West Hill Faces Law Cleanup In Moonshine Case
West Hill residents draw police focus as four officers raid a moonshine operation. Webster Uhl and Clifford Mayle found guilty in Squire Wittman court for garden theft while Ike Dalton Parley Mayle Den ziel Parsons and Carl Mayle await hearings on liquor charges. Marcellus Newman J A Parsons and Clifford Mayle also faced auto tire and part theft allegations. hearings set for Saturday morning.
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Taylor County
Tumber
West Til
Webster Uhl
Clifford Mayle
Squire Wittman
Ike Dalton
Parley Mayle
Denziel Parsons
Carl Mayle
West Hill
Travis
Chipps
Brown
Felmington
Hendershott
Menear
Marcellus Newman
J. A. Parsons
Cumberland Colts to clash with National Limiteds in big doubleheader
Baseball in Grafton builds to a Sunday event August 31 featuring Cumberland Baltimore and Ohio nine led by a famous battery against the National Limiteds to restore Cumberland Division pride after a recent defeat to Keyser. The schedule calls a two game bill with top Connie Mack Athletics players for one game and Cumberland Colts for the other, promising unprecedented local batting power.
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Grafton
Cumberland Baltimore and Ohio
National Limiteds
Cumberland Division
Keyser
Cumberland
Connie
Ho Chien Ousted as Hunan Governor Sparks Feared Turmoil
Dispatches from Changsha report Ho Chien removed as governor and army chief with fears of internal disorder in Hunan province. Ho fled Changsha amid tensions over responsibility for the Communist sack of the capital, while provincial military factions are cited by insiders as the likely cause.
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Hankow
Hunan
Ho Chien
Changsha
Hulpo
Noas Necenor
Chien
Red
Funeral notice for Mrs Albert Grob in Baltimore
The Ladies Auxiliary to the Baltimore and Ohio Veterans meet at Albert Grob's Lincoln street home at 2 30 PM Thursday for the funeral of Mrs Albert Grob.
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Baltimore and Ohio Veterans
Albert Grob
Lincoln Street
Lon Chaney Dies After Battle With Illness at 47
Lon Chaney a famed film star known as the man of a thousand faces died in Los Angeles at age 47 after a lengthily struggle with anaemia and bronchial congestion. He endured transfusions and a late setback with a fatal lung hemorrhage. Born April 1 1883 in Colorado Springs he rose from stage work to Hollywood stardom and left a complex legacy as a private, wealthy yet enigmatic figure.
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Los Angeles
Lon Chaney
Chaney
New York
Coloradan
Colorado Springs
Col
Sera ‘Guide
Pike's Peak
George
Old Hartman Opera Company
San Francisco
Hazel Hastings
County relief agencies will be organized in Maryland
Baltimore August 26. The commission named by Governor Ritchie to organize drought relief in Maryland agreed on forming county relief organizations and agricultural credit corporations. It plans to extend reduced railroad rates on farm products to all counties and to secure credit and feed supplies for winter. A bank sub-committee report in Washington pending.
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Baltimore
Commission of 29
Ritchie
Maryland
Bankers
Washington
Credit Corporation
Dairymen’s Associations
Tobacco Growers’ Cooperative
Chase widens for gangster Diamond in disappearance case
New York dispatch reports authorities wheeling in on gangster John Legs Diamond to unravel the vanish of Harry Weston, an upstate hotel keeper last seen at Acra, N Y, with a bloodstained car found in a Brooklyn garage. Weston owned a Lake Katrine roadhouse and was believed slain by beer racketeers.
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New York
John
Legs) Diamond
Europe
Harry Weston
Diamond's
Acra
N. Y
Weston
Lake Katrine
Kingston
Diamond
Brooklyn
Harry Klein
Mystery cleared on Archduke Albrecht marriage in Brighton
Aug. 26 report confirms Archduke Albrecht of Hungary married Madame Rudnay in Brighton on Aug. 16. Records show the archduke stayed at a local hotel a fort night before the ceremony and Madame Rudnay was present. He renounced Hapsburg ties to wed.
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Brighton
Eng
Archduke Albrecht
Hungary
Madame Rudnay
Hapsburg
Otto
Lovary
Albrecht
Irene Lelbach
London
Decennial Anniversary Of Women's Suffrage Celebrated In U S
Washington August 26 Ten years ago today the right of women to vote across the United States was proclaimed. Secretary Bainbridge Colby signed the proclamation quietly after delivering it to his desk. The 19th amendment took effect and, despite the event, no photographs were made. Women’s groups plan another push for a constitutional equal rights amendment in the near future.
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U. 8
Bainbridge Colby
Washington
United States
Hils
Wodiah’s
Forry Ale O
Pike Cutoff Project Ends Route Closed
The Northwestern Turnpike project between Fetterman and Blueville finished with the last concrete pour at the Fetterman end. The 18 to 22 foot wide road will stay closed for several weeks as berming work and a fan shaped intersection with a flower pot centerpiece are completed. State Road Commission inspector J W Sexton noted the job aims for a well built road and warned motorists to avoid the area. Continued on Page Hight.
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Fetterman
Blueville
Fettermann
Armstrongompany
State Road Commission
J. W. Sexton
Buckhannon
Standard Oil
Sexton
Leguia Denied Exile Return in Peru Crisis
In Lima the exiled former president Augusto B Leguia is denied exile escape as martial law grips the capital after street fighting. General Manuel Maria Ponce leads the military junta promising Leguia’s return for punishment amid reports of illness and casualties.
