Demented woman dies in Taylor county jail ward
The ill and deranged Louisa Rogers known as Sis Rogers died April 27 1922 in the Taylor county jail women’s ward after years of wandering the streets in harsh conditions. Her husband had sought admission to Weston state hospital but was refused. Local nurse Miss Carrie Brown and physicians tried to improve her living conditions but deterioration continued. Authorities moved her to the jail on April 26 as no charity ward existed at Grafton City hospital. The piece laments lack of care for the mentally ill and critiques the old jail’s suitability.
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Taylor County
Sis Rogers
Sis Osborn
Louisa Rogers
Yjate Weston
Carrie Brown
Knottsville Road
Grafton City Hospital
Gratton
United States
Warren Harding
Point Pleasant
Ohio
Grafton
Baltimore and Ohio
Washington
Frederick van Rensselaer Day
Nick Carter
Jas
SM. Leonard and Son
Moran
West Main
Eevee
Lon
Leonard
West Main Street
McGraw Alley
St. Mary's Street
James Keenan
Latrobe Street
Emmaline Grow
Armbruster
George M Whitescarver
Bernice Wells
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Buckhannon
Blueville
Strand Theatre
Raphael Sabatina
Metro Studios
Rex Ingraham
Public Discourse on Press and New Deal Cotton Policy
A Clarksburg Telegram column criticizes name calling in American journalism and discusses a Wheeling Intelligencer editorial on New Deal cotton policy. It cites accusations against a senator's death and notes the Agriculture Department report blaming crop control for lower U.S. cotton exports while foreign sales rise. Col. Leonard Rowntree promotes prehabilitation to improve general health for Selective Service inductees.
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Clarksburg
United States of America
Herr Goebbels
America
Ernest Lundeen
United States
Minnesota
Husbad
Lundeen
Department of Justice
Deen
Hus
Wheeling Intelligencer
Egypt
South America
Agriculture Department
Economic Bureau
Economics Bureau
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
Th Army
Col
Leonard George Rowntros
Selective Service
Washington
Rowntree
Ican
Queen Victoria
King
England
International Red Cross
Norman Davis
American Red Cross
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Red Cross
Jackson
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Frank Kent
Paul Mallon
Neal O'Hara
Charles B. Driscoll
H. S. Phillips
Dewitt MacKenzie
Elsie Robinson
Labor strife widens in wartime defense industry
Reports from the era show AFL and CIO machinists at San Francisco bay shipyards threatening work stoppages over pay and overtime. UAW at North American Aviation seeks a blanket 10 cent rise and higher minimums, while Packard Detroit faces engine plant strikes amid Britain and U.S. Army orders. CIO UMW clashed with southern coal operators over wage terms as mediation efforts continued.
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San Francisco Bay
AFL
cIo
CIO United Automobile
North American Aviation
Packard
Detroit
United States Army
Cio-Uaw
Niagara Falls
Murder at the Model Railroad Club Farmed Village
Henry Potter, a nonmember at a village model railroad club meeting, becomes a murder suspect after John Ives is killed. A revolver in banker Stanley King’s pocket is ruled out as the murder weapon. Henry contemplates taking a vacation as the town reels from the crime and headlines.
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Spnopsip
Henry Potter Potwilk
Checkers
Lodge
Elaas Brenson
Bisbee
Stanley-King
Marsomber
John Ives
Tres
Fred
Pot
Henry Dotter
Brows Hardware Store
Potter
Henry
Mr. Baker
Talmon
Let Him Pay The Penalty Hess Plea Sparks West Virginia Outcry
A West Virginia column argues Rudolf Hess should face the same fate as other mass murderers, criticizing Britain for keeping him as a prisoner of war. The writer urges his return to Germany, condemns propaganda, and defends local editors against slanderous accusations while praising certain syndicated columnists.
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West Virginia
England
Scotland Yard
Rudolf Hess
Scotland
Britain
Hess
RAF
Herr Hess
Germany
Gestapo
Moundsville
Sleep Walkers Wage Raise and Defense Labor Policy Clash
Northern Sleep Walkers raise wages from six to seven dollars a day, southern operators lift from three sixty to six sixty yet keep a forty cent sectional differential. In Washington, Senator Byrd introduced a resolution condemning strikes in defense industries as against public policy. Secretary Perkins names a committee to decide labor disputes for the national mediation board, with Dr. Clarence Dykstra as chair, Dr. John R. Steelman, and Maxwell Brandwell joining. The note from Hull prompts Vichy to clarify its position, Henry Haye declining full disclosure.
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Washington
Byrd
D.-Va
Congress
Perkins
National Mediation Board
Clarence Dykstra
John R. Steelman
Labor’ Department
Maxwell Brandwell
Sidney Hillman
OPM
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Stewart
Col. Rowntree
Green
Army Signal Corps
Cocps
U.S Army Snel
Carborundum Company
Southern Soft Coal
CIO United Mine Workers
Richard
Brown
Fung
Model Railroad Club
Railroad Club
Agnes Wensley
Misa Wensley
Mr Ives
Wensley
Ced
Mike
Miss Wensley
Mr. Brown
Henry Potine
Wennley
Alt Oe
Walker
Page
Hull
Vichy
Henry Haye
Northern
I. Sourthern
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