Charles Town Bank Shortage Near 500000
Charles Town Bank shortage nears $500000 as the Farmers Bank and Trust Company faces liquidation plans. Assistant Cashier J Richard Russell surrendered after arriving Harrisburg and was arraigned. Banking Commissioner Ward said the loss may rise as more books are turned in. The incident marks West Virginia’s largest defalcation, with details of deposits and investigations continuing.
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Wood County Bank Employees Arrested
In Parkerstown Constable Joan Richmond arrested John H. McKay assistant cashier of the Wood County bank on a warrant for embezzling 31000 of the bank's funds. He posted 1500 bond for September 17. bank president Lee Stern said a 2025 shortage was found and secured by a 50000 bond.
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Joan Richmond
John H. McKay
Wood County Bank
Ray Miller
Lee Stern
McKay
Central Bank and Trust Company
Kimberly Man Improves After Auto Accident
Oldham Stamblin aged 27 from Kimberly sustained a spine injury in an auto crash at Belle. He showed improvement at Charleston General Hospital. His companion E Z Roamans, 26, also from Kimberly, was treated for minor cuts and bruises and discharged. The crash occurred when the vehicle failed to negotiate the viaduct curve over the railroad tracks at Belle.
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Kimberly
Belle
Charleston General ‘Hospital
E.Z. Roamans
FDR Slashed by CIO Chief in Radio Speech
John L. Lewis of the CIO condemned President Roosevelt's stance on the steel strike in a radio address, warning labor allies and opponents of a coming reckoning. He attacked Gov. Davey of Ohio and Chicago Mayor Kelly for anti strike activity, charged federal funds backing some actions, and criticized Democratic lawmakers for blocking wage and hour bill caucus actions.
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Chicago
Kelly
Lewis
Washington
API
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CIO
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United Mine Workers
House
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United States
Soviet Executioners Guns Still Barking
Soviet executioners press a widening purge from Leningrad to Kharkov region in Ukraine as 44 people are reported shot, 15 convicted of disrupting collective farming, amid a purge against anti-Soviet elements and wreck era remnants.
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Leningrad
Kharkov
Ukraine
High Court Denies Read Case Review
William Brown Read, 25 year old Marylander, lost his chance to escape the gallows for the slaying of W Earl Dollman, Charleston salesman. The supreme court refused a review and Holt can delay execution set for Thursday in the state prison at Moundaville. Holt had granted a 60 day stay to permit the appeal. Attorneys Pierson and Fisher would seek commutation if the appeal failed, but the pardon petition was not yet filed.
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Siterais Ap
Lias Tells Jury Of Racket Split
In Wheeling income tax trial federal witness Big Bill Lias detailed how a Wheeling number syndicate split three years earlier. He identified defendants George Seibert Theodore Russell and Delegate George Oldham, and named Mike Russell as a slain partner. The testimony described a May 4 1994 paper dividing syndicate assets and questioned Seibert’s access to funds.
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Clarksburg
Wheeling
Big Bill
Lias
Alanta
Theodore Russell
Funda
Anserts Sput 05 Uias
Briebert
Seibert
Lins
Theodore Nussell
Oldham
Herry E. Watkins
Liu
Mine Safety Meet Opens at Whitesville Today
The Coal River Mining Institute hosts its Ith nnnial Safely meet at Whitesville starting 11 oclock with band music and a dance. First aid teams compete for 767.50 in prizes. J F Sneed and G W Hornickel deliver welcomes and responses. N B Rhinehart and A G Matthews give principal addresses at 2 pm before boxing bouts end the program. 10 000 expected. Keppers Coal Powellson and Grant town Koppers previous winners in white and nogea divisions.
