Valley Group Plans County-Wide Monongahela Development
A regional drive for social and economic growth in the Monongahela Valley moved forward with a Taylor county focus. Mayor E Otto Waugh heads the Taylor county delegation on the new Upper Monongahela Valley Association executive council as editors publishers and civic leaders map steps to organize county action with a meeting planned at the Saf house early next week.
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Monongahela Valley
Taylor County
E. Otto Waugh
Upper
Fairmont
Spurr
Relief money for May here
Receipt of an allotment of relief funds sufficient to last until the end of May on a restricted basis from state relief headquarters in Charleston was announced this morning by W. D. Frey acting FERA administrator for Taylor county. The check was received yesterday afternoon. Because of the limited amount of money available it will be impossible to carry on the deed indexing project at the courthouse as planned for the present.
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Charleston
W. D. Frey
FERA
Taylor County
Charles
Maple Avenue
Fetter
American Legion Auxiliary Benefit Bridge Party Notice
Notice for a benefit bridge party hosted by the American Legion Auxiliary. The event will take place at home Thursday evening with both auction and bridge games. Entry is 25 cents for each game. All are invited.
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Erican Legion Auxiliary
Anduly
Officers On Trail Of Kidnap Gang
Gallup New Mexico May 4 State and county officers followed clues over the deserts of Western New Mexico today seeking a dozen or more men accused of abducting and beating Robert Minor editor of a New York Communist publication and David Levinson Philadelphia lawyer for the International Labor Defense. The two victims, members of a defense committee formed to aid men charged with mass disorder from last month’s jobless riot, are in a hospital under protection.
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Gallup
N. M
New Mexico
Robert Minor
New York
David Levinson
Philadelphia
International Labor Defense
Bremer Kidnap Suspect Seized on Mississippi Coast
Harry Sawyer alias Sea Lion, linked to the Edward G. Bremer kidnapping in St Paul, was arrested by Justice Department agents on the Mississippi coast near Pass Christian and brought to New Orleans to await transfer to Minnesota. David McGee led the FBI agents and three others assisted in the arrest.
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New Orleans
Harry Sawyer
Sea Lion
St. Paul
Minn
Edward G. Bremer
Department of Justice
Mississippi
Minnesota
David McGee
Bureau of Investigation
Sawyer
Pass Christian
Miss
Blackman Recommended As Parsons Postmaster
Representative Randolph of West Virginia recommends Joseph L. Blackman for Parsons West Virginia postmaster to replace Charles H. Baker who resigns due to ill health Mrs Gillmore to remain as assistant postmaster and continue in the role.
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Washington
Randolph
W. Va
Joseph L. Blackman
Parsons
Charles H. Baker
Fern Gillmore
West Virginia Transportation announces eight bus stops in Grafton
The company says westbound buses will pick up at eight Main Street street car stops including Postoffice, McGraw alley, Ethel street, Jolliffe's store, Dixie theatre, St John street, Strand theatre, and opposite Busy Bee restaurant. Eastbound passengers may board at the B and O station under the new plan.
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Grafton
West Virginia Transportation Company
Old Street
Main Street
Postoffice
McGraw Alley
Ethel’ Street
Jolliffe’s Store
Dixie Theatre
St. John Street
Parking Lot Sought for Grafton on Railroad Street
City commission seeks to convert old Railroad street into a 75 to 50 car parking lot from Latrobe to St John streets. Cleanup of junk is planned if Baltimore & Ohio railroad and adjacent landowners consent. Fence setback and embankment work to be done by the city upon agreement.
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City Commission
B. & O. Railroad
Bluemont Newspaper Garden Adds Trees At Cemetery
L L Loar has spent years revitalizing Bluemont Cemetery. This week he finished planting about 120 trees and many flowering trees, plus shrubs and grass seed along driveways and junctions to beautify the grounds for visitors.
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L. L. Loar
Bluemont Cemetery
Soviet Air Force Strength Reported in May Day Parades
Reports from Moscow indicate over 3,000 military aircraft stationed nationwide with a strong eastern concentration of more than 800 planes. Official figures list 800 bombers fighters and pursuit ships flying over Red Square three days earlier.
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Moscow
Russia
Far East
Red Square
Earthquakes Hit Turkey Widened Damage Across Regions
Istanbul May 4 Two more violent shocks spread destruction in Turkey's quake torn area with about 2000 killed or injured and 1600 houses destroyed. Seven strong shocks have been felt over days along with many minor quakes. Twenty five villages were destroyed in the stricken area. Red water rushed through yawning crevices up to 30 feet wide in places.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Five Die in Blaze as Gas Explodes in Apartment House
In Poughkeepsie on May 14 five people died and seven were hospitalized after a destructive fire trapped victims in a four story frame apartment house. Police say three boys playing near an outside stairway started the blaze when a water stream tipped a gasoline can and fed the flames.
