Annual Recital by Morgan Studio of Dancing at High School
Local students from the Morgan Studio of Dancing perform in a recital at the High School Auditorium on Thursday June 16 directed by Mrs Bren. The program includes Waite Ballet novelty numbers and various dance styles with admission at the door.
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NNUAL
Morgan Studio
Public Welfare Department
Women’s Club
Bren
Waite Ballet
Fairmont
Eni
Techal
Social calendar events for veterans auxiliaries and clubs
June 13 B and O Veterans and Clara Fawyer Auxiliary meet at 7 30 p m in V F W hall. June 14 Regular American Legion Auxiliary meeting with Mrs Charles Turner at 337 West Washington. June 14 Fisher class M P church meets in church basement at 8 p m. June 15 Cooperative Traffic Program dinner dance at Cozy Rest by Women’s Division of C T P. June 15 Pocahontas degree meeting at 2 30 p m in Redmen's hall. June 16 D A R luncheon at Cozy Rest honoring state regent Mrs David French Bluefield. June 17 Missionary society and Ladies Aid at Mrs Blanche Byers and Mrs Margaret Watkins Blueville 6 p m.
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B. and O. Veterans
Clara Fawyer
V. F. W. Hall
American Legion Auxiliary
Charles Turner
West
Washington Street
Fisher
M. P
Fisher Friends
B, and O. Railroad Company
Cozy Rest
Redmen’s Hall
Daughters of the American Revolution
David French
Bluefield
The
Missionary Society
Aid Society of
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Blanche Byers
Margaret Watkins
Blueville
Stated social visits and university student plans
Mrs W N Henderson and guests attended the races at Downs Saturday. Several locals hosted guests including Mrs Nettie and Jim, Mrs R P Lane and Richard from Prunty, and Pauline Stout of Bridgeport with M M Ruffo of Jo. Mildred Summers left for Duke University term enrollment.
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W. N. Henderson
Karl Wince
J. Ef
Downs
Jé ‘W. Kramer
Blue
Charleston
Nettie
Jim. Téhdent
R. P. Alane
Gon Richard
Prunty- Hem
Mojor
Lex
Pauline Stout
Bridgeport
M. M. Ruffo
J. Weville
Mildred ‘Summers
Love Hvanue
Duke
Duke University
Farley Bowman
Birth of first child for Myers in Rowlesburg
Mr and Mrs Luther Myers of Rowlesburg welcomed an 8 pound 7 ounce daughter at City hospital on Monday. The couple’s happiness is shared as they announce the birth. City and state officials note Dr O L Cook, exalted ruler of Grafton lodge 308 Elks, is at a state convention in Huntington this week. Ville Has has joined her husband in Charleston to plan their future home.
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Luther Myers
Rowlesburg
City Hospital
Webster Ladies Aid Society Meeting Report
The Webster Methodist Ladies Aid Society held its monthly gathering at Mrs. Cora Wolfe’s home with president Edna Felton in charge. The program included a hymn, scripture, minutes, a song, readings by Lulu Reynolds and others, and refreshments for numerous members.
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Lulu Reynolds
Juanita Getz
Delpha Currans
Mary Virginia Felton
Margaret Felton
Delpha Curraps
Edny Felton
Pearl Felton
Clara Louise Felton
Viola Godwin
Verlin Moats
Minnie Nestor
Thelma Cooper
Betty McNemar
Ethel Preston
Genevieve Preston
Barclay on Bridge Ironies in a Rare Hand
Barclay explains a rare bridge hand where a side suit misleads, noting that the word never practically appears in play. He analyzes a line that would tilt the balance when four cards of a major suit align unexpectedly.
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Aiiner
Bridge problem sees response change with Souths 3NT bid
In a duplicate tour, dealer South opens 1 diamond, West doubles, North-South vulnerable. South later bids 3NT after North shows strength, with the lead club 87. The puzzle asks for Souths best play and analyzes responder's three major suits and supporting cards.
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North
South
Personal Notices from Grafton Region July Meeting
A list of residents including Morden Gibson Alice Gibson Gladys Taylor Lotta Getz Mac Getz and others notes the next meeting will be July 13 at Lotta Getz home. Several items report Miss Tila Gibson visiting relatives, Clara Fordyce returning from Fairmont State Teachers college, Dr Charles Smith visiting Edna Wince, and other local visits among Grafton residents.
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Morden Gibson
Alice Jane Gibson
Gladys Taylor
Lotta Getz
Mac Getz
Juanita Getz
Mildred McWilliams
Mary Susan McWilams
Bertha Wolfe
Eileen Wolfe
Cora Wolfe
Stella Wolfe
Mabel Probst
Jeanline Probst
Ralph Gibson
Howard Wolfe
Arthur Wolfe
Lafe Wolfe
Paul Wolfe
Herbert Sinsel
Tracy Felton
Bessie Felton and Sons
Tila Gibson
Charleston
E. 5. Gibson
Shelby Road
Clara Fordyce
Fairmont State Teachers College
Charles Smith
Grafton
Edna Wince
J. Willis
Lila Smith
Long Run
Jeff Janes
Geraldine Gibson
Louie Lake
Oil wealthy man Edwin Stahl slain in Oklahoma City
Edwin Stahl, a prominent oil operator and Cedar Rapids native, was found shot to death at his Oklahoma City home. Acting Coroner Traub ruled death a gun shot wound related to personal safety. His daughter Frances planned to wed William Chester Tippitt Jr. and another daughter Gayle awaited homecoming from Washington and Lee University. Surviving children include Ruth, Mary Alice, and two others.
