Dr S C Jones and wife injured in Grant County crash
Dr Samuel C Jones and his wife were injured when their Pontiac left state route 42 near Maysville Grant County. They received first aid then were taken to the Grafton City hospital. Jones suffered a severe cut to his right hand and was shaken but is not believed to have internal injuries. Mrs Jones sustained cuts and minor injuries. A Petersburg physician aided at the scene and the Joneses were later sent home.
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Samuel C. Jones
Petersburg
Lewis
Jones
O. Shay
Megan Avenue
Serio
FHA Program Details Outlined in West Virginia Conference
Charleston August 17. Details of the Federal Housing Administration program in West Virginia will be formulated next Wednesday at a Charleston conference called by F Witcher McCullough state director of the FHA. McCullough has invited bankers loan associations building supply companies and publishers to attend. A state advisory committee will be named to aid in implementing the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Federal Housing Administration
West Virginia
F. Witcher McCullough
FHA
McCullough
Couple Held for Quiz About Poisoning Case
Winfield Aug. 17 A man and woman are held in the Putnam county jail while officers investigate an alleged poisoning. Sheriff D. L. Ambler withheld the names of the two saying he might do them an injustice if nothing develops. No formal charges have been filed.
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Winfield
Putnam County
D. L. Ambler
Wage Cut Restoration Faces County Officials
Deputy sheriff's, deputy assessors and clerical staff in county offices may or may not receive restoration of a twenty percent wage cut enacted January 1, 1933. The county court approved restoring the cut and will cover jailer M O Griffith's salary previously paid by the sheriff. Prosecutor James C Holt notes a 1933 act may reduce salaries over 1200 a year by ten percent and will issue an opinion in days. The act's reach remains ambiguous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Holt
M. O. Griffith
Tee Bermett
Holt
Victim of Peculiar Malady Is Improved
Mt Gilead Aug 17 The talking sickness victim Donald Campbell 32 shows first natural rest since onset. He still babbles but rested briefly last night and displayed slight signs of improvement. Previously only a few hours of sleep were achieved with sedatives.
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Mt. Gilead
Donald Campbell
Bus Driver Injured Result of Strike Row
Chicago accorded with strike turmoil when Harold Fegan a 34 year old bus driver for the Chicago Motor Coach Company sustained injuries after a bus was struck by two ball bearings during a strike related incident. Police reported the event as part of escalating tensions surrounding the labor dispute.
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Chicago
Harold Fegan
Tiller
Fire truck overturns killing two Dracut firemen in Lowell
Two Dracut firefighters were killed and six injured when a Collinsville fire truck skidded on wet tracks, mounted a telephone pole, and overturned while racing to a falsely sounded alarm. Fireman John Dillon, 40, and Robert McAnertie, 28, died at hospital. Joseph Hormann, 20, was listed in critical condition.
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Lowell
Mass
Dracut
Collinsville
John Dillon
Robert McAnertie
Joseph Hormann
St. John’s Hospital
Governor Kump Orders Inquiry Into Marshall County Relief
Acting on Governor H. G. Kump's orders a state relief representative will investigate Marshall County today after a delegation complained needy residents receive insufficient work and direct relief. The inquiry aims to assess if the county relief funds should be increased and to examine the case load based distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
H. G.kump
State Relief Administration
Marshall County
F. Sheridan
J. F.chapman
Sheridan
Chapman
Farmer Ends His Life Blames U S Government
A farmer in Montgomery County is reported to have ended his life and accused the U S government in a statement found posthumously. The tragedy underscores political tensions affecting rural residents and involves a locally prominent family in the Dayton area.
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Farmer
U. S
Dayton
Ohio
Montgomery
Goldsboro
N. C
Wiliam
Bragan
Neil
Prosecution Recommended for Gulf Refining Company
Secretary Ickes accepted the petroleum labor policy board’s recommendation to prosecute Gulf Refining Company for violating labor provisions after a June strike at the Girard Point Pennsylvania plant. The board report cites payrolls showing many workers kept on beyond July 31 with hours well above the code maximum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ickes
Petroleum Labor Policy Board
Gulf Refining Company
Girard Point
Roode Trial Nears End After Slain Jailer Case
Camden Roode of Frametown faces a Braxton county jury for the murder of Earl Bland jailer during a June jailbreak. Seven witnesses testified, including Sheriff Rollyson who described bars improvised from sticks and a gagged victim, with closing arguments expected by noon.
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Raymond Mace
Chemical
Elliott Keener
Richwood
Jake Fisher
Humphreys
Bland
R. N. Rollyson
J. Bland
Testifi
Rollyson
Roode
Keener
H. S. Brown
Sutton
Clarksburg
C. A. Thompson
Gibbs
Boyles
Braxton County
Thompson
Lester Gerwig
Socialist Party Denied Ticket in Full Election
In Charleston on August 17, the Socialist Party failed to win any ballot spots for the November election. Eight petitioners seeking Socialist tickets were informed by D P O'Brien, chief clerk in the secretary of state's office, that their signatures did not meet required totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Socialist Party
Charleston
D. Pott O'Brien
Secretary of State
Byrd Reveals He Expected to Die Alone at Little America
A wireless dispatch from Little America Antarctica reports Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd once resigned himself to death during a four and a half month vigil. Dr. Thomas C. Poulter said Byrd grew critically ill in June, feared relief would come too late, then slowly regained strength despite a severe setback and ongoing endurance tests for radio and power tasks.
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Little America
Antarctica
Richard E. Byrd
Thomas C. Poulter
Poulter
Admiral Byrd
Only Roosevelt Can Stop Strike Declared By Union Leader
Thomas F. McMahon, reelected president of the United Textile Workers of America, said only President Roosevelt can avert a general strike in the cotton textile industry with 500,000 workers. He warned the strike could be called for September 1 unless the president intervenes.
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New York
Thomas F. McMahon
United Textile Workers of America
Roosevelt
London brewer John Labatt freed after 65 hours
Reports differ on ransom with claims of less than 50000 paid and $150000 demanded. Labatt, London Ontario brewer, released unharmed after kidnapping by a gang held him for 65 hours. Royal Canadian Mounted Police and other authorities pursued the men.
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John 8. Labatt
London
Abe
Dominion Police
Labatt
Ont
Associated Press
Toronto
John
Hamilton
John Labatt
John Bi Labatt
Ontario
Tim
Royal Mounted
Canada
Jap Russian relations grow worse amid possible warning
Tokyo reports the Japanese government weighs a general warning to Moscow as the next step in the deteriorating relationship. An official said the option had not been decided, and the warning would recount frontier incidents and alleged Soviet plots while seeking assurances on past settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Babb
Associated Press
Tokyo
Moscow
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S.C. Jones
Beck
Grant County
Grafton
Marshall County Relief Administration
H. G. Kump
Panhandle
Big Gulf Refining Company
Byrd
Free Brewer
Millionaire
Bulletin
Imperial
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