Wass Named Lions District Governor at Convention
Wass of Harrisville was elected district 29 governor of Lions International at the 18th annual district convention in Fairmont. He succeeds D Hoberson of Charleston. election results were later declared unanimous after Kennedy’s motion to discount votes in Aly. The two day session opened with resolutions for extending work among the blind. International director William Harald Cr n of Lewisburg spoke at the morning session.
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Nicheos
Franco Must Win Soon Amid Spanish Civil War Rumors
The article reports growing dissension with Franco’s leadership and military strategy as talk of revolts spreads. Dissatisfaction centers on his political decisions and the dissolution of the Falangistas, with mentions of Nazi and Fascist reactions and debates over Bilbao and Madrid.
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Valencia
Reductions in Utility Assessments Reported
Reductions in utility assessments show declines for several firms in the Charlesters area. Appalachian Bicentela Part company valued over 600 with a $188,000 decrease in the test year. Potomac Telephone and Atlantic Greyhound Lines list sizable changes. Transit company bus lines rise by $40,000 while street railway declines by $90,000. Natural Gas, United Fuel, and Wert Vir Water cross holdings report notable shifts, with totals around $150,000 to $230,000 adjustments.
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Amamentatv
Charlesters
Atlantic Greyhound Lines
Capital Greyhound Lines
Transit Company
Chalcedon
Natural Gaz Company
United Fuel Ces Company
Water Terig Company
Flashes of Life In These U. S. Flashes of Life In These
Seattle report describes Boyd Southern zoo attendant between Wideawake the elephant and a brick wall. he sustained chest and shoulder bruises and was hospitalized. In Wisconsin a neighbor warns of feeding chickens near fishing events. a Kennedy family scene ends with a chicken dinner invitation after a worm lure draws a chicken to a barrowed fishpole.
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Wash
Boyd Southern
Wideawake
Southern
Wis
Melvin Kennedy
County Urges City To Rebuild Garage Under Bridge
County court asks the city to rebuild the garage beneath the new South Side bridge as required by a deed that gifted the site to the city to qualify for WIA funds. The garage, painting, and lighting were not started while the city rents the space to a motor company for a car lot, prompting county objections and ongoing talks.
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Ciity
Woodrum
Ilies
M. R. Mathews
Minnehaha Water Folly Repeats Convention Show
Minneapolis June 18 the park board voted to pump water from a reservoir over Minnehaha falls for convention visitors. Hiawatha the Indian brave will again carry Minnehaha across the stream while a statue of the two in midstream has stood on dry land for years.
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Minneapolis
Ina
Minneapolis Park Board
Hiawatha
Nebraska Capitol Vast And Crowded For State Needs
State Engineer A. C. Tilley complains the $10,000,000 capitol in Lincoln is too stone heavy. The 14 story tower occupies much of four city blocks, and Tilley’s tabulation division was moved to a rest room for space.
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A. C. Tilley
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Tilley
Soviet Plane Crosses Pole on Hop to U S
Soviet aviators Valeri Chkalov Georgi Baldukov and Alexander Bellakov attempt a long non stop flight from Russia toward the United States. Officials estimate the route at 5680 miles to 7000 miles with 2000 gallons of fuel aboard for up to 100 hours aloft as they push toward a record breaking crossing.
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Allence
Sigismund Levanetsky
Alan Bonnaire
National Aeronautical
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Pacific
Ustadas
Valeri Chkalov
Georg! Baldukov
Alexander Bellakov
Pitot Chkalov
Arctic
Newe Hydrographic Office
Coast Land Geodetic Survey
Washington
Canton Labor Battle Eases as Pickets Return Home
Anarchy Reign and Republic clash over a back to work march aimed at breaking CIO lines in Canton. Police urged calm as crowd dispersed. a 23 day steel strike prompts legal actions and federal mediation after nine deaths. Charges allege Wagner Act violations including dismissal and lockout at Canton Ohio. organizing committee seeks legal solution amid calls for peace. Federal action followed Governor Davey’s telegraph to President Roosevelt, bringing a lull.
