Will of late oil baron is put on file
John D Rockefeller's will filing in Westchester surrogate's court discloses a $25 million estate dated 1925 with three codicils. The final codicil shifts residuary shares to trustees for Rockefeller granddaughter Margaret Strong De Cuevas and her descendants or to the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, with income to De Cuevas or heirs.
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White Plains
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
Surrogate’s Court
Westchester County
Ormond
Florida
Laura Selman Rockefeller
John Bulk
Rockefeller
Margaret Strong de Cuevas
Lakewoood
N. J
de Cuevas
Thekefeller Institute For Medical
Bessie Rockefeller Strong
Townsend officials resign over Townsend plan row
Twelve officials of the Townsend national organization quit citing repeated public utterances against the president and his administration by Dr Francis Townsend. The resignations named Gilmour Young Gilman Beeler Harry Presson Jeanne Sweeney J H Hall Arthur L Johnson J W Brinton T W Hughes Walter Hickman and others, with the group accusing Townsend of political attacks not tied to the movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Townsend National Organization
Francis ©.Townsend
Old Age Pension Movement
Townsend
Gilmour Young
Gilman Beeler
Townsend National Legion
Harry B. Presson
Townsend Club
Jeanne Sweeney
Townsend Weeny Women's Page
J. H. Hall
Weekly
Townsend National Recovery Plan, Inc
Arthur L. Johnson
Washington Legislative Committee
J. W. Brinton
T. W. Hughes
Walter D. Hickman
Celebrated Wedding Party After Ceremony at Monts France
Central Press radio soundphoto captures Wallis Warfield and the Duke of Windsor departing Monts by a car for their honeymoon castle Wasserleonburg near Austria. In the Château de Candé image, left to right are Herman Rogers, the new duchess, the duke, and Maj. Edward Dudley Metcalfe, with the gown’s girdle noted as a new style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Press
Monts
France
Wallis Warfield
Duke of Windee
Severimours
Simplon-Orient Expréss
Wasserleonburg
Austria
Chasteau de Cande
Herman Rogers
Warfield
England
Edward Dudley Metcalfe
Flag Day Observance Planned by Grafton Elks
Arrangements for the annual Flag Day exercises sponsored by Grafton lodge No 308 B P O Elks for Monday June 14 are nearly complete. C F P Schroeder Jr acting chairman said an state wide reputed orator will give the principal address with acceptance news expected next week. The program will be in Station Square weather permitting with help from the Woman's Music club Grafton High School band Boy Scouts Veterans of Foreign Wars American Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Lodge No. 308
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
C. F P. Schroeder, Jr
Holt
M. C
The
Elks
B. and C
Station Square
Woman's Music Club
Grafton High School
Boy Scouts
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
More Busses To Be Added In Charleston This Year
Charleston transit takes major step toward replacing street cars with buses by accepting a franchise. The plan requires nine new bus routes be applied for within six months and service to begin 90 days after permission is granted. Four street car lines and four bus lines are currently in operation.
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Charleston
Charleston Transit Company
Public Service Commission
Extradition Sought for Escaped Robbery Suspect Laird
Governor Holt requested the extradition of Robert E. Laird from Illinois to Morgan County Deputy Sheriff L M Yost. Laird, convicted for unarmed robbery in Morgan County, escaped Morgan jail and was arrested in Chicago.
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Charleston
Holt
Robert E. Laird
Illinois
L. M. Yost
Morgan County
Laird
Organ County
Morgan
Chicago
Santa Fe Railroaders Face Sand Drift Warnings
Dodge City Kansas June 5 A Santa Fe railroad report warns westbound trains on the Dodge City Cimarron Valley branch to watch for sand drifts between Keyes and Boise City and high water between Hugoton and Rolla. The two locations lie about 50 miles apart.
