Local church ladies meet for devotion and notes
The Ladies Aid of the U B church met at Mrs. E Duckworths on Monroe. Pres Ruth Crouser led devotion, readings by Mrs Sherman Reed and prayer by Mrs Lois Luzader. A business session followed with plans for Augusts picnic at Mrs Bernard Hoffmans Maple Avenue home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid
Ladies Aid) Society
U. B
E. Duckworth
Monroe Street
Ruth Crouser
Sherman Reed
Lois Luzader
Bernard Hoffman
Maple Avenue
O. A. Jenkins
Charles Warder
Joe
Flora Stillwell
Zora Zinn
Rey Lois Luzader
Evelyn Saffel
Mary Hoffman
Rovert and
David
Katherine Oliver
Mary Isner
B. C. Isner
Hazel Reed
Manuel , Ashby
Z. G. Stockett
Bessle Hoffman
Belle Hetnér
St. John's Methodist Church
C. F., Shafer
Walnut Street
Icie Riffie
Pickets Block Work at Fisher Body Plant Pontiac
Detroit dispatch reports CIO United Automobile Workers massed a 450 strong picket line at the Fisher Body plant in Pontiac blocking access amid arrests after a car window was smashed. Police and deputies faced the crowd as GM units nationwide face strikes. tool and die workers walkout threatens 5600 Chevrolet production jobs due to tool grinder shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Cio-United Automobile
Fisher Body Co
Pontiac
Fisher
General Motors
Uaw-Cio
United Automobile Workers
Fisher Body
Cleveland
Revenge Held Motive In Poisoned Milk Case
Police said revenge motivated an apparent mass poisoning incident in New York on July 1. Mrs. Sarah Peppler, 74, died after drinking poisoned chocolate milk left at multiple East Side tenement doors, with several others ill. Assistant District Attorney Jacob J. Rosenblum noted the body contained enough poison to kill about half a dozen people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sarah Peppler
Jacob J. Rosenblum
Ecuador Army Battalion Revolt Quashed in Capital
Reports from Quito say the Andinos Cayambe army battalion rebelled early morning in Guayaquil. The uprising was quelled within two hours with several arrests and unclear motive.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Quito
Andinos Cayambe
Notable Guests In Whittman And Philadelphia Families
Mrs. Martha O Keefe of Whitt man Nebraska visits cousin Mrs V B Henderson in the First Ward. Hanson Brown and daughter Sandra Jean of Philadelphia arrived Saturday for three weeks with Mr and Mrs George Lucas and other relatives. Miss Ruth Withers travels with her mother and grandmother for family visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha O'Keefe
Whitt~man, Neb
V. B. Henderson
First Ward
Hanson Brown
Sandra Jean
Philadelphia
George Lucas
Ruth Withers
Bridge Hand Reward Offer At City Office
A local notice invites anyone holding a bridge hand with no honors to submit a signed statement from all four players to the office. The reward is a free bag of Walker Potato Chips.
Brownlow Park Visitors and Camp Enrollment News
Brownlow Park reports Mrs. Raymond Smith of Portland Oregon visiting with her sisters in town. Local youths John Bartlett and John Fordyce enroll at the Baptist state boys camp in Cowan West Virginia for two weeks with about 100 Barret boys. Other arrivals include Mrs. William Coprio of Bridgeport Connecticut visiting relatives, and Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Lucas and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lucas of Fairmont visiting. Miss Maxine Carr leaves for Gouverneur hospital in New York City. Mrs. Nonie Sergent admitted for major surgery at City hospital.
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Nonie Sergent
Virginia Javenue
City Hospital
Linesman Killed By 2300-Volt Power Line
Twenty three year old Harry Kendall Shellman, a former Fairmont State College student and power company linesman, died after contact with a 2300-volt wire in Fairmont. The fatal incident occurred during routine maintenance work. Shellman is survived by family in the area. coworkers reported the hazardous spot was being serviced when the accident happened.
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Fairmont
Harry ‘Kendall Shellman
Fairmont State College
Monongalia County Hard Hit By Heavy Rainstorm
In July heavy rainstorms damaged land and buildings across Ohio Monongalia and Marion counties. Monongalia suffered the heaviest losses with crops and buildings valued at 50000 and road damage estimated at 25000 by B M Cheplin. Five bridges were washed out and about fifty structures were affected.
