Insurance murder ring probe widens across states
FBI aid offered as Philadelphia investigators push mass trials within ten days. Ring linked to more than 100 poisonings across eastern states including Pennsylvania New York New Jersey Delaware. Eleven or more defendants face hearings with 24 in custody as exhumations continue and new bodies are tested.
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Philadelphia
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
East
Abraham Sherman
Antonio Giacobbe
Giacobbe
Millie Giacobbe
Grand Jury
Tax Revision Delay Sought
Washington March discussion among administration officials and congressional leaders centers on possible business tax revision this session. Senator Barkley proposes postponing action until next year and directing Treasury and tax committees to study the issue after adjournment. House may act soon with recommendations by January despite the 1940 election year.
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Washington
Barkley
Treasury
House
Senate
Congress
Theatre Tickets Invite Mrs. George Ashby to Strand Lad
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. George Ashby of 635 West Boyd Street to attend tonight's Strand Theatre showing Baldog Drummond's Secret Police or Single Handed Saunders with Tom Tyler at the Lad Theatre.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
George Ashby
West Boyd Street
West Virginia GOP to name new chairman at Charleston rally
In Charleston on May 12 Republicans expect Robert H. C. Kay to be their new chairman as National Chairman John D. M. Hamilton urged party unity for 1940 success. Hallanan hosted lunch for leaders. Kay, the Charleston attorney and current vice chairman, was slated to succeed ill chairman C. E. Boons of Ronceverte. Hamilton stressed a platform of honest principles and candidates of integrity. Continued on Page Four.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Robert H.C. Kay
John D. M. Hamilton
C. E. Boons
Ronceverte
Hallanan
Kay
Charleston Attornney
National
Walter S. Hallanan
Hamilton
Republican Organization
Ten Year Sentence Imposed By U S Judge
Huntington May 12 Albert L Barker was sentenced by Federal Judge Harry E Watkins to 10 years for attempting to extort 300 dollars from his aunt Mrs Alvin Drake of Huntington James Luke Cochran 23 of Mc Dowell county was sentenced to 18 months on a guilty plea for stealing postal funds
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Huntington
Albert L. Barker
Harry E. Watkins
Barker
Alvin Drake
James Luke Cochran
McDowell County
Roosevelt Seeks New Taxes If Business Levy Voided
Senate Foreign Relations panel backs Gillette D proposal to repeal neutrality law and back presidential restrictions on shipping in war. White House hints majority favors full repeal in House though postponement possible. Roosevelt signals repeal of undistributed profits tax if new revenue method found. In Enid Oklahoma, Murphy ends hunger strike as murder trial defense schedules next steps.
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Washington
Gillette D
Towa
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Gillette
State Department
Bloom
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
Jf Gillette
Roosevelt
Treasury
Enid
Okla
Roy
Murphy
James Mathers
Harry Murphy
Forest fires sweep Maine New Hampshire and Massachusetts
Fires raging across Maine New Hampshire and Massachusetts caused widespread damage to homes farms and timberlands. Officials reported the situation grave with lookouts kept on high ground for new outbreaks as several fronts burned thousands of acres and small villages faced destruction. Hardwick Maine was mentioned as a saved village amid the fires.
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Boston
New England
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Hardwick
Central
Prominent State Mason Passes In Parkersburg
Huntington May 12 A long illness caused the death of J. Marshall Hawkins 73rd degree Mason and last grand commander of West Virginia Knights Templar In Parkersburg He was former general manager of the Topeka Kansas office of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad later became tie and timber agent for the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad and president of the Mercereau Hawkins Tie company native of Louisa county Virginia.
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Huntington
J. Marshall Hawkins
West Virginia
Knights Templar
Hawkins
Topeka, Kan
Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Mercereau-Hawkins Tie Company
Louisa County
Bicycle Theft Ring Confessed By Eight
Logan May 12 Trooper R G Norman announced eight confessions from young men charged with operating a bicycle theft and reconditioning ring. More than 25 bicycles had been stolen, taken to Henlawson, and made unidentifiable by changing parts. All will face hearings Saturday before Justice Claude Gore.
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Logan
R. G. Norman
Henlawson
Claude Gore
Norman
Veteran railroader killed by locomotive in accident
LOGAN May 12 A freight locomotive struck and killed 65 year old M M Morrison as he tried to move his railroad bicycle off the tracks. Morrison a Manbar resident and section boss for the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad had served the railway 35 years and was father of 10 children.
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Logan
M. M. Morrison
Morrison
Manbar
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Coal Board to Join Mines Bureau
Washington May 12 The Bituminous Coal commission will become a sub division of the Bureau of Mines within a few weeks as legislators and coal men expect. The commission created to fix minimum prices to stabilize the industry would be abolished under Roosevelt’s reorganization order and its functions moved to the Interior department. Representatives said they can only guess at exact steps but consensus points to joining the Bureau of Mines under the mines chief or a new administrator directing future activities.
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Washington
Bituminous Coal Commission
Bureau of Mines
Roosevelt
Interior Department
Flying Postoffices Off To Inaugurate Service
A trio of flying post offices departed from Pittsburgh airport carrying 50 pounds of mail to inaugurate the nations first nonstop airmail pickup and delivery system. At Latrobe two planes dropped mail pouches using a grappling rope while a third headed to Morgantown where about 10000 spectators gathered at the states largest airport.
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Pittsburgh
LaTrobe
Morgantown
W.va
West Virginia
Applications Increase For State Relief Help
Charleston May 12 The curtailment of WPA and the bituminous coal shutdown has led to more relief applications, with 600 from Wood County alone. State aid does not cover miners voluntarily unemployed, while others idle due to the coal shutdown and WPA curtailment would be cared for within limited county funds.
