Local Society News Plans and Reunions in Mountain City
Society editor notes a regular meeting of Mountain City Council No 49 Daughters of America at Wehn hall with many attendees. A supper is planned for August 7 with Junior Order and Daughters invited. Numerous social events follow including linen shower for Mrs John K Harter and several family reunions at Reservoir Park Fairmont Harmony Grove and Johnstown with programs and basket dinners planned.
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Mountain City Council No
Daughters of America
Wehn
Order
Henry G. Harter
West Francis Street
John K. Harter
Detroit
Rosaline Reed
Harter
Margaret Tene Foley
Barbara Lopez
Cleole Canfield
Exavah Canfield
Margaret Clark
Catherine Hamilton
Marion Fortney
A. Brown Nile Harter
Henry Harter
John Harter
Tonight’s meeting of One Big Union at Brinkman’s Hall
The Republic will meet tonight at Mrs. R L Campbell’s home on Dewey Avenue with a planned program and dinner. H M Queen of dear Webster serves as association president.
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Brinkman’s Hall
of the Republic
R. L. Campbell
Dewey Avenue
H. M. Queen of
Dear Webster
Personal notices from Grafton and nearby towns
A compilation of local social notes lists visits and greetings among residents. A. B. Clayden and Mrs. Clayden of New York are at the Gratton park summer cottage with the Holz family. Naomi Miller visits cousin Audrey McCartney in Beech Street, while Mrs Myrtle Kyte heads to Washington, Pennsylvania for a few days with friends. Various locals, including Lions speaker Howard H Holt, Harold Cole and family, and former mayor Thomas H Cather, are noted visitors or hosts in Grafton and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Clayden
New York City
Howard H. Holt
Gratton Park
Naomi Miller
Clarksburg
Audrey McCartney
Beech Street
Myrtle Kyte
Heinze Dry Cleaning
Washington, Pa
J. P. Welling
Joan Lee
Akron
Ohio
Harold T. Cole
Grand Street
Welling
Pansy Rose
the Sentinel
Lions Club
Fairmont Hotel
Harold Haller
Philippi
Harold Cole
W. M. Brown
Route 3
Grafton
Henry Cather
San Antonio
Rex
Thomas H. Cather
George
Sandy” Bowers
Sentinel
E. O. Waugh
Dorestelle
Chicago
Niagara Falls
Canada
Fred Pitzer
Elkins
Pitzer
Maude Palmer
Michigan
Hornsby sued for divorce by wife in Clayton
Mary Jeanette Hornsby sued Rogers Hornsby, manager of the St. Louis Browns, at Clayton claiming indignities. She alleges he has an ungovernable temper and is jealous, criticizing, nagging, fretting, and checking her.
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St. Louis
Rogers Hornsby
St. Louis Browns
Clayton
Mary Jeanette Hornsby
Hornsby
Pottery Union Workers Call 25 Percent Wage Hike
Wheeling July 27 The National Brotherhood of Operative Potters representing about 10 000 workers across Ohio West Virginia Pennsylvania and nearby states demanded a general 25 percent wage increase after the current scale expires in October The Knighthood of Dannebrog a Danish decoration dating to 1219 is awarded by royal decree for meritorious service to Denmark.
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Wheeling
National Brotherhood of Operative Potters
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Dannebrog
Denmark
Welfare Board Hires New Aide as Kramer Transfer Stays Open
Taylor County Welfare Board delayed naming a successor to Howard Kramer of Grafton, now transferred to group six in northern West Virginia. Simon Friedmond announced a committee will recommend a replacement after its report. A new five resident case committee was also selected to comply with federal rules on office eligibility.
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Howard Kramer
Grafton
Friedman
Taylor County
C. F. Shaffer
J.C. Holt
Taylor County Welfare Board
Non-Affiliated Union Plans to Call Strike
The steel and metal workers industrial union announced plans for a national convention in Pittsburgh on August 3. It will consider calling a strike of steel industry workers, stressing it is not affiliated with the American Federation of Labor.
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Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union
Pittsburgh
American Federation of Labor
Kohler Strikers Routed by U S Marshals
In Kohler Wisconsin seventy five special deputy marshals dispersed picket lines at Kohler Manufacturing during a current strike and cleared the strikers from their field headquarters in a decisive police action on July 27.
