PEST KILLING CONTEST NEARS CLOSE IN TAYLOR COUNTY
With one day left in the pest killing contest under Life League sponsorship in Taylor county, entrants from three or Flor counties are neck and neck for first, according to committee member Dallas Wolfe. Final reports close at midnight June 30 though some may be received through July 5, after which judging concludes and prizes are awarded from 23 donated items including a .410 shotgun, a Kingfisher rod and reel, and a .22 rifle.
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Taylor County
Lid Life League
Flor County
Dallas Wolfe
Wolfe
Joe Gibson Resigns as Preston School Chief
Joe Gibson resigns as presiding head of the Preston County Board of Education to focus on law practice. He will resume his board seat, while continuing as district attorney for the era district in federal court, succeeding Frank E. Parrak. The board now has Democrats and two Republicans. a fifth member must be appointed or the State Superintendent Trent will make the appointment.
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Kingwood
Joe V. Gibson
Kinewood
Preston County
County Board of Education
Gibson
Haessiant
Era District “Federal Court
Frank E. Parrak
Trent
Baer Carnera fight rumors and local life saving unit plan
The column cites rumors about Baer versus Carnera including loaded fists and betting shifts before the title fight. It also reports a plan for a revised full time life saving unit at Grafton Park led by Red Cross official Frank Collins to improve swimmer protection and community cooperation. It notes Carr China’s win over Maple Avenue 13 to 2 in a non scheduled league game and lists batting averages with Brenner leading at .500.
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Grafton Park
Frank Collins
American Red Cross
B&b
Carr China
Maple Avenue
Athletic Field
Fetterman
ABA
Brenner
Daily Crossword Puzzle Across Clues Summary
Crossword puzzle list shows clues across entries including 1 Read metric ally 6 Worship 10 Not hard 1 Kind of rubber 16 Come to maturity.
Solutic Yesterday's Puzzle 1 Percent Inference
A compact clue set lists terms and numbers including Largest 15 Above It Famous English murderer 18 Crawled 19 Narrow road 20 Old musical instrument 22 Epoch 80 Grown girls 53 Large medieval pistol.
Brothers Ben and Joseph Adamowicz start flight toward home city
Brooklyn pilots Benjamin and Joseph Adamowicz launched from Harbor Grace to Dublin and Warsaw in a transatlantic bid. They carry light lunch and coffee, aiming to reach Ireland then Poland. The brothers, first in a "brother act" transatlantic attempt, began flying in 1927 after a prior test flight ended in a landing mishap. Their aircraft reads Warsaw on the fuselage with red trim and blue wings.
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Brooklyn
Adamowicz
Benjamin
Joseph
Warsaw
Poland
Harbor Grace
N. F
Atlantic
Great Circle
Dublin
Ireland
Berlin
Hobbs
Floyd Bennett Field
Housing Bill Signed by President This Morning
President Roosevelt yesterday signed into law the housing bill aimed at reviving industry by boosting home construction and repair. The act provides hundreds of millions for homes and modernization through government insured private loans, with immediate implementation to spur employment and improve living conditions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ruffing Earns Third Straight Shutout for Yankees
Charley Ruffing pitched his third consecutive complete game shutout, limiting the Washington Senators to three scattered hits as the New York Yankees won 4 to 0 in the opening game of the series. Three other AL results followed with Foxx homering and Johnson driving in runs for Philadelphia. Detroit defeated Chicago 8 to 7 at Navin Field after a Westward push. No other AL or NL games were on the schedule.
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Charley Ruffing
Washington Senators
New York Yankees
Jimmy Foxx
Bob Johnson
Philadelphia Athletics
Boston Red Sox
Detroit Tigers
Navin Field
White Sox
St. Louis
We Furnish Family Funds at 103 Morgantown Ave
Local loan service in Fairmont West Virginia advertises personal financing with the slogan We Furnish Family Funds and a phone contact at 199. The listing specifies loans totaling 300.09 dollars for a family oriented lending service.
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Morgantown Ave
Former Owner of Big League Teams Dies at 65
Sandusky Ohio June 29 Charley Somers longtime owner of the Cleveland Indians and financier behind clubs in Chicago Boston Philadelphia and Cleveland died today after months of illness at his Put In Bay home He was 65 and credited as a father of organized baseball in Cleveland.