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Ira Manderbough
Republic Steel
National Labor Relations Board
Roosevelt
Martin L. Davey
Oho
Ransom Money Withdrawn From Bank In Kidnap Case
Bank officers withdrawn $24 000 to $31 000 in a Parsons kidnapping ransom. Officials deny knowledge of the case and claim haste to New York. The cash, in small bills, fueled speculation the kidnapper may provide proof of Mrs Parsons status or be ready to collect at any moment.
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New York
New York Trust Company
Mra. Parsons
New Steel Strike Probe Ordered By Labor Board
Filing fresh accusations, Philip Murray of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee urged that heads of Republic Steel and three other firms disclose arms and gunmen expenditures. He claimed Tom Girdler defied courts by not producing records, though a memorandum showed purchases of gas, grenades, projectiles, shotguns and munitions for two strike bound mills.
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Philip Murray
Steelworkers Organizing Committee
Tom Girdler
Republic Steel Corporation
Girdler
Guard For Hitler Greatly Enlarged
Berlin reports measures to protect Adolf Hitler have been amplified with a larger Reichsführer SS bodyguard and stricter crowd control in Berlin Munich and other cities. Rumors of assassination plots prompted strengthened precautions since mid March after Goering warned against attempts to overthrow Germany.
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Berlin
Hitler
Schutzstafel
Munich
Air
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Germany
Alexe
Young Wright Injured by Hit Run Driver on Park Avenue
A 11 year old boy Maynard Wright Jr of 42 Sixth street suffered bruises and abrasions to the head arms and chest yesterday afternoon when struck by an automobile driven by a hit run driver in Park avenue. He was treated at Staats hospital. Fresh fruit exports from Argen inn are 32 percent greater than a year ago.
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Maynard Wright, Jr
P42
Sixth Street
Park Avenue
Staats Hospital
Court to Decide Whisky Dispute
The state liquor commission asks Kangwho Intermediate court to rule whether a stationary car loaded with liquor constitutes transporting liquor. Joseph Sharp of Charleston owned the car, seized April 28 after undercover agents found 14 cases in a garage. Sharp argues lack of motion means no transporting and claims a defective search warrant. The case tests a section of the liquor control act.
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Kangwho
J. Floyd Harrison
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Joseph Sharp
Charleston
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Intermediate
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Harrison
Worker Electrocuted At Huntington Mill
Ray Ellis, 23, of 814 Twenty fourth street, Huntington, was electrocuted after contacting high tension wires at the West Virginia Rail mill. He is survived by Daisy Young Ellis, his wife, his parents T Ellis and Mrs. Ellis, and a brother Harold Ellis. Funeral services set for 2:30 Sunday at Pleasant View church Putnam county with interment at Valley View Memorial Park Huntington. Body to be moved to parental home tomorrow afternoon by Heck and Danford mortuary Milton.
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the Gazette
Huntington
Ray Ellis
Twenty-fourth Street
West Virginia
Daisy Young Ellis
T. ©. Ellis
Harold Ellis
Pleasant View Church
Putnam County
Valley View
Blast Threat Probed By Johnstown Police
Johnstown police investigate a blast threat amid a strike causing houses to report hoodlums at gates. Sidney Evans of the company’s personnel department says wives complained, while workers return to jobs and production at open hearth furnaces and finishing mills remains regulated.
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Johnstown
Bers
Sidney Evans
Evans
Former President of France Is Dead Tribute in Paris Chamber
A former French president died prompting official tributes in Paris. The Chamber of Deputies hosted a memorial gesture following the death, with dignitaries present and formal proceedings observed.
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France
Chamber of Deputies
Paris
1834 cabinet and 1931 term referenced in obituary
Fragmentary text notes a 1834 cabinet, the term gastounet and a weary bachelor until age 47. It mentions Edouard Herriot as the eulogist to Madame Jeanne Grave, a widow, and references a favorite public figure who ended a presidency in 1931.
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Gastounet
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Edouard Herriot
Jeanne Grave
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