Patton Case Nears Finale in City Lawsuit
Theodore Patton seeks 5871 dollars for medical expenses and lost services after his wife Olive Patton was injured by a fall in Indian alley last March. The Taylor county circuit court heard testimony as jurors viewed the accident site near Knotts Avenue and Washington Street. The suit, titled against the City of Grafton, includes claims that Olive Patton was pregnant and underwent a cesarean operation, with the child surviving briefly before death. The case continued with witness testimony and juror observation at the scene.
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Theodore Patton
Grafton
Indian Alley
Taylor County
Olive Patton
Patton
Lindsey Morier
Harvey W. Murton
Ben Poling
Harold Courtney
Otto
Kis
Cwnee
Gene Fort Wort
Patten
Hans
Judge issues warrant for missing girl
A warrant is issued for 16 year old Sarah Marie mn of Boyd street for leaving home without consent. Judge Herbert W. Dent states she left at 12 30 on the day she disappeared to return to high school but did not. Washington police and Chief Jace Henderson investigated and traced her possible route to Route 60 before pickup by a passing car. Attempts to locate her continue with police and public notices.
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Sarah Marie Mn
Cecil Mason
Boyd Street Res
Herbert W. Dent
High Fool
City Po
Washington
Jace Henderson
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Judge Payne Visits Former Neighbor Who Held Him as a Babe
Judge Payne, longtime Red Cross figure, made a courtesy visit to Mrs. Daniel Breakiron in Westover. The 95 year old former neighbor, who once nursed him as a baby, hosted Payne for an hour and a half chat that began with memories of his childhood. The meeting fulfilled a long-held wish after she regretted missing a dinner in his honor.
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Judge Payne
Joh Barton Parnes
The
Red Cross
Morvan
Univerity
Daniel Breakvon
Westover
Breakiron
Imaline Martin
Huntytown
Payne
Two Gunmen Snatch Victims in Davenport Iowa
Davenport reports say two people were abducted by an armed man who forced Traffic Officer Filmer Schuter and UP Asss secretary treasurer to drive out of Davenport. Their car was found abandoned with rope and cloth in the wreckage and a briefcase believed seized by the gunman.
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Davenport
Iowa
Upass
Venice
Wendel Coal Miner Killed In Mine Accident
Luther Mayle, 56, a Wendel coal miner for Maryland Coal Company, died when a mining machine toppled and crushed him as he prepared to begin his shift. His nephew Rain found the body after oversleeping, with a fatal chest injury noted by a physician. An inquest was deemed unnecessary by Acting Coroner Ona C. Jefferys.
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Luther Mayle
Wendel
Maryland Coal Company
Mayle
Mayles
Koby
Rain
Andibuddy
Some Merchants Pay Sales Tax With Bouncing Checks
A campaign against bad checks in payment of the consumer sales tax was started today by Tax Commissioner Fred L. Fox. He said some merchants use money rightfully belonging to the state and some checks are returned marked insufficient funds.
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Charleston
Fred L. Fox
Fox
Tri County committee weighs airport site near Bridgeport
A Tri County Airport Committee meeting in Clarksburg left the Harrison Marion and Taylor counties undecided on a suitable airport location. Taylor county reps were absent due to work conflicts and the mayor could not attend. Garrett farm on Route 50 near Bridgeport emerged as favored by Harrison county, while Marion county cited several options but remained cautious. The association president noted ongoing reviews and the next steps were deferred.
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Pasenger
Harrison, Marion
Taylor Counties
Tri-County Airport Committee
Clarksburg
Taylor Countiy
C. O. King
Garrett Farm
Bridgeport
Harrison County
H. B. Brubaker
Marion County
Board Urges Arnold Return Here In Public Post
Capt W H Arnold former Taylor county welfare relief administrator and ex state administrator of transient activities at Charleston was offered assistant administrator of PERA for Taylor county at a local board meeting chaired by James C Holt The board uncertain if Arnold will accept with Simon J Friedman’s appointment opposed by the state administrator Beehler approved Arnold as head or assistant to resolve the controversy The offer comes as the board fights to retain Friedman and the note says continued on page eight
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W. H. Arnold
Taylor County
Charleston
Pera
James C. Holt
Arnold
Taylor Cans
Beehler
William N. Beehler
Simon J. Friedman
Film Magnate's Wife Robbed of Jewels and Cash in Chicago
Mrs Adolph Zukor wife of the film magnate reported to police that she was robbed of 85000 in money and jewelry while a guest at the Blackstone Hotel. She awoke at midnight and found a black French bag missing from her suite containing a 75000 necklace of 78 pearls with a platinum clasp and an eight carat diamond.
