Former Suitor Sought in Jersey Teen Slaying Case
Four states joined a nationwide manhunt for Wanda Dworecki’s suspected killer. Detectives say they know the culprit but will not name him. The 17 year old minister’s daughter was found with fatal choking near a dirt road where lovers meet. Her father, Rev Walter Dworecki, known as Iron Mike, faces arson charges and is free on bail.
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Camden
N. J
Wanda Dworecki
Lawrence Doran
Miss Dworecki
Samuel Johnson
Walter Dworecki
Debendarfer Leases Cafe to Donald Dudley
Debendarfer announces lease of Cozy Rest Inn restaurant business to Donald Dudley of Wheeling, effective July 17, 1939, citing increased patronage and division of duties to ensure personal attention. Dudley will run the same cafe services in the leased main building and seeks continued good will. Continued on page two.
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Cozy Rest Inn
Donald Dudley
Wheeling
K. Debendarfer
Debendarfer
Dudley
Grafton Sentinel invites Orrin Zinn to Strand or Dixie shows
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Orrin Zinn of 314 Warder Avenue to tonight's cinema presentations. Blackwell's Island with John Garfield is at the Strand, or a double feature of Hound of the Baskervilles and Behind Prison Gates at the Dixie. Identification may be required.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Orrin Zinn
Warder Avenue
John Garfield
Strand Theatre
Prison Gates
Dixie Theatre
Senate Democrats Face Battle in Next Senate races
Washington, Aug 10. Democrats will face a larger slate in next year’s elections with 33 senate seats at stake. 24 held by Democrats, seven by Republicans, one by Farmer-Laborites, one by Progressives. Democrats consider several states safe. Republicans would still trail with 20 potential gains, leaving 53 seats for Democrats and minor parties, ensuring no party retains Senate control if a Republican president is elected.
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William. B. Ardery
Washington
Senate
Florida
Arizona
Mississippi
Virginia
Texas
Tennessee
Two Carloads Of Fir Arrive For Hospital
Two carloads of fir from Washington state have arrived in Grafton for the city hospital construction. Mayor P. F. Gillis announced that the lumber should speed up work on Finnegan's Rock site. Basement framing is done and concrete pouring has begun for the four story building.
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State of Washington
Grafton
Grafton City Hospital
P. F. Gillispie
Finnegan's Rock
Bank Receiver Answers Pleas by Defendants
Special responses filed by the Wychoff and Wychoff firm for E. A. Rinehart receiver of Taylor County Bank. They argue the statute of limitations protects Nixon and Reed in actions Rinehart brought against them. Documents filed in Circuit Clerk Frank M. Works’s office yesterday.
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Wychoff and Wychoff
E. A. Rinehart
Taylor County Bank
Rinehart
Nelia A. Nixon
D. O. Reed
United Brethren In Christ Church of Grafton
Frank M
Station WBLK to join national radio chain
Station WBLK in Clarksburg West Virginia on 250 watts will become an affiliate of the National Broadcasting Company officials announced. The Exponent company licenses the station with John A Kennedy as president and general manager.
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New York
WBLK
Clarksburg
W. Va
National Broadcasting Company
Exponent Company
John A. Kennedy
Tax study to get underway in Washington
Washington August 10 a congressional committee and the new federal works agency invited businessmen to submit written tax revision suggestions while John M Carmody disclosed plans for conferences with builders and makers of building materials. Weston August 10 union strike keeps West Virginia Glass Specialty closed for a second day with 300 workers idle. Company secretary John C Weber Jr said 30 men were reemployed from 200, rotation policy opposed by the union. No wage dispute exists.
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Washington
Federal Works Agency
House Tax Committee
John M. Carmody
Federal Works Administrate
Weston
West Virginia Glass Specialty Company
John C. Weber, Jr
Weber
An Is, F. of L
Ex President Hoover Observes His Birthday in Palo Alto
Former President Hoover marks his 65th birthday at Stanford after arriving by train from Los Angeles. Mr and Mrs Hoover plan to stay at their campus home with only family likely present, reflecting the quiet post presidency.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Washington
Hoover
Los Angeles
Stanford University
War Resources Board to Mobilize Economic Resources
Industry leaders led by Edward R. Stettinius Jr form a peacetime counterpart to the 1917 18 war industries board. The War Resources administration would gain broad emergency powers as an executive government agency to advise munitions policy and mobilization plans in wartime.
