City Acts To Halt Gambling Activities Locally
City authorities moved to curb gambling with warrants and $26 bonds for Earl Hickman and D Lobis, who ran poker games at Recreation and Prosperity venues in Grafton. Police Chief Lockard cited a complainant who lost money. hearings were postponed as both defendants failed to appear.
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Grafton
P. F. Gillispie
A. E. Lockard
Earl Hickman
D. Lobis
Latrobe Street
Gillispie
Hickman
Clarksburg
Sentinel
Roosevelt orders no more bills drafted for Congress
President Roosevelt has reportedly forbidden executive departments to draft legislation for submission. He told Congress leaders he has adopted a policy to leave bill drafting to Senate and House committees. His forthcoming message will offer affirmative suggestions only.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Congressional
Senate
House
Tommy
Theatre Ticket Admission at Strand or Dixie Tonight
The Grafton Sentinel invites R. L. Ford of 243 West Main Street to attend tonight's screenings. At the Strand theatre the program features Thanks for the Memory with Bob Hope, while the Dixie theatre offers Joe E. Brown in The Gladiator and On the Great White Trail as a double feature.
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Grafton Sentinel
R. L. Ford
West Main Street
Bob Hope
Strand Theatre
Joe E. Brown
State wage hour bills planned in many legislatures
State labor officials say wage hour bills will be proposed in at least 25 legislatures this winter to cover workers excluded from the federal act. The federal law applies only to interstate commerce industries, not to retail and service employees such as grocers, gas stations, hotels, and laundries, which would fall under state laws. A draft bill was prepared by state labor executives meeting recently.
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Washington
Labor Department
Ohio Gamblers Blamed For Huntington Drive
Huntington Ohio December 21 Mayor George R Seamonds says the ministerial association campaign to close gaming houses was instigated by Ohio gamblers to divert traffic to a Chesapeake Ohio gaming establishment. He doubts ministers fully, yet pledges cooperation while noting gambling is down from two years ago.
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Huntington
George R. Seamonds
Ministerial Association
Ohio
Chesapeake
Seamons
Seamonds
Japanese Bonds Under Probe By Commission
The Securities and Exchange Commission opened an inquiry into reports that unregistered Japanese emergency bonds totaling one million yen were offered for sale in Honolulu. SEC attorney Roger Kent disclosed the probe after two days of intensive witness questioning.
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Honolulu
Securities and Exchange Commission
Roger Kent
SEC
San Francisco
Loiterer Ordered Out of Town in Police Court
Sanford Richards a 60 year old of Wick Tyler county faced a downtown loitering and pan handling charge at 12 35 this morning. Mayor P F Gillispie ordered him to leave town with Patrolman Norman Smith ensuring compliance. Richards was last seen heading west at a rapid pace.
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Sanford Richards
Wick
Tyler County
P. F. Gillispie
Norman Smith
Smith
Richards
Old Crony of Musica Held in Drug Mystery Conspiracy
Benjamin Simon a 49 year old Bronx salesman with a police record was arrested in New York on a conspiracy charge tied to the McKesson and Robbins drug scandal. The case links to an old associate of Philip Musica, who once used the alias F Donald Coster.
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New York
Philip Musica
McKesson and Robbins
Benjamin Simon
Bronx
Musica
F. Donald Coster
Mc*&esson and Robbins
Husband and son held in woman's suspected murder
In Los Angeles, December 21, the husband William Spinelli aged 58 and his son William Jr. aged 19 were detained on suspicion of murder as detectives examined bone fragments and a stained hatch for clues to Rose Spinelli's fate. The pair argued in the homicide bureau while investigators questioned them about her disappearance ten days earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Rose Spinelli
Pop
William Spinelli, Jr
William
Spinelli
Son Sought After Mother Wounded in Family Quarrel
HINTON Virginia December 21 state police sought 23 year old Levi Lilly after a family quarrel left a 60 year old woman wounded windows smashed and walls splattered with shot Mrs Dorsey Lilly had swore out a non support warrant against the youth's father Corporal H C Ballard said Levi Lilly of Bluestone was charged with wounding her in the arm during the incident and the police questioned him.
