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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1931

Page

5

Pope vows to invoke treaty amid Catholic unrest

Premier Mussolini moves to close 15 000 Catholic Action clubs totaling 500 000 members. In Glasgow a May procession of 10 000 Catholics was attacked by a mob with police dispersing fist fights and stone throwing across Lanarkshire towns including Mossend Bellshill and Carfin.

Mussolini Catholic Action Society Glasgow Scotland Lics Gallowgate Lanarkshire Mossend Bellshill Carfin

Four Airlines Consolidate Under United Aviation Plan

Chicago June 1 announcement by F B Rentschler, president of United Aircraft and Transportation Company, reveals consolidation of four airlines forming divisions of the United group. The carriers collectively fly about 12 million miles annually, signaling a major reorganization in air transport.

Chicago F. B. Rentsehler United Aircraft and Transportation Company Uni

Air lines form U S air transport network with P G Johnson

National Air Transport Boeing Air Transport Varney Air Lines and the Northwest merge under P G Johnson who will head Chicago offices. The new lines operate 120 planes, fly 22 300 miles daily over 6110 miles of airway routes and carry 60 percent of the nation's airmail.

Rentseblér

Debated Deaths of Mrs Summers Husbands Under Probe

Chicago June 1 coroner said the deaths of five of Mrs Margaret Summers husbands and 14 others are under investigation in poison murder inquiry. Names include James Jones Stanley Korzen Thomas Summers and Thomas Myers with policies exceeding 6500 dollars. Investigators canvassed five homes and seized her care to trace insurance and death entries.

Chicago Margaret Summers Herman N. Bundesen Stanley Jones James Lynch

Mother of Robert Wood dies in Moorefield

The mother of Robert C Wood of Walnut Street died at her Moorefield home at 4 a m Sunday after Mr Wood left Grafton and reached her bedside late Saturday. Mrs Wood left Monday for Moorefield to attend her husband’s mother's funeral. Details of her death were unavailable locally.

Robert C.,wood Walnut Street Moorefield Wood Grafton Robert Wood

Ash Abandons Nonstop Pacific Flight Attempt

Tokyo reports Thomas Ash Jr. halted his plan to fly nonstop from Japan to America after calculations showed insufficient aircraft range. He returns to Tokyo while seeking a better plane and a future chance to try again, citing Dolly failure and handling issues as factors.

Tokyo Rengo Samashira Thomas Ash, Jr Pacific Ash L Ag Tachikawa Samushiro Beach Japan America Samushiro

American Woman Nurse Feeds Alaskan Village During Epidemic

A letter to the agricultural department reveals an American woman nurse and her husband E Cushing, an agricultural department employee, cared for Golovin Alaska villagers during a Behring epidemic while investigating reindeer insects.

Washington Agriultural Department E. ©. Cushing Golovin Alaska Behring

Governors of 24 States Hold Annual Governors Meet

French Lick Ind June 1 After three days of Hoosier entertainment state executives from 24 commonwealths convened for the 24th annual conference of governors Taxation formed the opening session with addresses by Governor Wilbur M Brucker Michigan and Governor Harry H Woodring Kansas Woodring urged tax relief through local tax reductions and maximum levies, while Brucker warned against tax pardons as a menace to government stability Pennsylvanian Wheaney Gifford Pinchot was to speak on public utilities tomorrow instead of forestry Maryland Governor Albert C Ritchie will preside at a round table session and discuss prohibition unemployment and related issues

French Lick Ind Commonwealths Wilbur M. Brucker Michi Harry H. Woodring Kansas Brucker Woodring Wheaney Gifford Pinchot Pennsylvania Norman Albert C. Ritchie Maryland Ritchio

Auto race records challenged in Indianapolis protest

Indianapolis June 1 contest board of the American Automobile Association considered a protest by Harry Hartz challenging the 600 mile race record. Hartz says Fred Frame beat Lor is Schneider to the finish line while officials report Schneider finished 59 seconds ahead. A reevaluation of times will be made by W D Edenbuen Detroit chief steward.

Indianapolis American Automobile Association Harry Hartz Los Angeles Loris Schneider Hartz Fred Frame Schneider Indianapolis Speedway Frame W. D. Edenbuen Detroit

Crowley to be executed for slaying policeman Hirsch

Mineola N Y June 1 Francis Crowley 19 was sentenced to be executed the week of July 5 for the murder of policeman Frederick Hirsch in a park ed car. Helen Walsh 16 testified for the state. Crowley’s capture followed a dramatic siege with Rudolph Duringer. Duringer faces trial for another murder.

Mineola Francis Crowley Smith Frederick Hirsch Crowley Helen Walsh Manhattan Walsh Rudolph Duringer Duringer New York Virginia Brannen

Frey Murder Case Opens in Circuit Court

The Leek Frey murder case resumed in circuit court with jurors selected after a noon recess. The defense and prosecution debated sending the jury to the scene of the January fatal shooting of C. Marion Dayton at Grafton Park as proceedings speed toward a verdict this term or the October term. The elder Frey faces trial.

Leek Frey C. Marion Dayton Grafton Park Frey

Frey family trials and obituaries from Grafton park scene

A second trial for Leck Frey ended without verdict and his son Robert also faces trial for a serious case at a summer cottage in Grafton Park. The Freys, Park View potters, pleaded self defense with Leck named as the killer while Robert held a flashlight inside the cottage. The court meanwhile rejected appeals of Parley Mayle Carl Mayle and Talmadge Croston. Funeral services for Hall Lemons, a McFarland native and West Virginia transplant, were held with Corbin’s band and firemen among the pallbearers, as Lemons’s family mourned at Bluemont cemetery.

Leck Frey Robert Freys Park View Dalton Grafton Park Dayton Lloyd Dillon F. P. Donahue J . B. Dunham Roy Fulton J. B. , Hawkins Elza Huffman James W. Jacobs H. C. Miller Leslie , Shriver Jyde Wiland I. T. Yates Cals Zinn Kittle Parley Carl May Grafton Dwrksburg Corbin Lemons Main Street Bluemont Cemetery Jennings Hall Lemons F. Lemons McFarland West Va Mary B. Westfall West Washington Pansy Lemons Hall Ginia June Lemons Fred Staunton Lemons McParland

City Fireman Hall Lemons Buried After Crash Near Grafton

Funeral services were held at West Main Street M. E. Church for Hall Lemons 27, killed when his automobile skidded on loose gravel on a banked curve along Pruntytown Pike Saturday at 2 AM. He suffered a skull fracture and was pinned under the car and a fence around the state industrial school farm. Miss Mae Larig, a city public school penmanship teacher traveling with him, escaped with minor injuries and left City Hospital Saturday.

West Main Street M. E. Church Hall Lemons Pruntytown Pike Farm of State Industrial School Mae Larig City Public Lemons Grafton City Hospital

Guards Patrol Tenn Court In Sm ith Attack Trial

National guards patrolled Tiptonville Tennessee streets around the courthouse as a machine gun was mounted on the steps. The action followed the arrest of farmer Dave Smith charged with attacking a 10-year-old girl and allegedly holding her for hours. Sheriff Headdon moved Smith to Memphis after a crowd demanded action.

Farmer Tiptonville Tenn National Coat Pris Headdon Memiphis

Hospital site chosen for western United States

Washington June 1 UP Fort Worth Tex today was selected as the site of the national hospital for the western half of the United States by joint departmental committees.

Washington

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