Japanese Chinese sign armistice ends four months of fighting
Shanghai May 5 four months of open warfare around the city ended as Chinese and Japanese representatives signed an armistice in which the terms were not made public. An unofficial version says China won a demand for Japanese troops to retire from positions into the international settlement while Japan secured permission to keep some troops near Hongkew and Woosung.
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Shanghai
China
Japan
Hongkew
Woosung
Birth control topic to be discussed by church committee
City authorities report that birth control, not officially endorsed by Methodism, will be reviewed by the committee on family regulations. The panel aims to draft a report for the general conference, while also weighing proposals to alter church discipline on divorce and remarriage after divorce.
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Antic City
Trol
General Conference
Changs
Storm Hits Ohio Valley Killer Lightning Strikes
A severe storm swept the Ohio river valley. In Morristown Ohio farmer Lawrence Boyd aged 40 was killed by lightning. The Martins Ferry grade school and several homes were struck.
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Wheeling
Ohio River Valley
Morristown
Ohio
Lawrence Boyd
Martins Ferry
Heavy Storm Sweeps Grafton Area Bringing Rain
Grafton and surrounding district report first strong electrical storm of the season with lightning and thunder, followed by heavy rainfall that drenched the soil and aids spring planting. No damage observed. Also note executor sale of Florence Poe Donohue’s furniture at 1:30 p.m. May 12 at Blueville line residence, cash terms, First National Bank of Grafton executor.
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Grafton
Florence Poe Donohue
Donohue
Blueville
First National Bank of Grafton
West Virginia backs Hoover in convention survey
West Virginia delegates of 19 show solid support for Herbert Hoover at the Chicago convention, based on a Telegram survey of 37 convention candidates. Of 24 replies, 24 pledged Hoover, two will vote for the popular choice, and two are unbound. Notables backing Hoover include H D Hatfield Wilford Hutton R E O Connor Howard Sutherland John Roscoe Turner and Wells Goodykoentz. Benjamin L Rosenbloom in Wheeling and Joseph Holt Gaines Charleston are variably aligned. Continuous coverage continued on Page Six.
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Joseph I. France
West Virginia
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
United States
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Huntington
Wilford Hutton
R. E. O'connor
Charleston
Howard Sutherland
Elkins
John Roscoe Turner
West Virginia University
Morgantown
C. W. Dillon
Fayetteville
Wells Goodykgentz
Williamson
Benjamin L. Rosenbloom
Wheeling
Joseph Holt Gaines
John F
Garner Second in Race After Calif Victory
California Democrats boosted John N Garner over Roosevelt and Smith in the presidential primary as 46 California convention votes plus Texas 46 give Garner second place behind Roosevelt. Illinois favorite son Lewis and Smith follow, with nominating fate to unfold at Chicago convention. May 5.
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Pranklin von N Garner
D. Roosevelt
J. Hamilton Lewis
Alfred E. Smith
James A. Reed
William A. Murray
Smith
Garner
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Roosevelt
Ilinois
Ohio
Virginia
Calnia
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Illinois
Texas
San Francisco
California
John N. Garner
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Farmer Killed by Bolt Lightning Near Bentleville
Charleroi Pennsylvania May 5 a bolt of lightning killed Joseph Greenlee 69 while sowing oats on his farm near Bentleyville today His two sons in law were knocked down and burned slightly
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Charleroi
Joseph Greenlee
Bentleyville
Order Dismissed in Railway Seniority Suit in Charleston
Federal Judge George W. McClintic dismissed a suit by P O Malone and 138 New River engineers seeking an injunction against Allegheny district engineers and union officials. The court ruled the bill presents no federal question and ordered costs awarded to defendants. The case involved alleged violations of seniority contracts and attempted restraining orders against influencing the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad.
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Charleston
George W. McClintic
Aleghany
New River
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
United States
P.O. Malone
Hinton
New River District
New River Engineers
Grand International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Allegheny District
Allegheny Engineers
Brotherhood
Cause of German People Pleaded By Ex Crown Prince
Former Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm appeals to Americans to understand Germanys stake in economic distress and humbling restrictions on sovereignty. In a 50th birthday interview, he discusses Germanys condition, technical advances, and athletics amid nine years of silence. Continued on Page Five.
