Death notice for Willa Carder Howard in Ohio hospital
Mrs. Willa Carder Howard of Grafton aged 30 died yesterday in Good Samaritan hospital Sandusky Ohio after a brief illness pneumonia following influenza She was born February 19 1909 daughter of Mr and Mrs William Carder of 342 East Main Street Survived by husband James A Howard one brother William Carder Jr of Baltimore one sister Mrs Joseph LaRose of Fairmont funeral arrangements list the Bartlett Funeral Home and Bluemont Cemetery Interment in Bluemont cemetery Funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. with Rev William E Knox officiating
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Willa Carder Howard
Grafton
Grafton City Hospital
Good Samaritan Hospital
Sandusky
Ohio
Howard
William Carder
East Main Street
Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church of
Andrews M. E. Church
Bluemont Cemetery
G. Barnett
Budget Battle Shapes Rural Support and Retrenchment
Rural voters split over President Roosevelt's budget as lawmakers debate retrenchment. Some bloc members fear defeats in this contest could stall further congressionally appropriated funds and curb government spending.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Butler Drives at Greenwich Village Kidnap Plot
A butler confronted men at a Greenwich Village home asking about Bishop Manning's granddaughter. He produced two 500 dollar bills and promised a thousand if they found the child Elizabeth, who was upstairs with her nurse. The intruders fled after threats and police were alerted. guards remained at the house. The FBI said it had not been informed. Coale vouched for the butler, noting a past rescue at the family summer home during a hurricane.
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Greenwich Village
Bishop Manning
Elizabeth
Wilson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Coale
Coales
Connecticut
Parkview Man Is Named In Assault Warrant
William Malone, 40, of Parkview, is named in an assault and battery warrant issued by Justice of the Peace Hoye G. White Sr. A related complaint by Ruth May, also of Parkview, leads to a magistrate hearing today as a quarrel between two families prompted the action.
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William Malone
Parkview
Justice of the Peace
Hoye G. White, Sr
Ruth May
French Verb Baseball Teaches Grafton Students
French students at Grafton High under Miss Barbara Cather play baseball to learn verbs. Cather pitches French phrases to translate. three strikes outs end turns, while successful translations earn base hits and possible home runs. Bruce Gurd and Helen Lee Mantz hit homers, with a 6 to 4 final score reported.
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Grafton High School
Barbara Cather
Bruce ‘Gurd
Helen Lee Mantz
Miss Mantz
The Jewish Word Presented At Grafton High School
A Friday assembly at Grafton High featured the play The Jewish Word directed by Miss Ruth Batten. Cast included Virginia Marshall Byron Kuhn Doran Morrison with solos by John T. Evans and a tumblers of water performance by Harvey Wittman of the senior class.
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Grafton High School
Ruth Batten
American Legion
Virginia Marshall
Byron Kuhn
Doran Morrison
John T. Evans
Harvey Wittman
Hospital plan with WPA funds moves forward in 1940
The city outlines a $50,000 core contract to erect hospital walls floors and partitions plus an estimated $40,000 for heating lighting wiring and fixtures. WPA participation totals $102,322 with the plan to finish the core by January 1 1940. Architects and city officials discussed options to raise extra funds and expand the facility to a 50 bed model capable of future additions.
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Rage
WPA
Schmidt
W. J.gates
The
Trade Board
Graf ton High School Variety Night Tickets On Sale
Tickets are on sale for Graf ton High School’s variety show at Riverside Drive Field House next Friday. The program includes a tumbling exhibition, a faculty basketball game against the Seniors, and a GA A versus Flemington girls matchup.
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Riverside Drive
Grafton High School
Flemington
Roosevelt kin mocks third term talk over Garner
Seattle March 25 Elliott Roosevelt said Garner is in the driver's seat as a likely Democratic candidate next year. John Boettiger publisher of the Post-Intelligencer replies Dear Elliott that Garner should back the New Deal, and that Galveston to West strong on third terms. He signs off as Yrs John Boettiger.
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Seattle
Elliott Roosevelt
Garner
John Boettiger
Roosevelt
Fort Worth
Tex
Boettiger
Post-Intelligencer
Elliott
Neck of the Woods
Texas
West
Boetiger
Father Son Killed In N W Rail Tunnel Near Bluefield
In Bluefield on March 25, Norfolk and Western railroad officials reported the bodies of Henry Thornton a 60 year old man and his son Oscar 25 found in a tunnel near the city. The pair residents of Corsdale apparently were struck by a passenger train that passed through the tunnel shortly before.
