Fliers unseen at Baldonnnel so far today
Dublin reports Ireland unseen by the American fliers Alex Loeb and Dick Decker as their fuel deadline nears. They left St. Peters, Nova Scotia, aiming for Ireland in a monoplane like Lindbergh, with 25 hours fuel for a nonstop 22 hour flight. At Baldonnnel officials say weather is favorable but no sighting yet. engine trouble or misfortune is suggested as possible reasons for a shortfall.
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Dublin
Ireland
Fiiers
Alex Loeb
Dick Decker
St. Peter's
Nova Scotia
Col
Charles A. Lindberg
Paris
Baldonnnel
Douglas
Corrigan
Atlantic
Baldonnel
Aia
Corigan
Conference makes gains in Harlan coal feud
White Sulphur Springs West Virginia August 12 A two day conference between Harlan county coal operators association United Mine Workers of America CIO and federal and state governments recessed with Governor A B Chandler saying all sides were anxious to make full contributions to a solution for the strife in Harlan County Kentucky The two day meeting established a foundation and assigned definite tasks with hope for later consolidation of efforts as continuation is planned on page three
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Harlan County
Kentucky
Harlan County Coal Operators Association
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
A. B. Chandler
Chandler
Fear Harlan Witness Kidnapped in Virginia
Bluefield report says state police and the FBI are asked to search for Mrs Nannie McKee a state witness for scheduled Kentucky coal strike trials. Earl McKee a former detective told troopers his wife disappeared near Clifton Forge Virginia on August 5 and may have been kidnapped.
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Bluefield
FBI
Nannie Mc‘Kee
Kentucky
Bluefield Telegraph
Earl McKee
Bruiliens
Clifton Forge
Theatre Ticket Notice for Tonight’s Dixie or Strand Show
Mrs Charles Gall of 316 Pearl Street is invited to attend tonight’s presentation of The Hurricane starring Jon Hall and Dorothy Lamour at the Dixie theatre or Tarzan Finds a Mate with Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O Sullivan at the Strand theatre.
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the Grafton Sentint
Charles Gall
Pearl Street
Jon Hall
Dorothy Lamour
Dixie Theatre
Tarzan
Johnny Weismuller
Maureen O’sullivan
Strand Theatre
National Guard Inspected Today by Governor's Party
West Virginia's 201st infantry was reviewed at Camp Dawson by Governor Homer A. Holt. About 2,000 spectators, including Rep. Jennings Randolph, watched as medals for best musketry were awarded to Company A of Fairmont. The regiment was stood inspected today and will break camp tomorrow.
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Kingwood
Natonal
West Virginia
201St Infantry
Homer A. Holt
Jennings Randolph
Dawson
Holt
Fairmont
Hitler Sees Ciano Today On Situation
Adolf Hitler and Italy's Count Galeazzo Ciano joined German foreign minister Ribbentrop at Berchtesgaden for a lengthy conference on European policy. A German official said no sensational announcements were expected as they review the general European situation amid reports on Danzig and Polish tensions.
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Associated Press
Germany
Italy
Hitler
Danzig
Japan
Tokyo
Asahi
Kiichiro Hiranuma
Moscow
Russia
Great Britain
France
Berchtesgaden
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Galeazzo Clano
Salzburg
Divorcee Shot After Island House Party
A socialite divorcee named Elizabeth Greve Caldwell Carolyn of Noroton Connecticut was shot and wounded at a Long Island North Shore party. A jealous admirer fired three shots injuring a state trooper, then killed himself. The suspect Lawrence Sprague, 30, was identified as the assailant. The event occurred at Madeleine Waterman Higgins’s summer home.
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Smithtown Ranch
N. Y
Long Island North Shore
Charles la Forge
Elizabeth Greve Caldwell Carolyn
Noroton
Conn
la Forge
Lawrence Sprague
Shirley E. Sprague
New York City
Madeleine Waterman Higgins
Charles Higgins
New Yor
Higgins Ink Company
Higgins
Tracy Higgins
Carolyn
obe-Greves
Cliam Greve
Prudence Bond Company
Brooklyn
Greve
Bermuda
Bomb wrecks Japanese offices in Shanghai raid
A heavy bomb destroyed the offices of a Japanese controlled shipping office in Shanghai injuring nine Chinese seriously and several others slightly. The blast occurred on the eve of the second anniversary of the warfare in the Shanghai area as residents anticipated renewed violence. The explosion appeared to be thrown from a nearby embankment house.
