Rotary District Conference Draws Grafton Members in Bluefield
Several members of the Grafton Rotary Club attend the West Virginia District Rotary International convention at the West Virginian Hotel in Bluefield. The event, the twenty fifth annual, features Rev. Dick Aspinal’s inspirational address and remarks from Rotary dignitaries including Tony Smith.
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Grafton Club
Grafton Rotary Club
Bluefield
West Virginia
Rotary International
West Virginian Hotel
Dick Aspinal
Terra Alta
Rotary
United States
Canada
Tony Smith
Pittsburgh
Norman
Grafton
Hary Compton
D.C Peck
Jed W Robinson
Angus Firgerson
Ole FE Wyckoff
F. D. Petty
B. W. Auvil
Revolt by Cuban rural guards reported near Las Vilas
unrest flares in Santa Clara province as a detachment of rural guards mutinies near Las Vilas shouting Down with Zayas and reelection. Havana dispatches cite fears of broader movements and prompt swift activity at the interior and war offices.
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Havana
Cuba
Jong
Santa Clara
Las Vilas
Heraldo de Cuba
Secretary of the Interior
Interior
War and Navy
Prison inmate to preach after 42 years in prison
Abe Buzzard a notorious Welch mountain desperado, will be released from Eastern State Prison as his 12 1/2 year sentence ends. At 72 years old he plans to become a prison evangelist and dedicate the rest of his life to assisting convicts after studying theology and the Scriptures. Buzzard began his prison career at 13. Guy R. Cather of Cumberland Maine is visiting F. D. B. Cather on Pearl Street for a few days.
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Philadelpha
Abe Buzzard
Welch Mountain
Pennsylvania
Buard
Buazard
Guy R. Cather
Cumberland ,Ma
F. DB. Cather
Pearl Street
W. T. Robinson Returns From Western Visit
W T Robinson returned home to Knottsville Saturday evening after three weeks visiting relatives in Oklahoma and Washington Indiana He stayed with cousin Mrs J Minter former Annie Robinson of this city and with Mrs H C Dempsey formerly of Knottsville He brought back a small flint arrow head found while helping a niece make a flower bed in Mrs Dempsey s lawn He toured nearby cities in Oklahoma and Missouri and noted very warm dry conditions in the region
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W.T. Robinson
Oklahoma
Washington
Ind
Knottsville
J. Minter
Annie Robinson
Indiana
H. C. Dempsey
Okminegee
Robinson
Shooting at labor meet claims two lives
In Chierego two men were killed and seven others slightly wounded at a Labor Union Hall meeting. Authorities suspect a factional feud sparked the gunfire. Samuel S. Bills, business agent for the Ice Cream Wagon Drivers Union, died. Robert Devere was fatally wounded.
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Hall
Chierego
Samuel S. Bills
Ice Cream Wagon Drivers Union
Robert Devere
Boundary Commission to Determine Ireland Divide
London announces no settlement by agreement on the Ireland boundary and says Article 12 of the Anglo Irish treaty will guide the boundary commission. Dublin reports the Irish Free State seeks immediate establishment of the commission, with observers warning of civil war if northern areas favoring nationalist voters are awarded to the Free State.
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London
Thomas
Dublin
Ireland
Free State
Senator Couzens Undergoes Gallbladder Operation
Senator James Couzens of Michigan was operated on at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore today for the removal of a gallbladder stone. He had been at the hospital for two weeks preparing for the procedure. D Talbott of Ilkins attended to McGraw estate business in Grafton.
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Sen. Couzens
Hopkins
Baltimore
James Couzens
Michigan
John Hopkins Hospital
D. Talbott
Ilkins
Grafton
McGraw Estate
Royal Glass Plant Sold At Public Auction
The Royal Window Glass plant in East Grafton was sold for 30050 at a 1 pm public auction. Dr C S Campbell bid the top price against Fayette Glass of Clarksburg and creditors. Trustee O E Parrish noted debts near 250000 and that creditors may receive about a tenth, with labor liens paid at a low percent from the sale proceeds. The plant had been shut since January after gas was cut for nonpayment. new machinery cost about 80000 and remains largely a salvage case.
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Royal Window Glass
Grafton
O. E. Parrish
Dr. C. S. Campbell
Fayette Glass Company
Clarksburg
Dr. Campbell
Attoney
John Hechmer
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Gas Company
Theceottrt
Parrish
Beech Spring Social Notices and School Closures
McCoy Satterfield visits Miss DeMoss. Lulu Thorn and Alfre Taylor call on Dallas Thorn. Geniine DeMoss and Mary DeMoss visit Lulu Thorn. Will Grimes is sick. John Martin and Mrs Troy Ellison shop in Grafton. Harry Thorn visits Lloyd Luesson. Westerman school closes April 18. Will Grimes praised as teacher. Miller shops in Graf ton. the Wilsop and Westerman schools close. Milford Thorn visits Luzadder family. Literary Society meetings biweekly. Ramsey Twiggs injured. Anna Martin shops in Grafton. Dr and Mrs Frank Warden and family visiting Adamaville. plan to return next week.
