Deakins Desmond and Kester Taylor Marriages Noted
Announcements record the May 3 marriage of Prudie Desmond to Forest M. Deakins at a Oakland parsonage with Rev Winfield Patterson. Also Dortha Kester wed Virgil Taylor March 5 at St Pauls Oakland. Other society notes include a JOC class meeting and church groups scheduling May events and dinners.
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Deakins-Desmond
Prudie Desmond
West Main Street
Forest M. Deakins
Fnn
Methodist 1
Oakland
Winfield Patterson
Tng
Deakins
Prudlé Willhide
B. and O. Railroad
Rowlesburg
Taylor-Kester
Dortha Kester
Carson Kester
Pruntytown
Virgil Taylor
E. G. Taylor
Bridgeport
Winfield Pattsrson
Flemington High School
McCandlish
Hutchinson Coal Company
Varied program promises entertaining recital
A varied and interesting program has been prepared for a student recital featuring many participants from Grafton and nearby towns. The listed students include Kirk, Jimmy Wolfe, Mary Virginia Monroe, Mary Warden, Joan McKinney, Janet Turvander, Annetta Kirk, Jean Tucker, Patricia Ann Wolfe, Bob Tucker, Charles Warden, Jane Chrislip, Betty Lee Duffy, John Casseday, Helen Louise Miller, Mary Jane Hancock, Wilma Jean Casseday, Mildred Jones, Betty Rose Miller, Frances John, Betty Turvander, Ann Newham from Grafton and Teddy Cassidy Annabelle Phillips Sylvia Hall Phillips of Phillippt.
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Grafton
Personalities and visits fill city weekend
Mr and Mrs C H Davis and family of Morgantown visited relatives Sunday. Curly Miller Mollie Miller and Patsy Belle of Charleston, former WMMN entertainers at Fairmont, were weekend guests of Mrs Bertha Newcome of Brownlow Park en route to Wheeling for WWVA engagement starting Tuesday May 9 at 11 am daily. Mrs Laura Ludwick of Grafton route 1 admitted to City hospital. Reese Shay of New Bury discharged. Billy Poling returned home from City hospital. Mrs G T Bartlett Jr and infant son discharged. Leroy Teets of Graf ton route 3 discharged. Mrs Edward Smith of Detroit visiting Grafton area until after Decoration Day. Mr and Mrs Harold T Cole of Grand Street visited relatives in Fairmont.
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C. H. Davis
Morgantown
Curly Miller
Mollie Miller
Little Patsy Belle
Charleston
WMMN
Fairmont
Bertha Newcome
Brownlow Park
Wheeling
WWVA
Laura Ludwick
Grafton
City Hospital
Reese Shay
New Bury
Billy Poling
Philippi
G. T. Bartlett, Jr
Leroy Teets
Edward ©. Smith
Detroit
Mich
Mary Clingan
Smith
Harold T. Cole
Grand Street
Dr Brown to Speak at Concord State Teachers College
Concord State Teachers college seniors will hear a commencement address June 2 by Dr Rollo Walter Brown of Boston Mass. One hundred twenty nine seniors are candidates for degrees. An appropriate gift for young men Ek SKAGGS CO.
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Athens
Concord State Teachers College
Rollo Walter Brown
Boston
Mass
Ek Skaggs & CO
Exhumations Under Way in Philadelphia Insurance Deaths
Detectives review drownings in the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers as potential linked deaths in an active insurance murder scheme. District Attorney Kelley orders four more bodies exhumed for autopsies to confirm poison as a cause. nine bodies already examined with eight poisonings found and one death from a car crash. Twenty one people are under arrest with a ninth fugitive sought in the case.
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Philadelphia
Delaware
Schuylkill
Charles F. Kelley
Tiger Finally Captured After Causing Big Stir
New York May 8 Tiger from Ringling Brothers Duke escaped and led 60 armed men on Northern Boulevard before trainer Roy Chorstier coaxed the tiger into a truck. The incident began with a call from a man reporting three men chasing a tiger. No one was harmed and the beast was recaptured.
