Annual church picnic at Grafton Park set for Sunday
First Christian church Sunday school plans an annual picnic at Grafton Park on Sunday afternoon likely around 2 o'clock with supper about 6. A large attendance expected. Marshmallow toast hosted by Genevieve and Juanita Wolfe at Webster with Miss Marjorie Murphy among guests. Grow reunion to be held August 4 at Grafton Park. Rebekah Lodge No. 32 to install officers at 8 o'clock tomorrow.
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First Christian Church
Grafton Park
Genevieve
Juanita Wolfe
Webster
Marjorie Murphy
Ruth Huffman
Pauline Cross
Chitra Swisher
Clara Bordyce
Lennie Huffman
Delphia Currans
Allie Wolfe
Ervin Sanders
Harold Cooper
Fairmont
Bill Reed
Dan Dotellis
Ralph Wolfe
Wheeling
James Currans
Harold Roach
Bill Shroyer
Edwin Hall
Dale Harrison, Jr
Harrison Wolfe
Grow
H. B. Grow
Social Calendar Aug 1 Calendar of Local Church Groups
Aug 1 events include Foreign Missionary society of Andrews M E with Mrs G W Burrell at 530 Maple Avenue at 8 pm Aug 1 Layman's Council of M P church 8 o'clock for business meeting Aug 1 Mother Daughter banquet Glenna Herod and Mary Moffat chapters W W G Pirst Baptist church 6 pm Aug 1 Regular meeting Ladies Auxiliary of M P B church with Mrs W F Phillips on Walnut street Aug 1 Rebekah Lodge No 32 regular meeting installation of officers
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Foreign Missionary Society of the Andrews M. E
G. W. Burrell
Maple Aavenue
M. P. Church
Glenna Herod
Mary Moffat
W. W. G. Pirst Baptist Church
M. PB
W. F. Phillips
Walnut Street
Rebekah Lodge No
Local notes and travel updates from readers
A card from Mrs. Sarah Voit reports a very good time in Jerusalem. Rev. and Mrs. A. D. Skymer of Mammoth Beach, N. J., stay with Mrs. B. F. Bailey on McGraw Avenue and Rev. Skymer will preach at Lucretia Tabernacle tonight. Mrs. John Purintan and son John Jr. of Kingwood are visiting local contacts.
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Sarah Voit
Jerusalem
A. D. Skymer
Mammoth Beach
N. J
B. F. Bailey
McGraw Avenue
Skymer
Tabernacle
Lucretia
John Purintan
John, Jr
Kingwood
Scott Lowe Picked to Write Festival Script and Music
Scott Lowe of Fairmont State Teachers College has been invited to write the script direct the Mountain State Forest Festival in Elisins. The English professor will also compose the music for this year’s festival.
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Fairmont
Scott Lowe
Fairmont State Teachers College
Elisins
Lowe
Pritchard Sends Widow Message of Condolence
Weston West Virginia July 31 17 Robert H Pritchard president of the National Editorial Association telegram to Mrs Walter Williams widow of Missouri University president Walter Williams Ninth president officers join in extending sympathy in your great loss Dean Williams was the grandest of all journalists and solved dearly by members of the craft Our profession has lost a great leader Dr Williams founded the Missouri University School of Journal-
Mrs. Ash Improves at Charleston Hospital
Hospital attendants in Charleston report Mrs. F Guy Ash wife of the adjutant general showing further improvement after an unidentified assailant struck her with an electric iron on the head. Her condition was described as improving though details of the attack remain sparse.
Scott's Scrapbook on Overprinted WWI Stamps in Occupied Germany
R J Scott notes Belgium overprints from 1918 19 labeled Allemagne and Duitschland for use in occupied German areas. About half of the world's stamps were overprinted, repurposing old stock for the new era.
