Mayor Waugh Invited to Great Lakes Exposition Bus Tour
A colorfully lit bus carrying Great Lakes Exposition displays stopped in Grafton as part of a thirty day seven state tour. Mayor E. Otto Waugh received a personal invitation to attend the exposition on Cleveland's lake front between June 27 and October 4. The bus tour included literature distribution and demonstrations of illuminated exhibits, with two floodlights inside and outside and a loud speaker system.
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Grafton
E. Otto Waugh
Cleveland
Lake Front
Ammer
Innside
Greyhound Lines
Young Matron Finally Talks After Welch Attack
Lucille Van Meter, 28, released from hospital after a brutal beating and near strangulation, spoke of her fear and unknown assailants. She described being forced into a car with two men the night of May 90 while police investigate and search for clues in Northfork area.
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Welch
Lucille van Meter
Northfork
Spencer
Drive Safely Four Wheel Brakes Safer Than Two Wheel
County safety council urges motorists to consider four wheel brakes for safer stopping. The message notes many cars still rely on two wheel braking and warns of reduced control if one or both wheels lock.
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County Safety Council
Helen McMillen Completes Mooseheart Course at Mooseheart
Helen McMillen, one of eleven West Virginia graduates, completed the Mooseheart academy program in Illinois. Admitted in 1931 after her father’s death, she specialized in sewing and earned a broad education in literature music and art while excelling in basketball and dancing. Her siblings Robert Ruth Dorothy and Edna also attended, and Local Lodge 638 named a class in her honor. Continued on page three.
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Mooseheart
Illinois
Loyal Order of Moose
Helen McMillen
Helen
Ersel ‘Pepper
Grafton
Moose Child
Moose Lodge
Pepper
Moose
Mooseheart Records
Tribute to Hoover Echoes Through Convention
In Cleveland on June 11 delegates reflected on Herbert Hoover's political arc from a 1920 hopeful to a 1932 survivor. The crowd recalled his evolving role from a possible Democratic nominee to a first ballot Republican candidate facing history and fate. Continued on page seven.
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Cleveland
Hoover
Des
Presbyterian Youths In Conference in Lewisburg
In Lewisburg on June 11 the conference of the Presbyterian synod of West Virginia opened with 271 registered. The Rev Aubrey N Brown of Ronceverte directed the weeklong session as delegates from Kanawha Greenbrier and Bluefield presbyteries attended a preconference retreat.
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Lewisburg
Presbyterian Synod of
Accused Killer Goes On Trial In Logan County
Jesse Blair faces trial for the shooting of Hawkins Bishop Logan businessman and political leader on October 8 1983. His brother Carey Blair was convicted of second degree murder last July and is serving an 18 year sentence.
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Logan
Jesse Blair
Hawkins Bishop
Blair
Carey Blair
Hoover Calls for Holy Crusade at GOP Convention
Herbert Hoover urged the Republican Party to join a holy crusade for liberty at the national convention in Cleveland. He denounced the New Deal as a spoils system and reckless adventurism, warning that without the Supreme Court intervention Americans would be a regimented people. He urged a defense of the American system of freedom against European style planning.
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Cleveland
Herbert Hoover
New York
Hoover
Supreme Court
Brother Held in Probe of Murder From Ambush
Madison dispatch reports Oscar Kuhn, 65, jailed as deputies investigate the ambush slaying of his brother Gilbert Kuhn, 45, in Van near Madison. Gilbert was shot in his garage yesterday by a high calibre rifle. footprints led to Oscar’s home half a mile away. No charges filed yet.
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Madison
Boone County
Oscar Kuhn
Gilbert
Van
Here
L. G. Hager
Gilbert Kuhn
Kuhn
Hager
City Boy Patrol’s Charleston Trip Reward for Service
Twenty eight weary yet happy boys from Grafton’s city school boy patrol returned from a two day trip to Charleston for directing traffic at street crossings. Chief A E Lockard led the group, which left Grafton at 5 34 am Tuesday and arrived in the capital at 11 15 am. They visited the capitol building, met state police Captain H N Rexroad, toured the state museum led by Rose McGraw, and were shown exhibits before visiting Dr W W Trent's office.
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Charleston
A. E. Lockard
City Police
Capitol
H. N. Rexroad
State Police
Kump
State Museum
Rose McGraw
W. W. Trent
State
General Rains Forecast Throughout South Area
Memphis reporters describe a storm that hit east Arkansas Tennessee Mississippi and northern Alabama bringing wind dust hail and rain. The event caused two direct deaths and two indirect deaths and about 135 million dollars in property damage. Rains promise relief for sun scorched crops and farmers who faced drought.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mid-South
Arkansas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Mrs Bertie Thompson Is Honored by G A R Ladies
West Virginia Daughters of Union Veterans and Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic elected new officers in Wheeling. Vera Sears of Moundsville was named president, with Zella Wurtzbacher Wheeling senior vice president Elsie Moore Wheeling junior vice president Grace Wenner Keyser chaplain Anna Virginia Rector Clarksburg treasurer Goldie Sprage Littleton patriotic instructor Elizabeth Stephens McMechen registrar. Council of administration picks include Ida Koontz Morgantown and Birdie Thompson Grafton.
