreclosures, and cuts to road building to ease taxes while farmers face financial strain. Local bankers fear harvests will hinder loan repayment though foreclosures are not expected.
Adjutant General Gn Gewinner of an organization promoting white labor reports 500 white men placed in jobs in two weeks in Atlanta. He cites membership nearing 13 400 locally and alleges Black Shirts oppose mobilizing labor. He warns of a planned August 22 demonstration and reflects on a courtroom incident with racial tension at Fulton County Court House.
A summary from Camplan City outlines a West Virginia farm agents conference addressing drought. The executive committee plans a tent meeting to discuss the season’s prospects and strategies to secure winter feed and harvest labor while noting unemployment pressures from crop losses. Page 10, Col 1.
A garbled OCR passage mentions Democrats and politicians in a disjointed, unclear critique. It references mothers, day events, and accusations of favoritism or selection by figures described as senators. The source lacks coherent facts or dates.
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