Trans Atlantic flight plans spark new air voyages
New prospects unfold after Graf Zeppelin. Five Soviet aviators launch a 12 000 mile leg from Moscow toward New York aboard the amphibian Land of the Soviets, averaging 100 miles per hour over 1 868 miles. Costes and a Swiss trio prepare for Europe to New York flights from Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Prospect
Moscow
Aleutian Islands
Dieudonne Costes
Europe
Costes
Paris
Kaeser
Tschopp
Luscher
le Bourget Field
Lisbon
Portugal
Theo
Aged Moatsville resident Caroline McCartney dies
Caroline McCartney, 78, of Moatsville, died at home at 10 last night due to heart trouble. A member of St. Paul’s M. B. Church Graf ton, she was twice married, first to Tom Miller then to George McCartney. Survivors include three children Mrs Ida Wolfe Nebb Obie and Walter W Miller of Chicago, a granddaughter Mrs J C Wolfe and grandson Guy Wolfe. She is aunt to Russell and Will Bolyard. Funeral arrangements pending. body taken to Bartlett Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline McCartney
Moatsville
Nine Realty Transfers Documented This Week
Realty transfers recorded in the County Clerk’s office include Thomas W. Brohard trustee selling to A. E. Swisher. Leuthardt and wife transferring property on East Main Street to the Salvation Army. L. C. Bennett selling to A. I. M. Bennett et al for twenty nine and one on acres in Fetterman district. Withers selling right of way to Pittsburgh and West Virginia Gas Co. at Booths Creek. Bert H. Limbers transferring to Nora Limbers a lot in South Grafton. William M. Kennedy trustee transferring two tracts in Knottsville district to Real Estate and Improvement Co.. Henry L. Cook transferring a lot on West Washington to Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. and wife transferring a lot on West Main Street to W. G. Menear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Bennett
Thomas W. Brohard
A. E. Swisher
Court House
Phonse Leuthardt
Salvation Army
East Main Street
L. C. Bennett
A. I. M. Benett
Fetterman
Sry M. Withers
Pittsburgh
West Virginia Gas Company
Booth’s Creek
Bert H. Limbers
Nora Limbers
South Grafton
William M. Kennedy
Real Estate and Improvement Company
Knottsville
Henry L. Cook
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
West Washington
W. G. Menear
West Main Street
Quits 24 Acre Knottsville Tract in Kentucky
William R. Dalton transfers ownership to Benjamin H. Morgan in Knottsville district a twenty four acre tract. The quitclaim deed records the legal action and parties involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Dalton
Benjamin H. Morgan
Knottsville
46 Years of Continuous Business in Grafton Sale
F. Friedman & Son clothiers celebrate 46th consecutive year in Grafton with a store sale. Founded by Mr. Friedman in 1884, he led the business until 1919 when his son took over management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City OF
Grafton
S. J. Friedman
Mself
Maine
Missouri
Special Court to Hear Delmar Coal Company Matter
A special term of circuit court before Judge Warren B. Kittle in Grafton will adjudicate liens against Delmar Coal Company under receivership. More than 25 litigants and as many attorneys gather after six months of receivership in Taylor and Monongalia counties as wage, tax, material, and service claims pour in. Standard Supply Co. of Clarksburg holds the largest claim in the clerk’s records, with over 300 claims filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Warren B. Kittle
Grafton
Delmar Coal Company
Taylor
Monongalia
Standard Supply Co
Clarksburg
Friedman & Son Clothiers Celebrate Fifty Six Years in Grafton
Announcement from F Friedman & Son Clothiers celebrates fifty six years as a business in Grafton. The article honors founder I Friedmans son Simon J Friedman who now leads the store. It traces German immigrant origins, early Maine residency, relocation to Grafton in 1884, and the father’s retirement in 1919 with the son assuming management.
County to Spend 3000 on Heating Plant and Bridge
The county plans about 2000 for a new heating plant at the Taylor county jail and for rebuilding the Fetterman Bridge. E F Clark awarded the heating contract for near 2500. County officials will supervise the bridge work. Iron braces are awaited before repairs begin, with material expected before Monday.
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Taylor County Hastile
Fetterman Bridge
E. F. Clark
Taylor County
Frank Bennett
Accident Fatal To Woman In Bluefield Auto Crash
In Welch West Virginia August 9 a car carrying newlyweds veered off a road near War and fell into an embankment. Bride Susie Tester Lowden 18 was badly hurt and Bert Tester died. groom Wille Lowden 19 survived with serious injuries. The couple had wed in Bluefield and were returning home.