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Kohler, Wis
U. S
Kohler
Wis
Ther
Kohler Manufacturing Company
Reno Gamblers Will be Retried in U.S. Court
New York July 27. Date for retrial of James C. McKay and William J. Graham Reno Nevada gamblers on mail fraud charges will be announced next week after the matter is taken up by U. S. Attorney Martin Conboy. The jury was unable to agree in yesterday's trial.
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New York
James C. McKay
William J. Graham
Reno
Nev
U. S
Martin Conboy
First Group of Marines Leave Haiti for States
Port at Prince Haiti July 27 The United States marines began leaving the island today with a detachment sailing for Hampton Roads Virginia aboard the United States ship Bridge a navy transport.
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Haiti
States
Port-at-Prince
United States Marines
Hampton Roads
United States Ship Bridge
Car Loadings Rise in Latest Rail Freight Report
The American Railway Association announced that revenue freight loadings for the week ending July 21 totaled 614,865 cars, up 12,086 from the prior week but 41,516 fewer than the same week last month.
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Washington
American Railway Association
Hold Doctor Who Fixed John Dillinger's Face
Chicago July 27 federal agents held John Dillinger's last sweetheart Polly Hamilton Keele and a plastic surgeon in a face lifting effort to hide the gang chieftain's identity. Samuel P. Cowley said he did not deny their involvement and would not comment further.
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Chicago
John Dillinger
Polly Hamilton Keele
Samuel P. Cowley
Department of Justice
Anna Sage
Dillinger
Iain
Stock Prices Stage Comeback in Market
Financial markets opened amid yesterday’s war scare with securities showing sharp declines a year. In early trading stocks rapidly recovered with many issues up one to three points from the prior close. Wheat and cotton moved higher too with corn advancing nearly two cents a bushel and cotton gaining about one dollar per bale at times.
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New York
West Virginians Urge WMMN License Renewal
More than twenty West Virginians urged the Federal Communications Commission to renew the license of station WMMN at Fairmont West Virginia. They cited the station's wavelength and power as vital to regional service and opposed competing claims from WWFW Pittsburgh arguing better facilities and programs.
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Washington
West
Film Actress Attacked by Discharged Employee
Hollywood police report that Lawrence Thomas, 25, a discharged houseboy, severely beat Irene Franklin, a musical comedy actress, and her husband Jerry Jarnegin, a composer. Thomas hurled a telephone at Miss Franklin and is held for questioning.
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Hollywood
Lawrence Thomas
Irene Franklin
Jerry Jarnegin
Jarnegin
Thomas
Miss Franklin
Morgantown Tennis Ace Reaches WV Open Final
Frances Grimes of Morgantown defeated Sara Moore of Washington 6 4 6 4 to advance to the finals of the West Virginia state open women's championship at White Sulphur Springs. Her opponent will be decided later this afternoon.
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White Sulphur Springs
Frances Grimes
Morgantown
Sara Moore
Washington
Five Barbour co schools to close and reorganize
Barbour County boards approve five new teacher appointments and close five schools, consolidating Flatwoods and Woods into Ward, Hacker and Boyles into Philippi, and lower Brushy Fork closed. New principals and teachers named for Shawkey Center Hill Lough and Dartmoor schools. Also notes hospital update for Waldo ONeal and county fair planning details.
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Barbour CO
Philippi
Belington
Kasson
Cove
Flatwoods
Woods
Ward
Hacker
Boyles
Lower Brushy Fork
Orpha Lemmons
Shawkey
Ethel Stemple
Center Hill
Charles Kinney
Lough School
Warren Phillips
Dartmoor School
Christine Cox
Dartmoor
Postmaster at Bluefield Falls to Civil Service Review
The Civil Service Commission received 14 applications for the Bluefield West Virginia postmaster position. Among nominees is Stella M. Bivens who served as acting postmaster on Representative Kee’s recommendation. other filers include Claude G. …
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Washington, D. C
Civil Service Commission
Bluefield
W. Va
Stella M. Bivens
Kee
DW. Va
Hus
Claude G
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