Sutherland to Speak at Grafton Memorial Day
Ex United States Senator Howard Sutherland of West Virginia will deliver the Memorial Day address at the National Cemetery in Grafton on May 20. The American Legion and Grand Army of the Republic organize the program with parades, school children, and delegations joining from Philippi Newburg and surrounding towns. A baseball game between West Virginia University Freshmen and Grafton High School closes the afternoon portion.
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United States
Legionaires
G. A. KR
Howard Sutherland
West Virginia
Grafton
Taylor County Post
American Legion
Gratton
Sutherland
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National Cemetery
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H.C. Compton, Jr
Taylor County
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Gen- Uenan
Persude
West Virginia University
Tiny airship sets record in wind and distance
Dayton Ohio May 4. Lawrence Sperry piloted the Sperry Messenger in a four hour fight from Washington to Dayton powered by twenty five horsepower. He flew a windless ship in a record run, using high altitude currents to halve wind impact and maintain safe altitude at 1000 rpm. The flight set new low-power endurance and marked the first transfer of payload between planes.
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Dayton
Lawrence Sperry
Washington
Sperry
Moundsville
W. Va
Osal
Republican Wins Race In Tenth California District
Captain John Fredericks was elected to congress from California's tenth district as results from 400 of 787 precincts came in. The world court proposal of President Harding dominated the race, and Fredericks said he would only go to Washington if endorsed by district voters as a court advocate.
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Los Angeles
Cal
John Fredericks
Congress
California
Harding
Washington
Holy Rollers siege by Jersey mob in Bound Brook
At Bound Brook New Jersey a mob attacked a Pillar of Fire church forcing Holy Roller adherents to shelter on the building’s second floor. Police with drawn guns, state troopers, and crowds outside surrounded the scene as two church members were arrested for assault and battery amid rioting that left several injured and destroyed furniture.
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N. J
Netcong
Franklin Park
New Brunswick
M Progress
Holy Rollers
Serviers
Elias Horner
Lawrence Winter
Pagaklin Park
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Timber land purchases urged to president by publishers
A delegation led by N H Baker of Cleveland urged President Harding to return to annual appropriations for government land purchases to aid forestry. The move, led by the Forestry Committee of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, stresses reestablishing pre war funding.
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Harding
N. H. Baker
Cleveland
Pipe Mill Burned at Scottdale U S Cast Iron Plant
A.K. 1000 men were thrown out of work when fire swept through the United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Co plant in Scottdale Pa causing an estimated $100000 loss. Two barrels of kerosene exploded after the blaze was discovered spreading burning fluid across the plant.
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Scottdale
Scottdale, Pa
United States Cast, Iron Pipe and Foundry Co
Navy to Block Rum Fleet Off Jersey Coast
Washington reports orders concentrating North Atlantic Coast Guard boats along the New Jersey shore to seal off the rum fleet anchored near Mantoloking. Two cutters will patrol day and night as work to cut offshore contact expands with more boats and a push to drive the rum trade from U.S. shores.
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Iiquor
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Mantic Highlands
Rum
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France Delivers Sharp Note to Turkey Over Syrian Border
In Constantinople on May 2, France handed a note to the Turkish government demanding an immediate withdrawal of Turkish troops from the Syrian border. If not complied with, France warned it would withdraw from the Lausanne conference. The note signals heightened Franco Turkish tensions amid ongoing diplomacy.
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Charse D’affaires
France
Export Trade Would Help Germany Pay
NE WORLEANS La May A T Development by Germany of an export trade of two billion dollars annually would furnish a substantial sum to be and in her payment of reparations it was declared in a report on European conditions submitted by a committee to the National Foreign Trade Convention.
Saunders Faces Personal Crisis as Piggly Wiggly Founder Warns
Clarence Saunders of Memphis, president of the Piggly Wiggly Stores, Inc., says in forthcoming ads that he may be forced to sell stock to avoid wiping out his personal fortune after a tense Wall Street confrontation. He states the firm itself would be affected only in his role as head of the company.
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A.P
Clarence Saunders
Piggly Wiggly Stores, Inc
Wall Street
Woman Crook Goes South on Trial in Wheeling
United States Marshal Louis Buchwald tests Flo Weiler in Wheeling as she travels toward Nashville to face a Tennessee charge. Weiler, convicted previously and released early due to illness after serving two years at Moundsville, is suspected in a case tied to Old Hickory Power and a loss exceeding half a million dollars.