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Whitesville
Camp Fairdance
Mayr J. F. Sneed
G. H W. Hornickle
N. B. Rhinehart
State Department of
Imines
A. G. Matthews
Keppers Coal Company
Powellson
Granttown Koppers
Nogea
State Free Fair Opens 24th Exposition Today
West Virginia's free fair opens the 24th exposition at noon on the Kanawha air grounds near Dunbar for a full week of educational and recreational events led by the Kanawha state park association. Greyhound racing begins at 2 p.m. with 11 dogs owned by Earl G. Rose in eight races with monkey jockeys. A second race program is tonight at 8 o'clock. Dogs Gloria Sans Coffee and Rolls Mighty Nice Parade Girl Midnight Flier Great Gun Evening Gown are among the entrants. Four-H boys and girls and the Future Farmers of America take a leading role in this year's exposition with scholarships and free camping trips as prizes for demonstrations and exhibits. Teams from various clubs will demonstrate daily in a new demonstration building between Hleanem Turn to Page 2 Col. 4.
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Kanawhea Air Grounds
Dunbar
Kanawha State Park Association
Raccs
Earl G. Rose
Gloria Sans
Mighty Nice
Future Farmers of America
Charleston Federation of Fra
Jackson
Two Officers Slain In Springfield Gun Battle
Four robbers abducted a victim during a $1,290 robbery then exchanged fire with police. Officers Chief Shecutt Deputy Edward Furry and City Patrolman Martin Randolph were killed. Patrolman Martin Donnelly was wounded. Two bandits escaped in a car, one with critical wounds.
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Shecutt
Edward
Furry
Mar
Tin Randolph
Martin Donnelly
Lnto
Harry 5
Sheets
Portsmouth
Hin
Lin
Olin
Harry Chapman
Chicago
Robert M. Smith
Mussolini Visits Berlin Deepens Berlin Rome Axis
Nazis lure Mussolini to Germany for first outside Italy in 12 years. Officials anticipate expansion of the Berlin Rome axis as massive demonstrations echo the close ties of the fascist leaders. Page 3 column 5.
Price Collusion Probe Is Ordered
A federal survey opened in September 2001 to check if large speculators are manipulating prices for farm products under the Commodity Exchange Act. Dr J W T Duyelhochler led the effort to report every commodity account showing control by nonowners this year. The probe targets trading in wheat corn cotton and other farm goods as prices trend downward. Officials say the investigation aims to uncover undeclared positions and violations carry fines up to 1000000 and potential imprisonment.
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Washington
J. W. T. Duyelhochler
Commodity Exchange Administration
Duvel
Unose Drelines
Daylight Time Ends Tonight In Charleston Area
Clocks will be moved back one hour tonight in Charleston and nearby communities ending daylight saving time. The change comes after county school board requested earlier dates and most nearby towns adopted the time-saving plan.
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Charleston
Fuller Wins Bendix Race
San Francisco pilot Frank W. Fuller set two Bendix transcontinental records with 260 mph sustained speed on the first leg and 2 042 miles from Burbank to Cleveland in 7 hours 73 minutes to win the Bendix, earning $9,000. He then completed Bendix Night of 2426 miles in 10 hours 35 minutes, boosting prize money to $14,500, landing at Van Nuys field New York EST.
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Frank W. Fuller
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Fuller
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Calif
James Alfiadio
Bendix
Burbanks
Col
Roscoe Turner
Browght Fuller
Hoe
Vingd Bennet Field
N.Y
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Howard Hughes
Ort
Los Angeles
Kidnapping Drama Eyed in Wisconsin abduction case
John Borila, a Chicago nightclub manager, waits for a ransom note after two masked men abducted his wife near Lake Geneva. Sheriff Dorr directs three sheriff and state police squads, seeking five gunman in a car with noting license plates, while warning of federal aid. They demanded 35000 for her return and left Borila unharmed.
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Cbns
John Borela
Chicago
Seyrarald Wits
Olive
Tansom
Joseph Dorr
Lake Geneva
Dorr
Borela
Bareelas
Borria
Brunetto
Borcia
Borel
Leg
Britain Plans Neutrality Proposals Ahead of Geneva Parley
Britain to submit important proposals at a Mediterranean powers conference next week in Geneva. Four destroyers moved into the western Mediterranean to seize or sink submarines attacking British ships. The move follows attacks on the Woodford tanker and Havock destroyer off the Spanish coast. Mussolini aims to “exterminate Bolshevism” as European tensions rise.
