Gang Rule Menace Is Big Problem Says Governor Address
Charleston August 28 Governor Conley warned the menace of gang rule as the nation’s top problem urging the American Legion of West Virginia to re enlist in the army fighting a bloodless war for peace good will and prosperity He compared present dangers to Lincoln era tensions noting law enforcement breakdown while gang land enforcement grows harsher and more precise.
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Charleston
Conley
American Legion of
West Virginia
Lincoln
West Virginia Federation of Labor
Grafton
Secret Tasks in Disarmament Talks Deepens Curiosity
Washington reports intensified curiosity over ongoing disarmament negotiations in England as details remain scarce. Undersecretary Cotton and a state department stenographic corps worked long hours, drafting instructions for Ambassador Dawes guiding talks with Prime Minister.
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Washington
England
Cotton
Corps
State Department
Dawes
Lightning strikes kill at Wilson orchard in Rio area
A lightning bolt during a storm killed 20 year old Raymond Frye at the Wilson orchard near Rio, 21 miles away, injuring Charles Long and Loring Bean who were sheltering in a packing shed. Hail damaged beaches and apples southeast of the area while no hail fell at Rio. Moorefield, West Virginia also reported fruit damage.
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Sly
Wilson
Rio
Here
Raymond Frye
Charles Long
Loring Bean
Rlo
Moorefield
W. Va
Daehn
W.va
Flaming Oil Tanker Now Under Control
The fire aboard the tanker Paulsboro last night is under control today. Beaconhill, an American tanker, stands by as Vacuum Oil Co. owners report the 10,000 ton crude oil cargo aboard Paulsboro bound from Houston to Bayonne.
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New York
Paulsboro
Vacuum Oil Co
Houston
Texas
Bayonne, N. J
Germany Rejects Young Plan Demands at Hague
In The Hague on August 28 Dr Gustav Stresemann Germanys foreign minister declared Germany cannot meet the demands of the creditor powers under the Young plan. The statement followed a morning meeting about the last nights tentative agreement giving Britain between 70 and 90 percent of the demands.
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the Hague
Gustav Stresemann
Germany
Great Britain
Philip Snowden
General Fast Day for Jews Declared Nationally
Springfield Mass August 28 Rabbi Eleazer Silver head of the union of orthodox rabbis announces a general fast day for all Jews in the United States and Canada on Wednesday with memorial prayers for 12 days for victims of the Palestine riots. Special sermons planned in synagogues nationwide and similar unions abroad urged to declare fast days.
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Mass
United States
Canada
Eleazer Silver
Union of Orthodox Rabbis of
Executive Council of
The
Union
Palestine
Democrats of senate finance committee study tariff bill
In Washington on August 28 Democrats on the senate finance committee continued their study of the tariff bill while Republican framers prepared to present the measure. The plan includes first showing the text and then, later, the majority report next Wednesday. After two meetings this week the minority decided to resume deliberations tomorrow.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Giant Air Liners Graf And Los Angeles To Show At Cleveland
Thousands watch as Graf Zeppelin and Los Angeles arrive over Cleveland airport for the air races. A mooring mast is prepared for Los Angeles, while Graf proceeds to Lakehurst. The day’s schedule includes two cross country derbies, two closed course events, glider contests, a sham battle, and parachute jumping contests.
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Graf
Los Angeles
Cleveland
Associated Press
Army
Navy
Derby
Lee Schoenhair
Diphtheria prevention drive offers free school vaccines
Taylor County Health Department reports 96 diphtheria cases in a year and urges vaccination. Grafton Public Schools arrange free toxin antitoxin immunization for entering students. Health Officer Dr. F S Suddarth and Nurse Edna Mason start September 2 at Central School 9 to 3 daily. Pupil vaccination requires a parent signed note and location by grade and day.
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Health Department
Grafton Public Schools
F.S. Suddarth
Edna Mason
Central School
Fetterman and Garrison
Pollution of Cheat River Worsens Across Route 50
The Cheat River pollution worsened near Rowlesburg as fish died after sulfuric acid runoff from coal fields. Governor Conley ordered a special investigation in Grafton, with analysts studying waters to trace violators while residents throughout Preston County continue efforts to locate sources amid ongoing, troubling contamination.
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Preston County
Rowlesposal
Grafton
William G. Conley
Sentinel
Abolition of gross sales tax eyed for Grafton growth
President G. T. Bartlett of Graf ton and Taylor County Board of Trade told Kiwanians at Hotel Grafton last night that removing the gross sales tax would bring permanent industry to Graf ton almost overnight. He said inquiries from business concerns have surged, but many possibilities faded when the tax subject was raised.
