Pallbearers Set for Lawson L Loar Rites in Clarksburg
Active pallbearers include O Jay Fleming Ben F Poe Clay V Miller and Dr H H Esker from Grafton with Col Louis A Johnson assistant secretary of war among honorary pallbearers. First National Bank of Grafton and Union National Bank of Clarksburg directors also named as honorary pallbearers. Burial at Bluemont Cemetery follows service at 2 p m Tuesday at 331 East Main Street Clarksburg. Mr Lear led a local beautification drive years ago under T Bartlett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawson L. Loar
Grafton
Church Wader
East Main Street
Clarksburg
Homer A. Wark
William E. Knox
O. Jay Fleming
Ben F. Poe
Clay V Miller
H. H Esker
Louis A. Johnson
H. H., Haynes
L. C. Shingleton
Millard Snyder
First National Bank of
Union National Bank of
Lear
Bluemont Cemetery
T. Bartlett
Midwest Storm Toll and Ice Floods Across States
A major storm left highways flooded and ice jams flooding towns from Ohio to Iowa. Six deaths were reported in New Jersey and West Virginia. power outages affected Toledo area and other northern cities. Snow and sleet disrupted travel in Pennsylvania and eastern regions as colder air moved in and warmer Midwest weather was forecast.
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Page Oac
Ohio
Toledo
Iowa
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Midwest
Maryland
West Virginia
Higan
Indiana
Middle West
UAW Expels Homer Martin for Conspiracy Charges
In Cleveland on March 13 the United Automobile Workers voted to sever ties with Homer Martin, former president and rival union head. An extensive hearing found him guilty on 15 counts for conspiring with the union’s enemies and double crossing Ford Motor Company. Martin had been impeached January 20 after suspending 15 executive board members who opposed his policies.
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Cleveland
United Automobile Workers Union Today
Homer Martin
Martin
Ford Motor Company
Former court official dies. funeral Wednesday
Former deputy sheriff and circuit clerk elect Mr Allender dies at an advanced age. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Bartlett Funeral Home on McGraw Avenue with Rev Gordon L Withers of the First Baptist Church officiating. Interment follows at Woodsdale Memorial Park under G T Bartlett.
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Allender
First Baptist Church of
Grafton
Bartlett Funeral Home
McGraw Avenue
Gordon L. Withers
First Baptist Church
Clerks Clean Up Huge Task After Adjournment
Charleston reports the 44th legislature adjourned but clerks resume work to clean up the session. Attaches in house and senate offices begin preparing acts of 1939, reviewing bills for accuracy and consistency. Revisions include updating journals and cross-indexing actions on every bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
House
Senate
Holt
Secretary of State
Supreme Court
Youth Ends Life After Damaging Garage Door
In Mill Valley California 16 year old Robert Anderson killed himself, Deputy Coroner Robert Russell said the boy likely inhaled carbon monoxide after causing about $3 damage to a garage door. He had recently found a home with Carl and wife at Mill Valley after years in an orphanage. The garage door was bumped by the car and nails and a hammer lay nearby suggesting a repair attempt.
