Ex con held for stealing amid car loot spree on Boyd street
City police arrested Fred Holtz a 31 year old former state penitentiary inmate at Moundsville charging him with breaking and entering after officers found stolen items including an overcoat a sheepskin coat two flashlights five pounds of candy and other goods on him and at his Boyd street home He admitted prior West Union ties and a five year Moundsville term Arraignment expected today as officers DeMoss Ford and Chief Lockard described a systematic looting method on parked cars along Boyd street
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Fred Holtz
State Penitentiary
Moundsville
Boyd Street
A. E. Lockard
Holtz
Lockard
West Union
Chief Lockard
Earl DeMoss
Hugh Woodford
Elias Wotring 1867 69 Dies at Maple Run Farm
Elias E Wotring died at his Maple Run home at 10 PM Saturday after three months of illness. The Preston County native was born May 11 1867 to Henry V and Susanna Nine Wotring. Survived by widow Linah Rogers no children or siblings. Member of Sand Lick Baptist Church. Funeral Tuesday 11 AM Bartlett Funeral Home McGraw Avenue with Rev James E Fidler officiating. interment Simpson Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elias E. Wotring
Maple Run
Preston County
Mr Wotring
Henry V
Susanna Nine Wotring
Linah Rogers
Wotring
Sand Lick
Grafton City Council Holds Regular Session
Grafton city council, Mayor E Otto Waugh and Commissioners Charles Rau and James Reed, met in city hall for the regular semi monthly meeting. Minutes of the last meeting were read, vouchers approved, and the council adjourned. City solicitor W Merle Watkins was present.
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Grafton City
E. Otto Waugh
Charles Rau
James Reed
City Hall
W. Merle Watkins
Receipts From Sale Of Christmas Seals Near Fixed Goal
Receipts from the sale of Christmas seals in Taylor county passed the $350 mark and headed toward $375 with funds at $352 this morning. President Frank M. Hollis Jr of the county tuberculosis association said he expects the total to reach about $400 before all money is returned.
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Taylor County
Toda
Frank M. Hollis, Jr
The
County Tuberculosis Association
Aged Lady Rebecca Mouser Dies After Illness
Mrs. Rebecca Mouser aged 76 died at her daughter Elizabeth Moore’s home after a 13 day pneumonia illness. Born September 18, 1860 in Preston county, she was a widow of Robert L. Mouser. Survivors include four children and several siblings. Funeral services set for Wednesday at Bartlett Funeral Home with interment in Simpson cemetery.
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Rebecca Mouser
Elizabeth Moore
West Main Street
Ohio
Tillie Smith Vandergrift
Grafton
Moore
Marshall Wolfe
Thornton
Gus Wolfe
Crescent
W. Va
Tillie Snyder
Fairmont
Martha Hoyatter
Mouser
Methodist Episcopal Church
Newburg
Bartlett Funeral Home
Mcene Avenue
J. E., Fidler
First Baptist Church of
Simpson Cemetery
Death claims Cliff Mayle
Clifford L. Mayle, 39, Cecil farmer, died after a two year illness at 8:45 Sunday. Born November 17, 1897 in Barbour county, he was the son of Louis and Thrippy Kennedy Mayle. Survived by widow Leona, nine children, three half brothers in Simpson and three sisters in Webster Pittsburgh Cecil. Funeral at Mt View church Tuesday at 2 with Rev DeCost. burial at Mt View cemetery. Grace Bartlett of Grafton directed.
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Clifford L. Mayle
Cecil
Dence
Barbour County
Louis
Thrippy Kennedy Mayle
Leona Mayle
Rosaline
Hazel
Mt. View Church
Fred DeCost
Mt. View Cemetery
G. T. Bartlett
Grafton
Death of Terra Alta Resident Father of Two Grafton Ladies
C. C. Nine, 89, Terra Alta, father of Mrs. H. A. Summers and Mrs. Ray Watson of Grafton, died at his home after a 13 year illness. He was among the village’s oldest citizens. Both daughters travel to Terra Alta for the last rites to be conducted Wednesday afternoon.
