Virginia Democrats pick nominees for governor and state offices
Virginia Democrats chose their nominees for governor and state legislators in a hot primary. Joseph T. Peery, George C. Peery, and W. Worth Smith led after a long campaign while Deal pressed repeal of Prohibition and liquor control reform drew support from all. Automobiles taxes and beer legalization featured as major issues.
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Virginia
Generals Assembly
Joseph T. Vent
George C. Peery
Aml W. Worth Smith
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Arkansas Repeal Convention Calls For State Action
LITTLE ROCK Ark Aug 1 Arkansas called four convention here today to cast the state's official vote for repeal of the eighteenth amendment. In a referendum the state votes 67 623 to 46 091 for repeal and elects 76 delegates to register the action. The convention is routine as delegates must abide by the referendum results. Fifty two come from repeal counties and twenty three from anti repeal counties.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Kidnapers Release Charles F Urschel Ends In Mystery
Roosevelt and Moley confer on inquiry into kidnappings as the nation moves to expand federal crime fighting. The session follows the Justice Department bureau of investigation’s growth and hints at a uniform state approach. Roosevelt signs the wool textile code setting a 40 hour week and minimum wages, aiming to hire thousands more.
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Raymond Maley
Maley
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Moley
Hall
State Department
Marvin H. Melutyya
Moles
Stave
Ead
Heid Moley
Bull
Micley
Kidnapped oilman Urschel freed after nine days
Oklahoma City August 1 AP Charles Urschel, a retired oilman, told reporters he was held for nine days by gunmen and taken hundreds of miles from his home before being released near Norman. His son and wife described the tense days as he slept little and wore bloodshot eyes. The ransom amount remains unrevealed though a friend said payment was made. Urschel said the Franson matter is a family affair.
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Oklahoma City
Charles Fabel
Les
Todgy
Lalsom
Urschel
Bis
Norman
Rransom
Arthur Seeligson
Franson
Urachel
Seeligson
Charles
Ty Brand
Kidnap Intermediary Held in NYC After ransom payment
New York City detectives arrested Louis Strewl, linked to the ransom of a youth kidnapped in a high profile case. Strewl handled a $40,000 payment and was taken for questioning along with attorney Louis Snyder, amid ongoing police inquiries into the OConnell family kidnapping negotiations. Police and district attorney officials declined immediate comment. Heat records dominated headlines as a record July heatwave killed nine in the New York metropolitan area and nearby cities.
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Albany
APJ
Manney Strewl
John J. O'Connell
O'Connell
Bernard Dolan
James O'Connell
New York City
Strewl
East 220Th Street
Snyder
Dan
South Pearl Street
Morris Strawl
John Ty Dee Janes
Richard Oliver
Strowl
Delaney
John Oley
Joe Green
Glens Falls
New York
New Jeresey
Gentral Park
Hyde Park
Rouse
Vely
Philadelphia
New Haven
Conn
Baltimore
Paterson
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Prisoner Looses Battle as Police Bombard Hotel Room
In Springfield a tense siege unfolded as about 50 officers and guardsmen fired tear gas into a third floor room at the Daniels Hotel to seize 68 year old Please Grumpy Moore. He shot Policeman Ernest Purgatory in the heart and fled but was captured after a wire escape to the second floor. Moore, held for questioning, faced formal charges not yet filed while a woman named Titian Howard denied she was in the room.
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Springfield
Moore
Daniels Hotel
Ernest Puigatory
Purgalory Hadeen
Titian Howard
A. S. Howard
Christopher
Purmatory
Pnld
Waron
Hi Confederates
Howard
Alfred J. Greaning
Valley Authority hears local interest press on project
Knoxville August 1 David BM Lilenthal of the Tennessee Valley Authority told a Rotary club that the people of Tennessee Valley Alabama and other states in the basin are more important than dams transmission lines or other physical works under way. He urged cooperative rather than dictatorial action and warned that valley residents must engage fully to achieve Congress goals.
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David BM. Lilenthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Rotary Club
Tennessee
Alabama
TennesSea Basin
Congress
Lilietthal
Authority
Norris Dam Named After Senator Norris
Knoxville Aug 1 AP TVA announced the 85 million dollar Cove Creek project in Tennessee will be named Norris Dam in honor of Senator George W Norris of Nebraska author of the act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority. The dam will be part of the government power plan at Muscle Shoals and will generate power for the region.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Cove Creek
Tennnessee
Norris
George W. Norris
Nebras Senatoris
Tenne Valley Authority
Muscle Shoals
Mahatma Gandhi Arrested Again Near Ahmedabad
Gandhi and 33 followers were captured by civil authorities in Ahmedabad marking the start of a new civil disobedience campaign for Indian independence. They planned a march to Ray in Kaira district under ordinary law, with potential parole restrictions and possible retrial if rules were violated.
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Ahmedabad
India
Mehatma Gandhi
Ray
Kaira
Sabarmati
Yerada
Poona
Mahatma
Gandhi
Wahadev
Desai
Ras
Kingsport Merchants Form Committee On Store Hours
More than 150 merchants met in Kingsport to draft an opening and closing hour agreement. A committee led by H. Anderson includes E. M. Riley W. R. Millman A. A. Atkins and W. H. Morgan. The blanket code was discussed and signing progress updates given as meetings addressed proposed weekday and Saturday hours.
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Kingsport
George Taylor
Retail Merchants Association
Co. H. Walter
Taylor
Anderson
Atkins
Albert Smithlie
Riley
Hillman
Lapree
Hours Set Washington Age 7
A million new jolts through retail shops nationwide followed Johnsons order to raise wages and curb hours under the NRA codes. Officials estimate 1,000,000 new jobs as food dealers and retailers adopt minimum scales and eight to ten hour rules with limits on child labor. Insignia posters are distributed to those complying as hearings on steel and oil codes proceed and industry leaders draft final terms.
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Washington
Huth
Johnson
Mer Berg
District of Columbia
Roosevelt
Jobison
NRA
Recovery Administration
Weather snapshot from Tennessee and Virginia brief
Partly cloudy with local thundershowers in Tennessee on Wednesday and tonight while west and north sections cool. Virginia shows showers late tonight into Wednesday with cooler conditions in extreme north and west.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Public Works Emphasizes Human Labor Over Machinery
Washington Aug 1 The State advisory committees were told that human labor should be used whenever practicable in projects funded by the 8 3 billion public works fund. It sets policies on fair job distribution, bans convict labor, favors local labor, seeks skilled workers through unions, and aims for a 40 hour week with weather delays made up, plus wages sufficient for a decent standard of living.
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Washington
Irkes
Karl Schuyler ex senator dies after auto accident
Karl Cortlandt Schuyler former United States senator from Colorado died at Lenox Hill Hospital after injuries from a July 17 Central Park auto strike. The 68 year old lawyer and businessman declined hospital care at first, later identified himself as James Evans to hospital staff, and died with his wife and son present. He led the Kinney Coastal Oil Co and sat on the Denver National Bank board.
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Karl Cortlandt Schuyler
United States
Colorado
Denver
Lenox
Hill Hospital
Central Park
Schuyler
With & Som
Karl Schuylers Jr
St. Regis Hotel
Frank Spangnolia
Spangnolia
Frank Bray
West 88Th Street
Kinney Coastal Oil Company
Denver NationalBank
Liberty
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