Mayor Gillispie and Kramer discuss Grafton hospital plan
Harold F. Kramer WPA Manager and Mayor P. F. Gillispie conferred about the city's proposed municipal hospital. Pencil plans were reviewed and a citizen's committee to pick a site will be appointed within the week. Upon site selection and deed to the city, the WPA funding application will be submitted.
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Harold F. Kramer
WPA
Fairmont
P. F. Gillispie
Works Administration
Kramer
City Commission
Grafton
Coal Prices Due by Fall
Washington reports new coal price plans set to be fixed by fall. The Bituminous Coal Commission finished initial hearings at Denver on production costs and will seek input from district boards to replace old minimum prices. A second round of hearings begins in August with October decisions anticipated on soft coal prices for next year.
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Washington
Bituminous Coal Commission
Denver
Colo
Indecent Exposure and Drunk Charge Put Man in Jail
Willie Carroll a 33 year old from Blueville faced charges of drunkenness and indecent exposure on Lincon street early Tuesday afternoon. In police court Mayor Gillisple fined him 15 dollars but he could not pay and received a ten day sentence in the county jail. Carroll was arrested after complaints from several Lin street residents.
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Lincon Street
Willie Carroll
Blueville
P. F. Gillisple
Carroll
Linstreet
Italy Aims to Implement Anglo Italian Agreement
Prime Minister Chamberlain told MPs Italy was anxious to place the Mediterranean accord into effect but denied Rome sought to drive a wedge between Britain and France. The statement followed news of bombing and sinking of two more British merchant ships by an unidentified air raid off Valencia.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Italy
Mediterranean
Rome
Britain
France
Valencia
Charleston Pathologist Dies on North Trip
Charleston physician Dr. M. Gillies, 45, a pathologist in Charleston since 1931, died at Baldur Manitoba while resting on a trip. A World War II veteran with the Canadian forces, he survived by his widow Mrs. Hildred Gillies and three children. He studied at the University of Manitoba and had practiced in Charleston after coming from North Dakota.
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Charleston
M. Gillies
South Malden
Baldur
Manitoba
Canada
Gillies
North Dakota
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg
Hildred Gillies
G. O. P. Seeks Southern Support at Alabama Rally
Republican national chairman John D. M. Hamilton urged a union of real Democrats and Republicans at the Alabama state convention. He attacked the New Deal as alien to Jeffersonian philosophy and warned of gloom from cotton policy. He cited cotton prices near 4 to 12 cents as proof of failure.
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Birmingham
Ala
John D. M. Hamilton
South
Alabama
Democratic Party
Hamilton
Congress
New York
Charleston
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Attempts to End Strike In Pittsburgh Resumed
Pittsburgh publishers of the Sun Telegraph and Press and union leaders meet to renew talks to end a strike that halted the two afternoon papers. The strike, called by the office workers union, was denied as a battleground to break trade unionism by publishers and AFL representatives.
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Pittsburgh
Sun-Telegraph
Hearst
Press
Scripps-Howard
Newspaper and
News Distributors Office Workers Union
AFL
Office Workers Union
Kidnaper of Tot Is Sane
Wheeling Ohio county mental commission reported Guy Gibson a 40 year old Columbus man sane and rational while held for grand jury on kidnapping charge of five year old Marjorie Cutler. Gibson claimed the girl and her companion accosted him and that he fed them then took Marjorie home briefly as police noted no attack.
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Wheeling
Ohio County Mental Commission Today
Guy Gibson
Columbus
Marjorie Cutler
Gibson
C. Lee Spillers
Spillers
Tobacco Company
Cutor
Marjorie
Martins Ferry
S. R. Gibson
Harless and Nicholas Sentenced After Hacksaw Found
Huntington reports Judge H. Clay Worth jailed Carl Harless, 17, for 11 years after two hacksaw blades were found in his shoe during routine search following guilty pleas on eight indictments. Co-defendant Chester Nicholas, 22, shared charges including theater holdups and dairy store robberies.
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Huntington
H. Clay Worth
Carl Harless
Lyle Topping
Harless
Chester Nicholas
Nib Ies
Worth
Three Indicted in Spy Plot Plead Not Guilty
Three men and a woman indicted on federal espionage charges in a broad probe pleaded innocent in New York. Each was held on $25,000 bail as bench warrants were issued for fourteen others, many believed abroad in Germany, including two men described as German war ministry officers.
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New York
Vincent L. Liebell
Germany
War Ministry
Reading and trumpet solos charm Graf ton Kiwanis club
Miss Lewanna Koon gave a reading while Arthur G. Yates Jr. and Vivian Thomas performed two trumpet solos at Debendarfer's Cozy Rest Inn on Tuesday night. The Graf ton Kiwanis announced Paul E. Malone, a past president, will preside next week.
