State seeks loan to buy woodlands for reforestation program
Charleston July 7. Hopeful for a federal loan of 150 000 to acquire thousands of acres of West Virginia woodlands for a permanent reforestation effort. Cheek says proposals include taking over 400 000 acres of delinquent land for CCC camps or purchasing 40 000 to 50 000 acres of cut over timberland to form part of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
T. M. Cheek
Washington
Cheek
Civilian Conservation Corps
Howeve
Kump
West Virginia
Conservation Corps
Watoga
Seneca
Keith
Boone County
Rupert
Greenbrier
Cheat Bridge
Randolph County
Pineville
Wyoming County
Sharples
Logan County
Nicholas County
Cowen
Webster County
Lost Ducks Prompt Willy Nilly to Aid
In a whimsical tale by Mary Graham Bonner, Christopher Columbus Crow nurses a burned foot while Willy Nilly repairs his horn and ears. The distressed Ducks plead for help as their Mama and Papa Duck vanish after a Duck coupe ride, sparking a quest to locate them in Quackerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher Columbus
Christopher
Willy Nilly
Mama
Papa
Quackerville
Willy
Nilly
Quack
Mrs. Quacker
Clarksburg Man Arrested For Beer Delivery
Edward C. Graham Jr of Clarksburg was arrested in Grafton after delivering iron city and Victor 3.2 beer without a proper city license. He claimed the truck belonged to Harry Pannetta or Graham Distributing Co. investigators found dealer license plates but no operator license. Graham was jailed and the delivery truck impounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward C. Graham, Jr
Clarksburg
Iron City
Victor
Harry Pannetta
Glen Elk
Graham Distributing Co
Hewes Avenue
Pannetta
Hewes Street
Grafton
Graham
Charles ©. King
Arcade
BANKER TALKS OF KIDNAP AND RANSOM NOTE INCIDENT
The banker recounts being kidnapped in unfamiliar woods. A kidnapper forced him to write a ransom note to Mrs Ottley demanding 40 000 dollars. He escaped with only 10 dollars, reached Suwanee to contact home and office, and was unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suwanee
B and C Faces Fetterman in Valley League Doubleheader
The Gratton B and O baseball teams meet Fetterman in a doubleheader at the Athletic Field Saturday with 0:00 start for the first game and the second following. It is their third meeting this year as they close the first half of the Tygarts Valley League schedule. Sunday B and O hosts Galloway in a single game at 2:30.
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Gratton B. & O
Fetterman
Athletic
Tygarts
Galloway
Mattern Flight Missing Linked to Siberia Rescue
Jimmy Mattern, unreported since June 14 after descent in a sparsely settled Siberian region near Kha barovsk, is alive and awaiting contact. The U S Coast Guard cutter Northland, about 300 miles from Anadyr, searches the Alarka waters aided by Soviet authorities who would transfer him to the ship once located.
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Kha’ Barovsk
Siberia
Washington
United States Coast Guard
Northland
Anadyr
Jimmy Mattern
Coast Guard
H. G. Hamlet
Mattern
Unhappy Ending in Hollywood Mary and Doug Romance
Hollywood recounts the Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks separation. The 1920 marriage united two top film names. Mary, once America's sweetheart, faced divorce and a later remarriage to Fairbanks after legal battles over her first divorce. Pickford and Fairbanks hailed as cinema royalty despite the looming split.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Robert Coons
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Mary
America
Doug
Charles Chaplin
Faibanks
Fairbanks
Pickfair
Douglas
Douglas Fairbank
Lehre
Work orders held up at RFC office
Captain W H Arnold reports no work orders are being issued as the county road program stalls while awaiting a new setup. Direct relief continues. about 800 county families receive welfare aid amid the delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.F.C
W. H. Arnold
Arnold
Fairmont Man Injured When His Cycle Upsets near Albright
Albert Flaharty, about 30, of Fairmont, was severely injured about 7:30 last evening when his motorcycle left Route 28 three miles from Albright, fell 20 feet into brush. He was unconscious, treated at Kingwood Hospital, then moved to Fairmont in critical condition with brain contusion and other injuries. Louis Gorman and Miss Ruby Ross assisted, M. H. Piller transported him.
