Mrs Core Dead at 72 in Parkersburg
Mrs Scott M Core 72 a Parkersburg club woman and former resident died last Sunday from shock after breaking her left hip in a summer cabin two weeks earlier Born March 25 1867 in Grafton she had lived in Parkersburg since 1901 She is survived by four daughters a brother and five grandchildren She was active in First Methodist Church Miriam Rebekah Lodge and several women's railroad service groups.
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Scott M. Core
Parkersburg Club
Grafton
Milton M
Emily E. Patton
Labor Truce Prompts Wegner Act Revisions Debate
Senate and House committees held extensive hearings on the Wegner act, hearing about 150 and 60 witnesses respectively, with roughly 9,845 and 6,000 pages of testimony. Neither panel issued recommendations though some revision proposals may emerge from a House investigation into the labor board’s administration.
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Wegner
Senate
House Labor Committee
House
Labor Board
Jailed Again Smug Nurse Pleads Self Defense
Agnes Osborn, an Island nurse, pleads self defense to charges in New York of beating her father with a stove lid lifter. He lies in hospital. In June she was acquitted of killing Patrolman Emmett Cass.
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Agnes Osborn
Island
New York
Emmett Cass
Roosevelt rules out call for Congress this fall
President Roosevelt told reporters there is no current need to summon Congress this fall unless a European or Far East war becomes imminent. He favored neutrality aligned with international law and hinted at repeal of the arms embargo. He did not commit on cash and carry. He signed the Social Security bill and planned more measures, with plans to go to New York and then sea duty, after remarks at the Young Democrats convention.
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Hyde Park
Congress
Roosevelt
Europe
Far East
Thce
New York
Young Democrats
Pittsburgh
Federal fugitives seized in Charleston after prison bus escape
Two prisoners who overpowered guards on a July 26 prison bus near Thornburg Virginia were captured by Charleston police. John B. Gibson 22 and Robert Raymond Walker 20 admitted their identities and were questioned after being stopped in a car. The seven escapees had split up, with Gibson and Walker later traveling to Huntington and Ashland before returning to Charleston in a stolen Packard.
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Charleston
E. C. Bourne
John B. Gibson
Robert Raymond Walker
Thornburg
Atlanta
Lewisburg
Walker
Gibson
Tere
Huntington
Greyhound
Ashland
Kingsport
Tenn
Packard
Widow sent back home by sympathetic police
Camden New Jersey August 11 a two year old widow Mrs Ethel Nicholson and her small daughter rode 300 miles toward West Virginia after hitching for work that never materialized A motorist brought her to Camden police headquarters near Chews Landing where reporters and policemen supplied a bus ticket to help her return home She said she came from West Union West Virginia seeking a Salem New Jersey woman who had offered a job but she could not find her contact.
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Camden
N. J
Ethel Nicholson
West Virginia
West Union
W. Va
Salem, N. J
Beauty Contest Winner Slain By Her Husband
Cleveland police report the death of Mary Dietz Lechler, 28, a former national beauty contest winner, shot by estranged husband Carl Lechler, 49. He reportedly drank poison after the shooting and survived a crash during a city hall area chase as officers pursued him for 30 blocks in Mayor Harold Burton’s car.
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Cleveland
Mary Dietz Lechter
Carl
Lechler
George W. Turek
Harold H. Burton
Harlan Operators' Lawyer Leaves Peace Conference
In White Sulphur Springs on August 11 Charles I. Dawson counsel for the Harlan County Coal Operators association left the peace conference. Other members expect ongoing discussions to seek a settlement of Harlan county labor troubles through the day as UMWA delegates federal and state officials had a morning session postponed. A delegation member said formal talks would continue without a set time. Distance of Dawson’s departure appeared to carry no special significance.
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White Sulphur Springs
Charles I. Dawson
Harlan County Coal Operators’ Association
Harlan County
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Kentucky
Dawson
McElroy Named Director of West Virginia University Mine School
Morgantown, Aug 11. D L McElroy has been chosen director of the school of mines at West Virginia University, replacing President Charles E Lawall. McElroy, mining engineering professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, is a WVU graduate who aided Lawall before joining VPI. Board of governors must confirm the appointment.
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Morgantown
D. L. McElroy
School of Mines
West Virginia University
H.e
Charles E. Lawall
McElroy
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Lawall
VPI
Board of
Former Tucker County Sheriff James B. Close Dies in Canton
James B. Close former Tucker county sheriff and Parsons police chief died at his Canton Ohio home. He will be buried tomorrow. A native of St George he lived much of his life in Parsons before moving to Canton a few years ago. Relatives have been notified.