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Dodge City
Eas
Cimarron Valley
Santa Fe
Keyes
Boise City
Hugoton
Rolla
Man Film Extra Named Is Hunted For Questioning
Los Angeles reports District Attorney Baron Fitts sought a statement from a man accused by Patricia Douglas, 20, a film extra, of criminal assault at a party for film sales executives after she was induced to drink liquor. A sworn statement from Ginger Wyatt, 19, says she and over 100 other girls were brought to a studio and driven to a ranch in costumes.
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Los Angeles
Baron Fitts
Patricia Douglas
Pitts
Ginger Wyatt
Slaying of Union Man In Flint Made "Issue
Flint June 5 A police patrolman fatally wounded John Pastoa 40 union member father of eight during a prowler search. Officers Grimes and Bean chased a man who fled behind a house and fired after him. Union leaders said they would press for a city council investigation and seek Chief Wis’s removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
Mich
John Pastoa
United Automobile Workers
Pastoa
Benedict Grimes
Grimes
Kenneth Bean
James V. Wis
Robert C. Travis
Lindbergh Sees Rockets as Path to High-Speed Travel
In a Clark University commencement letter read at Worcester, Charles A Lindbergh argues rockets could enable speeds beyond hundreds of miles per hour. He cites Goddards experiments as key to advancing missile and instrument delivery above atmospheric altitudes for science and warfare.
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Worcester
Mass
Charles A. Lindbergh
Wallace W. Atwood
Clark University
Clark
Robert H."goddard
Lindbergh
England
Lindburgh
Goddard
Continuec
Defenders hammered as loyalists claim Madrid victory
Insurgent artillery pounded Bilbao's el Gallo line as Major Battle opens near Madrid. Government machine gun crews repelled an Insurgent counter offense at La Granja while air support bombarded entrenchments. Reports of a time bomb crash near the border remain unsubstantiated. Contingencies near Segovia and Guadarrama sector unfold.
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Associated Press
Bilbao
Emilio Mola
Madriid
la Granja
Jose Miaja
Segovia
Guadaramma
Madrid
Taxi Engaged for Long Trip to Mexico City
NORWOOD Mass June 5 A 7000 mile taxi ride to Mexico City and return will begin Monday for Miss Emily Curtis Fisher 76 year old retired normal shop instructor. Miss Fisher hires Fred Schafer Norwood taxi chauffeur to drive her and five women companions to the Dallas Texas exposition to see America first then south to the Mexican capital along a newly opened motor road.
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Norwood
Mass
Mexico City
Emily Curtis Fisher
Fisher
Fred Schafer
Dallas Texas, Exposition
America
Chicago
Road Projects Discussed At UMVA Parley
Upper Monongahela Valley Improvement Association road committee met after a noon luncheon at the Grafton YMCA to push proposed road projects. John Edwards Jr and R M Parrish from the board of trade road committee hosted the visitors, with J Terrill of Clarksburg chairing the session.
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Upper
Monongahela Valley Improvement Association
Grafton
Thirty Millions Monthly Are Paid Out in Pensions
The War veterans pensions cost the U S government about 30 million dollars each month. April pensions totaled 24 9 million for 959 000 veterans and 7 9 million for 317 809 dependents of deceased veterans. A few were peacetime casualties. The widow of a 1812 veteran and the daughter of another still collect pensions, Mrs Carolina King of Cheektowaga New York and Mrs Esther Ann Hill Morgan of Independence Oregon. The number of hospitalized veterans rose over ten months.
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Washington
Yesteryear
Veterans’ Administration
Carolina King
Cheektowaga
N. Y
Esther Ann Hill Morgan
Independence
Ore
Grafton Drum and Bugle Corps Wins Strawberry Festival Prize
The Grafton Junior Drum and Bugle Corps sponsored by Memorial City Post No. 3081 VFW won first prize for drum and bugle corps in Buckhannon's Strawberry Festival parade. Dolores Mae Price received the loving cup. Directors Leland Price William Kraft Earnest White and George Allender led the corps, planning a Morgantown trip for the state encampment and possibly a Buffalo New York national convention. The Sons of the American Legion drum and bugle corps also participated, earning honorable mention in the three mile parade.
