Grafton Kiwanis Dinner to Feature NRS Leader McGinnis
James H. McGinnis state director National Reemployment Service will speak on Unemployment Insurance at the Grafton Kiwanis dinner at Debendarfer's Cozy Rest Inn on Route 50. All Kiwanians and friends invited. Also plans for the August 27 Merchants picnic at Grafton Park announced along with upcoming meeting programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. McGinnis
Cnarleston
National Reemployment Service
Grafton Kiwanis Club
Debendarfer’s
Cozy Rest Inn
U. S. Route 50
Lloyd L. Shriver
McGinnis
Luke Ross
Grafton
NRS
William Manley
Alden Beagle
Grafton Park
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED- Aletha Susan Copenhaver to Canals
Notice reports the engagement and forthcoming wedding of Aletha Susan Copenhaver to an engineer with the Snare corporation, slated for 5:15 PM on July 31 near Philadelphia. details remain incomplete and the couple are known in Grafton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Copenhaver
Aletha Susan
Canals
Philadelphia
Grafton
Can
Asi
Prederick Snare Corporation
Socialist candidate cites labor concerns in LanDon lands recall letter
Norman Thomas writes Alf Landon stating the governor's record harms workers in lead and zinc regions citing poor health safety and living conditions across Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma He supports Wagner law while warning against potential dangers of government reactionary or semi Fascist shifts He backs collective bargaining rights and critiques company unions and asks Landon to discuss labor organizing with sharecroppers and steel workers Governor Landon responds with a July 29 letter praising labor's right to organize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Norman Thomas
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Thomas
Landon
Local residents head to reunions and visits across states
Mr and Mrs Lloyd M Loraw of 5 Minut street leave for Richmond Virginia for the 80th division reunion. Washington DC guests include Mr E H Harrell Miss Mary Elizabeth Hoffman and John Higgens at Mr and Mrs O W Hoffman s Dewey avenue home. Florence White and nieces Jean and Helen Shingleton return from Georgia. Arthur Waller and family in Parkerburg learn their daughter Mrs Keith Burge has arrived in San Francisco. Nearby travelers include Mrs Margaret Glenn and son Jimmie to Clarksburg and visits by Dorsey Moon family E L Barnes family Minnie Moore Ethel Willems of Warren Ohio to Grafton. Rev John Ward and daughter Martha Jane of Martinsburg visit. Dr Brown, former pastor of First Baptist Grafton. Frederick Bartlett leaves for Fort Harrison Indiana for Citizens Military Training during August. Helena Constance Lowe spends week in Washington DC. T B King sails to Huntingdon entering Vet Hospital. Mrs J M Riffee Rita return from Atlantic City. Aldene of Cumberland MD accompanies them to Riffee cottage. Ralph Rau and family join Mrs W H Reese and others in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd M. Loraw
Mfinut Street
Richmond
80Th Division
U. S. Army
Loraw
E. H. Harrell
Mary Elizabeth Hoffman
John Higgens
Washington, DC
O. W. Hoffman
Dewey, Avenue
Harrell
Margaret Hoffman
Hoffman
San Francisco
Calif
Burge
Hermoine
Citizens Military Train
Helena Constance Lowe
Washingston
D. C
T. B. King
Yatesay
Vet
J. M. Riffee
Rita
Atlantic City
Miss Aldene
Cumberland
Social calendar highlights church and family events
Aug 4 groups from Andrews M E and W Main Street M E meet at homes and halls. Judson Guild at Bertha Goodwin's home. Aug 4 picnic at L J Lear lawn. Aug 5 Supreme Forest Woodman Circle meeting. Aug 6 Women's Home Missionary Society at J A Sinclair home. Star Sewing Club at Mrs Renner. Laymans council at C Richman. Missionary society luncheon at Grafton Park. Aug 6 Lutheran Ladies Aid covered dish at Cassell home. Aug 9 Yates Gawthrop family reunion at Davison Run. Aug 9 Lambert Weaver at Boothsville. Aug 9 Brown reunion at Graf ton Fairmont road. Aug 16 Morgan family at Mount Zion. Aug 19 Davis Meredith at Beechwood Grove Alma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society
Andrews M. E
Mattie Jace
East Knotts Avenue
Judson Guild
First Baptist Church
Bertha Goodwin
Maple Avenue
Effie Newton
Ethel Jones
Ladies Aid Society of
L. J. Lear
Ladies Aid
W. Main Street
M. E. Church
Supreme Forest
Woodman Circle
White Rose Grove
Redmen's Hall
Women's Home Missionary Society of Andrews M. E
J. A. Sinclair
Star Sewing Club
C. W. Renner
West Main Street
Laymans’ Council
The
Methodist Protestant Church
C. ©. Richman
Wilkinson Street
T. W. Heironimus
Rhea Fisher
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
Grafton Park
Ladies' Aid
St. Paul's
Yates-Gawthrop
Davison Run Baptist Church
Harrison County
Boothsville
Brown
Brown Church Grove
Grafton-Fairmont Road
Morgan
Mount Zion
Fairmont
Davis-Meredith
Beechwood Grove
Alma
Taylor County
Local Social News From Grafton Area
