Zeppelin Hindenburg Sets Course for America Flight
The giant German airship Hindenburg begins its first America flight, averaging 75 mph with 107 persons on board and 3,300 pounds of freight. Clear skies over the North Atlantic, Land's End sighted, Scilly Islands crossed, passengers awake through the night as the voyage heads toward Lakehurst, N J.
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Associated Press
America
North Atlantic
Land's End
Cape
England
Scilly Islands
English
Isle of It
English Channel
Hugo Eckener
Azores
Lakehurst
N. J
Welch Chosen School Editor at West Virginia University
Herbert Welch son of Mrs Ella Welch of Wilford Street was elected editor of the Daily Athenaeum the university campus paper in student elections. The journalism student and Grafton High School graduate defeated Rene Basle Wheeling 855 to 781 and previously worked for the Sentinel last summer.
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Herbert Welch
Ella Welch
Wilford Street
Daily Athenaeum
West Virginia University
Herbert
Grafton High School
the Sentinel
Rene Basle
Wheeling
Cropp
The
Sentinel
Grafton
Drive SAFELY Walk
The Taylor County Safety Council warns that under current conditions the accident record will worsen. Economic losses reach about a billion and a half dollars yearly, surpassing fire damage and nearly matching the auto industry output and school costs. About one death every 16 minutes and a serious injury every 31 seconds occur nationwide.
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United States
Red Flag Of Russians Flies Over Supreme Court in Capital
At dawn a Red Flag of Communist Russia was found atop the Supreme Court building in Washington and torn down after 90 minutes of effort. Police hunted the prankster, suspected to be a Harvard student, while guards and fire crews battled knotted halyards to remove the banner bearing the hammer and sickle.
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Supreme Court
Capital
Washington
Russia
Supreme Court of
United States
Neven
Harvard University
Supreme Court Guard
the Lampoon
Fire Department
Hughes
P. H. Crooks
U S Proposes to Prosecute Vaughan Hess in NJ
Federal authorities will prosecute Vaughan Hess and companions in New Jersey for violating the Mann White Slavery Act involving the alleged abduction of Geraldine Jerry Jackson, a 15 year old former high school girl, in Grafton on April 28. Hess, the girl, and two companions Eva Smallwood and Maurice C Larsen were arrested yesterday in Somerville, N J, at the request of local officers with federal involvement. Father Seeks Girl. Hess and the girl are not (Continued on page seven).
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Vaugan Hess
State of
New Jersey
Geraldine
Jerry” Jackson
Grafton
Hess
Music Department Chief Buried in Morgantown
Louis Black 64 longtime director of West Virginia University School of Music is buried in Morgantown funeral services held he retired two years ago after over a year illness. native of Franklin Pennsylvania and New England Conservatory graduate came to Morgantown in 1909.
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Morgantown
Louis Black
West Virginia University School of Music
Black
Franklin
New England Conservatory of Music
Kump Asked to Curtail Evil of Beer Saloons
The district conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South urged Governor Kump to push remedial legislation to restrict or abolish beer saloons. Sandyville was named for the next conference with Dr Leonard Riggleman of Morris Harvey College speaking at the closing sessions.
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Point Pleasant
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Kump
Sandyville
Leonard Riggleman
Morris Harvey College
Bake Sale at Bennett's Paint Store Saturday
A bake sale fund raiser will be held at Bennett's Paint Store located at 24 West Main Street on Saturday May 9 starting at 9 a.m. The event benefits Group C of the Aid Society and Missionary Society of St. Paul's Methodist Church.
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Bake Sale
Bennett's Paint Store
West Main Street
Group C of Aid Society and Missionary Society
St. Paul’s M. E. Church
Labor chiefs hurl charges against Holt
Labor leaders accuse Holt of misconduct and attack Neely's talks amid rising tensions within the union ranks. Hiner condemns the rhetoric as harmful while urging calm and constructive dialogue to resolve disputes over leadership and policy direction.
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LABOR
HOLT
Fireman Killed in Amarillo Blaze
A deadly fire at a lumber factory in Amarillo Texas destroyed a relief station, warehouse and lumber plant. One fireman was killed and the inferno caused about $500,000 in losses. The blaze raged as crews fought the flames for hours before containment.
