Shortage Hits Railroad Division Strains City Water Supply
City faces water famine as heat and drought press Monongah and Cumberland divisions of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Tank cars of water are rushed to drought areas while officials urge residents to use spigots sparingly to keep essential supply for the city.
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Grafton
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Monongah
Cumberland
Petroleum, Cornwallis and
Irving
Ring
Flames devastate Gore Virginia. seven families homeless
A major fire in Gore Virginia on August 5 left seven families homeless and property losses unofficially over 500000. Thirteen homes and businesses including a plum mill and lumber yard burned as flames threatened the village of about 200. Post office, railroad station and telephone exchange were destroyed. residents aided by outside apparatus from Incheater. Postmaster Blondel Larrick and daughter Boma survived a fall as the blaze spread.
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Gore
Birdhie
Incheater
Baltimore
Pst
Telehone Exchange
Blondel Larrick
Boma
Winchester-Wardensville R
Farmers Feeding Wheat to Swine in Grain Belt
Farmers across the grain belt are feeding wheat to hogs and cutting it for hay. Drought in July drives corn crop losses estimated by brokers at about 400 million bushels. In Ohio, total farm crop losses from drought are around 200 million dollars, about half the state's annual crop income.
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Chileago
Ohio
Senate Choice Main Issue In W V. Primary
West Virginia voters opened 2242 precincts for the mid summer primary as polls ran from 6 30 a m to 6 30 p m with attention on the Republican bid for the U S Senate seat held by Guy D Goff who withdrew due to ill health Neely is unopposed for the Democratic senatorial nomination and other races include congress state senate and local offices.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
United States
Guy D. Goff
Congress
State Senate
House of Delegates
Neely
M. M. Neely
Speedy Bennett Sleepy at Wheel Crashes Car in Webster
Charles Speedy Bennett of Park View drifted to sleep at the steering wheel early this morning. His new Ford coach left the Webster highway, plunged over an embankment onto B&O railroad tracks, suffering minor bruises and cuts. Bennett, en route to Grafton around 2:30, was sleepy as he entered Webster, just east of the grade.
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Charles
Bennett
Park View
Webster
Grafton
Taxpayers to Get Relief in County Levy Clash
Taylor county commissioners favor a six percent cut in the county levy to relief taxpayers and curb highway development. The action, taken at the end of yesterday’s session, aims to maintain funds for already completed projects while delaying or reducing new work. A dispute with Harrison county over the Hosemont to Oval route, and county road priorities, were noted as money shortages were cited. The commission also refused to confirm an appointment, signaling ongoing budget tensions.
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Taylor County
Hosemont
Oval
Harrison County
Gratton
Gunboats Fire on Reds Near Changsha Wounding Sailors
A dispatch from Hunan province reports that along the Liang river near Changsha communists attacked foreign gunboats, wounding one American bluejacket and three British sailors as red machine gunners sprayed the Palos. The gunboats replied and silenced the attack. Details on the British injuries were sparse.
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Shanghai
Liang River
Changsha
Hunan
United States
Palos
Gontinaea En Bage
Maintenance And Repair Accounts Of Youngstown Entered At Hearing
The Youngstown Sheet and Tube matter was reviewed at a hearing in Youngstown O Aug 5 The audit by Ernst Price Waterhouse and Co on four estimates of property for the maintenance and repair act showed about 3 6 million dollars variation The figures were presented to Judge Hassell Tip-Sheet and Tube comptroller David Jenkins and W N McDonald in the ongoing merger suit against Bethlehem Steel The record was read at today s session and continued on Page Two
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Youngstown
Ernst
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Pany
Tippit
Price, Warehouse and Tube-Bethlehem Steel
Common Pleas
W. N. McDonald
David G. Jenkins
Hassell Tip-Sheet
Tube Comptroller
Ernet
Edward W Rector Dies Sudden at 78 in Pruntytown
Edward W Rector 78 longtime Taylor County resident and pioneer descendant died suddenly Monday night at his Pruntytown home after a brief return from Grafton. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at Pruntytown Baptist Church with Rev Randolph Johnson and Rev H W Martin officiating. interment in Harmony Grove Cemetery by Bartlett Funeral Company. Rector, born December 8, 1852, traced lineage to Jessie Rector who founded the area’s first school in 1789 near Valley Inn. His father Alfred aided the establishment of Rector College west of the Alleghenies.
