Landon tots grow excited for Colorado vacation trip
Topeka Kansas June 24 news notes Mrs Alf M Landons family readies for a ranch vacation near Estes Park Colorado Their children Nancy Jo age nearly four and John Cobb Landon age two and a half are more impressed by the idea of a real train than the fact their father is the Republican nominee Governor Landon heads to Denver tonight aboard a Union Pacific train with Peggy Anne 19 their governess and Mrs Cobbs as a crowd of reporters photographers and campaign aides accompany them John M Landon may join later
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Topeka
Kas
Alf M. Landon
Estes Park
Colo
Nancy Jo
John
Jack) Cobb
Landon
Governor Landon
Kansas
Denver
John M. Landon
Eight Marriage Permits Issued By County Clerk
County clerk records show eight marriage licenses issued in the past two weeks. Couples listed include James Curry and Rosie McCauley of Taylor county, John Campbell of Newcastle Pennsylvania and Lois Smith of Grafton, Milton Coulter and Irene Moyer of Simpson, Robert Hardy of Independence and Lillian Turner of Taylor, John Popolardo of Simpson and Julia Benda of Flemington, Ralph McDaniel and Helen Fra ger of Taylor county, Hayward Dodd of Harrison county and Bessie Radcliffe of Graf ton, Calvin Morton of Fairmont and Lucy Nease of Grafton.
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James Curry
Rosie McCauley
Taylor County
John W. Campbell
Newcastle
Lois Smith
Grafton
Milton H. Coulter
Irene Moyer
Simpson
Robert H. Hardy
Independence
Lillian R.turner
John Poppolardo
Julia L. Benda
Flemington
Ralph McDaniel
Helen Louis Frager
Taylor Count
Hayward Dodd
Harrison County
Bessie Radcliffe
Calvin Lee Morton
Fairmont
Lucy Geraldine Nease
Open House Planned At Vacation Bible School
Friends and relatives of students at the First Baptist church vacation Bible school are invited to visit tomorrow from 9 a m to noon Rev James E Fidler said this morning Over a hundred children attend the school each day
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First Baptist Church
James E. Fidler
Special Term of Court Concludes in Taylor County
Judge Herbert W. Dent declared the special term of circuit court in Taylor County to have adjourned after a Monday through yesterday session. Four orders were entered. A new special term is set for July 20 for condemnation hearings, with an expected three week duration and no vacations this summer due to the upcoming terms.
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Herbert W. Dent
Taylor County
Delegates Tour Dam Project Visit at Grafton Park
Delegates from a Sheriffs and Fraternal Order of Police convention ride a six coach B&O train to the $12,000,000 Tygarts flood control dam at Grafton Park. Captain Morehead and Chief Lockerd led police escorts while J. H. Roach and 14 guides directed a one hour tour of the dam tunnels and mixing plant.
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B, and O. Railroad Company
Convention of Sheriffs and Fraternal Order of Police
Fairmont
Grafton Park
Tygarts
C. T. Morehead
A. E. Lockerd
United States Engineers
J. H. Roach
Funeral Services Held Today for Simpson Lady
Funeral services were held at 10 this morning for Mrs Elizabeth Tracine of Simpson who died Sunday night from an acute heart attack at her home. Rev Father Charles Carroll read the last rites before interment at Holy Cross cemetery in Clarksburg. She leaves husband John Trocino and eight children at home Joseph Domenick James Rosy Mary Cathryn Rozella Angeline Trotino born in Italy July 2 1890 to James and Catanzore Spadafore. Her parents a brother and six sisters in Italy also survive.
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Elizabeth Tracine
Simpson
Charles Carroll
the Sand Lick
Catholic Church
Holy Cross
Clarksburg
John Trocino
Joseph
Domenick
James
Rosy
Mary
Cathryn Rozella
Angeline Trotino
She
Italy
James and
Catanzore Spadafore
Latrobe Street Negro Released From Jail
Willie Cranshaw of Latrobe Street was released after Mary Williams, a cafe owner, paid court costs in Cranshaw’s felonious beating case against John Anderson. He had waived a preliminary hearing before Magistrate W. E. Rightmire last week.
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Willie Cranshaw
Latrobe Street
Mary Williams
Cranshaw
John Anderson
W. E. Rightmire
Communists Open Parley Urges Mighty Front Against War
New York June 24 Chairman William Z Foster opening the ninth national convention of the Communist party calls for a mighty people’s front against reaction fascism and war a Farmer Labor party. He cites the party’s roots in American life dating to 1776 and the Declaration of Independence. He portrays the old order as doomed and argues the war threat can only be averted by unity under a Communist program citing victories of the French people’s front as proof.
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New York
Wiliam Z. Foster
Communist Party
People's Front
Farmer-Labor Party
Foster
Supreme Court
France
Claims Fayette courthouse lands to old records
D L Robinson claims the Fayette courthouse and jail site rests on land once leased by Abraham Vancai to Fayette county in 1837 for 99 years. He argues ownership should pass to Vandals descendants at term end. County officials found no lease record and he says it exists in Richmond Virginia capital.