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Lewanna Koon
Arthur G. Yates, Jr
Vivian Thomas
Grafton Kiwanis Club
Debendarfer's
Cozy Rest Inn
Paul E. Malone
Witness Hurts Defense Case in Harlan Labor Conspiracy Trial
London Kentucky June 22 ex defendant Elmer D Hall testified he threatened to quit the Harlan County Coal Operators Association last year over alleged misused funds but was talked out of it He said in 1937 George Ward secretary of the association swore he had paid funds to fight the union Defense witnesses asserted association funds were not used to oppose the UMWA and that defendants did not conspire to prevent union organizing under Wagner Act Former deputies allegedly tried to disrupt a union meeting at Evarts Kentucky in 1935 by browbeating attendees or blowing horns to drown out speakers
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London
Elmer D. Hall
Harlan
Harlan County Coal Operators' Association
St. Hail
Witnss
Three Point Coal Co
George Ward
United Mine Workers of America
Hanna County Coal Operators’ Association
Evarts
K. C
Bolyard Widow Confirmed Estate Administratrix
Taylor county court on Wednesday appoints Mrs. Elsie Bolyard as administratrix of the late McKinley Bolyard. Attorney W Merle Watkins reported the mother of the deceased did not wish to contest the appointment.
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Elsie Bolyard
McKinley Bolyard
Taylor County Court
W. Merle Watkins
oBlyard
Bank credit expansion tied to unified bank exams
Government financial leaders moved to revive business by revising bank examination rules using 2.73 billion idle funds. Five agencies reached a compromise to encourage long term loans and allow national banks to buy bonds of small unlisted companies. The agreement aims to standardize exams across 52 regulators and reflects tensions between Morgenthau and Eccles.
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Washington
Morganthau
The
Treasury
Roosevelt
Eccles
Morgenthau
Otters
Marriner
Federal Reserve Board
White House
Currency
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Girl Arrested for Refusing Mayor’s Order to Leave
Ruby Batton, 17, formerly of Rock Cave, Gilmer County, now living with a brother on Lincoln Street, was jailed in Taylor County on an investigation charge after failing to comply with Mayor P. F. Gillispie’s order to leave the city. Police Chief A. E. Lockard said Dr. C. B. Shafer, city health officer, will examine her and she will be held until test results are available.
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Ruby Batton
Rock Cave
Gilmer County
Lincoln Street
Taylor County
P. F. Gillispie
A. E. Lockard
C. B. Shafer
Offensive Is Underway To Cut Off Canton Area
Shanghai dispatch reports Japanese planes bomb Swatow and nearby areas as ten warships stand by after landing hundreds of Marines on Namoa under barage cover. The move signals a planned South China offensive to sever Canton from the central battlefront. The US gunboat Asheville at Swatow says no fighting yet. U S Consul Whitney Young notes 69 Americans in Swatow district. Charleston report notes the death of Elvin Whittington, 68, former deputy county assessor and State Board of Control employee.
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Shanghai
Swaton
Kwangtung Province
Canton
Namoa
South China
U. S
Asheville
Swatow
United States
Whitney Young
Charleston
Elvin Whittington
State Board of Control
Sheriff Receives Tax Roll Figures For Taylor County
The article lists utility tax payments by several companies in Taylor County. The Baltimore and Ohio railroad leads with main line and branches contributing to the state total, followed by West Penn, Pittsburgh and West Virginia Gas, Hope Natural Gas, Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone, and American Telephone and Telegraph with varying assessed amounts. The figures include main line totals and branch lines, alongside line items for parkersburg and other properties.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Taylor County
G.B
Parkersburg
West Penn
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Gas Company
Hope Natural Gas Company
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Franco Tries to Close War Front Drives on Barcelona
At Hendaye near the Spanish frontier Generalissimo Franco prepared a fresh offensive aimed at Barcelona. Insurgents faced government defenses at Villarreal and retreated from the municipal cemetery while loyalists strengthened coastal fortifications. Castilian advances west of Teruel extended along the Sagunto route, with losses and encirclements reported as war material was seized by insurgents.
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Hendaye
France
Lerida
Barcelonia
Teruel
Sagunto Road
Valbona
Burgos
Bus driver Hedge accused in extortion attempt
Harrison county officers tracked a caller identified as Hedge who demanded 2000 dollars from Dr. Williams threatening to “borrow the money for 30 days.” Hedge, a Northview resident, was arrested after a Bridgeport drug store cash transfer plan surfaced. A federal warrant was expected.
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Unson County
Frank Regenauer
Baltimore and Ohio Police
Dr. Williams
Hedge
Harrison County
Grafton Exchange
Williams
Purdee
Bridgeport
U.S
L. T. Eddy
Fairmont
Lockard
Franklin ‘Avenue
Northview
Willams
Clarksburg
Firemen honor graduates display at station
The local fire department shows a list of graduates in the station hall. Grafton’s class was the largest in the state to complete the program, begun October 16, 1997 and finished May 1 this year. Honorees receiving certificates include Fire Chief L. H. Greenwald and many others named.
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Frokit
Ety Hall
Grafton
Ose
L. H. Greenwald
Harry Greenwald
L. O. Bryan
John Proctor
Merle Bailey
Ray O. Robinson
O. N. Rosier
Paul Sturm
Leland Price
Charles Turner
Earl Layman
Filmer Behan
Russell Mathews
Lester Ridenour
W. C. Renneman
Donald Seeke
Eugene Wright
Otto Paugh
Walter Williams
Lonnie Moran
J A. Bunner
Robert Kelly
Lynch funeral held for J. A. Lynch in Fairmont
Funeral services were held today for Jarrett A. Lynch a retired farmer. His parents were pioneer settlers in the Monongahela Valley, reflecting a family rooted in local history.
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Fairmont
Jarrett A. Lynch
Monongahela Valley
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