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Edward W. Rector
Taylor County
Pruntytown
Grafton
Pruntytown Baptist’ Church
Randolph Johnson
H. W. Martin
St. Marys
Bartlett Puneral Company
Harmony Grove
Mr. Bartlett
James Whitescarver
Edward Whitescarver
D.P. Logan
Joseph Johnson
William Yates
Archie Bartlett
Don Matthews
Charlie Tucker
Bartlett Funeral Home
Rector
Jessie Rector
Virginia
Rectorville
Yates
Alate
Buzeards
U. 3
Valley Inn
Alfred Rector
Edward Rector
the Alleghenies
Rector College
Alfred
Drought Threat Presses Farm Regions Amid Relief Talks
As drought tightens its grip on central and southern states, farmers seek relief through government and markets. Louis J. Taber urges special low freight rates for hay and feed to cattle regions and expanded credit for farmers. Farm Board officials call on bankers to extend credit to support feed for dairies, amid 14 dairy states reporting only 36 percent rainfall. Kentucky groups plan a Farm Board survey to assess needs. In Omaha, heat reaches 102 with continued dry conditions.
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Washington
Louis J. Taber
National Grange
Taber
Hoover
Legge
Farm Board
Warrying
William P. Schilling
Kentucky
Ohio
State Farm Bureau
Louisville Board of Trade
Jefferson County Farm Bureau
Omaha
Special Term Circuit Court Convenes August 7
Judge Warren B. Kittle ordered a special term of the circuit court for Thursday morning August 7 to consider entering a final decree of sale in the Delmar Coal company property settlement sought by lawholders. No juries will be needed. The Delmar case, in receivership and operated by the Reppert Coal company, has been pending for years. The sale order, drafted in Charles Johnson's Clarkburg offices, will be revised and presented to the court on Thursday.
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Warren B. Kittle
Frank Hollis, Jr
Air Court
Delmar Coal Company
Kittle
Delmar
Reppert Coal Company
Charles Johnson
Clarkburg
County 1930 property valuations show mixed shifts in real estate and utilities
Final 1930 assessments for Taylor county reveal real estate valued at 12,168,720 up from 12,370,240 in 1929 for district totals, while public utilities total 7,550,614 versus 7,354,994 last year. City of Grafton gains noted. overall values reflect a steadier trend amid national economic slump.
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Grafton
Taylor County
S Booths
Fetterman
Mere
Flemington
iGratton
A. Knottsville
Pruntytown
Abe
Boothe.c
Knot
Sentinel
North Carolina Church Members Pray For Rain
A mass meeting of church members in Charlotte, scheduled for Sunday, will pray for rain for three hours, announced by Rev. W. L. Griggs. The event reflects ongoing concerns over dry weather in the area.
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Charlotte
N.C
W. L. Griggs
Public Utilities Rates Seen As National Issue In 1932
Political observers link a Roosevelt Smith Rascob conference in Southampton to a possible 1932 national plank on utility rates. They note Roosevelt favoring rate reductions such as the New York Edison 60 cent meter charge cut to 6 cents per kilowatt hour as indicative of broader consumer aid at the Democratic national level.
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Southampton
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Frankli D. Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
John J. Rascob
Roosevelt
New York Edison Company
Milo R. Malthe
Public Service Commission
Water supply hearing set for August 11 in West Virginia
Charleston officials from Clarksburg Salem Harrisville Princeton and Spencer were asked to attend a water supply meeting on August 11 as the state water commission investigates complaints about strained supplies. Weston survey leader W B Downs also was requested to attend along with secretary E B Tisdale.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Water Commission
West Virginia
Clarksburg
Salem
Harrisville
Princeton
Spencer
Downs
Weston
Tisdale
Testimony On Ballots Recount In Pennsylvania Primary
Washington reports testimony on the recount of ballots in the Republican gubernatorial primary in Pennsylvania. George W Geasey testified as part of the Senate campaign funds committee inquiry into expenditures in the senatorial primary. He described mutilated ballots and counts where 80 and 60 ballots were discarded in separate districts. Former Governor Pinchot and Francis Shunk Brown were noted as principals in the recount.
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Geasy
Pinchot-Brown
Washington
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Geasey
Gifford Pinchot
Francis Shunk Brown
Nye
Life of Nevada chief menaced by gun threat
Governor Fred Balzar disclosed that Gordon C. Smith aimed a revolver at him during a heated discussion at Smiths Las Vegas home. The incident followed a dispute over critical letters connected to local trade issues and Smiths signed communications.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Fred Balzar
Gordon C. Smith
Smith
Carson City
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