Oak Hill Mayor Calls for New GOP Leadership
Fayette county reports a sweeping Democratic victory in Tuesday elections with Mayor Claude R. Hill of Oak Hill demanding new Republican leadership. The county saw its biggest vote and a strong showing by new GOP names like Harry H. Allen and W. H. Haynes amid labor and immigrant voter support for Roosevelt.
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Fox Trot to Automobile Composer's Ambition Now
Oak Hill local pianist and first-time composer Margaret Penrod 21 hears from the Music Guild of New York that her fox trot may be marketed on national radio. She began writing music in 1930 after a shortage of piano jobs drove her from her grocery counter job, a family business start in Tin Pan Alley era.
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Hunter Dies of Heart Disease Near San Ger
Homer Wykle, 67, died of heart trouble while hunting a weasel near San Ger hillside. He left home seemingly in good health to shoot the animal that troubled his chickens. A neighbor found the body and alerted others. He is survived by his wife and several children. The report also notes the University of California began long range fence studies for farm use.
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Hubert Kozentsky
Homer McCormick
Visit Cut Short By Dock Strike
Mrs. Garnet Williams of Oak Hill heads east from a brief visit to her uncle at the Presidio in San Francisco mainly due to the west coast seamen's strike. Tense atmosphere near the Golden Gate and reports of a killed girl prompted her relative to confine her to the post, but Williams packed her bag and left.
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Presidio Army Post
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Art Nehf Jr. Anchors Phoenix JC Football Center
Art Nehf Jr., son of a former New York Giant hurter, plays center for Phoenix junior college football. Coach Dutch Hoy says he is so consistent at the pivot that a substitute has not been needed all season.
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Ariz
Art Nehf Jr
New York
Hurter
Hoy
First U S census 1790 ranks Virginia before New York
Virginia led the early U S census in 1790 in both population and commerce, surpassing New York. The data reflect Virginia's prominence in the early nation's economy and demography during the initial enumeration.
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Miner's Thumb Injured by Car at Oak Hill
Oak Hill hospital reported miner Tom Ayers of Minden, about 20 years old, with a broken left thumb after his hand was caught between a mine car and a post in the mine.
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Slate fall injuries keep patients at Oak Hill hospital
Oak Hill hospital treating F B Adams of Whipple as senior patient after a slate fall fractured his right leg six weeks ago. Doctors found the cast not knitting and expect eight more weeks of treatment. Adams shares the facility with Charlie Bragg, his former roommate, who had been admitted for over four months before transfer to Coal Valley hospital for ongoing care.
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Lindbergh Flies Own Designed Plane in Europe
Charles A. Lindbergh piloted his own designed light touring monoplane in a test flight at Reading England. The airplane, billed as the fastest of its type in the country, is built to his specifications in collaboration with Frederick George Miles. Lindbergh plans minor adjustments before final delivery next week and has visited the shuttered hangar during construction.
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