French Flier Sets New Distance Flight Record
Brownsville action reports a federal inquiry into alleged communistic activity in the soft coal industry as thousands of striking miners refuse to return to work under a Roosevelt truce. Pamphlets claim UMW officers and the president betray the workers. mines reopen slowly while Frick coal mines stay shut at Pinchot’s request amid fears of clashes. Steel production threatened as coal shortages persist with about ten days of blast furnace fuel on hand.
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Brownsville
Roosevelt
Lloyd W. Bryan
U. S
Western District
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
Bryan
National Miners Union
Wades Union
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Pinchot
Pittsburgh
American Steel and Wire Company
Dornra
Haseen
Harvey Davis Faces Drunk Driving Charge After Highway Collision
Harvey Davis, 60, of Simpson, was jailed awaiting trial on a drunk driving charge after allegedly striking two pedestrians near Flemington on a county road. Hubert Boyle of Flemington suffered chest injuries and J L Martin of Rachel, WV, was cut and bruised when hit by the eastbound car. Davis reportedly fled the scene before police arrested him.
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Harvey Davis
Simpson
West Virginia College
Flemington
Hubert Boyle
J. L. Martin
Rachel
W. Va
Boyle
Davis
Lindberghs Fly Daringly Through Greenland Fog
In Reykjavik on Aug 7 Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh reportedly flew Sunday from Scoresby east Greenland to Angmagsalik amid fog and rain. They started in the morning and landed in the afternoon, hampered by weather but successful. Earlier Col Lindbergh had made Greenland’s first west to east crossing. Their mapping tour aims for Akureyri Iceland. Fuel came from Danish explorer Lange Koch. the supply ship Jellinge remained at Angmagsalik.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Charles A. Lindbergh
Scoresby
Child solves mystery of boy's death in bay drowning
San Diego witnesses a boy Dalbert Aposhian drown after falling from a boardwalk while playing with Jackie Confar. Doctors and Sheriff Ed Cooper conclude drowning as cause, with exhumation authorized to recheck the body. Police say Confar disclosed the incident after fear, leading to a revised verdict and questions about body mutilation theories.
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San Diego
Dalbert Aposhian
Ed Cooper
San Diego Bay
Calbert
Jackie
Cooper
A F. Wagner
Los Angeles
John Shea
A. D. Butterfield
F. E. Toomey
Dunn
Toomey
Dalbert
George Aposhian
Aposhian
National and State Drive on Crime Coordinated
Raymond Moley, assistant secretary of state, and Joseph Keenan, racketeering chief, with William Stanley, discuss plans to coordinate national and state crime drives and craft swifter, tougher laws at the Department of Justice. Moley, named by Roosevelt, will outline concrete plans after further talks with Attorney General Cummings.
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Washington
Raymond Moley
Joseph V. Keenan
Cummings
William Stanley
Moley
Roosevelt
Department of Justice
Keenan
NRA Signers Must Abide by Contracts in Pennsylvania
Uniontown reports 400 women strikers at Michael Berkowitz shirt factory demand that foremen refrain from obscene language around workers. The strikes mark a summer surge in Pennsylvania factory labor actions as the NRA watchword echoes in Washington where Hugh S. Johnson warns of swift discipline for violators and President Roosevelt pledges concurrent contract adjustments.
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Uniontown
Michael Berkowitz Company
Pennsylvania
100 Fired for Participation in Mine Union
Van A. Bittner, UMWA chief, says U S Coal and Coke at Gary McDowell county discharged 100 men for joining the union and 36 families face eviction for the same reason. He asks Gen Hugh S Johnson to investigate in a telegram to the recovery administrator.
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Charleston
van A. Bittner
United Mine Workers of America
U. S. Coal & Coke Company
Gary
McDowell County
Gen'l Hugh. S. Johnson
Bittner
U. S. Steel Corporation
Atty Jed W Robinson to speak at veteran meet
Atty Jed W Robinson will be the speaker at the annual memorial services of the B and O Veterans and the Ladies Auxiliary to be held in Modern Woodmen hall Tuesday evening. The events are noted as memorable city occasions drawing large crowds.
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Atorney
Jed W. Robinson
Woodmen Hall
Physician uses ruse to subdue intruder in apartment
Philadelphia report states physician Dr. Mark T. Boyd forced a break in by a 21 year old man, William Rendger, with a cry of hands up and a jab with a finger to the ribs. The attacker yielded, and authorities later booked Rendger as the suspect.
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Philadelphia
Mark T. Boyd
William Rendger
Kiwanis and Merchants County Picnic Planned at Grafton Park
A large Kiwanis Merchants county wide picnic is set for Wednesday August 9 at Grafton City park. The program includes a band concert greased pole contest outboard motor race aquatic events a 25 yard dash for women and multiple men's dashes five divers will perform five water style contests and a pier to park race. Ed Powell leads the aquatic schedule with further details on page five.
