Pinchot to address bonus group amid Johnstown clash
Governor Pinchot is expected to address bonus expeditionary force veterans here as Mayor McCloskey warns Communists may attempt a mass meeting in Central Park. Police pledge orderly treatment for peaceful veterans while the grand jury in Washington investigates the riot that left one veteran dead.
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Johnstown
Eddie McCloskey
Central Park
McCloskey
Pinchot
Bonus Army
Washington
Johnston
National Red Cross
Dstrict of Columbia Grand Jury
Levy Boards Face Delay on Tax Estimate Meeting
Tax levying groups in Taylor county will meet tomorrow to set the public utilities assessment for the year but cannot finalize the estimate due to the incomplete county wide assessment. State law requires a meeting on August 2, with adjournment until the assessment report is received. The Taylor county court met in regular session and approved estate administrators. The county poor farm report shows July average 20 inmates with operation costs at $63.85, including three families not listed as inmates.
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Taylor County
Asceria
Taylor County Court
County Poor Farm and Home Management
Ferry capsizes in Bengal drowning many aboard
A ferry carrying 250 laborers across a flooded river near Noakhali in eastern Bengal capsized last night. Many passengers drowned wilt others reaching shore. a few survivors were later found.
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Calcutta
India
Noakhali
Bengal
Anti trust suit opens against Appalachian Coals
Colonel William J. Donovan leads the defense as a landmark Sherman Act challenge opens before a three judge panel in Asheville. The government accuses 136 coal operators across West Virginia Virginia Tennessee and Kentucky of conspiring with Appalachian Coals Inc to fix prices and monopolize trade. The ten day to two week hearing features John Lore O’Brien in charge for the government, with support from Russel Hardy Charles Weston N B Watson Snyder and Jarwood Chaffett.
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Asheville
N. C
William J. Donovan
New York
Appalachian Coals, Incorporated
N.C
United States
West Virginia
Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
John J. Parker
Charlotte
Elliott Northcott
Huntington
Morris A. Soper
Baltimore
Smit
Appalachian Coals,Inc
John Lore O'Brien
United States Attorney General
Russel Hardy
Charles H. Weston
N. B. Watson Snyder
Jarwood Chaffett
Trust
Heavy License Demand Drives County Issuances in July
In July the county clerk issued 109 hunting and fishing licenses and eight marriage licenses. State-wide resident licenses totaled 54 with 55 district resident licenses, generating 233 in revenue. Dr. A. R. Warden and Captain W. H. Arnold returned from a South Branch Potomac trip with about 72 fish, visiting the Salvation Army’s local chief’s old home.
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Taylor
A. R. Warden
W. H. Arnold
South Branch of the Potomac
Salivation Army
Hitler Gains But Fails To Rule Germany
Berlin August 1. Hitler and the Nazi party increased strength in the Reichstag but did not win a decisive majority. The new Reichstag will have 604 members with the National Socialists at 229 and the Communists at 89 among others.
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Hitler
Berlin
Adolph Hitler
Germany
Junger
von Schleicher
Heinrich Bruening
Reichstag
Koenigs-berg
Herr Lauff
Communist Party
Zirplus
Ew Reichstag
Sanstallonsy
National Socialists
Economic Party
Farmers Party
Agricultural Alliance
Farmers Federation
Bavarian Peoples Party
State's Party
Smoot Attacks Roosevelt Tariff Talk In Radio Speech
Washington August 1 Administration Republicans charge Roosevelt misleads the public on tariff policy and misstates Republican fiscal policy. Senator Smoot chairman of the Senate Finance Committee says the Democratic nominee deceives voters with clever phrases and weasel words. Secretary Mills accuses the New York governor of not understanding national credit while Roosevelt blames the Tariff Act for today’s economic ills. Continued on page five.
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Washington
Aug. I
Roosevelt
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Mills
Treasy
New York
Siskel Aa
American pilot Brent Balchen to lead Minneapolis Europe flight
Brent Balchen, noted American flier who crossed the Atlantic and the south pole with Admiral Byrd, will be chief pilot of a 33 ton amphibian planned to fly from Minneapolis to Europe around August 15. He spoke during a brief stop in Montreal on August 1.
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Montreal
Brent Balchen
Atlantic
South Pole
Admiral Byrd
Minneapolis
Europe
Paraguay mobilizes forces in long dispute with Bolivia
Asuncion Aug 1 Paraguay's government urged federal mobilization of all armed forces after a long running feud with Bolivia over Chaco rights. The sprawling grand Chaco remains undeveloped jungle but holds potential riches. decades of boundary disagreements persist between the two governments.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Bolivia
Chaco
Oth Coun
Grand Chaco
Lawyer Ordered to Explain Powers Case Record Disappearance
In Clarksburg Harrison county court, all trial records for Harry F Powers except court order books have vanished. Attorney J E Law, Powers' former counsel, is to appear before Judge John C Southern to account for the missing papers and why they should be returned to the clerk's office. Law allegedly removed a large box of documents and a separate book from the clerk's office after acquiring a box at a nearby department store.
