Executions Protested By German Authorities Over Spain
Berlin protests over the shelling of the German steamer Sevilla by a Spanish Loyalist destroyer and the reported execution of four young Nazis by Spanish Leftists. Germany plans naval redeployments to protect nationals, with ships assigned to the Asturian coast and the Mediterranean while officials condemn Bolshevism as a deadly menace.
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Berlin
Aus
Germany
Sevilla
Carls
Barcelona
Peula
Koeln
Asturian
Deutschland
Admiral Scheer
Mediterranean
Morning Post
Lokalanzeiger
Accuse Nazis of Rebel Aid At Paris Conference
Paris reports accuse Germany of aiding Spanish rebels with planes munitions and troops. Leftist French press says Berlin seeks expiation for four Nazi colonists killed by Spanish Liberals, complicating hopes for an international neutrality pact. The German ship Asarama was continued on page seven.
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Paris
Germany
Colona
Asarama
Collision kills seven as Brive walkers hurt in crash
A morning collision involving two autos left seven passengers dead. The only surviving details mention the Brive incident and a Taylor County Safety Council note on passing speeds.
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Taylor County Safety Council
Latrobe Street Hotel stabbing leads to jail and hospital records
Willie Crenshaw a railroad worker lies in Grafton City hospital with a deep shoulder wound after a drunken brawl at Mary Williams Royal hotel on Latrobe street. James Williams is jailed for the stabbing and Floyd Raynor is held as an accessory as officers seek the true cause of the altercation amid conflicting stories.
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Willie Crenshaw
Grafton City Hospital
Mary William's Royal Hotel
Latrobe Street
James Williams
Floyd Raynor
Willams
A. E. Lockard
William “Hambone
Carter
Ace Kidd
Williams
Crenshaw
Paul P. Warden
Three Found Guilty in Black Legion Trial at Detroit
Three of six men charged at the first Black Legion trial were convicted of false imprisonment by Judge Joseph A. Moynihan in Detroit. Cox, Angstadt, and Gulley were found guilty while King Rahieras Lawrence were acquitted. The trial lasted over a week with accusations of flogging a fellow member, Penland, and the case continues on page seven.
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Detroit
First
Black Legion
Joseph A. Moynihan
Thomas F. Cox
Earl Angstadt
Frederick A. Gulley
Charles D. King
Fearse
Wilbur Rahieras
Geeral
Harold Lawrence
Robert Penland
West Virginia Sees Sharp Rise in Electric Power Output
A Federal Power Commission report shows West Virginia’s electricity production for public use rose 46 percent in June 1936 from June 1935, with a 27 percent gain in May 1936. Waterpower output totaled 34,427,000 kilowatt hours in April, 21,093,099 in May, and 11,311,000 in June, while fuel-generated power reached 162,221,000 in April, 178,045,000 in May, and 208,239,000 in June.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
West Virginia
Bedridden 15 years, 90-year-old dies after fall
Portage Pennsylvania obituary reports Mrs Sarah Murphy aged 90, blind and bedridden for 15 years after a fall. Survived by five children including Mrs Sarah Sheehan of Charleston West Virginia. The death notice notes family links and age.
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Portage
Sarah Murphy
Sarah Sheehan
Charleston
W. Va
Sne Sm
Spencer Attorney Nominated for Fifth Judicial Circuit
Spencer attorney Grover F. Hedges, former house of delegates member, received the Democratic nomination for the fifth judicial circuit bench covering Calhoun Jackson Mason and Roane counties.
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Spencer
Grover F. Hedges
House of Delegates
Fifth Judicial Circuit
Calhoun
Jackson
Mason
Roane
West Virginia Baptist Assembly reelects Fidler president
At Philippi the West Virginia Baptist Sunday-school convention reelected Rev. James E. Fidler of Grafton as president for the coming year. New officers include L. J. Priestley Hamlin first vice president Asa Harris Parkersburg second vice president Margaret Sullivan Mabscott recording secretary C L Taylor Huntington treasurer Dean A B Withers Parkersburg corresponding secretary Miss Erma Wells Huntington director of children s division work Frank Lovett Parkersburg director of young people s work a new assembly post Dr E Gibson Davis Asheville NC spoke on My Trip to Palestine with slides. Continued on page seven.
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Philippi
West Virginia Baptist Sunday
West Virginia Baptist Assembly
James E. Fidler
Grafton
L. J. Priestley
Hamlin
Asa Harris
Parkersburg
Margaret Sullivan
Mabscott
C.L. Taylor
Huntington
Dean A. B. Withers
Erma Wells
Frank Lovett
Assembly
E. Gibson Davis
Asheville
N. C
Palestine
Mine Mechanization Triggers Walkout At Warwood Mine
Wheeling officials of the United Mine Workers and Wheeling Coal company executives met over mechanization at the Constanza mine in Warwood. About 500 miners walked out alleging discrimination as machinery replaced workers. John Owens of Columbus urged a return to work pending negotiations. Union leaders say hundreds of loaders and diggers lost jobs amid the dispute.
