Albany Hearing Reveals Sherwood Checks For Walker
Miss Mildred Day testified at Governor Roosevelt's hearing on Mayor Walker. She said checks totaling about $2,000 were sent to Russell T. Sherwood after his disappearance and deposited by her for safekeeping. The Sherwood matter dominated the day's testimony as officials discussed the joint bank account and Walker's requests for police help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Russell’t. Sherwood
James ‘J. Walker
New York
Roosevelt
Sherwood
Mildred Day
Walker
Samuel Sea
Bury
Francis J. Macintyre
Edward P. Mulrooney
Police Department
Hofstadter Legislative Investigation Committees
Mulrooney
Governor questions Mulrooney on Sherwood case cooperation
In a Capitol exchange the governor pressed Mulrooney about prior cooperation in the Sherwood search. Mulrooney replied that no such cooperation was requested before November 1931. The dialogue reflects political tension over the case and requests for cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherwood
Mulrooney
Urge Survey of State Government
The West Virginia House of Delegates approved a resolution directing Governor Conley to appoint a five member commission trained in government to survey the state government from rural villages to the state department. The survey aims to report to the 1933 legislature with recommendations. Expenses would be paid from the governor's contingent fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
State Department
House of Delegates
House
Senate
Conley
Sycaroose
Webster
HIP FRACTURE IS FATAL TO MRS. THORPE
Mrs Adeline E Thorpe 83 widow of I H Thorpe died after a hip fracture suffered July 26 at her Glenville home. Funeral services set for 2 30 Sunday at West Main Street Methodist Church with Rev Frenen Boone presiding. Burial at Bluemont follows. The body returned to Grafton by Hamilton Funeral Co. and will be moved to Mrs Rose Murphy’s home at 831 West Main Street Tate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adeline E. Thorpe
I. H. Thorpe
Clarence Post
Glenville
Grafton
Hamilton Funeral Company
Rose Murphy
West Main Street
Tate
Frenen Boone
Bluemont
Thorpe
West-Main-street
City Hospital
Glenville widow dies after trip to visit daughter
A Glenville woman died at 4 30 pm Friday after a trip to visit her daughter. Born March 30 1849 she was the daughter of Daniel and Angeline Kincaid. Her husband T H Thorpe died about 20 years ago. Survived by two brothers Shelby Kincaid of Fairmont and Alva of Seattle and five children Elza Thorpe of Bridgeport Mrs Rose Murphy wife of A B Murphy H L and G C Thorpe all of Grafton and a daughter in Glenville. The article also covers mixed local sentiment about a Hospitality Week plan to boost trade and revive Grafton as a regional trading center with a program of open shops and entertainment.
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Glenville
Daniel
Angelene Kincaid
T. H. Thorpe
Shelby Kincaid
Fairmont
Alva
Seattle
Wash
Elza Thorpe
Bridgeport
Rose Murphy
A. B. Murphy
H. L
G. C. Thorpe
Grafton
Taylor, Barbour
Peston
Marion
Harrison
Randolph
Lis
Sity
Two fined and jailed for liquor possession in Knottsville
Sadie Keysmore and Delbert Perone were fined 100 dollars each and sentenced to 30 days in jail by Magistrate John Wittman after liquor was found in their Knottsville home during a raid led by Constable M G Gozik and City Patrolmen Clarence Sillman and Earl Demoss. Two other men escaped harsher charges, claiming they were visitors. State Senator Drake Naive of Versailles reports his store washed away with no planks recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Keysmore
Knottsville Pike
Delbert Perone
John Wittman
M. G. Gozik
Clarence Sillman
Earl C. De‘moss
Wittman
Drake
Versailles
Roy Hunt Leading In Points In Air Race
Roy Hunt of Norman Oklahoma tops the trans continental air derby with 1591 points though he faltered late in both divisions. El don Cessna of Wichita Kansas trails with 1325.96 points as the race nears its Cleveland leg. J J Huffman returns home as early leader, Venturing over Lunken airport at 1 25 p.m EST. Art Carnahan of Bloomington Illinois wins the western division at 6 05 p.m. Cessna follows closely in second.
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Cincinnati
Roy Hunt
Norman
Okla
Cleveland
Hunt
Eldon Cessna
Wichita
Kas
Indianapolis
J. C
Jiggs) Huffman
J. C.jiggs
Huffman
CALL OF SPEED Derby Day opens air race spectacle
On Derby Day pilots prepare for a 300 mile per hour goal in the air races. Roscoe Turner and James R. Wedell report speeds over 300 mph as cameras measure the straightaway records. Hunt’s rival Eldon Cessna battles to win after a detour.
