Treasure Hunt Attracts Grafton Residents
Grafton residents joined a treasure hunt sponsored by Frank Wardwell Jr. and found two boxes of chocolates at clues placed near Fet Terman Bridge two service stations above the Grafton dam and two local cemeteries. Winners Mr. and Mrs. William Allen Neray received the loot. many couples participated and later sought ice cream at the Wardwell home.
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Grafton
Frank Wardwell, Jr
Ville
Fetterman Bridge
Federal Dam
Grafton Park
William Allen Neray
Frank Wardwell
Blueville
Geraldine Morgan
Chester Rappers
Alfred Dillinges
Jean Murray
Fred Brumase
William Murray
Ruth Welch
Hugh McPhail
Frances Lawson
Phyllis Watkins
Herbert Welch
Letha Copenhaven
Hubert Parrish
Evelyn Welch
Social Calendar for July Events at Local Churches
Emma Rogers Bible class at West Main Street M E Church on July 15 aided by Mrs R L Brang at 8 o clock. Group T Ladies Aid Andrews church hosts basket dinner for members and families at 6 o clock on July 15. July 16 Auxiliaries of Veterans of Foreign Wars meet at 8 o clock. July 17 Ladies Aid Blueville M E Church with Mrs Ed Gans at B o clock. July 19 W T A Andrews M E Church at o clock. July 19 Christian Endeavor at M P Church covered dish supper at church.
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Emma Rogers Bible Claes
Main Street
M. E
R. L. Brang
Group T
Ladies Aid of Andrews Church
Auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ladies Aid of
Blueville
Ed Gans
Andrews M. E
Christian Endeavor
M. P
Montgomery Transferred Amid Snare Firm Shakeup
C P Montgomery supervisor of materials at the Tygart Valley river flood control dam for Frederick Snare corporation, was reassigned to another of the firm’s projects elsewhere. Master mechanic W M Tracy, 70 plus, submitted resignation but was asked to remain with offer of higher pay. Snare officials have not disclosed successors or further details.
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Entitiel
C. P. Montgomery
Tygart Valley
Frederick Snare Corporation
Snare
Montgomery
W. M. Tracy
Enare
Tracy
Mobile
Alabama
Local residents share news of travels and illnesses
Several town residents returned from trips or visits and received family updates. Mrs. Dorothy Kaiser was called to Wheeling due to illness while C. F. Shafer and family left for western points. Others, like Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ridenour and Mitchell Curly Jr., returned from Washington and New Jersey.
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Murial Fuschs
R. L. Campbell
Helen Jean Campbell
Henry Unger
Jeanne
Paul Cerotan
Philadelphia
Clara Hirsohn
Sidney Hirsohn
Morgantown
Fannie Hirsohn
Maple Avenue
County School Unit Plan Praised by State Leader
Fairmont July 16. David Kirby secretary of the state board of education lauded the county unit plan for school administration as promoting unity and leadership. Speaking at the county day celebration at Fairmont State Teachers college he said it encourages unity among counties and statewide, giving rural teachers and communities leadership.
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Fairmont
David Kirby
State Board of Education
Fairmont State Teachers College
Kirby
Stem
Attorneys Reprimanded For Grabbing of Fees
Pittsburgh July 161P A public reprimand was delivered today in common pleas court to Attorney James M. Lawrence who was censured by the war committee on offenses for withholding sixty percent of a sum collected for Attorney Everett F. Moore of Moundsville West Virginia Lawrence's defense before Judge Ambrose B. Reid was that Moore owed him money.
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Pittsburgh
Common Pleas Court
James M. Lawrence
War Committee
Everett F. Moore
Moundsville
W. Va
Lawrence
Ambrose B. Reid
Moore
Help Keep City Streets Clean Plea From Mayor Waugh
Mayor E O Waugh urged cooperation of Main and Latrobe street merchants with the city street department to keep downtown streets clean. He noted nightly sweeping 11 p m to 4 a m but said some janitors push refuse onto sidewalks and sweep it into the street, begging continued merchant aid.
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Waugh
Main
Latrobe
City Street Department
E. O. Waugh
James Reed
Grafton City Hospital
Missing Youth Hunted By His Foster Parents
Fayetteville reports the foster parents of Ray Brooks 24 of Gatewood seek police help in locating him. He disappeared May 18 after a brief stay at Huntington’s transient bureau on May 20 and has not been heard from since. He is about five feet 1.5 inches tall, 150 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair.
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Fayetteville
Ray Brooks
Gatewood
Huntington
Purvis Quits Post to Enter Private Business
Melvin H. Purvis resigns from Washington to leave the Department of Justice enforcement chief role in Chicago. The 82 year old gained national fame for tracking Dillinger and his gang and Pretty Boy Floyd in the Southwest region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin H. Purvis
Department of Justice Forces
Chicago
Washington
Purvis
John Dillinger
Charles
Pretty Boy) Floyd
Two Seized as Drunks Near Roosevelt Hotel
James Remlinger and William A Hesser were charged with being drunk near the Roosevelt hotel at Grafton Park. They were found guilty and fined $5 each at arraignment before Justice Ona C Jefferys. Hesser paid the fine and was released. Remlinger jailed 10 days unless payment is made. State Trooper Claude Hefner and Deputy Harry Batson arrested them about 8 pm yesterday.