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Amarillo
Tex
Blaze
Senator Holt to Speak at Fairmont Tonight
Senator Rush D. Holt will address the public at the Fairmont courthouse this evening at 7 30 broadcast on WMMN for Grafton residents unable to attend. He campaigns in support of Ralph M. Hiner against Senator Neely in the upcoming primary. He previously spoke here to a packed crowd.
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0. S
Rush D. Holt
M. M. Neely
Court House
Fairmont
Grafton
Marion County
WMMN
West Virginia
Ralph M. Hiner
Franklin
Neely
A GOP Outdoor Rally Planned Before Democratic Nominates
Washington May 7 With June conventions near both parties set outdoor ceremonies for nominating notices. Republican Chairman Henry Fletcher said Cleveland municipal stadium will host to notify the nominees of the convention choice. Democrats had announced President Roosevelt would be notified at Franklin Field Philadelphia.
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Washington
Henry P. Fletcher
Municipal
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Franklin Field
Philadelphia
Locomotive Explosion Fatal to Three Today
A Delaware, Lackawanna and Western locomotive exploded south of Batavia, killing three men: engineer Stephen Hasfurter of Buffalo, fireman Oscar Arthur of Elmira, and head trainman E. F. Arwine of Elmira. The freight engine derailed ten cattle cars and the crash mangled the crew bodies. Station Master Bert Coulter reported the wreck and cattle scattered along the tracks.
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Batavia
Niy
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Bert Coulter
North Alexander
Jhhe
Buffalo
Stephen Hasfurter
Oscar Arthur
Elmira
Six Hurt in Goodyear Plant Entrance Fight
In Akron Ohio on May 7 six men were injured at the Goodyear plant No. 2 entrance after a pistol shot fired during a dispute over pamphlets promoting Goodyear industrial assembly. A special deputy fired at the sidewalk, injuring none directly. Authorities report the pamphlet supported unionization efforts opposed by Goodyear leaders.
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Akron
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Goodyear Industrial Assembly
United Rubber Workers of America
Child of Tragedy Dies After Burns in Binghampton
Ellen Milo, 12, daughter of tragedy, died from burns suffered six years ago and will be buried in her first party dress. She spent nearly half her life in hospital after burns in 1930. Her mother died when she was 18 months old and her father hanged himself in a jail cell last January.
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Binghampton
Ellen Milo
Italy Plans Annexation of Ethiopia
Rome reports total annexation of Ethiopia will be decreed by Italy's grand council and cabinet ministers on Saturday night. Duce to present to the League of Nations an accomplished fact likely to foreclose league discussion. Stefani agency notes troops seize Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad to French Somaliland and Jijiga, advancing southern Ethiopia conquest. Grand council to draft an outline of laws for submission.
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Associated Press
Rome
Ethiopia
Italy
Grand Council of Fascism
Tr Duce
League of Nations Council
Geneva
Stefani
Addis Ababa-Djbouti
Borda
Jijiga
Harar
Grand Council
Flood Damage Toll In Ohio Is Two Millions
Cincinnati reports that the recent Ohio river flood caused damage and loss of 1 412 380 dollars in the district from Gallipolis to Carrollton Kentucky. Warnings of the flood saved an estimated 1 879 000 dollars, about 900 000 of which was in the greater Cincinnati area. The report was compiled from surveys by U S Army district engineers and postmaster estimates from 64 affected communities.
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Cincinnati
W. C. Devereaux
Weather Bureau
Gallipolis
Carrollton
U-8
Army District
Hiner Demands Bittner End Lies During Campaign Stop
Ralpt. M. Hiner returned to Charleston and said if Bittner quits lying about him, he will stop telling the truth about Bittner. The Franklin Democrat, seeking the Democratic nomination for U S senator, was hissed from the stage while addressing a campaign stop. A workers spokesman backs Senator M. M. Neely for renomination.
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Charleston
Organized Labor
M. M. Neely
Ralph M. Hiner
Neely
John B. Easton
State Federation of Labor
Hiner
Holt
Ingrate
van A. Bittner
United Mine Workers
Rush D. Holt
W. Va
Finer
Clarksburg
Rillo
Tex
Logan
Ralpt
M. Hiner
Bittner
Franklin
Dr Armstrong to deliver Alderson-Broaddus commencement address
Philipi May 7 Dr Roberts Allen Armstrong English department West Virginia University will deliver the commencement address to forty Alderson-Broaddus College graduates on Tuesday morning June 2 The annual program opens with baccalaureate sermon May 31 by Acting President Rev Hugh D Pickett Alumni banquet June 1 Summer School runs June 3 to July 31 Continued on Page Two
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Philippi
Roberts Allen Armstrong
West Virginia University
Alderson-Broaddus College
Hugh D. Pickett
J. A. ‘Wootter
Confession To Child Murder Is Announced
Boston police report Harry Asher of Brooklyn admitted to fatally striking 7 year old Mary Proulx of Waterville with an iron bar. Captain James Sheehan voiced skepticism about the confession and provided the suspect’s claimed sequence of events before the slaying.
