War Dampens Folk Song Meet Crowds In Ashland
In Ashland Kentucky June 14 the weather and war restrictions on rubber cut attendance at the 12th annual American folk song festival founded by Jean Thomas. About 60 cast members performed for a crowd of around 1500 at the Traipsing Woman's cabin on Mayo trail 18 miles south of Ashland. Misa Thomas wore burgundy velvet with 14 ladies in waiting as prologue and scenes were set for ballads on a Puncheon platform. Guests included Madame Martha Atwood Baker former Metropolitan Opera star and Bruce Crawford West Virginia publicity director with greetings from Gov Neely of West Virginia and other folk song authorities.
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Ashland
Jean Thomas
Mayo Trail
Misa Thomas
Martha Atwood-Baker
Metropolitan Opera
Cape Cod Institute of Music
Bruce Crawford
West Virginia
Charleston Sets 15 Minute Blackout Tonight
A 15 minute preliminary blackout will occur in South Charleston between 9 30 and 10 p m today. Commander Monte C Catlette of the civilian defense council issued the order. The blackout applies only to residences and excludes factories street traffic and movement of vehicles. It aims to train air raid wardens and civilian defense workers for an all over blackout scenario.
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South Charleston
Monte C. Catlette
Civilian Defense Council
Dunbar Boy Arrives Safely in Northern Ireland
David Steinmetz of Dunbar and his parents Mr and Mrs J J Steinmetz learned yesterday that he arrived safely in Northern Ireland. The 20 year old Charleston High School alumnus and school band member enlisted last January after working for United Fuel.
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Dunbar
Ireland
David Steinmetz
Northern Ireland
J. J. Steinmetz
David
Charleston High School
United Fuel ‘ess_company
St Albans Elects Officers For Eastern Star And D A R
Mrs Maggie Pruden elected worthy matron of St Albans Chapter 79 OES with F E Short as worthy patron and Hilda Peyton as associate matron. St Albans Council No 16 D A R elects Geraldine Spencer councilor and Elizabeth McCormick vice councilor among others. A Jural Woman’s Christian Temperance Union institute is set for June 23 at St Andrew’s Methodist. Births, moves, and local notices follow with several families given new arrivals and relocations.
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Maggie Pruden
St. Albans
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
F. E. Short
Hilda Peyton
Henry Peyton
Maggie Henzman
Florence Howes
Oliver C. Ray
Margaret Loyde
Cecil Short
Ferral Rimmer
Susie Taylor
Jural Woman's Christian Temperance Union
St. Andrew's Methodist Church
Young Clay Countian Dies in Ambulance
Daniel Boone Legg 20 of Fola Clay County died in an ambulance en route to Charleston General after a car struck a roadside guard rail above Clay. Everett Hanshaw, his companion from Precious, was injured and remained in Charleston General with undetailed injuries. Legg likely died from a skull base fracture per Kanawha County coroner Dr. Max Goldman. Funeral set for 11 a.m. at Fola Baptist Church with burial in Keith Cemetery.
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Daniel Boone Legg
Fola
Clay County
Hardman
Max Goldman
Kanawha County
Legg
Frank Legg
Gladys Smith
Parkersburg
Calvin
Ruth Hedrick
Fola Baptist Church
Thomas Jones
Iselating
Keith
Hanshaw
Arthur Hanshaw
Meena
Record drunk count soars at Kanawha jail over weekend
Kanawha county jail tallies an unusually high number of intoxicated detainees from Saturday afternoon through Monday morning. Initial count listed 15 million before a blotter recount pushed total well over 100. Jailer speculates rain or cold may contribute to the spike as more drunks arrive.
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Kanawha County
Two Injured When Auto Knocks Down Light Pole
H A Ross of 155344 Quarrier Street and Helen Wilkerson of 1423 Virginia Street were injured at 3 pm yesterday when Ross s car struck and broke a light pole on Kanawha Boulevard near Michigan Avenue. Ross was taken to St Francis Hospital with a broken jaw. Wilkerson was treated at Mountain State Memorial Hospital where she is listed as a patient.
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H. A. Ross
Quarrier Street
Helen Wilkerson
Virginia Street
Ross
Kanawha Boulevard
Michigan Avenue
St. Francis Hospital
Miss Wilkerson
Mountain State Memorial Hospital
Red Cross Institute To Be Held at Elkins
Elkins news reports a four day Red Cross training institute opening June 24 with workers from 63 West Virginia chapters expected to register. Frank Curtis regional director for West Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee will head the program the first of its kind since 1916.
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Elkins
West Virginia
Red Cross Training Institute
Frank Curtis
Kentucky
Tennessee
Fifty Cases Before Court of Claims Docketed for July Term
A list of fifty cases will be presented to the state court of claims for docketing in the July term opening July 13. The term is described as lengthy with 34 of the 50 contested, and 22 of 41 last term contested. Thomas L. Johnson of Charleston seeks 15000 for injuries on the Kanawha City bridge March 10, 1937. Ada Harless of Racine seeks 15000 after falling from a state highway bridge with no handrail. Five cases carried over from last term include Hatfield Construction Co. and Harry Hatfield and Co. seeking 47095.28 and 44469.55 respectively for alleged excessive costs on road contracts.
