City Slices $6,620.08 Off 41931 Estimate
Grafton's city fathers cut 6,145.08 from last year's miscellaneous disbursements lowering the levy to 41 cents per 100. Bond, interest, and sinking fund rise to 25 cents. Total miscellaneous needs now 20,111.18 with cuts across cremator maintenance, street and truck upkeep, and hospital equipment. police ask 10,000. fire 6,000. hospital 15,000. street lighting 3,000.
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Hoover Victory Hints Rise in Election Forecasts
Washington reports optimistic notices forecasting Hoover’s re election triumph. Presidents aides relay favorable responses to his Thursday night acceptance speech focusing on prohibition and foreign affairs. Meanwhile Calvin Coolidge may aid Hoover’s campaign, with Everett Sanders hinting at possible speeches.
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Coolidge
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General County Tax Rate Estimated At 81 Cents
Tax estimates from Taylor and Grafton districts show 81 cent general county levy on the 1932 fiscal year, exclusive of education levies, with 69 cents for Grafton district and district road needs at 12 cents. The report notes a misprint issue in Monday's Sentinel and provides breakdowns for county expenses and road levies, along with changes from 1931.
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Taylor County
the Sentinel
Paraguay Faces War With Bolivia Amid Echoes of 1865 War
The Associated Press reports Paraguay remains torn by conflict with Bolivia in the Gran Chaco, recalling the 1865 70 War of Extermination. Paraguay’s population fell from 1.2 million to about 225000, while Bolivia now nears 3 million. The piece notes patriotic rallies, women’s wartime roles, and Francisco Solano Lopez’s dictatorship. The story continues on page 849.
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Bolivia
Gran Chaco
Brazil
Argentina
Uruguay
Associated Press
South America
Francisco Solano Lopez
Lopez
Veterans eye Mexican colony for bonus marchers
Doak Carter leads disbanded bonus army followers toward a 150 mile trek southwest after an offer from Charles Reiniger of Los Angeles to lease 15 000 acres of fertile Chihuahua land for colonization. Reiniger would cover taxes, leases run one to five years or until the bonus is paid. Mexican premier Guerrero reported Rubio considering the request.
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Teh
Bonus Army
Charles P. Reiniger
Los Angeles
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Reininger
Columbus
Reiniger
Chihuahua
Rio Grande
Johnstown
Ben “ Robinson
Nian Tine
Om Pee Oia
Subway Fire Triggers Panic Near Brooklyn Bridge
A subway fire on the East Side near Brooklyn Bridge tied up underground traffic for hours. About 2,000 passengers walked to emergency exits as crews battled a short circuit in a power cable. One woman was hospitalized for smoke and shock. several firemen were overcome but recovered.
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Brookyn Bridge
Inter-Torough
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Autos Crash In Blueville Near Funeral Leaving
An automobile driven by Miss Myrtle Auvil of Knottsville and another from Fairmont collided on Northwest ern turnpike by Lincoln street in Blueville shortly before the funeral cortege for Miss Dorothy Newton. Two men in the Fairmont car were slightly hurt but did not stop. Miss Auvil and both cars suffered damage. State Trooper Debendorfer summoned all parties to Magistrate Allender's court. case continued to next week.
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Auvilof
Knottsville
Charles Swisher
Fairmont
Northwestern Turnpike
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Blueville
Dorothy Newton
Miss Auvil
Stimson Speech in New York Angers Japan
Reactions split between irritation in Tokyo and backing in Geneva after Secretary Stimson urged the Briand Kellogg pact as a tool for ending Far East hostilities. Tokyo sought a detailed report, citing implications that Japan was the aggressor in Manchuria, while Geneva circles welcomed the US stance as a clarifying guarantee for future league action. Washington viewed the speech as signaling an open door policy for US Far East approach.
