Social and political notes from Grafton and Boston
The Grafton Sentinel prints society notices including Baptist and Missionary Society meetings at 2:30 PM with reminders to notify the society editor by 11 PM. A Tammany movement to nominate Alfred B. Smith for a fifth term is described along with Roosevelt’s vacation yacht plans and possible 1930s party realignments. Democratic and Republican campaign moves unfold as Roosevelt plans a coastal cruise with his sons from Long Island, while Chicago hosts the Republicans’ main headquarters opening.
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Grafton Sentinel Society
York
Tammany
Alfred B. Smith
Evening Post
Smith
Roosevelt
Johnson
California
Roosvelt
Boston
James Curley
Joseph B. Ely
Smith Partiisan
Curley
Ely
O'Connell Brothers
Dan
Albany
Chicago
John Boyd ‘Hacer
Herbert Lehman
Lehman
Long Island
Portsmouth
Walker
Garne
James A. Farley
Rail executives' pay above six figures per year
Washington report from the Interstate Commerce Commission shows about three of roughly 1,200 Class 1 railroad executives earning over 100000 annually with top pay at 136000. Other leaders cited include Penn Central and Baltimore and Ohio presidents at 121500 and 120000 respectively, with notable salary cuts since 1929 averaging around ten percent.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Couzens
Rep
Mich
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Southern Pacific System
Pennsylva
Baltimore and Ohio
Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Co
Hocking Valley Railroad Co
Pierre Marquette Railroad, Co
New York Central Systems
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Wabash Railroad Co
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad Co
Democrats to Unite Behind Party Ticket
New York reports swift gestures of harmony among Democrats as Keersnn D. Roosevelt today raises the possibility of a Roosevelt Smith ticket in the national party unity effort.
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Democrats
New York
Congolifai
Keersnn D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt-Smith
New
Braxton County officers hunt escaped prisoner in July
Braxton county officers pursue George Easton a 35 year old federal prisoner who escaped the county jail Sunday night. They recaptured Osey Bosley 28 Sutton an hour later at Laurel Fork three miles away. Sheriff W H Meyer arrested Isaac Boice at Lake Lane after a lengthy search since last November. Boice was serving 90 days for liquor violation and received 60 more days for jail breaking. At New Philadelphia Ohio three hundred men return to work at the Belmont Stamping plant after layoffs spanning three months.
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Sutton
Braxton
George Easton
Charleston
Osey Bosley
Laurel Fork
W. H. Meyer
Isaac Boice
Lake Lane
Boice
Grafton Acknowledges July Holiday Host Trips
Local residents and families from Blueville Morgantown St Charles Street Grafton and nearby areas spent the Fourth of July visiting relatives and friends across towns including Tunnelton Zanesville Wheeling Barboursville and Washington. Guests included Mr and Mrs Luther Bolyard and sons Lloyd and Marion Mrs James Barcus Geraldine Poe Mr and Mrs William Wolfe and children Jane Elizabeth and Billy among others with several returning to Grafton after weekend visits.
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Luther Bolyard
Lloyd
Marion
Blueville
Oliver Bolyard
Tunnelton
James Barcus
Geraldine Poe
St. Charles Street
Barcus
Coy~ Hardman
Earl Satterfield
Zanesville
Ohio
William’ Wolfe
Jane Elizabeth
Billy
Morgantown
Bonenbarger
Moritz
Northwestern
Ed Moran
Louis
John
Baltimore
Grafton
Elizabeth McManimon
Maple Avenue
J. F. Wilmoth
Parkersburg
J. A. Groves
West Main Street
Henry C. Wilmoth
Washington, D. C
Emmeline Chenoweth
Elkins
Washington
Floyd Chenoweth
Sam Jones
Zack Kines
John McDaniel
Barbour County
R. L. Campbell
Dewey Avenue
Belington
Ira Myers
Francis Street
Ada Gall
Pearl Street
Don Maxwell
Billie
Fairmont
Gangster Clark Shot Down in New Orleans Gun Battle
In New Orleans on July 6 a man identified by police as Bie Jim Clark, a reputed New York gangster linked to gulf coast liquor smuggling, was killed in a gun fight. A wounded companion, Jerry Woods, was taken away by car. Walton Tomblaine, age 42, near whose home the shooting occurred, was held by police after claiming self defense. Indictments recently returned name Clark as a participant in the rum running syndicate I'm Alone.
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New Orleans
Bie Jim" Clark
New York
Gulf Coast
Jerry Woods
Walton Tomblaine
Clark
Woods
Garner Attacks Hoover's Relief Bill Views in House
In a dramatic address Speaker Garner challenged President Hoover on relief legislation. He accused Hoover of pushing a "selected client" to reap reconstruction corporation benefits and pledged to resist class legislation, speaking to a packed gallery amid a deadlock.
