Election Contest Case Sent Back to Lower Court
The supreme court sent back the Clarksburg election contest case of E. L. Simpson and Paul W. McKinney to Harrison County for proper procedure before ruling on the merits. The lower court had seated Simpson after a contested municipal election. McKinney argued insufficient time to file an answer. Recount showed a tie, 969 votes each, with one disputed ballot pivotal. The court emphasized the defendant's right to defense and ordered further proceedings in the lower court.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Clarksburg
E. L. Simpson
Paul W. McKinney
Harrison County
Simpson
McKinney
Raene Si Pestarity
Circuit
Ban Declared On Machines In Grafton And County
Sheriff Herbert Evans and Chief A E Lockard announced a 24 hour deadline to remove electrically operated pinball devices and tip and punch boards from Grafton in Taylor county. Officials visited Grand Recreation and others on route 50 after a long conference with Mayor Waugh and Prosecuting Attorney Warder. Complaints have accumulated about the devices in the county.
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Grafton
Taylor County
Herbert Evans
A. E. Lockard
James L. Guth
Joseph Mask
Grand Recreation
Brunswick
Cityview
E. Otto Waugh
Francis L. Warder
Trial of City Officer Set for October 11
Judge Charles E. Miller ordered the trial of city policeman John D. Porter on murder and felonious shooting charges for October 11. Porter is accused in the fatal shooting of Patsy Cutrohe at a West Virginia day celebration near here. Steve Romeo of Uniontown, Pa, an Italian lodge official, was wounded.
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Fairmont
Charles E. Miller
John D. Porter
Porter
Patsy Cutrohe
Here
Steve Romeo
Uniontown
Coalition Party Idea Divides Republicans on 1940
Washington, Sept. 28 Republican leaders reject Senator Vandenberg of Michigan’s call for a new coalition party in 1940 while aiming for a loose alliance with anti New Deal Democrats. They favor keeping the party banner and exploring a realignment under the Republican label with strategic talks already held by Chairman John Hamilton. Some see an unofficial mid term convention to craft a program appealing to dissenting Democrats, though no invitation to Democrats is proposed. Several GOP senators voiced no clear stance, while others note past cross party support for Roosevelt in 1932 and warn factional strife mirrors Democratic critiques today.
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Nathan Robertson
Washington
Sept
Senator Vandenberg
Michigan
Roosevelt
Vandenberg
John Hamilton
Norris
Nebraska
la Follette
Wisconsin
Johnson
California
Cutting
New Mexico
Borah
Idaho
School Marm Fights Firing in Bailey School Dismissal
In Waynesburg Pennsylvania a country school marm, Laura Elms Morris, challenges her dismissal on cruelty and incompetence charges. Pupils testified she failed to maintain discipline at the Bailey one room school where she taught 11 years. 12-year-old Ira June Bailey described paper wads and mudballs flying in class while Morris smiled and listened in the Green County courtroom.
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Waynesburg
Bailey
Green County
Laura Elms Morris
Ira June Bailey
Ug June
Graf ton High English Teacher to Address Kiwanis Dinner
Boris Meeks, Graf ton High School English and public speaking teacher, will headline the Grafton Kiwanis Club weekly dinner tonight at 6 15 PM at Debendorfer's Cozy Rest Inn. President Torlock Rasmussen will lead the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boris Meeks
Grafton High School
Grafton Kiwanis Club
Debendorfer
Cozy ‘Rest Inn
Torlock Rasmussen
Unwed Mother Sentenced To Year For Tot's Death
Nina Bennett 20 of Barton convicted of manslaughter in a newborn death found alive in an outdoor toilet pit. She claimed delirium at birth and lack of knowledge of the child. Judge Jake Fisher sentenced her to one year in Webster county jail. Burl Ashby 28 received one year in state penitentiary for a $40 armed robbery of Marie Haley. Accomplice Denver Jones, 12-year sentence in Moundsville prison. Damages suit of Frank Mazella against Baltimore and Ohio railroad continued to January term.
