Extensive Street Improvement Plan Seeks WPA Approval
City of Grafton seeks 18 month funding from the Works Progress Administration for an extensive street improvement program. About 1300 is estimated for projects across all city areas including Knotts Avenue and Spruce Street which will be resurfaced and curb work added. The plan also calls for resurfacing Addison Monroe East Main and other streets along with walls and repairs as listed in the WPA funding request.
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Grafton
Works Progress Administration
P. F. Gillispie
Knotts Avenue
Spruce Street
Maple Avenue
Thayer Street
Addison
Monroe
East Main
Lincoln
Ford Perfects New Farm Unit
Detroit June 29 The mechanized farm unit built by Henry Ford aims to revolutionize agriculture and render draft animals obsolete. Demonstrated on an assembly line and in action on Dearborn acres, Ford credits Harry G Ferguson with the tractor design as an economical nearly automatic system expected to displace horses on farms.
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David W. Wilkie
Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford
Dearborn
Harry G. Ferguson
Broadway Serenade and More Play Tonight in Grafton
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Ada Belle Brown of 340 East Main Street to attend tonight’s theatre double bill at the Srand theatre featuring Broadway Serenade with Jeanette MacDonald, Secret Service Adventures with Ronald Reagan, and Back Door to Heaven with Wallace Ford Stuart Erwin and Tricia Ellis, at the Dixie theatre.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Ada Belle Brown
Main Street
Jeanette MacDonald
Srand Theatre
Ronald Reagan
Wallace Ford
Stuart Erwin
Tricia Ellis
Dixie Theatre
Boy Named Bob Michael Price Arrives in New York with Pet Dog
In Port Alleghany, Pa., Mr and Mrs Jessie Price describe their son Bob Michael Price age six who learned Spanish after receiving a Colombia dog named Rebelde. The boy could not speak Spanish before, and the dog could not understand English. Now Bob is proficient in Spanish and has arrived in New York with his pet.
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Jessie Price
Port Alleghany
Bob Michael Price
Rebelde
Bobis
New York
British seek new naval pact to ease Berlin fears
London reports press alarm over a potential Danzig crisis as Winston Churchill warns of a tense summer and Anthony Eden urges a tough stance. Britain presents a memorandum to Germany offering to renegotiate naval limits, while reports claim Nazi forces train in Poland for a Danzig emergency. A Britain wide conscription extension debate gains pace.
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Pears
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Danzig
Winson Churchill
Anthony Eden
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Voelkischer Boebachter
Warsaw
Danzig “Free Corps
Free
Reich
Germany
Chamberlain
Posse shoots man to death near Cable Wisconsin
Ray Olson, a fugitive killer of two deputies, was shot to death by four possemen led by Constable Ernest Moore on Lake Namakagon near Wheatley Anderson farm. He toppled into the water after being struck by four bullets while trying to launch a boat to flee. Olson admitted killing Carl Johnson and Fred Scott before dying.
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Ernest Moore
Lake Namakagon
Wheatley Anderson Farm
Olson
Carl Johnson
Fred Scott
Hayward
Sawyer
Bayfield
Greyhound Employees Get 5 Percent Wage Increase
Charleston June 29 Geneval Manager George S Engle of Atlantic Greyhound lines announced a five per cent pay increase for 809 employees earning under 200 dollars a month, effective July 1. About 975 workers in 10 states including Ohio Kentucky Pennsylvania West Virginia Virginia Tennessee North Carolina South Carolina Georgia and Florida will benefit. Revenues are off, but employees are not to be penalized for a competitive situation.
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Geneval
George S. Engle
Atlantic Greyhound Lines
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Virginia
Tennessee
North Carolina
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Georgia
Florida
Engle
Aged Confederate Vet Found In Parkersburg
Officials identify a wandering man in Parkersburg as 94 year old Confederate veteran Henry Yearin. Sheriff R T Hays reports Yearin recently lived with a son on Elk River with hazy memory of details. He said he aimed to reach Wirt County where he once cut timber decades ago.
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Parkersburg
Henry Yearin
R. T. Hays
Elk River
Wirt County
Yearin
Torn Photograph Leads To Solution of Theft
Police in Wellsburg say a torn photograph found at a gasoline theft scene helped arrest 27-year-old Paul Habitt for stealing about 40 dollars of merchandise monthly from John Ranges, a Wellsburg wholesaler, over a year and a half. James Catrone of Follansbee was charged with receiving stolen goods.
