Work On New Graf ton High School To Start Tomorrow
Ground breaking ceremony set for 11 00 a m tomorrow at Rivers ide drive marks start of Graf ton High school in Taylor County. Baker and Coombs Construction of Morgantown low bid for the project and will begin work with a resident engineer inspector from the PWA assigned. Eight local residents from the 1870 Central school class will attend and aid the ceremony with the Graf ton High school band to play as construction commences. The project has a 365 day completion window.
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Grafton Highchool
River~ Side Drive
Taylor County Board of Education
Public Works Administration
Baker and Coombs Construction Company
Morgantown
E. G. Kuhn
PWA
Chicago
Kuhn
Central School
Grafton High School
Miss Hattie
Abe Blue
Emmett Blaney
Daladier Seeks Broad Support For Strike Crackdown
Premier Daladier moves to secure parliamentary backing for his anti strike measures by deploying navy personnel aboard the liner Paris and presenting a plan to Parliament. He argues a strong government is now in place while predicting a likely 100 vote margin in favor, with Senate broadly supportive despite leftist opposition and anticipated Communist and Socialist criticism.
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Paris
Daladier
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
The Strand or Dixie Showings Promoted by Sentinel
The Grafton Sentinel invites Lena Lock Valentine of West Washington Street to attend tonight’s screenings. At the Strand theatre she may see White Banners with Claude Rains, or at the Dixie a double bill featuring Treasure Island with Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper and The Man From Death Valley with Tom Tyler.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Lena Lock Valentine
West Washington Street
Claude Rains
Strand Theatre
Treasure Island
Wallace Beery
Jackie Cooper
Death Valley
Tom Tyler
the Dixie
Grafton Kiwanis Postpones Grid Banquet to Spring
The Grafton Kiwanis Club postponed the planned football banquet at Cozy Rest Inn, with basketball players invited. George Preston Marshall, former Graftonian and Redskins president, could not attend. A combined Graf ton High School Athletic banquet will close the basketball season with both football and basketball squads invited. Marvin L. Golden of Fairmont schools spoke, recounting world trips and four European visits.
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Grafton Kiwanis Club
Cozy Rest Inn
George Preston Marshall
Washington Redskins
Leaggue
East
Black junk dealer held for wife’s fatal assault
Amos Beard, a 52 year old Black junk dealer, admitted at a magistrate hearing that he fatally struck his bride Susie Beard, 30, with a hatchet while intoxicated and hid her body in a ravine. He was held for grand jury action on a serious case charge after confessing to state troopers.
Death of Farmer Under Sheriff Inquiry at Leadmine
Parsons, Dec 7. Sheriff Stark Coberly investigated the death of George Dumire, 71 year old farmer, whose body was found by two CCC workers near Leadmine on a road to his home. Family says Dumire had been ill a year and attributes death to a heart attack. Survivors include his widow, seven children, two brothers and a sister.
Norris fears extension of social security idea
Senators weigh extending social security to farm and domestic workers amid GOP debate. Norris doubts feasibility of payroll taxes for farmers and housewives while Green supports analysis of financial impact. A southern senator warned of farm resentment if such coverage expands, potentially adding 16 million to the 41 million already served. Republican talks split between pay‑as‑you‑go pensions led by Vandenberg and other proposals.
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Washington
Norris
Roosevelt
Green
D.R. I
G. O. P. Solon
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Union Victory Ends Dispute At Red House Hosiery Mill
Charleston, Dec 1. Work resumed on the $100,000 hosiery mill at Red House government homesteads under a union agreement establishing a standard wage scale and a closed shop. Hazelwood Construction of Cumberland, Ma., had suspended work after pickets. W E Kirk of the Charleston Building Trades Council announced the agreement, giving homesteads residents priority for employment, especially common labor and competent craftsmen.
