Strike shuts up three big PA plants
Pittsburgh district witnesses three Aluminum Company of America plants shut by employe walkout led by the union seeking a closed shop. Two men were injured and one arrested as picket lines formed around New Kensington Arnold and Logan's Ferry plants.
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U.S. Plans to Print More Silver Certificates
Washington reports a surprise move by the government to print extra Silver certificates tied to free silver assets. The Treasury will issue up to $1.29 per certificate, with the difference to be treated as seigniorage profit. Expansion plans hinge on future silver acquisitions and treasury policy.
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Two Prisoners Slain During Angola Pen Breakout
Baton Rouge, Aug 11. Prison break at Angola state penitentiary ends with two convicts killed, Ray mond Campler and Bill Bryant, long termers. Six others wounded and captured, five surrender later. Penitentiary Manager R L Himes says the break was a concerted effort by the red cat gang of incorrigibles working in a garden.
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Austrian Official on Way to See Mussolini
Vienna Aug 11 Prince Ernst von Starhemberg vice chancellor of Austria left by air for Rome to discuss Austria’s independence with Premier Mussolini. He plans to visit Austrian youths vacationing near Rome as guests of Italy and may discuss possible foreign financial aid with Mussolini who seeks to prevent any seizure of control in Vienna.
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Inquiry pushes bombings of two workers’ homes
Parkersburg April 11 authorities pushed their investigation into the bombing of two homes of workers at the Ames Baldwin Wyomin shovel plant where a strike is underway. A dynamite blast shattered W. C. Stanley’s South Parkersburg home injuring no one and another home of E. Powell two blocks away was partially wrecked. The blasts, likely from an automobile, occurred within 24 hours.
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Bank Robbery Reported at Manor National Bank
Three robbers held up the Manor National Bank near noon today in Manor Pennsylvania and escaped with about $3,000 after forcing bank employees and several customers to lie on the floor during the heist.
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Lifelong Ambition Fulfilled by Man on Hands and Knees
Raymond Phelps, unable to walk, climbed Pikes Peak in 13 hours on his hands and knees with friends William Townley Bill Rapp and Ralph Teeters. The 14,000-foot ascent fulfilled a lifetime dream for the young rancher from Colorado Springs. The group began Thursday evening near 4 o'clock and Phelps wore knee pads and leather gloves during the ascent.
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Heat Wave Kills Dwarf Southwest Record Week Toll Rises
The mid continent faces a deadly heat week with over fifty deaths. Missouri Kansas and the Southwest endure extreme temperatures with several new fatalities in St. Louis St. Joseph and Chicago. record highs include 118 in Nowata and 114 at Manhattan Kansas. Crop losses mount as Nebraska reports its worst August 1 outlook.
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Work Begins Next Week on Bonica Road in Philippi
Philippi. Aug 11 Work starts next week on 3.8 miles of Bonica road from the Philippi Belington junction to near Tacy in Glade district. J Harvey Marsh and C E Corder of Philippi hold the bid at 11870 25, surface treated with a stone base. Elk district road 52 miles to Harrison line awarded to Keeley Construction Company of Clarksburg at 3151 393 84. When finished the roads will provide a direct nine mile shorter route to Clarksburg. About 415 government cattle from drought areas graze locally with 300 more expected next week at contracted railroad yards. Dr and Mrs Walter Scott Dunlop host a reception.
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Trade Body Acts to Confirm Plans for Grafton Dam
The Taylor County Board of Trade formed an 11 member committee to learn definitively whether the Grafton flood control dam includes provisions for hydroelectric power. Chairman Holt said the group will verify plans with officials and push for electric power if not currently included. The committee, including Sheriff Bennett and county officials, seeks official data and may advocate changes to support community power needs.
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Prohibition party names slate for Taylor county offices
Drys of Taylor county presented a county ticket at a convention filed with Circuit Court Clerk Frank M Hollis by George Summers secretary. Rev Frank Sampson of Wyattsville district will seek the house of delegates seat against Dallas Wolfe Republican and Mrs F S Suddarth Democrat Eskew County Chairman. Charles L Summers Grafton route 2 chosen for long term county commissionership and Dewey Jones Parkview Knottsville district to run for the soft term.
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Airport Plan Approved and Groundbreaking Soon Near Bridgeport
The tri county airport one mile east of Bridgeport on Route 50 is set to begin, with plans approved in Charleston. Work starts next week using 40 Marion County and 30 Taylor County workers, plus welfare staff later, to move about 100000 cubic yards of earth for two runways on 50 acres, costing around 25000 dollars and expected to finish by October 1.
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Olson's Military Rule Upheld by U S Court
Minneapolis August 11 The federal court today upheld the legality of Gov Floyd B Olson s military rule in the truck drivers strike denying ten protesting employers and injunction against continuation of the decree The unanimous decision by three judges upheld the martial rule and the militia administration Employers challenged the rule seeking a temporary restraining order and then a permanent injunction An application for the writ was filed early this week A hearing was held Thursday and the judges spent the time through Thursday to late last night in consideration
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Preacher Bit By Snake Recovers Without Care
In Sylva North Carolina on August 11 1922 credulous residents watched Albert Teetser a thirty nine year old Holiness preacher bitten by a rattlesnake in his pulpit vow to rely on divine aid. He is recovering after eschewing medical treatment as did his wife who died years ago. Teetser argued Christ commanded believers to take up serpents. Medical care is usually sought for mountain rattler bites, though sometimes fails if not promptly administered.
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Negro Dies From Shock During Lodge Initiation
Camden officials reported Samuel A. Wilson a 23 year old Negro from Beverly died of a heart attack triggered by fright during a lodge initiation. Investigators said an electric chair contraption had been rigged by the lodge causing a mild shock before Wilson collapsed and died.
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Jury Holds Fate Of Slayer Unwritten Law Is Pleaded
Powhatan Courthouse Va Aug 11 The jury trying Bernard Allen for the murder of James Ryland Wilkinson returns for a night session after testimony focused on mental illness. Experts testified on Allen's probable condition when he shot Wilkinson on July 5 after discovering Wilkinson and Mrs Allen had been intimate. Dr Beverley R Tucker head of a local sanitorium testified he believed Allen to be insane.
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Hatfield Urged to Name Next State GOP Chair
Charles J. Schuck resigns as chairman of the West Virginia Republican state executive committee and urges Senator Henry D. Hatfield to let the party’s presidential nominee select the new chair. Schuck cites heavy autumn engagements and a need for timely coordination on key questions, including a October hearing on the Wheeling gas rate case. He plans to convene a committee meeting on his resignation once Hatfield responds.
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Russia Avers Japs Back of Train Wrecks
A Soviet report from Khabarovsk, presented to the Manchukuo Soviet board, accuses Japan and Manchurian elements of terror on the eastern China Eastern Railway. From Jan 1 to Aug 6, 16 trains wrecked, 43 raids, 2 murders, 24 railway workers wounded, 14 robberies, 28 damages, 2 fires, 9 sabotage cases, with a worst wreck on July 28 amid rising tension.
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