Fatal Crash Claims Life Of Ardel Christie In Fairmont
Ardel Christie 22, formerly Virginia Alice Satterfield, died at Fairmont State Hospital after an auto crash Friday that injured seven others. Christie had lived in Grafton 11 years with her aunt Mrs Commodore Henderson and had recently married Ardel Christie. The accident occurred when the car left the road and struck a light pole.
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Ardel Christie
Virginia Alice Satterfield
Commodore Henderson
Fairmont State Hospital
Christie
Grafton
Henderson
Estelle Madeline Duffy
Edward Smith
Hilda McCloud
Myrtle Smith
Herbert Kitamiller
Fairmont
State Hospital
Ieomvianeg
Knox Speaker Tolily Clan Knox Speaker Tolily Clan
Col Frank Knox, publisher of Chisazo and New Hampshire, urges state rule to govern private life and preserve division of powers between federal and state governments at the Lilly clan reunion in Flat Top West Virginia. He cites Guffey bill as threat to NRA coal industry and champions federal restraint.
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Frank Knox
Chisazo
New Hamphire
Lilly
Knox
Iffey
NRA
Roosevelt to Speak in Milwaukee Amid Critics Friday Night
President faces opposition as Young Democrats gather in Milwaukee for a Friday night address possibly broadcast by radio. The White House maintains a quiet stance while critics sharpen their attacks on his policy and the looming 1939 western trip.
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Roosevelt
Milwaukee
Washington
West Coast
White House
Argely
Leap Frog in Nude Costs 18 Fines in Langhorne
In Langhorne Pennsylvania on August 19 a leap frog game in the nude involved 18 participants, six women and twelve men, each fined ten dollars by Magistrate Daniel Krouse after Constable Lin1ington led a raid spurred by neighbors complaints. The raiding party waited as the players dressed then were taken to a school bus for processing.
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Langhorne
Daniel Krouse
Samuel Linington
Summer Colony
Automobile Accident Fatality Involving Child Near Kearneysville
Thelma Twigg aged 12 died from back injuries after being struck by a vehicle at a road intersection near Kearneysville on Sunday afternoon while en route to ice cream. State police filed no charges yet against driver Elizabeth C Nichols of Shenandoah Junction as investigations continue.
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Mertinsburg
Thelma Twigg
Kearneysville
Here
Elizabeth C. Nichols
Shenandoah Junction
W. Va
Raiders Shut Royal Hotel in County Raid
Saturday night authorities led by Lee E Bennett raided the Royal Hotel at 55 West Main Street. Charges include immoral conduct and beer garden licenses. Mary Talkington and Carl Braun fined $20 each after guilty pleas. Kaiser couple and three others held awaiting arraignment. two jailed. Continued on page 4.
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O County
Lee E. Bennett
West Main Street
Royal
Charles Kaiser
H.W. Dent
Mary Talkington
Clarksburg
Carl Braun
Wheeling
Justice Court
Ona C. Jefferys
Braun
Talkington
Summer Resort Cottage Blaze Kills One Person
Niles Michigan August 19 Henry L Heckell of New Orleans was burned to death and six others narrowly escaped when fire destroyed two summer cottages at Barron Lake. Robert Alvaredo also of New Orleans was burned in a futile rescue attempt. Musicians John Bye Anderson Tl Wayne D Fawley Fort Wayne Ind were unhurt plus Mr and Mrs W H Moorman Bloomington WI escaped uninjured as flames spread to their cabin.
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Niles, Mich
Henry L. Heckell
New Orleans
Barron Lake
Robert Alvaredo
Heckell
John Bye
Anderson
Wayne D. Fawley
Fort Wayne
Ind
W. H. Moorman
Bloomington
Detroit women urge AAA to probe meat prices and cut costs
Five Detroit housewives led by Mary Zuk pressed AAA counsel in Washington asking for a 20 percent meat price reduction effective July 15. They accuse both government and packers of high prices, citing shop closures and a recent meat strike amid drought and tax policies.
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Washington
Detroit
AAA
Mary Zuk
Central Action Committee
Calvin B. Hoover
Vor
Oklahoma Honors Will Rogers and Wiley Post Dead in Alaska Crash
Oklahoma City memorials surge for Will Rogers and Wiley Post. The Oklahoma Philatelic Society urges a Rogers Post commemorative stamp to Roosevelt and Farley. Plans float renaming US Highway 66 Will Rogers Highway and Claremore airport memorials. Claremore hosts a funeral service in California. Claremore officials attend as Rogers home town reps.
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Oklahoma City
Post
Claremore
Will Rogers
Rogers
California
J. M. Davis
Tom McSpadden
Helen Easton
Ethel Lane
Jesse Bushyhead
Kansas City
Sixteen Die In Pennsylvania Accidents This Week
By the Associated Press. Automobiles trains and drownings claimed sixteen lives in Pennsylvania this week end. Two railroad workers were killed at work William F Gramm 61 Reading company car inspector run down by a train near Harrisburg Olive Lewis Pennsylvania company fireman electrocuted by a power line while a tender at Philadelphia Geo Humphries 40 dived into a pool near Stroudsburg and broke his neck Four others drowned Nine died in motor accidents.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
William F. Gramm
Reading Company
Harrisburg
Olive Lewis
Pennsylvania Company
Philadelphia
Geo. Humphries
Stroudsburg
Sheriff Reports Gruesome Find in Closed Gold Mine
Auburn California August 19 Sheriff Elmer Gum held one man as a cattle rustling suspect today and recounted a grisly discovery in an abandoned gold mine. He said the body of an unidentified man was found and that a second body likely remained in the shaft. Earl Craemer denied knowledge of the slaying.
