Navy Experts Seek Best Way to Raise Squalus Sub
Navy divers press on after 60 hours of grueling work to raise the ill fated submarine Squalus. Captain H R Grenlee acknowledges unknown cause of sinking and cautions against premature conclusions about the induction valve. Officials plan the actual salvage once technicians approve a method, with 26 lives lost and 33 survivors already accounted for.
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Navy
Portsmouth
N. H
H.R. Grenlee
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Alfred G. Prien
Reenlee
Equalus
Bergdoll Held in Cell After Desertion Charge
York May 26 Bergdoll the nations No 1 slacker is back in custody for evading the draft. He was arrested aboard the liner Bremen and hustled to Governor's Island to face desertion charges. He faces a possible four year and ten month term for desertion on his unexpired term and a new trial for escape with immediate disposition not yet set.
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York
Gro
Cleveland
Bergdoll
Paa
Randolph Speaker at Taylor County Dinner
Congressman Jennings Randolph of Elkins spoke at a Taylor County Young Democrats dinner urging nonpartisanship on national defense and praising New Deal advances. He reviewed Roosevelt administrations and cited bank deposit guarantees, SEC, social security, CCC, wage laws, and railroad retirement. The event drew 256 attendees and continued on page two.
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Jennings Randolph
Elkins
Moose Home
Young Democrats Club
Taylor County
Europe
F.D.R
Randolph
Roosevelt
Kenny Hero of Blaze at Inn Arthurdale
A sleeping guest’s cigarette started a mattress fire at Arthurdale Inn early today. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and her Washington party were unaware, as Raymond Kenny and another occupant extinguished the blaze after smelling smoke at about 2 a.m. The inn lies in central Arthurdale where Mrs. Roosevelt planned to address graduates and led a tour of Scott’s Run yesterday.
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Arthurdale
Arthurdale Inn
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
P. H. Meredith
Washington Group
Kenny
Raymond Kenny
Grafton
Federal Homestead
Roosevelt
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Secretary of the Treasury
Scott
Bishop Broomfield To Preach to Senior Class
Dr John C Broomfield newly appointed United Methodist bishop will deliver the baccalaureate sermon to Grafton High School seniors in the school auditorium at 3 pm Sunday The Glee club will sing and invocation will be given by Rev Durward Brown Nearly 200 ticket holders attended the shrine supper where hospital wards were set up after food poisoning sickened about 200 guests With 700 attending the buffet the potato salad and ham were principal menu items
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United Methodist Church
John C. Broomfield
Methodist Protestant Temple of
Fairmont
St. Louis
Grafton High School
Jackson
Miss
Glee Club
Durward Brown
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Gordon L. Withers
M'Kell Coal Kilsyth Mine to Close Permanently
MT HOPE May 26 Approximately 250 coal miners lose their jobs as McKell Coal and Coke closes the Siltix mine at Kilsyth. General manager W R Ballard says the mine is permanently closed and tracks are being removed. Comment on other McKell mines withheld. Kilsyth shut March 31 as wage contract expired. United Mine Workers pickets appeared after notices May 13. Mines never operated under a union contract.
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MT Hope
McKell Coal and Coke Company
Siltix
Kilsyth
W.R. Ballard
Silux
McKel
Pamroy
Oswald
United Mine Workers
June Grand Jury Called To Hear Red Man Cases
West on May 26. Pre sentments against 59 miners accused of violating the Red Man act during the coal shutdown will be heard by a June grand jury in Lewis county. The men were arrested after a Jane Lew truck driver was assaulted while loading coal. Prosecutor James H. Brewster said they would not be called to trial before the November term if indictments are returned.
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Weston
Lewis County
Jane Lew
Con
James H. Brewster
High Salaried WPA Officials Pinpointed in Kanawha County
Senator Holt of West Virginia told the senate that many well to do individuals are paid high salaries as WPA officials in Kanawha county. He said they were chosen for political value through family and financial connections, not for knowledge or relief merit. No names were given.