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Shanghai
Counties Will Have To Put Textbook Act to Work
Budget Director H Isaiah Smith said counties will implement the new free school textbook act with $150,000 yearly. Texts will be provided for children whose parents cannot help. County courts will compile eligibility lists and forms will be sent out shortly.
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Charleston
H. Isaiah Smith
Smith
Mayo Doctors Find Clue To Headache Cure
Mayo clinic physicians from Rochester Minnesota report a method to treat severe headaches tied to alcoholic excess and blood chemistry imbalance. They note histamine level changes cause head vessels to dilate, with alcoholism as a factor. The research appears in Modern Medicine and is continued on page two.
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Mayo
Stephen J. McDonough
Associated Press
Washington
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Mann
B. T. Horton
LA. R. MacLean
W. McK
Crain
Modern Medicine
Tax popularity shocks Charleston officials
Charleston reports the tax department found through thousands of interviews that the consumers sales tax is the most popular tax in the state. Chief Clerk N F Connor noted the state collects roughly 98 percent of all pennies due under the levy, a result that surprises bill holders.
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Charleston
Tax Department
N. F. Connor
Connor
70000 Men Set for Manuevers Across Seaboard
More than 70000 National Guardsmen from nine northeastern states converge on Plattsburg and Manassas for two weeks of war games and a separate test of fighting efficiency. The maneuvers involve 35000 guardsmen moving to a vast area by Tuesday, with convoys across main roads from New York New Jersey and New England. Civil war era Manassas hosts a four day mock war watched by General Drum and state governors.
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Washington
Plattsburg
Manassas
War Department
New York
New Jersey
New England
France
Hugh A. Drum
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Citzen
Army High Command
Farley Bell Named Marshall Freshman Coach
Farley Bell who coached Victory High school in Clarksburg for eight years was appointed today by Marshall College as freshman football and basketball coach and varsity baseball mentor. He will handle most of the Marshall football scouting duties.
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Huntington
Fug
P— Farley Bell
Clarksburg
Victory
Marshall College
Cam Henderson
Bell
Marshall
Pilot Survives Crash After Companion Aircraft Collides
Lieutenant W Marshall Prince commander of the squadron en route Malone for army maneuvers landed his plane safely at Saratoga Springs after a companion ship sideswiped it and crashed killing one. The motor of Prince s plane was knocked loose and badly cracked in the collision.
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W. Marshall Prince
Malone
Army Maneuv
Saraga Springs
Prince
Submarine Squalus Raised From Ocean Floor Near 80 Feet
The U S Navy lifted the flooded submarine Squalus from the ocean bottom after 82 days entombed in mud. Pontoons attached to the stern broke surface as the after compartment rose about 80 feet, with six upper pontoons blown free and salvage pumping underway. Admiral Cyrus W. Cole reported progress from the salvage ship Falconkingpin.
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Portsmouth
N.H
U. S. Navy
N. H
Cyrus W. Cole
Falcon
Exposed Heart Infant Faces Final Hours In Manila
Six day old Mary Heart Rachel, born with a heart encased in a cocktail glass on her chest, lay near death as bronchial pneumonia developed. Physicians said the child had little time left after cyanotic attacks worsened by circulatory irregularities. High fever, rapid respiration, and irregular pulse marked the fragile condition, with attendants fearing she cannot endure further attacks.
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Manila
Mary Heart Rachel
County lays excess levies for next year
Taylor county court set excess levies for general county purposes and bonded indebtedness after a budgeting failure. Sheriff Herbert Evans and Prosecutor Francis L. Warder reported from Charleston where they met State Tax Commissioner Ernest K. James to approve higher rates. The plan adds 1, 2, and 4 cents to classes I to IV, respectively, expected to raise about $61,617. continuation noted on page six.
