Hit and run crash cripples Grafton nurse and Koski
State Police seek a yellow and grey Studebaker style hit-and-run driver after a rear end collision on the North Western Turnpike near Grafton. Miss Helen Beard of Grafton is in serious condition, possibly unable to walk again, while Walter Graezy Koski of Monongah suffers minor injuries. The couple, returning to Fairmont, were bringing Miss Beard home to Mary Board.
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Studebaker
Walter Graezy Koski
Monongah
Northwestern Turnpike
Grafton
Helen Beard
Koski
Grafton City Hospital
Rom
Koskip
Fairmont
Little Miss
Mary Board
Tom Withers
Commodore Henderson
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Miss Board
Robert Board
Bermuda Hop Achieved In Record Time
Valley Stream, New York, June 30. The monoplane Columbia, famed for past trans Atlantic flights and endurance records, completed a nonstop Bermuda round trip. Roger Q. Williams and Errol Boyd departed Roosevelt Field at 4 01 a m local time, spotted Bermuda about 800 miles away, and turned back after circling the island amid tropical conditions.
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Valley Stream
N. Y
Columbia
Bermuda
Roger Q. Williams
Errol Boyd
Harry E. Connor
Roosevel Field
Prohibition Enforcement Shifts To Justice Department Tonight
After months of planning the federal government, led by Attorney General Mitchell, will take over prohibition enforcement from the Treasury at midnight. The transfer consolidates control under the Justice Department with Howard T. Jones and Amos W. Woodcock in key roles, while the Treasury retains power over industrial alcohol and medicinal liquor permits.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Hoover
The
Treasury
Mitchell
Youngquist
Amos W. W
Woodcock
Howard T. Jones
Division of Prohibition
Prohibition Bureau
Internal Revenue Law
Food advocate dies after illness at 85
Washington reports Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, 85, a leading pure food advocate and chief chemist of the agriculture department for nearly 30 years, died after two months of heart trouble. He testified June 3 before the Senate Agriculture Committee amid a probe into drug administration.
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Washington
Harvey W. Wily
Department of Agriculture
Wiley
Senate Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Department
Two Hurt When Car Hits Ditch In Rock Turnover
Richard Parner of Detroit and Virgil Hall of Morgantown escaped serious injury Sunday when their Chevrolet Sedan left Webster Pike near here and struck a large rock, tipping over. Both suffered severe cuts and were treated by Dr. Paul P. Warden. The car was brought to the Stareher garage for repairs.
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Richard Parner
Detroit
Virgil Hall
Morgantown
Webster Pike
Paul P. Warden
Stareher
Raiders Overpower Watchman in $200,000 Liquor Storage Heist
In Chicago on a late night raid, armed men overpowered watchman Paul Perry at a government warehouse on South Wabash Avenue. About 15 attackers loaded several cases of bonded liquor onto waiting trucks valued at $200,000, then fled. Perry was restrained and kept under guard. he could not identify the assailants. The robbery is being investigated as a prohibition-era liquor theft.
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Chicago
Paul Perry
Wabash Avenue
Perry
Prohibition
Boycott Week Inaugurated In Bombay
In Bombay on June 30 a boycott week against British goods was launched with strong nationalist propaganda. Despite a heavy rain, Congress volunteers paraded streets shouting revolutionary slogans. Demonstrations included partial work stoppage and a big procession planned for tomorrow. Participants urged the public to avoid British products as sidewalks were chalked to mark shops selling them.
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Bombay
Congress
Kindergarten Course Starts July 7 at West Side PS
Miss Sarah Ellen Bowers will conduct an eight week kindergarten course at the West Side Public School building beginning July 7. Children aged four to six years are eligible. For information telephone 188-1 or call 207 Virginia St. 92-to-31.
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Sarah Ellen Bowers
West Side
Virginia St
West Virginia's grand old woman of education dies at 97
Mrs Alizabeth Trwin Moore dies at her Morganstown home at age 97 after a long life in education. Funeral services will be held at First Presbyterian chapel with Rev Dr W E Brooks in charge. Burial is in Oak Grove Cemetery. Flowers will be omitted per her request. Born Wheeling November 17 1832.
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Morganstown
W.va
Alizabeth
Trwin “Moore
West ‘Virginia
First Presbyterian Church
W. E. Brooks
Oak Grove
Wheeling
Grafton Evening News Opens as Local Republican Daily
The Grafton Evening News debuts this afternoon as a local Republican daily. J Monroe Boyer serves as president and publisher. The Grafton Evening Press sang its swan song after Saturday, due to circumstances beyond control, while Fairmont interests had been involved with its publication. Robert H Kidd continues as editor and publisher of the still Democratic weekly Press.
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Grafton Evening “News
J. Monroe Boyer
Grafton Evening Press
Boyer
Fairmont
Gratton’ Evening News
Weekly Press
Robert H. Kidd
Jones to Run for Senator in West Virginia Primary
Va June 30 ace Inwood Jones a McDowell county coal operator announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for United States senator at the August 5 primary. He plans a state wide tour visiting every county before primary day as three other statewide contenders and former officials already enter the race.
