Pittsburgh Steel Wages and Prices Spark Industry Concern
Amid price reductions by U S Steel and rivals, industry analysts warn earnings and employment may shrink. University of Pittsburgh data show 38 percent lower earnings and 26 percent fewer workers in the Pittsburgh area in the year’s early months, as factory output runs at roughly 28 percent capacity. Social notes mention a birthday party at the Campbell home and a Ladies group Wiener roast at the United Brethren church with many attendees.
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Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel
Weir
U. S.steel
Annabel P. Swisher
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburch
Youth Temperance Council Picnic and Church Group Hike
June 30 social calendar lists a Youth Temperance Council picnic and a Cum Bakla8s class from the Christian church meeting at the post office at 1 PM for a hike and outdoor supper. A bake sale at Keener brothers store is planned for July 14, with a committee formed by Mrs Paulihe Lawler Mrs Helen McDaniel and Mrs Anise Mitter. The next meeting is set for the fourth Tuesday in July. Regular refreshments were served to 14 members and five guests and the session ended with a prayer led by Mrs Wilson.
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United Brethren Church
CC. “Moore
Licretia
Moore
W. A. Camden
Evans
Oscar Kirkpatrick
Ruth Crouser
Mildred Hefner
Luzader
John Evans
Merrell Stilwell
Roselene Hill
Mary Isner
Elmer Car- Tico
C. F
W.H. Reese
Belle Hefner
Guy Powell
Loren Hoffman
Charles Hannon
Fred Grinnan
Duckworth
B. C. Isner
Dallas Woe
M. M. England
M. Squires
Flora Stillwell
Sherman
Youth Temperance Council
The
Christian Church
Chéer
Ambherstdale
W. Va
Keener ‘Brothers
Paulihe Lawler
Helen McDaniel
Anise Mitter
Eva Weaver
Lessie Tucker
Selah Tucker
Wilson
Mrs White Joins Husband in Spartansburg South Carolina
In Spartanburg South Carolina this week Mrs Donald F White joined her husband. She was born Mable Irene Rogers and married Mr White on November 14 1937. He works as an engineering draftsman for the United States Government.
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Donald F. White
Spartansburg
S. C
White
Mable Irene Rogers
United States
Charleston Audits Delinquent Land Tax Distributions
Auditor Edgar B. Sims announced $144,673 in delinquent land tax collections distributed to 53 counties and several municipalities. Total distributed this year reached $1,590,045 and since 1933, $7,241,314. Municipalities received $6,643.36. the general school fund $2,729.79. the debt fund $5,426. Lincoln and Nicholas counties did not share. Largest check went to Kanawha County for $20,238.93. Other allocations include Berkeley $4,086.06, Greenbrier $1,520.09, Hampshire $70.17, Hardy $73.21, Jefferson $214.40, Logan $2,109.44, Marshall $1,260, McDowell $1,437, Randolph $3,152, Summers $1,647, Taylor $3,466.
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Charleston
Edgar B. Sims
Lincoln
Nicholas
Kanawha
Berkley
Greenbrier
Hampshire
Hardy
Jefferson
Logan
Marshall
McDowell
Randolph
Summers
Taylor
Veterans Gather at Battlefield Exposition Amid Ceremonies
About 2,000 tents pitched in a field as veterans and traveling companions renew old friendships. National guard, Boy Scouts, and concert programs mark four days of exhibits and talks on peace, culture, and trade with leaders urging reciprocity and broader visitor exchange to the New World fair.
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Seminary Ridge
Johnny Red
Yankée
Willie
Barlyne
Sheridan
Leé
Robert
Réunion
Roosevelt
Valénce
Unclear fragment évoques war ministry and governance
Fragmentary text references a conflict between people and government, noting Chamberlain and a war minister amid an investigation. The passage hints at political tension during a contested war context, but details are incomplete.
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Commons
Chamberlain
Itics
Local News Snippets From Buckhannon And Clarksburg
Miss Ethel Taylor of Tunnelton was admitted to Grafton City hospital Wednesday night for medical treatment. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Handiey were business visitors in Buckhannon Wednesday. Miss Frances Logsdon and Miss Martha Gatrell spent Wednesday in Clarksburg. Mrs. Bernard Stairs and daughter of Pittsburgh are house guests this week of Mrs. Stairs' parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Leamon. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Crane will leave Friday for Langley Field to visit their son John in the air corps for the weekend.
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Ethel Taylor
Tunnelton
Grafton City Hospital
Virgil T. Handiey
Buckhhannon
Frances Logsdon
Martha Gatrell
Clarksburg
Bernard Stairs
Pittsburgh
Stair
J. B. Leamon
Leo Crane
Langley Field
John
Air Corps
Chaffee Couple Welcome Daughter at Huntington Hospital
Major and Mrs Don R Chaffee announce the birth of a 6% pound daughter at Huntington hospital on Tuesday. It is their third child and second daughter.
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Major
Don R. Chaffee
Huntington Hospital
State Opens Murder Trial in Paintsville Court
The state begins witnesses in the murder trial of Wilson Jennings for the December 1935 slaying of Hobart Mead, 33, a Paintsville National Bank employee. Mead identified Jennings as a bandit. the case repeats in the same courtroom that once sentenced Jennings for a 1933 $47,000 daylight bank robbery. Edna Mead, widow of the slain banker, will testify as a commonwealth witness. Jennings and Lawrence Piercy, once convicted in the bank robbery, were pardoned after serving under two years.
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Paintsville
Wilson Jennings
Paintsville National Bank
Jennings
Hobart Mead
Mead
Lawrence Piercy
Lexington
Ruby Laffoon
Edna Mead
Commonwealth
Severance
State Shows Big Balance for West Virginia Treasury
Charleston June 30 state officials anticipate a cushion of about 1 million dollars in West Virginia’s treasury after paying the 1937-38 fiscal year bills. The balance may be needed in 1938-39 to offset expected tax declines. The gross sales tax and other revenues are forecast to fall from Spayliege year figures, with hope that fall and winter business activity will boost sales tax and liquor receipts in some quarters.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Raid on Workers’ Town Kills at Least 45 in Barcelona
A heavy air raid strikes a workers’ town five minutes north of Bareetons. Ten bombers attack for five minutes, shattering four blocks of stone and stucco and killing at least 45. Almost 100 wounded are treated in a Barcelona convoy of ambulances as debris is combed. Police seal the devastated zone while residents survey the destruction.
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Bareetons
Batailonia
Barcelona
Britian
Atte
Rains Cause Crop Damage Across Northwestern Counties
Parkersburg reports that June rains have caused widespread crop damage with flooded bottom lands and poor conditions for growth. The Weather Bureau notes continued wet weather worsens fruit rot and upland corn prospects, affecting farm work and farming plans.
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Parkersburg
Ts, Weather Bureau
Bureau
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New Jersey
Frank Hague
Ives
Princeston University
Princeton
N. J
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Ellis Wolfe
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Gertrude A. Smith
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