French President Assassin Trial Opens Soon
Police report the French assassination suspect is sane and responsible. Arraigned before a magistrate, he faces formal charges with a quick trial anticipated. Monaco police discover a deadly poison in Paul Gorgulov’s apartment linked to the Doumer case. His wife is detained but not believed involved.
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Iik Organization
Monte Carlo
Monaco
Paul Gorgulov
President Doumer
France
Paris
Paul Dou
French President Doumer Dies From Wounds At 75
President Paul Doumer of France died at 4 40 a m after two bullet wounds inflicted by a White Russian fanatic during a war veterans charity exhibition. He lingered about twelve hours as doctors fought to save him. his wife and daughter at his bedside.
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Beaujon Hospital
M. Doumer
Mme. Doumer
Paul Gorgulov
Russia
Claude Farrere
Paul Guichard
Paris
Francois Pietri
Limoges
China
Rothschild Foundation
Republic
Mongaud
Prague
National Fascist Party of
Europe
Gosset
Tme
Andre Tardieu
Walter E. Edge
United States
Girl 10 Will Enter High School In Fall
Louise Conley, 10, daughter of Mr and Mrs George W Conley near Romine s Mill, has passed the eighth grade and will start high school in September Shelby county Alabama spans 168 miles of railroad track with four main lines within its borders
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Clark Jury
Louise Conley
George W. Conley
Romine's Mill
Shelby County
Ala
Knottsville District Names 14 Teachers for 11 Schools
The Knottsville district board of education selected 14 teachers for the upcoming year across eleven schools. New principals include H. A. Walls at Parkview and Francis Wolfe at Lucretia, with a slate of assistants such as Vera Findley, Beulah Snider, and Gladys Mettler. Other assignments span Mount Pleasant, Jones, Millerville, Glade Run, Mount Airy, Rock Branch, Chapel Hill, and staff names like Miss Myrtle Aunts and Homer Howell.
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Knottsville
Board of Education
Parkview
H. A. Walls
Independence
Beulah Snider
Grafton
Vera Findley
Burl Mason
Pruntycows
Lucretia
Francis Wolfe
Moatsville
Gladys Mettler
Mount Pleasant
Bernard Satterfield
Jones
Game
Fairmont
Robinson
Georgia Lough
Millerville
Myrtle
Glade Run
Virginia Theyer
Mount Airy
Isaac T. Mayle
Cecil
Rock Branch
Homer Howell
Chapel Hill
Lloyd L. Shriver
Pruntytown
U. S. Steel Slashes Pay of Employes
United States Steel announces a roughly 15 percent cut in wages and salaries starting May 15, marking the second reduction this year after a 10 percent cut on October 1. The move aims to further reduce costs amid a weak market.
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New York
United States Corporation
Grid Star Slays Sweetheart and Slays Self in Tragedy
Panola Alabama May 7. William Oliver 28 a former University of Alabama football star shot and killed his sweetheart Miss Lottie Simmons 21 critically wounded his brother Clare Oliver 45 and killed himself There were no witnesses and a motive was not immediately determined.
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Panola
Ala
William
Oliver
University of Alabama
Lottie Simmons
Clare Oliver
Mother asks autopsy in Clark death case
Miami on May 17 hears belief Haden Clark was murdered in a house he shared with his fiancée Mrs. J Keith-Miller and Capt. H W Lancaster, her flying partner. His mother Mrs. Ida Clyde Clark expressed a desire for an autopsy today.
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Miami
Fla
Haden Clark
Mellon Preaches Again on Never Sell America Short
London May 7 P J Morgans four word sermon Never sell America short was breached again by U S Ambassador Mellon to bankers and business men at a luncheon in London City Hall He reiterated Morgans warning and urged that the same applies to England and the United States forecasting a future recovery from the global depression and an eventual upward march of progress.
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London
J. P. Morgan
America
U. S
Mellon
Social Work Leaders Elected for West Virginia Conference
In Charleston on May 7 the Rev. Leslie T. Downey of Huntington was elected president of the West Virginia Conference on Social Work, succeeding Rev. W. E. Brooks. Morgantown’s Miss Sella Parker of Moundsville was named vice-president, with Morgantown chosen as the 1933 convention city.
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Charleston
Leslie T. Downey
Huntington
West Virginia
Cash Bonus Plan Faces Review After Congressional Row
Washington reports the ways and means committee voted 15 to 10 to strike the $2,000,000,000 cash bonus plan from action unless Congress reconvenes after the national party conventions. Representative Patman and Conery urged a reexamination, and acting Chairman Crisp agreed to revisit the decision.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Patman
Tex
Conery
Mass
Crisp
Three Die In Crash Near Augusta Michigan
Battle Creek Michigan May 7 three enlisted men of Battery D Third Artillery Fort Sheridan were killed when a truck was struck by a Michigan Central passenger train near Augusta Michigan. They were enroute to Camp Custer for maneuvers.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Third Artillery
Fort Shridan
Michigan Central
Augusta
Camp Custer
Botany student shooting to be probed in Morgantown
Morgantown May 7 Albert M. Shuman Monongalia county prosecuting attorney said a thorough investigation is planned into the shooting of Byron Moore 17 West Virginia University freshman who was wounded while gathering flowers on a farm for a botany class James G Smith and others on the farm will be questioned as part of the inquiry
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Morgantown
Albert M. Shuman
Monongalia County
Byron Moore
West Virginia University
Moore
James G. Smith
Sale Near Conclusion of Pan American Assets Buyout
Chicago on May 7 reports the sale of 96 percent stake of Standard Oil of Indiana in Pan American Petroleum and Transport Co foreign properties to Standard Oil of New Jersey, nearly closed at about 146 million dollars. Minority Pan American stockholders will have a right to sell on a no less favorable basis.