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Hinton
8. C. Ballard
Levi Lilly
Bluestone
Dorsey Lilly
Seven World War Vets to Be Decorated in City
Seven city World War I I veterans will be decorated for meritorious service by Secretary of War Harry Woodring. Six will receive the Purple Heart for wounds or gas exposure, and one will receive the Silver Star. A formal decoration ceremony will be held at a later WW post meeting. Names include Henderson, Goff, Shaffer, Delaney, Ball, Eisert with service details and dates of wounding or gas exposure.
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Harry Woodring
Memorial City Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Grafton
WW. Post
William D. Henderson
5Th Regiment
U. S. Marines
Henry Goff
320Th Infantry
Dewey R. Shaffer
18Th Infantry
George 8. Delaney
1Th Infantry
Clarence S. Ball
Michael J. Eisert
314Th Field Artillery
Morgantown Beer Parlor Tax Declared Unconstitutional
Morgantown’s 500 dollar special tax on beer parlor dance halls is discriminatory and unconstitutional, ruled Circuit Judge Minter L. Wilson. Reversing a municipal court decision against S. A. Phillips, the ordinance is deemed primarily a revenue measure not applicable to halls operated without direct revenue and violates the state constitution’s uniformity provision for laws.
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Morgantown
Minter L. Wilson
S. A. Phillips
Pottery at Keyser Is Given State Charter
The Keyser Potteries Inc of Keyser received a state charter to manufacture pottery and allied products. Authorized to issue 500 shares at $5 par value and 500 shares no par value. Incorporators are Wilbur K. Bishop and John B. Murdock of Cumberland Maryland and Hugh Stevenson of Ellerslie Maryland.
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Charleston
Keyser Potteries, Inc
Keyser
Wilbur K. Bishop
John B. Murdock
Cumberland
Hugh Stevenson
Ellerslie
Local police officer grilled over parking dispute in Grafton
W S Wren of 357 West Main alleges a city officer insulted him while he tried to park in front of the Wehn building on West Main Street. He says the confrontation drove his family to shop in Clarksburg and cost merchants in town about 26 dollars.
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Grafton
W. S. Wren
West Main Street
Wehn
Wren
Clarksburg
Main Street
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Carloadings For Week Ended December Show Slight Decrease
Baltimore and Ohio carloadings for the week ended December 17 totaled 38,640 with 25,304 cars loaded online and 13,336 from connections. The prior week closed 39,984 with 25,512 online and 14,472 from connections. For the same week last year totals were 38,588 with 24,188 online and 14,400 from connections.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Desire to Buy Present for Mother Kills Tot
Ten year old Maria Carillo saved ten pennies to buy a Christmas present for her mother. She left home to cross a street, pennies spilling as a bus struck her. she died in hospital. The mother mourned, saying she only wanted her child.
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Los Angeles
Maria Carillo
David
Maria
Dolores Carlo
Honey
All Friendly at Friendly as Chief Makes Apology
In Friendly, West Virginia, mayor Stella Eddy says police chief Josephine Cline apologized for slapping her after a dispute over three pigs. The five woman village council had banned pigs, and the case involved a court fine of five dollars plus costs before the apology.
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Friendly
W. Va
Ohio River Front
Stella Eddy
Josephine Cline
Five Women Council
Organized Labor Divides Over What It Wants From Next Session
Organized labor splits into CIO and AFL camps over goals for Congress. CIO pushes active government labor power and strong enforcement. AFL seeks less government role and stronger collective bargaining. Disagreements color views on amending the Wagner Act and the National Labor Relations Board.
