Grafton Leaders See Better Days Ahead Amid Dam Rush
Interviews with three prominent Grafton figures predict a near term upswing driven by the Tygart River federal dam project. C A Keefer, G W Lear Jewelers, John Wolfe of Coffman Fisher see rising business activity, construction jobs, and population growth propelling lasting prosperity for Northern West Virginia’s key city.
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Grafton
Gratti
C. A. Keefer
G. W. Lear
John Wolfe
Coffman- Fisher Company
Tygart River
West Vireivida
Senator Smith Pushes Living Compensation Law Change
Senator Earl H. Smith of Fairmont urges changes to West Virginia workmen compensation to provide living and constant support for those permanently injured. He plans to back or introduce a measure at the January legislative session to liberalize the laws, arguing injured workers are deprived of needed assistance they have paid for and the public expects.
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Charleston
W. Va
Earl H. Smith
Fairmont
Pittsburgh Contractors Get Ohio Dam Contract
Huntington Dec. 7 The Dravo Contracting Company of Pittsburgh, which has built most of the dams and now seeks work in deepening the Kanawha river channel, was the unofficial low bidder for the Gallipolis dam at Hogsett West Virginia with a bid of 3,117,518 dollars. The Merritt Chapman and Whitney firm remains in the background.
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Huntington
Dravo Contracting Company
Pittsburgh
Kanawha River
Gallipolis
Hogsett
Wva
Ohio River
Merritt, Chapmen and Whitney
Fragmentary note to chief of engineers on action
A fragmentary line indicates a communication was sent yesterday and forwarded to the chief of engineers for action. The brevity suggests a pending official step or instruction awaiting further details or verification. No names or dates are clearly readable in the fragment.
Thomas Man Burns to Death in Hill Shack
John Petratus, 45, of Thomas, was burned to death when flames destroyed his mountain home about 12 miles from Parsons yesterday. Authorities said the fire started from an overheated stove.
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Parsons
John Petratus
Thomas
Radio Schedule Change Trials Various Network Programs
The listing details hourly radio programming from 6:30 P M to midnight featuring NBC CBS WENR KDKA and others. It shows a mix of news, sketches, dramas, musicals, orchestras, comedy, talk and variety segments with specific show titles and performers. It ends with an advertisement for RCA tubes and tamper proof cartons and an invitation to quote for new stock.
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Nbc—News
Gale Page
CBS
Jack Armstrong
Wenr
Woody and
Willie
NBC
Billy Batchelor
Lowell Thomas
Myrt
Marge
Amos
Andy
Dan Russo
Just Plain
Bill
KDKA
Plantation Echoes
Red Davis
Paul Keast
Boake Carter
Uncle Evra
Irene Rich
Jessica Dragonetta
WEW
Dick Liebert
Edwin C. Hill
Cbs—Court of Human Relations
al Goodman
ABS
Kay Thompson
KMOX
WSM
Mary Cortner
Frank Munn
Holly
Phil Baker
WGBF
WGN
Wayne King
WLW
Eddie Laughton
NBCO
Jesse Crawford
Kate Smith
George Holmes
Bet
Ozzie Nelson
Freddie Martins
Jacques Renard
Olly Coburn
Jan Garber
MID
Ralph Kirbery
Felix’ Arch
Scott Fisher
Rca-Cunningham
RCA
Siers
London hears more foes of Russia slain
A Warsaw dispatch to the London Daily Express says wholesale executions of suspected enemies of the Soviet government occurred in Russia within the past 24 hours. More than 200 people were killed, including Leonid Nicolieff, alleged assassin of Sergei Kiroff, and many women and children. Fourteen Ogpu officials were also executed after clashes between Moscow and Leningrad Ogpu detachments. Stalin reportedly ordered the Army’s protection of officials as Moscow resembles an armed camp.
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London
Warsaw
London Daily Express
Russia
Leonid Nicolieff
Sergei Kiroff
Nicolieff
Moscow Ogpu
Union State Political Administration
Ogpu
Leningrad
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Yagoda
Youth Gets Prison Term for 2nd Degree Murder
Charleston December reports that Lee Harding aged 17 from Pora district will serve 12 years in the state penitentiary for second degree murder in the June killing of George Spencer aged 19. Harding pleaded guilty yesterday.
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Charleston
Lee Harding
Pora
State
George Spencer
Anna Held Milk Bath Stunt Sparks Publicity Craze
Anna Held the Paris born singer rose to Broadway stardom with Ziegfeld partnership. She popularized a milk bath publicity stunt after a milk company sued him for unpaid cans. The stunt, later disclosed as publicity, helped fuel a trend in beauty treatments worldwide.
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Anna Held
Anna
Paris
The
Footlights
London
Florenz Ziegfeld
United States
Broadway
Ziegfeld
New York
Universal Bible Sunday Planned on December 9
Charleston December 7 Governor H G Kump urges West Virginia churches to observe Universal Bible Sunday on December 9. The four hundredth anniversary of Martin Luther's Bible translation will be commemorated in thousands of churches in America and abroad through American Bible Society missions.
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Charleston
H. G. Kump
West Virginia
Martin Luth
Ars
America
American Bible Society
Universal Bible Sunday
Ritchie Relief Labor Seeks Hour Rate Raise
A march to the Ritchie county relief office in Harrisville is planned by the unemployed council of Grant district. Raymond Goodwin says FERA workers should get higher wages as they now receive 30 cents hourly while other colonies pay 1 to 1.50.
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Cairo
Ritchie County Relief Adminisration
Harrisville
Council of Grant District
Raymond Goodwin
FERA
Jury acquits Carry Johnson in Ohio murder case
Wheeling dispatch reports a jury acquitted Mrs. Carry Johnson, a 220 pound Black woman, of murder charges in Ohio. After 30 minutes of deliberation, she was found not guilty of killing her husband Clarence Johnson, age 35. She testified self defense and wept during the verdict.
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Wheeling
Carry Johnson
Clarence Johnson
Brain Trust To Aid State Lawmakers In January Meet
Charleston dispatch reports West Virginia will call on an unofficial Brain Trust of university professors led by Dr John F Sly. Governor H G Kump says the group will provide counsel and advice during the coming legislative session without intruding on legislative prerogatives or the governor's office.
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Charleston
Brain Trust
H. G. Kump
West Virginia University
John F. Sly
Brain
Thought Dead Thirteen Years Returns to Wife
Joseph Jackson Culver who vanished December 13, 1921, after moving from Simcoe Ontario, is believed dead for thirteen years. He has sent a letter from Calgary Alberta and will spend Christmas with his wife and son, arriving in old clothes with little money.
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Simcoe
Ontaro
Joseph Jackson Culver
Culver
Calgary
Alta
Culivers
Native of Fellowsville Banker Dies at 79
E. W. Zinn of Wheeling, a retired banker and native of Fellowsville West Virginia, died in a Wheeling hospital last night at age 79. Survived by his widow and a son.
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Fellowsville
Wheeling
E. W. Zinn
W. Va
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Ohio Dam
Thomas Man
Hill Shack
Phil Harris
Leah Ray
Ritchie Relief
Ohio Co
Gig, Lacaerr Te
Charles G. Corbin
Grafton Banking & Trust Co
C. A. Houser
Clarksburg, W, VA
Morgantown Avenue
West Va
Coffman-Fisher Company
Iano
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