Moonshine Run Ends in Shootout Wounding Two Officers
A highway gun battle near Williamson left State Trooper R W Fule and Marshal J H England wounded, and William Blankenship of Freeburn Ky badly hurt. Four others in the car fled. 42 gallons of liquor were found. Police said Zeb Justice was sought on assault charges and shots opened from a car after a stop.
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Virginia
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Blankenship
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Spain labeled Ethiopia of Europe by Prieto critic
Indalecio Prieto, leader of Spain's parliamentary Socialist party, denounces Britain and other nations as deserting Spain amid war. He calls the country the "Ethiopia of Europe" while attacking neutrality pacts and implying they harm Spain's position in the conflict.
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Ethiopia
Europe
Associated Press
Isa
Chance
Great Britain
Indalecio Prieto
Socialist’ Party
Madrid
Remgyertet
Margin of Safety in Driving Three-Fourths of a Car Length
A Taylor County Safety Council note explains that at forty miles per hour two cars separated by fifty feet require the second driver to react after the first begins braking. It notes the trailing vehicle needs more than forty feet to start braking, highlighting danger from insufficient following distance.
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Taylor County Safety Council
Knox charges Roosevelt with shadow boxing economic issues
Hampton Beach New Hampshire August 27 Republican vice presidential nominee Col Frank Knox assailed President Roosevelt for shadow boxing with economic royalists in a Rockingham County Republican club speech. He labeled the concept imaginary and accused the president of welcoming a straw man while ignoring money credit budgets agriculture industry trade labor relief and recovery. He urged a new performer as the administration’s plans were ruins and offered critiques of New Deal despotism and monopoly limiting opportunity. He tied his attack to the president's Philadelphia acceptance address and warned of 18 million people on relief.
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Roosevelt
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Democrats sure to hold upper house in next session
Washington reports Democrats are fortifying a likely majority despite dissension and deaths. With Pat Harrison renominated in Mississippi and James Byrnes in South Carolina, 55 Democrats are certain to sit in January, with a 49-seat minimum to control. Georgia’s September 8 primary pits Eugene Talmadge against Richard Russell Jr as border states Tennessee Kentucky and Oklahoma head to November elections.
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Pat Harrison
Mississippi
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
South
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Georgia
Eugene Talmadze
Richard B. Russell, Jr
Tennessee
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Gov Davey Refuses To Sign Bridge Bonds Purchase Price
Charleston August 27 Gov Martin L Davey announced in Columbus that he will not sign the 1 25 million revenue bonds for the Parkersburg Bef ore toll bridge transfer to the Ohio bridge commission The governor cited the exorbitant price as the reason for the refusal His secretary said the chief executive acted to block the deal while the bridge transfer stalled This item notes a political impasse over funding for the bridge project and the state’s stance on purchase costs.
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Parkersburg-Before
Ohio Bridge Commission
Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Davey
Merrill and Richman Begin Newfoundland Test Flight
Brooklyn pilots Dick Merrill and Hary Richman launched from Floyd Bennatt airport in the monoplane Ladypeace on a non-stop test flight to Newfoundland. The craft carried about 900 gallons of gasoline, nearly the planned amount for the next leg to London the following day, after a lengthy run before takeoff.
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Brooklyn
Dick Merrill
Hary Richman
Ladypeace
Floyd Bennatt Airport
Newfoundland
London
Hearing on Cheat River Flood Control Proposals
Lieut. Col. W. E. R. Cowell of the Pittsburgh district engineers office arrived for a hearing on flood control proposals for the Cheat River and its tributaries. The session will focus on potential projects to reduce flooding and protect surrounding areas.
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Morgantowr
Pittsburgh
U. E. Engineers’ Office
End of Sales Tax Demanded at Labor Federation
Williamson Aug 27 A demand for repeal of the consumer sales tax came from 600 delegates at the state Federation of Labor convention closing its 34th meeting. Resolutions denounced corruption in the May primary and supported minimum state old age pensions of 300 a year. Protests about state troopers during a Morgantown shirt factory strike were voiced, citing tear gas and club action. Parkersburg was chosen as theContinued on page four.
