Bodies of Rogers and Post Return Home by Air
The coast guard reports Joe Crosson flew from Barrow to Fairbanks with the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post. Eskimos salvage wreckage of Post monoplane fifteen miles south of Point Barrow as fog and Arctic conditions hinder recovery efforts.
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Seattle
Coast Guard Radio
Joe Crosson
Wiley Post
Will Rogers
Barrow
Fairbanks
Alaska
Endicott Mountains
Arctic
Eskimos
Point Barrow
Post
Humorist
Henry W. Greist
Presbyterian Mission Hospital
Rogers
Robert Gleason
Tundra
Crosson
Rolls Named Secretary of Trade Board in County
Frank M. Hollis Jr. was elected secretary of the reformed County Board of Trade for a three month term as paid representative. He pledged rapid progress and plans to contact Gov. H G Kump in Grafton about work relief tied to city street repairs. A Monday court house meeting will seek petitions for a special election on funding a new hospital and levy increase.
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Frank M. Hollis, Jr
Taylor County
County Board of Trade
Court House
Hollis
G. T. Bartlett
H. G. Kump
Grafton
Fetterman Bridge
Smith Lists Route 119 Plans From Morgantown To Grafton
Mortimer W. Smith, acting state road commissioner, reports to Fred B. Watkins on Route 119 from Morgantown to Grafton. Sections Morgantown Ringold paved no change. Ringold end shale 5.55 miles unchanged. 3.79 miles graded and drained Blueville to beyond. surfacing planned Blueville to Grafton, with Bureau review and September setting. Continued on page four.
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Mortimer W. Smith
Fred B. Watkins
Grafton
Milantown
City
Frank M. Hollis, Jr
Taylor County Board of Trade
Watkins
Charleston
West Virginia
Mr. Watkins
Morgantown
Ringold
Monagalia
Monongalia
Blueville
Bureau of Public Roads
WINS ROOSEVELT AID FOR OHIO
Governor Davey and Francis Poulson depart the White House buoyant after President Roosevelt pledges 15 to 20 million dollars for public works funds to build a new penitentiary and repair state institutions. The plan avoids a costly special election by delaying the May primary to fill the vacancy left by the late Representative Truax, saving about half a million to six hundred thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Davey
Francis Poulson
Ohio Democratic Committee
White House
Ohio
Truax
Watkins Favored as GOP Governor Candidate in 1936
Sam T. Mallison writes in the Charles ton Whirligig and Wheeling Intelligencer that Judge W Merle Watkins of Taylor county is the ideal Republican nominee for governor in 1936. Reports from across the state indicate growing support for Watkins among Republicans and progressive Democrats who praise his ability and integrity and fit for the times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam T. Mallison
Charleston
Wheeling Intelligencer
W. Merle Watkins
Mallison
Judge Watkins
Merle Watkins
Taylor County
Times
Relocation Bids Opened by Styer Monday
Pittsburgh Aug 17. Bids are being received at the district United States Army Engineer Office in Pittsburgh for relocating 1242 feet of Baltimore & Ohio railroad line to the new 12 million dollar Tyearts River reservoir dam near Grafton West Virginia. Maj. W D Styer district engineer said bids will be opened and described the relocation project as one of the largest in connection with the new dam. It includes two concrete lined tunnels between Pleasant Creek valley and the Tyearts river.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Army Engineer's Office
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Grafton
W. Va
W. D. Styer
Pleasant Creek Valley
Tyearts River
Impersonator Jess Carpenter jailed after police badge claim
Parkersburg West Virginia August 17 officers investigated a charge that Jess Carpenter of Spencer flashed a police badge and threatened to arrest several people in a restaurant. He told them his name was Jess Webster of Charleston but authorities confirmed his identity.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Jess Carpenter
Spencer
Jess Webster
Charleston
Carpenter
Police Chief Sees Car Wreck From Front Porch
Parsons report states Police Chief M. M. Swearingen watched a crash from his porch and rushed out to arrest Woodrow Strawderman on a driving while drunk charge. He detained Cecil Stiles, age 35, passenger, on a revolver possession charge.
