State health officials supply typhoid vaccine to 7000
West Virginia health officials report 7000 typhoid vaccine doses issued in five weeks to protect workers and families, with free vaccine offered through county and city health officers. Dr. W. T. Henshaw notes immunization reduces epidemic risk and emphasizes three doses provide two to five years of protection.
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W. T. Henshaw
Henshaw
West Virginia
State Health Department
Logan
Gilmer
Preston
Fanawha
Boone
Raleigh
Hancock
Ohio
Berkeley
McDowell
Hampshire
Pocahontas
Nicholas
Reenbrier
Summers
Republic Health
Wisling
Health Department
Church Plans Homecoming at Boothsville Methodist Church
Boothsville Methodist Episcopal Church South sets a homecoming on Sunday June 30 with Rev. Walter M. Given set to preach the first sermon in the present church 25 years ago. The event includes a general committee led by Rev. L. L. Casto and a music committee chaired by Wade Rolce. The note recalls 1861 church organization at Hoathsville and links to local families across the Grafton road.
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Boothsville
Boothsville Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Walter M. Given
Billingslex Memorial
Fairmont
L. L. Casto
D. P. Smith
S. A. Jones
Methodist Episcopal Church
Hoathsville
Isaac Nay
Bingamon
Thomas Janes
Old Janes
Grafton Road
Y Janes
Eunice Clelland
James Clelland
H. L. Clelland
Grafton Country Club
James A. Clella
Thomas
Carson Janes
Drusilla Tucker
James A. Clelland
Josepn Reed
Robert Sidney ‘Reed
General Lafayette
United States
James A Clelland
Southern Methodists
S. A. Jans
Hoover Scores on Debenture Plan and Census Provision
Political observers note President Hoover pushed for a house vote on the debenture plan, which was overwhelmingly rejected. He also secured a reapportionment measure and next census, while the senate blocked delaying the national origins quota that will take effect July 1.
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House
Senate
Welch Officer Faces Charges in Death Case
Welch West Virginia June 20 two W M Thompson formerly a city patrolman was acting chief of the Welch police force today pending disposition of a charge against Charles C Hutton chief of the city police Thompson was advanced from patrolman to acting chief by Mayor John W Blakely suspending Hutton who is held in the county jail in connection with the slaying of J Henderson Mitchell a former chief of police and deputy United States marshal Pending completion of an investigation Magistrate S M Burgess postponed a hearing for Hutton who claims he fired in self defense during an argument with Mitchell.
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Welch
W. Va
W. M. Thompson
Charles C. Hutton
Thompson
John W. Blakely
Hutton
J. Henderson Mitchell
United States
S. M. Burgess
Mitchell
Kodak Brand Film On Vacation Purchase
A traveler selects Kodak film at R. Lorain & Son store, spending about 31.00 for photographic supplies during a vacation.
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KODAK
FILM
R.loar & Son
Injured In Auto Smash Near Valley Inn
George Bennett and Fred Jacobs of Fairmont were injured in an early Wednesday auto crash near Valley Inn. Bennett sustained a broken left arm and other injuries and remained hospitalized at Cook Hospital, while Jacobs suffered serious cuts but later went home after treatment. Their Dodge touring car overturned several times after failing to turn left about a mile from the Inn, Bennett pinned under the wreck and Jacobs thrown clear. Attorney Harry Cronin and Clarence Keener assisted at the scene and transported the men to the hospital.
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Valley Inn
George Bennett
Fred Jacobs
Fairmont
Cook Hospital
Bennett
Jacobs
Snyder Motor Company
Jackson Street
Harry Cronin
Clarence Keener
Welch Miner Dies After 275 Foot Fall At Capels Shaft
William Carmichael aged 38 fell 275 feet while repairing a cage at Central Pocahontas Coal Company in Capels West Virginia. He toppled into the shaft landing on another cage. A widow and two children survive.