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Charleston
Ohio
Monongala
Marion
Monongalia
XK. Long
B. M. Cheplin
Cut Rate Legal Prices For Poor Are Advocated
SAN FRANCISCO July 10 delegates at the American Bar association convention study an assertion by U S Solicitor General Robert H Jackson that lawyers must arrange cut rate service for wage earners or risk government control of their profession Our bar Jackson declared cannot claim to be discharging its full duty to society by rendering service that is out of reach of an increasing proportion of our people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
American Bar Association
U. S
Robert H. Jackson
Jackson
General WPA Strike Urged in Pennsylvania Labor Move
Three large Pennsylvania labor groups announce plans toward a general strike of WPA workers and labor groups against the 130 hour month. Meetings set in Harrisburg and Philadelphia to coordinate actions for July 20 unless Congress changes the provision. CIO involvement mixed as state AFL building trades push for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
WPA
American Federation of ‘Labor Building Trades Councils
Workers’ Alliance
CIO
Philadelphia
Building Trades
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor
Congress
Joseph Kres
A. F. of L
Philadelphia A. F. of L. Building Trades
C. B. Allen
CIO United Project Workers’ Union
Pittsburgh
Donahey Endorsed as Favorite Son of Ohio
Ohio Democratic clubs endorse Senator Vic Donahey as Ohio's favorite son candidate for president in 1940. The endorsement came from the executive committee of the Ohio League of Young Democratic clubs at the state Democratic headquarters in Columbus. A second dispatch notes emergency flood relief efforts in eastern Kentucky where about 70 lives were lost in last week's disaster as agencies and volunteers mobilize rehabilitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donahey
Ohio
Columbus
Ohio League of Young Democratic Clubs Today
Sen
Vic. Donahey
Jackson
Kentucky
Judge Won’t Oust Jurors In West Virginia Case
Charleston July 10 Judge D Jackson Savage overruled a prosecution motion to dismiss jurors and continue cases until September. Assistant Prosecutor Staige Davis argued jurors refused to convict despite overwhelming evidence. The judge affirmed jurors must decide only the factual questions, warning them not to let other cases influence their verdicts and stressing the right to be tried by a jury of peers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
D. Jackson Savage
Staige Davis
Kanawha
Davis
Savage
Last Republican Leader of Spain Convicted in Madrid
Madrid July 10. Professor Julian Besteiro was convicted by a military tribunal of prolonging the Spanish civil war and sentenced to 30 years imprisonment. He was the last head of the Republican regime.
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Madrid
Julian Besteiro
Grimm Arrested in West Virginia Mail Heist Case
Sheriff and state investigators traced a mail theft tied to Grimm after a truck theft at Pierpont route 119. He was captured at Boyce's beer parlor and found with $568.05 in stolen checks. A later search recovered burned mail sacks along Halleck road, with charred contents salvaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundsville
Grimm
U. S
L. T. Eddy
Fairmont
Post Office
Philipps
Halleck
Sherrif Evans
Federal
Huldean Poling Grimm
Ira Junior Grimm
Charles O. Grimm
Route 2
Grafton
K. E. Moyer
Cumberland
J.T. Murphy
Shay
G. F. Randall
Boyce
Route 119
James Shahan
Wheelington No. 44
Main Street
Wickwire Road
Charles Coffman
Earl Lambert
Lambert
Evans
Rivesville
George B. Rogers
Claud Handweck
Halleck Road
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Friendship Bible
First Christian Church
F. A. Hinkins
Oakey W. Grow
F. G. White
R. M. Knight
W. A. Harrison
Haymond Community Club
Bridgeport
Bertha Montgomery
Mary Boyer
Emily Poe
Edith Sayres
Lillian Watson
Carl Grob
Will Watkins
Will Riggleman
Clyde Satterfield
John Luzadder
Homer Wilson
Arthur Poe
Lester Jacobs
Ralph Lemmon
William Henderson
Amos Keener
John Sayres
Newton Gawthropnd
Joseph Montgomery
Mary Boyers
Mary Knotts
Lula Brown
Ursula Poe
Susan Weaver
Anna Boyers
Lena Grob
Edgar Poe
Helen Dougher
Arthur Knotts
Clara Boice
Marcelle Sampton
Icie Rogers
Freda Mae Knight
Russell Lewis, Jr
Junior Plymare
Naaman Watkins
Mary Satterfield
William ‘Thorn
Bob Thorn
Edgar Thorn
Earl Boyce
Ronald Weaver
Donald Weaver
Paul Weaver
B. and O. Veterans and
Clara Fawyer
VFW
Judson Missionary Society
First Baptist Church
W. E. Robinson
West Main Street
General Aid Society
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Youth's Temperance Council
Bridgeport Airport Park
Women's Missionary Society of the First
Grafton Park
Kings Daughters Bible
Blueville
Hazel Norris
American Legion Auxiliary
Moose Home
Washington, D. C
A. C. Sigel
Bobbyrd Janice
Parkview
Dayton Ohio
Parkersburg
Walter Willams
Peggy Peters
Washington, Pa
Lela Tarvis
Jesse Simpson
James Stewart
Hackensack
N. J
Fisher Body Plant
Laux
Monongahela System
Monongalia County
State Road Commission
Queen Motor Sales
DeSoto & Plymouth
Blueville, Grafton
Aed Fallon Jobs
ROK
America
United Brewers Industrial Foundation
East 40Th Street
Kanawha Co
Spain
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