New Trial Motion After Curry Guilty Shocks Aged Defendant
Ira J. Curry, 63, farmer from Turkey Run, found guilty of murder in the second degree by a Taylor county circuit court jury after a four day trial. The verdict spared the death penalty, though Curry had claimed self defense. The jury deliberated about an hour and 40 minutes before delivering the verdict at 5:30. Judge Herbert W. Dent ordered the verdict read at 7:30 and the crowd watched as the foreman announced the conviction. Curry faces a prison term of five to 18 years at Moundsville, with appeal possible.
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Ira J. Curry
Turkey Run
George Hawkins
Taylor County
Curry
Frank M. Hollis
Tse
Carder
Herbert W. Dent
Jaxymen
Hollis
Joseph B. Carder
Walter Street
Hall
State
Moundsville
Ira Curry
Gene W. Ford
Radio strike threat ends with two year deal
New York February 30 A threatened national radio entertainers strike was averted as the American Federation of Radio Artists and two major broadcasting chains signed a two year agreement. About 2000 union members cast a strike vote as Eddie Cantor led the AFL affiliated federation with stars Jack Benny Phil Baker Edgar Bergen and Bing Crosby. The settlement raises pay with a minimum of 16 dollars for 15.
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New York
American Federation of Radio Artists
AFL
Eddie Cantor
Jack Benny
Phil Baker
Edgar Bergen
Bing Crosby
Theatre ticket invitation to Strand or Dixie shows
The Grafton Sentinel is invited by A A Miller of 60 W St Charles to tonight's Strand presentation Sons of the Legion with a brilliant cast and the Dixie show Frontiers of 49 featuring Bill Elliott. Identification may be required for admission.
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Strand
Dixie
The
Grafton Sentinel
Bombings Hit London Subways In Renewed Attacks
Explosions at Leicester Square and Tottenham Court Road stations injure six as Scotland Yard blames Irish Republican agitators. Investigations block entrances and disrupt London's transit hub as workers scramble amid a sudden bombing wave.
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London
Scotland Yard
Leicester Square
Tottenham Court Road
Tottenham
Fishbein Answers U.S. Health Proposals in Huntington
Dr Morris Fishbein, executive secretary of the American Medical Association, rejected the federal health program proposals in a speech to the Cabell County Medical Association in Huntington on February 3, arguing hospital and clinic construction features are not practical or medically economical and warning against treating medicine as a political holiday.
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Huntington
America
Morris Fishbein
Cabell County Medical Association
Fishbein
American Medical Associaion
Crown Princess Juliana Expecting Another Baby
The Hague February 3 Crown Princess Juliana expects another baby around the middle of August. An official statement said she would rest per medical advice, noting the happy event is anticipated in mid August. Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard wed in January 1937 and have one child, Princess Beatrix, who turned one on January 31.
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the Hague
Netherlands
Juliana
Prince Bernhard
Beatrix
Wife of Gandhi Picked Up By British Officers
Rajkot India February 3 police arrested Mrs Kasturibhai Gandhi wife of Mahandas K Gandhi on arrival to take part in a civil disobedience campaign. Known as a faithful silent watcher over her husband she has already served six terms in prison for political activities on his behalf.
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Rajkot
India
Solice
Kasturibhai Gandhi
Mahandas K Gandhi
Neutrality Act Repeal Talk Flares On Capitol Hill
President Roosevelt’s push to aid European democracies renews calls to modify or repeal the neutrality act. A Senate military committee session weighed disclosing testimony on sales of American warplanes to France as lawmakers debate the record in the probe. Senator Clarke D. of Missouri seeks full disclosure of non military secret testimony, signaling cross party backing for openness in the inquiry.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Senate Military Committee
France
Clark
Clarke D
French Socialists Seek To Help Loyalists In Spain
Paris February 3 The French Socialist party led by former premier Leon Blum launched a campaign to aid the Loyalists in Spain urging rush of war supplies to the Spanish government forces. Senator Leon Berard travels to Burgos to confer with General Franco with Daladier’s approval.
