Three Republican speakers set for final campaign rally
Judge Frank W. Nesbitt Russell L. Furbee and Phil Hill will speak at a mass meeting in the court house tonight in Wheeling as the final rally of the primary campaign. A Young Republicans business meeting precedes at 7 30 with E Bailey Wyckoff presiding.
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Frank W. Nesbitt
Wheeling
United States
Russell L. Furbee
Fairmont
Phil Hill
Charleston
Court House
Young Republicans Club
E. Bailey ‘Wyckoff
Furbee
West Virginia
Wyckoff
Nesbitt
Clarksburg
Martinsburg
Tomorow
Weston
Girts
Ohio County
Taylor County
Taylor county rehires 144 teachers and adds two
The Taylor county Board of Education reemployed 144 teachers for the current year and reinstated two on leave, producing a net difference of five more hires than last year. Seven instructors were not reemployed for reasons including resignation and marriage while four graduates from the elementary system and one other teacher were dropped.
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Taylor County Board of Eduation
Guy Kuhn
Body of Ravished Girl Found Near Her Home
The ravished body of Mary Proulx, seven, missing since Sunday, was found in alder bushes along Messalonskee stream near her Waterville home. Medical examiner says she was assaulted. a bow and twine similar to a 1940 Knights case were noted. Robert Rancourt helped police and scouts in the search.
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Waterville
Mary Proulx
Messalonskee Stream
Stron
Gwation
Annie K. Knights
Fairfield
Knights
Napoleon Bisson
Robert Rancourt
Arthur Proulx
Slayer Of Stenographer Hanged In Toronto
Harry O'Donnell, 26, a service station attendant, was hanged in Toronto for murdering Ruth Taylor last November 4. No confession. wife watched from outside jail. Convicted in February for the ravish murder. body found by schoolboys in a ravine with a fractured skull.
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Toronto
Harry O'Donnell
Ruth Taylor
Steven Wills
E. A. McKenna
O'Donnell
O'Donnel
Harry
East Ravine
Miss Taylor
Mother of ex President of Austria dies at 97
Marianne Hainisch, 97, noted suffrage worker and philanthropist, mother of former President Michael Hainisch, died in Vienna on May 5.
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Austria
Vienna
Marianne Hainisch
Michael Hainisch
Doctor Returns Home After Ten Days in Mine
HALIFAX May 5 Dr D E Robertson, weak from ten days entombment in Moose River gold mine, traveled by train to his Torono home. He left Alfred Scadding of Toronto who remains in hospital with trench foot under treatment. doctors say Scadding’s condition is improving and amputation is unlikely.
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Halifax
N.S
D. E. Robertson
Moose River
Toronto
Alfred Scadding
Scadding
Prize Winners Spur Dispute Over Pulitzer Awards
New York May 5 Critics clash as Pulitzer prizes for drama and novel spark controversy. Sherwood's Idiot's Delight and Harold L. Davis Honey in the Horn draw dissent from Clayton-Hamilton, who says the play fails to depict American life. Maxwell Anderson's Winterset had been praised as best play. Continued on Page Eight.
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New York
Robert E. Sherwood
Sherwood
Clayton-Hamilton
Maxwell Anderson
Ft Hamilton
Pulitzer
Alfred Lunt
Kidnap Threat Prompts Police Guard In New Jersey
WESTMONT New Jersey May 5 Police guarded the home of Albert Bremister as federal agents investigated a kidnap threat he received against one of his two daughters. Bremister said he was not greatly concerned. Authorities deemed the note likely a child’s prank or crank.
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Westmont
N. J
Albert T. Bremister
Bremser
Hodges Urges Voters to Weigh Record in Gubernatorial Race
Senate President Charles E. Hodges urged Democrats to examine the candidates and choose who best restores harmony in the party. He criticized alleged factional support and said state employees were assessed for campaign funds while denying naming any candidates. Additional details promised on page three.
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Charleston
Senate
Charles EB. Hodges
Hodges
State Houses
West Virginia
Grain Elevator Blaze Still Smouldering in Pittsburgh
A major fire at the Newsome Feed and Grain elevator on the Monongahela river still smoulders 24 hours after starting. Two firefighters were overcome by smoke as crews battle the blaze expected to last days. Owner E. J. Dougherty estimated losses over $100,000.
