Senators Demand Black Resign Over Klan Ties
In New York on September 18 AP reports a Democratic senator urged Justice Hugo L. Black resign after accusations of Klan membership. Alfred E. Smith joins critics in planned NYC speeches while Sen. David Walsh and Sen. Prentiss Brown back calls for resignation. President Roosevelt silent as justice travels in Europe. DOJ defends Black amid publication alleging Klan ties.
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New York
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Sen. Black
Alfred E. Smith
Black
New York City
Copeland
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
David J. Walsh
Tha
Sen
Prentiss M Brown
Michigan
Flack
Europa
White House
Hyde Park
Fittsburgh Post-Gazette
North American Newspaper Alliance
Hitself
Justice
Department of Justice
Youth held after Buff Lick shooting near Clendenin
Ervin Westfall, 20, of Buff Lick, was held to the Intermediate grand jury after a shooting that wounded John Fields 20, Orville Woods 25, and Mabel Cobb 18 whose sister Anna May Cobb 18 was unharmed. Deputies say the attack came from a bush as couples walked home. Woods took 50 shotgun pellets, Fields 12, Cobb 10. None in serious condition. police suspect jealousy. Westfall was captured by Deputies Stephen son and Garland Turner.
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Buff Lick
Clendenin
Ervin Westfall
Buff
Lick
Woods
Fields
Mabel Cobb
Westfall
Stephenson
Garland Turner
Roosevelt’s Youngest Son Engaged to Anne Lindsay Clark
NAHANT Mass Sept 13 Engaged to be married are John Roosevelt oldest son of President Roosevelt and Anne Lindsay Clark a 21 year old Boston debutante The announcement came from Anne’s mother at the Clark estate Nahant where John was a guest Details note rapid courtship begun last April They expect a June wedding after Johns Harvard graduation with possible ceremony at Hyde Park or Nahant?
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Mass
Roose+ wells
John
Anne Lindsay Clark
Boston
Haven Clark
Anne
Clark Estate
Moosevelt
Europe
Clark Wan
Roosevelt Estate
Hyde Park
Berton Hotel
Franklin D. Jr
Harvard
North Shore
Drown Precautions Fail to Save Man in Creek Tragedy
Abilene dispatch reports Riley Swift aged 38 perished while fishing when his rope tied to a willow tree failed to restrain him in a small creek. The drowning occurred amid bad weather conditions and unclear spate notes.
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Abilene
Ted
Riley Swift
Three Youths Indicted In Abduction At Dunbar Fair
Three Dunbar youths Ivan Wiles William Faulknier and James Carney 16 Miss Christine Breedrove of Yawkey were among 146 held by the September term grand jury. They face abduction and unarmed robbery charges after forcing her into a car at the Four H fairgrounds. Wiles Carney and Faulknier were later arrested in Cincinnati.
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Ivan Wiles
William Faulkiier
James Carney
Dunbar
Christine Hreedrove
Yawkey
Intermediate Court
Tinsley
James Tinsley
Charleston
Waa
Robert Carter
Breamstreet
Alvin J. Barns
Hart
State Supreme Court
Washington Hackney
Sitsonville
Carl Cobb
Robert Gribble
Red Warrior
William James
Wiliz Comer
Coal Branch
John Barnett
John Cook
Rayford
Luke Lane
Harald Thompson
Roosevelt Hunt
Estill Street
Weary
Cadhes
State Penitentiary
Bhy
Breediave
Sazetes
Wiles
Carney
Faulknier
Cincinnati
Wee
Walter Willams
Reorganization Planned by AFOL
A. F. O. L. president Willian Green announced plans to reorganize the State Federation of Labor with a Charleston representative. E. J. Dillon of the AFL Toledo area was to assume full authority for the move, with arrival reportedly delayed. The Eastery Jest led state group returned its charter to the national federation after a revocation order from the AFL executive council.