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Parsons
James B. Close
Tucker County
Canton
Close
St. George
Two New York Airmen Start Atlantic Jaunt
Two New York Aviators Alex Loeb and Dick Decker began a trans Atlantic flight from Point Michaud beach Nova Scotia toward Ireland in a Ryan monoplane. They had explored Cape Breton and Sydney airports for about a week. The takeoff occurred at 9 04 a m EST with 350 gallons of gasoline aboard.
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ST. Peter's
Nova Scotia
New York
Alex Loeb
Dick Decker
Ireland
Point Michaud
Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton
Sydney
N. S
Davis Rites Held for Sand Lick Native at Simpson
Charles Davis adult, a native of Sand Lick, born February 16, 1893, died Wednesday at Bear Mountain. Survived by widow Milfred Moats, two children Ethel 18 and Charles 11, father Charles Davis, and sisters Josie Lipscomb, Gertrude Davis, Eva Lipscomb, Neva Wilson, Lena Cooper. Knights of Pythias will conduct funeral at Simpson Baptist church Sunday at 2:30 pm. Interment in Simpson cemetery under G. T. Bartlett of Graton directions.
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Sand Lick
Charles Davis
Nancy Newton Davis
Milfred Moats
Ethel
Charles
Bear Mountain
Simpson
Josie Lips
Millard Stump
Simpson Cemetery
G. T. Bartlett
Grafton
PWA Region Reports 42 Percent of 455 Million Program
D R Kennicott, director of the PWA for Illinois through Wisconsin and nearby states, announced that the five state region has completed 42 percent of the 455 million construction program begun under the 1938 appropriation.
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Chicago
D. R. Kennicott
PWA
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Automobile Crash Kills Fletcher Man Near Ripley
An overturned auto on the Kenna Kaintuck highway ten miles from Ripley killed 36 year old Shady Fields a Fletcher farmer. His companions escaped with minor injuries.
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Ripley
Kenna-Kaintuck Highway
Shady Fields
Fletcher Farmer
Field
Cooperative Campaign Reports Strong Electrolux Sales
G H Coulson of Lear Jewelry Store reports strong Electro lux refrigerator sales in the Graf ton trading territory under a joint Lear and West Virginia Gas campaign. Refrigerators are praised for quiet operation low maintenance and high efficiency as large Sentinel ads and organized sales efforts support the effort.
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G. H. Coulson
Lear Jewelry
Electrolux
Lear's
Jitesburgh
West Virginia
Mr. Coulson
THE
Sentinel
Grafton
Four Chinese Given Up to Japanese for Trial
London announces four Chinese alleged terrorists will be handed to Japanese authorities for trial. New Japanese-supplied evidence allegedly establishes prima facie cases against them for the killing of a Japanese backed Chinese official in Tientsin. The case triggered a British blockade of concessions from June 14. Sir Robert Craigie and Sir Archibald Kerr will inform Tokyo and Chungking of Britain’s decision. Two Chinese accused will face murder charges linked to the assassination of S. G.
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London
Tientsin
North China
Robert Leslie Craigie
Japan
Tokyo
China
Archibald Clark Kerr
Chungking
S. G
London talks hinge on four held by customs official Cheng
A government spokesman said evidence against four men had been reviewed by high legal authorities in London. The four face charges of membership in illegal organizations. Delivery of the four was among Japanese demands at the British Japanese conference in Tokyo on China policy. The talks also consider economic relations of Britain and Japan in North China.
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Cheng
London
Tokyo
China
Annenberg Named in U.S. Tax Evasion Indictment
Chicago August 11 M L Annenberg once a newsboy turned publisher faces federal charges for willful tax evasion totaling over 5.5 million dollars from 1932 to 1936. The indictment names Walter Annenberg Arnold W Kruse Joseph Hafner and Cecilia Company officials as co defendants in the largest income tax case in history.
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Chicago
M. L. Annenberg
William J. Campbell
Annenberg
United States
Canada
Walter
Arnold W. Kruse
Joseph E. Hafner
Samuel Goldfarb
Cecilia Company
Op Holding Corporation
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Grafton Drug and Chemical Company
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Catharine Hepburn
Frankie Carro
Wyoming Trail
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Melroy
Tucker Car
Atlantic
Fall
Freer Kerr
Strand Merchants
Metro
U.S
George G. Jolliffe
L. D. DeLaney Appliance
L. D. Delaney
Malone’s Drug and Chemical Co
Loar Jewelry Store
Servel Electrolux
Grafton Drug & Chemical CO
Poe
Bayt
Blobak, JR
Lok
Uint
Dr.west
Milerproof
Brush IN Carton
Griffin
Sam Poo
Schick
Johnson's Baby
Haine Baby Foods
S.M.A
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