4000 Communists Slaughtered by Chinese Provincial Troops
Hankow Aug 21 AP reported the slaughter of 4000 Communists by western Kiangsi province troops and the capture of 2000 Red rifles. The victory followed reports of Wusueh, a Yangtze river port, being burned. Also noted was a Baptist mission premises bombing in Kweilin, with Canton forces moving against rebels elsewhere.
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Hankow
Kiangsi
Yangtse
Wusueh
Hupeh
Yangtee River
Kiukiang
Baptist
Shanghai
Southern Baptist Mission
Kweilin
Kwangsi
Canton
Nanning
Aimee McPherson Prepares to Preach Amid Family Rift
Los Angeles Aug 21 UP Aimee Semple McPherson plans to occupy her pulpit Sunday despite illness. Tension grows between the evangelist and her mother Mrs Minnie Kennedy over illness details and a claimed broken nose. Mrs Kennedy leaves for the mountains after treatment at a sanitarium and may go to Olympia Washington. Doctor Edward H Williams says McPherson likely will return to the pulpit Sunday in line with her wish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
Angelus Temple
Minnie Kennedy
Olympia
Wash
Temple
Nations Seek Aerial Accord Between U S and Britain
At Washington August 21 the United States submitted to Great Britain a draft for a reciprocal aerial agreement. It would cover trans Atlantic flights and flights between the U S, Britain, and colonies. Currently each flight requires prior governmental permission of the country over which it would fly. The draft proposes streamlined authorization.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
Funeral rites for Miss Ethel Loar held in Clarksburg
Miss Ethel Loar daughter of Mr and Mrs L L Loar died at the family home in Clarksburg Tuesday evening. Funeral services will be at 7:30 this evening from 628 Mulberry street with Dr William E Craig and local pastors officiating. Burial will follow Friday at Bluemont cemetery in Grafton. Pallbearers are Clarksburg and Grafton men named in the notice.
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Ethel Loar
L. L. Loar
Clarksburg
Mulberry Street
Grafton
Bluemont Cemetery
William E. Craig
First Methodist Episcopal Church of
Charles G. Slater
Huntington
W. B. King
Charleston
Harry Howard
Wheeling
St A. Smith
Louis A. Johnson
Lloyd P. Souders
DH. E. Sloan
Howard L. Robinson
Robert Morris
W. A. Beavers
C. Jay Fleming
C. A. Keefer
B. F. Poe
Gratton
Rev Powell to Fill Baptist Pulpit in Grafton Union
Rev Leland Jerome Powell of Cincinnati a former pastor here for about ten years returns to fill the Baptist pulpit at Sunday evening union services. Special music will be provided by a massed choir from city churches. The new pastor Rev Mr Herod of Alderson will arrive September first to assume charge.
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Leland Jerome Powell
Cincinnati
First Baptist Church
Grafton
Mr. Powell
Herod
Alderson
Bee Ey
Watermelon weighs 128 pounds sent to President Hoover
In Savannah on August 21 a producer from Sandersville sends a 128 pound watermelon to President Hoover, touting it as the largest grown in the United States. The fruit travels amid a note of pride from KE. T. Clements and 4-H in AFKARANS Ue year mentions a purebred ewe project.
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Savannah
Hoover
United States
KE. T. Clements
Sandersville
Six Die When Yacht Islander Sinks in Gale off Cornwall
Six persons including a woman perished when the Royal Yacht Squadron yacht Islander ran ashore at Santinet Bay near Fowey Cornwall during a heavy gale. Signals of distress reached shore as a lifeline was shot over. coastguards failed to reach the vessel and heavy seas hampered rescue. Continued on page eight.
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Fowey
Cornwall
England
Royal Yacht Squadron
Santinet Bay
Royal ‘Yacht Squadron
Hearing closes in Billings Mooney pardon case
San Francisco, Aug 21. The state supreme court completed oral testimony and began deliberations on whether to recommend pardoning Warren K. Billings for the 1916 preparedness day bombing that killed 10 and wounded 40. Governor Young will be guided by the court’s findings. A separate Magney pardon petition also awaits consideration.
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San Francisco
State Supreme Court
Young
Warren K. Billings
Waster
Billings
Thomas J. Mooney
Search ends for Baltimore publisher Van Lear Black
Baltimore August 21 report states search for Van Lear Black publisher of the Baltimore Sun and Evening Sun ended as no survivors expected after he vanished from his yacht Monday night. Filing of his will is anticipated to be delayed a week or more. Estate estimated from 15 million to 40 million dollars. Black is described as Maryland’s wealthiest man.
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Baltimore
van Lear Black
Black
Baltimore Sun
Evening Sun
Maryland
Illinois Democrats Strike Anti-Dry Plank in Senate Bid
Illinois Democrats reject an anti dry platform in the state convention held in Springfield. James Hamilton Lewis, the Democrat candidate for the senate, announced support for repealing all prohibition laws. The convention adopted the platform without a formal vote.
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Illinois
Springfield
Iml
James Hamilton Lewis
Senate
Executrix Faces Contempt Charge in McGraw Estate Case
Mrs. Rose DeBeriz, executrix of the John T. McGraw estate, has been served with a summons to answer a contempt charge in Harrison county court for allegedly failing to pay 50 000 to about 24 creditors as directed by the January 1929 mandate. The estate faces about 1 015 000 in claims, with attorneys Friedman Warder Robinson and Gene Ford among those involved.
