Utilities Probe Group Resumes AE Tuesday
Charleston March 27 The house of delegates committee resumes hearings tomorrow focusing on public utility operations and rates. Chairman R N Holt aims to review utility taxation and compare methods from other states with West Virginia laws as the legislature prepares for a special session beginning April 10 to address revenue problems.
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Charleston
House of Delegates
H D. Holt
Dem. Lewis
Holt
West Virginia
Kump
Rainstorms Trigger Plane Crash Fatalities
Oakland Calif March 27 The thirteenth victim Joseph Ariss died of injuries from a Varney Speed Lines crash into a residence the previous night as federal and county officials investigated the tragedy The plane led by Noel Evans struck the Ariss home in a rainstorm destroying parts of two houses and scattering burning gasoline. Mrs Ariss and four children perished before Ariss escaped through a window.
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Oakland
Calif
Varney Speed Lines
Joseph Ariss
Ariss
Noel B. Evans
Hermen L. Brown
Hollywood
Lavele Miller
Los Angeles
Arisa
Franz Purchases Grafton Store to Run Future
Ben H. Franz former manager of Franz and Burka in Fairmont buys the company store at 57 West Main Street Grafton. The ownership change takes effect this morning. Franz brings extensive experience in ladies' furnishing imports to the Sentinel city note. The store has served the community for several years and maintained steady patronage.
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Ben H. Franz
Franz & Burka
Fairmont
West Main Street
Franz
Emperor the Sentinel
Seven Die in England Gas Blast in Three-Family House
Seven persons were killed and 24 injured when a gas explosion tore through a three-family apartment house in Gateshead Durham England on March 27. The blast caused extensive damage and emergency crews aided survivors and transported the injured to local hospitals.
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England
Gateshead
Durham
Seven Prisoners Escape Using Sheets in Webster County Jail
Webster Springs March 27 five inmates at Webster county jail escaped by tying three sheets together to form a rope. Deputies discovered the breakout when checking on the prisoners for feeding. The men pried bars from their cell and lowered themselves to freedom.
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Webster Springs
Webster County
Helen Keller to Speak in Grafton on April 11
Prominent city figures organize a committee led by Mrs. J W Ault to welcome Helen Keller who will appear in Grafton on Tuesday evening April 11 accompanied by secretary Polly Thomson. Keller, deaf and blind since infancy, studied at Radcliffe and now aids the American Foundation for the Blind in services for about 100000 visually impaired, with Anne Sullivan Macy as her teacher.
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Helen Keller
Grafton
Polly Thomson
American Foundation For the Blind
J. W. Ault
Fannie Holden
Howard Cameron
W. A. Beavers
C. G. Turner
Wm. Willhide
J. W. Tucker
B.D. Wilkinson
Jones
John Sayre
Helen ‘Keller
Ault
Miss Keller
Anne Sullivan Macy
Radcliffe College
Harvard’ S University
Mayor Kline's six month sentence vacated and ouster ordered
Judge Thomas D. Finletter vacated the six month sentence of Mayor Charles H. Kline of Pittsburgh and ousted him from office. Kline to submit resignation to city council. the $5,000 fine remains. Succop, former purchasing agent, also convicted and serving a year.
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Philadelphia
Thomas D. Finletter
Charles H. Kline
Pittsburgh
Kline
Bertram L. Succop
Japs Charge United Front In Pacific Terrorists Murder Man
A violent incident in Houston leaves William W. Porch Jr. dead and Miss Able Torain injured after alleged negro terrorists force their way into a car and shoot Porch. Torain, left blindfolded, later freed herself amid pleas for mercy. Ford workers strike at Dagenham over wages, halting factory output for 2,000 employees. Japan formally withdraws from the League of Nations, ending a 13 year membership. Tokyo release cites policy on Manchukuo. A church painting unveiling at St Pauls Methodist Episcopal is noted.
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Houston
Tex
Mar
William W.porch, Jr
Able Torain
Miss Torain
Porch
Ai Hospital
Ford Workers
Dagenham
England
Ford
Amalgamated Engineering Union
Tokyo
Japan
League of Nations
Privy Council
Imperial Palace
Geneva
Hirohito
Ichukuo
League
Sermen
St. Paul’s
James A. Holt
Ice Montgomery Holt
Virginia
Louise
Holt
John L. Wolf
Morgantown
Long claims six control U.S. wealth by Huey Long
In a fiery interview in New York Senator Huey Long named six men he said control wealth in America. He condemned them as capable of ruining the country naming J Pierpont Morgan John D Rockefeller Andrew W Mellon George B Baker Henry Ford among others and hinted at further names. He criticized the prosecution of Christie Mitchell and spoke of pursuing powerful figures as dead lions. Continued on Page Six.