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Charleston
Red House
Hazelwood Construction Company
Cumberland
W. E. Kirk
Charleston Building Trades Council
Aged Berkeley Springs Woman Burned to Death
Berkeley Springs December seventh. Mrs Ellen Barney 96 lived alone in a frame house near the cemetery and was burned to death when a lamp exploded as she used oil lamps. Chief Dyche recovered the body burned beyond recognition. Surviving are eight children and a sister Mrs A M Mendenhall. Services will be held here Friday.
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Berkeley Springs
Ellen Barney
A. B. Dyche
A. M. Mendenhall
Model Community Will Have Stay-At-Home Week
Greenbelt residents vote to observe a stay at home week after a resident complains meetings of the town’s organizations keep him from home. Citizens association unanimously adopts the resolution to limit activities and encourage home time.
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Greenbelt
Citizens Association
Cost of Arms Program to be Held Down
Washington December 7 The administration aims to keep next fiscal year expenditures at 1938 39 levels though defense outlays may rise A high official said advisers expect increased armaments costs to be offset by cuts in relief pay as you go policy favored by Roosevelt may avoid tax rises if self liquidating expenditures allow Ste phen Early said budgetary adjustments could lower relief costs and permit higher spending on defense without tax increases
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Washington
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
Jury Chosen for Tar and Feather Trial in Marietta
In Marietta Ohio on December 7 a jury of eight men and four women was selected to try Wesley Hasley and eight others on charges of tar and feathering evangelist Joseph A. Dixon. Dixon had married Hasley’s 20-year-old daughter Opal and was abducted soon after on October 10. Testimony began Monday and selection followed examination of ninety witnesses, with trial expected to start this afternoon.
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Marietta
Wesley Hasley
Joseph A. Dixon
Hasley
Opal
Dixon
Senator McAdoo Improves After Illness
Washington reports former Senator William Gibbs McAdoo of California showed marked improvement after an indigestion attack. Capitol physician Dr George W Calvert said McAdoo remained in bed but was in excellent spirits and his condition was much better.
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Washington
George W. Calvert
Capitol
William Gibbs McAdoo
California
McAdoo
Black Attacks TVA Directors Over Headquarters Location
Senator Hugo Black, now a Supreme Court justice, told investigators that TVA directors violated the TVA act by keeping headquarters in Knoxville, while Alabama's Bankhead and Hill pressed the committee to determine non compliance and confirm the law's Alabama headquarters requirement. The dispute centers on the agency's legal location and governance.
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Washington
Hugo Black
TVA
Bankhead
Ala
Black
A. E. Morgen
Senate
United States
Supreme Court
Alabama
Knoxville
Tenn
Lister Hill
Congressional
Martin allies claim enough GOP votes to elect leader
Supporters of Rep. Martin of Massachusetts said 109 of 169 Republicans in the new House pledged to back him on the first ballot, with some reports over 125. The race for conference leader precedes the Jan. 3 meeting. Rep. Snell did not seek re election and Rep. Wadsworth is the only openly opposing candidate.
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Washington
Rep
Martin
Mass
House
Congress
Rep Snell
Wadsworth
Dark Horse
Heavy Fines Meted Out To Horse Race Bookies
Martinsburg reports four men paid fines totaling 1570 after a grand jury indictment and raid on an alleged bookie operation. Gold Weller paid 900, Crabbe 200, Copenhaver 270, Welty 200. The grand jury also indicted Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone for unlawfully transmitting race results to a pool room.
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Martinsburg
Gold Weller
Charles Crabbe
Thomas D. Copenhaver
Edward L. Welty
Weller
More Demonstrations For Colonies Staged In Italy
In Rome on December 7 Italian students in Naples walked out of classes and marched on the French consulate to press claims to Tunisia Corsica and Djibouti. Police guards blocked them at the consulate as crowds paraded through main streets praising Mussolini and Italy s imperial aims.
