Elisa Lawson Death Victim in Kansas City
The death of Elisa W. Lawson occurred suddenly at 3416 Broadway Kansas City Missouri on Monday May 9. He was 81 years old native of West Virginia with a long career and family in Kansas City. Survivors include granddaughter Ruth Elizabeth Sowers nephew Hershel Lawson and great nephew Frank Griffin. Funeral held at a Kansas City funeral home with interment in Dawson cemetery.
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Elisa W. ‘Lawson
Broadway
Kansas City
Ruth Elizabeth Sowers
Hershel Lawson
Frank Griffin
Mr. Lawson
West
Grizell Pate
Ruta
Claude E. Bowers
Wichita
Kansas
A. A. Cather
Clarksburg
J. C. Lawson
Auburn
Bridgeport
S. B. Lawson
Camden-on-Gauley
Rachel Marple
Grafton
Lewis ‘G) Lawson
Morgantown
Alta Marple Berkley
Paul Marple
B. F. Bailey
Dawson
Larksburg
Slain Girl Case Heated Final Pleas At Trial
Rosenthal labeled the defense as environmental insanity while urging the supreme penalty for a deliberate premeditated murder. Garret Matthiesen, son of a retired officer, fidgeted as lawyers argued. Parents of the slain girl, Mr and Mrs Fred Matthiesen, sat with the boy’s family as the verdict debate intensified.
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Rosenthal
Fred Matthiesen
Wage Hour Debate Grows Over Senate House Standards
Senators from the South push for a softening of wage hour rules while favoring an eventual 40 cent minimum and at least 40 hour weeks. Ellender proposes a one year post passage readiness period, Pepper backs a line vote toward a 40 cent rate with 40 hour weeks, and conferees Walsh Murray and others weigh timing and differentials.
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Comnuen Sroom
Senate
Ellender
Pepper
Fra
House
Secretary of Labor
Walsh
Sen
Mass
Murray
Mont
Thomas
Utah
Borah
Idaho
la Follett
Wis
Harrison
Morgan testifies on TVA costs and hidden subsidies
Arthurel Morgan, former TVA board chairman, testifies before Senator Vic Donm's committee, charging the public was misled by improper accounting and hidden subsidies. Morgan is pictured as he speaks during the hearing in Ohio.
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TVA
Arthurel. Morgan
Vic Donm “ Hey
Ohio
Two Accused After Knife Wound in Princeton
Clinton Lilly 19 of Spanishburg swore warrants charging Irmer, Tracy Sizemore, and Tony Mamoni with felonious assault after Lilly was rushed to a hospital with a severe knife wound to the face and neck.
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Princeton
Clinton Lilly
Spanishburg
Irmer
Tracy Sizemore
Tony Mamoni
Lilly
Fairmont Mayors Action to Collect in City Center
In Fairmont on May 27, Mayor Fred T. Wilson directed city officials to begin a collection drive in the central district. The directive aims to gather outstanding payments and enforce municipal accounts receivable. Local departments will coordinate outreach and follow up with delinquent property owners.
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Fairmont
Fred T. Wilson
Police to Serve 300 Capits Writs for Unpaid Fines
Police plan to execute over 300 capits writs to recover about $5,000 in outstanding police court fines. The action aims to enforce payment and clear arrears, with officers targeting residents with overdue penalties.
Fools for Scandal brings Carole Lombard to Strand
Carole Lombard appears in the Mé Ivyn LeRoy comedy Fools for Scandal at the Strand theatre playing Kay Winters. The article notes Lombard’s public persona, autographs, and the blurred line between actress and role as she travels in character. Baker is touted as Hollywood’s sensational new discovery.
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Carole Lombard
Ivyn LeRoy
Strand Theatre
Miss Lombard
Warner
Jet
Kay Winters
Carole
Travis Banton
Warner Studios
Baker
Hollywood
Strand Theatre to Feature Bob Baker in Grafton
Bob Baker the Golden Voiced Cowboy, star of Universal, comes to the Strand Theatre in Grafton on Friday June 3. A rodeo rider with Frontier Days in Cheyenne Salinas Pendleton credentials, he is a crack showman who can ride shoot and act while playing several musical instruments.
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Bob Baker
Universal
Strand
Call Roper
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Salinas
Cal
Pendleton
Ore
Rao
Chicago
William S. Hart
Loretta Young and Richard Green Star in Four Men and a Prayer
Loretta Young and Richard Green bring dramatic flair to the Strand debut of Four Men and a Prayer as Darryl F. Zanuck highlights the Fox film’s star lineage. Loretta’s kin include Sally Blane Polly Ann Young and a long screen lineage with Lon Chaney Cary Grant and Clark Gable among her co stars. Richard Green, nephew of Evie Greene, enters the American stage lineage with theatrical ties and siblings in Lyceum pantomime.
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Loretta Young
Richard Green
Hollywood
Gilbert and Sullivan
Loretta
Strand Theatre
Sally Blane
Polly Ann Young
Fanny Ward
Lon Chaney
Richard Barthelmess
Robert Young
Cary Grant
Gene Raymond
Ronald Colman
Charles Boyer
John Boles
Robert Taylor
Ralph Forbes
Ricardo Cortez
Conrad Nagel
Henry Wilcoxon
Clark Gable
Don Ameche
Tyrone Power
Darryl F. Zanuck
20Th Century-Fox
Lass
Salt Lake City
America
Richard
Evie Greene
New York
Lyceum
Devonshire
Kathleen Gerrard
Char
Japanese cabinet shakeup strengthens army control
In Tokyo a cabinet reshuffle nat the army’s grip on government as Gen Kamashige Ugaki succeeds Koki Hirota and other ministerial posts shift in wartime Japan. Also noted is involvement of London stage figures Richard Greene Sr and others, plus Darryl Zanuck choosing John Ford for Four Men and a Prayer. In Wheeling May 27, a skiff accident on the Ohio River claimed Leonard Stewart Irs 118 near McMechen. his body was returned to Charleston.
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Kamashige Ugaki
Koki Hirota
London
Richard Greene, Sr
George Sanders
David Niven
C. Aubrey Smith
Darryl FP
Zanuck
John Ford
Bhody
Leohard Stewart
Irs
McMechen
Charleston
Pittsburgh Markets LIVESTOCK REPORT
Pittsburgh markets report numbers for hogs cattle and sheep with 2,000 hogs 1,500 direct steady 160 to 220 pounds 9.00 to 15.00 top steer 9.25 calves 300 with direct 8.50 to 9.50 sheep 700 with 400 direct dull no trading late lambs 8.00 throwouts 6.00 down note no market Monday
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Pittsburgh
Produce Prices and Availability in Pittsburgh Market
Pittsburgh reported moderate demand for produce on May 27 with apples mostly steady. No. 1 New York rome beauties and baldwins priced around 60 to 90 cents per basket. potatoes in 100 pound sacks 1.75 to 1.85 dollars. regional varieties listed with Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia price ranges noted as market conditions.
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Pittsburgh
U. 8
Pa. Dept
New York
Rome
South Carolina Cobblers
North Carolina Cobblers
Georgia Bliss
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Arrow
Cleveland
Cleve-nge
Central Press
Morgan
Arthur E. Morgan
New Dixie Theatre
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Electrolux
Servel
Servel Electrolux
Apache
Pittsburgh & West Virginia Gas Co
West Union
Wheeling
Ugaki
New Palm Beach
Robin Beach
Palm Beach
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