Equal benefit for veterans urged at state Legion convention
Philadelphia August 25 A policy of canal treatment for veterans widows and orphans of all wars to place all veterans on a common footing was urged by Louis A Johnson national commander of the American Legion before the Pennsylvania state convention He called for permanent classifications and fixed benefit determinations to reduce maladministration and to ensure adequate provisions during normal economic conditions for all service connected disabled veterans He urged recognizing incapacitated veterans as dependents of the federal government. R. Burk e family obituary details. Funeral at St Johns Catholic church Saturday. Burial in Newburg Catholic cemetery.
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Louis A. Johnson
American Legion
Pennsylvania
Legionnaires
National Legion
Chicago
Rick
Norah Burke
Burke
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Knights of Columbus
Catholic Church
Wallace Cockrell
Newbury
Edith
Mabel Burke
Frank
Kenna Burke
Anna Daley
George Fretwell
Rowlesburg
Patrick Watkins
Patrick Coyle
Patrick Burke
Cumberland
Vernon Wolfe
Moundsville
St. Johns Catholic Church
Father O'Reilly
Newburg Catholic Cemetery
John Burke 63 Dies After Paralytic Stroke
Newburg aged 63 retired rail engineer John Burke died at his Water street home yesterday after a paralytic stroke. Burke was born in Rodemer near Rowlesburg, a son of Pat Burke and details follow in the obituary.
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John Burke
Newburg
Water Street
Mr. Burke
Rodemer
Rowlesburg
Pat
Standard Oil Of New Jersey Seeks 200000 Extra Shares
New York Aug 25 Standard Oil Company of New Jersey has applied to the New York Stock Exchange for listing of an additional 200000 shares of its capital stock issued in connection with the employees subscription allotment for last half of 1933. Listing will leave outstanding 25940965 shares from an authorized issue of 300000000.
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New York
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
New York Stock Exchange
Stock Market Advance Becomes Widened Rise
New York stock market turned a sworing advance into a broad rise. Equities surged about five points with widespread participation and higher volume. Homestate Mining gained 24 points as transfers reached around 3,000,090 shares.
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New York
Homestate Mining
Fruit and grain crops battered by hard eastern rain
Martinsborg witnesses thousands of dollars in crop damage after a fringe of the eastern storm dumps 402 inches of rain in 18 hours. Mature corn lay down under high winds while harvest peaches and ripening apples were blown from trees in massive losses.
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Martinsborg
Prison-made goods appeal heard in Washington
West Virginia prison warden Dr Clinton McClintic warned at federal hearings that barring prison-made goods from retail sales would cost taxpayers about 100000 dollars annually. He noted 200000 inmates nationwide produce goods for outside sale and urged that prison factories not be shut, saying current funds are insufficient to run the prisons.
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Washington
Clinton McClintic
West Virginia
Moundsville
McClintic
Recovery Administration
A .D. Whiteside
Cuba Calls Election In Havana Decree to Dismiss Machado Regime
Provisional President de Cespedes issued a decree wiping out all remnants of the Machado regime, dissolving congress, and calling new elections for February 24, 1934. The measure voids Machado acts since May 20, 1929, while pledging to honor international obligations. The move follows public demand for a housecleaning and faced opposition from United States Ambassador Sumner Welles who urged continued constitutional forms.
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Havana
de Cespedes
Machado
Congress
Gerardo Machado
United States
Sumner Welles
Carlos Saladrigas
Disclose And Fail Plot To Manufacture Bogus Money In Prison
Washington August 25 The justice department disclosed the discovery and frustration of a plot to manufacture counterfeit money by inmates of Leavenworth penitentiary. Dr H D Powers assistant pedologist of the public health service was reported by the department to have been from duty at the institution pend-
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Washington
Justice Deartment
Leavenworth Penitentiary
H. D. Powers
Public Health Service
Department
Prison official linked to counterfeit materials found
Authorities report that during ongoing probes five counterfeit items were discovered in a section of the prison under the direct supervision of a named official. Investigators are reviewing security lapses and potential connections to broader illicit activity.
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Ing
NRA door to door canvass planned in Roosevelt push
Washington reports the blue eagle reemployment drive moving ahead with a nationwide door to door canvass aimed at 1.5 million participants. The effort seeks fair practice codes for the retail trade while coordinating coal industry talks and awaiting a new automobile code.
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Washington
NRA
Blue Eagle
Hugh Johnson
Roosevelt
United States
Arthur D. Whiteside
Robber Buckingham Captured After G. M. Supple Store Hideout
In Rowlesburg a heavily armed posse captured Benjamin Buckingham, 35, hiding atop a refrigerator in the G. M. Supple meat and grocery store. Buckingham, married with eight children, confessed to robbing Adams and Moore grocery earlier, Pickering's department store, and the Griffin store in recent weeks. He was taken to Preston County jail in Kingwood. John Wheeler, 19, and town sergeant Arliss Knotts helped organize the search after Buckingham climbed to a rear window eighteen feet above ground.
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Rowlesburg
G. M. Supple
Benjamin Buckingham
John Wheeler
Rolesburg
Buckingham
Wheeler
Arliss Knotts
Knotts
Sergt. Knotts
Preston
Kingwood
Reorts
Sheriff's Office
Adams and Moore
Pickering's Department
Griffin
Coal Leaders Hold Conference on Wages Hours Rule
A four operator and four United Mine Workers delegation will continue talks on minimum wage and maximum hours under the coal industry code of fair competition. The core disagreement centers on the gap between nonunion Appalachian operators and union mine workers.
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Washington
Appalachian Fields
United Mine Workers
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