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Chicago
Standard Oil
Indiana
Pan-American Petroleum
New Jersey
Pan-American
Tropical disturbance near Santo Domingo moves northward
A Miami weather bureau report dated May 7 states a tropical disturbance of unknown intensity is moving northward and was centered near Santo Domingo this morning.
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Miami
Fla
Miami Weather Bureau
Santo Domingo
Mrs. Melville E. Stone Dies at 85 in New York
Mrs. Melville E. Stone widow of AP co founder died at her home after a long illness in New York on May 7. The obituary notes her as widow of a founder of The Associated Press and cites a line about love's humility from Bayard Taylor.
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New York
Melville E. Stone
The
Associated Press
Trackman Will Face Murder-Arson Count In Maryland Fire
Cumberland Maryland May 7 and Mike Serro a 65 year old trackman from Piedmont West Virginia was arrested for implication in the fire that destroyed the Westernport home of Mrs Mary Di Chiera last Wednesday morning killing her eight year old son and injuring eight others This report traces the investigation and charges filed in the murder arson case tied to the fatal blaze.
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Cumberland
Mike Serro
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Piedmont
Wyatt acquitted in liquor charges in federal court
Walter E. Wyatt brother of Arkansas senator Hattie Caraway was acquitted in Nashville federal court on three liquor charges arising from a raid near his home. Prohibition agents had described seized equipment as distillery apparatus.
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Nashville, Tenn
Walter E. Wyatt
Hattie Caraway
Arkansas
Prohibition
Mahan criticizes coal regulation bill in Senate hearing
E C Mahan of Knoxville Tenn president of the Southern Coal and Coke Company told a senate committee that the Davis Kelly bill for federal regulation of bituminous mining would mean the complete domination of the coal industry by the United Mine Workers of America. Sponsors Davis and Kelly denied the claim, but Mahan persisted.
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Washinon
Davis
Senate committee approves railroads under ICC rule
Washington May 7 The senate interstate commerce committee approved legislation to place railroad companies under the interstate commerce commission. The measure would expand federal oversight of railroads, aligning with broader regulatory reforms proposed in the era.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Breckenridge On Mysterious Trip Lands In Pittsburgh
Pitsburgh May 7 Breckenridge aide to Col Charles A Lindbergh in the search for his kidnapped son landed at the county airport last night in a plane piloted by Maj T J Lanphier He gave his name as Mr Brown hired a car and sped to downtown no success in locating him Lanphier flew to Bettis Field then to Louisville Ky Police Superintendent Peter P Walsh who helped in a chiefs conference in New Jersey could not be located either.
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Pitsburgh
Henry 5
Breckenridge
Charles A. Lindbergh
T. J. Lanphier
Mr. Brown
Lanphie
Bettis
Duquesne gridiron clinic features Blues beat Whites 20 to 7
Pittsburgh May 7 82 degree heat saw 2000 coaches players officials and fans at Duquesne University in a football clinic. Dex Very and Dan Daugherty led discussions after the Blues defeated the Whites 20 to 7 under head coach Elmer Layden.
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Pittsburgh
Ann Harding Seeks Divorce From Herry Bannister
Reno on May 7. Film star Ann Harding filed suit to divorce Herry Bannister to allow him to pursue a career of his own. Sixty seven Civil War veterans remain in Kentucky.
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Reno
Ann Harding
Herry Bannister
Kentucky
Mrs Steele's Sister Passes In Pittsburgh
Mrs Charles W Steel of 625 West Main street received notice last night of the death of her sister Miss Anna B Miller in Pittsburgh. Funeral services are set for 2 30 pm Monday at the Lutheran church in McKeesport Pennsylvania. Mr and Mrs Steel will travel Sunday morning to attend. Miss Miller was also sister of John W Miller formerly of Grafton now of Parkersburg.
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Charles W. Steel
West Main Street
An. B. Miller
Pittsburgh
McKeesport
Steel
Miss Miller
John W. Miller
Grafton
Parekersburg
William F Cobb Died At 59 In Grafton Home
William F Cobb, 59, veteran Hazel Atlas Glass employee, died at 12 30 today at 1342 West Main street after a six month illness. Burial planned in Clendennin cemetery. He lived in Grafton twenty years and was a Baptist. Survived by wife Arbella Estep Cobb, two brothers Stephen and Michael Cobb of Clendenin, three sisters all of Clendenin, and four living children in Grafton: Mrs Walter Peer, Mrs E R Brown, Mrs John W Seargent, and Mrs Charles E Seargent.
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William F. Cobb
Hazel-Atlas Glass Company
West Main Street
Clenden
Nin
Cobb
Grafton
Fetterman
William T. Cobb
Arbella Estep Cobb
Stephen
Michael Cobb
Clendennin
Stephen Huffman
Lewis Payne
J. L. Coffee
Walter Peer
E. R. Brown
John W. Seargent
Chareles E. Seargent
Whooping cough fatal to child Maetta Lawson
After three weeks of illness, Maetta Pearl Lawson died at her parents home 625 West Boyd Street this morning from whooping cough. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Sunday at the home with Rev. F. C. Herod in charge and Bartlett Funeral Company to handle burial in Bluemont. She is survived by parents John and Myrtle Lawson and siblings Elmer, 9, Guy, and others.
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West Boyd Street
F. C. Herod
Bartlett Funeral Company
Bluemont
John Lawson
Myrtle Butcher Lawson
Elmer
Guy
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