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Wheeling
Wheeling Coal Company
United Mine Workers
Constanza
Warwood
John Owens
Columbus
Jean Bethel reenacts Valjean tale in Mansfield escape
Elza Bethel a second hand store operator, 30, waived extradition in Mansfield Ohio after living five years in Grafton as an escaped convict. He fled from a 1930 prison term for larceny, married Ruth Moore, and hid his record until this week when police identified him. He admitted being the wanted man after his photo and proof were shown.
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Elza Bethel
State Reformatory
Mansfield
Ohio
Grafton
Jean Valjean
Bethel
Latrobe Street
Ruth Moore
Guernsey County
Threaten Trotzky With Expulsion From Norway
In Oslo on August 7 Leon Trotsky exiled Russian Communist faced possible expulsion from Norway if proven to have broken his pledge not to engage in propaganda or revolutionary work. Police probed a document allegedly stolen from Trotsky by Norwegian Nazis to prove his activity.
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Oslo
Norway
Leon Trotsky
Trotzky
Search For More Bodies In Coal Mine Disaster
Weary rescue crews returned to the grim task of locating 25 miners listed as missing after a Wharncliffe Wood Moor Co mine blast. The explosion trapped 57 on the night shift, with 32 others recovered dead. Alfred Brown was the sole survivor, in critical condition.
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Barnsley
York
Eng
Wharncliff, Wood, Moor Company
Alfred Brown
Archie Williams Scores Another U.S. Triumph
Archie Williams of Oakland California won the 400 meter championship in Berlin earning another U S triumph in Olympic sprint events The time was 46 5 seconds three tenths of a second slower than the Olympic and world record of 43 2 set by Bill Carr in Los Angeles four years ago Arthur Godfrey Brown of Great Britain finished second and Jimmy Lavalle of Los Angeles finished third in the six man final.
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Berlin
Archie Williams
Oakland
Calif
Bill Carr
Los Angeles
Arthur Godfrey Brown
Great Britain
Jimmy Lavalle
Landon Works Hard Writing Three Campaign Talks
Governor Alf M. Landon spent August 7 drafting three campaign speeches in a pencil and pad process. aides described the work as meticulous with drafts prepared in the Kansas executive mansion. Secretaries copied and re studied the penciled drafts before final approval as Landon prepared to address eastern Republican events in Pennsylvania and New York.
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Topeka
Kas
Alf M. Landon
West Middlesex
Chautauqua
Buffalo
N. Y
Kansas Executive Mansion
Landon
Supreme Court Upheld Conviction Of Ex-Game Warden
Charleston August 7 The supreme court upheld the Upshur circuit court conviction of Charles Liggett former game warden on involuntary manslaughter charges. Liggett challenged the review arguing venue changes biased jurors after the death of Highland Carpenter last August who officials say was shot during an attempted arrest for off season squirrel shooting.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Upshur
Charles Liggett
Liggett
Highland Carpenter
Carpenter
Lewis County 4-H Club Team Wins First Place
In Morgantown on August 7 the Lewis county 4-H club team captured the central West Virginia livestock judging contest at West Virginia University for the third of four years. Ritchie county placed second, Barbour third, Gilmer fourth, Harrison fifth, Doddridge sixth, and Clay seventh. Phillip Hall of Lewis county won individual honors with teammates Earl Garrett and Franz Taylor finishing second and third.
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Morgantown
Lewis County
West Virginia
West Virginia University
Ritchie County
Barbour
Gilmer
Harrison
Doddridge
Clay
Phillip Hall
Earl Garrett
Franz Taylor
Nine Million and Half Are Unemployed, New Deal Says
Commerce department officials estimate about 9,550,000 persons are out of work. Acting commerce secretary Ernest Draper notes figures come from other government agencies and reflect a broader study since 1933, with unpublished 1933 unemployment around 16,100,000.
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New Deal
Washington
Commerce Department
Ernest G. Draper
Commerce Secretary
Four Murders Linked to Vice Rackets in NYC
New York police link four recent slayings to gangland vengeance tied to ex Schultz aides. Victims include Dominick Didato known as Terry Burns, shot near a Lower East Side restaurant, and three others named Hessler, Fanchot, and an unidentified 52 year old man, all connected to Arthur Dutch Schultz Flegenheimer’s former organization.
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New York
Underworld
Dominick Didato
Terry Burns
Charles
Ucky
Luciano
Lower East Side
Schultz
William King
New York Bureau of Missing Persons
Henry Senft
Arthur
Dutch Schultz) Flegenheimer
William Hessler
Brooklyn
Edmond Fanchot
Manhattan
Clarity
Stevens Claims Bridge Deal Known To Governor
Toledo dispatch reports Ohio Bridge Commission chairman Nick Stevens said West Virginia officials were advised of plans to buy the Ohio river toll span at Parkersburg. WV began condemnation without Ohio commission knowledge, and Governor Kump announced the filing of the suit Monday as Stevens announced the span purchase Tuesday.