Pa Sunday social items note Mrs W C Hanway and daughters Margaret and Virginia vacationing on the Cacapon river cottage with Mr Hanway and Buddy Lambert to join later. The Sitter family from Cumberland Md visit Grafton. Sitter formerly directed the Grafton High band. W S Rowland campers on South Branch Potomac. Holt family hosting Holt relation from Ellsworth Kansas. Birth: Burton Edwin Murphy born August 2 1936 at 829 West Boyd Street to Edwin and Freda Murphy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Hanway
Margaret
Virginia
Maple Avenue
Cacapon River
Panhandle
Hanway
Buddy” Lambert
Jack Sitter
Cumberland
Sitter
Grafton
W. S. Rowland
South Branch
Potomac
William Holt
Harriet
Ellsworth
Kansas
H. H. Holt
Mr. Holt
A. A. Holt
Edwin Murphy
Burton Edwin
West Boyd Street
Birth of Mary Ann Reese at 40 West Beaumont Street
Mr and Mrs Russell Reese announce the birth of a ten pound daughter at their home on July 31. The child has been named Mary Ann and is their third child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Reese
West Beaumont Street
Ben
Mary Ann
Lightning kills nine in Rafalovka Poland
Nine people were killed by a lightning strike in Rafalovka Poland on August 4. The incident occurred during daytime hours and authorities began investigations into the weather conditions and potential surrounding factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rafalovka
Poland
Mary Vann accused in Pensacola train wreck plot
In Pensacola on August 4 the state alleged 40 year old Mary Vann conspired to wreck her husband L W Vann's train to wed a younger man. Two black men Allen Langston and Allen Findlay pleaded guilty to similar acts and are to testify for the state. Attorneys seek venue change citing local prejudice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fla
Mary Vann
L. W. Vann
Allen Langston
Allen Findlay
Vann
Hospital Earnings For July At Grafton City
The Grafton City hospital reported July earnings totaling 2251.15. Excluding 15.60 for charity and 327.75 for compensation, most came from pay patients. Sixty-one admissions and sixty-seven discharges occurred with twenty in hospital. no deaths. Eleven major and thirty-six minor operations were performed, including three obstetrical cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton City Hospital
Corrine
Stafford
Charles 5. Rau
Former Local Man Dies In New York
Telegram from New York City informs George W White Carlton R White and others of the sudden death of Mrs George B Hamilton in New York City The deceased husband is remembered by Grafton friends from years past Mrs Hamilton formerly Myr tle White of Grafton is the former niece of Dodger Hamilton Funeral service set for Wednesday in New York City more details to follow
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W
Carlton R. White
George B. Hamilton
New York City
Hamilton
Grafton
Myrtle White
Dodger Hamilton
Frank Sterling
Student Flier Killed On First Solo Flight
Omar Hernandez a 27 year old Venezuelan army officer student at a Tulsa flying school died in a first solo flight crash. He enrolled May 1 for a limited commercial pilot course and went up to about 5000 feet for his first solo spins before his plane failed to lift the nose after two spins. His father is Dr Manuel Hernandez of the Bank of Venezuela in Caracas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Omar Hernandez
Manuel Hernandez
Bank of Venezuela
Caracas
Hernandez
Ed W. Hudson
Oil firms indicted over gasoline price fixing in midwest
Madison charges allege 23 major oil companies and 60 others conspired to raise and fix interstate gasoline prices. Indictments name Cities Service Gulf Oil Tide Water Gulf Refining and related publishers and executives in Wisconsin Michigan Illinois Minnesota North and South Dakota Iowa Missouri and Kansas. The United States District Attorney announced details of the grand jury report amid government action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
U. S
John Boyle
Boyle
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Washington
Cities Service Company
New York
Gulf Oil Corporation
Pittsburgh
Tide Water Oil Company
Gulf Refining Company
Journal of Commerce Publishing Company
Chicago
W. C. Platt Company
Cleveland
Detroit Racketeer Arraigned for 1930 LaSalle Hotel Slaying
Detroit August 4 Leonard Black Leo Cellura a prohibition era racketeer stood mute at arraignment on a charge of shooting dead Chicago gangsters George Cannon and William Collins in the LaSalle hotel in 1930 A not guilty plea was entered for Cellura who surrendered to police recently Homicide squad detectives Ted Piezino and Angelo Livecchi are serving life for the crime which Cellura 45 charged They have claimed innocence
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Leonard “Black
Leo” Cellura
George Cannon
William Collins
Chicago
LaSalle Hotel
Cellura
Ted Piezino
Angelo Livecchi
Céllura
Food prices soar as drought bites households nationwide
