Beauty Shop Operator Killed In Route 50 Wreck
Roberta Ruth Bobby Shaw 22, a Grafton social figure, died at the scene when an eastbound auto wreck on Route 50 near Erwin at the foot of Cheat Mountain occurred around 12:30 am Friday. Companion Rob ert M. Hooton of Rowlesburg was critically injured and taken to Grafton City Hospital. The crash followed a front tire blowout on a sharp curve. Trooper F. W. Lanham investigated. the car was a Chrysler sports roadster.
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Roberta Ruth
Bobby” Shaw
Grafton
Robert M. Hooton
Rowlesburg
Erwin
Cheat Mountain
Hooton
Grafton City Hospital
D.C. Peck
Carysler
F. W. Lanham
Kingwood
State Police
Robert E. Shaw
Dawson's Camp
Japanese Try to Stop Water in Henan Floods
June 17 report from Shanghai describes a thousand mile long muddy surge from the Yellow River flooding south east through Henan. Japanese engineers and thousands of Chinese peasants rushed to mend broken dikes as walls near Chowkiachow were reached. An Associated Press aerial note said the river appeared to change course toward the Yangtze, possibly until repairs could stabilize the channel.
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Shanghai
Henan
Kaifeng
Chowkiachow
Associated Press
China
Yangtze
Theatre Ticket Notice for Strand or Dixie Admission
Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. Harry Andrews of 109 East Main Street to attend tonight's showings at Briand or Dixie featuring Of Human Hearts with Walter Huston and Ras tal at the Dixte in a clipped theatre admission notice requiring identification.
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Grafton Sentinel
Harry Andrews
East Main Street
Walter Huston
Heiress Weds Rider Amid Disinheritance Threats
Andrea Luckenbach, 18, of New York, secretly marries William Dobbs, 23, a rider and butter and egg salesman, at Great Neck L I defying family pressure. Her father Edgar F. Luckenbach reportedly approved the match only after age concerns. The planned St Pauls church ceremony was canceled when the pastor refused to officiate without her father’s consent.
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Andrea Luckenbach
New York
William Dobbs
Great Neck
L. I
Edgar F. Luckenbach
Dobbs
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
William Grimes
Miss Luckenbach
Preax
Bank Lending Methods Hit
Washington reports that Federal banking agencies split over relaxing bank loans to business. Chairman Marriner S. Eccles, in a letter to Senator Van denberg, says banks face too-severe lending restrictions. Officials from the Comptroller of the Currency, FDIC, and state supervisors favor liberalization within safety bounds. (Continued on page four)
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Washington
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Vandenberg
Mich
Eccles
Morgenthau
Comptroller of the Currency
National Bank Examining Agency In the Treasury
FDIC
National Association of State Bank Supervisors
Roosevelt
Grafton Flies New City Flag Over City Hall
Grafton adopts a new city flag featuring a golden star on emerald green, approved by the city commission at the suggestion of Major Don R. Chaffee, secretary of the Taylor County Board of Trade. The flag was raised from City Hall Friday morning amid favorable citizen reaction.
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Grafton
Don R. Chaffee
Taylor County Board of Trade
City Hall
Polecats on Exhibit at West Virginia State School
Ten polecats sit in a cage near Superintendent R P Bell at the West Virginia State Industrial School for Boys. Captured by inmates in fields, the animals were trained by a Clarksburg polecat doctor to be approachable for visiting curious onlookers.
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West Virginia
Stores Observe Father's Day by Special Discounts
Augusta Maine June 17 In recognition of Father's Day merchants here offer discounts on purchases based on family size. Fathers of twins and triplets receive special reductions as part of local observance.
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Augusta
Eas
No Farewell Is Sent For Congress
By Eddy Gilmore Washington June 17 The 75th congress the nation s first air conditioned congress breezed out of town without so much as a whisper of good bye to President Roosevelt. Resolved read a double barreled resolution of the senate and house That a committee of two be appointed by the president of the senate to join a similar committee appointed by the speaker to wait upon the president and inform him that the two houses having completed the business are ready to adjourn But did they do that No Word Reaches President They behaved just as they did the day congress began they went into the cloak rooms for a minute then came back and told them Continued on page seven
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Eddy Gilmore
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Congress
Youthful Heir Intrigues Blase Reno by Divorces
James McDonald a 24 year old heir to a 12 million dollar oil fortune based in San Mateo and Boise has once again sparked Reno gossip with plans to marry June Kerns of Cassel California in Carson City. He was just divorced by Alecea McDonald for desertion then quickly married Doris Cunningham in Reno who shortly after filed a cruelty divorce.
