Stemple Out as Sexton in Grafton Bar Slaying Fallout
Mayor P F Gillispie declares ex cemetery sexton John Stemple must leave Bluemont residence and will not be reinstated, planning dispossess order and legal move to oust him before Justice of the Peace A B Knabenshue. Mrs Stemple pressed commission for reinstatement as city hall dispute prompts finality claim. Meanwhile Miami reports a kidnapping case involving James Bailey Cash Jr found dead, FBI ties to Franklin Pierce McCall, and grand jury planned.
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John Stemple
Sexton
Bluemont Cemetery
P. F. Gillispie
Grafton
Stemple
Gillispie
Justice of the Peace
A. B. Knabenshue
Djacent
Bluemont
Beare
Harley Haller
Miami
Fla
James Bailey Cash, Jr
Princeton
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Franklin Pierce McCall
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Furth
George A. Worley
Audit Study Underway In Grafton Budget Effort
City commission and Taylor County Board of Trade pursue the city’s financial outlook to identify funding for key projects, including a new municipal hospital. A special committee reviews Charleston’s audit in detail to determine potential revenue sources for Grafton’s immediate needs.
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City Commission
Taylor County Board of Trade
Grafton
Charleston
A. Leuthardt
Jed W. Robinson
R. M. Parrish
P. F. Gillispie
Harley C. Haller
Theatre Ticket Present This Clipping for Ad Mission
The Grafton Sentinel invites Elmer Carrico of 115 Grand Street to attend tonight’s screenings at the Strand or Dixie. Identification may be required. Showings include “He Couldn’t Say No” with Frank McHugh and Jane Wyman and “Arsene Lupin Returns” with Reb Russell.
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Strand
Dixie
The
Grafton Sentinel
Elmer Carrico
Grand Street
Frank McHugh
Jane Wyman
Arsene Lupin
Reb Russell
Union Sunday School Convention Opens At Webster
The Union Baptist association holds its annual Sunday school convention next Thursday June 16 at the First Baptist church of Webster. Sessions run morning to evening with addresses by Rev. James E. Fidler and Rev. Gordon L. Withers and music by Rev. and Mrs. J. Marion Smith. Miss Erna Weiss leads worship and Miss Mildred Bartlett performs. Dorothy Deane Proudfoot and other officers report in the afternoon.
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The
Union Baptist Association
First Baptist Church of
Webster
H. M. Queen
M. B. Stump
Erna Weiss
James E. Fidler
Grafton
Christian Education
Gordon L. Withers
Vine
Stump
Mildred New
Woodrow Hedrick
Jesse Riley
Lorena Riley
Rev. C. A. Dnger
Joe Dryfield
Clarice Randolph
E. F. van Glider
Bartlett
Mildred Bartlett
Erna Wells
C. B. Cochran
Dorothy Deane Proudfoot
Mike Taeame
WPA Playground Attendance Across Taylor County Grows
About 750 children have attended WPA directed county playgrounds daily this week under J Bernard Dryfield county supervisor of WPA Recreation. Ten playgrounds opened including Grafton Athletic Field Central School East End Colored Pruntytown Blueville Webster Flemington Central College Hill Rosemont Astor with fourteen WPA Recreation leaders nine NYA assistants and ten volunteer leaders supervised. Continued on page two.
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J. Bernard Dryfield
WPA Recreation
Taylor County
Grafton
Central School
East End
Pruntytown
Blueville
Webster
Flemington Central
College Hill
Rosemont
Astor
WPA
NYA
Biddle Named Counsel of TVA Investigating Group
Francis Biddle of Philadelphia was chosen chief counsel for the congressional TVA investigating committee. The panel plans to complete its staff of engineers and auditors and send them to Knoxville for July hearings. Biddle, 52, former National Labor Relations Board chair, is from a prominent lineage including the first national attorney general.
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Washington
Congressional Committee
TVA
Francis Biddle
Philadelphia
Donahey
Ohio
Knoxville
Tenn
Biddle
National Labor Relations Board
National
Gardner Finds Three Gold Coins While Gardening
Uniontown Pa June 9 three twenty dollar gold coins were unearthed by Samuel Camilli while planting tomatoes. Locals recall a house fire thirty years ago on the site where eight thousand dollars in gold and paper money were lost.
