Grafton Flower Show Impresses Civic Crowd
Grafton midsummer flower show closed last night after a 3 PM start with 60 entries judged by Mrs. D. H. Fawcett, Mrs. E. F. Redinger, Sam R. Jenkins and Ed. White. The event, sponsored by the Womens Civic Club garden committee led by Mrs. John Ault, drew large crowds and showcased delphiniums and dahlias among a diverse display, signaling a likely fall garden showcase.
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Elis Hall
Gratton
Womens’ Civic Club
John Ault
W. Avers
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Garden
D. G. Smith
G. W. Evans
C. Ggorner
RC. McDade
D. H. Fawcett
E. F. Redinger
Sam R
Nationalists Claim Pochow Capture Amid Missionaries Fears
Nationalist forces announced the capture of Pochow as four American missionaries Mr and Mrs G W Strowther Dr Mary King and Miss Oliver Riddell were reportedly in the rebel city during a bombardment. Peiping dispatches questioned the claim and local Baptist headquarters had no word from the quartet. The missionaries were believed safe and well supplied as fighting began.
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Kweiteh
Pochow
Southern Baptist Mission
Po- Chow
Peiping
G. W. Strowther
Mary King
Oliver Riddell
Street Sitters Defy Government In India
Calcutta July 26 sixty women civil disobedience volunteers were refused permission to parade yesterday afternoon. They sat on the pavement at 5 p.m. following Mahatma Gandhi's nonresistance doctrine and remained there all night and throughout today with police watching, weary but nonaggressive.
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Calcutta
United States
India
Mahatma Gandhi
West Virginia Senate Primary Sees Five Candidates
Five candidates seek the Republican nomination for U S senator in West Virginia as primary voters choose August 5. The winner faces Democrat M M Neely in November. Neely, unopposed for the Dem nomination, was defeated in 1928 by Henry D Hatfield. Candidates include James Ellwood Jones Albert B White Benjamin L Rosenbloom Harry Shaw and C Lewis Wilson.
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W. V
United States
West Virginia
M. M. Neely
Neely
Henry D. Hatfield
James Ellwood Jones
Albert B. White
Gvernor
Benjamin L. Rosenbloom
Associated Press
Harry Shaw
Fairmont
Parksburg
Wheeling
James Elwood Jones
Switchback
Petition for Guardian for Lady Mary Heath in Ohio
A petition on file in Cleveland court seeks guardianship for Lady Mary Heath who was found in a hospital in Mentor with nervous disorders after a plane crash incident in the past. The petition states she earns 3500 dollars annually from a crust fund and recently divorced Sir James Heath.
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Mary Heath
London
Cape Town
Mentor
Great Lakes Aircraft Corporation
Reno
Nev
James Heath
Mary
Lindbergh Seeks Respectful, Serious Press Partners
New York July 26 The interview in Editor and Publisher quotes Charles A Lindbergh praising reporters with a serious purpose and criticizing six New York papers he and Mrs Lindbergh will not cooperate with He recalls reporters following him on his honeymoon and a servant bribery attempt while stressing he will work with trusted journalists.
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Editor Am
Jarien Pew
Charles A. Lindbergh
Pew
Lindbergh
Pen
New England
Colonel Lindbergh
Russia warns it may halt trade with some countries
Moscow July 24 Maxim Litvinoff new Soviet foreign affairs chief warned foreign correspondents that the USSR could sharply cut or halve purchases in nations obstructing Soviet product admission. He framed the threat as aimed mainly at the United States and cited an embargo on timber coal and matches entering American ports as evidence.
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Moscow
Soviet Foreign Affairs
Maxim Litvinoff
Georges Tehitcherin
United States
American
M.litvinoff
Soviet Union
Bush Horse Sets Grand Circuit Mark at Toledo Track
Lester Bush and Inde pendence Lady set a new Grand Circuit pace mark at Toledo finishing with a 2:06 in the main heat after a 2:05 1 2 first heat and 2:08 1 4 in the third, earning top money across heats though placing second overall.
Rotary leaders unveil plans at 24th district meeting
At the Clarksburg gathering of the 24th district Rotary governors President G T Bartlett Secretary E W Alexander and past district Governor Jed W Robinson outlined the surprise 10 be handed to local notes and discussed Grafton developments during last night sessions.
