Friends of Black Seek Withdrawal of Eligibility Plan
Two Alabama attorneys and a personal friend of Hugo L. Black urged the American Bar Association to drop a resolution seeking Supreme Court information on Black’s eligibility. Edward T. Lee refused to withdraw at a Cleveland hearing as Birmingham judges argued the matter should be decided by the court, not the ABA.
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Cleveland
Alabama
Hugo L. Black
American Bar Association
United Sates Supreme Court
Black
Edward T. Lee
John Marshall Law School
Chicago
Association
Resolutions Committee
Moage D. Evans
Birmingham
Supreme Court
Marvin Woodhall
Bar Association
Czech mediator eyed in Sudeten dispute as potential broker
London reports Viscount Runciman, long time cabinet minister and chairman of the British board of trade, could become mediator in the Czech Sudeten Germany controversy. In a separate incident an unidentified delegate accused Evans and Womdall of insulting Dean Lee, prompting a spirited exchange in a corridor.
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British Board of Trade
Viscount Runciman
Germany
London
Central Press
Evans
Womdall
Dean Lee
Justice Black
Clarke County Board of Equalization Tackles Realty Assessments
Berryville Virginia July 26 The Clarke County Board of Equalization met for first time in weeks after harvest season interruptions. The National Board has studied Clarke county realty assessments since May aiming to remove inequalities and ensure accuracy. Members H P Mitchell Irvin Price and A L Withers paused farming duties until wheat was in shock and are now reviewing Long Marsh Battletown Greenway Chapel districts Boyce and Berryville Corporation. Assessments remain tentative with notices and hearings to follow. Assessed realty value is about 3 816 763 and the levy bases on roughly one third of actual value.
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The
Star
Berryville
Clarke County Board of Equalization
Nation Board
Clarke County
H. P. Mitchell
Irvin Price
A. L. Withers
Long Marsh
Battletown
Corporation of
Greenway
Chapel
Boyce
Corrigan Reverses Plans Upon Return for Job Offers
London July 26 Corrigan says he will take the best job offered when he returns after a two week tour. He lists stops including New York Boston Baltimore Philadelphia Washington Fort Worth Dallas San Antonio Norfolk Galveston Los Angeles San Francisco and St. Louis as he travels to meet supporters and plan future work.
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London
Douglas G. Corrigan
Unitedates
New York
Brooklyn
Boston
Fort Worth
Dallas
San Antonio
Norfolk
Virginia
Galveston
Los Angeles
San Francisco
St. Louis
Winchester Traffic Oddities Highlight Curbside Drama
An item from Winchester notes cars parked three abreast on busy streets and several drivers ignoring signals. A farmer with a horse wagon starts on green, while locals, including taxi drivers, are deemed more considerate than before.
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Winchester
Cork
Loudoun
Food and Water Guards for Barkley Campaign in Louisville
Shackelford Miller Jr campaign manager for Senator Alben Barkley says an ice water guard and food inspector will be on duty during Barkley’s Louisville appearance and campaign events. He cites a doctor’s warning after an opponent drank poisoned water last week and notes inspectors will oversee pitchers and taste tests before meals.
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Louisville
Shackelford Miller
Alben Barkley
Miller
Enderey
Public sale at Jordan Springs Hotel auction listing many items
Auctioneers Duvall and Dunn announce a public sale on August 5 at 10 a m in the Jordan Springs Hotel. Items include 2 pianos 10 dining room tables 45 Simmons bed springs mattresses 250 chairs 25 dressers a large 8 by 12 mirror silverware dishes table linen bedding and additional goods.
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Jordan Springs
Simmons
Duvall & Dunn, Aucts
Yard Party at Old Bethel M. E. Church
Community gathering announced for Wednesday night July 27 at Old Bethel M. E. Church with informal activities and refreshments in the church yard.
