Main Street paving plan near完成 approval expected
Mayor Otto Waugh says Main street repaving from the post office to Bridge street is nearly settled with about 30000 available for initial work. State Road Commissioner Bailey plans a final visit next week to decide on concreting the business section while wage scales must be set by federal authorities before bids can be issued. The surface from Bridge street to Blueville and from Handley’s crossing on Route 119 remains asphalt.
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Main Street
Bridge Street
Otto Waugh
The
Sentinel
State Road
Ernest L. Bailey
Waugh
State Road Commission
Blueville
Handley's Crossing
Bailey
Gratton
Prohibition Referendum Totals Favor Days in Georgia
Unofficial returns from 137 of 169 counties show Days leading by 227 votes for the Georgia repeal referendum. Gov proclamation to finalize result pending official tabulation. tally highlights backers for wine and beer and mixed signals on hard liquor amid Georgia’s corn-fuel production.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Secretary of State
Only Press Stands Between Democracy and Dictatorship
In Waterville Me on May 18 Colonel Robert McCormick publisher of the Chicago Tribune warned that only newspapers defend democracy. Speaking at Colby College he and Howard Davis former ANPA president memorialized Elijah Lovejoy and urged constant battle against government censorship of radio.
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Watervile
Robert McCormick
Chicago Tribune
Col. McCormick
Howard* Davis
American Newspaper Publishers
Association
Colby College
Elijah Lovejoy
Davis
The
Herald Tribune
Pythians Gather Today For Elaborate Service
Charleston May 18 Pythians from 21 counties convened for an invitation in which 500 candidates will be granted page rank. The Scott Van Meter class honors W J W Scott and J Gibson Van Meter. Initiation is at 8 p m with similar meetings in Clarksburg Wheeling and Bluefield.
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Charleston
Pythias
Scott‘Van Meter
W. J. W. Scott
South Charleston
Order
J. Gibson van Meter
Elkins
Clarksburg
Wheeling
Bluefield
Serfdom Abolished in Ethiopia by Imperial Decree
Addis Ababa May 18 Emperor Haile Selassie issued a decree abolishing serfdom throughout Ethiopia and equalizing land taxation. An official announcement said the masses acclaimed the steps and that the abolition ends unequal bondage across the empire.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Stabilization Hints Fail to Stir England
Washington May 18 British authorities show reluctance toward proposals for currency stabilization. Observers speculate the drive could come from other quarters, perhaps urging the Bank for International Settlements to draft a plan for a lasting international agreement. An international parliamentary conference urged the world bank to study such a plan, arguing it could end global monetary instability.
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Washington
Wentures
Bank For International Settlements
Britain
World Bank
Texas City Flood Inundates City After Torrential Storms
Gainesville Texas May 18 floodwaters poured into sections of the city as fire whistles urged evacuations in lowlands. Nearly five inches of rain fell since 9 p.m. Friday. Firemen rescued several people from swift water near the county fair grounds and Leonard park west of the main business district.
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Gainesville
Texas
County Fair Grounds
Leonard Park
Funeral of Veteran Editor in Shepherdstown
Funeral services are set for Harry Lambright Snyder 73 dean of newspaper editors in the Eastern Panhandle. He died of a heart attack Friday afternoon while motoring with his daughter Mrs F Tane. Services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 at the local [unreadable] church.
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Shepherdstown
Harry Lambright Snyder
Pahhandle
F Tane
Snd
Taylor County Pupils Pass Progressive Achievement Tests
EB G Kuhn announces that 271 Taylor county eighth graders who took the Progressive Achievement test on May 10 passed. The report notes 13 percent failed, with 40 percent of failures from one room schools. Kuhn cites inefficiency of one room schools versus modern consolidated schools with bus transport as the reason for the gap. City students passed 94 percent, county students 83 percent.
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Old County
E. G. Kuhn
Taylor County
EB. G. Kuhn
Kuhn
Floods claim twelve lives in Oklahoma
Flash floods near Altus, Oklahoma, swamp streams after heavy rainfall. Twelve people drowned including Mrs. Claude Gowens, 70, Carl McAlpine, 40, and his ten year old daughter. A family of nine African Americans perished. names not immediately learned.
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Altas
Okla
Claude Gowens
Carl MsAlpine
Valley Plan Aims Told To Rotary Club
Frederick Schroeder of Grafton spoke to Rotarians at Hotel Grafton on the aims of the Upper Monongahela Valley Planning Association. He urged Taylor County residents to start a comprehensive program, including upgrading properties, razing dangerous shacks, building a new high school and central building, developing a junior high, and street improvements with sidewalks, drainage, walls, renumbering, and curb line resets.