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Wheeling
West Virginia Daughters of Union Veterans
Grand ‘Army of the Republic
Vera Sears
Moundsville
Ladies of the
Zella Wurtzbacher
Elsie Moore
Grace Wenner
Keyser
Anna Virginia Rector
Clarksburg
Goldie Sprage
Littleton
Elizabeth Stephens
County to Send Ten to State Judicial Parley
Taylor county will be allowed 10 delegates for the Democratic state judicial convention in Clarksburg August 8 to select the party's nominee for the supreme court. County executive committees will set magisterial convention dates before July 8. Voters in each district may name one delegate per 400 votes or major part cast for governor in 1932.
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Taylor County
Clarksburg
Supreme Court
Charles Lively
State Senate
Roosevelt in Another Roar at High Court on Texas Journey
President Roosevelt rode aboard the Roosevelt train toward Dallas on a 4 000 mile western tour. He pledged to press economic and social reforms under the broad purposes of the constitution. He spoke in Arkansas and planned brief addresses in Houston San Antonio and Austin during the trip.
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Dallas
Texas
Arkansas
Houston
San Antonio
Austin
Mexico
Vincennes
Ind
George Rogers Clark
Northwest
Little Rock
Moratorium Bill Prepared For Solons In Charleston
In Charleston on June 11 a bill to extend the delinquent land tax moratorium for one year was readied for the legislature’s special session. Drafted by the attorney general's office, it is the second measure completed for presentation. Also ready is a welfare reform bill creating a state department of public assistance, prepared by joint committee researchers, to be introduced after the session opens.
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Charleston
Attorney's General's Office
Joint Legislative Committee
State Department of Public Assistance
Stamp tribute to Confederates denounced by Civil War veterans
Syracuse New York June 11 A proposal to issue stamps honoring Robert E Lee Stonewall Jackson and Jefferson Davis was denounced by 38 aging Civil War veterans. The New York G A R encampment resolution said they sacrificed to save the union and that no honor is due those who tried to destroy it.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Jefferson Davis
New York
Famed Hoosier George Ade quits Roosevelt for G O P
Indiana humorist and playwright George Ade, age 70, breaks with President Roosevelt and the Administration. Ade, once a Roosevelt supporter in 1908, says he has lost confidence in Roosevelt and is now aligned with the Republican Party while speaking from his Elizabethan country home in Brook.
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Roosevelt
Ward
Morehouse
Brook
Ind
Pletely
Indiana
America
Adiana Caine
Aged Former First Lady at Cleveland Rally
At a Cleveland convention hall, twelve thousand Republicans cheered Herbert Hoover while mistaking Mrs. Benjamin Harrison for the speaker. The Dowager Queen of their party stood patient, composed, in a black and white chiffon dress with a white shawl. Chairman Bertrand Snell urged calm as the crowd clamored for Hoover.
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Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Bertrand Snell
Herbert Hoover
Delay Settling Quarrel Over Various Tax Plans
Conferees moved into the second round of their tussle with the tax bill amid forecasts decisive action would wait until the Republican national convention ends. Leaders planned to use this week’s adjournment to settle house and senate provisions and have the bill ready for final action when Congress reconvenes Monday. Chairman Doughton of the House Ways and Means was seen as key figure in guiding points at issue.
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Washington
Conference Committee
Congress
House
Senate
Doughton
D. N.C
Doge
Backers Released as Rexford Condemns Platform Discord
At the Republican convention in Cleveland on June 11 delegates from Borah Knox Vandenberg and Dickinson withdrew their support. Col Frank Knox and Governor Vandenberg dominated talks urging unity amid platform delays. London sentiment ran high as committee bargaining continued with monetary farm and utilities language. Landon managers avoided discussing a VP nod while Pagdon pushed for gold and wage clauses.
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Cleveland
London
Kansas
Frank Knox
Ilinois
Col
Vandenburg
Michigan
Borah
Idaho
Dickinson
Iowa
Knox
Pagdon
Landon
John Hamilton
Vandenberg
Changes Made in Platform Delay Parley
The Republican resolutions committee meeting in Cleveland was postponed again as a drafting sub committee fights Lan-don requested changes to the platform. Landon seeks alterations to planks adjusted to mollify Borah and conservative eastern leaders while criticizing the social security plank, with reports of a pay as you go insistence and ongoing overnight work.
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Cleveland
Full
Republican Resolutions Committee
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Herman Langworthy
London Forces
London
Landon
Borah
Idaho
Capital of Kansas Set For Wild Celebration
TOPEKA Kansas June 11 The capital geared up for a loud celebration if Governor Alf M Landon is nominated at Cleveland. Visitors have urged more outward activity, while Chamber of Commerce official Mark Drehmer promised a noisy show if the nomination occurs.
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Topeka
Kas
Kansas
Alf M. Landon
Cleveland
Mark Drehmer
Chamber of Commerce
Welch Council Orders Police Drive Against Gambling
Welch city council approved a campaign against gambling after members of a women's club led by Mrs. Elizabeth Bennett and Mrs. W. R. Keyser reported tip sheets in operation and beer parlors remaining open late.
Bachmann May Get On Ticket
West Virginia delegates met to back Governor Landon for the presidential nomination on the first ballot with 15 of 16 votes, while Carl G. Bachmann of Wheeling, Borah’s campaign manager, pressed for at least five delegates to support Idaho Senator Borah. Lilly to Nominate Bachmann indicated they were bound.
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Landon
West Virginia
Kansas
Carl G. Bachmann
Wheeling
William E. Borah
Idaho
Lilly
Carl Bachmann
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