Growth of electricity advances showcased at Grafton Rotary
West Penn Electric Company demonstration on new uses of current given to about 30 Rotary members at Hotel Graf ton. Don Potter Pairmont sales engineer led the program with Paul Haymond operating the machine. Harold McMillen supervised. E Guy Kuhn presided at his final meeting and will turn the gavel to Dr Paul P. Warden at the next gathering.
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Westmuse Electric Company
Grafton Rotary Club
Graftons
Don Potter
Pairmont
West Penn
Paul Haymond
Fairmont
Harold “McMillen
Potter
E. Guy Kuhn
Paul P. Warden
WVU Football Star Fizer Killed in Street Shooting
The Mountaineer football standout Fizer, a sophomore and basketball player, was shot after a street scuffle in Morgantown. Deboard, a former city police bouncer, is expected to receive a hearing today. Coach Tallman voiced concern for Fizer’s role this fall as news spreads among students and WVU community.
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Leo
Miss Clark
Okey Deboard
Okey
Mii
Gus
Martin
Fizer
Deusta Guwll
C. C
Trusty” Tallman
Huntington
Mountaineer
Lee Seea
Crane
Crs asacSton
Grafton
Herbert Welch
Phi Kappa Sigma
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Herbert
Film Synopsis of Show Boat Style Courtroom Romance
A dramatic tale where a gentleman directs events as Mississippi flows by. Intercepted messages create mistaken belief that lovers no longer care. In a crowded courtroom Taylor and Miss Young reunite and resolve whether their romance can endure.
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Taylor
Miss Young
Pau’ Kounsois
Helen Morgan
Bill
Charles Winninger
Parthy
Helen Westley
Queenie Smith
Sammy White
Sunnie O'Dea
James
Moundsville Votes On Extra Levy For City Equipment
Voters in Moundsville decide on an extra municipal levy to raise 51 000 over a year to fund police equipment city machinery and free for purchases. Officials say no registration was required for the election due to economy measures.
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Moundsville
Unclear Board Decision Delays Comment on Employment
An unnamed chairmen offered no immediate remark on the outcome and gave no indication of the fate of about 400 government and roads department employees. Counsel for government and roads will appear before Justice on Tuesday to finalize the decree wording. The tax law would require a specific payment of $15, but the text is garbled and unclear.
Slain athlete Leo Fizer tied to campus shooting tale
Police report describes witnesses Powell Miss Clark and Marple recounting the nightclub melee that left Leo Fizer dead from head wounds. Marple says he and Fizer were dancing when a fight erupted near the gate and a man struck the victim repeatedly as bullets or blows ended the scene.
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Leo Fizer
University
Powell
Miss Clark
Ikewise
Marple
Leo
Okey
Show Boat Review Highlights Irene Dunne Allan Jones
A lavish Show Boat on the Opera House screen delights with Irene Dunne and Allan Jones in a romantic musical saga. Singers deliver Kern and Hammerstein standards amid a large ensemble and sensational production values that sweep audiences along the Mississippi.
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Sumiay
Opera House
Oscar Hammerstein
Buna Ferber
Irene Dunne
Allan Jones
Mississippi
Magnolia and
Ravenal
Private Number at the Dixie Theatre with Taylor and Young
Robert Taylor, Loretta Young star in a Fox romantic drama as a millionaire son and his mother’s maid in Private Number. Patsy Kelly provides comic relief while Basil Rathbone as the controlling butler stirs conflict. Romance, drama, a secret baby, and a family plot drive the tale to its finale.
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Fox
Dixie Theatre
Robert Taylor
Loretta Young
Toether
Patsy Kelly
Winfield
Taylor
Winfields
Loretta
Basil Rathbone
Rathone
Miss Young
Mrs. Winfield
Marings
Marjorie Gateson
Carnival Terms Noted In Poppy Circus Film
Strand Theatre presents Poppy a Fields produced carnival film with a guide to carnival terms. The piece explains slang such as banner line cherry guy straw piles leap tick and flockum describing poster rows balloon sellers heavy blondes and calliope in a period style tease.
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Stripes
Toy
Joey
W. C. Fields
Strand Theatre
Fields
Cherry Guy
Carnival Gallery Portraits Mischief Photo Caper
A jagged OCR fragment hints at carnival figures with humor and spectacle. It mentions a high joey clown on stilts a tattooed man and a pretty boy with no money suggesting a whimsical or disruptive scene at a fairground venue.
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Joey
Pretty Boy
Carnival
Bouner
West Virginia 4-H worker Naomi Guy chosen for Rhode Island conference
Wheeling reports Miss Naomi Guy will represent West Virginia 4-H club workers at the Rhode Island state conference. Guy serves as chief of the state All Stars, an honorary avi ates.
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Wheeling
Naomi Guy
West Virginia
Rhode Island
Guy
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Manchester
Chicago Daily News
Universal
Knfox
Theodore T. Ellis
New England
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Roosevelt
Togtet
Lund
Norge
Nongé
Barth
G. W. Loar & CO
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Norge Dealers
New Dixie
Taylor, Young
Ttaly
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Fulvio, Suvich
Benito Mussolini
United States
Augusto Rosso
Central Brestana
Poppy
Robertshaw
Consumers Research, Inc
Sidrow
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