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Oklahoma City
Edwin Stahl
Carl Traub
Stahl
Gayle
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Ruth
University of Oklahoma
Mary’ Alice
Cedar Rapids
City Council Picks Five Nominees for Charter Board
June 13 the Wheeling city council selected five candidates for the charter board under the municipal home rule law. Official nominations set for June 14 and the names will be placed on the ballot for a special election.
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Wheeling
Charter Board
Defense Seeks Verdict in Harlan Labor Case
Government attorneys plan to prove that 20 coal companies and 44 individuals conspired under the Wagner Act to deprive miners of organizing rights, establishing the interstate commerce link. The defense will then move for a directed verdict. A miners rally in Harlan drew attention amid tensions over the trial.
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London
Harlan
Harlan County
National Labor Relation's
Father Accused of Selling Daughter on Trial
The trial of Joe Kovach of Martins Ferry Ohio opened in United States district court in Elkins on a charge under the white slave act. The government seeks to prove Kovach transported his 14 year old daughter to Wheeling West Virginia for commercial immoral purposes. The daughter testified she believed she would work as an entertainer, used an assumed name, claimed Pittsburgh as her origin, and stayed in a Wheeling house for under a week.
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Elkins
Joe Kovach
Martins Ferry
Ohio
United States District Court
Bartz Craddock
Kovach
Wheeling
W. Va
Pittsburgh
Despondent Man Threatened Suicide Before Incident
A man from Pre reportedly threatened to blow himself up saying he would kill himself. Authorities, not taking the remarks seriously at first, arranged for transport of the body to McGrumphy Funeral Home in Flemington after Coroner Warden could view the shattered remains.
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Conunuag
Pre
McGrumphy
Flemington
Three Gunmen Are Arrested Near Buchanan County
McDowell County Sheriff may send three gunmen to trial in West Virginia or hand them to Virginia authorities. Vesta McCoy, 25, Lacy Damron, 24, and Russell Burns, 21, were captured after a two state crime spree that included armed robbery and kidnapping. Damron wounded. condition worsened. Bystanders Homer Young, 36, and Lacy Dowell, 21 shot but not seriously hurt.
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Angina
West Virginia
Vesta McCoy
Lacy Damron
Russell Burns
Buchanan County
Virginia
Damron
Tolay
W. E. Sutter
Joseph C. McCoy
Panther
McCoy
Hampton Roads
Tager
Bluefield
Burkes Garden Siding
Homer Young
Lacy Dowell
Young Morgantown Boy Drowns in Monongahela River
In Morgantown on June 13 Robert Clinton Corwin nine was found drowned in the Monongahela river after apparently swimming alone. Firemen recovered his clothes on the river bank and reported the boy had sought shelter in a railroad car before returning to the river.
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Morgantown
Robert Clinton Corwin
Monongahela River
Antidotes for Hangover Barred in Saloons
Newark June 13. The Alcoholic Beverage Commissioner D Frederick Burnett barred sale in taverns of antidotes for hangovers as an invasion of the pharmacy business.
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Newark
N. J
D. Frederick Burnett
Czech concessions sought to avert Sudeten dispute
France Great Britain and Czechoslovakia’s allies await Hodza’s proposals to Henlein’s envoys designed to satisfy some Sudeten German claims. Outsiders see Czechs ready to defend their republic with support from France and Britain, while the reaction of Henleinists remains in question.
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France
Great Britain
Czechoslovakia
Hodza
Henlein
Britain
Sudeten German concessions urged but defense talks dominate
In unofficial Czechoslovak circles defense of the republic against an invader dominates discourse while concessions to Sudeten Germans are dismissed as useless. At Stettin Rudolf Hess accused Czechoslovakia of threatening European peace and said the republic is practically at war.
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Stettin
Germany
Rudolf Hess
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Mud-Hampers Attack Across Front in China War Siege
Reports say Chinese land forces moved toward Anking while Japanese troops laid preliminary bombardment. Tungcheng was seized and Japanese fleets aimed for Hukow as river traffic faced sunken junks and wreckage. In Henan, Chinese rearguards blasted Yellow River dikes near Kaifeng and Chengchow to flood areas.
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Mage One
Anking
Tungcheng
Japan
Hukow
Kiukiang
Hankow
Henan
Yellow River
Kaifeng
Chengchow
No Rail Bill This Session Ends Congress Vows No Action
Washington June 13 Senate Leader Barkley announced after a Roosevelt meeting that Congress will adjourn Wednesday without enacting new railroad legislation. The plan omits a liberalized Reconstruction-era rail loans bill, sent back to committee after rail wage cuts were proposed. Wage hour reform remains the main action, with relief and deficiency appropriations also on track for passage before adjournment.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
Roosevelt
Congress
Reconstruction Corporation
Barkeley
Ann Clark
Nahant
Mass
House
Thomas
Utah
Senate Labor Committee
Slate Fall Fatal in Gates Mine Delivers Fatality
June 13 at Gates mine of Crystal Black Coal and Coke Co. a slate fall killed Freeman Cooper a 44 year old miner. Cooper was working underground when the collapse occurred. He was employed as a miner for the company and resided locally.
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Baptist Church
Airport Park
Yevening
Geraldd Lanham
Lyle Workman
Jothy Leach
Clyde Knotts
Jelce Wagner
Catherine Leach
Baby Jo Cork
Waldeen Leach
Arr
Tommy Davis
Elbert Wagner
John Fragale
Will
Gregory
Bud Whitehair
Webster
Barclay
Central Press
Shepard Barclay
Authority On Authorities
Goa
Ais
Priore P
Paits
Oklahoma
Jean
William Powell
Marie Bello
Jean Harlow
Riviera
United States
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Cap D'Antibes
Cap D’antibes
Thio
Welch
Virginia Co
Sally
Harold
Jolleta McReady Phipps Glenn
Yolleta ‘McReady Phipps Glenn
York
J. Scotti
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