Postmaster Villar Receives 13 Month Federal Sentence
In Wheeling May 13, Judge Dayton sentenced Victor Villar a Clarksburg postmaster to 13 months in Moundsville penitentiary for conspiring to sell liquor without tax stamps. Albert Clarke fined $100 with no sentence. Clarke and Villar indicted for liquor purchases via marked money. The jury reached verdict in ten minutes. Clarke urged minimum fine, while Villar faced a harsher term for his trusted official role.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Dayton
Emrt
Victor Villar
Clarksburg
Wilers
Moundsville
Atorney Byers
Albert Clarke
Chick Warg
Villers
Rogder
Swotley
Department of Justice
Janes
B. Robertson
Harry Wrey
R. F. Rose
Claire Wig
Vilter
Clarks
Clarke
Crile and
Foreman
J. Z. Birch
Arthur S. Bell
August G Tempke
Albert L. Bennett
George McCrackéh
A. L Marple
C. L. Mc Coy
Douglass Bruce
Wylie Dearmo Herbert Parker
Robert Tosby
Byer
Clark
Yayton
Nim
Atorney
Jai
Bigegal
Red Cross Proclamation and Public Notes 1918
Proclamation by West Virginia Governor Cornwell designates May 8 1918 as Red Cross Week urging statewide support and contributions to the Red Cross war fund. The document cites wartime needs, public morale and allied support, with reference to past West Virginia generosity and the ongoing global conflict.
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United ‘States
Red Cross
Westirginia
Mos
Red Cross War Fund
T. John J. Cornwet
West Wa
Redross
West Virginia
Charleston
Red Cross Opposed to Lotteries and Raffles
Huntington WV May 13 The American Red Cross opposes any games or raffles that resemble gambling. A conflict between the Municipal Association of Huntington and a local ministerial group led to a ruling by Red Cross officials. National headquarters state that raffles lotteries and other appeals with gambling features are forbidden. The policy, issued as a letter from G B Scott, will guide future Red Cross fund raising.
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Huntington
W. Va
American Red Cross
Munington
Filks
W. N. Cunningham
Red Cross
Dbaa
West Virginia Patents and wartime labor notes
Patent office records list West Virginia inventors including Anton Craja and J Hareza of Gary for a conveyor rake and stacker. Other patents cover mechanical movement by EB Green and B Kimmel, license plate device by Haberstick, and hollow glass cylinders by Henshaw for Charleston Window Glass. Also mentions Canadian trades union volunteers for overseas service and Ontario shipyard pipe and stamfitter organizing efforts.
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H. J. Dunlap
Wheeling
Patent Office
West Virginia
Anton’ Craja
J. Hareza
Gary
EB. J. Green
Kimmel Keyser
P. F Haberstick
S. B. Henshaw
Charleston Window Glass Company
Charleston
B. ©. Quick
Berkeley
Springs
Welcome Home Heroes Brighten London Parade
May 12 London newspapers pour praise on American National Army troops arriving in the city. Observers cheer the marchers as “the Huskies” display fine bearing, leadership and fitness, with women’s welcome and a strong sense of shared purpose across nations. The Weekly Dispatch reports letters from soldiers describing the moment as one of the happiest, most memorable in their lives. Lord Denbigh calls the march among the most inspiring sights seen in years.
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London
Lonmlon
the Observer
Lloyd's Weekly News
Waterloo Station
Lendor
Weekly Dispatch
Zoldier
Frederick Wiles
Tyspatch Gays
Egiment
Dispatch
Great Britain
Sunday Pictorial
Ing
New York
Lord Denbigh
Yvesterday
Alumnus Service Flag Effort at Grafton High
The alumni association seeks names of Grafton High School graduates serving in the army or navy. Readers may report to Miss Nellie White to honor those in service and complete the service flag display.
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Grafton High School
Army
Navy
Alumni Association
Nellie White
Legislative 10 Comes Up During Present Week at Capitol
Washington May 1 The capitol debates adjournment for new revenue legislation while handling the Overman bill authorizing presidential reorganization and the 15 billion army program. McAdoo Simmons Kitchin confer Tuesday on revenue. Wilson to join later. House to begin debate on the Overman bill today. army appropriation expected by midweek. Navy bill 1.5 billion set for senate Tuesday. postmaster general Burleson roams Roosevelt dispute to the record. Draft extension, aviation hearings, and ore control bills also on the week’s agenda.
