Old Grads Of City High Banquet Celebrates 20th Birthday
About 110 alumni gathered at Andrews Methodist Church to mark the City High Alumni Association’s 20th anniversary. Arthur G. Yates was elected president. officers include Mrs. Florence Hamilton Wilkinson and Miss Ruth Courtney. M. Ward Lanham presided as toastmaster. B M Tomlinson spoke on class 1930 figures and family connections.
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City High
Grafton High School
Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church
Arthur G. Yates
Florence Hamilton Wilkinson
Ruth Courtney
Glen Beard
Crawford. Compton
Mabel Watkins
Hugh Church
E. Batley
Wyckoff
M. Ward Lanham
Fairmont
M.tomlinson
Minority acts to halt steel merger plans
New York June 4 Eu gene P Grave president of Bethlehem Steel testified in hearings on the Youngstown Sheet and Tube merger. He and Charles M Schwab for Bethlehem were questioned about merger negotiations begun in January and whether Bethlehem used corporate funds or tactics to win majority support. Grave said he participated but could not detail any salary or position for Campbell in the merged firm. Continued on page two.
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New York
Eugene P. Grave
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Bethlehem Company
Youngstown Sheetland ‘Tube Company
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Board
Vmen
Youngstown Company
Gyrus S. Eaton
Otis Company
Bethlehem Corporation
Bethlehem
Grace
Hey
Campbell
Youngstown Sheet and Tybe
Nobwfurt
Grackj
Brothers Face Trial On Bomb Murder Charge
Rockville Maryland June 4 An attempt to weave a web of circumstantial evidence about Leroy Brady and his brother Herman in the New Year s Day bomb murder case was made as several of the state s 65 witnesses testified Herman has a separate trial. The blast occurred at the home of the parents of Herman s bride Mrs Naomi Hall Brady Seat Pleasant near Washington.
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Rockville
Leroy Brady
Herman
Naom Hall Brady
Seat Pleasant
Washington
John, R. Woods
Johna
Crematory of Gangs Sought by Policemen
Chicago June 4 P A crematory for gangster dead an ingenious and ghastly device for removing the evidence of wholesale murder was hunted by state's attorneys men today while police puzzled over another brutal gangland assassination. Pat Roche said he had reliable information that a North Side gang was cremating its murder victims. The disappearance of William Higgins racketeer and Ben Bennett whiskey dealer has given credence to the crematory report.
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Chicago
Pat Roche
State's Attorney
North Side
William Higgins
St. Paul
U S Railroads in Advantageous Position for Freight Increase
Washington June 4 A combination of court decisions and business conditions is seen as placing American railroads in an advantageous technical position to seek a general freight rate increase. Thus far no authoritative announcements from railroad quarters signal intent to act, though such a move would attract strong attention. Since 1920 rate adjustments have mostly trended downward, but the Supreme Court this week invalidated a transcontinental rate reduction pursued by the Interstate Commerce Commission under its Hoch-Smith interpretation.
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Washington
United States
Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hoch-Smith
West Virginia Towns Stage Elections Under New Law
West Virginia towns held their first municipal elections under a 1929 amendment moving voting to June to align with the fiscal year start in July. Local issues dominated, party labels faded, and many towns had single tickets or re-elected incumbents. Women appeared rarely in these races.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Citizens, Peoples
Independent
Reform
Hoover Pushes Early Action on Naval Pact
President Hoover plans to call a special Senate session the day after adjournment to consider the London naval treaty. Republicans urged delaying until winter as lawmakers head into campaigns. Watkins and Moses relayed the plan and discussed party prospects and closer executive-legislative cooperation. Debate over Claudius Huston’s leadership at the Republican National Committee was also discussed. The conversations did not indicate Huston’s resignation or withdrawal.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
Congress
Claudius Huston
Republican National Committee
Watson
Moses
Huston
Senate Lobby Committee
Tennessee ‘River Improvement Association
Food Poisoning Probed Amid Heat Wave in New York
Health authorities in New York investigate more than twenty food poisoning cases linked to hot weather. Victims were hospitalized or treated on site, seven remain under care, others released after first aid. food analyses ordered from places where victims ate. The heat, reaching 87 degrees, is also linked to three deaths.
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New York
Health Department
Weather Bureau
Three Die When Car Hits Family Walking on Road
Keyser West Virginia June 4 a car speeding through darkness plunged into a group of walkers on the Cumberland Keyser highway killing Mrs Faye Walker Barbara Walker 14 Junior Walker 8 all of a single family and injuring seven others including Edith Walker Johnson 22 Sadie Walker 15 Samuel Walker 3 James Walker 18 Esther Walker 6 Betty Johnson 16 months. John Kiener Keyser the driver was detained pending investigation.
