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Newspaper

The West Virginian

Location

Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1922

Page

3

Velvet Gang Revelations From the Gerard House Raid

Dick and Garrick escape a street skirmish after undercover enforcement officers arrest them at the Gerard residence. Voices over wireless reveal Ruth and Jack plotting alibis amid the Parr jewel heist and radio intrigue. The Velvet Gang nickname surfaces as the caper unraveled continues in the next issue.

Iotlan Garrick Ruta Parr Gerard Houses Brock Georges Jack Gartis de- Ponair Gipicke Ruth Jack Mira Vira Perdition the Tate Einstein Gerard’s Arcight Inner Circle Revenue Enforcement Comptroller of State Velvet Gang Velvet Gans

St Peters School To Graduate Twenty Five Students

Twenty five students will receive diplomas at St Peter’s Parochial School annual commencement in the school auditorium at 8 oclock Wednesday evening Principal speaker will be Rev Father Coghlan of Moundsville A program of play drills songs and chorus will be presented Names of graduates include Joseph Brown George Walter Welen Kennedy Welen Schaffner Grace Armbruster Mary Moore William Sarsfield Adam Kessler Theodore Hart Mary Hanaway David Mumford Firmine Lumens Minnie Rush John Hession Edwin Shore Helen McKain Vincent Anwyll Norman Wegman John Joseph Hanley Cecelix Creighton Hugh Stiles Merino Costelli Agnes Creighton Margaret Weber Anna Backus

St. Peter's Parochial School Father Coghlan Moundsville Joseph Brown George Walter Welen Kennedy Welen Schaffner Grace Armbruster Mary Moore William Sarsfield Adam Kessler

Labor's militant year marked by criticism of courts and Congress

Cincinnati June 12 The forty second annual AFL convention presented a report from the federation's executive council detailing a year of unusual strife and industrial depression. It condemned court decisions including the Supreme Court and President Hardings proposed union regulation, and charged Congress and state legislatures with reactionary actions.

Cincinnati American Federation of Labor Congress Supreme Court Hardig Solidarity United Mine Workers of America Packing House Printing Trades Union Executive Council United States Our Republic Anderson Indiianapolis McClintic West Virginia Council Federation House Senate England Kansas Colorado Harding America Labor Board Railroad Labor Board

Indigestion sufferer credits Tanlac with relief

Mrs Ida Smith of Huntington West Virginia says a decade of illness from indigestion ended after four bottles of Tanlac. She describes severe cramps bloating heartburn and nervousness before relief and a ten pound weight gain. Tanlac is sold by druggists.

Ida Smith Seventh St Huntington W. Va

Veteran Civil War Vet Reveals Health Secret

A Civil War veteran Abram Arnold aged about 77 credits Dr A W Chase remedies for his long health amid chronic postwar ailments. He claims prolonged use of Chase’s Tonic Pills keeps him strong and ready to answer inquiries about the cure. He urges readers to seek genuine products bearing Dr A W Chase’s portrait and signature.

Arnold Campbell A. ‘W. Chase A. W. Chase Dr. A. W- Chase M.D Dvertiserone

British Trade Union Movement Faces Mixed Support

The report indicates many firms are creeping into and gaining some ground in the British Trades union movement though a large majority of leaders and rank and file do not subscribe to or accept any of these changes.

Britis Trades Union Congress Trades Union

Y M C A to raise 4 million for retirements in North America

In Buffalo on June 12, A H Whitford announced the drive to fund retirement pensions for veteran Y M C A executives across North America. The campaign, kept quiet, aims to close within about two weeks, though it originally planned a January 1, 1923 deadline.

Buffalo North America A. H. Whitford Y.M.C. A

Rockefeller foundation backs retirement fund drive

Canada and Brazil contributed to the fund while The Rockefeller Foundation donated $1,000,000 on the condition of raising $3,000,000 from other sources. New York State led with $231,245, then Pennsylvania and Ohio. Most of the initial $52,000,000 came from New York, Chicago and Cincinnati. X ray burns are treated the same as flame burns.

Canada Brazil Rockefeller’ Foundation New York State Pensylvania Obi New York Chicago Cincinnati

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