Detroit Priest Names Bank Officials in Testimony
In Detroit courts Rev Father Charles E. Coughlin accused former Detroit bank officials and Detroit Free Press publisher E. D. Stair of publishing faked stock records. He named Stair Peter J. Monaghan and Wilson W. Millis as figures likely to dodge federal indictments while urging trials to prove innocence.
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Detroit
Charles E. Coughlin
Detroit Free Press
Harry B. Keidan
Free Press
Father Coughlin
E. D. Stair
The
Detroit Bankers Company
First National Bank
Stair
Peter J. Monaghan
Wilson W. Millis
First National
Coughlin
Detroit Bankers Com
Dry Officials To Remain in State
Federal prohibition investigators in West Virginia will stay in the state with district HQ at Pittsburgh after a conference. Deputy Administrators Danforth and Ruble become senior investigators. Several staffers retained. Charleston and Clarksburg offices to be abandoned Sep 2. May add new investigators as reorganization progresses.
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West Virginia
Pittsburgh
Robert S. Krause
Pitts
Western Pennsylvania
George T. Danforth
Danforth
Harvey Ruble
Clarksburg
Clyde E. Braden
Charleston
Edwin Cromartie
W. H. Chrisley
Bluefield
Leroy L. Gates
Julia Moore
Department of Justice
Prohibition Unit
Security Bank and Trust Building
Redeemed Land Gets State Funds From Delinquent Lands
Delinquent and forfeited land redemption yields total 153786.11 split among counties municipalities and the state road commission under a new act. Kanawha receives 14338.83. Charleston 3513.81. Huntington and Wheeling among top city recipients. Counties list totals include Barbour 460.50, Cabell 6240.78, Harrison 5029.36, Marion 7254.78, Wayne 1742.07, with many others. An estimated additional 100000 may be distributed by September 1.
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Kanawha
Charleston
Road Commission
State Road Commission
Barbour
Berkeley
Boone
Braxton
Brooke
Cabell
Calhoun
Clay
Doddridge
Payette
Gilmer
Grant
Greenbrier
Hampshire
Hancock
Hardy
Harrison
Jackson
Jefferson
Lewis
Lincoln
Logan
Marion
Marshall
Mason
Mercer
Mineral
Mingo
Monongalia
Monroe
Morgan
McDowell
Nicholas
Ohio
Pendleton
Pleasants
Pocahontas
Preston
Putnam
Raleigh
Randolph
Ritchie
Roane
Summers
Taylor
Tucker
Tyler
Upshur
Wayne
Webster
Wetzel
Wirt
Wood
Wyoming
Recovery Drive Leaders Meet Plans for Local Involvement
Charleston NRA committee outlines local participation in the national recovery drive open Monday. Mrs Jus W Hall to organize city women while Walter M Lynch promotes the campaign to business houses. A women's meeting is set for tomorrow at the women's club and Lynch's group will convene Monday night with Mayor DeVan in attendance to urge merchants to sign the President's agreement. A grievance committee of capital and labor will handle complaints.
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Charleston Community Nra Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Lynch
DeVan and Lynch
Lindberghs Welcomed At Shetland Islands
Col Charles A Lindbergh landed his seaplane in Lerwick harbor after a 3 hour 45 minute flight from Suderde Island in the Faroes. He and Mrs Lindbergh were greeted by an enthusiastic crowd and later checked into a hotel. They declined to reveal the next destination.
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Lerwick
Shetland Islands
Charles A. Lindbergh
Suderde Island
Faroes
Europe
Atlantic
Lindbergh
Six Arrests Reported Under Gas Tank Law
State police report six arrests across counties for carrying reserve gasoline tanks on trucks under the new law. Offenders were arraigned before justices of the peace as enforcement continues. The act, passed in an extraordinary session, targets trucks passing through West Virginia without fueling at service stations, and bans extra tanks regardless of content.
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Justices of the Peace
West Virginia
Sleeping Sickness Ravages St Louis as Death Toll Rises
In St Louis 23 deaths and 210 cases of sleeping sickness prompt national and local experts to intensify tests and surveys. Government doctors Dr J P Leake and Dr Charles Armstrong join Dr L L Williams in examining transmission possibilities while reports spread to Oklahoma Kansas Illinois and beyond.
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ST. Louis
Oklahoma
Kansas
Illinois
Missouri
J. P. Leake
United States Public Health Service
Charles Armstrong
United States
Public Health Service
L. L. Williams
Paul Zentay
County Board Approves Old School Texts
The Kanawha County Board authorized continued use of last year’s textbooks for the ensuing term, including Phil M. Conley’s West Virginia history book now in legal proceedings. The decision aims to save money for parents while awaiting a university prepared history text. The board also reestablished Fort Hill as a one teacher school, appointed janitors and helpers, discussed school health, and set staffing changes. A health director position is being explored with a Kanawha Valley Medical Society committee to evaluate candidates and report next meeting.
