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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1934

Page

6

Philippi High Teachers Assigned Jobs

Philippi Aug 28 faculty assigned by principal J H Carpenter. Students report for registration Monday Sept 3 at 9 am. New and continuing staff listed across departments. Enrollment rise forced move of Smith Hughes division to Crim building, freeing space for high school activities. Athletic gear funded. football teams equipped. Four new instructors join Philippi faculty: Covert Wisgoner Wolfe Zinn.

Paul Dickenson Beryl Gulentz Enlish George M. Kittle Virginia Starkey Flora Swecker Paul Watson F.C. Waggon Sterling Wolfe Comees Maurice Zinn J. H. Carpenter Carpenter Smith-Hughes Crim Main Street Philippi Margaret Covert F.C. Wisgoner Maurice ‘Zinn

Technicolor spectacle planned for Rothschild film finale

Opera House reports a lavish sequence in The House by Rothschild with Nathan Rothchild portrayed by Geo. Arliss. Producers chose Technicolor to capture two-stage coronation grandeur, employing 75 technicians and borrowed lighting, amid a black and white assessment of the scene.

Rothschild Nathan Rothchild Geo. Arliss England Joseph M., Schenk Darryl F. Zanuck Richard Day St. James Palace Hollywood

Grafton School Listings and Local Notes Continue

A lengthy community bulletin lists multiple Grafton schools from elementary to five room and central campuses with principals such as Harry S. White and Mason Tucker. The report notes strong summer business and a favorable fall outlook, plus a sighting of a wolf in Pittsfield, Mass, the first spated since 1904.

Grafton Pittsfield Mass

Messenger Boy Fined for Peeping Acts

Richard Austin a Western Union messenger was arraigned in police court before Acting Mayor Fred V. Kunst on loitering and peeping charges at a Washington street home. He received a $10 fine and a suspended sixty day jail term after admitting nocturnal visits and an attempt to peep.

Richard Austin Western Union Telegraph Company Fred V. Kunst Washington Street Austin Hel Couch Charles C. King

Woman Arrested After $72 Western Union Robbery

Norfolk police arrested Vera Maxwell after she robbed a Western Union Telegraph office, taking $72 at gunpoint. Identified by a witness in a police lineup, she admitted the hold-up and a revolver was found in her handbag. She was detained after returning to her home and later refused to stand with other prisoners.

Norfolk Vera Maxwell Western Union Mary E Cole

Little Hope continues labor strife across mills

The piece reports on tensions at nine north Alabama mills amid strikes. Paul A. Redmond denies plans to arm plants, while Harry Hopkins protests misread reports of FERA support. He says relief will not fund strikes unless Labor Board finds them unjustified. Garison urges swift action to Sloan.

Paul A. Redmond Alabama Harry L. Hopkins FERA Hhe Labor Department Nations Labor Relations Board

League Will Continue to Battle for Reelection Shifts and Attacks

A Democratic column calls for regaining ground in New York while Wadsworth pursues reelection as a Republican. Virginia Democrat Woodin attacks Smith and John W. Davis as foes of liberalism and the new order. The piece notes unity within a group to scrutinize the new deal. In other news, ethylene gas aids walnut processing, saving growers about 250,000 in kernel damage this year.

New York Wadsworth Oth Enogh Virginia Woodin Smith John W. Davis New Order

Fraternity Pin Limits Jobs at Drury College

Springfield Missouri August 28 7 A fraternity pin may win a coeds heart but closes campus jobs this fall at Drury College executive secretary Guy Barnes says Greek members will not be employed students must not be badly in need of campus work Barnes denies charges the college aims to break up the fraternities and emphasizes affordability as a factor.

Springfield Drury College Guy Barnes Missouri Ozarks Barnes

Barber shops to close at noon on Thursdays notice

To comply with the NRA working hours barber shops will close at 12 o'clock noon on Thursdays. 133-31

NRA

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Philippi High John C. Carpenter SIN Barbour County Shenk’s Park Philippi- Buckhannon A. “Chame” Wilson Nestorville Wayne Phillips Glade District Boyles School House Bonica Road Alderson-Broaddus Women's Club Alma V. Pitts High Street Pitts Elva Zirkle Lena Pugh Atlantic City Nyio Wilson Lynn Wilson Etta Donington Frank Donington Donald Babb N. J Alans Ganetas Rually Bond Ation Printing Co Pennsyvania Graterford Pennsylvania’ State Penitentiary Associated Press Opera House H. M. Queen, Prin Mary Thomas Garrison Lucretia Impson Webster Asonald Knotts Prin Paul Senior, Prin Ella Findley John Pappalardo Bernard Foster, Prin Pauline Clevenger Wilda Knight Four Room Newton, Prin Erval Annegan Lulu Ghenoweth Virginia Wolfe East Grafton Kenneth Robinson Ethel Custer Virginia Shaw Beatrice Tucker Park View Howard Walls, Prin Virginia Thayer Eunice Kelley Beulah Snider Blueville Wendell Will Grimes Esther Dever Walter Lena Walter Helen Chenoweth Beatrice Scipio Georgiana Hill Harry S. White, Prin Jessie Cochran Virginia Hanway Geneva Hilkey Elizabeth Hoffman Mattie Jaco Dona Ryan Ina Warder Evelyn Welch Florence White Thomas Grayson First Ward R. V. Rohrbough Nancy Barnard Ruby B. Flanagan Arlene McDaniel Grace A. Miller Mary P. Stanley Marguerite Thayer Vera Findley Mildred Ann Waters Rosemont Francis Wolfe, Prin Gladys Mettler Emmett DeMoss, Prin Gladys Devers P. D. Yates Audra Burbridge Frances Daugherty Retha Gould Abbie Ann Lantz Vivian Bunner Three Room Elementary Central Flemington Mason Tucker, Prin Daisy Jones Pauline Benda West Grafton F. D. Robinson, Prin Minnie K. Byers T. D. Matthews Dolores B, Curry Rena Goodwin Rhea H. Fisher Una St Clair Lois Smith Elizabeth Stafford Pearl Thomas Gladys Thornhill June Rosely Ruth Welch Virginia Holt Flemington High School L. W. Talbott Prin. Lawrence Hall Laura Craig Nellie Va. Lynch Wilma Bunner Edward Thomas Jean Murray Roberta ‘Chenoweth Kenneth Haun, Prin D. J. Cole Merle Newton Bertha Waugh McTonkey Carrie Sinsel Harriett Blaney Miliervisie Mt. Airy Issac T. Mayle Mt. Pleasant Messenger Boy Ckey Odell McGuffey Larry Scioto Virginia Young Lady Telegraph Office Cotton Textile Institute Cotton Textile National Industrial Relations Board Code Authority United Textile Workers Iome Cotton Textile Board Mien Sloan Robert Bruere Cotton Textile Industrial Relations Board Gorman Maine Roosevelt Little Hope Beauty Larry Buster Crabbe Lupino Robert Armstrong James Gleason Paramount Picture Earl M. Schenck George Arliss Fasente Frigidaire
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