Sanitary Market set to open at 68 West Main
The Sanitary Market Incorporated plans a Friday opening at 68 West Main Street with a full line of groceries and meats. Eugene Brestel will manage, noting the grand opening will be Saturday though operations begin Friday morning. The building previously housed Brinkman's store and the opening involves union members from UMWA and SWOC with future expansion planned and a self-published SWOC newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomorow
Sanitary Market, Incorporated
West Main Street
Eugene Brestel
Brinkman’s
Relief rolls in Taylor County show continued decrease
Taylor County relief rolls decreased by 44 since March 2 with 20 families on employables and 216 total cases drawing state and county aid. Funds for direct relief are exhausted as workers join dam, railroad, Hazel Atlas, and domestic jobs. Checks are paused awaiting state appropriation from a special legislative session. Commodities are distributed with small increases to cash relief recipients who currently receive no cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Brooks D. Reed
Hazel Atlas
H.C. Allen
Reed
Police Told Tragedy Details From Idaho College Thesis
Walter admitted after dinner at the apartment resisted his partner and began choking her. He wandered the city in a drunken haze for a day before surrendering, saying mental anguish led to the fatal act. He claimed a New York wife, former Idaho Falls hospital worker, and a Shelly couple’s daughter linked to the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter
Wmer
New York
Miss Cousins
David Cousins
Shelley
Idaho
Latter Day Saints Hospital
Idaho Falls
First Christian Church Urges Members to Attend Sunday
Official Board asks all members to be present on Sunday June 21 for important business. Notice dated June 18 19 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Miss Cousins Was Strangled Near Nob Hill Hotels
New York June 18 Angela Hoskins 28 estranged wife of A Walter Jr located in a Greenwich Village studio apartment said they ran a restaurant business in San Francisco before separating a month ago. She said they were married a year ago and her husband’s father lives in Boston. Walter left on a business trip.
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New York
Angela Hoskins
A. Walter, Jr
Greenwich Village
Walter
Boston
Pilgrims Gather for Eid Bath as Eclipse Nears
Almost 1,000,000 pilgrims crowd Krukshetra Punjab on the eve of a solar eclipse to bathe in sacred waters seeking absolution. Fakirs and beggars profit from alms as believers hope for divine indulgence for months ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krukshetra
Punjab
India
Coal price plan sparks cross party debate in senate
Lawmakers clash over a price-fixing bill aimed at stabilizing the bituminous coal industry after the Supreme Court invalidated the Guffey act. Holt opposes the plan citing consumer costs, while Neely and Lewis defend it as preventing chaos and protecting workers. Charleston operator Dickinson terms the measure a sales tax with a large state impact.
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Holt
Lewis
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Island Creek Coal Company
Neely
Supreme Court
Congress
W. Va
Senate
C. C. Dickinson
Charleston
Dickinson
America
West Virginia
Mrs Roosevelt Invited to Chi Omega Sorority Convention
White Sulphur Springs June 18 1936 Chi Omega sisters invite Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt to attend their national convention. They plan to present the Chi Omega 1936 achievement medal to Dr Alice Hamilton of Harvard Medical School for her work in industrial poisoning research and collaboration with federal health studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Sulphur Springs
Chi Omega
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alice Hamilton
Harvard Medical School
Hamilton
Fairmont Man Reelected Judson Association Head
Lawrence D. Little of Fairmont was reelected president of the Judson Baptist Association at its annual convention in Wallace West Virginia. The 1937 meeting is planned for Monongah and officers will meet August 2 at Shinnston to set the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
W. Va
Judson Baptist Association
Lawrence D. Little
Fairmont
Monongah
Shinnston
Record Heat Reaches County High of 96 Degrees
Mercury in Grafton rose to 96 degrees yesterday, a yearly high, with 2 to 5 pm peak. Forecaster W. E. Clayton noted 94 at 2 pm and described a night of heat followed by a light morning rain. Crops face damage unless a full day rain arrives soon, while city water remains adequate and no heat-related illnesses were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
U. S
W. E. Clayton
Legislators Debate Security Bill and State Appropriations
House members spar over the security bill with Underwood calling it worthless while Lafon accuses him of ignorance. Democratic leaders insist the administration inherited an $8 million deficit. Nine appropriation bills totaling $4,413,501.59 include funds for social security, road needs, relief payments, and PWA building projects set to begin July 1.
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Commission
Underwood
Kump
Wysong
Hiller
Lafon
van Sickler
Administration
House
State Relief Administration
W. W. Allen
PWA
G. O. P. Raises Funds Amid Transfer Headline Confusion
The G O P reports daily ticket sales rising to 700 and then 1500 and 2500 as popular approval of the London Knox ticket grows. The treasurer, a Chicagoan, says party funds are in good shape ahead of shifting national capital headquarters from the east to the Midwest grassroots in a move described as automatic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Goodspeed
Midwest
Hamilton Named National Chairman as War Chest Grows
Washington to Chicago with arrival here last night of John Hamilton new national chairman. The war chest held between 250000 and 260000 at the close of the Cleveland convention. It was the first time Republicans had not emerged from a convention with a large money cupboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chicago
John Hamilton
Cleveland
Goodspeed
Disturbance at Gay Celebration Sparks Mob Fury
A disturbance at a gay celebration yesterday led to a mob reacting angrily after officers acted promptly. The crowd searched jails at Wharton and Bay City, 13 miles from El Campo, where one of the accused reportedly confessed and implicated three others.