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T. Luzadder
Miller
Grafton
Troy Ellison
Martin
Wilsop
Milford ‘Thorn
A. T. Luzadder
Literary Society of the Westerman
Ransey
Twiggs
Fred Bailey
Harry Thorn
Anna Martin
Benwood Mine Disaster Toll Grows With Rescue Efforts
A collapse and gas filled sections trapped about 115 miners at the Benwood Mill Mine near Wheeling West Virginia after an explosive blast. Early rescues found four bodies and two survivors who died shortly after, with hundreds of workers and Bureau of Mines experts racing to reach others as poisonous fumes and after damp hinder efforts.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Benwood
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Ohio River
United States Bureau of Mines
Pittsburgh
George Holliday
France
Paul Riedel
Charleston
State Bureau of Mines
Wherling Steel Corpation
Tenwoode
R. M. Lamble
West Virginia
Williamson
Henwood
Lambie
Little Hope Springs
W.va
Benwood Mill
Frank Pene
United States Bureau of Minesmen
Governor Warren McCray Found Guilty and Resigns
Indianapolis April 29 Warren T McCray governor of Indiana was found guilty in federal court of using the mails to defraud and resigned effective at 10 am tomorrow Emmett P Branch becomes governor McCray to be sentenced Wednesday at 9 am likely to serve time in Atlanta federal prison approximately 150 witnesses testified in the trial which began April 21 McCray admitted signing others notes but claimed no intent to defraud Also named Amos D Morris former bank cashier pleaded guilty in the conspiracy case though not yet sentenced.
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Anapolis
Warren T. McCray
Indiana
McCray
A. B. Anderson
Emmett P. Branch
Atlanta
Indianapolis
Ind
Anderson
Marion County
M. A. Ryan
United States District Court
Albert B. Anderson
McCra
Go Prnor McCray
Federal District Court
Amos D. Morris
Discount and Deposit State Bank
Kentland
Young Man Suffers Broken Leg Run Over by Truck
Jon Squires of Independence, 16, has been at City Hospital for two days with a broken leg after being run over by a large motor truck Sunday morning. He fell under the wheel while attempting to board the moving truck. leg injured between knee and hip and muscle damage. Expected to remain hospitalized for some time under Dr. F. Suddarth care. Also notes Grafton attendees at the Catholic Daughters of America banquet in Clarkaburg Sunday.
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Jon Squires
Independence
Suddarth
Dr. Ira Landrith to Lecture May 2 at First Baptist Church
Dr Ira Landrith renowned orator will lecture in Grafton on May 2 at the First Baptist Church. The talk titled Today and America for It covers national uplift work and civic religious avenues, following a tour across Ohio and service with YMCA during the war.
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D. Hitchcock
National Anti-Saloon League
Westerville
Ohio
Grafton
Ira Landrith
Landrith
America
First Baptist Church
United States
Himan
M.G. A
Tennessee
Rengsteas
Slee Sickness Spreads Rapidly Across Great Britain
The sleeping sickness outbreak in Great Britain raises concern as cases rise from 75 cages in January to 217 in February and 468 in March, with 64 percent of the current month’s cases recorded in the first three weeks. Deaths are not yet high, but long term after effects are often serious.
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London
Great Britain
Pin tipped sticks kill boy in Nebraska neighborhood
In Omaha on April 29, 14 year old Robert Effenberger died ten minutes after 13 year old Ralph stabbed him with a hot pin through the chest. Police say several neighborhood boys had been sticking girls with pins on sticks. The girl is in juvenile custody.
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Omaha
Neb
Robert Effenberger
Ralph
Aileen
Girl Scouts Leader Defends Modern Girl
Chicago April 29 Mrs Frederick Edey of New York chair of the National Council credentials committee defends the modern Girl Scout as ahead of her Victorian sister. She says the flapper trend reflects energy and movement like young birds leaving the cage, noting the 1024 changes in teens.
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Chicago
Frederick Edey
New York
National Council of Girl Scouts
Eshe
Man Kills Wife and Shoots Self in Wheeling Tragedy
In Wheeling an apparent domestic dispute ended in murder suicide as Nile T Hunt of McMechen shot his wife Mrs Hth el Hunt, aged 30, then killed himself. Their two sons, Nile and John, witnessed the events. Hunt, 31, employed at Gee Electric plant, had a history of mental instability and authorities deem the act a possible temporary insanity.
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Wheeling
Nile ‘T. Hunt
McMechen
Hth
el Hunt
Tate
Nile
John
Velieve
James T Murphy High Dive Crash In Car Near Grafton Park
James T Murphy and occupants escaped serious harm after a sedan plunged into the Tygarts Valley River at Grafton Park. The car, after zigzagging down a twenty foot embankment, ended near the shore with water filling the interior. Passengers were rescued by nearby men in boats, and no injuries were reported, though shock was noted. Nearby residents recalled the strange sequence as the car slipped into the river and required a horse-drawn block and tackle to remove it later. Mrs Murphy, Mrs Finch, and three children were among those present.
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Grafton Park
Sur
James T. Murphy
Tygarts Valley
Murphy
Ishore
Mr. Murphy
Bertinel
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West
Boundary Commission
Royal Glass
DR. O. S. Campball
Frank Warden
Adamaville
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A. R. Warden
Front Street
Stene
CSING
Agnes Flanagan
Mary Rascher
Mary Tierney
Thomas Deegan, Jr
Catholic Daughters of America
Clarkaburg
DR. Landrith
J. M. Harding
Baltimore and ‘Ohio Railroad Company
Ear Ser
Hunt
Mcmech Wit
JT. Murphy
Margeret Rosmisell
Mian Carrie
Buckhannon
Terra Alby'tre
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