West Virginia move labels Numbers racket a felony
A 1939 legislative act makes playing or handling Numbers slips a felony effective midnight Saturday, elevating the racket to major crime status. Conviction penalties rise to ten years on a second offense, with presumptive evidence for possession of policy documents. Lawmen vow enforcement in Clarksburg and Harrison County.
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Clarksburg
Hasina
Moundsville
Harrison County
Harrison
Grafton House and Early B&O Ties to Taylor County
The history recounts the 1850s B&O and North West Virginia rail link through Grafton, with figures like Frank Ringler and John Shelley at the road department and pump station. It notes the Jubilee train visit, the transfer of Camel engines, and Grafton House as a social hub, later becoming the terminal for Piedmont and Parkersburg divisions before fading into memory.
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Tygart Valley
Franklin Ringler
B. and O
John Shelley
Henry Leuthke
Baltimore and Ohio
Grafton
North West Virginia
John Carroll
East Grafton
Abraham W. Blue
James Whelan
Parkersburg
Wheeling
North, West Virginia
Ross Winans
B. and 9
Charles Bryan
Patrick Connelly
John Devine
William Felton
James Layman
George McAleese
John McGovern
William Penn
Grafton House
United States
William B. Shaw
New York Herald
William McMasters
The
New York News
James Brooks
New York Express
William D. Wallack
Washington Star
W. H. Topping
Southern Express
Edgar Fulton
Baltimore American
T. D. Sulzer
Baltimore Patriot
George Bancroft
Henry
Smithsonian Institution
Morfit
Astrological Department
U.S
M. Jules Sartigies
Edward J. Armstrong
Taylor County
Alexander Menefee
Menefee
Chauncey Brooks
John L. Wilson
Baltimore Blues
Holland
Caldwell
Horace Besley
Besley
William Freeman
William Bryan
James Felton
North West Virginia Railroad
Fetterman
Piedmont
Peter Wolf
West Main Street
Washington
National Cemetery
Restocking River Aims for Valley Falls Fishing Mecca
The letter urges immediate restocking from the dam to Valley Falls to boost bass and warm water fish, arguing better access via new roads would attract national attention. It notes two new macadam roads to Valley Falls and calls on the State Road Commission to build a primary highway, expanding recreational appeal and economic potential. It also reflects on political discourse and the Dies Committee's potential public role in exposing communist and fascist organizations.
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Fish and Game
Tygart
Valley Falls
Tygart Dam
Grafton
Dam Basin
Benton's Ferry
State Road Commission
Kuhn Attacks Dies and Dewey as a Balloon Analogy
Fritz Kuhn condemns Representative Martin Dies and District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey, likening them to blowing up toy balloons. He ridicules the German American Bund and similar groups as political amateurs, while claiming the Dies committee and Dewey have exposed them as fools. The exchange portrays a heated partisan clash and satirical defiance.
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Kuhn
Fritz
Martin
Congressional UN- American Activities Investigating Committee
Thomas
E. Dewey
New York
Kubh
Pies Committee
Dewey
Morgantown Post Reflects on Fascist Fears
The Morgantown Post cites Dies Committee testimony to argue fascist and communist groups appear more ridiculous than dangerous, describing them as crackpot and blinded by a false sense of enlightenment while chasing hidden dangers they cannot prove.
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Huey Long
Father Coughlin
United States
W. P A
Law of Action and Reaction
Dies Committee
Morgantown Post
Quintuplets to Host Birthday Party at Home
The Dionne quintuplets five years old tomorrow will blow out five candles on one large cake at a party hosted for their parents and seven siblings in Callander Ontario. Each girl will extinguish one candle as part of the celebration.
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Jessica
Phil
Eleanor
Tomonrow
Charles
Ruth Arbury
Annie
Elena
Joan
Phyllis
Dr. Simpson
Jessica Parrish
Gil
Callander
Ont
Vote on Bail Faces Senate Clash Over New Court
Debate on a bail bill continues with Senators Borah Norris and McCarran opposing while Wheeler defends the plan to create a new court to regulate railroads. Austin presses for passage claiming the measure would reduce fixed charges from over capitalization and tie reorganized capital to anticipated earnings, arguing it would curb abuses in railroad capitalization.
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Borah
Norris
Wheler
Mont
Aurthor
McCarran
Nev
Clark
Montana
Simen
Holaho
Wheeler
Oer Commerce Commission
Austin
Cae Tees
NBC Listings Highlight GOP Leaders and Global Figures
Weekend radio schedule lists speakers Rep. Bruce Barton Sen. H Styles Bridges and Sen Theodore F Green among others. Programs include Human Budget dedication at Palestine Pavilion, Memorial Day services from France, and various music and talk slots across WEAF WABC WJZ WOR and other stations.
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New York
Bruce Barton
H. Styles Bridges
Association of New York Young Sepublican
WJZ
NBC
Theodore F. Green
Weap-Hac
Chaim Weisman
Paris
Ren
King
Albert Einstein
Palestine Pavilion
WEAF
NBC7
Tommy Riggs
Red Boby
Hollywood Variety
Arch Obler
WABC
CBS
Prof Quiz
Phil Baker
Brent House
WUJZ
France
American Legion Cemetery
Daladier
Ambassador Bullitt
Waa Xo
Military Order of the Public Heart Service
Frank T. Hines
Chicago
Wabccbs
WOR
MBS
American Forum
Claude Pepper
J. A. Danaher
WSZ
State Hall
Wm. Leahy
Puerto Rico
NBS
Toledo
Wharnbc
Cbs-Chaji
Treasury
Morgenthau
U.S. Coast Guard
Ohio State
Wjz-Nbs
Ray Perkins
Doctor Mayo Born 1865 Founder of Rochester Clinic
Dr Mayo born July 19 1865 pursued studies at Chicago Medical College News York Polyclinic and New York Post Graduate Medical School. He and his brother founded the Rochester clinic in 1912. Dr Ghanes Mayo was
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Mayo
Chicago Medical College
News York Polyclinic
New York Post Graduate Medical School
Rocheater Clinic
Eas
Ghanes
Dr Mayo’s Drive to Build a Global Medical Center
The text honors Dr. Mayo, noting his nine foreign honors and his evolution from a rural physician's son to a physician who helped grow a local infirmary into a renowned medical center. It cites his ambition to relieve all physical sufferity and mentions his family’s English roots and Mayo brothers’ continuation of their father’s ideals.
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American College of Surgeons
United States
England
Mayo Brothers
Mayo
Bund Leader Freed on Five Thousand Bond
New York May 27 Fritz Kuhn president of the German American Bund was freed under a $5,000 bond after being arrested on charges of fraud and larceny totaling $14,548. He pleaded not guilty and spent over six hours in the Tombs prison before the bond was posted anonymously. A Bund official claimed contributions were small and refused to name donors, saying no single group paid for the bond.
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Jessica
Mommie
Anble
Phil
Annie
Daddy
Momme
Blane Street
Eleanor
Prince of Wales
Eeanor
New. York
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Siz Guhay
Imar
National Bund Org
Kun
Kuhn
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Ax Nice
Associated Press
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Golf Club
Nell
Charles Brinkman
Dlayniss Fe Ties
Quins Plan Party
Pontius Pilate
Barton
Bridges
Pasig
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