Teachers For Coming Year Assigned In Taylor County
Taylor County schools prepare for 1934 35 term starting September 4 with a total of 153 teachers two more than last year. High school staffing rises from 35 to 87, while elementary adds at West Side and First Ward offset losses from Robin son Keener closures. The board completed placement listing teachers by school and room, with names including Leo Moore Imogene Dever John Findley and others across Barrett FAMMONA Guardian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Bounty
West Side
Ward
Robinson
Keener
Board of Education
Barrett
Leo Moore
Imogene Dever
John Findley
Bernard Satterfield
Opel Hill
Howard Wolfe Corbin
Muriel Holt
Doe Run
Earl Mayle Glade
Mildred Keefover
Fammona Ees
Clara Boice
Ardman
Bryan Armstrong
League to push campaign as Liberty League seeks issue III
Washington August 28 The American Liberty League faces an anticipated campaign as its executive committee in New York signals the launch. Open actions will likely begin after Labor Day with a broad nonpartisan appeal and a focus on interim principles rather than party penalties. Observers note the attempt may shift Senate and House dynamics without honoring party lines. The league’s founders include Alfred E. Smith and James W. Wadsworth, and their shifts stir debate over Tammany influence. Continued on page 81x. Notice: Bridge Street bridge closed for weeks during day time for repairs with night openings. City Commission. lad-2t-tp
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Edwad J. Duffy
Washington
American Liberty League
New York
Haner
Pit
Senate
House
Alfred E. Smith
James W. Wadsworth
League
League Smith
Tammany Te
Bridge Street
J City Commission
Life lost in firefighting toll rises with supervisor death
Spokane dispatch reports the death of John Everett, Mount Shasta National Forest supervisor in California, burned scouting a fire from an electrical storm. He was trapped when flames jumped the line while evaluating fires near Idaho and California. Forecasters warned thunderstorms in northern mountain regions as drought conditions persist.
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Spokane
Wash
John & Everett
Mount Shasta National Forest
California
Idaho
John One
North Dakota
Forest Service
Unemployed Council to Hold Meeting Tonight
The Unemployed Council, a city labor unit, will meet at 7 o clock tonight in Stolzenfels hall East End. Chairman Charles E McCoy announced the gathering is for members only and will cover important business on the agenda.
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Unemployed Council
Stolzenfels’ Hall
East End
Charles E. McCoy
McCoy
Upton Sinclair Seeks California Governor Nomination
In a brisk primary season across California, South Carolina, and Mississippi, Upton Sinclair the novelist seeks the Democratic nomination for California governor, opposing George Creel and four others, with the race intensified by Sinclair’s poverty‑eradication pledge and admission charges for his campaign events.
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Upton Sinclair
California
South Carolina
Associated Press
Mississippi
Senate
House of Representatives
George Creel
Hubert D. Stephens
Theodore G. Bilbo
Frisco
San Francisco
Roosevelt
Frank Merriam
C.C. Young
Sinclair
Insults Spark Fatal Shooting in Rural Virginia
Bluefield Aug 28 William Elswick 26 farmhand Raven Va died after being shot by Troy Sawyers husband of Mrs Sawyers Richlands hospital. Sawyers, in county jail at Tazewell, awaits preliminary hearing. The two men had never met before the altercation followed Elswick asking for food in Richlands and allegedly making insolent remarks after his request was refused.
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Bluefield
William Elswick
Raven
Troy Sawyers
Sawyers
Pias
Tazewell
Elswick
Lowick
Richlands
Racial riot erupts in Niagara Falls after clash
At Niagara Falls on August 28 police guarded as more than 3,000 people fought in a free for all sparked by a Labor Defense meeting to aid Alphonso Davis, a Black man accused of assaulting a white girl. Three were seriously injured and many others hurt in the night of intermittent clashes. Several shots were fired, though police said none hit their targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Labor Defense
Alphonso Davis
Wrestling Show Ends in Brawl at Charleston
A Charleston wrestling event ended with a chaotic scene as chairs and bottles flew after Nanjo Singh defeated Casey Berger in the semi finals. Three people, including a woman, were treated by doctors for injuries but none were seriously hurt as order was restored.
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Charleston
Nanjo Singh
Man Becket
India
Casey Berger
Kansas City
Singh
Berger
Grafton Merchants Replenish Wares For Fall Buyers
Grafton merchants have stocked new fall lines across departments to draw shoppers. Women’s clothing displays dominate with stores such as Jolliffe's Heflin's Style Shop Franz and Burka and Friedlander’s showing strong fall numbers. Greenfield's and C V Miller highlight shoes, while Archdeacon's and Klein and Co feature boys and young men's school wear. J C Penney Coffman Fisher and O J Morrison offer bargains on school supplies and outfits. Home appliance stores like Hartley's Sidrow's Monongahela System Dehlinger’s and the Electrical Shop round out the scene.
