Nine Drunks Up In Court in Police Session
Weekend drunkenness led to bonds forfeitures and fines at the first police court after Saturday. Morgan, Vincent, Warner, Donovan and others forfeited $5 bonds. Smallwood and Elt paid $10 fines. Burnett returned to jail for lack of cash. Moran paid $5. Gank fined $6 and jailed two days. McCarter and McCarter jailed for two days for nonpayment. other defendants faced varied penalties.
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E. Otto Waugh
Morgan
A. Vincent
Lincoln Street
Charles Warner
James Donovan
Roy Smallwood
Latrobe Street
Albert Elt
Smallwood
Burnett
Otha Bunner
Grand Street
E. N. Moran
Simpson
Albert Gank
St. John Street
Silas McCarter
Front Street
WPA Work Starts in Huntington on Two Projects
Approximately 105 men will go to work today on the first two WPA projects in Huntington. The start marks a new phase in relief efforts as workers prepare to construct public works and infrastructure projects in the area.
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Huntington
Girl From Tenth Avenue Opens at Strand Today
The Strand presents The Girl From 10th Avenue starring Bette Davis in a 1 day engagement. Davis portrays a 10th Avenue shop girl who marries a drunken society man after a champagne party, a sympathetic yet hard role atypical of her earlier part in Of Human Bondage.
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10Th Avenue
First National Picture
Bette Davis
Strand Theatre
Miss Davis
Radio Era Listings and Advertisements From 1936 Calendar
A dense program list details radio station lineups across NBC CBS and WGN with show titles anchors and timings from 5:80 P.M. to midnight plus an advertisement promoting genuine RCA tubes price points and new metal-tube radios on display. The schedule features personnel such as Ann Lester Jack Armstrong Amos n Andy and Pablo Casal among others with stations WLW WJZ WGN KDKA and more.
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NBC_News
Ann Lester
WFBE
WGN
WLW
Jack Armstrong
Drew
Nbc-Billy
Bet
WJZ
Lowell Thomas
WEBE
WCKY
Jane and
Bob
WHAS
Amos ‘N' Andy
CBS
Bob Elson
WSM
Hall & Gruen
Virginia Verrill
Tony
Gus
Palmer House
Easen
NBC
Jackie Heller
Sam
Tommy Ryan
Grady Moore
Pupi
Welcome Valley
Jedt
WWVA
Ey and Ory
March of Time
Jerry Cooper
KMOX
Manny Laporte
W4z
Dorsey Brothers
Amos 'N
Andy
Horace Heidt
KDKA
Sprague
Harry Myer
Lum
Abner
Paul Whiteman
Leo Reisman
Wayne King
Wenr
Herm Crone
Bob Nolan
al Kyale
San Diego Symphony Orch
Tom Gentry
Curt Poulton
nBo
Art Simmonds
WAVE
Larry Funk
Arlie Simmond
Heidelberg
WGBF
Coral Room
Joe Sanders
Vel
RCA
Bette Mends a Broken Heart in a Cunning Romance
In the tale idigger reveals how Bette reshapes a man’s loyalties and ends a past attachment. She outwits the former lover who wed for wealth, proving herself clever enough to separate them and control the course of desire.
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Idigger
Bette
Werewolf of London in Opera House Tonight
Valerie Hobson, the 17 year old English star in Werewolf of London, is described as rising to fame amid the film’s gruesome plot. Born in Larne Ireland she studied at St Augustine's Priory in London and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts before starring in the Wednesday and Thursday Opera House engagement.
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London
Valerie Hobson
Larne
Ireland
Lewis rails at governor amid regional rally in coal country
Lewis condemns Governor Kump in a West Virginia gathering that drew coal field delegates from West Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia. He criticizes officials who favor utilities and railroads over people, and hints at a future campaign to replace Kump. He closes by citing public officials who misuse influence against needy citizens.
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Lewis
NRA
West Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Kump Lewis
Kump
van Bittner
Alleged Gamblers Post Bonds After Raid
In police court this morning bonds were forfeited for four men charged with running a gambling game. E J Sway posted 25 dollars while three other men, using fictitious names, each posted 5 dollars. They were arrested in a raid conducted by police at 10 45 Saturday night.