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Clarksburg
G. T. Bartlett
E. W. Alexander
Jed W. Robinson
Grafton
Tokyo flight abandoned ends Tacoma Tokyo bid
Tacoma Wash July 26 Guy Kelly legal adviser for Harold Bromley flier and John Buftten backer announced the abandonment of the attempt to fly from Tacoma to Tokyo. They planned a return flight from Tokyo to Tacoma with Bromley’s plane City of Tacoma being dismantled in Seattle and the flier rushing to sail on the President Lincoln.
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Guy Kelly
Harold Bromley
John Bufteten
Tacoma
Tokyo
Bromley
City of
Seattle
Lincoln
Kelley
City Park prep for record crowds this Sunday
City Park officials expect a record crowd as hundreds plan a day at the municipal bathing beach and picnic grounds. Otis Cole, park patrolman, says ferry service will run from morning to late Sunday night with ample water and preparations in place. Tygarts Valley Traction will run cars on midsummer schedule to accommodate visitors and parking is ample.
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Otis Cole
Tygarts Valley Traction Company
The
Mercury
Parents dispute over exchanged babies in city case
In Chicago a week old baby swapped at birth is at the center of a custody dispute. The Watkins and Bamberger families each claim the infant, after discovery of tabs identifying the babies, prompting confusion and anxiety as a hospital mix up unfolds.
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William
Watkins
Bambergers
Bamberger
Norwegian King Heard On Radio
King Haakon VII of Norway will address listeners in the United States next Wednesday via NBC. The five minute broadcast originates in Nidaros and travels through Oslo Stockholm and Berlin before short wave transmission to the American chain. The talk marks the 900th anniversary of the Nidaros Cathedral and Norway's Christian era.
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Haakon VII
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National Broadcasting Company Network
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Stockholm
Sweden
Berlin
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Italians Alarmed as Earth Shocks Continue in Italy
Naples and surrounding provinces reel from a sequence of earthquakes with eight new shocks in two days. Casualties climb to 2,142 dead and 4,551 injured as officials warn many remain trapped under rubble. Residents endure shortages and fear further tremors while authorities tally tolls and coordinate aid.
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Rome
Crollalaza
Five Die When Planes Crash in Old Mexico
Mexico City military bulletin reports Col Alfredo Lezama arrested on orders of the army high staff amid an air collision that killed five. Four victims were aviators, the fifth a peon playing handball below. Cadets accused Lezama over a preflight bet. he did not fly, watched from ground.
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Alfredo Lezama
Army High Staff
Lezama
Military Air School
Debt accord reached on Mexico debt settlement terms
New York reports an international bankers committee reached an agreement with Mexico on settling its foreign debt totaling 513 million dollars. Signed at J P Morgan offices by Mexico’s finance minister Luis de la Vega and Morgan partner Thomas W Lamont, the plan cuts principal, offers 5 percent bonds, and extends direct government payments over 45 years. The government debt falls from 274 million to 267 million, with refunded debt tied to customs revenues. rail debt reduced to 225 million and secured similarly.
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Mexico
Mexican National Railway
J. P. Morgan and Company
Luis de Dea
Thomas W. Lamont
Morgan and Company
Bankers’ Committee
King brings cheer to earthquake sufferers in Italy
Melfi Italy July 26 King Victor Emmanuel toured disaster zones on a second day of inspection. He visited a ruined station a tent city for refugees and a 15-year-old girl rescued from debris. Doctors labored to save ten others in grave condition.
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Melfi
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
M. Leoni
Croflalanza
Oriolo
Potenza
Park Stand Robbed For Ice Cream Treats At Night
Park policeman Oole Cole reports his refreshment stand was robbed after 12 o'clock Thursday night. Iced cream cones candies bottled drinks chewing gum and crackerjack valued at about five dollars were taken. A lock from the door was pried. Also a clearing house statement notes New York exchanges at 1 264 000 000 balances 173 000 000.
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Oole Cole
Clearing House
New York
Actor Fined For Striking Actress in Beach Court
Los Angeles tabloid report says Rex Lease paid a fine in Beach justice court after a July confrontation with Viv ian Duncan of the Di sisters dancing team. Lease pleaded self defense claiming the blow to her eye was a counter move. Duncan alleged an assault over a car key dispute.
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Rex Lease
Justice Court of
Shaw Declares Himself Europe’s Literary Emperor at 74
London July 26 George Bernard Shaw, aged 74, proclaims his status as Europe’s literary and dramatic emperor. He recounts Vienna producers resisting his stage dicta and recalls a party clash with Senator Reed over "The Apple Cart." Ends with Shaw’s sharp note on America and morals.
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