Stewart Says Congress Wants More Tangibles From John Bull
Stewart argues in this period column that Congress seeks tangible concessions from Britain in exchange for loans and aid. He urges selecting strategic, lasting territorial concessions or islands to secure U S interests, while warning against overcommitting without clear repayment and warning that public opinion opposes entering the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
Congress
John Bull
Charles P. Stewart
Britain
United States
Canadian
Caribbean
London Admiralty
Washington
Uncle Samuel
Louisiana Purchase
TNG
Ant Joan
Capitol Hill
Atlantic
Egnele
Jones
Jesse Jones
Jesse
Grafton area sees plant sale and legal venue shift
William A. Beavers and Hazel Atlas reach deal to convert the Columbia Tile plant with H M Thompson arriving February 26 1916 to plan renovations and fuel supply. Charles R. Durbin wins venue change for embezzlement trial in Upshur County as Grafton press intensifies bias claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Beavers
Columbia Tile Company
First Ward
Hazel- Atlas Glass Company
H M. Thompson
Grafton
Hazel-Atlas Company
Comet Oil and Gas
Charles R. Durbin
Grafton Bank
Upshur County
Nell J. Fortney
Taylor County
Durbin
Fortney
Abraham W. Burdette
Traylor
BET BARS RUNS RAMPANT AS SHERIFFS MOVE ON GAMBLING DEN
Sheriff Thomas J. O'Brien with eight reporters and eight photographers pursued gambling operations in Chicago last week. Officers began at a den near city hall, noted a lock on the door, then left. A reporter later described returning and finding 200 patrons at the cashier’s line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. O'Brien
Chicago
Vance and Kit confront a fraught farewell at his apartment
Kit faces Vance's trouble with two guests, his link to Mimi Purcell, and Jerry's attentions as she prepares to drive to Princeton with Grandfather Sembler. Vance returns with an apologetic bouquet, urging distance as Kit absorbs the hurt and a troubled future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry
Anna
Kit
Vance
Fran
Vince
Mimi Purcell
Princeton
Grandfather Sembler
Bet Barons On Move In Sheriff Manhunt
Deputies moved through the safari area at dawn and returned at dusk with word they had served eight defendants including communications firms landlords and turf sheets. They reported encounters with wrong addresses gone away closed and similar notes. The manhunt echoed a prior pattern and 39 summonses had been served while 1341 remained outstanding, as book shops reportedly thrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Safari
Three Closed Banks To Pay Holiday Dividends
Depositors of three closed state banks will receive Christmas dividend checks tomorrow. The Bruceton bank at Bruceton Mills closes Oct 14 1931 gets 5 percent to total 55 percent. Elm Grove State Bank near Wheeling receives 5 percent more to total 75 percent. Circleville bank depositors get a final 5 percent, paying in full.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
State Banking Department
R. Carl Andrews
Bruceton Bank
Bruceton Mills
Elm Grove
Wheeling
O. H. Gall
Moundsville
Smith Hood
Clarksburg
Circleville Bank
Circleville
Army Plane Crash Mystery Deepens Over California Wreck
An Army bomber crash near Idyllwild California left six crew members dead. The wreckage was so twisted investigators doubted they could determine the cause. Bodies were scattered and buried in the debris after the blast heard by nearby residents at about 8 000 feet. The crew included engineer Frank J Jirak and radio man James C Lessighs with others from Riverside Salem and Bisbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ARMY
Page Onegineer
Riverside. Corp
Frank J. Jirak
Salem
Ore
James
C. Lessighs
Bisbee
Ariz
Idyllwild
Pine Gore
Plane wreckage found after distant crash
Searchers reached the scene to find a mass of seared twisted wreckage. A New York family man was granted a divorce yesterday from his third wife Helen Warner of Clarksburg West Virginia. They wed January 4 1935 following years of separation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Helen Warner
Clarksburg
W. Va
Lures
Clues Hunted and Funeral Services in Raleigh Mine Blast
