West Virginia boy at Pruntytown faces court order
Superintendent R P Bell of the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys at Pruntytown said no order from the state supreme court has been received to justify releasing Charles B Chapman 11 from the institution. The boy was committed April 3 1936 by Cabell County Juvenile Court Judge Ira Baer amid health concerns and multiple offenses.
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R. P. Bell
West Virginia Industrial School For Boys
Pruntytown
State Supreme Court
Charles B. Chapman
Huntington
Associated Press Dispatch Today
Juvenile Court
Cabell County
Ira Baer
Bell
Homer Chapman
Oscar T. Hines
Yost
Supreme Court
State Board of Control
Youth Drowns Reaching For Paddle In Kana Wha
Charleston dispatch reports 16 year old James Uhl drowned after reaching for a paddle and falling into the Kana wha river. Local authorities investigate cause and circumstances of the accident.
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Charleston
James Uhl
Boston Police Station Looks Like Night Club
Boston police lament how the city station resembles a night club with bright lights and music. Officers consider installing an electric sign to clearly mark the headquarters and prevent revelers from entering expecting cocktails and an orchestra.
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Boston Police Station
Boston
Fire Department
Dawson Loses Court Appeal In Gambling Case
Charleston May 26. The supreme court affirmed an eight month sentence for C L Dawson for operating a gaming table. The ruling notes odds against players and favors the house, with a $100 fine and an accounting issues for Mrs Mae McCormick Edwards in a separate Detroit property dispute. Other Kanawha Upshur decisions followed on sheriff expenses and insurance disputes.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
C. L
Dawson
Kanawha County
Cabell Circuit
Edwards
Upshur Court
Upshur
Atiira
Morgan Bailey
Kanawha
A.G. Wimmer
H. B. Ag~sten and Sons, Inc
United Fuel Gas Company
Austen
W.s
Mehrel A. Bender
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Anna W. Bender
Postponed Hearing In Olivio Kiger Clelland Huhn Beer Case
The show cause hearing by the State Tax Commission in Charleston for Tony Olivio Roy Kiger Noel Clelland and Ray Huhn has been postponed until June 2. The cases involve beer related tax matters and proceeding details were not released.
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State Tax Commission
Charleston
Tony Olivio
Roy Kiger
Noel Clelland
Ray Huhn
License Transfer Sparks Debate Over Grafton Country Club Quarters
Absence of State Police Corporal L W Emrick, the complainant, from the state prompts questions about a license transfer announced today. Kiger and Clelland, former operators, say they transferred to Hahn in good faith and will not contest the revocation. It remains unclear if Hahn will oppose the commission. A union sentiment question echoes: the company should not lock out workers or move plants abroad.
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L. W. Emrick
Kiger Ang Clelland
Grafton Country Club
Huhn
Hahn
Union Leader Links National Strike Wave to Supreme Court Rulings
Washington May 26 William Green president of the American Federation of Labor said the current strike wave across the country grows from court decisions that struck down NRA and Guffey act principles. He cited strikes in celery fields near Los Angeles Wheeling steel Portsmouth Remington Rand Syracuse Goodyear Akron and in New York City shipyards and Kansas cotton fields. Green warned Remington Rand may close plants and move production abroad.
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Green
Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Supreme Court
NRA
Guffey
Los Angeles
Wheeling Steel
Portsmouth
Ohio
Remington Rand
Syracuse
N. Y
Goodyear 1 _ Tire and Rubber company
Akron
Barber
New York City
Kansas
Remington-Rand
Rescue Workers Seek To Save Trapped Man
ALTOONA May 26 Rescue workers labored to reach a 44 year old laborer buried by a landslide in a 19 foot ditch. Oscar Bender of a Works Progress Administration crew on a Bellwood sewage project is the missing man. Fellow worker Roy Garman, 19, was pulled from the ditch after 40 minutes and taken to a hospital in critical condition.
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Altoona
Oscar Bender
Works Progress Administration
Bellwood
Roy Garman
Deny Report On Bittner Transfer To Illinois
Ton A. Bittner chief representative of the United Mine Workers in West Virginia said he knew nothing about reports of a transfer to Chicago. John L. Lewis dismissed the rumor as untrue while Bittner stated his Capitol visit concerned the Guffey-Vinson coin price fixing bill and his talks with West Virginia and state congressional members.
