Gradual Exercises Set At St Augustine Church
The narrative describes a festive dining hour with black colors, flowers, and diplomas in hand. Very Rev J P Hannon hosted a reception marked by wit and laughter. Tonight at 7 30 graduates will convene in St Augustine's church for exercises with Dr John J O'Brien delivering the address and Hannon conferring diplomas.
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J.P. Hannon
St. Augustine's Church
John J. O'Brien
Newman Hall
Morgantown
W. Va
P. Hannon
Reverend Dr McCuskey Timeline in Wheeling Ministry
Dr McCuskey a long serving Methodist pastor with career anchored in Shinnston Parkersburg and Wheeling. He earned a Hostor of Divinity from West Virginia Wesleyan College in 1918 and led St Andrews Thompson and other churches while engaging civic groups and the Wheeling Ministerial Association. He and Mrs McCuskey are parents to John Paul Leah.
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Music Conservatory
Hingham, Mass
Bowton
West Virginia Methodist Conference
Shinnston
W. Va
Seventh Avenue M. BE
Wheeling
Little Hope M. E
Seventh Avenue M. E
Huntington
West Virginia Wealthman College
Writ of mandamus against county court over highway damages
Judge Warren B. Kttle awarded a writ of mandamus requiring Taylor county court and its members to file a petition in circuit court to appoint free holders as commissioners to assess damages for owners along the India Grafton Halleck highway. Mary Poe and Zilla Morgan, two farm owners, filed petitions seeking alternative writs. Writs returnable June 16. Attorney Gene W. Ford for plaintiffs.
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Warren B. Kttle
Taylor County Court
Circuit Tribunal
India
Grafton-Halleck
Mary Poe
Zilla Morgan
Gene W. Ford
Seeks Dismissal As Citizens Vote On His Candidacy
Los Angeles June 2. While citizens vote on his candidacy for municipal judge David H Clark sought dismissal of charges that he murdered Charles Crawford political boss and Herbert Spencer magazine editor. Clark declared I am innocent. He surrendered 36 hours after Crawford and Spencer were shot in Crawford Hollywood office May 20. Defense moved to dismiss at preliminary hearing and would seek bail if held for trial citing a weak case.
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Los Angeles
David H. Clark
Charles Crawford
Herbert Spencer
Clark
Crawford
Spencer
Hollywood
Dynamite wrecks store and damages Raven shop
A dynamite blast on a safe at J. T. Robinson general store in Raven, Virginia failed to open the safe but destroyed the store and shattered windows in nearby buildings. Robber thieves loaded a truck with merchandise and Robinson estimates total losses at three thousand dollars.
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Raven
Robinson
Work suspended over scale dispute in Pittsburgh downtown
Structural steel work on two large downtown projects in Pittsburgh the Gulf Refining and Bell Telephone buildings was suspended yesterday due to failure of union workers and employers to reach a new scale agreement to replace the expired one. Neither side estimated how many workers were involved.
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Pittsburgh
Gulf Refining and
Bell Telephone
New Trial Granted for Moonshine Case in West Virginia
Charleston WV June 2 Quint Stull, convicted in Nicholas county on operating a moonshine still, was granted a new trial by the state supreme court. The ruling set aside the lower court verdict and directed a fresh trial, noting that evidence arousing strong suspicion without proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt cannot sustain a guilty verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Quint Stull
Nicholas County
State Supreme Court
Stull
Man Found Hanged At Wheeling Mill
George Blum, 36, an employee of Miller Shot Iron Works, was found hanging from the third floor of the building in Wheeling West Virginia. His feet were weighted by a 27 pound chain and he disappeared after reporting for work yesterday morning.
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Wheeling
W. Va
George Blum
Miller Shot Iron Works
Teachers to sit elementary exams in June
Elementary teachers will take exams June 4 and 5 in Supt. Lloyd L. Shriver’s office, announced this morning. Only a few teachers are expected to test, as many county teachers with schools are not yet employed, while boards of education have not finalized staffing in some districts.
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Lloyd L. Shriver
Shriver
Mr. Shriver
Presbyterians Abolish Committee of Forty Four Vote in N C
Montreal, June 2. The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States voted 144 to 92 to abolish its Committee on the Assembly's Work known as the Committee of Forty Four. The panel urged cost cutting to reduce debt of $657,965 and criticized lack of a long term plan. Rev. Ernest Thompson and W M Everett defended the committee's teamwork and impact.
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Montreal
N. C
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church In
United States
Assembly
Committee of Forty Four
Ernest Thompson
Charleston
W. Va
W. M. Everett
Atlanta
Thompson
Everett
Coast Guard chases gum runner off California coast
San Pedro California June 2 a coast guard schooner Arrowater pursued the alleged gum runner Diatone for six hours off Hueneme Beach seventy miles north. One man died shot during the chase. Two others were captured aboard the vessel with 200 cases of liquor. The dead man was identified as William K Millikin 27 Wilmington. The others named Walter Moore and D G Clark refused to give addresses. The Diatone was sighted running without lights and the chase ended after dawn when the Arrowater opened fire with its machine gun.
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San Pedro
Cal
Coast Guard
Arrowater
Hueneme Beach
Diatone
William K. Millikin
Wilmington
Walter Moore
D. G. Clark
Cutter
Seven of 58 Reds Freed on Memorial Day Bonds
Seven of 58 Communists arrested in a Memorial Day clash with police were released on $500 bonds pending rioting trials. Bail arranged by Cleveland attorney Mrs. Yetta Land and set through the International Labor Defense aligned with the Communist group.
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Youngstown
Yetta Land
Cleveland
International Labor Defense
Communistic Organization
Trial Starts Monday in Dolly Harper Slaying Case
Parsons West Virginia June 2 Thomas Jefferson Sites goes on trial on charges of killing Dolly Harper. Officials say Sites confessed claiming the devil was in him. Prosecutor Allan Bolton will reject a guilty plea and seek the death penalty.
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Parsons
W. Va
Thomas Jefferson Sites
Dolly Harper
Sites
Allan G. Bolton
Deaf Lip Reading Contest Brings 23 Competitors to Chicago
Twenty three deaf or hard of hearing women compete for the national lip reading championship in Chicago. Sponsored by the American Federation of the Organizations for the Hard of Hearing, preliminaries tonight select five finalists for tomorrow's final.
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Chicago
The
American Federation of the Organizations For the Hard of Hearing
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R. M’cuskey
Valley Inn
Clem Bray
Floridan Orchestra
Dynamite Wrecks Store
Reliable Footwear
Grafton
Eurniture
Reed
Hoosier
Siebler Furniture Company
A.B. Murphy
Latrobe Street
Grafton, W. Va
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