Mayor defies judge on utility services for crash victim
Hollywood tributes unfold as Will Rogers memorial rites attract 100s. The Hollywood Bowl and Beverly Hills church host public and private services with 12,000 theaters darkened nationwide. Gov Merriam calls for statewide minute of silence at 2 pm. Reports show Huntington mayor defying court order to retain municipal power plans.
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Will
Roosevelt
William T. Tarrant
Herbert A. Jones
Hollywood Bowl
Community Presbyterian Church
Beverly Hills
Rogers
Govessor
Frank F. Merriam
Californi
Claremore
Okla
Chelsea
Argus J. Hamilton
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America
Forest Lawn Memorial ‘Park
Glendale
House seeks to modify neutrality resolution to avoid ill will
A Washington August report says the House plans a compromise arms embargo as part of neutrality legislation. Changes aim to broaden the seven point plan with a credit embargo on warring nations, while shifting the embargo date to lessen focus on the Italian Ethiopian conflict.
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House
Washington
Aug
White House
Senate
Vigilantes Drive Out Alleged Communists in Sonoma County
In Santa Rosa August 22 the self-styled vigilantes raided Sonora county housing and labor leaders. About 300 men in 50 cars disguised with masks or old clothing tarred and feathered two men named Jack Green and Solomon Nitz, and forced three others Ed Wolf George Ford and C Meyer to leave the county by 3 p.m. The mob used tear gas and gunfire, demanding the targets kiss the American flag before release.
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Santa Rosa
Calif
Aus
Sonora County
Jack Green
Solomon Nitz
Hore
Two Rocks
Petaluma
Nueburg
Green
Ed Wolf
George Ford
C. Meyer
Nitzburg
Last Honors for Aviator Wiley Post
Oklahoma City plans a noon to 2 p.m. public vigil in the capitol rotunda for world flyer Wiley Post who died with Will Rogers in a recent crash. Gov. Marland and dignitaries will attend brief services at the Baptist church at 2 p.m. Post’s body will lie in state until noon, then be moved to Fairlawn cemetery. widow to decide Arlington or Oklahoma City final rest. National guard planes will form overhead. Roosevelt directs a general officer to attend.
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Oklahoma
Wiley Post
State Capitol
E. W. Marland
Will Rogers
Alafea
Gyf'st Baptist Church
Post
Capitol
National Guard
Fairlawn
Arlington Cemetery
Roosevelt
H.W. Butner
Field Artillery School
Fort Sill
Bennett Griffin
Jimmy Mat
Coffman Miner Killed As Freight Train Passes
George Orfanus, 29, of Coffman, was killed near Kingmont when 20 B and O gondola cars rolled over him after he was struck while allegedly sleeping on the track. The engine rostered 90 empty cars before the fatal car. Continued on page eight.
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George Orfanus
Coffman
Kingmont
Bituminous Production Shows Pickup For Week
The National Coal Association reports U S bituminous coal output for the week ended Aug 17 about 10 000 net tons. Compared with the prior week 4 918 000 tons were produced, and a year ago 5 73 000 tons. In 1915 four states produced nearly 279 000 000 tons, with 145 000 000 shipped out almost 52 percent. in 1929 the shipped percentage rose to about 61 percent. The report notes local usage in the four largest soft coal states declined from 1918 to 1929 both in share and tonnage.
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New York
National Coal Association
United States
Bureau of Mines
B&O Expected To Post Million Dollar Loss
Dow Jones reports Baltimore and Ohio Railroad likely to show a July loss near one million dollars due to a drop in coal shipments. June net income was 73,987 dollars and July of last year posted a 151,456 dollar loss.
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New York
Dow. Jones & Co
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co
John L. Lewis to Speak at Fairmont Labor Meeting
John L. Lewis president of the United Mine Workers of America will address a labor meeting Sunday at Fairmont. Sponsors forecast over 3000 attendees from northern West Virginia Pennsylvania Ohio and Maryland. J B Easton of Charleston president of the West Virginia state federation of labor will also speak.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Maryland
J. B. Easton
Charleston
State Federation of Labor
Lottery gang battle leaves two dead in Newark
In Newark New Jersey a fight at the headquarters of a lottery gang killed two men Vincent Troia and Frank Longo and left three others critically wounded. Police broadcast an alert for three armed men traveling in a car with stolen plates. Jerome Bevinetto 41 was wounded in the chest and side.
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Newark
N. J
Vincent Troia
Frank Longo
Jerome Bevinetto
Seek to Organize Dam Workers at Tygart River Project
The Sentinel hears of an effort to form a union for laborers on the $16,000,000 Tygart river flood control dam construction. Organizers target Frederick Snare Corporation and Sutton Corporation workers, seeking higher wages than current rates. Present pay ranges are 45 cents for common labor, 60 cents for semi skilled, and $1.10 for skilled, with a 30 hour weekly limit.
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Tygart River
Sentinel
Frederick Snare Corporation
Snare
Sutton Corporation
Ethiopia Declares No Blood Drawn First In War
Emperor Haile Selassie, praying at Addis Ababa, says Ethiopia will not draw the first blood even if war comes, expressing faith in England and hope the League of Nations finds a solution. He warns the kingdom will defend its soil if required.
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Associated Press
London
Mussolini
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Italy
Paris
France
Madrid
Spain
James A. Mills
The
Assed Press
Ethiopia
Stu
England
League of Nations
Huntington Officials Weigh Reopening Gas Rate Fight
May or Martin V. Chapman will confer today in Morgantown with Charleston and Williamson officials about reopening the United Fuel Gas Company rate east before the Public Service Commission. The commission rejected a petition for a temporary rate and ruled that such rates require a full hearing.
