Strikers Down In Pennsylvania Mine Violence Clash
In Brownsville Pa three pickets and a youth were wounded when guns fired as 2100 miners walked out at the J Rainey Company and C Brick Coke mine actions. A steel fragment hit George Kifer 19 at Frick Colonial mine. Two strikers run down by an auto at Colonial No 3. Witnesses describe shots fired and injuries as the strike spreads.
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Brownsville
Pennsylvania
J. Rainey Company
United Mine Workers
Ted
C. Brick Coke’ Company
George
Frick Company
Kifer
John Maredy Smoel
Mike Raku
Uniontown
Colonial No. 3
Mazurisk
Mike Pilfolich
Elizabeth Wight
Philadia
Theylvania Security League
Aan
Balbo Delays Overseas Hop Due to Weather
Harbor, N. F. July 28 Gen Italo Balbo postponed the planned hop to Valencia Ireland State because forecasted weather threatens the start. Balbo and his squadron arrived from She- Ng after refueling and await weather reports to govern a decision on the 1,800 mile flight back to Italy.
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Harbor
N. F
Italo Balbo
Grmada
Valencia
Italo Bale
Ired
United States
Italy
Fox Advises Extra Levies May Be Laid For Old Debt
State tax commissioner Fred L. Fox said all levying bodies can use the enabling act to raise special levies for existing indebtedness. He urged authorities to show necessity and consider taxpayers’ burden, noting court tests may follow if constitution limits are exceeded. Continued on Page Six.
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Fox
Charleston
Fred L. Fox
Shooting tragedy in Warwick woods involving mother and daughter
Police report 59 year old Mrs Mable A Grogan a Boston school principal was shot dead by her daughter Mrs Ruth Compton who confessed after the body was found in a Warwick brook. Compton reported a nervous breakdown and said she fired five shots while the victim bent to pick a flower. No motive given.
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Orange
Mass
Mable A. Grogan
Boston
Warwick
Ruth Compton
Six coal code proposals to be submitted open shop urged
Appalachi an asks for open shop as four coal code drafts move toward General Hugh S. Johnson. Producers from the Appalachian field finalize a code with a 3.4 dollar daily minimum for underground labor, a 40 hour week, and open shop. Fairmont West Virginia pays 24 cents less per day, southern districts 40 cents less. Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma operators plan their own code, with terms undisclosed. Three western Kentucky producers also work on a separate code. The three new codes join three already filed, awaiting a hearing set for August 7.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
Fairmont
West Virginia
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
C. F. Richardson
Sturgis
Indiana
Florida Warned Of Approaching Storm
Miami reports Southeastern Florida prepares for a tropical disturbance moving from about 400 miles east. Weather forecasts indicate the storm may reach the mainland tonight and residents are urged to board up windows and be ready for any eventuality.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
APPROVE BANK MERGER IN NEW YORK
The proposed merger of the County Trust Company and the Lawyers' Trust Company was approved by the stockholders. Governor Alfred E. Smith, chairman of the County Trust, will head the merged institution.
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New York
County Trust Company
Lawyers' Trust Company
Alfred E. Smith
County Trust
Roosevelt to Leave Tonight for Vacation
President Roosevelt clears his desk for a August sojourn at Hyde Park New York with his staff. The couple will depart Washington on a special train late tonight, pass through New York, and reach Hyde Park by tomorrow maintaining command of affairs from the family residence on the Hudson.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Hudson River
New York
Blue Eagle Agreements Sign Across Nation Spread
Washington reports that the Blue Eagle of the National Recovery Administration began to spread nationwide as employers covenant with President Roosevelt to raise wages and shorten working hours. Postmen delivered the agreements to door to door, many signed and returned quickly for display of the insignia. Administrator Hugh S. Johnson spent the morning clearing his desk before flying to Detroit in a War Department plane for a scheduled conference.
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Washington
National Recovery Administration
Roosevelt
N. RB. A
Hugh 8. Johnson
Detroit
War Department
Mrs Sarah Voit Touring Europe on Continental Visit
Local friends report Mrs Sarah Lanagan Voit has mailed from Marseille France to send best wishes. She began a tour of the continent after departing on June 27 and plans to fly from Paris to Central Africa. She expects to return home in late fall.
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Sarah “Lanagan Voit
Marseille-Gart
France
General Contractors Meet In Charleston For Recovery Program
West Virginia general contractors will gather in Charleston next Monday at 10 a.m. at the Ruffner Hotel. George Butts says the meeting seeks nationwide industrial recovery program participation and is open to all general contractors, regardless of association affiliation led by Boggs, vice president of the state association.
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Wheeling
George Butts
West Virginia
Charleston
Boggs
West Virginia General Contractors Association
Ruffner
Borah to Leave Johns Hopkins Hospital Soon
Physicians at Johns Hopkins Hospital said Senator William E Borah of Idaho who recently underwent an operation would leave the hospital in a few days and return to his home in Washington
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
William E. Borah
Idaho
Washington
Missing Youth 17 Found Safe After Kidnap Fear
ciport Mass July 28 The missing 17 year old Clinton C Taylor Jr son of a New York lawyer was located safe at his Harwichport summer home after police broadcast an appeal. He had been missing since yesterday morning and spent time on the Taylor sloop anchored near Harwichport. The youth left Allen's Harbor residence about 9 am and did not return by midnight leading his father to seek police help. He may have hitched a ride to New York City later.
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Mu Vernon
N. J
Harwichsport
Mass
Clinton C. Taylor, Jr
New York
Harwichport
Margaret
Peggy) McMath
Allen's Harbor
70000 Silk Workers Ordered To Strike Against Textile Codes
New York July 28 The Dunn & Bradstreet review notes a broad business boom with little sign of midsummer recession. The buying movement remains strong despite tensions affecting securities and prices.
