Escaping Coal Gas Fatal to Family of Six
Patchogue New York dispatch reports a gas leak killed the Jerrell family of six. Robert T Jerrell 33 was found dead in the cellar as the furnace blew the door off. His wife 27 lay on the floor near their crib while sons William 4 and Allen 2 were nearby and Robert Jr 8 lay in his bed. A fellow worker Arthur Beer found the bodies after Jerrell failed to report to his office.
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Patchogue
Robert T. Jerrell
Jerrell
Arthur Beer
WARDEN LISTS continued cost breakdown of public works
Dr Warden detailed funding for a project started in 1933 under the CWA and successor federal relief. CWA contributed 17656.92 dollars, with the Federal Relief Administration covering 49431.? supported by supplied materials valued at 13357.20. Local boards provided 38601.80 bringing total cost to 88050.76. Senator Watkins recalled Grafton Highs first basketball team using an old loft as court.
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Board of Education
Warden
Watkins
Grafton High
Dance in Grafton Draws 275 for NBC Night
Mildred Graham reports a large semi formal dance in the new Field House sponsored by the High School Alumni. Sammy Kaye’s NBC orchestra thrilled attendees from Grafton and nearby towns, with Tommy Ryan singing. Mood lighting added to the evening’s charm as the event ran from 10 pm to midnight with late programming.
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Grafton
Pla
Sammy Kaye
NBC Orchestra
Music Corporation of America
Tommy Ryan
NBC
Field House
Monongahela West Penhang
Social Calendar Notes for Dec 30 Gatherings
Elizabeth Cummins hosts D A R Christmas party with Miss Kate Smith at 7 20. Lend a Hand Circle of First Presbyterian meets at 7 30 with Mrs F J Turvander. Quota Club holiday party hosted by Mrs Rhea Fisher at 8. G White Sr of this city discusses upcoming marriage to be held early next spring. he is a Grafton High and West Virginia University graduate.
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Septinn
Sunshine Band
United Brethren Church
Helen
Redinger
Vina Eyler
Waller
Ella Rhode
Lillian Reed
Bumgardner
Goff
Bert Travis
Kathleen Mc!i
Reed
Eyler
Peois Luzader
Robert
Wilda Bott
Elizaeth Hoffman
Janet Sturms
Mildred Jenkins
Pegey Menkins
Miss Messenger
Arrie Bennett
Elizabeth Redinger
Miss Ray
Elizabeth Cummins
Jackson
Kate Smith
First Presbyterian Church
F. J. Turvander
Quota Club
Rhea Fisher
G. White
Mr White
Grafton High School
West Virginia University
Nation thaws after Christmas cold grips wide area
The nation eases from a severe freeze with a warmer trend and snow in scattered regions. At least 220 deaths in 28 states linked to the cold, plus crop losses in the south, are reported. Temperatures rise from the Northwest to the Midwest and Middle Atlantic as forecasts predict further warm.
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Chicago
Tip
Sault Saint Marie
Mich
la Crosse
Wis
New York
North Dakota
Oregon
Midwest
North
Middle Atlantic
Devil's Lake
N. D
South Dakota
Minnesota
Portland
Ore
California
Kansas City
Utah
Idaho
Somerset
Alexandria
Charles, City
Personal notes from Grafton Alumni Dance attendance
Miss Lucille Poe returned to Weston after holiday visits with her mother Mrs. Florence M. Poe. Various relatives and friends including Mrs. D G Kunst, Miss Irene Kunst, Mr Homer Wilson, and Mr Joseph C Korte with daughter Mary Anne traveled from Lemoine and Richmond to join events in Grafton. Alumni guests from Fairmont, New York journalist Dorothy Baker, and Charleston coal official James Krepps attended the alumni dance. Rev Ralph C Brown and sister Grace Fiye accompanied and visited Buckhannon relations.
