Three Placed In Nomination For Judgeship In Convention
In Barbour and Taylor counties Republican delegates met in Philippi courthouse to nominate a full eight year term successor to the late Warren B. Kittie. First ballot gave Watkins 29 Mason 6 Ford 5 and 1 unvoted. Williams votes counted later with Barbour returns to declare W. Merle Watkins the nominee.
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Barbour County
W. Merle Watking
Grafton
Taylor County
Watkins
Mason
Ford
Nineteenth Judicial Circuit
Taylor
Barbour
Warren B. Kit-tie
Philippi
W.mene. Watkins
Syeonient
Terbert W. J
Dent
Waddell
E. Bailey Wyckoff
Richard Lee Waddell
Margaret Moran
A. I. Clevenger
Eight Killed In Accidents In West Virginia The Week End
By The Associated Press eight persons died in West Virginia over the weekend with ten more injured. Trains and autos each caused two fatalities while a youth drowned at Cheat Lake. Marion Tripprett, a 27 year old tipple boss, apparently fell asleep on a western railroad near Little Falls, Monongalia county, and was killed. Investigators in Racine Boone county said Earl Williamson, 18, was Upalaan on the Cheat and Ohio line.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Cheat Lake
Marion Tripprett
Western
Little Falls
Monongalia County
Racine
Boone County
Earl Williamson
Chacaneake
Ohio
Howard H Holt remembered as Graf ton Sentinel boss
Obituary notes Howard Harwood Holt, longtime editor of the Sentinel in Graf ton, who fought a good fight and inspired staff to uphold fearless, honest journalism. The piece honors his dedication to the welfare of the many and his legacy as a steadfast community figure.
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Howard H. Holt
Howard TH Holt
Sentinel
Howard Harwood Holt
Grafton
Showdown in Astor Thorpe Hearing in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on August 10, Mary Astor and Dr. Franklyn Thorpe return to court over custody of their four year old daughter Marylyn and a possible annulment. Thorpe seeks to admit a diary alleged to reveal Astor’s romances while both sides deny rumors of weekend conciliation conferences.
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Los Angeles
Mary Astor
Franklyn Thorpe
Hollywood
Joseph Anderson
Thorpe
Swimmer Drowns Crossing Cheat Lake in Deep Water
Morgantown August 10. Twenty year old Walter Guthrie attempted a crossing of Cheat Lake behind two friends Eddie Lee John and John Maley. Guthrie sank in eighty feet of water and drowned after his companions heard his shout for help and tried to rescue him. All three residents of Coal Center Pennsylvania.
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Morgantown
Walter Guthrie
Cheat Lake
Eddie Lee John
John Maley
Coal Center
Indigent mother plans Ashland burial as boy dies
Lockjaw ends life of youth William Sloan after pneumonia from tetanus. Indigent mother will return the eleven year old’s body to Ashland, Ky. Controversy over delay in treatment centers on Dr H J Powell as the boy died yesterday. The curly haired child had received over 250 000 units of anti tetanus serum. Uncle John Stricklin, staying with Sloan on a nearby farm, alleges Dr Powell mocked the family. (Continued on page five)
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Bowling Green
Ashland
William Sloan
Sloan
John Stricklin
Young Sloan
H. J. Powell
Aoc
Speedy Trial Sought For Confessed Killer
Ashevlle, Aug 10 Martin Moore 22 hotel employe confessed to killing Helen Clevenger 18 New York co ed in a panic after entering her room at Battery Park hotel Moore said robbery was motive and he struck the girl after she screamed Sheriff Lawrence Brown said he would face trial at a term of court beginning next Monday as solicitor Zeb Nettles outlined.
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Asheville
N. C
Martin Moore
Laurence Brown
Helen Clevenger
New York
Zeb V. Nettles
Battery Park
New York University
Brown
Moore
Bhot
Hughes Starts Out In His New Plane
Howard Hughes launches from Union Terminal in his Flying Laboratory with 1,250 gallons of fuel aboard. The destination remains unannounced as Hughes keeps aviation plans secret while acknowledging use of a radio for several long hops on potential world flight. Hangar staff say they have no knowledge of his route.
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Los Angeles
Howard Hughes
Union Terminal
Hughes
Hughes Aircraft Company
Drought Freight Rates Sought by Agriculture Official
Commissioner of Agriculture J. B. McLaughlin said he will ask railroads to grant drought freight rates to West Virginia farmers. He cited a survey showing insufficient hay and corn supplies from last year and warned of hardship for farm operations if relief is not provided.
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Clarksburg
J. B. McLaughlin
West Virginia
McLaughlin
Ann Aberin
Tipple Foreman Killed by Train Near Morgantown
Marion Trippett a 27 year old tipple foreman for the Riverseam Coal company was struck and killed by a train. Fellow workers said he had logged a 24 hour shift and may have fallen asleep on the tracks while returning home.
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Morgantown
Marion Trippett
Tipple
Riverseam Coal Company
Rebels Lose Cities in Madrid Loyalist Advance
Madrid announces capture of thirteen Spanish communities as loyalist troops report insurgents massing in the north for an offensive against San Sebastian and Irun. Government predicts a quick end to the civil war despite continued fighting.
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Associated Press
Madrid
San Sebastian
Inan
Dr. Shaffer Chosen As City Health Officer
Grafton council minutes show Dr Terring Heir onimus resigning as city health officer since the new administration began. Dr Shaffer was selected to fill the post, with details from the latest meeting indicating the transition.
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Dr. Shaffer
Grafton
Terring W. Heironimus
Noth Tans
Form men walk out at dam on Tygart river project
About 60 form strippers on the $15,000,000 flood control dam terminated their connection with the project in a morning move. They demanded a 50 cent hourly raise to $1.10. Government officials said it was not a formal strike as no instructions or rallies were issued. Work continued under government engineer Captain B C Fowlkes.
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Tygart River
Frederick Snare Corporation
General Contractors
B. C. Fowlkes
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Death of Howard Holt, longtime Grafton Sentinel editor
Howard Harwood Holt, 52, editor and publisher of the Grafton Sentinel, died at his 630 Maple avenue home after a long illness. Born September 13, 1883, in West Grafton, he was the son of James W. Holt and Anna Jordan Holt and grew up in the Sentinel office. He had directed the paper for decades and remained politically engaged, hoping to vote in November.
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Howard Harwood Holt
Grafton Sentinel
Maple Avenue
Sentinel
Alf M. Landon
James C. Holt
Washington
Mr. Holt
Republican Party
Holt
Taylor
Marion
Monongalia
James William
Anna Jordan Holt
West Grafton
Virginia
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
John W. Holt
Fayette County
James W. Holt
Lewis County
Alfred T. Holt
Preston County
Alfred
Grafton
Maria A. Stone
Culpepper
Kingwood
James W
The
Keturah
Joseph N. Brown
Katherine
Scott Garner
John Homer Holt
Howard
Taylor County
Revenue Service
Harrison
Grafton High School
West Virginia University
Lontarad
Trem City Business College
Bittehiemh Finiehine
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Taylor County Safety Council
Fox
Riley
Rae Jacclamation
Clodfelter
North
Negro Hotel Employe
Clevenger Girl
Howard Bartwood Bolt
Davis
Ming Alice Barber
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