Youth Council Rally Delegates Planned at Town Meeting
An evening gathering on High Street detailed a business meeting of the Youth's Peniprs with discussions of elder buses. President M Bluwer hosted as Chitthys deitisen of ULTingtun, Wis noted for future attendance. New members Massy Sieber Genesase Carpenter and others were announced. a trophy was awarded during 1040 on the Ste Pederation of Yours Temperanve Connells.
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Mars Mar
Lieamiynent
YPC
Mary Parrish
Mii
Everelfer Keener
Robert
Compstler
Mildred Crosman
Caikobin Shire
Sselary
Hie
Grattan Scat
Massy Sieber Miss Genesase Carpenter
Mus Lehore Carpenter
Charles Rex Youd
Robert Brown
Fleur Parrish
4-H camp closes with governor’s medal awarded
CAME JACKSONS MILL Aug 15 The boys state 4-H camp closed its encampment by centering the governor's gold medal on Ray Amstot 18 Mineral County.
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Jackson's Mill
Ray Amstot
Mineral County
Attend Lawn Fete Tonight at Marry White's Loveland Addition
Local notice invites residents to a lawn fete this evening at Marry White's residence in the Loveland Addition neighborhood. Event aims to raise community spirit with garden displays and social gathering.
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Marry White
Loveland Addition
August reunions and society meetings listed for St Paul church area
August events include Ladies Aid at St Pauls Lutheran Church home of Mrs Myrtle B bout and Mrs F Hancock on Brevh street An unusual scheduling of group meetings at Pivot Baptist level August 1. Many family reunions are noted near Adri W Va near Grafton and Morgantown roads with speakers picnics and potlucks. Also oblong notices for Quota Club dinner August 19 Woodman Circle picnic August 20 and Linn family reunion at Ghudy Creek schoolhouse all day picnic with various hosts and locations.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
St. Paul's Lutheran Ehurch
Laws Park
Adri
W. Va
Mtere
Basket Lanely
Grafton
Warmont
Pak
Woodford
M. Woodfard
Wikis
Tee Ania
Old Portney
Baileytown
Nicola-Gutherie
Shady Preston County
Bred Nicola, Sr
Progeim
William Nicola
Welr
Quota Club
Cozy Rest
Winte Rose Grove
Woodman Circle
Boice's Grove
Morgantown Road
Taylor County Budget Receives State Approval
Taylor County's budget for the fiscal period has been approved by Tax Commissioner Ernest K. James, as reported to County Clerk Ed St Clair. Final adoption is set for next Tuesday by the Lie county court. Forty-three of the state's 55 counties have already approved budgets.
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Taylor County
Ernest K. James
Ed St Clair
Lie County Court
Crochet Pineapple Doilies Pattern 6746 Advertisement
Attractive table centerpiece and doilies pattern note. Instructions, illustrations, and materials list shown. Send ten cents plus name address pattern number to Grafton Sentinel Household Arts Dept. 259 W 14th Street New York NY.
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Patern
Grafton Sentinel
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
N. Y
Mrs. Burke Re-elected Head of A L Auxiliary Here
The American Legion Auxiliary in this community re-elected Mrs Charles F Burke as president at the annual meeting held at the Moose home. Other officers named include Mrs Lloyd M Lora as first vice president, Mrs A N Peters second vice president, Mrs Dallas Wolfe secretary, and Mrs George Vogel wreather servant at arms with Mrs Roy V Burnside and Mrs Virgil Poe also noted. Installation ceremonies followed with Mrs C W Dye as installing officer. Delegates to the state convention in Wheelme were chosen for September with Mrs Burke, Mrs Charles M Wells, and Mrs George Vogel as delegates. Plans were made for the August birthday celebration to be held at the next meeting.
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Lesian
Usch
Wheelme
Burke
Charles M. Wells
George Vogel Bein
Troyd Loran
Dallas Wolfe
John Evans
Vacation Plans and Local Visits Mentioned
A jumble of vacation chatter and greetings. The text notes Staley family travels to New York and Boston with a Parker stay and return by Challen Avett. It lists guests visiting Charleston and South Charleston relatives, church services attended, and friends from Washington Baltimore Cumberland Windber and Parkersburg visiting West Main Street occupants and local families.
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Staley
Thani Jay
Gratton
Jin
Parker
Ana
Ang Tan
Atlinic Cay
New York
Boscon
Uy New York
Grey
Tai
Challen
Barclay on Bridge Unposted Jump Bids and Misleading Hands
The article discusses how a jump bid or redouble after a pass does not change the strength of the initial hand. It uses a deal where North, East-West vulnerable, shows why South should not assume North has a big hand after redoubling. The narrative critiques South and North decisions, explaining proper bidding logic and the risk of overtrumping a vulnerable game.
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Dol Rabb
Dol West
South
East
North
Ming T
Hearts
Features Syndicate, Inc
Baltimore Residents Timely Hospital Updates
Charles Lambert and friend William Enider of Baltimore Md will return home Saturday. Frederick Schifferman of route 3 and Clarence Reynolds son of Mr and Mrs Cedric Reynolds 102 Walnut street underwent tensil ectomies at City hospital this morning. Mrs Alfred Wagner 344 East Main street was discharged from City hospital yesterday.
