Y Abolishes Garryss Post Names Hughes
Local Y M C A executive committee voted to end the general secretary post for the summer due to funds shortfall. Captain Harry TL Curry is removed from head of the Grafton association as R Earl Hughes takes charge of the Y rooms weekday hours 11 am to 9 pm. The summer program is not carried out because several hundred pledged members failed to pay dues, emptying the treasury. Committee chairmen must file written reports by July 15. Curry is confined to bed and unavailable for comment. Hughes, formerly general secretary, had later served as Curry’s assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry TL. Curry
Grafton Associaion
R. Earl Hughes
Treasury
Board of Directors
Cabuin. Curry
Hughs
Curry
Bankers Elect Officers at Final Session
Charleston June 20 At the final session of the 37th annual West Virginia Bankers Association convention officers were to be elected. The day opened with addresses from speakers F C Blue Charleston attorney T J Davis chairman of the board of the First National Bank of Cincinnati, former Governor John J Cornwell Baltimore general counsel for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad G C Dickinson Charleston coal operator and M M Snyder Mt Hope president of the Bank of Mt Hope.
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Charleston
West Virginia Banker's Association
F. C. Blue
T. J. Davis
First National Bank of Cincinnati
John’ J. Cornwell
Baltimore
Baltimore Land, Ohio Railroad
C. Dickinson
M. Snyder
Mt. Hope
Bank of Mt. Hope
Governor commutes death sentence for George Sanders
In Moundsville West Virginia on June 20 Governor Conley commuted the death sentence of George Sanders a Logan County colored man convicted of slaying two men near Logan from hanging to life imprisonment Sanders who faced a fourth death house reprieve burst into laughter when told of the action He had been counted to hang July 11 after three prior reprieves and was to be moved to the death house next week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundsville
W. Va
George Sanders
Logan County
Conley
Logan
Sanders
A. C. Scroggins
New York
Queens
Brooklyn
Morris Horwitz
Joseph Mozynski
Noel Sowley
Horwitz
Bayside
Bake Sale by W W G Girls at First Baptist Church
The W W G Girls and the Young People's Department of the First Baptist Church announce a bake sale in the church lower hall on Saturday June 21 starting at 10:00 AM. Proceeds support church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. G. Girls and
Young People's Department
First Baptist Church
State Fish Hatchery Plan Eyed For Old Fair Grounds
Grafton hosts a Taylor County Wild Life League meeting proposing a state bass hatchery on the old fairgrounds pond. Dr. Harry Flanagan backs turning the site into a breeding and developing area for game fish with use of Lost Run and nearby streams in West Virginia. State Culturist Fearnow to visit. ownership lease sought. federal hatchery application filed for bass and bluegills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Taylor County
Wild Life League
Harry Flanagan
West Virginia
Fearnow
Fermi
Fair Ground
Federal Hatchery
Lost Run
Pleasant Creek
Wickwire Creek
White
Forcello
Clyde Hardeman
Guy Cole
bin Chester
Otto Sturm
Bobby Jones Clinches British Open with Third Title
Bobby Jones wins the British Open for the third time at Hoylake with a 291 total. The Georgian adds to his US Open and British Amateur victories, becoming the first to hold both open championships together since 1890. Two shaky rounds nearly cost him as Diegel and Compston challenged before Jones secured victory amid police escort back to the clubhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Great Britain
United States
John Ball
Hoylake
England
Bobby Jones
Leo Diegel
Archie Compston
Compston
Diegel
Jonesy
Bobby
Move to Oust Detroit Mayor Nears Courts
Detroit news reports a recall petition with about 111,270 signatures against Mayor Charles Bowles. City Clerk Richard Reading is expected to seek an injunction to stop the recall election call while 15 clerks verify signatures against the registration list. Bowles denounces the petition as a conspiracy to discredit him for selfish interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Charles Bowles
Richard W
Walter B. Cary
Bowles
State to Probe Fever at Wendel West Virginia
West Virginia's Department of Health plans to dispatch a sanitation expert to Wendel in Taylor county within days to investigate a suspected typhoid fever epidemic. Dr E S Tale, state sanitary engineer, led a village survey Thursday with county health physician Dr F S Sudderth noting conditions favorable to fever germs despite drinking water being regarded safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Department of Health
