Centennial 100th anniversary parade in Grafton
The 100th anniversary celebration of American independence in Grafton featured a torchlit Main street procession led by Marshal Harry H. Guseman and the Grafton brass band. A colorful float with 38 young women represented states, with Rose Hooper as Liberty and Alice Shaffer as Justice, followed by civic leaders, schools, clubs, and a crowd of townsfolk in a grand commemorative parade.
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Main Street
Harry H. Guseman
Grafton Brass Band
Baltimore and Ohio
Main
Latrobe
Clara Brighan
Mollican
Elizal Brinkman
Rose Carter
Jennle Clayton
Lenora Compton
May Cline
Hattie Cramer
Anna Degk
Mary Donohue
Kate Evans
May, Graham
Letitia Graham
Flora Hamileton
Bertie Hooten
Lila Hendrison
Anna Jarvis
Elizabeth Kimmel
Lucy King
Jessie Kuh
Nancy Kuh
Elite Lipperhatt
Rose Litzinger
Letitia Miller
Nettie Mye
Lucy Ours
Mary McGraw
Ida ‘Proudfoot
Minnie Proudfoot
Lucy Thomas
Dessie Ruble
Columbia’ Sinsel
Blanche Sinclair
Kate Sampsel
Caroline Wehn
Mary Wehn
Rose Williams
Rose Hooper
Liberty
Alice Shaffer
Masonic Fraternity
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Knights of Pythias
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Grafton
Sons of Temperance
Baptist Sunday School
Methodist
Lutheran
Grafton Literary Society
David Lilly
America
Marion Barker
Webster
Parking Meter Tax Sparks Webster Springs Clash
Webster county moves to tax meters as property of the city to fund street revenue while meter companies would pay taxes. Grafton and Taylor county residents oppose the plan as unfair to users who already pay for streets and services, raising questions of legality and shared revenue.
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Webster County
Webster Springs
Paldt
Met
Taylor County
Gratton
Grafton
Women control wealth and oppose the New Deal says Republican leader
Associate Chairman Chauncey D Hinerman argues women own major shares of wealth and control commerce, and that New Deal policies harm business and workers. He cites rising taxes, reduced wages, and criticizes government spending, urging rejection of further pump priming and broader support for limited government.
New Deal critique from Labor Magazine echoes 1930s stance
The piece argues the New Deal has not changed since 1932 36 and accuses Roosevelt and allies of deceit. It warns that continued Tammany Farley Roosevelt governance could lead to dictatorship, harming America and children. It cites past support for Roosevelt as proof of fairness.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Congress
Labor Magazine
New Dealer
HOUSE
Senate
Pendergast- Farley-Roosevelt
America
Ola
Russia
Real spending bill faces core argument over debt, prosperity
Wheeling Intelligencer denounces the White House measure as a massive pump priming plan that would extend public debt and burden taxpayers. Despite amendments lowering totals, the piece argues the essence remains: spending to buy votes and prop up a political regime rather than revive economy.
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Wheeling Intelligencer
Congress
White House
United States
House Banking Committee
Senate
Profit sharing eyed as path to joint wealth gains
The 1939 Clarksburg Telegram summary notes a Senate study led by Senator Arthur H. Vandenburg on profit sharing. It found 128 firms with net worth over twenty two billion dollars operating some form of plan. The report favors tax exemptions on profit sharing funds and urges flexible approaches rather than a fixed formula.
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Clarksburg
Arthur H. Vandenburg
Michigan
Senate
Republican Party
Central Press Wreller On War, Wit, And Odd Facts
A collage of quips and observations questions Europe’s looming conflict, notes past prophetic misfires by Shaw and others, and jabs at various oddities from centipedes to a Kaiser’s fortune. The tone is brisk, opinionated, and saturated with cultural references.
Fire School Progress and Honors for Local Fire Department
Eighteen members completed two years of fire school training and eleven joined after one year. A prize badge was awarded to top student Russell Matthews with a 98 average. Named veterans include Fire Chief Greenwald, Assistant Chief Proctor, Night Fireman Bryan, and officers Layman Rosier Robison Behen Mathews Ridenour Reneman Leese Paugh Williams Bunner Kelley Gatrell Bott. One year graduates include George Hamric and volunteers Carr Hanletter Richman Pauley Sturm Moore Hanletter Kelley Cole Mosser. In addition to local classes, Greenwald and Proctor have attended West Virginia University fire schools in July. Chief Greenwald lauds the crew for reducing city fire loss and insurance costs.
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Greenwald
Volunteer
Fire Department
Russel Mathews
L. H. Greenwald
John Proctor
L. C. Bryan
Earl Layman
O. N. Rosier, Jr
Ray O. Robison
Elmer Behen
Lester Ridenour
Donald Leese
Otto Paugh
Walter Williams, Jr
John A. Bunner
Robert Kelley
Francis Gatrell
William Bott
George Hamric
Lawrence Carr
Harry Hanletter
John W. Richman
Virgil Pauley
Edward Sturm
Milton Moore
William Hanletter
Clarence Kelley
Kenneth Cole
Roy Mosser
West Virginia University
Proctor
Young Doctor Contends with Robbery Shooting Case
A reported bank escape involved Randolph Deschauer 49 Louise Pifer 30 and Fred Isner 25. One suspect allegedly shot and critically wounded Thomas C McClintie 53 a local lumber dealer while he sat in his parked car with his wife. McClintic remains hospitalized with life uncertain.
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U.S
Will Ban
Randolph Douglas Deschauer
Clarksburg
Louise Andrew Pifer
Allegany County
Maryland
Fred Isner
Ridgeley
Thomas C. McClintie
McClintic
Balrance
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Alexander Shaw
M. H. Dent
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Thomas Kennedy
West Grafton
John W. Hamilton
John M. Thayer
William E. Pifer
John S. 5. Herr
Luther Martin
Joseph Britt
J. P. P. King
Arthur Sinsel
John W. Deck
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Charles Barker
Charles Barnhouse
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Harry Beverlin
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Henry Brinkman
Frank Carr
John Carr
John Carroll
William Carroll
Theodore Cassell
John Cassell
James Cathel
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William Clinto
William Clayton
John Clayton
Guy Chambers
John Cramer
Elmer Creel
Robert Creel
John Crogan
George Deck
Lee Devine
Lewis Dinkle
Edward Douglass
John Donghue
John Dunk
Charles Durbin
Arthur Evans
John Fallon
Edward Flanagan
John Flanagan
Arthur Fretwell
William Goley
Frederick Griffith
Eugene Graham
Charles Gough
Jefferson Hamilton
Oliver Hamilton
Clark Hamilton
Harry Henshaw
Edgar Henshaw
Frank Hechmer
Peter Hedrick
William Hendrickson
Robert Hessen
Charles Hirst
William Hoskins
William Johnson
Frank Keane
John Kimmel
Charles Kimmel
Frank King
William Kohlousen
Uther Lake
George Lilly
James Lilly
William Lilly
Clay Love
Joseph McGraw
Thomas McGraw
Elisa McClarnan
Ellsworth McKenzie
James Pickett
Ezra Pierce
John Pierce
Phillip Prelas
Henry Preiss
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Troy Rohrbaugh
John Renneman
Harry Ruble
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Ethel Newton
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Aviation
Robert Kennedy
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Corrinne
Chauncey D. Hinerman
Republican State Committee
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George Bernard Shaw
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