Italy recalls air force officers and technicians to colors
Rome reports a royal decree calling up air force reserve subalterns and technicians of the classes of 1909 and 1910 for an indeterminate period. The move follows the mysterious plane disaster in Egypt that killed minister Luigi Raza and six others, fueling public sorrow and confusion.
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Associated Press
Rome
Haly
Air Force
Addis Ababa
France
Dispaiiat
Teniirack
Totiana
Wennetta
London
Italy
Egypt
Luigi Raza
Governor’s Institution Day at Pruntytown Program
Governor H G Kump will deliver a public address at 7 43 p m Saturday August 17 as part of Institution Day observances at the West Virginia Industrial School for boys in Pruntytown Superintendent R P Bell invites all state residents to visit the school.
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West Virginia
Health measures active in Ohio flood area
Health authorities in Zanesville and across Ohio’s flood zone imposed precautions to prevent disease outbreaks as Muskingum River floods recede. Typhoid vaccination sites operate, drinking water must be boiled, and residents are restricted until areas are safe. Red Cross expects about six months to complete rehabilitation with disaster workers in place.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Muskingum River
State Highway Department
Gem
State Health Department
Coshocton
Red Cross
Charles Carr
Ohio Congressman Dies of Heart Attack in Ohio
Washington reports the death of Democratic at large representative from Ohio Charles V. Truax. He collapsed in his apartment about 4 p.m. after attending a House session until 1 p.m. Mrs. Truax and three children John, Dorothea, and Charles Jr. survive. John and Dorothea were with him at his death.
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Washington
Charles V. Truax
Ohio
Truax
Bucyrus
John
Dorotea
Charles
Dorothea
Crumpecker Appointed State FILA Director
George H. Crumpecker of Mercer County West Virginia is named the new federal housing administrator for the mountain state. He succeeds C. S. Hawkins who resigned weeks ago and formerly served on the Home Owners Loan Corporation staff in West Virginia.
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Washington
George H. Crumpecker
Mercer County
W. Va
Mountain State
FHA
C. S. Hawkins
Crumpecker
Home Owners Loan Corporation
West Pwaeinte
Nye Predicts Third Party in 1986 Presidential Race
Senator Nye of North Dakota predicts a third party will emerge in the 1986 campaign. He suggests Roosevelt may be re-elected unless the Democrats swing right. Nye argues liberals favor a new progressive group to shape the future and warns of party realignments after Roosevelt's tenure.
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Washington
Nye
Republican
North Dakota
Roosevelt
Libcrs
Quick Action on Security Bill By F. D. R.
President Roosevelt signals swift action on the Security Bill as Congress passes the measure after months of debate. The program creates a federal old age pension board and unemployment insurance funds while states manage unemployment programs and the treasury holds the funds. The Children’s Bureau will oversee disbursements to assist families.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
Treasury
Children's Bureau
Showdown in relief work strike nears New York walkout spreads
The New Deal faces a looming clash with striking relief workers as the New York walkout threatens to spread to other cities. President Roosevelt warns that those refusing relief jobs will be cut from the dole while Hopkins joins a Sequoia weekend cruise, and no rise is planned in security wage payments amid wage-scale disputes. Officials cite 1137 workers, union leaders report 2500, with broader labor tension in relief projects.
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Washington
New Deal
New York
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Works Program
City Lacks Funds for Liquor Election in Ceredo
City officials in Ceredo West Virginia say the treasury lacks the funds to finance a liquor sales referendum. Constituents petitioned for local option balloting with 344 signatures, and a liquor store has already opened.
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Ceredo
W. Va
Ligucr
Freight Train Blown Up in Coal Union Dispute
Three men were injured when an Illinois Central freight train was dynamited three miles south of Springfield. The blast derailed the locomotive and ten empty cars, disrupting traffic. Investigators link the incident to the ongoing Illinois coal miners dispute between United Mine Workers and Progressive miners. Police and railroad officials believe the target was the Chicago bound coal train.
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Springfield
Ilinois Central
Here
Illinois Coal Miners
United Mine Workers For America
Progressive Miner Organization
Chicago
Kump Reveals Large Deficit in Road Fund
Governor Kump reports a deficit of 1,021,830.38 dollars in road commission funds based on a June 30 1935 audit by the tax commissioner. He plans a further audit to inform the new road commissioner and notes the shortfall affects road construction and maintenance for the current fiscal year. The deficit follows expenditures exceeding available funds and does not impact the sinking fund or bond requirements. Ernest L Bailey had resigned at the governor's request. The next commissioner has not been named.
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Charleston
Kump
Road Commission
Tax Commissioner
Office of Road Commission
Ernest L. Bailey
Main Street paving delayed by road fund deficit
Gov H G Kump announced a deficit of over one million dollars in the state road commission funds likely delaying Route 56 repaving on Main Street for at least a year. Mayor E Otto Waugh said assurances in Charleston and an August contract have not materialized after Commissioner Bailey's dismissal and failed contact with Mortimer Smith.