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Rose McGraw DeBerriz
Grafton
Washington, D. C
Sherif Mays
Harrison County Ceant Court
John T. McGraw
DeBeriz
McGraw Estate
Gene ‘Ford
de- Berriz
Huntington Drivers Hurt In Virginia Crash
Robert Edelam and W P Surrett of Huntington West Virginia were injured in a car accident near Troutville Virginia. Edelam was unconscious with a possible skull fracture and Surrett suffered a broken pelvis and internal injuries. Both were hospitalized in Roanoke.
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Roanoke
Val
Robert Edelam
W. P. Surrett
Huntington
W. Va
Troutville
Var Edelam
Surrett
Roanoke Hospital
Steam Engine Loses Run On Mountain Trip Start Tonight
Cumberland division offices announce a motor coach powered train will run on the Baltimore and Ohio line from Grafton to Belington, replacing steam service. Trains 36 and 35 will use the gasoline electric coach with combined baggage and express compartments, saving over $500 monthly. Trial runs show the new locomotive suits mountain duty on grades 17 and 15 miles.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Dutmidges
Cumberland Division
Grafton
Belington
Junior flier takes off on eastward hop
Ed die Schneider, 28, crowned east west junior trans continental speed king, departed Los Angeles aiming to beat west to east record. He previously flew Westfield NJ to LA in 28 hours 15 minutes, hoping to top Goldsborough 28 hours 18 minutes on return. With 140 gallons of fuel, he climbs fast. A three year study on honey production costs is under way in Minnesota.
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Los Angeles
Eddie Schneider
Albuquerque
N. M
Schneider
Westfield
N. J
Frank Goldsborough
East Coast
Goldsborough
Minnesota
Gerard names 59 men as rulers of United States
Former ambassador James W. Gerard says fifty nine men run the United States. He prepared a list for the New York Times to amplify a pamphlet endorsing British peers and a massed empire view. The list omits Hoover but includes Secretary Mellon among others.
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Gerard
United States
Hoover
Mellon
New York
James W. Gerard
Germany
New York Times
Viscount Rothermere
Lord
Beaverbrook
Rsa
Three Grafton Men Chosen Delegates to State Legion Convention
Three Grafton men were selected as delegates to the State Legion Convention in Clarksburg next week. The West Virginia drought committee named 55 county delegates to oversee drought relief, purchasing, and aid distribution, with roles for a county farm agent, home demonstration representative, local bank official, farm bureau head, Red Cross chair, county court president, and public health representative.
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Grafton
State Legion
Clarksburg
West Virginia Committee
Ba‘ureau
Red Cross
John J. Cornwell
Red, Cross
Gore
Estill
E S. Humphrey
State Farm Bureau
Visioner of Agriculture
Joh
rSmith and
Wat
ToFrame
Farm Board
Intermediate Credit Bank
Farm Loan Bank
West Virginia Legion Delegation Chooses Convention Team
At Clarksburg a West Virginia Ninth District Legion meeting drew 75 out of town guests with delegates chosen for the National American Legion convention. Officers include Arthur Yates as publicity officer and W C Ingram as convention committee chair. Kerr Elkins among others named to committees. drum corps and piano solo entertained guests. refreshments served by Taylor County unit.
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Hérman I. Kerr
Hilkiumy
Amecan. Legion
Ton
R. L. Foley
Gra
Arthur’ Yates
W. C. Ingram
Frank Weimer
Elkins
Clarksburg
Virginia
Algo
Wark
Potlow
Mize Anna
Lorain Orchestré
sandWwich
Taylor County
Hatfield Seeks New Date for 6 P.M. Meeting
Charleston Aug 21 T P Hill secretary of the Republican State Committee said there is no intention of dropping Senator Walter S Hallanan from calling a meeting of the Republican State Executive Committee at Clarksburg next Monday morning August 25 Hill commented on Senator Hatfields urging the call be rescinded and a new date set so Hallanan now on vacation could attend Hill added he did not know Hallanan was out of the state when the call was issued by Charles Carrigan
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Charleston
T. P. Hill
Republican State Committee
Walter ’S. ‘Hallanan
Republican National
Hatfield
Republican National Committee
Hallonan
Chicago Aims to Host Big Air Races With Planes
The Associated Press reports planes from Long Beach Seattle Hartford and Miami head toward Chicago as the two man Browns ville to Chicago derby continues toward the National Air Races opening Saturday. Six women flyers who began in Long Beach Aug 17 race toward Amarillo and will finish in Chicago Monday. Additional derbies from the east and west start today as five Hartford area planes head for Chicago Sunday.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Long Beach
Cal
Seattle
Hartford
Contin
Miami
Fla
Brownsville
Tex
Curtiss-Reynolds
Amrillo
Fort Worth
Conn
Al Smith Predicts Prosperity Under Democratic Rule
Former New York governor Alfred E. Smith predicted that the Democratic party would soon be in control and bring prosperity to the nation and to his own prospects. He spoke in a message expressing regret at not being able to see certain leaders and developments.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
Democratic Party
Milton
Tee Ste
Anu Ontioe
Belive Fall Victim Banker Samuel I Lipp Found Dead
Samuel I Lipp a Cincinnati banker and attorney president of the county Savings and Loan Co was found dead by a New York Central train near Littts reportedly after falling from a car The coroner reported no foul play and personal items traced his past role as chancellor of the Pyths in Cincinnati remains noted
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Samuel 1. Lipp
Cincinnati
New York Central
Victm
York Central
Lipp
The
Pythdas
New Cincinnati
Samuel I. Lipp
Littts
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