FLASHES OF LIFE AND ODD NOTES ACROSS CITIES
Police campaign in Omaha runs nearly a full day before a patrol car hit a light post injuring an officer. In Uniontown shorts are free for women golfers at a suburban hotel. Chicago World’s Fair adds 24 hour access to life and bright spots. In La Vale junior firefighters improvise a driver to quell a brush fire. Calgary pemmican age over 80 years is cooked and tasted at a local home.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Uniontown
Leo Heyn
Chicago
LA Vale
Calgary
William Campbell
Campbell
City buys tow trucks to speed car removals
Philadelphia officials say parkers pay $6 for towing and council buys three new tow trucks to ensure quick service.
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P Elphia
Parkers
Council
Grasshoppers Frozen in Snow Drift Found on Long's Peak
A three inch layer of preserved grasshoppers was uncovered in a snow drift on Longs Peak west of Fort Collins. Dorothy Collier, operator of a shelter cabin on the mountain, discovered them.
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Nature
Fort Collins
Colo
Long’s Peak
Here
Dorothy Collier
Cows Confiscated In Park Prompt Fine for Owner
In McKeesport Pennsylvania Mrs Ethel Popp found five cows led away by Patrolman Fre Matheny at Renziehausen park. A police court judge fined her five dollars for letting the cattle graze in the park.
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Mckeesport
Ethel Popp
Renziehausen Park
Fre Matheny
Camp White Rock Scout Camp Bustling With Visitors
Troops 1 2 and 7 Boy Scouts enjoy a two week camp at White Rock with Sunday School Capon Bridge a large crowd of about 100 visitors. A Scouts service featured a sermon on trees and Psalms led by Rev Brashears with remarks by Scoutmaster Cooper.
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White Rock
Capon Bridge
Laurens Jones
Council Ring
Ricard Largent
Harry Farrar
Wallace M. Brashears
Winchester
Harry Farr
Brashears
Cooper
Mr. Brashears
Aluminum Company of America hit by nationwide strike
About 1900 Alcoa employees walk out at midnight across five states including the Pittsburgh plant. Picket lines guard entrances while a board representative heads to Pittsburgh to aid settlement efforts. Demands include a universal wage system, dues check-off, seniority rights, and ending perceived discriminatory practices tied to the aluminum code. No disorders reported as plants close and guards take post.
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Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company
ALCOA
Tenn
Aluminum Company of America
Coal Company Official Convicted In Slaying Case
Owen Clark formerly a Stonega Coal and Coke Company officer was found guilty of second degree murder. The jury set his punishment at 18 years in the penitentiary for the shooting death of William Mullins at Osaka after a dispute over a coal code signing in Washington. Mullins died after surgery at Stonega Hospital.
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Coal Company
Associated Press
Wise, Va
Owen Clark
Stonega Coal and Coke Company
Clark
William Mullins
Osaka
Washington
Mullins
Stonega Hospital
World's Fair Tour Packed With Exhibits and Travel Assets
A Chicago World's Fair tour described by The Star and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad offers rail transport in modern cars for $26.20, two days in Chicago with access to major pavilions, and hotel accommodations for two in a double room. Highlights include the Electrical Building, Hall of States, Ripley's Believe It or Not, Mayo Clinic exhibits, the Midway, and the Transportation and Belgium Village displays. The trip departs Chicago Monday evening with return options through Tuesday September 14, and reservations are urged immediately.
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Jane
Hall of States
Robert L. Ripley
Itvor
Paigo Brothers
Rochestég
Minn
Midway Plaisance
Chrysler Corporation
Chrysler
General Motors
Chevrolet
Pontiac
Oldsmobile
Cadillac
Firestone
Sinclair Réfinizig Company
Chicago
Marshall Field
Belgium
Star
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Exposition Grounds
Baltimore and Ohio
C. T
Bath
Fair Grounds
Colored Woman's Funeral Tomorrow
The funeral of Estelle Lewis, colored, will be held from the Paynter funeral home at 3 o'clock tomorrow. Rev. John Newman will officiate and interment will be at Lee's Chapel near Brucetown in this county.
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Estelle Lewis
Paynter
John Newman
T “Lee
Brucetown
County
Chicago Wheat and Corn Prices From Chicago and Baltimore
Closing prices in Chicago and Baltimore wheat markets are reported daily to The Star via Winchester Milling and Stickell Sales. Quotations show Chicago Sept 1.04 Dec 1.07 May 1.10. Baltimore spot 1.03. corn Chicago Sept 76 Dec 79% May 83. Winchester delivered 80c per bu and $4.00 per barrel.
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Chicago
Baltimore
The
Star
Winchester Milling Corporation
Stickell Sales Corporation
North
Washington Street
Hagerstown
Winchester
Garvin Named New Postmaster At Boyce Office
George W. Garvin is named acting postmaster for Boyce in Clarke county via an AP dispatch. W. M. Howes announces the appointment, with duties to begin once bond formalities are completed. Garvin won the job from six applicants, succeeding E. A. Lindsey who served 12 years.
