Italy Limits League to Arbitration Talks
Geneva July 31 Baron Pompei Aloisi Mussolini’s representative told the League of Nations that Italy would not discuss any issue except arbitration in its Ethiopia dispute. The council adjourned for a public session to seek ways to resume arbitration and conciliation, with Britain and France urged to press Italy and Ethiopia for a basis to restart talks.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
Mussolini
League of Nations
League Council Today
Italy
Ethiopia
Great Britain
France
Stresa
Britain
Last Honors Paid Gray Silver in Martinsburg West Virginia
Gray Silver nationally known farm leader and economist dies suddenly of a heart attack at his Martinsburg home. Services conducted by Presbyterian pastor Rev Dr S R Diehl with long time deacon role noted. Active pallbearers from neighbors and friends, with honorary bearers including Chester Gray and Daniel Willard, and former Governor John J Cornwell.
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Martinsburg
Gray Silver
West Virginia
S. R. Diehl
Willard
Chester Gray
American Bureau Federation
Washington
Daniel Willard
John J. Cornwell
Balore
Charles J. Faulk 3
Chicago
Coal bids sought by Taylor County Board of Education
The Taylor County Board of Education will receive bids for fueling coal for schools countywide until noon Saturday August 10. Bids must be in at that time without exception. Call the superintendent's office in the Taylor Banking and Trust Building for full information. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
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Taylor County Board of Education
Ton Banking& Trust
Lor County
Michigan to force inmates to pay for upkeep in prison
Auditor General John O Hara began Michigan's plan to charge prisoners for food and upkeep. He filed a claim against Balfe McDonald's estate for 464 dollars at 70 cents a day, against an estate of 250 dollars, as part of a broader move to seize inmates' outside savings for board.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
John O'Hara
Flint
Balfe McDonald
Gillett Death Victim Ends Long Public Career
Frederick H. Gillett, former Massachusetts senator and six term speaker of the House, died at 83 in Springfield. He served eight years in Congress and was the first Massachusetts speaker since the Civil War. He split his time between Westfield, Massachusetts, and a winter home in California. Funeral plans were not completed.
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Springfield
Frederick H. Gillett
U.S
Massachusetts
National House
Old Guard
Senate Inns
Senate
Westfield
Mass
California
Champ Clark
House
Heen
Pace Two
Westinghouse Resumes Dividends After Gap Since 1932
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. today resumed cash dividends on its common stock with a 50 cent declaration payable August 20 to shareholders of record August 12. It is the first cash dividend on the junior stock since April 30, 1932, when 25 cents was paid. earlier, February 20, 1933, saw a distribution of Radio Corp. of America holdings.
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New York
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co
Oday
Radio Corp. of America Securities
State Banks Show Big Increase In Resources
Commissioner George Ward reported that state banks and trust companies added 6,589,687.25 to their resources in the year ended June 29. The digest shows end of last fiscal year resources at 149,202,526.74, a3 compare pone rae.
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Charleston
George Ward
Pone Rae
Blue Ridge Veterans Hold Annual Reunion in Wheeling
Blue Ridge veterans of the 80th division arrive in Wheeling for their annual reunion nearly 17 years after their Meuse-Argonne action. Major General Adelbert Cronkhite of Pittsburgh is to open the three day meeting. members of the Last Man’s Club will hold a special session. H A Albaugh of Oil City Pa had long sought to attend a Blue Ridge reunion but fate intervened.
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Wheeling
Blue Ridge
Adelbert Cronkhite
Pittsburgh
Blue Ridgers
Man's Club
H. A. Albaugh
Oil City
Blue-Ridge
Death Penalty Sought in Thompson Case
Peoria, July 31. Gerald Thompson, 26, faces the electric chair as his trial for ravishing and murdering Mildred Hallmark, 19, nears its end. Prosecutor E. V. Champion urges conviction on a 2,500 word confession, saying Thompson’s crime lacks scruples against death. The verdict was expected by nightfall as the jury neared closing arguments.
