Read Ordered to Trial In Slaying of Dollman
Judge Jake Fisher in Braxton Circuit Court directed jury selection to proceed for the trial of William B Read on charges connected to the torch-slaying of W Earle Dollman. Read, contending he was in Virginia from November 24 to 27, seeks a continuance to permit alibi witnesses. Dollman, a Baltimore man, died in a burning car on Thanksgiving night.
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Jake Fisher
William B. Read
W.earle-Dollman
Baltimore
Read
Charleston
and. Va
Dollman
Hhis
J. Blackburn
Watts
Kanawha
Charles Duffield, Jr
Isner
Slaying Suspect Arrested After Gun Battle
An investigation into the death of 75 year old Edward Ireland climaxed in a gun battle during which two state troopers were wounded. John Ireland, 40, was arrested and charged with first degree murder. Officers were summoned to the victim’s home after Rev Michael J. Dwyer, a 16 year old priest, heard shots during mass. Police continued the case.
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Troy
John Ireland
Edward
Ireland
Michale J. Dwyer
Onice
Edward O. Hageman
Tragic Doddridge Worker Dies From Carbon Monoxide
A young lumberman on a country road near Doddridge County lost his life while freeing a stuck automobile. Exhaust fumes from the engine, containing deadly carbon monoxide, caused his death. This warning comes from the Taylor County Safety Council.
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Jlumberman
Doddridge County
Inmates Escape From West Virginia School for Boys
Two inmates at Pruntytown escaped just after 3 this morning after assaulting night nurse Mrs. Pearl Gawthrop and stealing infirmary keys. Suspects identified as Regis Freims and Hobart Sparks, with detailed descriptions and home towns in Raleigh and Pleasants counties. Sheriff launches search. note continued on Page Five.
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West Virginia Industrial School For Boys
Pruntytown
Pearl Gawthrop
R. P. Bell
Freims
Regis
Beckley
Raleigh County
Sparks
Hobart
St. Mary’s Pleasants County
Gawthrop
Charleston Sit Down Is Temporarily Ended
Charleston March 30 Two hundred twenty five laundry employees at a large plant ended a brief sit down strike and returned to work under a ten day extension for wage negotiations. Manager T L Weil said the extension was called by the plant organization and he did not yet know the demands as talks had not progressed.
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Charleston
T. L. Weil
Former Justice Held On Moonshine Charge
Beckley dispatch reports former Justice of the Peace Frank Rice freed on a 500 dollar bond for preliminary hearing after authorities found a half gallon of moonshine in his kitchen and five pints hidden under a bed. Rice is set for the hearing Wednesday.
Freighter Reaches Port After Battle With Seas
The American freighter Volunteer limped into Yokohama after a four day battle with the sea. The ship, en route from New Orleans to the Orient with cotton and general cargo, was damaged by a Pacific gale 700 miles off the coast of Japan, and its holds were filled with water.
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Tokyo
Yokohama
Victorin
New Orleans
Orient
Pacific
Japan
Ethiopian Named As British Spy Flees His Land
The Giornale D Italia reports Mohammed Ali head of Ethiopia's largest chain store was expelled by Italian viceroy Rodolfo Graziani on spying for British intelligence. French merchant Besse of Besse and Company was fined 1,500,000 lire and jailed before expulsion for alleged arms trading during the Italo Ethiopian war.
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Giornale D'Italia
Mohammed Ali
Ethiopia
Rodolfo Graziani
Besse
Besse and Company
Executions Reported in Fascist-Held Spain Frontlines
From Bayonne on the Franco-Spanish frontier reports claim wide scale executions ordered across Insurgent Spain to quell discontent with Italian influence. Scores of people are said to have been shot after abortive plots as Franco's armies push to suppress the Madrid Valencia government under strict censorship.
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Bayonne
Spain
Francisco Franco
Madrid
State probe opens into MacBeth mine blast
Logan March 20 N P Rhinehart state mines chief opened his investigation into the cause of the MacBeth mine blast that killed 18 men on March 11. Officials had believed an electric spark from a mine motor ignited a feeder gas pocket. The last vestige was removed from the mine Saturday.
