Reynolds gets another trial in car crash verdict
Charleston May 27 The West Virginia State Supreme Court set aside a 33 640 verdict against Moore M Reynolds former Harrison county sheriff in the death of Clifton Hollen near Hodgesville Upshur county December 7 1989 Reynolds had been found jointly liable with William B Simon whose truck was used without permission by Reynolds employee The court ruled that when a vehicle owner allows a servant to use the vehicle for personal trips the master is not liable for the negligent operation.
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Charleston
Moore M. Reynolds
Harrison County
State Supreme Court
Reynolds
Clifton Hollen
Hollen
Hodgesville
Upshur County
William B. Simon
Simon
3Iman
Supreme Court
Ball Game To Adjourn For President's Talk
The New York Giants and Boston Braves will give away 40 President Roosevelt tonight at the Polo Grounds if needed so fans may hear the chief executive. Horace Stoneham announced the fireside chat is set for 9 30 p m EST and will be broadcast from the venue. if the game runs late it will recess for a half hour. The game is scheduled to start at 7 45 p m.
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New York
New York Giants
Boston Braves
Roosevelt
Polo Grounds
Horace Stoneham
Giants
Battle of Crete Sees Heavy Losses Claimed by Axis
Allied and German forces clash over Crete with claims of heavy losses on both sides. Officials say Allied troops endure intensified air attacks while reinforcements reach General Freyberg’s garrison. The balance of battle remains uncertain as sea and air warfare continue.
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Patue
Crete
Canes
Retimo
Hergkleton
Freyberg
Fire sweeps open wharves at New York harbor
A major blaze at two Pennsylvania railroad piers in New York harbor destroyed merchandise on 25 box cars and three Hudson river car floats. One barge worker died, a fire captain was hospitalized, and after about an hour officials said the blaze was under control. The flames and smoke threatened lumber and steel as crews moved barges and loaded cars away from the docks near Black Tom and Greenville terminal. The fire began on a freight train ready for loading and was reported at 8 25 pm EST.
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Jersey City
N. J
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York City
New York Harbor
New York
Black Tom
Greenville Terminal
Pennsylvania
Bayonne City
Hudson River
Would-Be Assassin of Italian King Executed
In Rome on May 27 Vasuil Laci Mihailoff, a Greek described as afflicted with poetic madness, was executed by firing squad at Trana prison after being accused of firing on an automobile carrying King Vittorio Emanuele III and Albanian premier Shefqet Verlaci during a royal visit. All shots reportedly went wild.
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Rome
Vasuil Laci Mihailoff
Vittorio Emanuele
Trana
Mihailoff
Shefket Verlaci
Private Mauller Leaves for Panama After Thirty Day Leave
Private Lloyd O Mauller US Army Air Corps recently finished Airplane Mechanic School at Chanute Illinois and spent a month with his parents before departing for New York City Saturday morning. He will move on to Panama this week where he will be stationed for two years. Eugene Wright Mrs W C Wright Mrs Elmer Behen and Miss Ruth Wright of this city toured Endless Caverns New Market VA during a Shenandoah Valley motor trip. Mr and Mrs Charles O Thayer Jr of Clarksburg returned from Huntington after attending the Metropolitan Sales Congress and West Virginia State Underwriters Association convention and Mr Thayer earned special recognition for ranking fourth in the state for ordinary insurance placed last year. Mrs Anna Garrett and Mrs Earl Davis of this city were admitted to City Hospital as medical patients.
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Lloyd O
Sam" Mauller
U. S. Army Air Corps
Chanute
New York City
Lloyd O. Mauller
West Boyd Street
Mauller
Panama
Eugene Wright
W. C. Wright
Elmer Behen
Ruth Wright
New Market
Shenandoah Valley
Charles O. Thayer, Jr
Clarksburg
Huntington
Grafton
Metropolitan Sales Congress
West Virginia
Beginner’s Luck crochet medallions pattern 6982
The Grafton Sentinel offers pattern 6982 for medallions with illustrated stitches and materials. Send ten cents to the Household Arts Dept. for the pattern, including name and address, to 259 W 1st Street New York NY.
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Mater
Grafton Sentinel
Household Arts Dept
New York
N.Y
Emergency operations reported for locals and visitor
Forrest Kelley of Flemington Ralph Brown of route 3 Grafton and Mrs Kenneth Godwin of 109 East Bloom street underwent emergency surgeries yesterday and this morning a major operation was performed on her.
