Tygart Valley Dam dedication date fixed for October 5
The government has funds to finish work on the Tygart river dam south of paralleion with a formal dedication planned for Wednesday October 5. Mayor Gillispie, after a conference with U S Engineers Captain L J, said a Roosevelt attendance was possible but depends on progress and staffing. Officials expect to complete landscaping and building work by late September, with Cap Burton noting potential staffing hitches and assurances of no Taylor county problems. Continued on page two.
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Tygart River
South Paralion
Teestate Forest
Gillispie
L. J
U.S. Engineers
Roosevelt
Eee
War
Burton
Gettng
Taylor County
Large Eureka Dam Opens in Gallipolis Event
The $10,000,000 Eureka dam, largest of its kind, drew about 5,000 people for a formal opening. Speakers noted canalization of the Ohio and Kanawha rivers as a backbone of defense while river crafts plied the broad Ohio. Continued on page four.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Eureka
Kanawha
Holt
Homer A. Holt
West Virginia
Crwd
Theatre Ticket Admits Gable and MacMurray Cast at Strand
The Grafton Sentinel invites Charles Kirk of Maple Avenue to plead tonight's presentation at Strand or Cocoanut Grove featuring Clark Gable, Jon Loy, and Spencer Tracy with Fred MacMurray. Identification may be required for admission.
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Strand
Dixie
Grafton Sentinel
Charles Kirk
Maple Avenue
Clark Gable
Jon Loy
Spencer Tracy
Despondent Rosemont Miner Kills Himself With Dynamite
Pete Coco a 44 year old Rosemont miner died in his home after placing dynamite powder in his shirt and wiring an electric trigger. Neighbors rushed to help but he was beyond aid. Officials said he was despondent and had been drinking heavily, with Reppert Coal Co and local authorities investigating the apparent suicide.
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Pete Coco
Rosemont
Coco
Joe Maske
Ottiaide
Minter
Coto
Reppert Coal Company
Repent
Nusitis
Repbert Coal Company
Herbert Evans
Maske
Corp
Fred J . Strader
G. F. Randall
Paul P.warden
Meters yield heavy return in city park and business district
Grafton has installed 114 parking meters citywide with nickel and slug activity. Forty-four meters in the business section have not yet received their first nickel. Commissioner Bradford reports $90.80 from 104 meters in four days, plus two slugs and ten pennies found. Most empty meters opened Saturday are on Latrobe street.
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Grafton
Joseph B. Bradford
Nickel
A. E. Lockard
Latrobe Street
Bradford
WPA Project on West Main Near Bernhold Curve Nears Completion
The West Main street WPA project to eliminate the Bernhold curve is progressing rapidly and could finish before July 4 if weather cooperates. Workers are building a high curve on the south side and most danger from the old curve is removed.
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Bernhold
WPA
Kiwanis Ladies To Run Next Grafton Program
Kiwanis club in Grafton assigns Tuesday evening program duties to a committee led by Paul Milone with a list of participants. The event starts at 6 15 p m at Debendorfer's Cozy Rest Inn, per President HE I Headley. Members Torlock Rasmussen Kert and Mrs John F are named.
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Kiwanis
Grafton Kiwanis ‘Club
Debendorfer
Cozy Rest Inn
HE. I. Headley
Dream of Berries Lands Two in Jail in Idaho
In Desmet Idaho on June 13 Joe Vincent and Eugene Lallouse told Judge W A Weise they dreamed of a huge huckleberry crop and stole fruit jars to preserve it. The judge sentenced them to 30 days in jail for their actions.
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Desmet
Idaho
Joe Vincent
Eugene Lallouse
W. A.weise
Weise
City Appeals for Cash Now
Mayor P F Gillispie speaking for the Grafton city commission appeals to debtors to settle water paving hospital accounts or make arrangements to cover past due bills. The commissioners urge citizens to pay or arrange payment as thousands of dollars remain outstanding and drastic collection measures may be adopted if needed.
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P. F. Gillispie
Grafton
Fine Program Arranged For Flag Day Exercises
If weather holds good, one of the most successful Flag day programs in recent years will be presented at 7 o clock Tuesday evening in the Baltimore and Ohio station square under the auspices of Grafton lodge No 308 Ben volum and Protective Order of Elks. Chairman C E Wyckoff has secured Hon William G Stath ers past state commander of the American Legion as the principal speaker, and W Merle Watkins is on the program to present the history of the flags, including.
