Morgantown Tornado Rips Town Wreckage and Injuries
Morgantown West Virginia reports substantial damage from yesterday's tornado with 40 to 60 dwellings wrecked and property losses estimated between $500000 and $700000. A dozen automobiles were demolished at the Morgantown country club and several injuries including a nine month old infant. Lindenberg era none
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Morgantown
W. Va
Red Cross
Morgantown Country Club
Alvin Stephens
Riverside
Stephens
Statler Loses Fight For Life In Fairmont
Clarence Statler former Grafton youth and business man died just after midnight at Eye and Ear Hospital after weeks of sinus infection. He was thirty eight, born and raised in Grafton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jank Statler, longtime West Side residents. His wife was at his bedside at the end of a long struggle. Continued on page eight.
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Clarence Statler
Fairmont
Grafton
Eye and Finn Hospital
PY Ehe
Statler
Jank Statler
TRE WEATHER See tre fe faie tonight and Saturday
Weather forecast notes a cool period with cold conditions by Saturday. The fragment mentions tonight and Saturday and a clearing trend as conditions stabilize. No additional actionable details or specific locations are readable.
Berlin faces new Red uprisings amid street fighting
Berlin reports fresh May Day clashes as Communist prowlers fire on police from windows and rooftops in Hermannstrasse Neukoelln. Two women are shot during the siege as police use machine guns to quell attacks. Sections of the city are declared under siege with one dead, 18 seriously injured and numerous arrests. Moscow blamed for the unrest, German foreign office begins diplomatic measures.
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Berlin
Hermann-strasse
Neukoelin
Moscow
Communist International
Reichstag
German Foreign Office
Bolshevist
Essen
Germany
Rush Granted Venue Change In Embezzlement Case
Buckhannon W Va May 3 The trial of Andrew R Rush 24 former cashier of Peoples Bank of West Virginia charged with embezzling 139000 was ordered transferred from Upshur to Randolph County circuit court. Feeling against Rush in Upshur County was believed to have caused the shift. Continuous on page two.
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Buckhannon
W. Va
Andrew R. Rush
Peoples’ Bank of
West Virginia
Upshur County
Randolph County
Rush
Wind and Rain Hit Panhandle Causing Floods and Landslide
Wheeling and Benwood suffer heavy losses as winds hail and rain lash the northern panhandle. A flooded creek floods homes and blocks a subway stop, halting streetcar and vehicle traffic between Wheeling and Moundsville. A Glendale landslide jeopardizes Baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks and state highways.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Panhandle
Earl Romine
Benwood
Moundsville
Glendale
Baltimore and Ohio
Realty deals surge in Taylor county transfers
Real estate transfers for the week in Taylor county exceed recent weeks. Deeds filed in the Taylor county court include Delmar Coal Company to Baltimore and Ohio Railroad right of way in Fetterman and Simpson districts for 250 and other considerations. George Brennard and Ellen Brennard to Laura Brennard convey Lot 133 on Walton Street in West Grafton. no consideration named. Ernest Denton and Haley Denton to Mabel Carl for a tract of land from A. W. Stilwell and Joseph Warder. Continued on Page Seven.
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Taylor County
Frank Bennnett
Delmar Coal Company
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Fetterman
Levin, Porter
Edna
Dean of Slang Tad Dorgan Buried Monday
New York May 3 Private funeral services were planned for Thomas Aloysius Tad Dorgan at his Great Neck Long Island home after he died in his sleep from a heart ailment. Dorgan, a famed cartoonist and boxing sports critic, influenced a broad readership beyond sports fans.
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New York
Thomas Aloysius
Tad) Dorgan
Tad
Great Neck
Long Island
Tornado Toll at Rye Cove School Kills Teacher and 12 Children
Grief stricken parents search debris after the Rye Cove consolidated school tornado. The storm yesterday killed 12 children and a teacher, with many pupils missing. Bodies found, others badly injured. an emergency plan sent children to Bristol and Kingsport hospitals. Identification tags placed on survivors as rescue efforts continue.
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Rye Cove
Rye Cove Consolidated
Bristol
Kingsport
Clinchport
Rail line seeks to discontinue trains between Fairmont and Clarkeburg
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad argues a 1928 loss of 9569 dollars from operation of two trains between Fairmont and Morgantown justifies discontinuing trains Nos 69 and 70. Protests by Clarksburg Chamber of Commerce Traffic Club and Lions Club were withdrawn as a hearing was set for today and bus service would replace rail service on the Romney branch, with passengers on the Romney branch to still receive trains Nos 61 and 5 between the two points.
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Charleston
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Fairmont
Morgantown
Romney
Mary Darnell
Green Springs
Tate the Romney
Ingo
Bertha Mae
Hattie
Ava Carter
Polly Carter
AS. Noblin
Noblin
Romney Branch
Baltimore and Ohio
Pairmont
Clarkeburg
Clarksburg
Civic Club Meeting At Elks Home Monday
The Civic Club a unit of the Twentieth Century Woman's Club will discuss plans for the annual clean up week at its regular meeting Monday afternoon at two o'clock. Mayor Charles O King will issue the proclamation. All Grafton ladies with civic interest are invited to attend.