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New York
Dunn & Bradstreet Review
Val
August 1 Set As Date For Silk Walkout
Easton Pa July 28 Workers in the silk industry estimated at 70,000 by a union official are ordered to strike in protest against all textile codes. The American Federation of Silk Workers issued a general strike call to take effect one day before the public hearing on the silk code. August 2 is tentatively set for the hearing. A separate silk code was demanded and objections were raised to codes for wool and cotton.
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Easton
American Federation of Silk Workers
Chrysler to raise hourly wages by twenty percent
Detroit July 28 K T Keller general manager of Chrysler announces an August 1 pay raise raising hourly scales 20 percent over first March period. The total 46 000 wage earners and salaried employees receive a 10 percent raise last week and the second increase applies to hourly earnings. The firm notes earlier upward rate adjustments and says hours reduced and production up add 20 000 employees since March.
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Detroit
K. T. Keller
Chrysler Corporation
Corporation
Keller
Banker's Wife Dies in Washington
Mrs Caroline F Baldwin widow of Brenton L Baldwin Washington banker died here yesterday. She graduated from Mount de Chantal Academy at Wheeling.
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Washington
Caroline F. Baldwin
Brenton L. Baldwin
Baldwin
Mount de’ Chantel’ Academy
Wheeling
Britishers pilot America's fastest train to new record
In Elkhart Indiana on July 28 British engine Gilbertson and fireman Jackson of the Royal Scot guided the Twentieth Century Limited from Chicago to Elkhart two minutes ahead of schedule. The 101 mile leg was completed in 105 minutes with a four minute Chicago stop. The scene featured the Century of Progress World's Fair display voyage.
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Elkhart
Ind
William Gilbertson
Carlisle
Century Limited
Chicago
Ekhart
Gilbertson
J. Jackson
Bailey picks supervisors for highways
Charleston July 28 Ernest L Bailey state road commissioner said today he has completed selection of county road supervisors and barring unexpected delay will announce his appointments late tomorrow.
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Charleston
Ernest L. Bailey
Harvey-Rightmire Reunion at Grafton Park
The Harvey-Rightmire families hold an annual reunion at Grafton Park on Sunday August 6 with a ground dinner program starting 1:30 PM. The event includes addresses and a song service. The families are noted West Virginia locals with a history of large attendance and this marks the third reunion at Grafton Park following earlier gatherings at Sand Hill school on the Grafton Fairmont pike.
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Harvey-Rightmire
Grafton Park
West Virginia
Sand Hill School
Grafton-Fairmont Pike
W. J. Wolf Transferred To Northern Division
W. J. Wolf, manager of the Maryland division of Consolidation Coal Co., is transferred to divisional manager of the Northern West Virginia division based in Palmont, W. Va. He will be succeeded at Frostburg by Benjamin H. McCrackin, division superintendent of maintenance since Sept. 1, 1932.
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Frostburg
W. J. Wolf
Maryland
Consolidation Coal Co
Tal Palrmont
W. Va
West Virginia
Wolf
Benjamin H.mccrackin
Drinker Consumes 12 Quarts Of 3.2 Beer In Contest
Paterson New Jersey on July 28 Michael Sciro drank 12 quarts eight ounce steins to prove 3.2 beer is not intoxicating. Five others started the contest but dropped out by the 15 minute mark. Sciro continued for 16 more minutes finishing 384 ounces in total. Continued on page set.
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Paterson
N. J
Michael Sciro
Sciro
Laundry owners back Roosevelt Act in Central West Virginia
At a Morgantown Fairmont Clarksburg Elkins and Grafton meeting held in the Waldo hotel Clarksburg laundries endorsed the National Recovery Act and pledged support in a telegram to the President. The message says laundries are in hearty accord with the act and ready to cooperate but prefer awaiting the national association code.
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Morgantown
Fairmont
Clarksburg
Elkins
Grafton
Roosevelt
West Virginia
Exchange To Resume Old Hours On Monday
The New York Stock Exchange announces a return to the regular hours from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. beginning next Monday. The exchange will be closed on Saturdays through September 2.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Upshur Man Falls From Oil Derrick
Buckhannon July 28 Stanley Talbot 23 was seriously injured when he fell sixty five or seventy feet from an oil rig near his French Creek home about 11 o clock Thursday morning.
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Buckhannon
Stanley “Talbot
French Creek
Federals Join In Search For Band Slavers
Federal officers joined state and local police in hunting gunmen who killed Deputy Roy Shamblin and Ralph Harper. Louise Frazier named the suspects after questioning, with descriptions broadcast statewide. Five more people remain held for questioning as the probe moves between Charleston and Huntington.
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Charleston
Louise Frazier
West Charleston
J. Blackburn Watts
Kanawha County
Frazier
Roy Shamblin
Ralph Harper
Huntington
Jay
Roosevelt
D. D. Harper J
Baxter “Harper
Egies Ay
Ran
Oh Page Bix
Two strike disturbances arrest ninety five in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on July 6, eighty nine women and five men were arrested in two separate strike disturbances. At Greenbaum Brothers blouse plant at 58th and Market street, ten women and three men were taken into custody as conflicts arose between strikers and workers. A man triggered the fire alarm during the melee, and firemen subdued the scene.
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Philadelphia
Greenbaum Brothers Company
58Th
Market Street
Turing
Ieeanes
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Pat) Reid
Ruth
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M. A. Grogan
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Approve Bank
Blue Eagle
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Ciport
Clinton C. Taylor
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Chrysler
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Rightmire
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