Trio Captured After Jailer's Death in Sutton W Va
Three convicts Camden Rhode Eliott Keener Braxton county Raymond Mace were captured eight miles from Sutton after bloodhounds tracked their escape from Braxton jail. They are held for questioning and likely to be sent to Charleston. Jailer Earl Turtle Bland died from a skull fracture. Rhode provided key information leading to the arrests. Citizens remain agitated as transfers loom.
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Sutton
W. Va
Camden Rhode
Frametown
Eliott Keener
Dane
Braxton County
Raymond Mace
Chemical
Charleston
Rhode
Bland
Clarksburg
Two brothers launch trans Atlantic attempt from Harbor Grace
Benjamin and Joseph Adamowka left Harbor Grace at 6 26 am bound for Warsaw Poland in their red white blue monoplane Warsaw. They hoped favorable weather across the north Atlantic with a nine hour forty minute past leg from Floyd Field Brooklyn and were accompanied by Holger Holms their instructor who had once flown to Copenhagen.
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Harbor Grace
N. F
Benjamin
Joseph Adamowkca
Aviation
Warsaw
Poland
Harbor Grate
North Atlantic
New York
Floyd Field
Brooklyn
N. Y
Holger Hoims
Copenhagen
Harbor “Grace
Strand Theatre Proclaims Fall Metro Fox Paramount Pictures
The Strand Theatre announces an upcoming fall program featuring Metro, Fox, Paramount and Vitaphone specials. Stars and pictures highlighted with ticket prices and showings.
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Strand Theatre
METRO
FOX
PARA
Trio Nabbed Who Escaped From School
Three inmates escaped from the State Industrial School at Pruntytown have been recaptured. Franklin Fuper and Donald Breal were taken in Preston by State Trooper A G Brownam and Deputy Sheriff James Phillips before they could flee. Benson Johnson, 16, was nabbed in Hendricks Tucker County by Sheriff Sylvanna Harper and Constable D E Croston and to be returned to Pruntytown. Guards will transfer him from Tucker County jail to the reform school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pruntytown
Franklin Fuper
Donald Breel
Fuper
Preston
Kingwood
Preston County
A. G. Borwnan
James Phillips
Hendricks
Franklin and
Breal
Illinois
Benson Johnson
Tucker County
Sylvanna Harper
D. E. Croston
Johnson
Enie
Parsons
Reform School
Suspect Confesses to Killing Fort Wayne Merchant Police Officer
Virgil Hoffman, 22, was arrested in Fort Wayne Indiana and confessed to shooting and killing Ed ward Keasy a merchant police officer in a gun fight earlier this year at Ligonier Indiana. The arrest was reported by police authorities and Hoffman admitted the fatal confrontation.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Virgil Hoffman
Edward Keasy
the Ligonier
Pennsylvania bid to gain B and O control sparks session
Senator Neely to address gathering as representatives from local railroad unions plan a Sunday meeting at the courthouse to oppose Pennsylvania Railroad Company efforts to control the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. A veteran railroad employee warns that Pennsylvanian action before the Interstate Commerce Commission to take over key B&O yards and westward freight and passenger service could devastate the B&O system and hinder operations along its entire line.
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Pennsylvania
Neely
Court House
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Pennsylvania System
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington, D. C
Baltimore and Potomac
Ohio River
Baltimore& Ohio
Drivers Face Arrest for Using 1933 Tags in Grafton
State police in Grafton Detachment plan to arrest motorists not displaying the new 1934 35 tags starting July 1 at 12:01 a m. Troop Claude Hefner stated officers will seize cars using 1933 plates or the six month sticker as they begin vigilant highway patrols unless Supt P D Shingleton issues contrary orders.
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Charleston
Grafton
State Police
P. D. Shingleton
Claude Hefner
Arthurdale supply clerk dies in motor car wreck
Kingwood June 29 Joe Blaney 54 supply clerk at Arthurdale was killed Thursday morning at 10 when the car he drove to work veered into a ditch along Bretz Route 7 ten miles outside Kingwood. Eyewitnesses say the coupe went sixty mph, rolled four to eight times, and threw Blaney 16 to 20 feet. He never regained consciousness as nearby Ernest Watson and Dorsey Matlick rushed to his side. Continued on page two.
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Kingwood
Joe Blaney
Arthurdale
Bretz
Masontown
Blaney
Ernest Watson
Dorsey Matlick
Planey
Smith Named to Head KC Lodge Again
At a regular meeting last night Grafton Council No. 73 of the Knights of Columbus lodge elected officers for the ensuing year. Selected were Grand Knight Howard F. Smith Deputy Grand Knight Thomas G. Warder Chancellor Dr. Robert F. Gerkin Recording Secretary Joseph King Warden Joe Maske Treasurer S J Walters Jr Inside Guard L R Bonaberger Outside Guard Frank Campbell Advocate John L Hechmer John Pickett was appointed trustee to succeed James T Murphy. Three were rejected of the officers chosen last night Howard Smith Joe King and John L Hechmer were reelected to their respective posts.