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New York
Huey Long
Kinefish
America
J. Pierpont Morgan
John Oil Rockefeller
Andrew W. Mellon
George B. Baker
New York Anker
Oe du Pont
Henry Ford
Long
Morgan
Rocker
Mellon
Senator Long
Baker
du Ponts
Mitchell
Huey
Chrtey F Mitchell
Oark Amker
Insull
Greece
Postal Savings Not Immune To State Taxation
Charleston March 2 Fred L Fox state tax commissioner says monies on deposit in the postal savings system are not exempt from state taxation as intangibles. He notes a misunderstanding that funds placed in postal savings escape taxes and advises assessors to tax such savings like other bank deposits, warning the tax system would collapse if postal savings were immune.
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Charleston
Mar
Fred L. Fox
Mills Given Credit for Valued Aid
Washington coverage credits Ogden L. Mills with shaping the banking crisis program during the crisis days at the Treasury. Mills aided the transition, advised the successor and the President, and helped draft the Emergency Banking Act amid the 1930s bank closings and reopenings.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Washington
Treasury Administration
Ogden. L. Mills
William H. Woodin
Mills
The
Treasury
Hoover
Pope and Mussolini Back Global Science Drive
Pope Pius XI and Guglielmo Marconi join in a broad year long research program spanning cosmic ray studies and radioactivity. An expedition will reach Asmara near the magnetic equator while Mussolini commits ample government support and resources to science.
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Rome
Mussolni
Pope Pius
Guglielmo Marconi
Asmara
Eritrea
Mussolini
Mooney granted new trial in 1916 bombing case
San Francisco judge orders a new trial for Thomas J. Mooney on defense pleas to clear him of responsibility for the Preparedness Day parade bombing that year. The 16 year fight centers on claims he was framed by capitalistic interests as he faces a murder indictment for the explosion.
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San Francisco
Thomas J.mooney
Louis H. Ward
Werd
Mooney
15 Year Old Peter Meyer Jr Freed From Kidnappers
Peter Meyer Jr a 15 year old from Masury near Sharon Ohio was released unharmed after eight days in the hands of kidnappers who had threatened death if he tried to escape. His father who runs the Gray Wolf Tavern near the Ohio Pennsylvania line paid 300 dollars in ransom after being driven blindfolded to a remote country road. Federal authorities question some details but fear for further threats to the family. Continued on Pare Six.
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Warren
Peter Meyer Jr
Masury
Here
Lowley
Akron
Youngstown
Meyers
Gray Wolfe
Sharon
Ohio
Roy
Hardman
Trumbull County
Winchester Starts Plans For Festival
Winchester Virginia reports four Odd Fellows departments will meet May 21 to 24 for the ninety seventh annual Grand Lodge Rebekah Assembly Grand Encampment four day session expected to draw over 1 800 Virginia members and feature a Shenandoah Caverns tour by car and bus dozens of cars and buses expected to join the excursion led by H C Brill and E J Snapp with several thousand people anticipated to accompany members of the Odd Fellows to Winchester May 24 sees the Pale of Wings stage event during the convention heading toward lively state gathering plans.
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Winchester
The
Odd Fellows
Grand Lodge
Rebekah Assembly
Virginia
Shenandoah Caverns
H.C. Brill
Japan quits League of Nations after 18 month dispute
The Japanese Privy Council unanimously approved a communication announcing formal resignation from the League of Nations. The telegraph to Geneva will transmit this afternoon, ending months of friction over Manchurian activities that drew League condemnation in February. The document, drawn up at the Imperial Palace, states the government will no longer cooperate with the League.
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Tokyo
Privy Council
League of Nations
Japan
League
Geneva
Manchuria
Thurl Brooks in Critical Condition in Wheeling
Relatives report R Thurl Brooks seriously ill at Emergency hospital Wheeling after an emergency operation Saturday He formerly worked in the B and O Railroad office here and is now chief clerk to the division accountant His wife died two weeks ago and many friends here and in Wheeling wish him a speedy recovery The Mayflower baby Peregrine White is mentioned in connection with the era historic voyage.
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R. Thurl Brooks
Eemergency Hospital
Wheeling
Mr. Brooks
Brooks
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Wheel
Fin Wheeling
Four Die in Air Tragedy Near Fort Lauderdale
Christian Channing Gross a soldier author and diplomat was killed in a car crash with his two children Peter 11 and Barbara 10 and his mother Mrs Natali Gross of Chicago. His father Charles W Gross was seriously injured and hospitalized. The car skidded off Route 1 north of Fort Lauderdale en route from Palm Beach to Miami.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Christian Channing Gross
Natali Gross
Chicago
Charles W. Gross
Christian Gross
Peter
Barbara
Palm Beach
Miami
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First Baptist Church
Andrews Church
United Front
Pacific
Texas
Adele Torain
Tokyo Charges Alliance of America
Germany
China
State Department
Foreign Office
United States
Peter Myers
Peter, Jr
Myers
Associated Press
U. S
Long Claims
Louisiana
Bank Crisis Plans
Pope, IL Duce and
Marconi
Peter Myers, Jr
Tom Mooney
Cleveland
Carveth
Wells
Mt. Ararat
ST. Paul
Thurl Brooks
Peregrine White
Gross
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