Former Local Man Charles William Smith Dies at 63
Funeral services were held in Wheeling for Charles William Smith 63 native of Graf ton who died of a heart attack Tuesday morning. He worked at Wheeling Electric and once with the Ohio county health department. Surviving are his wife Pearl Virginia Groom Smith four sons Paul Charles and Herbert at home and Robert of Elm Grove three sisters and one brother. Local relatives attending included Lizzie Mae Wilson Lora Wilson and Miss Lyman. Born August 2 1874 in this city he left Grafton in 1907 for Wheeling.
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Wheeling
Charles William Smith
Wheeling Electric Company
Grafton
W. M. Wilson
Grand Street
Kate Smith
Cora Burdett
West Main Street
Lizzie ‘Mae Wilson
Lora Wilson
Miss Lyman
High Street
Emily Mallonee Smith
Ohio County Health Department
Pearl Virginia Groom Smith
Paul
Charles
Herbert Smith
Robert Smith
Elm Grove
Frank Cornwell
Lulu Smith
Myrtle Rogers
Sweetwater
Texas
EB. K. Smith
Ridenour Services Planned Tomorrow Morning
Funeral services for David Ridenour, World War veteran and former Grafton resident, who died November 27 in Fitzsimmons Colorado, will be at 10 30 tomorrow morning at Bartlett Funeral Home on McGraw Avenue. Rev H J Mitchell will officiate and interment will be in National Cemetery. The body arrived in Grafton last night and lies in state at the funeral home today and until the funeral hour tomorrow.
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Puneral
David Ridenour
Grafton
Fitzsimmons
Colorado
Bartlett Funneral
McGraw Avenue
H. J. Mitchell
Methodist Protestant Church
National Cemetery
Ridenour
Many Hunting Licenses Issued Last Month
County Clerk Frank Bennett's office issued 301 hunting licenses in November. Deputy Robert Reese said 281 were district permits, 17 statewide, and three were for women.
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Frank Bennett
Robert Reese
Twenty Years After Enlisted Soldier Reunites in Springfield
Hallie Daigh, 39, returns to Springfield, Illinois, from a two-decade absence after being reported missing in action in World War I. He learns his former fiancée, whom he married in 1917 in San Antonio, Texas, divorced him, remarried, and is now mother to a 17-year-old son. Daigh was held in a German prison camp and memory loss from poison gas delayed his return home after hospital discharge in 1920.
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Enoch Arden
Hallie Daigh
Springfield
Ill
Goodby
San Antonio
Tex
Daigh
Teachers to be paid before Christmas in West Virginia
Charleston December 3 West Virginia plans to issue December salaries to about 16 050 school teachers so they can have funds for Christmas shopping Superintendent of Schools W W Trent said the department is making every effort to secure January aid allotments to counties in time for early payments.
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Charleston
West Virginna
W. W. Trent
Tibet Spiritual Ruler Dies While in Exile
The Panchen Lama, Tibet's ranking spiritual leader, died in western China after 13 years in exile. A Reuters dispatch from New Delhi reports the 54 year old lama died Tuesday at Jyekundo after fleeing in 1924 following disputes with the Dalai Lama, who died in December 1933.
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London
Reuters
Tibet
China
Forbidden Land
New Delhi
India
Jyekundo
Plaetau Land
Dalai Lama
Honor Kiwanians Honor Lt Governor-Elect John Child
Kiwanians from Princeton War Bluefield and Northfork attended a banquet in honor of John Child Lt Governor elect of the fourth division and president of the Northfork club.
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Northfork
Princeton
War
Bluefield
John Child
Northfork Club
Damages Sought in Harrison County Auto Crash Suit
Mrs. Hazel Kieffer of near Simpson sues Kesser of Harrison County in Taylor County circuit court for 5000 dollars alleging facial injuries from a two-vehicle collision. Attorney notes include a fractured nose and a four inch forehead scar. Case returnable at December rules. service to be via deputy sheriff.
