Lindy Spurns Invitation to Army Air Quiz
Col Charles A. Lindbergh ignored an invitation from the Army Air Corps inquiry committee to appear and share aeronautical data. Committee members expressed disappointment at his silence while noting other aviation leaders like Clarence Chamberlin and James Doolittle joined the panel.
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Associated Press
Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Army Air Corps
Newton D. Baker
Army War College
Lindbergh
Airy Corps
George H. Dern
Roosevelt
Army
Clarence Chamberlin
James Doolittle
Page
Kuhn Seeks U.K. On Field House Work
G Kuhn assistant superintendent of schools travels to Charleston to press for state welfare project approval to finish the field house on the West Side near the athletic field. Material is on hand and workers will complete walls, flooring and roof in about six weeks if the state unit consents.
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G. Kuhn
Charleston
CWA
J. C. Chinal
Kuhn
Mines Run Full Time in Taylor County After Holiday
County coal production rebounds with Flemington and Rosent mines near full force, while Tay lor county faces delays as orders lag post holiday. The April coal holiday idled about 2,000 miners, slowed railroad activity, and strained Grafton merchants and other businesses amid a cautious recovery.
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Maryland Coal Company
Wendel
Taylor County
Brownton and Galloway
Barbour County
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Flemington
Flemington and Rosent
Tayl County
Grafton
Riot Ends Peaceful Labor Strike At Los Angeles Harbor
In San Pedro California a mob of more than six hundred longshoremen stormed a stockade where four hundred non strikers were housed. One man aged twenty Dick Parker joined the union yesterday was shot through the chest and killed as guards exchanged volleys. Twenty one others were injured with two gravely so. The riot ended the peaceful cargo handler strike affecting about one thousand eight hundred workers across Pacific coast ports.
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San Pedro
Cal
Los Angeles Harbor
Pacific Coast
Dick Parker
John Knudson
Memorial Day Parade Plans Without WVU Band
Memorial Day ceremonies proceed with American Legion support and military groups. West Virginia University band cannot participate, but efforts continue to secure Fair County music for the National Cemetery observance and the East Washington Street march.
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American Legion
East Washington Street
National Cemetery
B. G. Kuhn
Taylor County
West Virginia University Band
B and O Traffic Group Plans Program Here
Final arrangements for the cooperative traffic meeting of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Women’s Division at the Elks Home next Thursday night at 8. The program, under Miss Olive S. Dennis, Engineer of Service, will feature two playlets by Margaret Talbot Stevens and music by Mrs. S. T. Seymour. A Century of Progress Fair lecture will close with a prize contest for best business getting story. Attendees include Baltimore and Ohio employees and their families.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Elks
Olive S. Dennis
Willard
Aurphy
C. L. Ford
C. D. Powell
John Bickford
Ann Tucker
T. C. Gough
H. Leota Griffith
George A. Hannon
Baltimore
Ohio
Bootleggers Given STF Prison Terms in Maryland
Cumberland May 15 United States District Court faltered through a three hour session but issued stern penalties in a crackdown on bootlegging Judge Chestnut labeled Golden B Nixon a habitual violator and sentenced him to eighteen months in federal prison for transporting illicit liquor Nixon pleaded guilty to violating the Internal Revenue Act as Baltimore judges had warned last week about bootlegging and moon shining a public courtroom packed with liquor law violators heard the harsh stance and demand for law enforcement supremacy
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Cumberland
Sumberland
United States District Court
Maryland
Chestnut
Golden B. Nixon
Federal
Nixon
United States
Baltimore
Michael Mucthi
McCoole
State Police Take Charge of Election at Williamson
State troopers disarmed residents and visitors in Williamson as up to 5000 voters prepared to elect a city administration. Dozens fled rear city hall as troopers investigated suspected back exit attempts. officers searched a former Logan sheriff. City reported fairly quiet as 25 state policemen patrolled to prevent disorder tied to a yearlong charter change removing Mayor Wirt F. Hatfield and appointing a governor's pick, O Hogan, as mayor.
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Williamson
Logan
Wirt F. Hatfield
Kump
O. Hogan
Flyers Over Atlantic From New York Toward Rome
Two men in a monoplane, Captain George R. Pond and Lieut Cesare Sabelli, started a nonstop flight from New York to Rome. They passed Ball Island near Newfoundland at 5 30 p m E S yesterday, with good flying conditions reported and the worst part of the journey believed behind them.
