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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1927

Page

5

Dublin Election Signals Shifts In Ireland Races

In Dublin on June 13 results from 94 of 152 constituencies show Fianna Fail and Sinn Fein each at 28 seats. Independents 8, farmers 7, National Party 6, other groups trailing. Coalition talk grows as major parties vie to form a government amid constitutional debates.

Dublin Shay Fianna ‘Fair Eamon de Valera Inborites Independents Farmers Sein Finners de Valera Free State Fianna Mail Sein Finn Cosgrave

Widely Known Artist Ts Claimed by Death

New York on June 13 4Pi Coles Phillips artist widely known for magazine covers died today He also painted advertisements and created a distinctive popular style Most of his drawings featured pretty aristocratic girls Fans now hiss gritty Earl Sands would boo Walt Johnson if he accidentally beaned a batter.

New York Coles Phillips Phillips Earl Sands Walt Johnson

Fairport High Shows Growth Through Foreign Junior Hope

Fairport Ohio celebrates a modern two-building high school system driven by Morton Helm. Fourteen hundred students are enrolled as Finnish and Hungarian immigrant families embrace education, funding bonds, and civic pride. Forty-seven graduates reflect a community rebuilding after old neglect, with strong athletics and domestic science shaping a self-reliant generation.

Fairport Ohio Dlar Bonita Witt Morton Helm Lake Erie America Bea Althohen Finland United States Ito Pinland Russia

Isaac Poling Dies After Brief Illness In West Virginia

Isaac D Poling 65 prominent city figure and lobbyist for contractors died of uremic poisoning after four days illness at nephew Harry F Poling s home 4 Lincoln St He never married one of 11 children of Isaac and Nellie Goff Poling all siblings except B F Poling and G G Poling are deceased Funeral at Harry F Poling s home then Ku Klux Klan twilight service escorted to Simp Son cemetery Bartlett Funeral Co in charge Also notes infant son of Mr and Mrs Charles H Whetsell died after short illness malnutrition Oakland burial in Kitamiller family plot near Oakland.

Isaac D. Poling Harry F. Poling Lincoln Street Yate Isaac Nellie Goff ‘Poling B. F. Poling Clarksburg G. G. Poling Valley, Furnace Barbour County J. Howard Anderson Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Simpson Cemetery Bartlett Funeral Company William Charles H. Whetsell Latrobe Street Oakland Kitamiller

John Drew Worsens in West Coast Hospital

Veteran actor John Drew, aged 7 percent?, lies critically ill in a San Francisco hospital where septic poisoning worsened his condition. Doctors report the illness has intensified, with the actor, noted for his long career, under medical care in the bay area hospital.

John Drew West Coast Hospital San Francisco

More Marines Landed By U S In Shanghai

The US transport Chaumont arrived from Manila with 1150 marines 25 tanks and an aviation unit under Colonel Davis. Marines billeted on Socony wharf formerly used by the sixth regiment. Also notes Miss Geraldine Morgan left for Elkins to spend summer and local Parrish family travels.

Shanghai United States Chaumont Manila Davis Socony Wharf Geraldine Morgan Elkins R. M. Parrish Mary and Blednor C. B. Parrish Everett Terra Alta Helen’ Parrish

Newburg News Highlights Local Visits and Travel

Special dispatch from Newburg reports Rev. J Alfred Selby visiting Fairmont. Locals Waltman Goff family Mollie Stevenson from West End Tunnelton spent Sunday with friends. Lillian Stevenson returned from Homestead Pa guest of T H Bell. Boly family Shinnston visited, while Corbin and Kimble families toured Wheeling and Woodlawn Pa. Martin of Morgantown joined Pratt family for Sunday.

Newburg J. Alfred Selby Fairmont Waltman Goff Gon Mollie Stevenson West End Tunnelton Lillian Stevenson Homestead T. H. Bell Bb, Smith Wesley , Pratt

Major Cotton resumes search for missing French fliers

St. Johns, N B June 13 Major F Sidney Cotton flew from Placentia to resume the search for missing French trans Atlantic fliers Captains Charles Nungesser and Francois Coll.

Two Aviators Killed in Langley Crash Virginia

Newport News June 13 report says First Lt. F. B. McConnell and Second Lt. C. Anderson died when their aircraft crashed during air maneuvers near Langley Field. The machine plunged and burst into flames, both airmen burned severely in the impact.

Newport News F. B. McConnell C. Anderson Langley Wield

Two Negroes Burned to Death In Mississippi

Jim and Mark Fox accused slayers of Clarence Nichols a sawmill superintendent were seized by a mob near Noxapater and taken to Louisville where about 1000 white residents burned them after parading them through the streets Nichols and his brother encountered the attackers and were involved in the shootout. Nichols died while J B Nichols escaped injury and alerted officers.

Louisville Miss Jim Mark Fox Clarence Nichols Sherik Permenter Noxapater Atake Permater Nichols J. B. Nichols

Drowning near Colfax in Biggart's Valley River

The chilly waters of the Biggart's Valley river claimed another life Sunday morning when Glenn Floyd aged years son of Mr and Mrs Blaze Floyd of Colfax drowned while bathing with three younger siblings who could not swim near Colfax at about 10 o'clock.

United States Flag Association Lindbergh First Congregational Church Coolidge Jason Noble Pierce St. Louis Anacostia Fla Fairmont

Japan Outlines Plans for Naval Building

Japan outlines naval building plans as Tokyo reports delegation to the Geneva conference will seek an equal ratio and a maximum for auxiliary vessels. The aim is liberty to build with other powers, claiming greater need to protect trade routes. A drowning incident in Guyan River is reported where Huntington-Jacob Six, 59, drowned while swimming to shorten his route home from a neighbor's residence.

Huntington Jacob Six Guyan River Takyo Associated Press Japan America Great Britain United States

Bachelor plans river swim after leaving house

A man intending to swim the river faced warnings from friends who questioned his bachelor status and lack of transport. He ran to the water's edge and plunged in, swimming fully as a youth, amid curiosity about his motive.

Body found in a tador boat near Fairmont

Twenty minutes after an incident a man fell overboard from a tador boat, signaling help to retrieve the body. Major John C. Bond, once state auditor, is seriously ill with malaria fever at Huntington’s government sanatorium after a jury found mental impairment linked to misappropriation charges. efforts seek to move him to a more suitable setting. In other news, H D Stelling of Union Carbide will describe a new methane detector at West Virginia University Mechanical Hall, showing detection down to sixteen hundredths of one percent and indicating exact methane levels in air.

Bond Fairmont John C. Bond Huntington Charleston Major Bond Monongahela Valley Coal Mining Institute Mechanical Hall West Virginia University H. D. Stelling Union Carbon and Carbide Company New York City

Two Army Planes Wreck Near Youngstown Ohio

Reports say two army planes crashed near Youngstown while returning from the Lindbergh reception in Washington. One plane at Niles piloted by Lieutenants Erickson and Wolf developed engine trouble, both crewmen were slightly injured and the aircraft damaged. A second plane wreck occurred 20 miles south near Libdon after the engine failed during ascent. the pilot and passenger were unharmed.

Youngstown Ohio Lettridge Meld Mich Washington Niles Erickson D. J. Wolf Libdon Here Lona

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