Ladies Aid meeting and West Virginia Pioneer visit
The Blueville M E Church Ladies Aid was entertained by Mrs Gans and Mrs Georgia at her home with 26 members and visitors attending. Ruth Withers led devotion. Edna Rogers and Ethel Lucas directed the social program and refreshments were served. The next meeting will be hosted by Mrs Dora Fuvil and Mrs Mabel Brown. Separately, Ira Marquess and others attended the fifth annual West Virginia chapter meeting of Telephone Pioneers of America at Oglebay Park. a luncheon followed with afternoon recreation including swimming, golf, bridge, tennis, and other amusements. The Drum and Bugle corps visited Central Playground with a large audience. Mary Anna Grow led the program and children and adults enjoyed the event at the playground run by Mrs Kitty Gill.
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Lapres Aid
Ladies Aid Society of
Blueville
Dora ‘Fuvil
Mabel Brown Will
Ira Marquess
Harry Baxter
James Latta
Lena Gerkin
West Virginia
Chapter of Telephone Pioneers of
Oglebay Park
GW. Thrall
Sons of the American Legion
Ance
Kitty Gill
Mary Anna Grow
Tad
N. i
Nnmerested
Social calendar events for June around Red Wing area
June calendar notes list several club and church gatherings. The Red Wing club hosts at 76 Lincoln Street at 7 30 p m. Royal Neighbors No 3996 meet monthly in W F W hall. Quota club dinner at Cozy Rest 6 15 p m. Woman's Missionary Society hosts book review luncheon June 21 at 12 30 p m at First Church. Other church circles hold gatherings June 21 22 and 28 with various venues and timings.
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Red Wing Club
L. H. Greenwald
Lincoln Street
Royal Neighbors of America No. 3996
W. PF
W. Hall
Quota Club
Royal Neighbors No. 3996
W. F. W. Hall
Woman's Missionary Society of
Th First Church of Christ
General Aid Society of Andrews Church
First Presbyterian Church
Z. L. Dean
Kennedy Street
First Baptist Church
John Hardie
West Main Street
Mary Warden Admitted After Emergency Appendectomy
Mary Warden daughter of Dr Mary Warden was admitted to City hospital Saturday night for emergency appendectomy. Mr and Mrs J C Everett and daughter Betty Mr and Mrs W Phillips and son Walter and Bessie Hartman and Yaughters Louise of Fairmont were guests of Mrs Fred Pitzer and Mrs Maude Paliher Knotts Avenue Sunday. Mr and Mrs Tra Marquess were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Headlager at Washing Lena Gerkin was the guest of her sister Mrs W E Freeman of Kim Grove over the week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary’ Warden
Paul P. Warden
J. C. Everett
Betty
W. Phillips
Walter
Bessie Hartman
Louise
Fairmont
Fred Pitzer
Maude Paliher
Knotts Avenue
Tra Marquess
Local family visits span several states
Mrs Anna Sinclair and daughter Anna Maxine of West Main Street have returned home after a week visiting relatives in Columbus and Springfield Ohio. Mr and Mrs William R Jones and son Edwin of Middletown Indiana visit H E Martin Addison Street Mississippi. Pauline Rowe and Don Lee Rowe return Saturday from a two week visit with relatives in Huntington. Bobby Yoho son of A V Yoho of Maple Avenue Teron undergoes mastoid operation at City Hospital Monday morning. Cuppett daughter of Victor Cappett of Durbin Street has tonsils removed at City Hospital Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Sinclair
Anna Maxine
West, Mainstret
Columbus
Springfield
Ohio
William R. Jones
Edwin
Middletown
Indiana
Jones
H. E. Martin
Addison Street
Pauline Rowe
Don Lee Rowe
Huntington
Bobby Yoho
Maple Avenue
Teron
City Hospital
Morrie Cuppett
Victor Cappett
Durbin Street
Car Turns Over Injures No One In Route 77 Crash
George Stanke six of Rosemont reported Sunday night to state police that his automobile turned over on the wet road of route 77 but he was not hurt. The car was considerably damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Stanke
Rosemont
Stanke
Murders Estranged Wife Then Shoots Self in Dayton
In Dayton on June 20 Clarence Wolff, 56, boarded a street car with his estranged wife Jennie Wolff, 39, a four week separation. He fatally shot her and then killed himself, dying two hours later, according to Acting Police Chief O E Greger.
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Dayton
Jennie
Clarence Wolff
O. E. Greger
Wolff
Barclay on Bridge Authority and a Famous Hand
Shepard Barclay analyzes a bridge deal where North opens 1 Spade South rebids 1 No Trump North 2 Clubs South 2 Diamonds North 3 No Trumps South leads a heart. East covers a diamond, declarer wins and winds up trapped if defenders play differently, illustrating timing and card placement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pheaser
South
Paread
North
Bridge problem from GN 10 with overruffed club lead
The deal shows Dealer West, East-West vulnerable. After losing two club tricks, an overruffed club, and a heart den being led, determine how North should defend to gain advantage. If responder can set up plate and timing, consider ruffing with remaining honors and leveraging entries.
