Movie music writer shot in own home
Hollywood reports the death of Jerry Jarregin, composer and husband of actress Franklin, found with a bullet wound in his right temple in his Lake Hollywood Drive home. Police captain Bert Wallis said it appears to be death by his own action. a revolver lay nearby. Three guests were in the house at the time, including Mrs Dorothy Watson, Lake Charles, La., Franklin’s niece. Page six continuation.
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Hollywood
Jand
Jerry Jarregin
Franklin
Jarnegin
Lake Hollywood Drive
Bert Wallis
Los Angeles Police Department
Wallis
Jamein
Friendly Card Game Raided by Officers
Patrolmen Earl Demoss and Josh Mask of the city police raided a Main street basement late Saturday night, arresting five men for gambling. The detainees Frank Johnson Davy Johnson George Humphrey Dorsey Rosier and withur Newcome were released on recognizance after orders to appear at the mayor's office. They claimed the gathering was a social game of rummy.
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Earl Demoss
Josh Mask
Frank Johnson
Davy Johnson
George Humphrey
Dorsey Rosier
Withur Newcome
House Speaker Rainey Dies After Illness in St Louis
Henry T Rainey longtime Speaker of the House died yesterday in a St Louis Missouri hospital after weeks of illness Thought to be recovering from bronchial pneumonia his death was caused by a sudden attack of angina pectoris He was a prominent Democrat and served in Congress for many years.
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Rainey
Atlanta
M.D
St. Louis Hospital
St. Louis
Henry T. Rainey
House of Representatives
de Paul
H. W. Soper
Carrollton
Til
Ilinois
John Nance Garner
Texas
Yates Picked to Represent Grafton Post at Convention
Arthur G. Yates and John Edwards will represent Taylor County Post No. 12 at the Mountain State World War Veterans convention in Parkersburg on September 2 to 5. Past Commanders E G Kuhn announced the picks and named Joseph Haldeman and M B Murray as alternates. Governor Paul McNutt is listed among speakers.
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Arthur G. Yates
American Legion
John Edwards
Taylor County
Parkersburg
E. G. Kuhn
Joseph Haldeman
M. B. Murray
Kuhn
Paul McNutt
Textile Strike Aimed at Elimination of Machines
In New York on August 20 the preliminary aim of a general strike in the cotton textile industry, set for about Labor Day, was disclosed as a fight against the machine. Francis J. Gorman of the United Textile Workers of America described the move as a battle against the stretch out system where workers face increasingly speeded-up machines.
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New York
Francis J. Gorman
United Textile Workers of America
Campbell family takes Clarksburg Salvation Army citadel
Major and Mrs John Campbell who led the Clarksburg citadel since September 1 1926 have been transferred to the local army post succeeding Captain and Mrs W H Arnold who led here for six years and have been moved to the Wheeling citadel Major Campbell and wife arrive here Wednesday August 29 to begin new duties as Captain and Mrs Arnold depart for Wheeling to assume new posts
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John Campbell
Clarksburg Citadel
Salvation Army
Army
W. H Arnold
Wheeling
Campbells
George
Marshall
Baltimore
Campbell
Arnolds
Arnold
Tygarts Valley reservoir dam plans move toward bids
Pittsburgh Aug 20 Plans for the 12 000 000 Tygarts Valley reservoir dam near Graf ton West Virginia have reached the stage to call for bids about Sept 15 open them Oct 15 and start work soon after The dam will be a concrete straight gravity structure about 237 feet high with a crest length near 1850 feet It will include eight gate valves for navigation and a 69 mile shoreline The project is funded by the PWA with 12 750 000 allocated and is the first of eight dams planned by the Pittsburgh Flood Commission
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Pittsburgh
Tygarts Valley Reservoir
Grafton
W. Va
W. D. Styer
U. 8
Tygart
Pittsburgh Flood Commission
Mononga‘hela
PWA
Pege Five
Railroad man falls between cars in city yards
Lawrence W. Kinter, a Baltimore & Ohio conductor of 821 Boyd Street, stepped from a moving box car in the local yards near the passenger station at 3:45 PM. He suffered severe scalp wounds and a hip injury but, despite initial fears, no bones were broken. An arc light blinded him as he walked atop the car, leading to the fall. He was rushed to City Hospital for treatment.
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Lawrence W. Kinter
Boyd Street
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Pasenger Station
City Hospital
D.C. Peck
Kinter
Spersgsines
Festival of Choirs At Mountain Lake Park Draws Thousands
The Mountain Choir festival at Mountain Lake Park featured about 500 choristers from over 20 churches performing sacred music in a two session event. Five judges rated each choir as audiences of thousands plus 1,500 in the evening enjoyed orchestral and solo offerings. Frostburg’s St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran won first with Terra Altas First Presbyterian second and Cumberland Md Emmanuel Episcopal third amid a large, enthusiastic crowd.
