Poe Reunion News Includes Family Elections At Wickwire Road
The twenty first Poe family reunion at Dev ex s Gove Wickwire road featured an all day program with a bountiful noon dinner a memorial service and musical numbers by Miss Betty Poe of Akron and local youth groups. Harvey A Poe was elected president with Cicil Daugherty Sol Poe C W Poe and Arthur Poe filling key posts. Other gatherings include Kinsey Linn and Linn family events with civic notices and a sewing club meeting.
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Poe
West Virginia
Devex
Gove
Wickwire Road
Y. O. R. Phillips
Betty Poe
Akron
Ohio
Hugh Miller School
Betty Reese
Ruth Carruthers
Emery Jennings
Woodrow Rogers
Harvey A. Poe
Cicil Daugherty
Secnd
Sol Poe
C. W. Poe
Arthur Poe
Cecil Daugherty
Olive Poe Bailey
Ellen Poe Bailey
Goldie Poe Humphreys
Homer Daugherty
Luthe Reese
Milttee
Leroy Poe
Junior Poe
James Poe
William Poe
Arl Poe, Jr
E. Allen Poe
Clarksburg
S. C. Kinsey
Simpson
Henry Roach
Leland Crouse
Ott Losh
Webster
S. Q. Kinsey
Beulah Kinsey
Orville Kinsey
Grafton
Zore Evans
Fairmont
Grace Strait
Ery Zella Kinsey
Fred Bt
Lylich
Linn
Glady Creek
J. C. Henderson
Hiram R. Linn
Corbin Band
Jacqueline Powell
G. T. Bartlett
Reading
Frances
Notable Local Ailing, Travel, and Officials Update
Mrs. Dudley Smith remains seriously ill but shows slow improvement. James Henry Krepps, former Sentinel editor, visits friends in Grafton en route from Washington to Charleston. he is a state-wide representative of the West Virginia Coal association. Miss Nellie Tucker departs from Atlantic City and returns to Grafton. E. G. Kuhn, superintendent of schools, is in Charleston on business. Mrs. Bert Dent undergoes major surgery on Walnut Street.
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James Henry Krepps
the Sentinel
Trent
Grafton
Washington
Charleston
Krepps
West Virginia Coal Association
Nellie Tucker
Atlantic City
New Jersey
E. G. Kuhn
Bert Dent
Walnut Street
Doan's Pills Offer Backache Relief Through Kidney Cleanse
Many backache sufferers learn the real cause lies in tired kidneys. The ad claims kidneys pass 3 pints daily and flush 19 miles of tubes, reducing waste and easing symptoms. It urges druggist purchase for lasting relief based on decades of use.
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Doan
Births and admissions at Grafton City Hospital
Mr and Mrs Francis Wolfe of Longstreet celebrate the birth of a baby girl weighing seven pounds born this morning. Mrs John McVicker was admitted for medical treatment and Miss Betty Lee Barnes of the city was admitted for a minor operation. William Poling was discharged today from Grafton City Hospital.
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Grafton City Hospital
Francis Wolfe
Longstreet
John McVicker
City Hospital
Betty Lee Barnes
City
William Poling
Decrease In Number Employed Is Reported
A slight drop in employed men was reported by Charles Englehardt of the local NRS office. In Taylor county the 38 workers were mostly on the Tygart Valley dam project, down from a weekly average of about 52. Barbour county had 13 employed, while Preston showed no new hires in the Grafton district. Active applications stood at 1532 in Taylor, 1515 in Barbour, and 3526 in Preston.
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NRS
Charles Englehardt
Taylor County
Tygart's Valley Dam
Barbour County
Grafton
Preston
Barbour
Complaint Filed Against Bendix Products Corporation
The United Automobile Workers filed a Wagner Act complaint against Bendix Products Corporation of South Bend Indiana for refusing to recognize the union as representative of employees for collective bargaining. A regional directors meeting next month will determine further action.
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Bendix
Washington
United Automobile Workers Today
New Labor Relations
Bendix Products Corporation
South Bend. Ind
Battle Over Wheat Cotton Loans Sparks Senate Clash
In a heated exchange President Buchanan and Roosevelt discussed wartime finance and policy. Buchanan claimed future observers would agree with his stance against political expediency, while Roosevelt declined public comment. Chester Davis pegged loan costs at 70 million dollars, CCC at one billion.