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State Court of Claims
Road Commission
Kanawha City
Thomas L. Johnson
Charleston
Yead Commission
Ada Harless
Racine
Coal River
Hatfield Construction Company
Harry Hatfield and Company
Second Avenue elevated line to be wrecked for war steel
New York reports that the 65 year old Second Avenue elevated line will be turned over to wreckers tomorrow. Thousands of tons of steel will be converted into weapons and equipment for the war effort. The line, established in 1877, ended service late Saturday night after decades of daily transport for New Yorkers.
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New York
Second Avenue
U. S. Army Air Forces
Air
Oregon Educator Calls Ban on Abuses in Honorary Degrees
Oregon educator Dean Stephen Epler reports a poll of 241 college leaders and civil figures finding most presidents favor tighter limits on honorary degrees. He notes a majority think degrees should be fewer and that many are awarded for publicity or administrative success, with calls for more democratic, standardized selection.
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Washington
Oregon
Stephen Epler
Southern Oregon College of Education
American Council On Public Affairs
Epler
Herbert Hoover
Roosevelt
Dean Epler
Summerall Blames Government for Pacific Losses
General Charles P. Summerall charged criminal misgovernment caused weak defense and the temporary loss of American territories in the Pacific. In a Flag Day speech in Charleston he urged reason in peacetime, warning soldiers and sailors faced humiliation as the flag was trailed in the dust and replaced by enemy conquest.
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Charleston
S. C
INS
Charles P. Summerall
Pacific
Japan
Army
Summerall
T H Govran Named District Legion Chief
T H McGovran of South Charleston was elected commander of the 8th West Virginia American Legion district at a East Bank convention hosted by Cabin Creek post 80. Marty Bowley of Montgomery was elected district national delegate. MacGoran is chef de gare of voiture 1087 of the 40 and B here. Stewart Jenkins of Cannerton was retiring district commander.
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T. H. McGovran
South Charleston
Bth
Virginia American Legion
East Bank
Cabin Creek
Marty Bowley
Montgomery
MacGo ¥Ran
John Brawley
Stewart Jenkins
Cannerton
Chiropodists Convene at Clarksburg for 27th Annual Meet
West Virginia chiropodists gather in Clarksburg for the 27th annual convention. Dr. George Craig of Uniontown Pennsylvania delivers the keynote on Feet in Relation to General Health. Other speakers include Dr. E K Crosby of Wheeling and Dr. B R Johnson of Charleston, the state president.
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Clarksburg
West Virginia
George Craig
Uniontown
E. K. Crosby
Wheeling
B .R. Johnson
Charleston
Masons and Eastern Star Meet Today at Wheeling
About 100 people expected for a joint convention of Free and Accepted Masons and the Order of Eastern Star in Wheeling. The session runs Monday and Tuesday with activities scheduled over two days.
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Masons
Eastern Star
Wheeling
Convention of Free and Accepted Masons
Order of Eastern Star
Car Crash Injures Two On Bigley Avenue
Vance McCracken of 2204 Pennsylvania avenue suffered a broken wrist when the car he drove or rode in struck a utility pole in the 1400 block of Bigley avenue Saturday night, police said. Eleanor Hunt of the same address was slightly injured but released.
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Vance McCracken
Pennsylvania Avenue
Bigley Avenue
Staats Hospital
Eleanor Hunt
Child Bobby Joe Litton Improves in Charleston Hospital
The 7 year old Bobby Joe Litton of Glasgow, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Litton, shows marked improvement after treatment for a head injury at Charleston General hospital where he remains under care.
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Bobby Joe Litton
Ernest Litton
Glasgow
Charleston General Hospital
Five Maine School Boys Die in Lightning Strike
Five East Millinocket youths aged 13 to 17 and a Medway boy, 17, were killed when lightning struck a tree where they stood cooling after swimming on the Penobscot river. Several others were stunned but revived by nearby Boy Scouts.
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Millinocket
Maine
Penobscot
E. H. Fiske
George Gray
Charles Watkins
le Realliu
Arthur Duffy
East Millinocket
Buddy" Lee
Medway
River victim revived after Elk river drowning scare
Robert Sextin, 17, of Rayford, dragged unconscious from the Elk River near Big Chimney Saturday morning, was revived by artificial respiration and reported improved last night at Kanawha Valley hospital after removal from the oxygen tent.
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Robert Sextin
Rayford
Elk River
Big Chimney
Kanawha Valley Hospital
RAF Bombs Taranto Base in Fifth Night Raid
Rome dispatch reports RAF strikes against Taranto, a major Italian naval base, marking the fifth raid in six nights. Italian high command claims few bombs fell with no loss of life or property. A June 12-13 communique notes torpedo boats near Sevastopol torpedoed a Soviet 10,000-ton armed motorship.
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Taranto
RAF
Black Sea
Sevastopol
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