Wendal
Taylor County
Tistale
Sudderth
Charge Attorney Promised Leniency To Otto Sanhuber
Defense accuses District Attorney Baron Fitts of promising leniency to Otto Sanhuber if he testified to the grand jury about the murder of J ed Oesterreich, a wealthy manufacturer. The charges emerged as Fitts was expected to testify, with Sanhuber claiming the promise was made under duress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Sanhuber
Los Angeles
Baron Fitts
Jed Oesterreich
Sanhuber
Fitts
Earl Wakerman
Sanhaber
Wakeman
Oesterreien
Revamp Police Drive Opens In Chicago Gang War
Chicago marks new crime drive as a unified headquarters replaces the old bureau. Acting Police Commissioner John H. Alcock and officials including State's Attorney John A. Swansom and U S District Attorney George L. Johnson announce a plan to deploy 700 of 900 detectives to patrols, with 200 kept for special work, following the murder of Tribune reporter Jake Lingle. The loop office invites anonymous tipsters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cook County
John H. Alcock
Attorne
John A. Swansom
Heyman N. Bundesen
United [States
George £.Q. Johnson
Alfred
Jake) Lingle
Tribune
Jetty Council
Alcock
Grafton Fruit Market Saturday Specials
Home grown raspberries five cents per quart bananas four pounds for large sunKist lemons new potatoes six pounds for cucumbers three for sweet corn six ears for fancy green beans three pounds for twenty five cents tomatoes three pounds per basket celery lettuce radish pets spinach mustard sorren sacrats beets turnips cabbage honeydews watermelons plums cherries grapes cantaloupes apricots etc orders over two dollars delivered free
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunkist
Pruntytown Man Fools Hens With Chicks Sent to Town by Parcel Post
A Pruntytown man deceived farm hens by sending fertilized chicks via parcel post. The birds arrived and were placed under the hens, surprising the owners who hoped for a quick hatch. County Superintendent Lloyd L. Shriver is mentioned in the account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pruntytown
Lloyd L. Shriver
Navy to Build Hybrid Cruiser Carrier Ships
Washington reports on plans for drastic hybrid fighting ships combining cruiser and aircraft carrier traits. These vessels would feature large guns and space for 10 six inch guns and up to three to six times more aircraft than modern cruisers, with a plan to project air power in close combat and during battles aboard orthodox fleets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Aeronautics
Spon
Couple Lost In Wilderness On World-Hiking Trip
Vanderhoof BC June 20 Police fear death near the Arctic divide for William B Albee 23 Glendale California and his bride who vanished after entering the wilderness seeking adventure They planned to reach Fairbanks Alaska by hiking around the world and spend winter there They ignored police warnings to follow a telegraph line and may be rescued only by an airplane expedition per W F Manson of the department of Indian affairs
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Vanderhoot
B. C
Arctic Divide
William B. Albee
Glendale
Cal
Albees
Fairbanks
Alaska
Department of Indian Affairs
Man Hurt Seriously In Building Collapse
New York on June 20 a six story general merchandise warehouse collapsed on the downtown west side injuring one man seriously and causing several others to escape injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tian
General
Influenza In Reform School At Pruntytown
More than 30 influenza cases since Memorial Day at the West Virginia state reform school for boys in Pruntytown are under treatment. Seven current cases are classified as influenza with one serious. Superintendent Flesher and Dr. Sudarth report the disease may lead to pneumonia in some instances but expect eventual recovery. Seventy-strong patient numbers and cases concentrated at the school prompt concern. several treated at Fairmont No. 3 hospital. The institution houses about 450 boys and efforts include Florence Gassaway, Wilbur Walker, and Hobart McCloud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Reformatory
Pruntytown
Flesher
F. 8
Suddarth
Reform School
Florence Gassaway
Wilbur Walker
Charleston
Hobart McCloud
Huntington
Fairmont State Hospital No. 3
Ralph Elswick
Welch
Harry Cremeans
Lincoln County
Ray
President Hoover greets Byrd arrival in capital
Washington June 20 Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd arrives welcomed by President Hoover on the White House lawn after his South Pole flight. The president honors Byrd with a National Geographic Society gold medal and greets Byrd, Mrs Byrd, and accompanying scouts and officials at Union Station.
