Brave Aviators In Paris Sunday In Yellow Bird
French trans Atlantic jet team postpones departure to Paris aboard the Yellow Bird until tomorrow to complete the voyage. They will land first at Cazaux near Bordeaux and then proceed to Paris, after spending a night for repairs. The crew tested the motor but pushed back takeoff times as adjustments continued.
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Brave Aviators
Paris
Santander
Spain
Cazaux
France
Bordeaux
Cardux
Atlantic
Here
Carr Displays Nerve As He Dies On Rope
Moundsville W V June 15 Carr 50 of Pocahontas county died on the gallows for killing Lock Sharpe in October. He walked to the scaffold after bidding goodbye to kin and the chaplain. The crime stemmed from a land rights quarrel and included the alleged slaying of his wife. Earlier, two other inmates Millard Morrigan and Walter Wilmot were sent to the gallows awaiting September 13 execution. twenty eight more inmates arrived.
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Carr
Moundsville
W. Way
Theodore Carr
Poca- Hontas County
Sharpe
Jon Carr
Clawson
Pocahontas County
Sharp
Min
Charleston
Millard Morrigan
Walter Wilmot
Grafted Sentinel Extends Hours for Subscriptions
The Grafton Printing Co announces evening hours at The Grafted Sentinel office to accommodate customers paying subscriptions and other accounts who cannot visit during the day.
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Grafted Sentinel
The
Grafton Printing Co
School Board Sets Action on Graf ton Principal Appointment
Official confirmation of E M Tomlinson as Graf ton high school principal for next year was given by the board of education. Rumors of unrest between Superintendent H A Rice and Tomlinson persist, with board members saying decisions on personnel changes will await the new board's actions after July 1. Continued discussion is expected as details of teacher recommendations differ between Rice and Tomlinson.
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E. M. Tomlinson
Grafton High School
Board of Education
H. A. Rice
Joseph A. Jolliffe
Charles E. Burke
H. A.rice
Rice
Tomlinson
Hoover Signs Farm Relief Bill Faces Debenture Cut
Washington reports President Hoover signed the farm relief bill after months of congressional battle. The measure creates a federal farm board with a $500 million fund to aid farmers through cooperatives and stabilization efforts, while debenture provisions were removed in the final version.
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White House
McNary-Haugen
Coolidge
Hoover
Hyde
Longworth
Curtis
Senate
House
Boy Killed In Toy Cannon Blast Near July Fourth
Chicago June 15 A toy cannon exploded during play injuring three youths and killing Oliver S Theo bald 15 son of a US Gypsum Company official Walter Reg nery another boy injured while a third narrowly escaped.
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Chicago
Oliver S. Theobald
United States
Rewed Divorced Couple In Chicago Ceremony
Edwin Carews film director obtained a license to remarry his divorced wife Mary Aiken. She is a former Chicago girl en route from California for the ceremony.
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Chicago
Edwin Carews
Mary Aiken
California
Pola Negri’s Son and Daughter Visit Grafton Scouts
Juan Negri Bushland Eagle Scout son of Pola Negri and his sister visited Rev. A. J. Torrey in Grafton for a Kiwanis Boy Scouts event. They met at the Hotel Gratton lobby where Juan requested a stringed instrument and was lent a mandolin by Guy D. Haymond at Haymond Music Store. Mrs Torrey took him for a drive as he charmed those he met.
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Juan Negri
Pola Negri
Grafton
Kiwanis
A. J. Torrey
Gratton
Haymond
Guy D. Haymond
Grafton Observes Flag Day Under Elks Auspices
The 152nd anniversary of the Stars and Stripes was marked by Grafton Lodge 308 Elks in a Flag Day service. Hundreds watched as the American Legion Boy Scouts and other groups joined in the ceremony near the Elks House. Ralph H. Cline traced the flag’s birth and evolution, emphasizing reverence for the nation’s banner and its meanings.
