Flying Trains and Rail Dreames of Air Minded Cars
Chicago Aug 7 reports railroads push for speed and efficiency with air inspired designs. Three car articlulated units by Chicago Burlington and Quincy and Union Pacific aim 110 to 120 mph with air conditioned interiors and retractable features.
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Whicago
America
Automo
Chijo
Chicago
Burlington and Quincy
Union Pacific
New York Central
Illinois Central
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Unij
N R A Signers Tie Store Hours to Reemployment
The article reports on N R A signers and grocers pressed to maintain hours to support reemployment. It notes the 48 hour worker plan, the risk of under sixty three hours, and potential withdrawal of insignia if store hours are shortened. Roosevelt urges cooperation for equitable contracts and government action as buyer. Wagner calls for arbitration to resolve labor disputes, while John L. Lewis anticipated a miner restart. General Johnson warns retailers against shortening hours, citing the President’s reemployment agreement to boost jobs and wages.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Wagner
New York
Arbitration Board
Iter
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvania
General Johnson
Indiana Retail Groccr Association
Miners Reject Sontaued After Long Strike Review
In southwest Pennsylvania 20 000 striking miners consider a truce offered by President Roosevelt while 40 000 others weigh the same. Union leaders report confusion over terms including a three member board and working codes. Heavily guarded Fayette county pits resume under Frick Coal Company amid continued picketing and a National Guard encampment nearby.
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Ers
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Fayette County
Lewis
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
District 4
United Mine Workers of America
Greene Counties
Postopone
H.C. Frick Coal Company
Police Blocked Careful Inquiries in Sanborn Death Case
Police blocked efforts to search Sanborn's room after Y M C A refusal. A Branford Connecticut brewery stock receipt and $564.55 plus a $500 check were found in a gray salt pocket. Sanborn had drawn $1,000 from a New York bank on July 10. James Irving Bush, husband of former Virginia Van Sant, identified the body. Police doubt robbery or racketering as motive due to large cash.
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Sanborn
Railroad Cooperative Building and Loan Society
New York
James Irving Bush
Virginia van Sant
St. Paul
Central State Purchases Reform Stirs Budget Confidence
Governor Kumps announces a central unit to oversee state purchases and cut costs while the board of control gains supervisory authority. Robert G. Kelley calls the move a landmark reform to boost taxpayer trust and curb secret buying. Public notices of all purchases will be issued by Tierney, except in party or emergency cases, with regulations to involve county, school, and city governments.
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Kump
Board of Control
Tierney
Lewis
Gilmer
Harrison
Robert G. Kelley
Kumps
French Fliers Near Record as They Cross Austria
French aces in silver monoplane Joseph Lebrix reported navigation under clear skies over lower Austria at 2 20 p m local time. They measured about 2 ½ miles west-southwest of Vienna and aimed to beat the Paris to New York record set by Lindbergh. Messages to wives were sent as the pilots headed toward Munich.
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Lower Austria
Vienna
le Bourget
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
Paris
Joseph Lebrix
Munich
Rossi and
Codos
Double Life Wheels Ball Bearing Skates in Stock Sale
A local surplus sale lists new Double Life Ball Bearing wheels and skates tested for 195 miles on concrete. Forty pair bought from a liquidating jobber. Features include self bearing, shock absorbing rubber mounted trucks, and adjustable sizes. June.
Record flight takeoff sparks family celebrations at Le Bourget
After a perilous takeoff from Floyd Bennett Field New York at 442 a m the nonstop flight covered over 3500 miles toward Le Bourget amid rough Atlantic weather. Messages reported crossing bad from Halifax and they hoped to push beyond 3100 miles more while families cheered from the ground as the plane neared France.
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Floyd Bennett Field
New York
North Atlantic Great Circle
Halifax
Brittany
le Bourget
Rossi
Five Thousand Hosiery Workers Back On Jobs Today
High Point North Carolina August 6 UP more than 5000 hosiery and textile workers return to work in High Point and Thomasville ending widespread strikes that crippled the industry since July 17. A mass meeting discouraged dissenters from delaying reconvening under the NRA code and wage scales.
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High Point
N. C
Thomasville
E. H. Dunnigan
Bradley
High Point Overall Company
NRA
Aged Woman Celestia Menear Dies at 81
Mrs. Celestia Catherine Menear aged 81 died at her son William G Menear's home in Irontown Street Washington Street after a yearlong illness caused by Bright's disease born March 6 1852 in Preston county She lived in Irontown most her life and moved to Washington Street in February Her husband William Fletcher Menear died three years ago She was a devout Christian and Pastor Rev Eskew will lead funeral services Tuesday at 1 pm from the home and 2:30 pm at Bethel chapel with interment in the church cemetery Hamilton Funeral Co. in charge.
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Celestia Catherine Menear
William G. Menear
West
Washington Stret
Kright
Menear
William Laren
Preston County
Irontown
Washington Street
City Hospital
William Fletcher Mencar
W. R. Eskew
St. Paul's Methodist
Bethel Chapel
Mr. Eskew
Hamilton Funeral Company
Harvey Rightmire Reunion At Park Grafton Park
The Harvey Rightmire clan held its annual reunion at Belington Park near the historic river, with a large turnout from surrounding counties and Maryland. Highlights included speeches by Mrs. Carl Harvey and Mrs. Ella O Rightmire, readings by all ages, prizes for oldest member Emma Rightmire and the cheerful spirit award won by J B Harvey, Clara Rightmire elected president, Ed N Locke vice president, Ella Rightmire historian, and Belington Park chosen for next year on the first Sunday in August.
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Harvey-Rightmire
Grafton Park
Old River
Maryland
Carl Harvey
Philippi
M. Rosenberger
Fairmont
Ella O. Rightmire
Parsons
Emma Rightmire
J. B. Harvey
Taylor County
Rightmire
Clara Rightmire
Ed N. Locke
Belington Park
Music's The Thing At Hotel de Bennett
A city hotel row praises most inns for food and service but condemns the music served with meals. The Hotel de Bennett is singled out as an exception where music earns praise, while other hotels fail to win applause. The piece notes the hotel's location near Taylor county's temple of justice and hints at local notoriety.
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Hotel de Bennett
Taylor County
Temple of Justice
Une
Eerie
Ten-year-old Mildred Ruth joins father on banjo for old tunes
A Sentinel visit captures Kenneth Richards and his ten-year-old daughter Mildred Ruth in a rustic musical moment. Neither musician reads music, yet they strike up Soldier's Joy Arkansas Traveler and Old Chickasaw with surprising grace. Mildred, in third grade, visits from Simpson and often brings her banjo.
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Kenneth Richards
Mildred Ruth
Simpson
Sentinel
Handel
Lawyer Held in Contempt in Charleston Case
Charleston, Aug 7. Geo D. Moore a Charleston attorney and member of the house of delegates was adjudged in contempt of court by Circuit Judge Hudson for failure to make a complete accounting. He acted as a committee for an insane person in one case and as a special commissioner in another. Hudson deferred action until the first day of the September term.
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Charleston
Geo. D. Moore
House of Delegates
Arwaur P. Hudson
Hudson
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Proghere
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Mnamordorererinta
National
William Feeney
Martin Ryan
Ryan
Pinchot
Hugh 8. Johnson
United Mine Workers’ Union
Central State
Page
Louis Braille
Catherine Menear
Son
Harvey
Moore
Operahouse
W. Va
RCA Victor Photophone
Nom 404
Holt
Perating
C. Vv. Miller
Reliable Footwear
Grafton
Worl
Baer
Baltimore
Ohio
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