Brady Rosier Death Victim on May Birthday
Brady Rosier 27 died last night at his Haymond Settlement home after pneumonia. Born May 28 1912 in Randolph County to Lafayette and Louisa Rosier he leaves wife Mildred Brockett McVicker, daughter Betty Louise five stepchildren five brothers and three sisters. Surviving church service in Haymond Settlement Methodist church Sunday at 2:30pm with Rev Grow. Burial in Haymond Settlement cemetery under G T Bartlett.
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Brady Rosier
Randolph County
Mr. Rosier
Lafayette
Louisa Smith Rosier
Haymond
Mildred‘ Brockett McVicker
Betty Louise
Charles
Hammond
Frank
Robert
Haymond Settlement
Lucinda
Kathleen
Ida May
Penescotal Church
Haymond Settlement Methodist Church
W. Grow
Grafton
Church of Christ
Haymond Settlement Cemetery
G. T. Bartlett
Legless Beauty Plans To Marry Sweetheart Soon
Jessie Simpson a 20 year old beauty contest winner who lost her legs in a 1937 train accident announced at a New York hotel party that she will marry James Stewart an advertising executive from Hackensack. Stewart said there are no immediate wedding plans.
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Hackensack
N. J
Jessie Simpson
New York
James Stewart
Stewart
Schiffler Johnson For Revised Neutrality Bill
West Virginia members voted last night as the house rejected President Roosevelt's request to repeal the arms embargo. The revised bill was supported by Schiffler and Johnson, while Edmiston Kee and Randolph opposed.
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Washington
West Virginia
House
Roosvelt
Johnson
Schiffler
Edmiston
Kee
Randolph
Husband Suspected in Bronx Slayings of Mother and Daughter
In a Bronx apartment, Rose Shapiro and daughter Rhoda were shot to death as the family prepared to travel to Port Jervis with a younger son Jules. The assailant, identified by a maid citing authorities, was Rose’s estranged husband Joseph Shapiro, age 46, who fled after firing multiple 22 calibre shots.
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New York
Rose Shapiro
Rhoda
Bronx
Port Jervis
N. Y
Jules
Mary Stewart
John B. Lee
Martin M. Frank
Mayor Denies U S Charges In Prostitution Case
At War West Virginia mayor Dr. Charles S. Brown testified he had no connection with a War house of prostitution. Prosecutors probed his bank deposits in a Mann act conspiracy case while Brown claimed a frame up and presented personal documents detailing his April whereabouts.
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Bluefield
Charles S. Brown
Brown
McDowell County
Mollie Cole
Coeburn
Sam Stanley
Stanley
Charles M. Love
Otto Sharitz
Bank of War
Prizes Planned For Grafton Park Event
A large all day event at Grafton Park Tuesday features athletic contests including standing broad jump rope climb greased pole and more with prizes from Lear's Jewelry Store Favish Novelty and J C. West Virginia pigs and pigs saved are highlighted by local sponsors and officials. Mayor Dawson and W Chapman Annercomb pledge GOP leadership while Colonel Schiffler and Walter Hallanan slated to speak. records crowds expected from multiple counties with a concert by Corbins band and dancing by Joe Mallory's orchestra.
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Archdeacon’s
Lear's
Charleston
Favish Novelty Store
West Virginia
J. C
Penney Company
Jove Drug Company
Heflin’s
W. A. Woodyard
Dawson
Grafton Park
A. C. Schiffler
Wheeling
Walter Hallanan
Republican Club
James C. Holt
D. Boone Dawson
W. Chapman Aanercomb
Holt
Grafton
Taylor County
Marion
Monongalia
Harrison
Preston
Ohio
Tucker
Barbour
Corbin
Park
Joe Mallory
Heavy meter receipts mark record six day total
Finance Commissioner Joseph Bradford reported parking meters collected 99.65 during the six day period ending this morning, the heaviest for nearly a year. He cited the recent St. Marys Street bridge opening and rising tourist business as factors in the surge.
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Joseph Bradford
St. Mary's Street Bridge
Bradford
Three More Licenses To Retail Beer Issued In City
Finance Commissioner Joseph Bradford announced issuance of three additional retail beer licenses today. Recipients include R. J. Reed, operator of the Sports Center and the Hotel Grafton, and George Bowles. One application had been delayed due to unsettled legal status.
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Joseph Bradford
R. J. Reed
Grafton
George Bowles
State Finances End Year In Black For Fifth Straight Year
Charleston July 1 The final cash balance in the state general fund at year end was 443153 dollars. Treasurer R E Talbott reported the state has finished in the black for five consecutive fiscal years with a balance of 1 046 000 dollars a year earlier.
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Charleston
R. E. Talbott
Salaries Held Up In Lewisburg City Funds Crisis
About 90 city employees faced unpaid salaries as Sheriff M. Phipps refused to sign payroll due to insufficient funds in the general fund. Several hundred other workers were paid in full or partially depending on receipts at that time.
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Lewisburg
M. Phipps
Archers Seek Deer Hunt With Bow in Charleston
Charleston Archery club seeks annual ten day bow deer hunt before regular season if Conservation Commissioner H. W. Shawhan approves. Officers stated the plan hinges on approval and would run each year in Charleston.
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Charleston
H. W. Shawhan
Editor seeks extension to aid forest work in Marlinton
Calvin Price of Marlinton West Virginia urged the joint congressional committee on forestry yesterday to extend federal forest lands in his area. The proposal aims to provide employment and conserve timber resources.
