Grafton Names First Girl Scout Troop and Leaders
Grafton will organize its first Girl Scout troop meeting Friday at 4 p.m. at the Play Center on Latrobe Street. Miss Virginia Watkins leads, with Miss Lyla Greathouse and Miss Virginia Stark assisting, and Myrtle Anvil named to the Advisory Council.
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Grafton
Latrobe Street
Virginia Watkins
Rhododendron
Robert Brown
Betty Turvancer
Janet Waller
Ivy Patrol
Catherine Hamerie
Marilyn Crowley
Carnation Patrol
Zelda Paling
Buttercup
Virginia Perkins
Genevieve Harper
Betty Smith
Miss Watkins
Lyla Greathouse
Flemington
Virginia Stark
Myrtle Anvil
Howe Jailed for Black Jack Offense in Clarksburg
Clarksburg March 20 Judge Aylos J Harbert ordered six months in jail for Aubrey Howe former city policeman who pleaded guilty to earning a blackjack without a license.
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Clarksburg
Aylos J. Harbert
Aubrey Howe
Public Hearings on Neutrality Act Urged by Barkley
Senate Democratic leader Barkley urged speeding up neutrality act revisions and rail labor bills while opposing public hearings on six neutrality act proposals. He favored administrative adjustments over new changes and warned against unfriendly amendments to wage hour law if the act is altered.
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Congress
Foreign Relations Committee
Barkley
Elmer Andrews
British Prime Minister weighs conscription and rearmament
Chamberlain dodged a final ruling on conscription amid laughter when asked by Geoffrey Mander. He rejected withholding materials from Germany and warned a foreign affairs debate next Sunday. Conservative Herbert Williams argued such action could lead to war. A special cabinet session was planned after discussions with King George at Downing Street.
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Chamberlain
Geoffrey L. Mander
British
Germany
Herbert Wiliams
Poland
King George
No. 10
Downing Street
London Protests Rally Against Mussolini Echo in Daladier Reply
The article reports Irish anti fascist demonstrations in London near the Italian frontier and cites Daladier responding to Mussolini's claims about Ethiopia Tunisia Djibouti and the Suez area. It notes Mandel's claim of France doubling its colonial army and an aviation factory nearing completion in Indo China with substantial output. It also outlines unemployment benefit rule changes including disqualification periods and appeal timelines.
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Cilles
Xive
Daladier
Duce
Mussolini
Tunisia
Djibouti
Suez Canal
France
Ethiopia
Italy
Mandel
Senate
Central
Africa
Indo-China
North Africa
Near East
Far Eastern
Britain expands to 38 divisions for possible continent war
It is estimated that 250 million dollars is needed to equip recruits and establish training camps. Britain will have 38 divisions ready for any war in Europe, up from 19. Nationalists in Spain take more territory, Valencia is engulfed, and Madrid could see a delayed Franco parade as Republicans are rounded up. Miaja and Casado detained. Miaja flees to Oran with aircraft.
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Britain
War Office
Madrid
Valencia
Spain
Catalonia
Burgos
Republican Defense Council
Jose Miaja
Sevismundo Casado
Franco
Franco’s forces round up vast Madrid prisoners
Franco’s troops swept through the Madrid area on Tuesday capturing about 40,000 Republican prisoners in the city region. Nationalists reported 85,000 prisoners in the final collapse, raising total captives to about 600,000 since the war began as Republican militiamen and weapons fell into Nationalist hands. Authorities ordered remaining militiamen to surrender arms immediately amid reports of enemy forces consolidating control.
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Escoral
Madrid
Strets
Burgos
Republic
Daladier Speech Triggers Demonstrations Across Provinces
Daladier warned that Germany's break up of Czecho-Slovakia two weeks ago was a heavy blow to peace efforts. Tens of thousands listened to his address in provincial cities as demonstrations were staged outside cafes with loudspeakers in Grenoble and other places.
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Daladier
Germany
Czecho-Slovakia
Greenoble
Major changes in unemployment benefits rules described
The document describes sweeping changes to benefit computation and payment. A new table shows weekly benefit amounts and totals, reducing administrative costs and errors while speeding payments. Benefits extend over fourteen weeks, up from twelve, and partial benefits after April 1 1939 require only quarterly reporting rather than weekly reports.
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Conubue
Carning
Executor's Auction Sale of Furnishings in West Grafton
Notice announces an auction of furniture from Mayme Pracht property at corner Beech and Pearl Streets West Grafton starting Saturday April 1 at 10 am. Three apartments' furnishings offered. Terms cash. Dated March 20 31.
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Mayme Pracht
Beech and
Pearl Streets
West Grafton
Gable and Lombard Honeymoon Plans Reported
Clark, Gables and Miss Lombard are said to have wed in a ceremony by Rev. Kenneth M. Engle at the First Methodist Episcopal Church. The couple planned a Las Vegas or Boulder City honeymoon, later dinner in Needles, California, and return to work on Gone With The Wind. The second Mrs. Gable filed for divorce March 7 in Las Vegas after a four year companionship with Lombard, who was previously married to William Powell.
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Kingman High School
Kenneth M. Engle
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Las Vegas
Boulder City
Nev
Boulder Dam
Needles
Calif
Mojave Desert
Will
Gable
Seltruck
Rhett Butler
Miss Lombard
Carole
Bessie
T. Ford
John Hay Whitneys
Jane Peters
William Powell
Birth of sixteenth child for Flaharty family
In Mannington on March 3 a seventh child was born to Mr. and Mrs Mack Flaharty, bringing their total living offspring to sixteen. The infant weighs six and three quarters pounds and is described as a girl.
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Mannington
Mack Flaharty
Xirl
Weishing
Elks Bridge Tournament Called Off Last Night
Morgantown team canceled its planned appearance after the Elks Home event was scrapped at the last moment due to several players’ unavailability. No date set for a playoff within the winter series. A telegram to Captain B J Sway of the Grafton team disclosed the cancellation details.
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Sheigen
Elks
Morgantown
B. J. Sway
Grafton
Bus Caravan Expands Exposition Transport in Michigan
The General Motor Truck and Bus company builds 100 exposition buses for Pace One tine Michigan. After opening, the buses operate on two routes through the grounds. They offer grandstands-on-wheels sightseeing tours for 50 cents and internal rides at ten cents per ride.
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Pace
Tine
Michigan
General Mi
Four Killed In Bayou Bridge Flooding Disaster
Rescue crews search wreckage after a bridge bayou flood sent multiple cars into the water near the Vicksburg Jackson highway. Leroy Meeks and Marcus Meeks survive while others, including two Memphis nurses, are believed lost. Witnesses report warning cries as vehicles were swept away by the current.
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Continuent
Leroy Meeks
Memphis
Miss Turner
Marcus
Robert Lewis
McIntosh
Rupert Lewis
Rupert
Bayor
Big Black River
Vicksburg-Jackson
Bangert Resigns From FBI After 12 Years
Clarksburg report states Harold Bangert of Shinnston resigns after 12 years with the Federal Bureau of Investigation to take a personal position Saturday with Weirton Steel Company.
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Clarksburg
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Harold B. Bangert
Shinnston
Weirton Steel Company
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British Navy
Grafton Drug and Chemical Company
London
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Board of Review
Hammersmith Suspension Bridge
Thames
Don Fernando Dé Os Rio
U. S
White House
Washington
Casimo Franco
Grafton Drug & Chemical Company
W. Va
Dixie
Columbia
LEE Bennett & Son
W. Main Street
Coast Guard
Stephen Campbell
Argo
Boston
Newton
Clark, Gables
Monongahela System
Bangert
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