Former local man dies in Chicago hospital
D B Thayer a 74 year old former master carpenter for Baltimore and Ohio in Grafton and for last 15 years with the railroad in Chicago died in a Chicago hospital. A brief message to G T Bartlett set funeral details. Body to be sent to Grafton Friday with Webster Cemetery burial. Born Clarksburg July 21 1865. Wife Minnie Wolfe dead for about 15 years. Survivors include daughter Gladys Taylor of East Main Street three brothers Frank Taylor of Pittsburgh Ellsworth A Taylor of California and R B Taylor of Lakewood Ohio and sister Susanna Silhelm Barrett of Cleveland.
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D. B. Thayer
Baltimore and Ohio
Grafton
Chicago
G T. Bartlett
Webster Cemetery
D. B
Mary Taylor
Clarksburg
Minnie Wolfe
Webster
Gladys Taylor
East Main Street
Frank Taylor
Pittsburgh
Ellsworth A. Taylor
California
R. B. Taylor
Lakewood
Susanna Silhelm Barrett
Cleveland
Camera Club To View Film In Lantern Lecture
The Grafton Camera club meets on the first and third Fridays at 106 Latrobe street. Friday at 7 pm features a 30 minute illustrated lantern slide lecture titled The Essentials of Picture Making by Paul Defenaugh, loaned by Eastman Kodak Co Photographic Service. Over a dozen members, ages 18 to 80, attend to learn amateur photography.
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Grafton Camera Club
Latrobe Street
Camera Club Photographic Service
Eastman Kodak Co
Paul Defenaugh
Knights Plan Election Of Officers Thursday
The Knights of Columbus will hold its annual officer election at 8 p.m. Thursday June 15. Representatives will attend from Monongalia Preston and Taylor counties.
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Knights
The
Knights of Columbus
Monongalia
Preston
Taylor
Loiterer Ordered to Leave Town after arraignment
Ralph Goff of Clarksburg was picked up by city police for loitering last night and arraigned before Mayor P F Gillispie in municipal court, who ordered him to leave town this morning.
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Ralph Goff
Clarksburg
P. F. Gillispie
Young Financier Buckner Faces Mail Fraud Trial
Willam B Buckner Jr a young financier and friend of Loretta Young goes on trial with four co defendants in New York on an eight count federal indictment charging mail fraud and conspiracy. The case centers on an alleged beauty lobby of Broadway night club girls flown to Washington to influence Congress and a scheme to fleece investors of a million dollars tied to forcing redemption of a defaulted Philippine railway for Britain Belgium and the Netherlands. The story also notes Miss Young was not in court. The liner had been idling in mid Atlantic while the American committee sought temporary homes for refugees aboard since May 15 departing Hamburg. The ship later turned back to Europe after Cuba refused entry.
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New York
Willam B. Buckner, Jr
Loretta Young
Miss Young
Buckney
Washington
Buckner
Philippine Railway
Britain
Belgium
Neherlands
mid-Atlantic
American Committee
Hamburg
Europe
Homeless Jews to Get Haven Aboard Hamburg America
Paris dispatch reports the Hamburg-America liner St Louis ordered to sail for Europe with full steam carrying 907 homeless German Jewish refugees who have temporarily found sanctuary in France.
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Paris
St. Louis
Europe
France
Hosier Workers Union Signs With State Plant
Martinsburg report states the American Federation of Hosiery Workers and In' woven Stocking company signed a contract for the plant here. A labor board election last December named AFHW as the bargaining agent for about 1,500 workers. The agreement confirms the union as the certified representative.
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Martinsburg
Fred G. Held
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
AFHW
Held
Birth of a son to Mr and Mrs F W Lew in Pittsburgh
A baby boy was born at St John’s Hospital in Pittsburgh to Mr. and Mrs F W Lew. Mr Lew recently moved from Salem and is manager of a Texaco station on West Main Street. Mrs Lew is formerly Virginia Bridge of Catmenic Pa.
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F. W. Lewis
St. John's Hospital
Pittsburgh
Lewis Hame
Salem
Texaco
West Main Street
Watkins Seeks Divorce Over Alleged Violence
Mrs. Norah Alice Watkins of New Cumberland sues Ira Merle Watkins of Independence in Taylor County circuit court seeking divorce and custody of their seven month old daughter Donna Jean. The bill alleges repeated beatings including a head injury with an automobile generator, lack of medical care, failure to support, and theft of three checks totaling $78.75 cashed by the husband. Prosecuting Attorney Francis L. Warder filed the suit on her behalf.
