Britain to double home air defenses to 1500 planes
Britain will expand first line air strength from 580 to 1,500 aircraft to match Germany and France. Prime Minister Baldwin said expansion would proceed with all possible speed and a supplementary budget would be introduced later. He noted readiness to join aviation treaties in response to Hitler and referenced prior goals of 830 planes by 1939.
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London
Stanley
Baldwin
Council
House of Commons
Great Britain
Germany
France
House
Hitler
Sun Up dramatic drama set for Grafton High auditorium
The popular play Sun Up enters final rehearsals at Grafton High School auditorium for Friday eight o clock performance. Theo dore Mathews directs a cast including Leslie Crawford Clayton Elsey James Fay Cecil Daugherty Paul O ward William Powell and Ruth Batten with Mrs Elinor Cline in two key female roles. The show features a largely male cast and centers on family and social tensions culminating in dramatic changes.
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Grafton High School
Grafton
Little Theatre
Theodore Mathews
Mrthews
Leslie Crawford
Clayton Elsey
James Fay
Cecil Daugherty
Paul O ‘Ward
William Powell
Ruth Batten
Elinor Cline
Sun Up
Miss Batten
Cagle
Relief rolls shrink in Taylor county as 25 percent still on aid
Taylor county relief rolls show 25 percent of residents still rely on FERA aid. About 960 to 1,000 families remain on relief, a drop from months prior when nearly half were listed. W D Frey notes ongoing drive against chiseling, clarifying eligibility rules for part time workers.
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FERA
Taylor County
W. D. Frey
Frey
Hawkins Acquitted By Jury in Justice Court
Cecil Hawkins was found not guilty by a jury in Justice Ona C. Jefferys court after a two hour and a half presentation. The case, concerning alleged driving while intoxicated, featured testimony from two rural constables and a former constable who arrested him Saturday night.
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Court of Justice
Ona C. Jefferys
Cecil Hawkins
Messrs
Harry Shaffer
Carlton White
J. H. Hill
B. G. Savage
O. A. Hefner
R. C. Davis
Hawkins
Miner Injured in Slate Fall at Rosemont Mines
Mose Riffle, 56, of near Flemington, suffered a fractured right leg and a broken knee when caught in a slate fall at the Reppert Coal Company mines in Rosemont yesterday. He was dragged from under the slate and taken to the mine for treatment.
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Mose Riffle
Flem ‘Ington
Reppert Coal Company
Rosemont
Dentists Wives Form Their Own Organization
Parkersburg on May 22 reports wives of West Virginia dentists formed the Woman's Auxiliary of the West Virginia State Dental Society during their husbands 29th annual convention. Mrs C E Bogers of Parkersburg is named as the first resident of the Auxiliary.
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Parkersburg
West Virginia
Woman's
C. E. Bogers
Alumni vote on officers at Grafton High
Grafton high alumni hold a referendum on whether to hold the annual association banquet and election during Christmas holidays with the vote announced at the yearly dinner next Tuesday at the Moose Home. By laws allow timing between Christmas and New Year but custom is end of term. Nominations made and ballots mailed. President Harry Friedman leads the executive committee in polling the membership. Burdette and Evans are among the candidates.
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Grafton High School
Association
Moose Home
Harry Friedman
Burdette
Evans
Joan K. Burdette
Freight Increase On Coal Faces Protests
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced a planned freight rate rise from 50 to 75 cents per ton for coal from the Logan fields to Huntington West Virginia by the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad. The new rate would take effect June 22 if no protest is filed. Bertrand Coal Company official B H Winters of Huntington says he will protest, likely joined by other coal interests.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission Today
Logan Fields
Huntington
W. Va
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
B. H. Winters
Bertrand Coal Company
Beehler Reported Sick At Home With Bad Cold
William N. Beehler state relief administrator reported sick at home May 22 with a bad cold. The brief notice notes his illness while he remains in office and continues official duties when able.
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Beehler
William N. Beehler
State Relief
Aged Civil War Veteran Robert McWilliams Dies at 94
Robert W. McWilliams, one of Taylor County’s last Civil War survivors, died at 1:45 a.m. in the home of his son Waitman Williams at 45 Addison Street. He was 94, born March 2, 1832, and served three years with Company H of the 12th West Virginia Infantry after enlisting in 1862. He had been in declining health for some time.
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Taylor County
Robert W. McWilliams
Waitman McWilliams
Addison Street
Ely
Betsy Miller McWilliams
Barbour County
12Th
West Virginia Infantry
Myers confirms story he’s leaving office
Charleston May 22 cliff ord R. Myers state historian and archivist confirmed today reports that he is to leave office June 1 after 16 years service. The governor’s office said no action has been taken toward a successor and Myers would talk only briefly stating he had handed in his resignation with a number of other Republicans when Governor Kump took office effective at the governor’s pleasure.
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Charleston
Clifford R. Myers
Myers
Kump
Kiwanians Hear Talk By Radio Station Man
Kiwanians heard an address by H O Molley commercial representative of station WMMN Fairmont who explained the inner workings of a broadcasting station at their weekly Blen Avon hotel meeting. Miss Roma Noble an entertainer from WMMN rendered vocal numbers with enthusiasm and was accompanied by Miss Gladys Arnett.
