Polar airliner planned to fly North Pole route
Moscow reports plans for a passenger airliner crossing the North Pole between Russia and the United States. Otto Schmidt says success of Sigmund Levaneffsky and two companions, plus two years of trials, are needed before operation. Plane carries six tons of gasoline, loaded weight 11 tons, with a three month food reserve and expected San Francisco arrival after 60 to 72 hours. Weather improves. takeoff likely after sunset tomorrow.
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Moscow
North Pole
Russia
United States
Otto Schmidt
Northern Sea Route Department
Sigmund Levaneffsky
Schmidt
San Francisco
Former Mayor Whitt Trial Deliberations Begin Delayed Verdict
Welch West Virginia August 1 A criminal court jury resumed deliberations in the trial of John W Whitt former mayor charged with burning his home Judge Counts ordered jurors locked up overnight after they failed to reach a verdict They had been out 90 minutes in a night session The state contends Whitt had 10000 insurance on the property and sent a trunk to Cincinnati containing personal belongings Whitt denies ownership and says he spent the night in Huntington
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Whitt
Huntington
Bluefield Man Held Over Death Of Young Boy
William H. Meade of Bluefield is held for grand jury action on involuntary manslaughter charges after a steel piece fell from his truck and struck 6 year old Mike Saffee as he played on the highway.
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Princeton
W. Va
D.T. Carr
William H. Meade
Buefield
Mike Saffee
Meade
Atha Family Reunion Planned at Municipal Park
Mannington reports the Atha family will hold a reunion at Municipal Park this Sunday. Organizers invite relatives to gather for the event, with details limited in the notice.
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Mannington
Atha
Chen to Guard Banks Amid national bank crime drive
Washington reports the Justice Department will deploy G Men to protect small town banks nationwide under a new banking bill. The measure extends FDIC insured banks coverage to include agents guarding deposits totaling about 41 billion across 14 280 banks. Since agents joined the effort bank robberies have fallen over 50 percent.
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Washington
Justice Department
America
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve
Federal
War On Crime
Dillinger
Pretty Boy
Floyd
Barker Brothers
Wife Quizzed in Abduction Case Linked to Zenge
Police probed blood spots on a coat tied to a Missouri family as they traced Zenge, a 26 year old carpenter, after a cab ride to Navy Pier ended with the passenger abandoning the fare and leaving a gray hat and suit. Witnesses broadcast details as the widow of Bauer, a former sweetheart of Mrs. Bauer, was questioned in the case.
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Zenge
Missouri
Fami
Navy Pier
Lake Michigan
Bauer
Fight Over Fence Blocked Street in Salem Sparks Judge Decision
In Clarksburg Judge Birk S. Stathers is to decide if a 68 year old Salem street can be blocked by a man who built a fence. Residents say Homer Gain blocked the thoroughfare used since 1867 and barred access to homes. Mrs Bauer testified in Kirksville Missouri about her marriage to Dr Bauer and her relation to a jealous Zenge. She told coroner J Frank Walsh she married after a seven year engagement and that her husband was killed. She said Zenge had planned to marry Louise on July 17 and denied contacting her after the murder. She noted no harsh words with her husband and described family ties to the Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery.
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Arbor
Bauer
Kirksville, Mo., College
Dr. Bauer
Kirksville
Laughlin Hospital
Zenge
Walsh
Clarksburg
Birk S. Stathers
Salem
Homer 'S Gain
Infantile Paralysis Reported in Morgantown Case
Morgantown W Va Aug 1 Dr R C Farrier Monongalia county health officer said an illness in a Union district home was definitely diagnosed as infantile paralysis The case is isolated and there is no cause for immediate alarm as several such cases are reported annually
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Morgantown
W. Va
R. C. Farrier
Mononalia
Union District
Farrier
Chemist Studies Poison Used to Kill 20 Canines
Barboursville West Virginia August 1 7 A C Blackwell professor of chemistry at Morris Harvey college is conducting tests to determine the cause of death of 20 dogs all pets of Barboursville families that have died since last Saturday.
