Southwest's Noted Bad Man Meets Welfare Wage Fray
A large crowd at the courthouse heard D E Lymer report that local welfare workers wage talks stalled after a proposed ten cent raise would still fall short. The committee rejected the offer and pressed to appeal to Harry L Hopkins to investigate conditions. The meeting, with about 300 in attendance, saw only one dissent, as debate raged over calling Monday’s walkout a strike or a holiday.
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D. E. Lymer
FERA
Court House
W. C. Hall
M. L. Willis
C. A. Keefer
Lymer
Harry L. Hopkins
Federal Emergency Relief
1St
Washington
Hopkins
Beehler Seeks Input On Strike Wage Scale
A Telegram from Miriam Beehler suggests a possible path to resolve wage disputes in the ongoing strike of re workers. State and federal officials weigh Beehler’s proposal while Friedman in the local FERA office considers next steps.
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FERA
Hany L. Hopkins
Federal Works
Bechler
Simon @. Friedman
Miriam N. Beehler
Friedman
WM N Beehler
Roosevelt calls for tighter oil bill control in NRA plan
President Roosevelt urged Congress to tighten oil control during the current session and signaled openness about NRA after June 1935. He outlined plans to survey nationwide conditions, draft new legislation if needed, and continue NRA principles while facing Senate critique from Nye Borah.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Frank C. Waler
National Emergency Council
Logan
Senate Mines Committee
Rayburn
Tex
House Interstate Commerce Committee
James Cope
Theated Press
NRA
Darrow
Inquirers
National Recovery Administration
Capitol Hill
Nye
Nort Dakota
Darrow J Review Board
Senate
Borah
Thano
Review Board
Man Dies by Self Inflicted Gunshot in Powell Home
Extra David E. Lewis aged 49, a lodger at Mrs. Anna Powell of 237 West Frances Street, shot himself with a .32 caliber pistol about 2:30 this afternoon. The bullet entered his right temple and passed through his head. the body was found shortly after by fellow lodger William Nestor and Mrs. Powell’s son Harry Dale when they returned home.
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David E. Lewis
Anna
Powell
West Frances Street
William Nestor
Harry Dale
Masontown Man Ends Life by Shooting Himself
Clark Weaver a 65 year old farmer living three miles northeast of Masontown shot himself Monday afternoon amid mental distress. A coroner's jury impaneled by J P Handley ruled the death self destruction after he showed signs of instability and did not join his brother and hired man for farm work. He fired at his brother during a later moment before another shot ended the attack. Continued on page six.
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Kingwood
Clark Weaver
Masontown
J. P. Handley
Weaver
Page
Harsh
Grafton Kiwanis Delegates Named After Rhythm Band Concert
Grafton Kiwanians held a busy meeting as the Central School rhythm band gave its fifth and final concert of the year for the service club. Delegates to the International convention in Toronto were elected, with William Towles as secretary and Edward Powell as delegates. Alternate delegates are William Manley and Luke B. Ross. R. P. Bell, superintendent of the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys, was admitted as an active member. further members were expected to be announced.
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Grafton Kiwanians
Central School Rhythm Band
Service Club
Toronto
Canada
William Towles
Edward Powell
William Manley
Luke B. Ross
Bell
R. P. Bell
West Virginia Industrial School For Boys
Free farmer for slaying bitter enemy near Elkins
Elkins May 23 Roy Cade thirty was shot to death near his mountain home yesterday. Haynes Q Weese sixty was exonerated by a coroner's jury hours later. Cade came to Weese home with a rifle and was killed on the doorstep as he talked with Mrs Weese. The feud dated three years. Cade had escaped penitentiary road feud three years ago.
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Elkins
Roy Cade
Haynes Q. Weese
Cade
Weese
Jones Run
Hall's trial set for June in Barrett jury case
Clifford Mayle gets five year term in state penitentiary. Hall pleads not guilty to murder of John Carruthers after a Barrett garage altercation. Hall asserts self defense and says Carruthers provoked and reached for a weapon before the fatal fight. Trial scheduled for June 6 before Judge Herbert W Dent. W Taylor George to defend Hall.