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Reno
James McDonald
San Mateo
California
Boise
Idaho
June Kerns
Cassels
Carson City
McDonald
Alecea McDonald
Doris Cunningham
Train Kills WPA Worker East of City
G Nelson Stansberry a 57 year old WPA worker was killed when struck by Baltimore and Ohio passenger train No 12 as he and a companion trespassed on the right of way near the Curve bridge. A large shepherd dog led by Sam Ball saved Ball from the oncoming train. The men planned to hunt ground hogs that evening. No inquest is planned and funeral details are incomplete.
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G. Nelson Stansberry
WPA
Baltimore and Ohio
Sam Ball
Stansberry
Ball
No. 12
Grafton
Grafton Fans to Attend Lou Schmeling Title Fight
Several Graf ton residents plan to attend next Wednesday’s title bout at Yankee Stadium where Joe Lou defends the world heavyweight crown against Max Schmeling. Prosecuting Attorney Francis L. Warder and several attorneys will form a party to witness the fight, joined by Dr. Dorsey C. Peck and Ward Lanham, formerly of Graf ton.
Gasque Dies Democrat Congressman From Florence
Rep Allard H Gasque Democrat of Florence dies at Walter Reed hospital after 76th congress adjourns He was 65 and chaired the house pensions committee Having served eight terms he promoted pension bills for disabled veterans widows and families His widow two sons and two daughters survive
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Washington
Allard H. Gasque
Florence
D. C
Walter Reed Hospital
House Pensions Committee
Gasque
Congress
House
Burned Out Headlight Leads to Court for Silk Brothers
Elkhart Indiana case reports Sam and Max Silk cited after a broken headlight. Officers stopped their car and found 328 quarts of liquor hidden in the trunk. The brothers faced fines of 110 dollars each and forfeiture of the car and liquor valued at 1 200 dollars total.
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Elkhart
Ind
Sam
Max Silk
Cline Death Story Rumors Deceptive
Rumors that former Grafton master mechanic Ralpa H. Cline was shot in Washington Baltimore or Brooklyn are believed false due to lack of definite information. Cline, once a Baltimore and Ohio railroad official, now works in Brooklyn New York for the Erie railroad. Public inquiries flooded the Sentinel as editors checked with the Associated Press and found no confirmation of the shooting.
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Ralpa H
Cline
Grafton
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Washington
Baltimore
Brooklyn
Sentinel
Associated Press
Erie Railroad
Erie Road
Clarksburg Youth Named To U S Military School
Clarksburg June 17 Woodrow Gosney of Clarksburg an outstanding Potomac State football player was appointed to the United States Military Academy at West Point. A Washington Irving High School graduate he plans to try for the Army football team if he meets entrance requirements. Appointed by U S Senator Rush D Holt.
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Clarksburg
Woodrow Gosney
Potomac State School
Keyser
United States Military Academy
West Point
Gosney
Washington-Irving
Army
U. S
Rush D. Holt
Youth Dies Of Wound Suffered During Fight
Madison report says 24 year old Sherman Osborne of Bald Knob died in a Charleston hospital from a rifle wound believed to have occurred during a fight. Corporal Frank Bennett says 22 year old Jim Payton, of Rock Lick, is held for questioning with formal charges expected to be filed.
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Madison
Sherman Osborne
Bald Knob
Charleston
Frank Bennett
Jim Payton
Rock Lick
Bennett Reore
Payton
Federal Agents Probe Wheeling Hotel Mystery
Federal Bureau of Investigation and Wheeling police join in locating a man who registered at a Wheeling Windsor Hotel on June 10 and vanished June 11, leaving a bag of photographs and coded papers. An address traced to Detroit proved fictitious. hotel staff recovered papers in the traveling bag.
