Legion Plans May 30 Decoration Day Parade
Taylor County Post No 12 American Legion schedules an elaborate Decoration Day event for May 30 in Grafton with many bands and bugle corps. Gov ernor H G Kump to deliver memorial address at the National cemetery after rituals and grave decorations. Invitations extended to Washington Pa Oakland Md bugle corps and other posts, large World War II veterans delegation expected.
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Taylor County
American Legion
Grafton
West Virginia University Band
Kappa Sigma Pi
Little Folks
Clarksburg
National Cemetery
H. G. Kump
National Shrine
Union of States
E. G. Kuhn
Bugle Corps
Washington
Oakland
Legion
Moose Home
County Camp Likely Soon in Taylor County
Taylor county may get a transient camp after all as officials discuss establishing a center to house about 150 men. The local transient site at East Main and Luzadder streets, originally built for 50, now houses around 120, with numbers rising in recent weeks.
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Taylor County
W. H. Arnold
Charleston
East Main
Luzadder Streets
Saturday Bakery Specials Get Ready For Fresh Cakes and Buns
Cocoanut chocolate and devil's food layer cakes three layers at 390 two layers at 250 Cinnamon rolls two dozen 25 cents Pecan rolls five for 290 Raisin bread loaf Pineapple Raisin pest? At your grocer Tasty and Old Homestead Bread The best in town Kleen Krust Bakery
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Sro
BBC
OLD Homestead
Kleen Krust Bakery
Buick Plant Shuts Down Amid Strike Waves
Flint Michigan May 11 The Buick Motor Company plant closed today following a walkout of workers at Fisher Body Corporation No 1 plant that makes Buick bodies Fourteen thousand Buick employees and about five thousand Fisher workers were idle The plant may reopen Tuesday pending settlement The Fisher union workers walked out yesterday and fewer than 100 returned this morning One strike over Washington May 11 R H Stickle said William Green advised oil workers in Seminole Oklahoma field to return to work while wage differentials are resolved Continued on page eight
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Fisher Body Corp
Flint
Mich
Buick Motor Motor Company
Fisher Body Corporation
Buick
Fisher
H. H. Curtis
Buick Company
Washington
R. H. Stickle
International Oil Workers’ Union
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Seminole
Oklahoma
Find Body of Bride Hidden in Old Trunk
Philadelphia May 11 VP The slashed body of a bride was found stuffed in a steamer trunk. Police seek her stepson Joseph Hodge 21 after elder brother Jacob 48 said the man sat on the trunk awaiting an expressman who failed to take it. Detectives say Joseph, once involved with Mary Hodge, caused family rifts. An ice pick and chisel stained with blood were found in the cellar.
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Philadelphia
Jacob Hodge
Joseph
Hodge
Mary
Police Probe of Operating Room Slaying Continues
New York May 11 police investigation into the operating table death of former show girl Virginia Arn in a Brooklyn physician's office continued today. Thomas Ball searched for his missing wife Thursday and found her nearly nude on an operating table. Dr Julian Philips, 54, was in critical condition after ingesting a poison during a personal crisis and has been charged with homicide. An officer described a nervous young man entering the offices during the inquiry.
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New York
Brooklyn
Thomas Ball
Julian Philips
Thes
Virginia Arn
Suspects Held in Beverly Hills Kidnaping Case
Los Angeles reports a $75,000 ransom demanded for oil man William E. Gettle. A brunette woman about 30 and six others were detained by police in connection with the kidnapping. Sheriff Captain Norris Stensland said the case may be solved within five hours. Authorities held the woman for examination as detectives pressed the inquiry.
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Los Angeles
William E. Gettle
Beverly Hills
District Attorney’s Office
Sheriff's Office Today
William F. Gettle
Norris Stensland
Sheriff's Office
Mayseh
Ernest E
Law
Traffic Safety Week Promised by State Police Leader
Governor Kump designates May 13 to May 20 as Traffic Safety Week and Lieutenant George H. Skeen of the Fairmont district plans an intensive patrol campaign across thirty northern West Virginia counties. He met with Mayor Charles O. King and local troopers to outline enforcement aims and emphasized the police are not seeking arrests but to aid safe travel on public highways.
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H. G. Kump
George H. Skeen
Fairmont
West Virginia
Charles O. King
Skeen
Arrest Trio Suspected in Ohio Bank Robberies
Richmond Indiana police, aided by eight federal agents, routed suspects from a Springfield area house with tear gas. Harry Hopkins 23 Vernon Taylor 28 Thelma Mitchell were taken into custody after authorities recovered 600 dollars, three revolvers a sub machine gun a sawed off shotgun and a high powered rifle.