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Grafton Council
Knights of Columbus Lodge
Howard F. Smith
Thomas G. Warder
Robert F. Gerkin
Joseph King
Joe Maske
S. J. Walters, Jr
L. R. Bonaberger
Frank Campbell
John L Hechmer
John Pickett
James T. Murphy
Howard Smith
Joe King
John L. Hechmer
Shaver to Confer With Party Chiefs on Senate Nomination
Taylor county Democrats await Clem Shaver’s return to Fairmont as he weighs joining eight candidates in the U S Senate race. The Democratic national chairman and Reconstruction Finance Corp aide plans to confer with friends tomorrow and Sunday to decide whether to enter the August 7 primary.
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Taylor County
Thornton Beall Named GOP County Head In Taylor
Thornton W Beall of Booths Creek district is named chairman of the Taylor county Republican Executive committee by unanimous vote at a courthouse meeting. Harry C Compton who led the committee for two years resigned for personal business reasons and expressed gratitude for support and harmony within the party. The resignation was accepted reluctantly.
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Thornton W. Beall
Booths Creek
Taylor County
Republican Executive Committee
Court House
Harry ©. Compton
Compton
Harry C. Compton
Milwaukee strike violence claims life at power plant
In Milwaukee an arm of a wave of labor unrest turns deadly as Eugene Domagalski, 24, is electrocuted during a raid on the Lakeside power plant while strike sympathizers clash with guards. Rioting continues as building trades unions vote unanimously for a general strike of about 6,000 workers.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Electric Railway Company
Francis J. Haas
Washington
National Labor Board
Eugene Domagalski
Arguments in Grafton Press injunction case today
Circuit Judge Dent heard arguments to vacate the special receivership and dissolve the injunction restraining sheriff sale of the Grafton Press. W. Merle Watkins for Mrs. Ada H. Ford and a Clarksburg firm urged abatement, while Francis L. Warder for R. H. Kidd attacked Ford and questioned jurisdiction. Court took the matter under advisement.
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Grafton Press
Herbert W. Dent
Taylor County Court
W. Merle Watkins
Ada H. Ford
Clarksburg
Mr. Watkins
Francis L. Warder
R. H. Kidd
Watkins
Grafton
Kanawha
Warder
Ford
Marie Dressler Rallies From Illness in Santa Barbara
Marie Dressler, 62, the noted actress, shows surprising recovery after a severe illness in Santa Barbara. Doctors had feared for her life, with head physician Dr. F R Nuzum reporting she might not survive the night but her condition improved by dawn despite heart and kidney complications.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Marie Dressler
F. R. Nu~ Gum
Belington Filtration Plant Bid Blocked by Supreme Court
The Belington council failed to award a $36,000 filtration plant contract after the West Virginia Supreme Court issued a restraining order. Judge Dent denied the protesters plea citing legal council procedures as proper. L L Bennett led the opposition with W Taylor George of Philippi handling the injunction. The city still owes about 12000 on its current plant and argues the new plant may be unnecessary.
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Taylor County
Belington
State Supreme Court
L. L. Bennett
W. Taylor George
Philippi
Charleston
Herbert W. Dent
Grafton
Bennett
Viquesney
Bennett and Others
Holt Admits Age Bar to Immediate Senate Seat
Holt, a Democratic nominee candidate, admits he cannot qualify for the Senate until June 1935 due to the constitutional requirement that a senator be 30. He notes the Senate is the judge of qualifications and cites Henry Clay seated at 29 as a possible precedent.
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Holt
Senate
Charleston
U. S
Rush D
Henry Clay
Gald Holt
Caufinund
Poison case shocks Parsons as child dies
Howard Sipolt 35 relief worker near St George is sought after five of his nine children fall ill, one dies. Police trace deadly tablets found in Parsons two weeks prior. Gladys, 12, dies. four younger children recover as doctors test stomach contents and send remains to Charleston lab.
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Parsons
Howard Sipolt
Near St. George
D. A. Skidmore
Hilms
Sylvanus Harper
Sipolt
Davis ‘Memorial Hospital
Elkins
Gladte
Gladys
Charleston
Oldest Man in World Dies in Turkish Children's Hospital
Istanbul June 29 Zara Agha known as Turkey's Methuselah died in the children's hospital at age claimed longevity from obscurity to world fame. He had been ill two months with various ailments and his death was attributed in part to worry over attacks on his age and science.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Zara Agha
Methuselah
Children’s Hospital
Broadway
Sif
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Tenn
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Polk Tarwater
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Shaver
Thornton Beall
Gop
H. C. Compton
Tenet
Pecora
Ferdinand Pecora
Senate Banking Committee
New Securities and Exchange Commission
St. George
Tots Hospital
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