Woman Makes Atlantic Flight From England to New York
Mrs. Berg Markham, 33, English navigator, landed safely at Baleine Cove Nova Scotia after 24.5 hours aloft from Abingdon England in monoplane The Messenger. She had fuel issues and foggy weather but landed right side up in six feet of mud, with a minor head wound and a smashed propeller.
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Louisburg
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America
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Sydney
New York
George Lewis
Ray Goodwin
Cape Breton Flying Club
Markham
Cape Breton
Dunkirk
North America
Castletown Berehaven
Irish Free State
Seontini joins Notre Dame to boost football hopes
Louis Zontini, brother of the famed Galloping Ghost, enters Notre Dame to help the Green freshmen. He will study in the College of Arts and Letters starting September 15 after receiving registrar credits.
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Seth SheTtman
Notre Dame
Seth
Marshall College
South Bend
Zontini
College of Arts and Letters
Reunions Draw Raleigh County Families This Week
Raleigh county families plan gatherings today and next Sunday. The Callaways and Mankins hold their twelfth annual association at Glen Daniel with about 1000 expected attendees. The Law clan meets at Cashmere in Montroe county. Next Sunday the Conk family reunion near Oceana features Homer A. Holt as speaker. Tyree and Davis hold their eleventh annual joint reunion at Maple Fork church with a basket dinner and brief morning services led by C. W. Sexton and Jake Adking.
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Mankins
Glen Daniel
Law
Cashmere
Monttroe
Conk
Wyoming
Raleigh
Oceana
Homer A. Holt
Tyree
Davis
Maple Fork Church
C. W. Sexton
Jake Adking
Rumor Links Gov Kump to War Secretary Post
Statehouse buzz centers on Governor Kump as a possible appointee to the secretaryship of war after the death of Secretary of War George H. Dern on August 28. The governor denied any such suggestion and declined to comment on the report.
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Charleston
State House
Kump
George H. Dern
Roosevelt Labor Day Address Seeks Living Wage Policy
In a Labor Day message President Roosevelt outlines a national economy with balanced factors ensuring a job and a living wage for workers and dependents. He notes gains in employment and weekly pay, praising federal spending and signaling a private re employment announcement during his radio address from the White House about drought relief.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Elkins Daughter Buried in Rock Creek Cemetery
Mrs Katharine Elkins Hitt daughter of the late Senator Stephen B Elkins of West Virginia was buried today in Rock Creek cemetery in Washington D C She died Thursday in New York and was a prominent horsewoman of Washington and Middleburg Va Funeral services were at her mother in law s home Mrs Robert R Hitt She is survived by her husband William F Hitt a brother former Senator Davis Elkins and a nephew Stephen Elkins all of Washington
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Washington
Katherine Elkins Hitt
Stephen B. Elkins
West Virginia
Rock Creek Cemetery
Hitt
Middleburg
New York
Robert R. Hitt
William F
Davis Elkins
Stephen Elkins
Amere Gas Utilities Manager Undergoes Emergency Operation
W. M. Reeser, district manager of Amere Gas Utilities, had an emergency appendix operation at Beckley hospital yesterday. An attache reported his condition as only fair. Reeser is from Worth Kanawha Street.
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Worth Kanawha Street
Amere Gas Utilities
Rebel Generals Plan New Feats as Iran Burns
Insurgent leaders map a northern Spain campaign after silencing last government defenders of Iran. Rebels at Burgos marshal forces under General Mola to seize San Sebastian, attack Santander and Bilbao, while Madrid grapples with a socialist communist cabinet and international reactions. Government victories in Toledo province and renewed bombardment of Alcazar are noted amid French, Italian, and diplomatic maneuvering.
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Spain
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Daniel Garcia-Mansilla
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Emilio Mola
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Italy
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France
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Barcelona
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Alcazar
Rhode ll School Principal Home Return Duke Degree
Mr and Mrs R C Swim return from Durham North Carolina where Mr Swim earned a Master of Arts in public school administration at Duke University He is principal of Rhode ll elementary school.
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Rhodell
R. C. Swim
Durham
W. C
Swim
Duke University
Young Republicans Charge Fraud at Fairmont Convention
West Virginia Young Republicans closed their gathering with resolutions denouncing the administration, warning against deficits and inflation, and urging non partisan election of county school boards. H William Largent of Morgantown was elected president with officers Clyde C Ware Marion Wilson E J Tuck Richard Waddell and H B Ashworth named to key posts. They declared fraud in the 1936 primary and criticized the May primaries.
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Associated Press
Fairmont
West Virginia
Young Republicans
H. William Largent
Morgantown
Clyde C. Ware
West Union
Marion Wilson
Clarksburg
E. J. Tuck
Charleston
Richard Waddell
Philippi
H. B. Ashworth
Moundsville
Denies Hallanan Charge on Marlinton Bank President
Walter S. Hallanan claimed W P A employed Barlow while he acted as Marlinton bank president. Barlow insists he is not bank president. Alderson and Hallanan cite Blue Book listings and discuss possible resignation and WPA employment at eighty dollars monthly.
