Burglars Loot Beech Street Tire Shop For $30
Beech street’s Jarvis Tire Service reports a late night or early morning break in. Entry through a back window yielded $30.93 in cash and loose coins from a pocketbook inside a bar of the chains. State Troopers Murphy and Emerick lead the investigation with fingerprint experts to follow.
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Jarvis Tire Service
Beech Street
W. E. Murphy
L. W. Emerick
A. W. Jarvis
Tee Establishment
Fred Jaco
M. C. Bolyard
Jacob
Mr. Bolyard
Murphy
Wes Virginia Baptist Assembly To Be Held At Alderson Broaddus
Philippi July 30 The twenty sixth annual session of the West Virginia Baptist Assembly is set for August 6 to 16 at Alderson Broaddus College. Classes will be mornings, afternoons for recreation and fellowship, evenings split between vespers and entertainments. Leaders include S S Hill, J A Cooper, Alfred Meryl, Della Green, Irene Easter, B R Kincaid, Lulu Meadows, Elizabeth Somerville, Pauline Snyder, B L Depew, Norris Gilliam, Julius Fischbach, Richard Tibbs and Phil Jenkins. Continued on page two.
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Mich
Irene Easter
Hurricane
B. R. Kincaid
Huntington
Lulu Meadows
Elizabeth Somerville
Auburn
Pauline Snyder
Fairmont
B. L. Depew
Mullens
Norris Gilliam
First Baptist Church
Kenova
Julius Fischbach
Morgantown
Richard Tibbs
Phil Jenkins
Pas
No Compromise With New Deal By Republicans Pledges
Washington reports signs of sharp GOP stance toward the 1936 race with Senator Hastings urging a middle west conservative for president. Henry P. Fletcher, national chairman, declares there can be no compromise with the New Deal and warns of centralization and planned economy under a president.
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Washington
Middle West
Hastings
Del
Henry P. Fletcher
Fletcher
Roosevelt
Hoover
Herbert
Ex Burlesque Dancer Confesses in Brutal Slaying Case
Evelyn Smith, a 47 year old former burlesque dancer, confessed to strangling Ervin Lang and dismembering his body. She said she and her Chinese husband Harry Jung transported the remains in a trunk to a swamp near Hammond Indiana. The torso was found in the swamp with the severed limbs located near Munster five miles south of Hammond. The confession followed her arrest in New.
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Chicago
Gaunt
Evelyn Smith
Charles
Daugherty
Ervin Lang
Harry Jung
Lang
Hammond
Munster
Ind
Mother and Two Boys Die in Flat Blaze
In Cleveland an apartment fire claimed three lives when Carl Morocco 14 and Tony 8 died in their bedrooms and mother Mary Morocco 39 died later in hospital. Firemen reached the scene but the cause was undetermined.
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Cleveland
Carl Morocco
Tony
Mary Morocco
Benwood vows to cope with own relief if funds cut
Mayor Healy says Benwood can meet local relief needs if federal aid is curtailed. If relief is shut off or reduced, the city will employ unemployed residents on city projects already under consideration and put them into operation immediately.
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Benwood
Healy
Water Safe Says Mayor Amid Rumors at Grafton
Mayor E Otto Waugh dismissed rumors that Grafton's water is unsafe. He cited state health reports showing July 19 tests indicated the water is safe for drinking despite turbidity from the Tygart Valley Flood Control Dam construction. Tests were taken from county building and city hall taps.
