Hollywood romance ends as Bennett wins divorce
Los Angeles June 3 Joan Bennett secures a divorce from Gene Markey after a five year marriage long famed as Hollywood's perfect romance. Bennett testified of repeated “walk outs” by Markey, traced to a Beverly Hills hotel with the couple sharing custody plans for their daughter and a support arrangement approved by Judge Haas.
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Gene Markey
Hollywood
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William Kelly
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Markey
Hess
Satie
Former Charleston Man Injured While Cycling in Richmond
Robert Lea Alvis of Lynchburg Virginia, formerly of Charleston, is to be treated at Memorial Hospital in Richmond for injuries after being thrown from a motorcycle while trying to avoid hitting a child. His condition was reported as serious.
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Comptroller OConnor says war in Europe limits effect on US banks
J F T O'Connor, comptroller of the U S currency, in Charleston yesterday, asserts that European actions or war would only have a temporary impact on American banks. He visited Yale classmate Arthur B Koontz and joined Charleston bankers and state officials at the Koontz home. He later spoke at Huntington for the John Marshall statue unveiling before returning to Washington.
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Lee Henkel
E. A. Barnes
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Denver Morgan
Henry B. Lewis
Denzil O'Dell
Harrison B. Smith
J. E
John Marshall
Marshall College
Washington
Gazette
Blind Students Demonstrate Speed at Dictation
New York June 4. Seventeen blind students ages 12 to older showcased rapid Braille shorthand and typing before the American Academy of Pediatrics at the Waldorf Astoria. Many typed 58 words a minute and dictated at 120 words a minute, a feat noted as impressive for a stenographer without sight. The report also notes government plans to provide community radio receivers to every village in ancient Egypt.
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American Academy of Pedi
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Lumberport Youth Named For West Point
Senator Rush D Holt of West Virginia named Walter Moore Jr of Lumberport as a principal appointee to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Italy plans to subsidize lower priced goods in rural districts to aid consumers.
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Rush D. Holt
West Virginia
Walter Moore, Jr
Lumberport
W. Va
Aday
United States Military Academy
West Point
Italy
Ansted Miner Killed in Slate Fall at Gauley
Morris Preston about 30 of Ansted was killed by a slate fall last night in the Gauley Mountain Coal company mine at Ansted. The body was moved to the B C Pica funeral home at Montgomery.
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Ansted
Gauley Mountain Coal Company
B. C. Pica Funeral Home
Montgomery
Negro's Crushed Body Found in Collapsed Factory Debris
Luther Burton, identified by two boys, was crushed when a second floor failed in an abandoned factory on the south side of the railroad tracks between Bream and Stockton streets. Police and local firemen removed the body. Coroner Br. J. Roberts ruled the death accidental. the building once housed a folding bed factory and later a transient bureau.
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E. A. Bailey
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Harden and Harden Mortuary
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J P Morgan Partner Undergoes Operation
George Whitney a senior partner at J P Morgan and Co underwent an appendicitis operation today at Presbyterian Medical Center. His condition was reported as good and he was doing well. Whitney became ill shortly after a radiogram informed the firm that J P Morgan was confined with a heart attack, which had previously kept him from viewing the King George VI coronation.
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J. FP. Morgan and Company
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Queen Mary
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Queen Elizabeth
Mrs Roosevelt Praises West Virginia Strawberries
Washington June 3 Strawberries from West Virginia won approval from Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt Rep Andrew Edmiston Weston who sent berries from Buckhannon district at the request of the West Virginia Strawberry penivat association She said they are the most delicious strawberries I ever tasted Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin served as an observer with the northern forces during the Amer
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