Bi County WCTU Convention Set For August 1 In Grafton
The Bi-County WCTU convention will convene at St. Pauls Lutheran church in Grafton on Thursday August 1. Morning program begins 9 30 with free registration and devotionals led by Rev E F K Roof. Activities include greetings of welcome by Mrs Lelia Peters reports by county officers and directors and a narcotic education talk by Mrs Grace Y Elliott. A memorial service follows at 11 50 and luncheon at noon. Afternoon program starts 1 15 with devotionals led by Rev O O Mills, reports by state directors and a talk by Mrs Marle C Gall, followed by music by Paul Shahan and a talk on Win the Children by Mrs Ida C Bryan. Adjournment at 4.
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Grafton
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Washington Street
E. F. K. Roof
Lelia Peters
Grace Y. Elliott
Bertha Shafer
Mary Robinson
O. O. Mills
Marle C. Gall
Paul Shahan
Ida C. Bryan
L.T. L
Mrs J Floyd Mold Bridge Party Hosted at Floyd Home
John Paul Floyd and Mrs Shaw entertained last night on Leonard street with two bridge tables in play. Mrs Russel Mathews won the high prize and Mrs Harry Delaney took the low. Refreshments followed for a group including Mrs Mathews, Mrs Delaney, Mrs Shaw, Mrs Floyd, and several other guests.
August 4 Nicola Guthrie and Turnley reunion at Shady Grove
A reunion for Nicola Guthrie and Turnley relatives will be held August 4 at Shady Grove with friends and relatives invited to attend.
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Nicola, Guthrie and
Turnley
Shady Grove
Billy McFarland Honored On Third Birthday
Mr and Mrs Earl McFarland entertained at Country Club road for Billy McFarland s third birthday. The boy received many nice gifts from friends and relatives. Late in the afternoon refreshments were served to Mrs James Jardine and son Johnny Mrs Pearl McFarland Leanora McFarland Maurel McFarland Mrs Zoe Knight Bobby McFarland and the birthday boy.
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Country Club Road
Billy
James Jardine
Johnny
Pearl McFarland
Leanora McFarland
Maurel McFarland
Zoe Knight
Bobby McFarland
Polarized reactions greet plan for Palestine partition
Reports from Paris indicate Jewish leaders like David Ben-Gurion await the official text before commenting while Zionist and Arab spokesmen clash. Arab officials in Cairo vow to fight partition, arguing the plan forces a war like resistance to Jewish national settlement.
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Paris
Holy Land
David Ben-Gurion
Jewish Agency
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Izzat Tannous
Arab Higher Committee
Palestine
Middle East
A. Abrahamson
New Zionist Organization
United Nations Assembly
Cairo
Arab League
Yacoub Khoury
Palestine Arab Association
America
Hussein Khalidi
Arab Eecutive
Government contemplates mines restoration and union issue
The article notes plans to restore mines to private control after federal ownership disputes. Owners oppose unionization of supervisory workers. Krug favors veto citing court ruling as proper path for federal versus state offshore land ownership. Congress has supported a federal quitclaim to the lands. In Humboldt California a giant redwood trunk still supports over 20 trees after more than half a century.
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Till Krug
Congress
Humboldt County
Calif
Medical Patient Ed. and Visits in St Clair
Local resident Mrs. St Clair acts as a medical patient at Grafton City Hospital. Brother visits from Hartford Conn. Glenn William Hunt from the Country Club road spends time with his mother Mrs. Edna B. Maloney of Walters apartments. John William Pitzer enlists in the U S Marine Corps on July 24 for two years aviation duty and is assigned to Parris Island for recruit training.
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Grafton City Hospital
George Baker
Hartford, Conn
Glenn William Hunt
Country Club
Robert J. Maloney, Jr
Pitsburgh, Pa
Edna B. Maloney
Walters Apartments
John William Pitzer
Katherine Wickham
High Street
U. S. Marine Corps
Pitzer
Marine Barracks
Parris Island
South Carolina
West Virginia Senate Race Sparks Calls for Probe
Claude R Hill of Oak Hill urged an immediate inquiry into Shahan's accusations against Sweeney and the Meadows-Patteson Democratic machine. Sweeney backed Shahan's claim that power concentrated in a political combine breeds corruption, citing a slush fund supporting Kilgore and CIO ties.
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Kilgore
West Virginia
CIO
PAC
Shahan
Congressional Committee
Lynching Threats Stoked by Local Incitement
A white mob led by a tall, dignified man hunted four Black men after taking them from Loy Harrison’s farm. Harrison, held at gunpoint, described twenty armed, unmasked assailants who shouted plans of further violence and alleged Governor Bilbos and Talmadges incited the acts.
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Talmadges
Loy ‘Harrison
Malcolm
Harrison
Mob Attack Near Florida Leaves Bodies By Roadside
Eyewitness Harrison described a mob abducting Black men and women from a car and binding their arms. He fled to a store to alert the sheriff as the gunfire ended with bullet-riddled bodies found in bushes beside the road. The assailants wore brown suits and wide hats, and one leader resembled a retired businessman about 65.
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jaceTal
Harrison
New OPA Faces Key Appointments After Expiration
The White House awaits three price decontrol board appointees as OPA rules loom. The board must decide by August 21 if ceilings resume for meat dairy grains cottonseed soybeans and whether poultry eggs petroleum and tobacco stay free of control without new action.
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White House
Soviet delegate hints at expanding on disarmament talk
Gromyko continues remarks from page one noting he would seek further elaboration at a future meeting. John M. Hancock for the United States stresses the outlawing of weapons as crucial, while acknowledging broad delegate agreement and signaling interest in a fuller discussion next Wednesday with committee two.
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Gromyko
John M. Hancock
United States
Russia
Britain
France
Gloria Muddell Becomes Regular Fred Waring Vocalist
Petite Gloria Muddell is now a regular Fred Waring vocalist on WLW NBC. She previously subbed for absent girls but is now a full Pennsylvanian heard Monday to Friday at 10 am and Tuesday at 8 30 pm EST. The article also covers postwar diplomatic talks with Dr Eeleo N Van Kleffens, the Palestine partition plan, and US policy on Italian peace terms and troop withdrawals.
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Fred Waring
Wlw-Nbc
Vy Gromyko
Netherlands
Eeleo N. van Kleffens
Palestine
Truman
Witdewish
Paris
Byrnes
Opposition to PAC with labor ties called for liquidation
A speaker denounces the Political Action Committee, declaring it has no legitimate connection with organized labor and should be liquidated. The remark frames a purge of the PAC as essential to labor integrity and political purity.
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Political Action Committee
Organized Labor
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