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Charleston
A W. Garnett
Department of Public Assistance
Garnett
Wood County
WPA
Samett
County Mines Readying to Resume Work Monday
A Taylor county survey shows mines and those in Barbour adjoining expect to reopen Monday after an accord announced in New York at noon today. Rail traffic also looks to rebound early next week as coal operations restart that had been suspended since April 1.
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Taylor County
Barbour
New York
Mercy Killer Acquitted By Jury For Slaying Of Son
NEW YORK May 12 Lou Fr is Greenfield acquitted mercy killer of his 16 year old imbecile son Jerome. He planned a new life for himself and his wife, probably adopting a child to replace the boy he loved more than anyone. The verdict brought tears. Mrs Greenfield grew distressed as the decision was read.
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New York
Lou Fris Greenfield
Jerome
Miners Ready to Resume Work As Agreement Nears
Charleston May 12 Announcement of a pending New York wage contract for Appalachian coal raised hopes in West Virginia that miners could return to work by Monday. Local opposition to a union shop may persist in parts of southern West Virginia, but many operators are expected to accept the unit rule. If a general contract is reached, about 100000 miners and 10000 railroad workers could return to employment after six weeks of shutdown. Governor Holt and negotiator W L Robison reported progress as the sub committee reached an agreement.
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Charleston
New York
West Virginia
Holt
W. L. Robison
Empress of Australia Presses Through North Atlantic Fog
The Empress of Australia moved at 18 to five knots through North Atlantic mists slowing King George VI and Queen Elizabeth’s voyage to Canada and the United States. Docked by heavy fog, the liner drifted 24 hours, resumed at 5 15 a m EST, and halted at times for visibility. Officials expect arrival in Quebec on schedule next Monday. two extra days were provided for potential fog delays.
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Australia
North Atlantic
King George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Canada
United States
King
Quebec
Pickets Limited at Charleston Dairy Plant Safely
Judge Bouchelle restricted the Mount Vernon dairy plant picketing by local union members. Only two men may be on duty and patrolling must occur on different sides of the building. Pickets may bear banners but may not harass company agents or congregate near the premises.
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Charleston
Julian F. Bouchelle
Mount Vernon Dairy Farm Products Company
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
America
Ex G A R Commander Succumbs In Shadyside
William M. Smith aged 92, former department commander of the West Virginia Grand Army of the Republic, died yesterday in Shadyside Ohio. A Civil War veteran who witnessed Lee's surrender at Appomattox, he was born in Pennsylvania and later lived in Sistersville, West Virginia before moving to Shadyside in 1921.
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Shadyside
William M. Smith
West Virginia
Grand Army of the Republic
Robert E. Lee
Appomattox
Smith
Pennsylvania
Sistersville
W. Va
Save Seamen After Crash Of Two Ships
Rescue workers landed 27 fishermen near Yarmouth after the collision of schooners Edith C. Rose and Isabelle Parker left 10 men missing. The Amacilla had earlier picked up nine more survivors as a fogbound sea search continued for the captains.
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Yarmouth
N.S
Edith C. Rose
Isabelle Parker
New England
Boston
Westport
Freeport
Bay of Fundy
Amacilla
Three School Officials Indicted In Logan Again
Logan May 12 The Logan County grand jury indicted E. V. Parsons former county school superintendent now an assistant Porter Dobbins Rudolph Diamond former truant officers and James Fuller for making false statements in insurance on the Chapmanville school burned by fire Prosecutor C A Joyce said new indictments were sought to cover technical faults in prior bills
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Logan
Logan County
E. V. Parsons
Porter
Dobbins
Rudolph Diamond
James Fuller
Chapmanville
C. A. Joyce
Britain and Turkey pledge mutual aid in Mediterranean risk
Prime Minister Chamberlain announced in the House of Commons that Britain and Turkey have declared mutual assistance if aggression in the Mediterranean leads to war. Negotiations continue toward a definite long term reciprocal security agreement between the two governments.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Great Britain
Turkey
Mediterranean
Deadlock Between UMWA CIO and Appalachian Operators Settled
After eight weeks of standoff, the United Mine Workers of America and Appalachian operators reach a new wage and hour contract for 346,000 miners in eight states. The draft includes a union shop clause, though details on operator approval remain unclear. W. L. Robison and John R. Steelman commented as the drafting committee prepares to report at 12:30 p.m. EST.
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New York
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
John R. Steelman
U.S. Labor Department
John L. Lewis
UMWA
W. L. Robison
Cleveland
Robison
Steelman
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Non-Stop Auto Mark Smashed in Duncan Record Drive
In Duncan Oklahoma May 12 an unemployed railroader M O Weaver age 35 and friend Wilson Elkins 25 attempt a nonstop auto endurance record. They alternated driving to complete 504 hours by yesterday with goal of 30 days since April 20 at 10 am. Weaver hopes a major automaker will offer a job and buy his car despite A A A lack of recognition.
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Duncan, Okla
M. O. Weaver
Wilson Elkins
Elkins
American Automobile Association
Weaver
Your Invitation Mrs Russell Reese at Opera House
A notice announces Mrs Russell Reese of 40 West Bluemont Street and Armand Dennis present Dark Rapture now showing at the Opera House theatre.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Russell Reese
West Bluemont Street
Armand Dennis
Opera House Theatre
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John Hamilton
U.S
Measure
Iowa
Mason
Parkersburg
Silver
Shirley Rexroad
Blueivile
Aid of
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M. E. Church
County Mines
Gary
J. Howard White
W. Main
Leonard's
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Turners
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