WPA Strikers Cut Off From Relief List Protest at WPA Projects
Cincinnati August 20 Officials cut off relief grants to workers who walked out on WPA jobs as labor unions formed picket lines at projects protesting wage scales. Five projects suspended due to refusals of union painters to accept pay. Bricklayers report others refusing calls. WPA administrator and county welfare director announce that those refusing WPA work will receive no further federal relief.
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Cincinnati
E. Baker
Bricklayers’ Union
Thay
Neer
L. A. Gillett
WPA
Robert C. Godwin
Fight for Fall Ranch Eviction Battle Over Foreclosure
Mrs. Pall hires lawyers to oppose eviction tied to mortgage foreclosure on Albert B Pall’s ranch home near Three Rivers New Mexico area. The lender E L Doheny backed loan tied to Pall’s bribery conviction in Teapot Dome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert B. Pall
Ary of
Bedriid
Pall
Three Rivers
N. My
Petition Drive Seeks Special Election On County Hospital
Taylor County Board of Trade and labor groups report 500 plus signers urging a court call for a special election to decide on a new county hospital. Petition threshold is 373, five percent of last general election votes. The meeting clarifies levy increases and outlines a small rise in the general county levy, with specifics on class property rates and a 50 percent maximum potential hike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County Board of Trade
Court House
Taylor County
John Edwards
Board of Trade
Frank Davisson
Organized
Governor Earle To Address Young Democrats Convention
Milwaukee reports the Young Democrats finalize plans for their national convention with President Roosevelt set to address by radio from the White House Saturday night. Governor George H. Earle of Pennsylvania was named principal speaker for Friday night with Senator Rush D. Holt of West Virginia and Senator F. Ryan Duffy of Wisconsin also on the program.
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Milwaukee
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania
Rush D. Holt
West Virginia
F. Ryan Duffy
Wisconsin
Indo-Vin credited for ending stomach agony in Charleston man
Mr. Russell Stalnaker of 62 Kelly Addition Charleston West Virginia says a year and a half ago stomach troubles caused gas belching and chest pain. He reports Indo-Vin cleared gas and improved digestion with no further stomach pains. Indo-Vin sold at Grafton Drug & Chemical Co and by other druggists.
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Russell Stalnaker
Kelly Addition
Charleston
W. Va
Grafton Drug & Chemical Co
Grafton
Levying Bodies Meet To Formally Set U K Tax Levies
Charleston reports that county courts boards of education and municipal councils convened to formally lay present fiscal year tax levies after Budget Commissioner Fred L. Fox approved budgets for 44 of 55 counties. Bids for highway projects were opened, with costs ranging and several contractors named for road and bridge works across the region.
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Charleston
Boards of Education
Fred L. Fox
Road Commission
Mount Vernon
Compu
29Th Street
Huntington
Whitney Brothers and Company
Follansbee
Fairy Glen
Brooke County
Clarksburg
Thetattela Construction Company
Oak Hill
Glen Jean Road
Keely Construction Company
Romney-Frenchburg
Murphy Construction Company
Morgantown
Moorefield-Baker Road
Harry M. Bates
Steubenville
Moundsville
Round Bottom
Gallipolis Ferry-Henderson Road
Tar Company
Southern Oil and Tar Company
Councilmanic Election Decided By Coins in Ohio Primary
East Liverpool August 20 Five pennies were shaken to decide the Democratic nominee for first ward councilman between Benjamin Ziegler and Harold Goodball et al. Ziegler called heads as coins rattled. Four pennies showed heads and Goodball conceded. Each candidate had 86 votes in the August 13 primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Liverpool
Benjamin Ziegler
Harold T. Goodballet
First Ward
Ziegler
Goodballot
Will Rogers Final Gift Reaches Wife in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills on August 20 1947 a small package arrived for Mrs. Rogers care of her brother J K Blake. The note bore Will Rogers signature handwriting and contained a red fox fur souvenir from Alaska where he died. The postmark read Juneau Alaska.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Will Rogers
Road work contracts for Spencer Wallback road and bridge
Billups Wellman and Company of Huntington awarded 39,923 for road mix surface covering 8 092 miles of Spencer Wallback road. Harry Hatfield Construction Company of Barboursville awarded 57,287 for construction of steel super structure and overhead bridge at 29th Street.
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Billups Wellman and Company
Huntington
Harry Hatfield Construction Company
Barboursville
29Th Street
Mysterious assailant strikes woman with club
A masked assailant warned Mrs John Nattress then hit her with a club in her backyard near Freedom. Neighbors report a person dressed as a woman had loitered nearby for days. The victim, 50, was found by her son Morris and is said to be in serious condition by a physician.