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Boston
James Sheehan
Harry Asher
Brooklyn
N. Y
Maine
Mary Proulx
Waterville
Sheehan
Asher
New York
Auburn
Augusta
Victim of Fist Fight Dies Amid Arrest Battle
Charleston reports police holding C. P. Hudnall, 40, for questioning in the death of W. A. Williams after Williams sustained a fractured skull in a fist fight. Hudnall bonded for a May 18 hearing on felonious assault. police had rearrested him last night.
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Charleston
C. P. Hudnall
W. A. Williams
J. E. Roberts
Williams
Hudnall
Harry G. Thayers
Journalistic Honors Awarded By Missouri Journalistic Honors
Columbia May 7 Five medals for distinguished service in journalism went to three individuals and two newspapers. The New York Herald Tribune and the Tokyo Asahi received awards for excellence in makeup and contributions to international understanding. Recipients were Senator William R. Painter editor of the Carrollton Democrat Frank W Taylor editor of the St Louis Star Times and Earle Pearson GM of the Federation of Advertising Clubs of America.
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Columbia, Mo
Missouri University School of Journalism
New York Herald-Tribune
Tokyo
Japan
Asahi
William R. Painter
Carrollton, Mo
Democrat
Frank W. Taylor
St Louis Star-Times
Earle Pearson
Federation of Advertising Clubs of America
Correction of political candidate listing for Harry Haislup
An error in yesterday’s Sentinel listed Har ry Haislup of Parkview among Democratic candidates for the board of education. He is a staunch Republican and former Knottsville district county committee member. The report was unintentional libel risk and not his political affiliation.
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Harry Haislup
Parkview
Sentinel
B Board of Education
Harry
Republican County Committee
Knottsville
Old Injuries Fatal to J. B. Watkins
John Burton Watkins aged 41 former mine safety foreman died at his Blueville home at 9 30 this morning from a broken back suffered in an automobile crash on U S Route 250 near McGee more than a year ago. He was hospitalized at Grafton City hospital then Johns Hopkins, then returned home with little hope of recovery.
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John Burton Watkins
McGee
Blueville
Watkins
Marion
Grafton City Hospital
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Mr. Watkins
WPA to Exhibit Progress of Local Work Program
Parkersburg reports WPA will display results of the local relief program with a Saturday tour to inspect five completed projects and 13 under way. Transportation will be provided to view $230,456 in work while about 6,000 men remain employed, with peak employment near 8,000.
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Parkersburg
WPA
G M EN ARREST CAMPBELL AND WIFE IN TOLEDO
J Edgar Hoover announced that Harry Campbell of the Alvin Karpis gang and a woman described as his wife were captured by federal agents in Toledo early today. Campbell was to be sent to St Paul to face charges in the Bremer kidnapping.
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Cleveland
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Harry Campbell
Alvin Karpis
Sam Cokar
Toledo
Hoover
Camphee
Campbell
Bowling Green
Ad ‘Hoover
Karpis
Barker-Karpis
Lake Erie
Robert
Missing Ethiopian capital reporter still unlocated
The State Department has not received word on Eleanor Meade a 30 year old American newspaper woman listed as missing in Addis Ababa amid looting and devastation. Minister Van H Engert reports all other Americans in the city are safe and suggests she may have left before the disorder began after Emperor Haile Selassie fled. Meade Ethiopian correspondent for Transradio was born in Springfield Massachusetts and further details are continued on page six.
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Washington
State Department
Eleanor Meade
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Cornelius van Hengert
Miss Meade
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Welch
Taylor County Safety Council
Adder
U.S
Vaughan Hess
Senator Holt
C.P
Fletcher
Ohio
Dr. Armstrong
Missouri
Stanley H. High
Christian Herald
Louis McHenry Howe
High
Good Neighbor League
Central Press
J.B Watkins
Campell
A.M
Public Enemy No
Auspices
Epworth League
First Ward School
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