Holiday Mail Rush At City Post Office
Incoming mail cars into this city are loaded to capacity as railway postal officials say the Christmas rush matches 1929. Three extra men have joined the local force, postmaster James T. Murphy reports. Mail is moved quickly to avoid delays, making the post office a beehive of activity. Railway workers at the B&O station rush to keep trains on schedule, with Christmas cards and packages piling up. Westbound trains from state points show the heaviest loads.
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James T. Murphy
R. R
Mother of Grafton Man Death Victim
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 3 at Barnes Memorial Baptist Church Clarksburg for Mrs Clara V Humphrey McElroy 72 mother of Goff McElroy of this city who died at 2202 Williams Avenue North Wednesday after a paralysis illness Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Park The Rev John Loy of Brown and the Rev J D Emile pastor of Adamston Bible Episcopal church will oversee services
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Barnes Memorial
Clarksburg
Clara V. Humphrey McElroy
Goff McElroy
Williams Avenue
Adamston
Securities Markets Suffer Mixed Decline Amid Utilities Selloff
New York traders faced a lackluster session as prices retreated to lower levels. Utilities led selling, while most industrials, rails and oils finished narrowly irregular. Grains held small gains for best futures since October 1, with cotton and bonds showing limited moves.
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New York
All State Meat Canning Plants Will Close Soon
Charleston December 20. West Virginia relief administration will close four meat canning plants within a week. State administrator William N. Beehler said the Charleston Ronceverte Shinnston and Parkersburg plants, opened in October, will finish preserving cattle meat for winter relief. closing dates depend on completion of distribution to the needy.
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Charleston
West Virginia Relief Administration
William N. Beehler
Ronceverte
Shinnston
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Mid-West
Mentha Pepsin Promises Easy Digestion For All
Advertises that Mentha Pepsin taken before meals cures stomach issues and allows any food. Claims from Graf ton Drug & Chemical Co and Red Cross Pharmacy say gas fullness pain and bloating disappear. Money back guarantee offered if it fails to satisfy.
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Grafton Drug & Chemical Co
Red Cross Pharmacy
Dave
Indicted Huey Long Ally Weiss Faces Tax Charges
Col. Seymour Weiss of New Orleans, a chief political ally of Senator Huey Long, was the eighth of the senator’s lieutenants indicted on income tax evasion. Prosecutors say Weiss underreported net income for himself and wife totaling $232,095.78 for 1929 to 1933, reporting only $55,123.47.
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Huey Long
Louisiana
Seymour Weiss
New Orleans
Weiss
Explosion Wrecks Small Building in Charleston
An early morning explosion in Charleston West Virginia wrecked a one story brick building housing H B Agsten contractor offices. Loss estimated at 2000 to 3060 dollars with no injuries. Gas company workers suspect a stove left burning blew out and filled the space with gas cracking nearby windows.
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Charleston
W. Va
H. B. Agsten
Agsten
Rosemont Girl Injured When Falls From Horse
Miss Emma Jean Hawkins aged 19 daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Hawkins of Rosemont suffered cuts and bruises when the horse she rode slipped on the pavement. She is being treated at her home.
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Emma Jean Hawkins
Charles Hawkins
Rosemont
Radical’s Last Wish Carried Out by Friends
Seventy five men and women fulfilled the last wish of Harry Batter the 48 year old radical agitator who died in a gas line explosion His friends drank sang and spoke around his body and Batter’s ashes were scattered over the graves of anarchists hanged after the Haymarket riot nearly five decades ago in Chicago on December 20.
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Chicago
Harry Batter
Batter
Canned Tomato Soup Menu for Tongas Folks
In San Francisco on December 20 a plan to supply canned tomato soup for Christmas on Tin Can Island Niafoou Tongas is arranged by Chief Officer F E Trask of the Meriposa. The soup will be floated to the island from the liner, a delicacy in those parts, the island named for the mail floating custom aboard passing ships in a can.
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San Francisco
Tin Can’ Island
Niafoou
Tongas
F. E. Trask
Island
Local Schools Plan 11 Day Holiday Break
Teachers’ payrolls totaled about $18,500 with roughly $14,583 from the state education department deposited Monday. Maintenance staff received about $1,600 as part of the distribution. Pupils across local and county schools will take an 11 day vacation, with classes resuming Wednesday, January 2.
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State Department of Education
Buck Jones Cheers Clean Pictures Drive in Hollywood
Buck Jones lauds the national clean motion pictures push as a personal vindication of his ideas. He predicts a wider market for wholesome outdoor and adventure films, contending they failed to circulate due to rough content and lower quality productions.
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Buck Jones
Rocky Rhodes at Opera House Tonight and Saturday
A local theater listing notes W. C. Tuttle's Rocky Rhodes directed by Al Raboch at the Opera House tonight and Saturday. The program hints at public interest in this type of production and predicts a revival of audience enthusiasm in the coming two years.
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Jones
Rocky Rhodes
W. C. Tuttle
al Raboch
Opera House
Knights Templar Lodge Donates to Salvation Army Christmas Work
DeMolay Commandery No 11 Graf ton sent the first check to the Salvation Army Christmas effort. The little red house at First National Bank will once again serve as the collection center. Donors are urged to contribute promptly to aid budgeting, with official receipts issued.
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Salvation Army
K. T
Grafton
Little Red House
First National Bank
Morgenthau to study sales taxes and bank credit
Morgenthau announced a broad study program touching liquor tax exemptions and a constitutional amendment to remove exemptions. He said the treasury will expand inquiries into bank credit, with a special Cleveland Federal Reserve District study to compare January and February conditions with last September.
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Treasury
Morgenthau
Civeland Federal Reserve District
Chicago
Loeuary
Why Get Up Nights With Juniper Oil and Buchu
An advertisement promotes juniper oil and Buchu leaves to flush acids and waste, relieve bladder irritation and frequent urination. It offers a 25 cent trial with Burets tablets, and a 26 cent pharmacist refund if not pleased, listing Red Cross Pharmacy and associates.
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Red Cross Pharmacy
Grafton Drug &Chemical Co
Central Drug Store
Centro
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du Pont Company
United States Steel
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Reed Johnson
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Hoover Administration
Eugene Meyer
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George N. Peek
Albert ©. Ritchie
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Cleveland
March F. Chase
St. Louis
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Hugh Frayne
American Federation of Labor
H. P. Ingall
Youngstown
Charles A. Otis
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New ‘York Steel Pate
War Industries Board
John D. Ryan
War
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G. M. Brill
Shipping Board
Herbert Hunter
Ordnance Department
Army
Samuel Vauclain
Baldwin Locomotive Works
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S. A
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Schick
Conklin
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Yardleys
Paris
Hudnuts
Union Drug Co
Turkey
O. K
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