British Ships Damaged in Spanish Raids and French Troop Move
Three more British merchantmen were seriously damaged by Insurgent warplanes in Mediterranean ports Malicante and Valencia. A seaplane hit the freighter and another vessel was set afire in harbor. The raids raise the total sunk or badly damaged in two weeks to eleven. In France, Premier Daladier rushed heavy reinforcements to the frontier at Foix and warned aerial attacks threaten war, aiming to repel invasions with forceful measures.
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Madrid
Mediterranean
Malicante
Valencia
Sinme
Alljinte
Ehreighter
Ehaven
Wessel
Alicante
Valetiela
Thurston
Foix
France
Edouard Daladier
National Defense Minister
Daladier
West Virginia University Commencement Honors 600 Degrees
More than 600 degrees were awarded at Morgantown during commencement in the Field House. Dr. Walter A. Jessup of New York delivered the address. Chauncey S. Boucher and college deans conferred the degrees. 446 seniors graduated this term, 130 completed work last September, and 48 finished studies in February. Alumni day events preceded the session with the alumni association meeting and related activities.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
Mammoth Field House
Walter A. Jessup
New York
Carnegie Foundation For Advancement of Teaching
Chauncey S. Boucher
Alumni Association
The Grafton Sentinel Invites Mrs Wells to Theatre
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. C M Wells of Knotts Avenue to attend tonight's presentation of In Old Chicago at the Strand or The First Hundred Years with Robert Montgomery and Virginia Bruce as the Dixie.
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Grafton Sentinel
C. M. Wells
Knotts Avenue
Chicago
Strand
Robert Montgomery
Virginia Bruce
Court Bill Foes Rejoice Over Gillette's Triumph In Iowa
Democratic senators greeted Guy Gillette of Iowa as clear primary winner over Otha Wearin with Hopkins linked to Wearin. Gillette claimed White House backing but denied being a rubber stamp, signaling a split within Roosevelt allies as other supporters plan similar campaigns. The Iowa result boosts anti administration sentiment in Congress. page two continues.
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Bill Foes
Gillette
Iowa
Washington
Guy Gillettte
Senate
WPA
Harry Hopkins
Otha Wearin
Wearin
Hopkins
Roosevelt
White House
James Roosevelt
Pepper
Fla
van Nuys
Indiana
Wallace
Agricultural Department
Bakeries clash as pickets halt Pittsburgh area deliveries
In McKeesport unions clash when 1000 AF of L Bakery Drivers encircle two bakeries with CIO contracts. A truck driver Albert Coma was beaten and nose bloodied as deliveries to Pittsburgh were disrupted. Settlement hopes rise as negotiators return to talks on a regional bakery strike affecting 35 bakeries.
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Pittsburgh
McKeesport
A. F. of L
CIO
McKeesport Baking Company
Vienna Baking Company
Albert Coma
Vienna
Coma
Sandor Penics
6Of
Moffitt
Youth Slated To Die Tonight in State Pen
Wendell Forrest Bowers, 20, faces execution in Pennsylvania’s electric chair at Rockview penitentiary Sunday night for the December killing of 37 year old Mrs. Wilma V. Carpenter in Camp Hill near Philadelphia. Only a gubernatorial commutation can spare him.
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Harrisburg
Wendell Forrest Bowers
Pennsylvania
Rockview Penitentiary
Bowers
Reformatory
Wilma V. Carpenter
Camp Hill
Philadelphia
Inspector's Shanty Burns at B and O Yard
Firefighters battled a stubborn blaze at 603 Tuesday morning causing about 125 in damages to the car inspector's shanty and a tool room in the B and O yards. Fire Chief L H Greenwald blamed spontaneous combustion for the fire behind the Recreation.
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B. and O
L. H. Greenwald
Convicted Of Larceny Man Sentences Himself
In Tarboro North Carolina on June 7 a jury convicted Clarence Brown of house breaking and larceny. When asked by Judge Luther Hamilton what sentence he would impose Brown replied six months. The judge approved and sentenced him to six months in jail.