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New York
Atlantic Ocean
Rome
George R. Pond
Cesare Sabelli
Europe
Ball Island
Newfoundland
Atlantic
Desert kidnapping tale ends in rescue of June Robles
Little June Robles, held 19 days in a desert hole, was found by her uncle and Pima County attorney after an unsigned Chicago note guided the search. Doctors monitor possible damage from intense heat and cold while authorities deny any ransom payment and claim the money remains in the Robles household.
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Tucson
Ariz
Little June Robles
Chicago
Aioe Boe
Carlos Robles
Clarence Huston
Pima County
Moyer
Huston
Rincon Way
Carlos G Robles
June Robles
Carlos
Bernabe Robles
June
County
Attar
Nantucket lightship collision claims three seamen
New York May 15 three Nantucket lightship crewmen were killed and four missing after a collision with the liner Olympia. The lightship sank and a message from the liner said it stood by to pick up the crew. No further details or causes were given.
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New York
Nantucket
Olympia
Coast Guard
Radio Marine Corporation
Judge urges constitution be maintained in era of change
In Charlotte on May 15 Judge John J. Parker urged a return to fundamental principles amid a crisis of global change. He warned against abandoning the constitutional framework while noting the machine age and economic mood are not excuses for losing faith, and called for steady adherence to law as a new civilization emerges.
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Charlotte
N. C
John J. Parker
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Richmond
Industrial Conference
Episcopal Church
Former Local Resident Succumbs In Fairmont
Mrs. Sarah Shafferman of Potermt, formerly of Grafton and a member of Andrews M. B. church, died at her Fairmont home Saturday morning. Funeral services and burial were in Newbury yesterday afternoon. Relatives from Grafton included Mrs. D. E. Fawcett, Charles Cassell and families, and Mr Cassell and family.
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Sarah Shafferman
Potermt
Grafton
Andrews M. B. Church
Fairmont
Newbury
D. E. Fawcett
Charles Cassell
Cassell
Broaddus College Trustees Adopt Budget for Next Year
Philippi May 15 Over thirty members and their mothers attended a tea given by the Girls Reserve at Miss Louise Waddell’s Main street home honoring mothers. The program featured welcome addresses by Joan Wilson and Charlotte Jane Proudfoot, a reading Mother by Shirrel Wilson, a Buryl Gulentz solo with Martha Lee Smith and Isabel Smith on piano, and readings including Mother O Mine by Evelyn Harris.
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John C. Carpenter Philippi
Girls Reserve Organization
Louise Waddell
Joan Wilson
Thesociety
Charlotte Jane
Proudfoot
Mother
Shirrel Wilson
Buryl Gulentz
Martha Lee Smith
Isabel Smith
Mother O
Evelyn Harris
Mary X Eleanor
Chrislip
Bury
Gulentz
Isabel
Smith
Martha Lée Smith
Gettle kidnapping gang confesses in Beverly Hills case
Three men arrested for kidnapping Beverly Hills millionaire William P. Gettle allegedly confessed involvement. Jimmy Kirk, Larry Kerrigan, and Roy Williams gave statements while in custody, with Kerrigan claiming an $18 000 guard fee and Kirk directing Gettle to draft ransom letters. Gettle was found tied to a bed at a La Crescenta home, face masked, last night.
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Los Angeles
William P. Gettle
Beverly Hills
Jimmy” Kirk
Larry” Kerrigan
Gettle
Roy Williams
Kirk
Morris G. Stensland
Sheriff's Office
Kerrigen
Settle
Toe
William
Loretta Woody
Joan Burke
Williams
la Crescent
Black Flamingo senior play set for Friday night at high school
The senior class production The Black Flamingo directed by Ruth Batten enters final rehearsals and is expected to wow Friday night audiences at the high school auditorium. Bill Powell leads the mob scene as the French Revolution backdrop features Bastille storms and guillotine imagery with a turbulent, historical setting.
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Dlass
Ruth Batten
France
Bill Powell
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Welfare Board
ST. Augustine's School
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California Oil and Stock
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Bobbie
Betty
Sentinel
B. & C. Traffic Group
Elks Home
Supt. Gibson
Olive Dennis
Hood
Dorothy MacLaughlin
Lewiston
N. Y
Niagara-Orleans
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Robles
Child
Georgia
Ed A. Glillam
Atlanta
Aid
Churchman
Broaddus College
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