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Louis P. Lochner
Associated Press
Berlin
Frederick Wilhelm
Germany
Faw
Counterfeit Stock Scheme Uncovered in New York Raids
New York police seized counterfeit stock certificates worth about two million dollars in a loft at 503 West Forty-third Street. Five men were arrested including Jack Cohen Anthony Pitallan Daniel DeKoven Willard Richman and John Fitzgerald held for questioning. Two printing presses inks plates and model certificates were also seized.
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E. I. du Pont de
Daniel DeKoven
Willard Richman
Philadelphia
John Fitzgerald
Mulrooney
Fairmont Man Seeks Ad In Taylor County
Fairmont lawyer and West Virginian candidate Mr. French McCray seeks support in Taylor County. A prominent Republican from Fairmont, he is a delegate candidate for the First Congressional District to the Republican National Convention in Chicago next June. He is a graduate of Fairmont High School Fairmont State Normal School Ohio State University Columbus and West Virginia University where he earned a Bachelor of Laws and is admitted to the bar. Continued on Page Hight.
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Fairmont
Chicago
McCray
Fairmont State Normal School
Ohio State University
West Virginia University
Navy orders Massie to duty in San Francisco district
Washington reports that Rear Admiral Yates Sterling urged the transfer of Navy personnel involved in a killing case in Hawaii. The Navy would not initiate disciplinary action, and President Hoover would not be asked to decide Massie’s possible dismissal.
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Navy Department
Yates Sterling
Hawaiian Naval District
Thomas H. Massie
San Francisco Naval District
Adams
Navy
Hoover
Massie
Pearl Harbor
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Convic
Capone Begins 11 Year Term In Atlanta Prison
Capone starts serving eleven year sentence for income tax evasion as convict No 40886 at the Atlanta federal penitentiary. He checks in in dramatic fashion, wearing clothes then receiving a prison uniform and quarantine for several weeks amid crowds and flashbulbs.
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Scarface
al” Capone
Atlanta Federal
Chicago
Capone
al Capone
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H. C. W. Laubenheimer
Deliv
Star athlete quits college and plans return home
Morgantown May 5 Rus sell Calloway WVU track captain and star hurdler announced his collegiate career is at an end and will depart tonight for Huntington to recuperate from injuries after a robbery assault in Philadelphia during the Penn Relays. Attorney General Mitchell said he would order Albert B Fall to be released from the New Mexico state penitentiary on Sunday. A $100,000 fine from a bribery conviction remains payable when Fall can pay it, while serving a year and a day sentence.
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Morgantown
Russell D
Calloway
West Virginia University
Huntington
Philadelphia
Penn
Washington
Mitchell
New Mexico
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Fall
Workman Drowns in Antietam Furnace Area
Harry Davis aged 27 a steel plant employee of Sparrows Point Md drowned in the Potomac river near Antietam Furnace Washington county while fishing or working near the river.
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Hagerstown
Harry Davis
Sparrows Point
Otomac River
Antietam Furnace
Washington County
William Largent Elected W V U Student Body President
Head Students Morgantown May 6 reports William Largent of Morgantown elected president of West Virginia University student body over E G Bias of Williamson.
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Morgantown
William Largent
West Virginia University
E. G. Bias
Williamson
Actress Miriam Hopkins Adopts Baby On Train
Miriam Hopkins, the Chicago born actress, aboard a New York bound train, becomes a mother to an adopted baby boy selected from The Cradle orphanage in Evanston. The event marks a new role for the Hollywood star during a routine journey.
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Chicago
Miriam Hopkins
New York
Evanston
War department appropriation report cuts officers and costs
The 1933 war department supply bill, reported by the House appropriations committee, holes 2,000 officers from the active list and trims non military activities. The measure totals 286,983,000 for maintenance though Hoover budget estimates were higher.
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Washington
Hoover
War Department
House
Appropriations Committee
Woman Falls From Window At Cafe Apartment
Mrs Lenzy Bolyard 24, employed at the Standard Cafe, fell from a second story window last night injuring her left foot. Doctors report four metatarsal breaks with life time impairment. no spinal or internal injuries found. She was found sitting on the window sill and fell to the concrete sidewalk below.
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John
Moran
Hamilton
D. C. Peck
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