Green Fights Rump Miners in Illinois Labor Rift
Illinois labor leader Green denounces rump miners amid a fight over charter, leadership, and allegiance to the United Mine Workers. The Illinois miners dispute centers on authority, with initial calls for annual convention and charter revocation triggering split factions within the union. Green expresses sympathy for the national United Mine Workers while avoiding calls for retaliation against the state body.
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Harry Fishwick
John L. Lewis
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Alex Howatt
Indianapolis
Save Minois
Railie Singers Compete Tonight in Elks Home
Taylor county young men and women gather tonight for a singing contest at the Elks Home. Mrs A B Warder chairs the county elimination with short selections to entertain judges and audience. A small admission will cover staging expenses as wards are chosen to represent the county in a district contest.
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Taylor County
Elks Home
Atwater-Kent Foundation
Warder
Gold Star Mother's Condition Improves in Paris
The condition of Mrs. Elizabeth Gast, a Gold Star mother, who had been in serious condition at an American hospital, was reported improved today.
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Paris
Elizabeth Gast
Lindy Courted There and Town Starts a Room
Cuernavaca Mexico awoke to a building boom as Lindbergh and Anne Morrow era memories mingle with a tourist surge. Dwight W Morrow the American ambassador fosters growth with a weekend home that doubles as a modern Mexican art showcase. Lindbergh courted his wife in the ambassador’s garden.
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Cuernavaca
Morelos
Mexico
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Cortez
Maximilian
Carlota
de la Borda
Chamber of Commerce
Mexico City
Dwight W. Morrow
Lindbergh
Stocks Open Mixed As Short Covering Lifts Major Shares
New York stocks opened irregularly higher as short covering boosted Chrysler Westinghouse and Auburn while U S Steel rose and American Telephone gained. Worthington fell and International Nickel slipped to a new low. Bethlehem also declined.
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Chrysler
Westinghouse Electric
Auburn
Case
U. S. Steel
American Telephone
Worthington
International Wickel
Bethlehem
Gambler Shootings Spark Massachusetts Raid
In Revere on August 15 investigators hunted Boston area gambling dens after four men were shot at the Revere Veterans Associates Building. Victims Morris Lerner Malden Carmelo uiffre Boston Joseph Donovan East Boston Harry Levenson Revere face critical injuries. The back room showed cards bloodstains and bullet holes, with a hacked billiard table. Police lean toward a failed hold up theory.
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Boston
Revere Veterans Associates
Morris Lerner
Malden
Carmelo _uiffre
Joseph Donovan
East Boston
Harry Levenson
Apple association reelects president at Rapids meeting
International Apple Association closed its annual convention in Rapids Michigan with E Samson of Yakima Washington reelected president. West Baden Indiana chosen as the 1931 convention city. Executive committee includes Walter Wilson of Roanoke Virginia.
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Rapids
Mich
E. Samson
Yakima
Wash
International Apple Association
West Baden
Ind
Walter Wilson
Roanoke
Virginia
Conley upbeat on West Virginia drought outlook
Washington reports Governor Conley voiced optimism on drought conditions in West Virginia during Hoover drought conference. He stressed keeping credit for farmers’ feed and next spring seed grain, liberalizing land bank loans, and retaining breeding stock. Counties hardest hit include Clay Jackson Roane Calhoun Mason Putnam Greenbrier Wirt Cabell Wayne Wood. A rain began as his report concluded.
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West Virginia
Conley
Hoover
Crsis
Conrey
Acr
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Jackson
Roade
Calhoun
Mason
Putnam
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Wirt
Cabell
Scott's Run Miners Strike at Connellsville By-Products
Morgantown records a miners walkout at the Connellsville By-Products Coal Company. United Mine Workers officials say the strike’s scope is not yet known. Officials cite a "clean-up system" that pays for an eight hour day and requires loaders to finish inside the mine. The walkout is the third in weeks in the region. Other plants, Continental Coal and Pursgrove Coal, have since returned to work.
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Morgantown
Connellsville
Continental Coal Company
Pursgrove Coal Company
Grand Rapids Man Confesses to Four Bigamous Marriages
Grand Rapids Michigan August 15 John W Orton also known as John W Sherwood held on bigamy and embezzlement charges confessed to four marriages and said there are many more similar cases. He refused to detail other cases but promised a full statement at trial Superintendent Carroll said Orton admitted marrying the four women taking their money and deserting them and indicated intent to plead guilty when brought to trial.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
John W. Orton
Ula. Carroll
Orton
John W. Sherwood
Addie Grewett
Carroll
Clearing House Statement New York April Exchange Totals
New York reports a clearing house statement with a combined exchanges figure of 960 million dollars and a balance of 774 million dollars for the period ending April 15. Officials note liquidity levels and settlement activity across banking partners. Strong institutions participate in daily settlements to maintain market stability.
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New York
Aum
Balantea
War lessons from Glasgow professor at Williams Institute
Williamstown Aug 15 Professor C Delale Burns of the University of Glasgow urged a shift in schooling from nationalist victory memory to service to others. He warned history often promotes bellicose views and suggested teaching indebtedness to other nations to reduce village parochialism.
