Decorations Bestow NC-4 Crew for Transatlantic Flight
Portugal awards the Grande Cross of the Tower and Sword to the NC-4 seaplane crew after their Lisbon landing finishing the first Atlantic crossing. Lieutenant Commander Read led the 800 mile leg from Azores to Lisbon in 9 hours 44 minutes, with weather favorable and cheering crowds observing the event.
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London
NC-4
Lisbon
Azores
Order of Tower and Sword
Washington
Navy Nement
Rockaway Beach
L. 1
Plymouth
England
Read
Portugal
Punta Delgado
America
Albert C.read
Lisbon Harbor
New York
Rockaway
Halifax
Trepassey
N. F
Atlantic
Mauretania
Greenwich Titte
Jackson
Memorial Day Flags Proclaimed by City Mayor
The Grand Commander of the local G A R requests all buildings and businesses be decorated with flags for Memorial Day exercises. Mayor Byron Dilworth issues a proclamation urging full observance on Friday May 30 1918 in memory of the honored dead and in honor of living veterans from G A R Sons of Veterans and World War Veterans.
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G. A. TR
J. C. Lewellen
Sons of Veterans
Byron Dilworth
Sheriff's sale of McGraw Library begins promptly
Promptly at one o'clock this afternoon the sheriff with Hiram Gaines as a pioneer began the sale of the law library of John T. McGraw for unpaid personal taxes. The sets and cases sold in separate lots drew spirited bidding among lawyers, with most lots bought by attorney John L. Heehyner for the owner, and the bulk to be moved back to the McGraw office building on Main Street.
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Hiram Gaines
Law Library
John T .McGraw
Legal Fraternity
Taylor County Bay
Bytorney
John L. Heehyner
Hime
McGraw Office
Main St
J. G. St. Clair
Atfire
Santa Paula Lands with Yank Troops
New York May 28 The steamer Santa Paula arrived from Bordeaux with 221 troops led by Brigadier General C B Rosenbaum. The party includes the 155th Infantry brigade HQ and four officers with twenty three men, part of the 78th division. Also aboard are elements of the 9th infantry and medical detachments, 3rd battalion and Companies B I K L M, eight officers and 1,166 men. plus one officer and eighteen men of Battery S218 artillery, 82nd all America division.
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New York
Santa Paula
Bordeaux
C. B. Rosenbaum
155Th Infantry
78Th
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
S218
82Nd
All America) Division
Republicans in Congress Hold Committees and Probe War Expenditures
Washington May 28 Republican committees chosen at the party conference were presented to the senate by Leader Lodge. Progressive efforts to unseat Penrose and Warren as chairmen failed amid solid GOP support. In the House, Rep Graham of Illinois prepared resolutions for a special fifteen member committee to investigate war department expenditures with immediate action requested.
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Washington
Senate
Lodgey
Borah
Idaho
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Warren
Wyoming
House
War Departments
Graham
Illinois
Tine Oy Suppers Pall Injurin CH
Carl Malone, an employee of the Sentinel circulation department, was playing with youngsters near the press area when he fell hitting his chest on a concrete step corner. A local physician treated him at his mother's Latrobe Street home. he remains resting with severe bruises.
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Carl Malone
the Sentinel
Newies
Latrobe Street
Doctor erred in case of ill Flemington physician
In Flemington West Virginia on May 28 a local doctor, Dr H D Mays of Galloway, was severely ill with influenza and pneumonia and believed he would die. He even prepared a will but recovered, showing doctors can be wrong. Residents teased him at the Flemington station about his near death experience.
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Fluemington
W. Va
D. Mays
Galloway
Flemington
Golden Shore
Memorial Service Notice by Modern Woodmen of America
Our annual Memorial Service will be held on Sunday June 1. All members of Oak Camp and visiting neighbors are requested to meet at Brinkmans hall. Jas L Lilly Clerk 1p 3t wkly.
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Oak Camp
Brinkman’s Hall
Jas, L. Lilly
Baltimore rail worker pleads guilty to freight car robbery
C R Conrad of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad car repair shop pleaded guilty in Keysersport West Virginia to robbing freight cars. Police found 672 pairs of silk hose valued at 311 dollars 1% silk shirts valued at 87 dollars and six pairs of shoes valued at 42 dollars at his home.
80th Division Reaches States in Newport News
The 1161 field artillery brigade of the 80th division, drawn from West Virginia, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, arrived at Newport News today aboard the transport Zeppelin. Major General Adelbert Crookrite commands 4,362 officers and men. The unit traces to old Company E and Camp Lee origins, with many West Virginia men remaining in service through earlier transfers and reorganizations.
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Newport News
West Virginia
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Adelbert Crokhite
80Th Division
Tairmont
Aes
Camp Lee
West
Hittiesburg
Co. E
Co. Hare
Flowers for Decoration Demand at Memorial Day Service
The committee on arrangements for Memorial Day at the cemetery appeals for decoration flowers from city school children groves and soldiers. Citizens are urged to bring blooms from greenhouse garden wild to honor veterans who rest beneath the sod and fought for the freedoms they enjoy.
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Cemeny Ar
Polish Premier Warns of Possible German Attack
Paris dispatch reports Polish Premier Ignacy Paderewski arrived from Warsaw and warned of a potential German offensive. He said Germans were active in a preparatory way and might strike in several places, while denying reports of pogroms as German propaganda.
