Stonewall Jackson birthplace claim sparked in Parkersburg
A Parkersburg News Sunday feature argues Stonewall Jackson was born in Parkersburg during Julia Neale’s visit, not Clarksburg. The piece traces Neale family ties and notes local lore and family memories surrounding the Confederate general’s birth.
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Parkersburg
Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson
Clarksburg
Harrison County
Parkersburg News
Stonewall” Jackson
Neale
Stonewall Jackson
Jackson Mills
General Jackson
Julia Neale
Thomas Neale
First Street
Harrison
Creasy
Richard Neale
W. H. Neale
Rick House
Father Jackson
Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson
Neales
Election Day in Wheeling Votes for City Council
Voters head to the polls with nine of 122 candidates to be chosen for Wheeling's city council. The ballot features Democrats Republicans and third party contenders as the city adopts a city manager plan. The shift changes council terms from ward-based two-year to a new administration structure.
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Citizens and Peoples
Wheeling
Panhandle
Cincinnati
Morgantown Council Elections Expand To Five Wards
Nine councilmen serving four year terms will be elected citywide while Morgantown adopts five ward districts. In Glenville Mrs Thompson is joined by Mrs Joe Creighton opposing her husband for council. Other races include Lester Raleigh county recorder candidate Miss Linnle L White on Progressive ticket. Nutter Fort and Lewisburg also conduct mayoral and council contests.
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Morgantown
Foster
Thompson
Glenville
Joe Creighton
Linnle L. White
Crab Orchard
Lester
Raleigh
Johnon
Nutter Fort
Clarksburg
Lewisburg
W. W. Foster
White Sulphur Springs
Speculators Move to Shield France From Financial Threat
Premier Bouisson rallies for swift action against speculators threatening the franc and market stability. He seeks expanded parliamentary powers to safeguard democracy, pledging penalties including expulsion for foreign currency manipulators as officials probe financiers and seize records amid a marked gold outflow.
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Sinal
Bouisson
Pierre- Etienne Flandin
Chamber
France
Utilities fight to curb federal control of power
McCarter outlined a broad anti regulation push by the industry and warned of a relentless campaign to defend private electric operation. He cited taxes and bills from the Johnson and Wheeler-Rayburn packages, a federal rate review forum, a nationwide power rate inquiry, and large dam projects seen as yardsticks for power costs.
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Wheeler-Rayburn Holding
Senate
Federal Power Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Bonneville
Grand Coulee
Aged Evansville Woman Margaret Eliason Dies at 89
Death yesterday claimed Mrs. Margaret C. Eliason at her Evansville home on U S route 50 Preston county after a long illness. She lived in Evansville all her life, daughter of the late Andrews Knotts and Mary Wolfe Knotts. Survived by children Mrs. Alice Shaw Pittsburgh Miss Laura Oliver Harry Edward Mrs. Mary Wilcox Los Angeles Mrs. Anna Lohning Detroit Mich. Mrs. Alberta Sidwell Crooksville O Mrs. Maude Smith Ashtabula Ohio, a brother William Knotts Newburg, five grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral at 2 tomorrow at the home with Rev William J Knox of Grafton. interment Blackwood cemetery Bartlett Funeral Co. directing.
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Margaret C. Eliason
Evansville
Preston County
Pittsburgh
Laura
Harry
Edward
Oliver
Mary Wilcox
Los Angeles
Anna Lohning
Detroit
Mich
Alberta Sidwell Crooksville
Maude Smith
Ashtabula
Ohio
William Knotts
Newburg
William J . Knox
Grafton
Blackwood Cemetery
Bartlett Funeral Company
Thornton Man Death Victim Isaac Current, 73
Isaac Current aged 73 died at his Thornton home at 8 45 am from a cerebral hemorrhage suffered two weeks earlier. Born December 10, 1861 in Thornton, he was a lifelong farmer. Surviving are his widow Mary E Martin and six sons Waller E of Grafton, Wilbur R of Huntington, Howard W of Montoursville, Ralph E of Fairmont, Lawrence L of Granttown, Lloyd of Thornton, three brothers and a sister. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 30 pm at Thornton M E Church with Rev O R Phillips, burial Payne cemetery, Bartlett Funeral Company directing.
