President Roosevelt Ships to View Fleet Review
President Roosevelt sails aboard the cruiser Indianapolis for a fleet review off Ambrose Light. The ship anchored twice due to fog before reaching a final anchorage at 11:45 a.m. EST. Weather improved. a 1 p.m. fleet pass was anticipated as honors began with a 21-gun salute.
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U. S
Indianapolis
Pres. Roosevelt
Frank Brumby
Athens
Amorose
New York
United States
Secretary of the Navy
Olis
Hudson River
Ambrose Light
Manhattan
New York City
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Louleville
Associated Press
Quintuplets Gain Strength as Rural Doctor Fights Odds
In Corbel l Ont May 31 a rural doctor nurses five newborn quintuplets in a farm home. Three girls now weigh at birth three pounds four ounces, all surviving rare. Dr A R DeFoe coordinates aid as an old fashioned incubator arrives from Chicago. Ontario Premier Good Henry orders care for mother Olivia Dionne and her five older children. Babies baptized Cecile Yvonne Marie Emily and ? wear tags. fed with eye drops and a milk syrup mix, each feeding stretches long. Visitors Misses June and Maxine King report here yesterday.
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Corbell
A. R. DeFoe
Chicago
Premier Good
Henry
Ontario
Public Welfare Department
Olivia Dionne
Cecile
Yvonne
Marie
Emily
Bss
Grim Madman Holds Police and Crowd at Bay
In Alameda California on May 31 a man claiming to wield a destruction switch threatened to detonate a car loaded with forty eight sticks of dynamite and nitroglycerin. Patrolman William Pries calmed him and moved the vehicle to marshland taking the ignition key as officers risked their lives to protect bystanders.
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Alameda
Cal
William Pries
Pries
Ex Buckhannon Banker Paroled After 1928 Sentence
Moundsville May 31 Andrew W Rush former Buckhannon banker sentenced in 1928 to 40 years in the West Virginia state penitentiary is released on parole today. Warden C C McClintic said Rush would be freed this afternoon.
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Moundsville
Andrew W. Rush
Buckhannon
West Virginia State Penitentiary
C. C. McClintic
Rush
Escape echoes of England jail break in Taylor County tale
Local officers report an England escape incident tied to a burglary case. He allegedly hid tools to aid a November 17 escape, with a forged key and hack saws found in a hollow door jamb. Sheriff and Chief Henderson secured blades, a file, and unfinished keys. England was sentenced to eight years for a robbery of Charles Carr and reportedly walked out seven days after sentencing. Continued on page three.
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Stephen England
Taylor County
Wallace N. Henderson
England
Louisville
Lee Bennett
Chief Henderson
Herbert W. Dent
Circuit Court
Charles Carr
B. & O. Employe
Long
Luzadder Streets
Mob Threats After Seduction Charges In Kansas
Marysville Kansas May 31 Police judge L L Russell and three men were held on seduction charges involving three girls. A mob of more than 200 formed at Blue Rapids jail shouting hang them. Deputies moved the prisoners to Marysville for safety as tensions remained high.
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Marysville
Kan
Blue Rapids
L. L. Russell
M. F. Flannigan
Wheat Price Surges Past One Dollar a Bushel
Chicago reports wheat selling for more than a dollar per bushel for the first time since last summer with July futures above 1.01 and September above 1.02 as market makers push prices higher. In Kansas City heat scorches crops and threatens cattle, with government plans noted.
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Chicago
Three Women Killed in New Jersey Auto Crash
A driver with a reckless driving summons crashed into a truck causing a triple collision in Woodbridge. Three women died. six others and an eight year old girl were seriously hurt with two possibly dying. The dead include Miss Mildred Davidovitch, 23, of the Bronx, Mrs. M Losasso of Philadelphia, and Mrs. James C Milone of Philadelphia.
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Woodbridge
N. J
Mildred Davidovitch
The
Bronx
M. Losasso
Philadelphia
James C. Milone
Phil
Memorial Day Observance Featured Giant Parade in Grafton
Governor Chief Speaker led an observance at the National Cemetery as crowds packed sidewalks for the annual parade. Nearly 3,000 participants including Grafton High School students in caps and gowns and the Industrial School cadets marched past bands and schools from Pruntytown and nearby cities in a time honored tribute to fallen soldiers. The program, ending after 9 30, included a benediction by Rev Samuel C Jones as flags and roses decorated graves.
