Captain Enos Yarn Sets Off Passenger Steamer on Wharf
Provincetown Massachusetts July 23 The Dorothy Bradford ferry faces a crowd as Captain Enos tells a tall fish story perched on a barrel on the dock Passengers delay boarding amid his yarns and the ship’s shrill whistle. Music by Papa Lardo’s orchestra and Rotary Club singers accompany the gathering as talk turns to a future visit and a $50,000 building planned for the state fairgrounds in Oklahoma City.
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Boston
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Forest Festival plans underway for Elkins event
Elkins officials and West Virginia leaders unite to promote the Third Annual Mountain State Forest Festival set for October 6 to 8. Gilbert Overholt, director-general, says Governor Conley and Agriculture Secretary Gore back efforts to showcase the state’s scenic highlands and outdoor opportunities via the festival. Princesses for Queen Silvia’s court are being appointed by state leaders, with the likely Queen from Southern West Virginia. The festival aims to draw visitors statewide.
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Elkins
West Virginia
Gilbert H. Overholt
Conley
Gore
Overholt
Goetholt
Virginia
United States
Legislature Debates on WVU Head Resignation and Campus Bills
The House expunged a motion to direct the resignation of West Virginia University president John R. Furner after a point of order. Other actions include bids to recover unclaimed bank deposits, a resolution favoring West Virginia materials and labor, wage debates, inquiries into state college courses, and reports on payrolls and state official salaries. The session also considered road labor preferences, farm agent funding, and tax levy limits, with several measures referred to the Senate committees.
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West Virginia University
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Board of Governors
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Scher
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State Board of Control
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Ohio
Hiner
Pendleton
Senate
Roberts
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Ecohomy
Board of Contfolland
State Boar of Education
Public Service Commission
Senate Finance Committee
Road Commission
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House of Delegates
Thornhill
Raleigh
House Journal
Statehouse
Living Socialism Goal For Chile Says Davila
Chile's acting president Davila articulates a plan for a living socialist state using collective discipline to curb individual privilege and drive reform. He envisions a government that demands efficiency, rejects party ties, and accepts opposition while maintaining firm action against disorder.
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Harold P. Braman
Cantiago Chile
Calos Davila
Washington
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Devila
Socialist Republic
Carlos’ Davila
Ford Kittle Rites Sunday
Punlidt berviver for Rutherford Martin Kittle 56 died at his brother Frank G Kittle’s Philippi home yesterday morning. Services 2 30 Sunday at the Philippi Methodist Episcopal Church with Masons in charge. burial in Fraternity cemetery. Brother G Bruce Kittle of San Francisco unable to attend. Kittle son of George M and Charity E Poling Kittle born in Philippi. Former publisher Philippi Republican editor and Ohio State alumnus Alpha Tau Omega member. Later auditor with Virginia Debt Commission and state tax commissioner’s office. Retired two years ago due to ill health. Member York Lodge Masons Columbus.
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Rutherford Martin Kittle
Philippi
H. S. Chapman
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San Francisco
Lima Locomotive
Lima
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York Lodge For Masons
Columbus
Guards Freed Of Blame In Prison Deaths
Raiford Florida July 23 complete exoneration of Florida prison officials and employees in the deaths of two convicts was voted by the Board of State Institutions after a two day hearing led by Nathan Mayo. Harold Bradley and Frank Powell were the prisoners. Bradley home in Loretta Pennsylvania was shot by a guard during an attempted escape at Indiantown prison camp. The board upheld the Martin County grand jury finding that Bradley's death was justifiable homicide.
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Raiford
Fla
Florida
Board of State Institutions
Nathan Mayo
Doyle Carlton
Harold Bradley
Frank Powell
Bradley
Loretta
Indiantown
Martin County Grand Jury
Angus Sumner
Pennsylvania
Labor Federation Calls for Drives in Relief Campaigns
The American Federation of Labor urged relief agencies to launch campaigns immediately predicting severe distress this winter. The executive council asked cities and states to appropriate funds and delegated President William Greene to draft an unemployment insurance plan demanded of industry. Distress is forecast in New York Philadelphia Detroit Chicago St Louis Pittsburgh Cleveland Denver Los Angeles and coal mining districts.
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N. J
Cobles
American Federation of Labor
William Greene
New York
Philadelphia
Detroit
Chicago
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Denver
Los Angeles
Ziegfeld urges producers to shed nude displays and lead with merit
Florenz Ziegfeld, continuing from Page One, calls on legitimate producers to guide audiences by merit and artistry and to pressure others to reform. He asks theatergoers to support only shows free from nude displays as he reflects on his early married life with Anna Held and his return to the stage.
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Ziegfeld Director's Settled Plans Amid Consolidation Talks
The article notes firm details about Ziegfeld and his personal life including marriages and a daughter, while focusing on Pennsylvania Railroad officials discussing a consolidation plan. Board actions are deferred pending director-level consideration, with W. W. Atterbury and others preparing to present a recommended plan to the board. The piece references reactions to the New England situation and objections seen as non vital to adoption.
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Philadelphid
Tuly
Pennsylvania Railroad
Patricia
Ziegfeld
Chicago
W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania
I. C
New England
Long awaited rail merger sees slow operability ahead
Washington July 23 the Interstate Commerce Commission eastern railroad consolidation plan drew broad approval from eastern rail leaders but many months will pass before it can be made operative. Officials foresee a long period before the four major systems are fully formed, while securities markets reacted positively with stock and bond gains. The four line presidents plan a meeting in New York next Tuesday to discuss the plan and its impact, with other large roads expected to attend.
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Interstate Commerce. Commission
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Est
Couzens
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
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Baltimore and Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York Central
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
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W. W. Atterbury
Burnet
Daniel Willard
East
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Delaware and Action, Railroad Co
Interstate Commerce
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Interstate Commerce Commission
B.D. Starbuck
Charles 8. Valentine
Richmond
John J. Pelley
New Hagen
Hartford
Normal July Weather Across Regions With Heat tolls
Near normal July weather resumed on a large scale though fatalities continued. Raids concluded a westward journey last night cooling the seaboard to the eighties. Temperatures in Minnesota, the Dakotas, Nebraska and Kansas began to rise again after subsiding. Week-end prospects were fair. nearly 80 people were free of the heat.
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Associated Press
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Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansas
No Poison Found in Rochester River Deaths
County authorities say Reuben Kruger and Jesse Salley admitted involvement in a swimming party with Louise Prigge and Frances Polikowski. The two women were found dead in the Zumbro River after a suspected accident at Ryan's Beach. Officials report the men fled after the incident and maintain the deaths were accidental.
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Jesse Salley
Plainview
Louise Prigge
Frances Polikowski
Zumbro River
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Salley
Ryan's
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