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Ace Inwood Jones
McDowell County
United States Senate
West Virginia
Benjamin L. Rosenbloom
Wheeling
E.T. Bigdand
Charleston
Albert B. White
Parkersburg
E. F. Morgan
Fairmont
Proudfoot to join state police in Grafton office
Lawrence Proudfoot, formerly a Grafton Fire Department truck driver, will don the state police uniform tomorrow and work with Trooper H K Debendarfer in routine duties including highway patrol out of the Grafton office. Mayor King said no successor had been chosen yet but an appointment is likely within two or three days.
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Lawrence Proudfoot
Grafton
H. K. Debendarfer
King
Proudfoot
Hot Dog Trial Hailed As Backward Blue Law Farce
Grafton residents recall a municipal court episode labeled the hot dog trial where several young women faced the mayor over exposing items described as umbrellas. The incident, seen as humorous yet revealing a shift toward strict blue law times, echoes earlier Puritan sensibilities.
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Grafton
New England
America
Taina
Gratvon
Beaumont Car Makes Final Run July 9
Beaumont streetcar to end service on July 9 after losses and glass plant fire. Tygart Valley Traction Co directors suspend Beaumont line from July 10, hoping for new industry or improved conditions to resume later. May earnings fell far short of operating costs, forcing layoffs of two workers.
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Beaumont
Caurier
Fetterman
Tygarts Valley Traction Co
E. W. Alexander
Tygart Valley
Alexander
Conti
Losa
la Tosa
Traction Company
Lingle Lived Independent of His Wage
Chicago dispatch notes the Chicago Tribune editorial reflects on rumors surrounding reporter Alfred Lingle s death. It says investigators may show Lingle was killed for profit from sensational work, not because he served the paper. The piece includes a photo and states Lingle was reportedly well off and not dependent on his 65 dollar weekly salary.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune Today
Sinster
Alfred Lingle
Tribune
Sec
The
Lingle
Robert M. Lee
the Tribune
D Grant Smith Attends Printing Education Conference
D Grant Smith of this city attended the ninth annual conference on printing education at Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, Pa, on June 23, 24 and 26. The conference was held at the venue.
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D. Grant Smith
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Pittsburgh
Pas
Dr Fred Watkins Captures Ball Hit By Hack Wilson
Dr. Fred Watkins, a careful fielder and Rotary delegate in Chicago for the national convention, caught a foul hacked ball from Hack Wilson during a Chicago Brookyn series game. The ball will become a souvenir of the outing.
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Fred Watkins
Hack Wilson
Chicago
Rotary
Dr. Watkins
Plane wrecks claim four lives over weekend
Airplane accidents across the United States killed at least four people. In College Park Maryland a gust toppled a plane 250 feet, killing a passenger and costing the pilot a leg. Other fatalities occurred near Buffalo New York Mitchell Field New York and a drowning in Buzzards Bay.
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Associated Press
United States
Pasenger
College Park
William Kerr
Washington, D.C
Edward Yeatman
Clarendon
Spencer Brown
Cheektowago
N. IY
Buffalo
Geo. Terrill
Kenmore
Albert E. Flood
Benjamin Berkowite
Mitchell Field
N. Y
Salisbury Country Club
Buzzards Bay
Omer Dumas
Voters to Register July 7 8 for August Primaries
Registrars for the August primaries will sit Monday and Tuesday July 7 and 8 to register voters at the various voting places. Registration hours are 9 am to 1 pm and 2 pm to 9 pm on both days, replacing a prior incorrect announcement.
Hunter brothers extend endurance flight over Sky Harbor
John and Kenneth Hunter push past 452 hours in an endurance flight aboard the refueling plane City of Chicago amid a thunder storm over Sky Harbor. They fought sleep and refueling difficulties to extend the record, continuing toward their stated objective with Walter Hunter coordinating ground support.
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Chica
Sky Harbor
Lip
Hunter
Walter Hunter
Walter
Albert
Otter
Ite
Select Brothers
Chicago
APJ
Hunter Brothers
John
Kenneth
Sky Marbor
Deadlock on Enforcement Money in Washington Debate
Washington reports a congressional deadlock over funds for the government enforcement agency for the coming year. The Senate and House disagreed on the amount, with the House seeking 250000 for ongoing inquiries requested by President Hoover. Conference and procedural points follow, as noted by Chairman Wood.
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Washington
Senate l
House
Wood
Senate
Hoover
Glass
Pope Pius XI vows more priests to curb Protestant proselyting
Vatican announces increased parish priest deployment to Rome's outlying quarters in an allocution opening a secret consistory where five cardinals were created. The pope cites Italian laws aiding Protestant activity and asserts Protestant efforts have persisted since 1880, following the capture of Rome by Italian troops.
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Rome
Vatican City
Pius XI
Holy See
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