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Isaac Current
Thornton
John E. Current
Mary E Martin
Waller E
Grafton
Wilbur R
Huntington
Howard W
Montoursville
Ralph E
Fairmont
Lawrence L
Granttown
O \Lloyd
Albert
William
John
Poplar Island
W. Va
Alvin Thorn
Thornton M. E
O. R. Phillips
Gratton
Payne Cemetery
Bartlett Funeral Company
Bonus Battle Recap on Patman Bill Vote and Senate Support
The session featured Thomas voting with the majority against compromise, citing a senate poll that the Patman inflation bill could not pass over a veto. Attendees included Louis Ward of Father Coughlin, VFW officials, and Patman leadership. Senators Borah Smith Frazier McCarran Bulow McGill joined the discussion as the house group pressed for a people’s campaign in the next session.
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Thomas
Senate
Harrison
Louis Ward
Charles E. Coughlin
Detroit
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Patman
House
Borah
Idaho
Smith
8. C
Frazier
N. D
McCarran
Nev
Bulow
S. D
McGill
Texas
Roosevelt
Congress
G Men Continue Sharp Rebuttal Amid Earp Gang Rumors
Federal agents dismissed claims linking the Barker Earpis gang to the case. The continuing investigation, details scarce, maintained focus on official leads and verified witnesses while countering sensational reports from the scene.
Kidnaping case links to 200000 ransom tale and gangs
Volney Davis faces complicity charges in St Paul over the Bremer kidnaping. Investigators distribute serial numbers of the 20000 Weyerhaeuser ransom bills, note most notes are 12th federal reserve issues from San Francisco with L ... A endings, while nine odd five dollar banknotes were U S Bank notes added to the ransom.
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Volney Davis
Chicago
St. Paul
Edward G. Bremer
Wyerhaeuser
Tacoma
George
Karpis
Weyerhaeuser
Federal Reserve
San Francisco
U.S
Housewife Favored In Glenville Mayoral Parade
In Glenville, June 4, women rally with sun bonnet banners for Amanda Thompson on the Re-Shuffle ticket after Roy Thompson withdraws. Mrs Amanda Thompson leads the campaign with support from backers like Mrs vy Pritt as polls open.
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Glenville
Mandy
Hasan
Roy Thompson
Amanda Thompson
Vy Pritt
Thompson
FHA Leader Speaks Here At Local Meetings
Mrs. A. S. Morris, Parkersburg field representative for the state housing administration, addresses two local women's groups this evening at 7:30 and 8:15. She explains financing options for home improvements with low cost, no down payment, and monthly plans, and distributes federal housing literature. She has spoken to the Quota Club, Women’s Club, and Royal Neighbors, and earlier to 40-plus ladies, with plans to meet townswomen during her stay.
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A. S. Morris
Parkersburg
Federal Housing Administration
Ladies Aid Organization
Southern Methodist Church
C. E. McCue
Nuzum Street
Ladies Aid
Andrews M. E. Church
R. L. Clark
Quota Club
Morris
New Blen Avon
Royal Neighbors Group
Wehnhall
Women's Club
Philippi
Buckhannon
Flood Devastates Missouri Corridor Across Several Cities
A major flood left 3,000 soldiers and families cut off without lights or water and damaged key towns including Pattonburg Boonville Jefferson City Chillicothe St. Charles and Tucumbia. The Missouri River at Boonville topped five feet over flood stage, highest since 1903, while Grand River at Chillicothe ran 11 feet above flood stage. Highway traffic and train schedules collapsed, with Kansas City to Denver buses rerouted through Omaha.
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Missouri
Pattonburg
Boonville
Jefferson City
Chillicothe
St. Charles
Tuscumbia
Pattenburg
Missouri River
Grand River
Kansas City
Denver
Omaha
Wheeling Gas Hearing Postponed to June 11
The Public Service Commission continued its hearing on Wheeling gas rate reduction petition until June 11. The delay was granted with the consent of counsel for the city of Wheeling and the Natural Gas Company of West Virginia.
