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Associated Press
Mothers and water power debate loom in public notes
In a multi topic column, the author honors mothers on the upcoming Sunday with quotations on motherhood and urged flowers and kindness at home. The piece then shifts to the West Penn Power hydroelectric project on the Cheat River, criticizing legislative changes to royalty payments and urging the Water Power Commission to pause grants until a full legislative review can propose fixes.
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West Penn
Cheat River
Charleston
Senate
Water Power Commission
Morgantown Death Indicated By Own Action
John Hudy aged 49 was found dead in the Monongahela river near Morgantown, officials indicating death by self-inflicted actions while a separate civil suit is filed in Weirton by Margaret Hoag against Julius Helpern over an auto crash. In Wheeling four children are injured by a dynamite cap blast, and in Charleston Margaret Gonzales aged 21 and her infant die in a vehicle accident down an embankment. State Council of Physical Education names A V G Upton to chair the state director role. Huntington notes F W McCullough.
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Morgantown
John Hudy
Monongahela River
Weirton
Margaret Hoag
Julius Helpern
Sherman mob lynching and West Virginia trial details
Reports from Sherman describe a mob dragging a lynched Black body through the streets, burning a drugstore, and terrorizing the district as guardsmen restore order. In Austin officials discuss a court inquiry into the shooting of government troops and possible federal involvement. Walter Crabtree, 25, is jailed for first degree murder after a spree that left three men dead and multiple others wounded, with his insanity defense and a death list cited during the Romney trial proceedings.
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Austin
Tex
Sherman
Walter Crabtree
Caabtree
Crabtree
Woolford
Justice of the Peace
Instreep
Miller
Grace Woolford
Carrie Wright
Mildred Hott
Romney
Keyser
Mineral County
A. G. Hughes
Treston County
G. K. Kump
Hampshire County
Hughes
Blen Avon Hotel Improves with Redecorating Program
The Blen Avon Hotel undergoes repaving redecorating and first class repairs. A new orange and black sign with white background proclaims The New Blen Avon Hotel. The brick front is painted red and woodwork in black.
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Blen Avon Hotel
Blaney
Racial riot violence at courthouse and jail resulting in casualties
The account details a mob attack on a courthouse jail in Gainesville Texas during a racial riot. Victims include Captain James E. Dunlap and Walter Bailey injured by weapons, Dan Shero shot, Lynn Scott and Weldon O Neal struck, and others battered as the mob blasted and finally blew a vault with dynamite. An observer believed Hughes survived the blast. The scene ends with a chaotic search amid the burning courthouse and vault collapse.
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Ram Page
James E. Dunlap
Dallas
Tex
Walter Bailey
Dan Shero
Lynn Scott
Joe Leonard
Gainesville
Register-S
Hughes
Crabtree insanity defense heard in wilds case trial
Witnesses recount killings including Inskeep Woolford and two women. Crabtree's relatives describe a lifelong oddity and dog killing mania. Defense cites moron level insanity while state experts dispute the extent of his mental illness. Tension rises as doctors differ on Crabtree's mental state.
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Crabtree
Inskeep
Miller
Edith Crabtree
Pruntytown
Hyecause
Edward H. White
Alleghany County
Maryland
L. Y. Guthrie
Huntington State’ Hospital
Justice Choice in Fage One Continues
The article notes a renowned attorney who helped cancel Elk Hills and Teapot Dome leases and secure Albert Basil's bribery conviction. It identifies him as a Republican with distant ties to party factions in Pennsylvania. Roberts' nomination was sent to the Senate and placed with the judiciary committee.
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Justice Choice
Fage One
Elk Hills
Teapot Dome
Albert Basil
Pennsylvania
Roberts
Senate
Judiciary
Elected President Heads West Virginia Wesleyan Student Body
Robert Alfred of Weston won the West Virginia Wesleyan College student body presidency, defeating Bernard Murray of Buckhannon. New officers include Elbert Goodwin director of freshman relations, Paul McWhorter director of archives and alumni relations, Harold Rhoades director of recognitions and elections, Arthur Beckett director of social activities, Clifford Battles director of faculty relations, William Ramsey director of publications, Stafford Beerbower director of vocational guidance, and Rex Crouser director of lyceum. All new officers have yet to be seated by the student council. The private wealth of Italy is estimated at 25,220,000.
