Six Peace Groups Demand Fast Action on China War Policy
Six peace organizations urged immediate application of the neutrality act to the Sino-Japanese conflict in a joint letter to President Roosevelt. They requested halting war cargoes on American ships bound for China, including the steamship Wichita, while the State Department maintains a cautious study of Orient developments and Hull says the department operates 24 hours daily.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Roper
State Department
Orient
Hull
World Peaceway
Women’s International League For Peace and Freedom
National Council For the Prevention of War
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Committee On Militarism In
Wichita
China
Raleigh county teachers plan two meetings before school opens
Following two meetings this week of Raleigh county teachers and principals, schools will open next Tuesday. Superintendent FE Van Dorsey noted routine admin matters will be discussed. Over 800 new pupils are enrolling, with repairs and enlargements ongoing including reconditioning the Central school annex. Five new buses purchased and old ones refreshed for service. A general teachers meeting will be held in October. One dollar bill counterfeit test involves rub across white paper to detect green ink stains.
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Raleigh County
FE. van Dorsey
Beckley
Dorsey
Parteys
T. Allen Gatherum
Bank Official Caught Embezzler From Charles Town LA
J Richard Russell, assistant cashier at Farmers Bank and Trust in Charles Town West Virginia, is jailed in Jefferson County charged with embezzlement. He surrendered in Harrisburg Pennsylvania last night after the bank was closed and directors blamed him. Corralled by West Virginia and Pennsylvania officers with a federal agent, Shields moved Russell back to Charles Town for legal proceedings.
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Jefferson County
W. Va
J. Richard Russell
Farmers’ Bank and Trust Company
Harrisburg
Russell
Associated Press
Gray
Pennsylvania Motor Police
West Virginia
Corporal Shields
West Virginia State Police
William Miller
Mize Injury Not Serious After Pitch Hit
Johnny Mize of the St. Louis Cardinals was examined at Polyclinic hospital for possible concussion or fracture after being struck on the head by a pitch from Harry Gumbert in the sixth inning of yesterday's game against the New York Giants. Hospital officials said he would likely leave tomorrow.
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Associated Press
New York
Johnny Mize
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Giants
Polyclinic
Mize
Harry Gumbert
Three Suspected Of Fowl Thefts In Colcord Area
Constable Azel Stover and Deputy Sheriff Jesse Thompson arrested three more men on suspicion of involvement in a series of chicken thefts near Colcord. Authorities say 100 to 200 chickens have been stolen since July 4. The suspects named are Lacy Jarrell Louis Pettry and Alpha Dean. The men were booked at the jail for investigation.
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Azel Stover
Jesse Thompson
Colcord
Lacy Jarrell
Louis Pettry
Alpha Dean
Bicycle rider struck on South Kanawha Street
Adams said he was riding to work on South Kanawha Street when an automobile knocked him from his bicycle last night, leaving bruises.
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South Kanawha Street
Adams
Harry Snodgrass Dies in Illinois Penitentiary
Springfield area note reports Harry Snodgrass, once famed for singing "It's Three O'clock in the Morning" from a Missouri penitentiary radio hookup, died yesterday in obscurity in Illinois. He had gained fame while a inmate and saw brief early success after parole with a vaudeville contract in 1925, which later failed.
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Springfield
Ill
Harry Snodgrass
Jefferson City
Snodgrass
Mrs. Hattie Haynes Taken to Hospital
Mrs. Hattie Haynes is a patient in Beckley hospital after a three days illness. She is the wife of O'dell Haynes, tipple boss for the E. C. Minter Coal company.
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Register
Frances
Hattie Haynes
Beckley Hospital
O’dell Haynes
Tipple
E. C. Minter Coal Company
Youth Hurt In Bike Accident
Woodrow Adams, a Beckley Post-Herald employee, suffered a slight injury in a bicycle accident. The incident details were sparse in the readable text.
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Woodrow Adams
Beckley Post- Herald
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