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Newspaper

Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 18, 1935

Page

2

Canning Demonstration Scheduled At Flemington High School

Miss Agnes Moffett of Kerr Glass will lead a canning and pectin making demonstration at Flemington High School tomorrow at 1 30 PM. Hosted by the local relief headquarters canning department, attendance is open to the public with no charge. Mrs. Juanita Hardin, county FERA canning movement chair, urges all housewives to attend and learn the scientific method for preserving vegetables and fruits.

Agnes Moffett Kerr Glass Company Flemington High School Canning Department Hazel Atlas, Glass Company Wheeling Juanita Hardin FERA

Prints of Many Filed By B. and O. Officers

Captain C T Moorehead of the Baltimore and Ohio police department records fingerprints of prisoners from petty larceny hobbing to murder. Twelve people who had encounters with rail road police at Clarks hore, Fairmont and Gratton were processed, bringing this month’s Monongah division total to 48. Fingerprints of felons and other suspicious characters go to bureaus in Charleston and Washington under a state statute enacted last May.

C. T. Moorehead Baltimore and Ohio Clarkshore Fairmont Gratton Monongah Charleston Washington

Keyser Musical Group To Broadcast From WEAF New York

The American Legion Auxiliary quartet of Keyser will broadcast from WEAF New York on the Cherio Musical Interlude program tomorrow morning from 7 30 to 8. The group sings without accompaniment and will perform popular and classical pieces. Members are J P Greenwade Virginia Kalhurst M T Farley and Marie Montgomery.

American Legion Auxiliary Quartet Keyser Grafton WEAF New York Cherio J. P. Greenwade Virginia Kalhurst M. T. Farley Marie Montgomery Texas American Legion Auxiliary West Virginia American Weekly Baltimore Sundaily American All Newsdealers Adv

Girl Drowns In River Near Pineville

Violet York, seventeen, drowned while wading in the Gupandotte river near Pineville on July 18. Local authorities reported the death as an accidental drowning after the youth was swept by a current while bathing.

Pineville Violet York Gupandotte River Bailey

Radio Programs Schedule From The World Time

A compiled list of radio programs and times featuring NBC News Frances Adair WGN Billy and Betty Orphan Annie WCKY Soloist and others. Shows include Lowell Thomas Goldman Band Concert Wayne King's orchestra Anson Weeks' orchestra and Coney Amateur Show with various musical acts and dramatic segments.

Nbc—News Frances Adair WGN KDKA WLW Jack Armstrong WFBE WKRC WCKY Jimmy Ward Daring Sisters Goldman Wayne King Dave and Kenny Anson Weeks WHAM

Awards Given Out At Camp

The 193 campers at the county Four-H camp on Sugar Creek received several honors. Lucky pennies went to a long list of 4-H members including Billy Lambert and Mary Ramsey. Best tribe helper honors went to Mary Rose Poling and others. Outstanding campers named Gertrude Wright and peers. Emblems and pins awarded for various achievements. Betty Gray selected as Spirit of the Camp. Representatives named for Randolph and Upshur county camps. Also notes on an annual picnic for Waddell Fuel Company executives and families at Grafton park.

Philippi Sugar Creek Lucky Pennies Billy Lambert Mary Ramsey Betty Harris Betty Carder Terry Payne Carol Ashby Ray Ashby Louise Hill Mary Nellie Shaffer Olga Honce Robert Harmison Vera Weekley Phyllis Harmison Bennie Arms John Zekan William Price Harold Price Clifton Price Herbert Price Jean Viquesney Harriett Coy Jimmy Stemple Elizabeth Lambert Mary Rose Poling Warren Zinn Margaret Lambert Angeline Waugh Sarah Mason Virginia Lee Anvil June Burner Paul Richards Eloise Ashby Leah Fitawater Pearl Waugh Frant Gray M. B. Boyles Gertrude Wright Mary Jean Sawyers Roselee Williamson Virginia Lee Poling Dorothy Boyle Betty Boyles Martin Stemple H. Carolyn Wolfe Randolph County Barbour County Virginia Hill Olive Bell Cole Newton Baughman Orion Hathaway Upshur County

Dictator Rudiger von Starhemberg in Austria crisis rises

Amid Austrian turmoil, Prince Ernst Rudiger von Starhemberg assumes full leadership after Chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg’s car crash deaths and injuries. The Fascist backed by Italy consolidates power as investigations into telegram fires and record destruction unfold, with Western Union and Associated Gas officials denying involvement.

Kurt von Schuschnigg Austria Ernst Rudiger von Starhemberg Italy

Plan For Labor Day Festival And Campaign Efforts

Local Democrats plan a Labor Day event at the park with concerts, addresses, water sports, and a Saturday night gathering to name committees for the festival and begin campaigning for the 1936 fall race. A well known out of town speaker is being contacted to address the gathering and city officials seek WPA and PWA details for projected projects in Grafton Taylor county. The hospital, school improvements, road work, and death crossings are among proposed works.

Cumemue Gates Waugh WPA PWA F. Witcher’ McCullough Charleston Grafton Taylor County

Utility Bond Contir e4 From Page 1

Fragmentary page 1 note alleges a utility bond controversy and references a witness testimony. It mentions someone destroying his own records and giving an idea to Fisher. Telegram originals are described as having been received in connection with the case.

Warren Herron Jack Fisher Western Union Fisher Chairman Black W. U L. S. Shew St Erie Shew O’brien U. E. Beach Ithaca O'Brien Beach

Need of flood control stressed amid river project debate

The article quotes Rodgers arguing the Monongahela river flood control works are essential. He asserts broad support for flood projects and notes their efficiency and strong protective value for densely populated areas facing possible floods like those in western New York and upper Pennsylvania this month.

Monongahela River Rodgers New York Pennsylvania

Watch Kidneys Like Bowels in Cleansing Claim

An old advertisement claims kidneys contain 79 200 feet of tubules and must be watched and cleaned like the bowels. It touts Dean's Pills as the remedy, asserting relief from backache, fatigue, and swelling, and cites Foster Milburn Co from 1934.

Alan Jo Mulllions Dean Foster-Milburn Co

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