Park Dance For Nursery School Planned Friday
A square dance benefit for Grafton Nursery School will be at Grafton park dancing pavilion Friday at 8 PM. Sponsored by Grafton Mothers' club, proceeds fund school expenses and equipment. Moonshine Hollow Gang will provide music. a cake walk is planned. Free park transportation from B and C depot available to attendees meeting at 7:45 PM.
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Grafton
Grafton Park
Grafton Mothers’ Club
Moonshine Hollow Gang
Robert McCartney
Bernice Hobbs
John Spiker
Outdoors Supper Brings Oak Grove Club Families
The Oak Grove Farm Woman's club hosted families and friends for a covered dish supper at Mrs. Frank Fast's home on Thursday evening. Birthday honorees Mrs. George Franks and Howard Wade Lem mons shared the spotlight with two cakes. Guests moved indoors after a floral themed living room display. The program featured Lena Wiggs leading, with contributions from Mrs. Hannah Sinsel, Bettie Ford, Alfred Ford, and a musical slate including a duet by Victor Ford, a violin solo by Mrs. C. B. Sinsel, and a piano piece.
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Oak Grove Farm
Frank Fast
Lena Wiggs
Hannah Sinsel
Bettie Ford
Alfred Ford
Victor Ford
C. B.sinsel
Community event notices umbrella for late July and August
July 24 events include Pocahontas Degree meeting at 2 30 pm and Indian Sisters gift exchange. Also July 24 American Legion Auxiliary meet at 8 pm in Moose home. July 23 Otterbein Bible class picnic to Harrison County Airport or church if rain. July 28 Republican club and Women’s division basket picnic at Frank R Morgan camp on Buckhannon river with baskets swims fishing. July 31 B and O Veterans picnic at Terra Alta park with special bus from B and O station. Aug 5 Quota club guests of Dr Virginia Jeffreys near Philippi. Aug 18 Nicola Gutherie reunion at Shady Grove Preston county with basket dinner and program. All members and friends invited.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Moose Home
Otterbein Bible Class
U. B. Church
Harrison County
United Republican Club
Taylor County
Frank R. Morgan
Buckhannon River
B. & O. Veterans and Ladies’ Auxiliary
Terra Alta Park
A. H. Carroll
E. Wilford Street
Quota Club
Virginia Jeffreys
Philippi
Shady Grove
Preston County
Fred Nicola
William Nicola
Famies
Community gathering honors Alfred Ford at Riverview club
A party hosted by Mrs Victor Ford featured selections by a quartet of C B Sinsel Alfred Ford Victor Ford and Lela Ford with a short business session and two birthday offerings. Prize went to Alfred Ford as guests included Paul Davis and families, Henry Ford and many others. Mrs Paul Davis to entertain next. Indianapolis report notes AFL Glass Bottle Blowers reelect officers and set 1942 biennial convention in New York.
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Victor ‘Ford
C.B. Sinsel
Alfred Ford
Victor Ford
Lela Ford
Paul Davis
Adelaide
Robert
Ins
John R. Davis
C. B. Sinsel
Carl Sinsel
Max Sinsel
Ralph Lemmons
Howard Wade Lemmons
Henry Trickett
Evelyn Jean‘ ‘Trickett
Cito Sinsel
Howard Courtney
Sandra and
William Courtney
Ada Sinsel
Leo ‘Ford
Kathryn Ford
Frank Fast
Frances Fast
Past
Ford
Indianapolis
Glass Bottle Blowers’ Association of the
Blithe Pattern 107 Dress Back Buttoning Surprise
The Grafton Sentinel advertises Pattern 107 a Claire Tilden dress with a back button opening from neck to hem. It features a raised waist seam and softly bloused bodice to slim hips, with a scalloped yoke and optional ric rac accents. Sizes 14 to 42, fabric and ric rac yardages listed, send 15 cents and order to New York pattern department.
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Claire Tilden
Grafton Sentinel
Pattern Department
Fifth Avenue
New York
Brief Notices From Bluemont to Grafton City
Brief notices report Rogers family visits in Washington Pennsylvania and Miss Patricia Madden welcomed a son born at Grafton City hospital weighing 7 pounds 8 ounces. Francis King vacationing with wife in New York planning World’s Fair. Geral dine Jackson returns from Akron to join Posky's department store August 15. Audra Bennett resumes duties after Virginia vacation. Mrs Jacob Setler is seriously ill at home. Ed Rausher is admitted to City hospital for medical care.
