Wilson Cafe Hit By Blaze Guts Ben Wilson Restaurant
Fire destroyed the interior of the Ben Wilson restaurant with $2,000 in damage to the building and contents. Neighbors alerted the Grafton Fire Department which arrived at 2:30 a.m. and contained the blaze after a gas stove overheated in the dining room likely started the fire. No one was inside the closed shop at the time.
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Ben. Wilson
Pheldss
L. H. Greenwald
Grafton
Greenwald
Norris urges third term for Franklin D. Roosevelt
Senator Norris of Nebraska says opposition tactics may trigger a demand for a third term for President Roosevelt. He accuses opponents of delay coercion propaganda and press control and notes apparent unanimity among newspapers business leaders and utility interests against the Roosevelt program.
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Washington
Norris
Nebraska
Roosevelt
Nebraskan
Injured miner dies at Elkins hospital after Galloway blast
Spencer Blair aged 44 died in an Elkins hospital after suffering a fractured skull in a mine accident at the Galloway mine of Simpson Creek Collieries. He was a son of David and Vina Blair and survived by a widow Ida Slaughter, four children Ralph Ella Royce and Carleton, five stepchildren Ira Burton Irene Margaret and Lawrence Cora Lee, and three brothers Russell Howard Blair.
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Galloway
Simpson Creek
Spencer Blair
Elkins
Blair
David
Vina Jenkins Blair
Ida
Slaughter
Ralph
Ella
Royce
Carleton
Kilarm
Ira Burton
Shinnston
Irene
Margaret
Funeral for John Blair and sister held in Galloway church
Funeral services for John Blair of Wyatt and his sister Mrs Earl Saber of Xilarm were held at 10 o clock this morning at the church in Galloway, with interment in the Shinnston Masonic Cemetery.
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John Blair
Wyatt
Earl Saber
Xilarm
Galloway
Shinnstone Masonic Cemetery
Garrison Students Present Nativity Pageant Tonight
Students from Garrison school and M E church on Thayer street will perform a Nativity pageant titled O Come Ye to Bethlehem at 8 15 this evening. The junior high pupils enact the scenes and the public is invited to attend.
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Garrison School
M. E. Church
Apples for Sale Winter Banana York Imperial
Fruit sale notice listing varieties Winter Banana and York Imperial apples offered by W. H. Annon of Thornton. Contact phone 17F2 for purchase.
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York
Imperial
W. H. Annon Thornton
Labor Leaders To Report On Relief Spending
The article notes a continued debate on relief spending with leaders urged to report from affiliated unions. John L. Lewis of the C I O and William Green of the AFL would be asked to present these union reports as the committee then seeks input from industrial leaders in steel, automobile, and textile sectors at the core of the recession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Lewis
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Cmmittee
Ironton Man Under Arrest for Drunken Assault and Theft
Alexander Colton, 45, a laborer in Ironton, faces a hearing before Justice A B Knabenhouse today after his wife Anna accused him of heavy drinking and beating her. He is also alleged to have smashed a truck belonging to their daughter Minnie and stolen 25 dollars from the trunk.
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Alexander Colton
Irontown
Justice of the Peace
A. B. Knabenshue
Colton
Anna
Minnie Colton
Mexico City Earthquake Strikes Chilpancingo Building Collapse
Report from Mexico City notes a tremor injuring several as buildings fell in Chilpancingo capital of Guerrero state. Earlier quakes hit Vera Cruz and Puebla, killing at least 84 and injuring hundreds, with widespread destruction and shelter loss. The southern region has a history of deadly quakes, including last December’s El Salvador disaster.
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Chilpancingo
State
Guerrero
Vera Cruz
Puebla
Mexico-Central American
el Salvador
San Vincente
PLAN CLINIC CONTINUES AS YEAR ENDS
Tremendously gratifying results from the plan clinic despite slow late returns this week. Officials attribute delays to Christmas activities and urge stamp users to remit their dollars before the new year. Miss Murray, directing the county program, works from Berkeley to Clarksburg and will return to Grafton early next week.
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Amy
Murray
Berkeley County
Clarksburg
Grafton
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Oxford
Archer
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Mexico City
Empire Meat Market
T. W. Heironimus
CRA
Fen
Carmona
DR. Lyon
Baby Dolls
Booty’s
Williams
Yardley
Pcigars
Popucarenkces
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EL Verso Cigars
Slitz Cigars
EL Produco
Prince Albert
Pound
Granger
Kentucky Club
Iuoga
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Paris
Renton
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Camaa
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