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V.F.W. Junior Drum
Grafton
Memorial City Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Buckhannon
Loar
Dolores Mae Price
Leland Price
William Kraft
Earnest White
George Allender
Morgantown
West Virginia
Buffalo
N. Y
Price
Sons of the American Legion
Three Mile
Railroad Sued Over Hungry Mules Cargo
Winston-Salem June 5. C A Boles sues Southern Railway for 1440 dollars claiming mules shipped in its care grew so hungry they chewed each other’s tails during the journey. The odd suit highlights unusual cargo losses and liability questions for a railroad.
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Railroad
Winston-Salem
N. C
C. A
Boles
Southern Railway
Deadlocks on legislation begin to break in Congress
Washington reports that deadlocks on major bills are easing as compromise appears on the Roosevelt court bill. Senator Harrison says the court bill is key while tax inquiry, farm tenancy, and relief funds edges gain clarity. Government reorganization and regional planning remain highly controversial, with adjournment unlikely before late August.
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Washington
Harrison
D.-Miss
Congress
Munitions Ship Afire Denied Canal Passage
Panama June 5 The US Army transport Ludington carrying 690 tons of hand grenades and TNT with hatch ablaze arrived off Cristobal breakwater. Firefighters and officials only aboard as canal transit is refused. Vessel bound for California with cargo for Coco Solo naval air base.
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Colon
Panama
United States Army
Cristobal
Canal Zone
Port Authority
Ludington
Panama Canal
California
Coco Solo Naval Air Base
Pacific
Canal
Ford Seeking His Own Union in Detroit
June 5 report reveals circulation of membership cards for the Ford Brotherhood of America a rival to the United Automobile Workers of America. The organization was disclosed after distribution of membership applications halted, with officials declining to comment.
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Detroit
Ford Brotherhood of America
United Automobile Workers of America
Magistrate H. S. Walker Held For Grand Jury Action
ANSTED W Va June 5 Magistrate H S Walker was held on 500 bond for action of the grand jury after a hearing before Justice of the Peace W B Cole on a charge of driving while intoxicated. Walker of Lookout is under bond with four others on conspiracy to evade justice as an outgrowth of an incident about a month ago Special Prosecutor J L Ryan of Fayetteville pressed the case after Walker was absolved in the court of another magistrate. Ryan contended transfer of the case was illegal.
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Ansted
W. Va
H. S. Walker
Justice of the Peace
W. B. Cole
Walker
Lookout
J. L. Ryan
Fayetteville
Two Charleston Women Hurt in Auto Accident
Two Charleston women were injured when their car skidded on a freshly painted road stripe and overturned in Princeton on June 5. Mrs. Abner Dodd and Mrs. J. W. Moore sustained injuries, while two other occupants escaped with bruises. Hospital officials report both women are expected to recover.
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Princeton
Charleston
Abner Dodd
J. W. Moore
Boxcar Food Sparks Clash at Youngstown Steel Mills
Police and 20 sheriffs deputies drove back pickets who halted a food boxcar at the Youngstown Sheet & Tube strike zone as acetylene torches cut rails into the plant. The seven state strike seeks contracts from Sheet & Tube Republic Steel and Inland Steel, with authorities vowing to protect life.
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Youngstown, O
Sheriff's Deputies
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
C. I. C. Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Sheet & Tube
Ralph E. Elser
Struthers
U. S. Steel Corp
Oa Valley
Republic Steel Corporation
Inland Steel Corporation
Police Clamp Down as Strikes Turn Violence in Michigan
State police moved into Munising and Newberry amid a lumberjacks strike turn violent. One man died as strikers clashed with plant workers using clubs, hoses, and fists. Governor Frank Murphy ordered peace efforts and welfare aid for families of about 6000 idle lumberjacks.
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Munising
Mich
Michigan
Newberry
Frank Murphy
Upper Peninsula
Murphy
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