Labor Day Observances In Washington Seen As Quiet Holiday
Washington notes Labor Day weekend with many top officials scattered. President Hoover stays at Highland Camp on the Rapidan, Cabinet members attend to affairs or travel, and hidden for the day are Stimson and Lamont. Davis headlines an evening service in Harrisburg with others touring Pennsylvania events.
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President Green
Washington Cathedral
Hoover
Highland Camp
Washington
Highland
Rapidan
Hyde
Curtis
Mellon
David K. 2
Bruce
Long Island
Mitchell
Scotland
Brown
Nova Scotia
Lamont
Cotspy
Davis
Harrisbore
Brookville
Clearfield
Hurley
Adams
Lutherans of Seven Towns Picnic Sunday Event
Lutherans from seven congregations in Northern West Virginia gather for a joint Sunday picnic and church service in Aurora. Delegations from Grafton Morgantown Red House Oakland Fairmont Clarksburg expected. The Rev C A Schilke will preach at the Aurora church with Rev W E Waybright and Rev E K Roof supervising a large afternoon of picnicking and games.
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Aurora
West Virginia
Grafton
Northwestern Turnpike
Morgantown
Red House
Oakland
Fairmont
Clarksburg
C. A. Schilke
W. E.waybright
E. K. Roof
Clearing House Statement Summary
Clearing House data from New York shows balances at $127,000,007 and weekly exchanges totaling $4,805,000,000 with balances of $772,000,000. Figures reflect large interbank activity and overall liquidity through the clearing system.
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New York
National Air Races Claim Third Victim
The National Air Races near Chicago report a third death as George Fernie, a Staten Island designer, perished in a self-built plane with a radical design. The incident added to two earlier fatalities from a navy crash near the spectators. Crowds had just bid farewell to Lindberghs before the crash.
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Curtiss-Reynolds
Chicago
Persn
George Fernie
St. George
Staten Isand
N. Y
Fernie
Charles A. Lindbergh
Detroit
Wolfgang von Gronau
High School Registration Opens as Classes Set to Start
City and county schools announce teachers for most departments with three vacancies. Seniors register Wednesday at 10 a.m., juniors at 2 p.m., sophomores Thursday 10 a.m., and freshmen Thursday 2 p.m. Classes begin Monday September 8 with anticipated record enrollment.
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Isachurs
Ridenouh
Virginia Samples
Mary Thomas
Shinnston
Oakland
Lloyd L. Shriver
Pike Turnpike Association event draws big turnout
The Northwestern Turnpike Association schedules a monster all day basket picnic and celebration at Van Myra Camp Grounds near Burlington in Mineral County on September 3. Hon John J. Cornwell and Col H. J. Renehoff will speak as bands perform. The meeting will review road improvements and beautification ahead of an advertising campaign for the highway.
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Northwestern Turnpike Association
van Myra
Burlington
Mineral County
John J. Cornwell
West Virgi
H. J. Renehoff
Turnpike Association
Balloonists vie in Gordon Bennett race for trophy
Eighteen silk bags bearing five nations colors will launch Labor Day from Cleveland for the 49th International Gordon Bennett balloon race. Pilots include defending champion Ward T. Van Orman and Belgian Ernest De Muyter, who holds a record with multiple past wins as rivals clash for the classic abroad. Demonstrations and aero nautical carnival events accompany the two day program preceding the balloon race.
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Cleveland
Allge Ding
Paris
Shanti
Eighit Sitkem
Ward T. van Orman
Ernest de Muyter
de Muyter
van Orman
Ernest DeMuyt
Roland J. Blair
Edmond J. Him
Black Shirts Demand Atlanta Employers Discharge Negroes
The Atlanta Constitution reports that committees of the American Fascist Association and Order of Black Shirts have urged Atlanta employers to discharge Black workers. An unnamed federal official says the groups warned of trouble if demands were ignored, violating statutes with penalties up to 19 years and 5,000 dollars. Grand jury evidence will include stenographic reports from meetings and names of firms and committeemen, with incorporation petitions continuing on page eight.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Constitution
American Facist Association
Order of Black Shirts
Federal
United States
Black Shirts
Grand Jury
Incorporation
Devise Credit Plans For Aid To Drought Relief Firms
Washington Aug 30 to facilitate the recommendator motion of agricultural credit corporations for drought relief the Federal Farm Loan Board and the 12 Intermediate credit tanks have prepared model incorporation papers drawn under the Various state laws together with the blank form a necessary for a corporation to start business organized under state law with satisfactory capital and management the corporations date ere soe.