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A. Ray'Shaw, Jr
Maple Avenue
Grafton City Hospital
Patricia Madden
Mrs. Francis King
New York
Geraldine Jackson
B. J. Jackson
Akron
Ohio
Posky's
Miss Jackson
Cleveland
Virginia
Audra Bennett
Rausher
Francis Street
City Hospital
New Arrival Nancy Ann Moran Born in Grafton
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Moran of 1414 West Railroad street welcomed a 7-pound daughter named Nancy Ann Moran born July 15. Both mother and child are doing nicely. Other items note a weekend visit from Mrs. C P Peck of Oberton Ohio, travels to Cleveland and Chicago for a Knights Templar Conclave, and local visits by Attorney H G Smith of Clarksburg and Miss Louise Hartman of Fairmont with relatives in Grafton.
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Roy Moran
West Railroad Street
Nancy Ann Moran
Helen
Ashby
Henry Harter
Naomi
Cleveland
Ohio
Trinannpal Knights ‘Templar
Chicago
Barclay on Bridge Lesson and a Diamond Forty
A reader notes a bridge hand where South finesses the ten of spades against three no trump. East wins with the queen and returns diamonds, setting the contract. The issue: how declarer and partner holdings affect finessing choices and avoiding lead-through risks.
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Manto
South
East
West
Tae Kos
Gee An
Wyoming county delegates back Bailey for state Supreme Court
In Pineville on July 22, the 18 delegates to the state Democratic judicial convention were instructed by the Wyoming county executive committee to vote for D. M. Bailey, judge of the Mercer Wyoming circuit, for nomination to the state Supreme Court.
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Pineville
Wyoming County
Executive
D .M. Bailey
Mercer- Wyoming
Supreme Court
Teachers to Meet Elkins for WV home economics convention
The annual three day convention of West Virginia home economics teachers will be held in Elkins August 26 28, Principal Henry Hamilton of Elkins High School announced.
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Elkins
West Virginia
Henry Hamilton
Elkins High School
Musical prodigy Teresa Sterne Soloist at New York Symphony
Twelve year old Teresa Sterne piano soloist with the New York Philharmonic Symphony at Lewisohn Stadium New York has lived in Brooklyn all her life She previously appeared as soloist with the NBC Symphony Orchestra at Madison Square Garden in the city
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Teresa Sterne
New York Philharmonic Symphony
Lewisohn Stadium
New York
Brooklyn
N. Y
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Madison Square Garden
Campaign for Morris Memorial hospital funds begins
The Morris Memorial hospital for crippled children launches a drive for 125000 dollars to finish construction. The board of directors expands to 15 members and votes to offer treatment to two British refugee children with infantile paralysis.
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Miltin
Morris Memorial Hospital For
Russia seeks popular government in Romania and Baltic states
Reports indicate Moscow advised Ion Gigurtu in Romania and backed new peoples governments in Latvia Estonia and Lithuania after Soviet occupation moves. Parliaments in the Baltic states voted to seek admission to the Soviet Union. Moscow radio reportedly shifted to support Romania in the Transylvania dispute with Hungary.
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Bucovina
Bessarabia
Ion Gigurtu
Moscow
Russia
Rumania
Latvia
Estonia
Lithuania
Soviet” Union
Bucharest
Moskow
Romania
Hungary
Translyvania
Draft Excess Tax Rates Still Not Determined
The draft excess tax details remain undecided as rates to be charged are not yet set. An informant suggested rates depend on how much money to raise while the Treasury, facing a complex drafting task, plans to use outside experts Randolph Paul and Roswell Magill. Germany’s “A” category reportedly averaged $100,000 profits in a defined period of normal earnings.
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Treasury
Randolph Paul
Tar Lawyer
New York
Roswell Magill
Columbia
Germany
Tax on excess profits in early 20th century business
The article explains excess profits tax methods before 1939, detailing thresholds like 100000 normal profit and a possible 20 to 60 percent rate on the excess portion. It discusses company B with one billion dollars in assets and an 8 percent return benchmark, noting 30 to 65 percent rates under 1918 law.