Superintendent B H Shriver questioned blast causes and gas absence as double funerals were held for Ernest Anderson and John P Yost Jr, with other obituaries and memorials listed. Eight victims noted, with two more still in critical condition, while state and federal investigators from Pittsburgh and Beckley took part in inquiries. Beneficiaries to receive company burial funds and social security payments alongside workers compensation. six widows and 37 children to be helped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. Shriver
Ernest Anderson
John P. Yost, Jr
Charles Patrick
Hinton
Luther Pack
William Kirkpatrick
Oak Hi
Ernest Hill
Charles Hairston
Beckley Hospital
Elmer Warden
U. S. Mines Bureau
F. E. Griffith
B. E. Quenon
W. J. Fang
Pittsburgh
Rhinehart
C. W. Meadows
Beckley
John Bailey
L. E. Allen
Charleston
Raleigh Coal and Coke Corporation
Company
Social Security Board
State Workmen's Compensation Commission
Compensation Commission
Conservation agency cites record deer kill in Charleston
The conservation commission announced that the final tabulation of deer killed in the recent open hunting season reached 1,111 for three days, up from 807 last year, with 66 illegal kills noted. It was the highest kill on record in Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
the Conservation Commission
Divorce Granted Carson City
Divorce granted in Carson City with Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr noted as author and member of a prominent family in a brief society note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson -City
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Baby Dies in Fire at Keyrock Home
An eight month old child of Mr and Mrs Lou Lester of Keyrock died in a house fire yesterday that destroyed their home. Two other children escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinevile
Lou Lester
Keyrock
Hire
Hei
Pleasant Creek Community Guest List and Local Moves
Pleasant Creek residents host Dorsey Kerns and family from Taylor county along with the McCauleys near Arden. Earl Neal's Webster-Simpson route party calls at J. B. Kern's. Clinton Cole and Hoy White families visit near McGee. Earl Robinson moves from Taylor to Mrs. E. L. Young's Pleasant Creek farm. A Christmas program is planned at the local school Friday afternoon. Reva and Geraldine Allen of Arden stay with their uncle Earl Robinson. Leonard Yeager's family visits J. M. Cline. Okey Robinson from Clarksburg visits his parents. Wilber Mitchell's family visits Clem town area. Georgia Keller and Viola Cline visit Arden. Guy Dadisman and Morgantown family stay with Ishmael Haddix's mother. Rev. A. J. Renick to conduct Philippi circuit services Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Cleophus Cole, Robert Keller, Upton Mitchell, and D. W. Cole visit Grafton on Friday. J. M. Kennedy and family visit Philippi in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorsey Kerns
Taylor County
Delbert McCauley
Arden
Orval McCauley
Earl Neal
Webster-Simpson
J. B. Kern
Clinton Cole
Hoy White
Grafton-Fairmont
McGee
J. B. Kerns
Kerns
Rebecca Bartlett
Grafton
Earl Robinson
E. L. Young
Upper Pleasant Creek
Barbour County
Reva
Geraldine Allen
Leonard Yeager
J. M. Cline
Okey Robinson
Clarksburg
Arthur Robinson
Wilber Mitchell
Clemtown
Georgia Keller
Viola Cline
Guy Dadisman
Morgantown
Tadisman
Ishmael Haddix
A. J. Renick
Philipp
Cleophus Cole
Robert Keller
Upton Mitchell
D. W. Cole
J. M. Kennedy
Philippi
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Grafton Sentinel
Grafton Sentinel Publishing Company
Latrobe Street
W. Basiness
Grafton Printing Co
James F. Hol
John S. Palmer
Associated Press
A.E. Clayden, Inc
Lexington Avenue
North
Michigan Avenue
West Union Record
Landon
Willkie
Hbert
Hoover
Bed Rock
Dr. Townsend
Republican Party
Unimaulus
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Defense Commission
Commission
Sory
William Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
Spokane
Wash
Lone
America
Brittain
Hitler l
Mussolini
Europe
England
France
Hitler
Rhineland
Spain
Czechoslovakia
Munich
Russia
Poland
Germany
Italy
Charles P. Tawart
Taylor
West, Virginia
Haslop
Boyd Streets
Eugene Sommerville
John Devine
Boyd Street
Grafton Banking and Trust Company
Devine
Main
Ethel Streets
Partner
H Ly
Evers
Hir
Pleasant Creek
C. C. Richman General Insurance Room
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