Royal Couple Inspect Big New York World’s Fair
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth arrived aboard the Warrington for a brief visit to the New York World’s Fair. A massive crowd of an estimated 600,000 gathered to see the royal pair as police cleared the area for their guarded entrance and a ceremonial inspection of British exhibits.
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England
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Britain
United States
Warrington
North America
George Washington
Battery
Manhattan
Plan
Handshaking Net Profits At Camp Draganza Stages Trade
John G Draganza, a CCC enrollee from Rochester Pennsylvania, shook hands with visiting king and other enrollees trading small favors for cash drinks and cigarets during a camp inspection by the British monarchs. The king asked about CCC life and Draganza recalled stammering before settling into friendly chatter.
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Eddy Gilmore
Fort Hunt
John G. Draganza
Rochester
CCC
Draganza
Readied for Strand or Dixie Tonight at Two Theatres
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Leland Price at 846 Orchard Avenue to attend tonight's screenings. North of the Yukon with Charles Starrett plays at the Dixie in technicolor, while Dodge City starring Errol Flynn opens at the Strand for a four day run.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Leland Price
Orchard Avenue
North of the
Yukon
Charles Starrett
Dixie
Errol Flynn
Dodge City
Strand Theatre
New York Prep for Historic Visit by British Monarchs
New York buzzed with plans for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth's arrival, set to be greeted by large crowds and a harbor ceremony. Officials prepared police patrols, veteran and child viewing areas, and a long red carpet route from Sandy Hook to the city.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
New York Bay
Sandy Hook
Warrington
Coast
Pier 1
Bat
Czech Officials Warn Of New Measures After Slaying
Prague reports Nazi authorities threaten further action in Bohemia Moravia if the German sergeant killer in Kladno is not identified by 8 p.m. local time. The city faces a 500000 crown fine, curfew, school closings, and removal of civic leaders as officials probe a Czech suspect.
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Prague
Bohemia-Moravia
Kladno
Konstantin von Neurath
Reich
Harvester Millionaire Reported Very Critical
Beverly Hills California June 40 Harold F McCormick 67 Chicago harvester millionaire is critically ill at home after surgery for a blood clot in the leg Two weeks ago doctors say he remains in immediate danger and may not leave bed for months Amputation was considered but rejected by Dr Frick and Dr Prick.
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Calif
Jun
Harold F. McCormick
Chicago Harvester
McCormick
Donald Frick
Prick
Fairmont Man Freed At Preliminary Hearing
Leonard Menefee of Fairmont was discharged from custody after a preliminary hearing due to insufficient evidence. He faced charges of stealing 16 chickens from Wae Holt of Booths Creek district and presented an alibi for the night of the entry.
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A B. Knabenshue
Leonard Menefee
Fairmont
Menefee
W Ae Holt
Booths Creek
Holt
Sons of Legion Corps Wins Festival Honor
The Sons of the American Legion drum and bugle corps of Grafton Squadron No 12 won first prize as the best junior corps in Buckhannon Strawberry Festival parade held yesterday. The repeat victory marks their second consecutive year atop the junior division.
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Sons of the American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps of
Grafton
Buckhannon
Film Star Owen Moore Found Dead in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills, June 10. Owen Moore, former husband of Mary Pickford, joins Hollywood stars whose lives ended tragically. His wife Kathryn Perry found him dead in their home. autopsy to determine cause. Moore had a history of heavy drinking and had believed his career was finished.
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Calif
Owen Moore
Hollywood
Wallace Reid
Rudolph Valentino
Mabel Normand
Roscoe Arbuckle
Moore
Mary Pickford
Kathryn Perry
Girl Confesses She Set Fire to Father's Barn
In Rome New York 19 year old Rose Simon confessed to police she set fire to her father's barn to “get even” after years of farm labor and denying herself a moving picture. She said she was tired of dressing as a man and worked as a farmhand since leaving seventh grade. The arson led to the barn and cattle loss and she awaited arraignment in Oneida county Jail on an undetermined charge.
