Soft Coal Price Advance Seen By Association
The National Coal Association forecast a material advance in soft coal prices likely soon. They noted bituminous production ahead of last year and subnormal dealer stock, with railroads straining to move cars and some holding fuel in cars. Industrial demand from heavy industries, especially steel, drives higher coal use and prices.
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Washington
API
National Coal Association
Bureau of Mines
Nova Coal
US Will Stay Neutral Yet Ready to Defend, GAR Speech
Acting Secretary of War Woodring told Grand Army of the Republic veterans that the United States will maintain a strict hands off policy in foreign quarrels while remaining adequately prepared to defend itself. He spoke at the 70th annual G A R encampment, noting the age of attendees and stressing a purely defensive national policy as he called for peace and friendly foreign relations.
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Washington
United States
Woodring
Grand Army of the Republic
Wondring
America
Planes Warn Residents In Path Of Colorado Flood
Brownwood Texas lent two radio equipped roam guard planes flew low over the Colorado river valley to seek safety as the rampaging river rose toward more populated regions in the north. The river stood near a record stage at Chadwick south of Brownwood mid afternoon with 52 feet. W A Smith publisher of the San Saba News estimated 200 to 300 homeless residents had lost possessions including crops but were cared for by friends and neighbors. Two deaths and further property damage were reported as Austin braced for the crest with forecast it would not reach before Tuesday.
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Brownwood
Tex
Lent
Hearst Replies To Statement
Hearst publishes a reply denouncing a White House claim that President Roosevelt accepts support from hostile alien groups. He criticizes the president for not naming references and accuses him of adopting Karl Marx Socialist platforms and allying with Communist elements. The exchange follows a secretary Stephen Early denial and related Hearst coverage from Amsterdam, Waljant.
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New York
William Randolph Mearst
White House
Roosevelt
Hearst Newspapers
Bis
Tom
Early
Stephen T. Early
New York American
Hearst
London
Browder
Earl Browder
Heart
Armsterdam
Waljant
Loyalists Fire On Alcazar With Gasoline Blasts
Government forces bombarded the Alcazar fortress with gasoline to smoke out the loyalists. Fire and shelling continued as Gen. Asensio pressed a relentless assault to force surrender, while attempting to protect women and children believed sheltered in deep cellars. Meanwhile Franco's four Fascist columns advanced toward Madrid too rapidly for artillery to support them.
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A.P
Toledo
Spain
Alcazar
Madrid
Wrecd
Jose Asensin
Asensio
Francisco Franco
Two Troopers Suspended In Third Degree Death
Uniontown Pa Sept 20 Major Lynn G Adams heads state police suspension of two troopers over the death of 64 year old Frank C Monaghan after questioning in a Faustic county court house. Attorney General Margiotti called it a brutal killing and said several officials are involved with investigations focusing on blood spots found in the Bertillon room.
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Uniontown
Lynn G. Adams
Pennsylvania State Police
Charles J. Margiotti
Faustic County Court
John. C. Wall
Wall
Monaghan
Adams
Margintti
Tom
Stacy Gunsheyman
Anthony Sainte
Wilbert Minerd
A. S. Baltz
Monaghans
Margiotii
Bertillon
J. L. Rice
Bucknell University
Lewisburg
F.C. Buckmaster
Allegheny County
Herbert DL Lund
Uniontown Hospital
Perssons
Margiotti
Mariott
Rank C. Monaghan, Sr
Communist Leader Wins Time on Airs
WCAE Pittsburgh will broadcast Earl Browder speeches under the equal time rule after a Proctor of broadcast protest. The station had denied an August Browder address, prompting a FCC complaint by Communist Party chairman William Z Foster. A station reply was released by Elisha Hassan with Emil J. Gourd affirming compliance under section 315 of the Radio Act.
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Washington
Earl Browder
WCAE
Pittsburgh
Browder
Federal Communications Commission
William 2. Foster
Communist Party
Moster
Bible Story of Man Origin Correct One Says Howell
The Rev Howell, pastor evangelist of Clarksburg now in Charleston, argues against evolution and cites Psalm 8 4 to support biblical creation. He states man is created by God and distinct from animal evolution, aligning with Genesis cosmogony and scripture in a Charleston Gazette sermon.
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Man
Howell
Clarksburg
Charleston
Gazette
Church Merger Approved Amid Worker Wage Demands
Ministers of the West Virginia conference vote 104 to 1 to merge their church with larger Methodist groups, uniting about 12 million members under one system. Lay leaders approve consolidation as appointments realign district superintendents, including Slater to Wheeling and Catterson to Morgantown districts. In Pittsburgh, U S Steel workers press wage increases, urging a 30 percent raise while Fairless cites limits. Labor committees from 32 mills seek higher pay, with flat $5 daily minimum and voices on discipline, amid broader push for wage hikes and company profits.
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Muntington
Wesr
Virginia
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcoe South
Charles G. Slater
Wheeling
Wls. Catterson
Oakland
Morgantons
James W. Engle
Julin
Tl. Wolfe
T Huntington
Stater
Pittsburgh
Carnegie
Linois Steel Corporation
South Chicago
Mingo Junction
Tabor
Tin
Youngstown
Phillip Murray
Natonal
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Roosevelt
Finger Man Shot in Keyport Underworld Killings
In Keyport New Jersey on September 20 Robert Farmer Sullivan, a feared gang figure known as the Finger Man, was fatally shot in a tavern when gunmen opened fire as he sat with associates. A wall bullet wounded Charles Antrim. two companions with Sullivan were injured but survived. Police suspect retaliation for a prior docklands murder and pursue two men, John O Rourke and Robert Taker. Sullivan, once a significant racketeer and claimed to have sparred with Gene Tunney, had been working as a bartender in Greenwich Village.