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Garvin
Boyce Office
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
George W. Garvin
Boyce
Clarke County
W. M. Howes
Alex Jolliffe
Wheatley Trenary
Lee Clark
Benjamin Morrison
Emmett Stuart
White Post
Mr. Garvin
E. A. Lindsey
Harding
Military Rule Upheld by Court in Minneapolis
A Federal Court ruling upheld Gov Floyd Olsons military rule during the truck drivers strike, denying injunctions against ten protesting employers and confirming the governor’s authority to run city affairs under military rule. Also notes Mrs Dora Thompson returning home to Clarke County after a visit.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Federal Court
Floyd B. Olson
Dora Thompson
Clarke County
C. H. Grif
West Germain Street
Flood Devastates Greenup County Kentucky Region
Large floods from Tygart Creek washed away homes and crops across Greenup county extending 20 miles, with total losses estimated at 1.5 million dollars. No deaths in the valley, two boys drowned near Hitchins yesterday, and cattle and poultry could not be moved to safety.
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Associated Press
Ashland
Tygart Creek
Olive Hill
Ohio
Greenup County
Carter
Bowman
Tygart Valley
Rowan
Hitchins Yesteray
Joe B. Bates
Tyrgart Valley
Battle of New Orleans Tensions Rise Over Rival Campaigns
New Orleans Aug 11 Political strife between Huey P Long and T Semmes Walmsley escalates into an armed contest. Troops stand by at registration offices while both sides accuse the other of vote tampering as they defend rival congressional candidates.
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Congress
Long
Walmsley
New Orleans
Huey P. Long
T. Semmes Walmsley
Senator Long
Mayor Walmsley
Things Looking Pretty Good To Head of R. F. C.
President Roosevelt heard from Jesse H. Jones chief of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation that the agency reports strong activity in the last six months. He noted higher loan repayments over disbursements by about 150 million dollars and broad liquidation of emergency loans.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jones
White House
Reconstruction Corporation
Special Officers Guard Dionne Quintuplets in Ontario
Two special constables were sworn in to provide 24 hour protection for the 75 day old Dionne quintuplets. W. H. Alderson announced the new home the Dafoe Hospital for the Dionne quintuplets should be ready by September 1 and invited Ontario minister David Croll to officiate at the opening.
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Associated Press
Callander
Indian Tribes Invite President to Niagara Celebration
Twelve Tuscarora braves start a 450 mile run from Niagara Falls toward Old Fort Niagara to deliver three kernels of corn and invite President Roosevelt to the four nations celebration September 3 to 6 marking two centuries of war and 100 years of peace among England France Canada and the United States.
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Niagara Falls
Rosevelt
Old Fort Niagara
Tuscaroras
New York
Pensylvania
Maryland
England
France
Canada
United States
Mussolini and Von Starhemberg Confer at Ostia
Premier Benito Mussolini and Ernst Von Starhemberg met at Ostia in a tent encampment where Austrian youths vacation at Italian government expense. The Austrian vice chancellor arrived by air from Vienna and officials had denied prior talks with Duce.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Ernst von Starhemberg
Austria
Ostia
Vienna
von Starhemberg
Italy
Duce
Mrs Roosevelt Seeks Rest in Adirondacks
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt plans a two week rest in the Adirondacks, staying near Chazy Lake six miles north of Dannemora New York. She travels with friend Miss Nancy Cook in a blue roadster and declined to disclose her exact destination beyond the Adirondacks retreat.
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Associated Press
Dannemora
N. Y
Chazy Lake
Adirondacks
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Saratoga Springs
Alaska May Get Air Mail Service
Washington dispatch reports postoffice planning official Harllee Branch plans an air mail link from the west coast to Alaska with a possible route test. He also envisions air mail and passenger service to Europe and Hawaii within the next few years with Alaska slated for September first.
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Associated Press
Washington
West Coast
Alaska
Harllee Branch
Europe
Hawaii
Film Director Sues Magazine For Half Million
George Webb, film director, filed a $500,000 damage suit in Federal Court in Los Angeles alleging an article in Modern Screen Magazine damaged his reputation regarding his wife Esther Ralston, a blonde screen player.
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Los Angeles
George Webb
Modern Screen Magazine
Esther Ralston
Special Service At Galilee Tonight
Evangelist Coffey announces a revival service at Galilee tonight at 8 o'clock due to strong interest. Five persons came yesterday evening as the invitation was given, and with Rev Mr Coffey leaving after Sunday he plans another service tonight.
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Evangelist Coffey
Coffey
Desirable 35 Acre Dolph White Land Sale in Virginia
Public auction to sell about 35 acres of land lying partly in Warren and Frederick counties near Winchester. Terms require one third cash and two equal annual installments with interest, secured by deed of trust and insurance. Also notice of bankruptcy hearing for Lawson Lucas Hockman set for August 21, 1934 in Winchester with creditors invited to attend.
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R. F. McGraw
Frederick County
Virginia
Court House
Winchester
Warren
Wincheter
Front Royal
James Beatty
United States District Court
Western District OF
Lawson Lucas Hockman
Corporation
Harrisonburg
Edward C. Martz
Mr W A Carskaden To Visit West Clifford Street
Mr W A Carskaden of Washington is expected this evening to spend the weekend with Mrs Carskaden at the home of Mrs Estelle Newlin on West Clifford street.
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W. A. Carskaden
Washington
Mrs. Carskaden
Estelle Newlin
West Clifford Street
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Galilee
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