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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 28, 1934

Page

5

Hunt Kin of Ailing Negro at Hospital

Dorthea Dryden, 31, a negro woman, arrived December 4 after a stay in Morgantown and is now at Grafton City Hospital with cancer. Officials at the transient bureau seek relatives or friends, noting she claims Williamsport, Pa, and that her husband left Clarksburg after they moved there November 20. E. K. Grow urges anyone with information to contact the local home immediately.

Dorthea Dryden Morgantown Grafton City Williamsport Pennsylvania City Clarks Clarksburg Is City E. K. Grow Lobureau

Name Change Shifts Town Name in Soviet Ukraine

Moscow reports a town in the Southern Ukraine renamed after Communist official Sergei Kiroff. The Central Executive Committee of Zinovievsk altered to Kirovo memory following Kiroff’s assassination earlier this month. Authorities cite the Kinchneff Kameneff platform as the motive, with Kirovo home to about 60 000 people.

Moscow Gregory Zinovieff Communist Arty Russia Zinovievsk Kirovo Sergi Kiroff Comunist Kiroff Kinchneff Leo Kameneff Ukraine

John Robinson A Pioneer Of The Modern Circus

John Robinson born 1802 in Little Falls pursued show life after leaving a blacksmith path. By age 15 he joined a wagon show and spent six decades shaping the circus business. He trained many renowned executives and performers who defined the big top era.

John Robinson Robinson Circus Robinson Little Falls John

Bar Association Calls Child Labor Amendment Voided

The American Bar Association special committee says the 1924 child labor amendment would likely be void if ratified now. Legal precedent suggests states could not ratify over a long period, as six states approved and 28 rejected it in the past decade. Ratification by three-fourths of the states would be required to amend the constitution.

Chicago American Bar Association A&p

County Clerks to Meet in January in Clarksburg

The legislative committee of the County Clerks Association of West Virginia will meet in Clarksburg in January to consider submitting recommendations to the legislature. The committee today favored abolishing the direct levy by county courts for the support of state institutions.

Clarksburg W. Va Legislative Committee the County Clerks Association of West Virginia

Survivor of Mass Murder Awakens in Pittsburgh

Clara Dempsey, sole survivor of a mass murder, awoke from a coma as police piece together a grim family tragedy. Walter Dempsey and four sons were killed by his sister Kathryn Schoch who then killed herself. Schoch also shot Ruth D Hughes in Dunkirk before the Pittsburgh incident.

Pittsburgh Clara Dempsey Walter Dempsey Kathryn Schoch Dunkirk Schoch Ruth D. Hughes Dempsey

Morgantown Postoffice Vacancy Will be Filled

Washington shows a postoffice department examination to pick a new Morgantown West Virginia postmaster as the term of David C. Garrison ends February 25. The post pays 3400 dollars annually. CARD OF THANKS We thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during our deep bereavement for Mrs. Dorsey Tighe. Dorsey L. Tighe and Children Albert Grob.

Washington Postoffice Department Morgantown W. Va Randolph D-W.va David C. Garrison Dorsey Tighe Monongahela System Monongahela West Penn Public Service Company Dorsey L. Tighe Albert,grob

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