Dispute over Hiring Wife at Grafton Canteen
Justice Onn Jefferys hears civil suit over whether a cafe manager can hire his wife without corporate notice. Mrs. De Santa seeks $137.50 for back wages claimed since March 9. Joseph D'Oreo, president, says she cannot claim wages. trial featured seven witnesses with a decision pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onn C. Jefferys
David de Santa
Grafton Commissary Corporation
Dam
de Santa
Joseph D'Oreo
Tim
W. P. Samples
Stores Closed as Guardsman Strike Grimly Shuts Town
Roving bands of strikers shut down retail stores as 40 unions participate. Brig Gen D Wray Deprez said stores would reopen if they wish, while delivery workers in brewing and dairy sectors showed intent to return. National guardsmen guarded the Dresser plant as outside power aided utilities. hospitals and essential services remained stable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Wray Deprez
Shelbyville
Columbian Enameling and Stamping Company
Charles L. Richardson
Washington
Harry E. Scheck
Chicago
L. G. Brown
Terre Haute
Sevice Com- Indiana
Union Eaployes
Dresser
Use of Dead Continued in Tram Page One
The item notes referral to the communications commission deeming it impossible to resolve every case. Coleman reports 766 telegrams opposing the utility bill from York, with only five unpaid, funded by Metropolitan Edison Company, a subsidiary of Associated Gas and Electric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Communications Commission
Coleman
York
Metropolitan Edison Company
Associated Gas and Electric
Glenns Pain Well Tonic Claims Great Benefit
W C Riley of 425 West Main Street Grafton West Virginia recounts a chronic stomach illness with indigestion fatigue and loss of appetite. After trying many remedies a friend recommended Pain Well Tonic. He reports initial relief after half a bottle and improved appetite sleep and energy. He recommends Lenns Pain Well Tonic to others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn
W. Main St
Grafton, W. Va
Signers Named in Telegrams Face Probe Consideration
The official said several names appeared on messages but many signers were dead. Charles E Small supposedly died about two years ago and a meter reader for the electric company along with Miss Clara Bell a retired insurer worker were also named. Harry Read reportedly lived in Baltimore five years. Irvin Stewart, head of the telegraph division, stated the commission would assist if a request for investigation is made and would defer prosecution questions to the states involved.
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Ompany
Charles E. Small
Small
Électric Company
Clara Bell
Insurance Company
Harry Read
Baltimore
Irvin Stewart
The
Communication Commission
Telegraph Division
Aged Colored Lady Ida Jones Dead at 74 in Grafton
Ida Jones 74, longtime Grafton resident and Warren M E Church member, died after a three year illness. Born in North Carolina to the late Anderson Reese and Maloney Reese, she leaves a son George Jones and two daughters Thomas Tyson and John Tyson. Funeral set for 2 1 o clock Thursday at Warren M E Church with Rev. Frye officiating, Bluemont Cemetery interment. Bartlett Funeral Co. handles arrangements.
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Ida Jones
Jones
Barrett Street
Warren M.E. Church
Grafton
North Carolina
Anderson Reese
Maloney Cotton Reese
Major Jones
George Jones
Thomas Tyson
John Tyson
Youngstown
Ohio
Warren M. B
F. J. Frye
Bluemont
Bartlett Funeral Company
Dickinson Begins His Job Defending New Deal
Washington July 23 41 year old John Dickinson former Pennsylvania law professor and ex assistant secretary of commerce takes the post of assistant attorney general to defend the New Deal in court.
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Washington
John Dickinson
Pennsylvania
Simpson Man Passes Away in Maryland Coal Worker’s Family Loss
William J. Phillips aged 72, carpenter for Maryland Coal company Wendel and father of Max Phillips of Simpson, died suddenly from a heart illness while in his garden. Born January 3, 1863, he left sons Harry, Hunt Dorsey, Paul, Max, and daughters Ruth Koon and Ethel Lowther plus widow Florence Moran Phillips. Funeral at Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church with Rev. Jones and Rev. McNemar.
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William J. Phillips
Maryland Coal Company
Wendel
Max Phillips
Mr. Phillips
Robert R. Phillips
Harry Phillips
Hunt Dorsey
Clarksburg
Paul
Picahontas County
Max
Ruth Koon
Monongah
Ethel Lowther
Peru
Ind
Florence Moran Phillips
Methodist Episcopal Church
Simpson
Phillips
Mr. Jones
M. McNemar
Webster
Special Receiver Is Freed of His Duties
Special eceiver C R Post is discharged after a chancery case involving Lydia Bdyard Wiles as administratrix of M G Ballard's estate against Minnie Ballard and others. Judge Dent grants B&O railroad permission to take 66 acres near Webster for a new route, bond set at 1500, hearing July 29. Also notes the death of former deputy sheriff Walter Scott Furbee aged 77 in Mannington.