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Webster Springs
Nina Bennett
Barton
Webster County
Jake Fisher
Webster
Miss Bennett
Burl Ashby
Marie Haley
Bergoo
Denver Jones
Moundsville
Frank Mazella
Camden-On- Gauley
Petro Manero
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Armless Man Applies for Marriage License in York
In York Pennsylvania a man missing both arms signs an application for a marriage license. The incident occurred when a pen was placed between his jaws to sign, after his arms were amputated at the shoulders in a railroad accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Green
Court Prepares Place For Black Chair Purchased
Washington reports the Supreme Court prepares for Justice Hugo L. Black to debut on Monday amid questions about his Ku Klux Klan links. Name plates reading Mr Justice Black in ebony on bronze have been fixed to a grand door and attached to the back of a judicial chair. Continuous coverage noted.
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Washington
Husgo L. Black
Supreme Court
Ku Klux Elan
Justice Black
Baby Survivor of Crash That Killed Six
Griffithsville West Virginia relatives mourn the six family members killed in a Sunday truck train crash near Montgomery. Two year old Emogene Brown, the lone survivor, plays with her nurse in a hospital as Willard James Ellery T Brown his wife and their four children are to be buried tomorrow. Emogene suffered a fractured arm from the wreck.
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Griffithsville
W. Va
Brown
Montgomery
Emogene Brown
Willard James
Whitaker
James
Ellery ‘T. Brown
Emegerie
League condemns Japanese bombings in Sino war
Geneva September 28 The League of Nations assembly condemned Japanese aerial attacks on Chinese cities with a moment of silence. no formal vote was taken and the assembly approved the Sino-Japanese advisory committee's condemnation without dissent. Julio Alvarez Del Vayo supported the resolution.
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Geneva
League of Nations Assembly
China
Aga Kahn
India
League ‘Advisory Group
United States
Julio Alvarez del Vayo
Spain
League
Aga Khan
Ching
Baby Thrown From Second Story Window to Safety
In Baltimore a 21 month old girl, Taya Mislowsky, was hurled from a second floor window into a bystander's arms to escape a fire that forced two adults to jump and others to be rescued. Neighbor Norman Erichton caught her as father Anthony Mislowsky saved the child from the engulfing flames. Josephine Andreick, 17, leaped to safety, both sustaining burns and injuries. The baby suffered facial and back burns but was unharmed otherwise per doctors.
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Baltimore
Taya Mislowsky
Anthony Mislowsky
Norman Erichton
Mislowsky
Josephine Andreick
Sentinel Grid Contest Is Starting This Week
The Grafton Sentinel announces the grid contest begins this week with many local business houses participating. A first prize of 10 dollars and a second prize of 5 dollars will be awarded weekly. Blanks for contestants are available at participating businesses.
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Grafton Sentinel
Mystery Man in Gray Cap Is Sole Clue
Chicago September 28 A hotel bellboy described a mysterious man in a gray cap as the sole clue in the kidnap case of wealthy Charles E Ross. The man spoke to Ross in a sycamore Illinois hotel hours before the abduction and was seen on a highway west of Chicago Saturday. No ransom demand had been received by the victim's distraught family. Continued on page four.
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Chicago
Charles 8. Ross
Ross
Sycamore
Ill
Phillips Leaves During Week to Hundred Church
Rev and Mrs R C Phillips depart Grafton this week for Hundred West Virginia where Mr Phillips will serve as minister of the Hundred M E church. He had previously pastored the Hundred church from 1916 to 1919 and the conference recently pursued reappointment there.
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Phillips
Hundred Church
R. C. Phillips
Grafton
Hundred
W. Va
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
Hundred M. E
Deputy Sheriff Fined For Passing On Curve
Elkins September 28 A Pocahontas County deputy sheriff Bo Curry jailer was fined ten dollars and costs after a state trooper charged him with passing another car on a blind curve. Magistrate J Loman Hartsaw of Beverly presided.
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Elkins
Bo Curry
Pocahontas County
J. Loman Hartsaw
Beverly
Curry
Many Under Indictment In Harlan Coal Mine Trouble
Twenty three present or former deputy sheriff, twenty four coal mine company executives and twenty two companies in Harlan County Kentucky face trial by late November on charges of depriving miners of civil rights under the National Labor Relations Act. Summonses to appear at the opening of the federal district court in London Kentucky on November 22 were sent after a blanket indictment by the grand jury. Special United States Attorneys Amos W Woodcock and George J Jones witnessed the proceedings.