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Lon
Washington
Los Angeles
Roosevelt Field
William B. Leeds
Charles Lanier
Bennett
France
United States
Roscoe Turner
Hollywood
Cal
James R. Wedell
Patterson
Derby Air Race Draws Near as 13,000 Cheer Leaders
The headline notes Hunt fails to score in the Indy race while Jiggs Huffman roared the derby with nearly 13,000 Cincinnati fans at Lunken airport. The event features a multi-city course from Roosevelt Field to Cleveland with nineteen men and two women entered, plus a separate Sportsman Pilots race. Entries include Fairmont West Virginia’s M. King and many New York shooters, with handicapped starts and four-lap heats planned for the large derby governed by slowest ships starting first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Roosevelt Field
Harrisburg
Wheeling
W. Va
Akron
National Air Races
Fairmenter
M. King
Fairmont
Lloyd Yost
Middletown
N.Y
Roland Newmnn
New York
Albert Stackpole
A. S. Fell
Schenectady
R. C. Havens
William Zelcer
Eugene Detemer
Tarrytown
N. Y
Cecil H. Corfin
Brooklyn
L. B. Cooper
Charles Prohinsie
John Wright
Utica
N. Robert Blckle
William Rausch
White Plains
Carl Dixon
New Haven
Lawmakers Contend Over Tobacco Tax Relief Bill
The 1994 House narrowly approved a conference report after three days of wrangling. Speaker Taylor urged passage of a bill to tax cigarettes or other luxury items to fund a relief program for the needy, proposing a 75 cent plus meal tax at public eateries to aid starving families.
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House
Conference Committee
Taylor
Ypu
Gas Co Head Died Suddenly
John B. Corrin president and general manager of Hope Natural Gas Company died suddenly today in his hotel room during the annual employee outing in Clarksburg. Corrin, based in Pittsburgh, was visiting for the event.
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Clarksburg
John B. Corrin
Pittsburgh
The
Hope Natural Gas Company
Missing Vermont Plane Vanishes Over Atlantic Flight
Reports say Clyde Lee and John Bochkon failed to return after taking off from Harbor Grace Newfoundland toward Oslo Norway. Weather worsened over the eastern Atlantic while rescue efforts continued with lights and projectors scanning the sky.
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Associated Press
Clyde Lee
John Bochkon
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
James A. Mollison
North Atlantic
New York
Grand Banks
Ireland
Anthisti Island
Quebec
Lers
Pisculli
Rome
America
William Uubrich
Dna
London
Europe
Green Mountain Bay
Oslo
Norway
Atlantic
Great Britain
Lee
Godkon
England
Roosevelt accuses GOP of dodging dry issue at Sea Girt
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic presidential nominee, charged that the President and Republican leadership are trying to evade and confuse the prohibition issue. He said Democratic platform and candidates have fairly met the dry question and cited postwar methods aimed at greater temperance.
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Sea Girt
N. J
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mellon and Hoover Held Conference
Andrew W Mellon met with President Hoover for about thirty minutes to get up to date on affairs before returning to his post. The talks touched on the upcoming international economic conference and naval matters of mutual interest to the United States and its allied powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Andrew W Mellon
Hoover
Mellon
Local Showers Forecast Across Ohio Valley and Tennessee
Local showers are forecast to begin Monday across the Ohio Valley and Tennessee with further general showers by Wednesday. Above normal temperatures are expected in the first half of the week according to weather outlooks from the Associated Press.
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Associated Press
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Mrs Zihlman Found Dead in Hotel Bathtub
In Cleveland on August 27 the body of Mrs Marguerite Zihlman 44 of Silver Springs Maryland wife of Fred Zihlman past supreme dictator of the Loyal Order of Moo lod was found in a hotel bathtub half covered with standing water. Physicians said she died of a heart attack but the coroner will autopsy today. The body lay face downward with a forehead bruise likely from a fall into the tub.
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Cleveland
Marguerite Zihlman
Silver Springs
Fred Zihlman
the Loyal Order of Moo
Zihiman
Body of Berry Picker Found in Woods Near Cherry River
Grover C. Pekins, 46, of Richwood and Clarksburg, found dead after missing 72 hours. He died of natural causes, reportedly near railroad tracks at Witaits Strait after a berry-picking trip with his son. Inquest held. body found by Samuel Barr in dense underbrush during a strenuous hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richwood
Grover C. Pekins
Clarksburg
Cherry River
Perkins
Samuel Barr
Witaits’ Strait
One Killed Four Hurt In Automobile Wreck Near Ashley
Salem August 27 James Alfred Davidson an 18 year old Salem high school student and football player was killed and four others injured one seriously when their automobile left the highway and overturned today near Ashley about 15 miles north of Salem.
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Salem
James Alfred Davidson
Salem High
Ashley
Here
Hallanan Joins Hoover Party for Camp Visit
President Hoover and Mrs Hoover led a White House party by car for a weekend at Repidan Camp. The group included Walter Huntington, W. Va. oil producer, and Hannan, B. Hannan from Huntington, along with other guests.
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Hallanan
Hoover
Washington
White House
Repidan Camp
Walter
B. Hannan
Huntington
W. Va
Health rating honor for Middle Lee Bradshaw in Missouri
Middle Lee Bradshaw of Batavia Missouri was rated in health with a 99.9 percent score in a Missouri health contest. The Associated Press photo features Bradshaw as the top health figure in the state.
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Lee Bradshaw
Bat
Missouri
Associated Press
Painting bids invited for Glade Run buildings
The undersigned will receive bids until Monday August 29 for painting the 4 Jones and Glade Run buildings, exterior white paint and tin roof, one coat best paint, work finished September 10, 1932. State in bid the brand of paint you will use. Board of Education Knotville, Rogers, manager.
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Anu
Glade Run
Coe
Glade Run Hous
Colt
Knotteville
Rogers
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Iilinol
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G.O.P
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