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Forrest Kelley
Flemington
Ralph Brown
Route 3
Grafton
Kenneth Godwin
East Bluemont Street
Roosevelts Fireside Chat Prompts Global Interest
The president plans a major radio address likely to shape foreign policy and Britain support. Translations will reach six languages and a world shortwave relay will broadcast overseas. Domestic pressure seeks to end production stoppages. opposition lawmakers push a referendum on peace or war.
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White House
Roosevelt
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Beorbachter
Congress
Wheeler
D.-Mont
Crete attackers moving according to schedule
Germany reports Crete land and air forces advancing on schedule after taking several localities. Dive bombers aided the advance with effective attacks on British positions troop concentrations and field camps, the high command said.
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Berlin
Germany
Crete
Superintendent Elmer J. Chambers Dies at 47
Elmer J. Chambers, 47, superintendent of the Marshall county state prison farm, died in a hospital last night after a illness. Funeral arrangements were pending.
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Glendale
Elmer J. Chambers
Marshall County
Mediation Board Renews Soft Coal Conference
Washington May 27 Mediation board resumes efforts to break a deadlock in the southern Appalachian soft coal wage dispute. A fact finding conference with southern operators and United Mine Workers remains in session in the capital as the panel probes production costs led by L T Putnam. The union seeks elimination of a 40 cent wage differential and a uniform $7 per day rate, a figure northern operators already accepted.
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Washington
Defense Mediation Board
United Mine Workers
CTO
L.T. Putnam
Sharp first to Bay Farm purchase loan in Taylor County
Claude R. Kemper announces Chester P. Sharp as Taylor County’s first beneficiary of the Bankhead Jones Farm Tenant act aid for farm purchase. Final papers completed at Wyckoff and Wyckeffs. Sharp and family will move onto their own farm with funds for improvements and lime phosphate treatment, repayable over 40 years at 3 percent interest.
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Claude R. Kemper
Farm Security Administration
Chester P. Sharp
Taylor County
Bankhead-Jones
Wyckoff and Wyckeff
Sharp
Farm Security Office
Grafton
Two Cruisers and Other Ships Damaged in Battle
Gloucester and Fiji cruisers together with destroyers Juno Greyhound Kelly and Kashmir suffered damage alongside two battleships and several other cruisers in the encounter.
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Gloucester
Fiji
Juno
Greyhound
Kelly
Kashmir
Coast Guard notices lifeboats in heavy fog rescue
In heavy fog the ship was torpedoed yesterday. The Greene spotted lifeboats around 4 a.m. EST today while on ice patrol in the North Atlantic.
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Yester
Greene
North
Atlan
Uniform motif unfashionable fashion advisor says women should avoid military look
New York May 27 Rosemarie Bourdillon a New York fashion advisor says the military motif will not shape milady's wardrobe as in the last war. She notes women then adopted masculine styles and deterred curves yet men found it superficial. Now she sees a shift toward more feminine tailoring and sentiment in dress.
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Claire Tilden
Batiste
Dinis
New York
Rosemarie Bourdilion
Milady
Vouth
Leonard Casella
Mme. Bourdillon
Fashion Directorate
Court ruling favors police civil service split in Wheeling
The West Virginia Supreme Court held that Wheeling should have a separate civil service commission for police and fire departments, while other classified city workers may stay under the general commission. The ruling followed a suit by George Ebbert challenging a traffic sergeant exam and sent the case to the appellate court after the circuit court overruled a demurrer.
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Charleston
Wheeling
Tiretten
Supreme ‘Court
Cincinnati
Ohio County Circuit Court
George Ebbert
Civil Service Commission
Walter Smith
Appellate Court
Janis B. ‘Riley
Skaggs & Company Supplies Watch Line for Ambulance Corps
Members of the British American Ambulance Corps departing for Africa were equipped with Benrus shock proof watches as part of their official gear. Skaggs & Company carries a complete line of these watches.
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Skaggs & Company
Africa
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Anna Garrett
Washington Street
Earl Davis
Latrobe Street
City Hospital
C. B. Fawley
Morgantown, W. Va
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Faltern
Tsehold
Alice Brooks
Eginner’s
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Grafton Drug & Chemical Company
VDAY
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Marvel
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