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Washington
Capitol
Sherry McAdoo
Simmons
Representative Kitchin
North Carolina
Genate Mantle
House
Wilson
Congress
McAdoo
Dent
House Military Committee
Inqyiry
Senate
Irto
Wircratt-Lautent
Hcense
Ordnan
Quartermaster General's Bureau
Gutson Borglum
Chamberlain
Roosevelt
Burleson
Department of Agriculture
Baker
Lane
Houston
House Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate Mines Committee
Tragedy Deepens as Husband Learns of Wife's Death
In Parkersburg West Virginia on May 13 a cloudburst on Big Isaac creek led to a drowning. Leroy Enix, a traveling man and husband of Mrs Leroy Enix, learned of his wife’s death while in town. The incident follows the earlier disaster and a man recalls the news in the street. Oregon imposes a new restriction barring women from acting as messengers under a recent law.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Big Isaac Creek
Leroy Enix
Leroy Eni
Hoard of Germany Rifles Supposed in U S Inquiry
New York May 14 A state inquiry into rumors of German arms hoarding in the United States centered on reports that thousands of rifles were secretly imported from Krupp works Essen Germany to Germanize America. Witnesses described boxes with 28 000 rifles, a Brooklyn warehouse storing weapons, and a broker named Gustave Lussing. Evidence suggested smuggling but a lawyer for Lussing questioned current existence of the rifles and questioned government offers.
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New York
Krupp
Essen
Germany
Judd
Holmes
East Side
Broadway
Gustave _Lussing
Robert P. Tucker
Charleson
S. C
Brooklyn
Lussing
William A1. Ford
United States
Nicholas Biddle
Army Intelligence Bureau
Ford
Local News From Pruntytown Residents Visit Grafton
Pruntytown notes show Mrs Nannie Barnard visiting son George in town while Mrs C F Wilson spends the week in Grafton. Numerous social visits include Miss Preda Shanks with Miss Lulu Ryans and Virginia Fawcett hosting friends. A Red Cross box supper raised 114 dollars, and Jessie Currey returned home after illness.
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Nannie Barnard
Westernport
George
George Jones
Douglass Mcdonald
J. Currey
Bruce Newton
JB. Rector
Virginia Laverty
Grafton
Ross Bradley
Floyd Willis
J. L. Whitescarver
Tom
George Hamilton
Viola
Gayren Riley
Wendel
Charles Withers
John Vans
Mary Hedrick
Ada Wavens Odbert Cooner
James Whitescarver
Lloyd Schriver
L. B. Tucker
Hamrick
Baptist Church
Red Cross
Jessie Currey
Yates Family Welcomes Son in France Amid War Era Notes
Mr and Mrs Jacob Yates receive word of their son Frank arriving in France with Baloonetachment No RA 8 C American Expeditionary Forces, Paris. The item notes a British wage bonus cost to the country of $709 million annually and mentions stove makers and coats of arms tied to Mayon and Dixie themes.
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Jacob Yates
Frank
France
Frank F. Yates
Baloonetachment
Paris
Msniti
Dixie
Pena
Baltimore
New York Pastor to Deliver Farewell Sermon
Dr. Charles H. Pankhurst, after 28 years at Madison Square Prebyterian Church, will preach his farewell May 26 as the church closes, with services moving to FIfth Avenue buildings. He becomes emeritus on half salary but will continue work and explore future worship options for the vicinity.
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New York
Charles H. Pankhurst
Madison Square
Etter
Standford, White
University
Fifth Avenue and
Bidventh
Pankhurst
Dr. Pankhurst
First Million Tons Of Ships In The Water
Washington May 14 The first million tons of ships completed and delivered to the United States government under the Shipping Board have been put on the high seas to help defeat Germany. A total of 159 vessels of 19108 621 tons were completed up to May It according to statistics by the Shipping Board Bureau. Since January 1 more than half of the total tonnage 667 896 tons have been delivered to the board with monthly totals rising. The labor department seeks to adjust wages to compensate for the increased cost of living. The poorest paying job in Japan is that of a school teacher.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Lion
Shipping Board
High Seas
Germany
Mey
Xperts
Bur Jrau
Yaboragi United States Shipping Board
Japan
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George W . Lyzadder
Bland
Anderson
Frank Robinson
Will Cruise
Gene Ford
Jim Sineell
Fiverything
Sineell
John J. Cornwell
Georg
Lincell
Blan
Speeimeter
Shell
Charlie Chaplin
Tion
B.C
Weather Bureau
United States Department of Agriculture
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Atlantic
East Gulf
South Avon
Gulf States
Ghio Alley
Tennesee
Great Lales
Lower Lake Region
Mississippi
Missgeippi
Sky
Sky Tigh
Dave Higginbotham
Herbert
Rawlinson
Brownie Vernon
Grand Theatre
Toronto
Electrical Workers Union
Ontario
U. S
Britain
AMES
Oregon
America
Brecon
E & New Round House
Ilmiare & Ohio Railroad
East Round House
We ‘Ungerstai
Allmater Mechanic
Fairmont
Pruntytown
Government Shipping ‘Board
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