Chicago observers report rising costs due to drought with June food prices up about 30 percent from three years earlier. Agriculture officials say farm and wholesale prices have climbed to levels not seen since wartime days, signaling a broad upturn in the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mia
Department of Agriculture
Republican Rally to Feature U S Senate Nominee
Belington hosts a Republican rally on September 7 with Hugh Ike Shott of Bluefield and other state ticket nominees invited to speak. County chair Dr. Guy Michael says party members from Pendleton Pocahontas Tucker Randolph Preston Taylor Harrison Upshur Lewis and Webster counties will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belington
Guy Michael
Hugh Ike Shott
Bluefield
U. S. Senate
Pendleton
Pocahontas
Tucker
Randolph
Preston
Taylor
Harrison
Upshur
Lewis and Webster
Judge Shaw Refuses To Hear Madam White Plea
Fairmont dispatch reports Circuit Judge Harry Shaw refused the Madam White cosmetic firm plea to bar the state barbers and beauticians bureau from requiring licenses for cosmetic demonstrators. He said the action belongs in the Kanawha circuit court, amid more than a dozen arrests for violating the regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
Harry Shaw
Madam White Company, Cosmetic Manufacturers
State
Barbers and Beauticians Bureau
Shaw
Kanawha
Tony Rus Injured After Embankment Crash, Baby Safe
Elkins reports Tony Rus a 40 year old coal miner finished a second in a sprint with the stork as his car plunged over an embankment while hurrying home. Mother and baby are doing fine, Tony is hospitalized with injuries.
Blast Kills Four at Orbetello Factory
A munitions factory explosion at Orbetello killed at least four people in Rome today. Early reports from officials said the blast injured several others and caused extensive damage to the plant and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Orbetello
Owens Triumphs and Stephens Win Olympic Track Titles
In gusty conditions Glenn Hardin led the 400 meter hurdles as Owens outpaced Italy's Lanzi in the final stretch to win by about two meters. Helen Stephens claimed the Olympic 100 meter crown, with Jesse Owens also winning the 200 meter quarter final in 21.1 seconds, edging past Tojan's 1932 mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owens
Page
Canada
Phil Edwards
Mario Lanzi
Italy
Hardin
Edwards
Woodruff
Glenn Hardin
Greenwood
Miss
Johnny Loaring
Miguel White
Joe Patterson
Oklahoma City
Miss Stephens
Helen Stephens
Fulton
United States
Jesse Owens
Ohio State
Eddie
Jan
WPA Resumes Street Paving Partial Rebuild on Maple Avenue
WPA resumes work on a street revetment project with a wall and crushed rock, routing traffic via Front and Grand to High Street while flood dam access remains heavy. Maple Avenue repaving proceeds slowly as residents report a petition signed by all property owners has been forwarded to Mr Kramer for consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Street
Front Street
Grand Street
Barrett
Front Streets
South Grafton
Maple Avenue
WPA
Kramer
Speed Up Maple Avenue Work Despite Delays
Residents contend the current season is ideal to finish the Maple avenue project. Initiated in 1933, the work has passed the New Deal alphabetic bur aus but remains less than half done, and they urge acceleration to complete within months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Avenue
Labor council battles looming federation split continues
The article reports a stalled effort to avert a split in the federation as trial developments unfold. Edward F. McGrady and council members discuss peace possibilities while Lewis returns to his office amid heat and a cooling hotel room meeting. Henry Ohl urges delaying final decisions until the Tampa convention in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Edward F. McGrady
Labor
Council
Lewis’ Office
Henry Ohl
Wisconsin Federation of Labor
Tampa
Executive Council
Ohl
Five-Cornered Senate Nomination Field Narrowing
In Jefferson County Beckham leads Logan by 2 648 votes with John Young Brown in third in a five candidate Republican race. Robert H Lucas, former RNC executive director, far ahead in the five man contest for the GOP senatorial nomination. All nine incumbent congressmen appear assured of renomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Young Brown
Lucas
Robert H. Lucas
Republican National Committee
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Kiwanis Club
Lord Tweedsmuir
Roosevelt Lord Tweedsmuir
Roosevelt
Quebec
the Sentinel
Sonia
A. O. H. Lodge
Columbus Hall
J. Ella Ott
RED Wing Club
Myrtle Frazier
Railroad Street
Banco
Rory Gasrol
John Clarence Coleman
Charlen Morelock
Buchanan, Mich
Buchanan
St. Joseph
Mich
Coleman
Morelock
Central Preas
Dance Valley
Johnny Feltner
Orchestra
NO Stags
Tony
Stork
Bicycle
LOGAN
Othets
Beckham
Jefferson County
Main Street
Strand Theatre
Hammond
Oolek
Sealy
J. Lee Evans Furniture Store
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