Storms rattle county as high winds damage barn and crops
A violent wind gusts up to 75 mph struck near Grafton on Saturday afternoon, leveling a state farm barn and damaging the Valley Inn property. Cars, telegraph lines, and trees suffered, while residents aided by sheltering family members. Losses run into thousands with the barn the greatest tally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Valley Inn
Hugh Evans
Clarksburg
Evans Farm
M. Bartlett
Irene
Bartlett
Clarksburg- Grafton
Storm Center
the Sentinel
Dridgeport
Pruntytown
Mascot of Memphis Meets Lindbergh Aboard Cruiser
The kangaroo mascot of the cruiser Memphis, a gift from Tasmania mayor, roams the ship and pursues Captain Lindbergh for flowers. After attempting to enter his quarters for a breakfast of the mascot’s bouquet, she was denied access and confined for the rest of the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Memphis
Memphis
Lindbergh
Hobart
Tasmania
Lindy
France
G A R Parley Opens Here Tuesday Morning
Delegates to the forty fifth annual encampment of the West Virginia Department of the Grand Army of the Republic begin arriving in Grafton. By evening about forty more visitors will join from Wheeling as decorations go up for the three day gathering. Tuesday sessions start at Hotel Grafton with dinner at First Baptist Church and a joint session at the Elks Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Grand Army of the Republic
Wheeling
Grafton
First Baptist Church
Elks Home
B. Woodruff
T. H. Cather
Birdie B. Thompson
William Keely
Florence Wilkinson
G.A. R
Hiks Home
Ladies of
Moose Home
Woman's Relief Corps
Andrews M. B
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Daughters of Union Veterans of the
Lindbergh Receives Langley Medal For Flight From New York to Paris
Washington June 6 Charles A Lindbergh was awarded the Langley medal by the Smithsonian Institution for his non stop flight from New York to Paris. The award places him among four aviation pioneers including the Wright brothers and Gustave Eiffel. Navy and civilian aerial escorts will greet Lindbergh upon his return aboard the Los Angeles and Memphis as both ships coordinate sea and shore receptions. Lindbergh looked to sight the Columbia but mist hid the aircraft as he awaited the Mauretania sighting. it marked a notably quiet day for the aviator before the next leg of his journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chas. A. Lindbergh
Samuel Pierpont Langley
Smithsonian Institution
Langley
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Glenn H. Curtis
Gustave Hiffel
Lindbergh
New York
Paris
Los Angeles
Navy
Lakehurst
Virginia Capes
Memphis
Chesapeake Bay
Potomac River
Army
Navy Yard Pier
S. S. Memphis
Bellanca
Columbia
Amelia
Lindy
U. S. Mauretania
Mauretania
Negro Confesses He Killed Two Women at Dairy Farm
Walter Burley, a former dairy worker, confessed to killing Mrs Reese and Miss Martha Reese at a Jackson dairy farm on Friday. National guardsmen protected him as mobs formed. police moved him to safety via bridges and jail transfers, while officials limited violence and restored order by Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Walter Burley
Reese
Martha Reese
Burley
Hattiesbury
Governor Dennis
I- Murphree
Legislature Resumes Session Chiefly After Hotel Speculation
Charleston June spec moves as lawmakers gather to reopen the special session. Debate focuses on confirming governor Gore's appointments to state offices and possible methods to fund a new main capitol unit. Viewpoints split on direct levy versus bond issue for capital revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Gore
Senate
Road Commission
C. P. Fortney
Miss Lina Holbert Fatally Falls From Fifth Floor Window
In Fairmont on June 6 Miss Lina Holbert a 17 year employee of J. M. Hartley and Sons Company was killed when she either jumped or fell from a fifth floor window at the company department store. The coroner's investigation is not yet finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
Lina Holbert
J. M. Hartley and Sons Company
Dinner for Ladies Aid Society at First Baptist Church
The Ladies Aid Society of the First Baptist Church will serve dinner at the church on Tuesday, Fine 7th. Dinner served at 11 o'clock. Everybody invited. Price of 0 conta rty.
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Ladies Aid Society of the First
Ernest Bartlett Laid to Rest in Local Funeral
Hundreds from Clarksburg and Fairmont attended Ernest Bartletts funeral as his body was laid to rest yesterday afternoon at the Simpson family burial plot. The service at his McGraw avenue home was led by Rev H G Stoetzer with aid from the local Masonic lodge Scottish Rite Club and Order of Railroad Conductors, fraternal groups to which he belonged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Ernest Bartlett
Simpson
T McGraw Avenue
H. G. Stoetzer
Presbyterian Church of
Masonic Lodge
The
Scottish Rite Club
Order of Railroad Conductors
Kiwanis Nation Meet Opens in Memphis Tennessee
Five thousand Kiwanis members from a 100000-strong group arrive in Memphis for the 11th annual convention. Mayor Rowlett Payne welcomes delegates as sessions begin in the municipal auditorium. Tonight All Kiwanis Night unites clubs across the United States and Canada in gratitude for long friendship. Senator Simeon D Foss of Ohio is billed as the principal speaker.