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Norah Alice Watkins
New Cumberland
Taylor County
Ira Merle Watkins
Independence
Francis L
Watkins
Sinclair Found Dead In Hammond Brick Plant
Howard Sinclair aged 38 was found dead in a Hammond brick plant while officials believe natural causes ended his life. The body was moved to Bartlett Funeral Home for burial preparations after the Marion county coroner was notified. In Wellsburg Clyde Francis, 27, was jailed on bread and water confinement for failure to pay alimony as Judge J J P O'Brien criticized his lack of effort to meet obligations.
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Howard Sinclair
Hammond
Bartlett
Bursial
Sinclair
Marion County
Wellsburg
Clyde Francis
J. J. P. O’brien
Francis
Correction Sought in Local Court Story
Mrs. Sue Clark asked the Sentinel to amend a report stating charges against Mrs. Bessie Curry were dismissed. She says Curry sought a peace warrant and the case was dismissed after a hearing. The dispute grew from remarks toward Mrs. Clark's daughter.
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Sue Clark
The
Sentinel
Bessie Curry
East Grafton
Justice of the Peace
Hoye G. White
Motive elusive in late breaking case on page one
The article fragment shows investigators unable to establish a possible motive. A quoted official says, I believe it was the work of a person involved, but details remain unclear as the report continues from page one.
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Tiny
Governor Is Striving To Settle Labor Fight
Washington reports the Agriculture Department, funded by a 1 750 000 emergency appropriation, intensifies efforts to curb a grasshopper outbreak. Poison bait made from bran, sawdust and arsenic is being rushed to the Great Plains and Pacific Northwest infestations, with early infestation in North and South Dakota, Montana, Nebraska and Wyoming.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Great Plains
Pacific Northwest
North
South Dakota
Montana
Nebraska
Wyoming
Average Fruit Crop Is Expected This Summer
West Virginia orchard owners can expect an average fruit crop this year not a bumper yield nor skimpy. Drought in May reduced many crops but June rains bring hope. Apple condition June 1 was 54 percent of full crop versus 49 percent last year and a 55 percent five-year average.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Iday
Ervice
Pocahontas Jury Weighs Facts In Slaying Trial
MARLINTON June 14 A Pocahontas county jury weighs the facts in the third murder trial of Wale Williams former Kanawha county deputy sheriff He is accused of fatally shooting Joseph Keffer during a scuffle after Williams tried to arrest Keffer for a traffic violation on December 1 1934 Williams who was not an officer at the time testified Keffer grabbed the gun Mrs Ashton Pauley testified that Williams drew and fired the gun Keffer died from the wound and authorities presented the case for the prosecution
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Marlinton
Pocahontas County
Wale Williams
Kanawha County
Williams
Joseph’ Keffer
Keffer
Ashton Pauley
Mrs Bolyard Admitted for Observation in Fellowsville
Mrs Gladys Bolyard of Fellowsville was admitted to City Hospital Wednesday morning for observation after medical evaluation.
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Gladys Bolyard
Fellowsville
Grafton Rail Hearing Extends With Bus Service Talks
The West Virginia Public Service Commission continued a hearing on rail service for the Grafton area and pressed for certificate details from bus firms not operating. Reynolds company holds a line certificate from Adrian to Elkins via Ellamore, with direct Charleston service long sought by Elkins residents. The session paused for July 11 to review Elkins Adrian Junction traffic and timber transport declines in central West Virginia.
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J. Z. Terrell
B. and O. Bus
West Virginia Transportation Company
Reynoldg ‘Transportation Company
Edwards
Commission
Reynolds S Company
Adrian
Elkins
Ellamore
Eling
Charleston
Beard Tree
Marshall County
Notice to all debtors at Home Meat Market Bok r Coal Co
All persons indebted to Bok r Coal Company or the Home Meat Market must arrange to pay these accounts on or before the first day of the month to pay costs. Make your payments at the Home Meat Market 1220 W. Main street. H. L. Baker.
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Bok R Coal Company
Man Street
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