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C. R. Post
G. W. Ford
H. W. Dent
Circuit Court
Lydia Bdyard Wiles
M. G. Ballard
Minnie Ballard
Jed W. Robinson
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Dent
Webster
Ora S. Feltner
Robinson
Feltner
Tygart's Valley
Berryburg Junction
War Lords Lose Appointment in Japan Military Education Shakeup
Gen Jotaro Wat-anabe named director general of military education, a victory for Gen Sentaro Hayashi's conservative faction. Watanabe succeeds Gen Jinza Buro Mazaki, ousted as one of Nippon's big three after urging army influence on public policy.
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Jotaro Watanabe
Japan
Sentaro Hayashi
Watanabe
Jinzaburo Mazaki
Nippon
Mrs Waley Begins Trip East To Enter Prison
Mrs Margaret Thulin Waley, 19, convicted of kidnapping nine year old George Wey erhaeuser, started a cross country journey to the federal women's prison in Milan Michigan. She left the Tacoma city jail where she had been held since June 1 and said she would be glad when she returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
George Weyerhaeuser
Federal Women’s
Milan
Mich
Margaret Thulin Waley
Missing salesman found in theater
Oscar J. McKeny a 3c year old salesman from Huntington had been missing for a week. A 45 safe was reported at a local hotel and he was located in a theater setting the incident in July in Williamson.
Bribes Paid in Run Racket Linked to Lias Trial
Elkins July 23 A public accountant C E House testified in the tax evasion trial of Bill Lias that he was told 5279.80 was paid in 1931 for protection in the numbers selling syndicate led by Lias. He said Lias and partner Mike Russell described it as a Bribery expense to officers. House noted other $40 items labeled Coke Connors as protection payments.
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House
Rober Riley
Lias
King
Wheeling
Coke Connors
Blaze in Weston Hospital Quelled with Minor Damage
A fire at Weston State Hospital's central building caused slight damage after starting in an unused fourth floor closet used by employees. Fire brigade responded promptly, and no injuries were reported.
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Weston
Weston State Hospital
Government Proposes To Mint Very Small Coins
Washington July 23 The government proposes to mint midget coins to save sales tax payers money and yield profit for the treasury. Secretary Morgenthau announced that within the next day or so Congress will be asked to grant permission for half cent and one mill pieces. The move aims to correct inequities in sales tax systems in 22 states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Congress
Palatial Grafton home to be sold at public auction
The Stacy Fisher Maxwell property on West Main Street, built in 1906 at an estimated cost of 20000, will be sold at 10 o clock tomorrow morning in front of the county court house. Attorney Frances Warder, legal advisor for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, reports a lien against the property. A second lien is held by Lowndes Savings Bank and Trust Company of Clarksburg. The home, one of Grafton’s most palatial houses, has housed S. W. Shrader and others since 1906, with Mrs. Stacy Pisher Maxwell as owner.
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Stacy Fisher Maxwell Proerty
West Main Street
County Court House
Frances Warder
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Lowndes Savings Bank and Trust Company
Clarksburg
Grafton
S. W. Shrader
Stacy
Pisher Maxwelle
Catholic War Veterans Dissolved in Prussia by Decree
Berlin July 23 The organization of Catholic war veterans was dissolved in Prussia by government decree officials of the Steel Helmets Geenan said they feared their own group in Germany would be next to be crushed after the dissolution.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Organization of
Catholic War Veterans
Prussia
Geenan
American Legion
United States
Germany
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W. E. Robinson
Latrobe Street
Barrett St
Dickinson
New Deal
Mannington
Walter Scott Furbee
Strand Theatre
Afoy Production
ELY Lice Ae
Your Theatre Sig
Alice Mason
Mrs. Mason
Brooks Dr
Dorsey
Diane Sinclair
Father O'Brien
Sarah Padden
Yim Baker
Donald Douglas Jr
Grosby
Stirling Holloway
Mason
Crane Wilbur Carlyle Moore, Jr
John Preston
Arthur Wanger
FOX News
Screen Souvenirs
Better Housing
Strader
Crag
Ang Big
Buck
Red Cross
Greenfield’s
Sim
Sens
Bill
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