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Belgium
Allemagne
Duitschland
Germany
Richmond Fifth District Fed notes June business trends
The Federal Reserve Bank for the Fifth District reports June and early July trends as conflicting but overall favorable. Employment showed little change, construction and coal mining improved while other sectors reduced demand. Coal output rose unseasonally, and building permits nearly doubled from 1934. Retail in department stores dipped from May yet beat June 1934 by 5.5 percent, with six month sales up six percent. Agriculture began well with higher acreage and good weather. Debits to individual accounts rose 12.2 percent in late June, and bank failures had their lowest June liability since April 1920.
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Federal Reserve Bank For
Fifth District
West Virginia
Sheep Killing Dog Targeted by Frew Residents
In Sistersville and Frew area residents John W. Smith and George Smith began a hunt for a dog accused of killing sheep. They report the animal attacked and maimed sheep by biting and tearing at their noses, claiming multiple flock losses.
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Sistersville
John W. Smith
George Smith
Frew
Young Woman Dies In Self Inflicted Wound
Welch West Virginia July 31 assistant county coroner Dr C F Johnston reported Mageline Taylor 20 of North Welch died from a self inflicted bullet wound He said she picked up a pistol in her car den and fired one bullet into her breast
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Welch
W. Va
C. F. Johnston
Mageline Taylor
North Welch
Insanity ruling in attack case prowled in West Virginia
Weston West Virginia July 31 a mental hygiene commission ruled B Frank Snyder insane for maiming his wife by striking her head with a mattock. The board ordered Snyder sent to a state hospital. Mrs Snyder is ree...
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Weston
W. Va
Mental Hygiene Commission
B. Frank Snyder
Dysentery Report Prompts Alarm in Italian Army
Geneva sources say dysentery has broken out among Italian troops in East Africa. Current cases total 15,000 with fears of wider impact among forces deployed overseas.
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Geneva
League of Nations
East
Africa
Machine Crashes Into Store Daytime Incident
An odd accident on Main Street at 3 pm saw a Chevrolet sedan operated by Thomas Lake Simpson roll in reverse, mount the curb, break two J C Penney glass panes valued over 100 dollars, and strike pedestrian Robert Mitter who was entering the store. Mitter suffered a knee scratch but no serious injuries.
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Main Street
Thomas Lake
Simpson
J. C. Penney
Robert Mitter
High Street
Mitter
National Steel reports six month earnings total
Pittsburgh July 31 The National Steel Corporation which operates the Weirton Steel Company and Great Lakes Steel Corporation announced net earnings of 6 558 802 30 for the first six months of the year. The earnings are 3 04 a share on 2 155 777 shares of common stock. Earnings for the first six months of 1934 were 4 235 697 or 3 04 a share.
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Pittsburgh
National Steel Corporation
Weirton Steel Company
Great Lakes Steel Corporation
Largest Mortgage Ever Placed on Co records Gallia County
Gallipolis July 31 A $25 000 000 mortgage ranked as the largest on record in Gallia county. The filing related to refinancing and improvement bonds for the Toledo and Ohio Central railway.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
New York Central Railroad Preparatory Io
Toledo and Ohio Central Railway
Clemency for Slayer Asked
Princeton West Virginia July 31 An appeal to Governor H G Kump for commutation of his death sentence is planned by Craft Belcher 26 year old slayer of pretty Myrtle Taylor 19 of Princeton Belcher and his attorney announced they will not seek a new trial adding All we hope to do is to get executive mercy Belcher refused to speak during his trial and feigned insanity because he had been advised to take that action by Tyane T Robinette under sentence of life imprisonment for killing Constable Joe H Davidson and Hensley Venable who drew two years for grand larceny Both men were his cellmates Belcher is in sentence to hang September 20
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W. Va
H. G. Kump
Craft Belcher
Miss Myrtle Taylor
Belcher
Supreme Court
Tyane
T. Robinette
Joe H. Davidson
Hensley Venable
Curfew Enforced Tonight in Hinton Says Police Chief
Police Chief B B Fox warns all children under age to be off streets by 8 30 p m in Hinton due to numerous late night disturbances by small boys.
