Esther Beall Weds Harold Knight Jr in Washington DC
Esther Vernon Beall and Harold Elbert Knight Jr. married Thursday December 21 at Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church Washington DC. Rev John W. Austin officiated. The couple, both graduates of Grafton High, plan to reside in Raleigh after January 1 with an address at 309 Tender Avenue.
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Jesse T. Beall
Esther Vernon
Harold Elbert Knight, Jr
Washington, D. C
John W. Austin
Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church
Harold E. Knight
Ross
Knight
Grafton High School
St. Johns Methodist Church
Bethany College
West Virginia University
Kappa Alpha Social Fraternity
Raleigh
N. C
Eee Security Administration
Washington
Grafton
Tender Avenue
Iiv
Couple Observes Golden Wedding Christmas Day
Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Jones Lucretia celebrate their fortieth wedding anniversary on Christmas Day. Married December 25 1899 in Rowlesburg West Virginia they lived there 12 years before moving to Grafton where they have resided ever since. They have four living children and six grandchildren. The family plans to spend Christmas Day with the couple and mark the anniversary and holiday.
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Charles P. Jones
Lucretia
Rowlesburg
W. Va
Grafton
Jones
Henry Harter
Dallas Wolfe
Paul Jones
Ruth
Daughters of the American Revolution Christmas Party Set
The Elizabeth Cummings Jackson chapter invites members to an annual Christmas party at 2 p.m. hosted by Mrs. H. K. Debendorfer.
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Elizabeth Cummings Jackson
the Daughters of the American Revolution
H. K. Debendorfer
West Main St Church Plans For Christmas
West Main Street Methodist church schedules three Christmas services led by Rev. E L Lowery with a Sunday school program at 9 30 morning, a 10 30 sermon on The Spiritual Significance of Christmas, and an 8 15 evening Nativity pageant with carols and two exclusive anthems. No services on Christmas day. Public invited.
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West Main St
Plan Christmas Program Sunday at Blueville Methodist Church
A Sunday school Christmas program directed by Miss Hallie Shafferman takes place in the Blueville Methodist Church auditorium Sunday at 1 30 pm. Instrumental music recitations and songs by children and young people are planned. The church choir will sing two anthems Hail Christmas by Tillotson and Upon the Midnight Clear by Sears. No services on Christmas day. The public is invited.
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West Main Street Methodist Church
C. W. Phillips
Children’s Division
B. H. Haskins
Jane Kinsey
C. C. Sturm
Lunford
Madelyn Brand
E. L. Lowery
Sears
Shanker
Blueville
Tillotson
Guarding Three Suits In A Canonical Bridge Squeeze
Barclay explains a three suit squeeze where a defender must discard from three suits, a choice that can doom the defense. The sample deal features West North-South vulnerable with South as declarer in 3 No Trump after a sequence beginning with North’s 1 Heart and East overcall.
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South
North
East
Features Syndicate, Inc
Bird's Christmas Carol planned Sunday at St John’s
A staged reading of The Bird's Christmas Carol by Kate Douglas Wiggin is scheduled for Sunday night at St John Street church under Ruth Batten. The play follows the Bird family and neighbors in a Christmas tale of two social classes, with Carol Bird born and dying on Christmas Day.
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Kate Douglas Wiggin
St. John Street
Ruth Batten
Bird Family
Carol Bird
Betty McVicker
Needy Children Attend Christmas Party Sponsored by Grafton Women
Two hundred eighty children gathered yesterday at the Elks home for a Christmas party hosted by the Woman's Club of Grafton. They enjoyed the matinee at the Opera House showing Stunt Pilot, then received candy fruit and presents at the Elks home.
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Elks Home
Women's Clu of
Grafton
Opera House
Teacher Fetes Baptist Class at Christmas Social
The True Blue Workers Sunday school class of First Baptist was entertained by teacher Mrs Eva Poling at her home. Festivities included decorations, holiday games and music with a gift exchange. Refreshments were served to Juanita Robinson Dorothea Crawford Bernita Brown Alice Hill Virginia Cook Helen Turner Alene Howater Mary Jane Newborough Mary Elizabeth Feneman and Eva Poling.
