Sub-Deb Group Gives Party To Recent Brides
A post nuptial party honoring Mrs. Joseph W. Fordyce and Mrs. A L Gaskin was hosted by the Sub Deb club at Miss Barbara Gerlins home. Guests enjoyed pink and green decor, corsages, fortunes, a bride cake, and a festive electric waffle iron gift for each bride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Fordyce
Gertrude Sommerville
A. L. Gaskin
Virginia Mahaffey
Barbara Gerlin
James Miss Gerkin
Fordyce
Gaskin
Eloise DeMoss
Ladies Auxiliary Meeting at St Johns Methodist Church
The Ladies Auxiliary of St Johns Methodist Church held a luncheon meeting last Thursday at the church with Circle No 1 as guests. Mrs Fred Floyd chaired arrangements and the program featured devotion led by Mrs Hr Mitchiell a question box by Mrs W R Williams and business under Mrs W W Beall. Twenty four members attended the gathering featuring a musical program with several participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's Methodist Church
Circle No. 1
Fred Floyd
Hr. Mitchiell
W. R. Williams
W. W. Beall
Italy’s Armistice Terms and German Protocol Predicted
Unofficial circles predicted a cessation of hostilities order within the day as Italy nears terms of an armistice. Petain defended the agreement against British criticism while informed sources say a protocol with Germany would be signed after the armistice is formalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Germany
Marshal Petain
Community events calendar for Bridgeport area
June 25 Kum Bac class of First Christian church hosts a picnic at Harrison County Airport Bridgeport hosted by Miss Evelyn Bunner and Miss Edith Mae Wagner. June 26 American Legion Auxiliary meets 8 p.m. Moose home. June 26 regular meeting Dteree Pocahontas and officer election 2 30 p.m. followed by Indian sisters party. July 1 quota picnic Bridgeport Airport 615 p.m. weather permitting otherwise dinner meeting Cozy Rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Harrison County
Bridgeport
Evelyn Bunner
Edith Mae Wagner
American Legion Auxiliary
Moose Home
Italian Armistice and Exile Shifts in French Leadership
The armistice terms released in London allow the French to relocate their capital from Bordeaux or return to Paris as negotiations proceed. Britain breaks relations with the Bordeaux government after Premier Petain’s acceptance of Germany's terms. General Weygand says Hitler promised a 10 mile safety zone near Bordeaux. De Gaulle is dismissed for London broadcasts critical of the government. Laval is named vice premier as a French national committee is formed in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bordeaux
London
Paris
Britain
Ronald Hugh Campbell
Petain
Churchill
France
Germany
Maxime Weygand
Adolf Hitler
Curent
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
England
Italy
Pierre Laval
Double taxes hit citizen’s beer and fuel costs
A citizen warns of rising federal taxes on liquor and gasoline. He notes his beer consumption of about 300 bottles a year was taxed $5, rising to $6, while gasoline use of roughly 500 gallons and 10,000 miles yields higher levies. The whisky tax would move from about $7 to over $8 next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeemuniucu
Stitchery and Lace Crochet Pattern 6681 Offer
Grafton Sentinel promotes Pattern 6681 for filet crochet 12 motifs with lazy daisy flowers. Includes chart, directions, stitch illustrations, and materials. Send ten cents to Household Arts Dept., 259 W. 14th Street New York NY with name address and pattern number.
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Pee Geegebeduced
Wales
Grafton Sentinel
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
N. Y
Tax Increases Hit Radios Cigarettes and Incomes
Congress raised excise taxes across autos tires oil and club dues and boosted cigarette levies by half a cent per pack. Income tax cuts from 2500 to 2000 personal exemptions fall to 800 for singles and 1000 for married couples while surtax rates rise to 100600 and a 10 percent super tax applies to all higher incomes plus corporate rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Citizen
Citizen
Congress
Briefly Told Visitor From West to West Virginia Tour
Visitor Mrs Claude Proudfoot of Pueblo Colorado is the guest of Mrs W C Spencer. They returned from the New York world fair and will tour Pennsylvania Ohio and New York including Niagara Falls before returning home. Charles Locke has come home after six months in a CCC camp at Lapine Oregon. Mary Jane Harrington of Tunnelton underwent a major surgery at City hospital. Miss Agnes Funk of Denver WV was admitted for an operation. Baby Beverly Kay Cross was discharged from City hospital after medical treatment. Charles Hensley of Peru Indiana entered City hospital for surgery. Harold Cole of Grand street underwent a tonsillectomy at City hospital. Miss Gertrude Tucker and Mrs Robert Poling were discharged from City hospital. Mrs T C Gough returned from Manassas Virginia after visiting Mr and Mrs R H Setler.