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Washington
Ton A. Bittner
United Mine Workers of America
West Virginia
Chicago
Bittner
John L. Lewis
Thespians End Another Year at Grafton High
The National Thespian Society troupe No. 171 at Grafton High closed a strong year with new officers elected led by president Joseph Mahaffey. The year featured major productions including The Fool and The Merchant of Venice, a Christmas broadcast, and the annual Inter-Class one–act contest won by Swamp Spirit.
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National Thespian Society
Grafton High School
Grace Lear
Ava Dell Headly
Richard Davidson
Jane Mahaffey
Richard Bord
Richard Graham
Channing Pollock
WMMN
Fairmont
Thespians
Troupe No. 171
Grace Loar
Thesian
New York
East Fairmont High School
Roosevelt seeks broader taxes to fund farm program
Proposals urge corporations to explain surpluses and require statements of purposes for retaining over 30 percent of income. Penalties set at 25 percent on the first 100,000 of income and 35 percent on amounts above it. The plan, aligned with President Roosevelt, targets rising revenue through a permanent $620 million and temporary $50 million goals, with windfall taxes on certain processors not paying AAA levies.
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Roosevelt
Treasury
Senate Committee
Mother of Fourteen Slays Husband in Washington Pa
Police charged Sarah Jones 48 mother of 14 with killing her husband in Washington Pennsylvania claiming she acted after he attacked her with an axe. The incident was reported May 26 with authorities detailing the alleged confrontation and homicide framing.
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Washington, Pa
Sarah Jones
Dismissal of Taylor case by Magistrate in Clarksburg
Charges against Walter Taylor were dismissed after noon in Justice O C Jefferys court on complaint by Clyde Simms a local painter who said Taylor stole a straw hat. Witnesses testified Simms owned a hat that disappeared but offered no cause. In Clarksburg on May 26 a farmer James Hardman found the body of James Homer Nutter 24 a salesman under his overturned car at Rocks Gap.
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Charles
Lucky) Luciano
New York
Luciano
Walter Taylor
Justice O. C. Jefferys Court
Clyde Simms
Taylor
Simms
Clarksburg
James Hardman
James Homer Nutter
Rocks Gap
Dr A B Scott dies. noted optometrist and dahlia grower
Dr A B Scott a longtime Mont and Monongahela Valley leader who opened a Fairmont jewelry store in 1905 and worked as an optometrist until his death is remembered as a national and international dahlia breeder. He organized the West Virginia Dahlia Society, served as its first president and later as Ohio Valley Dahlia association vice president. He is survived by his second wife Edith Lewis. his first wife Edna Davis died seven years ago. His gardens at Hillfest and Barrackville drew visitors nationwide.
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Edna Davis
Marietta, O
Hillfest
Scott
West Virginia Dublic Society
Ohio Valley Dahlia Association
Grand Rapids
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Barrackville
Dr. Scott
Funeral set for Dr. Scott in Marietta and Fairmont
Dr. Scott a longtime Marietta Mason and Fairmont golf figure died after influenza and illness. He chaired Fairmont Country Club, led state championships, and served in Masonic bodies. funeral planned by Marietta lodge. Mrs Scott stays at Fairmont Hotel as friends visit.
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F. M. Glenn
Grafton, W. Va
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Olivia Case
Lucky) Luciano, Center
Central Press
Page Onemers
Ilinois
Colgate
Taylor County Hardware Co
Grafton
St. John
Success Marks Enterprises of Grafton High School Group
A. B. Scott
Frigidaire
Erection
Ric Gi
Tee Daire
Monongahela System
Fairmont Grafton
Shinnston
Mannington
Pine Grove
Morgantown
Oakland
Kingwood
Elkins
Richwood
Buckhannon
Weston Salem Weat Union
Parkersburg
Spencer
Pennsboro
Weirton
Wellsburg
Masonic Lodge
Marietta
United States
Jones Funeral Home
Goodyear
Speedway
Tire Service
Beech St
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