New Members Host Dinner for Kiwanis Club
Three new Kiwanian members entertained last night at Cozy Rest Inn. Dr James Flanagan led the program with topics on modern embalming by G Thomas Bartlett Jr who also read two poems. Richard Robey of West Penn discussed I E S lighting and light measurement. Dr Flanagan spoke on oral hygiene. R Virgil Rohrbough announced plans for the Kiwanis Rot ary football banquet with West Virginia Mountaineer game films to be shown.
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Cozy Rest Inn
James ¥. Flanagan
G. Thomas Bartlett, Jr
Mr. Bartlett
Richard Robey
West Penn Sales Department
Robey
Dr. Flanagan
R. Virgil Rohrbough
Fire destroys wing at St. Ann's Maternity Hospital Cleveland
A hospital fire at St. Ann's Maternity in Cleveland sent firemen to the scene as nurses evacuated patients. Photos show a nurse moving babies to safety and the roof smoke plume as crews battled the blaze.
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St. Ann’s Maternity Hospital
Cleveland
Farmer Held After Death Near Belington
Jacob Oldaker, a Belington area farmer, is held on a manslaughter charge after a car accident on route 250 near Dartmoor that killed 6 year old William Aloeatt. Oldaker allegedly drove at high speed on the left side, stopped 300 feet away, and took the injured boy to Elkins hospital where he died at 2 23 p m. The state and county officers are investigating and Oldaker faces trial before Justice J A Viquesney in Belington on December 2.
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Philippi
Jacob Oldaker
Belington
William Aloeatt
Ella Row
Dartmoor
William
Willian
Oldaker
Elkins
J. A. Viquesney
Strauss Named Junior Interviewer At Grafton Office
The Grafton staff saw one addition with the appointment of William G. Strauss as junior interviewer. A West Virginia University graduate, he has worked in the local insurance business for about a year and a half.
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Grafton
William G. Strauss
Strauss
West Virginia University
Drowning Incident Near Amblersburg Reported
John A. Nine, 41, of near Amblersburg, fell from a footlog into a small stream and drowned. Investigating officers said he had been subject to an illness attack. Roy Hawley explained the various plays during last night's gathering attended by twenty six members and one guest John Niland.
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Roy Hawley
John Niland
Kingwood
John A. Nine
Amblersburg
West Virginia posts gains in valuations and property drops
Charleston December report shows a 47 million dollar rise in state assessed valuations from the prior year, led by a 16 percent increase in personal property values. Real estate up modestly despite declines in many counties, while public utilities fall short, and total valuation reaches about 1.785 billion. Delinquent lands redemptions expected to be restored within two years.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Ernest K. James
Taylor and Pleasants
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Board of Public Works
James
Train Crash Injures Commuter as Car Buckles on Tracks
An injured commuter watched as his train halted after a crash described as the middle car buckling. Several coal cars derailed or toppled, jolting the scene and prompting authorities to inspect the wreckage and assess damage.
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Maryland
Green, Ridge
Therry Run
Sion Wage
Turner Improves After Wreck Near Weston
Major Francis W. Turner of St. Albans, state commander of the American Legion, shows marked improvement at the Veterans' hospital in Huntington after serious injuries from an automobile wreck near Weston on Armistice Day.
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Huntington
Veterans’ Hospital
Francis W.turner
St. Albans
Turner
American Légion
Weston
Hearing Set Prompts Across Ford Plant Labor Tactics
The document outlines proposals including moving operations to another city unless labor activity is stopped, strict surveillance of unions and organizations, employing armed guards to deter self-organization, distributing anti-union propaganda, backing Ford service workers and a loyalty group, and laying off or not rehiring workers for union membership.
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Ford Service Workers
Ford Loyalty Group
For Rent Or Sale Hall Cottage With 6 Rooms
A. R. Vandergrift lists a five room cottage with bath furnace laundry and garage at 524 Beech street contact 985-3 for rent. Also offers a six room hall with bath for rent or sale at another address shown by the listing.
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Goma
Male
Avende
Bath
Furnace
la Yrage
A. R
Beech Street
Poe
A. R. Vandergrift
Returns Suspect to Chicago Suburb in Auto Theft Case
Charles Town reports Chief Albert E. Jares of Stickney Illinois transported George Bacher back to the Chicago suburb where he is wanted on auto theft charges.
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Charles Town
Albert E. Jares
Stickney
George Bacher
Chicago
Jares
Bacher
Christmas Lights Begin in Grafton for Parade Night
The city continues placing Christmas lights on Main Street and Latrobe toward Siehler's as West Penn workers rush the project to turn them on for the first time Friday night. The holiday season program will start with a parade of storybook characters and merchants plan open houses from 7 to 9 p.m.
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Main Street
Latrobe
Siehler
West Penn
Grafton
Miners Back New Law Boosts and Becomes Debate
Homeowners commissions officials disclosed price gaps with homes 5 to 15 percent below operator estimates and industrial rates raised 5 to 20 percent. Violators face a 19 percent tax on sale ore. Hints of a possible court test arise over coal control act validity citing wage clauses. Miners back the new law with optimism, saying fair prices require profitable mines, aided by an $85,000,000 pay package.
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Commission
Supreme Court
Coal price schedules reveal varied district ranges
The report outlines price schedules for soft coal across districts from Pennsylvania to Kentucky. It lists minimum and high grade prices for domestic lumps, eggs, nuts, pea, stoker coal, railroad fuel, and industrial slack, noting shifts from $2.90 to $2.80 and other movements reflecting overproduction and postwar effects.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Michigan
Kentucky
Tennessee
Astern
W. Va
Panhandle
West Kentucky
Fischer Named Weston Branch Manager As NES Appointments Made
S S Whiting long in NES service, Jack Donnachie chosen senior interviewer for men in Clarksburg. John E Fischer, formerly manager here, named manager of Weston branch. Charles G Englehardt, an earlier manager here, remains in the organization.
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S.S. Whiting
NES
Jack Donnachie
Clarksburg
Fischer
Weston
John E. Fischer
Charles G. Englehardt
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Eita Kett
Schick
Sentinel
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