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E. Otto Waugh
Grafton
Tygart Valley
Waugh
State Department of Health
Charleston
Release of Man Nabbed As Slayer To Be Asked
Huntington July 30 A defense attorney sought Bellville 26 for murder in Virgil Smith 53 found dead in the Ohio river after a party on Bellville s boat The defense produced a witness who said he spoke with Smith hours after the party Magistrate ordered Bellville detained for grand jury action and a habeas corpus writ was planned seeking release on grounds of insufficient evidence
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Huntington
W. E. Bellville
Virgil Smith
Smith
Ohio River
Bellville
O. M. Phipps
H. E. Beard
Harry Sexton
Guyanette
J. J. N. Quinlan
George 8. Wallace
State Faces Big Task of Relief Care
West Virginia confronts a statewide relief challenge after federal officials say administration is now a state matter. Governor Kump directs C. L. Allen to resurvey county needs and plans a survey with Wayne Coy to determine county allotments and funding. The telegram from Aubrey Williams notes state control and leaves director appointment to the governor.
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Charleston
State Relief Administration
National Relief Body
H. G. Kump
C. L. Allen
West Virginia
Washington
Alten
Aubrey Williams
Allen
Wayne Coy
Ganke
Harry L. Hopkins
William N. Beeler
Kump
Austin Beats Budge to Give Britain Davis Cup Edge
In Wimbledon on July 30 England secured a fourth straight Davis Cup win over the United States as H. W. Bunny Austin defeated Don Budge in four sets 6-2 6-4 6-8 7-5 on the final day. The victory avenged a prior defeat and set up Wilmer Allison of Austin to try to avoid a five-match whitewash for the U.S. team.
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Wimbledon
Eng
H. W
Bunny) Austin
Great Britain
United States
Red
Don Budge
Austin
Budge
Wilmer Allison
Tex
Heironimus Named Grafton City Health Officer
Dr Terring W Heironimus is Graftons city health officer appointed to succeed Dr R H Stout after the Stout term expired July 1. Mayor Waugh disclosed that the commission acted upon the vacancy this morning amid no formal announcement at selection time.
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Terring W. Heironimus
Grafton
R. H. Stout
Dr. Heironimus
E. ©. Waugh
Dr. Stout
Wounded Man Lives As Bullets Stay in Heart
In Council Bluffs Iowa on July 30 Pete Torrez a 45 year old Mexican man remained alive in hospital after two pistol bullets pierced his heart. The landlady told police he had been despondent over personal affairs and had attempted to take his life.
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Council Bluffs
Towa
Pete Torrez
Torrez
Trade Board to Pick New Heads Friday
The Taylor County Board of Trade will elect a new board of directors Friday night with 16 members to form the governing group. Membership has risen to at least 135, prompting the move to the circuit court room for the meeting. The organization plans to canvass Fettermann and West Grafton businesses to enroll about 25 more members.
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Taylor County Board of Trade
Court House
G. T. Bartlett
Circuit Court Room
County Court Room
Grafton
Fetterman
West Grafton
Pioneer in Journalism School Field Succumbs
Columbia Mo July 30 Dr Walter Williams 71 longtime president of Missouri University and founder of its well known school of journalism died at home after a long illness. The funeral will be held Wednesday with burial in Columbia cemetery.
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Columbia, Mo
Walter Williams
Williams
Missouri University
School of Journalism
Columbia Cemetery
Seven Bischoff Family Die In Canyon Plunge
In Fredonia Arizona on July 30 a car tumbled over an embankment into a canyon killing seven members of the Tuscan family. Three year old Robert Bischoff survived as the sole passenger to live. The dead include Raeburn E Bischoff and his wife and their three daughters a granddaughter and a more distant relative.
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Fredonia
Ariz
Robert Bischoff
Robert
Raeburn E. Bischoff
Henry Ford Observes Natal Day In Cottage Voyage
Henry Ford, 72, celebrated his natal day at a Lake Superior cottage within the Huron Mountain Club grounds. He arrived with Mrs Ford aboard a freighter for his annual vacation and again declined interviews and ceremonies.
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Henry Ford
Natal
Big Bay
Midh
Huron Mountain Club
Lake Superior
League Faces Opposition To Go Slow Plan
Geneva July 30 The League of Nations faces hurdles as it ponders a cautious approach to the Italo Ethiopian dispute. England may push for firm action while smaller nations press to defend their interests. A full investigation, possibly led by Eden, is debated amid speculation on mobilization and frontier incidents.
