Judge Warren B. Kittle Falls Victim to Severe Attack
Judge Warren B. Kittle, 69, who presides in Grafton and Philippi, suffered a severe gastric hemorrhage Tuesday afternoon at his office. He received a transfusion and was moved home, with condition improving, though doctors considered gastric ulcers as a possible cause. Family plans to transfer him to a Baltimore hospital when feasible.
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Warren
B. Kittle
Philippi
Grafton
Anna Kittle
Philpps
Betty Sharps
Virginia Ryan
Washington, D. C
Frank Kittle
Judge Kittle
Ford Kittle
Baltimore
Kidnap Plotmen Held After Richmond Extortion Attempt
Richmond authorities report two West Virginia youths arrested as they tried to force a $7,500 ransom from capitalist George N. Davis and an orphanage superintendent. Acting under new federal kidnapping laws, warrants were issued and transfer to state or federal authorities arranged. The suspects identified themselves as Jack Liggett and William Craft.
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Richmond
U. S
W. H. Hardin
Beckley
W. V
Frank H. Gibson
West Virginia
R. K Robertson
Lewisburg
Aviatrix testifies planned death in murder trial
In Miami on August 3 Mrs J M Keith Miller an Australian flyer and former partner of Capt W N Lancaster testified that Lancaster planned death by his own action to enable her and her fiancé Haden Clarke to gain a $1000 life insurance payout on their wedding day A Miami attorney also testified that Lancaster tried to persuade him to claim she owned a revolver found near Clarke’s body He was shot at her home.
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Miami
Fla
J. M. Keith-Miller
W. N. Lancaster
Lancaster
Haden Clarke
Sauston
Lancester
Clarke
Ey Os
Ing
Ralph Peters
National Guardsman
Elizabeth
W. .Va
Bennett
Parkersburg
National Guardsmen
Peters
Robbery at Akron Store Nets $12,000 Cash
Akron Ohio August 3 four men held up the paymaster of the Polsky company department store and escaped with twelve thousand dollars in cash.
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Akron, C
A. Polsky Company
Vets Medical Officer Names New VA Post
Washington August 3 Dr H B Lie former regional medical officer at Minneapolis was named jointed veterans administration medical officer at the Huntington West Virginia veterans hospital.
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Fashington
H. B. Lie
Minneapolis
Veterans Administra
Huntson
W. Va
Veterans Hospital
Fatal Riots Flare Again in Germany
Berlin reports violent unrest resurging in Germany with guns knives and clubs. Three people killed and several wounded as political tensions rise. General Kurt Von Schleicher, defense minister and power broker, is quoted admiring Adolf Hitler and praising the Nazi movement for its faith and strength.
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Berlin
Germany
Kurt von Schleicher
von Papern
Adolf Hitler
Fitlert
Hitler
Heinrich Bruening
Ian Asthetic
Grafton school board fixes $1.18 levy. could drop to $1.13
The Grafton Board of Education laid a 1932 levy of 1.18 mills on real estate, personal property and utilities, two cents below last year. Under a new law the gross income must be reduced to 85 percent, and on Aug 16 the figure is to be readjusted toward about 1.13 mills. Secretary Harry Friedman noted the board anticipated Governor Conley’s approval. The city faces a $750,000 loss in assessed value due to the slump.
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Grafton Board of Education
Conley
Public Utilities
Levg
Harry Friedman
Rains Flood Manchuria Creates National Disaster
Harbin Manchuria Aug 3 Twenty one days of uninterrupted rains have turned north central Manchuria into a vast lake. Vast harvest areas are destroyed and stocks of grains and soybeans lost. Thousands of farmers and residents lose homes and flee to cities as human and livestock losses are reported.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Ekis Waives Hearing On Robbery Charge
Parsons August 3 A R Ekis 27 of near Grafton waived hearing and was held on 1000 bond for the September term of the Tucker county grand jury when arraigned on a charge of robbing the Bluebird store here of about 3 dollars over the weekend before Magistrate J H Smith Elis who is manager of the store claims he hid the money in a barrel of beans Saturday night when he closed up He reported the robbery Monday morning A glass had been broken in the rear of the building
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Moe
Poem Announcement From Grafton Sentinel
The Grafton Sentinel will publish the poem The Old Turnpike by Charles Preston Guard tomorrow. It was requested by many readers and was read at the reception Friday night for Judge John Barton Payne.
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Charles Preston Guard
John Barton Payne
Grafton Sentinel
Mrs Holt Dies At Home After Long Illness
Mrs Icie Dora Holt wife of James A Holt passed away at her Thayer Street home at 7 30 this morning after a year of paralysis from arthritis She was born in Cove District Barbour County and married James A Holt in 1904 They had three children Virginia and Louise Holt survive with their father The infant son died Mrs Holt was a member of St Pauls Episcopal Church Services at 2 pm Friday with burial in Bluemont to follow She leaves a father three brothers and three sisters and many friends.
