Armored Truck Disappears With Payroll in Pawtucket
Police report an armored truck carrying a $19,000 payroll and driver Walter Hussey vanished from a Pawtucket street. Guards from Rhode Island Hospital Trust noted the disappearance and suspected kidnapping. money was reportedly taken en route to local factories. Police and state authorities searched roads and highways.
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Pawtucket
R. I
Walter Hussey
Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company
Morton Swift
Hussey
Providence
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Swift
Night view highlights Great Lakes Exposition in Cleveland
A nocturnal panorama from the Court of Presidents surveys the Great Lakes Exposition in Cleveland. The Aurora Borealis lighting atop the Marine theater dazzles, with the Hall of Progress pylons and the expansive Automotive building visible to the right.
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Great Lakes Exposition
Cleveland
Lake Erie
Court of Presidents
Rush to repair South Grafton bridge demands steel and roads
Taylor county court met to confirm material purchase for reconstruction of the condemned South Grafton bridge. President Harvey A Poe announced arrival of steel and a road for the site, while Foreman C C Whitescarver directs work. Officials regret bridge closure but press ahead with repairs as delays persist. Continued on page 6
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Grafton
Taylor County
Harvey , A. Poe
C. C. Whitescarver
Elks Plan Big Anniversary Celebration at Grafton Lodge
Grafton lodge No. 308 marks its 41st anniversary with a Monday July 29 initiation ceremony led by Exalted Ruler John H. Bradford. The event also signals the end of Bradford's term as three term leader, with Joseph W. Hussion set to take office on July 1.
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Grafton
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
John H. Bradford
Joseph W. Hussion
Bradford
Employment At Dam At 1,703 This Week
U S Engineers report the Tygarts Riv al reservoir dam project employed 1,703 this week. Contractors total 1,568 with a drop of 56 from last week while government workers number 136, up 15. On the B and O relocation project 817 employed this week with 772 by contractors, down 26 from the prior week and 45 by government, up one.
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Tygarts Rival
U. S
Four thousand two hundred visit Tygart River dam site this week
About 4,200 people toured the Tygart River reservoir dam project the past week ending Thursday. U S Army Engineers in charge said Sunday drew the largest crowds and a special train from the Fairmont sheriffs and Fraternal Order of Police convention boosted totals Tuesday afternoon.
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Tygart River
U.S. Army Engineers
Sheriffs and Fraternal Order of Police
Fairmont
Potter visits Tennessee Valley Authority projects this week
Lieut. William E. Potter of the U S Engineers in charge for the government at the Tygarts River reservoir dam and directing the Emsworth dam construction on the Ohio River, together with resident engineer Herbert P. Winn of Lock and Dam No 9 Allegheny River, are visiting Norris Dam and other TVA projects this week, per the Pittsburgh district bulletin.
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William E. Potter
U. S. Engineers
Formey
Tygarts River
Emsworth
Ohio River
Herbert P. Winn
Allegheny River
Norris Dam
Tennessee Valley Authority
Pittsburgh Engineering District
Bass season opens Sunday in Charleston WV
Charleston June 26 Anglers prepare for the bass season as the Conservation Commission names top streams for fishing. Chief game protector E H Morford says bass are plentiful this year, especially in the South Branch of the Potomac, Cacapon, Greenbrier, Elk and Coal, Little Kanawha, Cheat, Buckhannon, Middle Island Creek, the Guy andotte above Logan, with details continued on page six.
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Charleston
The
Conservation Commission Today
E. H. Morford
Ptomac
Cacapon River
Greenbrier
Elk and Coal
Little Kanawha
Chear
Buckhannon
Middle Island Creek
Guyandotte River
Logan
Fsh
Veterans of Foreign Wars Start State Convention
Scattered delegations registered early for the state convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Williamson. Commander Rex Davis of Morgantown predicted 1500 to 2000 attendees for the three day session. A McDowell county delegation announced F G Spracher of Coalwood as candidate to succeed Davis. Election of officers Sunday. Speakers include Rev Paul Faulk national chaplain H MacGregor Smith Lynchburg Va national commander representative and Casey Jones Hinton national rehabilitation officer. A dance tonight and a banquet tomorrow.
Elmer Behan RR Veteran Dies After Fall
Elmer E Behan 75 a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad veteran died at home 220 West Boyd after complications from a fall nine weeks prior. A conductor with over 50 years service, he retired about three years ago.
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Elmer E. Behan
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
West Boyd Street
Mr. Behan
Metropolitan Insurance Closes Grafton Office
Metropolitan Life Insurance shuts its Grafton office after 25 years, consolidating headquarters with district offices in Clarksburg. J W Norman, longtime Grafton manager, has moved to Clarksburg with his family. other agents will operate from their homes. Centralization policy explains the move, not a drop in business.
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Grafton
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Grafton Banking and Trust Company
Clarksburg
J. W. Norman
Dewey Avenue
Democratic Platform Calls for Federal Power If Amendment Needed
Philadelphia June 26 A Democratic platform proposing federal authority to tackle national problems even via constitutional amendment would clash with Republican states rights plans. The plank, adopted with little debate, signals a major campaign issue while praising New Deal policies and pledging continued federal state collaboration where needed.
