Family Fuss Gets Airing In Mayor Court
Anna Grow, 18, of 322 Christiana Street, faced arraignment in Mayor E Otto Waugh's court after a family quarrel. The case was held open for 30 days with a warning to the Grow family to keep the peace. Mrs George Grow, the complainant, alleged Anna threatened a sister with a butcher knife. Anna denied the charge insisting she was picked on. The mayor warned that any repeat of yesterday's trouble would bring severe punishment, likely jail, and that Anna must obey her parents while at home.
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Anna Grow
Christiana Street
E. Otto Waugh
George Grow
Anna
Courthouse Repainting Nears Completion by WPA Crew
The court house restoration, a WPA project, is nearing finish with most rooms painted and varnishing underway. County officials praise the WPA painters decorators and helpers for the fine work and attractive results across all rooms.
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WPA
Explosion of Gas Kills Patient During Johns Hopkins Operation
Baltimore June 3 Dr Winford Smith director Johns Hopkins university hospital said an explosion of gas in a patients lungs killed the patient during an operation. Benjamin Taylor 34 of Belview Md was undergoing removal of a carbuncle on his neck yesterday. The operation had been completed and an electric cautery was being used when the explosion occurred. Two nurses by the patient were burned slightly but the operating surgeon escaped injury.
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Baltimore
Winford Smith
Johns Hopkins University Hospital
Benjamin Taylor
Beliew
Condition of Injured CCC Youth Unchanged
Charles Winans CCC enrollee son of Mr and Mrs Jason Winans of near Volga remained in unchanged condition at the local hospital. He was riding on a coupe in Valley district Monday when he fell from the rear end and sustained a fractured skull. An operation was performed yesterday to relieve the concussion.
Roosevelt Eyes Streamlining Water Plans Across Regions
President Roosevelt proposed maintaining the Mississippi River Commission while restructuring other regional water projects to avoid overlap and reduce costs. He said Congress would decide on projects within annual public works budgets, with future sessions having full oversight. The plan emphasizes economy and unified planning across major river basins.
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Columbia River Basin
Mississippi River Commission
Roosevelt
Congress
National Flood Plan Aims at Coordinated Regional Projects
Roosevelt urges a unified flood control program with a permanent National Planning Board to coordinate regional water, soil, and forest conservation efforts. He calls for state and local funding shares and annual congressional review, stressing prevention across tributaries and headwaters beyond main rivers. He envisions regional authorities executing projects where best suited, with cross-department support.
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Ture
National Resources Board
Tennessee Valley
Columbia
Mississippi
Congress
National Planning Board
Roosevelt
Park Restored in Grafton Seeks Beach Revamp and Bathhouse
Chaffee praises Mayor Waugh for securing federal funds to restore the park and dam area in Grafton. Plans call for beautification, improved parking, outdoor fireplaces, a rebuilt beach with a new bathhouse, and enhanced visitor facilities to attract hundreds of dam visitors, boosting healthful recreation and local revenue.
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Chaffee
Waugh
Don R. Chaffee
Grafton
Major Chaffee
Missing Link Creatures Found in Atlas Mountains Tales
The June 6 issue of the American Weekly reports discoveries of half human beings in the Atlas Mountains near the Sahara Desert. The story appears in the Baltimore Sunday American insert, a magazine feature offering sensational folklore alongside other items.
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Atlas Mountains
Sahara
Big
Baltimore Sunday American
Actress Jean Harlow Illness Delays Motion Picture Work
Mrs. Bello reports Jean Harlow suffered a sudden illness that kept her from being moved for treatment. William Powell visits regularly, and two nurses attended Harlow as she persisted with work before the studio break.
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William Powell
Harlow
Clark Gable
Grafton Drug Promotes Liquid Carbonic Fountain
The Liquid Carbonic Corporation unveils a sleek stainless steel soda fountain praised as the last word in design. Grafton Drug and Chemical Co invites patrons to sample the sodas and sundaes, highlighting the impressive new appliance.