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Old Bethel M. E. Church
Final Drives In Six State Are Launched
Democratic candidates in six states push final campaigning ahead of August primaries testing Roosevelt era leadership and voter appeal. Key races include Kentucky where Barkley faces Chandler, alongside Missouri Virginia West Virginia and Kansas contests, with Dodd in Virginia and McGill in Kansas seeking renomination amid liberal rivalries.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Kansas
Missouri
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
A. B. Chandler
Barkley
House
Virginias
William E. Dodd, Jr
Germany
Howard W. Smith
Dodd
Smith
Clark
Bennett Clark
Willis H. Meredith
Missouri House
Joseph T. Davis
St. Louis
George McGill
Joe Dohner
John Hamilton
Gerald Winrod
Winrod
Clyde M. Freed
Dallas Knapp
J. C. Fieher
Tennessee
BE. H. Crump
Memphis
K. O. McKell
Complainant Says Furniture Maker Refuses Bargain
Baltimore July 26 M K O Sullivan NLRB field representative will recommend a complaint against Taylor Vaughan Galax Virginia furniture maker after failed bargaining for an 11 day strike and a 15 percent wage cut. Vaughan refused to bargain claiming no place in business for him or anyone that employs men. He announced liquidation of the company which paid the lowest wages in the area while dividends ran 12 to 22 percent since 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
M. K. O'Sullivan
National Labor Relations Board
Taylor G. Vaughan
Galax
NLRB
Vaughan
O'Sullivan
Ruth's Daughter Julia Ruth Ill in New York Hospital
Pi Babe Ruth’s 21 year old daughter Julia was in Manhattan Eye Far and Throat Hospital today under two physicians care. She was taken to the hospital last night after having been in bed several days in Ruth’s Riverside Drive apartment due to a unspecified illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Babe Ruth
Julia
Manhattan Eye, Far and Throat Hospital
Ruth
Riverside Drive
Flying Boats Arrive At Horta
The British seaplane Mercury arrived at Horta in the Azores from Botwood Newfoundland after a Trans Atlantic test flight. The German Nordmeer reached Horta from Port Washington New York at 11 23 a m BR 8 T after a 14 hour 23 minute hop.
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Horta
Azores
Mercury
Botwood
Newfoundland
Nordmeer
Port Washington
N. Y
Little Irene Dare Becomes Cinderella On Ice
Hollywood reports Irene Dare, six, poised to become another Cinderella as Principal Productions tests a scene for Breaking The Ice. Sol Lesser leads a secret jury of studio staff to decide if Irene’s ten minute ice skating sequence helps the plot without delaying the film.
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Irene Dare
Cinderella
Prince Charming
Hollywood
Principal Productions, Inc
Sol Lesser
Dener
Bobby Breen
Irene
Lesser
Poisoning Probe Follows Chandler Illness During Campaign
Kentucky authorities press forward with an investigation into alleged poisoning of Governor A B Chandler amid his Senate bid against Alben Barkley. Major Joe Burman signals suspicions, while doctors and law officers offer differing explanations of the illness and potential motives.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
Highway Patrol
A. B
Happy) Chandler
Joe Burman
State Bureau of Identification
Chandler
Alben Barkley
Senate
Burman
Water Chandler
Louisville
J. W. Bryan
Joseph Stewart
Bryan
J. Dan Talbott
Jesse Wyatt
C. W. Dowden
Poiso
Wanted good homes for two 6 month old female puppies
Two puppies aged six months, one black and white and one tan, are seeking loving homes. Contact phone number 41 for interested adopters.
Mt Olive Church Event Scheduled in Hayfield July 28
A note from Mt Olive Church in Hayfield Virginia lists a Thursday night gathering on July 28 starting at 1 p.m. The brief item confirms a community faith event at the Mt Olive Church venue.
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Mt. Olive Church
Hayfield
Man Clinging To Hotel Ledge Blocks Traffic
A man named John Ward clings to an 18 inch ledge on the seventh floor of the Hotel Gotham on Fifth Avenue. He refuses pleas from his sisters Mrs. Patrick Valentine and Mrs. Katherine Bull and tells them to leave him alone as crowds and traffic wait below. Firemen attend the scene to stabilise the situation.