Japan warns foreign powers as China war scope widens
Tokyo circulated a warning to embassies that the China wars may expand greatly. It urged evacuations from the Yellow River area and a line east of Sian Ichang Hengyans, plus marking and reporting foreign property. Diplomats see it as signaling wider Japanese campaigns beyond the outlined region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
China
Harushige Nagaka
Yellow River
Sian
Ichang
Hengyans
Ugaki
Mayor Shields Freed on Bail in Bribery Case
Johnstown, Pa June 20 Mayor Daniel J Shields pleaded innocent at an alderman hearing on bribery extortion and malfeasance charges and was held for grand jury action under 2500 dollar bond County Detective John F Carroll filed the charges in relation to financing a special law and order force during last summer Little Steel strike Councilman Fulton J Connor also pleaded innocent with a 2000 dollar bond
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Daniel J. Shields
John F. Carroll
Fulton J. Connor
Officials Waive Hearing In Corruption Case
Both men waived hearing before Alderman J. Alvin Reese and were released on bail. Their cases move to the next term of court in September. The indictment alleges extortion and illegal fees. Carroll alleges the mayor received 36,499.50 donated by Bethlehem Steel. Connor was charged with handling the first 25,000 of this sum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Alvin Reese
Commonwealth
Carroll
Bethlehem Steel J Company
Connor
Kennedy Not Seeking Post in 1940
U S ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy denied any bid for the 1940 Democratic presidential nomination while aboard the Queen Mary returning from Europe. He said a bid would breach faith with President Roosevelt and planned to meet the president at the White House to report on economic and political observations. He discussed devaluation and warned that if the United States devalued other nations would follow, adding that the era of devices is gone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph P. Kennedy
U. S
Court of St. James
Europe
Harbor
Jimmy Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Kennedy
White House
Joseph Jr
Harvard University
Boston
James Roosevelt
United States
England
France
West Virginia birth and inaugural memory recounted
Charleston dispatch recalls the 1862 inauguration of West Virginia first governor Arthur Boreman and the restored Virginia government, noting June showers and a quiet anniversary in 75 years of statehood. It details a procession past Linsly Institute, crowds on streets and rooftops, and early speeches by Boreman and Pierpont amid the era’s Virginia restoration context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Wheeling
Arthur J. Foreman
West Virginia
Wheeling Intelligencer
Holt
James Price
Virginia
Greenbrier County
Intelligencer
Linsly Institute
Francis H. Pierpont
Jews Targeted as Berlin Publishes Anti Jew Posters
In Berlin a fresh purge hits Jews with raids and storefront vandalism. Aryan grocers refuse Jewish customers as red We don't sell to Jews posters appear on shops. White Aryan shop signs and Nazi flags surface in Weissensee and Kurfuerstendamm amid fear and intimidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
West End
Ben
Poor Move to Public Park in Cleveland
In Cleveland on June 20, two women and four children sought shelter in a public park pavilion as emergency relief funds ran out. Mrs Emima Kruis and Mrs Jessie Ferguson faced dire need, with only bread and jam and few belongings, prompting Mayor Haroki H Burton to convene his cabinet to pursue a policy until the state legislature acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Lake Erie Shore
City Relief Fund
Emima Kruis
Jessie Ferguson
Haroki H Burton
Burton
Bluefield Plans Band Contest for Fourth of July
W. E. Smith, chairman of Bluefield's Fourth of July celebration, announced bands from two states will compete in a contest featuring the observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
W. E. Smith
Beckley Centennial Parade and Coronation Night
Beckley marked its centennial with a gala pageant and parade drawing visitors, highlighting pioneers’ handicraft and city history. Miss Betty Morgan, descendant of founder General Alfred Beckley, was to be crowned queen by Attorney General Clarence W. Meadows, with a coronation ball to follow as Governor and National Masterial Association guests were slated for Tuesday events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bsiness Associates
Lions Club Convention Opens in Clarksburg
In Clarksburg on June 20, West Virginia Lions clubs began their convention with the induction of Dewey Wass of Harrisville as district governor and John Lowther of Harrisville as secretary-treasurer. Club presidents and secretaries held a luncheon while delegates met in a separate session led by Fred B Déem of Clarksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Lions
Dewey Wass
Harrisville
John Lowther
Fred B. Déem
Flight By Schmeling Is Opposed By Jacobs
Speculator New York June 20 Max Schmeling received a fiery wire from promoter Jacobs who forbids the German from flying to New York tomorrow with Dick Merrill trainer and close friend. Schmeling indicated he would like to make the flight but Jacobs says the venture is too risky and insists on staying by plane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y
Max Schmeling
Mikel Jacobs
New York
Dick Merrill
Max Downy
Max
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Barclay
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Nahant
Anne Lindsay Clark
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Shirley
Shirley Temple
Chicago
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Cilsey
Barium Reduction Corp'n
Beckley
National Masterial Association
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Schmeling
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Atlantic City
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Capon Bridge
W. Va
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Moorfield
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Virginia Beach
Webster Sprines
White Sulphur Springs
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