Kiwanis Plea Not Acted On at Grafton Council
The Grafton City council rejected a petition by C. C Batson and C. F. Bonner to condemn and sell an alley linking Warder and Dewey avenues for repairs. Mayor Waugh cited resident complaints about closures. The Beach project and Kiwanis beach improvement requests were discussed but no concrete action was taken. The council approved three new Volunteer Fire Dept members: Ernest Daugherty, Elmer Behan, and Russell Matthews.
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Grafton
C. C Batson
C. F. Bonner
Warder
Dewey Avenues
E. 0. Waugh
Beach
James Reed
Charles E. Raw
Alden Beagle
Clyde N Mays
Grafton Park
Tygart Dam
Kiwanis Club
Reed
Kiwanians
W.T. Hopke
Maple Avenue
Rau
Ernest Daugherty
Elmer Behan
Russell Matthews
Two Court Orders Signed by Judge Dent in Taylor Circuit
The Taylor county special term opened with Judge Herbert W Dent signing two orders before noon. The case J W Noll vs Maryland Coal Co proceeded and the 14th report of the special commissioner was filed. One order granted compensation to receiver David Williamson but the amount remained undisclosed. The other suit involved coal oil and gas rights on Martha Judkins Walter et al property sought by B and O railroad in a condemnation action.
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Taylor County
Herbert W Dent
J. W. Noll
Maryland Coal Company
David Williamson
Martha Judkins Walter
B. and ©. Railroad Company
Future Farmers Gather For Statewide Meeting
Huntington June 22 First Future Farmers to arrive for the state convention and leadership training conference registered today at Marshall College. Business sessions begin tomorrow. Exhibits by about 1,500 boys in 69 state high schools shown on campus. John M. Lowe state supervisor in charge. Public speaking contest tomorrow night a feature of the week long conference. Winner to enter regional contest at Springfield Massachusetts in September. From 4 H club sportsmen’s and business organization representatives will speak.
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Huntington
Marshall Colli
Camra
John M. Lowe
Springfield
Mass
Firemen Extinguish Soot Fire at Wilford Street House
Firemen were dispatched at 10:05 yesterday after a resident saw flames issuing from the chimney at the D. L. Weese home on 124 E. Wilford Street. Five firefighters responded and contained smoke and soot damage to the residence.
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D. L.weese
E. Wilford Street
Hoover to Speak at Fairmont Police Convention Banquet
J Edgar Hoover director of the federal bureau of investigation will address a banquet of the West Virginia Fraternal Order of Police and the West Virginia State Sheriff's Association in Fairmont tonight. Law enforcement officials overseas and convention sessions will continue tonight.
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Pairmont
J. Edgar Hoover
Fairmont
J. Edwar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hoover
West Virginia
Plans Appeal of Judgment in Moran case
Attorney Harry Friedman chair man of the Taylor County Democratic executive committee filed a notice of appeal after a magistrate court awarded Miss Margaret Moran $207.20 for work on land abstracts in the Tygart dam basin. Moran was represented by H. Robert Warder with witnesses James Robinson and Charles Robinson and lawyers W. Merle Watkins John Burdett and Jed W. Robinson. Friedman argued stenographic rates were excessive and presented testimony from other stenographers.
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Harry Friedman
Taylor County
Democratic Executive Committee
W. E. Rightmire
Margaret Moran
Miss Moran
Tygart Dam
H. Robert Warder
James
Charles Robinson
W. Merle Watkins
John Burdett
Jed W. Robinson
Equal Representation In Political Parties Asked
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS June 22 Delegates at the northeast regional conference of business and professional women's clubs endorsed goals for equal representation on national political committees. Resolutions urge state delegations to press major parties for greater representation and call for four aims: equal representation on committees a fairer proportion of women delegates appointment of more qualified women to public office and abolition of discrimination against women due to sex or marital status.
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World Court
Conference of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Federation
Farm Bureau Chief Heads to Democratic Convention
Chicago June 22 The American Farm Bureau Federation President Edward A. O Neal travels to Philadelphia to present the 1936 program for farm production adjustment and currency regulation by a commodity index. The plan also urges monopoly control and was previously presented at the Republican convention in Cleveland.
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Chicago
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Fedetion
Philade Rhia
Democratis
Cleveland
Debate over two thirds nominating rule at Democratic conventions
Philadelphia June 22 report on the push to scrap the century old two thirds rule for Democratic nominations. Southern delegates wield veto power under the rule and some favor majority rule with tempering changes. Senators Byrd and Peery back retention. Missouri's Clark leads pro repeal. Oklahoma caucus favors simple majority. Texas Senator Connally offers cautious view.
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Philadelphia
Dixie
South
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Clark
Missouri
Rules Committee
Martin van Buren
Champ Clark
Soldiers Attempt To Stop Street Fighting in Harest Romania
Soldiers with fixed bayonets guarded newsboys to quell escalating street clashes in Harest. Two people were reported dead and a third seriously wounded after disorders among rival newspaper sellers. Over 100 arrests followed as tensions rose over anti-Madame Lupescu sentiment. A Jewish newspaper and two other Jewish papers condemned anti Semitic articles targeting Lupescu.
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Harest
Romania
Magda Lupescu
Carol
Madame Lupescue
President Is Back At Desk Studying Bills
President Roosevelt returned to the White House desk amid congressmen heading home and to the Democratic convention in Philadelphia. He spent the morning studying bills passed before adjournment and met with party leaders guiding convention activities in the afternoon and evening.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
White House
Negro Held to Jury for Malicious Assault on Fellow Min
Willie Crashaw of Latrobe Street was remanded to jail on a $500 bond after waiving preliminary hearing on a charge of maliciously assaulting John Anderson, another Black man, with a hoe handle, the incident tied to the September term grand jury.
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Willie Crashaw
Latrobe Street
John Anderson
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Park Beach
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Grafton Drug & Chemical Company
Farm Bureau
Democrat Convent
Ion
Grafton Drug & Chem. CO
Oklahoma
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Drug and General
DR. Glenn Phone
United Drug Company
Rexall
Puretest
Riker
Liggett
Riker’s
Leon Street
Henry Picard
George Reis
WM. Hollingsworth, JR
New York
London
Claire Huntington
Ace
Victor Hugo
Los Angeles
World of Fashion
Paris
Hugo
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