Copeland Wins Tammany Vote In Mayoral Primary Fight
New York Tammany chose Senator Royal S. Copeland as its mayoral candidate over Grover Whalen. Whalen led other borough bosses in backing Whalen to challenge incumbent Mayor LaGuardia. The split signals a fight over Dooling’s leadership and future control of the Democratic line.
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Associated Press
New York
Tammany
Manhattan
James J. Dooling
Royal S. Copeland
Dooling
Copeland
I’ammany
Kings
Queens
Bronx
Richmond County
Whalen
New York World’s Fair Corporation
New Deal
Tammany Hall
Kings County
Queens County
Grover Whalen
Fiorella LaGuardia
Mine Operation to Resume at Heather Run Mine
The West Virginia Smokeless Coal Company will restart work at the Heather Run mine in the fall after a closure since April 1936. 125 men are to be employed as shaft rebuilding and cleaning proceed.
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Associated Pro Bongwood
West Virginia Smokeless Coal Company
Heather Run
Police chase heats Martinsburg pursuit in near hundred heat
Officers Guy Barney and Whitey Dawson pursued Whit Coleman for about a half hour after he was charged with assault and battery. The chase in near 100 degree heat left all three nearly exhausted.
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Associated Press
Martinsburg
Guy Barney
Whitey Dawson Cat
Whit Coleman
Sparrows Nest On Wrens Porch Prompt Curious Nesting Tale
The Wrens have a third brood of sparrows born yesterday on Burgess street at the B. T. Wren Jr. residence. A mother sparrow tends three fledglings in a corner nest lined with feathers, with earlier broods totaling four and five. The Wrens feed them suet and assume water comes from juicy worms. the mother bird enters from the top and exits at the bottom.
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B. T. Wren Jr
Burgess Street
Rockefellers to Keep Stock Seat on Exchange
NEW YORK The New York stock exchange membership held by the late John D Rockefeller Jr for 54 years will remain in the Rockefeller name. A brief announcement said it is proposed to transfer the seat to Laurence Spartan Rockefeller, 27, grandson who now assists his father in Rockefeller charitable enterprises. The transfer will not be complete for two weeks when the admissions committee will ballot. Robert W Keelips, sponsor under rules, was once John D Jr's private secretary. Keelips walked the floor in 1929 and offered to bid 50 for a million shares of Standard Oil Co of New Jersey."
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Associated Press
NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Jonn
Rockefeller Jr
Rockefeller
Exchange
Laurence Spelman
Rockefeler
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
G MEN Asked to Aid Lancaster Girl Missing
Elkt on Maryland authorities seek help from the FBI after 18 year old Jane Wohlsen vanished from a rowboat near Red Point Beach. Clark Samuel of Lancaster submitted the case with peculiar clues centering on a black hull sloop as searchers comb the Elkton area for the missing teen.
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Associated Press
Elkton
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Clark Samuel
Lancaster
Jane Wohlsen
Samuel
Red Point
Here
Cecil County
C. B. Trail
Talleyville
Del
Red Point Beach
E. D. E. Rollins
Committees Named for West Virginia Grand Lodge Sessions
Masonic lodges select committees to arrange the annual sessions of the West Virginia grand lodge and grand chapter from October 11 to 14. John L. Schroeder serves as general chairman with Simon P. Richmond of Charleston as grand master and Ira S. Nichols of Bluefield as grand high priest.
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Associated Press
Martinsburg
Masonic
West Virginia
Grand Lodge
Grand
John L. Schroeder
Simon P. Richmond
Charleston
Ira S. Nichols
Bluefield
Holt and Neely Split on Court Reorganization Vote
Washington West Virginia senators split on the proposal to recommit Roosevelt's court reorganization bill. Senator Rush Holt voted with the majority to return the bill to committee while Senator M M Neely voted against recommittal. Both Democrats backed overriding the president's veto of the farm interest rate bill.
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Associated Press
Washington
West Virginia
Roosevelt
Rush D. Holt
M. M. Neely
Hat In Hat Saves Moonshine Raid Case
State police with Deputy Sheriff Mike Gill raided John Luse's Osage home. Luse poured liquor into a sink but Gill caught it in his hat at the outside drain. Judge N C Heiskell fined Luse fifty dollars and sentenced him to thirty days.
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Associated Press
Morgantown
Mike Gill
Gill
John Luse
Osage
Luse
N. C. Heiskell
Three Lukes brothers killed as neighbor shoots field workers
In Austin Minnesota three brothers Louis Joe and Anton Lukes were shot dead while in grain fields on adjoining farms. A 12 year old son Faye was critically wounded. Sheriff Myre seeks Jens Thompson a 33 year old neighbor who fled. No motive given.
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Associated Press
Austin
Minn
Here
Louis
Joe
Anton Lukes, Jr
Faye
Helmer Myre
Jens Thompson
the Lakes
Myre
Thompson
Louis Lukes
Anton, Jr
Joe Lukes
Anton
Eddie Pell
Pell
Cheesy Popcorn Served With Cocktails
Finely grated cheese is sprinkled over hot popcorn and served with cocktails. The popcorn can be freshened by heating in an oven for five minutes to revive its texture and flavor.
Columbus Clock Still Ticks After Two Centuries
O S Baker near Dunbar cherishes a cherry wood clock believed to be 200 or 300 years old. The Columbus timepiece bears a carved Columbus relief above the oval face and the inscription Anno 1492 below the dial. It has a single woolen hand and a forward swinging pendulum, celebrating Columbus's birth anniversary.
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Charleston
O. S. Baker
Dunbar
Baker
Columbus
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