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Paris
French Socialist Party
Leon Blum
People of Force
France
Spain
Leon Berard
Burgos
Franco
Daladier
Largest Shipment Of Wallpaper Sent Here
One of the largest wallpaper shipments ever received in Grafton arrived at Lee Bennett and Son on West Main Street. Eight thousand five hundred rolls of new spring designs were delivered in a single batch to ensure a complete season's stock.
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Grafton
West Main Street
Lee Bennett and Son
Bennett
Charleston School Finance Bill Passes Senate Changes
The state senate approved the administration school finance bill by a 25 to 6 vote and sent it back to the house for concurrence in amendments. The house declined to concur, prompting a conference committee to resolve differences. Senate opponents included Democrats Shahan Hussion Morris and Republicans Johnson Ealy Sweeney.
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Charleston
State Senate
House
Senate
Hussion
Shahan
Randolph
Taylor
Morris
Calhoun
Johnson
Mason
Ealy
Marshall
Sweeney
Ohio
Helmick
U S Embassy protests attacks on Roosevelt
The U S embassy in Rome requested Italy explain bitter personal attacks on President Roosevelt published in the Fascist press. The proposals stem from reports of his meeting with a senate committee claiming he said frontiers were in France or on the Rhine, which the president denied as lies.
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Rome
United States
Roosevelt
Senate
France
America
Rhine
Hope Gas Co Garage Destroyed By Fire
Fire destroyed a six stall garage, a tractor, tools and two automobiles belonging to the Hope Natural Gas company in Clarksburg. Total loss estimated at 3500 dollars, mostly insured, according to Fire Chief J J Martin.
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Clarksburg
Hope, Natural Gas Company
J. J. Martin
Slayer Comes Home Admits Two Murders
Pittsburgh district attorney recounted the case of Norman Stewart 2nd a 34 year old dentist who remarried and returned from flight to confess killing his 29 year old first wife Mary Louise McClelland Stewart and their four year old son in Wilkinsburg after a debt driven argument. He admitted stealing 300 from a Jacksonville hotel to fund the trip and later worked as a grocery clerk and bartender. The statement said his mind went blank during the deadly confrontation and the killings were committed with a hammer and bread knife.
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Pittsburgh
Andrew T. Park
Norman Stewart
Jacksonville
Fla
Park
Sys
Stewart
Dick Cable
Wilkinsburg
Mary Louise McClelland Stewart
Norman
Son of Congressman Is Killed By Automobile
Millard F. Caldwell Jr. ten year old son of Representative Caldwell of Florida was killed when struck by a car in Washington. The incident occurred today and authorities cited a tragic accident leading to the loss.
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Washington
Millard F. Caldwell, Jr
Rep. Caldwell
Fla
President Roosevelt Stands Behind Two Judicial Nominees
President Roosevelt refused to withdraw Floyd H. Roberts as federal judge in Virginia despite Senate opposition and a judiciary committee rejection. He hinted at a potentially significant letter to Roberts. He also said he would not withdraw Thomas R. Amlie’s nomination to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Floyd H. Roberts
Virginia
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Roberts
Capitol Hill
Thomas R. Amlie
Wisconsin
Interstate Commerce Ammission
Former Oregon Senator Frederick Steiner Dies in Washington
Frederick Steiner, a Republican senator from Oregon for 11 years, died in Washington at 55. He resigned January 31, 1938, to practice law here after years of declining health. Steiner gave the 1936 Republican convention keynote in Cleveland and was once discussed as a possible presidential nominee.