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Peoria
Gerald Thompson
Mildred Hallmark
E. V. Champion
Thompson
Miners Entombed In South African Tragedy
An explosion at the Marsfield colliery near Breyton in Transvaal entombed 177 miners, including three white men. Compressed air pumps were launched to rescue them while a cage of canaries sent underground died, amid fears of fatalities.
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Breyton
The
Transvaal
Union of South Africa
Marsfield
Here
Purchaser of Slaying Collapses Before Grand Jury
Mrs. Blanche Dunkel 43, alleged purchaser of the slaying of her son in law Ervin Lang, collapsed entering the grand jury anteroom in Chicago on July 31. She swooned and sobbed as bailifs moved her to a couch while sedatives were given to calm her for questioning.
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Lyn Smith
Harry Jung
Ervin Lang
Hammond
Ind
Brooklyn
N.Y
Smith
Lang
Blanche Dunkel
Chicago
Three Die In Seaplane Crash At Alta Lake
Vancouver July 31 three people were killed and one seriously injured in a seaplane crash at Alta Lake. Dean R. W. Brock of the University of British Columbia and pilot William McCluskey died when the plane nose-dived into trees at the lake’s south end. Mrs Brock died from burns sustained in the crash.
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Vancouver
B. C
Alta Lake
Dean R. W. Brock
University of British Columbia
William McCluskey
Brock
Frank Kley Transferred to Oakland West District
Frank C. Kley, district representative of the Monongahela System in Grafton since 1926, is transferred to a similar post in Oakland, Md., replacing Harold I. McMillen who becomes district manager here.
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Frank Kley
Oakland
Penn Post
Frank C. Kley
Grafton
Harold I. McMillen
Miner Shoots Two and Escapes From Arrest
Frank Gooslin, a miner, shot Deputy Brooks Scott and an 18-year-old, then fled as officers pursued him. Scott and the youth were hospitalized with non life threatening wounds. The chase began after Gooslin left McCarr where he worked as an apprentice lineman for Elkins Power Company. Police report says he opened fire when approached by officers and a bystander near Ransome, Kentucky.
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Gooslin
Elkins Power Company
Fred Rife
Moncalin
Low Bid For Dam Materials Revealed In Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh on July 31 reports a low bid of 2.20 per hundred pounds for sheet piling and 3.10 for piling used in the Tyeatt Valley river reservoir dam. Bidder Jones and Laughlin Steel Company submits 258,024 pounds of sheet piling and 11,264 pounds of additional sheet piling.
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Pittsburgh
Tyeatt Valley River
Jones and Laughlin Steel Company
Valley Road Meeting Set At Hotel Grafton In Philippi
The Upper Monongahela Valley road committee will meet at the Hotel Grafton Thursday at 10 30 a m to discuss valley wide improvements. M W Smith acting state road commissioner and Robert F Roth district works progress administrator plan to attend. The meeting aims to align county led projects with WPA support for farm to market roads and rural electrification.
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Upper
Monongahela
George J. Gow
Fairmont
WPA
Barbour County
The
Valley Association
Philippi
Youth Facing Return To Asylum Is death by own action
Pittsburgh July 30 Edward Morgan 23 wrote a farewell note to his mother and hanged himself in a county jail cell He was to be returned to Fairview hospital in eastern Pennsylvania a mental institution He had been brought from Dixmont Pa to the jail authorities said the note ended with loving kisses indicating his intent to self harm
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Pittsburgh
Edward Morgan
Morgan
Fairview Hospital
Pennsylvania
Dixmont
FERA Asked to Grant Big Sum For State Projects
Charleston July 31. The federal relief administration is asked to grant 1.25 million dollars to West Virginia for direct aid and work on projects that cannot be stopped for August. FERA official Wayne Cox announced after a conference with state relief chief C L Allen and Governor H G Kump. The amount would be supplemented by the state’s regular 250 thousand monthly allotment.
