Bride Is Honored At Gibson Braff Nuptials Tea
A pre‑wedding tea hosted by Mrs. Virgil Rohrbough honors Mrs. Gibson on November 25. About 75 guests attended at the Walnut Street home of James F. Staffords with Mrs. Stafford, Mrs. Gibson, and Mrs. Rohrbough receiving. Yellow and bronze decor enhanced the rooms, while Miss Mildred Keefer provided vocal selections and piano numbers during the afternoon.
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Gibson-Brafford
Virgil Rohrbough
Gibson
Walnut Street
James F. Stafford
Rohrbough
Stafford
Charlotte Ulrich
Aurora
Ind
Editor Defies NLRB Subpoena In Weirton Steel Hearing
Hartley W. Barclay editor of Mill and Factory failed to appear before the National Labor Relations Board in Steubenville as the board’s hearing on Weirton Steel’s Wagner act violations entered its 17th week. The magazine story charged board bias toward CIO influence. Ike Lepley’s foreman’s desk yielded copies and testimony from Rev Gordon Adams.
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Steubenville
Hartley W. Barclay
Young
National Labor Relations Board
Weirton Steel Company
Barclay
Mill and Factory
Isadore Polier
Gordon Adams
Weirton Tin Mill
Adams
Ike Lepley
Clyde A. Armstrong
Weirton
Edward G. Smith
Armstrong
Polter
Lepley
Bridges
R.N. H
Senate
Committee For Industrial Organization
The
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Protests for U S MASSING GIRL DISCOVERED
Violet Jennings a 13 year old girl found in the Campbell Creek area near Charleton after eluding authorities since September 22. She had left home saying she could not get along with her father and had worked in several homes before being located by Troop H and state police. Elmer Kelly and James Kelly Jr involved in the case and charges against them were withdrawn or adjusted as officials pursued delinquency and adjoining abduction counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet Jings
James Kelly
Elmer
Kelly
Daniels
Dewey Cochran Campbell
John Snow
Elmer Kelly
Mar Red
Elsmer
Violet
Snow
Kanawha County
H.W. Paul
Charl
Cochran
H.C. Fulmer
Della James
Charle
Oklahoma City
Hall
Violet Jennings
Paul
Ff Beckley
Ter
Worl
Cochran Added That Missings
Local Socials and Health Notes Add Colorful Town Life
Miss Lucille Granneman returned yesterday from Washington DC after a week away. Miss Betty Lee Hamilton a Fairmont State Teachers student spent the weekend with relatives on Walnut street and has joined Pi Upsilon Phi journalism honor. Mrs Ada Gall of Pearl street leaves for Long Beach California to visit her son Charles and will return after New Year's. Mr and Mrs Will Shackleford and family and Mr and Mrs Harold Cole motored to Buckhannon Sunday to visit Kenneth Cole and family. Mrs Pat Conley and Miss Nell Fahey were visitors in Clarksburg Saturday. Edward Fawcett of Beech street underwent a tonsillectomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Granneman
Washington, D. C
Betty Lee Hamilton
Fairmont State Teachers College
Walnut Street
Hamilton
Pi Upsilon Phi
Ada Gall
Pearl Street
Long Beach
California
Charles
Gall
Will Shackleford
Harold Cole
Buckhannon
Kenneth Cole
Pat Conley
Nell Fahey
Clarksburg
Edward Fawcett
Beech Street
Barclay on Bridge: Infidence and forcing bids in a tense deal
In a North-South clash West opens diamonds and unusual tactics pressure partner to decide. North advances to 7 Clubs, South seeks hearts, dummy revealed, and the contract is completed as bidding twists unfold. The excerpt notes confidence and card knowledge drive decisions amid a high stakes auction.
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West
North
South
T-Hearts
Local Notices And A Kidnapping Case In Cabell County
City hospital reports discharge and recoveries including Mrs Lawrence Preiss and Helena Ridenour while visitors Nellie McGrady and the Stairs family spend weekends in Clarksburg. A CABELL county kidnapping case unfolds with Dr Seder abducted November 1, later found in a mine. Suspects face charges. defense cites insanity. prosecutor seeks death penalty.
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Jecktie
Travis
Dr. Seder
Anti-Saloon League
Huntington
Cabell County
Jury Chosen for Kidnap Trial of Booth and Co defendants
The court opened with jurors selected amid disqualifications for opposition to capital punishment and preconceptions. State witnesses included Mrs Allan Burns and Arthur Seder, with 55 witnesses for the state and 20 for Booth. Travis and Adkins faced joint indictments while Booth faced an insanity plea.
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Cunusuve
Allan T. Burns
New York
Arthur Seder
St. Paul
Otto Sharp
BE. R. McFann
W. S. Swann
C. A. Dotson
John Downey
Robert H. Dunkle
Roy A. Osgood
Ira Lucas
H. L. Hoke
Theme Smith
George G. Weiler
C. A. Haskins
Booth
Travis
Adkinson
H. Clay Worth
Adkins
Arlie Booth
Clocklike head ticks haunt Shawnee WWI veteran
Charles Hester of Shawnee Oklahoma, a WWI veteran, endures a shell blast flashback in France in 1918. He now lies in Hines Memorial Hospital at Hines Illinois as medical experts diagnose his condition.