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Buchanan
Burns
Roosevelt
Larue Fined For Driving While Intoxicated
Ralph F. Larue was fined 25 dollars and costs after being arraigned by Justice W E Rightmire for driving intoxicated. His operator's license was revoked for six months and his car impounded for the same period. He was halted by a city officer in front of the Grafton post office and jailed until trial.
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Main Street
Ralph F. Larue
W. E. Rightmire
Larue
Grafton
A Slam Made Easy By A Famous Bridge Teacher
Contract Bridge expert E V Shepard recounts a small slam achieved through dummy's strength and favorable discards in a hand broadcast by Mrs C C Ransom, a New York bridge teacher. The narrative details bidding, leads, finesses, and strategic discards leading to a successful contract.
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E. V. Shepard
Dummy
Red Planets Hunted By US At Joint Army Camp
A mysterious pilot dropped eight page pamphlets into Indiantown Gap Pennsylvania camp for the third army during visitors day. The undisinigmaed literature urged soldiers to organize for rights, demand higher pay, and oppose use of troops in domestic uprisings. Officers say trespass penalties apply and no flight identification was made.
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Indiantown Gap
America
War Department
Baltimore
First Clothing Store At Dam Is Now Open
The first clothing store at the site of the Tygart's Valley dam construction was opened last week by the Morris Yaker Company in Baltimore Maryland. The store on the Roosevelt hotel first floor offers a complete line of work clothes for dam workers and the general public to view.
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Tygart's Valley Dam
Morris Yaker Company
Baltimore
Roosevelt Hotel
Washers coated to resemble dimes sweep Clarksburg
Police report a batch of small washers coated with a silver like substance being passed in bulk as dimes in Clarksburg. Investigators warn the public to verify coins at banks and caution against counterfeit handling.
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Clarksburg
Corn Grows in Courthouse Lawn Sparks Interest
Circuit Clerk Vernon Jones reports a single corn stalk sprouting on the courthouse lawn in Point Pleasant on August 24. county officials note the unusual mis-seed germination near the public building as a curious local event with no official action.
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Point Pleasant
Vernon Jones
Snell Attacks New Deal As Threat To Freedom
Snell denounces the New Deal as a move to enforce autocratic control, arguing it would force citizens into a government order and rewrite the federal constitution. He cites Milwaukee remarks on preserving individual judgment and resourcefulness against a bureaucratic system. Senator Dickinson travels home predicting farmers will defend the constitution.
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Snell
Fidence
Republican National Committee
Milwaukee
Roosevelt
Dickinson
Mid-West
Mount Vesuvius rumble and colonial fears rise
Mussolini signals talk of colonies as a benefit to civilized states while Germany stresses colonial needs. The British war office moves 1 200 troops to Malta and air raid precautions rise in Malta as Spain fears anti European unrest and Moroccan uprisings amid Africa tensions.
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Mussolini
Tr Duce
London Daily Mail
Germany
Schwerin Rosigk
British War Office
Neuralia
Southampton
Malta
Ethiopia
Holding Company Bill Details and Gas Exemption
Article discusses the holding company bill effective January 1, 1938, permitting two holding companies on one system of adjacent operating companies. Subsidiaries must render services to operating companies at cost. Debate notes gas companies are exempted and that interstate wholesale electricity rates are regulated while interstate gas rates are not.
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Securities Commission
Warning note on US Soviet relations at Congress
A continued warning at Congress outlines that the United States government would lack candor if it did not state plainly that it expects serious consequences unless the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is willing or able to engage. The remarks reflect heightened tension and the possibility of further diplomatic frictions between the two nations.
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United States
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Foster
Congress
Washington
Russia
William C. Bullitt
Moscow
Share Wealth and Alberta Rise to Power
Reports describe William Aberhart and the Social Credit victory in Alberta with the platform calling for wealth sharing and a monthly dividend. The piece links Aberhart to a broader rhetoric of wealth redistribution and notes contemporaries like William Z. Foster and Earl Browder among visiting speakers. The second item discusses the U.S. reaction to a Soviet note on Communist activities and the possible impact on U.S.-Soviet relations, with observers awaiting Moscow's reply.
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Social Credit Party
Alberta
William Aberhart
Father Coughlin
Huey Long
William Z. Foster
Earl Browder
Communist Party of
U.S
Gil Green
Communist Youth Movement
United States
Sam Darcy
News Awaited Pushes October Action for Communist Drive
Leaders in the drive plan urgent measures in early October to secure funding. They seek state and federal support, pledging 65 percent of expenditures locally and aiming to match a 45 percent grant from the federal government.
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United States
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