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Washington
Holt
D.-W. Va
Senate
WPA
Kanawaha County
W. Va
Ex convict testifies as main witness against Judge Manton
In New York May 26 ex convict Morris Renkoff testified he arranged a 25,000 payment to Judge Martin T Manton from Archie M Andrews of the Didograph Products Corp in a patent suit. He said a 10,000 down payment went to Fallon named as Manton’s bagman and another 10,000 later, with 5,000 to follow. He also claimed 7,500 was paid to Charlie Rich to influence an appeal on a bond theft case.
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New York
Thigiedederal
Martin T. Manton
Manton
Morris Renkoff
Archie, M. Andrews
Dicto~ Graph ‘Products Corporation
Fixer
William J. Fallon
Bagman
Fallon
Andrews
Renkoff
Owl
Charlie Rich
Glaze Again Sets Up Rides in West Grafton
J A Glaze of Keyser returns for the 28th year to set up his merry go round and ferris wheel behind the Crystal Ice company in West Grafton for the May 30 celebration. Large crowds are expected daily and on Tuesday for wholesome family recreation.
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J. A. Glaze
Keyser
Grafton
Crystal Ice Company
West Grafton
Clarksburg Station to Broadcast Memorial Program
WMMN Fairmont cancels Memorial Day broadcast at National Cemetery. WBLK Clarksburg 1370 KC will air the program from 10 15 to 11 45 a m with Prosecuting Attorney Melvin C. Snyder of Kingwood as featured speaker.
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WMMN
Fairmont
National Cemetery
WBLK
Clarksburg
Melvin C. Snyder
Kingwood
Bund Leader Is Arrested for Larceny
Fritz Kuhn national leader of the German American Bund jailed near Reading Pennsylvania on forgery and grand larceny charges totaling fourteen thousand five hundred eighty nine dollars related to band activities. He traveled with Gustav Elmar Thomas Dixon and Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze to Chicago and Milwaukee to speak. He faces potential long prison terms if convicted.
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New York
Fritz Kuhn
Kuhn
Chicago
Milwaukee
Reading
Gustav Elmar
Bund
Hoboken
N. J
Thomas
Dixon
Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze
Long Island
Ulm
Bates Mass
Dewey
Beach Street
Jon Page
Rosemont Miners Thank Grafton Merchants for Help
The United Mine Workers of America local 2022 in Rosemont expresses thanks to the merchants and business people of Grafton for cash contributions during a recent mine operation suspension. A resolution adopted this week notes the liberal assistance provided by local Grafton businesses.
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United Mine Workers of America
Rosemont
Grafton
World Famous Pianist Paderewski Stricken By Heart Attack
New York May 26 Ignace Jan Paderewski world famous pianist and former Polish premier is reported to have had a mild heart attack. He is under doctor care and his American tour is cancelled. A Madison Square Garden concert drawing about 110000 was halted after he fell ill. He had resumed touring earlier but felt ill again last night and was moved to his private car with his physician before hospital admission.
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New York
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Poland
Madison Square Garden
Paderewski
Social Security Office Tour In Grafton Details
The Social Security Board will conduct an office in Grafton at the Grafton Banking and Trust to assist Taylor county residents. From 10 a m to noon on June 14 a board representative will help applicants with old age and disability claims and account changes. An itinerant nonstation will visit every alternate Wednesday through the State Employment Service.
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Grafton Banking and Trust
Social Security Board
Grafton
Taylor County
Themond Kenny
Per
Clarksburg Field
Public Is Barred at Final Committee Debate On Bill Backed By Dr. Townsend
The House Rules committee barred the public from its final discussion of the Townsend old age pension bill as it weighed whether to grant preferred status for debate next week. A large crowd attended a lively hearing while the panel questioned three Ways and Means members. Doughton opposed the bill though Hendricks favored it. Treadway noted strong demand for a House vote.