Memorial for Post Planned in Maysville Oklahoma
In Maysville Oklahoma grayhaired W F Post says the best place for final tribute to Wiley Post is at home as family plans a private service in the yard before the farm home. Post will be buried in Oklahoma City after the widow arrives from Ponca City and plans are finalized.
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Maysville
Okla
Wiley Post
Will Rogers
Alaska
W. F. Post
Roosevelt allocates funds for PWA projects nationwide
President Roosevelt allotted today 15,246,882 of work relief funds for 45 percent donations on 56 non federal PWA projects. Thomas-Tucker county in West Virginia received a 27,000 grant for an earth dam with concrete core wall spillway supply line pumping plant pump house chlorinator and intake well plus a 33,000 loan from PWA.
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Washington
Roosevelt
PWA
PWS
Thomas-Tucker
West Virginia
Speedy trial planned for G man killer
Government aims for an early trial for George W. Barrett charged with killing Federal Agent Nelson B. Klein after a gun battle. Barrett, from Lockland Ohio, surrendered after wounding Klein and another agent Donald C. McGovern. Barrett claimed he beat Klein to the trigger during the shootout.
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College Corner
George W. Barrett
Nelson B. Klein
H. D. Harris
Cincinnati
Bureau of Investigation
Barrett
Lockland
Klein
Donald C. McGovern
Charles B. Walke
McGovern
Col Knox Delayed By Automobile Collision
Col Frank Knox, Chicago publisher and potential Republican presidential candidate, was delayed in Covington Virginia overnight after a street collision with a Negro driver. No injuries occurred. Knox and his party resumed travel to Charleston West Virginia where he planned to speak.
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Covington
Frank Knox
Chicago
New Hampshire
Charleston
Col. Knox
Shooting of Woman Is Found To Be Accident
Moundsville affidavits report Mrs. Desmond Richmond was wounded as she left a Cameron church with her baby. Prosecutor John C. Hopkins says Lewis Blake, 23, admitted firing the shot after claiming to hear prowlers near his home. The incident was ruled accidental.
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Moundsville
John C. Hopkins
Desmond Richmond
Cameron
Bittner Explains Union Support for Guffey Bill
Van A. Bittner head of the United Mine Workers in West Virginia says the union backs the Guffey coal control bill to establish a price structure that allows operators to profit and pay miners a decent American wage scale.
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Charleston
van A. Bittner
United Mine Workers In
West Virginia
Will Rogers Wit Earned a Laugh from Coolidge
Hollywood reports recall Will Rogers mastering timely humor from press columns and his quips about War and peace. President Coolidge and others credited his bright, plain talking for illumination. Rogers joked about Ford peace ship, trench costumes, and a bet with Irvin Cobb about making President Calvin Coolidge laugh.
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Hollywood
Will Rogers
Daily Press
Wilson
Europe
Rogers
New York
Henry Ford
Coolidge
Irvin S. Cobb
Senate Approves Roaming Judge Bill For West Virginia
The senate approved a roving judgeship to aid federal court business in West Virginia. The bill, explained by sponsors as a way to reduce the caseload of the two district courts, moves to the house for action. Similar measures for Oklahoma, Tennessee and Kentucky were also approved.
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Washington
Senate
West Virginia
House
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Kentucky
Removal of Mercer NRS Chief Faced by Workers
In Bluefield on August 17 a mass meeting of relief workers demanded the removal of Elmer Smith head of Mercer county federal reemployment office over non residency. The meeting formed a three member committee to urge the county welfare board municipal officers and the Chamber of Commerce of Bluefield and Princeton to press for excluding non residents from Works Progress Administration project employment.
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Bluefield
Elmer Smith
Mercer County
County Welfare Board
Municipal Officers and
Chamber of Commerce
Princeton
Works Progress Administration
Grafton's Liquor Store Shows Modest Daily Sales
Grafton's liquor store, two months open, reports an average daily sale of $320.14 far below the state’s top store. Charleston No. 1 leads with $1,726.80 daily, placing Grafton twentieth in a countywide ranking. The State Liquor Control Commission released the figures.