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West
Claude S. Proudfoot
Hannah de Woody
Pueblo
Colorado
W. C. Spencer
Charles Locke
John Locke
Monroe Street
CCC
Lapine
Ore
Beverly Kay Cross
James O. Cross
Sycamore Street
City Hospital
War Department speeds civilian hiring for defense build up
Civilian workers are rapidly assigned to new Army construction projects as part of wartime expansion. About 500 laborers were recruited in two weeks for a 12 million dollar Anchorage air base, with similar rapid hiring at Camp Ripley in Minnesota and Fort Benning in Georgia. The War Department reports 126,000 civilians already employed and anticipates 20,000 more jobs. A national plan for training and reallocation of workers funded by Congress is urged to meet defense industry needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Anchorage
Alaska
Camp Ripley
Minn
Fort Benning
National Defense Commission
Sidney Hillman
Congress
NYA
CCC
Army to hire craftsmen for barracks forts and fields
The army will recruit skilled workers for construction and maintenance at barracks, arsenals, and airfields. There are millions of potential workers to choose from. Civil service lists about 2.5 million approved applicants for all kinds of work. The Federal Employment Service has about 6 million. More than 300 people have been applying daily for War Department jobs.
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Army
Civil Service
Federal Employment Service
War Department
Justices to Fight Change in West Virginia
Clarksburg June 24 campaign to preserve the justices of the peace uses mail and personal contact. The West Virginia Association of Justices, led by President Montgomery Hancock, launched a million-piece literature drive against three proposed constitutional amendments including replacing justice courts with summary courts and appointing a public defense bureau for those who cannot afford counsel. Carl Fisher of Wheeling will direct the anti-amendments push for 528 state justices, 225 of whom are active, as the association meets with about 275 delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Justices of the Peace
Montgomery Hancock
West Virgina Association of Justices
Hancock
Montgomery
Carl Fisher
Wheeling
Trial of Red Set July 16th in Kanawha County
Judge Kilgore ordered Oscar O. Wheeler and his wife to stand trial on deceit and fraud charges in Kanawha County on July 19. Wheeler, a Communist candidate for governor, had sought a change of venue after a special grand jury returned nine new indictments.
Pattern 170 Back Fullness In Buttoned Frock
Claire Tilden design Pattern 170 features an artfully back waistline fullness and front buttoning. Two panels run down the front with belts tying center front or back. Misses and women sizes 12 to 42, fabric need varies. price 15 cents. Send size name address and pattern number to Grafton Sentinel Pattern Dept. New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire Tilden
Grafton Sentinel
Pattern Department
Fifth Avenue
New York
Second Offense Felonies Against Wheeler Judge Savage Selected
The wife of a 53 year old Raleigh county goat farmer is named in the tenth indictment. Wheeler, accused of misrepresentation in the circulation of a petition to place the Communist party on the November ballot, has been jailed since June 11 with bond appeals failing. Mrs Wheeler was released on her own recognizance and Mrs Harold Houston, wife of counsel, faces trial July 18 on similar counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler
Savage
Raleigh County
Jackson W. Savage
Charleston
Communist Party
Louis Fleischer
New York
Harold W. Houston
Kilgore
Raleigh
Logan and
McDowell
Harold Houston
Noisy Scenes at Republican Convention in Philadelphia
Delegates stampeded into Philadelphia to the Republican convention, shouting slogans and muttering mottos. The crowd chanted Van is the man and get on the Van wagon near Varidenbere's hotel. Dewey will do it was sung by supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy Gilmore
Philadelphia
Van
Varidenbere
Dewey
Willkie Support Gains Amid Convention Buzz
At the New Yorker gathering, Willkie supporters touted bold lines for a presidential bid while Taft's camp wielded a mechanical elephant symbol. Delegates from Wheeling and Morgantown debated roles as Earle Davis and others named committee members to notify the nominees.
Mrs Ebert Chosen Again as National Committeewoman
West Virginia's 16 member GOP delegation reelected Cara Ebert of Parkersburg to a third term as national committeewoman at a Charleston meeting on June 7. Anthony McCue of Clarksburg named vice chairman. Walter Hallanan of Charleston reelected national committeeman, with committee action deferred.
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Philadelphia
West Virginia
Cara Ebert
Parkersburg
Anthony McCue
Clarksburgh
Flynn
Charleston
Walter 5. Hallanan
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Annabel P. Swisher
Gerkin
Ladies Auxiliary
Alice Brooks
Mary Jane Harrington
Tunnelton
Charles Hensley
Per, Ind
Harold Cole
Grand Street
Gertrude Tucker
Grafton
Robert, Poling
Manassas
T. C. Gough
West Washington Street
R. H. Setler
A. T. Onthank
Justices
Kanawha Tribunal
Om Nek i Ea Et
Gannett
Skaggs and Company
ADV
New Yorker
Garnett
Willkie
Frank E. Soest
Rochester
Taft
Ohio
James
Pennsylvania
A. A. Lilly
Geasion
C. B. Flynn
Hall
Prynn
Social Security
Lilly
Wendell Willkie
L. Ebersole Gaines
Mount Hope
Mrs. Ebert
Correty
Price
Leah
the Grafton Drug .& Chemical
Eleanor Daley Beaty
Sivils
Houston
Texas
Chesterfield
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