Death of Roy McCue After Bicycle Accident with Ice Truck
Roy William McCue a 12 year old First Ward pupil died in Grafton City hospital at 9 30 last night from an embolism linked to an accident Wednesday when he fell from a bicycle beneath a North Pole Ice truck on lower West Main street Officers say driver Melvin Bartlett backed the truck to turn and the boy was unable to avoid the rear wheel He was rushed to hospital where complications developed leading to his death Funeral services are planned for Monday afternoon with no inquest anticipated.
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Roy William McCue
First Ward
Grafton City Hospital
North Pole
Ice Company
Lower West Main Street
A. E. Lockard
Hhere
Melvin Bartlett
Lincoln Street
Bartlett
Picnic Tragedy Strikes Lubec School Picnic
Bewildered parents plan burial for twelve Lubec elementary pupils after a 14 foot dinghy capsized on Lake Gardner during a picnic. Only five of 17 survived, including the operator Calvin Lundin. Dead children include Daniel McCurdy Evelyn Mahar Aaron Knowles and others. 150 spectators watched as wind and waves toppled the boat.
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Lubec
Lake Gardner
Childre
Calvin Lundin
Lubes Ridge Cripple
Daniel ‘McCurdy
Evelyn
Aaron Mahar
Ramah Knowles
Frank Reynolds
Roland Batton
Doris Small
Glenn Morey
Christine Sleight
Merrill Lewis
Jerome Kinney
Leverne Dinsmore
Lundin
Drive SAFELY Walk A constant thought for the safety of others
A safety message urges constant awareness of danger to keep drivers awake and protect others. The note from the Taylor County Safety Council emphasizes personal responsibility and collective safety on the road.
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Taylor County Safety Council
Murder Theory Advanced In Deaths Of Mother And Children
A Pittsburgh triple murder theory gains traction after autopsy shows the 27 year old mother and her two children died by strangulation. Brother Robert Buckley disputes the case against wife, noting right handedness and the left temple stab, plus tied knots and rope use inconsistent with suicide. Police continue investigation as Feely, distraught husband, questions who broke in.
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Pittsburgh
Martin J. Feely
University of Pittsburgh
Freely
Robert W. Buckley
New York
Feely
New Jersey
Buckley
Robert
Janice
John Arta
Sailors Lose Gals as Cops Go Into Action
In Brooklyn an idle raid by 35 plainclothes officers and 15 policewomen rounded up 110 girls from dance halls and parlors near the navy yard. They were taken to police HQ for questioning on name age occupation and residence. About 15 girls 18 or younger were found to be at risk.
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Brooklyn
Navy Yard
New York City
Crime Prevention Bureau
John Cone
Ex-Strikers Fail To Get Promised Raise at Dam
Frederick Snare Company workers at the Ty Farts river dam walked out last Monday and did not receive the raise some strikers reported was promised. Snare executives offered no comment while negotiations continue with the International Union of Operating Engineers.
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Frederick Snare Company
Tyfarts River
Snare
International Union of Operating Engineers
Edward Thomas Accepts University Post as Drama Professor
Edward Thomas, a popular county high school instructor, left for Chicago to become assistant professor of drama at Northwestern University. A Duke graduate, he is well known locally and will also pursue further training at Northwestern School of Drama.
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Edward Thomas
Chicago
Ilinois
Northwestern University
Thomas
Duke University
Northwestern School of Drama
Special Term of Court Called By Judge Dent
Judge Herbert W. Dent ordered a special term of court to begin June 22. The session, directed to hear condemnation cases filed by the State Road Commission through Prosecuting Attorney James C. Holt, was to be called by Circuit Clerk Frank M. Hollis Jr.
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Herbert W. Dent
Circuit Court
Frank M. Hollis, Jr
State Road Commission
James C. Holt
West Virginia Day Observed by Grafton Rotarians
Grafton Rotarians marked West Virginia day at Hotel Grafton with Miss Betty Stafford detailing state history in a talk titled Know your own state. She traced early state history and Virginia withdrawal era, praised as highly informative by the 32 Rotarians.