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W. Va
United States
Marshall Louis Buchwald
Nashville
Tenn
Ain Flo Weiler
Middle
Tennessee
Wale
Weiler
West Virginia
Moundsville
Ilness
British protest over Turkish actions in Irak and Mesopotamia
In London, the British high commissioner in Constantinople was told to register a strong protest against Turkish rights in Irak and Mesopotamia. Britain would not recognize any decree asserting those rights. The statement, delivered in the House of Commons by Lieutenant Colonel Buckley for the foreign office, referenced the Chester concession.
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Constantinople
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Mensophtmala
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House of Commons
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Buckley
Two Irish Irregulars Executed by Free State
The Free State announced the execution of two Irregulars, Christopher Quinn and William Shaughnessy, in Ennis after they were found guilty of killing a Free State soldier at Ennis on April 21. The executions occurred this morning in Ennis.
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Free State
Christopher Quinn
Wm. Shaughnessy
Ennnys
Ennis
Runaway Car Causes Panic on Manhattan Bridge
A runaway streetcar on a grade near the Brooklyn end of the Manhattan Bridge injured forty passengers during rush hour. The car left the track and crashed into vehicles, tearing through trolley wires and splintered glass as bystanders fled. Police halted traffic, ambulances moved in, and motor man Daniel Galvin was rushed to hospital.
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Daniel Galvin
Prosecuting Attorney Returns From Pittsburgh Trip
Hon W M Watkins prosecuting attorney for Taylor county returned to Grafton Tuesday night after a business trip to Pittsburgh and other points. He had been absent from his office for about a week.
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W. M. Watkins
Taylor County
Grafton
Pittaburgh
Mr. Watkins
Canada hanged first woman in 24 years
Fort Saskatchewan Alberta May 2 A P Mrs Florence Lassandra and Emilio Piccarillo were hanged for the murder of Constable Lawson at the Coleman Provincial Police Headquarters. Piccarillo was executed first then forty one minutes later Lassandra. The pair reportedly approached police after an attempted capture of Piccarillo and his son with liquor from Rose Nest Pass. Lassandra and Piccarillo used a pistol, wounding Lawson who died of his injuries.
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A.P
Florence Lassandra
Emilio Piccarilo
Lawson
Piccario
Lassandra
Canada
Coleman
Piccarillo
Steve
Rose Nest Pass
Crows Ness Tass
Mrs. Lassandra
Germany Proposes 30 Billion Gold Mark Reparations Plan
Berlin reports Germany offers total reparations under Versailles at 30 billion gold marks, with 20 billion raised by 1927 via bonds, 5 billion by 1929, and the rest by 1931. Payment in kind credited. Rhine evacuation terms to stay. France dismisses proposal. Britain says not responsible for Germany’s offer. Bombings disrupt rail near Düsseldorf and Dalhausen amid tense occupation scenes.
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Entente
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Rhineland
Carbon and Calcium May Prove A Cure For Tuberculosis
Pittsburgh physicians discussed a potential cure for tuberculosis using pure carbon and calcium after Dr. W H Ham.P. Nolan of Jeannette presented findings to the West Moreland County Medical Society. Nolan cited a wartime base hospital experience, noting seventy-two cases improved and five patients were under treatment, with collaboration from Dr. Oscar Klotz of the Rockefeller Foundation.
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West Moreland County~ Medical Society
WH Ham.p. Nolan
Jeannette
Nolan
Brest
Oscar Klotz
Rockefeller Foundation
Americans Take Honors On First Day Army Fliers Start Flight
In Hempstead on May 2 A.P. reports Lieutenants John Mac Ready and Oakley Kelly began a nonstop transcontinental flight from Roosevelt Field in the army monoplane T 2 aiming to reach San Diego California within thirty two hours.
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John Macready
Oakley Kelly
Roosevelt Field
San Diego
California
Willing and Gardner Lead First Round of Straw Golf
NOWICH England May 2 Dr C F Willing of Portland Ore and Robert E Gardner of Chicago posted the two lowest scores in the opening round for the Royal St George s challenge cup straw competition. Willing shot 74 and Gardner 75 with Francis Ouime of Boston tying Roger Wethered and Michael Scott of England for third with 7
War gasses cure lung diseases amid wartime claims
Washington, May 2. Experts from the Chemical Warfare Service report moderate use of polluting gases developed during the war has checked respiratory diseases including tuberculosis and influenza and may offer a cure. Even paresis showed some improvement, though details remain debated.
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Washington
A.P
Check Off Argued Today Upon Appeal
In Richmond Virginia May 2 the appeal from Judge McClintic's restraint on the United Mine Workers from enforcing the check off system was heard in the United States circuit court of appeals. Attorneys for the Carbon Fuel Company argued the system compels wage deductions that could be used by the union to the company’s disadvantage.
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McClintic
Charleston
United Mine Workers of America
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Carbon Fuel Company
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