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Icie Dora
Holt
James A. Holt
Thayer Street
Norning
Indiana National Guard
Viego County
Dixie Bee
Virginia
Louise Holt
Laurel Creek
Barbour County
Cecil Montgomery
Clarksburg
Frantic
Montgomery
Brownton
Frate Montgomery
A. A. Talbott
Enkirts
Scott Bennett
Dewey Nestor
St. Paul's
French Boone
St. Paul's M. E. Church
Bluemont
Hamilton Funeral Company
Man killed by war injury linked fall at home
Clyde Bennett former B and O trainman, once wounded by a World War I bullet, died after a stairway fall at his Grand Street home. Funeral at 2 pm Friday with M. E. pastor Rev Job Jones to officiate. burial Webster Cemetery. Grafton B and O Veterans to hold ritual at 7:30 pm. Peters alleged shooter noted.
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Robert Clyde Bennett
Grand, Street
Grand Street
Job Jones
Morgantown
M.E
Bartlett Funeral Company
Webster Cemetery
Grafton
B. & O. Veterans Association
Bennett
Siege at Dixie Bee mine continues amid gunfire near Terre Haute
The Dixie Bee coal mine siege near Terre Haute Indiana escalated with about 60 non union workers and nearly a thousand union pickets firing as the confrontation stretched into a second day. One man Baylor Keller 24 of Linton was killed and seven injured in the clashes. Authorities urged Governor Leslie to deploy national guard troops to restore order as ambulances were called and medical aid sought for wounded workers in Sullivan Jasonville Farmersburg and Terre Haute.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Dixie Bee
Leslie
National Guard
Here
Baylor Kellar
Linton
Sullivan
Dreher
Harry Q. Leslie
Grant Swann
Jasonville
Farmersburg
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War Vet Hurt In Train Fall Near City Hospital
O Nea l, about 31, a veteran of the bonus expeditionary force, fell from a freight train in the local yards and was taken to city hospital with injuries. Doctors reported his incision from a January operation had not fully healed and he hoped to go home soon. Other hospital news notes Kenneth Shahan of Newburg underwent a major operation, and Chester Aason and Woodrow Rogers were discharged.
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City Hospital
O'Neal
Harry O'Neal
Grafton Feeds& Storage Co
Vna
Louisville Hospital
Bonus Expeditionary Force
Washington
Kenneth Shahan
Newburg
Chester Ason
Grafton
Woodrow Rogers
Rowlesburg
Veterans to Leave Camp in Johnstown
Johnstown Pennsylvania August 3 veterans of the bonus expeditionary force prepared to move out after officials and their leaders met. Mayor Eddie McCloskey arranged trucks for tomorrow morning to transport the bonuseekers from the encampment. No destination was disclosed. Walter W Waters, represented by Eddie Atwell, spoke for the group. In Maryland at Camp Waters near Waterbury police warned evacuation by 6 pm as heavy rains began to fall. Veterans and wives packed tents and belongings as the first evacuation proceeded.
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Johnstown
Eddie McCloskey
Washington
Walter W. Waters
Eddie Atwell
Washington, D. C
Waterbury
Maryland
B. E
Camp Waters
Arresting Man Impersonating Federal Officer Near Lula Riddle
Glenville a man, identity undisclosed, impersonating a federal officer and attempting to kidnap Lula Riddle 68 widow, was held in county jail. He approached Renick Ralston's home proposing to help collect life insurance, claiming to be from the federal government, then left and returned with plans to take Mrs. Riddle to Ohio. The Ralston family alerted authorities.
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Glenville
Lula Riddle
Renick Ralston
Steamers collide in Chesapeake Bay off Norfolk
The Old Bay Line steamer State of Maryland collided with schooner Milton Lankford off the mouth of the Potomac, sinking the schooner while four of seven crew members were rescued. One crewman, Langford, believed drowned. fate of others unknown as Maryland arrived from Baltimore with reports of the crash.
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Norfolk
Milton ’. Langford
State of Maryland
Potomac River
Maryland
Bay Line
Milton
Lankford
Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore
Doubt Safety Of Securities Locks Horns On Feeding Bill
Charleston August 8 The state board of arreducible school fund asked the house for explanations of investments The house adopted a resolution and debated securities in United States government bonds or other approved instruments The board said if necessary foreclosures could complicate recovering invested funds and questioned potential losses Continued on Page Six
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Charleston
State Board of Arreducible School Fund
Smith
United& Powder
West Virginia
Alain
Senate
House
Old Civil War Vet Whitehair Honored in Flemington
George Washington Whitehair, 85, a Civil War veteran of the 17th West Virginia Infantry, was honored in a ritual tribute at Union church Flemington after burial in Mason County’s Shinnston area. Post members of the Ideal Legion attended. services were led by Rev. W H Hart. He died Monday after a prolonged illness. Survived by six children.
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Aa Post
George Washing
Ton Whitehair
Masonis
Is. M. Zinn
Ona
Jefferys
Ns Locke
Anne
George Washington Whitehall
Flemington
17Th ‘West Virginia Infantry
Yee
Mo M. Snyder
Tdéceased
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Warren B. Kittle
Baltimore Hospital
Thomas Patrick Morris
New York
John Gottlieb Wendel
Ella Wendel
Wendel
Associacy
Ted Press
NIP
Aviatrix
ROP Department Store
A. Norman
Knoxile, Tenn
Charles L. Sawyer
Reese W. Hicks
Kansas City
Milwaukee
International Baby Chick Association
Hicks
Norman
Sawyer
Associated Press
Clyde Bennett
Lidiana
Louisville
Earl C. Milla
Des Moines
Iowa
Shriners
San Frantisco
Gilmer
Federal
State Board of Fund
Whitehair
Reno
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