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Grafton
West Virginia
Betty Stafford
West Side School
Miss Stafford
Virginia
Old Dominion
E.G. Kuhn
Liquor Running Chain Faces U S Court Trials
In Elkins a group of 33 accused of operating an untaxed liquor chain into West Virginia from Ohio and Pennsylvania had July 6 set for trial. Five pleaded guilty to conspiracy to sell untaxed liquor, including Irene Wallis Mary Nau Paul Shuttleworth Patrick Clemons and John Haruch. Others pleaded not guilty and will face trial July 6.
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Elkins
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Irene Wallis
Mary Nau
Paul Shuttleworth
Patrick Clemons
John‘ Haruch
Wheeling
Charles Devienzo
Roger Cocco
Fred Battistelli
Frank Prediz
Bellaire
William E. Smith
Fred Knight
Samuel Humes
Samuel Haraventona
William Blinco
Martins Ferry
Conferees Struggle As Social Security Bill Near End
Charleston June 20 Conferees battled over small points in the social security bill to speed adjournment today. Delegate Lafon Monroe said one or two items remained unsettled as the 10 conferees resumed discussions lasting into the early morning hours. Legislative leaders expressed confidence the measure creating a department of public assistance to oversee old age and blind pensions and a revised relief system would pass today. Only a few resolutions and other matters remained. The legislature, meeting thrice daily at times, sped bills along.
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Charleston
House
Senate
Lafon
Monroe
Department of Public Assistance
Building Collapse Claims Seven Lives in Bronx Structure
In New York on June 20, a Bronx seven story unfinished apartment house collapsed, killing seven workers. Police and fire crews recovered four bodies and two additional victims in the ruins, with eleven workers hospitalized. A further collapse of the second floor morning added to the disaster as more than twenty workers labored through the debris.
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New York
Bronx
Courage of Miner Saves Own Life and Rescue Attempt
In Oak Hill West Virginia on June 20 C D Bragg severely fractured leg but rigged his good leg with a belt and used an electric mine motor to reach the pit mouth for help after a fall trapped him and his companion Marvin Davis who suffered a fractured pelvis and injuries while both were buried underground in a mine state fall rescue efforts were launched two miners rescued safety plans were set in motion
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Oak Hill
W. Va
C. D. Bragg
Marvin Davis
Davis
Light Earth Tremors Felt Across Texas Southwest
Shocks were felt over a broad area of Texas after a tremor near the Oklahoma panhandle. Reports describe rattled dishes and residents briefly forced to seek shelter with no property damage. George Bishop, a hospital worker, said the quake knocked him down but he recovered.
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Amarillo
Tex
Texas
Fter
Oklahoma
Mother of Mrs Hanway Passes At Home In Elkins
Maria Browning Riley aged 88 mother of Mrs William C Hanway of Maple Avenue Elkins died this morning at her home. Complications of old age contributed to her death. She was widow of John H Riley of Elkins. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Maria Browning Riley
William C. Hanway
Maple Avenue
Elkins
Riley
John H. Riley
Louis to attempt comeback this summer in boxing plan
New York reports promoter Mike Jacobs plans to bring Joe Louis back to action in August with opponents not yet named. Louis, coming off a defeat to Max Schmeling, has sparked renewed interest as promoters consider a Schmeling Braddock title fight likely in September at Madison Square Garden. Garden officials, leveraged by Louis draw, may press terms while Schmeling eyes Germany and a return home.
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New York
Mike Jacobs
Joe Louis
Joe
Max Schmeling
Louis
Pennsylvania
Red Arrow
Detroit
Garden
Madison Square Garden
Jacobs
Schmeling
Jimmy Braddock
the Garden
Braddock
Germany
Max
Tropical Disturbance Reported From South Gulf
The United States Weather Bureau reported a tropical disturbance in the northwest Gulf of Mexico increasing in intensity. It sits about 225 to 250 miles east-southeast of Brownsville moving northwest to north at about 10 mph. Vessels in the northwest gulf and coastal island areas south of Galveston were cautioned to seek safer locations.