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Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
Morgantown
Parkersburg
Prominent Golfer Blamed for Fatal Street Car Crash
Wheeling coroner jury finds recklessness by 20 year old Billy King, noted state amateur golfer, caused the July 18 death of Helen Krone, 19, of Martins Ferry. Miss Krone and two others were attempting to catch a street car when King's car struck them. King testified he drove about 25 miles per hour and did not see the trio until 15 feet away. Mildred Feaden, released from hospital, testified she stood with Krone and was struck. Andrew Gadberry, 28, a CCC worker from Beverly, W Va, said he stepped aside.
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Billy” King
Helen Krone
Martins Ferry
King
Mildred Feaden
Landon Attacks Cockeyed Tax Laws On Campaign Trail
Landon denounces New Deal spending and cockeyed tax legislation as he travels by train toward Topeka. He urges repeal of the corporate tax based on withheld income and criticizes the broader tax structure as unfair to the common man, labeling it a millstone. The speech frames debts and mort gages left to youth by the New Deal.
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Topeka
Kas
Alf M. Landon
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Abraham Lincoln
East
Buffalo NY
Uandon
Charleston Restaurants Forced to Raise Prices
O M Young secretary of the Kanawha valley restaurant association said food costs are high, driving city restaurant operators to raise prices to cover salaries and maintain living standards, with operators agreeing unanimously on the increase.
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Charleston
O. M. Young
Kanawha Valley Restaurant Association
Young
Girl With Broken Back Makes 300-Mile Journey
Betty Stewart, 17, rode in a seaplane 300 miles from a Canadian resort to Irondequoit Bay with a fractured spine. Doctor Harold H. Baker of Rochester reported she is "doing very nicely" while hospitalized in Rochester after a motor accident in Dwight, Ontario Friday night.
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Rochester
Betty Stewart
Irondequoit Bay
Harold H. Baker
Granville, O
Dwight
British Communist M. P. Denied Admission Here
William Gallacher, a British Communist MP, was refused entry to the United States. The State Department confirmed the denial after the American Civil Liberties Union disclosed a protest over the temporary visa refusal. Gallacher was said to be traveling in Canada.
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Washington
United States
William Gallager
State Department
American Civil Liberties Union
Department
Gallacher
Canada
Five Killed in Maryland Truck Wreck Near Darlington
A truck carrying laborers crashed through a guard rail and fell 50 feet at the Conowingo dam bridge near Darlington Maryland. Five people were killed and 16 injured, admitted to Elkton hospital. The workers were said to be traveling from New Jersey to Florida. One person was reported dying. no other vehicle collision occurred.
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Elkton
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Florida
General Motors Plans Huge Assembly Plant in New Jersey
General Motors announced plans to build a large passenger car assembly plant at Linden New Jersey to serve the east coast and overseas markets. The project will cost about 5.575 million dollars, with construction starting immediately and completion scheduled for December.
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New York
General Motors Corporation
Linden
N. J
July freight tonnage hits highest ever in Monongahela river
Pittsburgh district army engineers announced July freight tonnage on the Monongahela reached 2,564,444 tons, a record high driven by coal shipments to Pittsburgh steel mills. Ohio river movement also set a July record at 1,398,983 tons, with Panama Canal tonnage near its peak.
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Pittsburgh
W. E. R. Cowell
Army Engineers
Pittssburgh District
Monongahela River
Panama Canal
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Mammoth Steel
Colonel Covell
Three Rivers
Monongahela
Ohio
Mononogahela
Ohio River
Panama
Legislative Beer Probe Ends in Wheeling
The legislative committee studying a proposed change in the state beer law adjourned its Wheeling hearing without conclusions. Chairman State Senator Clinto Howard of Parkersburg said the report will be sent to the governor and the legislature.
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Wheeling
Clinto Howard
Parkersburg
Wheeling City Manager Gets His Salary Upped in Budget
Wheeling City Council adopted a budget boosting City Manager Humphrey salary by 1500 to 5000 annually while noting Wheeling is “out of the red.” The plan raises police and firemen pay by ten dollars monthly. current expenditures total 811495 with over 300000 allocated for bonds and interest. In Charleston, tax data show June gasoline tax at 680200, up from 572237 last year, with July receipts at 649507 signaling higher business and tourism activity.
