Grafton Men Squeal on Looting Ring
Three Grafton men Frank Haddix Delmar Haddix and Frank Ball emerge as key figures in a 20 robbery ring spanning Taylor and nearby counties. About $2,000 in loot recovered as six arrests total include a raid near Saberton where 1100 pounds of sugar and several barrels of flour were seized. Beraldine Ball wife of Frank Ball daughter of Frank Haddix sought as a suspect, with officers tracing further robberies to Moran's garage Duskeys general store and other sites.
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Grafton
Frank
Delmar Haddix
Frank Ball
Haddix
Taylor
Moran
Fairmont
Duskey
Independence
Tunnelton
Sharp's
Newbury
Beraldine Ball
Frank Haddix
Gnd
H. K. Debendar‘Ter
Wallace Hender Son
Selvey
De‘moss
Hoover
Saberton
Morgantown
Democrats Face Dry Law Repeal at Convention
Chicago June 20 key Democratic leaders and floor directors for Roosevelt and Ruehle announced as the convention lineup shapes the battle for the permanent chair and speaker selections. Farley said Arthur Mullen will direct Roosevelt floor activities while Ennis named Howard Bruce for Ruehle. Millard Tydings and Richard Cleveland to back the Ritchie nomination. John E. Mack invited to place Roosevelt’s leading candidate. Continued on Page Two.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Ruehle
James A. Farley
Congress Hotel
Arthur Mullen
Omaha
New York
Robert B. Ennis
Baltimore
Ritchie
Howard Bruce
Maryland
Ennis
Millard Tydings
Richard F. Cleveland
John E. Mack
Poughkeepsie
Farley
Senator Walsh
Montana
County G O P to Send 22 Delegates to Convention
Taylor county Republicans announce 22 delegates will attend the state G O P convention in Wheeling on August 11. A county committee meeting is set for court house at 7 45 pm Tuesday to issue the district convention call and discuss local politics. District elections are planned for July with apportionment by governor Conley votes from 1928.
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Taylor County
Wheeling
H. C. Compton
Court House
Compton
Conley
Fetterman
Flemington
Grafton
Knotts Ijotte
Racketeer Higgins Slain After Leaving Bodyguard
In Brooklyn, noted racketeer Charles Vannie Higgins was shot and killed outside the Knights of Columbus clubhouse after he left his bodyguard to act as a family man. His seven year old daughter Jean was grazed by a bullet as eight gunmen fired from two automobiles. The attack followed Higgins watching his daughter at a school event. Continued on Page Six.
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New York
Charles
Vannie) Higgins
Brooklyn
Sun- Higgins
Jean
Knights of Columbus
Page
Street Cars to Park Schedule Expanded This Summer
Street cars to Grafton Park will run on a 30 and 40 minute timetable during the summer season. The first trip leaves B. and O. Square at 6 30 a m with a 15 minute ride to the park and 7 o'clock return. Morning trips to the playground run until 9 40 a m before the 40 minute schedule takes effect. Last car departs the park at 10 20 p m arriving 10 40 p m with return to the car barn by 11 15 p m. Transfers from Feet terman and Blueville stay on 45 minute service. About 100 riders went to the park in the forenoon and around 200 in the afternoon and evening. New fare set at 10 cents per round trip. Ferry service across the river remains free.
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Grafton Park
Tygarts Valley Traction Company
Feetterman
Blueville
Park
Big Four to Hold Parley on War Debts
Lausanne, June 19. The leaders of Britain France Italy and Germany meet privately to map a channel for talks on war debts and reparations as plenary debate is postponed. Britain favours cancellation, Germany seeks to end reparations, France urges treaty observance, Italy backs cancellation. King Albert of Belgium urges international solidarity.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Europe
Great Britain
France
Italy
Germany
Albert
Belgium
New Federal Tax Levies Go Into Effect Tonight
Washington June 20 The new tax bill goes into effect at midnight and runs through June 30 to raise over 1.1 billion dollars. Excise duties hit matches gasoline automobiles tires candy soft drinks and toilet preparations. Miscellaneous taxes include telephone messages telegraph and cable charges and admissions. Stamp taxes on securities transfers and conveyances also contribute. Admissions tax applies one cent per ten cents of charge above forty cents.
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Washington
Amelia Earhart Back Home After Solo Atlantic Flight
New York crowds of about 5000 greeted Amelia Earhart Putnam as she returned from her solo Atlantic crossing aboard the River Side. She and husband George Palmer Putnam were transferred ashore from the Ile De France at quarantine amid harbor salutes and water jets. The pilot’s solo flight ended in Ireland after takeoff a month earlier, and the reception reflected national pride.