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Two Charged With Killing Of Spinster In Natchez Estate
Natchez Miss Aug 9 discovery of fingerprints on items in the home of Miss Jane Sarget Merrill led to murder charges against Richard H Dana 61 and Octavia Dockery 60 for the slaying of the 68 year old recluse at her estate near Natchez The sheriff said the motive involved a herd of goats owned by Dockery that wandered onto the Merrill property Students experts matched prints from Dana and Dockery to locations in the house and the formal charges followed the investigations into the lonely elderly woman’s death
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Miss
Jane Sarget Merrill
Richard H. Dana
Octavia Dockery
Dana
Miss Dockery
Merrill House
Clarence P. Roberts
Paraguay reports fort attacked amid ambiguous claim
In Asuncion on August 9 Foreign Minister Higinio Arbo informed Secretary of State Stimson in Washington that Bolivia attacked Fort Carlos Antonio Lopez and urged alert to neutral nations. La Paz dispatches denied the fort was taken and hinted the Paraguayan statement could mask an attempted attack.
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Stimson
Washington
Bolivia
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la Paz
Atatack
Libby Asks Immediate Trial Back In Seclusion After Bail
Libby Holman Reynolds, charged with murdering her husband, seeks an immediate trial before the baby is born. Attorney Polikoff, representing Libby, says she favors facing the charges at once if the unborn child’s life is not endangered. She surrendered on bail at Wentworth after a habeas corpus hearing, then returned to seclusion.
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Polikoff
Winston-Salem
N. C
Libby Holman Reynolds
Bennett
Reidsville
Libby Holman
Wentworth
Wentworth, N
Liboba Holman
Reynolds
Winder
Smith Reynolds
R. J. Reynolds
City and County Poor Relief Estimated at 10 266
City and county commissioners designate funds for charity work totaling 10 266 for the fiscal year. County estimates 4 000 to operate the county home and 5 000 for outside poor, while the city sets aside 1 266 for charity work, up from 300 last year. No concerted fundraising drive is planned this year.
Swanson Says Arm Cuts Require Force if Promises Falter
Senator Swanson of Virginia, in Geneva reports, urged real talk and warned that world armament cuts must be backed by action to be effective. He backed tariff removal to spur trade, noted global economic strain, and hoped improved European politics would meet Geneva pledges, while flagging concerns over Germany rearming.
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Virginia
Geneva
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Germany
Vesailles
Burke Dies Suddenl y GOP Counsel James Burke
James Francis Burke longtime general counsel for the Republican National Committee died at Garfield Hospital from coronary thrombosis following a heart dilation. President Hoover praised him as an indefatigable worker and Burke planned to sail for Europe before illness. Burke, 65, leaves widow Francis Scott Burke and children Mrs. Rogers of Pittsburgh.
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James Francis Burke
Republican National Committee
Hoover
White House
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Pittsburgh
Jas. Francis Burke
Garfield Hospital
Joel
T. ‘Boone
Boone
New ‘York
Europe
Bone
Tropical Hurricanes Start Soon By Doldrums And Rotation
New York August 9 Tropical hurricanes in 1932 will form from the doldrums earth rotation and humidity. Forecaster Charles L Mitchell explains storms begin near the Cape Verde islands then move toward Africa as trades converge and winds bend due to Earth's rotation.
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Cape Verde Islands
Charles L. Mitchell
South Atlantic
Equator
Africa
County's 444 Camp Opens in Taylor County
Four-HQ camp opened yesterday morning at Wickwire off Halleck road with 24 girls and eight boys registered for events ending Saturday morning. Instructors include Ted Jones of Jackson’s Mill Sam Neale of Virginia and Miss Mabel Marks of Morgantown under county leader Myrtle Auvil of Knottsville. A regular program is scheduled including a camp newspaper as a feature this season.
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Junior flyer seeks record flight to Mexico City
Newark July 9 18 year old Bob Buck holder of junior flying records started at 3 05 am for the 2250 mile route to Mexico City from Richmond Virginia he aimed to complete the journey in under 30 hours total elapsed time and hoped to set a new time record for the route.
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N. J
Bob Buck
Mexico City
Richmond
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