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Memphis
Tenn
Municipal Auditorium
Rowlett Payne
Kiwanis International
Robert F.frey
Ottawa
Ohio
Perry
Patterson
Chicago
United States
Canada
Kiwanis
Ralph A. Amerman
Scranton
Simeon D. Foss
Two Detroit Women Slain by Strangler
Detroit police seek clues after the bodies of Minnie May, 53, and F. P. Naresh Chendra Atorthy, 35, were found in May’s apartment. Both victims had cords tied around their necks. Investigators, including Lt. Pierre Miquelon, pursued a lead from a neighbor about a man entering the building last Wednesday. The divorced husband of the other victim was questioned but absent from his home and office for months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Pierre Miquelon
St. Shott
Minnie May
Wedge Island
N.S
Plane Log From Roosevelt Field Flight Routes
The Associated Press reports a plane log starting at Roosevelt Field New York with times including 4:00 a m passing Northwest Port Mass and 8:25 a m Long Pond Mass 8:50 a m Marshfield Mass 1:10 p m La Haye Harlor N 1:20 p m Pegay s Point Wa 1:40 p m Chebuckto Head N detailing a sequence of stops across New England and Atlantic coastal points.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt Field
New York
Port
Mass
Long Pond
Marshfield
la Haye Harlor
Pegay
Four Prisoners Escape From Randolph County Jail
Four inmates escaped the Randolph county jail Sunday evening and were tracked by authorities. Albert Fitzmiller, detained on a federal postal robbery charge, was captured by a state trooper. Ray Tucker, also held on a postal robbery charge, remained at large as federal officials pursued him.
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Elkins
Randolph County
Albert Fitzmiller
Federal Grand Jury
Ray Tucker
Challenging Lewis to Debate In Charleston
C F Keeney of Charleston former district president of the United Mine Workers formed a new miners organization and challenged John L Lewis to a public Charleston debate on the Jacksonville agreement. Keeney spoke at Shinnston where a disturbance occurred as state police and deputies removed several dissenters.
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Clarksburg
C. F. Keeney
Charleston
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Jacksonville
Keeney
Shinnston
Two Passengers Killed When Plane Wrecked
Perry Oklahoma June 6 two Perry youths Os car OConnor and Joe Hanson were killed last night when a small airplane owned by Paul Engles of Ponca City Oklahoma and piloted by Ralph Parcaut of Des Moines crashed here. Engles says the youths asked to be taken aloft for a few moments and one became frightened grabbed the controls causing the craft to nose dive.
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Perry
Towa
Oscar O'Connor
Joe Hanson
Paul Engles
Ponca City
Oklahoma
Ralph Parcaut
Des Moines
Engle
Gasoline Shortage Ends Record Jaunt of U. S. Aviators
Berlin June 6 AP America's 5 flight ended near Kottbus after refueling at Eisleben. Pilot Clarence Chamberlin and companion Charles Levine escaped injury after a forced landing damaged the Columbia's propeller. The long flight set a new distance record of about 3900 miles, surpassing Lindbergh's New York Paris hop.
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Berlin
Kottbus
Bellanca
Columbia
Klingere
New York
Eisleben
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
Lufthansa
Tempelhofer Field
Chamberlin
Levine
Tempelhofer
Eigleben
Roosevelt Fighti Ngce
Magdeburg
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
Lindbergh
Dortmund
Bislbbert
Ambasasador Schurman
Klinge
Roosevelt Field
Europe
Rome
Teuspelhofer Field
German Air League
Oberlin
Levin
Lutttnsa
York
Non-stop flight progress from Trepassey to Berlin
A dated log traces a non stop flight route from Trepassey Newfoundland to a village near Kottbus by Berlin. It lists times and destinations including Cape Race Peninsulas Land's End Padstow Plymouth Boulogne Dortmund Eisleben Magdeburg and Klinge. The narrative notes refueling at Eisleben and arrival near Berlin.
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Trepassey
N. F
Cape Race
Mauretania
Scilly
Iselands
England
Land's End
Padstow
Plymouth
Boulogne Sur Mer
Dortmund
Germany
Eisleben
Berlin
Magdeburg
Klinge
Kottbus
Gems Recovered From Robbers In Long Island Staking
New York June 6 police held a man and detained a woman after recovering about one hundred fifty thousand dollars in gems including eighty eight thousand dollars in jewels stolen from the home of Sesser. Detectives arrested the suspect on a Long Island railroad train at Ronkonkoma with three other men in custody. Names not released. Victims include Mr and Mrs Livermore and Mr and Mrs Harry Arongon.
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New York
Sesser
Livermore
Wall Street
Long Island
Ronkonkoma
Harry Arongon
Weather Update for West Virginia This Week
Increasing cloudiness expected tonight with a chance of showers. Temperatures rise Tuesday as conditions brighten. Overnight lows and daytime highs are forecast to shift, bringing a mild start to the workweek.
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Pal of
G.A.R. Parley
A.M
Hotel Grafton
Institution
Flier
Lindbergh Hea
Negro
Der
Vicksburg
Pearl River
Hattlesburg
Aes
Clarence Champerlin
Atlantic
Kiwanians OF Nation
Tennessee
Slayer
Lewis
U. S
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