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Wheeling
Charleston
Public Service Commission
Toray
Natural Gas Company of
West Virginia
Woman betrays Davis conspiracy in Bremer kidnapping case
St Paul reports Volney Davis Barker-Karpis gang member pleaded guilty to conspiracy in the Edward Bremer kidnapping. Davis was arrested in Chicago, boosting federal tally to nine jailed. four gang members dead, five acquitted, eight at large. Police trailed him after a tip from a Chicago woman Davis courted following his Yorkville escape.
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St. Paul
Volney Davis Barker
Davis
Yorkville, I
Edna Murray
Missouri
Austin
Ill
Chicago
More Rivers Continues from Page One
A sudden water surge swept into Ogden Kansas late last night as residents and authorities worked to move people to safety. Fort Riley, the U S Army post nearby, reported water concerns and began coordinating relief efforts for affected communities.
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Ogden
Kan
Fort Riley
Davis linked to kidnap plot. others jailed in Bremer case
Federal sentencing loomed Friday for Davis the so called kissing bandit tied to past schemes with Edna Murray. Prosecutors said he had no link to nine year old George Weyerhaeuser’s Tacoma abduction. Other Bremer case suspects— Arthur Barker Oliver Berg—received life terms while several others awaited sentences. Several figures remained at large or awaiting trial, including Alvin Karpis Harry Campbell and Mrs Myrtle Eaton.
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Davis
George Weyerhaeuser
Aacoma
Wash
St. Paul
Bremer
Oklahoma State Prison
Arthur
Doc" Barker
Oliver Berg
John J
Boss" MeLaughlin
Elmer Farmer
Byron Bolton
Harold Alderton
James J. Wilson
Harry Sawyer
Alvin Karpis
Harry Campbell
William Weaver
William Harrison
Joseph P. Moran
Myrtle Eaton
T Ve
John Doe
Richard Doe
Unbroken Chain Letter Nets Man Promised Sum
Cripple Creek Colorado reports a booming unbroken chain letter that allegedly netted E J Duffy a promised 15 625 dollars in 12 days The sequence began May 17 with one dollar from Dr C L Elty of St Johnsburg Conn and continued to today with 15 625 dollars credited to L A Pollitis of North Adams Massachusetts
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Cripple Creek
Colo
E. J. Duffy
Duffy
C. L. Elty
St. Johnsburg
Conn
Rom L. A. Pollitis
North Adams
Mass
Newly Named Monsignor Awards Weston Diplomas
Weston honors 15 students at St Patrick s High School with diplomas presented by Rev Monsignor Thomas A Quirk a 93 year old priest invested by Pope Pius.
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Weston
St. Patrick's High School
Thomas A. Quirk
Pius
Snow Free of Stomach Misery Cure Promised
Mrs. Vida Haught of Martins Ferry Ohio reports years of stomach trouble and painful digestion before Indo Vin relieved her. She credits the remedy with perfect digestion and no sour gas. Indo Vin is sold at Grafton Drug and Chemical Co and by local druggists.
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Grafton Drug & Chemical Co
Grafton
Mysterious double tragedy rocks Pacific Palisades
Dolores Defoe, 26, was stabbed multiple times and found near a roadside. George Booth, 25, hanged himself after leaving a farewell note claiming he killed Dolores. Detectives pursue details of the case as Arthur Booth’s car and a bloody butcher knife are located.
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Los Angeles
Dolores Defoe
George Booth
Dolores
Booth
Myles Led
Better
Pacific Palisades
Arthur
Young Booth
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North Pole
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Glenn’s
M. L. O'Neale
Public Works Administration
PWA
Washington
the Works Administration
Patronize Sentinel
Margaret Eliason
Thornton Man
Thornton Section
G Men Keep
Barker Earpis
HY Ge Tan
FHA
Army
E. Ellers
OPERA
the Orient
Cain Chow
Oscar Asche
Directed By
Walter Forde
Anna May Wong
Fritz Kortner
George Robey
Gaumont
Father
Andy Clyde
Shellac
Firestone
Exide
Jarvis Tire Service
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Berarr Macfadden Foundation
Bernarr Macfadden
Physical Culture Hotel, Inc
Danavilis, New
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Grafton Printing Company
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