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Mountain Choir
Mountain Lake Park
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Mountain Lake
Proown
Frostburg
James Stainer
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran
First Presbyterian
Terra Alta
W. Va
Emmanuel Episcopal
Cumberland
Center Street Methodist Episcopal
Cumberland, Md
Sentinel Presents Real Circus Treat for Kids
The Sentinel announces an exclusive arrangement with Jack Hoxie, famed cowboy screen star, appearing Friday with Downie Brothers circus. Howard H. Holt, editor, promises a real circus treat for all kiddies in Grafton and vicinity. Full details to be revealed in Wednesday display ad.
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Jack Hoxie
Downie Brothers Circus
Howard H. Holt
the Sentinel
Grafton
Vicinity
The
Sentinel
Kelly to Leave Holt Senate Campaign Roles
Robert G. Kelly, state Democratic chairman, will not manage Rush D. Holt's bid for senator. He is slated for replacement due to bronchial pneumonia and illness.
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Robert G. Kelly
Rush D. Holt
Gunmen Slay Baby Playing With Parents in Wagon
Chicago August 20 two and a half year old Robert Pitts Jr died at South Chicago hospital after a bullet struck him in the head while he rode in a red wagon with his parents imitating horses. Four men in a sedan fired the fatal shot as they rode past on Stoney Island avenue near Ninety-Third street.
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Capone
Atlanta
Alcatraz
Mississippi River
al Capone
Chicago
Robert Pitts, Jr
South Chicago
Robert Pitts
Stoney Iland Avenue
Ninetieth Street
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Twenty Injured As High Bridge Snap Sends Picnickers Fleeing
Glasgow Kentucky August 20 authorities report twenty persons injured when a suspension foot bridge over the Little Barren river snapped during Sulphur Wells annual celebration. Picnickers were hurled about twenty feet into the river bed. six seriously hurt though not believed critical.
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Glasgow
Little Barren River
Sulphur Wells
Mass meeting at court house forms committee to challenge welfare cuts
About 600 people attend a Saturday night session where Assessor Ed Locke Jr presides as speakers condemn a cut in welfare workmen hours. A seven member committee is chosen to press FERA officials for more jobs, with emphasis on fair distribution across counties and districts.
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Ed Locke
Court House
FERA
Paul W. Gunn
Webster
Charles McCoy
Ernest Lee
Charles C. McCafferty
James Boice
Charles Withers
Flemington
H. O. Trickett
Fetsterman
Withers
N. L. Beckner
Curve Bridge
Dr Charles Wells to Speak at Optometric Meeting
Dr Charles M Wells a well known optometrist in this city has been chosen as a principal speaker for zone three of the West Virginia Optometric Association meeting in Clarksburg at the Waldo Hotel Wednesday evening at 8 o clock. He will discuss Basic Diagnostic Interpretation.
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Charles M. Wells
West Virginia
Optometric Association
Clarksburg
Waldo Hotel
Motiveless Shooting Probed by Preston Officers
Preston county officers investigate a seemingly motive-less ambush shooting at Gorman near Tunnelton Saturday night. Ernest Radkey, 38, of Hiera, was wounded as Tom Knight 60 and George Knight 28, both of Denver near Tunnelton, were arrested. The Knights, said to be drunk, are detained at Preston county jail in Kingwood awaiting Radkey’s condition update.
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Preston County
Gorman
Tunnelton
Tom Knight
George
Denver
Ernest Radkey
Hiera
Preston
Kingswood
Radkey
Auto plunges off mountain killing two children and two women
Parsons report describes a car plunge on route 5 near Harman at 4 PM. A mother and her child died in hospital, two young girls perished at the crash, and two Leek children plus three others were injured, with two more dead by morning. Brakes reportedly locked before the descent, the car tipping 600 feet down the mountainside.
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Parsons
Allegheny Mountain
Harman
Willie Graham
Charleston Avenue
Charleston
Elkins
Gladys Leek
Graham
Eloise
Winifred Cyrus
Catherine Booth
Leek
Doris
Edna
Edwin Booth
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Hitler foes reveal some little power
Berlin August 20 Associated Press dispatch reports Germany conducted a one man election to confirm Hitler as president after Hindenburg's death. The official tallies show 38,362,780 Yes and 4,207,654 No with 872,398 invalid ballots, while analysts note waning enthusiasm and a drop in Nazi party votes since November plebiscite and Reichstag results.
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Elmer W. Peterson
Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
von Hindenburg
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