Landon to Open Campaign With Three Eastern Addresses
Governor Alf Landon shifts focus to a general campaign message with three eastern speeches planned. He will begin August 20 touring by train, delivering remarks in West Middlesex Pennsylvania birthplace and Buffalo New York, with a possible theme on governmental spending. He remains indoors due to muscular pleurisy while preparing the trip and a West Middlesex reunion with relatives is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estes Park
Colo
Alf M. Landon
Landon
West Middlesex
Buffalo
N. Y
Kansas
Drive Safely In Taylor County Safety Council Message
A Taylor County safety council urges caution on the roads with plain tips about drivers failing to see hazards, noting that collisions occur when things are unseen and a batter errs only harms himself, urging readers to be careful and proactive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babe Ruth
Fr Coughlin Falls Ill at Union Parley in Cleveland
The Rev Charles E Coughlin rests in seclusion after a sudden illness halted his address at the Union for Social Justice meeting in Cleveland. Dr George P O Malley described it as exhaustion and a nervous disorder as police guard his hotel room. William Lemke followed with remarks about Roosevelt being a bewildered Kerensky and Alf Landon described as dying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Union For Social Justice
Cleveland
Rush D. Holt
West Virginia
Charles E. Coughlin
NUSJ
Holt
Roosevelt
Central Press
Father Coughlin
George P.o'malley
Kerensky
William Lemke
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Youth Held For Murder As Fight Ends in Death
In Madison West Virginia on August 17 22 year old Tommy Elkins was jailed for murder after a rock he threw allegedly broke George Hughes neck during a roadside fight with Tiny Pauley. State Trooper Musgrave said Hughes tried to intervene and Elkins later confessed to the killing. Elkins claimed he saw his brother Halley Elkins fighting Pauley and joined in, leading to the fatal confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
W. Va
Tommy Elkins
George Hughes
C. B. Musgrave
Elkins
Hughes
Musgrave
Halley Elkins
Tiny Pauley
Pauley
Despondent Woman Ends Life By Taking Poison
In Elkins on August 17, Pearl White aged 40 ended her life by drinking poison at home, suffering for about twenty minutes after being admitted to a local hospital. Randolph County officials said no inquest will be held. Family members said she had often talked of ending her life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkins
Pearl White
Randolph County
Twenty Cases of Booze Found in Car
State troopers charged Lonnie Walsh of Huntington with illegal transportation of liquor after stopping his car and discovering 20 vases of whiskey. Walsh faced charges as the incident unfolded in Charleston on August 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Lonnie Walsh
Huntington
Walsh
Boat Wrecks and Rescue After Ohio River Collision
A crowd of 640 travelers on the excursion steamer Washington were stranded for eight hours after it rammed the gates of No 8 lock on the Ohio River near Wheeling West Virginia. The vessel listed badly, tearing a hole in its bow as ropes to the dock posts failed and engines did not reverse in time. Passengers were brought ashore by train after the incident occurred around 6 p.m. EST yesterday while en route from Wheeling to Chester. Continued on page four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newell
W. Va
Ohio River
Wheeling
Washington
Upper Ohio
Chester
WPA Increases Airport Spending Across Nation
The Works Progress Administration raised airport program authorizations from 23,111,886 to 40,690,290 between March 31 and June 30. The plan covers 506 projects in 438 locations with 72 new projects. In West Virginia, total airport construction funds reached 316,568, naming Charleston, Clarksburg, Elkins, Kingwood, Martinsburg, and Morgantown as active sites with specific allotments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Works Progress Administration
WPA
West Virginia
Charleston
Clarksburg
Elkins
Kingwood
Martinsburg
Morgantown
Court Hears Argument Over Education Board
Spencer Aug 17 Circuit Judge Lewis H Miller will hear arguments August 27 on a petition seeking removal of Ivan Morford from the Roane County board of education. The petitions claim Morford’s resignation was accepted then rejected and that the prior acceptance bars him from serving as a board member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Lewis H. Miller
Ivan Morford
Roane County
Big Picnic Draws Hundreds of RR Veterans in Grafton Park
About twelve hundred friends, employees, and members of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Veterans association gathered at Grafton park for the annual picnic. Transport vans and various local conveyances brought attendees. The event featured games, bingo, dancing, and sports from 1 pm until midnight, with Ralph Cline replying to Mayor E O Waugh’s welcome. Prizes were awarded throughout the day, including three grand prizes and opportunities for dance ticket holders to win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Veterans Association
Grafton Park
Ralph Cline
E. O. Waugh
A. Vegon
Jealous Wife Murders Husband and Kills Herself
Charleston authorities report a murder suicide case involving John Durham and his wife Lillian Durham. The coroner cites jealousy as the motive, noting Mrs. Durham shot her husband as he left their home and then killed herself under a neighbor's porch after a frantic exchange with police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
James Roberts
John Durham
Virginia Man Selected Regional Administrator
George S. Mitchell of Richmond Va began his duties in Raleigh N C as regional director for the Resettlement Administration covering Virginia West Virginia North Carolina Kentucky and Tennessee He succeeds Homer H B Mask in region No 4 Mitchell has served as special assistant to Administrator Tugwell for the past year and has been an administrative executive since May 1935
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George S. Mitchell
Richmond
Raleigh, N. C
Resettlement Administration
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
Kentucky
Tennessee
Homer H. B. Mask
Region No. 4
Mitchell
R. G. Tugwell
Mass shooting at Yukon dance hall leaves 11 wounded