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Wharton
Bay City
el Campo
When to Ruff a Defender in Contract Bridge
Two deals illustrate immediate trump pulling facing adverse distributions. South opens hearts, West doubles and trumps break badly. Declarer ruffs from defenders’ trumps, discards, and uses established side suits to force ruffs, eventually securing tricks with clubs and hearts. Friday will discuss when not to lead trumps at once.
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West
Declarer
Ted
Dummy
East
Loctarer
Science Discovers Vitamin E Deficiency Link to Vigor
A historical notice claims rundown and nervousness stem from Vitamin E deficiency in glands that govern vitality. It promotes Wheeta tablets containing the Sree, 3 and 6 derived from grains as a source of Vitamin E to restore strength, vigor, complexion, and overall well being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sree
Great West
Driver Fined After Crash On Route 50 Near Grafton
Paul Ludwick of Route 1 faced hit and run charges after allegedly colliding with Alex V. Vickery’s Plymouth on U S Route 50 east of Grafton near Mrs. W M Jennings house. Ludwick pleaded guilty and paid a $25 fine plus costs and $16 for Vickery’s car repairs. Police Chief A E Lockard and Deputy Sheriff Harry Batson arrested Ludwick at the east city end after the incident.
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Paul Ludwick
Alex V. Vickery
Washington
Ludwick
Ona C. Jefferys
Victory
Grafton
W. M. Jennings
Vickory
Plymouth
A. E. Lockard
Robbers Take Bonus Bonds From Tom Carraway in Two Thefts
Tom Carraway a Tom Creek farmer near Wayne cashed 590 dollars in bonus bonds and traveled to Huntington with about 400 dollars. By day’s end his only possessions were a 25 dollar suit and a few cents. Police report says 335 dollars were stolen in a double robbery involving a negro man and woman who accosted him after leaving a beer garden. another 75 dollars vanished while he slept on a friend’s front porch. A negro couple in custody denied knowledge of the theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Tom Carraway
Tom Creek
Wayne
Carraway
No Settlement Yet In Union Snare Co Row
No settlement has been reached between the housing engineers and members of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 162 and the Frederick Snare Company at the Tygarts Dam. Union business agent W. W. Taylor and Luke B. Ross, local Reemployment Service manager, met but kept details private. Rumor persists regarding negotiations.
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Hoisiing
International Union of Operating Engineers
Frederick Snare Company
Tygarts Dam
W. W. Taylor
Luke B. Ross
Snare
Importation of workers to replace walkout at project
Report states imported men arrived to take the place of those who walked out on the project Monday. Local NRS office has not recorded any new operators since the trouble was learned.
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NRS
Congress Passes 2.375 Billion Relief Deficiency Bill
Washington reports Congress completed action on the 2.375 billion relief deficiency appropriation and sent it to the White House. The measure includes 1.425 billion for relief and removes an amendment to revive the Florida ship canal. The Senate approved the conference report with minimal debate as it clears the way toward adjournment pending the tax bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
White House
Senate
Florida Ship Canal
House
Labor drive opens with mass meetings in McKeesport and Brackenridge
Union organizers report a sustained campaign as Bittner and Golden take district posts. The drive, led by West Virginia district chief Van A. Bittner and Pittsburgh district head Clinton Golden, targets steel mills and mining areas with planned mass meetings in suburban McKeesport and Brackenridge and reports from Baltimore Sparrows Point, Youngstown, Mahoning River Valley, and Johnstown.
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Bittner
Chicago
Murray
United States
Clinton S. Golden
Pittsburgh
van A. Bittner
United Mine Workers District
West Virginia
Birmingham
McKeesport
Bracken~ridge
Baltimore
Sparows Point
Robert B. Kimbell
Youngstown
Ohio
Mahoning River Valley
Frank Shiffka
Harry Tetlow
William Evans
Joseph K. Gaither
Amalgamated
Johnstown
Thomas But
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Brand
Our
United Mine Workers
Bethlehem, Steelton
Coatesvile
Norristown
Reading
Pottsville
Garfield Lewis
District 1
U. M. W. A. Weirton
George Lambert
Anthony Feterhoff
J. P. Busarrello
William Sneed
Nickolas Fontecchio
B. J. Danich
SWOC
Administrator
Leonard's Grocery
Drug & Chem. CO
Sparklet Syphon
Krasnoyarsk
Mrs. Roosevelt
Sorority
Judson Association
ekquRzy
Cabell County
Union
Snare Co
Col
Frank Knox
London
Central Preas
Pres. Roosevelt
tLag Henry
Fonda Aca Ron
Green
Patronize Sentinel
Glenn
Pape
East Main Street
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