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W. B. Ragsdale
Washington
Organized Labor
Congress
CIO
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
William Green
AFL
Labor
AFL J
Closs New Deal
Holiday post office hours set for Dec 26 at Grafton
Postmaster James T Murphy announced that usual holiday hours will be maintained at the Grafton postoffice on Monday Dec 26 Christmas Day. No city or rural delivery, all windows closed, night collection in the business district, but gift and perishable packages will be delivered on Christmas day and Monday.
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Grafton
James T. Murphy
Reverend Grow Called to Grafton Church Pastorate
At a Sunday congregational meeting the Christian Church of Grafton extended a call to Rev. Okey W. Grow, a native of Grafton and formerly of Sistersville, to become pastor. The move was announced today as Grow having accepted and ready to begin work at once. Mr and Mrs Grow and their son will arrive in Grafton tomorrow and reside on Mackin Avenue.
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Christian Church of Grafton
Okey W. Grow
Grafton
Sistersville
Grow
WPA Foreman Held For Murder of His Brother
Princeton West Virginia December 21 WPA foreman Jim Monahan was jailed as investigators prepare a report on the fatal shooting of his younger brother Harry Monahan aged 37 after a quarrel over a dog kept penned in the barn Their 79 year old mother witnessed the incident and the prosecutor stated no formal charge had yet been filed pending investigation Jim Monahan said he believed his brother reached for a knife during the dispute
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Princeton
W. Va
WPA
Jim Monahan
G. H. Crumpacker
Roscoe Pendleton
Arry Monahan
Monchan
Pendleton
Jim
Crumpecker
Harry
Taylor County jurors called for January term
Sheriff Herbert Evans and deputies summon grand and petit jurors for the Taylor County circuit court term. Grand jurors report January 7. petit jurors report a week later. Sixteen grand jurymen and 40 petit jurors are notified. Listed petit jurors include J. W. Jefferies E. C. Colebank E D Stout Arthur J Poe Sidney O Williams Joseph P Corder Clare T Woodyard Ferris Settler William A Manley George W Constable H E Andrews Lynn Mays Frank Fawcett D H Elis George Lee Linn W H Rendle.
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Taylor County
Herbert Evans
J. W. Jefferies
8. C. Colebank
E. D. Stout
Arthur J
Penney Employees To Receive Christmas Bonus Across Org
The J C Penney board approved a special Christmas bonus for over 30 000 employees including those in Grafton. The extra 1938 remuneration rewards loyalty and service during the year. Staff with a full year receive two weeks extra pay, while shorter tenures get proportional amounts.
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J. C. Penney Company
Grafton
Penney Company
Internal Injuries Fatal to Small Youth in Elkins
Delmer Smith, 11, of Jenningstown, died in Elkins after internal injuries from a soft rubber ball struck during play at school six weeks earlier. He was admitted to a hospital two hours before death despite initial assessments.
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Elkins
Delmer Smith
Jenningston
Noted Master of Language Dies in New York Hospital
Dr. Frank H. Vizetelly, 74, famed lexicographer and author of dictionaries and reference volumes, died at Fifth Avenue hospital of pleurisy and pneumonia. Born in London, he moved to New York in 1891, rose with Funk Wagnalls, and advocated broader vocabulary and a new English alphabet. Supported by his work and influence on words, he remained a leading philologist of his era.
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New York
Frank H. Vizetelly
Fifth Avenue Hospital
Vizetelly
London
England
Englad
Funk Wagnalls
Jeanne Vi Cochrane
Nevyer Jani
Phonetic Society
Columbia University
Broadland
Three lifers granted conditional pardons at state prison
Charleston dispatch reports Governor Holt pardoned three elderly life termers, all murder convictions, allowing them to go home for Christmas with conditional release. Four other lifers received 18 year commutations, one parole granted to Joe Gallo, 60, from Harrison county after 16 years for murder. Gallo must refrain from further arrests.
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Charleston
State Penitentiary
Holt
Joe Gallo
Harrison County
Gallo
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Edward J. Kelly
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Labor Board
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Christian Church
Foreman
Penney
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