Nation reports record July Fourth fatalities across passing year
The Associated Press tallies 389 violent deaths during Independence Day weekend, with 230 auto fatalities and 99 drownings, amid fireworks related losses and other accidents. Virginia suffers eleven deaths and a large number of injuries as motorists crowd highways. The League of Nations moves to suspend sanctions against Italy by July 15 while Haile Selassie seeks aid in London.
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Associated Press
Nation Today
National Guardsmen
Remsen
Virginia
League of Nations Coordinating Committee
Italy
League Assembly
Coordination Committee
Assembly
Ethiopia
League
Francisco Tudela Y Varela
Peru
Augusto Vasconcellos
Portugal
Selassie
Haile Selassie
London
After Holiday Toll Lingers In Personal Tragedy
The write up reflects on sunburn memories from the holiday and shifts to a casualty list showing the toll of preventable accidents. It notes that headlines remain impersonal until loved ones are involved, which changes the perspective on automobile crashes and losses.
Four Injured In Big Four Crash Near Cleveland
Four persons sustained minor injuries when the second section of the Big Four Railroad Missourian collided with the first section near North Eaton southwest of Cleveland. The limited train was traveling from St Louis to New York with 11 cars in the first section and four in the second. Injured passengers were taken to a Cleveland hospital as railroad officers investigated the cause.
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Frederick V. Lloyd
Rockville
Hanover County
Grove Avenue
Richmond
James Temple Hughes
North Twenty-third Street
Viola Hughes
Arnold Lefew
Lynchburg
John Howard
Fredericksburg
Virginia Central
Howard Bishop
Wadlow Gap
Gate City
J. E. Quillen
Charles Clarke
Waynesboro
Cleveland
Big Four Railroad
Missourian
North Eaton
Here
St. Louis
New York
Virginia ABC reports record liquor sales on holiday Friday
The Virginia ABC Board announced that the state's top liquor store near Broad Street station in Richmond posted the largest regular Friday sales since its opening except for last Christmas Eve, taking in $5,865 over the counter. The store’s all time high is just over $6,000.
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Richmond
Virginia Abc Board
Broad Street Station
Electric Refrigerators and Radios Repossessed Bargains
Repossessed items in A-1 condition fully guaranteed include electric refrigerators priced at 65.00. Also offered are 10-tube radios for 34.95, 5-tube sets for 13.33. Items advertised by Ward's.
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Ward
Opening of Jimmie's Lunch announcement
Community notices announce Jimmie's Lunch opening with a reference to page 10 and a local band event by DAN GREGORY'S BAND at Jordan's Springs on Wednesday July 8. Other items include new curtains, Japanese summer rugs by Moling and Cather, and a yard party at Mt. Olive Church Hayfield with Sunday school benefit on Wednesday July 8. A yard party at Double Tollgate July 11 by Ladies' Aid is noted.
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Mt. Olive. Church
Hayfield
Wed
Benefit
Ladies’ Aid
Flogging Probe Targets Columbus County Grand Jury
Hackett Applewhite identified as a key figure in a probe into floggings by a vigilante group in swamp country. A fanatical preacher is said to lead the group that has flogged and shaved victims including seven women in Columbus County North Carolina.
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Columbus County
North Carolina
Hackett Applewhite
Central Press
Minister Quoted Praising Night Riders in North Carolina
In Clarendon, Rev. George R. Hunt denied ties to the white robed vigilantes while claiming the accusation was “the most honorable thing.” A hundred leading citizens met and pledged support to law and order as the flogging probe drew attention.
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Whiteville
N.C
Clarendon
George R. Hunt
Hunt
Wilmington Star-News
Columbus County Grand Jury
Grover C. Hinson
Names Riggin To Health Post In Virginia
Governor Peery announced the reappointment of Dr. I. C. Riggin as state health commissioner for a four year term. Dr. Riggin succeeded Dr. Warren F. Draper two years ago.
