West Virginia Briefs and Civil War Memorial Observances
Charleston reports no appointment yet to the road commission for the post held by Major C. P. Fortney with a decision due soon. Ministers gathering in Clarksburg for the Virginia state ministers conference hear Nat T. Frame and Dr. Eykanah Hulley speak as local veterans and school bands participate in Decoration Day ceremonies with grave decorations and a late afternoon parade.
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Charleston
Road Commission
C. P. Fortney
Gor 1
Major Fortney
George W. Sharpe
Clarkaborg
Jackson's Mill
It Virginia
Nat T. Frame
West Virginia University
Eykanah Hulley
Broaddus College
Grafton
J. Howard Anderson
Tew
Reno Post No. 7
American Legion
Corbin
America
John W. Brown
First Baptist Church
Morgan
L. A. Britton
Edgar Rosier
C. C. Stemple
Henry Wyant
C.F. McVicker
R. N. McWilliam
West Virginia observes Memorial Day at National Cemetery
Governor Morgan speaks on honoring fallen soldiers and preserving freedom. He urges opposing pacifism and keeping memory of valiant service alive. The parade proceeds from the Baltimore and Ohio station to the cemetery with a patriotic escort and remarks by Attorney O. E. Wyckoff.
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National Cemetery
Morgan
West Virginia
National
West
Virginia
McKinley
Movch
Baltimore and Ohio
Sam Zion
Ora C. Jeffreys
Army Band
Sons of Union
Flashes of Life From The Associated Press
St Cloud and other places report marriages among tennis stars Hazel Hotchkiss and Charlotte Hosmer, Cecilia Aussem to wed in Massachusetts. Roosevelt family updates on Memorial Day. Norman Derham eyed a Labor Day swim from Youngstown to Toronto but canceled. Paris golf cost Otto H. Kahn 111 a hole with a 60,000 franc club donation. New York notes rising purchasing power for workers and twin swimmers Berenice and Phyllis Zilenfield plan England to France channel swim with mother pacemaker. Bobby Rhoades wins on a May night in Wekeman Ohio as Wilson Yarbo defeats Rhoades in a middleweight bout.
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Associated Press
St. Cloud
France
California
Hazel Hotchkiss
Charlotte Hosmer
Massachusetts
Howard Kinsey
Fraulein Cecile Aussem
Paris
Otto H. Kahn
New York
Ormesson
Berenice
Phyllis Zilenfield
England
Long Beach
Rockaway
Wekeman
Ohio
Wilson Yarbo
Cleveland
Jimmy Rhoades
Oakand
Calif
Ana
Rhoades
Earl Carroll Loses 15 Pounds in Hospital Stay
Greenville May 31. New York theatrical producer Earl Carroll sentenced to a year and a day in Atlanta prison for perjury has lost 15 pounds since his collapse en route to Atlanta. Attending physician Dr. R C Bruce said Carroll now weighs 130 pounds.
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Greenville
D. C
Harl Carroll
New York
Atlanta
R. C. Bruce
Carroll
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Fairmont
J. G. Gaskill
Wateon-Pisrpont
Consolidation Coal Company
Chance
State Board of Education
Supreme Court
Iruguis Publishing Company
Chicago
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Col
Theodore
London
Norman Leslie Derham
Youngstown
Toronto
Niagara Falls
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York
Middle East Side
Yorkville
Brodsky
National Industrial Conference Board
Oine
Rayan Solk
Evry
Sakers
Rae
Burton & Sitter’s
Grafton, W. VA
West Main
Toggery
W. VA
Balebriggen Union
Ecru
Earl Carroll
Orly
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