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American Legion
Boy Scouts
Girl Reserves
Woman's Music Club
Grafton Lodge No. 308
D. O. Ellis
F. Roy Yoke
West Virginia University
Fred B. Watkins
Karl J. Nuzum
Irl M. Humphreys
Watkins
Elks
Order of
Ralph H. Clin
Ralph H. Cline
Mechtnic
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Daring Berkeley Bank Heist Nets $18400, Robber Flees
A dapper young robber held up the Berkeley Bank of America branch yesterday, cowed seven people, and escaped with 18400 after conversing with the manager. In Oakland a separate attempt yielded no money but a brief confrontation as a crowd formed. The Berkeley thief methodically looted cash and travelers checks totaling 18400 before departing.
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Berkeley
Cal
Bank of America
Oakland
Jim
Lashier
General Dawes Receives Honor From the King
General Charles G. Dawes arrived at Windsor Castle to present credentials as the new American ambassador to Great Britain. He and his party, including Mrs. Dawes, Ray Atherton, and Arthur Henderson, were greeted by King George VI. Dawes said the king was delightful and stayed to chat for half an hour before departing for London.
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Rug
Windsor Castle
Charles G. Dawes
King George
New America
Great
Britain
Dawes
Ray Atherton
Arthur Henderson
MacDonald
London
Ambassador Dawes
England
Great Britain
Southampton
Daily Express
Arnold Confident on Salvation Army Citadel Drive
Captain W H Arnold reports strong responses to fundraising by William Morgan for a $4000 drive to build a permanent Salvation Army citadel. If successful, the facility will house meeting rooms, a youth club, emergency rooms, transient lodging, and a home for the commandant and his family.
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William Morgan
Salvation Army
W. H. Arnold
Morgan
Findbis
Hoover urged to help town in White case
International Falls Minnesota June 15 A clash between federal and state officials over custody of B J White border patrolman charged with murder of Henry Virkkula loomed as citizens appealed to President Hoover for relief from what they called arrogant lawlessness by patrolmen Hearing set for July 2 3 White held in $5000 bond in the case filed last Saturday night as investigators searched for liquor runners The case referenced continues as officials seek removal to federal court and action from Attorney General William D Mitchell
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International Falls
Minn
B. J. White
Henry
Virkkula
Hoover
White
Big Falls
L. L. Drill
United States
St. Paul
William D. Mitchell
Nickel Plate Applies For Leasing Authority
The Nickel Plate Railroad today applied to the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to lease for 99 years the yard of Northern Ohio Food Terminal, Inc., in Cleveland, beginning July 1.
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Washington
Nickel Plate Railroad
Interstate’ Commerce, Commission
Northern ,Ohio Food Terminal, Inc
Cleveland
Motorists Contribute Fund Toward State Road Expense
West Virginia motorists have contributed about $16,988,000 toward state highways in six years through the gasoline tax. Since the tax began July 26, 1923, collections rose from $832,604.62 in the first fiscal year to an expected $4,500,000 in the current year ending June 30.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
T. C. ‘Townsend
Boy Discovers Victim Body Inquest Today
A Columbus bulletin reports state agriculture employee Marion Myers and Ohio State University veterinary professor James Snook were questioned by police in connection with the hammer killing of Miss Theora Hix. Detectives questioned a man linked to Miss Kera Hix, a 24 year old Ohio University student, who reportedly knew the victim. The man, described as around 40, admitted visiting the morgue and claimed familiarity with the case before his custody. The body was found near a rifle range and nine punctures were noted on the throat area. The investigation proceeds with police and coroner Joseph Murphy.
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Columbus
Marion T. Myers
State Department of Agriculture
James H. Snook
Ohio State University School of Veterinary Medicine
Kera K. Hix
Ohio University
Eile
Titta Nowe Ore
Murphy
Bono
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Altodria Race Classic Draws Speedy Motors
Pa June 16 Altodria 200 mile race draws 14 drivers for the annual event in Tipton Bowl. Officials expect averages near 100 mph despite cloudy, rainy weather. Woodbury records fastest qualifying time while Louis Meyer of last year’s Alt na grind starts fourth from the pole and Ray Keeon sits fifth in the year’s 500 mile race buildup. Start time set for p.m. EDT.
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Tipton Bowl Hare
Woodbury
Louis Meyer
Winnier
Ray
Keeon
Indianapolis
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