Grafton's July Fireworks Display Delights Crowd
A lively Fourth of July show atop Finne ss rock featured diverse pyrotechnics and a grand finale. Spectators, including many children and townspeople in the court house square, enjoyed rotating pinwheels, garlands, mosaics, crosses, niagara waterfalls, a waddling duck act, and rapid salute bursts under the direction of Ralph H. Cline Frank Held and John Forcello.
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Grafton
Finness Rock
West Grafton
Jening
Niagara
Court House
Ralph H. Cline
Frank Held
John Forcello
Tax discussion hints at broad revenue plan
Doughton's committee will hold hearings Monday with treasury experts to vet proposed revenue ideas for business fairness. Roosevelt's tax message mentions no rates while Guffey Bill outlines a framework applying to incomes above 1 million dollars, proposing 60 to 80 percent rates on high earners. Senator Harrison notes no change to rates below 1 million, with the plan focusing on top brackets.
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Doughton
Treasury
Roosevelt
Guffey
Sen
Harrison
Finance Committee
Tax plan and coal bill discussed for September adjournment
Lawmakers debated inheritance taxes ranging from four percent on 300000 to seventy five percent on amounts over ten million. Incomes over one million would be taxed at sixty nine percent. Doughton predicted the tax program would pass before Congress adjourns September 1. Also reviewed was the Gurley coal bill and a plan to launch a "little NRA" for bituminous coal before adjournment.
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Doughton
Congress
Leggors
White House
Leaders Shun Cleveland Rally Invitations
London Hurley decline noted as leaders wait for a September regional gathering planned for Canton or Columbus Ohio. Delegates invited from Ohio Michigan Pennsylvania Virginia Maryland the District of Columbia Tennessee Kentucky and West Virginia after Springfield grass roots meeting. Hurley Lowden Hamilton reportedly declined invitations as keynoter at Cleveland event.
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Hurley
Canton
Columbus
Ohio
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Maryland
District of Columbia
Tennessee
Kentucky
West Virginia
Springfield
T.L
Patrick J. Hurley
O. Lowden
Hinets
Ta‘e
John Hamilton
Kansas
Republican National Committee
Cleveland
Shanghai to Bremerton Navy Yard Romance Unfolds
Lieutenant Valentine Preston departs Shanghai with Lia Gareanne after a whirlwind romance. He learns his orders send him to Bremerton Washington, while Lia battles sorrow at leaving China and her aunt. Their fragile bond and future fate hang on the voyage.
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Dauine Eatding
Unites States
Edding
Ingyid Navy Yard
Llewteen
Ureaton
China
Ricksha
Shanghai
Janice
Pcle
Enangea Fm
Val
South Carolina
Ismaelf
Liv Garenne
Kent Townley
Lia
Dreasen
Tia
Peiping
Bint
Vat
Paris
Department
Navy Yard
Bremerton
Puget Sound
Jannasond
Lin
Charleston
Julia Toe
Abe Lincoln
Tadeah
Mune
Ian
Puget Sound Navy Yard
States
Halstony
Liz
Diewtenman
Valentine Freston
Lie Gareane
Say Goodby
Janice Edding
Priping
Gobi Desert
Jan
Sue
Brad
Valentine Preston
China Station
Yangtze
Four Held Without Bond in Detroit Murder Case
In Detroit on July 5, a man William Lee Ferris using the alias William Schweitzer and three women Florence and Loretta Jackson and Jean Miller pleaded not guilty to first degree murder in the slaying of attorney Howard Carter Dickinson. Judge Thomas M. Cotter ordered the four held without bond. hearings on habeas writs were postponed. Dickinson, nephew of Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, was killed during a $134 holdup. Prosecutors planned to charge all four as principal offenders with additional witnesses to support the case.
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Detroit
Howard Carter Dickinson
Recorder's
Thomas M. Cotter
William Lee Ferris
William Schweitzer
Florence
Loretta Jackson
Jean Miller
C. & O President Dies At His Cleveland Home
J J Bernet president of the Chesapeake and Ohio and Pere Marquette railroads died at his Cleveland home after a brief illness He was 67 and had risen from a minor employee in his youth He suffered a general breakdown two weeks ago with friends unaware of the severity of his condition
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Washington
J. J. Bernet
Chesapeake and Ohio
Pere Marquette
Cleveland
Play centers cut to three days weekly announced
FERA relief centers in Taylor city will operate only on three days a week due to reduced work days. Acting FERA Administrator W D Frey stated centers will be open Monday Wednesday and Friday from 2 pm to 8 pm, per Taylor county recreational project supervisor J B Dryfield.
