Bonusers clash with veterans in Johnstown camp
In Johnstown Pennsylvania Aug 5 non members of the bonus expeditionary force clashed with veterans at Camp McCloskey as Rev Jones R Cox urged them to vote their battles. The priest was shouted down when proposing consolidation of the kehki shirts with his blue shirts. Disgruntled groups fought briefly. liquor entered the camp and officers kept order. The conflict centered on Waters leadership and bonus army unity.
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Johnstown
Jones R. Cox
Pittsburgh
Han
Washington
Camp McCloskey
Cox
B. E.F
Liberal Party
Waters
W. W. Waters
Huntington
Roosevelt Seeks Stricter Utility Regulation Principles
New York August 5 Franklin D Roosevelt signals a push for tighter government scrutiny of large utility holding companies. He outlines six guiding principles from his New York governorship, endorsing government ownership of water power sites, competition to lower rates, and allowing utilities a reasonable 7 to 8 percent return on investment.
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N.Y
Wernor
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Laree
New York
Tate
Chicago Fire Destroys Plant. Massive Losses in City
A major blaze on Chicago's southwest side destroyed the Omaha Packing Co plant and damaged nearby facilities. Losses approach 6 million dollars with 3,000 hogs and 800 cattle burned, 700 sheep penned, and grain stored for Stratton Co. Fire officials blame a dust explosion in the Quincy Elevator Co. ten story structure. Three fireboats were delayed. one lieutenant suffered a possible skull fracture.
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Quincy Elevator Co
Shannon Streets
Chicago River
Stratton Co
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Quincy Packing Co
William McDonald
Daniel J. Harmody
Grafton Fruit Market Saturday Specials
Large California lemons and round watermelons featured alongside fancy yellow bananas and jumbo cantaloupes. West Virginia potatoes, green beans, head lettuce, celery, cucumbers and more in assorted bulk prices. Orders delivered by phone. delivery available.
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Grafton
California
Four Killed In Car Wreck In Fairmont
In Fairmont on Aug 5 a vehicle collision killed one adult and three East Fairmont High School athletes. The dead are Wayne Morgan 30 Richard Morris 21 James Shultz 18 and Tony Bilotta 18. The driver George Heston 25 was seriously injured after failing to navigate a turn in heavy fog on a main city thoroughfare.
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Fairmont
East Fairmont
Wayne Morgan
Richard Morris
James Shultz
Tony Bilotta
George Heston
City County Levy Groups Face Utility Assessment Delays
City and county officials wrestle with preparing levy estimates for the new fiscal year due to missing public utilities assessment figures. County Clerk Frank Bennett said the awaited data had been mailed from Charleston and may prompt a late meeting. Mayor C O King indicated a possible afternoon session to finalize estimates, with district boards already issuing tentative levies using 1931 figures.
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Frank Bennett
Charleston
C. O. King
Missouri's wet and dry lines blur in senate nominating race
Missouri shifts to a wet column as both major parties nominate nine wets for the U S Senate from thirteen candidates. Henry Kichl wins the Republican nomination while Col Bennett Clark leads the Democratic ticket. Joe Manlove, a dry, narrows the field as rural returns come in.
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Louis
Missouri
United States
Joe Manlove
Jnst Hight
Henry Kichl
St. Louis
Col
Bennett Clark
Champ Clark
Accuse Flyer of Threat to Get Rid Rival in Murder Case
In Miami on Aug 6 a former business associate now imprisoned for smuggling aliens testified in Captain W N Lancaster’s murder trial that a former British army flier threatened to get rid of Haden Clarke, rival for Mrs Jessie M Keith Miller’s affection. Testimony described conflicts, letters, and a plan involving Clarke and Miller amid a long-running affair and a proposed marriage.
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Miami
FlastAug
W. N. Lancaster
Haden Clarke
Jessie M. Keith Miller
J. F. Rusell
Lancaster
Los Angeles
Keith Miller
Clarke
Russell
Aviatrix
Bill
Haden
West
Keith-Miller
Clarke Jon
Lancaser
Mary
Townsend defends tax office payments amid fishing excursion questions
Charleston August 5 Tax Commissioner Townsend told the house that all payments from his office under the tax forfeiture law have been proper and he has no apology. He called two resolutions seeking details on about 43000 paid to attorneys from 1929 to 1931 doubtful in legality and questioned their purpose.
