Preston Unit Board Names New Faculty
Kingwood Aug 16 The county school board completed appointments of high and elementary teachers for the coming year and set September 11 as opening day. Back salaries will be paid, except the last month’s second half in Valley District. New hires include Catherine Mason and Fred Conley, with several transfers. Coaches and janitors named, bus drivers hired, and maintenance officers announced as consolidations reshape the system.
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Kingwood
Valley
Catherine Mason
Rowlesburg High
Fred Conley
Ame
Fred Davis
Aurora
Donald Biscoff
Bruceton
Neal Daugherty
Mary O More
Masontown
Mary Nethkin
Harold Loudinfi
Rowlesburg
Earl Sprouse
Morgantown
Harriet Annon
Laura Lyons
Portland
Tunnelton
Dennis Cobun
Terra Alta
Mary Swisher
Newburg
R. M. Wotring
Burhl Willis
Shinnston
Newbury High School
Carter Linger
Charles Emory Jackson
Edward J. Reaser
C. L. Shaffer
County Maintenance Offi
Pythians Open Elkins Meet in Grand Lodge and Grand Temple Sessions
The 64th annual Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias and 29th annual Grand Temple Pythian Sisters convened in Elkins with a banquet led by Randolph Temple 77 and music by an Elkins quartet. Mayor L W Coberly welcomed delegates including Mrs Tillie Ellis of Logan as a grand chief attendee.
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Elkins
Aus
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Grand Temple of Pythian Sisters
Randolph Temple
Pythian Sisters of Elkins
B. M. Hoover
L. W. Coberly
Papers Code Approved By Johnson In Newspaper Industry
Washington August 16 President s re employment agreement for hours of labor and wages in the newspaper industry was approved by Hugh S Johnson industrial administrator The measure sets limits on ages and hours for various classes of workers a 40 hour week for clerical office and sales staff a 44 hour six week maximum for factory workers and minimum weekly wages ranging from 12 to 15 for different city sizes with protections for salaried professionals and managers and exceptions for outside sales and certain emergency or maintenance jobs
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Drunken husband shoots wife near Haywood Junction
At Roberts mining settlement near Haywood Junction, Mrs. Rob ert Bell, 46, was shot in the arm and back with a shotgun by her intoxicated husband at 7 PM. She was taken to Fairmont Emergency hospital in serious but improving condition. State police said Bell fled after the attack and is believed hiding nearby. neighbors and officers described him as a once respectable miner.
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Clarksburg
Robert Bell
Roberts
Haywood Junction
Fairmont
Bell
Pruntytown High Board Debates Hiring Controversy
The Pruntytown High board discusses hiring a Catholic faith janitor refusal and warns against awaiting other members’ input. Dr. Warden dismisses anonymous letters and the meeting proceeds to consider employing a seventh grade teacher in the city schools.
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Warden
Grafton hires staff and shifts Pruntytown plan
The board approved Miss Virginia Holt for a West Side role, Torlock Rasmussen as Grafton high principal, and John Evans as band instructor. Pruntytown high plan was dropped with 8 of 26 surveyed favoring continuation, and students moved to the Grafton high system for cost and quality gains. Kenneth Haun returns as Pruntytown principal and Jesse Erlewing remains at Simpson high.
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Virginia Holt
West’ Side
Supt. Shriver
Kuhn
Torlock Rasmussen
Grafton High School
Pruntytown
Shriver
Kenneth Haun
Simpson High School
Jesse Erlewing
Merle Newton
Bertha Waugh
Dorsey J. Cole
Newton
Miss Waugh
Simpson
Cole
Grafton
Bayard
G. R. Reed
Wendel
Caruso
Blueville
Emery Henderson
Thornton
W. R. Butcher
Flemington High
Willis Jones
Rosemont
Carter
Central
Flemington
Coal
Brown
Wilson
Lincoln
Clair Cropp
Rock Union
Corbin
Taylor, Haymond
Tappan
Allen
Demoss
Maple Run
Paul Digman
Jones and Meadland
Farmers’ Supply Co
Keener
Burl Mason
Laurel Run
J. P. Moore
Long Run
Sand Lick
Buck Run
Doc Rim
Jerry Run
B. A Sturms
Thorman
Geo
Squires
Hardman
H. P. Sharps
Westerman
Leach
Haymond
Sand Hill
Marmony Grove
Linn Carder
Pleasan Valley
Grant Sinsel
Webster
Bartlett
West Hill
Lucretia
Mt. Pleasant
Millerville
Chapel Hill
Mt. Airy
Rock Branch
Park View
Astor
Glade Run
Rehabilitation decline hits Cuban trade in 1932
Cuba marks a tenth straight year of economic contraction with sugar and cigar demand slumping. Government revenue shortfalls led to higher taxes while foreign trade plunged to about 10.9 million in 1932, with exports around 61.3 million and imports near 49.6 million, deepening the slump since 1925.
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United States
Cuba
United
Woman Denies Involvement In Husband Death In Fire
Police investigate a death where gasoline and a porcelain basin were used to start a blaze. Mrs Hanson, 42, says she bought gasoline and matches, fed chicks earlier, and feared for her daughter June as flames engulfed the car. She claims she stood back when the fire began and that she was injured trying to inspect the scene.
Poisoning Confession in Detroit Children Case
Detroit police say Mrs Beatrice Stanley confessed to poisoning her three children at breakfast. Detectives report she claimed her husband’s two year unemployment and found only a dish of food in the kitchen before the incident.
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Detroit
Beatrice Stanley
National NRA Women’s Division names chairwoman
A report notes Mrs Brown was named by Hughes as chairman of the state division. She planned to announce county chairmen appointments soon to extend organization work in areas lacking city groups and to cooperate with existing city bodies.
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Hughes
Brown
Huntington
Duglas W. Brown
Crete
B. C
Virginia
National
Johns. Sone
University
Holdenville
Okla
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Preston
Pythian Sisters
James L. Dealey
Wellsburg
Jennie Postlewait
May McKay
Parkersburg
Anna N. Keller
Williamstown
Pythians
Sidrow’s General Radio Shop
Main St
Johnson
Pruntytown High
Red Cross
Wm. A. Manley
Watch Grafton Sentinel
C. V. Miller Reliable Footwear
W. Va
Union Brokerage
ANU
Morgantown Avenue
HOLD
Pare One
Gordon
Anetta
Jean
Fred Keys
Jim
WOMEN
CROW
Wm. Archdeacon Company
Chevrolet
Fisher
Pric
America
Chevrolet Motor Company
Tygarts Valley Chevrolet Company
Grafton, W. Vas
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