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James Remlinger
William A. Hesser
Roosevelt Hotel
Grafton Park
Ona C. Jefferys
Hesser
Remlinger
Claude Hefner
Harry Batson
Transient Ordered to Leave Town by City Court
Henry Crowder, a transient nabbed near the bureau by city police, admitted guilt in city court this morning and was sentenced to leave the city forever. He said he would comply to avoid jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. O. Waugh
Henry Crowder
Jail instead of lashes for penniless father of two
Henry Hickman, 28, asked Police Magistrate Lulu E Powell to convert a $25 disorderly conduct fine into 40 lashes at the city jail to support his two infants. The magistrate refused, sending Hickman to jail to serve the fine after a Sunday night fight. His father‑in‑law and brother‑in‑law were fined $10 and costs each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulu E. Powell
Henry Hickman
Emma. Hickman
Hickman
Rescue Crews Drill To Recover Buried Worker
Mazelton Pa July 16 Mine rescue crews drilled through solid rock to reach an entombed laborer trapped by a water rush. One body recovered is Robert Hunsicker 40 of Tomhicken. The missing man is John Lingo 26 of Sugarloaf Valley. Both were in the No 1 slope of the Tomhicken mines when drilling a pillar hole broke through an old working yesterday, unleashing mud and water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mazelton
Robert Hunsicker
Tomhicken
Hunsicker
John Lingo
Sugarloaf Valley
Jeddoughland Coal Company
Son of China president to wed American girl
Columbus July 16 P K M James Lin son of the president of China and Miss Viola Brown a Columbus ten cent store clerk secured a license to marry. Lin said the romance began when he left his pocketbook on a counter after a ten cent purchase. He refused publicity and noted the Junior Chamber of Commerce arranged the meeting but would not name the Kentucky delegate. No definite wedding date has been set.
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Columbus
K. M. James Lin
China
Viola Brown
Lin
Chamber of Commerce
Kentucky
Negro Miner Slashed To Death In Lundale Fight
Logan July 16 Henry Na pier 69 was killed by a razor at his Lundale home in a mining camp. His two brothers in law Reuben and Ottis Chaney are detained as state police investigate a drunken brawl. Henry Blevins, a boarder, was slashed nine times in the confrontation.
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Logan
Henry Napier
Lundale
Reuben
Ottis Chaney
Henry Blevins
Napier
McCARTHY SIGNED TO PUMP UP YANKEES IN 1936
New York July 16 Joe McCarthy named manager of the Yankees by Col Jacob Ruppert to pilot the club in 1936 and 1937 Fort Worth Texas July 16 executive committee members of the Texas Young Democrats crushed a resolution to oust Elliott Roosevelt son of the president as vice president of the state organization The vote was 16 to 2 amid applause It was the second defeat for anti Roosevelt forces within a month following a similar outcome in Dallas County Young Democrats"
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New York
Joe McCarthy
New York Yankees
Jacob Ruppert
Fort Worth
Tex
Young Democrats of
Texas
Elliott Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Dallas County
Young Democrats
Sailor Held for Riot in Berlin On Holiday
Berlin July 16 A U S Navy midshipman E W Wood of the Wyom ing was arrested during anti Jewish riots on Kurfurstendam boulevard and spent the night in jail. He paid a 50 mark fine and was released. Wood, on holiday with hundreds of American midshipmen, described a street fist fight after witnessing a woman struck and a man later challenging him. He could not confirm the fighting details. Wood was a former private organist for J P Morgan and a composer of popular music.
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Berlin
E. W Wood
New York
U.S
Wyoming
Kurfurstendam Boulevard
Wood
J. P. Morgan
Appointees of Mayor Stick Continue in Posts
Dunbar West Virginia July 16 The appointees of Mayor Melton M Maloney to city posts carried on with their duties despite the city council refusing to confirm them a second time Maloney said they should proceed under a charter provision that the council must confirm them The six member council five Republicans and one Democrat gave no reason for the rejection
Trunk Murder Suspect Declared Legally Sane
Detroit July 16 a recorder court report by psychiatrist Dr I L Polazker states Merton Ward Goodrich is sane and fit to stand trial for the trunk murder of 11 year old Lillian Gallaher Judge Christopher E Stein denied defense delays and alienist appointments, allowing the March trial to proceed.
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Detroit
Merton Ward Goodrich
Recorder’s Court
Trunk
Lillian Gallaher
Christopher E. Stein
Goodrich
I. L. Polazker
College Trustees Plan To Sell Old Buildings
The Morris Harvey College executive committee meets tomorrow to consider liquidating property. The September move to Charleston for affiliation with an educational center has been approved. Cabell County official T. H. Nash proposed selling the buildings for use as an industrial school for boys and girls if the plan proceeds.
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Barboursville
Morris Harvey College
Charleston
T. H. Nash
Cabell County Court
Bodies of Couple Found in Ohio River at Williamstown
Virginia Pickens and Charles Gillilan were found dead in the Ohio River near Parkersburg after their car and picnic baskets were found on the bank in Williamstown. Both wore bathing suits and a search followed the discovery.
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Williamstown
Virginia Pickens
Charles Gillilan
Parkersburg
Ohio River
Liquor Sales Halted in Dry Areas Under Ritby Edict
Charleston July 16. D Homer Stephenson chair of the liquor control commission says sales of intoxicants to licensed drug stores in all dry communities will be halted immediately. The majority’s will governs, with sales ending as soon as a community votes dry. Stores opened in Buchannon East Ramalle Richwood will stop. sales start tomorrow in Elkins Quinwood and Webster Springs.
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Charleston
D. Homer Stephenson
Liquor Control Commission
West Virginia Liquor Control Commission
Buchannon
East Ramalle
Richwood
Elkins
Quinwood
Webster Springs
Missing Midshipman Found Alive in Norway
Oslo July 16 A missing U S S Wyoming midshipman Charles Kenneth Barr was found alive and well at Halden formerly Frederickshald Norway No further details were immediately available
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Oslo
Norway
Charles Kenneth Barr
Wyoming
Halden
Frederickshald
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