Widows to Get New World War Benefits and Pensions
Announcement by Taylor County Red Cross chief Frank Collins outlines amended death compensation for world war veterans dependents with as little as 10 percent service connected disability. New laws grant $60 monthly pensions for 65 year olds with 90 days service and increased nurse care benefits, effective upon filing. Automatic processing via Home Service aids widows and orphans, with local contact Mrs. J B Leamon.
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Frank Collins
Taylor County
American Red Cross
Collings
Congress
Roosevelt
Red Cross
Home Service Committee
J.B. Leamon
East Washington Street
Veterans Administration
Sanity Hearing Warrant Issued for Pearl Dabney
A sanity hearing warrant for Pearl Dabney was issued by Deputy County Clerk Robert Reese on Wednesday on complaints by Sheriff Herbert Evans and Chief A E Lockard. The county sanity commission is expected to hold the hearing during the day or Thursday morning.
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Pearl Dabney
Latrobe Street
Robert Reese
Herbert Evans
A. E. Lockard
County Sanity Commission
UMVA Sponsors State Exhibit at Elkins Fair
Elkins June 8 The Up per Monongahela Valley association will again sponsor a state industrial exhibit at the ninth annual Mountain State forest festival at Elkins on October 6 7 and 8 W Grady Whitman director general announced. The first such exhibit was held last year and F Leslie Body associate manager said it was visited by more than 40 000 persons.
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Elkins
Upper Monongahela Valley Association
W. Grady Whitman
F. Leslie Body
Gillette leads in Democratic primary in Des Moines
In Des Moines Iowa on June 8 state Democratic leaders hailed Senator Guy M Gillette as a unifying figure after a record primary turnout that surpassed 1934. Gillette won 80 107 votes with Wearin 42 282 and the party eyed the fall election while noting the left wing faction’s impact. In the GOP Dickinson beat Thurston 142 644 to 108 921 with 16 precincts unreported.
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Des Moines
Democratic
Guy M. Gillette
Otha D. Wearin
James Roosevelt
Wearin
Dickinson
Gillette
L. J. Dickinson
Lloyd Thurston
Summer term opens at Fairmont State Teachers' College
Students began registering for the nine week summer term at Fairmont State Teachers College. Classes start tomorrow.
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Fairmont
Fairmont State Teachers’ College
Clerk Named Miss McDowell County for Festival
Gladys Starsky a 19 year old brunette clerk was chosen Miss McDowell County for the rhododendron festival at Webster Springs on July 1 and 2.
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Welch
Gladys Starsky
Brunette Clerk
McDowell
Webster Springs
May License Revenues Reported by County Clerk
Deputy County Clerk Robert Reese reported $387 in license revenues for May. Revenue from 181 resident hunting and fishing permits at $2 each totaled $362, one non resident fishing license earned $5, and 10 marriage licenses issued brought in $20. Names of couples granted licenses listed.
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Robert Reese
Harry Marcellus Edwards
Lesmalinston
Irene Hallie Newton
Delbert W. Clifton
Grafton
Madeline Michael
Lloyd Williams, Jr
Marion County
Ophal MacDonald
Graftor
Robert A. Bolyard
Taylor County
Josephine Harter
Victor E. Haller
Webster
Ophal M McDonald
Neil Marteny
Flemington
Venola Shahan
Rosemont
William Glenn Gilbert
Taplin Rites On Thursday
Funeral services for Frank E. Taplin 62 financier and foe of the Van Sweringen brothers in eastern rail consolidation. Taplin died yesterday of a cerebral hemorrhage. Taplin rose from office boy for John D. Rockefeller to chairman of North American Coal Corp. and served as president and chairman of the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad. He built a 38 mile link to connect P W V and Western Maryland to reach coal fields.
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Cleveland
Frank E. Taplin
van Sweringen
Taplin
Standard Oil Co
John D. Rockefeller
North American Coal Corp
Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railroad
Pittsburgh & West Virginia
Quell their fellow townsman in 1929 sale case
Taplin testified at a senate investigation this year that he and associates profited by about $20,000,000 in the sale of controlling P. and W. Wastock to Pennroad Corp., a Pennsylvania railroad affiliate, in 1929.
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Taplin
Senate
P. & W. Wastock
Pennroad Corp
Pennsylvania Railroad
Coal losses hit 42 million tons vs 1930 figures
J D Battle of the National Coal Association reported in Chicago that the coal industry lost 42 million more tons in sales last year to competitors than in 1930. He said natural gas and hydro power cut $76 million in value, with $45 million in coal mine earnings vanished, and rail revenue dropped by about $95 million with labor losses near $85 million. He estimated about 1 million direct coal workers and four million people connected through families and related industries.
