Flower Show Entries Pour In Across West Virginia
Entries pour in for the Gladiolus show sponsored by the Geal Woman's club at 203 West Main Street. Officials and judges from Maryland and local clubs will award medals, ribbons, and prize bulbs as public viewing runs 2 PM to 10 PM.
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Geal Woman's Club
West Virginia
Liege
H. V. Wright
Trial Gardens of Maryland Ladiolus Society
A. M. Eves
Mary d Gladiolus Society
New England Gladiolus Society
Dean Oliver Shurtleff
Gladiolus Yoviock
Conniz
Nina Zinn
Th Mays
the Sentinel
Heart Attack Fatal On Trip In Canada
Word has been received that Eldred G. Wortman of Akron Ohio died of a sudden heart attack while camping in Canada with friends. He was the husband of Helen Hardie and father of Joyce Wortman. Burial will be in Akron where the family has lived for years.
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J. R. Hardie
West Main Street
Eldred G. Wortman
Akron
Ohio
Wortman
Helen Hardie
Joyce
Canada
Dedication Service At West Side Playground Planned
A dedication service will be held at the West Side playground this evening at 7 p.m. to honor leaders who teach children to love the American flag. Attorney J. C. Holt, a World War I veteran, will be the main speaker. The service is conducted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion.
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West Side
J. C. Holt
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Local Committee Named In Farm Buying Program
A citizens' committee named to interview applicants in Tays county wishing to purchase farms under the Bankhead Jones farm tenant purchase program has been appointed to serve during the coming year. Chosen are A. N. Allen, George Colebank, and H Scranage. Four persons will be selected in the county to buy their own farms under the terms of the act.
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Citizens’ Committee
Tays County
Bankhead-Jones
Bet
A. N. Allen
George Colebank
H Scranage
Whiting Speaks at Grafton Rotary on Local Employment Service
Stewart Whiting senior interviewer presented a discussion on the local work of the West Virginia Employment Service to the Grafton Rotary club during a regular weekly dinner meeting in the MCA dining room. John Hopkins, handling August programs, introduced the speaker.
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West Virginia Employment Service
Grafton Rotary Club
M.C.A
Stewart Whiting
John Hopkins
Young Roosevelt Begins His Naval Reserve Duty
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., son of the president, boarded the U S 8 Destroyer Lawrence at Newport to begin two weeks of training as an ensign in the naval reserve. Dressed in a dark blue uniform he arrived in his car while Marines guarded the landing and the ship’s captain waited for the officer reporting for duty.
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Newport
R. I
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr
U. S
Lawrence
Naval Reserve
Roosevelt
July Highway Toll In State Higher Than June
Charleston Aug 2 Twenty five West Virginians were killed on highways during July, compared with 39 in the previous month and 41 in May, the state police bureau of accident prevention reported. For the first seven months of the al ae.
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Charleston
West
Harrison County Settles with State Auditor’s Office
Charleston reports Harrison County become the first major county to settle its accounts with the state auditor. Assistant Auditor Cleveland M. Bailey announced the settlement following presentations by Moore Reynolds, noting several counties have already sent settlements and the process aims to complete the accounts.
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Charleston
Harrison
Cleveland M. Bailey
Iff Moore M. Reynolds
RAF Reports Ammunition Dump Raid Details
A fragment recounts a raid on an ammunition dump with a high altitude surprise and flames. It mentions a deputy securities commissioner and a homeward journey, with no casualties reported and a man accused of selling bonds. The text is garbled but preserves named figures and locations.
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Cha
Omore
Airton
Robert F. Brown
Son
One Time Grafton Man Succumbs In New York
Edgar H Adams age 72 formerly of Grafton died at his Brooklyn home in New York. A linotype operator for the New York Times, he was a son of the late William Henry and Emma Amgel Holmes. His widow is Sadie E Degnan of New York.
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Edgar H.adams
Grafton
William Henry
Emma Amgel Holmes
Brooklyn
N. Y
New York Times
Sadie E. Degnan
New York
West Virginians on Buildings That Did Not Exist
Judge Haymond re docketed the case for 1 o clock Friday as a matter in West Virginia court.
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Haymond
Cannery at Pruntytown Runs Full Blast
The Pruntytown Cannery runs two seven hour shifts daily to preserve fruit and vegetables for winter. Superintendent R P Bell reports about 100900 cans will be produced with 20 percent for inmates and officials and the rest sold to state institutions. The cannery building 13 operates for the first time this year.
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State Industrial School
Pruntytown
R. P. Bell
J. Bell
Two Appointed to Probe Guardian Coal Firm Affairs
Federal Judge George W. McClintic appointed George Alsop and William L. Wooddell of Webster Springs to investigate Guardian Coal company of Webster County. They will report to the court before August 31 on the firm's conduct amid reorganizing efforts and blamed transportation and loading shortages.
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Charleston
George Alsop
William L. ‘Wooddell
Webster Springs S
George W.mcclintic
Guardian Coal Company
Webster County
Alsop
Wooddell
Yacht Club Race Prizes Publicized at Tygart Lake
Final plans for Tygart Lake motorboat racing on Sunday August 4 are set. The Yacht Club announced prize donors and per ride taxi transport details for spectators, with fares scaled by party size. Prizes include gasoline cans, shaving sets, pens and pencils, trade credits, and various branded items from local businesses.
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Tygart Lake
Yacht Club
Toau
Races Themselves Inc
Lisabeth
Love Drug Co
Shick Razor
J. C. Penney Co
Loar
Bill Ford
Evans Hardware Co
Skaggs Jewelry Co
Tygart
Suephenson
Fishing Race Trials And Exhibitions At Lawson Gulf
The Lawson Brothers Gulf Station hosts a 1.00 in Trade event with boat trial runs from 10 a m to 12 noon for handicapping. Exhibitions include water ski, surfboard riding, and diving bell demonstrations. All boats must moor when not racing and wear life vests. Swimming races possible if entrants appear.
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Lawson Brothers
Russia Says Finnish Police Clubbed Workers
Moscow dispatch from Tass states Finnish police in Helsinki clubbed workers, signaling a claim of mistreatment by authorities. The report frames the incident as a crackdown on labor activists and notes Soviet concern over its own citizens abroad.
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Society of Friendship and Peace
Ussr
Vyaches‘laff
Helsinki
Moscow
Tass
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