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Rome
N. Y
Oneida County
Patrick J. Smith
Rose Simon
John Simon
Royal couple bid farewell amid Washington crowds
King George and Queen Elizabeth drew vast cheers in Washington as thousands packed Union Station for a late farewell. Officials including Secretary Cordell Hull offered cordial goodbyes at the station while crowds pressed around to catch a final glimpse as the couple prepared for departure to New York. The queen appeared in a rose tulle gown embroidered with gold, silver, and Alexandra roses.
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Washington
George
Queen Elizabeth
New York
Cordell Hull
Union Station
Roosevelt
Grafton Sets Flag Day Program With Judge Baker Speaking
Grafton to observe Flag Day with Judge Charles G. Baker of Morgantown delivering the patriotic address at the B and O Station Square venue. James C. Holt to present the flag history, with the Grafton High School band and the Sons of the American Drum and Bugle Corps performing. If rain, event moves to the lodge home.
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Charles G. Baker
Morgantown
O. Station Square
Grafton’ Lodge No. 12
Protec+tive Order of Elks
Fred Reed
James C. Holt
Grafton High School
Sons of the American Drum and Bugle Corps
Tom Barnhouse Celebrates 65th Birthday Quietly
Tom Barnhouse veteran newsboy for the Evening Sentinel marked his 65th birthday with no special observance. He delivers the paper daily free on his birth day and is a familiar street figure in Grafton known for his one man band. Born June 10, 1874 in Ohio, he is the eldest of 12 children.
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Tom Barnhouse
The
Sentinel
Tom
Grafton
Ohio
Closed Shop Demand Shuts WPA Construction in Pittsburgh
AFL building trades craftsmen strike for a closed shop on Allegheny county WPA projects in Pittsburgh. George J. Walters, president of the Pittsburgh Building Trades council, orders the walkout affecting about 1,500 workers from 26 crafts. He warns the action could spread statewide. WPA officials plan replacements for those who abstain. Construction employs around 28,000 in the county. weekend timing delays effective action until Monday.
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Building Trades
Allegheny County
WPA
George J. Walters
Pittsburgh Building Trades Council
E. C. Smith, Jr
Walters
Pennsylvania Building ‘Trades Union
Teamsters' Union
Death by Own Action At South Charleston Clerk
Charleston June 10. James M Withrow a 23 year old chemical company shipping clerk died in an explosion and fire police say death by own action. He had gone to the room he occupied in a restaurant and rooming house run by Grant Puller in South Charleston. Fuller refused him more beer and advised him to sleep it off then a blast and fire followed. Fuller said Withrow appeared to stuff rags in doors and windows and turned on a gas burner.
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Charleston
Arnold Brabhan
South Charleston
James &. Withrow
Chemical Company
Withrow
Grant Puller
Fuller
Brabhan Withrow
Cousin of Grafton Man Succumbs In Huntington
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow at the First Baptist church of Huntington for Dr. Samuel E. Langfitt a prominent dentist and cousin of E H Davis proprietor of the Standard cafe Latrobe street who passed away Thursday Mr Davis does not plan to attend the last rites.
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First Baptist Church of
Huntington
Samuel E. Langfitt
E. H. Davis
Standard Cafe
Latrobe Street
Davis
Serious Typhoid Epidemic Strikes Washington State
Serious typhoid outbreak prompts mass immunization near Dungeness valley in SEQUIM Washington. Red Cross state and county officials unite to curb illness affecting 82 schoolchildren and a teacher among about 600 residents. About 1,000 immunized. no deaths reported. A long line formed for vaccines as authorities expand efforts.
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Sequim
Wash
Jume
Dungerness Valley
Red Cross
Olympic Peninsula
Holt Ally of Ops Van Bittner Claims
Van A. Bittner, UMWA District 17 president, accuses Gov. Holt of siding with coal operators to starve idle miners into submission after the general bituminous shutdown. The state refused relief and unemployment to workers who refused to work. Some camps stayed idle awaiting contract with the union while Holt says charges against federal aid are stirred by inside UMWA leaders to shift costs to government.
