Roosevelt picks pilots of recovery machine administration
Washington reports President Roosevelt chose skilled administrators to run the massive economic recovery program. The new leaders come from varied backgrounds, many starting in relief or settlement work, with Morgenthau Hopkins and Johnson guiding the effort. They emphasize capability over party ties as seen at the Tennessee Valley Authority office.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Joseph B. Eastman
Railradisn
Amherst
Boston
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Farm Credit Administration
Cornell
Harry L. Hopkins
Grinnell
York
Hugh Johnson
Morgenthau
Tennessee Valley Authority
Holt To Make Continued From Page One
Holt faces funding woes as the Holt committee operates without state funds. He finances expenses out of pocket while awaiting a financing plan, then plans a speaking tour through Norfolk Western regions in July and August with stops in Princeton and Bluefield at the urging of local delegates Ballard and Lubliner.
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Holt
Lewis Countion
Norfolk and Western Section
Eastern Panhandle
Princeton
Mercer County
Norfolk and Western
O. H. Ballard
Crusader
County
A.J. Lubliner
Bluefield
Hatchet Attack Wounds Priest in Martins Ferry
Greek Catholic Rev. Father Parthenois Colonis was critically injured with a hatchet stroke to the skull in his Martins Ferry church basement. He has been unconscious since Saturday night after being found by police who suspect foul play. A bloody hatchet was discovered hidden in a basement crack and officers believe he shielded his assailant. Colonis had been attacked before two years ago but did not discuss it.
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Martins Ferry
Ohio
Parthenois Colonis
Mr. Colonis
Marriage licenses rise in June filings countywide
County Clerk Frank Bennett reports eleven marriages issued in June, up from May. The office also issued forty-two resident district and forty-three statewide hunting and fishing licenses during the month.
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Frank ‘Bennett
Alsuring
Tennessee Valley Project Leaders Seek Economic Revival
Dr. Morgan arrives from Antioch College Ohio to supervise the Tennessee Valley reclamation including Muscle Shoals power plant. The act authorizes fifty million dollars to spur a southern industrial and population center. Fechner directs forestry placement with about 275000 men in 1500 camps for reforestation and flood control over six months.
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Dr. Morgan
Washington
Antioch College
Ohio
Tennessee Valley
Muscle Shoals
Morgan
South
Fechner
Franklin Roosevelt
Hopkins Leads Emergency Relief Effort for States
Harry L Hopkins is empowered to supervise the distribution of half a billion dollars for emergency relief to states. He is a welfare executive since 1912 after Grinnell College, with Red Cross service counted as an asset by the administration. General Johnson aims to restore industry to full employment and longer payrolls, while Peek handles the agricultural adjustment plan to narrow price gaps for farmers between crops and inputs.
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Hopkins
Grinnell
New York State
Heal
Hue and Cry
Red Cross
General Johnson
Peek
Washington
Morgenthau Farm Success Highlights New York Acreage
Henry Morgenthau Jr., governor of the Farm Credit Administration, cultivated a 1400 acre New York state farm in 1932. Moving from law to farming, he earned an agriculture degree from Cornell and has long championed farmer aid through his Poughkeepsie based agricultural publication.
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Morgenthau
Farm Credit Administration
New York State
Cornell
Poughkeepsie, N. Y
Youngest I C C member Eastman urged to curb rail waste
Joseph B. Eastman, named by President Wilson, becomes railroad coordinator tasked with healing the ailing system. He aims to reduce duplication of facilities and curb wasteful competition, seeking cooperative action from railways to streamline operations and costs.
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Eastman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wilson
Public Works Chief Plans National Construction Push
Donald I. Sawyer directs a $3,300,000,000 public works program to put men back to work. Since leaving Illinois in 1902 he has led engineering projects nationwide. Bridges buildings roads battleship construction and local projects are planned under a nine man supervising committee.
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Sawyer
University of Illinois School of Engineering
Grafton Girl Swells Biology Camp Expedition Crew
The West Virginia University Biological Expedition tours Pocahontas and nearby counties with 21 students from Morgantown Grafton Wheeling and other towns. They study fauna flora at Cranberry Glades Droop Mountain and more under instructors Dr L H Taylor and Dr P D Strausbaugh.
