Wolfe Named Ay And 8 Head Wolfe Named Ay And 8 Head
Paling D Wolfe who retired as Taylor county post commander has been chosen chef de gare president of the Moose Home organization in Grafton. Joseph Haldeman named delegate to the convention with Ray Wise as alternate. Other officers elected include L Bennett chef de train M B Murray commissaire intendant H C Compton Ray Wiseman garde la porte D Moore commissaire voyageur A Roe. Executive committee members listed.
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Paling D. Wolfe
Mer
Taylor County
Lepost
Schef de Gare
Grafton
Moose Home
Joseph Haldeman
Ray Wise
L. .Bennett
M. B. Murray
H.C. Compton
Vaudeville Star Baby La Rosa Visits City
One time top ranking vaudeville star billed as Baby La Rosa, famed tap dancer, visits city with Mrs Walter Les of Akron Ohio as guest of Mrs Charles Campbell of Iton for several days. Les travelled the country during vaudeville years and played major theatres in large cities.
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Vaudeinlestas
Baby la Rosa
Walter Lesof Akron
Charles Campbell
Iton
Leslie
J Variety
World's Fair Cuts Costs Amid Low Attendance
New York World's Fair slashes operating costs by 5000 dollars weekly due to sparse crowds. President Howard Flanagan announced dismissals and department mergers after reducing daily expenses from 65000 to 48000 since opening April 30.
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New York
Howard Flanagan
Homesick 2 Robert Craig Wins Fair Call Prize
The 16 year old Akron student Robert Craig won a free long distance call at the New York World's Fair after running away hitchhiking on a bike. He called his mother Mrs E R Craig and pleaded for money to come home. His mother wired bus fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Craig
Akron
E.R. Craig
Kidnap Probe Suspect Admits Ransom Note Writing
Walter Charles Clark of Fairfield Connecticut, a scoutmaster, admits writing two ransom notes to Murray Levine of New Rochelle New York after the 1938 kidnapping of Peter Levine, who was found dead three months later. Clark, held on a $10,000 bail on a burglary charge, denies any part in the kidnap murder. The working staff has been trimmed from 9,000 to 6,000, with a weekly payroll of $200,000.
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Walter Charles Clark
Fairfield
Six New Members Join Grafton Rotary Club
Grafton's Rotary club, the city's first service organization, has grown to 39 members after six new joiners were welcomed at a meeting at the YMCA. President O. Jay Fleming and C. A. Keefer announced the additions of William H. Young, Theodore O. Patton, Wheeler V. Bachman, Carwin Robinson, Dallas D. Wolfe, and Attorney Hugh R. McPhail. Keefer also explained Rotary principles, and new members received Welcome to Rotary and the Rotary code of ethics. A trombone solo by Arthur Yates Jr. with piano by John T. Evans provided musical entertainment.
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M.C. A
O. Jay Fleming
C. A. Keefer
Rotary Education Committee
William H. Young
Theodore O. Patton
Wheeler V. Bachman
Carwin Robinson
Dallas D. Wolfe
Hugh R. McPhail
Rotary
Keefer
Fleming
Rotary Code of Ethics
Arthur Yates, Jr
John T. Evans
Central West Virginia Radio Schedule Highlights
A detailed broadcast log lists WMMN and other stations with time slots from 5:30 P.M. through 11:30 P.M. featuring programs such as The Lone Ranger, Amos n’ Andy, Singing Sam, and various orchestras. It notes multiple network affiliations NBC CBS MBS CKLW WJZ WHK WLW and program titles including public affairs, drama, and music hours with numerous performers and show names.
