Warder will probate case goes to jury
In circuit court the J. H. Warder probate action, Clyde G. Turner vs Robert Warter infant et al, went to a jury late this afternoon signaling the close of the May term. Jurors wrangled in an anteroom as court awaited a possible agreement and the jurors may not report until Monday morning. The 10 000 dollar estate case previously failed to reach a verdict in a February term. Also continued to the next term are the damage suits of Mrs E L Love vs James and Carl Latta and Edna Buskirk vs Dr E R Bucklew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Warder
Clyde G. Turner
Robert Warter, Infant
E. L Love
James
Carl Latta
Dr. Love
Edna Buskirk
E. R. Bucklew
Shuck Named WV Republican Party Leader and Delegate
Charles J. Shuck of Wheeling was elected state executive committee chairman and named a fully accredited voting delegate to the national convention from West Virginia. Walter S. Hallanan will also attend as a delegation member, both supporting President Hoover, with veteran convention participants listed among WV’s long-time delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Republican Party
West Virginia
Charles J. Shuck
Wheeling
Shuck
Walter S. Hallanan
Chicago
Hallanan
Hoover
Chiconclave
Joseph Holt Gaines
Charles W. Dillon
Fayetteville
William Howard Taft
Curtis
Bonus Army encampment violence and dynamite find
Police in Washington destroyed two and a half sticks of dynamite with fuse and six caps found by bonus seeking veterans in an encampment. Officials avoided comment on links to communistic activity. The capital’s veteran camps grew to about 12 000 as orders to swell ranks continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bonus Army of Occupation
Congress
Palm Beach
Waters
Charles E. Coughlin
Detroit
Glassford
Violet's Sister Sought U.S. Exit on Kidnapping Day
Washington reports immigration records indicate Emily Sharpe, sister of the maid who died in the Morrow home, applied to leave the country the day of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. She planned to sail March 18, but authorities in New York are rechecking. No record found of Emily's sister who killed herself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet
U.S
Washington
Emily Sharpe
Morrow
New York
Immigration Bureau
Emily
Kelly Elected State Democratic Chairman in Parkersburg
Robert G. Kelly of Charleston won the Democratic State Executive Committee chairmanship at Parkersburg. He succeeds Andrew Edminston after George S. Neal withdrew. Natl committee members Fitzpatrick and Mrs Rose Burchinal were reelected by acclamation. The convention set August 11 for the state judicial convention in Bluefield and selected a West Virginia delegate to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
Robert G. Kelly
Charleston
National Committee
West Virginia
Herbert Fitzpatrick
Huntington
Rose Burchinal
Fairmont
Fitzpatrick
Republican Executive Committee
Wheeling
Supreme Court
Chicago
United States
M. M. Neely
Nationa
Father dies in wreck. son injured near Falls Mills
Floyd Woodson 59 of Riorbough Siding died at Weston General Hospital after a car left the road near Falls Mills and plunged down a 150 foot embankment. His son Edward 25 was treated for a fractured skull and other injuries. A local youth and Opal Andrews helped transport them. funeral services planned at McCann's Run church with burial in the church cemetery. Woodson worked for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and left a widow and several children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston
Floyd Woodson
Riorbough Siding
Italy
Falls Mills
Edward Woodson
Weston General Hospital
Woodson
Opal Andrews
Edward
Richard Singer
East Weston
McCann's Run
Curtis
Jane Lew
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Lewis Price
Veda
Robert
Claude
Fire Sweeps Park at Savin Rock Damages Estimated
Fire swept through the center of Savin Rock amusement park in New Haven early today causing damage estimated by the fire chief at 100000 to 150000 dollars. Two rides were reportedly destroyed and several others damaged as firefighters battled the blaze through the morning. Authorities investigated the cause, while crowds gathered to view the smoke and charred structures. Fire units from nearby towns assisted, and no serious injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Savin Rock
Connecticut
Dry issue in forefron t as meeting nears
The prohibition dispute looms over the Republican national convention in Chicago. Delegates debate wet and dry positions while speculation grows on a possible advisory referendum and leadership moves. Demonstrations by wets and drys anchor a tense preconvention scene as notices of pending platform decisions surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Crusaders
Republican Citizens’ Committee Against
Henry H. Cur-ran
James Garfield
Ohio
Resolutions Committee
Thay
Chicago
Washington
Garfield
Anglo Irish Parley Fails to Reach Agreement
London June 11 Efforts to reconcile Ireland’s demand for complete independence with the empire’s oath to the crown failed. Eamon De Valera and British leaders Ramsay MacDonald and others debated at Ten Downing Street from noon to after 6 pm but could not agree. A formal note said discussions were prolonged yet no agreement was reached and no further talks were planned.