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Williamstown
Mass
University of Glasgow
Institute of Politics
Objects to German Flare At Polanders
Warsaw reports the Polish government issued a communique stating Foreign Minister Zaleski met with the German charge d affaires to discuss a speech by Gottfried Treviranus, German minister of occupied regions, that stirred Polish public opinion. Poland lodged a protest over statements seen as threatening Polish state integrity. New York notes preventive medicine concerns and suggests such manifestations endanger children.
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Warsaw
Polish ‘Telegraph Agency Today
Zaleski
Gottfried ‘Treviranus
Poland
New York
Reider
Fragmentary Note on Bilateral Relations and Peace
A fragment discusses limited positive activity between two states and criticizes actions that undermine pacific collaboration, warning that such atmosphere harms cooperation principles. The text emphasizes the need for constructive engagement rather than provocative behavior.
Wolves Rampage Through Galician Villages
In Tugo Spain on August 15 wolves have terrorized several Galician parishes including Aricola Sobrado and Transparga. Villagers seek government aid and form home defense guards as large hunting parties pursue the wolves through the mountains after repeated raids on flocks and near misses with shepherds.
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Spain
Aricola
Sobrado
Transparga
Shephera
Cattle Thieves Strike in Three Counties
Sergeant C W Chipps of the Flemington state police directs a search in Barbour Taylor and Marion counties for cattle and sheep thieves who have killed and stolen livestock in recent days. Eight calves and a cow were taken from a Harrison Barbour line farm, two cows found butchered on another farm. Thieves apparently fled with meat left behind.
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W. Va
C. W. Chipps
Flemington
State Police
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Taylor
Marion
Harrison- Barbour
Dre
Bombers Get Trial Delay in Murphysboro Case
Dixon Ky Aug 15 The examining trials of Paul Montgomery Easell Grant and Ewing Riley were dropped. Montgomery and Grant and Riley are at liberty on $5,000 bonds each. It is unclear whether Montgomery Malone will be prosecuted in state or federal courts. James Harvey, a miner, was arrested in connection with the bombing and further arrests were expected.
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Paul Montgomery
Easell Grant
Ewing Riley
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Riley
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James Malone
James Harvey
A Milner
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Hodges Spent $2 In Campaign
Charleston West Virginia August 15 Pye three candidates for the state senate filed reports of campaign receipts and expenditures. They were W A Sprdet of Burlington Republican thirteenth district expenses 76.37. Charles E Hodges Morgantown Democrat eleventh district expenses 2. L F Everhart Terra Alta Republican fourteenth district contributions 280 expenses 717.93.
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W. A. Sprdet Bllington
Republigan
Charles E. Hodges
Morgantown
L. F. Everhart
Terra Alta
Priests and Nuns Escape From Kanchow After 11 Day Journey
Four Catholic priests and eight American nuns fled Kanchow in Kiangsi province as Communists disrupted the area. They reached Canton after an 11 day trek through brigand-infested territory. The Sisters, mainly from Emmitsburg Maryland, said evacuation was driven by Nationalist retirements and Red sieges near Nanchang.
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Kiangsi
Iray
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Hankow
Baby mixup sparks new court bid in Chicago case
In Chicago on August 15 the Bamberger-Watkins baby dispute flared anew as Bambergers seek a writ to bar the Watkinsses from more scientific tests on the infant. The move targets experts in New York and Washington, which Bambergers claim could endanger the child’s life or health. A separate line notes a refrigerated warehouse capacity rise and a 4,000 year old South African iron foundry discovery.
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Bamberger-Watkins
Bambergers
Watkinges
Watkins
Watkinses
New York
Washington
South Africa
Round Steak Selections and Deli Items List
A catalog of meats and prepared foods includes round steak sirloin porterhouse rib roast chuck rib clod roast and clear lean chunk. Also lamb leg lamb chops loin lamb roast shoulder lamb chops rib and shoulder lamb stew veal loaf chicken loaf ham salad cheese salad home style loaf and various cheeses for sandwiches. Pickles accompany the spread for the outing.
Robbers Enter Withers Garage And Steal
State Trooper Debendorfer reported a burglary at Withers Garage on Pettermint Road last night or early today. About ten dollars and a .32 calibre revolver were stolen through a side window, clues scarce as investigators visit the scene.
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Pettermint
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Debendorfer
Gandhi Aids Peace Pact In Indian Civil Restraint
Mahatma Gandhi and his fellow prisoners signed a letter outlining their stance on the civil resistance campaign. The letter, sent to Sib Tej Bahadur Sapru and Mr. Jayakar, was discussed during meetings with moderates. No contents were revealed. Gandhi weighed a possible truce while awaiting assurances from the movement about India's future.
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Poona
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Lord Iwin
Pike
Sib Tey Bahadur Sapru
Jayakar
Gandhi
Mahatma
West Virginian Admits Robbed: From Postofitq
New York police arrested James oRucoe Wilcox 29 assistant postmaster of McDoug Va in 1926 for a robbery. He admitted the charge after postal fire inspectors arrested him, living in the Bronx. New York City's population growth averages about 357 persons daily.
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New York
James oRucoe” Wilcox
Postminster
McDoug Va
Poat Fire Inspectora
Bronx
Lekei
Woman Leader Named to GOP National Committee
Mrs Leanna Lowe Yost of Claringburg Wisconsin was named to head the women's division of the Republican National Committee. Louise M Dodson was appointed head of the division in Washington as part of the committee's leadership changes.
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Associated Press
Leanna Lowe Yost
Clariburg
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