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Italy
Rome
Naples
France
University of
Tunisia
Corsica
Djibouti
Mussolini
Mediterranean Island
Red Sea
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Berlin Nazi Decrees May Hit U S Rights
Berlin dispatch reports U S embassy fears the Punk anti Jewish property decrees may affect American property rights. German measures target Jews in real estate and business. Vienna raids and yellow badges add to repressive actions as Allied officials seek German interpretation.
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Berlin
U. S
United States
State Department
Walther Punk
Washington
Punk
Warner
Foreign Office
London
Das Schwarze Korps
Medical Teacher Advises Spinach Remedy For Children
In Indianapolis on December 7, Dr Thurman B Rice of the Indiana University School of Medicine proposes a spinach feeding method for picky eaters. He suggests feeding spinach to a cow and letting the child drink the cow's milk as a remedy.
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Indianapolis
Thurman B. Rice
Indiana University School of Medicine
Prince Paul Escorted By Scotland Yard On Queen Mary
Special Scotland Yard officers boarded the Queen Mary at Plymouth to check reports of assassins aiming at Prince Paul of Yugoslavia. Inspectors reviewed passenger credentials but found no suspicious persons. The Yugoslav regent had just left London for Paris under heavy protection, with officials denying any link to Croatian terrorists. The ship later rode out rough seas as tenders snapped their lines.
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Plymouth
England
Scotland Yard
Prince Paul of
Yugoslavia
London
Paris
New York
Two Officers and Escapee Shot to Death in Station
Burlington North Carolina Dec 7 two lawmen Sheriff M P Robertson and Policeman B E Vaughan were killed and deputy F B Bailiff wounded in a gun battle at a filling station during a gurt burning investigation. The slain robber Roy Huffman an escaped convict from an Anson county prison camp died in the same exchange with another fugitive inside the building.
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Burlington
N. C
M. P. Robertson
Alamance County
E. Vaughan
F. B
Roy Huffman
Anson County
Garner Will Keep Silent On Presidential Boom
Washington observers expect John Nance Garner to stay quiet about a Texas started presidential boom. His friends may pursue the idea on their own, with Garner himself not guiding or discouraging them. The political veteran faces two years of cautious poker amid capital rivals and old frontier lessons.
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Washington
John Nance Garner
Garner
Texas
Uvalde
Captain Willingham Transferred By Army
Captain Margaret Willingham who aided the Graf ton Salvation Army branch for over a year receives a new Army appointment effective December 13. A farewell service will be held Sunday night December 11 in her honor and the public is invited. She has not been notified where she will be sent but expects orders from Major George H. Marshall within a few days.
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Margaret Willingham
Grafton
Salvation Army
Army
George H. Marshall
Blood stained clothes tied to murder probe in Pittsburgh
Detectives investigated a blood stained suit sent to a cleaner as a possible clue in the stabbing death of Mildred Patkush, wife of a steel worker, found near a northside lovers lane last Saturday. Police sought a mad man or sex degenerate as the motive.
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Pittsburgh
Mildred Patkush
U S Jurist Petitioned to Grant Review in Hahn Case
Anna Marie Hahn awaits execution in the electric chair as her son Oscar visits. Attorneys planned a possible federal appeal to Judge Florence Allen if habeas corpus relief is denied. Governor Davey refused intervention, and Hahn fainted after crying over her fate on death row.
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Columbus
Anna Marie Hahn
Florence E. Allen
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Mrs. Hahn
Oscar
Bridge Work Starts Soon On St Marys Street Span
Reconstruction of the St Marys street bridge over the railroad, a State Road commission project, is set to begin next week. Keeley Construction officials, road commission engineers, Baltimore and Ohio railroad officials, and City Street Commissioner Harley C Haller met to discuss project phases and options. The remaining span of the old street car trestle may be converted into a pedestrian walkway during rebuilding.
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St. Mary's Street
State Road Commission
Keeley Construction Company
Road Commission
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Harley C. Haller
Haller
Pric
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