First Major Kidnapping Case Details Emerge
Muriel Mattson 14 and friend Virginia Chatfield of Seattle witnessed a masked man during a kidnapping at the Mattson estate near Tacoma. The assailant fled toward Puget Sound as police and DoJ agents fortified the home and searched coves, islands, and ravines. Charles Mattson and William Mattson described the scene as officers extended a wide manhunt, with a $50,000 ransom note history and ties to a local lumber family heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Muriel
Virginia Chatfield
Seattle
William Mattson
Mattson
Puget Sound
Jand Islands
Tacoma
George Weyerhaeuser
Department of Justice
Beware Coughs From Common Colds That Hang On
An advertisement for Creomulsion claims it soothes inflamed membranes and aids nature to heal lingering coughs from colds. It offers a refund if not satisfied with results from the first bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creomulston
Baker's Coal Delivery Beaconed by Mine Forked Coal Line
An early coal notice states Harry L. Baker offers coal delivery with two cents extra for any carry-in jobs. The notice references the Baker business and a mine forked coal line, dated around 1971.
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Harry L, Baker
G M Sypolt Passes Away In Rowlesburg WV
George Marshall Sypolt 59 a Rowlesburg meat market owner died suddenly Saturday after a one day illness. Survived by widow Pearl Peters and six children, siblings, and five grandchildren. Funeral 1:30 pm at Rowlesburg M E B church with interment in Etam cemetery.
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George Marshall Sypolt
West Virginia
Rowlesburg
Mr. Sypolt
Rowlesbury
George
Elizabeth Fisher Sypolt
Pearl Peters
Beatrice Robinson
Grafton
Russell “Mooney” Sypolt
Buelah Shaw
Alma Sypolt
Morgantown
Maurice
Harold R. Sypolt
Edward
New ‘Port
R. I. Harry
Pulaski
James
Mollie Pratt
Tunnelton
Annie Punk
Bayard
Etam Cemetery
N.c. Dawson
Corporal Emrick to replace Godfrey at Mannington post
Corpral Emrick, arriving in July 1935, is set to replace Corporal E. Godfrey at Mannington. Trooper Murphy’s tenure remains undetermined, with no immediate changes anticipated. Earlier reports suggested Hefner might return from Kingwood, though Emrick denied it. Trooper E. Cox had been stationed here before moving to another post.
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Claud Hefner
Kingwood
Emrick
E. E. Godfrey
Mannington
Fairmont
Murphy
Corporal Emrick
Hefner
Wamsley
E. Cox
Finesse lessons from central press contract bridge guide
The article explains that most hands require more than one finesse and that declarers should expect to gain at least half the needed finesses. It notes high honors often must be sacrificed to meet the contract and uses today's play to illustrate the importance of finding hazards favoring declarer.
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Declarer
Bidding and play in a spade and diamond bridge contest
In a competitive four hand bridge, Hast and West opened contrasting bids with West eventually securing a four spade contract after partner assisted. South led the queen of hearts, declarer misjudged holdings across spades and diamonds, North's planned heart gains faltered, and misplays by declarer and South shaped the final result with West achieving the game.
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North
South
Declarer
Hearts
Dummy
West
Mine Foreman Dies After Two-Week Illness At Bramwell
Obituary notes the death of former Pocahontas Fuel Company assistant mine foreman at Bramwell after a two weeks illness. He previously operated mines at Jenkin Jenkins and Elkhorn.
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Omiaz
Pocahontas ‘Uel
Bramwell
Jenkin Jenes
Elkhorn
Traffic deaths by state list shows California leading
A compiled tally places California at 58 traffic fatalities, followed by Michigan 44, Illinois 43, Ohio 35, Texas 33, and Pennsylvania 32. The roll call includes Alabama 17, Arizona 12, Arkansas 14, and other states with smaller counts.
