Knox rallies delegates at West Virginia event in 1930s tone
Delegates cheered Knox as he urged Democratic support while condemning Roosevelt policies and touting Republican plans for labor reform. He cited figures like Davis and Glass, called the New Deal costly, and outlined invited dignitaries and committee rosters for a future rally program.
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Knox
Roosevelt
John W. Davis
Mountaineer
Glass
Gore
Gov. Smith
West
New Romantic Team Stars In Parole At Opera House
Universal picture Parole opens at the Opera House tonight and Saturday with a new romantic team Harry Hunter and Ann Preston delivering polished dialogue from Coast to Coast radio and stage work. The thriller follows parole system flaws and racketeers as Alan Dinehart Alan Hale and Noah Beery Jr lead a strong cast under Louis Friedlander. Joan O Blondell appears as the leading lady in a fast paced drama praised for its punchy action and sharp performances.
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Universal Picture
Harry Hunter
Ann Preston
Henry Hunter
Alan Dinehart
Alan Hale
Alan Baxter
Grant Mitchell
Berton Churchill
Noah Beery, Jr
Louis Friedlander
Ballets or Ballets at Strand Theatre with Edward G Robinson
Edward G Robinson returns to the screen in Ballets or Ballets a First National feature at the Strand Theatre starting Sunday. He plays a hard boiled detective who renounces honor to join criminals and dismantle the boldest criminal gang in history.
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Edward G. Robinson
First National
Strand Theatre
Robinson
Little Caesar
Hearts Divided at the Dixie Theatre in 1803 Romance
Barry Warren and Al Dubin provide two songs for Marion Davies in Hearts Divided a First National release shown at the Dixie Theatre. Dick Powell stars as Jerome Bonaparte with Davies as Betsy Patterson in a tale of romance set in Baltimore Washington and Paris in 1803 directed by Frank Borzage.
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Barry Warren
al Dubin
Marion Davies
Baltimore
Washington
Paris
Dixie Theatre
Dick Powell
Miss Davies
Jerome Bonaparte
Napoleon
Kingdom
Powell
America
Louisiana
Betsy Patterson
Henry Stephenson
Betsy
Salei
Frank Borzage
Grafton VFW Memorial Events Planned at Park
A Grafton VFW gathering includes 9:30 a.m. reception in the hotel lobby then a move to Walnut Street National Cemetery for a brief memorial. An inspection tour of the $15,000,000 Tycert flood control dam near the park follows, with a luncheon at 12:30 p.m. and later park program details to be announced.
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Cline
U. S
M. M. Neely
Fairmont
H. G. Kump
Robert L. Ramsey
Jennings Randolph
State Senate
Charles Hodges
Nan Johnson
Roosevelt
J. C. Helms
Dallas Wolfe
Ernest White
Ralph H. Cline
T. J. Moran
E. Otto Waugh
Grafton
James E. Reed
Charles E. Ray
G. T. Bartlett
Board of Trade
Paul P. Warden
Rotary Club
Lloyd L. Shriver
Kiwanis Club
Ersel Pepper
American Legion
Joseph P. Hussion
Ellis
N. Sidrow
Moose
H. W. Dent
Lee Bennett
Leland Price
Jack McCollough
Russell DeMoss
Scott Martin
Lorraine
Clarksburg
Creed Conley
C. S. Zinn
Tunnelton
H. A. Smith
Meuse-Argonne
Clarks
National Cemetery
Walnut Street
Sentinel Tomor
Coughlin Speech Sparks Disorder at Union Party Event
Rush Holt reports chaotic scene as Father Coughlin, hailed as outstanding American, appears on stage after Msgr Kenny gives invocation. Delegates shout, laugh and flood the hall, Coughlin struggles to regain order, then leaves the rostrum as a political endorsement debate with William Lemke looms.
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Sweeney
John R. Kenny
Old St. Patrick's Catholic Church of
Cleveland
Father Coughlin
Lemke
William Lemke
North Dakota
Union Party
Coughlin-founded
Francis E. Townsend
Townsend
Gerald L. K. Smith
Relocation Worker Hurt When Struck By Bucket
Ira Kittle of Belington suffers a scalp laceration and other injuries after a concrete bucket fell on his head while he worked on the Berkeley railroad project. Walter D. Davis, the convention marshal, was later treated for injuries in Grafton City Hospital. The accident occurred as workers toiled at the site and raised concerns about safety protocols during relocation operations.
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Sylvester V. McMahon
The
Union
Townsend
Rush D. Holt
D.-W. Va
Coughlin
Holt
Senate
Works Progress Administration
Ira Kittle
Belington
Grafton City Hospital
Benafer
Walter D. Davis
Berkeley
Relocation project notes employe surgical attended
A young man employed by Guthriel Marsh-Walker company received surgical attention from Dr Paul P Warden. The incident highlights medical response during the relocation project and the involved professionals. Further details on location and outcome were not provided.
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Guthriel Marsh-Walker Company
Paul P. Warden
Await High Tide Delays Moscow Flight in Nome Sand Bar
In Nome Alaska on August 14 the Moscow bound monoplane piloted by Sigismund Levanevsky and Victor Leychenko sat aground on a Nome sand bar awaiting high tide to dislodge it after a 600 mile flight from Fairbanks in about three hours and ten minutes. The craft was tied to the same stake used by Col and Mrs Lindbergh on prior flights.
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Nome
Alaska
Sigismund Levanevsky
Victor Leychenko
Siberia
Clles A. Lindbergh
Fairbanks
Governor grants conditional pardon for tuberculosis patient
Governor Kump awarded a conditional pardon to William Adkins aged 66 who 1923 Kanawha county case, serving life for a crime. The governor cited Adkins’s tuberculosis as a factor in the decision and ordered compliance with conditions.
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Charleston
Kump
William Adkins
Kanawha County
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