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Frankfort
Harlan County
London
U. S
United States
Amos W. W
Woodcock
George J. Jones
Senate
Psae
Japan mobilizes 600000 troops as Sino Japanese war deepens
Shanghai dispatch reports Japan preparing for possible clash with Russia with 600000 troops mobilized near Manchukuo and Siberia border. Observers say war footing extended to China front lines as tension peaks. Russia warns Japan over bombardment of Nanking amid undeclared hostilities.
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James A. Mills
Shanghai
Japan
China
Russia
Tientsin
Kotes
Manchoukuo
Siberia
Tokyo
War Office
Manchoukuo-Siberian
Peiping
Nanking
First Auction Lot Sale In Ten Years Arranged
The first auction lot sale in Taylor county for over ten years is set for Browning Park tomorrow and Thursday, offering fifty choice building sites. Parrish Realty Co. manages the sale with Col. C. T. Bartlett of Muncie, Indiana, as auctioneer. Prizes include cash radios and furniture. Water and electricity are available as Brownlow Park reopens amid improved business prospects and a new U S highway.
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Taylor County
Browniog Park
Parrish
Realty Company
Browning Realty Company
Col
C. T. Bartlet
Muncie
Indiana
Brownlow Park
Tepper
Dog Catchers Struggle As Canines Escape
In Dallas on September 26, dog catchers restart efforts to remove unlicensed dogs after a board sign was removed from the pound and 40 dogs were released. A few remain under special quarantine while authorities reassess procedures.
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Dallas
Tex
Price Fixing Fight Resumes Over Coal Classifications
The four year old dispute over soft coal classification for price fixing was revived as the National Bituminous Coal Commission moved to speed setting minimum charges for the 450 million ton industry. At a hearing the commission rejected producer classifications from western Pennsylvania Ohio southeast West Virginia and the district covering parts of southwest Virginia western Virginia eastern Kentucky and Tennessee. Chairman Hosford Jr said the rejections reflect not only chemical and physical analyses but also stoppings. New schedules were ordered by the TVA beat major districts to align with commission instructions and submit them today. Continued on page 4
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Washington
National
Oar Hosford
Tva
Aged Couple Held Under Bonds By Judge
In West Union on September 28 a 74 year old man and his 70 year old wife were convicted of assault and battery. W. H. Holtz and his wife Etta, both of Industrial, were fined five dollars and costs and placed under peace bonds for one year. They were convicted for striking Lenora Holtz, 44, their invalid daughter and Mrs Holtz's stepdaughter.
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West Union
W. H. Holtz
Etta
Industrial
Lenora Holtz
Holtz
Two Injury Victims Treated in City Hospital
Mrs. Margaret Chenoweth of Grand Street was admitted to City hospital yesterday after a fall at home left her with a fracture of the left leg. Ira Grimm of route seven, an employee of Keely Construction, was treated for bruises from a resurfacing accident on U.S. Route 119 between Grafton and Morgantown and discharged yesterday afternoon.
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Margaret Chenoweth
Grand Street
Ira Grimm
Route Seven
Keely Construction Company
Grafton
Morgantown
Grimm
Jury Finds Damages After False Arrest Case
The jury returned a verdict against Clarence Kelly for 6404 dollars in a false arrest suit brought by John Johnson of Taylor County against Relive Standard Oil Company Sheriff Lee Bennett Deputy James Guth Chief A B Lockard and Officers Emrick and Murphy. Judgment in Kellys favor was entered at 25 000 dollars but the jury could not reach verdict on other defendants. The judge sent the case back for a new trial request and the matter may go to the Supreme Court.
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Sentinel
John Johnson
Preston County
Johnson
Clarence Kelly
Taylor County
Relive Standard Oi Company
Lee’ Bennetty Batson
James
Herbert W. Dent
Lee, Bennett
James L. Guth
W. Endtick
W. B. Mu Standard Oil Company
Frank E. P Sr
Supreme Court
Parrack
Roosevelt at Columbia Dam
President on a West Coast tour praised the Columbia Basin project as saving costs while boosting irrigation, cheaper electricity, and power distribution to hundreds of small communities. He urged balanced budgets and predicted a tax-limited approach, announcing a fiscal year budget deadline and broader regional benefits.
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D. Harold Oliver
Bonneville
Dam
Ore
Columbia Basin
Lawrer
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M’kinney
Coalition
Kiwanis
Tot
Sentinel Grid
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Bellboy’s
Kidio
Harlan Coal Mine
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Columbia Dam
H Power Project
Luncheo Presbyterian Chi
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