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True Blue Workers
First Baptist Church
Eva Poling
Juanita Robinson
Dorothea Crawford
Bernita Brown
Alice Hill
Virginia Cook
Helen Turner
Alene Howater
Mary Jane Newborough
Mary Elizabeth Feneman
Home Poling
Briefly Told and Christmas Travel Notices
Ill Mrs C P Haris has relapsed at home on Washington street after over two years of illness. Miss Mary Virginia Dent, Mt DeChantel student, arrives to spend Christmas with Judge and Mrs H W D at West Main street. Mr and Mrs W E Brown of West Main street depart by motor for Akron to visit relatives. Mr and Mrs Charles G Englehart from Charleston arrive in Grafton to spend Christmas with kin. Helen Jean Pratt of Tunnelton Route 1 admitted to Grafton City Hospital for tonsil operation.
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C. P. Haris
Washington Street
Mary Virginia Dent
Mt. de Chantel Academy
Wheeling
West, Main Street
Akron
W. E. Brown
West Main Street
Ohio
Charleston
Charles G. Englehart
Grafton
Eaters Hospital
Helen Jean Pratt
Tunnelton
Route 1
Grafton City Hospital
Board Chief Praises West Virginia School for Boys
Walter Thurmond president of the West Virginia Board of Control praises Col. R P Bell and the staff and boys of the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys at Pruntytown for progress, beauty of grounds, farm and garden work, and disciplined military training in a December 22 1939 Christmas letter. The board hopes the commendable efforts continue.
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West Virginia Industrial School For Boys
Pruntytown
Walter D. Thurmond
West Virginia Board of Control
R. P. Bell
West, Virginia
Industrial School For Boys
Grafton
W. Va
Col. Bell
West Virginia
Board of Control
Walter R. Thurmond
Stamp Distribution Of Surplus Foods Planned
Pittsburgh will start distributing surplus foods under the new federal plan once setup is ready. U S Agriculture Secretary Wallace designated Pittsburgh and surrounding areas as a stamp region. County officials consider a $50,000 revolving fund. WPA workers and relief clients will receive $1.50 of food for every $1 of relief funds. Mayor Scully estimated about 130000 people on relief and WPA would be affected.
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Pittsburgh
Carl
United States Agricultural
Henry A. Wallace
Ohe City
WPA
Cornelius D. Scully
All American Aviation seeks new mail passenger routes
All American Aviation Inc of Wilmington Delaware asks the Civil Aeronautics Authority for permission to carry mail and passengers on six pickup routes. The plan would serve 125 towns across Pennsylvania West Virginia New Jersey New York Ohio and Delaware, including most of the 58 towns on the companys existing airmail lines. New routes would include Pittsburgh to Huntington W Va Pittsburgh to Cleveland Pittsburgh to Buffalo and two routes from Pittsburgh to New York.
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Washington
Malis
Civil Aeronautics Authority
All- American Aviation, Inc
Wilmington
Del
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Delaware
Pittsburgh
Huntington
W. Va
Police Radio Lands Man For Holdup Of Taxicab
Kenneth Willis, 33, of Huntington, was captured at Barboursville after a taxi he stole in Charleston was reported by State Trooper James Ellis. Willis admitted taking the cab at gunpoint, bound the driver Artie Burgess, and left him near Dunbar before Burgess freed himself. Willis told police his familyneeded money. Justice Edwin S. Watson held him for grand jury on armed robbery after a preliminary hearing.
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Charleston
Kenneth Willis
Huxtington
Barboursville
James Ellis
Ellis
Willis
Artie Burgess
Burgess
Dunbar
Edwin S. Watson
Finnish Communists Arrest Rumor Spreads in Soviet Union
Stockholm reports via Social-Demokra ten that the Terijoki Finnish Communist people’s government may have been arrested by Russia for misleading Stalin on Finland’s military strength. The Terijoki group, led by Otto Kuusinen, formed after Russia invaded Finland and later signed a mutual assistance pact. Kuusinen sent birthday greetings to Stalin.