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State Federation of Labor
Willian Green
Charleston
Louisville
E. J. Dillon
American Federation of Labor
Toledo
Dillon
John B. Eastery
National Federation
Executive Council
Cal
Radio Substitute Teacher For Chicago Youngsters
Chicago students tuned into a joint radio classroom as 315000 elementary pupils received a special lesson. The Chicago Board of Education teamed with five newspapers and six stations to broadcast graded instruction across social studies science and mathematics for a week, with teachers guiding through a planned schedule and activities.
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U.S
Thun
Chicago Board of Education
Kimndey
President Really Has Broad Powers
Washington report notes uncertainty about the scope of presidential authority. Alexander, special assistant to the attorney general, says the president cannot read all laws and every opinion by possible attorneys general and still prepare for the inauguration. No human could name all powers off hand.
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Washington
Sept
Alexander
Cummings
Peraldent
Altarnesa
Dennsylvania Avenue
Ines Is Fatal To W D Ohley and family obituary news
William B Ohley aged 37 died at 6 53 am after lingering illness at a local hospital. A coal and energy magnate, he was Yale alumnus and former Charleston athlete. Funeral at 2 pm today at 1118 Kanawha street with Rev J J Scherer officiating. Burial in Spring Hill mausoleum. Survivors include sister Mrs Silas Wickering Jr and brother Charles S Ohley.
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Wiliam B. Ohley
William A. Ohley
Paul W. Cloush
Baltimore
Ohley
Ohley Coal Company
A. B. Fleming
Marie Louis¢ Downlawn
Charleston
Buckhamon
Mr. Ghicy
Yale University
New Haven University
Beta Theta TH
Otley
The
Gazette
Samovar
Kanawha
Obley
Kaenawha Valley
Hin Wie
Canada
United States
Kanawha Street
J. J. Scherer
First Lutheran Church of
Richmond
Mr. Ohley
Spring Hill Cemetecy
Simpson Mortuary
John F. Courtney
Joseph W. Savage
John Cy Morrison
Joseph H. Gaines
Clarence W. Simms
Cyrus W. Hall
Isaac N. Smith
Charles F. Stuart
Silas Wickering Jr
Charles S. Onley
Jalf
Flashes of Life In These U S Operatic Family
In Chicago Minnie the singing mouse croons a lullaby to seven baby mice all day as a potential operatic star. Dwight Lighty praises her training for a future stage career while the Brookfield Zoo reports on animal behavior and reactions to flowers in the cage.
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Chicago
Minnie
Jong Abe
Dwight Lighty
Explosion at Oklahoma City barber shop rattles West Side
A blast shattered a West Side barber shop causing alarm before authorities learned the blast was from a giant firecracker. Barber tenant Bartle Walker awoke on a settee after the noise, saying he had been dozing as debris scattered. The scene drew a crowd with Mrs. Juanita Walden reporting the incident.
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Oklahoma City
Juanita Walden
Bartle Walker
Walker
FDR to Direct Foreign Policy From Washington
President Roosevelt leaves Hyde Park at night to assume personal command of U S foreign policy amid wartime tension. He will meet Secretary Hull to review European and Far East developments and may tour western states if he travels, with engineers outlining Mississippi channel work and major dam projects.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
White House
Washington
America
Cordell Hull
Far East
Hull
Europe
Edward M. Markham
Army Engineers
Engineer Corps
Mississippi
St. Paul
Ft. Peck
Montana
Bonneville
Columbia
Oregon-Washington
Supreme Court
Edward Burke
Nebraska
Burton K. Wheeler
Pat McCarron
Nevada
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Rpeth
Congress
Loyalists Ready To Trade For Dahl
Washington reports the Spanish embassy indicated Valencia will free a rebel aviator in exchange for Harold Dahl, the American pilot captured by insurgents while flying for government forces. The embassy noted doubts from Dahl’s mother Ida that Loyalists would trade, saying exceptions could occur for prisoners of friendly nations.
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INS
Valencia
Harold Dahl
Miers
Ida Dahl
Jasimo Franco
Cilen Caren
Vincent Patriarcha
Rebus
Jbumbing Madeid
Department of State
Rupertt Velleville
Suarez Gon
Johnson Freed At Point Pleasant
Sen Howard Johnson was freed on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses after key witnesses declined to press. Indicted months earlier on a house purchase dispute involving Rev W M Sloughter and Marjorie Rite, the case was dismissed when witnesses chose not to testify. Johnson also faced a separate alimony payment matter with his former wife residing in Florida.