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Harrison County
Taylor County
Hazel Kieffer
Simpson
Kesser
Francis Ly
Hugh R. Warder
Kieffer
Frank M. Hollis, Jr
Two Claiming Reward In Bris Murder Case
Wheeling reports the Anna Bris beer garden murder case revived as Charles Heckle and William Bonar of Moundsville filed claims for the $1,000 county reward. They said they furnished information that helped convict Raymond Styers, Kenneth Lightner, and Tom Styers. Styers was sentenced to die. a new trial motion is pending while Lightner and Styers Jr. received ten years for second degree murder.
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Wheeling
Anna Bris
Charles Heckle
William Bonar
Moundsville
Heckle
Bonar
Raymond Styers
Kenneth Lightner
Tom Styers
Bris
Kenneth Light ‘Ner
Aurora Man Sentenced To Serve Year in Jail
KINGWOOD December 3 Judge A G Hughes sentenced Harry A Delaney 21 of near Aurora to one year in Preston county jail on a guilty plea to manslaughter after a car death. Corp Claude Hefner state police at Kingwood reported GB Musgrave 53 of Fairmont was fatally injured last October at Silverlake ten miles west of Thomas when his car struck another driven by Delaney.
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Kingwood
A. G. Hughes
Harry A. Delaney
Aurora
Preston County
Musgrave
Fairmont
Silverlake
Thomas
Delaney
Claude Hefner
Admiral Bloch to assume command of U S fleet
Admiral Claude Charles Bloch aged 59 from Kentucky will assume command of the U S fleet on February 1. He currently leads the battle force and succeeds Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn in the post.
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Claude Charles Bloch
U. S
Bloch
Arthur J. Hepburn
F B I Dividends Earn Taxpayers Big Returns
J Edgar Hoover announced F B I dividends to taxpayers, claiming over 135 million in savings, fines, and recovered goods from a 78 million operating cost over four years. He assailed parole systems and police data sharing, noting 94 of 100 charged were convicted and 50 percent of prisoners are on parole. He warned of 200,000 potential murderers roaming the U S and urged public action to restore respect for law.
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New York
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bureau
Hoover
Association of Life Insurance
Federal
B. I
America
United States
Carolers to Meet at Postoffice for Grafton Parade
Carolers scheduled to sing tonight as Christmas season opens in Grafton meet at 7:00 PM at the postoffice. Main Street lights to be lit at 5:30 PM, parade steps off at 7:00 PM. Participants should gather in front of the Moose Home at 6:45 PM for the march, with stores open for open house Christmas sales.
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Grafton
Postoffice
Main Street
Directors Eye Stronger Y M C A Through New Plans
Invitations sent to arrange affairs for a Monday meeting to boost the Grafton MLC and YMCA activity. The gymnasium is in first class shape and the secretary thinks membership and patronage could be doubled. Bowling and billiards are the main recreation now and drawing good play.
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Grafton
Mother Slain by Suspect in Domestic Tragedy Identified
Kathleen Drowne, 16, identified the slain woman Elsie Drowne a 39 year old New York hotel house keeper shot on the eve of a reconciliation with her estranged husband. Police arrested Theodore Petow, 36, who confessed to the slaying.
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Elsie Drowne
New York
Apples Nice Sprayed Apples For Sale
Brand's Cash Feed Store at 121 East Main Street offers sprayed apples in multiple varieties. Bulk baskets priced at 50 cents each. customers should bring their own containers.
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Brand's Cash Feed
East Main St
Bloomfield Market House Chicken and Egg Buyer
Nicholas Pate announces a buyers notice for farmers to sell chickens turkeys and eggs. Offers pickup by driver from Bloomfield Market House 4719 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh with stated prices and dates December 1 2 3 4 6.
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Bloomfield Market House
Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh
Nicholas Pate
Tov
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RCA Victor
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Loar
ommend _RCA—as
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Tae Co
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Vardein
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Rontow
Prince Albert
Sir Walter Raleigh
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Hoobn
Seriie
Colgate Dental Cream
Rus
Grafton Fruit Market
Florida
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