Attempted assassination falters as Mexico's Rubio is wounded
Mexico City February 6 Pascual Ortiz Rubio the new president was shot in the cheek and jaw but is reported resting at home. The assassin Daniel Flores age 22 of Charcos San Luis Potosi was seized after officers overpowered him. Seven others were wounded including the president's chauffeur and his young niece Maria Rosh. The attack followed his first cabinet meeting as Flores claimed Vasconcelos influence though the government suspects a Vasconcelista plot. President Hoover condemned the act as cowardly and expressed relief at Rubio's safety.
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Mexico City
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Mexico
National Palace
Daniel Flores
Charcos
San Luis Potosi
Jose Vasconcelos
Flores
Senora Dertiz Rubio
Maria Rosh
Ortizrubio
Vasconcelista
Washington
Hoover
State Department
Ortiz .Rubio
Wouldasi
Jill
Taft Regains Slight Strength as Senate Mourns Illness
Washington reports state that William Howard Taft rested comfortably with slight improvement set against ongoing concerns. The Senate adopted a resolution expressing regret at his serious illness while his sons Charles P. Taft and Robert A. Taft rush to Washington from Cincinnati amid doctors noting cautious optimism as the former president sits up briefly and receives a visit from President Hoover.
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Washington
William Howard Taft
Charles P
Robert A
Cincinnati
Senate
Hoover
United States
Thomas A. Claytor
Francis R. Hagner
Taft
Robert A. Taft
Morrison Co store to open in remodeled West Main building
Contracts signed for remodeling of the J. H. Cohen building on West Main street to house the O. J. Morrison Co. department store. Slated to open about April 1, the store will offer a full line of men and women apparel as a family outfitter. Home Furniture Co. to vacate by March 1.
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J. H. Cohen
West Main Street
O. J. Morrison Co
C. J. Morrison, Jr
J. H Cohen
Clarksburg
Cohen
Mr. Morrison
Home Furniture Company
Sam Fisher
Mr. Fink
O. J. Morrison
West Virginia
Decree Voids Sale of Peoples Bank Building
Buckhannon February 6 A decree in Upshur County circuit court set aside the sale of the Peoples Bank building to Traders National Bank. Rumors suggested Traders Bank might immediately plan a new building on their lot, but bank directors said no official construction plans had been made.
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Peoples Bank
Upshur Court
Buckhannon
People’s Bank
Traders’ National Bank
Traders Bank
Ada Harter Leads By Very Narrow Margin
Graf ton Sentinel Gift Club standings show Ada Harter with a slight lead over Sarah Mahaffey as twenty five members hover within reach. The two week subscription drive ends Saturday night at ten, with three prizes of fifty, twenty five and ten dollars to the top collectors. Continued on Page Five.
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Grafton Sentinel
Ada Harter
Sarah Mahaffey
Searching Party Formed To Find Lost Express Pilot
Eureka Utah February 6 A searching party gathered to comb hills 17 miles southwest for Maurice Graham Western Air Express pilot missing since January 11 after miners reported an unusual fire in the mountains near their camp the morning after he disappeared en route from Las Vegas Nevada to Salt Lake City.
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Eureka
Utah
Here
Maurice Graham
Western Air Express
Graham
Salt Lake City
Las Vegas
Nevada
New State Policy Lets West Virginia Buildings Go To Bid
Charleston Feb 6 a new policy by the State Board of Control requires all building projects to be let to contract and awarded to the lowest responsible bidder President H N Bradley announced The rule marks a shift from earlier practice under former boards and comes after bids showed contractors eager for work The policy covers projects down to one thousand dollars and follows Bradley's recent ascent to board presidency
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Charleston
W. Va
State Board of Control
H. N. Bradley
Bradley
Atkin Regin
James 8
Lakin
Elks Charity Bazaar Opens This Saturday Night
The Elks Club hosts a week long charity bazaar with stars of stage and vaudeville. Grattan’s chorus of Grafton’s youth and a remodeled Elks Home set the scene for nightly dancing from nine to twelve and a vaudeville program from eight to nine each evening.
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Elks Club
Grattan
Elks Home
Leland Price
Estel Hostier
Grafton
Jack Sitter
Melody Boys
Broadway
Wagner attacks prohibition report as flawed and slow
Senator Wagner criticizes the Hoover law enforcement commission in the senate for not addressing the core issue of reforming prohibition law. He denounces the push to remove human enforcement steps and urges direct examination of the law's merits and possible amendments.
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Hoover
Commission
Washington
Law Enforcement Commission
Senate
Wagner
New York
Submarine Talks Dominate Plenary Session Plans
London reports show the conference nearing a naval settlement with U S and Britain pressing total submarine abolition while France supports continuing subs with humanitarian rules. Japan Italy reportedly favor abolition but seek conditions. Plenary Tuesday will hear positions from all five powers on submarines amid cruiser and tonnage debates.
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London
United States
Great Britain
France
Japan
Italy
United State
America
31 Operations Performed At City Hospital
Grafton City Hospital report for month ending January 21 shows 31 operations, 16 major and 15 minor, including two accident cases and three medical. Details list inpatients, admissions, discharges, deaths, earnings, and expenses plus a free tonsil clinic for six boys.
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Grafton City Hospital
King
Ruby Js. Graham
Matrimonial Bark Now Sails Smoothly for Movie Newlyweds
Los Angeles reports the film couple Lorietta Young 17 and Grant Withers 24 married in Yuma Ariz. and faced an annulment bid by the bride’s mother Mrs. Belzer. She withdrew the suit as the couple reportedly reconciled, while alimony motions and a son’s schooling costs fueled court action.
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Los Angeles
George A. Belzer
Lorietta Young
Grant Withers
Insurance taxes diverted from policy holders, chamber asserts
Washington reports that the chamber of commerce claims 23 of 24 dollars from 1928 special state insurance taxes were used for general revenue. A survey by the chamber’s Insurance department shows nearly $100 million collected from policy holdings in 1928 was taxed again, sparking critique of tax practice.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Insurance Department
W C T U Claims Dry Law Saved 12500 Lives
Evanston Feb 6 The Woman's Christian Temperance Union released a report citing Census data from 1920 to 1928 to claim prohibition saved at least 12 500 lives by reducing alcoholism. Maryland Ohio and Pennsylvania shown with above average rates. New York cited for large share of national alcoholism deaths.
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Evanston
Woman's Christian Temperance Union Today
U. S. Bureau of Census
Maryland
New York
United States
Ohio
Pennsylvania
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