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Fayetteville
D. L. Robinson
Fayette
Robinson
Abraham Vancai
Virginia
Fayette County
Virginia Capitol
Richmond
Unmanned Balloon Sent To Stratosphere Today
Minneapolis dispatch says Professor Jean Piccard launched an unnamed experimental balloon from Memorial Stadium bound for the stratosphere on a scientific mission today.
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Minneapolis
Jean Piccard
Memorial Stadium
Relief Funds Released for Taylor County Aid
Administrator Brooks D. Reed announced that funds to sustain relief in Taylor County for the last two weeks of the month arrived in Grafton. An appropriation from the recent state legislative special term provides two allotments of 475 dollars each for the needy, along with 180 bags of flour ready for distribution.
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Taylor County
Grafton
Brooks D. Reed
Robbers Take Valued Gems From Coe Estate on Gold Coast
Burglars entered the sleeping rooms of Mr. and Mrs. W. R Coe at their Long Island estate and escaped with jewelry valued at more than 400000. The theft included a 300000 pearl necklace, 38000 and 38000 diamond pieces, a 28000 diamond ring, a 500 gold clock, a 300 gold cigarette case, and 25 in cash. Police say it is the largest burglary in Nassau County in two years and the loss was not discovered until morning.
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Garden City
N. Y
W. R Coe
Long Island
Gold Coast
Zoe
Doc
Mrs. Coe
Nassau County
Coe
Novel window lighting touted by Friedman Brothers
A new window lighting system installed at Friedman Brothers jewelry on Main Street illuminates the entire front when a watcher stands nearby. Promoted as first in the United States, the device lights only when a human body is close, offering an attractive economical display that researchers refined after a Chicago World’s Fair exhibit. The store invites the public to view the unique display.
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Friedman Brothers
Main Street
Chicago
United States
Mrs Roosevelt Visited Dam Under Cover Yesterday
Associated Press dispatches report Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt visited the 12 million dollar Tygarts River dam yesterday afternoon but dam officials say she may have viewed the project without signing the visitor register and possibly without being recognized.
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Associated Press
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tygarts River
Ben Wilson Named Studebaker Agent for Local Area
Ben Wilson, a well known manager of local filling stations, has been named Studebaker agent in the vicinity. His stockroom will be in the Warder garage building on West Main Street.
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Ben Wilson
Studebaker
Warder Garage
West Main Street
Rabid baboon attacks church and victims in Placenta
In Placenta California on June 24 an unidentified girl was attacked by a rabid pet baboon that broke its chain. The animal bit a neighbor and a Mexican girl then entered First Presbyterian Church panicking 175 worshippers. Police used tear gas before shooting the animal. Two other bite victims prepared for Pasteur treatment after health tests confirmed rabies.
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Placentia
Calif
Willis Hasson
Joseph T. Johndrew
Firt Presbyterian Church
Bobbie Jerome
Health Department
Sam H McCausland Begins 18-Year Prison Term
Starts Team Point Pleasant June 24. Forty eight year old Sam H McCausland, son of Confederate general John J McCausland, begins an eighteen year penitentiary sentence today in an Albany correctional facility.
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Point Pleasant
Sam H. McCausland
John J. McCausland
Siehler's Furniture Store Promotes Bonus Stock
Local store well stocked as Siehler's Furniture on Latrobe street advertises extensive inventories across three floors and an additional storeroom for a complete home furnishings selection. The ad highlights a wide range of bedroom dining room and living room suites catering to every taste and budget.
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Latrobe Street
Home Investment Advocacy Attracts Furniture Trade
The piece notes a local retailer, Charles Stebler, owner of Buy In Big Mark, who champions investing surplus funds in one’s own home. He is attending major furniture shows in New York and Chicago, with his son Jes also at displays in High Point, North Carolina, highlighting the city’s rising status in the furniture world.
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Tore
Charles Stebler
New York
Chicago
Jes
High Point
N. C
Girl Drowns In Home Made Boat Accident
In Wheeling on June 23 a homemade boat capsized on the Ohio River. Mary Ellen Mayhew aged 15 of Shadyside, Ohio, drowned while three companions were rescued.
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Wheeling
Ohio River
Mary Ellen Mayhew
Shadyside
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Vacation Bible School
Glenn
RED Cross Pharmacy
Grafton Drug & Chemical Company
Opera House
Perfect Sound
T ‘Mass
Preston Foster
Margaret Callahan
Alan Mower
Ralph Morgan
RKO Radio
Reed
Friedman Brothers Jewelry
Mrs. Roosevelt
SHELL
W. J. Z. Oil CO
HAGAN
Grafton Drug & Chemical CO
W. Main
Siehler
The
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Graften Banking & Trust Co
General Electric
Monongahela System
Walnut Street
W. Grafton
Yates Avenue
Blueville
Brownlow Park
Loveland
Barrett Street
W. Boyd Street
Colerider
Boyd St
Relief Dept
Parrish Agency Inc
Gatrell
NEW Dixie
Eha
Ilien Fasea
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