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Grafton
Charleston No. 1
State Liquor Control Commission
Charleston
Clarksburg
Wheeling
Beckley
Parkersburg
Welch Huntington
Fairmont
Morgantown
Democrats drive to end session with five bills at risk
Washington August 17 The Democratic leadership pushes to adjourn congress next week with five major measures undecided. Key items include the Guffey coal bill, a 250 million tax bill, the omnibus banking bill, a new federal alcohol control plan, and a suit prohibition on gold payments for government securities. Some expect adjournment by Tuesday or Thursday, others say end of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
White House
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Senate-House
Seven Hurt In Fairmont Auto Crash Injures Bride
An automobile struck a pole in Fairmont West Virginia injuring seven people including Ardel Christie 24 and his bride of a week Virginia Alice Satterfield of Fairmont. Also injured were Estelle Madeline Duffy 18 Edward Smith Hilda McCloud Myrtle Smith and Herbert Kitzmiller all of Fairmont. Christie said bright car lights blinded him causing the crash. The bride is a former Miss Satterfield and related to Mrs Commodore Henderson.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Ardel Christie
Williamstown
Virginia Allice Satterfield
Estelle Madeline Duffy
Edward Smith
Hilda McCloud
Myrtle Smith
Herbert Kitzmiller
Christie
Public Service Commission Approves 45.5 Cent Gas Rate
Charleston August 17 The Public Service Commission approved a compromise rate of 45.5 cents per thousand cubic feet for gas provided by the Natural Gas Company of West Virginia in Wheeling.
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Charleston
Public Service Commission
The
Natural Gas Company of
West Virginia
Wheeling
Beauty in Slaying in Buffalo Beauty Arrest Quotation
Police quoted red haired Lucille Lavelle Horan former Vanities beauty after her arrest following the shooting of her husband Frank Horan a Buffalo restaurateur. Police said the 23 year old was shot during a quarrel over his alleged liquor indulgence. Five years earlier she had a brief jail sentence for weapon possession after a Broadway shooting affray and later worked as a club entertainer.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Lucille Lavelle Horan
Vanities
Frank Horan
Horan
Beauty
Broadway
Hopson respite from Senate probe in Roosevelt bill drive
Howard C. Hopson, wealthy utilities operator, was granted a brief respite from Senate and House lobby investigations. He will be recalled to the stand Monday to detail his role in the campaign against the Roosevelt utilities bill. Chairman O’Connor may also summon Frank R. McNinch to testify about lobbying for the bill.
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Washington
Howard C. Hopson
Seaate
House
Associated Gas and Electric
Roosevelt
McIntyre
O'Connor
House Lobby Committee
Administration
Frank R. McNinch
The
Power Commission
Hopson
Ethiopian Tribe Raids French Town Killing 100
The Stefani News Agency reports from Djibouti that the Issa tribe raided the Assaimara at Adagalle in French Somaliland. About 100 people were killed, including twenty French tribesmen. The governor-regent heads to Adagalle to investigate the attack.
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French
Rome
Stefani
Djibouti
French Somaliland
Harrar
Ethiopia
Adagalle
Huntington Adopts Big Budget with Extra Tax Plan
Huntington city council approves a budget of 1,075,519 dollars for the state’s largest city and introduces indirect taxes estimated to raise 198,000 dollars. Levies include a two percent tax on arrangements, two percent on public utility gross revenues excluding two railroads, plus 2 and 3 dollar charges on vehicles and trucks.
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Huntington
Chesapeake and Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio
Will Rogers Jokes Remembered by Government Leaders
Washington mourns Will Rogers and Wiley Post while officials recall Rogers humor and jibes. The Smithsonian plans to acquire Winnie Mae for a memorial, linking Rogers and Post in the exhibit. A Senate bill to fund Post’s stratosphere flights progressed as news broke.
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Post
Winnie Mae
Congress
Smithsonian Institution
Rogers
C. G. Abbott
The
Smithsonian
Senate
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Rolls
Trade Board
Board of Directors
Kump
Smith
RTE
Fred Watkins
Boost Watkins
ALG OP
Sam Mallison
Styer
Spencer Man
Thomas
G-Man
Slayer
Igen
Jody
Walke
Louisville
Harris
Edgar Hartman
Cincinnati Police
Bittner
Will
U.S
Mercer Nrs
Democrats
High Command
Guffey
Satterfield
Commodore Henderson
Byrns
Matanuska
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