Mrs A Putnam Autogiro flight delays tour repair plan
Pilot J Paul Lukens flew a new Autogiro from Pitcairn in Willow Grove Pennsylvania to replace a damaged plane for Mrs Amelia Earhart Putnam. The craft was shipped south to Abilene Texas to continue the tour and keep an engagement in Oklahoma City Sunday. Repair parts and return flight plans were arranged for the damaged mill plane.
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Pakes New Autogiro
Philadelphia
J. Paul Lukens
Pitcairn Aircraft
Willow Grove
Talay
Earthart Putnnam
Abilene, Te
Miss Earhart
Oklahoma City
Lukens
Plong
Miss Mary Jackson Continues In 1932 Pastoral Council
The article notes Miss Mary Jackson and the selection of Charleston as the 1932 location though June date remains unsettled. Rev H L Johnson of Marysville is named pastoral counselor with finance committee members listed: H B Perrell Martinsburg C C Richmond Grafton J H Lukas Wheeling Dr John Thames Charleston Elizabeth Warrick Bluefield.
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Charleston
H. L. Johnson
Marysville
H. B. Perrell
Martinsburg
C. C
Richmond
Grafton
J. H. Lukas
Wheeling
John Thames
Elizabeth Warrick
Bluefield
Five Hundred Band and Club Visit Grafton Event
The free club and band from Wheel ing performed in the Grafton high school auditorium with an invocation by Rev Samuel Charles Jones of Andrew's M E church. Mayor Charles O King gave the welcome in a pageant that featured R F P Lambert's reply as state council secretary for the Junior Order. The groups travel next to Cumberland to perform. Both branches hail from Junior Order homes in Ohio that care for orphans of members and place them in lifelong work.
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Samuel Charles Jones
Andrew's M. EB. Church
Charles O. King
Grafton
R. F P. Lambert
State Council
Wheeling
Cumberland
Institutional
Ohio
Order
Local Junior Order invites 19 councils to Grafton
Officials say 1250 children are cared for at two American homes and invite 19 councils from within 50 miles including Weston Clarksburg Fairmont Philippi Tunnelton to attend the affairs tonight.
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America
Grafton
Weston
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Philippi
Tunnelton
Local Council K of C Holds Its Election
Grafton Council Knights of Columbus held an election at the East Main Street hall. Officers elected include Charles A. Litzinger grand knight and Joseph Mask deputy grand knight. Delegates to the state convention were chosen with Litzinger and Pickett as delegates. Rev. M. J. Hannon named chaplain.
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Grafton
Knights of Columbus
East Main Street
Charles A. Litzinger
Joseph Mask
Joseph P. Wright
BE. B. Sitter
S. J. Walter, Jr
John L. Herhmer
Auctioning of Nitro town postponed to July 8
Charleston June 12. Auction of a large portion of Nitro, a wartime munitions center, was postponed at the request of the federal government. The sale relates to a mortgage foreclosure involving Charleston Industrial Corporation for 950,448.75 on an 8,000,000 purchase, with about 422 dwellings, 1,000 lots and 30 factories to be sold. Assistant U S district attorney Okey Keadle noted more bidders may attend the rescheduled auction.
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Charleston
Nitro
Charleston Industrial Corporation
Nitro Stoll
Okey
Keadle
United States District Attorney
Roosevelts Mother Home Scouts Honor and Plans
Gouverneur Roosevelt era details highlight continued as Assistant Scout Master William A Manley with exam work. Scout achievements reward three months perfect attendance two blue bars scarlet three tricolor one year four gold and blue eighteen months three. Camp Brave set for July 8 as fifteen boys ready. Committee presiders include Norman F Kendall James C Holt with Dr J J Kaufman Arthur G Yates Frank Collins.
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William A. Manley
M.C. A
Norman F. Kendall
James C. Holt
Scout Committee
J. J. Kaufman
Arthur G. Yates
Frank Collins
Camp Brave
Scout Court honors Junior Assistant Scout Masters in two troops
Frank Kunst and Woodrow Squires receive stripes as Junior Assistant Scout Masters for Troop No. 4. Robert Davisson earns stripes for Troop No. 2 and will serve under committee supervision until reaching age eligibility. The notice lists fields including music craft electricity farming planning and cycling with several named individuals.
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Kunst
Kenneth Cole
Woodrow Squires
Charles Robinson
James Foy
James Callff
Frank Kunst
Robert Davisson
Heavy guard posts and cable placed at Knottsville Pike curve
Heavy steel guard posts and cable are being installed along the Knottsville Pike curve where it intersects Barrett Street. The work aims to improve safety at the intersection, with crews placing materials along the roadway to deter collisions. Local drivers should expect lane restrictions and flaggers guiding traffic during the installation.
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Knottsville Pike Curve
Knottsville Pike
Barrett ‘Street
Cable installation updates along guarded curves
The cable is to be drawn through lines of posts as done by the state road commission on guarded curves. This work follows previous efforts stringing 1900 feet of steel cable on the road in South Grafton to the City park.
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State Road Commission
South
Grafton
Radioman Refuses Pay After Harvard Rescue
Charles Hodge radioman first class of the U S Navy at Louisville declined remuneration for rescuing passengers when the steamship Harvard ran aground near Point Arguello May 80. Hollywood studios offered him sound work, passengers offered homes and cars, but he said he did his duty and would stay with the navy. Heavy seas broke the Harvard in two, sinking the bow off the coast.
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Los Angeles
Charles Hodge
U.S
Louisville
Harvard
Shoals
Point Arguello
Hodge
Hollywood Motion Picture Studios
Wbs
Navy
Faith In Dry Law Reaffirmed By WCTU Platform
Niagara Falls N Y June 12 The national executive committee of the Women's Christian Temperance Union reaffirms support for prohibition approving a platform to spread by postcards The platform opposes repeal or revision of the 18th amendment bans legalization of ice and beer and opposes state control of liquor traffic It notes that Canadian and Swedish government control did not prevent drunkenness poverty or crime
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Niagara Falls
The
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Canada
Sweden
Whispering Campaign Probe Aims at Eight Men
District Attorney Matthew Brady said eight men connected with an organization backing a whispering campaign may face grand jury-indictable charges including grand theft or obtaining money under false pretenses. He described their aim as pressuring stockholders to need protection for a 10 percent stake, citing financial difficulties of the targeted companies.
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Matthew Bridy
Brady
Elkins Man 85 Joined Phi Beta Kappa at Washington and Lee
The Hon Thomas J Arnold of Elkins West Virginia was initiated as a Phi Beta Kappa member at Washington and Lee University joining as an alumnus in recognition of his scholastic attainments. He authored a life of Stonewall Jackson and is a noted historian. He traveled from Elkins Sunday with his son and daughter in law Attorney and Mrs D H Hill Arnold. Mr Arnold is a prominent West Virginia figure and writer.
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Thomas J. Arnold
Elkins
West Vvirginia
Phi Beta Kappa
Washington and Lee University
Arnold
D. H. Hill Arnold
Start Inquiry Into Municipal Activities
New York city legislative committee opened an inquiry into every department with discretionary power over licenses and permits. The investigation covers conduct across roughly 30,000 employees, including the board of education.
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New York
Board of Education
Bronx graft ring within city construction bureau exposed
The state commission of education scrutiny revealed a graft ring in the Bronx construction bureau. Dr. George J. Ryan said clerk David Grossman was suspended after admitting he received $10,000 in gratuities for contract favors.
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While
State Commission of Education
Bronx
George J. Ryan
David Grossman
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