Yukon police investigate a mass shooting that wounded 11 African American revelers as they left a Yukon dance hall. Richard Graham, 22, later died. Shells found near the scene are tested for origin and possible local purchases. Investigators plan to check nearby automobiles and track the bullets’ source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yukon
30 000 Attend Sunday Rally of Lilly Family
Flat Top West Virginia August 17 A huge Lilly Reunion crowd dispersed after two days of speeches by state nominees barred from politics U S Senator M M Neely and rival Hugh Ike Shott for re election Attorney General Homer A Holt and Republican Sumers H Sharp addressed the gathering the estimated turnout reached 30000 yesterday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flat Top
W. Va
Lilly Reunion Association
West Virginia
A. A. Lilly
U. S
M. M. Neely
Hugh Ike Shott
Bluefield
Homer A. Holt
Summers H. Sharp
Oil Man-Farmer Hangs Himself in West Virginia Barn
Edward Glover a 54 year old oil company pumper and farmer hanged himself in a barn at his Alvy farm Tyler county after an early dairy task. His son Roy found him. A coroner's inquest ruled death a personal crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithfield
W. Va
Edward Glover
Alvy
Tyler County
Glover
W. H. Dye
Sistersville
Taylor County Oil Dealers Organize, Officers Elected
The Taylor County Petroleum Industries Committee, a tax association of local oil men, organized at the Blent Avon hotel with J. Paul Murphy presiding. Shinn of Parkersburg spoke on the heavy tax burden on industry and consumers, signaling the need for organization to address petroleum taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Taylor County Petroleum Industries Committee
West Virginia Petroleum Industries Committee
Blent Avon
J. Paul Murphy
Shinn
Parkersburg
World Peace Advocated By VFW National Commander
National Commander James E. Van Zandt urged world peace at the VFW annual picnic in Grafton Park attended by about 1,000. He called for conscripting wealth and property during war to curb profiteering, urged neutrality laws, and pressed for better veterans’ care and soldier pay aligning with wartime labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V.F.W
James E. van Zandt
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Grafton Park
Grafton
van Zandt
Wheeling Prisoner Dies After Eating Soap in Jail
George Anfred, 26, a county jail inmate, died in a hospital after police reported he ate a bar of soap. Coroner E L Kaufman ruled the death occurred from toxic or acute poisoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
George Anfred
E.L. Kaufman
Forecast of 1936 National Income Near Sixty Billion
Commerce department officials forecast a 1936 national income close to 60 billion dollars balancing business outlay for the first time since 1929. The estimate, contingent on current trends, is based on seven months of 1936 readings versus 1935. Last year income was 52.959 billion after a 1929 peak of 81.034 billion and a 1932 low of 39.545 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce Department
Roosevelt Plans More Trips Soon From Hyde Park
President Roosevelt at Hyde Park in August 1917 moved to finalize details of an upcoming drought belt trip while considering a Mississippi River tour. Hannibal Missouri invited him to a river celebration and several towns along the stream sought visits, though no decisions were expected for three or four days as aides briefed from the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Mississippi River
Hannibal
The
Hudson
White House
Thornton overpass bridge project bid announcement
This morning a bid let date of September 1 was announced for the Thornton over head bridge. A. Lyle Fleshman, secretary of the State Road Commission, urged sealed bids. The contract covers grading draining and paving to straighten the highway and remove the hazard of crossing Po railroad tracks in Thornton. Eight steel beams will be set in a concrete substructure with a cement concrete floor. The project has been under consideration for some time and funding is allocated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton
A. Lyle Fleshman
State Road Commission
Two Bretz Girls Hurt in Parsons Auto Crash
In Parsons on Saturday night a car veered off Black Fork bridge and hit a guard rail injuring two Bretz sisters. Rosella Simmons 17 suffered concussion and possible skull fracture and remained unconscious. Agnes Simmons 14 broke her right arm. Driver Charles James 22 from Bergeo Webster County was shaken but uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Bretz
Rosella Simmons
Agnes
Charles James
Bergeo
Webster County
James
Vice Resorts Raided in Wheeling With 100 Arrested
About 100 people including 70 women appeared in Wheeling police court on disorderly conduct charges after weekend raids on resorts led by Police Chief Albert Megale. The operation involved 40 officers and seven radio scout cars. Aide reports a loiterer struck the chief during the raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
Albert Megale
Negroes Held in Murder of White Woman
Three Negroes, two women and a youth, were taken into custody in Chicago for questioning in the murder of Mrs. Mary Louise Trammell, whose nude body was found beaten to death in a State hotel room. Police traced phone numbers to the two women and hope to identify the prowler and the killer. Davis, a hotel bell boy, is questioned about activities. The crime marks the fourth hotel room slaying of women in recent months. Continued on Page Two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mary Louise Trammell
Tor
Near South Side
Myrtle Hynes
A. L. Martin
Claude P. Davis
Thomas Trammell
State Hotel
Victor Schlaeger
Wheeling Centenary Celebrations Spark City Pageant
Wheeling marks 100 years since incorporation with pageants parades and events expected to draw 500000 visitors. Governor Kump will crown Ann Wenzel queen after a parade from the high school to Island Stadium where On Wings of Time will be staged. The city, founded 1793 and incorporated March 11 1836, recalls its early history amid reenactments of Fort Henry and Revolutionary War scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
H. G. Kump
Ann Wenzel
Island Stadium
Ebenezer Zane
Virginia
Fort Henry
Betty Zane
Betty
Also Mentioned on This Page
Spain
Associated Press
Irun
San Sebastian
Espana
Bay of Biscay
Fort’ Guadalupe
Frontier Advices
Iran
Elninent
Badajoz
Taylor County Safety Council
Coughlin
FR. Coughlin
Union Parley
Lemke
Pittsburgh
Education Board
R.R
Virginia Man
Lilly Family
Road Commission
Vice Resorts
Slayer
Turner’s
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!