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Barboursville
W. Va
A. C. Blackwell
Morris Harvey College
Nine Pound Son Born in New York to Mrs Case
A 9 pound son was born today at Polyclinical hospital to Mrs Everett N Case daughter of Owen D Young chairman of General Electric Co in New York City. Governor H G Kump and Agriculture Commissioner J B Mc Laughlin will speak at the Boone County Farm Bureau annual picnic Saturday afternoon in Madison West Virginia.
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New York
Polyclinical Hospital
Everett N. Case
Owen D. Young
General Electric Co
Madison
W. Va
H. G. Kump
Agriculture
J. B. McLaughlin
Boone County Farm Bureau
A Count and His American Wife in Trouble Again
A clumsy confrontation involving a count and his American wife is recounted with speculation that the nobleman may have had justification for striking gendarmes and a doctor, as bottles were hurled. The item is featured in the August 4 issue of The American Weekly, a supplement to the Baltimore Sunday American, advertised as on sale at newsdealers.
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Baltimore
All Newsdealers
Tadv
Giant Midtown Hudson Tunnel Nears Completion
New York August 1 workers known as sandhogs toil under the Hudson in a record setting under river tunnel project. Two steel-lined bores will meet and form one vehicular passage costing 37 million dollars with air under pressure guarding the crews.
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New York
Manhattan
Hudson
New York-to-New Jersey
Link Between New York and West Requires 18 Months
Other connection work between New York and the West will take about eighteen months to complete and will cost thirty seven million dollars. The project schedule and funding aspects are awaiting final approvals.
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New York
Thhe West
Accused Auto Thief Is Returned to Wellsburg
Wellsburg West Virginia August 1 officers seized Wallace Waldron in Knoxville Tennessee after a prior arrest. He faces charges of stealing an automobile owned by Harley Virden of Follawsbee. Waldron escaped once from a police car before authorities recaptured him near the Ohio River.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
Knoxville
Tenn
Wallace Waldron
Harley Virden
Follawsbee
Waldron
Ohio River
Tax yield report for Charleston sales tax
Charleston report shows sales tax revenue of 8 615 845 55 in the first 15 months of operation. Legislative sponsors had estimated a higher return.
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Charleston
Radio Programs and Tube Prices Ad Listings
A dense schedule of radio programs across stations NBC CBS WGN KDKA and others with varied hosts acts and symphonies listed by time from 5:30 PM to midnight plus an RCA tube price advertisement offering multiple tube models at reduced prices with an extra 10 percent off sets. The page features program lineups for WSM WLW KDKA WJZ WGN WAVE and more and ends with a tubes sale noting model numbers and discount.
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Sweet and
Hedka
Amos
Andy
CBS
Just
Whas—Terry
Ted Wolz
Buddy Clark
WGY
WGN
Lum
Abner
Tony
Gus
NBC
WJZ
Dot and
Will
WLW
Bob Newhall
Buck Rogers
WWVA
Ham McNamee
Boake Carter
KDKA
Suwanee
Paul Pearson
WSM
Vallee
Kate Smith
Nickelodéon
Wgn—Dance Orchestra
Bobby Tucker
Pia
Wj2z
Louis Prima
Chicago Symphony
Charles Hanson Towne
WBBM
Park
Daring Sisters
Marty May
Jerry Cooper
Loretta Lee
Carol Dee
Johnny Augustine
Werm
Paul Whiteman
Horace Heidt
Kdka — Symphony
Frank Black
Oat Wat Bank
WFBE
WGBF
Symphonette
Bill Hogan
Ray Noble
WSAI
Old National Bank
WLS
John B. Kennedy
Jimmy Ward
Sprague
Amer
Liberty League
NES
Tommy and
Johnny Hamps
Jesse Crawford
Mac
Bob
National Radio Forum
Ted Fiorito
W4jz
Joe Rines
Wayne King
Eddie Dunstedter
Tom Baker
Wenr—Herm Crone
Anson Weeks
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