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Civic Club
Department of the Twentieth Century
Woman's Club
Charles O. King
Elks Home
Grafton
Cub
War on Smoking Sparks Chicago Woman's Club Split
Chicago May 3 members of the Chicago Woman's Club debate smoking policy at the new club home ash trays installed by smoking members oppose by non smokers plan to push the issue to the board for a ruling amid a growing controversy.
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Chicago
Chicago,Woman's Club
Board of Directors
Chicken and Baked Ham Supper At First Baptist Church
The Ladies Aid Society will serve a chicken and baked ham supper for the Knight Templars and the public on Wednesday May 26 from 4 30 to 7 00. Price is 50 cents. The Coronation Club of the Degree of Honor will not meet tonight due to illness of an officer.
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Ladies Aid Society of the First Baptist Church
Knight Templars
Coronation Club
Widespread Tornado Toll In Maryland Towns
A Maryland tornado in the central region caused six deaths across Laytonsville Brookville and Harmony Grove. In Laytonsville Bowie Childs home collapsed killing his mother Mrs William H Childs and his daughter Florence while his son Hampton died later. In Brookville Mrs Amelia ... continued on page eight.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Laytonsville
Brooksville
Harmonyrove
Bowie Childs
William H. Childs
Florence
Hampton Childs
Brookville
Amelia
Verdict for two estates against Appalachian Electric Power
In Charleston on May 3 a federal court awarded $16,000 total damages to the estates of Ralph Brown and William Young, Putnam County youths electrocuted last August by contact with a high tension wire. Each estate receives $8,000 after administrator A. M. Harmon sued for $10,000 per case. company officials testified safety devices were above average.
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Charleston
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Ralph Brown
William Young
Putnam County
A. M. Harmon
Lake Erie Quiet After Big Storm
Lake Erie settled to a day after one of its worst storms with waves sweeping shorelines from Cleveland to Toledo. Damage estimated at 100000 dollars as winds hit 60 miles per hour with rain hail and snow. Sandusky Bay rose five feet flooding docks piers and low lands. Put-In-Bay and Point Place suffered heavy damage and Toledo suburbs were affected.
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Pruntytown
Grafton
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company
Western Union
Taylor County
Morgantown
Cleveland
Lake Erie
Lake Front
Toledo
Sandusky
Sandusky Bay
Put-In-Bay
Point Place
Maumee Bay
Dismissal of Pitt Professor Sparks Policy Dissent
Frederick E. Woltman, discharged as graduate assistant in philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, charged his dismissal reflected forces defending the iron police system. He says censorship targeted civil liberties, citing opposition to Governor Fisher and major donors. Woltman, secretary of the Pitt Liberal Club, was dismissed with two Liberal Club members, William Albertson and William McDowell, as J. C. Gow notes continued on page seven.
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Pittsburgh
Frederick E. Woltman
University of Pittsburgh
Waltman
Pitt Liberal Club
Governor Fisher
Cathedral of Learning
Union
Woltman
The
Civil Liberties Union
William Albertson
Liberal Club
William McDowell
J. C. Gow
Storms Level Buildings. Death Toll Rises Across States
A trio of days of severe storms killed 34 people across seven southern states and parts of the Midwest. Virginia reported 17 deaths from a school collapse, with many injured as schools and jails failed under wind and snow. Michigan Indiana and Ohio saw additional fatalities as cold, heavy snow hit fruit regions and shoreline damage occurred along Lake Michigan.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Virginia
Arkansas
Tennessee
Maryland
Florida
Alabama
Kentucky
South
Middlewest
Michigan
Iumdois
Ohio
Columbus
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Illinois
Missouri
Ozarks
Tornadoes Kill Twenty-Eight Across Seven States
A devastating series of tornadoes and storms swept seven southern states, killing twenty-eight people and injuring many more. The toll rose as missing persons were tallied, with Virginia Arkansas Tennessee Maryland Florida Alabama Kentucky all reporting fatalities and numerous injuries. A later state-by-state table lists the dead and wounded, highlighting the tragedy across the region.
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Atlanta
Southera
Virginia
Arkansas
Tennessee
Maryland
Florida
Alabama
Kentucky
Baseball Affected by Wet Grounds Across Leagues
National League games disrupted by wet fields with St Louis Brooklyn Cincinnati Washington Chicago Philadelphia and other matches postponed under cold conditions. American League sees St Louis Cleveland and Chicago weather impacting schedules with games listed as scheduled but exposed to wet grounds.
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St. Louis
New York
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Chicago
Philadelphia
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RED Cross Aids
Hart
Monongahela
Evansdale
Country Club
William Franson
Parkersburg
Pennsylvania
Lindy
Anne
Englewood
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Jersey
Morrow
Miss Morrow
Thefternoon
Leipzig
Ross
Rye Cove, Va
Elks
Momett
Dorothy Peacox
He Hisband
Earl
Florence Newman
Ahowa
Mt. Vernon
N.Y
PITT
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