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Washington
Calvin Price
Marlinton
W. Va
Joint Congressional Committee On Forestry
Breakdown In Talks On Tientsin Issue Feared
TOKLO July 1. Satomatsu Kato who will head the Japanese negotiators in discussions with Britain to end the Tientsin dispute said he was extremely doubtful an agreement could be reached. He warned that unless British authorities abandon their trickery little could come from the Tokyo conference.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
W. F. Amrine
S. M. Current
Bertilion
Amrine
Current
Idealist Club
Bertillon Bureau
Idealists’ Club
Toklo
Satomatsu Kato
Britain
Tientsin
Tokyo
Kato
Japan
Divorce Bill Filed Here Over Matrimonial Bonds
Birgie M. Gerkin sues for divorce from John H. Gerkin whom she wed in Grafton on September 14, 1934 and lived with until September 27, 1938. The complaint cites habitual drunkenness, financial strain, and workers impact, seeking restoration of her maiden name Birgie Beatrice Moats. Attorney E. Bailey Wyckoff represents Mrs. Gerkin.
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Birgie M. Gerkin
John H. Gerkin
Grafton
E. Bailey Wyckoff
Goebbels Says Brits Must Talk Through Hitler
Berlin reports that Propaganda Minister Goebbels urged British statesmen to address the German people only through Chancellor Hitler. He claimed the British seek a channel, but insisted the Führer is the sole path and other routes are blocked.
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Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Hitler
British Broadcasting Corporation
Goebbels
Fuehrer
Evacuation Ordered as Japanese Threat Looms in China
U S Defief Japs United States Consul General Cl ence E Gauss in Shanghai ordered American nationals and vessels to evacuate the treaty ports of Fuchow and Wenchow due to an impending attack. U S warships were reported standing by to safeguard American interests.
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United States
Clence E. Gauss
Shanghai
Ila
Fuchow
Wenchow
U. S
ARMS BILL FOLLOWS FILIBUSTER AND MONEY BILL FATE
The debate over extending presidential powers lapsed as Senate leaders warned of no market disruption due to the fiscal deadline. Senator Barkley noted no markets would open Sunday or July 4 as a lapse loomed, while President Roosevelt signed relief and agriculture bills late, despite budget concerns. Republicans pressed that money politics would shape the 1940 campaign, with Vandenberg and Thomas questioning power restoration and planning a monetary conference for July 6 involving silver states, farmers, business, and labor groups.
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Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
Federal Theatre Project
Treasury Department
Administration
Tvs
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Thomas
D.-Okla
Washington
Embargo debate sinks neutrality bill in Senate action
Debate over an embargo amendment to neutrality legislation stalls Senate prospects for action this session. Senator George of Georgia notes the compromise may push action out of reach unless a European war necessitates congressional steps. The Works amendment would bar arms exports to nations at war when the President proclaims war abroad, with Latin American states exempted.
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Senate
George
Foreign Relations Committee
Representative Works
Ohio
Foreign Affairs Committee
Debate Over Embargo and Cash and Carry in War Era
A congressional debate centers on expanding an embargo to raw materials like cotton, amid arguments it could deter war involvement yet aid Britain and France. Proposals modify cash and carry by requiring title transfer, ban belligerent loans, empower the president to bar belligerent ships, and keep the munitions control board active in wartime and peacetime.
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Europe
Great Britain
France
National Munitions Control Board G
Embezzlement Indictments Reach University Funds Case
A jury in the Toronto area indicted a woman for embezzling 100000 dollars of university funds. Mrs. Smith, her nephew J Emory Adams and Owen Ware were charged with aiding and abetting. J M Brown, the market intermediary, faced a charge of assisting the principal offender. The Times-Picayune urged a thorough probe into the university’s muddled affairs and questioned delays in Dr. Smith’s resignation announcement by former Governor Leche.
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fContinueu
Toronto
Canada
Orleanes
Times-Picayune
Leche
Governor Leche and Dr. Smith Resignation Shadows
In a fragmentary account the former Governor Leche claims he learned of irregularities at Louisiana State University months earlier and had begun auditing. He says Dr. Smith resigned between 6 30 and 7 00 Sunday night, while an arrest order followed after his disappearance and the executive mansion visit.
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Leche
Dr. Smith
Louisiana State University
Smith
Caid
Life term given in Hall slaying case
Daniel M Kent 32 received a life sentence for the murder of Detroit oil promoter George G Hall in Jackson Michigan He had returned to prison for the eighth time after a last minute bid to shift blame to Ruby Doty The case involved a fatal automobile ride and a stalled confession followed by an abrupt change in plea
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Jackson
Mich
Daniel M. Kent
Michigan
George G. Hall
Detroit
Kent
Hall
Ruby Doty
Ailman
Lawall Named and Officers Reelected at Waynesburg College
Lawall was conferred the degree by Waynesburg College. The board of governors announced that its officers were reelected for another year. Arthur Koontz of Charleston is president, Wright Haans of Wheeling vice president, and C T Neff Jr of Morgantown executive secretary.
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Lawall
Gree
Waynesburg
Pai
Board of Governors
Arthur Koontz
Charleston
Wright, Haans
Wheeling
C. T. Neff, Jr
Morgantown
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Grafton Drug & Chemical Co
Opera House
George Sanders
Saint
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Deanna Durban
Judith Allen
Ken Maynard
Matrimonial Agency
Walls of
Young Kildare
America
Lew Wae
Lynne Carver
Mat Pendleton Samuel
Hinds
H Mesos
Arrymore Peuestre
Paramount
Dr. Kildare
Criystal Ice Company
Clarksburg Ice & Storage Company
Lune
Clarence E. Guss
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