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West Virginia University
Pocahontas Fair Grounds
Marlinton
Morgantown
Mineral County
van Myra
Burlington
Pendleton County
Hermit Island
Pocahontas County
Cranberry Glades
Droop Mountain Battlefield
Bear Dens
Greenbank Flat Woods
Dunmore Swamp
Bald Knob
Elizabeth Bartholomew
Wheeling
Marie Faust
Grafton
Mary Lou Grumbein
R. G
Weeklong studies planned in Nicholas and Upshur counties
The schedule calls for a week of studies in Nicholas county followed by a final week in Upshur county, outlining the sequence of field activities and locations.
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Nicholas County
Upshur County
Light Snow Falls in Kane Pennsylvania on July Day
A shock of light snow fell in Kane Pennsylvania today despite summer heat. Temperatures plummeted to about 40 degrees after a Sunday rain storm. An unrelated note states that 28,000 out of town automobiles visit the Chicago World Fair daily.
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Kane
Karl Nuzum Visits City to See Relatives
Mr and Mrs Karl J Nuzum and family of Carleston arrived in the city yesterday for a week visit with relatives and friends. Karl is noted as a cartoonist for the Charleston Mail, a vocation he pursues with ambition and recognition.
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Karl J. Nuzur
Carleston
Yesteday
Karl
Charleston
Fetterman to play double header with Majestic team
S. E. Kinter manager of the Fetterman club of the Tygarts Valley league announces a double header with the Majestic team of Clarksburg to be played tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 at the Athletic Field. He says the July 4th diamond battles promise fireworks and real games for baseball fans.
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S. E. Kinter
Fetterman Club
Tygarts Valley League
Majestic
Clarksburg
Kinter
Morgan Town Business Visitor James H. Krepps Pays Social Call
James H. Krepps of Morgan town, a prominent business visitor, paid the Sentinel a pleasant social visit in the city. Krepps was formerly city editor of the Sentinel.
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James H. Krepps
Morgantown
the Sentinel
Krepps
The
Sentinel
Dr. Warden Enters Balto Hospital for Examination
Dr. Paul P. Warden left Sunday afternoon for Baltimore to enter Mercy Hospital for examination and treatment of an intestinal disorder. He had an operative case at City Hospital Friday and visited patients Saturday. His condition worsened Sunday prompting the trip. Mrs. Warden accompanied him.
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Paul P. Warden
Balimore
Mercy ‘Hospital
Death Claims Mrs Leonard in Early Hours at Graf ton
Mrs. Lucy Thorn Leonard, born July 22, 1860, died at Graf ton City Hospital after ten days of pneumonia. Widowed twice, she leaves husband Wm. E. Leonard, son W. E. Rightmire, daughter Hazel Leonard Holt, and siblings Alva Thorn and Mary E. Davis. Funeral from St. Pauls Methodist Episcopal on Wednesday at 2 PM, interment Bluemont. Hamilton Funeral Co. in charge.
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Wm. E. Leonard
Grafton City Hospital
Lucy Thorn Leonard
Abraham and
Massa Thorn
Thornton
United Brethren Church
Metodist Episcopal Church
Wesley Rightmire
Cumberland
Everett Rightmire
J. L. Lilly
Alfred A. Holt
A. A. Holt
Leonard
Texas
Southwest
Grafton
Fetterman
Maple Avenue
St. Paul's
Warden Chosen Head of County School Board
Dr Paul P Warden elected president of the new county unit system board of education in Baltimore while hospitalized. Board oath given by County Superintendent Lloyd L Shriver. J Lee Evans to secure office space. E G Kuhn named assistant superintendent and will remain Grafton High principal. current clerical staff retained.
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Paul P. Warden
Board of Education
Lloyd L. Shriver
Supt. Shriver
J. Lee Evans
E. G. Kuhn
Grafton High School
Local Boy Wins A and P Trip To World’s Fair
Eddie O Connor, son of Mr and Mrs P J O Connor, will travel to the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago with all expenses paid after winning a prize from the A and P stores for most coupons redeemed with store purchases. The five week contest awards free trips to Chicago to one hundred boys, with winners joining an executive of the National Boy Scouts around August 1 and escorted by a trained nurse.
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Eddie O'Connor
P. J. O'Connor
Chicago
National
Boy Scouts
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