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Washington
Frederick Steiner
Oregon
Senate
Steiner
Cleveland
Roosevelt Denies Frontier Rhine Lie At Newsmen Conference
President Roosevelt called a report that he said the American frontier is on the Rhine a deliberate lie. He reiterated support for limited entangling alliances, world trade for all nations, and reducing armaments, criticizing agitators who distort policy. He defended his foreign policy as unchanged and noted misimpressions from a Senate subcommittee and press reports.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Rhine
America
France
Senate Military Committee
Cincinnati Not Looking For Flood Stage There
The Ohio river crest near Cincinnati was forecast at 50 feet, two feet below flood stage, as heavy rains and turning to snow swept the valley. The gauge recorded 45.2 feet, nearing the 45.7 mark set last May 7, with concern rising over rising flood potential.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
W. C. Devereaux
Ohio Valley
Spencer Feels Flood Threat From Rising Creeks
Spencer Feb 3 Two raging creeks hit flood stages cutting off residential areas and closing schools. Spring creek and Tanner's creek rose near Front street with water over tracks halting trains to Ravenswood. Livestock yards and storage facilities along Alyord were submerged as the hospital area faced rising water.
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Spencer
Spring Creek
Tanner's Creek
Roane County
Baltimore and Ohio
Ravenswood
Alyord
Front Street
Hope Natural Gas Company
Comet Oil and Gas Company
Spencer State Hospital
Ex Service Men Attack Belgian Premier Spaak
Belgian Premier Paul Henri Spaak was beaten in the street by ex service men protesting a wartime German sympathizer appointment to the Flemish academy. Police guarded his residence as he recovered from minor injuries. Several arrests followed. Spaak defended the government choice and refused to resign, saying he answers only to the king and parliament.
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Brussels
Belgium
Paul Henri Spaak
Polwe
Spaak
Adrian Martens
Firemen in Syracuse Trapped as Building Collapses
Eight firefighters burned for over five hours in the ruins of a five story office building were described as hopeless by rescuers as two walls fell inward. District Fire Chief Frank M. Savage said they had given up hope of saving them. Collapse dumped debris on the trapped crew on the third floor while they battled the blaze.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Frank M. Savage
Lawyers Favor Act Compels Bar Membership
In Clarksburg on February 3, the West Virginia bar association voted four to one for legislation requiring lawyers to join the state bar. The body would act under the state supreme court as part of the judicial department to enforce rules and discipline. President William G. Stathers announced the committee’s finding that mandatory membership would improve coordination of activities and disciplinary enforcement.
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Clarksburg
West Virginia Bar Association
West Virginia Safe Bar
State Supreme Court
Judicial Department of State Government
William G. Stathers
Grand Jury Holds Three For Poison Plot Deaths
A coroner's jury in Philadelphia today held with out bail two women and a man charged in four deaths tied to an alleged insurance poison plot. The jury said other persons now unknown were involved.
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Philadelphia
Commonwealth
Patch That Leaky Roof
Roberts Taylor County Hardware Company advertises 1 tb plastic cement 15¢, 2 Ibs 300, 5 Ibs 500, and 10 Ibs 95¢. Phone contact provided.
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Roberts’ Taylor County Hardware Company
Weston Schools Closed as Water Rises in Clarksburg Area
Central West Virginia floods shut most arterial highways. Tenmile Creek overran Route 20 and Route 50 near Salem, while West Fork flood blocked Weston Route 19 with detours via Jackson's Mill road. Buckhannon threatened isolation as rainfall neared 1.37 inches in Clarksburg.
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Clarksburg
Central
West Virginia
Tenmile Creek
Wallace
Salem
West Fork
Weston
Jackson's Mill Road
West’ Fork
Limestone
White Rock
Elk Creek
Nutterdale
Clarksbure
Buckhannon
Weather Bureau
C. L. Churchill
Glenville
Gilbert Rhoades
C. E. Berry
Heavy Rains Drench West Virginia Statewide
Flood fears rise as heavy rains lash West Virginia. Record February rainfall swells rivers, closes schools, and floods highways from Point Pleasant to Elk River, with the Ohio River at 37.2 feet and rising toward flood stage.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Pt. Pleasant
Ohio River
Point Pleasant
Road Commission
Elk River
Elk
Eoacha
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Turkey Run Farmer
Defense Counsel Plan
Edward Carr, Jr
Carr
San Francisco
England
U.S
Crown Princess
Gandhi
Hussian
Hope Gas Co
Slayer
Congress
Booths Creek
Tygart Dam
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