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New York
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Battery Park
Rive
George Palmer Putnam
Tle de France
Mrs. Putnam
Ireland
Moratorium on War Debts Reaches One Year Anniversary
Washington notes mark one year since President Hover proposed an international moratorium on inter governmental debts. War debts and reparations remain tangled in uncertainty. Lausanne hosts a conciliatory group of statesmen believed to think Europe should settle reparations before broader action.
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Washington
Hover
Lausanne
Switzerland
Europe
Ten Million Dollar West Virginia Capitol Building Dedicated
Canton Ga June 20 Paul Hardin a 30 year old farmer killed his wife and four children then took his own life. The tragedy was found this morning by John Henry Hardin the father who visited the locked home and looked through a window to see the six bodies. The elder Hardin said his son appeared mentally disturbed by a recent arrest for liquor law violations.
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Canton Ga
Paul Hardin
John Henry Hardin
Paul
Hardin
Merchant at Man Commits Death by Own Action
Dilton Perry, 61, a merchant and former deputy sheriff, killed himself with a pistol at his store in Man near here. His body lay face down on a desk. no reason was given for the act. The incident occurred early today.
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Logan
Dilton Perry
Man
Here
West Virginia Celebrates 69th Anniversary as State
Mary McKendree Johnson reports from Wheeling as crowds honor West Virginia's 69th anniversary. Flags and bunting adorn public buildings while citizens gather toward Linsley Institute to mark the June 20 1863 founding amid Civil War memories. Governors Francis Pierpont and Arthur Ingraham Boreman are featured as principal figures in the ceremony.
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Mary McKendree Johnson
The
Parkersburg News
Wheeling
Linsley Institute
West Virginia
Brother Arraked
Hif
Old Dominion
Athena
Zeus
Virginia
Linsly Institute
Francis Pierpont
Arthur Ingraham Boreman
DRY HEAD SAYS WETS LOST IN PLANE BATTLE
Dr Daniel A Poling said the country’s drys are doing their own thinking and criticized the Republican prohibition plank. He noted united dry leaders oppose repeal or submission and planned an executive session after the Democratic convention to issue a general statement.
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New York
Daniel A. Poling
Allied Forces For Prohibition
United Dry Organizations
Republican Plank
Gan “Whey United
Cpe
Nicholas Murray Butler
Bingham
Wounded bonuser dies. officer held in shooting
Louis Chiapetta, a wounded bonus marcher from Houston, Texas, died in Marion after being shot in the abdomen while sleeping in a box car near Washington. Southern Railway detective W. B. Banks, named by Chiapetta's comrades as the shooter, was arrested and held on $10,000 bond.
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Bonus Marcher
Marion
N. C
Louis Chiapetta
Houston
Texas
W. B. Bannks
Southern Railway
Chiapetta
Birthday celebration precedes West Virginia capitol dedication
Charleston marks the 69th anniversary of statehood with the dedication of a $10,000,000 capitol building. Thousands parade the Kanawha riverfront to tour the marble halls and gold dome, guided by state department employees. The scene features flags, a carnival mood, and a reception in the governor’s office. Police and veterans groups, including the National Guard and American Legion, participate as coverage continues on page four.
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Charleston
West Virginia
West
National Guard
American Legion
Page Four
Officers and Miners Clash at Monongah
Violence flared at the Monongah coal mine as state and county officers separated strikers from workers. Twenty three arrests followed after clashes near the Consolidation Coal Company mine. one blacksmith was seriously injured, others less so. The strike, called by the United Mine Workers, seeks a wage contract as union leaders addressed about 300 miners in Monongah.
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Fairmont
West Virginia
Mononogah
Consolidation, Coal Company
Dennis J. Smith
Monongah
Ollie Mohamed
Mohamed
United Mine Workers of America
Carolin ‘Na
Veteran editor Baldwin dies at 82 in Baltimore Sun
Oliver Perry Baldwin, aged 82, longtime Sun editorial staff member and former managing editor, died at his Baltimore home after a long illness. He served the paper in various roles and led the Sun as managing editor for several years.
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Baltimore
Oliver Perry Baldwin
the Sun
Warn Congress it Must Meet Jobless Situation
Washington June 20 Dr Sidney E Goldstein of New York urged a senate committee to pass unemployment relief legislation warning congress to not adjourn without addressing the crisis. He said despair could spark desperation and outbreaks, urging a housing program subsidized by the naval department and public works bonds to aid the working class amid looming unemployment.
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Washington
Sidney E. Goldstein
New York
Senate
Congress
Senate Manufacturers’ Committee
Goldstein
Joint Committee For Unemployment Relief
Tion
America
Naval
Catholc
Witestant
Ars
Lend&e
Bonus Expeditionary Force
Edward F. McGrady
American Federation of Labor
Aera
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Vannie” Higgins
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Moose Home
William Simms
J. C. Helms
U. S
New Capitol
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State Capitol
Georgia
Arthur I. Boreman
Parkersburg
Dry Head
D. A. Poling
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