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Wellsburg
Paul Arthurs
Paul Habitt
Earl Deulley
Habitt
Dealey
Arthurs
John Ranges
James Catrone
Folllansbee
Rhododendron Festival Opens with Parade and Crowning
Webster Springs hosts the second annual celebration honoring West Virginia's state flower as visitors arrive for a three day event. Leading guest Margaret Louise Brab Ban of South Charleston and her princesses are featured with Brab Ban to be crowned queen by Governor Holt. A noon concert opens the program including safety competitions, coon dog trials, woodchopping contests and speeches by noted figures such as President Van A. Bittner of United Mine Workers district 17 in Charleston.
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Webster Springs
West Virginia
Margaret Louise Brabban
South Charleston
Brabban
Holt
van A. Bittner
United Mine Workers District 17
Charleston “el
Heavy Rains Cause Damage Across State Regions
Heavy rains caused widespread damage near Wheeling with lesser losses around Huntington. McGraw's Run and Little Wheeling Creek left their banks east of Wheeling, flooding homes. A creek flooded Main Street in Follansbee, blocking the road with debris.
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Charleston
Wheeling
Huntington
McGraw
Main
Follansbee
Bittner Claims State Uses Coal Operators' Lawyers
Van A. Bittner says the state unemployment office is colluding with coal operators as lawyers for the appeals of miners denied jobless benefits during the April to May shut down. He asserts operators’ attorneys are directing motions, while the proceedings continue with rebuttal planned. The hearing was recessed to July 11 to hear rebuttal testimony on Appalachian wage talks.
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Charleston
van A. Bittner
Unemployment Compensation Department
United Mine Workers District’ 17
Bittner
Ashton File
Beckley
New York
Thief Who Took $5 Shoes Is Given Life Sentence
Beckley reports 24 year old Robert Price pleaded guilty to stealing a pair of shoes and $5 and received a life term from Judge Harley Kilgore. The habitual criminal sentence follows prior felony convictions. Price had been convicted of robbing a post office and a Kentucky store, with the life term tied to a store break in the Clear Fork district.
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Beckley
Robert “Price
Harley M. Kil‘gore
Price
Kentucky
Clear Fork
French Newspapers Warn Hitler War Not Far Off
Paris reports French, British and Polish papers warned that seizure of Danzig would spark war. The notices stressed allies already asserted the danger, aiming to counter Nazi signals that sincerity on the Dan z issue was in question.
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Paris
Germany
Danzig
NOVA TO FACE GALENTO FOR TITLE CHANCE
Joe Louis fallout boosts Tony Galento as a September title shot looms with Lou Nova eyed as next challenger. Galento’s showing against Louis increases his profile, while promoter Mike Jacobs contemplates the potential matchup and market interest remains strong.
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Galento
Sid Feder
New York
Tony Galento
Joe Louis
Pudgy Pounder
Lou Nova
California
Louis
Yankee Stadium
Jersey
Cauliflower Exchange
Mike Jacobs
Name For City Street Is Sought By Gillispie
Mayor P F Gillispie urged residents to submit a name for the reconditioned Old road from US 50 at Cityview road house to West Wilford street. The WPA project restored it for traffic and a formal christening may replace the current nameless designation.
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Gillispie
Cityview Roadhouse
Wilford Street
P. F. Gillispie
Three Streets to Open This Weekend in City
West Boyd Market and West Wilford old road will open Saturday morning after WPA resurfacing completed yesterday. WPA workers to transfer to Grand Street for brick relaying and to Bernhold Curve on West Main for a final top dressing. Mayor P F Gillispie was advised by WPA officials this morning.
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Market
West Wilford Street
WPA
P. F. Gillispie
Grand Street
Bernhold
West Main Street
Gand
Germany Rejects British Naval Pact Talks Offer
Berlin reports of June 29 state Germany scorns Britain's latest invitation to negotiate a new naval limitation pact. The Nazi press calls Britain's note arrogant and says little negotiation is possible while Britain maintains its encirclement policy. The British note, said to be delivered yesterday in Berlin, offers to discuss a new arrangement but denies the encirclement claim.
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Berlin
Great Britain
Adolf Hitler
Saprachains
Britain
Senate approves large relief bill after marathon debate
The Senate voted 55 to 0 for a $1.919 trillion relief package after more than 14 hours of debate. Leadership aimed to reconcile House and Senate bills by midnight, with expected House action on public works and a single WPA administrator. Amendments increased Farm Security, Youth Administration, and tenancy loan funding while limiting further debate.