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H. O. Molley
WMMN
Fairmont
Blen Avon
Roma Noble
Gladys Arnett
Mine Strike in Mid June Newest Fear
National walkout of soft coal miners in mid June grows likelier as wage and hour talks collapse. John L. Lewis says union policy committee will meet to decide actions after June 16 if no contracts, with miners urged not to work on June 17. Operators quit parley. NRA coal code extended to June 16 under existing contracts.
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Washington
United Mine Worker's Policy Committee
John L. Lewis
NRA
Committee of Appalachian
Ten Year Term For Penny Jar Theft In Parkersburg
Parkersburg on May 22 reports Fred Miller of Parkersburg was sentenced to ten years in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to stealing a jar containing 500 pennies from an East End residence. The confession led to the formal conviction and the lengthy term in prison.
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Parkersburg
Fred Miller
Easton Plans to Help Rush Holt Be Seated
Washington May 22 John B Easton president of the West Virginia Federation of Labor intends to testify before the senate elections committee if hearings are held on the seat contest of Senator elect Rush D Holt Democratic West Virginia Labor backers support Holt Easton says. Hatfield filed the challenge contending Holt is ineligible for not yet reaching the constitutional age of 30 until June 19.
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Washington
John B. Easton
West Virginia Federation of Labor
Senate Elections Committee
Rush D. Holt
W. Va
Labor
Rush Holt
Easton
Foree
Henry D. “Hatfield
Holt
Eighteen Men Go to Work for Snare Dam Project
Eighteen laborers were sent to Frederick Snare Corp to work on the $12,000,000 Tygart Valley river flood control dam above the city park. J B Fisher, head of the National Reemployment service office, announced the move. Office statistician Charles Englehardt planned to renew active files in Preston county applicants in Kingwood.
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Frederick Snare Corporation
Tygart Valley River
J.B. Fisher
National
Death of Jane Addams Ends Hull House Era
Chicago May 22 Jane Addams renowned social reformer and founder of Hull House died late yesterday at Passavant Hospital after a long illness. Her work as a pioneer in urban peace and social welfare made her an internationally known figure.
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Chicago
Jane Addams
Passavant Hospital
Marcel ‘Oop
Hull House
Schclar
Roosevelt Vetoes Bonus Bill In Message To Congress
President Roosevelt explains disapproval of the House bill for immediate payment of adjusted service certificates. He discusses constitutional procedure, his role as messenger, and recalls World War I context as he defends executive veto against the measure. Continued on page six.
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Roosevelt
House
Senate
Long
Washington
Congress
House of Representatives
United States
Bulle
Slayer of Husband Cleared by Grand Jury in Wheeling
Wheeling May 22 A grand jury returned a not true bill clearing Mrs Ralph Cushing of the charge she shot and killed her husband, a Wheeling newspaper advertising man. The prosecuting attorney's office said Mrs Cushing declared she fired as her husband advanced on her with an axe.
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Wheeling
Ralph Cushing
Ohio County Grand Jury
Di Divine quintuplets nearing first birthday in Callender Ont
In Callender Ontario on May 22 the Divine quintuplets reach the fifty second week of life. The five girls have drawn world attention and led to special wards and life-extending discussion. A police officer guards the quin tuple beds each night amid media attention, lawmaking, and public curiosity.
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Callender
Dionine Quintuplets
United States
Ontario
Charleston man named state budget director
Charleston May 22 A man long in charge of gathering state funds is named to head West Virginia not yet organized budget office. Frank Carl Horn of Charleston becomes the first budget director appointed by Governor H Ramp ag West Virginia's first budget director. The office, created by the latest session, will prepare expense estimates for state departments and institutions. Horn takes over the new post after several months of service in the role.
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Charleston
Frank Carl Horn
Ramp Ag
West Virginia
Hor
Sully
Ena
Roosevelt approves first billion for works program
President Roosevelt announced that the allotment board approved spending the initial one billion dollars of the four billion Works Progress Administration program. He said orders will be signed as the budget director drafts them and the full operation is expected by November 1. He is studying cheaper local projects and has divided the fund into state segments with early allotments anticipated.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Frank Walker
Ickes
Harry L. Hopkins
Cause of Disaster To Macon Not Found
Washington May 22 In an official report the navy department said it could not determine if a gust of wind or the airship Macons structure gave way caused the loss off the California coast. Secretary Swanson approved the court inquiry report praising the handling of the ship by Lieutenant Commander H V Wiley and the conduct of every officer and man.
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Washington
Navy Department
Macon
California
Swanson
Court of Inquiry
H. V. Wiley
Four Liquor Stores To Open Thursday A M
Charleston May 22 Four state liquor stores in three West Virginia cities open at 10 a m tomorrow the Liquor Commission announced today They are Store No 31 St Albans and others expected to begin operating in Beckley and Huntington as planned by state authorities.
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Charleston
West Virginia
The
Liquor Commission
St. Albans
Roosevelt Warns Against Patman Bonus Bill Vote
President Roosevelt warned Congress that enacting the Patman bonus bill would trigger uncontrollable prices and devalue savings. He said the measure would favor able bodied veterans while harming disabled and needy veterans, urging a veto as dangers to pensions and national wealth loom.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Senate
Mr. Roosevelt
Nazis Cheer Hitler Talk Amid Peace Promise Doubts
Berlin May 2 Nazis hailed Reichsführer Hitler's Reichstag address as peaceful while some foreign diplomats warned of a rapid rearmament race. The same day a peace program outlined plans for a peace-time army despite his pledge for peace.
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Berlin
Hitler
Derfuhrer
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