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John Nattress
Nattress
Morris
Trial of Mother and Daughter Postponed in Virginia
In Wise Virginia Judge H A W Skeen postponed until October the trials of Edith Maxwell a 21 year old school teacher and her mother Mrs Anne Maxwell charged with killing their father and husband Trigg Maxwell by striking him with a shoe during a family quarrel The defense won the right to separate trials for the daughter and mother with the state seeking the girl be tried for slaying her father after he threatened to spank her for staying out late
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Wise
H. A. W. Skeen
Edith Maxwell
Anne Maxwell
Trigg Maxwell
Grief Stricken Rogers Family Heads to Los Angeles
Grief stricken members of Will Rogers family are seen leaving New York by train for Los Angeles where funeral services are planned for the humorist. Rogers and aviator Wiley Post died in an airplane crash near Point Barrow Alaska. The bodies were flown from the disaster site to Los Angeles. The ROgers family pictured includes Miss Theda Blake sister of Mrs Rogers Jane Rogers Mary Rogers Mrs Rogers and Will Rogers Jr.
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Wiley Post
Sam
Gatty
Winnie Mae
Post
Alaska
Will Rogers
Rogers
Seattle
Prileft
Harold Gatly
New York City
Mrs. Post
Los ‘Angeles
Point Barrow
Portai
Post and Rogers
Los Angeles
Theda Blake
Janes Rogers
Mary Rogers
Auditor Issues Final Warning On Tax-Forfeited Lands
Charleston August 20 Former owners on state forfeited lands face eviction or prosecution says Auditor Edgar B Sims Thousands of acres including farm mine and timber lands remain under state control Tax redemption moratorium ends December 31 Properties must cover full taxes plus costs and interest or be bought by Public Lands Corporation Some buyers exploited delinquencies to acquire lands at reduced tax amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Edgar B. Sims
Sims
Public Lands Corporation
Veteran Miller Quits Mills Over Detailed Reports
Zenia Ohio August 20 veteran miller Ben Bilden announces closure of his flour and corn meal mills until normal operation can proceed without the necessity of furnishing minutely detailed reports to the commissioner of internal revenue.
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Zenia
Ben Bilden
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Grocer and Clerk Arrested in Stolen Goods Case
Huntington reports police arrest of N. F. Hutchinson, grocery proprietor, and clerk Harry Reynolds on a charge of receiving stolen goods. Lieutenant Swann says 16 robberies solved by the arrests. Both to be arraigned before Magistrate O. M. Phipns. Harold Trimble listed for service.
Six Men Held For Slayings Indictments in Lawrence County
Ironton Ohio August 20 six men indicted by a Lawrence county grand jury will be arraigned before Judge Dan C Jones in common pleas court tomorrow. The men include James Thompson of Hang Jing Rock and Frank Smith linked to multiple killings, Melvin Neff and Willard Ham jt tied to a marshal death, Albert Crabtree for a murder, and Grover Jones for a death connected to his aunt Sadie Jones.
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Ironton
Lawrence County
Dan C. Jones
Common Pleas Court
James Thompson
Hangjing Rock
California Rogers
Frank Smith
John Meyers
James Kemp
Portsmouth
Haverhill
Melvin Neff
Willard Hamjt
Wibu Bias
Proctorville
Rome
Albert Crabtree
Chester Moore
Grover Jones
Sadie
Jone
Complaining Wife Gets Worst of Law's Visit
Constable John Gerard visited the Wendel home of Mike Nickulick after Lola Nickulick accused him of assault. Police found 21 quarts of alleged home brew on the premises. Nickulick paid a $5 fine after arraignment before Justice Ona C. Jefferys. Mrs Nickulick faces charges of possession of illegal liquor on August 29.
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John Gerard
Wendel
Mike Nickulik
Lola
Nickulick
Ona C. Jefferys
Farmers seize U S Marshal at Plattsburgh sale
U S Marshal Henry Dillingham was seized by enraged farmers at a farm mortgage sale in Plattsburgh Missouri. He was harmed along with two other officials during the incident as authorities moved to regain control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Henry Dillingham
Plattsburgh
Warwood Blaze Destroys Store and Rooming House
Firemen contained a blaze at Warwood West Virginia destroying a store and a rooming house with estimated damages of 11000. Investigators blame an incendiary fire set in 12 places by a suspected firebug, with flames starting in the attic and spreading through most rooms. The incident occurred around 4 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwood
W. Va
Edward Rose
Rose
Relief at a Low Cost: Glenn's Pain-Well Tonic Ad
A vintage advertisement promotes Glenn's Pain-Well Tonic as a constitutional treatment for malarial or hay fever symptoms and summer colds. It claims to ease aches pains bad appetite and constipation as a whole body remedy suitable for those over fifty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn
Hopson Faces Contempt as He Reveals Huge Profits
Washington August 20 Howard C Hopson admitted profits of 3187000 drawn by him and family from Associated Gas and Electricity from 1929 to 1933. The earnings came from private companies selling services to system firms. He faced Senate lobby inquiry amid tense questioning and potential contempt charges for evading questions. Chesley W Jurney and Hopson counsel William A Hill were present as authorities warned of contempt.
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Washington
Howard C. Hopson
Sociated
Senate
Schwellerbach
Wash
Hopson
House Rules Committee
William A. Hill
Cousel
Chesley W. Jurney
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