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Auburn
Calif
Elmer Gum
Gum
Earl Craemer
Townsend Narrow Escape in Plane Disaster
Pittsburg Calif Aug 19 Scores of curious visited the air port today to stare at what was left of the plane which nearly cost Dr F A Townsend famed pension plan author his life when it cracked up yesterday in taking off Pilot Hulbert Hinkel at the controls with Dr Townsend and Edward J Margett of San Francisco state man ager of the Townsend clubs in the cabin the ship veered as it went down the runway and smashed into trees and a fence All three escaped unhurt.
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Pittsburg
Calif
F. A. Townsend
Hulbert Hinkel
Townsend
Edward J. Margett
San Francisco
Townsend Clubs
Harrison County Canning Project Proves Success
Clarksburg West Virginia Aug 19 Relief families in Harrison County have canned about 64,000 quarts of foods under the relief administration conservation program. Most products were grown in subsistence gardens tended by relief workers in summer. Relief leaders sponsored 68 canning meetings and demonstrations and aided 4,782 families in the work.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Harrison County
Relief Administration
Ships laden with Rogers and Post bodies reach Seattle hangar
The body laden plane carrying Will Rogers and Wiley Post arrived in Seattle from Vancouver at 9:15 a.m. local time and taxied into a United Air Lines hangar as police and guards surrounded the area. Col. Clarence Young and Amon Carter were present. Rogers funeral plans and further transfers to Los Angeles and Oklahoma City were announced, with services scheduled for Thursday.
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Seattle
Joe Crosson
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
Alaska
Vancouver
B. C
Boeing Field
Crosson
United Air Lines
Marine Corps
Col
Clarence Young
Pacific Coast
Pan-American Airways
Amon Carter
Fort Worth
Tex
Rogers
Los Angeles
Post
Oklahoma City
Point Barrow
Pan American Airways
San Francisco
Young
City Budget and Levy Approved by Tax Commissioner
City Finance Commissioner Charles E Rau announced receipt of the approved 1935-36 budget and levy estimates from State Tax Commissioner Fred L Fox. Rau said the budget drafting effort, aided by former office holders and city attorney W Merle Watkins, was successful and ratified by the tax office.
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City of
Grafton
Charles E. Rau
Fred L. Fox
Tax Commissioner's Office
Rau
Watkins
W. Merle Watkins
Liquor Raid Bullets Claim Life of Farmer
Hershel Bolder, 24, farmer, died from bullet wounds in a liquor raid described as accidental. Sheriff Roscoe O. Fowler and Deputy Hank Young led the raid and rushed the victim to a Gallipolis hospital. Young underwent a blood transfusion in a bid to save him.
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Pomeroy
Hershel Bolder
Farmer
Roscoe O. Fowler
Hank Young
Holder
Gallipolis
Young
Fowler
Will Rogers to be honored in multiple final services
Hollywood plans indicate two or three tributes for Will Rogers after his body returns from Alaska. Private family services are set for Thursday at Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery, with a public ceremony expected at the Hollywood Bowl. Cherokee delegation seeks permission to conduct tribal rites honoring the actor, who proudly claimed Cherokee heritage.
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Hollywood
Will Rogers
California
Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery
Hollywood Bowl
Humorist
Wiley Post
Mary Pickford
Edward Spence
Beverly Hills
Rogers
Clarence Davis
Davis
Woman Burns to Death in Chicago Hotel Fire
In Chicago near the north side a hotel room blaze killed one woman and critically injured another. Police tried to identify the deceased via phone calls from the room. The injured guest, Miss Sally Bruner, 27, a Pittsburgh native and resident, could not provide names or details. Fire Marshal Joseph Mackey attributed the fire to a cigarette.
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Chicago
North Side
Sally Bruner
Pittsburgh
Joseph Mackey
Budget approvals move forward in county and city units
Charleston August 19. The tax department reports approvals for 34 county courts 25 boards of education and 144 municipalities and these budgets are sent back to levying boards for the formal laying of tax levies tomorrow. Fred L Fox has yet to pass on budgets of 53 municipalities 18 county courts and 30 boards of education.
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Charleston
Tax Department
Just Mary Foils Theater Heist and Power Plot
A dramatic strip from New York tells of a gray Irish cleaner known only as Just Mary who foiled two gunmen holding a theater cashier by alerting staff and delaying their robbery. In Florida, O J Hall, head of the Marianna Groves and Marianna Light and Power, killed himself with dynamite as a robbery unfolded at his plant.
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Fort Myers
Fla
O. J. Hall
John R. West
Hall
Marianna
Marianna, Light and Power Company
Senate vote eyes new coal commission in Guffey bill
Washington August 19 The House passed the Guffey bill to create a National Bituminous Coal Commission to run a wage hour trade practice and price fixing code for soft coal. The measure imposes a 15 percent tax on coal value at the mine with a 90 percent drawback for compliant producers. The bill’s fate in the Senate remains uncertain as presidential aims grapple with tax legislation and adjournment timing.
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House
New Deal
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
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Flays Guffey Bill
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Hoover
Royal Hotel
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William Freeman
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