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Clarksburg
Harry F. Powers
Moundsville
Harrison County
J. E. Law
Powers
John C. Southern
Law
Nearthy
Budget Cuts in WV Legislature Aim to Trim Costs
Charleston August 1 The West Virginia legislature advances a broad economy program to slash state expenses and tax relief. The senate nears completion while the house readies to push bills. The plan includes salary cuts for teachers, department consolidation, and limits on tax collections, with debate over potential chaos.
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Charleston
Joint Economy Committee
Senate
House
Economy Committee
West Virginia
3000 Men Could Be Put To Work On Federal Aid Projects
Charleston August 1 Chairman P Fortney of the road commission estimated that within three weeks about 3,000 men could be employed as the commission begins spending 1,323,000 dollars of emergency federal aid funds. A minimum wage of 25 cents an hour is set for laborers on all federal aid projects.
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Charleston
P.fortney
The
Road Commission
Fortney F
Base for Tax Levy Stated in 1932 Allocation Telegrams
Charleston August 1 State Auditor Edgard C Lawson telegraphed county clerks to notify levying bodies to use 1931 utility assessment allocations in fixing their 1932 levy estimates. Telegrams sent after levying bodies pressed for action due to allocation delays and uncertainty.
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Charleston
Edgard C. Lawson
Lightning Kills One in London Storm Floods City
A violent summer storm in London killed one man and injured two others by a lightning strike. Torrential rains flooded main streets and disrupted subway service. Hampstead Heath became a lake as the south coast saw waves and damage from the same system.
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London
Hampstead Heath
Two Killed When Car Is Crowded Off Road
Bellaire Aug. 1 Police scour highways hunting the road hog responsible for crowding a car off the pavement sending two men to their deaths as the machine toppled down a 35 foot bank Both victims residents of Pad en City West Virginia suffered broken spines in the accident near here last night Henry Jacobs 50 was killed almost instantly and his companion Edward Jacobs 43 died in a Bellaire hospital The men who were returning home from East Liverpool were unrelated
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Bellaire
Paden City
W. Va
Here
Henry Jacobs
Edward Jacobs
East Liverpool
Two Workers Die in Logan Mine Blast in Wyoming
Two miners Nobel Creson and Luther Merritt died in a coal explosion at the Lyban mine near Logan. Okey Hatton and Joseph Crum were injured as officials described the blast as one of the most terrific in recent years. A fire raged in the operation and 60 men could have been endangered.
Willard Talks Rail Situation With Roosevelt
Albany August 1 Governor Roosevelt renewed his discussion of the railroad situation at lunch with Daniel H Willard president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad He is the third roads administrator to confer with the Democratic presidential nominee joining Carl Gray of the Union Pacific and W Averill Harriman of the Illinois Central
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Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
Daniel H. Willard
Baltimore—and Ohio Railroad
Willard
Carl Gray
Union Pacific
Sid W. Averill Harriman
Ulinois Central
Upturn Hinted for Steel Industry Despite Losses
Cleveland Aug 1 Sentiment that an upturn is due in the iron and steel industry remains strong despite second quarter losses. Steel magazine notes average 13.78 per ton of ingots produced, over half the cost, vs $7.72 in Q1. Continued 18 1/2 percent operating rate suggests demand not yet rising, but early signs of improvement appear.
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Cleveland
Magazine Steel
31 Sunday in Windy City excursion to Chicago
Thirty one Graftonians spent Sunday in Chicago taking advantage of the B and O excursion. From the local ticket office it was announced that 1,600 persons used the excursion in total. A special train left the local terminal via Wheeling and joined another at Parkersburg and Zanesville, returning at 12 10 this afternoon.
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Chicago
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Zanesville
Jewel Loot Blasts Hit Ritz Towers. Firemen Die
A massive explosion in the Ritz Towers Hotel sub basement during a blaze in the paint shop killed or gravely injured multiple firemen and injured many others. Jewelry worth thousands of dollars, including two $10,000 diamond brooches and a $55,000 pearl necklace, were scattered among the debris on 57th Street near Park and Lexington avenues.
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New York
Ritz-Towers
Toms
Itg
57Th Street
Park
Lexington Avenues
Losion
Jory Rite ‘Towers
Park Avenue
Thomas Kirkpattick
Kirkpatrick
57Th
Street
Advances in New York stocks show early energy in new month
In New York the bull market stocks retained energy at the month’s start despite July’s gains. Some advances of one to two points appeared across prominent issues and preferred shares rose sharply, while rails held back from last week’s gains. Major names like U S Steel and American Telephone posted small increases as oils remained firm but failed to push forward.
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New York
Lee
Rails
Ieee
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James L. Fieser
Red Cross
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Hoover
U.S
Appalachiin Coals, Inc
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Buster
Louis P. Lochner
Slayer
3000
Lawson
Logan
New England
New
Rapidan Campa
Doak
Lamont
Ritz
Lott
Lekehurst, N.J
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