Elks to Hold Fourth Party in Grafton July Third
The Grafton lodge No. 308 Elks entertainment committee announces the final summer party, to be held July 3 in the auditorium on East Main Street for Independence Day. Tickets go on sale Monday from the steward Glenn Davis or lodge members. The show, borrowed from Melody Manor, aims to be exceptional with unique numbers and a large attendance to cover costs. W. P. Clark directs the supper menu, promising a different feast from recent events.
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Grafton
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
East Main Street
Feck” Ridenour
Glenn Davis
Ridenour
Melody Manor
the Elks
W. P. Clark
House Committee
Shouts Goodbye Before Execution by State Police
May 6 1936 state police report that Page was killed by shotgun while returning home after field work. Beckner admitted searching Page’s house for money and took the farmer’s gun to wait on a path. Beckner was sentenced to be hanged last July but Gov Kump granted two stays during appeal.
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Page
Beckner
H. Guy Kump
Supreme Court
Motive sought in double homicide revealed
SEEK MOTIVE continued from page one and found the bodies. The man had been shot three times and the woman five. Coroner Lyndh said bullets showed at least two guns were used. The sheriff identified Mrs. Davis as a police character and Barnett as a former convict.
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W. Wilson Lyndh
Murder case details emerge in Brown Garland incident
The prosecutor described Brown striking Garland with an iron rod after drinking, then moving the body to a path for discovery. Smith testified he turned the policy over to Brown, promising half the value if collected, the policy totaling $200.
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Brown
Garland
Sai J Smith
Smith
Card of Thanks for Robert A. Wehn
Express gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness during illness and death of Robert A. Wehn. Special thanks to Rev. E. F. K. Roof G. T. Bartlett and those who sent flowers and lent cars. Signed by Co. WHEEN Dolores M. WEHN Henry WEEN.
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Robert A. Wehn
E. F. K. Roof
G. T. Bartlett
Co. W. When
Dolores M. Wehn
Henry Ween
Contractors Building Spur Weigh Demands
Pineville June 26 Contractors in charge of the new railroad spur to coal operations pressed for a stricter settlement of a two weeks walkout. Jess Aquino West Virginia C I director proposed a new 50 cent per hour pay for an eight hour day and said it would end the strike with a reply expected early next week.
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Pineville
Jess Aquino
Virginia
C. I
Beekman Hill Murder Suspect Identified by Hotel Staff
Police search for James Murray alias Jack Murdock continues after a hotel worker identified the Beekman Hill roomer as the Easter Sunday slayer. Clues include clipped newspaper stories, a half-soled pair of shoes, and a Chicago bus alert. The man had posed as different names and befriended staff, drawing portraits of workers.
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Robert Irwin
Irwin
John A. Lyons
New York
Gedeon
Mary
Beekman ‘Hill
Jack Murdock
Murdock
James Murray
Tozzer
Artist Drawn in Hotel Sketch Linked to Murder Case
A hotel artist sketched a model resembling a murder suspect, prompting staff to recall a prior habit of sketching people. Investigators tied the incident to a motive of revenge for a rejected love. Police later identified the suspect as Robert Irwin, sought for a triple murder, after a string of leads and discoveries.
Murder in Apartments Shocks Midwestern City
Police deduced that Irwin, a former mental patient, killed Ronnie the 20 year old model and her mother because they opposed his love for Ronnie’s sister Ethel. A third victim, Frank Byrnes, a club waiter, was slain possibly after he witnessed the killer entering the apartment. Irwin had known the Gedeons and vanished from Canton home days earlier. Authorities hunted him across the Midwest, with no trace eight hours after the search began and no leads from Chicago bound buses in Toledo.
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Ronnie
Ethel
Frank Byrnes
Lyons
Irwin
Gedeons
Rockland County Hospital
Canton
Byrnes
Toledo
Highway Deaths Mount in June in West Virginia
Charleston report states the public safety department logged the 22nd highway fatality in the first 24 days of June. Alex Viga, 44, died from injuries after an auto crash near the East Steubenville Bridge on West Virginia Route 2 on June 15, with treatment in Steubenville, Ohio.
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Charleston
Department of Public Safety
West Virginia
Alex Viga
Steubenville
East Steubenville Bridge
Can't Divide Counties For School Levy Vote
The supreme court ruled a magisterial district may not be divorced from a county school unit for elections to raise school levies. The ruling halted a proposed July 27 election in Kyre and Gideon districts (Huntington) in Cabell county.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Kyre
Gideon
Huntington
Cabell County
Private ceremony guides couple toward Honolulu honeymoon
A private ceremony continues from page one with the couple planning a Honolulu honeymoon aboard the liner trailing the newlywed Raymonds.
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Page One
Honolulu
Raymonds
Warrant for check funds leads to release after payment
Robert W. Linn of Hammond Route 1 covered a $9.60 check with a May 31 payment after a warrant for insufficient funds was sworn by Justice C. P. Lucas. Bank officials confirmed money on deposit but not in checking. In Ohio, steel mill reopenings drew police and troops as workers filled 12 hour shifts at Youngstown plants, guards at gates, and militiamen patrolled entrances amid renewed labor tensions.
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Robert W. Linn
Hammond Route 1
Fairmont
Justice of the Peace
C. P. Lucas
Linn
Fred Strader
State Police
Grafton
Hoye G. White, Sr
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Martin L. Davey
Campbell Works
Republic Steel
Stop 5
Brier Hill
Youngstown
Workers Pour Into Mills as Protest Rallygathers
A mass of workers rushes the plant since May 26 and plans a protest to Dave. In Cincinnati regional CIO leaders report over 2000 protesters heading to Columbus to urge Gov. Davey to stop troop use. National guards, police, and deputies guard mill gates while workers flood in for the day shift. Observers describe no obvious clashes along the Mahoning River.
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Dave
SWOC
Cincinnati
Cincinati
Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Mahoning River
Trio Sent to County Jail for Disorderly Conduct
In police court this morning Mayor E O Waugh sent three defendants to three days in county jail each after pleas to their charges. Mattie Copeland of Grafton and charged with disorderly conduct, Robert McOt ti of Clarksburg for disturbance of the peace, and Charles R Fowler of Grafton for profane language on West Main street. Copeland quipped about marriages, claiming twenty divorces.
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E. O. Waugh
Mattie Copeland
Grafton
Robert McOtti
Clarksburg
Charles R. Fowler
West Main Street
Waugh
Astor Woman Dies. Funeral Sunday at Bailey Church
Jes sie Lee Mayes, 31, of Astor, died Friday at the home of William Williams. Born March 25, 1906, she will be laid to rest Sunday at 2 PM at Bailey Church near Flemington. Funeral services are held for the Astor resident.
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Bailey
Fiemington
Jessie Lee Mayes
William Williams
Astor
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