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Keyport
N. J
Underworld
Robert “Farmer Sullivan
Sullivan
Age
Joe Fuller
Fd Whitt
Dulles
John O'Rourke
Robert Taker
Joe Martini
Charles Antrim
Belford
Gene Tunney
Dempsey
Manhattan
Greenwich Village
Auto Plunges Into Canal Five Die In Dunkirk Area Crash
Five youths and an additional occupant drown after a car leaves the road and falls into the barge canal two miles east of North Tonawanda. Names include Leon Highhouse 20 and Lucille Geier 18 of Lockport, Edith Geier 16, Christ Geier 20, Melvin Bowman 20 of Buffalo. Roger Young 24 of Buffalo survives with injuries as farmers assist. A separate Mansfield crash north of town leaves four dead and three critically injured when a auto hits a concrete bridge.
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North Tonawanda
X.Y
Here
Leon Highhouse
Christ Geier
Lucille Geier
Edith Geier
Lockport
Melvin Bowman
Buffalo
Roger Young
Murphy Places Peace Program Before Legion
National Commander Ray Murphy opened the American Legion convention in Cleveland with a push for a three plank peace program to keep the United States out of future wars. He urged adequate national defense, a neutrality policy via legislative mandate, and universal service to distribute war costs. The address warned of a European armed powder keg and urged vigilance against spread of Communism.
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Cleveland
Ray Murphy
American Legion
United States
Comermander Murphy
Universal Service Act
Murphy
Legion
Thomas D. Ken
St. Louis
Europe
Accidents Claim Three in State
Three persons were killed and several injured in West Virginia weekend accidents. Newton Jones 36 near Hundred died after his car hit a road sign. Neal Spencer Dana Wise and Noah Terry suffered multiple fatalities or injuries in separate crashes. Burl Burwell of Warrissville died when struck by a moving auto at Parkersburg.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Newton Jones
Hundred
Mannington Hospital
Neal Spencer
Vane County
Dana Wise
Noa
Wise
Noah Terry
Chesapeake and
Olle
Burl Burwell
Warrisville
Parkersburg
Explosion Strikes Havana Newspaper El Pais Killing Four
A dynamite blast wrecked the Havana daily El Pais killing four and wounding about twenty as debris damaged a wide metropolitan area. Police detained Spanish Socialist circle members and raided offices while theories blamed sympathizers or anarchists for the incident near Nuestra Senora de Monserrate church and nearby streets.
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Havana
Cuba
el Pais
Spanish Socialist Circle
Sympathetico Fesclats
Popular Front
Spa
Paullee
Diario de la Marina
Nuestra Senora de Monserrate
el Pals
Neptuno Street
Te Midtown
Gray-haired Mary Cassidy Sentenced to Riverside Reformatory
Rutland Vi inmate Mary Cassidy, 73 from Poultney, began her 55th day in Riverside Reformatory for failing to pay a $519.06 judgment from an automobile accident case. Her fate may hinge on a county jail commission ruling next Thursday on a petition to take a poor debtor's oath, a move described by reformatory matrons as highly nervous and possibly leading to indefinite confinement under a unique enforcement law.
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Rutland
Mary Cassidy
Poultney
Riverside Reformatory
Reformatory
John Ot, Atlenamary
Roosevelt names two drought committees for permanent protection
Washington Sept 20 President Roosevelt appointed two special committees to craft permanent drought protections. Wallace to head the crop insurance committee and Morris L. Cooke to lead the land use group. Reports will be due to Congress with concrete proposals to insure farmers against drought losses and other disasters.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
Morris L. Cooke
Suresident
Aruers
Logan Miner Fatally Burned in Explosion
Logan Miner Bud Noberts, 20, died after an explosion tore through West Virginia Coal and Coke No 25 entry at Stirrat. Three coworkers escaped injury as Noberts burned. Everett O'Brien avoided the blast by diving into an underground lake and swimming to safety. Okey McComas and Earl Brewer also fled to the main entry unharmed.
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Roberts
Roosevelts Gather To Honor FDRs Mother
President Roosevelt leads three generations of Roosevelts toward Hyde Park to honor Mrs Sara Delano Roosevelt on her 82nd birthday. She remains indoors while recovering from grippe but will join the president midweek as he prepares to address the New York Democratic convention in Syracuse and launch reelection efforts. The trip includes stops in Elkins West Virginia Pittsburgh and Jersey City with plans to attend a World Series game in New York and possibly tour the Midwest and Pacific Coast while campaigning.
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Washington
Hyde Park
N.Y
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Syracuse
Elkins
Mountain State Forest
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Democratic Organization
Jersey City
Middle-West
Pacific
Hindenburg Completes Record North Atlantic Crossing
The German airship Hindenburg finished a westward crossing to Lakehurst after 50 hours aided by storm winds. Captain Ernst Lehmann reported 72 passengers and 60 crew, with new berths for 26 more and improved meteorological support aiding the voyage. Among the arrivals were Mrs Frances White Springs and naval officials including Commander Rosendahl and Lieutenants Watton and Blackmurs.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Zeppelie Hindenburg
North Atlantic
Ernst H. Lehmann
Ralea
Nova Scotia
Frankfort- Sa-Main
Lehmann
Germany
Frances White Springs
Fort Mil
S&c
Charles E Rosendahl
Naval Air Station
Lakeshurst
Liauetenant
George F. Watton
Alexander Blackmurs
Hindenberg
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Hindenburg
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