Willard Centenary Theme Guides WCTU Institute
The annual Woman's Christian Temperance Union institute is set for Wednesday March 15 at the First Baptist church. Morning and afternoon sessions include a noon covered dish dinner with Mrs B F Robinson as luncheon speaker on A Tribute to Francis E Willard. Ella Chevarant Mitchel and others will speak on Alcohol Education and Christian Citizenship. The event ends with talks by Virginia Mason and Eleanor Jacobs as large attendance is anticipated.
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Institute of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
First Baptist Church
Willard
B. F. Robinson
Clarksburg
Francis E. Willard
R. L. Brand
C. F. Hall
Frederick Grinnan
S. M. Squires
C. F. Shafer
H. J. Mitchell
A. F.thayer
Kenneth D. Haun
Mifred Hefner
Virginia’ Mason
Eleanor Jacobs
Cal Youth
Allender Pallbearers Selected For Funeral
Pallbearers for the Marion D Allender funeral to be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Bartlett Funeral Home include Robert Byerly Luther Bdyard Earl Fawcett Joseph Hoban Samuel McDougle and John Newman. Rev Gordon L Withers of First Baptist will officiate. Burial will be in Woodsdale Memorial Park.
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Marion D. Allender
Bartlett Funeral
Robert Byerly
Luther Bdyard Earl Fawcett
Joseph Hoban
Samuel McDougle
John Newman
Gordon L. Withers
First Baptist Church
Woodsdale Memorial Park
Dorrance Accepts Post As Coal Company Chief
Charles Dorrance resigns as vice president and general manager of Consolida tion Coal company to become president of the West Virginia Coal and Coke company. Change effective March 31. WV Coal and Coke operates in Logan field and has mines in Randolph Braxton and Barbour counties.
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Fairmont
Incumbent Mayor Escue Nominated in St. Albans Race
Dr. H. M. Escue and J. O. Murray headed rival non partisan slates for the April 4 election in St. Albans. Escue, the sitting mayor, faces Murray as candidates were officially nominated by opposing factions.
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ST. Albans
H. M. Escue
J. O. Murray
Reelected Mayor Shepherdstown Heads Ticket Victory
March 14 voters returned J. K. Waldeck to office as mayor for the 14th time, sending with him the entire Peoples ticket he led. The result solidifies Waldeck and the Peoples slate in Shepherdstown politics.
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Shepherdstown
J. K. Waldeck
Peoples
Belington Bank Approved by Banking Commissioner
Charleston on March 14 Banking Commissioner George Ward announced final approval for a new Belington bank named Belmeton with 8000 capital. Incorporators include D. M. Gaines L. D Crass and Thurman Poe. Ward noted tentative state and FDIC approval earlier and warned against an epidemic of new banks without careful examination.
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Charleston
George Ward
Belington
Belmeton Bank
Secretary of State
D. M. Gaines
L. D
Crass
Thurman Poe
Ward
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
City Police Debate Ticket Sales At High School Meet
The chief declared the tournament public property and that tickets should be sold at the state high school board rate. Prosecutor Warder warned scalping could invite federal action for amusement tax violations. He denounced racketeers and urged that those seeking inflated prices be exposed and shamed.
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The
Sentinel
Ubscruynnous
Warder
Grafton
Page One
Sentinel sports page ticket details story
Further details of the ticket situation may be found in a story on today’s Sentinel sports page.
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Today’s Sentinel
Mayle Seeks Bond Reduction Ahead of Federal Trial
Jared Mayle of West Hill asks U S Judge Harry Watkins in Clarksburg to reduce his $10,000 bond on federal liquor charges. Attorneys Deyton R and DD Emple of Philippi represent him as authorities rounded up nearly a score in the area last week.
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Jared Mayle
West Hill
U. S
Harry Watkins
Clarksburg
Deyton R
Ddemple
Philippi
le Gee Mayle
Huntington Police Men Must Buy New Uniforms
Huntington officials decide to move 2300 dollars from the city benefit fund to the police pension fund and require officers to purchase new uniforms out of their own pockets.
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Huntington
Labor peace awaits as unions resume talks in New York
In New York on March 14 delegations from the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations planned to resume negotiations for labor peace at 8:30 p.m. EST. John L. Lewis led the CIO side amid Mine Workers talks in the Appalachian region. The two major proposals under discussion involved a big new congress of labor and a CIO-APL union alignment, with AFL urging restored federation only after jurisdiction disputes are settled. No compromise language emerged.
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New York
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Joint Committee
John L. Lewis
CIO
United Mine Workers
Appalachian
Iwo Board
Lewis
Congress of Labor
APL
Railroad — Brotherhood
AFL
Roosevelt Seeks Congress Action On WPA Reductions
President Roosevelt outlines that about 1.25 million workers may be affected by pending WPA cuts and urges Congress to act. He defends the long standing policy to provide work for the jobless and calls for orderly reductions with forthcoming 400000 top offs and 600000 early May cuts. The plan would affect nearly 4 million including dependents.
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Roosevelt III
Congress
United States
Rou
Congress of the United States
Persus
WPA
Personal wound deaths at California man's brother home
Homer Kirk aged 47 from California died from a self inflicted bullet wound at his brother's residence in Hinton. Prosecutor Thomas Read reported that Kirk left a note offering no motive for the act.
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Hinton
Homer Kirk
California
Thomas Read
Kirk
Read
Czech State Disintegration After Munich Accord
The report details months of Czech disintegration following the September Munich accord, noting the cabinet resignation and a Czech government announcement. It claims Hitler pledged Slovak support for expanding into Moravia to bolster a new Slovak state with industries like the Bata shoe works in Zlin, while Germany readies a invasion into Bohemia and Moravia to secure German safety.
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Munich
Europe
Hitler
Tiso
Moravia
Zlin
Germany
Bohemia
Czecho Slovak republic size and population figures cited
A historical note details the Czecho Slovak republic arising from the Austro Hungarian empire with 54 244 square miles and 15 00 009 people. It discusses the Munich dismemberment shifting territory to Germany Poland and Hungary and estimates post dismemberment figures and the Bohemia Moravia share. Berlin may seize key Czech cities amid Slovak parliament actions and rumors of a Slovak republic and deposed premier.
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Czecho-Slovak Republic
Munich
Germany
Poland
Hungary
Prague
Bohemia-Moravia
Slovakia
Carpatho
Two Wounded in Accidental Firearm Incident Falls Mills Men Hurt
In Bluefield on March 14 an accidental firearm discharge caused injuries to Maynard Blosser, 13, and Asbury 28, of Falls Mills Virginia. Both sustained gunshot wounds to the foot and received treatment at a hospital.
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Bluefield
Fee Merang
Maynard Blosser
Asbury
Falls Mills
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Coal Company
Grafton Drug & Chemical Company
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St. Peter's Basillic
Vatican City
Rome
London
NEW Belington Bank
Square Dance Club
Lindsay C. Warren
North Carolina
John J. Cochrane
Mi Uri
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Riversichapel
Christian and Missionary Alliance
West Main Main Street
Gertrude Essex Och
Warren
Ohio
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Bronte
Pracue
Bratislava
Joseph Tiso
Vicks Wees
Miriam Cheskes
Will
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