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Lucille Poe
Weston State Hospital
Florence M. Poe
Weston
D. G. Kunst
Daisy Kunst
Irene Kunst
Homer Wilson
Lemoine
Joseph C. Korte
Mary Anne
Richmond
J.B. Korte
Cincinnati
Lohm L. Kunst
R. 8. Kunst
West
Washington Street
Chicago
Grafton
Jack Fisher
Peer. Ployment
Parkersburg
John T. Evans
Fairmont
Vivian Bunner
E Main Street
Washington, D .C
Dorothy Baker
New York City
Baker
Times Square
New York
Beech Street
James Krepps
Charleston
National Coal Association
Mrs Flint of Parkersburg weekend guest in Utterback home
Mrs G C Flint of Parkersburg is the weekend guest of her mother Mrs Anna Utterback in her First National Bank apartment. Mr and Mrs James C Holt and son John Homer returned home yesterday after visiting relatives in Ohio.
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G.C. Flint
Parkersburg
Anna Utterback
First National Bank
James C. Holt
John Homer
Christi
Ohio
Plan School January 1 2 Tentative Cooking Course
Taylor county nutrition supervisor sets January 1 and 2 for a WPA sponsored cooking school for school children. Cooks must submit medical certificates and report to the supervisor to confirm availability for the project start. Shortage of qualified women with relief status delays enrollment as two experienced instructors lead all day sessions with potential state economist input.
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Anne Cruise
Taylor County Nutrition
WPA
Cruise
Body of Chorus Girl Found in Buffalo Hotel
The broken body of chorus girl Helen Lowers, 18, from Greenville Ohio, was found in an alley beneath her hotel in Buffalo. Police and Medical Examiner Rocco De Dominicis said evidence suggested she leaped to her death after drinking with a theater stage hand. Her roommate Marilyn Rogers, 22, Cleveland, testified they had drinks and noted Lowers often became moody after drinking, though she rarely drank. The washroom window was opened from the top and a chair stood before it as the door was locked from inside.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Helen Lowers
Greenville
Ohio
Rocco de Dominicists
Tg Gin
Marilyn Rogers
Cleveland
Ralph Guastaferro
Brakes Tested After Fatal Bus Crash in Appomattox
Richmond dispatch reports investigators say the Greyhound bus carrying 14 dead in Appomattox Sunday was moving slowly and brakes showed marks before the crash through an open draw. State highway commission and motor vehicles division made the finding.
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Richmond
Greyhound
State Highway Commission
Division of Motor Vehicles
Ohio-Lake Erie Canal Plan Studied for Feasibility
Cincinnati dispatch reports U S engineers reviewing a Pittsburgh district report on linking the Ohio River to Lake Erie via a Beaver and Mahoning river route. Details were withheld while recommendations go to the chief of army engineers by February 1, with a final Washington decision pending.
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Cincinnati
U. S. Engineers
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Lake Erie
Beaver
Mahoning
Chief of Army Engineers
Washington
Passenger Train Collides With Slowing Cars Near Youngstown
In Youngstown on December 28 a Pennsylvania and Lake Erie passenger train struck a Baltimore and Ohio freight train slowing ahead, derailing the passenger locomotive and overturning five coal cars. Passengers were shaken but not injured.
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Youngstown
Pennsylvania and Lake Erie
Baltimore and Ohio
Kump Answers on Penitentiary Facility Need
Kump cites county jail overconfinement as due to slow transport to the state penitentiary and urges a medium security prison. He notes legislature’s inaction and warns an extraordinary session could address social security federal state relations as a broader topic.
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Social Security
Warner Bros Builds Realistic Big Bend Town for Dr. So Crates
Hollywood studio carpenters constructed a full scale western town near Griffith Park for Paul Muni's film Dr. So Crates. The set includes a two story Iowa doctor’s house, authentic early 20th century wallpaper, and a bank built on site. Ann Dvorak co stars in the film which opens at the Dixie on Sunday matinee.