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Richmond
George C. Peery
I. C. Riggin
Dr. Riggin
Warren F. Draper
Steel Labor War Grows as NLRA Moves in Courts
Labor leaders meet in Chicago to map a drive on unions in the steel field. John L. Lewis pushes 500000 workers toward a single union while the NLRB fights to enforce the act, with courts in New Orleans hearing petitions against Jones and Laughlin.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
National Labor Relations Board
National Labor Relations Act
New Orleans
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Big Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Labor Board
Stedam
Jones and Laughlin
Aliquippa, Pa
Chicago
van A. Bitter
William A. Irvin
United States Steed Corporation
Freed surrenders after slaying linked diary clue
Edward Freed, part owner of the Nut House on Chicago's North Side, turned himself in to police for questioning over the Thursday noon slaying of 31 year old Audrey Vallette. Investigators believe he may be the man named Eddie in the victim's diary.
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Chicago
Edward Freed
North Side
Audrey Vallette
Freed
Eddie
Borah to Run for Presidency and Local Ticket Support
W Scott Hall states Senator William E Borah will seek election and will back state and national Republican tickets. Fireworks accident at Lexington Michigan kills two during Fourth of July celebration as state law bans consumer firecrackers. Tokyo special court martial sentences 17 February 26 rebellion leaders to death and five to life imprisonment. New York federal case: four men and 14 others alleged in $2,046,000 securities robbery. bail set at $10,000 with an additional suspect held at $7,500.
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Borah
Boise
Idaho
W. Scott Hall
William E. Borah
Lexington
Mich
Michigan
Lake Huron
Tokyo
New York
U.S
Garrett W. Cotter
Noted radio preacher in critical condition
Plattsburgh July 6 Dr L G Barton Jr said the condition of Dr S Parkes Cadman a noted radio preacher was critical.
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Plattsburgh
N. Y
L. G. Barton, Jr
Parkes Cadman
Spy Thompson Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison
Harry Thomas Thompson, once a U S Navy yeoman and described as America's first peace time spy, received a 15 year federal prison sentence from Judge Leon Yankwich in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Fry
America
Harry Thomas Thompson
United States Navy
Leon Yankwich
Local court scenes reveal multiple drunken driving pleas
Two men, Charles Parrell and C. C. Wean Jr, pled guilty to operating a vehicle while intoxicated before Trial Justice A. J. Tavenner and received 30 days in jail plus a $100 fine and costs. Wean was also found with a black jack after a collision on the Martinsburg Pike.
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Charles Parrell
Near Cross Junction
C. C. Wean, Jr
Shenandoah County
A. J. Tavenner
Parrell
Wean
C. M. Angle
Johnstown
Martinsburg Pike
Nain
Amos White
White
Stephens City
Bruce Shared
Tavenner
Severe storm devastates southwest Virginia towns and roads
A cloudburst in western Tazewell county sent floodwaters and 500-pound boulders into Raven and Red Ash, wrecking a house and trapping a widow and her five children. Eight miles of Route 84 were buried under 800 tons of slate, roads blocked, and coal operations halted for days. Intermittent hail and lightning damaged crops. Saltville and Norton reports of floods were unconfirmed.
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Richlands
Tazewell County
Raven
Red Ash
Virginia
Rosa Lambert
J. P. Horne
Tazewell
Short Gap
Buchanan County
Norfolk and Western
WPA
Honaker
Marion
Saltville
Norton
Wise County
Deny Carson Not Invited At Shenandoah Dedication
William Carson former chairman of the State Conservation and Development Commission guided the park project from inception to delivery to the Federal Government and was not invited to Friday's dedication exercises at Big Meadows. An editor said he was not invited and AP noted he was a silent spectator at the dedication. Carson did not attend a luncheon hosted by the Conservation Commission for about 450 attendees.