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Uniontown
Samuel Camilli
Delinquents Face Action Over Water Bills Downtown
Graf ton officials announce strict action against water rent delinquents in the city. Mayor Gillispie says downtown tenants will be cut off if payments are not made, starting with a business building where four tenants are in arrears. The plan extends to residential areas after downtown cleanup.
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P. F. Gillisple
Water Department
Gillispie
Grafton
City deploys 105 new parking meters
City officers announce 105 parking meters are now operating with ten more to be in use Friday morning. Police Chief A. E. Lockard says vandals on Latrobe Street broke a meter glass overnight and warns of stiff penalties for tampering. Installation work on West Main Street properties nears completion.
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A. E. Lockard
Latrobe Street
Sounteg
West Main Street
Im Be
Grasshopper Plague Hits West States
Grasshoppers by the billion threaten farms and grazing lands as National Guard detachments move into infested areas across northeastern New Mexico and the Texas panhandle. Colorado Oklahoma Montana Wyoming mobilize resources to fight the pest amid vast infestations, with insect armies reported in Union county and northern Colfax county New Mexico.
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Springer
Southwest
Rocky Mountain
National Guard
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle
Colorado
Oklahoma
Montana
Wyoming
Idaho
Union County
Colfax County
U S Conciliator Presses End to Eight Day Driver Strike
Pittsburgh June 9 U S conciliator John A Moffitt said he hoped to settle today an eight day strike by 1400 AFL drivers from 35 major bakeries over closed shop seniority rights and union label use on wrapped products. Wage issues were not involved and negotiations collapsed last night with little chance of resumption soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
John A. Moffitt
U. S. Department of Labor
AFL
AFL Teamsters’ Union
Former Officer Indicted By Harrison Grand Jury
Clarksburg June 9 Aubrey Howe 23 year old former city policeman admitted planning to kill nine fellow officers and city officials. He was indicted by the Harrison county grand jury on felonious assault and grand larceny charges for stealing a rifle and a pistol from the police armory and for shooting Blair Bartlett a policeman who is hospitalized. James S Brown of Grafton was indicted on a forgery charge for faking a bogus relief check on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and arrested in Huntington.
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Clarksburg
Aubrey Howe
Philip Clifford
Harrison County
Grand Jury
Bills
Howe
Blair Bartlett
James S. Brown
Grafton
Relief Department
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Huntington
Elks to Host Flag Day Services at Station Square
Thousands of Grafton and Taylor county residents are expected to attend the Flag Day exercises in Baltimore and Ohio Station Square next Tuesday at 7 PM. Hon. William G. Stathers of Clarksburg, former state commander of the American Legion, will deliver the principal address.
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Grafton
Taylor County
Baltimore and Ohio Station
William G. Stathers
Clarksburg
American Legion
Just Price for Coal Is Held Commission's Goal
Chicago June 9 Pleas e Greenlee of the National Bituminous Coal commission said one goal is a just price for coal for all buyers. In an address to the American Retail Coal association convention he stated that both large corporations and small households paying a fair price are sought.
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Commission
Chicago
Greenlee
National Bituminous Coal Commission
American Retail Coal Association
Huntington Man Killed As Truck Overturns In Virginia
Clif ford Thompson 23 of Huntington died when the automobile carrier truck overturned near Wytheville Virginia. Francis Heller 26, also of Huntington, was seriously injured and taken to a local hospital. State Patrolman W A Roberts said Thompson drove the truck.
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Bluefield
Clifford Thompson
Huntington
Francis Heller
Wytheville
Heller
Virginia State
W. A. Roberts
Thompson
Conferees Seek Funds For WPA Help Plan
Washington reports conferees from the senate and house debated the total needed for the administration program to aid business through spending and lending. The house approved a measure, while Roosevelt asked Congress to keep an extra 175 million for WPA. The unemployment outlook remained unchanged as of the president's latest note to Speaker Bankhead.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Bankhead
Salvation Army Opens Grafton Drive Monday for Funds
The Salvation Army of Grafton starts its annual fundraising campaign next Monday through Saturday. Captain Charles C. Robery announced that Dallas D. Wolfe will chair the drive, with offices at First National Bank to accept reports, pledges, and donations. Charles W. Steel serves as treasurer for the home service fund. The appeal includes a recap of last year’s work in Grafton and Taylor County.
