Washington trip sought for hospital loan by city
Mayor Charles King and a delegation including O Jay Fleming Dr Dor Bey Peck and City Attorney Gene W Ford left for Washington to press the city application for a 120000 Federal Emergency Administration loan to build a modern fireproof hospital. The group aims to meet agency officials today as city officials track the loan status following Commissioner W P Withers death that interrupted prior talks.
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Zmergency Administration of Public Works
Washington
Charles O
Departa
O. Jay Fleming
Fist National Bank
Dor Bey C. Peck
Gene W. Ford
King
Withers
Tax survey planned here by state men
Survey of business firms in Grafton to determine if all taxes due the State of West Virginia have been paid is set to start Monday and likely finish after a week. J. H. Weirich of Kingwood, an employee of the State Tax Commission, was in Grafton today with two assistants preparing for the work.
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Grafton
West Virginia
J. H. Weirich
Kingwood
State Tax Commission
Local Trade Group Names New Board Directors
New directors of the Grafton Board of Trade were chosen at a meeting in Circuit Clerk Frank M. Hollis office. Sixteen boosters were selected including Dallas Wolfe Robert Knotts Junior Woodyard and W. J. Manion. Officers to be elected in the second week of July were discussed.
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Grafton Board of Trade
Frank M. Hollis
Boosters’ Organization
Dallas Wolfe
Robert Knotts
Junior Woodyard
W. J. Manion
Prominent Pittsburgh Woman Killed in Auto Crash
Prominent Pittsburgh social figure Mary C Jennings was killed in an automobile crash today after leaving a dance at the exclusive Country club. Her companions were J Merrill Wright and another man.
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Pittsburgh
Mary C. Jennings
J. Merrill Wright
Three Jail Breakers Sought After Braxton Jailer Killing
Braxton county officers and volunteers chase three escapees Camden Roode Frame town 30 Elliott Keener Dana 18 and Raymond Mace Chemical near Sutton 19 for slaying jailer Earl S Bland. Troopers aid pursuit with bloodhounds near Middle Run mouth on Bureh river nine miles south of Sutton.
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Sutton
Earl S. Bland
Braxton County
Middle Run
Bureh River
Charleston
D. Shingleton
Camden Roode
Frametown
Elliott Keener
Dana
Raymond Mace
Chemical
Taxpayers rush to avoid delinquency payments rise
More than $3,000 was paid in taxes to Sheriff Lee Bennett Jr. as taxpayers crowded his office to prevent properties from becoming delinquent on June 30 with one percent monthly penalties. The sheriff noted yesterday topped the month’s receipts and predicted today would exceed it, bringing the monthly total to around $9,000 and the sheriff’s overall collection to about $154,000, roughly 15 percent of the total.
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Lee Bennett, Jr
Two Bottle Machines Arrive For Hazel Atlas Plant
Two Lynch type bottle machines were unloaded at the Hazel Atlas Glass plant at Fetterman as preparations begin to install them. The rehabilitation plan calls for 16 glass making machines of Lynch and Kelley types, with operations expected about August 15. Over 125 workers are currently preparing the plant, which will be among the state’s most modern. The former Hazel Atlas facility, shut December 1, 1930, housed six Owens machines and later moved machinery to other plants. revival efforts followed roof repairs and winter work, with continued reports on page four.
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Lynch
Hazel-Atlas Glass Company
Fetterman
Lynch and Kelley
Sentinel
Hazel-Atlas
Owens Bottle
Two entrants enter race for U.S. Senate nomination
L A Johnson and Rush Holt declared candidacies for the Democratic nomination as seven hopefuls compete ahead of the August 7 primary. Others listed include W E Chilton J Alfred Taylor Arthur B Koontz Edmund Conaway Clem Shaver and Ralph Hiner with Johnson and Holt both casting Roosevelt era policy alignment as a core platform.
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United States
Louis A. Johnson
Clarksburg
American Legion
Johnson
Rush D. Holt
Weston
House of Delegates
Tersely
Wi 7 E. Chilton
Depo
Sale
Welch
J. Alfred Taylor
Fayetteville
Arthur B. Koontz
Charleston
Edmund Conaway
Marshall County
Clem Shaver
Fairmont
RFC
Democratic Party
Ralph Hiner
Franklin
Pendleton County
Clarks+ lure
Taylor County
Holt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Scottsboro Negroes to Hang on Friday Aug 31
The Alabama Supreme Court today upheld the death sentences of Clarence Norris and Haywood Patterson in the Scottsboro case and set execution dates for Friday August 31. The court also granted the Attorney General’s request to strike from the record the bill of exceptions containing testimony from lower courts in Patterson’s case.
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Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court
Clarence Norris
Haywood Patterson
Scottsboro
Thomas E. Knight, Jr
Minvette
Anna Antonio Faces Death In State Execution
Ossining June 28. This evening Anna Antonio awaits execution as her lawyer and supporters plead for clemency. She had claimed years of abuse by her husband and questions remain about the governor's decision. The governor’s stance is not known.
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Ossining
Anna Antonio
Schools Here Will Open on Monday September 3
Gratton and Taylor county schools and others statewide will begin the fall term on Monday September 3. The decision came at a two day conference of county school heads and assistants in Charleston attended by Superintendent Lloyd L. Shriver and Assistant Superintendent E G Kuhn. A uniform opening date for the state was agreed upon at the closing session.
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Gratton
Taylor County
Charleston
Lloyd L. Shriver
E.G. Kuhn
Messrs
Shriver
Kuhn
Bombs exploding as soldiers clash in Austria turmoil
Twenty years after the Sarajevo assassination, Austria faces heavy bombing and street battles. Bombings cripple a power plant and rail lines near Bludenz while Innsbruck area facilities suffer damage. A Graz clash between troops and Heimwehr injures many and sparks anti government vandalism. A bystander destroyed a time bomb near a printing plant in Innsbruck.
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Wade Werner
Associated Press
Vienna
Sarajevo
Austria
Bludenz
Muehlau
Innsbruck
Graz
Heimwehr
Home Guard
Helmwehrmen
Dollfuss
Ernst van Stare Starhemberg
Gocepalies
Heil Hitler
Ruetz
Aachensee
Hollis Adheres To Old Practice On Candidate Certificates
Circuit Clerk Frank Hollis said he will accept certificates for the August 7 primary if mailed before midnight July 8, sticking to his longtime rule despite Attorney General Homer A. Holt advising July 7 as cutoff. He noted he will not change the policy unless a court rules otherwise.
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Homer A. Holt
Frank Hollis
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