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Richmond
Ind
Ohio
Harry Hopkins
Jamestown
Vernon Taylor
Springfie!lo
Thelma Mitchell
Springfield
Indianapolis
New Truce in Kidnap Hunt Observed in Arizona
In Tucson on May 11 authorities noted another truce in the kidnapping of six year old June Robles as the family tried to contact abductors. Officers had withdrawn from the case for the second time to allow the captors to send new instructions for ransom. Fernando Robles said only ten thousand dollars of the fifteen thousand demanded had been raised.
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Tucson
Ariz
June Robles
Robles
Fernando Robles
Grafton Club Hosts Civic Group Delegation
Kiwanians from the second division met at Pruntytown last night as guests of the State Industrial School for Boys and the Grafton club. Governor Kump and R P Bell spoke on the need for a second penal institution to ease overcrowding at Moundsville, with more than 300 attending from Clarksburg, Salem, Fairmont, Morgantown, Philippi, Belington, Martinsburg, Charleston and nearby areas.
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Kump
Moundsville
Pruntytown
State
Industrial School For Boys
H. G. Kump
R. P. Bell
Clarksburg
Salem
Fairmont
Morgantown
Philippi
Belington
Martinsburg
Charleston
Bell Address Finally Published in Tomorrow's Sentinel
Supt. R P Bell of the Industrial School will have his full address printed in tomorrow's Sentinel. Today's edition lacked space due to Friday advertising volume.
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R.P. Bell
Industrial School
Sentinel
Dress Parade at Grafton High with Governor in Review Stand
The boys of the Grafton High School band led a dress parade while Governor Kump and his staff observed from the reviewing stand. A large banquet followed in the main dining room featuring an old fashioned spaghetti dinner that was greatly enjoyed and praised.
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Grafton High School
Kump
Page
Insull Ready to Post Bond for Freedom
Samuel Insull freed from federal custody after posting 200000 bond supplied by a surety company. He declined to plead to charges of bankruptcy act violations and mail fraud, and refused to acknowledge US district court jurisdiction. He remained silent as lead counsel challenged the Istanbul seizure and his co defendants pleaded not guilty. arraignment adjourned to next Tuesday.
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Chicago
Samule Insull
Samuel Insull
United States District Court
Philip J. Sullivan
Istanbul
Bond
Sullivan
Tasull
Johnson congratulates governor and Tierney in NRA accord
General Hugh S. Johnson offers praise to Governor H G Kump and officials Tierney McCullough and Witcher McCullough for securing an agreement with the National Recovery Administration. The memo notes cooperation between state agencies and the NRA, pledging compliance and awards of contracts for materials and equipment.
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Charleston
NRA
H. G. Kump
James A
Tierney
Witcher McCullough
Henry C
Emergentcegill
Cy Council
National Emergency Council
West Virginia
Ietters
Hugh 8. Johnson
Recovery Administration
Jobson
Big Rally Predicts Change in Hatfield Return in Kansas
May 11 Wheeling Republicans rally in northern panhendic counties hear Rep A B Guyer Kansas City attack national and state administrations and promise to lead people back to the constitution. Walter Hallonan accuses broken campaign promises and predicts replacement of United States Senator H D Hatfield asserting his long record since 1928. Mrs Clara Ebert of Parkersburg, a Republican committee woman, charges the administration with adopting a socialist platform.
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Panhendic
Ohio
Brooks
Hancock
Marshall
Wetzel
Guyer
Kansas City
Walter 8
Hallonan
Hatfield
United States
H.D. Hatfield
Clara Ebert
Parkersburg
Republican National Committees
Imas
Hallanan Suggested as CP Leader in GOP Shakeup
New York May 11. Party leaders oppose deferring the Republican national chairman selection until after the November elections. Potential candidates include Frank B. Fletcher of Pennsylvania and Walter S. Hallanan of West Virginia. Col Theodore Roosevelt Jr says the chairmanship is vital at this juncture and must not be delayed.
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New York
Charleston D. Hilles
Col. Theodore, Roosevelt, Jr
Aagry P. Fletcher
Pennsylvania
Italy
Eat Walter
Hallanan
West Virginia
Country Party
Col. Roosevelt
National Can Club
Pencil left at First National Bank a morning return asked
Notice requests the return of an Eversharp pencil found in First National Bank this morning. The finder or sender states the item was a gift to Mr. R. E. Blaney from his Wheeling manager and asks The Sentinel office to arrange its return.
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Sentinel
R. E. Blaney
Wheeling
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