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Welch
W. Va
William Carmichael
Central Pocahontas Coal Company
Capels
Here
Carmichael
Bays Sentenced After Jail Break Attempt
Thomas Bays, who helped four prisoners escape from Taylor county jail, received a six month sentence from Judge Warren B. Kittle after pleading guilty to a petty larceny and aiding in breaking and entering. Bays claimed he stole a lock box key hoping fellow escapees would remove him to another state and avoid trial. Police sought Herman Norris Thornton Terover and the others, but they have not been located despite statewide alerts.
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Thomas Bays
Taylor County
Warren B. Kittle
Young Bays
W. P. Samples
Herman Norris
Thornton Terevor
Moundsyidev
Jim Weaver
William Bays
Bays
Thirtieth Rat Unlucky For Negro Exterminator
In Washington on June 20 a restaurant basement in Dupont Circle saw twenty nine rats die before S. Christopher Silver a Black rat exterminator was hit by a gunshot as a trained ear detected a bang from a big rifle. The incident ends with Silver at risk as authorities investigate the cause and identify suspects.
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Washington
S. Christopher Silver
Dupont Circle
Silver
Pirates rely on Grimes as pitching anchor in tense season
Burleigh Grites praises the Pirates and notes pitcher Grimes has earned a leading role with ten straight June wins. Grimes pitched all wins this season and also did relief work, notably in a May 26 doubleheader against St. Louis when he closed both games.
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Pittsburgh
Burleigh Grites
Pirates
Donie Bush
Pirate
Grimes
St. Louis
Fussel
Kremer
Veteran players set for assignments as Ju Grimes nears inning total
Near mid season Ju Grimes has pitched 116 1 2 innings, with Kremer Hill and Gan ready for veteran duties. Kramer owns 62 1 3 with 28 strikeouts and 31 walks, as 8H members meet in Washington on June 20 for a national 4-H encampment with 1500 boys and girls from 40 states and Hawaii. Secretary Mellon will stay in Washington this summer with Hoover, planning brief visits rather than extended travel.
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Kremer
Hill
Gan
Tonic
French
Brame
Ju Grimes
Tt Kramer
Siren
Washington
Hawaii
Herha
Hoover
Mellon
President Hoover
Pittsburgh
Shoe workers strike expands in Maverill Mass strike action
In Maverill Massachusetts on June 20, 1450 shoe factory workers joined a strike across five plants after wage and work week talks failed. The walkout affects all city plants with agreements set to expire and hires to be decided by July 15.
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Maverhill
Mass
Wanker Protective Union
Aj Ie Tlon
Steel Men Elect Officers in Pittsburgh Meeting
In Pittsburgh on June 20, election of F. W. Cramer as president of the association of Iron and Steel Cal Engineers was announced at the annual convention. Other officers named include James Arrington of Wheeling, W. Va., reelected as treasurer, with Cramer described as a distinguished electrical engineer at the Republic Steel Company.
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Pittsburgh
F. W. Cramer
Yourtown
Thec Sociation of Iron and Steel Bocal Engineers
Cramer
Republican and Steel ‘Company
James Arrington
Wheeling
Macdonald Returns to London From Vacation
Hendon England June 20 Premier Ramsay MacDonald today arrived from Lossiemouth Scotland to assume duties as head of the new labor government. He traveled by air with a stop at Catterick Camp Yorkshire for luncheon. The Havana fragment mentions a 35 000 acre park in the Cristal Mountains of Cuba, noted for historic fights between Spaniards and Siboney Indians.
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Hendon
Eng
Ramsay MacDonald
London
Lossiemouth
Scothland
Labor
Iain Lossiembuth
Catterick
Yorkshire
Havana
Cuba
Cristal
Island
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American College of Surgeons
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Cold Control
Monogahela
West Penn Public Service CO
Grafton-Clarksburg-Elking-Buckhannon
Restawant
Anthony Velmas
Fire Department
Amonia
BUCS
Rosedale Bartlett Pears
Heinze
Morning Glory
Uncheon
Armour’s
Mason
Kutol Cleaner and
Battle Creek Health Food
Srs Steel
MacDonald
Associated Press
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Lexington
Polly Little
Masthig
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