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Washington
Federal Farm Loan Board
Legionnaires Meet Monday for Caravan to Clarksburg
Members of Grafton’s American Legion Post are urged to meet at the Moose Home on Washington Street at 8 30 Monday to form a motor caravan to Clarksburg for the state legion convention. Owners with cars should bring them to transport comrades to boost Grafton’s parade presence for Labor Day noon event and the drum and bugle corps aims for the $1 500 prize and state title. Transportation committee members Leland Price Lloyd Shriver and Chauncey Helms will arrange cars and can be contacted for available seats.
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Grafton
American Legion Post
Moose Home
Washington Street
Clarksburg
State Legion
State Corps
Leland Price
Lloyd Shriver
Chauncey Helms
Legionaires
Hunt Slayer of Child in South Bend Active Suspect at Large
South Bend Indiana authorities pursue a kidnapper who enticed eight year old Marveline Appel into a car last Wednesday evening. He held her for about 30 hours before attacking and killing her. A $3,100 reward pool is posted for information leading to the capture of the suspect whose body wounds were described as a throat wound with wire and a head gash. The victim's body was found Thursday night near the home of her mother Mrs Seer.
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South Bend
Ind
Aug. C
Marveline Appel
Merger In Oil Field Awaits Ratification
The proposed consolidation of Phillips Petroleum Company and Independent Oil and Gas Company would create a producer with assets over 318 million dollars. Stockholders’ ratification was awaited. company officials, in full agreement, viewed the pending approval as essential to progress.
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Tulsa, Okin
Phillips Petroleum Company
Independent Oil and Gas Company
Bottle of Nitroglycerin Kills Amarillo Attorney
Amarillo Tex Aug 30 AP A. Die Payne the Amarillo attorney who confessed slaying his wife in a devised explosion died in his jail cell early today Officials believe a vial of nitroglycerin he carried exploded in his cot cause fellow prisoners were dislodged from their cots during the blast The sleeping cell mate was unharmed Payne had boasted he would never stand trial His wife’s murder and the couple s 11 year old son s maiming by a bomb wrecked their family car He had asked to be left alone and to travel with his cell mates for the final minutes before the blast His arrest followed a weeks long Howe investigation into the case and his confession to the involvement of a stenographer Verona in the motives backing the killing
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Payne
Texas
Amarillo
Tex
A. DiePaynes
Howe
Miss Verona
College
Family Rotary Meet in Tunnelton Bridges Civic Ties
In Tunnelton on Friday night the Grafton and Kingwood Rotary clubs hosted a joint gathering to foster better acquaintance and civic relations among the three towns. About 2000 attendees included Rotary members and guests. the event at the Tunnelton Methodist Episcopal Church featured a chicken dinner and a novelty song fest led by C. A. Keefer. Mayor Frank Hart gave the official welcome as William A. Beavers chaired the program committee and the Rural-Urban Relations committee managed proceedings.
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Tunnelton
Grafton
Kingwood
Rotary
Annis
Episcopal Church
William A. Beavers
Fred Reed
Preston County
C. A. Keefer
G. T. Bartlett
Beavers
Frank Hart
Storm sweeps British Isles across night of sand and heat
London reports one of the worst electric sand storms in weather history sweeping the nation by night. The heat and storm disrupted travel and daily life as Ramsay MacDonald rushed home by air and train, with the north suffering severe conditions. continued on page six.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
Udesiemouth
Hie
Catterick
Yorkat
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