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Bluefield
Henry Thornton
Oscar
Norfolk, and Western Railroad
Corsdale
Two Jailed In Ambush Case At Pineville Ky
In Pineville Kentucky two non union miners Oscar Ferrell and Sims Saylor were jailed on charges of malicious shooting and wounding and shooting without wounding after an ambush on Boyd Gambrell Bryce Gambrell and Curtis Gambrell. Gambrells reported masked attackers used shotguns and a pistol in a hollow setting about 15 miles north of town. Boyd and Bryce sustained light pellet wounds while Curtis was barely touched.
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Pineville
Walter B. Smith
Oscar Ferrell
Sims Saylor
Smith
Boyd Gambrell
Bryce
Curtis Gambrell
Boyd
Coleman Fuel Company
Curtis
Judge Breaks Ankle In Fall On Street In Hinton
City councilman and police judge J. Doug Figs Stennett fractured his ankle after stumbling on a round stone in Hinton. He received hospital treatment and is described in the report as recovering from the fall on the street.
Speeding to Tourney Clarksburg Bay Nabbed
Corp. Fred Strader of the state police last night nabbed Carl L M Wright 19 of Clarksburg a sailor on the Morgantown road charging the youth with operating his machine at an excessive rate of speed. A fine of 10 dollars and costs was imposed by a Morgantown justice before whom Strader arraigned the youth who was en route to the State basketball tournament.
Poison liquor murders investigated in Keene New Hampshire
County Solicitor John R. Goodnow pressed an investigation into the poison liquor murders at a house party in Ashuelot. Alfred Wojehick, Smart’s brother in law, is being questioned to determine the liquor source. Mrs Wheaton and Edgar Smart collapsed after drinking from the same glass. Both died. The Glass could not be recovered.
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Keene
N. H
Pi— Conty
John R. Goodnow
Julia Wheaton
Edgar Smart
Smart
Ashuelot
Alfred Wojehick
Goodnow
Morgenthau offers three plans on old age tax rise
Treasury secretary Morgenthau outlined three alternatives for financing old age insurance as payroll taxes rise from 1 percent to higher rates through 1943. Roosevelt defended the reserve level while Republicans press for reduced rates, with Senator King citing small business complaints.
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Morgenthau
Treasury
Roosevelt
House
Ways and Means Committee
King
Utah
Finance Committee
Bank Robbery Ends In Shootout In Powell
Citizens gathered around the slain First National Bank teller John Gawthrop, 20, as three men attempted a robbery. One suspect used Gawthrop as a shield during the heist, carrying a rifle and a bag with over $2,000. Powell townspeople warned of gunfire and awaited developments after the bank incident.
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John Gawthrop
First National Bank of Powell
Powell
Tee
Durand Bank Robber Escapes Into Sawtooth Range
A fugitive robbed a bank, seized a car, and fled toward Sawtooth Mountain. He wounded a witness, fired at deputies in Cody Wye area, killed five posse members including Orville Smo bury and Arthur Argento, and briefly held Durand’s home before escaping into the mountains as Montana National Guard arrived to assist. Bank teller Gawthrop was later shot by embattled townsmen.
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Harry Moore
Powell Flats
Durand
W. W. Durand
Possemnen
Sawtooth Mountain
Moore
Little Rock Creek
Cody Wye
D. M. Baker
Tarzan
Baker
Charles E. Lewis
Cody
Orville Smo~bury
Arthur Argento
Montana National Guard
Livingston
Ray Easton
Gawthrop
Orly
Hotel Room Confession in Hammer Slaying Case
Vernon Elmer Oldaker, 43, reportedly confessed to Nassau county investigators in the hammer slaying of Louise McKee, 57, a Mineola Republican committeewoman. He admitted killing her March 6 in her house after she refused his money requests, robbing her of $9. Oldaker and his wife had roomed with McKee. He was being moved from Chicago to New York for further questioning.
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South Bend
Ind
Nassau County
New York
Vernon Elmer Oldaker
Hamer
Louise McKee
Mineola
N. Y
Harold R. King
Oldaker
Miss McKee
King
Edward J. Neary
Jesse B. Mayforth
Chicago
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