Shawl Pattern 6763 Promises Quick Shetland Medallion Work
Jiffy Crochets Exclusive Susy Crocheted shawls return with a medallion motif. Pattern 6763 guides easy repeats, includes illustrations and stitch details, plus a photograph of the medal lion. Send ten cents to Grafton Sirtine Household Arta Dept New York for instructions and materials list.
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Friede
Shetland
Arta Dept
14Th Street
New York
British War News Highlights Air and Sea Actions
Air battles over the English Channel saw six Hurricanes repel 40 Dornier 17s and 40 Messerschmitts with no losses. German raiders were sunk near southwest England. several more were destroyed or damaged this weekend. RAF raids hit Wilhelmshaven and targets in Hamburg and the Ruhr, while the Salmon submarine and Crestflower trawler were lost. Brazen the destroyer sank while under tow with no casualties.
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England
English Channel
Messerschmitt
Royal Air Force
Wilhelmshaven
Hamburg
Bremen
Ruhr
Norway
Holland
Belgium
Crestflower
Brazen
Admiralty
Lord Haw Haw Radio Puzzle Uncertain Identity Debated
New York July 22 A discussion of who Lord Haw Haw is. Some say William Joyce British fascist who fled to Germany. Dr Harry Lee Smith Jr Columbia University argues for a southern English native with German influence on his speech. Radio listings follow with prime time programs and schedule notes.
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New York
Lord Haw Haw
Berlin
William Joyce
Germany
Harry Lee Smith, Jr
Columbia University
Smith
MBS
Guy Lombardo
Europe
WEAF
NBC
CBS
WJZ
James Melton
Margaret” Speakls
Doc
Grant Park
WABC
CBS8
Blondie
Howard & Shelton
Guy Lombardo Orchestra
Radio Magic
New Time
Coolidge String Quartet
Pearson and Allen
Green Hornet
Reading
Lone Ranger
Mrs. Roosevelt
Yvette
Walter
Yella Pessi
Harpischord
Farm and Home Hour and Social Security Card Talk
The schedule lists Alma Kitchell Journal at 1:45 with Mrs. Ellen Woodward discussing 50 000 000 Social Security Cards. Zeke Manners appears at 2:30 for a dance period following a 12:30 MBS segment.
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Farm and Home Hour
Alma Kitchell
Ellen Woodward
British planes shot down in flames amid African bombardment
A wartime communiqué reports a British plane shot down in flames as British bases and positions in North and East Africa face effective bombardment. Additional damaged warships include a Warspite class battleship around 31,000 tons, the Gloucester cruiser about 9,100 tons, and the Arethusa cruiser near 5,220 tons according to Jane's fighting ships.
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Emeawen
East
Afri
Gloucester
Jane's Fighting Ships
New Defense Plans Face Congress Amid Armament Bill
Treasury to present tentative excess profits tax plan to committees to help pay the armament bill. Burke Wadsworth compulsory training measure and authorization for mobilizing the National Guard cited. Defense Commission seeks 25 million to start a 65 million expansion for defense metals plants at TVA. Virginian oath attempt for early House consideration noted.
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Treasury Department
Burke-Wadsworth
Woodrum
Rules ‘Committee
Defense Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
House
RN. J
Incomplete OCR Note on Death Sentence and Probation
Fragmentary text indicates a Philadelphia connection and a July sentence by a Federal judge J James H Wilkerson. Mentions surrender, stay of execution expiry, and later probation. Sources unclear, data fragmented and not enough to confirm names, dates, or outcomes.
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Philad
Federal
J. James H. Wilkerson
Annenburg
Safety clubs formed tour promotes bicycle eSafety
State Safety Director W C Bailey announced he would tour the northern part of the state this week to promote bicycle safety clubs after noting four piquyelists have been killed during the last month.
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Annabel P. Swisher
Society Reporter
Park Dance
Mothers’ Club
Oak Grove Club
UNION
Washington
Mildred Rogers
B. F. Rogers
Bluemont ‘Street
Washington, Pa
Jacob Setler
bin Street
C.P., Peck
Oberton, Ohio
B. F., Bailey
McGraw Avenue
Louise Hartman
Bess Hartman
Fairmont
Maude Palmer
Fred Pitzer
Knotts Avenue
HG. Smith
Clarksburg
B. F. Bailey
Barclay ON
Peete
Qios
Latte Brenda Talbot
Contrel
Central Preas
Fiosa
Pontimves
Lord Haw Haw Radio Puzzle
Irra
Monongahela System
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