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Buckhannon
W. Va
Robert Alfred
Weston
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Bernard Murray
Alfred
Alppa
Alpha
Elbert Goodwin
Aul McWhorter
I Thages
Harold Rhoades
Ripley
Arthur Beckett
Huntington
Clifford Battles
Akron
William Ramsey
Belington
Stafford Beerbower
Kingwood
Rex Crouser
Elkview
Lyceum
New
Diree
Student! Council
Formal Installation of Harrison Chapter Last Evening
Grafton members attended Harrison County Chapter No. 1058 installation in Clarksburg. Lelandries joined after rising from a minor status. Fairmont post 1005 performed the initiation act. Attendees from Grafton included Leland Kee and Crawford Compton among others.
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Harrison Chapter
Voiture Locale
la Societe Des
40 Hommes Et 8 Chevaux
American Legion
Grafton
Harrison County
Clarksburg
Lelandries
Fairmont
Leland Kee
Crawford Compton
Max Ray
Joe Haldeman
Lee Bennett, Jr
E. J
Red" Kersting
Durbin Moore
Andrew Roe
William Kener
Joe Madera
Funeral services for Melville Marshall to be held Sunday
Funeral services for Melville Marshall, 18, former Wesleyan College student and track star, will be at his Buckhannon home Sunday at 2 p.m. Marshall, B. C. Hinkle said, was struck on the head during practice by a discus and died after two operations. He was a member of Sigma Era Delta fraternity which will participate in the service. A French air touring commission was created to advise on development projects.
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Melville
Marshall
Wesleyan College
Buckhannon
B. C. Hinkle
Wesleyan
Sigma Era Delta
Commissioner Sale of City Lots and Cemeteries in Grafton
Legal notice for a commissioner’s sale on May 19, 1930, at 10 a.m. at the courthouse front door under Taylor County West Virginia court decree. It lists numerous parcels in South Grafton and adjoining additions, including blocks, lots, cemetery parcels at Knottsville, and undivided interests across multiple plats and streets in McGraw & Yates, Woodford, Fletcher, Woodyard, and Fetterman additions.
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Court House
Circuit Court
Taylor County
West Va
Thomas J. McAvay
Lawson Starcher
Woodyard
Southton
McGraw & Yates
Durbin
Hechmer
Monroe Street
Fetterman
Whitescarver & Fetterman
Whitescarver & Fetterman Addison
Knottsville
Berkeley Farms
Fletcherville
Alley
Victory
Fletcher Streets
Luzadder
Walters Street
Jaco
South Grafton
Gas Company
Starcher
MeGraw Yates
Pike
Wilford Street
Pike and
Woodford Addition
Woodford
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Grafton Sentinel Publishing Company
Howard H. Holt
Latrobe Street
Grafton Printing Co
R.tered
Lincoln
Coleridge
Lowell
Amd
Henry V
Tennyson
Wheeling
Margaret Gonzales
Embankment
State Council of Physical Education
A. V. G. Upton
F. W. McCullough
Jersey
Wakefield
Copenhagen
Storm King
B. F. Poe
France
Fom Hoboken
N. J. Ming
John D. Emrich
Omaha
Hrs. H. Hoffman
Newark
N. J
William Isaac Age
Slasonville
State Board of Control
Crabtree Pays
Nashua
N. H
Aero Seciaatis Aero
Grafton Sentinel Publishing CO
West Virginia
Grafton Sentinel
Italy
Melville Marshall
Latrobe St
B. & C. Donot
J. E. Guth
W.B Cruise
W. Wilford St
Berkeley Run Springs Health Water
Berkeley Run Springs
Bimpson
Ettriees
Grafton Taxi and Transfer
E. Ellers & P. BE. Lucas
Mers
Main St
John L. Hechmer
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