Pals of 23 and Community Groups Gather in Pruntytown
Mrs Virgina Mason hosted Pals of 23 at her Pruntytown home with red and white decor. Guests included Beatrice Walls Nellie Wallace and Virginia Shay among others. Brotherhood and Missionary Society meetings followed with plans for Fathers Day service and foreign missions program. A Lindy Club dance party closed the evening with prizes for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Mason
Pruntytown
Beatrice Walls
Nellie Wallace
Virginia Shay
Wheeling
Beulah Grimes
Beatrice Malls
Harrist Blanet
Helen Thayer
Bettye Flesher
Lindy Club
Edna Poling
Walters Street
Louise Reed
Harry Carroll
Etta Warthen
Robert Wittman
Grand Street
Com
W. P. Cannon
Leonard Coulter
Eff Jones
Lawson Delaney
Zada Ride
Johnson Won't Reveal If Post Was Offered Him
Washington June 9 Louis A Johnson of Clarksburg West Virginia studied matters before the Federal Advisory council of the United States Employment Service while West Virginians discussed the possibility he might be offered an appointment as assistant secretary of war. Johnson, a former national commander of the American Legion, has been in Washington since the first of the week and made no comment on the discussions of his name for the high war office post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Louis A. Johnson
Clarksburg
W .Va
Federal Advisory Council of the United States Employment Service
West
Night Club Row Hearing Is Continued Once More
New York clerks report the assault case against Adela Rogers St Johns and six others from the Gay Nineties Night Club delayed again. Attorneys cited William Wright, a radio announcer badly hurt and still in Bellevue hospital, as the reason for adjournment. The court set the case for June 18. The incident followed a dispute over entry after Wright, Higgins, St Johns, and her husband were allegedly refused admittance, outside the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Adela Rogers St
Wright
Don Higgins
Miss St. Johns
Francis Patrick O'Toole
Railroads Unite Against Added Train Crew Measure
Harrisburg June 9 The Western Maryland Baltimore to Ohio and the Erie Railroad joined seven other lines in court action to restrain the Public Utility Commission from enforcing a law to increase train crew sizes. Dauphin County court scheduled hearings as the action was contended unconstitutional. The three lines argued the act would cost them $825,000 annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pi— _The_tWestern
Maryland
Baltimore
Ohio
Erie Railroad
Public Utlity Commission
Dauphin County
Ride
Slides Endanger Utah Search For Plane Crash Victims
Snow and rock avalanches threaten searchers as they hunt for victims of a Utah air crash. Hundreds of tons of thaw slippage cascaded down a mountainside near the wreckage, injuring a Conservation Corps worker and prompting heightened precautions 25 miles from the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Cour Oe
Chrilian Conservation Corps
Park View Residents Featured In Local Notices
A string of society notes lists Harold D. Fawcett visiting Park View from Utah while on leave, and families such as the Fawcetts, McPhails, and Morans hosting and traveling to Morgantown for a Virginia university law degree. Other entries report residents touring Duke University, attending West Virginia University, and summer arrangements at Grafton Park with guests from New York and Pittsburgh. Additional items note hospital visits, tonsil operations, and vacations in Charleston, Orlando, and Baltimore with locals like Mary Katsas and Mary Elizabeth Cook returning from trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park View
Harold D. Fawcett
Utah
San Pedro
California
Franz Fawcett
Frank Fawcett
Anna Clyde
Louis Seabrook
Hugh G. McPhail
Morgantown
Virginia University
Hugh Richard McPaail
Hugh G.J. McPhail
Harry Chadduck
Washington, D. C
Mary Thomas
Jean Murray
Imogene Devers
Ed. Thomas
Durham
North Carolina
Duke University
Alice Margaret Holt
West Virginia University
A. A. Holt
Walnut Stret
Grafton Park
PB. Clark
West
Will’ F
T. W. Heironima
Batson
J. C. Chisholm
New York City
Florence Ford
J. A. Burgess
Pittsburgh
Chisholm
Beatrice Dolan
Washington Street
Burgess
Edith Ford
Grafton High School
Mary Katsas
West Wilford Street
Cy Hospital
Howard Cameron
Wheeling
Cameron
Paul Warden
C. P. Mettiner
Orlando
Florida
Birth control ideas changed counseling policy shift
Atlantic City June 9. The American Medical Association adopts birth control policy seen by physicians as a medical shift. They link contraception to saving lives and family planning, noting religious objections and physician conservatism slowed acceptance until public opinion supported broader medical practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Blakeslee
Ascoc
Atrd
Atlantic City
N. J
American Medical Associaion
Weary Astronomers Leave Canton Island Expedition
A U S Navy and National Geographic team on Canton Island packed instruments to sail home with solar eclipse photos after recording yesterday's total eclipse. Led by Dr H A Mitchell of the University of Virginia, the 16 scientists collected hundreds of images during 213 seconds of totality, the longest eclipse in 12 centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
South Pacific
United States Navy
National Geographic Society
Canton Island
8. A. Mitchell
University of Virginia Observatory
Stavisky Scandal Breaks Out Anew In Paris
Paris June 9 The Stavisky scandal resurfaces with a report from Bayonne municipal auditor locating a 5 200 900 francs shortage in the accounts of Gustave Tissier former manager of the Bayonne Municipal Pawnshop The chief auditor Latapie report was presented before a Paris court pursuing recovery of the late Sacha Stavisky assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Stavisky
France
Bayonne
Gustave _ Tissier
Munsipal
Auiditor Latapie
Sacha Stavisky
Newspaper Guild Votes To Join Lewis Faction
The American Newspaper Guild meeting in St. Louis voted 1184 to 184 percent to affiliate with the CIO and to admit unorganized newspaper workers in business, circulation, advertising, and related roles. The group aimed to double its membership with full cooperation from the CIO committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Newspaper Guild
