Jury Decides Wendel Winer Murder Victim
Neighbors of victim Michael Pasako testify before coroner Jefferys at McGlumphrey parlors in Fleming ton. Dr P E Chenoweth states a deep two and a half inch cut over the right eye fractured the skull and, with loss of blood, caused Pasako's death. jury finds death at hands of unknown person armed with a heavy weapon. Continued on page six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Pasako
Vendel
Maryland Coal Company
Heis
McGlumphrey
Flemineton
Paul Phillips
Fa Bo Terkins
H Webb
Hugh Fisken
Charles Whitehair
Genree D. Stover
P. E. Chenoweth
Wendel
Chenoweth
McGrumphy
Ona C. Jefferys
Pasako
None Out Yet for Delegate From Taylor
Candidates for the party nomination to the House of Delegates from Taylor county are expected to come forward in the next few days and the campaign will then officially get underway. Mrs. F. S. Suddarth, Democrat and present member, has given no clear plans for the August 7 primary. Friends say she may run or may not be a candidate.
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House of Delegates
Taylor County
F. S. Suddarth
Sud
Betty Crocker Cakes and Bakery Items On Sale
Saturday specials advertise Betty Crocker Angel Food Cakes in Cocoanut Chocolate Devils Food and Lemon Layer varieties with two layer and three layer versions priced at 25 cents. Also offers Mary Ann Shells Cinnamon Rolls two dozen and Vanilla varieties, two dozen sandwich buns, and assorted bread products from Your Grocer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Crocker
National Flower Shut-in Day second annual observance
Arrangements are set to deliver about 1000 flowers to the sick and disabled in the city on Sunday June 10 as the second annual National Flower Shut-in Day. Clyde G Turner chairs the local committee with 2200 cities in the U S and Canada taking part under Florists Telegraph Delivery Association. The Grafton City Hospital will receive visits and gifts of bouquets and potted plants to cheer shut-ins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde G. Turner
United States
Canada
Florists’ Telegraph Delivery Asociation
Grafton City Hospital
Turner
Grafton Flower
Union Leaders Weigh Reconvene With Perkins and Johnson
Washington June 8 union leaders agreed to confer again with Miss Perkins and Administrator Johnson before calling out men in mills to strike. A settlement of the threatened steel strike seemed possible within an hour as NRA officials met after 1 pm. Perkins said a worker committee would confer later with her Johnson and possibly Senator Wagner.
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Miss Perkins
Johnson
Bulletin
Washington
NRA
Wagner
National Labor Board
Perkins
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Hugh S. Johnson
Eugene Grace
Tron and Steel Institute
Pres. Roosevelt
Abundance of Rain Needed for Crops in Taylor County
Taylor county farmers report a severe dry spell threatening oats, meadows, corn, and pasture. Subsistence gardens, numbering over 900 in the county, are nearly at a standstill as rain remains scarce. A few showers this week touched small areas, but widespread relief is still needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Byensaent
Man Perishes As Fire Hits River Harbor
Louisville June 8 Henry Jones Paducah Ky was burned to death and three others burned when fire destroyed the towboat Duncan Bruce in the Ohio river here early today Sparks from a barge burning upstream caused an explosion aboard the towboat Jones was asleep in the middle of the boat when the blast occurred Wisneski Ernest Dugan and Walter Saxon all of New Orleans La Wisneski is in a serious condition at City Hospital having been rescued by police Dugan and Saxon suffered minor burns The Duncan Bruce was owned by the American Barge Lines Several other tugboats and barges were destroyed Property damage was estimated at 400000
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Louisville
Henry Jones
Paducah
Duncan Bruce
Ohio River
Jones
John Wisneski
Ernest Dugan
Walter Saxon
New Orleans
Wisneski
City Hospital
Dugan
Saxton
American Barge Lines
Baer Camera Fight Approved by New York Commission
June 8 report states Max Baer and Primo Camera in satisfactory condition for a 15 round heavyweight title bout set for next Thursday at Madison Square Garden bowl. New York state athletic commission orders the fight to proceed as scheduled.
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New York
Max Baer
Primo Camera Today
Madison Square Garden Bowl
New York State Athletic Commission
High Court Denies Writ to Huntington Citizens
The supreme court denied a petition by four Huntington residents seeking a writ to compel the citizens board to reconvene and elect a new mayor. The court offered no comment on the denial. The order would have extended to January 1, 1996.