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West Virginia
Grafton
G. T. Bartlett
Taylor County Board of Trade
Hotel Grafton
Bartlett
Graf Zeppelin Over Kansas City Heads For Chicago
Graf Zeppelin circled Kansas City on August 28 at 9:27 local time after entering the city from the east. Dozens of planes hovered around the airship as it swung south then turned northeast toward Chicago, with Hugo Eckener directing the voyage.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Hugo Eckener
Missouri
British Power Moves To Crush Moslem Uprising In Holy Land
In Palestine amid rising unrest, British forces brace to quell Arabs and Jews fighting across the region. Death toll tallies show 46 Christians, 93 Jews, and 198 Muslims killed with 265 Jews wounded in five days of clashes. Tribesmen arm near Beersheba while frontier security tightens as Sir John Chancellor travels to restore order. A Hadassah outpost at Tel Joseph was burned and a military detachment was sent for aid.
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Britain
Wall
Jerusalem
Associated Press
Palestine
Syria
Transjordania
Middle Gat
Paneias
Ibn King
Hedjaz
Judea
Beersheba
Hebron
John Chancellor
Oryder
Cairo
Egypt
Tel Joseph Wa
Meier Shfey
Junilor Hadassah
American Young Women's Zionist Organization
Britain Will Guard Lives of Americans in Palestine
Washington reports the British foreign office assured the American government that every effort would be made to protect American lives and property in Palestine. Ambassador Dawes relayed the pledge after Secretary Stimson urged comprehensive measures. Consul Knabenshue asked for a Tel Aviv consular post as Bedron evacuees, wounded in Jewish Arab clashes, are now safe in Jerusalem.
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Foreign Office
Palestine
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State Department
Stimson
Paul Knabenshue
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Bedron
Collision in dense fog sinks into foggy seas
London Aug 28 The Canadian National Steamship Company's Canadian Mariner on passage from Montreal to London collided with an unknown vessel off Beach Head in dense fog. No injuries reported. The Mariner was beached at Dover for repairs after life savers found a hole in No 3 hold and the ship taking on water.
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London
Canadian National Steamship Company
Canadian Mariner
Montreal
Beach Head
England
Mariner
Dover
Chicken Dinner Thursday at First United Brethren Church
A church supper scheduled for Thursday August 29 runs from 5 to 8 PM at First United Brethren Church. Tickets cost 50 cents for adults with proceeds supporting church activities.
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First United Brethren Church
Holy City in Grave Danger Amid Palestine Fighting
Cairo reports heavy clashes across Palestine with Arabs and Jews under fire. Haifa sees new casualties and a death. Jerusalem faces grave danger as 2000 armed men advance. Motva colony near Jerusalem is burning as British marines intervene.
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Cairo
Egypt
Jewish Telegraph Agency
Palestine
Haifa
Jerusalem
Motva
Rescue party searches for entombed men
Rescue crews in Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania penetrate the wrecked No 8 shaft at No 9 colliery Hughestown in a bid to reach two entombed workers Martin Golden of Hughestown and Joseph Popler of Dupont. Little hope is held they will be found alive after a man was killed and others injured in the collapse.
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Wilkesbarte
Pennsylvania Coal Co
Hugheston
Martin Golden
Hughestown
Joseph Popler
Dupont
Tax Estimates For 1929 Confirmed After Meeting
Tax estimates confirmed for 1929 by levying bodies meeting yesterday. City tax remains seventy one cents total with fifty cents general fund and twenty one cents bond payments. County levies largely unchanged and outlying magisterial levies show only slight differences in Taylor county figures.
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Chaseo
King
Taylor County
General County Fund
Cmt
Wilson Made Phone Chief Wilson Presides Over Chesapeake and Potomac Firms
Lloyd B. Wilson was elected president of the four Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone companies serving Washington District of Columbia Maryland and Virginia at a regular meeting. He succeeds the former general commercial superintendent and will report to the New York staff of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Reed City Civil War veteran Isaac Grant receives a bronze medal after 64 years. He and two companions captured 36 Confederate soldiers in 1862.
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Washington
Lloyd B. Wilson
Chesapeake and Potomac
Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
Delot
Wilson
Northwestern Telephone Company
Ais New York
al Telephone and Telegraph pPany
Reed City
Mich
Isaac Grant
Eivil
Broass
Grant
Panions
Seca
Log of Dirigibee! AP stream of flight times and routes
A terse log from the Associated Press lists EST times for the dirigible’s progress with departures from Los Angeles and journeys across Mexico, Arizona, and Texas corridors. The entry notes key waypoints such as Lakehurst and Tucson, with several p m timestamps truncated.
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Lady Birds’ Derby
Louise McPherridge Thaden
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Gladys O'Donnell
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Cheat Stream
Push Special Investigation
Graf. Zepp
Young People’s Rally
St. Paul's
Baptist
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Reynolds & Carder
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Lakehurst
N. J
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