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Liquid Carbonic Corporation
Suit for Divorce Filed With Clerk Frank Hollis
Velma L. Butcher requests divorce from James Dwight Butcher in Taylor county circuit court. She alleges abandonment after liquor law incarcerations and failure to provide a home or support, seeking restoration of her maiden name Velma L. Lambert.
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Taylor County Circuit Court
Francis L. Warder
Velma L. Butcher
James Dwight Butcher
Charleston
Butcher
Grafton
Local police report fifty four May arrests in Grafton
Grafton police chief A. B. Loc kard reports fifty four arrests in May, slightly up from April. Of the total thirty seven were for drunkenness with several other cases including three for fighting one for indecent exposure one for tendering a drink in public five for state prosecution three for gambling one for traffic law violation two for unlawful assembly and one for loitering.
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A. B. Lockard
Welch High principal's sister dies in Texas auto crash
Relatives in Welch are notified of the death of Mrs. S. D. Lambert in a Texas automobile accident. She was the sister of G. M. Hollandsworth, principal of Welch High School, and the family awaits further details.
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Welch
Texas
S. D. Lambert
G. M. Hollandsworth
Welch High School
Enrollment at Summer Term Surges at Alderson-Broaddus College
Enrollment for the nine week summer term at Alderson-Broaddus College rose with 94 students enrolled and expectations of over 130. Edward Mays of Huntington arrives to direct the teachers training department succeeding Ralph Moore. Mrs Jessie Farrell Thompson of Belington becomes head of the music department, succeeding Rex Pyles.
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Philippi
Alderson-Broaddus College
J. A. Wooster
Edward Mays
Huntington
Ralph Moore
West Virginia University
Jessie Farrell Thompson
Belington
Rex Pyles
Princeton children head on state capitol tour
Thirty Princeton schoolchildren left for a sightseeing tour of the state capitol as guests of the Matthew Franch chapter of the D A R chosen for excellence in American and West Virginia history.
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Princeton
Princeton School
Childrens
State Capitol
Matthew Franch
West Virginia
Poultry Demonstration Planned in Barbour Co
Philippi reports Harold Hyre of West Virginia University will lead a poultry demonstration for the county farm women's bureau at the courthouse Saturday at 1 15 p m The session covers raising caring for feeding diseases keeping poultry records and plans a West Virginia tour. Building Decrease in Parkersburg May Construction slips to 44335 with May 1936 total 125652.
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Philippi
Harold Hyre
West Virginia University
County Farm Women’s Bureau
Court House
West Virginia
Road funds limit priorities for Valley projects
State funds for new construction are limited and will go to projects serving many people. County meetings this week will pick the most desirable project from each county to present at the Grafton meeting. Terrell of Clarksburg will chair the session with speakers including F. Leslie Body of Fairmont and A. L. Helmick of Thomas.
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Burr H. Simpson
Clarksburg
Grafton
Terrell
F. Leslie Body
Faimont
A. L. Helmick
Thomas
Comprehensive Self Improvement and Literature Catalog
A dense listing of self improvement books, fiction, health, social problems, and literature. Titles include How to Argue Logically, Personal Magnetism, Enoch Arden, Snowbound, Studies on Health, and works on crime and society. Names such as Kipling, Heine, Burns, London, and Moliere are featured along with numerous health and sexuality manuals.
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B. Shaw
Kipling
Heine
Burns
Hardy
Enoch Arden
Jack London
London
Moliere
Moore
Cassian
King Carol
Gifted The American Freeman catalog offers self taught guides
The catalog presents a range of pamphlets and books on subjects from golf rules to ventriloquism, gambling tricks, party throwing, and psychology. It advertises practical learning, science, philosophy, religion, and miscellaneous topics with postal order terms and bulk pricing for 20 or more copies.
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America
Clarence Darrow
U. S. Naval Academy
International Postal
U.S
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