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Wheeling
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Wheeling Police
Wheeling Seriial
Spe
Detroit
Windsor
Themi
Apa
Don
Page
End of Big Spending Congress Reaches Peace Time Record
Washington June 17. Five hundred members of the 5th congress finally went home after a long session marked by harmony in adjournment and theaterlike politicking. The senate and house approved the president s 3 753 000 000 relief and public works program but rejected his veto on a bill continuing low interest rates for farmers. Roosevelt sent thanks to Garner and Bankhead as clerks read kind words from the president.
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William B. Ardery
Washington
5Th Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Senate Lobby Committee
Bankhead
Congress
Garner
M Call Family Fights Clemency After Kidnapping Conviction
Franklin Pierce McCall, 21, was moved from the county jail to Raiford state prison at 3 15 am as his family mounts a clemency bid. Prosecutors say he admitted the child likely strangled during the May 28 abduction, with murder charges pending if clemency fails.
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Miami
Fla
Franklin Pierce McCall
Raiford
Jimmy Cash
G. A. Worley
McCall
Divorcee Shot By Suitor Near Death
Canton Ohio June 17 Mrs Florence Hartman a 22 year old divorcee and mother of a two year old daughter was shot in the back of the head by a man described as her rejected suitor. The assailant Earl Snide 19 attempted suicide but was captured by off duty patrolman Carl Carnes and a 14 year old boy nine blocks away. Local detectives identified Snide and said he fired as Hartman boarded a bus. The victim was in critical condition.
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Canton
Florence Hartman
Elmer Clark Ag Ear
Snide
Clark
Carl Carnes
Carnes
Mayor Seeks Cash Help for Grafton WPA Hospital
Mayor P F Gillispie urges every citizen of Grafton to join a special hospital building committee as the city seeks to fund a 75 bed WPA hospital. With $12,000 in a building fund and 14 site offers, 12 free, the drive aims to secure more cash and U S assistance for the new hospital that would serve about 8,000 residents and provide top staff and care.
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Grafton
P. F. Gillispie
Special Hospital Building Committee
Just
U. 8
B&O Gets Cut in WV Utilities Tax Assessment
Charleston June 17 The Board of Public Works raised total utility assessments for 1938 to 584 372 150 up from 582 etc Real valuations increased by 2 625 600 while intangible personal property declined by 517 250 The United Fuel Gas saw the largest rise in physical value up 2 000 000 to 40 000 000 The Baltimore and Ohio was cut by more than 1 000 000 to 78 500 000 aside from intangibles Other railways left unchanged The C and O was the largest taxpayer
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Charleston
West Virginia
Board of Public Works
United Fuel Gas Company
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Eranor
Chesapeake and Ohio Rail
Eviction Order Against Bluemont Cemetery Sexton
Local Justice John Stemple issued an eviction order against Bluemont cemetery sexton John Stemple after a Friday hearing before Justice A. B. Knabenshue. The city, represented by Mayor P. F. Gillispie, awarded back rent and costs totaling 28 dollars. Stemple planned to move his effects from the house at the cemetery immediately.
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Stemple
Local Justice
John Stemple
Sexton
Bluemont Cemetery
Justice of the Peace
A. B. Knabenshue
P. F. Gillispie
Bremple
Bunny Teaches Kitten To Eat Lettuce
A three month old Easter Bunny at Valley Inn near Grat Tan on Route 50 has turned dietician to an eight month old kitten. Migs Don Lee Conrad, owner of the pair, says the bunny has taught the kitten to eat lettuce and other vegetables. The duo are inseparable companions.
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Valley Inn
U. S. Route 50
Grattan
Migs Don Lee Conrad
Pump priming starter eyes new relief expansion
Washington reports Congress approved a $3.75 billion relief and public works bill aiming to lift employment by at least 4.1 million. WPA and PWA ready to scale up, with $1.45 billion for WPA to serve about 2.8 million workers. current totals show billions spent since 1933.
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Strand
Dixie
Andrea Luckenbach and
Pruntytown Institution
Nelson
Title
South Carolina
U.S. Military School
Congressional
M’call
B&o
Chesapeake and Ohio
Bunny
Kitten
Bill Effective
Yori
House Appropriations Committee
PWA
Commodore
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