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Wheeling
State
Humphrey
Charles F. Schultze
Charleston
Fred L. Fox
Pope weakened by Spanish crisis, Vatican reports
Vatican officials announce Pope Pius II is so weakened by worry over the Spanish situation that he scarcely can rise from his throne at the end of audiences. The disclosure comes as observers note his frail condition amid ongoing international tensions.
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Vatican City
Pius II
Five Family Members Die in Home Fire in Honesdale
In Honesdale Pennsylvania flames swept through a frame dwelling at Indian Orchard early today killing George Griffin 64 Irene Griffin 46 and their children Donald 10 Mildred 7 and Marion 12. Two other daughters Jean 8 and Fay 3 were rescued after being overcome by smoke. Fire Chief Ray Smith cited a possible defective flue and poor water access as hindrances while investigators labeled the cause undetermined.
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Indian Orchard
Ray Smith
Homesdale
George Griffin
Irene
Donald
Mildred
Marion
Jean
Fay
Smith
Griffin
Woman Accused of Aiding Jail Break in Wyoming County
Sheriff Oswell Cook plans seven indictments against Beatrice Whitehead for smuggling saw blades to prisoners who escaped Wyoming county jail. She is charged with aiding the break. all but one fugitive is in custody. Cook says he arrested her after reading a letter she allegedly wrote to prisoner Col Scarberry, warning she feared being blamed if caught. Whitehead denies writing part of the letter.
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Pineville
W. Va
Oswell Cook
Beatrice Whitehead
Wyoming County
A Terrible Ride Ends in Double Tragedy in Virginia
Mia Thomas, a 27 year old beauty operator, endured a terrifying 70 mile drive as her estranged husband Clifton Thomas killed her companion Gilmer Snyder and then shot himself. The incident left Snyder dead and Thomas dead, with Mia traumatized by the event in Washington DC.
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Virginia
Mia
Millie Thomas
Mya ‘Thomas
Washington, D.C
Clifton D. Thomas
Gilmer L. Snyder
Thomas
Snyder
Central Press
Vogal Chosen Legion Chief At Grafton Post
G D Vogal named post commander of American Legion Post 12 at Grafton during the annual officers meeting in the Moose Home on Washington Street last night. He succeeds Commander Ersel Pepper and will be installed at the next regular meeting in two weeks. Edmund Hardin and T R S Shields were contenders for the post. Nick Sidrow was named vice commander and Max E Rau was named...
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G. D. Vogal
American Legion
Grafton
Moose Home
Washington Street
Ersel Pepper
Vogal
Edmund Hardin
T. R
Shields
Sidrow
Nick Sidrow
Sidrow Electric
Max E. Rau
Immorality trials surge as courts sentence many
Berlin reports a fresh wave of immorality trials after last May Koblenz cases involving 215 franciscans. This time defendants span all walks of life including merchants government employees industrialists physicians workers and clergymen. Bonn district court has tried 88 cases with 20 jail terms ranging from one year to 18 months.
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Berlin
Koblenz
Bonn
Scaffold Collapses injuring five workers in Pittsburgh
A scaffold on the Mellon office building collapsed today sending five men, a stonemason and four laborers, onto the street thirty feet below. They were rushed to a hospital where doctors said all would recover.
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Pittsburgh
Former Utah Governor Dies. War Secretary Dern Passes
George Henry Dern former Utah governor and secretary of war in the Roosevelt cabinet died at Walter Reed hospital from heart and influenza complications at age 64. He had been admitted July 13 and placed under an oxygen tent as doctors fought to prolong his life.
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Washington
George Henry Dern
Roosevelt
Walter Reed Hospital
Pritz Meyer
Boston
Dern
Utah
Walter Reed
Big Army Hospital
Army Engineer
Delaware River
Pennsylvania
Army
Former State Official Darst Dies at 57 in Charleston
John Sherman Darst died at his Charleston home at age 57 after months of illness. A 12 year state auditor and later a member of the board of control, Darst spent 30 years in public life including time in the legislature. He helped push constitutional amendments shifting auditor and secretary of state pay from fee to salary.
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John Sherman Darst
Board of Control
Darst
F. Morgan
House of Delegates
Auditor
Secretary of State
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