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London
Ireland
Great Britain
Commonwealth
Free State
Eamon de Valera
Ramsay MacDonald
Ten Downing Street
Dublin
Mr. MacDonald
Lausanne
de Valera
Sean O'Kelly
Erin
Downing Street
Whitehall
Edna Sharpe denies knowledge of Lindbergh baby kidnapping
In Becham England Edna Sharpe Violet Sharpe sister of the Englewood New Jersey killer of self denies any involvement in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. Edna says she knows nothing about the case and plans to return to Becham while Violet is described by family as a kind girl. The father George Sharpe a Berkshire coal merchant confirms Edna's trip and Violet's death yesterday at the Morrow home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebibrides
England
Edna Sharpe
Violet
Englewood
N. J
Lindbergh
Becham
Beeman
Berkshire
Violet Sharpe
St. Orabridge
Worchestershire
Edna
George Sharpe
Waitress Violet Sharpe Suspected From Lindbergh Kidnap Probe
Trenton June 11. The revised statement by O H Norman Schwarzkopf reveals Violet Sharpe, a Morrow home waitress Englewood N J, had been under suspicion since early in the Lindbergh kidnapping inquiry. She gave conflicting whereabouts the night of the abduction, refused to name her companion, and was questioned as investigators traced calls and contacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
O. H
Norman Schwarzkopf
Violet Sharpe
Morrow
Englewood
Lindbergh
Hopewell
Walsh
Jersey City
Moffatt
Newark
Lieut
Keaton
Corporal Horn
New Jersey
Morrows
Morrow Home
Maine
Lindberghs
Mrs Morrow defends dead servant in Lindbergh case
Englewood New Jersey June 11 Mrs Dwight W Morrow expresses continued faith in Violet Sharpe innocence despite police suspicions of her guilty knowledge in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. The Morrows and Lindberghs recall Sharpe fondly while noting her past associations and movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Englewood
N. J
Violet Sharpe
Morrow
Dwight W. Morrow
Berkshire
England
Canada
United States
The
Morrows
New York
John W Ault Elected President of Grafton Rotary
John W. Ault local telephone manager was elected president of the Grafton Rotary Club succeeding Dr A R Warden. The slate includes C W Burke Lelie Loar Charles Brinkman and O J Flemming among officers and directors with installations set for the first July meeting. Mrs Ault active in civic work and president of the Woman's Club also hails from Wheeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Ault
Grafton
O. J. Fleming
W. A. Beavers
George L. Joliffe
John McCafferty
C. W. Burke
Leslie Loar
G. Kuhn
C. A. Keefer
Wss
The
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Brotherhood
Wheeling
Ault
Mother Granted Custody Of Son In West Virginia Case
Charleston June 11 The state supreme court granted custody of a son to Mrs. Neya Arnold of Elkins in a divorce case against William A. Arnold. The lower court had awarded the husband custody for 10 months yearly and ordered $25 monthly support to Mrs. Arnold during her custody period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
State Supreme Court
Neya Arnold
Elkins
William A. Arnold
Alumni Association Meeting In K of C Hall
St Augustine s Alumni Association schedules a special meeting at K of C Hall on Monday at 8 p m all members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Augustine's Alumni Association
K. of C. Hall
Tpl
Ex convict Brinkert denies guilt in Lindbergh case
Ernest Brinkert ex convict arrested after Violet Sharpe’s death told New Jersey state police he has an alibi. He denies Miss Sharpe’s account of March 1 and says he and his wife spent the night at a Port Chester home. Brinkert was brought from New Rochelle to Alpine for alibi checks and may be held until those are complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Condon
Jassie
Lindbergh
Ernest Brinkert
New Rochelle
N. Y
Alpine
N. J
Violet Sharpe
Englewood
Dwight W. Morrow
Forces Back Relief Bill Cleared Senate in Six Hours
Washington reports a bipartisan two hundred fifty million dollar relief bill advancing through the Senate in under six hours with a 72 to vote. The measure provides state advances on population basis via the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and carries Hoover’s approval though House action is expected to be tougher amid a larger $2.3 billion package already approved there.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
House
Reconstruction Corporation
Hoover
Reed
R. Pa
Garner
Rainey
Sruth
Idaho
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Circuit Court
Bember State
Dra i
Robt. G. Kelly
Democrats
Bluefield
Rhorbough Siding
Ticket
Man Held
Baby
Lindy
Schwartzkopf
Rotary Club
Convictis
Brinkert
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