Irene Schroeder and W Glenn Dague Sentenced to Die in Chair
Irene Schroeder and W Glenn Dague were sentenced to die in the electric chair for the December 27 killing of Highway Patrol Corporal Brady Paul on the Butler New Castle road. The governor will set the execution date. The pair, formerly from Wheeling West Virginia and a deserter, were captured after a gun battle with Arizona authorities that fatally wounded an Arizona officer.
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New Castle
Irene Schroeder
W. Glenn Dague
Highway Patrol
Brady Paul
Butler-New Castle
Here
R. L. Hildebrand
Wheeling
W. Va
Lawrence County
Skilling
Arizona
Mgeecue
Mutiny Threat Faces Hankow In Civil Defense Clash
On August 3 Hankow faced mutiny rumors as nationalist forces rushed preparations against a Communist advance. Foreign gunboats patrolled the Yangtze, while eighteen Communists were executed. The garrison guard and bodyguard suppressed a mutiny but tension rose as Communist units pressed toward Hanlin, Wuchang, and Hanyang. A Field Museum report notes the endangered main hair tree of Japan as a prehistoric descendant.
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Hankow
Yangtse
Hana
Red
China
Wuchang
Hanyang
Japan
Wengo
Paving Starts On Cutoff Stretch Of Main Highway
Flooding hits Nogales border towns with many reported missing. North western Turnpike cut-off paving began Friday evening between Fetterman and Blueville with about 150 feet laid and 1,000 feet expected today. The project uses 18 to 22 foot wide slabs, employs 90 to 100 workers, nine trucks, and pumps water from the river to the site.
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Northwestern Turnpike
Fetterman
Blueville
Con
William Thop
Hazel Atlas
Alding
Jones Street
Gay
Weston
Heat and Humidity Grimly Grip Nation Amid Drought
Heat and high humidity ruled over most of the nation with Idaho towns like Orofino at 116.5 and Coverdale at 105. Lewiston reached 103 while Evansville and Washington Indiana logged 105 and 106. Missouri, Kansas, and Ohio River valleys saw temperatures near 110. Rivers fell toward low navigation as lakeside areas saw scattered wildfires and drought.
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Chicago
Middle America
Idaho
Orofino
Cover D'Alene
Lewiston
Northwest
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Mississippi
Evansville
Ind
Washington
Carbondale
Johnson City
Missouri
Kansas
St. Louis
Great Lakes
Midwest
Towa
Tourism Booms in Grafton as Cut-off Lifts
Tourism travel through Grafton has more than doubled since the loss of the Fetterman and Blueville cut off. Local businesses report rising tourist trade with restaurants, groceries, clothing and fabric shops thriving. Citizens note extra overnight lodging, roadside signs, and even a lantern lit yard sign near West Main Street drawing travelers in. Hotels in town are prominently advertised as lodging options for visitors from west of here and beyond.
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Grafton
Fetter
Blueville
Tela
Ding Grafton
West Main Street
Seven Miners Killed In Timber Collapse At Gilberton
Seven miners died and 16 were injured in a timber collapse at the Gilberton colliery of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company. About 23 men worked on the third level, roughly 1900 feet underground, when timbers failed triggering a debris avalanche. Some survivors suffered severe injuries and may not recover, according to hospital doctors.
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Pottsville
Gilberton
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Recount Opens in Haymond Dillon Vote Battle
Taylor County Court began a full recount of all precincts for the Republican nomination race between Haymond and Ray Dillon for the house of delegates. A partial canvass failed to resolve the result and the large recount proceeds with both sides represented by attorneys.
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Taylor County
Guy
Haymond
Ray Dillon
House of Delegates
Dillon
Presinets
Klemington
Gratton
V L Highland Dies After Long Illness
Virgil L. Highland 59 of Clarksburg West Virginia, publisher and coal operator, died in Rochester Minnesota after an eight month illness from influenza complications. He was a former Republican national committeeman, operated on at the Mayo Clinic, and died at 6 30 a m on August 9 following a post operative relapse.
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Clarksburg
W.va
Virgil L. Highland
Lanker
Rochester
Minn
Highland
Mayo Clinic
Charles W. Osenton
West Virginia
Oxenton
Kanawha Falls
British Route Tribal Hordes At Peshawar Front
British troops and air forces repelled the first advance of Afridi tribesmen near Peshawar. About 1,000 tribesmen pressed within a mile of the frontier city on Thursday, then withdrew to Khajuri Plain. Seven Afridis were killed in bombing raids and other tribesmen near villages southeast of Peshawar were shelled with casualties recorded.
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Peshawar
India
Miner Sam Caruso Injured in Rock Fall at Wendel Mines
Sam Caruso aged 30, a miner for the Maryland Coal Company at Wendel, suffered a fractured pelvis in a rock fall on Friday. He was taken to Gratton City Hospital in critical condition. He is married with seven children remaining at Wendel.
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Sam Caruso
Wendel
Maryland Coal Company
Caruso
Gratton City Hospital
New York Clearing House Weekly Statement Highlight
New York Clearing House reports on August 9 exchanges at 692 million dollars and balances at 911 million. The weekly totals show exchanges at 932 million with balances at 142 million. The figures reflect interbank activity and liquidity in the city’s financial system.