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Jefferson
Conley
West Virginia
West Virginia University
State Supreme Court
Fort Hill
D. Roller
G. G. Irwin
John Thames
Hugh B. Robins
E. M. McConshay
R. E. Whittaker
Elizabeth J. Goodall
Kanawha Valley Medical Society
Hector Frame
Louise Jordan
Chamberlain
Olivia Dance
Washington School
George Wanzer
Charleston High School
J. A. Watson
Boyd
Morris Sturgeon
Reba Anderson
Tiskelwah School
W. 8. Holmes
Annie Toliver
Stevenson Back Gives Self Up
M. H. Stevenson of Huntington, sought by state authorities since last Monday, surrendered to Superintendent P. D. Shingleton and was arraigned in Huntington on charges of receiving stolen goods from Welch Emergency hospital. He posted a $2,500 bond and said he stored the goods for Dr. A. G. Rutherford, claiming a family obligation while on vacation in New York City. Stevenson was escorted to Huntington by Corporal N. T. Sites.
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M. H. Stevenson
Huntington
P. D. Shingleton
Department of Public Safety
Shingleton
Stevenson
New York City
Homer A. Holt
Doctor Rutherford
N. T. Sites
Bank Stock Bought in Marlinton Purchase Approved
Washington August 24 directors of a reconstruction corporation authorized the purchase of 25000 dollars of preferred stock in the First National Bank of Marlinton at Marlinton West Virginia. The Marlinton bank succeeds the former First National Bank of Marlinton. The stock purchase is contingent on organizers raising an equal amount in common stock.
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Washington
Reconstruction Corporation Directos
First National Bank of
Polo star Eugenia Rose subpoenaed to appear in Chicago court
Miss Eugenia Rose, who wished to drop her attack charge against Cecil Smith, was subpoenaed by Magistrate W R Brightmire to appear at 1 p m tomorrow. Friends say she has left with her parents for Cooperstown North Dakota for rest and may marry. her mate will not be Dr Gary Baker but an Evanston youth.
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Chicago
Cecil Smith
Eugenia Rose
W. R. Brightmire
Evanston
BR. T. Rose
Cooperstown
N. D
Gary N. Baker
Smith
Army Reunion To Open Today
Delegates began to arrive in Charleston to attend the annual reunion of the Forty first Infantry U S volunteers regiment which fought in the Spanish American war. The reunion opens at the Daniel Boone hotel at 10 30 this morning and closes tomorrow after officers are elected and a luncheon. A welcome by Mayor R P DeVan will start the day with chats and lunch. A two o clock sightseeing tour and a seven o clock banquet are on the schedule with speakers A A Lilly and William P Sympson and Beverly Broun. A group picture will be taken before lunch. Early arrivals include M M Moncrief John W Younkin Trry Hart Hollie ilson William Cosgrove Edward E Cunningham and Harry Hayden among others from Uniontown Pa and other towns.
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Charleston
Fortyfirst Infantry
U.S. Volunteers
Daniel Boone Hotel
R. P. DeVan
A. A. Lilly
William P. Sympson
Spencer
United Spanish War Veterans
Department of West Virginia
Beverly Broun
M. M. Moncrief
Johnson City
Tenn
John W. Younkin
Smithfield
Rry Hart
Republic
Hollie Ilson
William Cosgrove
Edward E. Cunningham
Harry Hayden
Uniontown
L. A. Stone
Oakland City
Ind
Grant Moore
Portsmouth
George Bolender
Allison
H. J. Simmons
James Grieco
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Capt
J. C. Hegarty
Forty Fort
George O’roark
Scottdale
Builders Back Proposed City Building Code
Representatives of the Charleston Builders' exchange met with a city council committee and backed the proposed building code urging adoption. Mayor DeVan clarified the code is not part of the NRA recovery act, describing it as building specifications from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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Charleston
Exchange
L. G. Packer
H. G. Truslow
Aleck Meyers
C. J. Kuhn
DeVan
Parachute Fails Over Pitcairn Tragedy Claims Miller
Harold L. Miller a 25 year old resident of East Pittsburgh fell about 1000 feet to his death at Pitcairn as several hundred visiting volunteer firemen watched his parachute fail to open Miller reportedly made his 156th jump his father and brother witnessed the accident attorney Cyrus A. Davis of Pittsburgh piloted the airplane from which the jump was made
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Pittsburgh
Harold L
Red) Miller
Pitcairn
Miller
Cyrus A. Davis
Coal Code Talks Continue As Auto Accord Demands Grow
President Roosevelt directed Hugh S Johnson to push a code accord for the bituminous coal industry while auto industry negotiations lag. Johnson praised public spirited participants and urged public patience. Meanwhile large New York department stores pressed for price regulation and advertising curb in the retail code, with Macy’s Jey Straus opposing price fixing and censorship.
