Young Woman Miss Oleta Watkins Dies in Grafton
Miss Oleta Watkins 18 of 44 Walter street died late yesterday at Grafton City hospital after a three week illness from double pneumonia and rheumatic fever. Born in Grafton June 11 1918 she lived here all her life. Daughter of Walter and Olie Rogers Watkins she is survived by seven brothers Arnett Walter Lee Norman Naman Jesse James and John and three sisters Madeline Norabelle and Icy. Funeral services will be at Haymond M E church at 2 30 Saturday with Rev Harry Flanagan officiating. Interment in the church cemetery under Hamilton Funeral direction. Body will be returned to the home of grandfather W Lee Rogers Blueville tomorrow morning.
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Managert
Oleta Watkins
Walter Street
Grafton City Hospital
Grafton
Walter
Olie Rogers Watkins
Arnett
Walter Lee
Norman
Naman
Jesse
James
John
Madeline
Norabelle
Icy
Miss Watkins
Haymond M
Harry Flanagan
Hamilton Funeral Company
W. Lee Rogers
Blueville
Coed Lois Hampson in Oklahoma shooting case
Tahlequah Oklahoma May 24 19 year old coed Lois Hampson faces district court after a preliminary hearing over a March shooting at Northeastern Oklahoma Teachers College Victim Daniel Shaw testified giving no motive for extortion notes allegedly sent by Lois and her sister Lelia The sisters also face a separate assault with a deadly weapon charge related to a March 2 shooting in which Officer Christie was wounded Attorney General Holt noted bank stocks held by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation are tax exempt
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Tahlequah
Okla
Lois Hampson
Owen J. Watts
Daniel Shaw
Northeastern
Oklahoma ‘Teachers’ College
Shaw
Miss Thompson
Watts
Lelia
Lois
Mae West
Beer Pardon
Verona West
Jack Christie
Christie
HOLT
Homer A. Holt
Re- Construction Finance Corporation
Glenn's Pain-Well Tonic Promises Revived Nerves
An old ad touts Glenn's Pain-Well Tonic as a cure for dizziness insomnia shakiness pounding heart bad breath and jerky nerves claiming to rebuild the human wreck and to be a nerve and brain food sold at drug department and general stores.
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Glenn
Clem Shaver Won’t Aid In Holt Ouster Fight
Washington May 22. Clem Shaver, defeated by Senator-elect Holt in West Virginia’s Democratic primary, said he has no plans to join the fight against Holt’s seating. He will submit nothing to the senate seating committee. Rumors of a $500,000 deposit in a St Louis bank are denied by officials, saying they have heard nothing substantiating the claim and would not discuss any such discovery.
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Washington
Clem Shaver
Holt
W. Va
West Virginia
Senate
Shaver
Hatfield
St. Louis
Treasury
Elmer L. Irey
Inscins Revenue Bureau
Sterilization Flayed By Pope in Address
Pope Pius denounced sterilization and the German paganism program during an International Hospital Congress in Vatican City. He complained the congress had included Eugenics and Washington as topics and that reports of Senator Long’s tax income inquiry were not necessarily connected to the congress.
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Vatican City
Pius
International Hospital Congress
Washington
Spc
Long
Ana
Congress
Memorial Day Plans In West Virginia Cite Parade Honor
Plans for Memorial Day observances at the National Cemetery on Walnut Street are advancing. Post Commander John Edwards Jr of Taylor County Post 12 American Legion stresses the cemetery is the state’s only national graveyard and urges donations to fund the rites. The article lists contributors and notes ongoing donations to the Memorial Day fund with details on where to send support.
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National Cemetery
Walnut Street
John Edwards
Taylor County
American Legion
West Virginia
Edwards
Girl Takes Poison Not Grave Condition
Delores Scanlan, 17, formerly of Niagara Falls, now living with relatives above a Fort Pitt shoe store, was treated for self-administered drug. Family refused to discuss motive. Condition not serious after antidote for permanganate of potash. She was treated at City Hospital, discharged, and sent home.
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Delores Scanlan
Niagara Falls
Fort Pitt
Main Street
City Hospital
Ister
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