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NBC
John Gurney
CBS
Uncle Jonathan
KDKA
Chet Smith
WBT
Lone Ranger
WMMN
WHP
Little Brown Book
WSM
Jesse Crawford
Novachord
Parker Family
WGY
John Sheehan
WGBI
WPAR
Watt
Dr. Pepper Playhouse
CKLW
Jimmie Allen
WHK
Buck Rogers
MBS
Voice of Social Justice
Novelteers
Paul Whiteman
Chesterfield
Johnny
Mbs—Symphony Orchestra
WLW
WIBX
Dixie Songsters
International News
Abe Lyman
Edwin C. Hill
Donald Nevis
Wanda
Wilson Ames
WEAF
Guy Lombardo
CB8
Grand Central Station
WMP
Blue Baron
Teddy Powell
Dalice
America Unlimited
CBB
Robi. L. Ripley
Jan Savitt
Moonbeams
Fred Waring
Charles Baum
Orches
Shep Field
Parker
Wsm—World In Review
Cab Callaway
Bill McCune
WJZ
Tommy Dorsey
Dos Sunshine
WSB
King Kimo Kelohl
Cab Calloway
WGAR
Bob Kelley
Tommy Tucker
WMMM
Fats Waller
Ila Fitzgerald
Harry James
Kdka—Dance Orchestra
Harry James & Orches
Ella Fitzgerald
Whas—Walsh
Benny Strong
Material Witness Russo Held in $10000 Bail
Material witness Jean Russo, 20, described as sweetheart of Joseph Amoruso, rides in a police car with head bowed. She was held in $10,000 bail as a material witness. Amoruso, indicted two years ago with Louis Buchalter on a racketeering charge, was held in $50,000 bail by a New York court.
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Jean Russo
Joseph (Strawberry) Amoruso
Amoruso
Louis (Lepie Buchalter
New York
Machine Explosion Kills Two Factory Workers
In Cincinnati on August 17 a factory accident claimed two lives. Elizabeth Brockhoff, 49, and Mrs. Krueger, 48, died last night when a machine exploded.
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Cincinnati
Elizabeth Brockhoff
Krueger
Knottsville Man Fined for Drunkenness on Highway
Jacob Minard of Knottsville was charged with drunkenness on a public highway. Justice A B Knabenshue fined him $20 and costs and sentenced him to 60 days in the county jail after his arrest by Sheriff Herbert Evans and a state police trooper following complaints about his conduct near Sandy Creek in Grafton.
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Jacob Minard
Knottsville
Justice of the Peace
A.B. Knabenshue
Herbert Evans
Minnard
Sandy Creek
Grafton
Nell Laundress Given 20 Day County Jail Term
Nell Laundress received a 20 day jail sentence after a municipal court hearing before Mayor P F Gillispie following an arrest for drunkenness and disturbing the peace on East Washington street. She was fined 60 dollars plus costs but could not pay 50 and 10 dollars respectively, leading to the jail sentence. James Dilworth was arrested with her.
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East Washington Street
Nell Laundress
P. F. Gillispie
James Dilworth
Facts and Figures From History and Law
Facts cover Lagafette’s youth in the Revolutionary era, a note on baseball movement calculations needing hours versus seconds, Sing Sing’s 375 plus executions since capital punishment began, and Boston’s 1880 smoking statute plus a special smokers circle on the commons.
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Sing Sing
Derailment injures Clark Sherer in Nevada incident
Clark Sherer of White Plains son of banker Dunham Sherer sustained a sprained back when the City of San Francisco derailed near Carlin Nevada. He was charged with disturbing the peace and pleaded not guilty. Trial set for 2:30 PM next Monday.
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Clark Sherer
White Plains
Dunham Sherer
New York
San Francisco
Carlin
Nevada
East End Man Works Fine Off With 20 Days On Street
R P Taylor was arrested at his East End home after a family altercation. He faced drunkenness and disturbing the peace charges and pleaded guilty to both. Unable to pay a $20 fine and costs by Mayor P F Gillispie, he agreed to work 20 days on the city streets as penalty.
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East End
R.P. Taylor
P. F. Gillispie
Taylor
Visiting relatives spend day with Heaton family
Mrs Siples of Pittsburgh and Mrs James E Heaton of Reynoldsville W Va attended a gathering at the home of Mr and Mrs BE M Heaton at Park View yesterday. also visiting were Mr and Mrs Lloyd Heaton their son and two daughters from Fairmont.
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Siples
Pittsburgh
James E. Heaton
Reynoldsville
W. Va
Lloyd Heaton
Fairmont
BE. M. Heaton
Park View
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