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New York
R. H. Namm
Jey
Straus
R. H. Macy and Company
Namm
Roosevelt Keeps Close Touch With Coal Code Talks
Hyde Park N Y Aug 24 President Roosevelt maintained close touch with national affairs at his rain soaked home receiving a coal code progress report and discussing fiscal matters with Secretary Woodin. He spoke by telephone with General John son industrial administrator who said negotiations for a single coal industry agreement move slowly toward a workable conclusion. Earl said the president seemed satisfied that miners and operators would soon place their code in order. He approved a 14 million dollar Missouri river development allotment recommended by the public works administration under Ickes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hugh S. Johnson
Recovery Administration
Johnson
Robert W. Lea
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Hyde Park
N. Y
Hudson
Treasury
William H. Woodin
Stephen T. Earl
Father and Son Are Seized in Slayings
Adam Justice, 54, and his son Zed, 24, were arrested at their Grundy area home near Panther West Virginia and brought to Grundy jail on charges tied to the August 15 Buchanan County triple killings. Officers say they have made no statement. Deputy sheriff H D Akers, J Walter Collins and Hiley Collins were the victims found shot in a car owned by W Collins. Matilda Roberts, Lindsey West Virginia, was arrested near the scene and held on charges related to the killings.
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Grundy
Adam Justice
Zed
Panther
W. Va
Buchanan County
H. D. Akers
Mercer County
W Va
J. Walter Collins
Tioga
Hiley Collins
Webster County
W. Collins
Matilda Roberts
Lindsey
Wreck Brings Federal Probe
A federal inquiry opened into the Crescent Limited wreck near Washington after a flood-weakened trestle collapsed at 3 45 am sending the New York to New Orleans flyer into the Anacostia river. Engineer A H Bryde and fireman J F Faye were killed. 13 others hospitalized. Interstate Commerce Commission inspectors are on site. wrecking crews work to clear the line.
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Washington
Crescent Limited
New York
A. H. Bryde
J. F. Faye
Perryville
Maryland
National Capital
Middle Atlantic
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania
Pullman
Ambu
Guards Stationed To Protect Fugitive Machado In Nassau
In Nassau Bahamas on August 24 Cuba's ex-president Gerardo Machado arrived in flight seeking refuge. An armed guard was posted at his hotel while a police inspector and several riflemen trailed him. Authorities found no basis for reports of foes aboard a plane. A close watch on incoming boats continues.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Gerardo Machado
Cuba
Machado
Condemned Woman Starves Herself to Death in Texas
In Lagrange Texas on August 24 Maria Dach a 36 year old farm woman died after self imposing starvation to avoid the electric chair for killing Henry Stoever 58. Dach claimed self defense saying Stoever assaulted her last December. Stoever was shot as he slept and his body was later exhumed from a seven foot pit on the farm. Dach weighed 160 pounds at death down from 200 pounds earlier. Her three children witnessed her death bed facing a pending execution by law.
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Lagrange
Tex
Maria Dach
Henry Stoever
Dadh
Terrific Tempest Claims 42 Lives Across Coast
The Associated Press reports 42 deaths and widespread destruction from a major east coast storm. Towns remain distressed as waters recede and damage totals climb into the millions. In upstate New York Fleischman sees relief as Lake Switzerland recedes and dam danger lessens.
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Associated Press
Atlantic Seaboard
Upstate
New York
Catskill Mountain
Fleischman
Switzerland
Liberty Extinguished By Storm At Liberty Island
A coastal storm struck New York on August 24 darkening the Statue of Liberty’s torch for several hours. Lightning disrupted Fort Wood’s electric system on Bedloe’s Island leaving Miss Liberty’s symbol of light in darkness and ending her nightly glow.
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New York
Fort Wood
Bedilee’s Island
Miss Liberty
Storm Toll Rising as Waves pound Jersey Shore
Coastal towns endure a brutal storm with eight storm deaths in New Jersey and twelve in Pennsylvania as rescue efforts by the coast guard stress crews. The Chesapeake steamer City of Norfolk grounded near Watts Island in Pocomoke Sound, yet passengers were reported safe and no distress. Harvest damages mount along the damaged shore.
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Bling
Coast Guard
City of Norfolk
Pocomoke Sound
Watts Island
Jersey
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Hurricane debris overwhelms Virginia coast
Hurricane winds extended northward from the Virginia coast with more than three million dollars in wreckage and at least ten deaths. Norfolk reports two million dollars in damage while Virginia Beach shows around one million in debris. Coast guard vessels scoured the Atlantic as the Madison limped in port after harbor battering, two crew members dead, and search planes reported the City of Norfolk grounded, easing concern.
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Norfolk, Va
Virginia Coast Line
Old Dominion
Norfolk
Virginia Beach
Coast Guard
Virginia Capes
Old Dominion Line
Madison
Baltimore
Al Smith and common sense cited in NR A speech
In Beverly Hills California August 24 Al Smith delivered the most sensible and clear reasoning in support of the NRA. He hopes the readjustment will find a place for common sense. He also notes Chicago Tribune editor McCormack’s comment from a trip to Germany about war spirits and women influencing wars.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
al Smith
McCormack
Chicago
Germany
Chicago Tribune
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Phil M. Conley
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Army Reunion
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