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Logan
N. P. Rhinehart
MacBeth
Beekman Hill triple murder clues emerge
Detectives pieced together fragmentary records of the Beekman Hill triple killing as a chauffeur and handyman, George Guert, 46, was questioned. Witnesses noted gray hairs and microscopic tissue while a laboratory expert studied hairs and flesh scraps. The case unfolded Easter morning in a crowded New York block.
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New York
Beekman Hill
Veronica Gedeon
George Gueret
Shields Funeral Rites To Be In Philadelphia
Funeral services for Arthur A. Shields 48 who died of pneumonia at his West Main street home will be held in Philadelphia at a Roman Catholic church at 9 am tomorrow. His son Arthur Jr flew from California arriving in Grafton early today. remains will be moved from Hamilton Funeral Home to the residence for viewing then to No 24 at 1120 pm. A short service will be conducted at the home at 7 pm tonight by Rev M J Hannon.
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West Main Street
Philadelphia
Arthur, Jr
California
Grafton
Pittsburgh
Hamilton
M. J. Hannon
Huntington Pair Arrested in Four Robberies Case
Huntington March 30 Lieutenant of Detectives Leslie J. Swann charged Clyde Hender son 29 and Harold Steele 18 with armed highway robbery. They allegedly admitted holding up four automobiles in the south side district. Patrolmen Staley and Hodges seized a pistol in their car.
Agreement Near in Motor Strike Talks at Lansing
Conferees seeking settlement of Chrysler plant walkouts for more than three weeks showed amiable mood on the seventh negotiating day. Walter Chrysler entered the governor’s chambers with union leaders and UAW officials, suggesting an agreement in sight though a delay on a point or a recess until Thursday remained possible.
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Mid
Chrysler
Walter P. Chrysler
Chrysler Corporation
Frank Murphy
Jene
Lee Pressman
Committee For Industrial Organization
Homer Martin
United States Automotive Workers of America
Sohn L. Lewis
C. Lox
New York
Sible
Many Charges Entered Against Truck Driver
BECKLEY March 30 Three charges of manslaughter one of maiming with an automobile and one of driving while drunk sent R S Wingo back to jail under bonds totaling 18 500 after he waived to the grand jury Corporal A Scalise of the state police had said Wingo drove a truck which killed G C Kennedy of Oak Hill Anthony Sergi of Youngstown O and E A Christian a mine electrician Saturday night Three others were injured when the truck struck a group during investigation of an accident One of them was State Trooper L L Willeford.
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L. L. Willeford
Rayon Workers Strike For Union Recognition
Covington Virginia March 30 A sit-down strike began at Covington Industrial Rayon after talks on recognizing the United Yarn Federation as the sole bargaining agent stalled. The local union claims over 1,000 workers at the plant are members, with main offices in Cleveland.
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Covington
Covington Industrial Rayon Corporation
Cleveland
Ohio
Synthetic Yarn Federation of America
Lloyd Mays
Artificial Fever Proves Cure For St. Vitus Dance
At the first international fever therapy conference, artificial electrical fevers cured twitching in 88 percent of 25 children at Northwestern University Chicago. The fevers reached 105 degrees and lasted eight minutes, with rest improving in all cases per Dr. R. S. Osborne Dr. Clarence A. Newmann and Dr. M. L. Blatt.
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Howard Blakeslee
Associated Press
New York
Northwestern University
Chicago
R. 5. Osborne
Clarence A. Newmann
Northwestern University l
M. L. Blatt
University of Chicago
Sides in judiciary battle seek capital in latest court decisions
Washington observers report both sides in the judiciary reorganization dispute aiming to capitalize on the Supreme Court's recent wage ruling. Senators Minton and Burke present contrasting readings as Hearings resume on the admin bill with Harvard law professor Griswold and Senator Glass weighing constitutional means to respond. The debate continues amid calls for careful legislation and potential constitutional amendments.