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Clifford Mayle
State
Herbert W Dent
John C. Carruthers
Fred A. Hall
Noro
Hall
W. Taylor George
Philippi
Lucretia
Barrett Street
Wall
Carrothers
Dalton
Barrett Et
Emula Ee
Ascoming Jr
Nees
Trains collide head on. brake man killed in Virginia wreck
At Chrisville near Cittsville a head on collision of two coal trains on the Virginian line killed B. O. Reed a Princeton brakeman and injured engineers W. E. Gilkerson of Tralee and E. E. Steele of Princeton. The crash halted traffic for hours and the cause was unspecified.
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Beckley
Virginia
Chrisville
B. O. Reed
Princeton
W. E. Gilkerson
E. E. Steele
Cittsville
Gilkerson
Tralee
Steele
Reed
Arthur Gott
Gott
Trade In Grafton A Town Building Slogan
The Sentinel notes out of town papers seek local ad revenue by promising free copies, arguing advertising dollars should stay local to support town jobs. It cautions merchants against boosting distant papers as residents trade in larger towns. Continued on page four.
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Sentinel
Grafton
Outlaw's Sweetie M D Convicted For Helping Dillinger
Evelyn Frechette and Dr Clayton May were found guilty by a federal jury in St Paul of conspiracy to hide John Dillinger. Frechette received two years and a $1000 fine at Alderson while May also drew two years and a $1000 fine. Augusta Salt was acquitted.
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St. Paul
Evelyn ‘Frechette
John Dillinger
Clayton May
Minneapolis
Augusta Salt
Miss Frechette
Gunnar H. Nordbye
Alderson
W. Va
May
Suspect Held In Robles Kidnapping Case Near Tucson
A suspect tied to the high profile kidnapping of six year old June Robles is questioned by authorities in Tucson. Joe Newton, linked to a mail train robbery, refused to comment on the kidnapping or related bank robbery charges. Investigators say he fled from a mine in Sonora and made calls to the Robles ranch area while under watch.
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Tucson
Aria
June Robles
Joe Newton
Medford
Cla
Newton
Sonora
Mexico
Robles
Robles Ranch
Here
Sasabe
Tull
Willie
Willis
Jesse
Department of Justice
Joe
Rondout
John Belton
Pima
June
Steel Workers Threaten Strike Starting June 10
Pittsburgh May 23 Leaders of the steel workers union reviewed plans for a potential strike to pressure recognition by the industry. The Amalgamated Association demands recognition and has served its terms on over 100 mills nationwide. The union claims about 100,000 members from a 400,000 steel workforce. Miss Opal Prey is recovering at her High Street home.
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Pittsburgh
Steel Workers Union
Oday
M.F. Tighe
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Amalgamated
Miss Opal Prey
High Street
Two Small Boys Die In Farm House Fire
Eglon West Virginia May 23. Two young brothers Earl and Carl Harsh aged three and five died in a farm home fire as their parents worked in the fields. The blaze started while the children slept and defenses failed to save them.
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Eglon
W. Va
Earl
Carl
Barrow and Parker End Desperado Career in Shootout
Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were killed in a high speed car chase in Arcardia Louisiana. Texas and Louisiana officers trapped them after a warning to halt. The car crashed into an embankment while the duo fired as they died amid bullets and wreckage. Deputies Hinton Alcorn and Rangers Hamer plus Gault had shadowed a Black Lake hideout and traced Barrow to a parish home, ending the southwest’s most notorious crime duo.
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Arcardia
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Texas
Louisiana
Desperado
Parker
Bonnie
Barrow
Franda B. M. Gault
Ted Hinton
Bob Alcorn
Dallas
Hamer
Black Lake
Texas Ranger
Bossier Parish
Printer in Oakland Faces Attempted Murder Charge
Arthur J. Cleu a 40 year old Oakland printer confessed to sending poison liquor through the mails to seven lodge brothers authorities said he was arrested in Ukiah while at the Native Sons of the Golden West grand parlor Assistant District Attorney Charles Wehr said he would seek an indictment for attempted murder based on the confession Cleut claimed a quarrel with lodge members sparked the acts The story notes an ongoing police investigation and mentions the arrest and planned grand jury appearance.
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Oakland
Calif
Arthur J. Cleu
Cleu
Ukiah
Native Sons of the Golden West
Charles Wehr
Grand Jury
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Randolph County
Dent
Taylor George
Man
Outlaw’s Sweetie
M. D
Dillinger
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St. Paul, Minn
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Texas Rangers
Arctic Club Ice Cream CO
Maintein
West Penn Ridge
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