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Taylor Com- Fera
W. D. Frey
FERA
WD. D. Frey
J. B
Dryfield
Taylor County Recreational Project
$5 Fine Is Assessed Against Kennedy
Calvin Kennedy of the city was arrested Tuesday by Constable John Gerard and arraigned before Justice Ona C. Jefferys. He was fined $5 and costs for being drunk in a public place.
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Calvin Kennedy
John Gerard
Ona C. Jefferys
Virginia Faces Epidemic Of Infantile Paralysis
Richmond Virginia July 5 fifty nine cases of infantile paralysis reported to the state health department since June 1 with advice to avoid crowds and gatherings Only one new case yesterday June total stood at fifty two Health commissioner Dr I C Riggin issued the update and warned residents while authorities track the spread
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Richmond
Virginia
State Health Department
I. C. Riggin
Department
Bomb explosion fatal to July 4 reveler in New Jersey
Antonio Patone age 54 of Garfield died in Hackensack hospital from injuries after a bomb exploded in his hand during a visit with friends in Lodi. Both arms and one leg were torn off by the blast. The incident occurred July 4 and was reported from Hackensack, New Jersey.
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Hackensack
N. J
Antonio Patone
Garfield
Hackensack Hospital
Lodi
Steel Brothers Duel Ends With Fatal Wounds in Homestead
In Homestead a duel between two steel workers ended fatally for Chris Pinn who died on the street from numerous wounds. Joe Comps staggered a short distance to a fire station with a gaping wound after the confrontation in the city.
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Pittsburgh
Homestead
Chris Pinn
Joe Comps
Departure to Bremerton awakens Lia and Val
On a Seattle ferry to Bremerton Val Preston recalls Lia’s joy in Shanghai and the toll of their long separation. Brad Norris aids their arrival, invites them to the commandant’s tea, and warns of Sue’s plans as the couple contemplates their new naval posting and a strained marriage.
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Navy Yard
Lia
China
Seattle
Val
Brad Norris
Asiatic
Brad
Idock
Admiral Pomfret
Lin
Bremerton
Cordray Airplane Company
Prestons
Sue
Jefferson
Kenevah
Navy
Liat Tve
Cordray Company
Laure Montross
Shirley Temple to Receive Academy Award At Early Age
The Academy plans a special award to Shirley Temple before she turns six, placing her among Chaplin and Disney as only the third recipient in film history. Our Little Girl opens Sunday at the Strand Theatre, followed by The Woman in Red at the New Dixie Theatre, a National drama about a wife facing scandal to save a man from murder conviction.
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Emple
Joel
Shirley T Rosemary Ames
Strand
McCrea
Shirley Temple
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Academy
Shirley
Charles Chaplin
City Lights
Walt Disney
Strand Theatre
Barbara
New Dixie Theatre
Wallace Irwin
Mary McCall, Jr
Peter Milne
Robert Florey
Mark of the Vampire at the Strand Tonight
Carol Borland, a Berkeley College student, stars as the eerie vampire woman in Tod Browning’s Mark of the Vampire. The Strand Theatre screens the film tonight with Borland transforming into a walking corpse under makeup by Jack Dawn, thrilling audiences.
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Carol Borland
Berkeley
Tod Browning
Strand ‘Theatre
Miss Borland
Jack Dawn
New Dixie The Woman Ended at the Dixie Theatre
In a Sun era fragment the line references a scene at the Dixie Theatre where a horned phrase invokes a "horsey" woman, prompting readers to imagine a lively stage moment. The brief text hints at social impressions tied to nightlife and entertainment in a historical newspaper snippet.
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Dixie Theatre
The Unwelcome Stranger at the Opera House
Jack Holt stars in a dramatic vehicle at the Opera House about a loving couple torn apart by a mysterious third party feared by the husband and beloved by the wife. The tale promises a surprising climax as fate twists the couple’s life and returns to normalcy.
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Jack Holt
Opera House
Holt
Mona
Barrrie
le Baat
Paitdue
Mona Barrie
Coluber
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Rancetiom
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New Dixie
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