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High Court
Huntington
Charleston
Supreme Court
Citizens Board
Rock Fall in Reppert Mine Kills Worker Kopson
Miner Mike Kopson died after a rock fall at the Reppert coal mine in Rosemont at 10 this morning. A companion, Howard Gud, survived. Kopson suffered severe head and leg injuries and was recovered after twenty minutes. He was a 17 year Rosemont miner with a wife, three sons and four daughters. Funeral plans pending, likely Sunday.
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Reepert
Mike Kopson
Rosemont
Tonether
Howard Gud
Webster
Kopson
Boulder
Kopsa
John Kopson
Roseont
Mike
Paul
Mary Matko
Anna
Lillian
Helen
Road work to start after inspection on Route 56
Mortimer W. Smith chief engineer of the state road commission led an inspection of Route 56 Morgantown to Grafton with plans to grade and lay paving this year. Ernest L. Bailey stated bids will be let soon and construction will cut travel distance by 14 miles from Taylor County to Morgantown via Blueville and University Avenue.
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Morgantown
Grafton
Mortimer W. Smith
State Road Commission
Jeast
Ernest L. Bailey
Smith
Taylor County
Bailey
Fairmont
University City
Blueville
Monongalia
University Avenue
Dam work set to start August first at Grafton
Maj. Allen E. Ransom of the United States engineering staff said plans and specifications for the $12,000,000 flood control dam at 1st Grafton park are nearing completion. The model of the Carnegie Tech structure, a detailed miniature, is finished. Bids for construction will be invited after the 30 day advertisement period.
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Allen E. Ransom
Pittsburgh
United States
1St Grafton Park
Carnegie Tech
Ransom
Youthful COC Driver and Companion Get Sentences in Fatal Parsons Crash
Beatrice Tripplett, 20, driver in the Parsons fatal crash that killed Paul Hehle 30, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and drew eleven months in Tucker county jail. Her fiancé William Wilson Bragg pleaded guilty to possession of liquor and received 90 days in jail plus a $100 fine. Other indictments for manslaughter drunken driving and related charges were dismissed after a prosecutorial defense agreement. The victims were struck along the road near Parsons. the driver fled after the crash.
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Isy Don Garber
Parsons
Tucker County
A. Jay Valentine
Beatrice Tripplett
Paul Hehle
William Wilson Bragg
Miss Tripplett
A. G. Bolton
William M. Harman
A. J. Valentine
Hehle
Manzel Hull
Three Men Electrocuted in Death Chair at Sing Sing
Ossining June 8 three men were executed in the death chair at Sing Sing. The four syndicate members facing death included Anthony Marino, a former proprietor who received a reprieve to allow time for sanity to be investigated. Jacob Katz assisted as Jewish chaplain and Father John Caffrey and Father Kriesberg were involved as Catholic chaplains. The condemned appeared calm as they were led to the chair. The event followed a scheduled execution time around 10:00 p m eastern standard time with witnesses present.
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Ossining
Jacob Katz
Dicate
Anthony Marino
Iain
John McDaniel Kriesberg
Caffrey
Roosevelt Plans National Social Insurance and Resources Program
President Roosevelt told Congress he is drafting a broad social insurance plan for citizens and families to be submitted next winter. He outlined a national program for land and water resources, aiming to secure homes and productive work while protecting against unavoidable misfortune. He noted studies toward a unified social insurance system, including unemployment and old age, and pledged a long-range development plan for national resources. The address signals a major New Deal style agenda with emphasis on security and resource reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Smith Jailed as Four Pal’s Freed in Taylor County Case
A directed verdict of not guilty was returned in a Taylor County biscuit court case. Five colored youths faced charges of conspiring to injure John Gerking. Sylvester Smith changed his plea to unlawful assault and received six months in jail. The group, identified as Sylvester Smith 25, Theodore Mitr Donald 26, Willi Boston 22, PaulPhilpott 20, and George Jones 24, arose from a street fight last April 6 in Beaumont. The brawl involved Gerkins brothers, Frank and John, and French Swisher. testimony suggested prior threats between the Frank/Gerkins party and Bo Hall, with tension continuing since last winter.
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Taylor County Biscuit Court
John Gerkins
Sylvester Smith
Theodore Mitr Donald
Willi Boston
Paul Philpott
George’ Jones
John Gerking
Frank Gerkins
Beaumont
Gerkins
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Wendel Winer
Jefferys
Taylor
Rmyi
Kepner
Stevens
Ismiles
King
William &, Kepner
A. W. Stevens
Settle
Fordney
Rapid
2RO
ALES
Ray of Hope
Iron and Steel
River Harbor
Baer
Ian Miner
Halleck Road
Alma Mamay
Ziegfeld
Windsor Lad
New York City
Associated Pre Press
Eau
Sing Sing
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