Hundreds Attend Family Reunions in West Virginia
A large turnout marked family reunions across central West Virginia on Sunday with Grafton residents widely represented. Families including Mays Poe Kinsey Withers Riley Linn Lake and Kinsey joined kin in Welcoming gatherings at Webster Baptist Church and Grady Creek Church. Linn of Marion County presided over the Kinsey reunion association.Continued on page five.
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Poe
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Leap in dark causes death of army flyer
Stamford Conn Aug 28 A leap in the dark from a fuel exhausted plane killed Capt E E Harmon of Washington an army flyer Authorities said his body was found about a quarter of a mile from the wreck at Turn Of River a Stamford suburb Harmon a Bethany College West Virginia graduate was identified by officials
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E. E. Harmon
Washington
Harmon
Turn
Bethany College
W. Va
Washington Man Seeks West Virginia Father
Washington born Wil lam J. Reynolds 21, a huckster's assistant, sets out from Washington Aug 28 to find his father in Camernn W V a. Orphaned at two, he lived in multiple homes and orphanages, saved wages to fund the journey, hoping to locate his sire, his foster family, and any relatives along the route.
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Willam J. Reynolds
West Virginia
Reynolds
Huckater
St. Joseph's Orphanage
Wheeling. Va
St. Ann's Infantum
St. Joseph’s Orphanasy
Family &T Falls Church
Silver Ribs
Washingiston
Ceyrsh
Ticargion
Camernn
W.va
Life Saving and Swimming Week Launched Today
A week of specialized life-saving and swimming instruction began at Grafton Park led by Dr. Roy V. Benson of the American Red Cross. The Taylor County chapter reported strong registrations and urged all ages to attend, with Junior and Senior life-saving classes closing Tuesday.
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Roy V. Benson
American Red Cross National
Washington, D.C
Taylor County
Frank C. Collins
Mr. Collins
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Benson
Grafton
American Red Cross
Samuel Waller
Waller
Athens Court to Rule on Insull Extradition Matter
In Athens Greece the appeal court fixed Tuesday morning to hear the application for formal sanction for Samuel Insull's arrest in connection with American extradition proceedings. The return of the Chicago utilities operator, detained Saturday, is sought amid the financial collapse of his interests. The issue is whether he will remain detained pending the extradition outcome.
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Athens
Greece
Samuel Insull
Chicago
Court weighs validity of school contract system
Charleston August 28 A dispute over whether county boards may reject teachers contracts made by old district boards reached the supreme court. The Barbour County Board of Education was ordered to appear Sept 13 and explain why Mabel Cleavenger should not be hired to teach second grade at Galloway. The case tests contracts existing before the county unit reform.
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Charleston
Moley Quits as Roosevelt Aide to Edit New Magazine
Raymond Moley, longtime adviser to President Roosevelt, resigns as assistant secretary of state effective September 7 to edit a national weekly for Vincent Astor. The move, hinted by a rift with Hull, follows Moley’s transfer of duties and signals a key official departure in the Roosevelt administration.
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Raymond Mobley
Roosevelt
Vincent Astor
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Hull
Jeng
Artor Ant
MacDonald Smith Wins Western Open by Six Strokes
Olympia Fields August 28 MacDonald Smith, the veteran star, shot par or better to dominate the field at Olympia Fields securing his third Western Open title. He led from the start posting a record tying 68 on the tough course and finished the 72 holes at 282, six ahead of Tommy Armour of Chicago.
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Swimmers Plan To Float Tennessee River Venture
Memphis youths Louis Lundy and L. E. Bruce aim to complete a floating trip over the entire Tennessee river course. They recently tested by spending 48 hours in the water with rubber inner tubes, drifting 100-120 miles from Danville, Tennessee to Paducah, Kentucky before an emergency exit.
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Memphis
Tenn
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L. E. Bruce
Paris
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Paducah
Helen Jacobs Edges Moody In Net Title Contest
New York reports Helen Jacobs won the national tennis title over Helen Wills Moody after a dramatic final. Jacobs’s doctor cited acute gall bladder inflammation and heart strain, and said stimulants were used between sets to sustain her through the match. Moody defaulted after losing the first three games of the final set.
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New York
Helen Wills Moody
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Miss Jacobs
Thomas C. Chalmers
Forest Hills
Mrs. Moody
Prison Delivery Plot Outlined By Warden McClintic
Warden C F McClintic recounted in Charleston a thwarted plan at Moundsville state penitentiary to smuggle in a machine gun and outside aid. He said three inmates including a lifer and long-term prisoners drafted the scheme and proposed a 40 hour work regime under an NRA penal code, described as a whispering campaign among prisoners.
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Moundsville State Penitentiary
C. F. McClintic
McClintic
McClintle
Sherman Inspired Tune Resounds In Bagdad
In Bagdad Iraq August 28 Arab military band plays Marching Through Georgia as Moslem troops return from operations against Assyrian Christian insurgents. Massive cheers erupt with crowds waving sticks daggers and shouting long live the king and crown prince. Veiled women shower soldiers with confetti from balconies.
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Bagdad
Iraq
Georgia
Thousa Jves
Hell Creek Scene Of Religious Meetings In Miss
In Hickory Flat Mississippi revival services are held in Hell creek bottoms conducted by Rev George H Lebester pastor of the Hickory Flat Methodist church. The creek was named by union soldiers during the Civil War when artillery bogged down in mud after heavy rain. A School Users league is urged in Kentucky as a counterpart of the Highway Users league.
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Miss
Hell Creek Bottoms
George H. Lebester
Hickory Flat Methodist Church
Kentucky
Kentucky Highway Users League
Standstill in coal code talks as Johnson weighs a plan
Washington August 28 negotiations between non-union operators and United Mine Workers of America over disputed points have stalled on the path to a final code of competition. Recovery administrator Hugh S Johnson summoned both sides to conference and indicated he may impose a code if no agreement is reached by tomorrow.
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NRA
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Hugh
Johnson
United Mine Workers of America
Hugh S. Johnson
United States Mine Workers of America
Wide search for neighbors of F D R is made
New York Aug 28 three young neighbors of President Roosevelt are the subjects of an extensive coast guard search. Seaplanes and 30 vessels sweep from Portland Maine to the Delaware Capes for the 20 foot sloop Postscript missing since last week's storm. In the sloop were Pierre P Irving son of L Dupont Irving stock broker and grand nephew of Washington Irving and Charles and Walter Niles sons of Dr Walter L Niles. The youths' parents are Manhattan neighbors of the President who is anxious about their fate.
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Roosevelt
Coast Guard
Portland
Delaware Capes
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N. J
Pierre P. Irving
L. Dupont
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Charles
Wlter Niles
Walter L. Niles
Manhattan
Crash Fatal To 3 Seen By Lad's Kin
Bath New York August report says two men and eight youths died when a small airplane struck a high tension line while attempting a farm landing near the village. Pilot Donald R. MacCormic of Rochester 28, passenger Paul Harris 60 of Bath Soldiers Home, and 17 year old Erie Clark of Avoca among the dead. Clark’s family witnessed the crash.
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