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Grafton
Women's
Jolliffe's
Heflin
Franz and Burka
Friedlander
Greenfield's
C. V. Miller
Greenfield
Red Cross
Archdeacon’s
Klein and Co
West Virginia
Mater
J. C. Penney Co
Coffman Fisher Co
O. J. Morrison Co
Young Peoples
Hartley's
Sidrow's
Monongahela System
Grafton Electric Co
Moonshiners Nabbed After Tip Near Elkins
Randolph county officers seized two 30 gallon stills, 15 gallons of moonshine and nine barrels of mash near Aggregates four miles from Elkins on the Elkins Belington road. Melvin Jumbo Carter age 25 and Harry Fisher 39 were arrested and jailed awaiting hearing.
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Elkins
Randolph County
Norton
Aggregates
Belington
Melvin “Jumbo” Carter
Harry Fisher
Jare
Teachers of Chicago Get Long Due Pay
Chicago August 28 The city paid Chicago school teachers 26 million dollars for seven months back wages. Checks ranged from 892 to 3391 dollars, reactivating buying power and aiding local merchants. About half the funds covered back debts to landlords and merchants. Some 17 000 employees benefited from an Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan that enabled the distribution. Thousands queued for hours with lines three blocks long as Pay Day drew near.
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Chicago
Bessie Specht
James Tortelli
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Board of Education
Old City State Bank
Wells Street
Harrison A. Kincaid
Government Airplane Wrecks Out in County
A government airplane wrecked near Grady Creek drew Coffman residents on Sunday. The craft was wrecked Saturday and removed Sunday after three planes circled the area Saturday morning near the Merryland camp, attempting to land. One plane spun in the soft ground, likely due to fuel loss, though investigators found 25 gallons on board.
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Grady Creek
Coffman
Merryland
Glady Creek
Actress Nita Cavalier testifies in L A court over street assault
Stage and screen actress Nita Cavalier testified in a Los Angeles court that Mrs. G Benton Wilson slapped her on a downtown street mistaking her for someone waiting to meet Wilson. Cavalier said an eye was blackened by the blow and she asked damages of 51200.
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Nita Cavalier
Los Angeles
G. Benton Wilson
Wilsonies Cavalier
Associated Press
Arnolds Take Over New Job At Wheeling
Capt and Mrs W H Arnold relocate from serving Salvation Army in this city to head the Wheeling citadel. Major and Mrs John Campbell of Clarksburg post arrive Wednesday to assume duties here, bringing eight years with the Harrison county city Army.
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W. H. Arnold
Salvation Army
Army Citadel
Wheeling
John Campbell
Clarksburg
Arnold
Campbells
Great
Campbell
Harrison County
Hugh Johnson Salary Tripled by Roosevelt in NRA Move
Washington August 28 The salary of Hugh S Johnson NRA administrator has risen from 6000 to 15000 dollars per year, effective July 1 but disclosed today. NRA says the increase places his pay in line with his work and helps meet high living costs. Johnson was appointed NRA head after serving in government posts prior to the agency’s creation.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Roosevelt
Johnson
Donald Richberg
Richberg
Henry P. Pletcher
Republican National Committee
AAA
Mrr
Coed’s Accused Slayer Indicted For Killing
Birmingham dispatch reports Harold Taylor, son of a former city official, was indicted by a local grand jury for first degree murder in the slaying of Howard college coed Miss Faye New. Taylor, who had asked the student to ride with him a week earlier, remained silent as the indictment was announced and no bond was set. A dozen witnesses, including the girl’s sweetheart A B Cain, testified during the inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Faye New
Howard College Coed
Harold Taylor
Taylor
Department of Commerce
A.B. Cain
Peace Plans Spurned by Unionists Urge Meeting
The United Textile Workers strike committee accepted a conference invitation from the National Labor Relations Board but warned that a general walkout can be prevented only by definite concessions. The drive for a nationwide textile tieup continues with 460,000 cotton mill workers and potentially 300,000 silk rayon and woolen workers affected.
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Washington
United Textile Workers Today
National Labor Relations Board
The
United Workers
Lloyd Garrison
Francis J. Gorman
Alabama Mills
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Fetterman
Mary Ott
Godfrey Ott
McGuffey
Ohio
Kathryn
Scioto
Northwest
Niagara Falls
Act
A. C. McGee
Dee Gainer
Orin Wilmoth
Tygarts Valley
Carter and Fisher
Sheriff -McGee
Arnolds
Hugh Johnson
Coed
NEW Deal
Fletcher
Labor Board
Cotton Textile Institute
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