Parade Expected To Draw Record Crowd On Memorial Day
Tomorrow's American Legion parade and ceremonies starting at 9 am from the Moose home and ending at Namal Cemetery promise a record turnout. Local leaders predict 8,000 to 10,000 or more visitors with fair weather expected, as Major C. E. Burke oversees parade arrangements and Louis A. Johnson prepared to speak as a renowned veteran from Clarksburg. (Continued on page seven)
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Moose Home
Namal
Walnut Street
C. E. Burke Marshall
Johnson
Louis A. Johnson
Taylor County
Gratton
Glarksburg
Louie” Johnson
Steinmetz Convicted of Manslaughter in Bridal Slaying
York reports Jo L Steinmetz a 22 year old divinity student was found guilty of first degree manslaughter for the hotel room killing of his 17 year old bride Ruth Armstrong in Hollywood Canada. He faces up to 25 years with jury recommending mercy The verdict came today with sentencing set for June 14.
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W York
Jo L. Steinmsta
Hollywood
Can
Ulso
Steinmetz
Ruth ‘Armstrong
Merchants Seek Return to Old Main Street Parking Rules
Merchants on Main Street circulate a petition asking Mayor E. Otto Waugh to rescind current downtown parking regulations. They favor returning to prior rules with limited 60 minute parking on the south side only and seek opening the north side to parkers.
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E. Otto’ Waugh
Grafton
Main Street
Becassin
Forte
Parkers
E. J. Headley
Taylor County Hardware
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt Skips Dam Visit Tours Tygart Valley
Mrs Roosevelt drove her own car and toured the Tygart Valley Homestead project mingling with residents in northern West Virginia. She arrived late at Morgantown and Elkins, with plans uncertain and no briefing to U S Army engineers about her route.
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State
Elkins
Morgantown
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U. S. Army Engineers
Wairmont
Tygarts Valley Homestead Project
West Virginia
Nancy Oak
Hyde
Evans Picked Alumnae Chief Grafton Alumni Leader
Joseph Lee Evans Jr Class of 25 was elected president of the Grafton High School Alumni Association for the coming year. Officers include Nina Powell as vice president and Eileen Robinson as secretary treasurer. Executive committee members are Lenore Baker Catherine Leamon and Richard Glenn. Ninety four members were present at the meeting.
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Joseph Lee Evans, Jr
Grafton High School Alumni Association
Nina Powell
Eileen Robinson
Lenore Baker
Catherine Leamon
Richard Glenn
Post Office Schedule Relaxed for Memorial Day
Notice states no city or rural deliveries or collections on Thursday May 30. General delivery money order postal savings registry and stamp windows closed all day. To insure prompt dispatch all mails should be deposited at the post office. JAS MURPHY Postmaster
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Bost
Jas Murphy
No Sentinel Will Be Published Tomorrow
The Grafton Sentinel announces no issue will be published tomorrow Thursday May 30 to allow staff to attend Memorial Day events and greet visiting friends. Copy for Friday’s issue must be at the office early that morning. The business office will open 1130 to 1300 to receive subscriptions ads and other business, especially for convenience of out of town readers.
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Grafton Sentinel
The
Sentinel
Ralston to Address Rotary Club Meet in Grafton
Cameron Ralston director of religious activities at Washington and Jefferson College Washington Pa will address the Rotary club Friday at 6 15 PM in the Hotel Grafton auditorium. Members urged to attend to extend a warm reception and hear an outstanding speech.
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Rotary Club
Cameron Ralston
Washington and Jefferson College
Washington, Pa
Grafton High School
Hotel
Grafton
Ralston
French Premier Likely Gives up Post
Paris on May 29 1935 the cabinet of Premier Pierre Etienne Flandin faced growing peril as the finance committee of the chamber of deputies prepared to oppose his bid for dictatorial powers to defend the franc. Deputies clashed in a heated conference with the premier described as emotional and dramatic ahead of the parliamentary session.
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Associated Press
Paris
Pierre Etienne Flandin
Chamber of Deputies Finance Committee
Campies
Train wreck near Ashland claims two lives
Two men were killed and another injured when a Chesapeake and Ohio freight train derailed and plunged over an embankment near Pollard, a half mile south of Ashland, Kentucky. The report notes the deceased as George Nich and another man, with continuing details on page 4.
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Ashland
Chesapeake and Ohio
Pollard
George Nich
White Recovering As Labor Code Plan Circulates
John Baker White is reported recovering at the Weston State Hospital after heart trouble and ingestion issues. New Deal advisers study a long range program to replace the NRA with a voluntary code structure, with labor reform tied to a constitutional power expansion.
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NRA
Washington
Tate
Supreme Court
Weston
John
D. B
Baker White
Tan Board of Control
Charleston
State Hospital
Roosevelt
White
Morgantown
NRA Forecast From AFL Leaders On New Deal Plan
Washington May 29 An AFL chieftains forecast a new NRA bill drafted by Charlton Ogburn for President Roosevelt The bill would be based on courts equity powers The AFL executive council is to consider presenting the measure to the President The fragmentary text outlines a continuation of New Deal labor and business regulation with uncertain specifics
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Washington
NRA
American Federation of Labor
Fedaration
Executive Council
Roosevelt
Charlton Ogburn
A. F
Commencement Program Set For Grafton High Friday
E G Kuhn announced that Grafton high school commencement plans are complete for Friday evening in the high school auditorium. Cameron Ralston of Washington Pa will deliver the address at 8 p m. Ralston was born in Beotland and served in France in World War I.
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E. G. Kuhn
Grafton High School
Cameron Ralston
Washington
Ralston
Beotland
France
United States
Veteran editor J Slidell Brown dies at home in Elkins
Elkins May 29 A veteran politician and editor J Slidell Brown aged 74 died in his home while napping last night after a period of illness He had worked at his weekly Randolph Enterprise newspaper in Elkins yesterday after twenty years as publisher of The Enterprise He was formerly of Kingwood and had published the Enterprise for two decades Continued on page eight.
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Elkins
J. Slidell Brown
Randolph Enterprise
Kingwood
Brown
Enterprise
West Virginia
Unfavorable Balance Of Trade Reported for April 1933
Washington May 29 An unfavorable balance in the nation s foreign trade in April 1933 was reported by the department of commerce. Imports fell about three percent and were four percent lower. The overall unfavorable balance was about eleven percent smaller than March.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Explosion Rips City District Hotel Repair Shop Fire Kills
Ten injured as three story building housing an automobile repair shop erupts in a blast on dist street and First avenue. Fire crews rescue victims, some trapped. cause under investigation with gas initially suspected. Edward Lucher owner. several treated at drug stores and hospital. debris at scene. Continued on page eight.
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New York
Dist Street
First Avenue
I Pages
Ballsrud
Hospital
Edward Lucher
Margaret Hynes
St G
Kidnap Case Break Soon In Tacoma State News
Tacoma Washington May 29 reports say a 9 year old George Weyerhaeuser kidnapped last Friday may be returned soon. Police and family press for ransom payment as investigation intensifies. The child was taken at night from a home in the city. Authorities say efforts to locate the boy are ongoing and the suspect remains at large.
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Maenon Bes
Tacoma
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American Legion
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Col. Johnson
Evans
Moose
St. Augustine's Catholic Church
Hannon
U. S
John Baker White
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Loren Ke Hoppman
Ian Avene
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