New Factors Enter Campaign as Maine Vote Shifts Tone
The campaign broadens with Maine's outcome shaping party mood. Roosevelt top speeches and the American Legion bonus issue push discussions, while Hoover tightens grip with campaign leaders Mills and Hurley steering the push for the East and West. Both tickets pace speeches and cabinet members may join the final sprint amid uncertain Smith and VP picks.
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Associated Press
Washington
Maine
Roosevelt
Topeka
Fogelsville
Curtis
American Legion
Hoover
Mills
Salt Lake City
Calvin Coolidge
Hurley
Alfred E. Smith
Vice President Curtis to tour states after Pennsylvania exposé
Curtis set to deliver a series of speeches in several states following his earlier Pennsylvania exposition of Republican doctrine. Arrangements for Speaker Garner's speeches have been postponed because his mother lies ill in Texas as he left there early today.
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Curtis
Pennsylvania
Garner
Texas
Roosevelt Seeks Rail Reform and Higher Wages
Democratic candidate outlines plan to consolidate railroads legally in the public interest and tighten Interstate Commerce Commission powers. He vows to regulate holding companies, eliminate non paying mileage, and push for highest possible wages while restoring railroads to solid financial health. He argues this root approach protects employment for nearly two million railway workers and emphasizes efficiency, financial safety, and lasting jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Roosevelt Addresses Rail Finances and Transport Policy
The senator criticizes railroad magnates and argues most bonds are held by savings banks and churches. He asserts rail transport must coordinate with other modes, opposes unfair highway advantages, and questions Reconstruction policy methods while stressing lending only if borrowers can repay.
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Cratic
New York
Roosevelt
Naional
Reconstruction Corporation
Regulation reveals few firms control vast electric grid
A commission report shows 48 major projects under license to public utilities fall under ten top holding groups, serving 12,487 communities with over 12 million people. The study notes cooperative relations among leaders, yet faults a key group for failing to return required information.
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American Gas and Electric, Commonwealth and Souther
Liectric Bond & Share
Middle West Clilities
Niagara-Indion North American
Pacific Gas Electric
Standard Gas & Electric
Stone & Webster
United Gas Improvement
Auto-Train Tragedy Fatal Injury of Woman Runs Over
Mrs. Beveridge Laughlin died after being run over by a train as it moved past her amid an escape attempt. Attending physician Dr J A Walker aided before she died en route to Beckley. Funeral and burial plans set for Tuesday at Mt Olivet, Charleston, with Requiem Mass at St Francis de Sales. She leaves two children, a mother, and several siblings.
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Helen
Beckley
Corbin, Ky
William P. Beveridge
Clairmont
W. Va
J. L. Bugg
Corbin
C. F Cain
Burgess Addition
Rose Funeral Home
China objects to Manchuria claims after seizure
China asserts Manchuria fell to Japanese military aggression in 1931 after the Muken seizure. It accuses Japan of deceiving the world with false claims that Manchukuo arose from Chinese desire to secede. Secretary Stimson gave no comment and no action is expected until the Lytton commission reports after six months of investigation.
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Ities
Manchuria
Muken
Japan
Republic of China
Manchura
Stimson
State Department
Lytton Commission
League of Nations
China
Shady High Enrollment Figures Reported for ?
Shady Spring district high school reports total enrollment of 275 with 97 freshmen, 41 seniors, 62 juniors, and 7 sophomores. Elementary schools total 1827, 138 fewer than last year’s first week. rural schools down while mining towns hold steady. Superintendent C G Peregoy cites business slackness and late enrollments on farms as factors. high school expected to rise to 285.
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Shady Spring
Randolph Norton
C. G. Peregoy
Fireco
Pioneer Club Plans Democratic Meeting
The Pioneer Democratic club of Raleigh County will hold its first major meeting tomorrow at 7 30 p.m. at 24 McCreery Street. Speakers and music will greet attendees as both parties policies are discussed. The club will present new campaign songs and Reverend Doc Anderson's sermon on Hoover Prosperity and Townsend Tax Reform. The group plans to attend the Democratic rally in the Memorial Building on September 22 with J Alfred Taylor of Fayetteville as principal speaker.
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Pioneer Democratic Club
Raleigh County
McCreery Street
Sevenette
Stein
Doc Anderson
Hoover
Townsend
Memorial Building
J. Alfred Taylor
Fayetteville
House of Delegates
Lieutenant Held On Prohibition Charge
Fairfax Court House Virginia September 17 Lieutenant Frederick Warren 32 attached to the United States Engineers office at Huntington West Virginia today was fined 50 dollars and costs by Trial Justice Paul Brown on a charge of transporting liquor. Warren Jack Frost 28 and two young women were injured last night when their automobile overturned on the Lee highway near Merrifield Virginia Warren and Miss Margaret Moore 24 of Washington were not seriously injured. Prost and Miss Jane Oak 22 of Lynchburg Virginia were hurt badly. The officer's ribs were fractured. Miss Oak was cut about the head and chest and was injured internally.