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Charleston
Townsend
Ross
Kanawha
Bollard
Mercer
Libby Holman Indictment Sparks Family Frame-Up Claim
Libby Holman Reynolds and Albert Walker were indicted for the death of her husband Smith Reynolds, heir to tobacco millions. Albert Holman, Libby’s father, refused to surrender or reveal her whereabouts, calling the proceedings a frame-up and vowing no information. Case noted as continued in Winston-Salem, NC.
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Winston- Salem
Wraeeethe
Fticer
Libby Holman Reynolds
Broadway
A. Bo Walker
Yessterday
Smith Reynolds
Cincinnati
Albert Holman
Libby Holman
Reynolds
Hamilton County
Winston-Salem
Albert Walker
Aged Woman Slain in Thicket Noted Senate Clash
A Charleston report describes a fierce senate battle over broad classification of property. The chamber discussed a voters' roll classification amid sharp exchanges, with Watkins arguing against opposition claims of utility influence. The vote was postponed and a House draft may be enacted today.
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Charleston
Senate
House of Delegates
Senate Chamber
Wells
Hancock
Watkins
Salary Bills Fight Among Delegates in Charleston
Charleston August five delegates and senate clash over salaries and property classification. House passes sheriff and clerk salaries while opposing broad cuts. Senate rejects wide payroll cuts 18 to 12 but vote deferred. Both houses seek conference to resolve trifling differences on prison feeding fees mine department inspectors and school supervisors. Bills to abolish county sealer and shift municipal tax collection to county sheriffs also approved and sent to senate.
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Charleston
House of Delegates
Senate
House
Mine Department
State Prohibition Department
Miss Merrill Victim Found Shot At Mississippi Plantation
The body of Miss Jane Merrill, aged recluse and daughter of former U S ambassador Ayres Merrill to Belgium, was found in a thicket about 200 yards from her house after an all night search. Coroner’s inquest returns a verdict of death by unknown person or persons with two bullet wounds in the neck and one in the left. The shooting is believed to have occurred in the dining room of her old ante bellum plantation home.
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Mabehen
Jane Merrill
Merrill
Ante-Bellum
Ayres Merrill
Belgium
Judge Kittle Improves After Severe Stomach Bleed
Reports say Judge Warren B. Kittle of Taylor county circuit court showed real improvement after a Tuesday afternoon hemorrhage in his Philippi office. He left his bed briefly Wednesday evening and may seek Baltimore hospital care for an ulcerated stomach. An unfounded death rumor circulated yesterday. its source is unknown.
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Warren B. Kittle
Philippi
Sentinel
Grafton
Baltimore
Taylor County
Dr Shorb to Fill Vacancy at Davis and Elkins College
Elkins August 5 Dr D A Shorb a Johns Hopkins graduate has been employed at Davis and Elkins college to fill the vacancy created by Prof Benton Talbot who will complete his PhD at Johns Hopkins Summer school at Davis and Elkins closes August 11 with three weeks of extension work for education students The twenty ninth annual winter term opens September 14 an expected large enrollment from the local high school
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Elkins
D. A. Shorb
Johns Hopkins University
Davis and Elkins College
Benton Talbot
Johns Hopkins
Davis and Elkins
Belington woman Anna Delaney dies after illness
Mrs Anna Nora Leonard Delaney 49 wife of the late Andrew Delaney of Belington died at City Hospital after a two week illness. Funeral at daughter Ellen Poe’s home 47 West St Charles St at 2:30 Sunday with Rev French Boone. Burial Bluemont by Bartlett Funeral. Survived by four children including Mrs Allen Poe, Mrs James O Brien, Claude Delaney, and others. two brothers and two sisters also listed.
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Anna Nora Leonard Delaney
Andrew di Delaney
Belington
City Hospital
Ellen Poe
West St. Charles Street
French Boone
West
Main Street
Bluemont
Bartlett Funeral Company
Delaney
Henry Phoebe Grow Leonard
West Main
Greensburg
Adame
Hundred
Morgantown
Boice
Akron
Brand
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