Mrs. Henrietta Warden dies after brief illness
Henrietta May Warden 71 a former city resident died at 2 AM at the home of her daughter Mrs Mildred Mason in Hoult Marion county after a 10 day septicemia illness She was born April 14 1868 daughter of Alvin and Mary Sweet Her husband Samuel Watson Warden died in 1929 Survived by four children Mrs Edna Dieringer Raymond C Warden Mrs Mason and Jay Watson Warden one brother Jes A Sweet seven grandchildren Members of views Methodist Episcopal Church and an Eastern Star service are planned with a funeral at Bartlett Purteral House Friday night and burial at Bluemont Cemetery under G T Bartlett's direction.
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Henrietta May Warden
Mildred Mason
Hoult
Marion County
Warders
Alvin
Mary Rogers Sweet
Samuel Watson Warden
Hazel Atlas
Edna Dieringer
Austin
Nevada
Raymond C. Warden
Fairmont
Mason
Jay. Watson Warden
Jes A. Sweet
Los Angeles
California
Warden
Iews Methodist Episcopal Church
Bartlett Purteral
McGraw Avenue
Bartlett's
William Knox
Andrews
Bluemont
G. T.bartlett
British Parliament weighs Russia ties amid Polish pledge delay
Ash parliament tomorrow debates Prime Minister Chamberlain's handling of British Russian security talks to bolster Poland. Critics fear Moscow may abandon western plans as Moscow's response remains unclear. Rumors tie Litvinov's replacement to London Paris talks, with Moscow's next moves awaited by the press office.
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Beck
Chamberlain
Poland
Russia
Moscow
Mount Nokely
Germany
Litvinoff
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Britain
France
Mossow
Thie Spel Saree
Fit
Fears of amnesia in continued page one note
North Carolina officials were asked to fingerprint a car found hidden in a clump of trees twelve miles south of Raleigh as authorities expanded a search. Henley led a private search for two days before police involvement began after Rio Giana College alumnus W A Lewis reported Lawson’s absence from work. Fite Young Henley, a former University of Pitts student who attended Marshall College and Bowling Green University, had been connected with the college since January 23.
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Page One
Suniegs
North Carolina
Raleigh
N. C
Henley
W. A. Lewis
Rio Giana College
Lawson
Fite _ Young Henley
University of Pitts
Marshall College
Bowling Green Univerity
Bowling Green
Final Report On Tygart Dam Finished By U S Engineers
Compilation of the final report on the Tygart dam by the U S Engineering department has been completed, announced today by the Pittsburgh district. Work since the dam’s construction covered thermal stresses and reservoir elevations 1090 and 1144 with ongoing studies this past week.
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Tygart Dam
U. S.’ Engineering Department
Pittsburgh
U.S
Grafton Camera Club Plans Meeting Tomorrow Night
The Grafton Camera Club will hold its regular meeting at 7 o clock tomorrow night at the Recreation Center on Latrobe Street. Officers announced the program and urged all interested to attend. The club invites both ladies and gentlemen, with lady photo fans requested to be represented.
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Grafton Carema Club
Latrobe Street
Litvinoff Change Sparks European Diplomacy Talk
The article discusses Litvinoff's replacement and the timing of foreign policy shifts amid European diplomacy. London sources hint at Geneva talks on May 15 with Britain and France, aiming for a triple alliance. Berlin appears pleased by Litvinoff's removal, while observers note possible rapprochement with Germany.
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London
Litvinoff
Britain
France
Geneva
Molotoff
Poland
Rumania
Russia
Berlin
Germain
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Germany
Hersananga
Thokéiobkihif
Stalin
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Hemlock Used Continued From Page One
A 50-year-old Philadelphia physician Dr Horace D Perlman was arrested after Assistant District Attorney Vincent P McDevitt said he furnished poison and profits for the ring. He is charged as an accessory to murder. Detectives seized medicines and records at his home as investigators trace the ring across Pennsylvania New York New Jersey and Delaware noting about 35 known deaths and predicting many more arrests.
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Hemlock
Horace D. Perlman
Vincent P. McDevitt
Perlman
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Here Comes Charlie Masquers Pick New Romance
The Masquers held their first practice for a new romantic comedy titled Here Comes Charlie and announced the play contest winners from Grafton and Clarksburg. Cast includes Larry Elliot John Ri Hopps Shahan Smythe-Kersey and others. directed by J Bernard Dryfield with Vivian Peters assisting.
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Charlie
Wade Furlow
James Cockrell
W. Don Teet
Leeda Lymer
Grafton
Harold Vanscoy
Clarksburg
John Roe
J. Bernard Dryfield
Larry Elliot
John Ri
Char‘Wle” Hopps
Margaret Shahan
Vivian Smythe-Kersey
Angelo Fiorcello
Fannie Burnham
Eleanor Jacobs
Ted Hartley
Edmund Jacobs
Aleck Twiggs
Leslie Crawford
Leslie Crawford; Mrs. Smythe-Kersey
Betty Lou Currey
Mortimer Smythe-Kersey
Edward Manning
Nora Malone
Rose Lobis
Tim McGrill
Ralph Shahan
Mr. Dryfield
Vivian Peters
Sentinel
Pair Confess in Chicago Robbery and Detroiter Suspect
Police traced a pair in a two mile chase after a late night homicide squad pursuit. Watson and accomplices Riley and Susanna Smith, a Detroit exile, confessed to 15 Detroit drugstore robberies before heading to Chicago where Alex Ferguson, a 55 year old undertaker, was killed and two plainclothes officers wounded. Plane wreck report follows.