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Kingwood
Albert Flaharty
Fairmont
Albright
Flaharty
Louis Gorman
Ruby Ross
Standings Today and Hollywood Romance Recalled
Inseparable pair Doug and Mary Douglas maintained a quiet Hollywood union working on the same lot and avoiding on location travel. Since their marriage ten years ago rumors of strain arose after a disputed first co star role. The piece lists standings and scores from New York to St. Louis and notes yesterday’s baseball results across leagues.
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Doug
Mary
Hollywood
New York
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Boston
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Douglas
Daily Cross Word Puzzle Across and Down Clues Mixed
Dense, garbled clue list for a vintage crossword puzzle with scattered errors and mis-spellings. It lists across and down numbers, partial definitions, and stray letters, reflecting a noisy OCR of a newspaper puzzle page. The readable bits reference dance, war aviator, land measure, biblical places, and an assortment of names and objects, but many entries are unreadable or corrupted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Cana
Horner and Stout Named Leaders of West Virginia Golf
White Sulphur Springs July 7 Boyd Horner and Earl Stout both of this state were named president and vice president of the West Virginia Golf Association. Directors for the coming year follow.
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White Sulphur Springs
Boyd Horner
Earl Stout
Ere
Cca
West Vrginia Golf Association
Notable names listed across multiple West Virginia towns
A long list of individuals appears with affiliations to Charleston, White Sulphur Springs, Morgantown, Wheeling, Clarksburg, Parkersburg, Fairmont, Martinsburg, Moundsville, Bluefield and Preston County. Figures include Dr. Gary Hogg, H. A. Stansbury, J. C. William, J. Tucker, R. S. Compton and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
L. M. Lafollette
J. M. Hatch
Elkins
J. H. Bowers
White Sulphur Springs
Gary Hogg
Huntington
Pat Beacom
Morgantown
H. A. Stansbury
Parkersburg
Vine
McDowell County
McGinnis Hatfield
Preston County
S. M. Scott, Jr
Martinsburg
P. A. Pennett
Moundsville
F. S. Earnshaw
Bluefield
R. S. Compton
Retiring West Virginia education dean Dr J N Deahl
Morgantown July 7 Dr Jasper Newton Deahl longtime dean of the West Virginia University College of Education retires as professor emeritus at age 74 announced by Dean Earle Huderson The educator joined the faculty in 1901 trained hundreds of teachers on the Morgantown campus Denied a common school education Deahl left Barbour County youth for Morgantown with degrees from Columbia and Harvard Also retiring is Professor Robert Clark of the College of Education who has been offered the job of assistant superintendent of Monongalia County Schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
Jasper Newton Deahl
College of Education
West Virginia University
Deahl
Earle Huderson
West Virginia
Barbour County
Columbia
Harvard
Huderson
Robert Clark
Clark
Monongalia County
Fight Over Tariffs Stirs World Economic Talks
London reports renewed dispute at the world economic conference committee on commercial policies. The eight to seven vote blocked tariffs and quotas from being handled by Harley, with the American delegation hopeful of reversing this in the bureau or steering committee. France led gold bloc opposition, citing monetary questions tied to currency stabilization. Italy is noted for ancient safety pins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Harley
Wille
France
Roosevelt
Legion PINS Continued from Pageant
The national adjutant asked Colonel Easterwood to inform Premier Mussolini and King Victor Emmanuel that honorary memberships are not allowed by the Legion constitution. A cablegram from National Commander Louis A. Johnson urged adherence to the rule. The piece notes the shortest railroad distance from New York to San Francisco as 158,180 miles.
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Easterwood
Legion
Mussolini
Victor Emanuel
Italy
Louis A. Johnson
American Legion
New York
San Francisco
Court Clerk Says Suspect Stole Three Bases in Contest
A garbled OCR passage shows a court clerk claiming a suspect stole three bases in a sports contest. The fragment also features a defiant reply from the accused, asserting victimhood and challenging a perceived grudge from the scoreboard table.
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Mary Graham Bonner
Clarksburger
B.&c
Tygarts Valley
Athletic Field
Page
North Pole
Europe
Detroit
International League
Newark
Buffalo
Baltimore
Toronto
Albany
Rochester
Jersey City
Montreal
Southern Association
Birmingham
Knoxville
Little Rock
Chattanooga
American Association
Columbus
St. Paul
Toledo
Minneapolis
Louisville-Milwaukee
Cleveland
Sai
Ean
Rais
Ast
Boyd Hornor
J.N. Deal
Vines
Wimbledon
Ejlaworth Vines
England
G. R. B. Meredith
Quffy
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