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Townsend
Washingto
House Rules Committee
House
Rep
Cox
Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
N. C
Treadway
Mass
Congress
Dies
Tex
Rules Committee
Bill Doughton
Hendricks
Fla
Miners Acquitted Of Attack On Superintendent
A Williamson jury acquitted five miners Leck Acord Armel Gillman Harley Dempsey Jesse Dempsey and Jim Compton of conspiracy to assault superintendent Frank Carruthers after a dispute at work. The superintendent was beaten following the discharge of two employees.
Mass Murder-for-Insurance Case: Two Suspects Sought
Philadelphia detectives and federal agents launch an eight state search for a tall man and a well built brunette woman in connection with mass murders for insurance. The couple, both 35, are described as over six feet and four feet ten inches tall with specified weights and aliases.
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Philadelphia
Ohio
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
West Virginia
Virginia
New York
Pennsylvania
James Kelly
Kelly
Four From Grafton Named B. & O. Delegates
Four representatives from the Monongah and old Charleston divisions of Baltimore and Ohio railroad will attend the annual telegraph convention in New York on June 22 and 23. Named are Lawrence Atha conductor and Russell Dotson Marie Deegan Charles Marshall all from Grafton Mary Farlow telegraph operator Fairmont Edgar Amos boilermaker Fairmont and Gay Mosby Alexander agent operator. Fifty five candidates sought election from this division and delegates will also tour the New York world’s fair.
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Grafton Railroad
Fairmont
Monongah
Old Charleston
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
New York
Lawrence Atha
Russell Dotson
Marie Deegan
Charles Marshall
Grafton
Mary Farlow
Edgar Amos
Gay Mosby
Alexander
Relief Department
Thisdivision
Britain sends Soviet mutual aid formula amid maneuvers
Britain dispatched a detailed mutual assistance formula to Soviet Russia and invited Marshal Voroshilov to attend British army maneuvers. France prepared to hand Jakob Surits the pact text in Paris at 9 am EST while Moscow received a copy for Premier Molotov.
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London
Great Britain
Soviet Russia
Elementi E. Voroshiloff
France
Jakob Surits
Paris
Moscow
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Voroshiloff
Britain
Russia
William Leeds
Industrial Arts Show Opens at Grafton High School
The Industrial Arts exhibit in the Grafton High study hall opens tonight at 7:30 and runs to 9:00. It will be open tomorrow from 2:00 to 4:00 p m and Monday evening from 7:30 to 9:00. Principal Torjlock Rasmussen announces the boys’ year’s work will be displayed.
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Grafton High School
Torjlock Rasmussen
Criminal Attack Charge Made Against Elkins Man
Elkins police questioned a man and sought another after a 17 year old girl said she was attacked near a carnival. A passerby heard screams and alerted police leading to an arrest. Authorities reported an attempted attack as well.
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Elkins
Sai
F. E. Phillips
Roosevelt forwards NY Power Authority report on war power needs
President Roosevelt sent to Senate and House military committees a New York Power Authority report proposing a new approach to power development to avert shortages in war. He stressed it is not policy and no decisions have been made. The plan centers Niagara river development and coordination of public and private power, with potential relevance to the St. Lawrence waterway and broad public electricity interests.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House
New York Power Authority
Niagara River
St. Lawrence
Pmpattee
Ac Ee
Power Authority
New York State
House Action Hoped For In Wartime Shipping Bill
Threatened senate opposition has prompted administration leaders to seek house approval of a bill giving presidential control over wartime shipping in place of the automatic arms embargo. Secretary Hull reportedly supported the plan arguing that any legislative gain beats none. The measure would repeal the ban on selling munitions to belligerents during wartime and empower the president to designate combat zones for shipping, while keeping financial controls on warring nations.
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Washington
Senate
House
Hull
State Department
Invitation to The Affaire of Annabelle at Opera House
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. G. 8 Preston of 505 W Washington St to attend tonight’s presentation of The Affaire of Annabelle starring Jack Oakle at the Opera House theatre.
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Grafton Sentinel
A. C. Thomas
Pearl Street
Peter Lorre
Mr. Moto
Danger Island
Strand Theatre
Bill Elliott
Texas
Dixie Theatre
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Clarksbug
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NEW York State Report
Cialéason
Opera House
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