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Stockholm
Social-Demokraten
Terijoki
Russia
Joseph
Stalin
Finland
Otto Kuusinen
Kuusinen
One Killed One Injured In Car Train Collision
Charleston December 23 A car driven by John P Wegmann 29 collided with a freight train killing Wegmann and injuring Mary Margaret Cost employed in a Charleston office Miss Cost of Clarksburg and Clyde Markham of Chesapeake and Ohio railroad investigated the crash saying the car struck the locomotive cab near its steps
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Charleston
John P. Wegmann
Mary Margaret Cost
Miss Cost
Clarksburg
Clyde Markham
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Wegmann
Infirmary Inmate Jane Kern Dies in Barbour County
Mrs. Jane Kern, 75, a Taylor County inmate at the Barbour County Infirmary, died today from complications of diseases. No family details were available. Funeral services, arranged by G. T. Bartlett, are expected to be held on Tuesday.
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Jane Kern
Taylor County
Barbour County Infirmary
G. T. Bartlett
Youth Arrested in High School Shooting in Hillsdale
In Hillsdale Michigan 18 year old Richard Valentine surrendered to jail after shooting Edith Balcom twice at Reading High School during a Christmas party. Balcom, secretary to the school superintendent Max Smith, is expected to recover. Valentine admitted the shooting, saying it stemmed from a refused date. Charges depend on the girl’s injuries and medical prognosis.
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Hillsdale
Mich
Richard Valentine
Edith Balcom
Frederick Marshall
Valentine
Miss Balcom
Lansing
Marshall
Reading
Max Smith
Fallsdale City Hospital
Balcom
Anthony Fokker Dies at 49 in New York Hospital
Airplane designer and builder Anthony Fokker died at Murray Hill hospital after pneumococcus meningitis. He was 49 and had sunk into a deep coma. doctors gave repeated blood transfusions as he fought the illness. Dr. Robert M. Cushing issued the morning bulletin announcing the condition.
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New York
Anthony Fokker
Murray Hill Hospital
Fokker
Robert M. Cushing
Eight Workers Buried in Swiss Landslide Near Rhine Front
BASSE Switzerland December 23 eight workers from a German frontier labor corps were buried by a landslide just behind the Rhine war front while strengthening defense works and the Baden military motor highway. Rescue teams from the Siegfried line moved in at once.
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Basse
Switzerland
Rhine River War Front
Baden
Siegfried Line
Jury summoned to hold inquest in Farley case
A jury is being summoned to conduct an inquest into the death of 27 year old Marie Farley found dead in the Collie McIntyre home at 115 East Wilford Street after a bedroom fire. The inquest opens near noon at Bartlett Funeral Home with Prosecuting Attorney Francis L Warder and City Police Chief A F Lockard questioning McIntyre. Funeral services set for Sunday at Bartlett Funeral Home with burial in Bluemont cemetery.
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Marie Farley
Collie McIntyre
East Wilford Street
Miss Farley
Paul P. Warden
Bartlett Funeral Home
Francis L. Warder
A. F. Lockard
McIntyre
Finns halt Russian advance as heavy snow aids defense
Intense cold and deep snow favor Finnish forces while Russians drop more than 30 bombs on Helsinki area. Most bombs weigh 400 pounds, though several fail to explode. two of seven attacking planes are shot down. Pamphlets reportedly warn of future raids or greet Kuusinen’s pro Soviet government.
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Conunvea
Hoyenjarvi
Helsinki
Red Fliers
Otto Kuusinen
Pepple
Terijoki
Russians Threaten To Destroy Helsinki In Pamphlets
Russians in invasion flyers threaten to bomb Helsinki to destruction if Finland does not surrender by 1 p m. The Finnish spokesman says the pamphlets carry warning, with timing noted in EST.
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Helsinki
Pinns Capitulated After Threats of Christmas Attacks
A spokesman stated that despite threats of raids on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, the Pinns capitulated as the deadline passed without surrender. The spokesman claimed the attackers did not dare and were prepared, but action did not occur.
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Pinns
Nations pledge aid to Finland via League response
Geneva dispatch reports eight nations including Union South Africa and Argentina, Ecuador, Haiti, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela and Mexico replied to the League of Nations note on aiding Finland. South Africa stated it would render practical assistance by releasing aircraft earmarked for Union defense.
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Geneva
Union South Africa
Finland
League of Nations
Argentina
Ecuador
Haiti
Peru
Bolivia
Venezuela
Mexico
South Africa
Union
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