County to Pay Debts Off This Year in Sweep
Taylor county officials seek to wipe out all old debts this year by a sweeping levy. They propose 3.5 cents on Class I property, seven cents on Class II, and 14 cents on Classes III and IV to raise 21,599 for certificates and back debts. Current expenses total 73,684 with levies set for the general fund at 9.4, 18.7, and 37.5 cents by class. Continued on page two.
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Taylor County
Fred L. Fox
County General Fund
No Cash for Relief Yet
The West Virginia relief office reports awaiting a $1,250,000 August allotment from Washington while disbursements proceed from a $250,000 state allotment. Checks to counties have been mailed, Federal checks are ready but withheld until the grant arrives. Governor Kump notes the allocation is $800,000 below demand and warns further reductions are expected in coming months.
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Charleston
State Relief Administration
Achington
John Norvell
Offic
Federal Reserve Bank
Richmond
Charleston National Bank
Norvell
H. G. Kump
Rabies Quarantine Declared in Taylor County Territory
Sheriff Lee E Bennett announces a general rabies quarantine for Taylor County. All dogs and animals exposed or at risk are prohibited from running at large and must be closely confined until the disease is under control and ordered by proper authority.
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Taylor Unty
Lee E. Bennett
Taylor County
County Road Improvement List Drafted by Taylor County
A Taylor county road committee of the Upper Monongahela Valley Association drafted eight road projects for engineers to inspect and cost. New proposals to submit to the state road commission include two miles from Irondale Furnace to route 119 at the Luzadder property and a two mile stretch from White Day to Marion county line, plus a five mile route parallel to the White Day road. Additional routes already submitted cover Thornton Independence and Hardman to the Preston county line and Knottsville Millersville and Claude to the Barbour county line.
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Taylor County Road Committee
Upper Monongahel Valley Association
Corps of Engineers
State Road Commission
Fetterman
Irondale Furnace
Luzadder
White Day
Marion County
Thornton, Independence and
Hardman
Preston County
Knottsville, Millersville and
Claude
Barbour County
Guffey Bill Approval Forecast by Congressman Lewis
Washington August 8 The approval of the Guffey coal bill by the house ways and means committee was predicted today by Representative Lewis after a talk with President Roosevelt Lewis said he discussed the measure at the White House but would not say if Roosevelt would intervene in the long stalled administration bill
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Lewis
Roosevelt
White House
Roosevel
Firemen Instructor To Teach Class In Grafton
Robert B. Criswell, a fire department instructor from Columbus Ohio, will be in Grafton Monday August 12 to conduct drills for the local fire department. Lewis V Carpenter says the Grafton volunteer force and regulars are advised to attend at 6 PM at the fire station. Fire Chief Mac Bolyard and Mayor Fo Waugh urge full participation.
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Robert B. Criswell
Columbus
Ohio
Grafton
Lewis V. Carpenter
Accused Attacker Is Captured By Officers
In Council Bluffs on August 8 William A. Wilson of Bluefield West Virginia awaited arraignment on charges tied to improper conduct with a 12 year old Omaha girl. Police Chief George Bennett said Wilson confessed and would plead guilty. the girl’s father reportedly captured Wilson.
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Council Bluffs
William A. Wilson
Bluefield
W. Va
Omaha
Ned
George Bennett
Wilson
All Dogs Ordered Tied Countywide Rabies Quarantine Declared
Following rabies reports in nearly every district, Sheriff Bennett ordered a county quarantine with death as the penalty for stray dogs not tied or penned. Hydrophobia suspected in Fetterman Booths Creek and new cases near Wendel. About six persons are under Pasteur treatment after bites from rabies dogs.
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Lee E. Bennett
Fetterman
Booths Creek
Wendel
Courthouse
R. H. Stout
Grafton Police Get New Easy to Remember Number
Mayor E Otto Waugh announced a new police department line Grafton 1 to cut delays on police calls. The city uses the extra line due to heavy traffic on telephone 583, which will be reserved for the city finance office.
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Grafton
Grafton 1
E.otto Waugh
City Finance Office
C. and P. Telephone Company
Ethiopia Seeks Help From Japan Mission Soon
Addis Ababa Aug 8 Government plans for an Ethiopian mission to Japan to seek aid were disclosed today. Daba Birrou, a former foreign office official, will head the mission and keep its purpose secret. Birrou is an experienced negotiator who accompanied the first Ethiopian mission to Japan in 1932. Rumors of a Japanese mission to Ethiopia had been officially denied. Emperor Haile Selassie has barred gatherings near Adua where Italian forces crushed a 40 year old battle. War plans remain guarded as reports say Italy may use surprise tactics elsewhere.
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Addis Ababa
Japan
Daba Birrou
Foreign Office
Birrou
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Adua
Italy
Borah Likely To Make Race For President
Washington Aug 8 Some intimate associates of Senator William E Borah of Idaho are pondering whether to put him forward for the Republican presidential nomination next year. A close friend said Borah would enter the primaries if assured of an adequate expense fund and a capable campaign manager. He has long listened to urges but has often decided against running.
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Washington
William E. Borah
Idaho
Borah
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Roosevelt
Moose State Orphanage Sites Urged
J Crit Banfield of the Huntington lodge says a report on orphanage sites for the Loyal Order of Moose will go to the supreme council in Cincinnati on September 8. Possible locations include Morris Harvey College grounds at Barboursville and the Pritchard School near Ona.
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Huntington
J. Crit Banfield
Huntington Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Supreme Council
Cincinnati
Morris Harvey College
Barboursville
Pritchard
Ona
Wetzel County study on October liquor election petitions
The Wetzel county court will review petitions signed by 4 540 residents seeking a special election on October 13 to decide if state liquor stores may operate in the county. The court will verify if signatures equal 25 percent of registered voters as required by law.