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Mill Valley
Calif
Robert Anderson
Robert Russel
Robert
Carl Priest
Priest
Russell
Doctor's Experiments Lost In Alpine Lab Fire
Dr John Clawson Burnett’s 15 years of medical electronics research on a Hudson Palisades estate were ruined by a blaze likely started by a short circuit. Fire damage was pegged at 250000 dollars but neighbors fear losses could reach millions including intricate chemical apparatus and valuable photography gear. The scientist and his wife were reportedly in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine
N. J
John Clawson Burnett
Hudson River Palisades
Burnett
Cora Timken
Baller Bearing Manufacturing Family
California
Smugglers Arrested in United States Mexico Narcotics Ring
Paris and Gilroy reports describe police arresting 60 alleged accomplices of the ring's chief operators after a tip from US customs. In California a massive earth and rock slide near a coastal highway near Gilroy slowed but remained dangerous, uprooting trees and blocking the Canada to Mexico corridor as rain-soaked hills slide on the San Andreas fault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
United States
Mexico
Gilroy
Calif
Thomas Joyce
Salinas
Uiki
Joyce
Canada - To - Mexico
Hugh
Communists Report Global Reach and Growth in 1930s
Moscow reported at the 18th all union congress that Communist parties in 53 countries sent volunteers to the Spanish Civil War. Dimitri Manuilsky said the movement had nearly 2,000,000 members outside Soviet Russia, with many underground and imprisoned. He claimed Britain seeks to sustain fascism to deter Germany and Italy, while U S communists are growing in strength and influence.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Dimitri Manileky
Communist International
Soviet Russia
Manulisky
Mussolini
Mediterranean
France
Italy
Rome-Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Japan
Manuusky
United States
Communist Party In
America
Father Is Arrested For Slaying Railroader Son
WELCH, March 3. A quarrel over who would clean up the family automobile ended in the death of Kenneth Bowman a 30 year old railroad worker and the arrest of his father Arthur Bowman 51 of War Assistant Prosecutor Gilbert Banks said Bowman would be held for questioning about the shooting last night Kenneth had come from Williamson for a weekend visit Banks said Deputy Sheriff Hubert Bellamy reported and the two argued about cleaning up the car The elder Bowman contended he shot in self defense after Kenneth became enraged and threatened him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
Kenneth Bowman
Williamson
Gilbert Banks
Banks
Arthur Bowman
Kenneth
Willamson
Hubert Bellamy
Bowman
Pneumonia Claims Life of Mason Lee in Pittsburg Remains
Samuel B. All died of pneumonia in Pittsburgh following the death of his wife, marking a fifty year Masonic membership milestone. Mason Lee, 78, a retired merchant from Martinsburg, had been a member of White Lodge No 67 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons for over 50 years. Funeral services will be held Tuesday in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitts
Burgh
Nobel Prize Winner Considered for Ohio State Presidency
Ohio State University trustees await Dr. Arthur H. Compton decision on becoming OSU president. Reported offer made yesterday at an unannounced meeting as board members convene to determine successor to retired President George W. Rightmire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio State University
Arthur H. Compton
University of Chicago
Ohio State
Compton
George W. Rightmirs
Einstein Turns 60 Amid Exile and Pacifist Shift
Princeton dispatch notes Albert Einstein, living in exile, will celebrate his 60th birthday tomorrow. The scientist, once honored in Germany on his fiftieth, now contemplates American citizenship and says war may be justifiable against war making brigands as fascism rises in Europe.
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Princeton
N.J
Albert Einstein
Germany
Berlin
Lste
Herman Mueller
H. Gordon Garbedian
Einstein
Ohio Solons Keep Busy in State Reorganization Effort
Columbus March 13 A busy week of revamping state departments is planned as the Ohio legislature reconvenes. Four bills in Gov Bricker s reorganization program await votes including the tax commission parole board adjutant general s office and conservation division. Republican leaders seek swift action on tax and parole measures to shift control to Republicans. The adjutant general bill aims to remove top National Guard officers and faces House opposition after committee approval by 7 5. Introduction of the biennial appropriation bill is expected this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Jonio
John W. Bricker
Tax Commission
Parole Board
Adjutant General
Frank E. Whittemore
Senate
Emil F. Marx
Ohio National Guard
House
House Committee
Prague Fears Sl Slovakia Split Sparks German Intervention
Clashes erupted in Brunn and Vienna radio broadcasts carried a defiant speech by Ferdinand Durcansky, Slovakia’s ousted communications minister. Nazi pressure grows as Slovak separatist moves surface, with talks of a new cabinet and possible resignations from Bratislava.
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Prague
Brann
Vienna
Ferdinand Durcansky
inJglau
Brun
Olmuetz
Ferdinand Murgas
Hlinka Guards
Europe
Hitler
Murgas
Germany
Karl Sider
Czecho-Slovakia
Czech
Austria
Bratislava
Jan Syrovy
Defense
Alois Elias
Syrovy
Jafous
Slandor
Brunn
Nazi Party
Caecho-Slovakia
Republic
Munich
Slovac
Crisis in Bratislava prompts Slovak separatist push
President Emil Hacha faces a seven man cabinet after Ferdinand Durcansky fled to Vienna and broadcast an anti Czech address urging Slovak resistance to Prague’s invasion and occupation of Bratislava. A Bratislava source cites a German pledge of support as groundwork for a Slovak independence move. Durcansky’s Vienna broadcast appears tacitly approved by authorities.
