Great Storm Rips Parkersburg Area With Heavy Rain
An overnight storm dumped 4.32 inches in Parkersburg and nearby areas, causing widespread damage estimated at 100009 dollars. High winds felled trees, damaged buildings and crops, with the Presbyterian church at Waverly destroyed by lightning. Streets were washed out, sewers overflowed, and electric lights were out most of the night. The Parkersburg Marietta Interurban line suffered washouts and trains ran slowly through flood areas. The city fire department responded to about 75 power-line incidents in two hours.
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Parkersburg
Parkersbi
Weather Bureau
Waverly
Parkersburg- Marietta
Mystery Box Cigar Run Sparks Safety Patrol at Rail Yard
Patrol officers are assigned to each excursion train as engineers salvage the lost head from the box. The railroad anticipates many merrymakers at Niagara when the locomotive departs, with one officer submerged under water to guard the run.
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Gineers
Niagara
8B. & O. Prepares For Excursion to Niagara
Special preparations are being made by Baltimore and Ohio officials to handle the vacation crowd on excursion trips to Niagara Falls. Master Mechanic R. H. Cline announced this morning. A police conference was held Saturday with Captain T. C. More-
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Baltimore Ndt Ohio Railroad Company
Niagara Falls
R. H. Cline
Railway Police Department
T. C. More
England's Oldest Baron Dies at Rural Home
London August 1 Sir Benjamin Bromhead 96 England's oldest baronet died at Thurlby Hall. The veteran observed two years earlier after his first air flight that flying was not exciting enough.
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England
London
Benjamin Bromhead
Thurlby Hall
Duck season dates fixed by regulations across the nation
Washington reports the introduction of strict duck hunting rules. The season runs 30 days in fall with northern states October 21 to November 19 and southern states November 20 to December 19. Baiting, live decoys, multiple day bags, and auto loading gun shells are restricted. Zones are eliminated and bag rules apply to geese and brant.
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Washington
J. N. “Ding” Darling
Biological Survey
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Darling
Brant
Jone Hunter
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Missouri
Maryland
Virginia
Kentucky
Britain protests Japanese arrest move in Commons
London August 1 Sir Samuel Hoare foreign secretary told the House of Commons that Britain has lodged a formal representation with Japan over the arrest of a British citizen. The note stressed concern and asked for clarification and due process.
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London
Samuel Hoare
House of Commons
Japan
Lobbyist Hopson Targeted by Senate Committee Probe
The U S senate lobby investigating committee moved Howard C Hopson into FBI custody amid testimony that he led ant holding company bill efforts. Witnesses claimed Hopson and his private firms earned about 500000 dollars yearly after stock dividends stopped, while a Briton named Mason was arrested by Japanese police on June 29 in Hsinking and detained until July EA, treated harshly and refused permission to contact the consul general at Mukden. Mason, employed by the British American Tobacco Co.
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Howard C. Hopson
Associated Gas & Electric System
G-men
U. S. Senate
Hopson
Ant
Bill
Mason
Hsinking
Manchoukuo
Sir Samuel
Mukden
British-American Tobacco Company
New Coinage Measure Is Tabled By House Group
Washington August 1 The administration's bill for the coinage of new half cent and mill pieces was tabled by the house coinage committee today on the grounds it would convey too much authority to the area.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt allocates funds for tax collection and white collar jobs
President Roosevelt assigned 5 112 125 to Treasury for a threefold tax drive. A 2 448 290 survey targets delinquent and nuisance taxes in 20 cities. The Interior Revenue Service gets 1 577 894 for small income returns and 1 086 941 for liquor tax evasion study. Census Bureau receives 1 804 948 for 1900 census index and 293 000 to review retail trade gains. Carrington Gil says many more surveys will create white collar jobs and a central clearing house will avoid duplication.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury Department
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Census Bureau
Carrington Gil
Works Progress
Miami Reporter Begins 24 Hour Contempt Sentence
Shannon Cormack of the Miami Beach Tribune started a 24 hour term in Dade county jail for contempt. The sentence, imposed by Circuit Judge Jefferson B Browne of Key West last March, followed a story the judge found unfavorably reflected on him. Cormack’s appeal to the Supreme Court failed.
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Miami
Fla
Shannon Cormack
Miami Beach Tribune
Dade County
Jefferson B. Browne
Key West
Cormack
Supreme Court
Windsor Alderman Defies Welfare Woodcutting Duty
Thomas Raycraft, Windsor alderman and avowed Communist, defies welfare rules by refusing to cut wood at the municipal woodyard. He declares this is all the wood cutting he will do, insisting the task is no real job and warning he will be removed from welfare rolls unless he participates.
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Thomas Raycraft
Windsor
Ont
Raycraft
Forest Land Purchase Approved by Commission
National Forest Reservation Commission approves buying 949,804 acres for national forests at 3,499,328 dollars. Included are Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia and Virginia with 9,358 acres costing 49,415 dollars and the George Washington in both states with 88,575 acres costing 253,935 dollars. Read the want ads for bargains.
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Washington
National Forest Reservation Commission
Dern
Monongahela National Forest
West Virginia
Virginia
George Washington
Gloria Vanderbilt Returns Home After Month Apart
New York August 1 11 year old heiress Gloria Vanderbilt and her mother Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt parted today at a Long Island fork after a month together. Gloria was taken to the Whitney estate where she lives five days a week by court decree while her mother retains weekends and a summer sojourn. The party crossed toward the Whitney road with two cars turning different directions. Gloria held a brown puppy a new sailboat and three trunks with initials G L V as her governess accompanied her.
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New York
Gloria
Vanderbilt
Long Island
Gertrude Vanderbit Whitney
Whitney
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
Road Fork
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Nat Patton
Senate
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Texas Power and Light Co
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C. A. House Co
Pike Street
Clarksburg
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