General Balbo Seizes Break in Storm for Fleet Move
General Balbo, after a storm disrupted a 14-plane Rome to Brazil flight, used a weather break to enter Cartagena with three ships in tow. More ships and eight aircraft, already at Cartagena, are expected to depart for Kienitra, Morocco, if conditions hold.
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Balbo
Cartagena
Spain
Ttalio Balboa
Twly
Brazil
Balcaffe Isles
Carrtagena
Kienitra
Morocco
William B Cruise Elks Charter Member and Railroader
William B Cruise a veteran who served overseas and trained in U S cantonments. For 25 years he was trainmaster of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Cumberland division. He was active in the telegraphers union and helped organize the Elks lodge in Grafton as a charter member among the original 30 members.
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Cruise
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Cumberland
Tis Railroad
Telegraphers’ Union
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
Grafton
William B. Cruise
Death notices and affiliations of local residents in Grafton and beyond
The obituary details the life of Mr. Cruise a railway worker turned insurance agent in Grafton. It notes his Knights of Columbus fourth degree status in Grafton and initiation in Clarksburg, his Moose Lodge membership, and marriage to Ann Remlinger. Surviving sisters are listed along with birth near Oakland Maryland.
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Grafton
Cruise
Spain Alert Amid Revolt and Strikes Declares Martial Law
Madrid reports 45 killed and 187 wounded in recent unrest 20 seriously. Soldiers patrolling major cities withdrawn to barracks as government stays alert. Premier Berenguer returns to work denying cabinet resignation rumors.
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Madrid
Berenguer
Slayer Taken After Battle in Durban Restaurant
Martinus West Virginia December 20 Frank Hyer 50 jailed on manslaughter charges after barricading in a Durban restaurant and firing on authorities with a rifle while allegedly striking his wife Mary Hyer with a stick during a domestic quarrel. Sheriff R Moore and two state troopers responded using tear gas after Hyer refused to surrender. Hyer had prior arrests for beating his wife.
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Martinus
W. Va
Frank Hyer
Pocahontas County
Durban
Hyer
Mary Hyer
Lucas Admits Vanrimen Split Over Democratic Alignments
Lucas states that Coolidge policies opposed Hoover in 1928 and supported Smith with speeches. He asserts no Democrat in the U.S. if that claim stands. Nye questions Fess on committee avowals for Republican candidates including Norris, while Lucas contends Hoover shifted to Republican posture since 1918.
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Coolidge
Hoover
Smith
United States
Nye
Fess
National Committee
Norris
Lucas
Firemen Respond to Late Night Loveland Fire at Home
Grafton's fire truck and crew made a record run over slippery streets near midnight Friday to the home of George Peacock in Loveland addition to extinguish a chimney fire. Wallpaper around the chimney is believed to have ignited from a dormant opening, a tin covering having partially given way. Little or no damage occurred.
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Grafton
George Peacock
Loveland
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Charles and
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Lewis Er
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Virginia Skags
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Eleenor Rogers
M. Lambert
Jane Mahaffey
Madeline Rand
Nazarenes
Church of the Nazarene
Akerey
Eaynamic ‘Speer
G. W. Loar & CO
Strand Theatre
Huston
Kay Francis
Walter Huston
Kenneth MacKenna
WM. B. Cruise
Psee
U. S
Clark’s Plumbing and Hardware Store
Postoffice
É Parker
Conklin
Grafton Drug & Chemical Co
Rexall. Store
Butte, Mont
Roy B. Tisdale
Empire State Building
New York City
Vanrimen
Stewart Warner Sales Service
N. Sidrow
Main St
Sporting Goods Vist
Ralph S. Kunst
Weavn
West Va
Associated Press
William Runyon
New Jersey
William Clark
Remington
P.M. Ghenn Optometrist Whitescarver Building
Grafton, W. Va
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Busy Bee Restaurant
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