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Associated Press Fairment
Walter S. Hallanan
Iw. H. Barlow
WPA
Marlinton
Barlow
Hallanan
Pocahontas ‘County
O. E. Alderson
Alderson
First National Bank of Marlinton
Nonpartisan school board election urged with party on ballots
A resolution calls for nonpartisan school board races in every county and for party affiliation to appear on ballots. A loyalty pledge to state and national candidates and party platforms is proposed. The piece also urges a return to a three man road commission. Hugh The Shott warns young Americans face inflation, higher taxes, and lower living standards as he campaigns as the Republican U S senator nominee. Continued on page 3.
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Bipartisan Road Commission
Hugh the Shott
Shott
U. S
Plane Crash Kills 8 Near Pittsburgh Fair
A tri motor sightseeing plane crashed into Buttermilk Hollow near the Allegheny County Airport killing eight passengers and the pilot Eric Beckley. One woman survived by leaping from the plane but was bruised and shocked. The wreckage burned in a wooded ravine two miles from the field. The ship was owned by Pittsburgh Skyways Inc and two people remained unaccounted for.
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Pittsburgh
Ei Sons
Buttermilk Hollow
Allegheny County
Eric Beckley
South Park
Linda McDonald
A. BR. McDonald
Miami
Beckley
John A. Powers
Harry Bruce
Buttermill Hollow
Nellis Coal team wins annual Mines Institute contest
The Nellis Coal corporation safety team won the Coal Rivers Mining Institute event in Madison on September 5. A crowd of about 3,500 watched teams from multiple coal firms compete in first aid exercises on live models. Other winners included Y and O Coal of Van in second, Boone County Coal in third and fourth, and Princess Dorothy Coal of Eunice in fifth. In negro events, American Collieries at Ameagle won, with Boone County Coal second. Junior and girls divisions saw Boone County Coal and Red Parrot Coal of Prenter among top finishers. In boys division, Koppers Coal company took first, Prenier Boy Scouts second. Washington report: GOP accuses Dems of subsidizing legislators with WPA funds. list of West Virginia officials cited with double pay.
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Associated Press
Madison
Nellis Coal Corporation
Coal Rives Mining Institute Today
Kump Demands Investigations
Governor Kump ordered an investigation after a complaint by Philip Murray of the steel workers organizing committee that two field workers were beaten at Hollidays Cove on September 2. He directed P D Shingleton of the public safety department to handle the inquiry and urged filing with the local sheriff before state action to protect citizens' rights.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Philip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Hollidays Cove
Kump
P.D. Shingleton
Department of Public Safety
Murray
Pittsburgh
Woman Prefers Knifing Charge in Bluesfield Case
Curtis Jarrell faces a preliminary hearing Thursday on a charge of attempting to wound Nancy O Neil. The warrant, served by Constable Emery Pittsonberger, accuses him of trying to cut the plaintiff with a knife. The hearing is before Magistrate J F Clendenen.
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Register Slar
Whitesville
Curtis Jarrell
Nancy O'Neil
Jarell
Emery Pittsonberger
J. F. Clendenen
AFL Starts War On Lewis Unions
Washington reports the American Federation of Labor declares war on the committee for industrial organization led by John L. Lewis. Ten Lewis linked unions claim 1,160,000 workers across coal, steel, fermentation, textile, automobile, rubber, metal mine, glass and oilfields. Federation vows aggressive organizing across all industries.
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Joseph L. Miller
Associated Press
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization Today
United States
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
William Green
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Lewis
Kidd Family Reunion at Lake Shawnee Today
Members of the Kidd family will meet today at Lake Shawnee for their third annual reunion. Family spokesman addresses and amusements have been arranged. ELA Kidd of Beckley is chairman of the family association.
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Kidd
Lake Shawnee
Ela, Kidd
Beckley
Family Association
County relief fund boosts Raleigh budget for 1936 37
Raleigh county commissioners announce approval of the 1936-37 levy after a seven week dispute over a general relief fund. Tax Commissioner Fred Fox signed the budget setting aside 20,984 for relief, shifting 5,000 from state institution care and 434 from contingencies to meet the new total. Fox urged levying 15 percent of the general purposes fund for relief as required by the new social security law.
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Raleigh County
Ash Mankin
Fred Fox
Fox
Weather outlook for Atlantic states and Appalachians
Generally fair conditions to Sunday with likely showers in the Atlantic States from Virginia to Southern Maine on Monday. Temperatures rise slightly across the Middle Atlantic, North Atlantic, and lower lake regions, with little change expected Monday.
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