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Washington
Chamber
House
Public Works Administration
WPA
PWA
Reynolds D
N. C
The
Ning
Farm Security Administration
National Youth Administration
Russell
D. Ga
Mead Appointed City Solicitor in Wheeling
Wheeling on June 29 Charles P. Mead was named city solicitor by City Manager Walter Smith succeeding the resignation of Jay T. McCamb Mead currently holds a federal position as a bankruptcy referee Another city official Dr William T McClure resigned yesterday effective July 1 as city bacteriologist
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Wheeling
Charles P. Mead
Clty
Walter Smith
Jay T. McCamb
Mead
William T. McClure
MAYOR'S TRIAL GETS STARTED
Bluefield June 29. Dr Charles F Brown on trial for violating the Mann Act. Assistant District Attorney John Hereford opens with Mollie Cole testimony to show Brown as a silent partner in a War house of ill fame. Inmate Hartley Sanders says Brown acted under official duties to clean up the town. Stanley previously sentenced to five years.
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Bluefield
Charles F. Brown
John Hereford
Mollie Colé
Brown
Hartley Sanders
Hereford
Sam Stanley
Stanley
Atlanta
Final Arguments In Williams Civil Service Hearing
PARKERSBURG June 29 Final arguments by attorneys will complete a hearing on a rein statement request filed by J Gordon Williams dismissed city patrolman Dr Robert S Widmeyer of the Police vice commission announced Williams denied before the commission yesterday that he failed to cooperate in efforts to solve the 726.36 robbery of the police headquarters safe during April Acting Police Chief C W H bert dismissed Williams Jone saying the officer had not cooperated The money left by a merchant for safekeeping was missed April 24 Later a patrolman brought in note giving directions for recov ering most of the money and said he found it tacked to his front door Hylbert reported
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Parkersburg
J Gordon Williams
Robert S. Widmeyer
Police Vice Commission
Williams
C. W. H.bert
Williams Jone
Hylbert
Congressman Schiffler Opposes Neutrality Bill
Representative Schiffler denounces a proposed neutrality law as an outright alliance with Europe. He argues for neutrality and impartiality, warning that repealing the arms embargo would drag the United States toward war and bind it to foreign democracies.
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Schiffler
Washington
T/P
R.-W. Va
Europe
House
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Dixie Clipper Reaches Horta on Atlantic Hop
Pan American Airways announced the Dixie Clipper reached Horta Azores at 15:52 a.m. E.T. on June 29, first leg of a historic cross Atlantic passenger service. The four engine flying boat flew 2,397 miles in 15 hours 42 minutes at speeds up to 158 mph with a brief stop planned at Horta before Lisbon.
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New York
Pan American Airways
Horta
Azores
Atlantic
Lisbon
Two Youths Escape Injury In Route 50 Crash
Two Michigan boys driving a Ford coupe escaped injury at 2 pm yesterday when the car overturned on U S route 50 near the West Penn substation. The Michigan license plate 484-142 was noted. The vehicle was to Rosier's garage for about 100 dollars in damage. State police Corporal Fred Strader said a full report would be available later.
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Michigan
West Penn
Rosier
Corp
Fred Strader
President Roosevelt rallies for powers as relief bill passes
President Roosevelt returns to Washington to rally support for devaluation authority before expiration and meets with a bipartisan opposition. The Senate adopts a relief bill in a post midnight session and a House compromise attempt follows. A conference committee is to meet in the afternoon to reconcile the monetary measures amid strong opposition. The Agriculture bill with a record 1.194 billion dollars is sent to the White House.
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Associated Prose
Roosevelt
Washington
Joint
Senate House Committee
Senate
House
White House
SYA
D. Harold Oliver
G R ‘Es Fusal
Hyde Park
State Upton Forecast From West Virginia Chamber
West Virginia business is expected to rebound after a seven week coal shutdown with the State Chamber of Commerce reporting a likely stronger 1989 year than 1938. In May 1939 the state saw higher electrical energy production, 41.2 percent more construction contracts, more building permits, more telephones installed, and a 6.4 percent rise in retail sales compared to May 1938.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Chamber of Commerce
West
Invitation to Bob Baker double bill at Opera House
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs K M Shahan of 101 Grand Street to attend tonight’s presentation at the Opera House featuring Bob Baker in Ghost Town Riders and I Stand Accused with Robert Cummings and Helen Mack.
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Grafton Sentinel
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