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B. B. Fox
Youth dies of heart attack while swimming near Youngstown
Nutley Trickett aged 17 of Morgan died yesterday near Tow swimming in Yellowere Youngstown after suffering a heart attack.
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Youngstown, O
Nutley Trickett
Morgan
Yellowere Youngstown
Guffey bill heads to full committee with stripped provision
The Guffey bill creating a Little NRA for the bituminous coal industry moves to the Ways and Means Committee after a Hill subcommittee report. It removes the plan for federal purchase of $300 million in coal mines. Convicted of constitutionality doubts, the measure gains support from United Mine Workers and some operators while others warn of a $1.55 per ton coal price increase.
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Guffey
Full Ways and Means
House
Samuel B. Hill
Wash
Hill
Intenor
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers
Earthquake Shakes Tokyo Striking Nearby Prefectures
An earthquake rattled Tokyo and eight surrounding prefectures today. Clocks stopped, people rushed outside as walls cracked, but damage was reported as very small.
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Tokyo
Star Denies Wrecker Charge Against Mary Boland
Los Angeles July 31 Mary Boland the veteran comedienne faced a $150000 alienation of affections suit filed by Elizabeth Ross Kummer wife of Boland's nephew's husband George Bernard Kummer. Boland denied the charge saying she caused no rift between them.
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Los Angeles
Mary Boland
Comedienne
Elizabeth Ross Kummer
Miss Boland
George Bernard Kummer
three American books banned in Japan by home office
Tokyo July 31 The home office banned sales of three American books as detrimental to public peace The titles cited are Japan in Cris by Harry Emerson Wildes Challenge Behind the Face of Jo an by Upton Chase and The Far Eastern Front by Edgar Shaw The move targets foreign literature amid peace concerns.
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Tokyo
Home Office
Japan
Harry Emerson Wildes
Joan
Upton Chase
Edgar Shaw
Daily Cross Word Puzzle Across and Down Clues Messy Entry
A jumbled crossword puzzle list with across and down clues garbled by OCR. Entries mix numbers letters and stray symbols, making it hard to extract coherent clues or answers.
Adjournment Possibility Mentioned For Congress
Senator Robinson and President Roosevelt discussed a potential adjournment by August 20. He cautioned no prediction but noted several conference bills including the Gulley coal bill tax bill and the gold suit bill need final adjustment before any break. This marks Robinson first hint at a possible adjournment date.
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Congress
Robinson
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Huntington barbers organize fair trade code for haircuts
In Huntington on July 31 twenty five barber shop owners formed the Little NRA honor roll for fair competition and adopted the old NRA code they fixed the price of hair cuts at 50 cents. The barbers noted that after NRA codes ended several shops had been cutting prices.
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Huntington
Harahan seeks broader rail director roles
W J Cahan newly elected president of Chesapeake and Ohio Pere Marquette and Nickel Plate asks the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to serve also as director of the Nickel Plate and the Pere Marquette. Herbert Fitzpatrick asks to be vice president of the Nickel Plate. Matthew S Sloan, KC Terminal director, authorized by the commission to serve as a director of the Missouri Kansas Texas.
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Washington
W. J. Cahan
Chesapeake and Ohio
Pere Marquette
Nickel Plate
J. J. Bennet
Interstate Commerce Commission
Herbert Fitzpatrick
van Sweringen
Matthew S. Sloan
Missouri, Kansas and
Jews warned to keep out of Berlin
Berlin authorities issue a directive urging Jews to avoid the city. The press notes an influx of Jewish strangers as undesirable and says future needy Jews and their families will receive only minimal health care and be expelled. Non Aryans warned to refrain from coming to Berlin. It cites 1933 Jewish population figures in Berlin and other cities.
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Berlin
Reich
Frankfort-on-Main
Breslau
Hamburg
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