Marjorie Brestel and Benjamin Gerkin wed at St Pauls
Grand street couple announces the marriage of their daughter Marjorie to Benjamin Gerkin Jr at St Pauls Lutheran on Sunday morning. Rev E F K Roof officiated. Attendants were Barbara Gerkin and H E Brestel Jr. Bride wore blue embroidered organdy with white accessories and a corsage. They hosted a noon dinner at the groom's parents home and will reside at 407 on A street after a brief eastern trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Brestel
Grand Street
Marjorie
Benjamin Gerkin, Jr
Benjamin Gerkin
Piedmont Avenue
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
E. F. K. Roof
Barbara Gerkin
H. E. Brestel, Jr
Mrs. Gerkin
Social Calent'ar church activities and reunions
In a June social calendar several church group meetings are listed including Phila thea class dinner at 6:30 p.m., Gleaners class meeting at 7:30 p.m. at 93 Lincoln street, American Legion Auxiliary at 8 p.m., Degree of Pocahontas gift exchange at 2:30 p.m., and Women's Benefit Association session at 8 p.m. at Redmen's hall. A Monday rehearsal lists participants and a Weiner roast at Wickwire road hosted by Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Peters with attendees named.
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Philathea
First Baptist Church
L. L. Bradley
Gleaners
Andrews Church
Pearl Hussion
Lincoln Street
American Legion Auxiliary
Moose Home
Poncahontas
Women's Benefit Association
Redmen’s Hall
Weiner
I. A. Peters
Wickwire Road
W. C. Balser
William
Ruth
E. M. Moore
Dorothy and
Everett, Jr
Paul Robison
Jimmie
Cecil Paul
Billy Keener
Frederick
James
Robert Peters
Peters
Miss Florence Stover heads to New York for World's Fair visit
Miss Florence Stover of West Main street travels to New York City on Saturday to visit friends and attend the World's Fair. Mrs Joseph Minter formerly Ann Robinson and her daughter Alice reside in Morongo Valley White Water.
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Florence Stover
West , Main Street
New York City
Joseph Minter
Ann Robinson
Alice
Morongo Valley
White Water
Playboy Buckner testifies on McNutt block to aid
New York June 27 William P Buckner Jr testified in Federal court that Paul V McNutt rejected his appeal to redeem defaulted Philippine railway bonds due to his political situation He described a Manila meeting in fall 1937 with former Senator Harry B Hawes introducing him on trial with four others for mail fraud and conspiracy Buckner said McNutt could not help him.
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New York
William P. Buckner, Jr
Paul V. McNutt
Philippines
McNutt
Manila
Harry B. Hawes
Missouri
Buckner
Ninety Nurses Stricken With Epidemic Dysentery
New York June 27 Ninety nurses at Mt Sinai hospital were stricken by dysentery City Sanitary Superintendent William H Best announced today The first cases appeared over the weekend as 500 Staten Island school children suffered food poisoning Officials said there is no known connection between the two outbreaks and that the spread has been checked Patients were not affected and inspectors traced the Staten Island case to egg salad served to relief children by WPA workers on Friday night
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New York
Mt. Sinai Hospital
William H. Best
Staten Island
Health Department
WPA
Shriners Open Business Sessions Begin Imperial Council
Shrine delegates completed preconvention work in Baltimore as Imperial council sessions opened. National officers formally opened proceedings while costumed nobles marked time, signaling the start of the convention activities.
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Shriners
Baltimore
Canal
Myrl Alderman Affair Revealed in Trial Testimony
Los Angeles reports depict pianist Myrl Alderman as indulging in multiple affairs with women described as cultured and needing etiquette lessons. Witness Helen Warne, third wife of Alderman, testifies about Alma, Annabelle, Dorothy Page, and Edna Torrance in the $160,000 heart suit by Alma. Elliptical remarks describe Alderman’s evolving preferences and alleged meetings, with Annabelle unnamed and Stockbridge cited as a guitar player recalling a brunette described as buxom.
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Los Angeles
Myri Alderman
Helen Warne
Ruth Etting
Alma
Dorothy Page
Dorothy
Myrl
Annabelle
Edward Stockbridge
Brunet
Vetoed Pennsylvania Anti Flood Control Measure
Harrisburg, June 27. Governor Arthur H. James vetoed an act from the legislature that would bar federal flood control reservoirs in Pennsylvania from hydroelectric power development. He said the bill would suspend the state flood control program and critics admitted it aimed to halt development of a "little TVA" by impounding dams in progress to compete with utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylva
Arthur H. James
TVA
Irish plan to end war warned by four Irishmen
New York Sun interview quotes four unidentified Irishmen claiming the Irish Republican Army has declared war on England. The group says they fight with secret agents in London and other English cities to force Britain to recognize an Irish republic, withdraw troops, and free Irish prisoners.
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New York
New York Sun Today
Irish Republican Army
England
IRA
London
Sun
Republic of Ireland
Siin
Powerful X Rays Curing Cancer Reported in Oslo
Dr Albert Solland of Los Angeles told the Northern Society for Medical Radiology in Oslo on June 27 that hundreds of cancers have been cured by half million volt X rays after weaker rays failed. He cited ten years of work at the Los Angeles Tumor Institute and said the curative effect is not explained by usual X-ray experiments.
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Oslo
Norway
Northern Society For Medical Radiology
Albert Solland
Los Angeles
Miners Certificates To Be Ready By Jan
Charleston details indicate under a new state law experienced miners must be certified. Department of Mines chief N P Rhinehart says likely approval before January 1. About 15 000 to 18 000 applications are on file though state totals around 100 000 miners. Administrative changes aim to simplify procedures.
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Charleston
Department of Mines
N. P. Rhinehart
Rhinehart
Janyane
Anntin
Air battle on Outer Mongolian frontier reported
Moscow dispatches describe an air clash on the Outer Mongolian frontier in which Soviet and Mongolian forces engaged Japanese aircraft. The claim notes 25 Japanese planes shot down and references a communique from Mongolian Soviet troops.
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Moscow
Mongolian Peoples Republic
START TALKS on Tientsin episode a fragile effort
Observers expect talks to proceed with caution to gauge American reaction amid tension over Tientsin events. US neutrality remains key to both British and Japanese positions as Admiral Yarnell asserts US ships will protect American lives and property wherever needed.
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Tientsin
Japan
Uni
Washington
Weigh Yarnell
Yarnell
United States
Asiatic Fleet
South China
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Kenneth Cole
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H.L. Linn
Knotts Avenue
Marienelle
Grafton High School
Griffith's Beauty School
Pittsburgh
James McLeary
Walnut Street
West Fairmont
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Olth Oat
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Helena Mae Daugherty
Mary Lou Kelly
James Hyett
Jackie Powell
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Billie Zinn
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Buddy Pitzer
Darwin Keener
Marion Stevens
Billie Grow
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New Mexico
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