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National Cemetery
Pruntytown
Baltimore and Ohio
Main Street
National Shrine
Samuel C. Jones
Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church
Grafton High School
Industrial School
Fourteen to Graduate at Catholic High School
Fourteen members of the St Augustine High School class of 1934 will receive diplomas at commencement in St Augustine Church next Sunday at 7 30. Ten girls and four boys will graduate after the baccalaureate sermon by Rev Paul V Houseville. Coordinates of the ceremony include Rev M J Hatgon pastor, assisted by Rev P J Brady and Rev John Osteury. Names listed include James Ford James Walter Rubsty Deegan Robert Neason Mary Grace Fallon Nancy Deegan Antoinette Moroso Helen Moran Katherine Shields Jean Rita Lowe Deane Corletta Taine Cockrell and others.
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St. Augustine High School
St. Augustine Church
St. Augustine School
Paul V
Houseville
Afmapelle Falterson
Antoinette Moraso
Helen Moran
Katherine Shields
Jean Rita Lowe
Deane Corle
Atta Taine Cockrell
Guy Tet rick Selected to Give Talk at Barbour D A R Ceremony
Philippi May 31 W Guy Tet rick general manager of the Clarksburg Publishing company will be the principal speaker Sunday afternoon June 3 at 2 o'clock when James Barbour chapter D A R dedicates graves of Barbour countys two Revolutionary soldiers in Cove district The Elliott cemetery at Meadowville will host the first ceremony with music invocation by Rev J R Sawyer D A R ritual led by Mrs C J Broadwater history of the Robert Johnson family by Mrs Eva Wilson Carnes of Charleston address by W Guy Tet rick dedication of marker and grave followed by Benediction The Simeon Harris services follow at Old Bethel church nearby with a program including music invocation and Elder J J Poling of near by.
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John C. Carpenter Philippi
W. Guy Tetrick
Clarksburg Publishing Company
Clarksburg
James Barbour
Daughters of the American Revolution
Barbour County
Cove District
Elliott Cemetery
Meadowville
Robert Johnson
Simeon Harris
Old Bethel Church
Simeon ‘Harris
J. J. Poling
Diploma Night Delights Grafton High Senior Class
Senior class night at Grafton high school auditorium capped annual commencement exercises. The Class of 1934 participated with zest as a lively playset opened the program, the high school orchestra performed well, and vocal numbers drew applause. Valedictorian Harry Shaffer delivered the oration.
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Grafton High School
High Schol Orchestra
Shaffer
Harry Shaffer
Papa to Bring Daughter Home Minus Her Prince
Franklin L. Hutton arranged staterooms for his daughter Princess Barbara Hutton Madivani to sail from Southampton to New York on June 6 but did not book accommodations for her husband Prince Alexis. Hutton will arrive tomorrow and plans a quick London stop before rejoining the Bremen for the voyage home.
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Southampton
Eng
Franklin L. Hutton
Barbara Hutton Madivani
New York
Prince Alexis
Hutton
London
Bremen
Roosevelt urges unity at Gettysburg in landmark address
At Gettysburg Pennsylvania on May 31 President Roosevelt appealed for national unity. He spoke to a large crowd at the cemetery near Lincoln’s monument praising a new understanding and calling for a partnership in government. The day featured a ceremonial reflection on the brothers war and the nation’s bright future.
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Gettysburg
Roosevelt
United States
Roose
Ceme
Abraham Linthe
Johnson and Tighe meet to avert steel strike
Washington May 31 NRA chief Hugh S Johnson and Michael F Tighe president of the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers conferred in Johnsons office to avert a threatened mid June steel strike. Tighe and other steel union leaders accuse operators of violating the labor clause of the recovery act by refusing to recognize the union for collective bargaining. Wagner proposes two amendments to restore a Wagner labor bill provision.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Michael F. Tighe
Amalgamated Associaton of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers
Johnson
Tighe
NBA
Len Wagner
Big G
Jury Unable to Agree in Rosier Case
A Taylor county jury failed to reach a verdict on Atto Rosier in a robbery case tied to the Sam Gerard store last December. Rosier posted bond and awaits a November trial date after a Tuesday afternoon court session. The defense contends Rosier was at a party in Preston county, while the prosecution places him at the Gerard store robbery with co-defendants De Moss Cain and Shaw.
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Atto Rosier
Preston County
Wendel
Clyde De+ Moss
Howard Shaw
Leamon Cain
Sam Gerard
Taylor County
Rosier
Cain
Shaw
Gerard
DeMoss
Moyndaville
Dedfons
Cala Pend Shaw
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Maxine King of
Bergoo
Wee
Grim Madman
Middle West
Kansas City
New Jersey
Memorial Day
City
Grafton
Carl D. Currey
Catholic HS
St. Augustine’s
Guy Tetrick
Prin
Tory Rites
Maureen O'Sullivan
Golum McConaster
McConaster
Papa
General
Wagner
Dem
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