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France
Charles Hester
Shawnee
Okia
Hines Memorial Hospital
Hines, Til
Central Press
Transfer Man Dies in Morgantown
Joseph J. Spurgeon, a transfer business operator in Morgantown since mule and horse-drawn wagon days, has died in Morgantown on December 6.
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Morgantown
Joseph J. Spurgeon
Grafton Football Banquet Honors 1937 Bearcats
Grafton fans plan a Wednesday evening banquet at Moose Home hosted by Rotary and Kiwanis to honor Coach Randall McKinney and the 1937 G. H. S. Bearcats. Tickets cost $1 from clubsecretaries. West Virginia games films will be shown, Roy Hawley to speak, captain selection for 1938 expected, with over 100 expected to attend.
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Grafton
Rotary of Kiwanis Clubs
Moose
Randall H. McKinney
G. H. S. Bearcats
L. J. Lear
Rotary Club
William Manley
Kiwanis Club
West Virginia University
Roy M. Hawley
Hawley
McKinney
Bob Denaie
Father Saves His Son and Breaks Leg in Train Rescue
In Logan on December 6 a father, Blankenbeckler, 37, saved his nine year old son from an oncoming train but broke his own leg. He and his twin sons Roy and Ralph began to cross the tracks. The father veered to stop them as the train approached. Ralph continued, while Roy halted in the middle of the rails.
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Logan
G. A. Blankenbeckler
Hmself
Blankenbeckler
Roy
Ralph
Amnesia Victim Flies Home From California Cure
James Saunders a 37 year old amnesia victim who awoke in a California jail arrived in Cincinnati by plane fulfilling his wife Kathryn Saunders hope he would be home for Christmas They met at the airport and embraced Saunders said he could not remember the past two years and felt nervous The amnesia began after a jail physician at Redwood City California adjusted a dislocated neck vertebrae
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Cincinnati
James Saunders
California
Kathryn Saunders
Saunders
Redwood City, Calif
Woman Rescued After Five-Hour Shark Waters Search
A five hour search off black tropical seas ended with the rescue of Eleanor Offut of San Francisco after she went overboard. She was severely shocked but recovering and the Luckenbach line disclosed the recovery details at their offices in New York.
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New York
Luckenbach Line
Eleanor Offut
San Francisco
Handcuffed Prisoner Leaps to His Freedom
A prisoner named Dale Simms, 24, escaped handcuffs by leaping from a moving freight office car. The report details a chaotic pursuit with a shed roof of protective furniture and a dramatic rescue as a local detective force captured him in Cameron Pennsylvania after a chase spanning multiple towns.
Fewer Die in State Car Crashes In November
Charleston dispatch reports State Police Superintendent C. C. Tallman noting November deaths totaled 38 fewer than November 1936. He asserts the decline proves the death toll can be cut materially through policy and enforcement.
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Charleston
C. C. Tallman
State Police
Tenmedy Relief Claim For Cough And Cold
A disclaimer advertisement promises fast relief for coughs colds and bronchial irritation. It urges trying Tenmedy claiming quick soothing healing of irritation expelling germs and offers money back if not satisfied with results. The copy emphasizes potential superiority over other remedies and directs readers to ask their pharmacist.
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Ture
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Jack Garner
Joseph F. Guffey
Garner
Jerzy Potocki
Washington
Roosevelt
Florida
John Nance Garner
Pennsylvania
Simpson Church
Simpson Sunday School
Vet Baptist
Charles F. Hannon
Thy
Sunschools
Monongahela West Penn
1 O'Brien
Woman's Club
Mildred Keefer
L. ©. Frey
A. O. H. Lodge
C. Hall
Ladies Circle
M. E. Church
Vesta Standsbury
Railroad Street
Ladies Aid Society of
West Main Street
E. J. Jackson
Virgil Jackson
Ladies Aid Society of Andrews Church
Woman's Missionary Society of the Nazarene Church
American Legion Auxliary
American Legion Moose
C. B. S. Club
Grand Street
B. and
O. Veterans and Ladies Auxiliary
V. F. W. Hall
Elks Home
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
W. C. Barnes
Maple Avenue
Summons
NLRB
U.S
Shanghai
Whangpoo River
Clarence E. Gauss
United States
By Shepard Rd Barclay
Orrow
City Hospital
Lawrence Preiss
Nellie McGrady
Bernard Stairs
Martha Louise
Pittsburgh
Stairs
J. B. Leamon
East Washington Street
Helena Ridenour
Arthur “Peck” Ridenour
Washington Street
Frank W. Riggs
John G. Hudson
E. B. Winters, Jr
Vetterli
Vera
D.B. Daugherty
Travis and Adkins
Loar Or
Manley
Jolliffe
Lillian Luckenbach
Los Angles
Gilbert Brown
Miss Offut
Cuba
Wheeling
P—Coun
Woodlands
Brown
Ogut
G. R. Stewart
Cameron
Frm
Waynesburg
Dale Simms
Latrobe Street
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