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New York
Long Island City
Northern Boulevard
Duke
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Roy Chorister
Unemployment Crisis Presses City Leaders for WPA Expansion
New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia told a House WPA hearing that about 750000 New Yorkers were jobless and urged Congress to expand relief programs until social security and wage hour laws take full effect. He warned of further WPA cuts and called for direct relief for the unemployed.
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Washington
Fiorello Laguardia
New York
Congress
House
Works Progress Administration
Laguardia
New York City
Furtner
United States Conference of Mayors
la Guardia
Earley
United States
Knights of Columbus State Parley Opens in Huntington
The opening of the annual Knights of Columbus state convention in Huntington with Rev. George Burke Bluefield state chaplain celebrating mass. About 50 delegates from 14 councils attended the sesison.
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Huntington
George Burke
Bluefield
Knights of Columbus
Harlan Operators to Open Mines With Troop Protection
Harlan Ky May 8. State Industrial Relations Commissioner Burrow said George Ward secretary of Harlan County Coal Operators Association announced mines would reopen 100 percent if provided troop protection. George Titler United Mine Workers warned peaceful picketing would follow.
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Harlan, Ry
W. 2. Burrow
George Ward
Harlan County Coal Operators Association
Harlan County
Burrow
George Titler
United Mine Workers Union
World Fair Attendance Figures Questioned in San Francisco
Golden Gate exposition officials challenged New York fair attendance claims claiming 615000 visitors attended the fair in its first days, far below the official 1109000 total. An internal memo said figures were compiled by press reps and tabulators for exhibitors, with the West Coast count at 430322 for the first six days after opening.
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San Francisco
Foley Nominated General Counsel for Treasury
Edward H. Foley Jr of New York was named by President Roosevelt to be general counsel for the Treasury. He would replace the late Herman Oliphant and was serving as acting general counsel. The president also sent to the Senate the graduation class of the Naval Academy for confirmation as ensigns.
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Washington
Edward H. Foley, Jr
New York
Roosevelt
The
Treasury
Foley
Herman Oliphant
Senate
Naval Academy
Japan Signals Readiness for Axis Military Pact
Domei reports Lieut General Itagaki minister of war and General Koso overseas minister told Japanese press they favor concluding a military agreement with Germany and Italy.
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Tokyo
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Annlbel P. Swisher
Andrews Church
H. F. Bolliger
West Boyd Street
Charles Krechel
Helen Pierce
Walter Williams, Jr
Carl Steadman
Exavah Canfield
Florence Cunningham
Omar Mae Casteel
Bus Martin
Alberta Smith
Lily Bolliger
Walter Knotts
Quota Club
Cozy Rest
Fisher
St.John’s Methodist Church
Ladies
VFW
Eastern Star Woman's Club
D. E. Robison
Dorsey Isner
W. J. Bailey
Harry Ringler
Duckworth
Frank Luzader
John Evans
George Kiger
George Wrause
Ora Jenkins
Margaret Brown
Susan Boyles
Margaret Freeze
James Roy
John Reisinger
Howard Wagoner
Ella Barber
Ruth Crouser
Miriam Isner
Dorotha Jean Kisner
Jo Anne Kisner
Jimmie Crouser
William Nestor
Bill Kisner
Isner
B. C. Isner
Ano
Ann Tucker
Beech Street
Sun
Europe’s News
Louis P. Lochner
Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Grafton Sentinel
DR. Brown
Nan Grey
Dallas
Tex
Jackie Westrope
Westrope
Santa Anita
Tiger
Big
Edward L. Schneider
Tom Pendergaat
Kansas
Missouri River
Schneider
Nip
Phil ‘Baker
Harlan
Edward Foley
Ualon Reg
Enteriaite Calor
Japan
Axis
Priee Eer
Weis
Barium Reduction Corpn
South Charleston
W. VA
Monongahela System
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