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Foint Pleasant
Howard
Johnson
Marjorie Rite
W. M. Sloughter
Mitfie
Wyatt Rite
Kisughter
Lewin Weber
Atiller
Anther
Lisa
Florida
China and Japan in poised battle at Shanghai lines
In Shanghai massed Chinese forces retreated to secondary fortifications 30 miles northwest as Japanese troops pressed a major assault. Chiang Kai-Shek ordered disciplined defense with German guidance, while refugees fled by river and damaged hospitals reported bombardment near Wuts chow. Diplomats in Geneva discussed mediation to resolve Sino Japanese tensions alongside Mediterranean piracy concerns.
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League of Nations
China
Spain
Mediterranean
Far East
Fleet Assemblea
League
Italy
Ethiopia
Laly Gn
Madrid
Cartagena
Shanghai
Agai
Whangpoo
Yangtze
Livho
Livheng
Nansiong
Klangewan
Yangtzpoo
Hongkew
Orient
Chinese Central News
Whenepepo
Hong Kong
Seventh Day Adventist Mission
Wats Chow
F. W. Thomas
Hospitl
Canom River
Fortney Gets Span Contract For Elk River Bridge
City council approved a contract with Cab C. B. Fortney for designing and supervising the Elk River boulevard bridge linking Kanawha Street and Columbia Boulevard. The six percent fee excludes right of way and land clearing. Fortney previously designed the South Side bridge and municipal incinerator.
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C. B. Fortney
Cone
Elk River Boulevard
Kanawha Street
Columbia Boulevard
Hex
J. G. Carper
F.C. Groff
Patntheg
Col. Fortney
South Side
Sutler Brothers of
Charlrston
William B. Conomes
Pittsburgh
Hitler Signals Intervention in Europe Against Communism
Adolf Hitler wrapped up the eight day Nazi congress with a vow to intervene wherever bolshevism appears in Europe. He claimed Germany would back Spanish insurgent Francisco Franco and would not surrender its interests in Spain. He compared Germany to Britain in acting on conviction and rejected taking instructions from unfamiliar statesmen.
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Numnberg
N— Reichsfuhhter
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Europe
der Fuehrer
Frank
Francisco Franco
Spain
Britain
Police Investigate Robbery and Blaze
Police link two buckets found near a warehouse fire to a $10,000 blaze and a $500 robbery at the Plate Liquor Store. Police and fire crews responded as a man in hunting attire entered the Minor store and robbed clerks Welzel Snyder and Paul O’DeN of $300.
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Aickwoon
Plate Liquor
Mqnor
Welzel Snyder
Paul ‘O'Den
Snyder
More Than Million Given For Paralysis Treatment
New York on September 13 reported more than 1 million dollars was raised for infantile paralysis through nationwide Birthday Ball celebrations for President Roosevelt. About 30 percent of totals go to the Warm Springs foundation, with substantial raises in cities like New York and Chicago, and 70 percent staying in local communities.
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New York
Roosevelt
Keith Morgan
National Committee
Atorean
Henry I. Doherty
Philadelphia
Georgian Warm Springs Foundation
Morgan
New York City
Chicago
District of Columbia
Warm Springs
Pennsylvania
Bank Depositors To Get Payments
CHARLES TOWN Sept 13 J Richard Russell moved to a jail in Keyser as payments to depositors of the closed Farmers Bank and Trust Co. likely begin tomorrow. Russell, ex assistant cashier accused of embezzling funds, was taken by U S deputy marshals. Federal and state grand juries will hear cases in Elkins and Jefferson County.
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Charles Town
J. Richard Russell
Weg
Cldmd Farmers Bank and Trust Company
Russell
Mineral County
Keyser
U. S
Mate Hneburg
Jefferson County
Grand Jury
Federal Grand Jury
Elkins
George Ward
Mie Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Ias
Eeli
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