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William #. Carson
Riverton
State Conservation and Development Commission
Shenandoah National Park
Big Meadows
Commission
Northern Virginia Daily
Carson
Associated Press
The
Conservation Commission
Believe Potter Is Victor In Race
DENVER July 6 Frank A Trotter veteran pilot of lighter than air craft apparently won the 24th annual national balloon race piloting the Goodyear entry from Akron Ohio He reported landing at Presho South Dakota about 385 miles from Denver He was the only one of five balloonists to land within the winds and avoid drifting out of the state
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Denver
Colo
Frank A Trotter
Trotter
Goodyear
Akron
Ohio
Race
Presho
Cook Earns State Judging Team Spot After Reevaluation
Word from Blacksburg to R A Wall shows Harry Cook of Stephens City F F A judged at the June rally and placed second among 156 in dairy animals. Although not listed initially, later score checks placed him on the state team bound for the national meet in Kansas City Missouri this October.
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Blacksburg
R. A. Wall
Middletown
Stephens City
Harry Cook
Kansas City
Cook
Record Heat Waves Grip Central U S Farms
Heat wave across western states pushes temperatures to 100 110 degrees with no rain in sight for grain states. Weather Bureau notes the drought worsening but later relief may come in some regions while midwest farmers face critical moisture shortages and possible further damage.
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Kentucky
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Rocky Mountains
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Mippi
Louisiana
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Rapid City
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Moline
Ill
Ivankteer & D
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Pat
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Til
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Dickinson
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Sioux Falls
Prema
Des Moines
Huron
Atlantic
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Indiana
Four Princesses Complete Roster for Clarke County Jubilee
Announcement lists four royal entries for Miss Agnes Page Mitchell's court at the Clarke County Centennial in July. From Virginia come Miss Virginia Downing of Front Royal, Miss Helen Corbell of Leesburg, and Miss Isabelle Hamilton Hilleary of Warrenton. From West Virginia comes Miss Sarah Jane deCormis Bushong of Charles Town.
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Berryville
Warren
Loudoun
Fauquier Counties
Virginia
Jefferson County
West Virginia
Agnes Page Mitchell
Clarke County
Warren County
Virginia Downing
S. Byrne Downing
Front Royal
Loudoun County
Helen Corbell
R. T. Corbell
Leesburg
Fauquier County
Isabelle Hamilton Hilleary
R. W. Hilleary
Warrenton
Jefferson Cdunty
Sarah Jane deCormis Bushong
Frank Bushong
Charles Town
W. Va
Four Bridges May Be Built Soon
Maryland Virginia and West Virginia officials met with federal roads officials to plan recon struction of four Potomac River bridges washed out by floods. The sites are Point of Rocks Harpers Ferry Hancock and Shepherdstown with costs about 500 000 dollars each and possible relocation of the Harpers Ferry span into Virginia.
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Washington
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Federal Public Roads Bureau
Potomac River
Henry G. Shirley
Point of Rocks
Harpers Ferry
Hancock
Shepherdstown
R. E. Toms
Division of Design
Bureau of
Shirley
Brunswick
R. E. Tabler
Nathan Smith
W. E. Simpson
Bathing Beach Shull's Lodge Dining and Dancing
Berry's Ferry along Route 50 offers dining and dancing with beer and sandwiches. Overnight guests and boats available with bait furnished. A cool sanitary air conditioned restaurant known as The White Palace also features within the venue.
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Shull's Lodge
Berry's Ferry
White Palace
Regular monthly meeting of the South End Hose Co
The secretary notes a regular monthly meeting of the South End Hose Co scheduled for Monday evening July 6 with full attendance requested.
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South End Hose CO
1935 Dodge Sedan Bargain From Bickers Motor Co
Four door touring sedan with tin trunk described as in excellent condition listed for 595 dollars. Trade offered for current car. Advertisement from Bickers Motor Co with date line July 2.
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Bickers Motor Co
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