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Poughkeepsie
Bobby Edwards Arrives At Rockview Prison
Bobby Edwards arrives at Rockview Penitentiary in Pennsylvania from Luzerne County Prison. He is under sentence for the slaying of Freda McKechnie and was brought to the state facility trembling and in handcuffs, heading to the warden for death row placement.
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Bobby Edwards
Rockview
Rockview Penitentiary
Robert Allen Edwards
Freda McKechnie
Luzerne County
Edwards
New Huntington Airport Project Urged by Sen Beacom
Washington reports State Senator J P Beacom urged Huntington West Virginia officials and the Chamber of Commerce to back a plan for a new airport. After discussions with Air Commerce Bureau officials, he said relief funds may be available and current Chesapeake airport facilities cannot provide full service for the Washington Cincinnati route.
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Washington
Huntington
W. Va
Chamber of Commerce
J. P. Beacom
Air Commerce Bureau
the Commerce Department
Beacom
Ohio River
Chesapeake
County to Start Economic Survey Project
An economic survey may begin soon in Tay-1 and surrounding counties under FERA direct relief. William N. Beehler said the survey is needed in these recovery days and that the project could provide work for many relief clients. He spoke in Clarksburg and Wheeling with local officials and district engineers.
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Dolph
Fera Direct
William N. Beehler
Beehler
Clarkstines
Burg
Monongahela Valley
Wheeling
Harold Kramer
His- Ment Association
Trict
Grafton must devise plan quickly for new hospital
Mayor E Otto Waugh disclosed that the Wolfe bill failed to win PWA approval for a Grafton hospital plan. He proposes council review with commissioners Rau and Reed and possibly form a hospital committee to pursue funds, including a trip to New Martinsville where a $100000 PWA grant was recently approved.
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Grafton
New City Hospital
PWA
E. Otto Waugh
Wolfe
Dallas Wolfe
New Martinsville
Charles E. Rau
James B. Reed
Mine Workers Accused of Deserting Roosevelt
Jesse V. Sullivan secretary of the West Virginia Coal Association in Charleston today charged the United Mine Workers of America with an about-face on President Roosevelt s National Industrial Recovery Act. The assertion was made in a letter made public by H R Hawthorne New York vice president of the Pocahontas Fuel Company who earlier this week was named chairman of the committee against Guffey coal bill.
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Washington
Jesse V. Sullivan
W. Va., Coal Association
Charleston
W. Va
United Mine Workers of America
Roosevelt
H. R. Hawthorne
New York
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Aginst Guffey
Liquor Commission Delays Opening of First Store
Charleston May 4 The Liquor Commission said it will not open its first store on Monday due to delayed shipments The chairman D Homer Stephenson predicted it will open Tuesday or perhaps Wednesday Continued on page eight
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Charleston
The
Liquor Commission
Kanawha Street
Commission
D. Homer ‘Stephenson
Green's Threats Hit Auto Strike Heights
Cincinnati May 4 William Green AFL president contemplates a general strike of all federation automobile workers if GM disputes are not settled. Counsel Nicholas Klein said Green indicated progress toward settlement. Reno talks with Dillon and GM continue. About 33,200 idle workers as Buffalo orders close and Toledo strike unresolved. A Detroit conference at Green's request follows, signaling possible broader action.
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Cincinnati
Chevrolet Motor Co
Fisher Body Co
William Green
American Federation of Labor
General Motors Corporation
Nicholas Klein
General Motors
Green
Washington
Chevrolet
Wry
Francis J. Dillon
Federation
Detroit
Chevrolet and Fisher Body Company
Buffalo
M. E. Coyle
Chevrol ‘Jet
Toledo
Tobal
Tocuss
House
Vito Marcantonio
Fiorello Laguardia
New York City
Ernest Lundeen
Minn
Congress
George R. Schneider
Two Leaders Are Assailed Over NRA Critique
Washington dispatch reports Blue Eagle supporters accusing Roosevelt administration leaders in the Senate of opposing the recovery act. A. G. McKnight, director of litigation, claims Senate Finance Committee leaders Robinson and Harrison are internally against the law as the panel approves extending the act only to next spring and narrowing its intrastate scope.
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Washington
Supreme Court
NRA
Blue Eagle
Roosevelt
Senate
Robinson
Ark
Harrison
Miss
Senate Finance Committees
A. G. McKnight
Finance Committee
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General Auto Industry
Valley Group
Plans
Clarksburg
Knoxville
Tennessee
Perlie Mae Arwood
Willie Broyles
Bremer
Blackman
Bus Company
City
St. Matthias Episcopal Church
A. J. Torrey
R. E. L. Strider
D.D
West Virginia
Waugh
Railroad St
Bluemont
W. Merle Watkins
Watkins
Xious
New Martins
Robinson and
Post Office
Bridge Street
Latrobe Street
An Lene Bridge Street
E.0. Waugh
W. A. Williams
Accompa
Grafton High School
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