Berry Festival Set This Week in Buckhannon
Strawberries take center stage as four counties join the Central West Virginia event. An expected 50 000 attendees are forecast for parades pageants and contests over two days. Festival queen Jeanne Strickling of Clarksburg will crown by Gay Neely. agriculture chief McLaughlin crowns Buckhannon grower Arnold. Fantasia pageant features 300 performers. grand parade to follow with 20 floats and 12 bands.
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Buckbannon
Mfichals
Central West Virginia
Ie 0
Jeanne Strickling
Clarksburg
Gay, Neely
J. B. McLaughlin
W. 7. Arnold
Buckhannon
Youth Survives Shots
A federal narcotics investigator shot his 19 year old son Richard by mistake as the youth attempted to enter his room at a Chicago home. The boy, wounded near the heart, was comforted by his father who remained at his bedside as doctors treated him.
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Chicago
Iws
Richard
Poems That Stir the Heart in a World of Verse
A reader’s note promotes the booklet Poems the Whole World Loves featuring familiar verses by Longfellow, Henley, Burns, Wordsworth, and others. It invites readers to send coins and provide name and address to Home Institute at 109 West 1th Street, New York, for the pamphlet in a 30 page format.
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Foss
Hobby Burns
Levere
Wordsworth
Tennyson
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Kipling
Home Institute
West 1Th Street
New York
Hinton Man Dies Resisting Arrest
Hinton on June 1 Carrie Meadows a 47 year old former garage mechanic was shot and killed by officers while resisting arrest a coroner jury found noting Meadows allegedly threatened his wife with a rifle after escaping through doors as state trooper Co Yoak and city patrolman Garland Clark testified both fired in self defense Meadows died from a chest wound and the trooper was called justified no charges will be filed Capt Arnold Moore led the inquiry survived by wife and three children
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Meadows
Bosworth
Noah
Arnold Moore
Beckley
Beauty Glamour Tips By Lois Leeds For Eye Care
Lois Leeds shares home eye care and makeup tips to reduce strain and glare. Advice covers wearing dark glasses, eye compresses, cleansing routines, and step by step makeup ideas to preserve eye glamor with emphasis on darker mascara and careful shading. A short note offers a stamped self addressed envelope for more tips.
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Blan
Anne Edmonds
Warner Brothers Star
Leis Leeds
Charleston Gazette
GeneHe
Fisher to Rule on Charges Against 4 Pickets
Four United Mine Workers pickets face charges of trespass on Elk River Coal and Lumber property at Witten after a court injunction barred such actions. Judge Iake Fisher postponed ruling twice, with a May 5 hearing and June term set to determine disposition as the Widen mine reopened May 1.
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Clay
United Mine Workers
Elk River Coal and Lumber Company
Witten
Iake Fisher
UMWA
Widen
Ik River Company
Dorothy Dix Urges Harmony Between Mothers in Law and Daughters in Law
Dorothy Dix argues mothers in law and daughters in law should avoid living together due to clashes in affection, control, and modern versus old standards. She contends harmony benefits both, noting the mother in law can be a wife’s ally and help strengthen the husband’s loyalty, while a cordial relationship yields shared happiness and mutual gains.
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Mama
Sd Mucch
Joan
Mamie
Mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law should aid each other
Dorothy Dix reflects on family harmony, noting that mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law can become allies in trouble if they cultivate mutual respect. The piece emphasizes kinder roles over enmity, suggesting harmony benefits all involved across life’s trials.
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Dorothy Dix
Gaeetiel
Fish Take Lead In Wacky Derby
In a lighthearted weekly wrap, fish and other oddities dominate. Juror Chester Sciglar cites fish in Minnesota to dodge bias while Claude Eskew battles an owl’s hoots in Independence. A Miami Oklahoma contest sees a bass jump aboard a boat as bombs signal the start. A carrier pigeon message from a front line general ends in dream-book figures, and in Peoria a dog bites Melvin Price, prompting a comic showdown.
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New York
Special News Service
Vierins
Kansas City
Chester Sciglar
Isaak Walton
Dudge
Minnesota
Independence
Claude Eskew
Eskew
Miami
Okla
Peoria
Melvin Price
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Jean Lawson
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Patricia Figurn
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John L. Dunn
Kermit High School
Longfellow
America
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Paint & Glass Co
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W Va
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Spring Hill Hardware
Spring Mil
W, Va
Hinton
M. W. Wood
Eros Examinad
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Capitol St
Beauty Arts
Lois Leeds
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West 17Th Street
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