Lawall Named Director of Annual Safety Day
Morgantown July 25 Charles E Lawall director of the West Virginia University School of Mines was named director of the Monongahela Valley Coal Mining Institute fifth annual Safety day Saturday More than 40 teams from Monongalia Marion and Preston counties will take part Judges will come from West Virginia Pennsylvania and Maryland Each member of the first place team will be given 25 dollars
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Morgantown
Charles E. Lawall
West Virginia University School of Mines
Monongahela Valley Coal Mining Institute
Monongalia
Marion
Preston
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Oil Driller Beats Skeptics With 200-Barrel Well At Hughes River
Harrisville July 25 J E Trainer says neighbors doubted drilling on his land after two local dry holes. He completed a 200 barrel per day well on the south fork of Hughes river. Production runs 990 barrels daily with another oil sand remaining to drill.
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Harrisville
J. E
Trainer
South Fork
Hughes River
Shower honors Clyde Henderson and bride Mildred Graham
Mr and Mrs Clyde Henderson recently married in Oak Brook Mad received a household shower Monday in the state reform school employee dining hall. Afterward guests visited at the Seranage home on the Prunty town pike and then at Cozy Rest Inn for refreshments. Attending were Howard Steele Robert Bell Esther Bell Mrs R P Bell Mrs A J Hall Pearl Gawthrop D Telers C Schwartz James Witt Mr and Mrs McQuain and son Mrs M Mason Rev and Mrs Desist and daughter Roy Daniels Lewis Jones R M Bell C M Cordray Miss E Tucker Miss E Lambert Richard Bell and others.
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Clyde Henderson
Qak- Br
State Reform School
Rs. Henderson
Otto Seranage
Pruntytown Pike
Cozy Rest Inn
Seranage
Howard Steele
Robert Bell
Esther Bell
R. P. Bell
A. J. Hall
Pearl Gawthrop
D. Telers
C. Schwartz
James Witt
McQuain
M. Mason
D. F. Desist
Roy Danels
Lewis Jones
R. M. Bell
C. M. Cordray
E. Tucker
E. Lambert
Richard Bell
Mrs. Henderson
Social Calendar Highlights Local July Events And Visits
July 25 Annette Frey Bible class at St Pauls M E church and 6:30 dinner at the Park. July 26 Joe Mallorys ten piece band at Moose Home 9 to 1. July 26 Star Sewing Club at 519 Beech street at 8 o clock. Former Grafton residents Lucy Simmons and Frank Dickey visiting Mrs C C Batson at Grafton park and brother Harry L Murray of Walnut Street. E F Clark left Tuesday for Pittsburgh. Returns from Parley Mrs Anna Hussion returns from the 59th National convention of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and Ladies Auxiliary in Baltimore July 15-20. Delegates from several states and Canada attended. The WV state officers from Wheeling were among delegates. Business sessions followed social activities. Recent Brides Fashion Club hosted Mrs Jimmy Burkett on Chrisitana Street for a miscellaneous shower. Guests included Exayah Canfield Myrtle Fortney Pallie Robinson and others.
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Nolds
Dorothy
Grafton
Lucy Simmons
Frank Dickey
Bloomington
Delaware
C. C. Batson
Grafton Park
Harry L. Murray
Walnut Street
E. F. Clark
Pittsburgh
Mary Kavanaugh
Berkeley County
Anna Hussion
West Virginia
W. Va
J Hussion
Gratton
AQ H
Fashion Club
Jimmy Burkett
ChrisUana Street
Myrtle Fortney
Pallie Robinson
Helen Philipps
Dolores Robinson
Bill Reneman
Charles
Hazel Breedlove
Local Hospital Admissions and Discharges Noted
Mrs Beatrice Edward of Thornton rout one entered City Hospital at noon for a major operation. Mrs Dorothy Tighe and Miss Marguerite Terrel were admitted or discharged for medical reasons and convalescence. Mr and Mrs G T Vance and daughter Anne returned from a ten day trip to Washington Baltimore and Atlantic City with visits to Mr and Mrs W C Rey.
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Beatrice Edward
Thornton
Route One
City Hospital
Dorothy Tighe
City
E. C. Messinger
Marguerite Terrel
Betty Lee Jamilton
Friends
Walnut Street
Parkersby
G. T. Vance
Anne
Washington
Baltimore
Atlantic
W. C. Rey
Huey Long Attacks Congress in Gin Fizz Rant
New York July 26 Huey Long delivered a blistering one man appeal comparing critics to Judas Iscariot and Benedict Arnold. He mocked five congressmen calling them traitors and suggested merging Democratic and Communist conventions to save money. He claimed a long time on the wagon and claimed this trip showed how to coagulate a gin fizz.