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Tarboro
N. C
Clarence Brown
Luther Hamilton
Brown
Trust probe is attacked by foes in Senate
Democratic senators argued an anti trust inquiry would aid economic conditions while Senator Austin of Vermont warned it could be used against Roosevelt foes. The judiciary committee approved the inquiry requested by President Roosevelt, though it requires approval by both houses. Senator O Mahoney, author of the resolution, outlined support and steps.
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Washington
Austin
Roosevelt
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
Senate
O'Mahoney
Wyo
Carloadings Steady For Baltimore And Ohio In May
May carloadings on the Baltimore and Ohio totaled 148,667 with 92,277 cars loaded on line and 56,390 from connections. Last May 229,486 total, 149,893 loaded, 79,593 via connections. April loads 150,520, 97,845 on line, 52,975 from connections. Week ended June 4: 32,139 total, 19,952 on line, 12,187 from connections. Last year week total 46,182. 29,267 on line, 16,915 from connections. For 1930 week 65,866. 44,280 on line, 21,616 from connections. Week ended May 28: 34,440 total, 21,620 on line, 12,820 from connections.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Annections
South Solons to Fight for Differential Wage Plan
Southern senators warned they would filibuster any wage hour bill that omits pay differentials. Ellender warned of a full Senate discussion as pressure mounted to end the session by Saturday. The Thomas compromise proposes a 25 cent minimum now, rising to 30 cents in two years, with industry boards setting rates for five years then a 40 cent level.
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Washington
Thomas
Utah
Ellender
Senate
Bill Recovered From Ransom Paid For Child
At Princeton Florida on June 7 the Miami Daily News reported federal agents recovered a $5 bill that was part of the $10,000 ransom paid for James Bailey Cash Sr’s five year old son James Jr. The bill was found by a filling station attendant in Jacksonville who alerted the FBI. Agents detained two Tennessee police officers returning from Miami. they were released after questioning. The source did not determine where the bill changed hands.
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Princeton
Fla
Miami Daily News
James Bailey Cash
James, Jr
Jacksonville
Federal Bureau of Investigation
There
Tallahassee
Miami
Norway Accepts Bid To Probe Spanish Bombings
Norway joined Sweden in accepting Britain's invitation to form an international commission to investigate bombings in Spain. The United States was giving sympathetic attention but had not yet replied.
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Norway
London
Sweden
Great Britain
Spain
United States
Britain
Back Home After 26 Months in Iron Lung
Fred B. Snite Jr a paralysis victim returns to Chicago after 26 months encased in an iron lung following a 15000 mile journey from Miami where he stayed during winter. He was stricken in China and brought to the United States to his Snite winter home in Florida.
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Chicago
Fred B. Snite, Jr
Florida
Young
China
United States
Miami
Japan Is U S Top Customer For War Supplies
Washington reports Japan has surpassed China as the United States main buyer of war materials in the six months ending June. Brazil led May purchases with 1.49 million dollars. From Dec 1 to Jun 1 Japan spent 6.09 million, China 5.82 million, in U S exports under the national munition control board.
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Washington
Japan
United States
State Department
China
Brazil
National Munitions Control Board
Express Agency Worker Is Hurt At Grafton Store
Paul Trickett a 23 year old Tunnelton resident and Railway Express employee suffered a smashed foot when a loading door at the J C Penney store dropped on it He was rushed to Grafton City hospital for emergency treatment.
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Paul Trickett
Tunnelton
Railway Express Company
J.C. Penney Company
Grafton City Hospital
Industrial School Boys Parade Before West Virginia Officials
West Virginia Industrial School for Boys hosted a review for Col. John Baker White and Walter K. Thurmond of the West Virginia Board of Control as they traveled from Charleston to Morgantown for university commencement exercises. Thurmond, impressed by the boys’ bearing after witnessing Memorial Day events, arranged the pass in review and inspection at 4:00 PM.
