Thinks May Get North South Line
Rep Jennings Randolph says real encouragement from Harlee Branch prompts plan for a Pittsburgh Charleston airmail route via Uniontown Morgantown and Clarksburg. Snyder Edmiston join Randolph in urging bids by spring as airports near Morgantown and Clarksburg.
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Washington
Jennings Randolph
Elkins
Harlee Branch
Pittsburgh
Randolph
Morgantown
Clarksburg
Pennsylvania Central Airlines
Post Office Department
Charleston
W. Va
American Airlines
Bureau of Air Commerce
Postoffice
Air Com~re
British send strong note over Mediterranean air attack
London reports a protest to Spanish insurgent authorities in Palma Mallorca after a mystery plane raid on the tanker British Corporal. Three unidentified monoplanes attacked 300 miles northwest of Algiers, wounding an Italian captain and a Spanish Interventions officer, with further strikes on the Mongola and Djebel Amour. Valencia says insurgents bombed the British Corps, a French cargo boat, and a steamer while seeking ships with valuable cargo.
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London
Great Britain
Palma
Mallorca
Algiers
Mediterranean
Djebel Amour
jWictim
Valencia
Operation at hospital for rare affliction
John T. Marks of Grafton underwent a below knee leg amputation at the city hospital. Dr. Dorsey C. Peck performed the operation, marking him the fourth West Virginian and the forty third U S case of Berers disease in the nation.
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John T. Marks
Grafton
West Virginia
City Hospital
Dorsey C. Peck
Mr. Marks
United States
Rain Ends Heat Wave in Parts of U S as Storms Move In
Associated Press reports a heat wave abating as saturated air produces rain across the Midwest and Northeast. Oklahoma topped 112 at Alva. most of the state remained above 100. New England saw fair skies but maps warned of rain and cooling. Counties along the coast recorded showers and humidity stayed high.
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Associated Press
United States
Oklahoma
Alva
Tulsa
New England
New York City
New York
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Charlotte
N. C
American Dancer Missing From Paris Home
Paris August seventh. The aunt of 22 year old New York dancer Jean De Koven says she may explain everything today. A $500 ransom was demanded after she left a hotel with her aunt two weeks ago. Detectives note she was friendly with an unidentified American youth and may be voluntarily absent.
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Paris
Jean de Koven
New York
Ida Sachheim
Miss de Koven
Probate Will Of James W Brackman
The will of 65 year old restaurateur James W Brackman provides $300 monthly to his widow and $60 a month to son Howard Brackman. Brackman died Tuesday after months of illness. The net estate is to be divided in monthly incomes between grandchildren James Thomas Brackman and Jean Brackman until their grandmother dies or they reach age 30.
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Huntington
W. Va
James W. Brackman
Howard Brackman
Brackman
James Thomas Brackman
Jean Brackman
State Offense Not Tried In Police Court Judge Rules
Common Pleas Judge H. Clay Worth ruled that a person charged with a state offense cannot be tried in police court as a city case. He dismissed several of 46 cases appealed from the municipal court. Bonds were forfeited in cases where appellants failed to appear.
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Huntington
Common Pleas
H. Clay Worth
Herbert says park work to be in August
Lieut James K Herbert announced that re conditioning of Grafton Park will start in the near future with dirt hauling from behind the Tygart Valley dam to refill washed banks via the dam tunnel. Town officials weigh options between a new dance hall pavilion and retaining the two government office buildings, a meeting ending with a unanimous view that the offices may be more valuable.
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James K. Herbert
Grafton Park
Tygart Valley
Lient. Herbert
Grafton
E. C. Waugh
Waugh
James Reed
Charles Rau
J. C. Holt
Taylor County Board of Trade
Frederick Schroeder
West Virginia Newspaper Publishing Company
James F. Holt
Grafton Sentinel
Sister says too ambitious in family shooting case
In Pittsburgh on August 7 a 21-year-old store clerk killed his widowed mother Anna Gregor 47 and sisters Mary Ann 115 and Betty 25 before turning the gun on himself. An older sister and brother described him as a nice kid but too ambitious and studious, with the sister recalling constant questions about life’s problems.
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Pittsburgh
Frank
Alice Greegor
Bernard
Anna Gregor
Mary Ann
Betty
Barney
Alice
Main Street Painting Move Getting Results
Taylor County Board of Trade announces last street poles and five more store fronts will be painted soon. Opera House owner Charles Brinkman plans to paint front supports. Lear Jewelry store also involved. Five store owners commit to painting fronts as part of ongoing beautification. brighter façades may boost revived trade.
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Main Street
Taylor County Board of Trade
D. R. Chaffee
The
Trade Board
Charles Brinkman
Lear Jewelry Company
J. E. Ault
Chaffee
Austrian doctor Greenhut dies in Maryland jail cell
In Bel Air Maryland Dr Armen Greenhut an Austrian born physician died in his jail cell about 15 hours after a circuit court jury convicted him of criminally attacking a 13 year old girl. Sheriff Granville C Boyle said the death appeared to be from natural causes or nervous strain and an inquest was adjourned.
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Bel Air
Armen Greenhut
Granville C. Boyle
Stanley
Spencer
Boyle
Frederick Lee Coeburn
Greenhut
Bias To Ask Release In Lucas Death Case
Justice J W Anderson said police Chief O M Bias of Hurricane would seek release on bond from Circuit Judge Carney M Layne Huntington on a murder charge connected to the fatal wounding of Tom Lucas age 22 Anderson ordered Bias held for the October grand jury without bond after Clifton Lucas brother of the dead man filed the charge Bias claimed Lucas was shot accidentally while resisting placement in a cell
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Winfield
W. Va
J. W. Anderson
O. M. Bias
Hurricane
Carney M. Layne
Huntington
Tom Lucas
Anderson
Clifton Lucas
Bias
Lucas
Waynesburg Teacher Accused Of Spreading Evolution Doctrine
Mrs Laura E Morris a 44 year old discharged veteran teacher in Whiteley township Greene county faces hearings after pupils accused her of teaching evolution in history class and she was dismissed on grounds of incompetency and cruelty. Her defense invokes a teacher tenure law and further testimony is heard.