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Charleston
van A. Bittner
Rlief
Holt
United Mine Workers of America District 17
United Mine Workers of America
Cette
Unon
Foes of Government Are Hit By Legion Official
Charleston June 10 Homer Chaillaux national Americanism chairman for the American Legion told a Charleston audience that youth must be taught to resist those who claim liberty ideals are outmoded. He urged schools parents and churches to work together to prepare youth for citizenship. He denounced George Deatherage head of the Knights of the White Camellia and William Pelley leader of the Silver Shirts as rackets seeking to overthrow American principles.
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Charleston
Homer Chaillaux
Indianapolis
National Americanism
The
American Legion
Chaillaux
George Deatherage
William Pelley
Deatherage
St. Albans
Knights of the White Camellia
Pelley
Silver Shirts
Son of Bakery Operator Killed By Bomb In Auto
Milton Lee, 28, son of Northwest Bakery operator John S. Lee, was killed when a dynamite bomb in a bakery truck exploded in Moorehead Minnesota. Police believe the device was planted as a threat tied to labor tensions. the elder Lee reported a caller warned of a notice against him. The victim had recently planned bakery schooling in Chicago.
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Minn
Milton Lee
John S. Lee
Northwest Bakery Company
Lee
Fargo
Peter
Chicago
Tragic Shooting In State Police Car Claims 14 Year Old
A frail 14 year old girl from Mauch Chunk was shot six times while seated in the rear of a state police car. Troopers testified she threatened them with a toy cap pistol. Corp. Benjamin Franklin was held as the investigation continued. The troopers said they sought information on recent Pennsylvania robberies.
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Joan Stevens
Mauch Chunk
Corp
Benjamin Franklin
Pennsylvania
Girl’s helper eludes police in ransom case
San Francisco reports a farm girl Margaret Polly Weil planned a $1600 ransom for five year old Krehe Osborn. Police doubt she acted alone. Weil, 18, was arrested in a San Jose hotel with the child after disappearing Wednesday afternoon. Her true name was revealed yesterday after aliases.
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New York
Krehe Osborn
Margaret Polly Weil
Miss Weil
Osborn
San Jose
Gray
Ham Weil
Nassau
Admitted to Practice Attorney James Robinson
James Robinson, son of Jed W. Robinson, West Virginia University College of Law graduate, was admitted to the practice of law by Taylor County Circuit Court Judge Herbert W. Dent. He plans to join his father, a veteran Grafton lawyer and local counsel for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, in his practice.
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James Robinson
Jed W. Robinson
College of Law
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Taylor County
Herbert W. Dent
Robinson
Grafton
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Bricklayer Bound Over for September Grand Jury
Albert Johnson a 41 year old brick layer formerly on Riverside drive high school project has been bound over to the September grand jury. Justice Hoye G White Sr set bonds at 1000 but Johnson cannot post bail and remains in the county jail. Satin is accused of forging checks on Sley 8 Lynch superintendent of Baker and Combs and of beating two board bills locally.
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Albert Johnson
Riverside Drive
Justice of the Peace
Hoye G. White
Johnson
Satin
Sley
Lynch
Baker and Combs
German ruler shaping plan to end fears
Paris reports say Reichsfuehrer Hitler plans international action to wipe out causes of world war fears. Paris sources claim propositions to France Britain and the United States may be discussed, while London officials indicate Halifax speech could push peaceful settlements through negotiations. Prague notes Bohemia Moravia threats continue.
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Associated Press
Paris
Berlin
Jty
London
Chamberlain
Birmingham
Germany
Prague
Naxis
Bohemia-Moravia
Rival Unions Stir Trouble in Detroit General Motors
Detroit June 10 AFL Automobile Workers threaten a broad GM plant tie up unless bargaining talks begin. Rival UAW faction led by Homer Martin had just regained AFL charter and wages unrest spreads to Flint and Saginaw plants. GM denies effective strikes while UAW leaders claim plant closures.
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PyThe
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General Motors
UAW
Homer Martin
American Federation of Labor
Flint
Saginaw
R. J.mas
Ibranch
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Im Elmer Dowell
Afl-Uaw
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Gangs of New York Stars at Opera House Theatre
Mrs. Robert Bolyard of 445 West Francis Street and actor Charles Bickford headline a screening of Gangs of New York at the Opera House theatre showing this week.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Robert Bolyard
West Francis Street
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