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Hoover
Byrd
Capital City
National Geographic Society
Antarctica
Washington
Richard EB. Byrd
South Pole
White House
Little America
Dick” Byrd, Jr
Paul Siple
Eric
Pat
New York
Union Stations
Eleanor Bouin Byrd
Ernest L. Jahncke
Navy
Gilbert ‘Grosvenor
John Oliver la Gorce
Society
W. A. Moffett
Bureau of ‘Aeronautics
Jahneke
Onsine
Admiral Byrd
Willard Hotel
Floyd Bennett
Robert “S “Peary
Will Provides For Funeral Innovation In Newberry
The will of John M. Youngs, filed for probate in Newberry on June 20, details a unique funeral plan. It calls for a monument capped at 150 dollars, musicians for pallbearers, non sad pieces, a lively piece at the grave, and the executrix to supply 100 cigars for all men, plus candy and gum for women and children for a celebratory, carefree gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newberry
Mich
John M. Youngs
Fourteen sentenced at Elkins on liquor charge
In Elkins West Virginia federal court 14 people pleaded guilty to violating prohibition laws. Five received prison terms in Atlanta penitentiary and the rest drew county jail sentences or fines totaling 750 dollars. Named defendants include Charlie Ault Walter Heylman Alvin Self Ike Tusing Bernie Kimble Loy Borror Thomas Carney Agnes Metheney Benjamin Pyles and Elda Radcliffe plus others in Mineral Monongalia and Pendleton counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkins
W. Va
Atlanta
Charlie Ault
Pendleton County
Walter Heylman
Piedmont
Alvin Self
Ike Tusing
Hardy County
Bernie Kimble
Snme
Pines
Loy Borror
Keyser
Mineral
Thomas Carney
Monongalia
Agnes Metheney
Benjamin Pyles
Romney
Mineral County
Elda Radcliffe
Wes
Army Speeding Up Funds Work
An advisory board of the Salvation Army met in the county court room this afternoon to finalize plans for completing next year’s campaign. Captain Arnold presided as board members discussed speeding up solicitation work and ways to raise the remaining funds. The board aimed to close the campaign soon with decisions on entertainment or cash appeals still pending.
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Salvation Army
Little Court
Arnold
Post
Grafton Flags Mark West Virginia Day Birthday
West Virginia’s 67th birthday is marked in Grafton with flagpoles lining streets and banners on business and private buildings. Banks and many firms close for the day though some shops stay open. The celebration recalls 1863 when the state’s creation began in this northeastern region, notably around Pruntytowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banks
Old Dominion
West Virginia
Grafton
Mission Group Meeting Set by Lutheran Society
The Women's Missionary Society of the Lutheran Synod in West Virginia will meet in Charleston in June 1921 under a resolution adopted at the 1580 convention in Fairmont. Delegates from Grafton include Hattie Heinlein and Mrs A Blue. Mrs D BE Fawcett heads the Light Brigade children's division. Officers for the ensuing year were elected and installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Missionary ‘Society of the Lutheran Synod
Jo West
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Hughes
Feative Board
Old Fair
Maniac
Jones
Nears Courts
Wendel
Fittts
California
Oesterreich
Loop
Dr. Suddarth
Army
Pruntylows
Mission Group
Lutheran
Fairmont
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