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New York
Hotel Gotham
Fifth Avenue
John Ward
Patrick Valentine
Katherine Bull
Valentine
Ward
WPA Approves Local Project for City Streets
The WPA approves a city wide street improvement plan including curbs gutters and retaining walls drainage work and sewer line expansions. G Watson James Jr WPA Public Information Service director announces the project with E B Santmiers as WPA representative. city work includes sanitary sewers on Whitlock Montague Douglas and Liberty streets and curb street work on Shawnee Leicester and Shenandoah. City crews resurface part of South Braddock Street where a storm sewer was recently installed.
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WPA
Richmond
G. Watson James, Jr
Public Information Service
E. B. Santmiers
Front Royal
A. M. Field
Whitlock
Montague
Douglas
Liberty
Shawnee
Leicester
Shenandoah
South Braddock Street
Five Die In Arab Jewish Violence Across Palestine
Haifa and Jerusalem scenes of ethnic clashes amid a surge of extremist attacks. A time bomb found in an Arab market stalled an explosion by 8:45 a.m. as deaths mount, with 47 dead and 52 wounded since yesterday.
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Haifa
Palestine
Holy Land
Old Jerusalem
Mishmar Hayarden
Jordan River
Lost horseshoe brooch with sapphires and pearls
Lost gold horseshoe brooch or breast pin set with sap phires and pearls totaling 15 sapphires and 14 pearls. Suitable reward offered. Return to office.
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Horshoe
British Won't Sacrifice Even For Peace National Honor and Her Interests
Floods recede along the eastern seaboard bringing smiles to some communities while others recount losses to crops roads and buildings. Lillian Petro of Beachmont Massachusetts is pictured calling for help as her backyard becomes a rain lake.
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Seaboard
Lillian Petro
Beachmont
Mass
Central Press
Labor Board Gives Weirton Steel Month to Hire New Lawyer
The Labor Relations Board ordered Weirton Steel Company to replace Clyde A. Armstrong within a month after ousting him for contemptuous conduct in a hearing at Steubenville. The board upheld Trial Examiner Smith on July 11 and will resume testimony August 24, citing Armstrong's attempt to control the hearing. Armstrong plans a court appeal. the board blames him for delays.
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Washington
Labor Relations Board
Weirton Steel Company
Clyde A. Armstrong
Weirton
Armstrong
Edward G. Smith
Steubenville
Ohio
Smith
Steel
For Sale Pure bred Scottish terrier puppies in Virginia
Purported ad from Winchester Evening Star offers pure bred Scottish terrier puppies for sale through Roland Mitchell in Boyce Virginia. Includes a pickup instruction and a future order prompt. The fragment also references picking tickets and an advertising line.
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Roland Mitchell
Boyce
Winchester Evening Star
Chamberlain outlines move on Czechoslovak crisis and aid hints
In a 50 minute Commons speech Prime Minister Chamberlain promotes appeasement prospects and signals possible aid to China while noting no loan but study of alternatives. He says Anglo American trade talks may lead to broader policy and names Viscount Runciman as mediator in the minority dispute.
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J. C. Stark
London
Chamberlain
Britain
China
House of Commons
Europe
Viscount Ruciman
Sit
Board of Trade
Worthy Scouts Need Friends To Do A Good Turn
The Boy Scouts of Winchester plan an August two week outing at Camp White Rock on Capon river. Many families can pay, but several boys need aid. It costs $1 per day per boy for all expenses. Send contributions to B. F. Arthur Jr. to help about 15 boys last year.
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Boy Scouts of
Winchester
White Rock
Capon River
B. F. Arthur, Jr
U. S. Seaman Not Subject To Tests
The New York Maritime Council received a letter from Admiral E. S. Land stating seamen on commission ships are government employees and not subject to racial political religious or union tests. Final hiring and firing authority rests with the vessel master. Unions argue seamen on maritime division ships leased to private operators fall under the National Labor Relations Act.
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New York
New York Maritime Council
CIC
E. S. Land
United States Maritime Commission
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Friends of Black
Runciman
Board of Equalization
Corrigan
Hope Dare
J. Richard Davis
J. Richard
Dixie) Davis
Arthur
Dutch) Schultz
Tammany
James Hines
Davis
Tombs
Miss Dare
Thomas Dewey
Dewey
Fia
Commons
U. S
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