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California
Griffith Park
Hollywood
Big Bend
Warner Bros
Paul Muni
Dr. Socrates
Dixie
Warner
Lee Caldwell
Muni
Iowa
Middle West
So Red the Rose at Strand Theatre with Sullivan and Scott
Margaret Sullivan stars opposite Randolph Scott in the Paramount drama So Red the Rose based on Stark Young novel. Law rence Stallings and Edwin Justus Mayer adapted the script, set in the Civil War era as loyalties divide a Southern family. The cast includes Walter Connolly Janet Beecher and Elizabeth Patterson with Miss Sullavan as a headstrong Southern girl and Scott as a conflicted suitor.
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Margaret Sullivan
Randolph Scott
Paramount
Stark Young
Strand Theatre
Lawrence Stallings
Edwin Justus Mayer
Mr. Young
Miss Sullavan
Walter Connolly
Janet Beecher
Elizabeth Patterson
Eddie Cantor Invades Egypt in Kid Millions at Opera House
Eddie Cantor stars in Kid Millions at the Opera House Sunday Monday and Tuesday. The fifth annual screen musical for Samuel Goldwyn follows a Brooklyn black sheep who inherits buried treasure and travels to Egypt. Ann Southern Ethel Merman George Murphy and Black and Sully provide romance and humor as Cantor performs tuneful songs including Okay.
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Eddie Cantor
Rome
Caesas
Land of the Camels
Pyramids
Opera House
Samuel Goldwyn
Brooklyn
Egypt
Ann Sothern
Ethel Merman
George Murphy
Black and Sully
Eddie
Goldwyn Girls Shine in Toots and My Ship Comes In
A parade of Goldwyn Girls led by Gus fixann and Walter Donakogn stars in the film with Toots and My Ship Comes In. Features include Harem Number, Technicolor Ice Cream Fantasy, Eddie reviving Mandy from Berlin’s Ziegfeld Follies, Ethel Merman in An Earful of Music, and Ann Sothern with George Murphy in Your Head On My Shoulder. Roy Del Ruth directs for United Artists with Seymour Felix choreographing and Willy Pogany handling color direction. Disney’s Who Killed Cock Robin will run as a Cartoon Feature Sunday through Tuesday.
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Toots
Gus Fixann
Walter Donakogn
Goldwyn
Seal
Eddie
Mandy
Irving Berlin
Cantor
Ethel Merman
Kahn
Donaldson
Ann Sothern
George Murphy
Harold Adamson
Burton Lane
Arthur Sheekman
Nat Perrin
Nunnally Johnson
Roy del Ruth
United Artists
Seymour Felix
Willy Pogany
Walt Disney
Silly Symphony
Alumni Night Highlights at Local High School Building Dedication
Senator Watkins paid tribute to Coach Ron McKinnes praising his leadership and clean living example. Speaker Lloyd L. Shriver spoke, calling the new building a boon to citizens. Alumni game saw varsity beat old grads 33 to 2, then 275 couples danced to Sammy Kaye’s NBC band before 2 a.m. Officials led by J. L. Evans Jr. praised the elaborate affair.
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Watkins
Ron McKinnes
Shriver
Lloyd L. Shriver
Sammy Kaye
NBC Broadcasting
Cleveland
J. L. Evans, Jr
Blast wrecks injures police officer in explosion
Police Sergeant M. K. Byrd reported an explosion ripped fixtures from bases in a trea tory general office structure. Manfred Elam, a company private police force member, was blown into the street as windows shattered and doors tore from hinges.
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M. K. Byrd
Threatory General
Manfred Elam
Morgan County Liquor Election Date Set in West Virginia
Morgan County court fixed February 25 as the local option election date for Berkeley Springs. A petition with over 40 percent of valid signatures was presented and deemed sufficient to require the election.
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Berkeley Springs
Morgan County Court
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New Dixie
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Red the Rose
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Eddie Canto
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