Cautions Day Agents About Stopping Cars
Baltimore August 9 AP The prohibition director Amos W Woodcock released a letter to the automobile club of Maryland stressing strict accountability for agents who stop motorists only with probable cause to believe law violations. He called for the agents to be the best trained in the world and pledged safer travel for the public while upholding due process.
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Baltimore
Amos W. W. Woodcock
Automobile Club of Maryland
G. Duncan
Lot‘tery
Prohibition
Heavy rains hammer southwest amid floods and floods
Rains across the southwest continue to flood Arizona and Sonora Mexico with six deaths confirmed. Nogales search resumes after clear skies. Four drowned and ten missing as two trucks washed from Mayer highway prompt a statewide rescue. Bridges weakened roads washed out and rivers overflow, with a Ray mine shaft flooded and highways impassable.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Sonora
Mexico
Nogales
Mayer
Ray
Waxy Clark Returns From Sunny South
Waxy Clark, the big man from the south, has returned from points of interest throughout the south. He has been with Sparks' Ctreng for the past year. He will spend about two weeks vacation in his old hometown of Grafton and reside at the Elks Home.
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Waxy Clark
South
Sparks
Ctreng
Mr. Clark
Homie
Grafton
Elks Home
Hoover Eyes Drought Relief Campaign Drive
President Hoover concentrates on building an effective national campaign to relieve suffering from the drought. Top officials coordinate strategies to unify efforts across states. Hoover aims to mobilize resources and public support for immediate and long term relief.
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Hoover
Washington
Drought Aid Plan Moves With Governors Meeting
The President called on the most affected states to convene with him to coord in relief using state and county agencies, federal branches, and the Red Cross. A survey shows about 10 farm families and 12 percent of livestock impacted, mainly affecting animal feed. Shortages are concentrated in Missouri Arkansas Tennessee Ohio Kentucky West Virginia and Virginia, with smaller areas in Montana Kansas Iowa and Nebraska. Stock totals include 2 260 000 horses and mules 9 000 cattle and 12 000 000 sheep.
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Mary
Red Cross
Hia Virginie
Ing
Hoover
Apartment of Agriculture
Huan
Bicknell
Agriculture Department
Condit
Missouri
Arkansas
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Virginia
Montana
Kansas
Iowa
Braska
Department of Agriculture
Carol May Be Crowned King Without Helen
In Bucharest Aug 9 political circles discuss a reported conference between Romanian Minister Titulescu and King Carol. Carol reportedly would not hesitate to be crowned this fall even without a reconciliation with Queen Helen. Titulescu met Helen seeking reconciliation, but she promised to reconsider. Premier Maniu warned against a one sided coronation with Helen absent.
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Bucharest
London
Nicholas. Titulescu
Carol
Helen
Titulescu
Maniu
Mantu
Motor Boats In Big Race Near Victory Despite Arrest Woes
Natchez Miss August 9 C M Mickler of New Orleans led the New Orleans St Louis outboard race by about two hours over the Vivian G despite a deputy sheriff warrant threatening his participation. He refueled under guard and fired shots when stopped then was released after a bond of 250 dollars was posted by his backer in New Orleans. Henry Levy of Vicksburg filed a mortgage dispute over a motor used on the boat while Mickler moved between states.
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Natchez
Miss
Henry Levy
Vickaburg
Mickler
Levy
New Orleans
Police trap bond thieves in wide securities ring
In Chicago the fourth member of a bond theft brokerage was targeted after three alleged ring members were arrested. Police recovered 15500 in stolen securities and hinted the trap spanned Chicago and Kansas City. The suspects, including ex Leavenworth convicts, were named Mergen and McCo.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Leo’ Mergen
Beloit
Kan
Stanley
MeCo
Minneapolis
Nae
Halleck Road Work Likely This Summer
The Taylor County Court reviewed state road blueprints for the Grafton Halleck road project this morning. The plan discards the old road in most places for a new roadbed with few curves and an 8 percent grade up the mountain. The court approved the plans and sent them back to the State Road Commission.
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Grafton-Halleck
Taylor County Court
State Road Commission
Navy Defends American Aircraft Engines Against Coolidge Claim
Washington reports the Navy Department rejected former president Coolidge’s statement that the best engine is made abroad. Acting Secretary Jahncke and Rear Admiral Moffett asserted American engines lead the world, noting no exceptions among domestic designs and arguing German and other foreign engines have not surpassed U.S. aerospace power.
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Washington
Navy Department
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge
Navy
Jahncke
Willam A. Moffett
Bureau of Aeronautica
T. Woh! Settle
Satsan
Ai Arcraft
T Moffet
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Irene
Dague
Yangtse River
Fettermain
Arm- Strong Company
Bluevile
Pennsylvania
Haymond-Dillon
V.L. Highland
Rochester, Minn
New York Clearing
Woodcock
Pulic
Union Church Services
Andrews M. E. Church
S. L. Postlethwait
Associated Press
Carl Williams
Halleck
Nery
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