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Taylor County
Herbert Evans
Francis L. Warder
Charleston
Ernest K. James
Warder
Evans
Second Army Plane Crashes at Langley Field
An A-17A attack plane of the Eighth Pursuit Group crashed about 15 miles northwest of Langley Field Langley Field Va. Officials said the pilot Lieutenant Farrell and a second person parachuted to safety but details were unclear. The incident followed yesterday’s bomber loss that killed seven and two officers.
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Langley Field
W. Va
Washington
E.S. T
Eighth Pursuit Group
Farrell
Dadisman sworn in as parole and probation boss
Stanley Dadisman was sworn in as parole and probation director in the Secretary of State office. Appointed by Governor Holt on July 5, he has just completed setting up his organization after taking the oath of office today.
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Charleston
Stanley Dadisman
Teacher Pension Requests Acted Upon Next Month
In Charlestor August 12, forty one WV teachers await action on pension requests with payments retroactive to July 1. The board of education deferred decisions until regulations are drafted. Grants could reach 45 dollars monthly for teachers aged sixty two or older.
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Charlestor
West Virginia
Board of Education
David Kirby
Speculation on McNutt for President
Washington speculation centers on Paul V. McNutt possibly entering the 1940 Democratic convention with President Roosevelt's endorsement as a liberal candidate for the nomination. At the Pittsburgh Young Democrats meeting the president warned against nominating conservative candidates, while McNutt cheered Roosevelt as a model of liberalism and outlined modern liberalism. The talks revived questions about a possible Roosevelt third term and whether McNutt had prior insight into the president's message.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
Roosevelt
Federal Security
White House
Pittsburgh
McNutt
Pitthsburgh
Cleveland
Small Tropical Storm Causes Little Damage
A small tropical storm crossing the lower Florida peninsula brought blustery weather to Tampa and the gulf coast as it moved in from the Atlantic near Jupiter. The storm unleashed heavy rains and winds up to 55 mph, causing minor damage including torn roofing fallen signs damaged citrus and fallen power poles with only two injuries reported.
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Tampa
Fla
Floris Peninsula
Gulf
Here
Atlantic
Jupiter
Florida
Trains collide on a crossing in Denver killing one
A collision between Santa Fe No. 6 and Denver and Rio Grande Western No. 1 near Denver results in one death and 35 injuries. Conductor R. B. Mock of Pueblo identified among the dead. several passengers trapped. Emergency crews cut open cars as ambulances rush to Denver hospitals.
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Denver
Mock
Pueblo
Santa Fe
Denver and Rio Grande Western
Salt Lake City
Royal Gorge
Marlett
Santa Fe Railroan
Biét
Santa
Wind Shift Saves Idaho Town From Devastating Fire
Spirit Lake Idaho, a mill village of 900, faced a million dollar forest fire encircling the town. The wind’s sudden shift drew the blaze away, aided by 1500 firefighters from CCC, forest service, and nearby towns. The fire had scorched 40,000,000 feet of lumber at Panhandle Lumber and damaged a Milwaukee Railroad warehouse, with losses over 1,000,000 dollars. The La Barge box factory was initially feared destroyed before reports clarified the owner’s news.
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Spokane
Wash
Spirit Lake
Idaho
CCC
Forest Service
Mt. Spokane
New Life
Spiritlake
Panhandle Lumber Company
Milwaukee Railroad Company
la Barge
Louis la Barge
Nye warns party to nominate progressive in 1040
Senator Nye of North Dakota warned the Republican party it must choose a forward looking candidate and platform or face defeat in 1940. He said both reform and continuity with New Deal improvements are needed, cautioning against a destroyer policy.
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Washington
Republican Party
Nye
North Dakota
Old Fashion Singing Sunday at Blueville Church of Christ
An Old Fashion Singing Sunday is scheduled for August 13 at 7:00 PM at Blueville Church of Christ. Organizers invite community members to join in a traditional hymn program and fellowship.
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Blueville
Grafton Sentinel invites Trimble to tonight's theatre shows
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. D. A. Trimble of 116 Bust Knotts avenues 210 W. Washington street to attend tonight's presentation of Society Struggler featuring Preston Foster and the third endeavor Beouts to the Rescue at the Opera House theatre.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
D. A. Trimble
Bust Knotts Avenues
Washington Street
Preston Foster
Beouts To
Opera House Theatre
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