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Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
United States Steel
War Resources Board
Bernard Baruch
War Industries Board
Ia National Emergency
War Resources Administration
Louis Johnson
Charles Edison
War
War and Navy
Army and Navy Munitions Board
Tyler County records second jail break of year
MIDDLEBOURNE, Aug 10. Tyler county reported its second jail break of the year as two men charged with theft and a third serving sentence for failing to keep the peace were sought by authorities in adjacent counties. Alfred Stead J H Mercer and Stanley Brooks escaped through a rear jail window as water from a hydrant muffled the noise. Stead, part of the same trio involved in an earlier Easter incident, had surrendered three weeks earlier and faces November court action on bulk gasoline theft charges. Mercer has a 60 day term for auto tire theft. Brooks is serving a year for a peace violation.
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Middlebourne
Tyler County
Alfred Stead
J. H. Mercer
Stanley Brooks
Stead
Mercer
Brooks
Lawn fete at St John Methodist Church Friday evening
A lawn fete will be held Friday evening at St John Methodist Church located on Boyd Street and St John Street. Organizers invite neighbors to attend for games, snacks, and community fellowship in the church yard.
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St. John Methodist Church
Boyd & St. John Street
Magazine Crew Leaves After Police Interfere
A crew of four young women soliciting magazine subscriptions were brought before Finance Commissioner J. B. Bradford by Sergeant Earl DeMoss and ordered to obtain peddler licenses or face arrest if they continued canvassing. The girls agreed to quit town and no charges were pressed.
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J. B. Bradford
Earl DeMoss
Smiling Fred Snite Gets License for Wedding
Fred B. Snite Jr. the man in the iron lung obtained a license to marry Teresa Larkin 25 of Dayton Ohio. Snite 29 and cheerful plans the ceremony but the article notes the date was not revealed. An attendant from Cook County Clerk's office gathered the information at the State residence in River Forest.
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Chicago
Fred B. Snite, Jr
Teresa Larkin
Dayton
O. Snite
Martin Hogan
Cook County Clerk's Office
River Forest
Huntington Bids Interest in Moving State WPA Offices
In Charleston on August 10 Huntington bidders offered rentals for WPA offices. Four bids were submitted to the U S Treasury procurement division with two from Charleston and two from Huntington. The Huntington Chamber of Commerce guaranteed moving costs if the offices relocate to Huntington amid reports WPA may move from Charleston.
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Charleston
Huntington
Work Projects Administration
Huntington Chamber of Commerce
U. S. Treasury Department
WPA
Charlston
J. N. Alderson
Youngster Hurt in Fall From Flemington School Building
Eleven year old David Cleavenger, son of Mr and Mrs Cleavenger of Flemington, was seriously injured at 7 PM when he fell from a beam on the under construction Flemington grade school. He was rushed to Grafton City hospital with brain concussion and possible skull fracture to be assessed by X ray.
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Flemington
David Cleavenger
Minor Cleavenger
Grafton City Hospital
Paul P. Warden
David
Morgantown Bid for New Air Research Lab
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics expects at least six cities to seek the $10 million Aviation Research laboratory approved by Congress. Sunnyvale and Morgantown among contenders, with others including Denver Indianapolis San Antonio and Wichita. NACA officials say bids must be filed within 30 days of the bill’s approval. Roosevelt era site selection remains under final word by NACA.
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Washington
National Advisory
Roosevelt
Congress
Peace conference in White Sulphur Springs on Harlan clash
Federal officials Governor Chandler and coal operators and miners agents met to forge a peaceful solution to bloody Harlan County labor strife. Chandler voiced hope for an amiable settlement as plans to withdraw the last 300 troops progressed.
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A. B. Chandler
Kentucky
Harlan
Chandler
Frank Murphy
Welly K. Hopkins
Murphy
Washington
Harlan County
National Guards
Frankfort
Appalachian “Union
Union
Two Important Opinions From Meadows On Tax And Health Powers
Charleston reports Attorney General Clarence W. Meadows issued two opinions. He says the state may collect sales tax on corporations income from stock in other companies and that health officers may not be dismissed by county courts trying to economize.