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Associated Press
Fairfax Court House
Frederick Warren
United States Engineers
Huntington
Wh Va
Paul Brown
Warren
Jack Frost
Lee Highway
Merrifield
Margaret Moore
Washington
Prost
Jane Oak
Lynchburg
Miss Oak
Smedley Butler For Payment Of The Bonus
General Smedley D. Butler urged immediate payment of the veterans bonus in a radio debate with General John F. O Ry. Butler spoke from Washington on NBC arguing the claim is just and that the American people always pay fair. He attacked opponents including the National Economy League as extravagant and wasteful.
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Associated Press
New York
Smedley D. Butler
John F. O’ryan
Butler
National Broadcasting Company
Washington
National Economy League
Fire Devastates East Texas Refining Plant in Longview
Fire with an explosion swept the East Texas Refining company plant in Longview Texas causing extensive damage. The refinery valued at over one million dollars could not have its losses estimated. In a separate incident in Pittsburgh a boy named Howard Castor twelve from Elizabeth died after a bicycle fall under a truck driven by W L Turner of Buckhannon who was exonerated.
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Associated Press
Longview
Tex
East Texas Refining Company
Pittsburgh
Howard Castor
Elizabeth
W. L. Turner
Buckhannon
W. Va
Dwiggins Fined After Night Court by Local Judge
Paul Dwiggins was fined 30 dollars plus costs and received sentence of 0 days in jail Friday evening by Volice Judge Kyle D. Harper. Dwiggins faced charges of assault and battery on Patrolman Sid Ellison, with details from the incident described in the report.
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Paul Dwiggins
Volice
Kyle D. Harper
Dwiggins
Sid Ellison
Community Notes From Beckley and Surrounds
Social items from Sullivan West Virginia report residents shopping and visiting in Beckley Sophia Charleston and East Beckley. Names include F E Hill C Gregory Billy Bryant L Almond Freddie Hill and others. Epworth League organized by Mrs Alden Treadway with invites. Mamie Lou Owen attended Woodrow Wilson High School with Mildred Daniels.
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F. E. Hill
Laughter
Beckley
N. A. Johnson
Springton
Harry Davis
Stotesbury
Mamie Lon Owen
Mildred. Daniels
Loatha Wolcomb
Margaret Almond
Lydia Ormandy
East Beckley
Mildred Daniels
Mamie Lou Owen
Edith
Tommy Walker
Alden Treadway
Mamie Lou Qwen
Woodrow Wilson High School
Printers Seek Five Day Week In Union Convention
In Long Beach California the International Typographical Union approved a five day week for newspaper printers on six or seven day schedules. The measure passed 76 to 71 and awaits referendum by affiliated unions of the federation.
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Long Beach
Calif
International Typographical Union
International Organization
Referendum Endorsed By 111 To 39 Vote. Printers Affected
The referendum carried 111 to 39 after President Charles P How ard urged the action. The plan would affect about 22 000 printers and take effect January 1. Moose Meets Wednesday. Beckley Lodge Loyal Order of Moose to meet in regular session on Neville Street. Plans for admitting a class into the Fraternity. Members urged to attend and bring a guest.
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Charles P. Howard
Beckley Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Neville Street
Harrison requests loan from Reconstruction Finance Corp
Clarksburg Sept 17 Harrison county court may seek a 250000 loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to fund county projects and relief measures. The move aims to support infrastructure and public services amid financial strains.
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Associated Press
Clarksburg
Harrison County
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Admiral Pringle Rushed Aboard Ship to Naval Hospital
The battleship West Virginia carried its commander Vice Admiral Joel R. P. Pringle to the Naval hospital in San Diego after he fell ill with an abdominal ailment while maneuvers in Puget Sound. The ship passed Point Reyes en route and was expected to reach San Diego Sunday morning. Pringle, 59, was next in line for chief of naval operations.
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Los Angeles
West Virginia
Joel R. P. Pringle
Naval Hospital
San Diego
Point Reyes
Pringle
Naval Operations
Puget Sound
Manslaughter Conviction in West Virginia Baseball Fight
In Point Pleasant West Virginia Hugh Montgomery 31 of Amanhrosia near here was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for the death of Dewey Biffle 35 from injuries sustained during a July 3 baseball game fight. Montgomery received a five year penitentiary sentence.
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Associated Press
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Hugh Montgomery
Ama Hrosia
Here
Dewey Biffle
Montgomery
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