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State Road Commission
H. G. Kump
Main Street
E. Otto Waugh
Charleston
Bailey
Mortimer Smith
Negro Demonstrate How Louis Does Get Nabbed
Pearl Dabney and John Boston faced a short trial after a supposed friendly tussle to show Louis boxing technique ended in police action. Dabney pleaded guilty while Boston claimed it was only scuffling and a fall caused his injured eye. The mayor convicted both of fighting and fined each ten dollars.
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Joe Louis
E. O. Waugh
Pearl Dabney
John Boston
Dabney
Boston
A. E. Lockard
Clarence Silman
Professor's Son Agrees To Be Human Icicle for Science
Hollywood California August 10 Stephen Simkhovitch 34 has agreed to become a human icicle for science under a contract with Dr Ralph S Willard the monkey freezing chemist The experiment will start when a suitable refrigerator can contain the exposed vein for freezing reviving animals over six years to aid tuberculosis sufferers Dr Willard said he has brought one rhesus monkey Jekal from a frozen state last Monday with no apparent ill effects A second monkey died and a third remains frozen and will be revived next week
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Hollywood
Calif
Stephen Simkhovitch
Ralph S. Willard
DE Wl
Jekal
Willard
Long cites anti-Long plot transcript in Louisiana senate
Senator Long described a three-meeting transcript he said recorded anti-Long men in New Orleans July 21 and 22. He named Walmsley Montet Sandlin and Oscar Whilden as participants, while others were absent at a later session. Montet mocked the claim as a bad dream.
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Washington
Long
Senate
Louisiana
New Orleans
Huey
Virginia Troops Barred From Pennsylvania Camp
Harrisburg health officials barred 3000 Virginia National Guardsmen from entering Pennsylvania for the upcoming army maneuvers due to a rapid spread of an infantile paralysis epidemic. Dr Edith MacBride-Dexter cited rising cases since the month’s start and deemed it necessary for Pennsylvania welfare to keep them out after a Bathmore conference with Virginia and army officials.
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Harrisburg
Edith MacBride-Dexter
Virginia
Pennsylvania
MacBride-Dexter
Bathmore
New Sea Monster Sighted Off the Tagus River
Lisbon reports a sighting at the mouth of the Tagus by sportsman Reint Rosenstok who claimed a hog headed sea creature with a serpent like body spouted water before diving away as the motor boat approached.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Tagus River
Reint Rosenstok
Rosenstok
Gross Sales Tax Nets State Over Two Million
Charleston August 10 Tax Commissioner Fred L Fox announced today the gross sales tax payments to the state for the second quarter totaled 2 9029 99 This amount covered sectors including amusements manufacturers banks utilities producers wholesalers and retailers with notable contributions from grocery fruit dealers automobile concerns and general merchandise firms.
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Charleston
Fred L. Fox
Hoover Still Mystery Man to Followers
Washington reporters note Herbert Hoover enters his sixty second year as a political mystery. He travels from California to New York for meetings Monday through Wednesday with Republican leaders seen as a possible 1936 comeback figure. Hoover remains silent on nomination plans while remaining open to conversations with party leaders.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
West Branch
Towa
California
New ‘York
Rhode Island
Hoover
Front Street Residence Raided and Woman Arrested
State and county officers joined city police led by Chief A. E. Lockard to raid a Front Street residence. Agnes Smith, 110 Front Street, was jailed at 10:30 last night on charges of possession of moonshine liquor. Three and one half pints of alleged illegal whiskey were found in the home. nineteen Negro men were in the rooming house but not apprehended.
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A. E. Lockard
Agnes Smith
Front Street
Traiders
Smith
Charleston
Alleged Negro Attacker Tried in North Carolina
George France also known as Jake Johnson, a negro, faced trial in Rockingham County Superior Court for criminally attacking an aged white woman near Wentworth in February. He was brought from Charleston West Virginia where detained, jailed in Guilford County, transported to Raleigh for overnight custody before trial.
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Wentworth
N. C
George France
Jake Johnson
Rockingham County Superior Court
Charleston
W. Va
Guilford County
Greensboro
Raleigh
Accused Bluefield Man Given Long Prison Term
District Judge John P. Tinley sentenced William A. Wilson, 37, of Bluefield West Virginia, to twenty years for statutory assault. The accusation came from Harry Cooper, a U S secret service agent and the father of a 12 year old Omaha girl. Wilson is said to be wanted in Huntington West Virginia on a counter.
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Council Bluffs
John P. Tinley
William A. Wilson
Bluefield
W. Va
Harry Cooper
U. S
Secret Service
Wilson
Huntington
Laval Warns Decrees Could Bring Dictatorship
Premier Laval warned that France could slide into dictatorship if his recovery decrees fail to enforce order. He urged prefects to share responsibility to prevent a dramatic situation as rioting recurred in Toulon Brest and Paris. Reinforcements of mobile guards were sent to Toulon after two were killed and up to 200 injured. Left and popular front posters urged workers to fight for demands while unions blamed agitators.
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Paris
Laval
France
Toulon
Brest
Lavat
Popular Front
Pork Prices Reach Highest Levels in History
Chicago officials cited distorted markets and planned cuts as causes of record pork prices. Half the hog pens were closed while pork traffic dropped to a 57 year low. Retail buyers paid high prices for chops. packers paid over 12 dollars as demand surged and 6 million sows were destroyed under agricultural adjustment programs.
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Chicago
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