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Huntington
Martin V. Chapman
Morgantown
Charleston and
Williamson
United Fuel Gas Company
Public Service Commission
Veteran Charles Town Lawyer Frank Bushong Dies at 62
Charles Town W Va Aug 22 Rites will be held here tomorrow for Frank L Bushong 62 longtime attorney since 1900 native of Shenandoah county Va who died suddenly at a local hospital Wednesday after a heart attack He was stricken while attending a bankruptcy hearing where he appeared as counsel Surviving are his widow two sons a daughter four brothers and a sister.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Frank L. Bushong
Shenandoah County
Ocal
Virginia
Twenty Workmen Die In Hangar Collapse in Brasov
In Brasov Romania on August 22 twenty workers were killed and about thirty injured when the steel frame of a new airplane hangar under construction collapsed. Authorities feared more bodies under debris and the architects were arrested.
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Brasov
Romania
Chambers Prepares Report On Doss Death At Pruntytown
James A. Chambers, president of the board of control, prepared his report to the governor on Neal Doss's death at the Industrial School for Boys in Pruntytown. The hearing wrapped up yesterday. officials offered no statements. Doss died January 28 and was certified to have died from infectious spinal meningitis.
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Doss
Chageston
James A. Chambers
Board of Control
Neal Doss
Industrial School For Boys
Pruntytown
Mother Who Slew Child Collapses at Bier Side
Newburgh N Y August 22 UP Mrs Dorothy Sherwood 27 a former burlesque dancer who said she drowned her two year old son to keep him from starving nearly collapsed when she saw the tiny form in its white casket in a morgue today.
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Newburgh
Dorothy Sherwood
Youth Confesses Two Murders Buried Bodies In Mine
Auburn California August 22 The sheriff announced that Earl Cramer Sheriff Elmer Gunn said a 21 year old itinerant prospector confessed to killing James C Kennett Sr a retired Chicago contractor and another red headed youth in two separate incidents. He led investigators to abandoned mine shafts where Kennett body was buried and the red headed youth was found. The killings arose from disputes over food and a rifle.
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Auburn
Calif
James C. Kennett, Sr
Chicago
Earl Cramer
Elmer Gunn
Gum
Kennett
Cramer
Gumn
Berkeley Co Teachers Protest Salary Slashes
Martinsburg August 22 about sixty nine teachers protested through Attorney Harry H. Byrer against salary reductions. The Berkeley county board of education heard the protest while framing a budget. Byrer claimed the board lacks legal right to cut salaries under state aid plans because contracts for the forthcoming term are already made.
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Martinsburg
Harry H. Byrer
Berkeley County
Louis Baer Heavyweight Bout Set for Yankees Stadium
New York Aug 22 The 15 round heavyweight bout between Joe Louis and Max Baer is scheduled for Tuesday Sept 24 at Yankee Stadium under the 20th Century Sporting Club with Milk Fund support. Jacobs says gate may top 500000 with stadium capacity over 85000, promoter announces from New York offices.
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New York
Joe Louis
Detroit
Max Baer
Yankee Stadium
Mike Jacobs
20Th Century Sporting Club
Milk Fund
Jacobs
Chicago
Brown
Baer
New Rail Pension Bill Approved by Committee
Washington August 22 The House Ways and Means Committee approved a measure to fund pensions for railroad workers. The plan sets a total 7 percent tax, split equally between a payroll tax on carriers and an income tax on workers. The original proposal had 4 percent on employers and 2 percent on workers.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Roosevelt
Mass Meeting for Hospital Monday Night
A Taylor county mass meeting will be held Monday night at the county courthouse to organize and elect officers for a county hospital association. The drive for a new county hospital is led by the Taylor County Board of Trade with labor groups transferring the campaign to the new organization. The group plans to apply for a PWA loan to finance 45 percent of the construction cost.
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Taylor County
County Court House
Frank M. Hollis,Jr
Taylor County Board of Trade
Board of Trade
PWA
Delegate outlines need for special legislative session
Moundsville August 22 delegate Allen Simmons Republican urged Governor Kump to convene a special session. He proposed five relief measures including enabling WPA funds for school buildings, permitting federal funds for secondary roads, municipal relief, care for unemployables returned from the federal level, and allowing political subdivisions to get PWA loans and grants.
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Moundsville
Allen Simmons
Republcan
Kump
PWA
Jane Lew Youth Named State Health Champion
Jane Lew 17 year old Paul May won the Four H health contest with 99.6 points, narrowly ahead of Carroll Ford and Edward Smith who tied for second with 88.5 points. May will represent West Virginia at the national health contest in Chicago in November.
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Jacksons Mill
Paul May
West Virginia
Chicago
D May
Jane Lew
Carroll Ford
Upshur County
Ee Old Smith
Hampshire County
Mystery in lobby telegram ties Hopson and Robinson
Washington reports a Senate lobby probe centers on a telegram mentioning C. U. Hopson and Robinson could not identify the man linked as C. U. The exchange notes C. U as a friend with interests, while Kies Bruce Kremer is named separately as a known figure amid debates over the Wheeler Rayburn utility bill and related gas and electric group activity.
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C. U
Senate
Howard C. Hopson
Bernard B. Robinson
Robinson
Wheeler-Rayburn
Hopson
B. K
B. Kies
Bruce Kremer
Democratic National
Black
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