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Baltimore and Ohio Station
Grafton Lodge No. 308
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
C. E. Wyckoff
William G. Stathers
The
American Legion
W. Merle Watkins
Inchu
Czechs Seek to Placate Nazi Group in Turbulent Week
In Prague and across Czechoslovakia a major political crisis unfolds as Sudeten Germans vote in municipal elections with 90.9 percent support for Konrad Henlein’s party. Czech regions back pro government factions signaling confidence in Prime Minister Milan Hodza's cabinet amid minority questions talks with the Sudeten German party. Police clashes in Schoenberg injure five Henleinists during a victory parade. Continued coverage promised.
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Praha
Czechoslovakia
Konrad Henlein
Sutieten German Party
Maeriseh+Schoenberg
Czech
Milan Hodza
Searching Party Hunts For Four Year Old Boy
Pine River Minnesota June 13 a large search party of nearly 400 farmers and businessmen scoured swamp land near Pine River for four year old Dick Harley Ware who vanished yesterday footprints found about two miles from his father Richard Wares farm home and the rescuers hope he is alive lanterns flashlights torches aided by a full moon and swarms of mosquitoes as they press through the brush
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Pine. River
Minn
Dick Harley Ware
B. L. Shiffer
Pine River
Richard Ware
Thornton Student Joins WVU Biological Field Trip
Clayton Butcher of Thornton is among 25 WVU students on a June 9 field tour run by the biology department. Dr R D Strausbaugh heads botany and Prof L H Taylor supervises zoology as the group travels by university bus living in tents until July 20 with a schedule through Weston Richwood Watoga Franklin Berkeley Spring and Aurora.
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Clayton Butcher
Thornton
Morgantown
West Virginia University
R. D. Strausbaugh
L. H. Taylor
Franklin
Berkeley Spring
Aurora
Night Club Star Brings Down the House in New York
New York on June 13 report says night club entertainer Dottie Lavelle drew crowds with her act then a ceiling segment sagged and collapsed above her, injuring 11 people slightly while she received a black eye.
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New York
Dottie Lavelle
Dottie
Plane wreck found near Yosemite after nine killed
A gold prospector led authorities to a storm crashed TWA airliner wreck near Buena Vista Peak in Yosemite area. Eight bodies lay nearby as evidence included a visitor cap and a briefcase. On board were J Tracy Dirlam, 22, student. Mary Lou Dirlam, 18. Victor Krause, 25.
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Yosemite
Calif
TWA
Buena Vista, Peak
Yosdhilte Valley Ranger Headquarters
Sierra Nevada
Miiles
Fresno
K. O. Collier
Collier
Kansas City
California
J. Tracy Dirlam
Mansfield
Ohio
Stanford University
Mary Lou Dirlam
Victor Krause
Lincoln
Neb
Grand Jury Hears Kidnap Story in McCall Case
Miami June 13 A special grand jury meets to hear how federal agents and state officers traced the James Bailey Cash Jr. kidnapping leading to the arrest and confession of Franklin P. McCall. The five and a half year old boy was taken from Princeton on May 28 and his pajama clad body found twelve days later in a palmetto thicket near his home.
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Miami
Fla
Franklin P. McCall
James Bailey Cash, Jr
Princeton
West Virginia Elks Gather for Conclave in Huntington
West Virginia Elks hold a three day convention in Huntington with 500 delegates attending opening festivities. Joe G. Gentry chaired registration and L. T. Eddy of Fairmont was introduced as president during the first business session.
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Huntington
West Virginia Elks Association
Joe G. Gentry
L. T. Eddy
Fairmont
Over 100000 Die In U S From Accidents In 1937
Chicago dispatch reports the National Safety Council's finding that accidents killed 106000 Americans in 1937, with injuries disabling 9900000 others. The report notes a total financial impact near 3.6 billion dollars and that motor vehicle crashes caused 39500 deaths and 1.7 billion in economic losses across 22 states.