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Emil Hacha
Cabiet
Ferdinand —Durcansky
Tiso
Vienna
Prague
Bratislava
Slovakia
Durcansky
Sterilization Defended as Economic Measure in Virginia
Richmond March 15 The State Hospital at Staunton chief argued sterilization saves money. He said 3091 procedures since 1924 would prevent 61800 defective descendants in 100 years, reducing state costs by 370.8 million dollars, and limiting crime and misery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
United States
J. S. de ‘Jarnette
State Hospital
Staunton
State Hospital Board
Jilted Suitor Ends His Life and Shoots Bride
In Williamson on March 13 a bride of eight days, Elsie Pitt now Mrs John Smith, was shot in both arms after admitting a caller at her home. The caller, Thomas J Hutchinson, 47, a railroad worker, then killed himself on the sidewalk. Mrs Smith, admitted to hospital, was expected to recover. She had broken off an affair with Hutchinson due to his heavy drinking and married John Smith on March 4. Police said Hutchinson shot first then turned the gun on himself after entering the East Williamson home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchinson
John Smith
Keesee
East Williamson
Confession Breaks Calm of Mass Slayer on Trial
In Versailles France Eugene Weidmann confessed to the murder for profit of 22 year old American dancer Jean De Kaven of Brooklyn. He described meeting her July 21 1937 in a Paris hotel and taking her to his villa where he strangled her and stole her money, a further confession to police detailed four other killings for similar motives.
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Versailles
France
Eugene Weidmann
Jean de Kaven
Brooklyn
Weidmann
Ead
Miss de Koven
Paris
la Voulzie
Celle-Saint Cloud
Barn Fire Destroys Lot Behind Hardware Store
Fire destroyed a barn in the rear of William Halterman's hardware store with hay belonging to Shawnee Milling company. Volunteers saved the store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
William Halterman
Shawnee Milling Company
Massachusetts Wins Supreme Court Inheritance Tax Case
In a March ruling, Massachusetts was held the domicile of Col. Edward H R Green for tax purposes, awarding the state about 4 9 million dollars from the estate of the famed Hetty Green era. The decision split the multi state contest with Texas New York and Florida and involved the federal government collecting over 17 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
Edward H. R. Green
Hetty Green
Green
U. K
Stone
John 5. Flannery
Wash
Texas
New York
Florida
Pornan
England
Gree
New York City
Rownd Hills Farm
Western Arkansas District, Court
Food stamp plan explained at Washington meeting
Representatives of retail food distributors studied an experimental stamp program proposed by the Agriculture Department to relieve families. Secretary Wallace explained the scheme to the Natal Food and Grocery Conference committee. The plan calls for stamp outs in mid sized cities, with orange stamps for all foods and blue stamps for designated surplus items. Relief clients would receive orange stamps plus blue stamps equal to half the value of the orange stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agricultural Department
Natal Food and Grocery Conference
Wallace
Agriculture Department
Judge to Speak at Morgan County Jail Dedication
Berkeley Springs March 13 The Morgan County jail dedication March 23 will feature Circuit Judge D H Rodgers of Martinsburg as the principal speaker. All living former county court members have been invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley Springs
D. H. Rodgers
Martinsburg
Morgan County
Cunty Court
Republican Complains He Was Robbed Of Election
Raymond E. Willis of Angola Indiana told the senate he believed he was defrauded of the senate seat won by Van Nuys. Willis lost in November by 788386 to 783189, according to final returns to the clerk of the house. He filed a petition contesting the election and urged investigations to prevent conditions that foiled the electorate in the future.
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Washington
Raymond E. Willis
Angola
Insinnia
Senate
van Nuys
Willis
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