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Toledo, O
Nick Stevens
Ohio Bridge Commission
West Virginia
Parkersburg
W. Va
Ohio Commission
Kump
Stev‘ns
Mandamus Issued Against Roane County Education Board
Circuit Judge Lewis H. Miller issued a writ of mandamus ordering Roane County commissioners to appear and show cause why a vacancy on the education board should not be declared. The writ names C. Law and A. Reynolds among petitioners seeking to remove Ivan Morford, alleging illness prevented service and that Morford resigned, which the board allegedly refused to affirm.
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Ripley
Lewis H. Miller
Roane County Education Board
Reynolds
Ivan Morford
Morford
Diary Reveals Starvation Death Of Trapper Olaf Olson
A diary found beside the body of 60-year-old Olaf Olson in his trapper’s cabin at York Mountain House Alta recounts his starvation death. The entries halt at July 16 with July 14 noted as “sick and remained in bed all day.” Constable J H Leyland of the RCMP led the investigation.
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York Mountain House
Alta
Olaf Olson
J. H. Leyland
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Olson
Grandmother Convicted Of Conspiracy to Kill
MILTON Florida August 27 Mrs Mary Vann 40 was convicted today as an accessory before the fact in a conspiracy to commit murder by hiring two negroes to wreck the railroad train whose engineer was her 60 year old husband The verdict carries a possible sentence of one to 40 years Fisher Sr Pensacola attorney said he would move for a new trial Judge L I Fabisinski presiding
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Milton
Fla
Mary Vann
Vann
William Fisher
Pensacola
L. I. Fabisinski
Outlaw Union Eyes A F L Membership Clash
William Keck, head of the Progressive Miners of America, said at Gallipolis Ohio that his union will likely seek A F L membership at its convention next month. The episode follows the A F L executive council’s order to suspend John L Lewis and 10 allied unions for alleged rebellion, prompting fears of a full labor conflict as both sides court members and industrial unions.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
William Keck
Progressive Miners of America
Lewis
Gillespie
A. F. of L
A. F. Or
L. Executive Council
Associated
Executive Council
Council
Keck
The
Progressives
33 Persons Are Killed In Crashes Last Month
Charleston dispatch reports July automobile accidents in the state killed 32 persons, June fatalities at 53, with Kanawha and Raleigh leading at four deaths each. Ohio, Marshall, McDowell, and Fayette counties also recorded multiple fatalities. Through seven months, deaths total 249, down 16 from a year earlier.
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Charleston
Department of Public Safety
Kanawha
Raleigh
Ohio County
Marshall
McDowell
Fayette
Three Grafton Youths Are Enlisted In Navy
Three Grafton High School graduates from the class of 1936 were among 14 men enlisting in the U S Navy through the Grafton recruiting office on August 6. Names include Roy Clee Withers, James J. Carney, and William T. McIntosh, with other locals listed by the local recruiting officer R T Dupes.
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Grafton High School
United States Navy
Grafton
Roy Clee Withers
Fetterman
James J. Carney
Wilford Street
William T. McIntosh
Kirby Street
R. T. Dupes
David H. ‘Albright
Smithfield
Harold Flaharty
Lumberport
George ‘Shutick
Pierce
B. Smith
Stouts Mills
Simmons
Cairo
Sam Romano
Dora
Troy Thacker
Philippi
Bertha Thacker
Taylor and Barbour County Circuit Court
Charles Reed
Clarksburg
R. W. Baker
Camden
McIn
Ely forecasts Smith speech to oppose Roosevelt in Boston
The Boston meeting of about 30 former Democrats discussed opposing the Roosevelt administration. Joseph B. Ely said Alfred E. Smith would speak in Boston if unopposed, backing Gov. Landon. Attendees considered forming a Jeffersonian ticket or persuading dissident Democrats to support Landon. April 7 remarks note the plan and potential strategies. Emerson and Reed organized the session.
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Detroit
Joseph B. Ely
Massachusetts
Alfred E. Smith
Boston
Roosevelt
Ely
Landon
Alf M. Landon
Gov. Landon
Reed
Colby
Steving E. Edmunds
St. Louis
James A. Reed
Missouri
New York
Bainbridge Colby
Wilson
Sterling E. Edmunds
Howeve
Kennedy Family Murder Case Ends in Acquittals and Dismissals
In Welch on August 7 a jury acquitted Ruth Kennedy Peeler, Kennedy's daughter, after 18 minutes of deliberation, citing self defense. Judge Counts dismissed a murder indictment against Rosa Kennedy at the prosecutor's request. Testimony from Mrs. Kennedy and relatives supported the defense that the slain man had been drinking heavily.
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Welch
John D. Kennedy
Ruth Kennedy Peeler
Kennedy
G.L. Counts
Rosa Kennedy
Plain Man
Wilson Anderson
Myg. Peveler
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