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Chicago
Adolph Zukor
Blackstone Hotel
Papers Found in Wreck Not Of Value Says Probe
Navy officials in Washington disclose no valuable items were recovered. On Last Chance mountain crash, documents and chemicals from William Baxter Bader, Buffalo chemical engineer, were seized as part of a broader Espionage Law inquiry sparked by federal authority. Continued on page four.
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Washington
Joseph ‘I’. Taussig
Naval Operations
Navy
William Bader
Sulfaio Chemical
Catskill
Liberty
United States Navy Department
Last Chance Mountain
Naval Intelligence Department
Naval
Victor G. Bourke
William Baxter Bader
R R Executive Found Killed in Washington
The badly mutilated body of Fugene LeGette, general Eastern freight agent of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, was found early today in Union Station tunnel. He had disappeared from an inbound Chesapeake and Ohio train shortly before the accident. Police say he was last seen crossing from a baggage car to the tank of the engine as the train pulled in from the west.
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Washington
le Gette General Eastern Freight
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Union Station
LeGette
Chesapeake and Ohio
City arms 10 hunt for mad girl slasher
Defiance June 14. A secret eight member vigilante committee took charge of protective measures after a series of brutal attacks by a mad slasher. Five women and girls wounded in two weeks including 16 year old Rosemary Mansfield. Legion and Lions Club patrols ready for emergency. Parents keep children indoors and doors locked. A dozen vagrants rounded up but released after questioning.
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Rosemary Mansfield
American Legion
Lions Club
Joseph C. Krutsch
Legion
Defiance
Plan to Quiz Nazi Rout Explosion Plan to Quiz Nazi Rout Explosion
The New York World Telegram reports Dr. Ernst F. Sedgwick Hanfstaengl, a trusted Hitler lieutenant, will be subpoenaed to testify about the Black Tom explosion case and Nazi propaganda upon his arrival in New York Saturday for a Harvard class reunion aboard the Europa.
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New York
New York World-Telegram
Ernst. F. Sedgwick Hanfstaengl
Adolph Hitler
Leutenant
Harvard
Kump Discusses Valley Plan To Rehabilitate Area
Governor Kump outlined a large scale plan to rehabilitate the Monongahela valley’s national resources, a joint state and federal effort. He met federal officials in Washington and a Morgan town meeting was planned for further consideration of the project. coordination of flood control and related activities was noted.
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Kump
Charleston
Monongahela Valley
Washington
Morgantown
Flood Sontral
Nan Fgo Yn Nesons Dane
Tno
Recognition or Strike Dominates Unions Convention
A Pittsburgh convention of 200 delegates from the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers debated recognition or nationwide steel strike. NRA administrator Hugh B. Johnson voiced pessimism, while veteran leader Tighe projected strength of conservative factions and a divided push toward labor action.
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Pittsburgh
Johnson
Hugh
NRA
Washington
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and ‘Tin
Tighe
Earl J. Forbeck
William Spang
William A
Local Grocery Code Authority Responds to NRA Policy
W A Rogerson secretary treasurer of the Local Food and Grocery Distributors Code Authority covering twelve counties says the new NRA pricing policy will stabilize the industry and reduce uncertainty. He notes the food code protects about 400000 wholesale and retail grocers and ties labor costs to NRA increases.
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W. A. Rogerson
Lbcall Food and Grocery Distributors
Harrison, Marion
Taylor, Barbour
Monongalia
Preston
Tucker
Upshur
Lewis
Braxton
Doddrige
Randolph
NRA
Food and Grocery Distributors’ Code Authority
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Catskills
N.Y
Associated Press
Pruntytown
Basztal Club
Italy
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Adoph Hitler
Germany
Nazi Party
Benito Mussolini
Fascisti
Hitler
Konstantine von Neurath
Austria
Mussolini
Tricounty
Thomas Layden
Newark
N. J
Somerville Nuncy
Doris Duke
Friedman
Naval Chief
R.R. Executive
Trainin Capital Yards
Newark, N. J
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Hota
City Arms
Ohio
Elks Lodge
W. VA
Grafton City Park
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Woman's Club
Rhea Fisher
Girl
Florence Wilkinson
Boy
Rev. Jones
Grafton High School
John Evans
John H. Bradford
Wedediainbe
Tsar Edad
Congress
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