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John Baker .White
Walter K. Thurmond
West Virginia Board of Control
Supt
R. P. Bell
West Virginia
Supt. Bell
Col. White
Colonel White
Former Prisoner Seeks $1000 Over Spider Bite Incident
Tulsa city inmate testifies crowds in the jail forced him to sleep on the floor where a black widow spider bit him. He requests $1000 from the city for injuries.
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Tulsa
Canton Bombings Hit Canton With Air Raids
Japanese air raiders struck Canton for the 11th day, bombing government offices and the Hankow railroad line. Estimates say about 6000 killed or injured, over 1000 buildings destroyed, yet evacuated areas limited civilian casualties expected amid ongoing relief challenges.
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Canton
China
Hankow
Endeay
Operators Fight Plan To Disclose Mining Costs
Eight eastern coal operators ask the U S Circuit Court of Appeals to block release of 1936 mining and selling costs for soft coal. They warn public disclosure would injure competition by enabling lower cost firms to underbid higher cost rivals and seek a stay of the ruling until the case is decided. Plaintiffs include Mallory Coal Co Atlantic Smoke Jess Coal Co Ashland Coal and Coke Co and Wheeling Coal Co all based in West Virginia.
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Washington
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Mallory Coal Company
County
W. Va
Atlantic Smoke- Jess Coal Company
Asco
Ashland Coal and Coke Company
Bluefield
Wheeling Con!’ Company
Wheeling
War Flood Threatens Central China Battle Fronts
Chinese dispatches report Yellow river floods submerging dikes near Kaifeng and Lanfer as Japanese forces push along the Lunghai railroad toward Hankow. Vast numbers of residents flee the countryside and Chengchow area as encirclement moves loom.
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Shanghai
Yellow River
China
Japan
Kaifeng
Lanfer
Lunghai
Hankow
Chunkmow
Chengchow
Sunghai
Peiping-Hankow
Fleming To Speak At Kiwanis Club Meeting
O. Jay Fleming former First National Bank executive vice president will address the Grafton Kiwanis at Debendorfer's Cozy Rest Inn on the proposed government spending program. I C Klein leads the program and Fleming is slated to speak later this week to the Rotary club.
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O. Jay Fleming
First National Bank
Grafton Kiwanis Club
Debendorfer
Cozy Rest Inn
I. C. Klein
Fleming
Rotary Club
Rosier Will Case Hearing Adjourned To Thursday
The Jacob Rosier will case in the county court was adjourned late Monday after about half the witnesses were heard. The hearing will resume at 9 oclock Thursday morning as relatives of Knottsville property owner are named in the proceedings.
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Jacob Rosier
Knottsville
Hattie Rosier
Wearin Loses as Gillette Leads Iowa Democratic Primary
In Des Moines union details show Guy M. Gillette expanding his Democratic lead over Otha D. Wearin in Iowa’s senatorial primary with 1,491 of 2,447 precincts reporting. Gillette has 51,094 to Wearin’s 28,194 while Dickinson leads Republicans with 117,008 to Thurston’s 90,127. Hopkins backed Roosevelt links noted.
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Des Moines
Gillette
Wearin
Dickinson
Thurston
Guy M. Gillette
Otha D. Wearin
Iowa
Rooses
Yelt
Supreme Court
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
James Roosvelt
Don Kerlin
Wearin Aign
L. J. Dickinson
Lloyd Thurston
Hopkins
Fire insurance rates questioned by West Virginia official
Pas Harlan Justice state deputy insurance commissioner told We West Virginia that overall profit on fire insurance has been excessive and rate making should help policy holders. He cited a 11 year period 1933 to 1944 showing losses to companies far below expected, totaling 4 525 999 54 dollars, and said the legislature may grant the authority to adjust rates.
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Parkersburg
Pas Harlan Justice
We West Virginia Insurance
Justice
Edgar B. Sims
Holt
Westginia
West Virginia
Sion
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