Great Band to Play at Grafton Picnic on 27th
The California Ramblers and Cassipbell and his world f ar mers bring a famed swing showcase to Grafton High School field on August 27 under the Kiwanis banner. The group, noted for six record companies and coast to coast fame, features Paul Campbell and stars like Chuck Davison Louis Ali and Sin Pierce. Contests include water events fat men races and rolling pin throwing with prizes. transit by rail and extra buses to the park are arranged with free rides for veterans and families.
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Cassipbell
California Ramblers
Grafton Kiwanis Club
Con
Iglvanis-Merts
Hollywood
Paul Campbell
Paul
Chuck” Davison
Voice of Firestone
NBC
Louis Ali
Bert Brown
Sin Pierce
Jimmy Joy
Quton Field House
Hannan
C. F. Hannon
G. A. Hannon
R. H. Cline
F. M. Keane
C.T. Morehead
T. M. Beall
T. R. Shields
C. E. Flanagan
William Graham
Grafton
Tygart River
West Virginia Transportation Company
Lockard
Baltimore and Ohio Police
C_T. More‘tead
Police Committee
Police Department
Monongah Division
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Grafton Park
Ross
Wendel
Davy Evans
R R Veterans Dance Prizes and Local Quarantine
Selections by Gold Leaf Quartet and contests with prizes drawn from dance tickets. Grand prizes include a fifty dollar RCA radio from Hartley store and a thirty two piece dinner set from G W Loar Co. A case of infantile paralysis triggers quarantines as Huntington reports August 14. Local merchants respond with widespread home quarantines.
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R.R
Hartley
G.,w. Loar & Company
Huntington
A. G. Ratcliff
Siehler Furniture Company
Legion Nominations For September Delegates Continue
Legion members named alternate delegates John Evans and Nicholas Sidrow for September 6 to 9. Other nominees include first vice commander Nicholas Sidrow and A J Roe, second vice commander Max Rau, adjutant Lynn Norman Ray Wiseman and Michael Murray, finance Arthur G Yates, service Bert Miller, sergeant at arms Virgil Poe J L Evans, chaplain Crawford Compton Jr H V Vans Coy, and historian Fred Schroeder.
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Legion
John Evans
Nicholas Sidrow
A. J. Roe
Max Rau
Lynn Norman
Ray Wiseman
Michael Murray
Arthur G. Yates
Bert Miller
Virgil Poe
J. L. Evans
Crawford Compton, Jr
H. V. Vanscoy
Fred Schroeder
Many Rebels Facing Death in Spanish Rebellion
Hundreds faced possible death by firing squads today as reprisal for rebel bombardment of government towns on Spain s northern seaboard. Government forces seized Hughnisis hostages in San Sebastian and Iran, pledging two hostages killed for every citizen wounded and seven for every killed. News detailed renewed fighting across western and southern Spain with government claims of key captures near Badajoz and Granada, and rebel announcements of Me rida s capture offset by Navalmoral De La Mata victory.
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Associated Press
San Sebastian
Iran
Madrid
House of Bourbon
Jaime I
Hitler
France
Badajoz
Spain
Rome
Atarfe
Granada
Sierra Nevadas
Guadarrama
Merida
Navalmoral de la Mata
Caceres
Black man arrested after threat on another man on Latrobe Street
Patrolmen Hugh Woodford and Clarence Silman of the city police arrested Willie Dance, a Black man, on Latrobe Street this afternoon on complaint that he threatened the life of Earl Chowers, also Black. Police officers took a knife from his person after taking him to jail.
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Hugh Woodford
Clarence Silman
City Police Department
Willie Dance
Latrobe Street
Earl Chowers
Idaho Dog Trial Ends With 26 Month Confinement
A Brockport magistrate spared the dog named Idaho after a five hour mock trial for drowning a boy in Brockport New York. Idaho received 26 months confinement and orders to shoot the dog on sight if found at large during confinement. About 300 people attended the trial and Idaho posed for photos, yelped, and slept at times. The dog is owned by Victor Fortune of Brockport.
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Brockport
N. Y
Idaho
Victor Fortune
Central Presa
Doubt Arises Over Weapon in Dance Threat Case
The judge expressed doubt that the weapon Dance intended to use in case he carried out his alleged threat. No arraignment hour has been set.
Three Negro Murderers Executed in Tennessee
Three negro murderers died in the electric chair in Nashville within 16 minutes. C. H. Ballard, 56, a one legged brick mason from Kingsport, was first electrocuted for killing another man to collect a $192 life insurance. James Smith, 27, of unknown origin, followed for murdering Hugh Matlock, 65, a Fayetteville marble cutter last year. James Clark, 23, of Memphis, was the third for shooting Richard Sheehan, 27, during a burglary at the Sheehan residence.
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Nashville
Tenn
C. H. Ballard
Kingsport
James Smith
Hugh Matlock
Fayetteville
James Clark
Memphis
Richard Sheehan
Sheehan
Plans Approved for FourRoom School at Cowen
W. W. Trent state superintendent approved tentative plans for a four room school at Cowen Webster county. Fire destroyed home of Barboursville dentist Dr. R C Jennings six hours after small blaze was subdued.
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Charleston
W. W. Trent
Cowen
Webster County
Barboursville
R. C. Jennings
Mrs Ed Pennington Praises Scalf Indian River Tonic
In Corbin Kentucky Mrs Ed Pennington reports relief from stomach trouble nervousness and dreadful headaches after using Scalf s Indian River Tonic She notes improved overall health and satisfaction with Scalf remedies in her home praising their effectiveness and safety for family use.
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Ed. Pennington
Corbin
Scalf
Scall
Mayhem case opens in San Francisco sterilization trial
Testimony began in the mayhem conspiracy trial of two surgeons for sterilizing Ann Cooper Hewitt, heiress to a Tate empire. The 22-year-old alleges her mother, Mrs Mary Cooper Hewitt, ordered the operation to seize her inheritance, while she believed it was only an appendectomy. The case features nine jurors and three childless women, with Dr Irwin Wallace first to testify.
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San Francisco
Ann Cooper Hewitt
August Fournier
Irwin Wallace
Miss Hewitt
Tilton E. Tillman
Samuel G. Boyd
Wallace
Last major item passed by French parliament
Paris August 14. The French parliament ended an all night final session by passing the wheat board bill the last major item of the socialist government's economic program. The measure to set up a national professional wheat board moved through both houses eight times before the senate yielded to the chambers of deputies.
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Paris
Senate
Chambers of Deputies
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