Air display draws crowds at Knottsville airport
Thousands gather as three airplanes fly over Knottsville on Sunday. A Stimson-Detroiter cabin monoplane with four passengers appears, a stunt is performed by a young woman, and pilots from Fairmont attend. The crowd mobs the field but risks are avoided as the plane returns to clouds. The aircraft are tied to a possible permanent base for two planes at Knottsville. The expedition includes John B. Anthony of Mopongah Bank, George affer, Fairmont auto dealer, L. H. Harr, airport executive, and pilot Dudley Reed.
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Port
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Grafton Eyes First Class Field and Flying School
A newly opened field one mile left of the Five Mile House on the Grafton-Fairmont Road could become a first class airport. A flying school is operating with trips nationwide and thousands already visited for rides. If plans proceed, Grafton would host a regulation field with student instruction and planes taking passengers daily.
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Five Mile House
Grafton-Fairmont Road
United States
Grafton
Aging Union Vets Gather in Cincinnati Tonight
In Cincinnati on August 25 a public welcome honors World War II era veterans and the 1965 union victory. A street-finish scuffle ended with a man dead and two robbers wounded. Angelo Bell 20 and Mike Bell 16 were identified, with Angelo claiming retaliation for his brother. Police detained 18 year old Valone as the alleged organizer.
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Cincinnati
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Angelo Bell
Mike
Angelo
Wilkeson
2A Valone
Valone
Dealer Held in Slaying of Tribune Reporter
Chicago August 25 Peter Von Prantzius a sporting goods dealer was named an accessory before the fact in the June 1 slaying of Tribune reporter Alfred Jake Lingle in a warrant issued by Judge H Lyle Police traced the weapon to him and said he sold it with four others to Frank Foster Moran Zuta Aiello hood lum identified as the man who.
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Chicago
Peter von Prantzius
Sporting
Alfred “Jake” Lingle
Tribune
H. Lyle
von Frantzius
Frank Foster
Suspects linked to St Valentine massacre case
A man named Foster fled toward the coast and was arrested. he faces trial after an arraignment where a traffic policeman identified him as the fugitive who eluded officers near the scene. The warrant accuses Von Frantzious of supplying five weapons to avoid detection and ties him to the 1928 St Valentine gang killings.
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Lingle
Foster
Linger
von Frantzius
George
Bugs) Morat
Sterling in Primary Lead in Texas Governor Race
Ross B. Sterling led the Texas Democratic run-off for governor after unofficial returns showed Sterling with about 464,698 votes to Miriam A. Ferguson’s 371,654. The result signaled possible political oblivion for Ferguson, with Sterling’s margin near 100,000 votes.
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Ma” Ferguson
Texas
Sinee
Ross B. Sterling
Houston
Miriam A. Ferguson
Ferguson
Sterling
Injured Frame Man Dies in Charleston Hospital
L. J. Jarrett, 45, of Frame, died in a Charleston hospital yesterday from injuries suffered in an automobile incident Saturday.
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Charleston
L. ©. Jarrett
Frame
Trooper Suplee Struck by Truck in Fall Near Hawk's Nest
Trooper James Suplee of the Cannellton state police detachment suffered a fractured skull after being hit by a truck following a motorcycle fall near Hawk's Nest yesterday. In Pittsburgh, William G Clyde resigns as Carnegie Steel president effective Sept 1. I Lamont Hughes to succeed him, Clyde cites ill health. Amibroe N Diehl will assume Hughes's post at United States Steel Corporation.
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Charleston
James Suplee
Cannelton
Hawk
William G.clyde
Carnegie Steel Company
Eeffective
I. Lamont
Hughes
United States Steel Corporation
Clyde
Amibroe N. Diehl
Carnegie Steels Company
Hughe
Thee Steel Corporation
Local Residents Visit, Travel Notes Across States
Brownlow Park resident Mrs. R M Parrish visits sister in Michigan and plans trips to Canada. Washington Pa and Zanesville guests arrive, Dawson’s Camp hosts Fairmont visitors, and many locals holiday with friends from Pittsburgh to Keyser. State Senator Merle Watkins and Hazel Atlas plant head take a week’s vacation, while local movers relocate and entertain guests from Hyndman to Philippi.
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R. M. Parrish
Brownlow Park
Waller B. Stitt
Roit, Mich
Canada
Alonzo Cahill
Robert
Washington
Albert Lansbury
James H. Vernon
Zanesville
Ohio
James R.mantz
Glen King
Fairmont
F. W. Robinson
Dawson's Camp
Grace Frye
Harry Owens
A. J. Boylen
Buddy
Annabelle
Maples Avenue
A. R. Bartlett
John N. Moore
the Sentinel
Keyser
Independence
Hyndman
O. P. Wilson
Beech Street
Knottsville Pike
FA. Primm
Washington, Pa
Glenn
Merle Watkins
G. Wesley Evans
Hazel-Atlas Glass
Lima
Chicago
Irene Vincent
Rauscher
H. Y. Clark
Glenville
Mill Creek High School
Local Shorthand Social Notes From Parkersburg to Atlantic City
Week end travels spill across cities with names like Clarieb Parkersburg and Atlantic City. W D Reed Fairmont visits on business. Mr and Mrs B J Framer Webster stay in Parkersburg. Mrs RC Barnett and daughter return home from Coffman home. W Lewis Brownlow addition among hospital patients. Merle Bailey and family W J Bailey and Zella Wittmann return from a week in Atlantic City Ball Washington.
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Clarieb
W. D. Reed
Fairmont
B. J. Framer Webster
Parkersburg
RC. Barnett
Moundeville
MN. Coffman
Boyd Street
W. Lewis
Brownlow Addition
St. Marys Hospital
Clarksburg
Merle Bailey
W. J. Bailey
Zella Wittmann
Atlantic City
Ball Washington
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Dobbs
Wm. Archdeacon Company
An-Ted
Liberty Shoe Shop
Grand Theatre
le C. Smith
von Frantzus
Asbury Park
Associated Press
New Jersey
Titania
N. J
Betty Jaggers
Deal
Dorothy Robinson
Olga Schwenker
Red Bank
Glady
Gallahue
Biddle
Eddie
Lake
Veal
Enna Jettick Shoes
C. V. Miller Grapton
W. VA
Reliable Footwear
Prooper
Clyde Rligns
Carnegie Steel
Pittsburgh
Andy
Lincoln
Grafton and
Taylor County
R. D. Stout
RED Cross Pharmacy
West Side
Tobias Building
OPERA
Jack Benny
Betty Bronson
Scott Pemanoxe
Reel
Chinatown
Valley Inn
Mack
West Virginia
Charless
Buddy’ Rogers
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