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Dallas B. Wolfe
Grafton
House of Delegates
Taylor County
Salvation Army
First National Bank
Salvation Army of Grafton
Charles C. Robery
Dallas D. Wolfe
Army Advisory Board
Wolfe
First National
Charles W. Steel
Home Service Fund
Robey
Accused of Ten Year Old Murder Man Returns to Beaver
In Beaver Pennsylvania thirty eight year old M Zavarelli returned to face a hearing on a murder charge tied to the 10 year old killing of Dominick Scovonia in Ambridge. County Detective Charles J. O Laughlin and Patrolman Borman Follius arrested Zavarelli as he neared his Harding West Virginia home. Mrs Scovonia widow of the slain man and her three children were present. Scovonia was shot in a quarrel over his wife. Scovonia's nephew Garl Spedino, 25, was wounded.
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Beaver
M. Zavarelli
Pennsylvania
Ambridge
Dominick Tcovonia
Charles J. O'Laughlin
Borman Follius
Zavarelli
Harding
Elkins
W. Va
Mary Scovonia
Icovonia
Garl Spedino
Petition in Bankruptcy Filed By G L Jolliffe
Notice served on Sheriff Herbert Evans by Francis L Warder shows George L Jolliffe filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in U S district court at Elkins halting the sheriff sale of merchandise planned for 10 a m Friday The petition was being prepared in the afternoon with assets and liabilities schedule ready for filing in Elkins
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Herbert Evans
Francis L. Warder
George L. Jolliffe
U. S. District Court
Elkins
Jolliffe
Fourteen Earn All Averages At Grafton High
Fourteen students at Grafton High School earned perfect averages for the last semester. Kathleen Lake and Kenneth Shaw are seniors with A averages, followed by Mary Elizabeth Clark Kenneth Knox Sylvia Mason Richard McProury Frances Proudfoot as juniors, Lynette Baker Mildred Gall Joan Reger as sophomores, and Robert Cassell Dorothy Moore Paul Sinsel Betty Turvander as freshmen. Remaining honor roll members achieved B averages.
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Grafton High School
Torlock Rasmussen
Kathleen Lake
Kenneth Shaw
Mary Elizabeth Clark
Kenneth Knox
Sylvia Mason
Richard McProury
Frances Proudfoot
Lynette Baker
Mildred Gall
Joan Reger
Robert Cassell
Dorothy Moore
Paul Sinsel
Betty Turvander
Ten Year Prison Term For Confessed Robber in Wellsburg
In Brooke County Circuit Court James Holloway pleaded guilty to armed robbery and received a 10 year sentence from Judge J. P. O'Brien. He admitted stealing 124.75 dollars from Ruth Lewis, cashier at the Fol lowsbee office of Monongahela West Penn Public Service. Herbert Schmidt also pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and drew 10 years on one indictment and a year and a day on another count.
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Wellsburg
James Holloway
Brooke County
West Virginia
J.P. O'Brien
Holloway
Ruth Lewis
Follawsbee
Actors' Union Treasurer Held For Embezzlement
William Fraser 32 of Hartford Conn was jailed in Wheeling on charges of embezzling funds raised by the American Federation of Actors from Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus members. Executive secretary Ralph Whitehead endorsed the charge and prosecutors plan to return Fraser to New York for Shae.
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Wheeling
William Fraser
Hartford
Conn
American Federation of Actors
Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey
H. J. Voellinger
Ralph Whitehead
Union
Fraser
New York
Shae
Hotel Bee Washington Facing Union Plaza Capta
Room and bath priced at 240 dollars, with modern amenities. City area hotel listing notes proximity to Union Plaza and Bee Washington property.
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Bee Jashington
D. W
Union Billion
Viscose Plant Delays Resume Amid Walkout
Parkersburg June 9 Officials say the big American Viscose plant will not reopen until there is assurance of no further stoppage after last Sunday's walkout by 150 to 200 spinners. About 3,500 workers remain idle as reprimands trigger the labor dispute.
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Parkersburg
Board of Rez
Correction: Pillow Cases Price Listed by J C Penney
In yesterday’s Sentinel, Nationwide Pillow Cases were incorrectly shown. The correct price is 18 cents each for all pillow cases advertised by the J C Penney Company.
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J.C. Penney Company
Sentinel
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Hoover
D. C. Coleman
McCall
Eally
Lumera
Cash
Sheriff Coleman
Downa
Dryfield
Gardner
West States
U.S
Harrison Grand Jury
ELKS
State Legion
Virginia
ARMY
Dallas Wolfe
Home Service Appeal
G. L. Jolliffe
Grafton“High
Actors’ Union
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