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Sandusky
Angel
Ban B. Johnson
Charley Somers
Cleveland Indians
Out-In-Bay
Somers
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Faey
Capture Trio continues after removal to Charleston
Magistrate J Lee Fox issued warrants for three men as Prof Atty J E Cutlip reports none will be arraigned. Prisoners likely back to Sutton July 10 for Braxton grand jury action. Rhode claims Keener struck Bland while Keener and Mace allege Rhode dealt the fatal blow.
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Charleston
le Blames Keener
J. Lee Fox
Sutton
Atty
J. E. Cutlip
Braxton
Atty. Cutlip
Rhode
Keener
Bland
Mace
Baseball scores and travel note from a busy schedule
Yesterday's schedule shows Chicago at Pittsburgh Philadelphia at Boston St Louis at Cincinnati and Brooklyn at New York in the major leagues. New York beat Washington 4 0 Philadelphia defeated Boston 7 1 Detroit topped Chicago 8 7. Cleveland at Chicago. Detroit at St Louis. Candler Field in Atlanta was once a gully washed wasteland.
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Chicago
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Boston
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
New York
Cleveland
Detroit
Candler
Atlanta
Ww. Pet
V. L. Pet
Washington
Elderly wife held on charges of cruelty to orphan girl
Fayette Alabama June 29 an elderly wife of a tenant farmer, Mrs Earl Porter 57, remained silent in jail awaiting a Monday hearing on charges of abusing Mary Virginia Johnson a 12 year old orphan in her custody for sixteen months. Porter faces assault with intent to murder and additional felony counts. The child remains undernourished with bruises and a fractured arm hospitalized in Walker County Alabama. A Child Welfare Bureau probe and possible move to Fayette for the hearing accompany the case.
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Joe A McConnell
Walker County Hospital
Jasper
C. A. Jackson
Thurston Mitchell
Porter
Payette
Child Welfare Bureau
Montgomery
Mary Virginia
Mitchell
Miss Dorothy Morgan Visits Palrmont Relative
Miss Dorothy Morgan of Palr mont visits sister Mrs Boge Kyte of Bedsteet for se an. Grace Menest and Miss Mary Kyte return home from Morgantown after weeks with relatives and friends. M C Squires of Route 1 Moats ville met in Graf ton. Theodore Miller and J B Palmer attended the McArthur Berry fight in Fairmont. Attorney W Taylor George of Philippi was in Grafton. Drs Alden Beagle and O L Cook attended the Fairmont fight with others from Grafton.
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Dorothy Morgan
Palrmont
Boge Kyte
Bedsteet
Sean
Grace Menest
Mary Kyte
Morgantown
M. C. Squires
Moatsville
Grafton
Theodore Miller
Palmer
McArthur-Berry
Fairmont
W. Taylor George
Philippi
Alden Beagle
O. L. Cook
Birth of Twin Girls to Mr and Mrs Beaumont
Mrs W C Manley of McGraw avenue received word of the birth to Mr and Mrs D F Beaumont of Youngstown Ohio. The twins Barbara Lea and Bonnie Lou weighed six and four pounds respectively and were born June 15. Mr Beaumont formerly worked as a bookkeeper for Armour and Company in this city and now with Armour and Company in Youngstown. Both families are well known locally and friends extend congratulations. Nat B Sewell state fiscal examiner notes Kentucky government departments have cut expenditures about one third since 1931.
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W. C. Manley
McGraw
Beaumont
Nat B. Sewell
State Fiscal Examiner
Kentucky
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Joe Gibson
Preston
Bingles
Boners
June Gatrell
Baer- Camera
Max Baer
Baer
Carnera
Solutic
Wysl el
Yiels
Continent
Boiiana
Aric
Laldi
PVA
Polish City
N. Shriver
R. Jackson V. Jackson
Ald. C. McDaniel
Warne
Hall
R. Shriver
Deets
Ivans
Gilbert
Peronka
Greathouse
H. McDaniel
Pete
Hoag
Babe Ruth
Myril
Hokg
Susitiue
Marie
Ruffing
W. Va
John
Terry
Diana
Sissies Dern Ciy Slicker
MR 'Booley
Pearne
Yessiree
Jest
Thei Sui
Grafton Taxa'& Transfer CO
Turner
Robert F. Gerkin
Opt. D
Optometrist
Jarrett
Cengral
Berkeley Run
Berkley Run Springs
R. D
Simpson Rum Springs
Simpson
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