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Garner
Hoover
Washington
House
Col Jeanes
Mrs Barney Testimony At Old Bailey In Love Case
Mrs Barney testified at the Old Bailey describing her relationship with Stephen and revealing efforts to keep her life private from her parents Sir John and Lady Mullens. The testimony continues from page one and details personal matters central to the case.
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Stephen
John
Lady Mullens
Old Bailey
From a Chinese Castle to Hollywood Sari Maritza
Sari Maritza, Patricia Nathan, is Hollywood's newest exotic, born in Tientsin in a moated castle built by her grandfather von Detring. Daughter of a renowned foreign family, she trained in China before moving to Hollywood where she has appeared in two pictures as a featured player. Her lineage includes Sir Matthew Nathan and Colonel Sir Frederick Nathan. She is noted for swimming and diving prowess learned at Peitaiho, while her governess remains in Tientsin.
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Tientisin
China
Sari Maritza
Hollywood
Tientsin
Sam
St. Patrick's'day
von Detring
Li Hunechang
Ters
Patricia Nathan
Matthew Nathan
Queensand
Frederick Nathan
India
Derring-Nathan
North China
Sari Matitza
Madame Detring
Europe
Dina Brunette
Sari
Shey
Peitaiho
Tien-isin
Woman on Stand Describes Night of May 31 Cock-tail Party
The 26-year-old defendant maintained composure on the stand as she recounted the May 31 cocktail party at her flat where Stephen was found shot hours later. She testified the shooting occurred during a struggle over a revolver and that Stephen voice claimed it was accidental. Her attorney led her through alleged abuses by her American husband John Barney and her later affairs with Stephen, son of an eminent gown designer.
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Stephen
Patrick
Barney
John Barney
Flood Devastates Rail Lines and Towns in Huntington Area
Floods from Elk and Gauley rivers cut railroad service and inundated Camden-on-Gauley Richwood and Belair. Cherry River Lumber lost a section of broad gauge track while towns reported highest stages in 30 years. Bridges failed at Bergoo Allingdale and rail service halted as Elkins faced rising Tygarts river amid steady rain.
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Cherry River Boom and Lumber Company
Williams River
Camden-on-Gauley
Belair
Richwood
Pardee-Curtin Lumber Co
Webster Springs
Western Maryland Railroad Company
Bergoo
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Allingdale
Camden-on- Gauley
Elk River
Gauley
Camdenon-Gauley
Elk and Gauley
Elkins
Culbertson system 1933 no trump conventions revised
The Culbertson system updates in 1933 redefine no trump overcalls and doubles as penalties, introduce semi-physic bids and double jump takeouts, and raise opening bid requirements for vulnerable one no trump. It details revised honor trick thresholds, new aims for partner support, and specific suit bid standards including major and minor distributions.
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Culbertson
Ely Culbertson
Sniper Kills In Widening City Danger Zone
In a dangerous spree in the city, police rookie E. A. Swanson was fatally wounded with a forehead bullet and fellow patrolman A. C. Poulson was shot through the arm and chest as the sniper continued his attack, leaving investigators to hunt the assailant.
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E. A. Swanson
A. C. Poulsonfi
Summer Luncheon Menu and Jellied Chicken Supreme Recipe
A lunch menu by Mrs. Alexander George features chilled melon balls, jellied chicken supreme, buttered peas, olives, radishes, rolls, currant jelly, pineapple sherbet, and Cocoanut Cake with tea. Recipes detail cantaloupe, watermelon and honeydew preparations with lemon, mint, and sugar. plus a jellied chicken supreme using gelatin, stock, chicken, celery, peppers, olives, tomatoes, cucumbers and mayonnaise, finished with parsley.
Randolph Bill Aims to Cut Jail Meal Costs in County Jails
Harrison County Democrat Bryan B Randolph plans to push a measure at the special legislative session to reduce feeding prisoners costs. The bill would pay sheriffs only actual expenses with a set maximum, effective January 1 1933, and could save taxpayers about 250000. The proposal follows Gov Conleys call to revise prisoner feeding payments.
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Clarksburg
Bryan B. Randolph
House of Delegates
Harrison County
Randolph
State Senate
Cauingry
Conley
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Coral Parrish Montgomery
Baptist Aid Society
Ladies -Aid -Society-of -Thest Baptist Church
W.C. Byers
Senate
Philadelphia
Associated Press
Belmont
Veal
Mrs. Barney
Screen
Robert Hart
Engi
Neering and Mining Company
Walter Nathan
Derring
Daugh
West Virginia
Rodd Commission
Clendenin
Leatherwood
Sycamore
Middle Creek
Curtin
Nicholas County
Huntington
Alfred
Alfred E. Smith
Smithbacker
Amber
Col
William Kelly
Newark
N. J
Tom O'Neil
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