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New Martinsville
W. Va
Wetzel County
Hog Prices Hit Highest Since 1926 on Chicago Market
Scarcity of hogs pushed wholesale prices to record highs with hogs weighing 210 to 230 pounds selling at 14.10 dollars per hundred pounds on the Chicago market. Processing tax of 2.25 dollars per hundred included. This marks the first time packers paid over 14.00 since October 1926, versus 4.80 a year ago.
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Chicago
Chamber of Commerce Attacks Excess Profits Levy
Washington reports the Chamber of Commerce of the United States denounces the excess profits levy adopted by the house in place of proposed graduated corporate income rates. Ellsworth C. Alvord voices the critique at the senate finance committee hearing calling the levy inequitable and uncertain.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Ellsworth C. Alvord
Congress
Chamber
Senate Finance Committee
Guffey Bill Passage Would Wreck State Tax System
Washington D C August 8 Special one of the by products of the Guffey Snyder coal monopoly bill if enacted and upheld by the courts will be to destroy the fiscal system of West Virginia and perhaps other states deriving major revenues from any tax on the privilege of producing Passage of the bill would place the coal industry beyond the power of the state to tax it for state and local purposes except through property levies which are limited by the state constitution Tawyer Makes Comment Rolla D Campbell Huntington W Va lawyer who made the prediction of serious consequences continues on pages two
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Washington, D. C
West Virginia
West Virgina
Tawyer
Rolla D. Campbell
Huntington
W. Va
Polar plane set for new North Pole route attempt
Reports circulated today that the Russian polar plane was prepared to take off shortly on a new attempt to reach San Francisco across the North Pole. No official confirmation, but it was known a defective oil system that caused the last return had been repaired.
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Moscow
San Francisco
North Pole
Removal Ordered in North Carolina Assault Case
Sheriff L M Sheffield of Rockingham county NC seized a 35 year old negro charged with assaulting an elderly white woman in Leaksville near Greensboro. Governor Kump signed extradition papers as Sheffield planned a jail transfer to Raleigh for a speedy trial amid volatile tensions. The suspect, George France alias Jake Johnson, had been tied to the attack on Miss Lillian Grogan 65, a retired teacher. Mrs Ash attack suspect, identified as France, also faced separate charges in Charleston. Sergeant J H Fillinger was noted in the report.
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Charleston
L. M. Sheffield
Rockingham County
N.C
Leaksville
George France
Lillian Grogan
Kump
Raleign
H. H. Kump
Sheffield
Ash
France
Jake Johnson
F. Guy Ash
J .Ash
State Adjutant General
J. H.fillinger
Missing Camp Chief Brode Feared Trapped In Mountain Crevice
Search by land and air renewed for William Brode 18 of Memphis believed imprisoned in a funnel shaped crevice on Lindbergh Peak. His companion Robert Henderson 15 of Omaha guided rescue with 800 feet rope as observation planes circled the site. the youth reportedly had a weak heart.
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Auray
Colo
William Brode
Memphis
Tenn
Lindbergh Peak
Julien Brode
Dallas
Tex
Denver
National Guard
Bob Armstrong
Robert Henderson
Omaha
Neb
Brode
Hender
Clarksburg Ex-Teacher Named NRS Junior Interviewer
Miss Ethel Mary Fryer of Clarksburg was announced this morning as the new junior interviewer for the National Reemployment Service in the Grafton district. A former city teacher from 1915 to 1919, she left as department head of Montgomery Smith's Grove Kentucky. Four members of the Coyoloy family were reported burned in a car wreck near Bowling Green.
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Ethel Mary Fryer
Clarksburg
Grafton
National Reemployment Service
NRS
Fryer
Montgomery Smith’s
Central
A. Co Eh School
Lovos
Case
Bowling Green
Coloyos
Chicago
Dorothy
Mary
Conner Urged as Next Governor of Kiwanians
Morgantown Aug 8 Frank E Conner charter member of the Morgantown club was advanced for governor of the West Virginia Kiwanis club district George R Farmer said 35 clubs pledged support to Conner The convention will be held in Clarksburg in October.
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Morgantown
Frank E. Conner
Morgantown Club
West Virginia
Kiwanis Club
George R. Farmer
Conner
Clarksburg
Tygart River flood danger ends as water recedes
Flood waters peaked at 18.6 feet with rapid rise inland and widespread damage across central West Virginia. Clarksburg reported ruined bottom lands, washed-out fields, and mud on streets while road traffic resumed and cleanup began in Weston Buckhannon Glenville Beverly Ellenboro Pennsboro Salem and other towns. Farmers faced heavy losses though farm bureau officials estimated thousands of dollars. bottom land for six or seven counties remained inundated.
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Clarksburg
West Virginia
Weston
Buckhannon
Glenville
Beverly
Ellenboro
Pennsboro
Salem
Bristol
Burnsville
Eastern Ohio Flood Swamps Six Counties
Swirling yellow floodwaters from two large rivers and many streams sweep east central Ohio in what is described as the worst flood in 22 years. Rivers rise with forecast of more rain, six feet of water in hundreds of homes, and two people dead with others missing or cited as storm victims.
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Coshocton
Ohio
Police Dept announces new contact number change
The Police Department reports its telephone number has changed to 1. Callers with business to conduct should use the new number for inquiries and services.
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Police Department
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Chamber of Commerce
Guffey
Kentucky
A. B
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WRF
Tom S. Rhea
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Ruby Laffoon
Guy Ash
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Tygart Valley
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