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Chicago
J. D. Battle
National Coal Association
Washington, D. C
American Retail Coal Association
Fsbor
Battle
Boys Tell on Cliff Shooting Case in Testimony
John and Markham Clouse describe a shooting scene from a cliff as two cars approached. They identify Hubbard, Melvill Moore, Wash Irwin, and Bill Lewis among onlookers. Hubbard is named as a defendant alongside 23 Harlan county coal company executives and 20 companies plus 21 other deputies in the case.
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Bard's
John
Markham Clouse
Agoin
Hubbard
Melvill Moore
Wash Irwin
Bill Lewis
Harlan County Coal Company
Death claims J N Robinson in Fleming ton
John Nelson Robinson, 70, of Flemington, died Tuesday after an appendicitis operation at Grafton City hospital. Survived by widow Mary Parnell, son Earl Robinson, sister Emma Riffee, brothers Robert George Henry, daughter Mrs Cecil Postom, and two grandchildren. Services Thursday at Earl Robinson’s home then 2 pm in Smithburg. burial at Archbold cemetery.
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John Nelson Robinson
Flemington
Grafton City Hospital
Mr. Robinson
Boothsville
Robert Robinson
Rose' S Mont
Mary Parnell
Many Attend Bible School at United Brethren Church Dewey Ave
A record enrollment of 141 students at the vacation Bible school on Dewey avenue is reported. Under the direction of Rev. Lois Luzader and Mrs. Margaret Crall, classes cover Bible study missions catechism and handwork with group leaders named for Kindergarten and Primary levels among others.
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United Brethren Church
Dewey Avenue
Lois Luzader
Margaret Crall
Crall
Camillé Robinson
Mary Jane Grinnan
Margaret Grinnan
Virginia Wilson Leads Missionary Group Names
Virginia Wilson leads a missionary group listing Edwin Mar Sarees Intermediate Lillian Reed Minnie Colt Mrs R E Sloan Charles Campbell Otto Sturms and Frank Luzader with Mrs Mabel Waller and Mrs Iva Goff named.
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Virginia Wilson
Edwin Mar- Sarees
Lillian Reed
Minnie Colt
R. E. Sloan
Charles Campbell
Otto Sturms
Frank Luzader
Mabel Waller
Iva Goff
Syracuse Beauty Operator Slain. Man Confesses
Police Chief W E Bryants said Lawrence A Gough 31 confessed to killing Laura Krennich 38 in Syracuse in their apartment ten days earlier. He told of hitting her with a pipe after she slept, stuffing the body in a cedar chest, and fleeing by bus to Newport after failing to sell the furniture.
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Paducah
W. E. Bryants
Lawrence A.gough
Laura Krennich
Syracuse N. Y
Syracuse
Gough
Bryants
Syracase
Newport
Chief Bryants
Roosevelt directs reporters to Hopkins on Wearin defeat
Roosevelt notes Hopkins statement about Wearin's defeat and the town vote. Hopkins says WPA workers followed the reminder to vote as they pleased. He adds he hopes Senator Gillettte will be returned to the United States Senate.
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Roosevelt
Hopkins
Wearin
WPA
Gillettte
United States Senate
Policeman’s Wife and Man Slain in Loop Car Shooting
Chicago on June 8 reports a gruesome car murder as John Lewe, a 53 year old policeman, shoots his wife Phyllis Lewe and Harry Johnson, a 40 year old motor technician, in front of a car at Randolph and Wasbash. Police officer William McCarthy confronted the scene and was urged to put away his gun as Lewe admitted to shooting. The motive cited is a disrupted marriage.
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Chicago
Loop Halto
Randolph Street
Wabasa Avenue
William McCarthy
McCarthy
John Lewe
Phyllis Lewe
Harry Johnson
Elk River search for missing man after car plunge
Drag net along Elk River sought the body of David Marple aged 20 of McNutt. He reportedly drowned when his car plunged over a 35 foot embankment. The vehicle was recovered in ten feet of water.
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Sutton
Elk River
David Marple
McNutt
Roosevelt praised and bank measure discussed in congress
A bank executive spoke on the new spending and lend measure before Congress. President Roosevelt was praised as the greatest president in the nation by the speaker and later criticized in a continuation of remarks from page one.
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Grafton
Roosevelt
Congress
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