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Harvey Fiiku
Clara Reader
Cumberland, Md
Florence Smith
Baltimore, Md
RV. Smith
Windber
T. 4. Smith
Christiana Street
Charles Lambert
William Enider
Baltimore
Frederick Shafferman
Route 3
Clarence Reynolds
Cedric Reynolds
Walnut Street
City Hospital
Alfred Wagner
East Main Street
France seeks British pledge to import food through blockade
In Clermont-Ferrand on August 15, French Foreign Minister Paul Baudoin said he was doing his utmost to win a British agreement allowing food imports into France via the blockade, hoping for a favorable British decision. The statement underscores ongoing efforts to ease wartime shortages amid Allied negotiations.
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Clermont-Ferrand
France
Paul Baudoin
Pencine
Pact and Duress Shape Japanese Control in Shanghai
The article reports Japanese plans to take over West Hongkew and a western settlement area in Shanghai, using Japanese dominated Chinese police, with intent to handle future areas under their control. Officials hope the United States will mirror Britain by withdrawing Marines, while Nanking aligned spokesmen reject transferring the British sector to U.S. troops. Admiral Hart arrived by submarine and stayed as observer.
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West Hongkew
Soochow
Western
Hart
United States
Jan Shanghai
Nanking
Ransfer
U.S
Thomas C. Hart
U.S. Asiatic
Tsingtao
Defens Butt
Heunlenans
Britons Fight Back in Night of Massive Luftwaffe Attacks
Britain endured a ferocious midnight to dawn bombing along 100 miles of the German-held French coast from Calais to Le Havre. German raids sparked fierce air battles over the southeast coast with about 110 planes taking part. Five bombers were shot down in clashes over land and water as farmers in the Midlands and Scotland armed themselves against parachutists.
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Britain
Calais
le Havre
England
Midlands
Scotland
Samantha Bumgardner Dominates Mountain Music Contest Again
Samantha Bumgardner wins the banjo picking contest at the Asheville mountain dance and music festival for the twelfth straight year. She has claimed numerous state contest titles, with her most appreciative audiences in Blue Ridge country.
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Samantha Bumgardner
Asheville
Samantha
Blue Ridge
Pattern 198-a slimming matron shirtwaist design
Claire Tilden introduces Pattern 198-a stylish frock for matrons aiming a slim youthful look. Features include a curved top waist-girdle, bloused bodice, controllable fullness, shoulder shaping, and optional long or short sleeves with sleeve tabs. Sizes 34 to 48. fabric 314 yards of 99 inch cloth. price 15 cents. Send size name address and pattern number to Grafton Sentinel Pattern Department.
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Claire Tilden
Grafton Sentinel
Pattern Department
Fifth Avenue
New York
N. Y
FDR's Son In Uniform Amid War News And West Virginia Primary Ties
James Roosevelt, son of the President, is pictured in Marine Corps Reserve uniform during drill in Los Angeles as reports note feeding prisoners on a cost basis. The piece reviews economy tax plans, New Deal critique, labor relations, West Virginia farming aid, and party politics with Dawson, Neely, Baldwin, and Hallanan addressing delegates. The convention ends with the election of eight presidential electors.
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James Roosevelt
Talion
Marine Corps Reserve
Los Angeles
Cali
West Virginia
D. Boone Dawson
Raymond E. Baldwin
Connecticut
Wendell L. Willkie
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Walter S. Hallanan
America
Frank Nesbitt
Wheeling
Dawson
M. M. Neely
Democratc
Thomas Sweeney
U. S. Senate
Paratrooper sightings and Somaliland advance in war update
Parachute discoveries in the Midlands and Scotland prompt police and Home Guard to hunt parachutists as Italian forces push rapidly in British Somaliland along Zeila Berbera road. In the southeast coast, about 80 planes fought in a high altitude battle, with 30 more over a channel and at least four crashes or landings during a 13 minute clash.
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British Somaliland
Home Guard
Midlands
Scotland
Somaliland
Zeila
Berbera
Sweeney Talks Defense At Meeting Asks Immediate Rearming
Thomas B. Sweeney, nominee for U S senator, urged immediate rearming claiming the United States is less prepared than Holland. He warned of attacks on the western hemisphere and rejected isolation. The platform committee led by Ted McDowell of Beckley cited abuses and weaknesses in state government in the preamble.
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Thomas B. Sweeney
U. S. Senate
United States
Holland
Sweeney
Ted McDowell
Beckley
West Virginia Republican Platform Issues Public Education And Prisons
The platform calls for removing politics from public schools with elected school boards, restoring a three man road commission for highways, and state liquor control insulated from politics. It condemns confining mentally ill individuals in county jails awaiting asylum beds and pledges relief for municipal revenue shortages amid Governor Baldwin speech excerpts on prisoner feeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Republican Party
Baldwin
Skaggs & Company Jewelers Ad Promises Value
An ad from Skaggs & Company Exclusive Jewelers touts trusted value and quality in a brief classified style, emphasizing their reputation and exclusive offerings for discerning buyers seeking a high grade diamond purchase.
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Skaggs & Company Exclusive Jewelers
Constipation Relief Reported by Railroad Conductor
Mr FR, a Bells Point resident and C and O Railroad conductor, says Williams Formula relieved constipation gas pains and acid indigestion. He notes improved energy and fewer nervous symptoms after starting the medicine and plans to continue use.
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Bells Point
Pearl
Nehe
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