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Waynesburg
Greene County
Laura E. Morris
Whiteley
Jack Jones
Housing bill amendments spark house objections
Washington Aug 7 The house banking committee faced criticism as three senate approved amendments to the Wagner housing bill were debated. The changes cap construction cost at 1000 per room and 4000 per unit, require 5 percent of capital and subsidy in benefited communities, place lodge control in the interior department, and authorize 70 million in bonds with 26 million appropriated. Some members urged raising the room cap to 1500 and preferred housing authority independence from Sec Ickes. The committee finished hearings as the senate passed a rewritten bill, aiming for possible house recommendation by mid next week, with decentralization greater than the original plan.
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Washington
House
Senate
House Banking Committee
Interior Department
Rep. McKeough
McGranery
Chicago
Philadelphia
United States Housing Authority
City Bicycles To Be Registered At City Hall
Bicycle owners must bring their bikes to City hall from 1 to 4 PM Wednesday for registration. Chief A E Lockard cited recent thefts in Grafton and said each bicycle will be numbered to aid recovery. Report at the fire station entrance on Boyd street. each registration takes at least five minutes.
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City Hall
A. E. Lockard
Grafton
Boyd Street
Lockard
Russians Execute 18 For Espionage
Moscow reports that 18 Russians were executed for espionage and railroad sabotage at Ordjonikidze in the Caucasus. Pravda prints factory workers’ resolutions praising the military collegium verdict, labeling the condemned as panese and German Trotzkyist spies.
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Moscow
Ordjonikidze
Caucasus
Pravda
Supreme Court
Eight Ideas For 1937 Include Keyhole Funnel
Chicago July 7 Albert G Burns of Almeda Calif president of the national inventors congress reviews a list of 1937 patented devices including a keyhole funnel non skid slippers and a bullet proof vest that shouldn t leak He says the year has produced real bons to mankind though no rocket or moon shot or leakless golf ball has been devised He notes the keyhole funnel as an example of practical invention while others dream bigger
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Chicago
Albert G. Burns
Almeda
Calif
Burns
National Inventors’ Congress
Congress
Think Baby May Yet Live
In Philadelphia on August 7 a 3 1 2 pound infant Frances Mary Boccassini survived a delivery conducted after her mother died in surgery. Doctors reported progress feeding and breathing without oxygen and expressed cautious optimism as the baby began her second day.
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Philadelphia
Frances Mary Boccassini
William G. Turnbull
John Corbit
Germany May Expell British News Hawks
Berlin hints at retaliatory expulsion of British correspondents after London refused to renew three German press visas. German News Agency notes displeasure with Britain's stance and suggests German action may mirror the move. Observers expect several British reporters in London to be expelled.
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Berlin
Britain
England
London
Home Office
Officials close most public schools in Melbourne for polio fight
In Melbourne Australia officials shut nearly all public schools to curb infantile paralysis spread. Children will be taught at home by radio with lessons broadcast to maintain learning during the health measure.
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Melbourne
Australia
Aus
Farm Bills To Lead 1938 Session In Congress
Democratic leaders discussed making farm legislation the first business of the 1938 session in Washington. The aim was to speed adjournment, reassure farm belts, and win presidential support for price stabilizing crop loans. House plans to pass housing and sugar bills this week were uncertain amid a Roosevelt veto warning on the sugar quota bill.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Commodity Credit Association
Mr. Roosevelt
Rayburn
Roosevelt
Ends State of Emergency In Philly Truck Strike Ends
Philadelphia mayor Davis Wilson ended the state emergency today after 50 hours, invoked to curb disorders amid a widespread truck strike organized by the American Federation of Labor's Teamsters union protesting employment of what it calls thugs by firms hauling goods for Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea.
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Philadelphia
Davis Wilson
American Federation of Labor
Teamsters’ Union
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Fears Amnesia Victim In Girl's Disappearance
Washington reports a note implying amnesia influenced police theory in the disappearance of Doris Major a 27 year old cigarette girl at a night club. The note found on her apartment door referenced swimming plans and an odd line about brain children. Police suspect possible voluntary disappearance by Miss Major in connection with Mary Virginia Shimer the drummer's daughter.
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Washington
Doris Major
Mary Virginia
Shimer
Miss Major
Quarantined From School Strengthen Army There To 45000 Men
Japan’s north China war machine gains 15000 troops in Tientsin area bringing total forces to about 45000 as China police in Peiping are disarmed. Embassy officials note peace improbable in area while forces move toward Nankow Pass near the great wall. Tokyo parliament ends two week session after approving large war appropriations and wartime measures.
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Peiping
Japan
Tientsin
Hopeh
Takeo Imai
Associated Press
Nankow Pass
Great Wall
Chahar
Tokyo
Vessis
End of Spanish War Seen. Franco’s Forces In Ascendancy
An AP correspondent with the insurgent army on the Aragon front reports Spain’s civil war near decisive turning point. He notes potential key actions southwest of Teruel and along the Madrid Valencia highway, predicting a likely final phase in Madrid this fall as Franco’s forces gain strength.
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Associated Press
Spain
Francisco Franco
Jed
Edward J. Neil
Aragon
Teruel
Madrid
Franco
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