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Watson
Edward Riley
Susanna Smith
Detroit
Chicago
Alex Ferguson
Demurrer argued in Maryland coal case
In Taylor county district court a demurrer by Prank E. Morse, joined by the plaintiff, was argued in the J Bruce Kerns et al v Maryland Coal Co et al suit. The discussion touched on potential bloc inclusion of Poland in British French guarantees and included remarks on Danzig and Pomorze questions.
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Morse Demurrer
Maryland
E. Morse
Taylor County
J. Bruce Kerns
Maryland Coal Company
Poland
Hitler
Danzig
Pomorze
Voelkischer Beobachter
Warsaw
Foreign Office
Beck
Joseph Beck
Sejm
Priday
Germany
Litvinoff
Nazis Ready for Action in East Prussia Amid Tense Talks
East Prussia stands heavily garrisoned with planes and supplies as German officials discuss swift action. Hitler offers six non aggression pacts to neutral Nordic Baltic states to break encirclement. Ribbentrop and Ciano expected to study the French British circle at a conference in Italy. Latvia adds to surprise as proposals extend to Sweden Norway Denmark Finland Estonia and Latvia.
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East Prussia
Maxim Litvinoff
Soviet Russia
Germany
Danzig
Pomorze
Adolf Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrof
Galeazzo Ciano
Italy
Latvia
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Finland
Estonia
Coal Deadlock Stalls Subcommittee Meeting Progress
The joint sub-committee failed to agree on matters referred by the joint conference and will reconvene at 2 p.m. to report its disagreement. With dwindling soft coal, negotiators have kept long sessions for a month. Roosevelt unlikely to act while other options remain. The conference began March 14, two years into the contract, with Appalachia supplying about 70 percent of the nation’s soft coal.
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Robinson
Roosevelt
Dewey
Steelman
Perkins
Whie House
Appalachian
Flemington Man to Face Trial for Trespass Saturday
Robert Cook a Flemington resident faces a hearing at 10 30 Saturday before Justice of the Peace on charges from neighbor Hallie Poole alleging land trespass and property damage. Cook had appeared before the magistrate yesterday and asked for a continuance until Saturday.
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Robert Cook
Flemington
Hallie Poole
Justice of the
Pe&ce
Hoye G. White, Sr
Cook
Hearing Set For May 12 In Coal Company Suit
In Taylor county circuit court Judge Herbert W. Dent schedules hearing on Friday May 12 for the motion by Mrs. Flizsheth M. Galloway in the case of John J. Noll against the Maryland Coal Company seeking to sell the coal company.
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Flizsheth M. Galloway
John J. Noll
Maryland Coal Company
Taylor County
Herbert W. Dent
Navy plans new ships and aircraft expansion
The Navy proposes a major shipbuilding program raising total constructing ships to 144. It calls for two 5,000 ton battleships, eight destroyers, eight submarines, two seaplane tenders, and one repair ship costing 269.606 million with an initial appropriation of 10.59 million. Hearings note Britain, France, Italy, Germany and Japan building or funding 604 new warships and two new 45,000 ton dreadnoughts expected to cost 93 million each. Completion would take four to five years and the super-battleships, faster and capable of Panama passage, would carry 16-inch guns. The committee recommends 46.898 million for new aircraft plus 20 million contract authorizations to reach about 2,100 planes of a 3,000 minimum. only 1,454 will be operating next year.
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NAVY
Army Air Corps
William D. Leahy
Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Japan
Panama Canal
Congress
Barter Deal Details Stir British Interest
Byrnes indicated Britain showed definite interest in a barter proposal trading American cotton for British rubber. He noted London talks have focused on this exchange, marking the first clear sign of British engagement beyond ongoing discussions.
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Byrnes
London
California
Vernon
Skaggs & CO
U S and Britain discuss exchange of strategic materials
London reports Prime Minister Chamberlain said negotiations have begun between the United States and Great Britain for an exchange of strategic raw materials. It is believed the deal would trade cotton and wheat from the United States for British tin and rubber. Chamberlain noted the initiative came from the United States and both governments recognize its importance.
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U. S
London
Chamberlain
United States
Great Britain
Britain
House of Commons
Glenn Rosier Freed After Reserved Peace Warrant Hearing
Glenn Rosier had a peace warrant case heard with Prosecuting Attorney Frances L Warder and Justice Hoge G White Sr reserving decision. Rosier promised to move away from the Knottsville family home after complaints by his brother Kenneth amid charges and counter charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances L. Warder
Justice of the Peace
Hoge G. White, Sr
Glenn Rosier
Rosier
Knottsville
Kenneth
Glenn
Judge Sets Boundaries on Peaceful Picketing in WV
The court restricts peaceful picketing to reasonable bounds in a dairy dispute. It bars interference with plaintiff trucks and plant, and prohibits harassment by union representatives or company workers. An appeal may follow, while Claude Smith calls the ruling a charter for labor relations.
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Lephone
Lage One Dairy Products Company
Charleston
Charles E. Ritchie
Dairy Cancer
Claude Smith
Progressive Mine Workers of America
West Virginia
Smith
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Chester Morris
Grafton Camera Club
Dixie
Wings OF the Navy
Uncle Sans
George Brent
Frank McHugh
John Litel
Victor Jory
Henry O'Neill
Lloyd Bacon
John Pooler
Cosmopolitan
Warner Bros
Beckley
Herb Sessler
Eecles
Sessler
Danny Stanley
Hecles
Grafton Drug & Chemical Co
Ann Sutter
Grafton Sentinel
Cooking
SELBY
C. V. Miller
Grafton, W. Va
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Ut Ith Coe
Mitchell Leisen
Paramount Picture
D. J. Suhler
Wheeling
W. VA
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