Trio Injured Incar Wrecks On Route 50 And 250
A Saturday night crash near Thornton left three people from Newbury injured, one with a brain concussion, and two others including a father and son jailed on drunkenness charges. Clayton Weltman 26 and Margaret Rosier 19 were hurt. Weltman unconscious but conscious by morning. Richard Lambert Jr 19 and Richard Lambert Sr 50 were charged with drunkenness and to be arraigned. A second accident on Route 250-119 near Handleys Crossing injured Shirley Donahue with a lacerated hand after a collision blamed on glare from an approaching car. driver A C Kane Webster Road reported no charges.
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Grafton City Hospital
Taylor County
Route 50
Thornton
Clayton Weltman
Weltman
Margaret Rosier
Richard Lambert, Jr
Richard Lambert, Sr
Newbury
Shirley Donahue
Boyd Street
Handleys Crossing
A. C. Kane
Webster Road
Wheeling journalist Laughlin longtime publisher and politician
Wheeling native Laughlin led the Wheeling Intelligencer Publishing company after 1902 and served seven years as its president and editor. He wrote for both papers, held political roles since 1900, chaired Republican conventions, and supported community projects including a playground at Oglebay Park. He belonged to several fraternal and church groups.
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Wheeling News
Cleveland
Wheeling
Wheeling Intelligencer Publishing Company
Intelligencer
Laughlin
Ator
The
News Publishing Company
News
the Intelligencer
Congress
Oglebay Park
First Presbyterian Church
Ancient Order of United Workmen
Modern Woodmen
Debtors, Fines, and Drought Debt Talk at City Court
The article details fines issued for drunkenness as Howard Stepheny and Eugene Bush pay small sums while claiming railroad work as justification. Mayor Waugh questions the jail days versus freedom. A man found clinging to a car bumper is noted, with others awaiting payment or dismissal as trials proceed. Secre tary Morgenthau calls for borrowing estimates to cover drought relief, boosting public debt projections to about 34.6 billion by next June.
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Morgenthau
B. Otto Waugh
Howard Stepheny
Eugene Bush
Thomas F. Burns
Waugh
J. C. Helms
West Grafton
Charles Robinson
Carl Moran
Congressional plan seeks bonds up to two billion
The article discusses Congress advancing a plan to authorize bond issuance up to 2 billion dollars. It notes administration projections of a balanced budget by 1938-39, yet treasury operations indicate a current year deficit around 2.5 billion. As of December 3, the deficit stood at roughly 1.265 billion versus 1.696 billion previously.
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Treasury
Mrs. Elliott Dies After Lobar Pneumonia Illness
Mrs. Rachel Cordelia Elliott 79, of 1319 West Railroad street, died at 2:40 am Sunday after a weeklong illness from lobar pneumonia. A Pruntytown native born March 1, 1857, she lived in Taylor county most of her life and in Grafton 31 years. Survived by husband George H. Elliott, Myrtle Fra zier, sister Mrs. Martha Atherton, and others. Funeral at her late home with Rev. L. L. Casto. interment Smith Cemetery, Pruntytown.
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Rachel Cordelia Elliott
West Railroad Street
Pruntytown
Elliott
Cornelius and
Mary Snapp Albin
Taylor County
George H. A. Elliott
Myrtle
J. A.) Frazier
Grafton
Martha Atherton
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
First Ward
L. L. Casto
Garrison
Cleveland Real Estate to Rail Empire Traced in Hearings
Cyriiuce sivas Dae boosted the network in 1935 as the committee plans to question Thomas H. Jones Cleveland railway attorney and John P. Murphy secretary of the Mid American Corporation about the rise of the Van Sweringens brothers from a modest real estate office to a transportation system once valued at 3 billion dollars. Herbert Fitzpatrick, 64, now president of Midamerica Corporation, may testify along with bankers who financed many railroads. Wheeler said Morgan, Kuhn Loeb and other banks have not yet had records examined.
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Cyriiuce Sivas Dae
Fitzpatrick
Wheeler
Thomas H. Jones
Cleveland Railway
John P. Murphy
Midamerican Corporation
Capstone Holding Company
van Sweringens
Cleveland
Priday
Herbert Fitzpatrick
Midamerica Corporation
New York
America
J. P. Morgan and Company
Kuhn, Loeb and Company
Death Claims Mrs Poling After Illness
Mrs Sarah Poling aged 75 died at 2 15 this morning at her Woodford addition home after a long illness. She was born March 25 1861 in Tucker County and had lived in Grafton 33 years. Surviving are her husband George K Poling and six children, including W C Poling and Cassell Poling, with siblings and a church affiliation noted. Funeral at Knottsville church Wednesday with burial in Knottsville Cemetery. body in Bartlett Funeral home then at a neighbor’s home until the service.
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Sarah Polins
Woodford
George M
Eliza Shurtleff Nestor
Foling
Tucker County
Grafton and Viciity
George K. Poting
W. C. Poling
Clarksburg
Russell Poling
Lumberport
Cassell Poling
Grafton
Ochis Polng
Cora Satterfield
Knottsville Church
Knottsville
Q. Z. Bartlett
Poling
Bartlett Funeral
Isner
Baldwin Defies Parliament Over King’s Marriage Plans
Prime Minister Baldwin resisted questions on the king’s marriage to Mrs Simpson and possible abdication. Churchill pressed for a full constitutional statement as debates erupted with shouts and interruptions. The session, marred by partisan clashes, ended without specifics on the monarch’s future.
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Baldwin
Churchill
Commons
Edward
Mrs. Simpson
Mrs
Col
Josiah Wedgwood
Wedgwood
Cay
King Edward and Mrs Simpson Crisis Shifts in Commons
The British Commons debated Earl Baldwin's stance as King Edward clings to plans to marry Mrs Simpson. Government members voiced hostility toward Churchill while the king’s supporters rallied, raising questions about abdication, coronation timing, and public sentiment shaping future actions.
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Wallis Warfield Simpson
Edward
Negro Woman Sent Back To Jail Fined Paramour
Rebecca Williams known as Becky was involved in police court cases where two men faced unlawful assembly and unlawful cohabitation charges with her as a party. Axiom Tillery, living with Williams, was fined $25 by Mayor E Otto Waugh and she was sent back to jail.
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Rebecca Williams
Axiom Tillery
Williams
J. Broun
Rebecca
Becky
Tillery
E. Otto Waugh
Peace Parley Invites Public to Women’s Christian Temperance Union Meeting
The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union announces its annual peace meeting at the re Christian church tomorrow afternoon. A 15 minute business meeting will start at 2:30 with songs led by Mrs. W. W. Manear and a duet by Mrs. Myers and Mrs. Frank Randolph. W. C. Barnes will discuss the group’s stake in world peace followed by a reading by Mrs. Leeanna Simpson. Rev. R. O. Phillips of St. Pat’s M. B. church will give a short peace talk before a final song and benediction.
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Re Christian Church
W. W. Manear
Myers
Frank Randolph
Church Woman's Stake
W. C. Barnes
Leeanna Simpson
R. O. Phillips
St. Pat's M. B. Church
Poolroom Operator Fined in Numbers Case
Charles Nelson, operator of a Latrobe street pool room, was found guilty after a police raid that recovered 50 numbers books. Police Chief Lockard and Patrolman Silman reported the evidence. Mayor Ottonaugh ordered a $25 fine, to be paid by Nelson.
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Charles Nelson
Latrobe Street
A. E. Lockard
Clarence Silman
Nelson Place
Nelson
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