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Cy Associated Press
Paris
Poland
Ignac aJn Paderewisi
Warsaw
Sind
Retail Clerks Plan Meeting for Union at Cooperative Store
Retail clerks will meet Wednesday evening June 4 to organize a Retail Clerks Union at the cooperative store. The notice specifies a union formation discussion and membership appeal.
Germany Seeks Membership in League and Terms of Peace
Berlin dispatch reports unofficial notes from Germany to Versailles outlining peace terms. Berlin would disarm battleships in exchange for restoring part of its mercantile fleet, oppose territorial changes without local consent, and neutralize the Vistula while evacuating occupied territories within six months. If admitted to the League of Nations, Germany would administer colonies as a league mandate and pay 20 billion marks gold by 1926 with further annual payments totaling over 100 million marks. Counter proposals expected Wednesday.
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Berlin
Germany
Versailles
Upper Silesia
East Prussia
West Prussia
Memel
Danzi
Vistula
League of Nations
Ohio's Refusal Will Lengthen Whiskey Reign
Theodore Bell attorney for the California Grape Protective Association says Ohio’s vote against ratifying the national prohibition amendment at the November election would suspend the amendment’s operation nationwide until the 1920 general election. The report comes from San Francisco.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
Ohio
United States
Theodore Bell
California Grape Protective Association
Russians deny explosions. evacuation rumor refuted
A Russian wireless message says there were no explosions in Petrograd amid evacuation rumors. It states no intention to abandon the city and reports reinforcements already sent to the Gatchina front south of Petrograd, claiming enemy forces are being driven back.
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Petrograd
Gatchina
Pertograd
Ruth Laws Plans Transatlantic Flight from Chicago
Chicago May 28 Ruth Law s American aviator announced before leaving for New York that she would attempt a trans Atlantic flight in six weeks. The report says she aims to cross the ocean, continuing her record of pioneering flights and daring aviation feats.
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Ruth Laws
Associand
Chicago
Ruth
SINGERS CAUGHT IN SAW AMPUTATION IS NECESSAR
Last Thursday at Hussian saw mill on Knottsville pike near town Mr Thomas Utterback had his gloved hand drawn into the circling teeth injuring third and fourth fingers of the right hand. He was taken to hospital where Dr Warden performed an amputation. Utterback lives on Knottsville Gratton pike near the city.
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Knottsville Pike
Thomas Utterback
Warden
Utterback
Knottsville-Gratton Pike
Hawker Grieve Decorated by King George
Harry Hawker and Lieut Commander McKenzie Grieve, rescued at sea after their Sopwith plane failed to cross the Atlantic, arrived in Britain from Scotland. King George at Buckingham Palace awarded them the Air Force Cross, the first recipients of the honor, as an immense crowd watched their reception and departure with cheers.
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Associated Press
London
Harry G. Hawker
McKenzie Grieve
Scotland
Midocean
George
Drum Loader West Dies After 75 Years Of Service
John Jake West, head of the West Drum Corps and Civil War veteran, dies at 75 in Fairmont West Virginia. He led the group for four decades, fathered 17 children, and was born in Marion County. A church class exchange at Empire Meat Market will be held May 29 with pies cakes and other baked goods for sale.
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Fairmont
W. Va
John Jake West
West Drum Corps
Here
West
Company 15
West Virginia Volunteers
Marion County
M. P. Church
Empire Meat Market
President to sail for U S by June 10
Paris report states the president plans to sail for America by June 10 or earlier, possibly June 5, contingent on Germany signing the peace treaty. Departure is not to be delayed by Austrian reparations or boundary complications, officials say.
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Paris
America
Last Appeal for Salvation Army County Quota Aid
The Sentinel appeals to county residents to finish raising 2000 for the Salvation Army fund, noting almost three quarters has been secured in six days and extended by a week. County workers urge donations through Mrs J B Moran or Harry A Abbott at Grafton Banking and Trust Co, and warn against delaying contributions. Let us not end with a valueless hole in doughnuts.
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Sentinel
Salvation Army Fund
Salvation Army
J. B. Moran
Harry A. Abbott
Grafton Banking and Trust Co
Belgian Frontiers Closed as Mobilization Looms
Dispatch from Eindhover reports Belgium has closed its frontiers and recalled troops from Raed with mobilization to be ordered after German peace terms. Also German demand for over 12 million marks in damages is noted, while Austrian peace talks face delays over southern borders and a King Albert visit to the United States for the League of Nations meeting in October.
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Associated Press
Adam
Eindhover
Raed
Albert
0. S
Belgium
United States
League of Nations
Washington
Navy Board Maintains Policy for Battleships and Cruisers
The Navy General Board and senior officers abroad have urged rapid completion of the 1916 building program, recommending finishing ten battleships and six cruisers as planned. They oppose a composite ship, proposing only slight changes to capital ship plans to improve protection with a minor speed adjustment to 25 knots.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy General Board
Navy
General Board
Daniela
House Naval Committee
House Naval Affairs’ Committee
Daniels
Alumni Banquet Reminder and Call for Acceptances
Alumni are reminded of the annual banquet on Tuesday evening June 2 at 8 p.m. Attendance is expected to be the largest yet. Send your acceptance ballot and clues to secretary Miss Jane Middleton by Saturday May 31 to enable the entertainment committee to complete arrangements. Executive Committee
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Jane Middelton
Comaua
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