Spectacular career ends in death by own action
Washington Representative Marion A. Zioncheck, 34, leaped from a fifth story window at his re election headquarters in Seattle, dying before his bride of four months. An inquest was scheduled. family and psychiatrist cautioned on mental health, as his erratic Capitol tenure kept him in the headlines.
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Seattle
Marion A. Zioncheck
Zioncheck
William Nadeau
Washington State
National Capital
Maryland
Bse
Bride
Oroner Otto Mittelstadt
Nadeau
Edward D. Hoedemaker
Landon Plans Dozen Stops
Gov Alf Landon outlined a campaign tour across Nebraska and Iowa as part of his Republican bid. After leaving Denver on August 20 he planned four platform appearances in Colorado seven in Nebraska seven in Iowa and three in Illinois. Omaha was to host an August 20 21 overnight stop and breakfast with state leaders before continuing to Chicago and on to West Middlesex for an August 22 speech.
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Topeka
Kas
Nebraska
Iowa
Alf M. Landon
Roosevelt
West Middlesex
Denver
Colorado
Illinois
Omaha
Chicago
Drive Safely Family in Collision on Vacation
A family of four began a California vacation yesterday and a collision a few hours later killed three and seriously injured one. The warningKEEP UNDER CON TROL on strange roads comes from the Taylor County Safety Council.
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California
Six Indicted for Parts in Wendel Case Newark
Six people were named in indictments prepared under the Lindbergh kidnapping law by a federal grand jury probing the alleged abduction of Paul H. Wendel. The jury adjourned until September 14 due to missing witnesses, keeping alive the inquiry into claims that former Trenton attorney Haupt was kidnaped and tortured into a false confession about the Lindbergh baby.
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Newark
N. J
Paul H. Wendel
Trenton
Lindbergh
Wendel
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Potatoes Dropped From West Virginia Penitentiary Menu
Warden C F McClintic says rising food costs have eliminated potatoes for the 3000 inmates at the West Virginia penitentiary in Moundsville. The state board of control ordered cheaper replacements, noting 35 to 40 bushels are needed per meal at $1 50 a bushel, a burden on taxpayers.
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Moundsville
C. F. McClintic
West Virginia Penitentiary
State Board of Control
Animals in Oregon Have Great Daring These Days
Bend Oregon August reports a forest ranger saw a deer and a full grown bobcat in a hot chase. An automobile attacked by a cougar was reported by a motorist, with deep scratches on the car as evidence per service station attendant Morean Williamson.
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Bend
Ore
Morean Williamson
Williamson
Youth sentenced to life in Ohio penitentiary
Alonzo Thompson, 19, from West Virginia, found guilty of shooting Patrolman Law and given life with no possibility of parole. He escaped the electric chair, though the jury condemned him to life behind bars. Continues on page five.
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Cincinnati
Alonzo Thompson
West Virginia
Ohio Penitentiary
Law
Midnight Beer Sale Banned By City In Philippi
Philippi council passes ordinance making it unlawful to sell beer ale or similar beverages within city limits between 12 midnight and 6 a m First offense carries a ten dollar fine and each subsequent offense triggers penalties as specified by the ordinance.
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Philippi
France Reaffirms Absolute Neutrality in Spain
Aug. 8 Patris reports the French cabinet will reaffirm absolute neutrality in the Spanish Civil War and publish a new government declaration. Germany has accepted the hands off international agreement. Officials note L Humanite claimed four young Germans were executed in Barcelona, fueling fears of neutrality collapse.
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Associated Press
Patris
Spain
Germany
L’tumanite
Barcelona
Rebels Start on Thrust to Reach Madrid
Gen Francisco Franco leads Moroccan troops in a Burgos described thrust toward Madrid as loyalists in the south face defeats at Badajoz and Caceres. Burgos says a rightist uprising weakened in the southwest. Germany and Russia adopt a neutral stance with reservations as Europe weighs non intervention.
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Associated Press
Francisco Franco
Burgos
Madrid
Melilla
Spanish Morocco
Seville
Morocco
Spain
Badajoz
Caceres
New WPA Job Classification Sparks State Change
Charleston dispatch reports a revised Works Progress Administration job classification naming two tiers, needy and most needy, with preference to the latter. State Administrator F Witcher McCullough cites higher state employment quotas due to mine mechanization and drought, while federal relief expands to Boone, Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam, Wayne, Wood, and Wirt counties.
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Charleston
Works Progress Administration
F. Witcher McCullough
Boone
Cabell
Jackson
Kanawha
Lincoln
Mason
Putnam
Wayne
Wood
Wirt
Eleanor Holm Jarrett Barred from Amateur Meets
Berlin reports Eleanor Holm Jarrett was barred from amateur competition by Avery Brundage following instruction from Robert Donat of the International Swimming Federation. Brundage, as head of the American Amateur Athletic Union, had already disqualified her for alleged training rule violations. The specific grounds were not disclosed.