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Keyser
W. Va
Cumberland-Keyser
Sary
Edith Walker’ Johnson
Sadie Walker
Samuel Walker
James Walker
Ernest Walker
Esther, Walker
Betty Johnson
John Kiener, Keyser
Dawson
Bank Robbers Captured After Pursuit in Michigan
Three brothers and a fourth robber involved in a bank hold up at Antrim County State Savings Bank faced two days of gun battles during pursuit. Sylvester Leonard and Fred Elhott were wounded in separate clashes, with the trio arrested near Mancelona after a lengthy manhunt. the fourth escaped by train.
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Mancelona, Mich
Antrim County State Savings Bank
Sylvester
Leonard
Fred el- Hott
Fred
Seriouty
Afalfalta Field
Graf Zeppelin Rapidly Heads Toward Spain From Azores
Graf Zeppelin passes Terceira Azores en route to Seville with strong Atlantic winds boosting speed. The dirigible aims for Seville and homeward route, after a voyage from Friedrichshafen to Pernambuco and Rio, pursuing a record 50 hour New York to Seville leg.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Atlantic
Friedrichshafen
Sville
Spain
New York
Seville
Kriedrichshafen
Germany
Hugo Eckener
Makeb
Graf
Azores
Sevilla
Grat
Grandi Defends Navy Budgets Against French Parity
Rome reports indicate a clash between Premier Mussolini and Foreign Minister Dino Grandi over Italy’s naval program. Grandi argues postponing 1930 ship orders could pressure France, while Mussolini vowed Italy would build the navy with exacting precision to honor national pride.
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Rome
Mussolini
Dino Grandi
Grandi
Florence
Italy
Bishop Cannon Refuses to Answer on 1928 Anti-Smith Links
Washington dispatch reports Bishop James Cannon Jr. again refuses to answer questions from a Senate committee about his ties to the Anti-Smith fanpage of 1928. Senator Walsh presses for inquiry into Cannon and related groups while Cannon asserts his rights as an American citizen. A broader Senate inquiry could extend beyond this committee’s scope. Continued on page eight.
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Washington
Yap
James Cannon, Jr
Walsh
Montana
Mittee
Capon
Arkansas
Iower
Southern Tariff League
Congress
Cannon
Senate
Blaine
Bishop
Caraway
Damages Suit Opened Over Bartlett Bros Wreck Near Pruntytown
In Circuit Court a $20,000 damages suit arising from the Bartlett Bros bus wreck near Pruntytown on January 19, 1928 began. Plaintiff Mrs. Lee E. Bennett Jr. sued as Hileene Bennett, with Wyckott and Wyckott as her attorneys. Defendants were represented by Bruce Talbott and Guy Burnside with Laurence Lynch. Jury selection preceded a tour of the crash scene and testimony from two witnesses about weather conditions, heavy rain and wind. Mrs. G. S. Bailey, injured and using crutches, testified as the third witness.
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Bartlett Bros
Pruntytown
Lee EB. Bennett, Jr
Hileene Bennett
Wyckott
Bruce
Talbott
Philippi
Guy Burnside
Laurence Lynch
Clarksburg
Simpson
Grafton Boy Finishes AB Degree in Six Years
Layne Haldeman Ford of Grafton graduates from Davis and Elkins College after six years of study. He earns the A B degree and is valedictorian, pursuing the Maxima Cum Laude honor for a 94 percent average. His parents Mr and Mrs Ford celebrate the achievement as a testament to efficient schooling.
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Grafton
Layne Ford
Davis-Elkins
Sentinel
Davis and Elkins College
Achol Mfe
Layne Haldeman Ford
An Ford
Hasban
Davia
Ford Ee
Ten Lunatics Caught Three At Large Yona Mich
A note from Yona Michigan dated June 4 reports the roundup of 13 hospital inmates for the criminal insane escape. Three were captured inside the hospital, three or four in a nearby rye field, and one was taken from a freight train. The search continued with updates promised on later pages.
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Yona
Mich
Rye Field
Grafton Cash and Carry Cleaning Opens to Patron Support
To our patrons we thank the citizens of Grafton and surrounding territory for helping make the opening of our new Cash and Carry Cleaning and Pressing Shop a real success. Opening day drew strong patronage and we trust you will continue to support us as you did yesterday. Located opposite a and sts Bore.
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Grafton
Cash & Carry
Grafton Cash & Carry Cleaners
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Tomlinson
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Upshur County
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Thomas L. Atchison
Lawrence, Mass
United Presbyterian Church of North America
Des Moines
Guy W. Cole
Cumberland-Keyser Highway
Faye Walker
Barbara Walker
Junior Walker
Pacific Coast
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Smith
Associated Press
Lucy Lee Bell Puryear
Danville
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Centre College
Lee Bennett Jr
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