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New Orleans
United States Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Brownsville
Texas
Northwest Gulf
Galveston
Congressman Zioncheck to contest confinement order
Washington Representative Marion A Zioncheck plans to fight a DC order to confine him as a dangerously insane person. Relatives will seek counsel to represent him before a jury hearing on June 26. An order for the hearing was issued by Justice Oscar Luhring after DC commissioners petitioned for confinement.
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Washington
Marion A. Zioncheck
Washington State
District of Columbia
Oscar Luhring
District, Supreme Court
Zioncheck
Lemke Leads Third Party as Union Party Emerges
Rep William Lemke promotes a Union Party platform arguing Congress alone should coin money and wage policy. Father Coughlin endorses Lemke’s 15 point plan, signaling cross party appeal while major leaders remain cautious about vote impact.
Lemke's Candidacy Hit By Farm Labor Leader
Chicago reports farm labor leader Howard Williams denounces Rep Lemke's third party bid as a tragic mistake. Williams, speaking in Sioux Falls, warns the move could split the progressive vote and aid Republicans, while attributing the effort to Hearst influence.
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Chicago
William Lemke
Howard Y. Williams
Farmer-Labor Party
Williams
Sioux Falls
S. C
Lemke
William Randolph Hearst
Amateur Cracksmen Fail To Open Loan Firm Safe
Huntington report says two amateur cracksmen failed to open Huntington Credit Service safe. They left a note promising to return. Manager Erskine McClane says only loss was a pair of shoes, with about $500 in cash inside.
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Huntington
Huntington Credit Service Company
Erskine McClane
Highway Safety Essay Winners Feted In Charleston
Three state-wide winners from the Highway Essay Contest visited Charleston with twenty state troopers escorting the group. The seventh, eighth, and ninth graders toured the state capitol as Governor Kump spoke briefly. The winners were Pansy Sumpter 12 of Kingston Fayette county Joseph Azelvandre 13 of Clarksburg and Willard Roberts 14 of Jesse's Run Capitolins county. They will tour the city this afternoon.
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Charleston
Department of Public Safety
Pansy Sumpter
Kingston
Fayette County
Joseph Azelvandre
Clarksburg
J. P. Hothe
State Capitol
Kump
Noted former judge to speak at United Brethren Church
Fred G Bale former juvenile court judge of Columbus now with International Character Education association Cincinnati will address United Brethren Church at 10 30 a m Sunday The noted lecturer rose from the farm through Ohio State University to earn his LLB He has served as a juvenile judge and lectured across the United States and Canada He is praised for humor pathos and concrete stories from his court work
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Fred G. Bale
Columbus
Ohio
United Brethren Church
Dewey Avenue
Judge Bale
Juvenile Courts
International Character Education Association
Cincinnati
Bale
Ohio State University
Juvenile Courts of
Canada
Salem College Lyceum
Salem
Clarksburg
Grafton
Swimming Hole Closed After Water Pollution Tests
Beckley June 20. Mrs M H D O De e director of the local playground program bans use of the swimmin hole until state health department tests waters. Gilbert Kelso state sanitary engineer reports Piney creek infected with typhoid fever. Seven other county creeks are banned pending thorough examination.
Ravenswood Votes Against State Liquor Store Bid
Ravenswood residents again rejected opening a state liquor store in a municipal referendum. Voters backed liquor sales 278 to 239 after prior defeats in 1934 and last year in Jackson county, continuing a three to one margin against repeal.
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Ravenswood
Jackson County
Verbal War Looms Over Guffey-Vinson Coal Bill
Senate debate opens on the Guffey-Vinson coal control measure with Borah pledging opposition and Hastings predicting failure to pass by Monday. Neely leads a sharp attack calling opponents gas bags while Clark supports considering the bill for principled reasons amid uncertain voting prospects.
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Washington
Senate
Neely
W. Va
Borah
Hastings
Del
Idaho
House
Guffey
Supreme Court
Clark
Vote Planned on Tax Bill Near Adjournment
Washington dispatch reports New Deal leaders arranged a 2:30 p.m. vote on the big tax bill to raise about 800 million dollars via changes in corporate taxes and levies. The Senate faced a sharp split as leaders aimed to finish business before midnight while grappling with ship subsidies and a tug of war over broader fiscal measures.
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Washington
New Deal
74Th Congress
Senate
White House
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