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New Hampshire
California
Michigan
Illinois
Ohio
Texas
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Indiana
Town
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Crerion
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Utah
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Son of envoy found at Mayflower hotel incident
A boy reported being abducted and robbed of a small amount of money and clothing at a Mayflower hotel. In a separate incident in Point Pleasant a man named Lavell Casto of Nitro was cut across the throat during a beer hall fight.
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Mayflower Hotel
Pate Te Shir Tinal
Point Pleasant
Lavell Casto
Sale of Furniture in Nicola at 15 East Wilford St
Eight rooms of household furniture in good condition sold cheap at a two day sale on Friday and Saturday January 1st and 2nd. Furniture can be seen at the house. J Stanley Nicola contact 383.
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J. Stanley
Nicola
East Wilford St
Plane crash mystery tied to power failure near Simi
Nine passengers and three crew aboard a United Air Lines jet vanished while approaching Burbank after leaving San Francisco. Pilot Edward Blom's last words spoke of a radio beam for landing as search teams, including a wagon train of cars, combed a 40 mile radius from Union Air Terminal. Ground crews reported radio outages and low clouds with rain squalls, while bodies of Northwest Airlines pilots were found on a mountain slope in Idaho.
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Here
Burbank
San Francisco
Paul Wright
Edward Blom
Ame
Simi
Utah
Western Air Express
North
Idaho
Northwest Airlines
A. L. Markwell
Los Angeles
Edward T. Ford,Jr
San Marino
Calif
Ford
JSON
John Kimmel
Saie
Union Air Terminal
Blom
Burbank Airport
United Air Line
Bakersfield
Arizona
California
Sierra Madre Mountains
Mojave Desert
Weather Bureau
Lebec
Quail Lake
Tehachapi Mountains
Markwell
Hayworth Calif
Charlotte Hall
Pasadena
Masonic Rites Held for Late Master of Grasses Lodge
Funeral services for Charles P. Campbell former worshipful master of Grasses Lodge No. 15 A M and A M were conducted at the grave in Shinnston Cemetery after brief rites at his home 701 Beech Street. Campbell a veteran train dispatcher died Christmas night after a long illness. Members of Grafton Lodge No. 15 led by Worshipful Master John Benll attended. DeMolay commandery Knights Templar provided a uniformed detail.
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Shinnston Masonic Cemetery
Charles P. Campbell
Pest
Grasses Lodge No. 15
A. P
A. Masons
Beeth Street
F. J. Turvander
First Presbyterian Church
Campbell
Grafton Lorge No. 15
John Benll
DeMolay Commandery
Knights ‘Templar
Spain Defies Nazi Warning Over Paris Freighter Crisis
Spain rejects German demand to release the freighter Paris claiming it carried 1500 tons of war material for Basque fascists. French ministers fear disruption of neutrality talks while Berlin calls the seizure a provocation. Spain says two Spanish fascist agents aboard traveled from Germany to Vigo. authorities deem the act a clear war contraband and the case tests Franco British non intervention plans.
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Hitler
London
Foreign Office
Europe
Berchtesgaden
Bavaria
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Palos
Francisco Franco
Madrid
France
England
Bilbao
Paris
Spain
Najonalists
Cvil
Council of Ministers
Berlin
Kamerun
Reeh
Barcelona
Vigo
Pierre Viennot
North Africa
Charleville
Nie
Gotham Plans New Year Celebrations Across Hotels
The city anticipates a festive New Year with 3,000 to 4,000 guests at larger hotels and five to seven simultaneous parties. Average cost is $15 per couple including supper and hats, with champagne offerings and entertainment till dawn. One venue will feature Scottish bag pipers and a hat check girl may net $1,000.
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Gotham
Page One
America
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Grafton City Council
Grafton Drug & Chemical Company
Cliff Mayle
Farmer
Baker's Coal
G.m.sypolt
Central Press
E. V. Shepard
Haveen
Balbao
Mediterranean
Joe Livermore
Arthur A. Haid
General Electric
Notpoint
Dover
American Beauty
Universal
Westinghouse
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