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Pittsburgh
Newsome Feed and Grain Company
Monongahela River
E. J. Dougherty
Th Company
Steel Mills Pay Scale Proposed by Unionists
CANONSBURG Pa May 5 The Amalga mated Association of Tron Steel and Tin Workers resumed executive sessions to hear committee reports on a wage scale for union steel mills. The five member industrial unionization drive committee will likely report after Washington with John L Lewis expected to be met regarding a $500000 contribution toward a $1500000 campaign.
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Canonsburg
Amalgamated Association of Tron, Steel and Tin Workers
Union Steel Mills
Washington
John , L. Lewis
Industrial Organization Committee
Suspend Mine Work At Rivesville Indefinitely
FAIRMONT May 5 Officials of the Continental Coal Company announced the indefinite suspension of work at the Parker's Run mine near Rivesville after discovering a collapse in four main entries. The action ends current mining operations until further notice.
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Fairmont
Continental Coal Company
Parker's Run
Rivesville
Railroads plan legal tests on rate case ruling
Eastern railroads will file new lower rate schedules to test ICC ruling validity. Coaches at two cents a mile and Pullman at three cents become effective June 2, replacing 3.6 cent fares plus a Pullman surcharge. Baltimore and Ohio backs the ruling. Firms filing include Bessemir and Lake Erie, Chesapeake and Ohio, Chicago and Lake Erie, Lackawanna, Delaware and Hudson, Erie, Lehigh Valley, Pittsburgh and Lake Erie, and Penn-. Ade Tarski asked Pennsylvania Transfer Co seeks reconsideration of denying authority to acquire Chicago Cincinnati Motor Freight Lines as it integrates lines into rail truck coordination with Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern
Baltimore and Ohio
Bessemir
Lake Erie
Chesapeake and Ohio
Chicago
Lackawanna
Delaware and Hudson
Erie
Lehigh Valley
Pittsburgh
Penn- Ade Tarski
Pennsylvania Transfer Company
Motor Line
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago- Cincinnati
Labor chief backs Roosevelt reelection at AFL convention
William Green of the American Federation of Labor urged support for President Roosevelt at a National Women’s Trade Union League gathering in Washington on May 5. He praised NRA restoration hopes and social security aims, saying political campaigns cannot halt social progress or the development of protective programs.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
National Women's Trade Union League
Destiny
NRA
Green
Supreme Court
New Deal
Social Security
America
Neely Reports Letter From Bittner To Senate
Senator M M Neely read into the senate record a letter from Van A Bittner United Mine Workers spokesman in West Virginia charging attacks on him by Senator Rush D Holt were motivated by selfish political propaganda The letter states Bittner gave 1500 to help elect Holt in 1934 and that C E Ned Smith of Fairmont also contributed time and money Walter Thurmond internal revenue collector in West Virginia donated 500 to defray campaign expenses and Holt gladly accepted the contribution
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Washington
M. M. Neely
W. Va
Senate
van A. Bittner
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Rush D. Holt
Bittner
Holt
C. E
Ned) Smith
Fairmont
Walter Thurmond
Internal Revenue Collector
Election Row Carried Into Supreme Tribunal
Charleston May 5 The supreme court will hear arguments tomorrow on a petition by the Kanawha county Democratic committee to have the county court name primary election officials it selected The Kanawha circuit court ordered the commissioners to follow suggestions by each committeeman or woman from his district
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Kanawha
Memorial Day Address by Legion Commander Able Orator
William G. Stathers of Clarksburg boasts a deep line of ancestors in state and national service starting with Civil War veteran Dr W Stathers. He traces lineage to Joseph Hill, Revolutionary War hero, and notes kin who fought in later conflicts. Stathers to deliver Memorial Day address in Grafton. 更多 text continued on Page Four.
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William G. Stathers
Clarksburg
Dr. W. Legion
E. Stathers
West Virginia
Grafton
Sta
America
Joseph Hill
Narcotics Informers Are Taken for Rides
Federal agents probed gang tactics to wipe out narcotics informers after the death of Floyce Ross, 31, whose body was dumped from a car in South Dallas Saturday night. Commissioner Lee R. Smith said at least three other informers died similarly.