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Welch
Bluefield
Bert Tester
Susie Tester Lowden
Wille Lowden
War
Denied Place for Hanging of Alderman
Miami authorities reject both the county jail roof and courthouse yard as sites for Horace Alderman’s execution. Federal judge had ordered the 1927 sea fight slayer to hang August 17, but county officials oppose using county property, citing bond and reservation concerns.
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Miami
Fla
Horace Alderman
Florida
Halstead J. Ritter
Court House
Southern Farmers To Share In Fund
Agriculture leaders in the south excluding wheat regions receive the first share of the federal farm board’s 500 million dollar revolving fund. The inaugural loan supports the Morida United Growers and the Florida Citrus Growers Exchange to aid cooperatives in preparing this year’s crop for market amid fruit fly threats. Misses Maude Bolyard and Maudhe Deegan are visiting Akron Ohio.
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Washington
South
Federal Farm Board
Morida United Growers
Florida Citrus Growers Exchange
Maude Bolyard
Maudhe Deegan
Akron, Ohio
Water Works Deal Involves Properties Worth 4 Million
The National Water Works Company buys three West Virginia plants in Buckhannon Philipi and Kingwood and three in Pennsylvania plus two in New Jersey for about 4 million dollars. WV plants were owned by Mountain State Utilities Corporation, controlled by Allied Utilities of Washington DC. The deal includes ice plants and stock transfers, with planned improvements in Buckhannon and Philippi and water supply concerns noted in Kingwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckhannon
Philippi
Kingwood
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
National Water Works Company
Associated Press
Dispatch
Mt. Pleasant
West Virginia
Mountain State Utilities Corporation
Salem Electric Light Company
Salem
Midland Electric Service Company
West Union
Kingwood Water Company
Tygarts Valley Water Company
West Penn Public Service Company
Allied Utilities Corporation
Washington, D. C
B. P. Sessler
Francis R. Weller, Inc
Philippi l
Tygarts Valley
Inheritance of French Title by San Francisco Boy
Gilles Mailly, 11, of San Francisco, is named heir to Count Mailly-Challons and Prince de Lisle Montreal, who died in Paris on July 24, per The Examiner. The boy’s mother Marguerite Mailly was previously Mrs. Morbio, an ambulance driver in World War I. The divorce in France does not affect the heir claim.
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San Francisco
The
Examiner Today
Gilles Mailly
Marguerite Mailly
Comte Anselmo Mailly-Challons
Paris
Count Mailly-Challons
Prince de
Mailly
Marguerite Morbio
Adolph Sutro
Bride Weds Grafton High School Graduate In Grand Rapids Move
The ivory satin gown bride, a Grafton High School graduate, wed a son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Losh of Webster. Foreman at Crosier Wholesale in Grand Rapids, the groom will make the city their future home after a Waynesburg Pa, Hagerstown and Cumberland Md, honeymoon. Witnesses included Mr and Mrs James Nisbet and others.
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Grafton High School
R. Losh
Webster
Crosier Wholesale House
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Waynesburg
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Grand Rapid
James Nisbet
Mary Nisbet
Frank Henry
Ana Holmes Jackson
Isabelle Potteroff
Three Killed in Plane Fall Over Casper Wyoming
A plane burst into flames and dropped several hundred feet in Casper Wyoming killing pilot Major D P Wardwell aged 33 from Casper and passengers Earl Holtz 30 and George Cameron from Worland. Wardwell, a World War I Lafayette Escadrille member, flew the mission with the two men.
