Candidacy Emerges for Second Ward Council Vacancy
Political leaders name several possible nominees for the council seat left by the death of Charles F. Blake. Names mentioned include J. Frank Wright, C. A. Beck, John Blair, John Sheloff, and J. E. Kirkman, though council members have not set a date for the appointment and avoid committing to any candidate. The council seeks a harmonious choice acceptable to current members and plans no public announcement yet.
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Charles F. Blake
J. Frank Wright
C. A. Beck
John Blair
John Sheloff
J. E. Kirkman
Ten escape from county jail spurred by rope effort
Ten prisoners escaped from St. Clairville County Jail by sliding down a blanket rope after Russell Gilmore, a trusted inmate, was sentenced to one to seven years for larceny and allegedly picked a lock. Eighteen other inmates refused to join Gilmore in the breakout. Most escapees were awaiting trial for burglary.
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ST. Clairville
Ohio
Russell Gilmore
Trusty
State
Gilmore
Labor department reports September commodity prices rise
Weekeoue commodity prices, the labor department announced yesterday, were higher in September of this year than in the month preceding, but fell below the level of September 1926. Based on the revised index, prices for September last stood at 96.5, versus 95.2 in August. Retail food prices on September 15 rose about one percent since August 15, fell nearly three percent from September 15, 1926, and were up 50 percent from the same date in 1913.
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Labor Department
Contracts Awarded on 11 Road Projects in North Carolina
Raleigh dispatch reports the state highway commission awarded contracts on 11 road projects totaling about 66.21 miles at an estimated 870000 dollars. Plans for paving the Statesville Newton link of route 10, considered the main street from mountains to sea, were also reviewed. Commissioner Frank Page indicated work would start once plans and surveys are finished.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
Statesville
Newton
Frank Page
Ruth Elder Praised by Family in Aniston
Oscar Elder calls Ruth Elder a brave girl with nerve beyond normal while Mrs Elder defends her daughter as the finest person and the greatest little woman. The Elder family stands solid behind Ruth as her brothers express their support.
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Jack York
NEA
Anniston
Ala
Ruth
Oscar Elder
Atlantic
Ruthie
Ruth Elders Sea Rescue Sparked Flight Training Tale
Ruth Elder is praised for her safety after a rescue at sea and later learns to fly with Captain George Haldeman at the Lakeland field. The article recounts her marriages to Claude Moody and Lyle Womack, her Panama years with Ruth, and longtime Annis ton family ties with the Elder clan. The photo shows Ruth’s family at home.
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Ruth Elder
Lakeland
George Haldeman
Cornell
Haldeman
Lyle Womack
Ruth
Birmingham
Ala
Claude Moody
Moody
Womack
Panama
Anniston
Boots
Elder
Milton Elder
Jimmie Glass
Oscar Elder, Jr
Sarah Elder
James A. Glass
Anniston Star
Hughie Elder
Oscar Elder
Alfred Elder
Pauline
Ferlie
Herbert Elder
Boots nickname ties to comic heroine in Alabama
In Anniston Alabama Ruth Elder nicknamed Boots sparks local chatter over her link to the Boots and Her Buddies strip. Many locals believe the name stems from her resemblance to the comic heroine and its trans Atlantic flight stunt.
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Anniston
Ala
Ruth Elder
Boots
Alabama
Edgar Martin
Enterprise
Boots Elder a Lakeland Pioneering Woman Pilot
Ruth Elder nicknamed Boots in Anniston and Lakeland rose to fame after her ambition to fly solo across the Atlantic gained support. Her husband Lyle Womack, in Panama with a power company, helped start her flying career and Ed Cornell offered financial backing after conversations in Lakeland following Lindberghs flight.
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Alfred
Hughey
Boots
Anniston
Ruth Elder
Lyle Womack
Ruth
Panama
Womack
Lakeland
Fla
Lindbergh
Ed Cornell
Cornell
Four Hour Fire Destroys Building. 12 Firemen Injured
A spectacular Pittsburgh blaze lasted nearly four hours and injured 12 firefighters, four seriously. A six story building fell, two others were badly damaged, and damage is put at 500000 dollars as many were trapped under collapsing walls.
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Pittsburgh
Y M C A Plans Western Conference at Hickory
The state committee announced the next annual western older boys conference of the YMCA will be at Hickory December 2 3 and 4. The eastern conference will be held at Greenville with date to be set. The annual state convention meets at Winston-Salem February 19 with Charles P Taft as chief speaker.
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Hickory Concord
The
Young Men's Christian Association
Hickory
Greensville
Winston-Salem
Charles P. Taft
Coldest North Carolina night chills Elizabeth City
Northeastern North Carolina endured a cold snap with a low of 37 overnight and a morning reading of 50 as skies showed a pale, ominous hint of snow in Elizabeth City.
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Elizabeth City
North Carolina
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