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Charleston
Federal Relief Administration
West Virginia
Agust
Wayne Cox
Fera Narative
C. L. Allen
H G. Kump
Coy
Man Held, Abducted, Died After Chicago Abduction
Walter J. Bauer, 38, of Cleveland, reported held against his will in Ann Arbor Michigan then driven to Chicago where he was severely harmed with a pocket knife. He died shortly after police said he was attacked by an unknown abductor described as jealous and recently married. Bauer, a chemistry professor, traveled with his captor to three stops before the fatal attack.
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Chicago
Walter J. Bauer
Cleveland
Ann Arbor
Mich
Bauer
University of Michigan
Howard Doyle
Doyle
Chivalrous Man Loses Life After Kind Act
Brooklyn reports a man named William Burke aged 34 paid with a nickel to aid his companion Georgiana O'Brien at an elevated line. Burke offered his coin saying take this and see. He then climbed a pillar and slipped, falling about 100 feet to the street, dying.
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Brooklyn
William Burke
Georgiana O'Brien
Walt
Old House Collapse Kills About 15 in Warsaw
A four story house in Warsaw, birthplace of Marie Curie, collapsed during sleep hours. About 36 occupants were believed inside, with 15 dead and 16 injured reported as rescue work continues. Exact totals awaited.
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Warsaw
Marie Curie
Pastor's Wife Dies After Mercer Car Crash
Mercer Pennsylvania July 31 Mrs Homer T Heironimus 68 of Powellton West Virginia died in a Mercer hospital after an automobile collision that injured 11. Her husband the Rev Homer T Heironimus 68 was semi conscious with a fractured leg and internal injuries. Others in the wreck include Mrs Ann McCullough 28 and Dan McCullough and seven others returning from a camping trip.
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Mercer
Ann McCullough
West Newton
Fear Infantile Paralysis Invasion of This State
Charleston reports Governor H G Kump urged an immediate meeting of the state public health council to prepare precautions against infantile paralysis. He said the disease is spreading from the Carolinas northward through Virginia with some cases near the West Virginia border and asked Health Commissioner A E MacClue to convene the council to advise on protection measures.
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Charleston
State Public Health Council
H. G. Kump
Carolinas
Virginia
Tam
West Virginia
A. E. MacClue
American candidate for places on world court
Geneva July 31 An American, James Brown Geott, was among 24 candidates listed today in a League of Nations document for the vacancy on the permanent world court. The field includes several notable jurists and diplomats from various nations seeking a seat on the international tribunal.
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Geneva
James Brown’ Géott
League of Nations
Power Baron Still Avoids Senate Probe
Washington July 31 The senate lobby committee seeks H C Hopson head of Associated Gas and Electric as he remains missing and a subpoena is turned to U S Marshal New York. Patton explains bonds buying testifies his firm paid 625000 by AG E and recalls 2600 living expenses after buying three thousand dollar bonds. He says salary 3100 plus mileage and cash on arrival, while House committee covers 2600 left for living expenses and 4000 in salary data remains. Patrols cannot locate Hopson as inquiry continues.
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Washington
H. C. Hopson
Associated Gas and Electric System
Senate Lobby Committee
New York
Patrick J. Hurley
Hoover Administration
Congress
Patton
Associated Gas and Electric Company
House
D.pex
Hopson Hunter
Senate Committee
Hopson
Wheat Acreage Cut Set Under AAA Plan
Washington reports the AAA will require a 16 percent reduction in 1936 wheat acreage for farmers under the new contracts covering 1936 through 1939. If the Supreme Court invalidates the program the government would compensate farmers for compliance up to that date. Officials aim to place 50,000,000 to 53,000,000 acres under the plan.
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Washington
AAA
Chester € Davis
Supreme Court
Secretary of Agriculture
High Court
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U.S. House
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Powellton
Patrick Hurley
Congressman
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