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Supreme Court
Roosevelt
No Man’s Land
Minton
Ind
Washington State
Burke
D., Neb
Fraziers Lemke
Senate
Erwin N. Griswold
Harvard Law School
Glass
Griswold
Continuid
Texan Father With 26 Children Sets Record
BAY CITY TEX March 30 Milan Sparks of Clemville is the father of 26 children with his present wife bearing the latest this week. Fifteen children came from two previous marriages, and his oldest son is already a grandfather.
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Bay City
Tex
Milan Sparks
Clemville
Sparks
Oil Man's Son Is Suffocated In Fire At Clayton Mansion
Grant Fraser aged 13, son of Shell Petroleum Corp president Alexander Fraser, died of suffocation in a fire that gutted the 21 room Clayton residence. The boy, trapped in a second floor bedroom, cried for help as flames rose. Two maids escaped. other family members, including Mrs Fraser and children Sheila and Ronald, were rescued by firemen. Loss estimated at 50000 with no other injuries reported. Continued on page four.
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ST. Louis
Grant Fraser
Alexander Fraser
Shell Petroleum Corporation
Clayton
Fraser
Sheila
Ronald
William Fraser
Williamss College
John O'Sullivan
Townsend Seeks Loans To Fund Pension Plan
Chicago March 30 Dr Francis E Townsend announced a $5 million fund from followers to back his recovery plan into law. Loans would start at $10 with collateral limited to his total assets of $500 and unsecured promissory notes. The funds would support promoting the general welfare act of 1937.
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Chicago
Francis E. Townsend
Townsend
Townsend National Weekly
Socialists Back Lewis and CIO Unity Front
The national Socialist party endorsed John L. Lewis Committee for Industrial Organization and a united front with working class groups. The convention approved a measure favoring possible alliance with the Communist party under conditions, with each case needing approval by socialist governing committees.
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Chicago
National Socialist Party
John L. Lewis Committee For Industrial Organization
United Front
Executive Council
American Federation of Lawr
Socialist Party
Communist Party
Hazel Atlas Employees To Join A F L Union
Karl Weaver, general supervisor at the Hazel Atlas Glass Co. Clarksburg plant, said 2,000 workers have agreed to join unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. Employees will sign with the Glass Bottle Blowers and American Flint Glassworkers unions, per company recommendation, despite no prior union membership. Weaver denied the move aims to eject John L. Lewis's C T O from the plant.
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Clarksburg
Karl Weaver
Hazel-Atlas Glass Company
American Federation of Labor
Glass Bottle Blowers
American Flint Glassworkers
A. F. of L
John L. Lewis
Grafton Kiwanis and Rotary Meet Set for Thursday
No Kiwanis meeting is planned tonight in Grafton as the clubs arrange a joint session at 6 15 PM Thursday in the YMCA to welcome Don R. Chaffee as executive secretary of the Taylor County Board of Trade. Attending will be Kiwanis President Torlock Rasmussen and Rotary President Paul P. Warden.
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Grafton Kiwanis Club
Rotary Club
The
Grafton
Don R. Chaffee
Taylor County Board of Trade
Mr. Chaffee
Torlock Rasmussen
Kiwanis
Paul P. Warden
Scant Hopes of Smashing Controversy Burgeoning Coal Strike
The coal industry faces a near nation wide strike threaten as miners and operators fail to agree on wage and hour terms. Only Progressive Miners of America in Illinois and scattered non union mines may operate Friday. Talks continue with a joint miners and operators committee meeting in a tall city office building. John L. Lewis and other officials attend a Harrisburg dinner, as last minute compromises emerge in wage talks.
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New York
Progressive Miners of America
Ilinois
United Mine Workers and Appalachian Producers
Lewis
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Farm Problem Before House Senate Debates Crop Insurance
Washington March 30 Congressmen weighed farm aids in a Senate debate on crop insurance while a House committee studied tenancy. Administration leaders expect Minority Leader McNary to win Republican support for the insurance proposal, predicting near passage with little opposition. Senator Pope, sponsor of a 100 million dollar wheat insurance bill, opposed making it effective this year. House agriculture leaders were to hear testimony on farm tenancy policy, with some favoring government supervision for a limited period and others resisting.
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Ronny) Gedeon
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