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Eleanor Holm Jarrett
Berlin
Robert Donat
Internatiional Swimming Federation
Avery Brundage
American Olympic Committee
Brundage
Donat
American Amateur Athletic Union
Jarrett
Lutheran Week to Open at Jackson's Mill Aug 23
Charleston Aug 8 The annual Lutheran Week will be observed at Jackson's Mill beginning Sunday August 23 by the West Virginia synod of the United Lutheran church and its auxiliary bodies. Rev A B Leamer of Huntington announces attendees from 35 congregations in West Virginia and western Maryland. Synod officers include Rev C A Portz Wheeling secretary B F Becker Huntington treasurer Rev E F J Roof seats president of conference EF Harold Lane Fairmont on page two
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Charleston
Jackson's Mill
West Virginia
Maryland
C. A. Portz
Wheeling
B. F. Becker
Huntington
E. F. J. Roof
Harold Lane Fairmont
Endorsement of Landon Withheld Amid Southern Protest
In Detroit on August 8 a Democratic meeting split over support for Governor Landon versus President Roosevelt. A resolutions committee delayed firm policy, with northern figures favoring an outright Landon endorsement and southern members opposing. Reed and Ely urged independent action, planning speeches against the New Deal while seeking to preserve court independence.
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Detroit
Landon
Roosevelt
London
South
John D. Hamilton
Reed
Joseph B. Ely
Massachusetts
Bainbridge Colby
Wilson
Henry Breckinridge
John Henry Kirby
Texas
Hly
Ely
Many Pass in Driving Test
Sixty persons took drivers license examinations administered by state police yesterday, the largest turnout this year. Corporal L. W Emrick noted the busy day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Forty five passed and fifteen failed with four light corrections and three plate corrections issued for various infractions.
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L. W Emrick
Bernaret Emrick
W. &. Murphy
American Relay Team Matches Olympic 40 Second Mark
The United States relay quartet of Jesse Owens Ralph Metcalfe Fay Draper and Frank Wyckoff won their Olympic 400 meter relay heat in Berlin tying the world record of 40 seconds. They defeated Italy by 15 meters and matched the 1932 Los Angeles baton passers in a strong showing despite Owens returning after a three day absence.
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Berlin
United States
Jesse Owens
Ralph Metcalfe
Fay Draper
Frank Wyckoff
Uncle Sam
Los Angeles
Wyckoff
Carpenteria
Calif
Amsterdam
Robert Kiesel
Berkeley
Emmett Toppino
New Orleans
Hector Dyer
Owens
Governor claims 1300 square miles in historic region
Breckenridge Colorado August 8 Gov Ed C Johnson formally announced that 1300 square miles in the Rocky mountains near Breckenridge are officially claimed for the United States. Local women researchers said the area had long been a no mans land since the Louisiana purchase and the flag raising marked a historic annexation ceremony led by Mrs F Phillips committee chair.
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Colorado
Louisiana Territory
Breckinridge
Colo
Rocky Mountains
United States
Ed. C. Johnson
Breckenridge
No Man’s Land
Louisiana Purchase
Work Resumed at Costanzo Mine After Arbitration Begins
Wheeling Coal Company announced that work resumed at its Costanzo mine pending arbitration over a dispute about labor-saving machinery. Five hundred miners had walked out accusing the company of discrimination in replacing workers with machinery. United Mine Workers officials urged the men to return to work during negotiations with the company.
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Wheeling
Wheeling Coal Company
Costanzo
United Mine Workers
King Edward Heads Abroad for Calais Holiday Flight
King Edward, guided by the new captain of the king's flight, departed from Fort Belvedere near London for Calais aboard the steam yacht Nahlin to begin a month long vacation with friends.
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London
Edward
Fort Belvedere
Calais
France
Nahlin
Gov Kump Praises State Work at Democratic Rally
Gov Kump contrasted 1932 and 1936 progress in West Virginia, detailing school and road system improvements, creation of the department of public assistance, tax levy limits, and reorganized departments. He urged voters to consider Roosevelt’s record and warned the opposition against regressing to old practices. The address, prepared for delivery, pressed the case for continued stewardship and cited high credit and bureau achievements.
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Clarksburg
Kump
Department of Public Assistance
Roosevelt
Holt Addresses Delegates At West Virginia Convention
Clarksburg August 8. Attorney General Homer A Holt, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, told delegates the party has a record of public service to stand on and praised the current administration. He praised the tax system, urged reallocation of levies among units, and called the West Virginia tax plan progressive and equitable with reduced property taxes.
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Clarksburg
Homer A. Holt
Holt
West Virginia
United States
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