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Associated Press
Geneva
League of Nations
Italy
Ethiopia
League
England
League Assembly
Baglin
Anthony Eden
East Africa
Italy dispatches more troops to East Africa
Rome July 30 Italian dispatches 500 officers and men sailed from Naples aboard the Abbazia to East Africa to safeguard Italy's prestige while Italian diplomats journeyed to Geneva to take part in the League of Nations effort to liquidate the Italo Ethiopian crisis.
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Rome
Italy
East Africa
Geneva
League of Nations
Naples
Abbazia
Bridgeport Boy Dies In Truck Ride Accident
Denzel Hardman seventeen of Bridgeport was killed when he fell from a truck rear end onto the highway during a playful ride with Harry Poole fifteen of Flemington severely injured. Lloyd S Hardman drove the truck. The death brings Harrison county motor fatalities in 1935 to sixteen and fourth in July.
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Clarksburg
Denzel Hardman
Bridgeport
Harry Pool
T. S. Poole
Flemington
Lloyd S. Hardman
Young Poole
Harrison County
County School Chiefs Convene in Charleston
County superintendents and assistant superintendents met in Charleston to discuss financing organization and teacher training. Dr Joy Elmer Morgan editor of The National Education Association Journal is the principal speaker for sessions continuing tomorrow. Dr J N Deshi dean emeritus of West Virginia University speaks tonight at a banquet.
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Charleston
Joy Elmer Morgan
National Education Association
J. N. Deshi
West Virginia University
Crowds clash as Gerald Thompson trial upends Peoria courtroom
Rioters and spectators crowded the Peoria courthouse as Gerald Thompson, 26, faces murder charges in the slaying of Mildred Hallmark. Defense witnesses described him as insane citing obsessions and indecent material. Judge Joseph Daily warned spectators he would clear the room.
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Peoria
Ill
Gerald Thompson
Mildred Hallmark
Ben Thurman
Thompson
Joseph Daily
German Protest Expected Over Nazi Flag Onliner Bremen
Officials said a German embassy protest over the removal of the Nazi Swastika from the liner Bremen in New York Harbor is anticipated soon. The gesture drew an informal regret from a State Department official but Wilhelmstrasse is expected to register a formal complaint.
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Washington
Bremen
New York
Wrilhelmstrasse
State Department
Accused Chicken Thief Bound Over For Trial
Philippi July 30 Ray Lamp 28 formerly of Clarksburg was bound over for the Barbour circuit court grand jury at a preliminary hearing yesterday before Magistrate M Jel McDaniel on a charge of stealing 25 chickens April 4 from Jacob Zinn s farm Stewart s Run Elk district Lamp was arrested July 1 at Spencer and jailed He has served two prison terms records show
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Philippi
Ray Lamp
Clarksburg
Barbour
M. Jel ' McDaniel
Jacob Zinn
Stewart's Run
Elk District
Lamp
Spencer
House Group Reports Out Tax Measure Predict Vote This Saturday
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a 275 million dollar tax bill after a Democratic majority pressed for floor consideration. Chairman Doughton and supporters aimed for a Saturday vote, with a Monday fallback if needed. A minority GOP report criticized the bill as insufficient to balance the budget.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
N.C
Roosevelt
Congress
Grafton Police Court adopts strictly cash fines policy
Grafton municipal police court bans credit, requires immediate fines. Mayor B Otto Waugh cites most promises to pay were broken. Dam worker James McGrath pleads guilty to fighting at a local restaurant and seeks time to pay, offered option to work or jail or pay $5 fine. Continued on page seven. A special picnic train departs Pines at 7:50 am Wednesday. passes not required, nonemployees $1.55 round trip.
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Grafton
B. Otto Waugh
James McGrath
McGrath
Pines
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