Social and Club Notes From The Grafton Sentinel
The society page announces missionary society meetings at Andrews M. E. church and a Now and Then Club birthday event for Mrs. Mary Wagoner with prizes, cake, and gifts. Philippi group hosts a home gathering with dancing and refreshments. Quota Club plans a benefit bridge. senior class to present Daddy Long Legs in May with a large cast and high school levee audience potential.
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Lulu Evans
Mary Wagoner
Knottsville Pike
Waroner
Minnie Thorn
Grace Proudfoot
Grace Loudin
Daddy Lone Legs
Eomedy
Ruth Batten
Daddy Long Legs
Jean Webster
Judy
Opening of Mrs Herbert Evans Beauty Shop on Main Street
Mrs Herbert Evans announces the opening of her beauty shop at 814 West Main Street on Wednesday May 4. Free facials offered on opening day. Edwin Skaggs, a graduate beauty expert, will assist with hair cuts finger waves and manicuring.
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Herbert Evans
West Main St
Edwin Skaggs
Verdict sparks boycott of Island shops in Honolulu
In Honolulu the conviction of Tour Americams for lynching a Hawaiian sparked a broad boycott threat crippling local business. Reports cite threats to workers and customers, with unorganized actions tied to Grace Fortescue case motives, and pending retrials for Massie associates and others.
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Honolulu
Joseph Young
Thalia Massie
Thomas H. Massie
Granville Fortescue
Clarence Darrow
Massie
Ace markswoman scores high in rifle test at college meet
Phore Fae Sthlender of South Dakota State College, a co-ed shooter, scored 99 on a 60 shot rifle test earning 89 bullet eyes and one nine, marking a notable performance at the event.
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Associated Press
Phore Fae Sthlender
South Dakota State College
New Materials and Styles Shape Modern Merchants
A brisk note on how merchants must stay alive to new trends daily as fresh materials and styles emerge, underscoring the ever changing shop floor landscape and seasonal shifts in demand.
Massie assault case trials stir Navy mood in Honolulu
In Honolulu May 3 Navy men brace for the Massie assault case outcomes as retrials loom for four men with Kahahawai in the Massie case. Officials say no leave changes for sailors and that baton of law will be upheld amid tensions.
Oil Delegation from Russia to Hold Conference
A Russian oil delegation arrived in New York aboard the Bremen for a series of conferences aimed at ending throat cutting competition in the industry. The Russians lead the Soviet oil monopoly and join European oil potentates en route to or already in New York at the invitation of American oilmen.
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New York
Bremen
Lenox Hash Dinner Menu and Rhubarb Pudding Recipe
Iba Melus of the Day presents Lenox Hash with buttered spinach lettuce relish and rhubarb cobbler. Includes detailed cooking steps for Lenox Hash serving six and a rhubarb baked pudding with crust and spice notes.
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LENOX
Stock Market Yet Narrowly Mixed In Listless Session
New York May 3 A light selling wave left stocks largely down with little change from recent sessions. A weaker dollar influenced banking views amid Washington budget gridlock and a new reserve bill aimed at stabilizing prices through credit and currency moves. Leaders United States Steel and American Telephone held up while many issues dipped two to three points including American Can J C Penney Lehman Brothers Safeway Stores Western Union Columbian Carbon Hershey Coca Cola and Drug Inc.
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New York
Washington
House
Endeavoor
United States Steel
American Telephone
American Can
J. C. Penney
Lehman ‘ Corporation
Safeway Stores
Western Union
Columbian Carbon
Hershey
Co- 208-Cola and Drug, Inc
Court Reverses 4500 Judgment in Street Car Crash
In Warwood Wheeling suburb Brooke county William Curry operator of a street car injured when his car collided with a Newcastle Auto Express truck. State supreme court reversed the 4500 verdict granted in Curry’s favor and ordered a new trial citing issues with the declaration and jury instructions.
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Charleston
Brooke County
William Curry
State Supreme Court
Curry
Newcastle Auto Express
Warwood
Wheeling
Supreme Court
Believe Cogar Met Death By Accident
Webster Springs May 3 Webster county officials concluded Grover Cogar 40 lumberman and former school teacher met death accidentally on a Gauley River bank near here Sunday His body was found in the river with a broken neck and no water in the lungs foul play suspected It is believed he fell and broke his neck while walking on the river bank.
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Webster Springs
Webster County
Grover Cogar
Gauley River
Here
Cogar
Township Constable Shot To Death In Ross Township
Pittsburgh May 3 constable Venon Hoses of Ross township was shot to death today by occupants of an automobile he halted. Three shots pierced eye and heart as slayers fled. Witness William Maier, night dispatcher for Pittsburgh Railways, saw the incident at the Keating barn.