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Charleston
Clarence W. Meadows
Road Parley Arranged With Burr Simpson At Charleston Office
A committee of local civic leaders chosen at a Community house meeting in Fetterman sought a date with Burr H. Simpson West Virginia road commissioner for talks in his Charleston office on improving Country Club road. The 25 attendees included State Senator W. J. Hussion Legislator Llyod L. Shriver W. A. Beaver Sr Mayor P. F. Gillispie former Mayor E. Otto Waugh and W. Merle.
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Burr H. Simpson
West Virginia
Charleston
Fetterman
Country Club
W. J. Hussion
Llyod L. Shriver
W. A. Beaver, Sr
P. F. Gillispie
E. Otto Waugh
W. Merle
Wealthy British Peer, Once Gambler, Is Dead
The Earl of Rosslyn, 70, noted society figure, actor, and soldier, died today after a life marked by gambling losses totaling around 1 million dollars. His career included three marriages, a bankruptcy trail, service with the Northamptonshire Regiment and the Royal Horse Guards, and a 1900 war correspondence stint for the London Daily Mail in South Africa.
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London
Earl of Rosslyn
South America
Mary Dunn
Florida
Northamptonshire Regiment
Royal Horse Guards
London Daily Mail
South Africa
Invitation to Opera House double feature
Mrs Paul Willis at 593 Beech Street presents two films at the Opera House theatre. Saturday's Heroes with Van Heflin and Breed of the Border with Bob Byron headline a two film bill needing admission verification.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Paul Willis
Beech Street
van Heflin
Bob Byron
Opera House Theatre
Turner Named Leader of Taylor County American Legion Post
Charles G. Turner was elected commander of Taylor county post No. 12, American Legion, succeeding Dallas D. Wolfe. Turner had been first vice-commander, with James Guth chosen for that office. George Hunt was elected second vice-commander, Dr. Charles M. Wells adjutant, and R. L. Brand sergeant at arms at the Moose Home meeting.
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Charles G. Turner
Taylor County
American Legion
Dallas D. Wolfe
Mr. Turner
James Guth
Hunt
Moose Home
George Hunt
Charles M. Wells
R. L. Brand
Continuea
Panhandle Tour May Be Set During Fall Tour
Grafton civic leaders organize aDelegation for a Taylor County Board of Trade tour of the Eastern Panhandle in response to Rev John Warn Brown invitation. Fairmont Morgantown agreed to participate, with efforts to recruit Clarksburg Kingwood and Philippi during the apple harvest period.
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Grafton
Taylor County Board of Trade
Eastern Panhandle
John Warn Brown
Eastern Panhandle Association
Hugh McPhail
Trade Board
Fairmont
Morgantown
Clarksburg
Kingwood
Philippi
Two Miami Girls Abducted by Suspect in Florida
Charles Jefferson confessed to abducting two Miami High School girls with ransom in mind. He killed Ruth Frances Dunn, 17, and bound Jean Bolton, 19, in a beach area near Boca Raton before surrendering. Dunn's body was found beside a swamp, while Bolton was under medical care at her mother's home. Police also report a criminal assault on Dunn the previous night.
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Boca Raton
Fla
Charles Jefferson
Miami
E. W. Melchen
Jefferson
Ruth Frances Dunn
Melchen
Miss Dunn
Jean Bolton
Ocean Highway
Florida
Gold Coast
Miss Bolton
Slaying Mystery Trials A Soldier At Chicago Armory
Chicago police seek a 47 year old National Guardsman after the slaying of Elsie Doolewerdt a 28 year old riding enthusiast near the armory riding arena on the far south side. She died from gunshot wounds to the chest before reaching hospital. Detectives search for the veteran suspect as the case unfolds.
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Chicago
124Th Field Artillery
Elsie Doolewerdt
Agchie
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Cozy Rest
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Dixie
Lepke
Louis
National Radio Chain
Glass Company
U. S. Industries
Army
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Magazine
Fred Snite
Cupid
Snite
U. S
UMWA
C. E. Ball
Meadows
Capital
Country Club Road
Opera House
Turner Legion
Taylor Post
Florida Beach
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