Quota Club and family reunions brighten social scene
Society page reports Quota Club meeting at Rest Haven on Pruntytown road with a delightful picnic style chicken dinner. A large family reunion at Mrs Leila Courtney’s blueville home features Mr. and Mrs. A J Robinson of Independence as honor guests along with extended relatives. The Weekly Sewing Club held a picnic at Grafton park with games and swimming, planning next gathering at Mrs Fred McFarland’s Grand Street on Friday August 3.
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Quota Club
Rest Haven
Pruntytown Road
Rhea Fisher
A. J. Robinson
Independence
Leila Courtney
Herbe Robinson
Blueville
Sunny
Mary Watts
Kenneth Courtney
Irene and
Cetile
Myrtle Jennings
Helen
Herbert Robinson
Carl Prancs
Herbert Gray
James Frederick
Charles Courtney
Grafton Park
Fred McFarland
Grand Street
Taylor County Unit 12 American Legion Auxiliary Meeting
The Social Calendar notes that Taylor County Unit No 12 American Legion Auxiliary will hold a regular session at the Moose Home on Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock with all members urged to attend. The document also records a conference program opening at 10 am with invocations by Rev Homer E Wark of First Methodist Clarksburg and speakers including Superintendent Trent Assistant Superintendent Ray Powers and J H Hickman secretary of the State Education Association. session adjourned at 4 pm.
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Taylor County
American Legion Auxiliary
Moose Home
Sioners
Homer E. Wark
First Methodist Church
Clarksburg
Trent
Ray Powers
J. H. Hickman
State Education Association
School Board Members Attend Central West Virginia Conference
County school board members and officials from twelve central West Virginia counties, including Superintend ent Lloyd L Shriver and E G Kuhn, attended a sectional educational conference called by State Superintendent W W Trent in Clarksburg. Local attendees from Grafton included Dr Paul P Warden D L Bosley J Lee Evans Charles F Monro and Charles H Warder.
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Lloyd L. Shriver
E. G. Kuhn
W W. Trent
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Grafton
Paul P. Warden
Board of Education
D. L. Bosley J. Lee Evans
Charles F. Monro
Charles H. Warder
Personal notices from local society circle
Local residents feature visits and travel reports. Josephine Black of Baltimore is guest of Dorothy Lambert on Dewey Avenue while Mrs. C B Schofield of Parkersburg and Mrs. J N Dearhart of Rockland Ohio spend the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Trimble on Knotts Avenue. John Jaco and Margaret Jaco visit New York City. Mrs. Johnson of Clarksburg lies ill at her daughter Mrs. Jesse Trimble’s home for three weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Morrin depart for Los Angeles to settle there. Morrin known here as Iva Powell. Edward Losh, U S. Navy officer aboard the Childs boat in San Diego, visits for weeks. Robert Lemley of Stevens City is in town after his sister Mrs. J B Shroyer’s death. Mollie Newton of Parkersburg visits George Batson and Lee Bennett Jr. in the city. Klayde Spaur leaves for Fairmont to visit Mrs. H R Conaway of Peacock Lane.
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Josephine Black
Baltimore
Dorothy Lambert
Dewey Avenue
C. B. Schofield
Parkersburg
J. N. Dearhart
Rockland
Ohio
Jesse Trimble
Knotts Avenue
John Jaco
Margaret Jaco
Thayer Street
New York City
Johnson
Clarksburg
John E. Peele
Gene
Jack
Roxobel
North Carolina
Klayde Spaur
Fairmont
H. R. Conaway
Peacock Lane
African youth kills guard at Tennessee reform school
Pikeville Tennessee July 24 superintendent W M Mitchell reports a 16 year old black pupil at the state training and agricultural school for colored boys shot and killed a white guard then escaped into the surrounding hills. Eugene Benn is named as the youth who stole a pistol from a nightwatchman and shot Townsend in the corn field.
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Pikeville
Tenn
W. M. Mitchell
State Training and Agricultural Schol
Eugene Benn
Townsend
Farley Recommends Johnson for Senate in Speech
Sacramento July 24. Postmaster General James A Farley urged citizen cooperation with law enforcement to eradicate crime, praising United States Senator Hiram Johnson and expressing hope he will continue to represent the people.
Rayon Factory Suspends Operations at Hopewell
The Tubize Chatillon corporation announced it will stop manufacturing artificial silk yarn at its strike closed Hopewell plant in Hopewell Virginia. The move was communicated to the U.S. Labor Department by J E Bassill of New York, the company president.
