Cancer work discussed at Elks club lecture
Mrs W R Showacre of Pairmont held a lecture at the Elks club on cancer control and symptoms urging early medical advice. The afternoon included a business meeting closing the department year and a musical program featuring Miss Elsie Ringler. End year plans called for Mrs T M Deegan to chair next year with Mrs Walter Beall assisting.
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W. R. Showacre
Pairmont
West Virginia
Field Army
Elks Club
T. M. Deegan
Walter Beall
Elsie Ringler
Neutral bloc optimism tempers Polish terms for Germany
The report notes cautious German hopes Poland would concede to Germany. At noon press coverage from England and France suggested British and French publics criticized the German fish press for aggressive territorial demands. Hungary was also seen as aligning with Germany as part of growing bloc sentiment.
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Poland
Germany
England
France
Hungary
Fair Bonnet Round Air and Trylon Unite in Style
New York designer Diane Noble debuts a merged headpiece combining air and periscope motifs into a single chapeau. The fashion piece, inspired by Bonnet Fair roundware, showcases a novel silhouette that fuses familiar symbols into a striking millinery concept.
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Trylon
Je Diane Noble
New York
World War II diplomacy shifts between Hungary and Poland
President enjoys New York World’s Fair as Hungary seeks stronger security with Germany while Poland hopes a Beck speech will persuade parliament to back reasonable ties. Hitler offers gestures to Scandinavia and backs joint Aaland island fortifications as Baltic tensions rise. British-Russian talks hint at a future Anglo-French-Russian alliance despite Danzig disputes.
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Hungary
Poland
Germany
Joseph Beck
Hitler
Finland
Sweden
Aaland
Gulf of Bothnia
Baltic
Berlin
Helsingfors
Wife believes Pendergast disappearance tied to self harm
The wife of Democratic boss Tom Pendergast believes his disappearance may be a death by self harm after his abandoned car and hints of suicide notes were found. FBI to determine if it is hoax, suicide, or foul play. Missouri river searches failed to locate a body. rewards offered for recovery.
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U. S
Maurice M. Milligan
FBI
Schneider
Penderggast
Pendergast
Friends
Div
Dean Speaks on Youth Unemployment and Vocational Guidance
The dean laments 22 million youths 16 to 25 out of school with most unemployed or maladjusted. He praises NYA and CCC but calls for urgent action. He advocates an occupational outlook service in the U S Office of Education and stronger vocational guidance in schools, noting delayed college decision making.
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NYA
CCC
Dean Stone
U. S
Office of Education
Yeate
West Virginia University
Kiwanis program highlights youth aptitudes in modern era
A careful survey of aptitudes and occupations in a technological age is described. E A Poe of West Grafton school led the program with Dean Stone. C G Shaffer of Bluefield introduced Wenger Brothers, Belton and Wenger, praised for state music festival success for years.
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E. A. Poe
West Grafton
Dean Stone
C.G. Shaffer
Bluefield
Clarksburg
Wenger Brothers
Cain
Kiwa
Wenger
Belton
Ated
Mr. Cain
Gunmen Waylay Tavern in Late Night Robbery
In a midnight tavern holdup, gunmen entered as McIntyre his wife and Kelly drank at the bar. Both off duty police officers drew their pistols and opened fire. Ferguson was mortally wounded, while McIntyre and Kelly suffered injuries from the gunmen’s first shots.
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Page One
Affer McIntyre
Kelly
Kelly Wa
Baker Names Wagon Mine and Local Union Closures
Baker names wagon mine and asserts deliveries only to authorized places while a magistrate in Buckhannon reports warrants issued without a scheduled hearing. Local union members in Buckhannon and county officials discuss the pledge and coal delivery cases amid ongoing legal action.
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Baker
Justice of the Peace
A. B. Knabenishwe
U S Goes Dry Declares Noninvolvement in Pickett Dispute
The report states he was not in the picket line during the dispute and had been in Upshur county seat since the mine shutdown efforts aimed at halting coal supply to the Thornton Fire Brick plant at Thornton. Plant remains operating with a reported supply of tuton 4 ad.
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Upshur
Thornton Fire Brick Company
Thornton
Kanawha County native Jarrett serves second term as labor commissioner
A Kanawha county native, Jarrett is serving his second term as labor commissioner. He was first appointed in 1933 by Governor Kump and reappointed in 1937 by Governor Holt. Educated locally, he entered a machinist apprenticeship at 16, joining the labor movement and serving as business agent of the Charleston Building Trades Council and his local union from 1917 to 1926, then elected secretary treasurer of West Virginia in 1926.
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Cortinue
Kanawha County
Jar
H. G. Kump
Holt Ling
Jarrett
Charleston Building Trades Coun Jesl
Reopen Threat Amid Miners Conflict Near Jellico
State Federation of Labor leaders, merged with the presidency in 1932, press for mine operations to resume as police brace for a return to work. Deputies say a mob crossed from Tennessee in trucks and autos, beating Deputy Sheriff Henry King and others during a parade dispute near Jellico. Capt. Carl Norman orders patrols at eight mine sites as Buckhol a special examiner moves toward a rapid unemployment benefits decision.
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Page One
United Mine Workers
Connie Slaton
Whitley County
Tennessee
Henry King
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