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Europe
Mediterranean
Geneva
Foreign Office
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Havock
Malis
Mussolini
Rome
Italy
Pirase
Loyalist Bay Sector Shrinks in Spanish Civil War Reach
Insurgent forces push toward Gijon and Gijon’s coast as Francoist troops close in on the Bay of Biscay region. Government defenders retreat from Llanes and Oviedo holds against new assault as the northwest faces renewed pressure and hopes for a swift end to the fighting fade. A cruiser and support ships assist insurgent movements near Santander and Llanes.
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Bay of Biscay
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Bis- Fayan
Porta
Tran
Spain
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Franco
Tolumni
Santander
Llanes
Gifen
Oviedn
Oviedo
Annathy
Almirante Cervera
Hull Warns Americans To Quit China at Once
Secretary of State Cordell Hull issues an urgent warning for Americans to evacuate China as Shanghai battles intensify. About 2,000 Americans remain in China, with 2,000 already evacuated. naval ships move to remove civilians, families, and dependents, while interior areas are increasingly deemed dangerous.
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China
Washington
U.S
Americana
Cordell Hull
International
Shanghai
Gold Star
Naval
Marita
Vicious Chinese Offensive Halts Japanese War Machine
In Shanghai the Chinese counter offensive stalled Japan's formidable war machine around the city. Japanese leaders vowed to strike again soon with increased ferocity as Chinese artillery targeted Japanese naval concentrations on the Whangpoo river. Eight Japanese troopships retreated downriver to escape Chinese gunfire while attempts to land fresh troops at Pootung and other sites were halted. neutral authorities expressed concern.
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Japan
Imperial Navy
Uns
Whangpoo River
Pootung
Whangpoo
U S and Britain Work Closely in East Crisis
Secretary Hull stated that the United States and Great Britain are consulting closely on China issues while warning Americans to evacuate the danger zone immediately as naval forces stand ready. China bought aviation from the U S totaling 2 415922 during the first half of 1937, with Japan purchasing 832883. The Red Cross authorized 3700 chapters to accept China relief funds, though no national drive or personnel deployment is planned. Hull outlined American policy as independent with flexible consultation when foreign aims align.
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Hull
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Great Britain
China
Department
Commerce Department
Japan
Red Cross
T Oday
Ita
Cary T. Grayson
U S Aviator May Face Firing Squad
An American aviator, prisoner of war in Salamanca Spain, says money drove him into conflict and notes personal hardship, love, and debt as he awaits uncertain fate in the war. The report, filed by International News Service, reflects a personal plea from the internee amid wartime tensions.
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Herold FE
Dani Aa
Marquise
Nena Belmonte
International News Service
Salamanca
Spain
Jess
Hie
Flashes of Life In These U S News Briefs
In Dizzy Dean Washington a police search targets a man with a round moist spot on his coat after an incident involving a woman and a snatched apple. Chicago reports a drunken thief menacing a driver with a knife, then vanishing as a night watchman and police arrive.
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Wash
Mr. Sybltn
Taylor
Nlficera
Aho
Chicago
William Branko
Jin
Branko
Night Watchman
Chinese Claim Japs Massacred Students in Shanghai
GHANGHAL Sept 6 Two hundred Chinese students fleeing Singhay University were massacred by Japanese troops, Chinese authorities allege. Chinese counter strokes disrupted Japanese plans for a Shanghai offensive, signaling a rapid revision of Japanese strategy. The war raged through the harbor area as U S flagship Augusta and foreign warships kept line of fire near the French concession and International Settlement.
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Singhay
Shanghai
Shanghai Bate Tc
Sulpa
China
U.S
Augusta
Whangpae
Pootung
Japan Carries War To South China Ports Canton and Hongkong
Japanese forces expanded the war in southern China with attacks on Canton and nearby Hongkong as they pressed toward major ports. Chinese and allied ships and trains reportedly rushed reinforcements while Hongkong issued blackout warnings amid air raids.
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Canton
Amo
Hongkon
Hongkong
Tongshan
Shanghai
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