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Hopewell
Tubize Chatillon Corporation
J. E. Bas~ Sill
New York
United States Labor Department
Dillinger Pursued by 24 Federal Agents in Cincinnati
Dr Willmoth said next Tuesday an x ray exam of his knee was planned. Twenty four federal agents and Louisville police under Capt. E J Connelly waited for Dillinger to return in Cincinnati. The bandit examined the lay of the land but did not come back.
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Willmoth
Louisville
E. J. Connelly
Cincinnati
Department of Justice
Dillinger
Dundee and Yarosz to Fight at Pittsburgh
Promoter Bus Vogel announced Teddy Yarosz versus Vince Dundee a middleweight bout at Forbes Field Pittsburgh on September 10 following a conference with William Benswanger president of the Pirates. The Pirates will be away on their eastern trip.
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Pittsburgh
Bus Vogel
Teddy Yarosz
Vince Dundee
Forbes Field
Vogel
William Benswanger
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pirates
Langer Asks Solons to Subpoena Senator Nye
William Langer, North Dakota's deposed governor, urged the special legislature meeting to subpoena Senator Gerald P. Nye for questioning on Nye's graft charges in the state. Nye had named a beer racket and a pardon racket in St. Louis remarks.
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Bismarck
N. D
William Langer
North Dakota
Ole H. Olson
Gerald P. Nye
United
Nye
St. Louis
Dillinger Failed to Keep Appointment in Louisville
Louisville report states John Dillinger visited the office of Dr A D Willmoth, a Louisville surgeon, on April 14 and then failed to keep an appointment. The note appears in the local dispatch dated July 24.
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Louisville
John Dillinger
A. D. Willmoth
Louis‘ville
Farley backs Johnson for senator in Sacramento
Postmaster General James A. Farley said citizens should cooperate with law enforcement to rid America of crime. He spoke in Sacramento on July 24, urging support for Johnson’s Senate bid and stressing unprecedented cooperation with agencies to improve public safety.
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Farley
Johnson
Sacramento
Calif
Postmajer
James A. Farley
America
Family Feud Flare Leaves Three Shot In Farm quarrel
Gallipolis Ohio July 24 Three persons wounded in shotgun exchange during a quarrel between children of two families living on a Southside West Virginia farm six miles east of here. Injured are J O Parsons 45 Martha Parsons 12 and Otton Henshaw 35. More than 1100 pellets removed but hospital says they will recover. The trouble began among the children yesterday when a thrown rock sparked the clash. Fathers then drew shotguns to settle it.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Southside
W. Va
Here
J. O. Parsons
Martha
Otton Henshaw
Henshaw
Parsons
Max Bernotat Academy Beauty Culture Ad
An ad for The Max Bernotat Academy of Beauty Culture promotes beauty training for both young women and men. It asserts beauty culture is a positive profession with no depression and mentions that all branches of the field including personal hair cutting are taught.
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The
Max Bernotat
Beauty Culture
Wets Fight Prohibition Tactics Highlighted by Dry Leader
A dry advocate urged organized opposition to liquor, arguing wets avoid prayer and church venues while promising to fight at the ballot box. He criticized press coverage of dry胜 wins, outlined a multi-state strategy led by a Borah-like figure, and appealed for funds after detailing a Flying Squadron tour through Minnesota and West Virginia.
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Tlinois
Chicago
Evanston
Oak Park
Wet Press
Worth Dakota
Minneapolis
Mssissippi
Pat Harrison
Gov Connor
Nany
Borah
Stewart
Mying Squadron
Minnesota
West Virginia
Kansas
British Flyers Delay Long Distance Flight to Baghdad
British flyers Leonard Reid and J R A Ling postpone their 6300 mile takeoff from Wasaga Beach Ontario due to sweeping winds. They aim to set a new long distance flying record. A study from the dairy bureau shows one dairy cow in three is a money loser in herd improvement associations.
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Wasaga Beach
Ont
Leonard Reid
J. R. Awling
Baghdad
Iraq
Bureau of Dairy Industry
Department of Agriculture
Second Trial of Bankers Starts in Elkins
Elkins July 24. The trial of seven Buckhannon bankers began a second time within two weeks. They face conspiracy charges involving 67 overt acts. Defendants include William Post, president of Traders National Bank closed in October 1931, his wife Annie and son.
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Elkins
Buckhannon
William Post
Traders National Bank
Annie
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Hiram Johnson
Rayon Factory
Dundee
Yaorsz
Langer
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Sen. Nye
Southwest
Raymond Hamilton
Joe Palmer
Texas State Penitentiary
Clarksburg Trust Bldg
Charles G. Corbin
Am! Band Instruments
Crafton, Banking & Trust Co
Drys
John
Sanford Beim Wet
A. G. Young
J. C. McWhorter
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Charles D. Munson
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Saeed Yee Een
Greenfield’s Shoe Store
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