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Philadelphia
Landon
Democratic
Congress
WPA Worker Murdered in Wheeling Creek Mystery
Wheeling police pursue a murder theory in the death of Samuel Egan 42 a WPA worker whose body was found in Wheeling Creek after he left his home Monday afternoon. Autopsy suggests a head blow with drowning following death and a small amount of change found on him.
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Wheeling
Samuel Egan
WPA
Wheeling Creek
Egan
Dr Michaels Named To Head Barbour Committee
In Philippi on June 26 Dr Guy H Michaels of Belington was named chairman of the Barbour County Republican executive committee to succeed Dr J R Weekley. Sherman Lindsey and W S Kennedy were elected vice chairman and treasurer respectively and Mrs N C Hardin was named to the state committee. Mrs French Trimble and Mrs Virgil Hershman filled vacancies in Union and Glade districts.
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Philippi
Guy H. Michaels
Belington
Barbour County
Republican Executive Committee
J. R. Weekley
Sherman Lindsey
W. S. Kennedy
N. C. Hardin
Elk District
French Trimble
Union
Virgil Hershman
Glade
Philippi Woolen Mills Opens Today With One Shift
Philippi West Virginia June 26 Actual work began at the Philippi Woolen Mills Inc the former Philippi blanket plant closed since 1929 has been repaired and new machinery installed The organization has been reorganized with T L Burner as president and general manager Officers include Mrs A G Waddell vice president Mrs Nell Waddell secretary and A S Hawkins treasurer The mills product previously swoolen blankets
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Philippi
Philippi Woolen Mills, Inc
Philippi, Blanket Mills
T. L. Burner
A. G. Waddell
Nell Waddell
A. S Hawkins
Imogene Dever Named County Day Chairman
Imogene Dever has been chosen to arrange the Taylor county group for the annual County Day at Fairmont State Teachers College. The event will be held July 8 and marks the second annual county celebration with invitations extended to county superintendents and other school officials from 35 of 55 counties represented at the college.
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Imogene Dever
Taylor County
Fairmont State Teachers’ College
Cancer controllable claim from Maud Slye
Chicago report quotes Dr Maud Slye asserting control of cancer in animals by heredity rules. She describes breeding mice free of cancer for 20 years and mating susceptible lines to restrict descendants to a chosen cancer type, with family trees aiding prediction.
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Chicago
Maud Slye
Talks Over Telephone As He Takes Own Life
In Columbus a 37-year-old ill man shot himself while on a telephone call with a Pittsburgh friend. Coroner E E Smith said George Lepsch of Upper Arlington told Mrs Ada Foster he faced desperate pain and planned an operation tomorrow. A shot was heard, and police were notified. Lepsch was a district representative for the American Stove Company of Pittsburgh.
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Columbus
Pittsburgh
E. E. Smith
George Lepsch
Upper
Ariington
Ada Foster
Al Smith Not To Take Part In Campaign
Alfred E Smith has no current plans to campaign for Governor Alf Landon. Close associates say he will refrain from campaign speeches, believing his duty was to share views on the Roosevelt administration and the Democratic convention. He supported the anti New Deal declaration to Philadelphia delegates.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
Alf M. Landon
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Band of Safe Crackers Routed by Officers
Huntington police halted a band of alleged safe crackers who had already hit two robberies and opened three more safes. Officers surprised the thieves as they began carting away a fourth. Two men escaped. the raid yielded about $100 and a watch, while two others found nothing of value.
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Huntington
Farris
Staley
Newman
Walker
Robbery Suspect Held After Fatally Injured Woman
In Pineville on June 26 a 34 year old man, William Pain, is held in connection with a robbery that left Hattie Smith fatally wounded. Pain allegedly took $4.80 to take the victim to a hospital. Smith died at a Beckley hospital. Police report another Black man, known as Preston, inflicted wounds during the incident.
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Pineville
William Pain
Glen Roger
Hattie Smith
Beckley
Preston
Roosevelt Nominated by Acclamation at Democratic Convention
At Philadelphia June 26 delegates hailed Roosevelt as a New Deal champion. John E. Mack led praise for the New Deal founder while banners proclaimed Albany 100 percent for Roosevelt and Roosevelt Garner. The nomination by acclamation followed a rapid roll of states, with no competing names expected as Bibb Graves of Alabama remained noted.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
John E. Mack
New York
Woodrow Wilson
Mack
Albany
North
Carolna
Roosevelt-Garner
Alzhs
Senator Smith Walks Out Over Negro Vote At Democratic Convention
Philadelphia reports that Senator Ellison D. Smith abandoned the Democratic convention after a negro minister opened the prayers prompting Rep. Arthur W. Mitchell to denounce him as ignorant and prejudiced. Mitchell vowed to leave, blaming Smith for racist ties and vowing to return later as Southern resentment simmered amid program changes and a push to end the two thirds nomination rule.
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Philadelphia
Ellison D. Smith
Arthur W. Mitchell
Chicago
Smith
Mitchell
Lynchburg
D. C
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Snatch
Taylor “County Safety Council
ELKS
Potter
Tennessee Valley
Conservation Commission
Veterans Foreign Wars
Elmer Behan
R.R
Metropolitan Insurance Company
Philippi Woolen Mills
Lepsch
American Stove Company of
AL Smith
F.D.R
F. R
Albania
Bibb Graves
Alaba
South Carolina
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