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Dallas Tex
Floyce Ross
South Dallas
Lee R. Smith
Farm Youth Arrested For Relative's Death
VASSAR Mich May 5 Sheriff George J Jeffrey ordered Lloyd Cowell 18 detained today as officers investigated the fatal shooting of his grandfather Ralph Gerou 75 at his home. Gerou was found dead in bed with a bullet wound reportedly in his head and dead more than a week. Deputies found two small calibre rifles in Cowell s room and his grandfather s new automobile in his possession.
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Vassar
Mich
George J. Jeffrey
Lloyd Cowell
Ralph Gerou
Gerou
Cowell
Circus Worker Dies Of Gas Fumes In Cleveland
Peter S. McCloskey of Bridgeport Pa died from asphyxiation and 14 fellow James M. Cole circus workers were overcome by carbon monoxide from a flueless heater in a Cleveland stadium concession room. Five men were hospitalized, with at least one in serious condition. authorities ordered a fan investigation.
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Cleveland
Peter S. McCloskey
Bridgeport
James M. Cole
Cleveland Stadium
Frank Pars
Ley
Robert Allaway
Edward Barth
Detroit
Earl Lanctot
Woonsockset
R. L
Michael Warner
Harold H. Burton
Millhouse Project Backed by WVU Student Speech
WVU campus witnessed Steve Millhouse, a West Virginia University law school student, urge the federal government to grant graduating students a $1,000 grabstake. Despite jeers and a tomato and egg barrage, Millhouse defended his plan and its goal of supporting new graduates.
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Steve Millvhouse
West Virginia “University Law School
Millhouse
Morgantown
Ban on Reptiles at Florida Revival After Pastor’s Death
In Bartow Florida demonstrations with poisonous reptiles were banned after Alfred D Weaver 35 a faith cultist died from a rattlesnake bite during a revival. A coroner’s jury ruled the death caused by his own carelessness while a fellow believer said he was ready to give his life for the faith.
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Bartow
Fla
Alfred D. Weaver
Weaver
Italians celebrate conquest as Addis Ababa falls
Rome sirens and bells mark Italy's anticipated Adunata mass rally after reports Addis Ababa fell. Mussolini calls millions of Blackshirts to public plazas, urging military discipline and readiness amid European tensions. London reports Italian troops already advancing toward Addis Ababa.
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Associated Press
Rome
War Ministry
Addis Ababa
Italy
Ethiopia
Il Duce
Europe
Move to free Capone outlines new legal loophole
Chicago attorneys announced an effort to release Al Capone from Alcatraz prison through a newly discovered federal statute loophole. If viable, the first step would be a writ of habeas corpus in the federal court at San Francisco. Capone is serving 11 years on the island.
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Chicago
al Capone
Alcatraz
California
Capone
San Francisco
New School Building Pressing, Trent Says
Wheeling on May 5 state superintendent of schools W. W. Trent urged construction of new schools as a critical need in West Virginia. Speaking at a Rotary International district conference he noted high school enrollment has risen by about 50 000 since 1930.
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Wheeling
W. W. ‘Trent
West Virginia
Trent
Rotary International
Americans in Addis Ababa Embassy Saved Amid Dangers
Washington reports that America’s fighting envoy C Van H Engert and several defenders saved the U S legation in Addis Ababa after four days under threat from armed bands. Ambassador Bingham in London confirmed the legation’s safe status via cable, with few details released. Continued on page five.
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Washington
America
C van H. Engert
United States
Addis Ababa
Bingham
Ami
Great Britain
London
Legation
Republican Rally Tonight With Nesbitt Furber Hill
A political rally is set for 7:30 p m at the court house featuring Hon Frank W Nesbitt candidate for Senate Hon Russell Furber candidate for Congress and Hon Phil Hill candidate for Attorney with Young Republicans organizers urging turnout.
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Frank W. Nesbitt
Senate
Russell Furber
Congress
Phil Hill
Attorney Court House
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