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Casper
Wyom
D. P. Wardwell
Earl Holtz
George Cameron
Worland
Wardwell
Lafayete Escadrille
United States Air Force
Berger’s Body Lies In State At Hall
Victor L Berger former Socialist leader lies in state from noon today until 2 pm tomorrow at Milwaukee city hall guarded by police. Services for his funeral are set for open ceremony at Forest Home Cemetery with Socialists nationwide holding memorials in their meeting places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Victor L. Berger
Mal.waukee
Forest Home
Petition for Release of Noted Artist Dreyfuss
The Supreme Court is asked to decide if Alfred Dreyfuss is sane or mentally ill after a petition by artist friends seeks a jury verdict on his sanity. Dreyfuss, a sculptor and writer, was committed for more than a year and his family, affluent, struggles to understand his artistic psychology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Court
Alfred Dreyfuss
Dreyfuss
Coopper Union
Bernard
National Wax Paper Company
Large Northwest Bank House to Form Big Seattle Merger
Seattle stockholders of 10 banks near union to create a banking group with about 120 million dollars in resources. Details of the consolidation plan released last night outline the proposed merger and its expected impact on the Pacific Northwest banking landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Pacific Northwest
Specialists Will Study Crime Wave
Twelve crime experts from Columbia University will conduct a nationwide study of the crime situation funded by a large philanthropic grant. The study runs through the year with results to be announced next summer, aiming to translate scientific findings into practical use rather than address the entire U.S. crime problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Columbia University
Dean Young B. Smith
School of Law
United States
Plans For $200000 Literary Building Explained
Charleston witnesses a detailed briefing to the state board of control on Huntington Marshall College library plans. The $200,000 three story building will house stacks for about 350,000 volumes, funded by the last legislative session appropriation, with completion aimed at an early date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Marshall College
Huntington
State Board of Control
James 9. Lakin
Board of Control
Detroit Death of Agent Linked to Missing Prohibition Official
Joh. M. Heath, Detroit elevator mechanic and captain of the cruiser Maxine, was arrested after stepping from a Chicago train in connection with the death of federal prohibition agent Richard J. Sandlands. Heath says Sandlands boarded the craft, searched without identification, and both men fell overboard in a struggle. Sandlands’ body was later found in the Detroit river. Heath’s wife also was detained as a witness.
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Detroit
Joh. M. Heath
Richard J. Sandlands
Detroit River
Chicago
Heath
District Attorney's Office
Maxine
Sandlands
Sandland
Weimeaday
Foley Family to Relocate to Baltimore Residence
Mr and Mrs J J Foley long time residents plan to move to Baltimore next week joining Dr Edgar Foley Dr John Jo Foley and Misses Rose and Helen Foley already there The retired shop foreman of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad will reside at 557 Bartlett Street after August 20th.
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J. J. Foley
Baltimore
Edgar Foley
John Jo Foley
Rose
Helen Foley
Foley
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Bartlett Street
Maryland
Two Cars Collide On West Main Street
An automobile driven by W. R. Loar struck a parked car on West Main Street. Both vehicles were damaged but occupants were uninjured. Herbert Losh owned the parked car. Both autos were towed to Commercial Auto Company for repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Loar
West Main Street
Herbert Losh
Commercial Auto Company
Inmates Escape From County Jail Neighboring City
Aug. 9 two inmates, Tom Collins and Delbert Marriman, escaped from the Middlebourns county jail by loosening a cell door bolt and using a makeshift rope of blankets. Local authorities tightened search as investigation began.
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Barstom Collins
Delbert Marriman
Middlebourns
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WISS
T. V. Soong
J, Friedman
F, Friedman
F. Friedman & Son, Clothiers
F. Friedman & Son
Grafton Sentinel
Baltmore & Ohio
I. Priedman
Mr. Friedman
Germany
Friedman
Simon J. Friedman
I. Friedman & Co
Zep
Ernest Fischbach
Svs Oa
Boy
Plymale-Sargeant
Oakland
Alice Sargeant
Harl Reginald Plymare
Strand
Protective Home Circle
Paden City
Ohio River
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Grafton Circle
C. F. Hannon
8. Z. Smith
Ohio
Fern Mimmich
Indiana
Brethren Church
Miss Mimmich
Minnie Kirkpatrick
Womans Christian Temperance
Womans Christian Temperance Union of
Pruntytown
Pruntytown M. B
Blueville Union
Virginia Fawcett
W. C.T. U. Institute
R. G
Ribbon Vibrations
Juanita Har‘din
Fay Cover
Cora Alcorn
Martha Glenn Flesher
Virginia Fawcet
America
Lethal Stoops
Henry Kramer
Moyne
Evelyn Arnett
White Ribbon
J. B. Arbogast
Benedicti
Virginia Wilson
Ada Thomas
New York City
Mary Wilson
Aliee Knight
Helen Howell
Alice Knight
Sara Musgrove
Dorothy Newton
Zena Smith
Mary Smith
Hazel Howell
Opal Bolyard
Kathryn Ockletree
Weston
Thelma, Fox
Akron
DeMoss
T. C. DeMoss
Beech Street
Bernice
Aljbert Ark
Flemington
Broom
Casper, Wyo
Berger
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