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Bill Manley
Grafton
Ed Powell
Fleming Woman Repudiates Confession In Baby Slaying
Jefferson Ohio August 7 1930s report says Aletta Fleming 28 repudiates confessing to killing her four month old baby and accuses her husband Mercia Fleming 55 of the murder. Attorney Fred J Bishop quotes her saying she killed Mercie Jr on orders from her husband. Sheriff had said she killed the child because he ordered her to "get rid of the babies."
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C. H. Blanthe
Central State Purchasing Agency Created by Rump
Charleston August 7. Governor Kump creates a central state purchasing agency to consolidate buying across departments. James A. Tierney of Weston is named director. After August 10 all purchases by the director and abolition of most existing purchasing positions. A bill to codify the department had failed.
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Central State Purchasing Agency
Charleston
Kump
James A. Tierney
Weston
Board of Control
Guns Blaze In Milk Strike Sparks Violence In Upstate NY
Utica Aug 7 guns entered the New York state milk strike in its seventh day as strikers and non-strikers carried firearms. A caravan of seven milk trucks convoyed by troopers fired 28 times between Boonville and Lowville but none were damaged. A Watertown guards unit is ready with tear gas bombs and gas masks. Sheriff deputies guard Jefferson county milk plants. One man was shot and another threatened with lynching as gunfire occurred in the strike.
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Utica
N. Y
New York State
Boonville
Lowville
National Guards Company
Watertown
Sheriff's Deputies
Jefferson County
Walter Labézia
Help Wanted ad sparks near riot in Chicago
A Sunday paper ad seeking 1 500 experienced candy wrappers for women prompted 15 000 applicants and near riot conditions as dresses tore, bruises occurred, and a policeman was injured. The candy firm, under the National Industrial Recovery Act, planned four six hour shifts to expand labor.
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Chicago
Mystery surrounds Sanborn murder on Long Island
Police probe Henry F. Sanborn case as his fiancee Magnhild Almskaar is named and questioned. The 44 year old railroad executive vanished July 17 after withdrawing 2000 from a New York bank. His body was found shot in a Queens thicket as investigators seek clues from associates and relatives amid bank cash and stock receipts.
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New York
Henry F. Sanborn
Sanborn
the Bank
Queens
Magnhild Almskaar
Brooklyn
Veryone
Grant van Sant
St. Paul
Long Island
St. Louis
San Francisco
French fliers Rossi and Codes break long distance record
Paris reports Maurice Rossi and Paul Codes landed Damascus Syria after a New York departure. They claimed surpassing the 5,300 mile distance by about 560 miles with 5,000 miles total, though fuel remained. Unconfirmed reports say they passed Aleppo en route. Gasoline leak threatened continuation before resuming toward India.
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Paris
Ain Orient Company
Maurice Rossi
Paul Codes
Damascus
Syria
M1 A.m. B.S. T
New York
Berult
London
Ot Tig
Red
Aleppo
Oswald R. Gaylord
Gilbert E. Nicholetts
British
Royal Air Forces
Paul Codos
Theoseph Lebrix
India
le Bourget
Posse Hunts Foe in Piney Point Killing
Leonardtown Maryland August 7 a posse forms to hunt for a fifth negro after Henry E Hawkins 42 Speeryville Rappahannock Virginia dies from an oar blow during a quarrel with a group of negroes four men are jailed for questioning at St Mary's county jail authorities say the suspect who struck with the oar is at large
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Leonardtown
Henry E. Hawkins
Speeryville
Rappahannock County
Virginia
Piney Grove
Here
St. Mary's County
Piney Point
Two Stores Burglarized in First Ward
W R Jackson's store at West Pike and Sycamore streets was entered through a window with a ladder on Saturday night. Eight cigarette packs, five pairs of silk hose, $1.32 in pennies, and minor items were taken. Roy Keener's feed store nearby was also entered, with fifty cents in pennies and 35 two-cent stamps stolen.
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W. R. Jackson
West Pike
Sycamore
Fetterman
Mr. Jackson
Roy Keener
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Frick
Brownsville, Pa
Lindberghs
Jackie Confar
RAIL
Elisha Lee
Pennsylvania Railroad
99Th Street
N.R.A
NRA
Nevermore
Hugh S. Johnson
Indiana
Cleveland
National Recovery
Ohio City
Recovery Administration
General Johnson
Atty
Weston Druggist
oRat
Monica Racei Ressi
Pau] Corns Iieht
Floyd Bennett Field
Wuy
Insyria
Rossi and
Codos
Royal Force
Posse
Turner
First Ward
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