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Monongahela Valley
Fetterman
State Commerce Body Formation Is Planned
Immediate organization of a West Virginia Chamber of Commerce will be undertaken by prominent business men across the state. The plan was unanimously approved at a meeting in White Sulphur Springs and a general committee was named including Phil M. Conley, Dr. Gary Hogg, John Raine, A. C. Spurr, and John Meeck.
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White Sulphur Springs
West Virginia
Phil M. Conley
Charleston
Gary Hogg
Lewisburg
John
Raine
Rainelle
A. C. Spurr
Fairmont
John Meeck
Hunting
Taxicab Driver Missing Believed Victim of Ride
Parkersburg authorities extended the search to the eastern states for Cameron Shumway a 23 year old taxi driver who disappeared Thursday after taking a passenger to Belpre. The new cab was just put in service by Black and White Taxicab Co and was unlettered. It was reported seen near Pomeroy Ohio.
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Parkersburg
Wood County
Cameron Shumway
Belre
Black and
Pomeroy, O
Three Americans Hurt In Plane Crash Above Shanghai
A plane turned sharply above the Whangpoo river to avoid a boat, dived and sank injuring three Americans. Leighton W. Rogers vice president of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce in Washington suffered a sprained leg and contusions. Prof. Charles Frederick Remer of Ann Arbor Michigan escaped with scratches and abrasions. Pilot H Brolles of Fort Worth Texas sustained a broken arm and other injuries.
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Shanghai
Whangpoo River
Leighton W. Rogers
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
Washington, D. C
Charles Frederick Remer
Ann Arbor
Mich
Orient
H. Brolles
Fort Worth, Tex
German Plotters Granted Life In Memel Case
Kaunas May 18 President Antanas Smetona commuted four Memel Nazi death sentences to life imprisonment for plotting the Memel territory’s return to the Reich. The president acted after the four defendants refused to appeal for clemency. Their lawyers had urged mercy but the request was invalid for lacking signatures.
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Kaunas
Lithuania
Antanas Smetona
Eee
Senior Class Play Delights Audience Here Last Evening
The senior class presented a large high school play titled The Crisis at the auditorium last night. Directed by Miss Ruth Batten the production featured Virginia Carvel as Virginia, Francis Flanagan as Stephen Brice, and Wilfred Currum as the star. the cast received high praise for a standout performance by the school.
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Ruth Bat
Graftonton
Batten
Wilfred Currum
Virginia Carvel
Francis Hese
Flanagan
Stephen Brice
Tye
Talmadge Opposes FDR to Bitter End
New York May 18 Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge vows to block President Roosevelt's renomination next year and predicts a defeat if renominated He criticizes what he calls a crazy spending spree and interference with business noting past presidents could not have forced such actions The interview suggests strong cross party political tension in Washington with business leaders alarmed by current policies
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New York
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Roosevelt
Sear Dent
Washington
Fire Devastates British Concession in Tientsin China
A massive blaze swept downtown Tientsin's British concession on May 18 described as the worst in the city's history. US 15th Infantry troops aided a strained fire department as numerous British and Japanese buildings were destroyed. The fire began in the spire of Saint's church during a christening service.
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Tientsin
China
United States 15Th Infantry
An Saints
President Roosevelt to read veto on Patman bill next week
Washington reports say President Roosevelt will break precedent by delivering his veto message to Congress in person next week. Administration leaders questioned currency inflation values in the $2.2 billion bill while debating the proposed plan.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Patman
Congress
Factory Accident Fatal to One Worker in Providence
A five cylinder head blew off a machine at Olneyville Wool Combing plant injuring five workers on the second floor. Frank Grindell, 17, of Providence, was the most seriously burned and not expected to survive while four others sustained less severe burns.
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Providence
B. L
Olneyville
Frank Grindell
14 Persons Killed In Croatian Street Fight
Unconfirmed reports say 14 people were killed in street fighting in the Yugoslav provinces of Slovenia and Croatia. Ten died in Osijek and nearby Brod. reports also mention clashes in Ljubljana with officers and a crowd.
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Vienna
Slovenia
Croatia
Macedonia
Osijek
Brod
Ljub-lvana
Sis
Two Reckless Fliers Start Speed Tests
Tomlinson and Bartels launch a heavy Douglas air liner from Floyd Bennett Field to challenge world speed records. The 1,250 mile flight carries 2000 kilograms of payload with aims at 1,000 and 2,000 kilometer marks and a 190 to 199 mile per hour target.
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Brooklyn
D. W
Tommy
Tomlinson
Joseph Bartels
Floyd Bennett Field
Broken Cities May Get Help From Work Relief Funds
Washington reports outline policy on 4 billion dollar work relief. Prosperous cities must repay part of project costs while those without borrowing power receive 100 percent grants. Officials warn protests are likely as state or local governments navigate grants, loans, and eligibility.
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Roosevelt
Granta
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