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Lima
Peru
Augusto B. Leguia
Manuel Maria Ponce
Leguia
Almirante Grau
Callao Harbor
Callao
Coney Island raid follows anonymous murder tip
An anonymous letter claimed occupants killed a man and buried him in a yard with a milk can as a tombstone, prompting a raid in which explosives and three revolvers were seized and six people arrested. Two of the arrestees were former convicts, two were young women, and a discharged patrolman. Police dug up the yard but questioned the murder tale.
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New York
Coney Island
Tor
Kidnapper and girl captive found in Wis
Spetty Jone Foster ten year old girl was found unharmed near Elkhorn Wisconsin after a two day kidnapping ordeal. Claude Dillner twenty seven a farm hand surrendered after an automobile chase ending the manhunt spanning three states. Foster returned to her farm home and said she slept in the locked car each night. Dillner admitted his actions claiming he fell in love with the girl and warned the father he would kill her if police were notified. The girl appeared none the worse for her experience and was not molested.
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Villparaiso
Ind
Spetty Jone Foster
Eur- Horn
Wis
Claude Dillner
Betty
Jane
Dillner
Elkhorn
Ernest Foster
Page
Ridenour Leaves Grafton for Chester Junior High
Ridenour, longtime manual arts instructor at Grafton High, leaves Saturday for Chester Pennsylvania to join Smedley Junior High. He built the department into a state standout and will relocate with his family by September 1, saying he departs with many regrets after earning broad support from local friends and Kiwanis colleagues.
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Ridenour
Ben
Grafton
Chester
Smedley
Grafton Kiwania Club
German Seaplane Reaches New York Harbor in Record Flight
German flight crew led by Captain Wolfgang Von Gronau lands a Dornier seaplane beside the Statue of Liberty after a six hour, 600 mile coastal flight from Halifax. The plane followed the New England coast and was escorted by police and military craft into New York harbor.
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New York Harbor
Halifax
N. A
Statue of Liberty
New York
Wolfgang von Gronau
Ted
New England
Dement Flying Corps
Harbe
Act Atlantic
N. 5
Wolfgang von. Ete
Germany
States
New Yor
Haly
Queenaport
Joseph
Gronau
New Yorke Harbor
Tery
Alantte
Manly Island
Isle of Suit
Faroe Islands
An Islands
Iceland
Labrador
Nova Scotia
Ward Zimmer
Frang Hack
Albrecht
Wireless
North Athintic
Europe
Afr Mal Trom
Greenland
Canady
Altered Birth Certificate Case Leads to Extradition
Towanda Pennsylvania August 26 193? Judge Charles M Culver ordered the rearrest and extradition from New York State of John Colorano and John Sweeney both of Elmira New York after discovery of altered birth certificates used to claim a girl was 18 instead of 14. District Attorney William Rosenfield prepared extradition papers.
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Towanda
State Department
Charles M. Culver
New York State
John Colorano
John Sweeney
Elmira
N. Y
William Rosenfield
Loar
Kiwanians Meet At Four-H Camp Tonight
The Grafton Kiwanis Club will hold its regular weekly meeting at Knottsville this evening. The 4-H club boys and girls will present the program, and a full turnout is expected with a real dinner served.
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Grafton Kiwanis Club
Knottsville
FIGHT TO SAVE PAIR TAKEN TO HIGH TRIBUNAL
Counsel for Irene Schroeder and W Glenn Dague asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to grant new trials after death sentences for killing Highway Patrolman Brady Paul during a December 27 gun battle along the New Castle Butler road. If appeals fail, they will seek commutation from Governor Fisher and the pardon board. execution date not set.
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Pittsburgh
Irene Schroeder
W. Glenn Dague
Supreme Court
Brady Paul
New Castle-Butler Road
Plan
Fisher
Pardon Board
Lawrence County Court
Bid by New Aviation Firm Challenges Air Mail Administration
The United Avigation company of Pittsburgh bids 64 percent of the $1.25 per mile maximum for the New York to Los Angeles air mail route via Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Columbus, Indianapolis, St. Louis, and Kansas City. Competing with Western Air Express and Transcontinental Air Transport at 97 12 percent. Postmaster General Brown urges Watres bill provisions as financial aid to firms already in air mail, amid testimony of losses.
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Washington
United Avigation Company of
Pittsburgh
Postoffice Department
United Avigation Company
New York
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Columbus
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Kansas City
Western Air Express
Transcontinental Air Transport
Brown
Californians Nominating Five In State Primary Fight
In San Francisco on August 26 the campaign centers on a five contender field for California nominations. Clara Shortridge Foltz and Milton K. Diranto lead Democratic lines with C C Young Kent James Rolph Jr and others also in the gubernatorial race. A primary includes multiple party bids and district attorney candidates in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Private sale notices appear for Spruce Street items including furniture and rugs.
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San Francisco
Clara Shortridge Angeles
United
Shortridge
C. C. Young
Kent
James Rolph, Jr
Los al
Milton K
California
Diranto
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Rufus King, Jr
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Vandalia
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Lkely
Preyniques
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Marlon Campbell
Winton
Cleveland
Alexander Winton
Pioneer Fomoblie
Trene
Dague
Air Mail Administration
United Avigation
FUI
Spruce Street
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