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Empire State Building
Mud and fog stall Japanese advance on Chengchow Anking
Japanese land and river forces seized Anking, capital of Anhwei, while floodwaters hindered campaigns near Chengchow and the Lunghai and Hankow rail junctions. Chinese shore batteries were largely ineffective as minesweepers ferried the main force toward the river city.
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Shanghai
Anking
Anhwei
Yangtze River
Hankow
China
Yellow River
Japan
Henan
Yangtze
Chengchow
Lunghai
Pieping-Hankow
Bahkow
Sunghal
Young Slayer Executed In Pennsylvania Prison
Wendell Forrest Bowers, 20, died in Rockview prison electric chair in Bellefonte Pa after confessing to the December murder of Wilma Carpenter 38 and assaulting her companion Mary Griffin 22. He was the first of seven condemned men slated for execution at the prison within a month.
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Bellefonte
Wendell Forrest Bowers
Pennsylvania
Rockview
Bowers
Wilma V. Carpenter
Norristown
Mary Griffin
Ex-Paden City Fire Claims Local Doctor in Home Blaze
A June 13 apartment fire in Paden City killed 5-year-old Dr. Bruce Keifer, longtime mayor and physician born in Wetzel County. Firemen value the loss at $6,000. Officials say he likely slept while smoking, the cigarette igniting an overstuffed chair. The elderly doctor served as a World War I medical corps captain and practiced in Wileyville, Jacksonburg, and New Martinsville. he is survived by his widow.
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Padden
Bruce Keifer
Ohio River
Kiefer
Insurgent Advance Presses Toward Castellon in Spain
Fascists push toward Castellon de la Plana as government forces retreat from Albocacer. Five insurgent columns under Aranda, Varela, and Garcia Valino converge on the coastal city, aid from air raids and bombardment. Franco ordered air attacks along the coast. Continued on page two.
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Hendaye
France
Castellon de la Planna
Spain
Albocacer
Castellon
Valencia
Missimo Francisco Franco
Catalonia
Central
Franco
Mediterranean
Miguel Aranda Jose Varela
Garcia Valino
James the Conqueror
Drinking Fountain Planned on Grafton Park Road
Mayor W P Gillispie announced Monday that a WPA project will build a beautiful drinking fountain on Grafton Park road. The Works Progress Administration will tap a city water line to supply pure water, with a small crew of WPA workers to construct it, taking several weeks.
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Grafton Park Road
State Road Commission
WPA
Works Progress Administration
W.P. Gillispie
County Court Opens Equalization Hearing in Taylor County
The Taylor county court under President Harvey A. Poe opened its first day as a board of equalization and review. Assessor HarryBatson’s books were scrutinized by the commissioners. The court will continue its function as a tax assessment review board.
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Taylor County Court
Harvey A. Poe
Harry Batson
Four hospital sites offered free to city council
The Grafton city commission heard four hospital site tenders offered without charge, with six total sites discussed. William Bott proposed six acres near Fletchertown, while Leo Mamberg of Cleveland offered 22 Loveland Addition lots for $6,000. Emory E. Smith listed three Loveland Addition lots for $1,500. The mayor noted the city seeks a site within WPA project needs and cautioned the city is not purchasing to buy a location.
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Grafton
Loveland
Emory E. Smith
Beech” Street
Flemington Boy Injured After Dashing Into Car
An 11-year-old Flemington boy, Andy Stanko, ran into a slow moving car at 6 45 p m Saturday and suffered head cuts and bruises. He was taken to St Marys hospital in Clarksburg. Driver Donald Hess, 22, called police to investigate. State police investigators interviewed Hess and four witnesses and cleared the driver of blame. Witnesses said the boy dashed into moving freight.
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Flemington
St. Mary's Hospital
Clarksburg
Andy Stanko
Donald Hess
Wendel
Accient. Corp
Fred L. Strader
G. P. Randall
Grafton
State Police
Hess
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U.S
Pres. Roosevelt
Mike Saponie
Chessie Tognocki
Patie
City Commission
Kiwanis Ladies
Dream of Berries
Yosemite, Cal
Valley
Spec Grand Jury
Elks
U. S
Chicago
National Safety Councils
Paden
Beverley D. Tucker
Richmond
Cleveland
Mr. Tucker
H. St. Tucker
Central Pres
Park Road
YATES
Wendel Miner
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