Th Cio
Skidmore Acquitted In Knapp Auto Death
ELKINS June 9 A circuit court jury acquitted H C Skidmore of involuntary manslaughter after deliberating under 30 minutes in connection with an October automobile crash that fatally injured Walter Knapp a former professional baseball player and former resident of Grafton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkins
H.C. Skidmore
Here
Walter Knapp
Grafton
Justice Sutherland Heads to Europe on Vacation
Justice George Sutherland sailed for a European vacation with Mrs Sutherland, saying he does not intend to retire. He plans to return before the court reconvenes in September, remaining one of the court's conservative members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Sutherland
Europe
New York
Supreme Court
George Sutherland
Bank Nights Ruled Lottery By Texas Court
AUSTIN June 9. The court of criminal appeals ruled that theatre bank nights were lotteries and therefore illegal, marking a decisive enforcement on a popular promotion. The ruling clarifies that such events constitute gambling under state law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Court of Criminal Appeals
Barbers Union Sets 75 Cent Haircut Price Rise
In Chicago on June 9, the Master Barbers Association announced a price increase for haircuts to 75 cents from 60. The rise accompanies a wage increase granted to barbers, taking effect next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Master Barbers’ Association
Impossible 7 Spade slam in desperate bridge duel
Morgan Howard of San Francisco faced a 7 spade contract after a overzealous partner. With seven hearts between players and limited trumps, he found a lone line: overruff East, drop remaining trumps with Ace and King, and force a miraculous grand slam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan Howard
San Francisco
West
Howard
Cour
East
More Drivers Join In Warehouse Strike Row
New York June 9 fifteen hundred more truck drivers and checkers joined a walk out in two hundred warehouses across Manhattan Brooklyn and Queens affecting the citys canned and cold storage food supply The total number of strikers reached 2 500 and Walter Holt vice president of the International Longshoremen s Association said waterfront longshoremen could still join the strike
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Queens
Walter Holt
International Longshoremen’s Association
Two Arrests Predicted In Desmond Taylor Case
Los Angeles June 9 The Examiner predicts the county grand jury will indict at least two persons for the 15-year old slaying of William Desmond Taylor noted director. A new central figure linked to the celebrated unsolved crime is named, marking a significant development in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Examiner
William Desmond Taylor
Elect Mayor New Cumberland Poor Turnout
June 9 report from New Cumberland shows Pict. W. Chambers rejected as mayor in the annual election held yesterday with only 156 votes cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Cumberland
Pict. W. Chambers
Soviet Planed Polar Flight From Moscow To San Francisco
Soviet officials announced a planned trans polar flight sponsored by the Soviet government with a Russian aviator flying from Moscow to San Francisco. Officials noted no definite takeoff date and pointed to June as favorable, aided by a North Pole scientific base near the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Moscow
San Francisco
North Pole
Textile Workers Plan Strike in Silk Mills
Washington June 9 Sidney Hillman chairman of the Textile Workers Organizing Committee said the union will probably call a strike in about two weeks in the nation’s silk manufacturing plants. He asserted that nothing but a strike will remedy long hours and low wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sidney Hillman
Textile Workers Organizing Committee
Hillmans
Youth Held After Store Breakings Across City
Police say two youths admitted breaking into eight department stores over two months leading to arrests in Huntington. The suspects confessed to multiple robberies and the case closes a spate of recent burglaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Two
Fall is Fatal at Wheeling on Stepladder
June 9 report from Wheeling states 59-year-old Wil G. Okel, a drug employee, died after a stepladder incident while he was cleaning something, the death ruled accidental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
Wil G. Okel
Birth Announcement Mary Marlin Hawker Born in Clarksburg
Mr and Mrs Marlin Hawker of Shinnston are the proud parents of a nine pound daughter Mary Marlin born this morning at St Marys hospital in Clarksburg. Mrs Hawker is the former Miss Virginia Sam daughter of Attorney and W P Samples of the city. Mr Hawker owns Hawker Hardware store in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlin Hawker
Shinnston
Mary Marlin
St. Marys Hospital
Clarksburg
Hawker
Shinnston High School
Virginia
Sam
W. P. Samples
Hawker Hardware
Round and Square Dancing at Mountain View Camp
Round and square dancing will be held at Mountain View Camp on U S 250 midway between Grafton and Fairmont Thursday evening June 10. Music by the Drifters radio stars starts at 8 30 with no final time listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Fairmont
The
Drifters
All Radio Stars
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Frank Collins
Robert F. Love
F. J. Tufyander
Dana Barker
Robert Love
Turvander
Kings Daughters
Blueville M. E
F. A. Shroyer
Baptists Men's Brotherhood
American Legion Auxiliary
P. H. C. Lodge
Loretta Brown
Beech Street
B. and
O. Neerans
V. P. W. Hall
Bingo
Jaco
Lois Lizader
Harold Waller
Harold Wailer
Iva Goff
John Waller
Johnson
Post
Pers
Onongahela System
Pacific Isle
Newspaper Guild
Lewis
Skidmore
Knapp
Barclay
Central Press
Shepard Barclay
Authority On Authorities
Wak
Larry
Desmond Taylor
Mountain View
Joe Skelley
W. Wasington St
Tygart’s Valley Chevrolet CO
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