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New York
Huey Loni
Chet
Judas Iscariot
Benedict Arnold
Judas Icanrots
Benedict Arnolds
Long
Police Seek Rifle Number in Alterie Slaying Case
Chicago police say a solution to Louie Alterie’s murder may come from recovering the rifle number used by the killers. The serial/number was obliterated but later restored by an acid bath. Alterie was slain in an ambush about a week ago.
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Chicago
Louie
Alterie
Hold up Band Murders Man In Tap Room Raid
Philadelphia July 25 James Haley 45 died hours after being shot by three hold-up men during a tap room robbery One alleged robber was wounded six men including proprietor Nathan Zinberg 48 ordered to raise hands Zinberg robbed of 40 Haley struck at a robber A wounded intruder fled A 19 year old Michael Romano of New York was found on hospital steps with a bullet wound to the abdomen Police say Romano may be one of the intruders injured in cross fire
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Philadelphia
James Haley
Haley
Nathan Zinberg
Zinberg
Michael Romano
New York City
Louis Wilson
Romano
Practical Joker Tragedy On Perkiomen Creek
Phoenixville Pa July 25 two young men in a canoe on Perkiomen creek fell after Thomas Nolan 25 tipped the craft to throw Christopher Carr 21 in for a thrill Neither surfaced rescuers found both bodies locked together Carr had dragged Nolan under in a death grip.
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Phoenixville
Thomas Nolan
Christopher Carr
Perkiomen Creek
Carr
Nolan
Glass Attacks Eccles Over Inflation Stand in Senate
Senator Glass of Virginia criticized Governor Marriner Eccles for inflating fears and said Eccles had exceeded the group. He resumed his remarks on the bank reform compromise, denying the bill was an administration measure while attacking Eccles without naming him.
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Washington
Glass
Senate Today
Marriner
Eccles
Federal
Res
Virginian
Dayton to Honor W J Bryan on 10th Anniversary
Dayton Tenn July 25 At the spot where William Jennings Bryan fought for the Bibleton will pay tribute tomorrow to the great commoner on the tenth anniversary of his death here Bryan died at Mayor Richard Rogers home a few days after the Scopes monkey trial He acted as special prosecutor Clarence Darrow was among Scopes counsel.
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Dayton
Tenn
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Richard Rogers
John Thomas Scopes
Clarence Darrow
Scopes
Hitler labeled madman on House floor in Germany critique
Washington July 25. On the House floor Representative Dickstein Democrat New York called Adolf Hitler a madman of Germany and accused him of cold blooded murder in a blistering attack against anti religious activities in Germany. He was interrupted by rapid remarks from other lawmakers.
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Washington
Germany
Dickstein
N. Y
Adolph Hitler
Blanton Defends Nonintervention Amid German Trade Talks
Blanton argues America should mind its own business and that the state department alone may conduct foreign relations. He says Dickstein lacked authority to label Hiller a madman, even if warranted. The start of preliminary talks on reciprocal trade with Germany triggers Die Steinsch attack.
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Blanton
Tex
America
State Department
Dickstein
Hiller
Germany
Diestein
Rights Purchased in Trap Hill District Mineral Lands
Beckley sources report the Western Pocahontas corporation of Richmond Virginia bought mineral rights to 5 285 acres in the Trap Hill district from G W Jones H E B Jones and a Charleston trust company in a July 25 filing Bluefield West Virginia Col William H Thomas former mayor announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination to the house of delegates and delegate to the next Democratic regional convention
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Beckley
Western Pocahontas Corporation
Richmond
Trap Hill
H. EB. Jones
Charleston Trust Company
Bluefield
W. Va
William H. Thomas
WOUND SLAYER OF POLICEMAN NEAR GREELEY
A man sought as the slayer of Police Sergeant Lee Whitman was shot and critically wounded by a posse on a highway west of Greeley. He fired on the searchers, refused to surrender, and a head shot ended the chase. Jail records list him as Jack Printz, 47, formerly of Ozark Missouri and Pryor Oklahoma, paroled from the Colorado penitentiary last Saturday after a prior theft conviction from Pueblo County in 1933.
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Greeley
Col
Lee Whitman
Gregley
Whitman
Jack Prince
Ozark
Pryor
Oklo
Gus Anderson
Jack Printz
Colorado Penitentiary
Pueblo County
Doan's Pills Promoted for Kidney Health
A vintage health ad urges cleaning kidney poisons to prevent acid buildup and backache. It claims kidneys should pass 3 pints daily and warns clogged tubes cause bladder pain, swelling, and fatigue. Doan's Pills from Johnson & Johnson era druggist recommendation cited.
Week's Coal Production Shows Decided Increase
The national coal association estimates bituminous coal production in the United States for the week ended July 20 at about 5,600,000 net tons. The Bureau of Mines reported 4,613,000 tons for the prior week, and 5,753,000 tons for the same period last year.
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New York
National Coal Association
United States
Bureau of Mines
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