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Pittsburgh
Venon
Ross
William Maier
Pittsburgh Railways Company
Keating Barn
Maier
Moses
Zelienople
Clash Between U S and Japanese Forces Narrowly Averted
Shanghai on May 3 reports fifty Japanese soldiers crossed Soochow creek into the international settlement. They were halted by the 31st U S Infantry patrolling the area, and after officers investigated the incident the Japanese withdrew following claims they pursued Chinese who threw rocks at them.
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U. S
Shanghai
Soochow Creek
International Settlement
U.S
Capone Faces Transfer to Federal Prison Tonight
Chicago reports that Al Capone will begin his move to Leavenworth after appeals were exhausted. U.S. Marshal Laubenheimer coordinated the transfer with intensified security as Capone awaits the long-anticipated journey.
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Chicago
Scarface
al Capone
Leavenworth City
Marshalls
Capone
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
Leavenworth
Kansas
H.C. W. Laubenheimer
Inch
Cook County
Inet
Michael_Ahern
Supreme Court
Atlanta Penitentiary
Senate committee studies commodity statistics for revenue sources
Weeh'netan May 3 Senate Finance Committee studied statistics on rubber coffee tea and coca beans to assess potential revenue sources for a pending revenue measure. The session focused on price trends production levels and global markets to gauge fiscal impact.
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Weeh'netan
Tmsrt
Senate Finance Committee
Miss Elizabeth H Stone Visits Graf ton As Delegate Hopeful
Local social and business caller Miss Elizabeth H Stone of mont seeks delegate seat for the Republican national convention in the first district. Mrs. C F Schroeder returns from two weeks in Prederick Md to West Washington street. Rose Lewin is ill at Walnut street with many friends wishing her a speedy recovery. Mrs. John Cassell leaves Lincoln street for Lonaconing Md to visit her mother Mrs Mary Taylor. Accompanied by Mr and Mrs James Flanagan and Patty, the trip was by motor. Cassell has been ill for months hoping Maryland stay aids recovery. George W Gerkin of West Main street with Mr and Mrs A R Williams heads to Washington DC Walter Reed hospital for possible major surgery. Circuit Clerk and Mrs Frank Hollis Jr and children return from Tunnelton where they attended funeral services for Mrs Hollis grandmother Sarah A West. Miss Mary Goley travels to Aurora for a niece’s funeral after a Sunday fire.
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Elizabeth H. Stone
Mont
Grafton
C. F. Schroeder
Prederick
West Washington Street
Rose Lewin
Walnut Street
John Cassell
Lincoln Street
Lonaconing
Mary Taylor
James Flanagan
Patty
Cassell
Maryland
George. W. Gerkin
West Main Street
A. R. Williams
Washington, D.C
Williams
Walter Reed Hospital
Frank Hollis, Jr
Tunnelton
Wheer
Hollis
Sarah A. West
Mary Goley
Aurora
Safety Week Opens May 23 in West Virginia
Charleston May 3 Plans for a statewide Highway Safety Week May 23 to May 20 were adopted here at a West Virginia Traffic Safety Conference meeting. Thirty one organizations pledged cooperation to make the first safety week a success and observe it annually. Harold P Tompkins elected permanent president with Jack Thornton and Charles B Daum named officers. Conference resolutions urged Governor Conley to issue a proclamation urging state residents to promote safety week to reduce the annual automobile death toll, which last year was 424.
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Charleston
West Virginia Traffic Safety Conference
Harold P. Tompkins
State Road Commission
Traffic Safety Conference
Jack Thornton
Sistersive
American Legion
Charles B. Daum
Conley
Church Heads Discuss Economic Conditions
Charleston May 3 The executive committee of the West Virginia State Sunday School Association met to align budgets with current economic conditions. President C A Gabell of Charleston and Dr Hugh Magill of Chicago reviewed economic factors affecting planning and education. A second petition was filed in the Minnie Stull case seeking a court review of her life sentence for the death of her 9-year-old stepson, McKey Stull, after repeated scaldings.
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Charleston
West Virginia State Sunday School Association
C. A. Gabell
Asociation
Hugh 8. Magill
Chicago
International Council of Religious Education
Mata
Minnie Stull
State Supreme Court
Mckey Stull
New Drugless Nerves Remedy Promises Calmer Feel
A health ad touts Dave's Mon tha Pepsin as a drugless nerve strengthener. Users take a tablespoon daily before meals for two weeks and may recover calmness. The Love Drug Co guarantees money back if not improved, claiming the product contains no sedatives narcotics or habit forming substances.
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Dave
Love Drug Co
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