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E.:. J. Sway
E. Otto Waugh
Sway
Brother of Local People Succumbs in Belington
Frank Brown aged 74, brother of Robert M. Brown and Mrs. Emma Rogers of Grafton, died Sunday at his Belington home after a ten day paralysis illness. Surviving wife Mattie McDaniel of Stone House and two children Harry Brown of Lewisburg and Hazel Deason of Copeland Ark. A carpenter by trade, he was known in Grafton and visited relatives often. Funeral services set for 2 pm tomorrow in Belington.
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Frank Brown
Robert M. Brown
Emma Rogers
Grafton
Belington
Mattie McDaniel
Stone House
Harry Brown
Lewisburg
Hazel Deason
Copeland
Ark
Brown
Labor reform praise cited by Wagner act speakers
At Madison Wisconsin a union official lauded Congress and the president for enacting the Wagner labor disputes act social security railroad retirement the Guffey coal and the work relief laws He urged unity among AFL leaders and assailed complacent elements in the labor movement.
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West Virginia
Frank Morrison
A. F
Aretary
Madison, Wis
Congress
Funeral of Queen Astrid Moves Through Cathedral Properly
Trumpets sounded The Last Post as Queen Astrid lay in state. A gold cross rested on the black pall over the coffin, bearing her crown and robes of state. U S ambassador Dave Hennen Morris and the Japanese envoy walked with the diplomatic corps as bells tolled and the funeral mass began.
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Queen Astrid
U.S
Dave Hennen Morris
United States
Belgium
Derelict Town Ravaged by Fire and Sparked Hardship
A derelict town was destroyed by fire leaving over 300 men with little work. The hardship worsened after a planned power shutdown, which occurred without warning. That night four children were born lit by candlelight as relief reached one large family with only $2 last month.
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Sheral
Roosevelt Attacks Administration In Speeches Across States
Disjointed remarks report Col Roosevelt Jr accusing the administration of subverting government with foreign import ideas while Senator Long predicts a 1936 Roosevelt Hoover ticket would trigger another candidate. Perkins hails social security as a foundational wage earner measure.
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Cune
Russia
Germany
Italy
Long
Oklahoma City
Senator Long
Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Most of Schools Weigh Opening Amid Pediatric Disease Data
A health official argues most pupils are under six and few WV cases exist. He notes 23 cases since January 1, 16 since August 1, and a ten year chart suggests 26 expected at this time, supporting no logical reason to delay opening schools.
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West Virginia
Hodges to Address WV Tuberculosis Meeting
State Senator Charles E. Hodges will speak at the fourteenth annual West Virginia Tuberculosis and Health Association meeting in Morgantown on September 5 and 6.
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Morgantown
Charles E. Hodges
West Virginia
Tuberculosis and Health Association
Miner Insured After Auto Strikes Coal Miner
Don Presley a 35 year old coal miner of Hemp Hill McDowell County received a fractured skull when struck by an automobile in Charleston on September 3. He was insured and taken to a local hospital for treatment.
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Charleston
Don Presley
Hemphill
McDowell County
Perry Beats Parker in Straight Sets at Forest Hills
Frank Parker, once a bright hopeful, falls to Fred Perry in three straight sets 6 4, 6 2, 6 0 in the men's national singles championship. Perry delivers a powerful late display in the final two sets.
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Forest Hills
Frankie Parker
Fred Perry
U. S. Lawn Tennis Association
Parker
Brakes Only Worry Of Campbell in New Tests
Sir Malcolm Campbell aimed to set a new land speed record at Bonneville Salt Flats Utah with his Blue Bird. He feared airbrake performance in the high altitude thin air while attempting a test run near 240 mph after a record 276.816 mph at Daytona Beach.
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Bonneville
Salt Flats
Utah
Malcolm Campbell
Malcolm
Daytona Beach
Fla
Walsh brands Supreme Court a nine man dictatorship
Frank E. Walsh of New York City, international representative of the United Garment Workers, declared before a Labor Day crowd in Huntington that the Supreme Court of the United States is a nine man dictatorship.
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Huntington
Frank E. Walsh
New York City
United Garment Workers
Supreme Court of the United States
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